[Event "Tech Mahindra Global Chess League"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.19"] [Round "16.1"] [White "Gukesh D"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2692"] [BlackElo "2732"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "92"] [GameId "2256738511810560"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "PBG Alaskan Knights"] [BlackTeam "Fyers American Gambits"] {[%evp 0,88,19,20,14,25,6,11,4,6,30,17,30,35,24,22,25,42,40,37,36,29,32767,25,21,19,4,0,5,15,34,4,4,-36,21,2,-1,28,48,48,33,71,84,78,85,23,34,34,19,10,27,51,18,33,95,-69,64,60,61,33,91,106,106,44,48,52,182,155,210,171,230,159,180,106,149,82,87,111,100,93,101,171,141,-369,-348,-385,-399,-662,-555,-748,-791]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. a3 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. h3 d6 8. Be3 Qe7 9. Qd2 Be6 10. O-O Qd7 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ne2 d5 13. exd5 exd5 14. d4 Ne4 15. Qd1 exd4 16. Nexd4 Ne7 17. Bf4 c5 18. Be5 Nf6 19. Ne2 O-O 20. Re1 Rae8 21. Nf4 b6 22. h4 Ng4 23. Bxg7 Rxf4 24. Be5 Rff8 25. Qd3 Nf5 26. Rad1 Re6 27. Bf4 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Qf7 29. g3 Nf6 30. Ne5 Qe6 31. Re2 Re8 32. Re1 {Nakamura's knights Knights are tricky pieces:} Qc8 $2 {The queen is too far away now.} (32... Qd6 $11) 33. Bxh6 $1 {The decisive strike.} c4 (33... Nxh6 $6 34. Qxg6+ $18) 34. Qf3 Ne4 35. Ng4 Re6 36. h5 $2 {Gukesh rushes.} (36. Rd1 $18) 36... Ng5 $2 (36... Nxh6 37. Nxh6+ Kg7 38. Ng4 Ng5 $11) 37. Qxd5 $2 (37. Bxg5 Rxe1+ 38. Kh2 gxh5 39. Nf6+ Kf7 40. Nxd5 $18) 37... Nf3+ $1 38. Qxf3 Rxe1+ 39. Kh2 Qe6 $2 (39... Re6 40. hxg6 Rxg6 $11 {is unpleasant but should defend.}) 40. Qa8+ (40. Bd2 $5 $18 {is easier.}) 40... Kh7 41. Qf8 $4 {A blunder in time trouble.} (41. Bd2 $1 {still wins due to} Re2 (41... gxh5 42. Bxe1 hxg4 43. Qxa7+ $18) 42. Bc3 gxh5 43. Nf6+ Kg6 44. Qf3 $18) 41... gxh5 $1 {The refutation. Now Nakamura's knight reigns supreme.} 42. Nf6+ Kg6 43. Ng8 Qf7 44. Qd8 Nxh6 45. Qd6+ Re6 46. Ne7+ Qxe7 $19 0-1 [Event "Tech Mahindra Global Chess League"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.19"] [Round "16.2"] [White "Arjun Erigaisi"] [Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "A46"] [WhiteElo "2714"] [BlackElo "2727"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "89"] [GameId "2256738523025408"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "PBG Alaskan Knights"] [BlackTeam "Fyers American Gambits"] {[%evp 0,87,22,15,18,19,9,6,9,11,16,8,12,11,26,23,29,19,16,5,8,17,-7,-32,2,-30,68,67,54,32767,58,56,54,55,65,75,32767,27,17,-2,10,10,16,9,6,4,13,32767,32767,32767,1,9,21,12,37,4,41,50,39,27,26,19,40,110,277,268,162,261,315,314,334,351,434,416,382,402,419,450,527,767,463,446,555,527,701,567,962,962,598,992]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. Qg4 g5 11. Bxg5 Rg8 12. Nf3 Be7 13. Bxe7 Rxg4 14. Bxd8 Rxd8 15. Ke2 Rxg2 16. Rhg1 Rxg1 17. Rxg1 Ke7 18. Bxh7 Rh8 19. Bd3 Rh5 20. h4 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22. Rg5 Rxg5 23. hxg5 f6 24. f4 fxg5 25. fxg5 e5 26. Bf5 Kd6 27. Kf3 d4+ 28. Be4 dxc3 29. bxc3 Bc8 30. Bd3 Be6 31. a3 c4 $4 (31... a5 32. Bh7 Bb3 33. Kg4 b5 34. g6 Bc2 35. Kg5 b4 36. axb4 cxb4) 32. Bh7 $18 Bd5+ 33. e4 Be6 34. g6 b5 35. g7 a5 36. g8=Q Bxg8 37. Bxg8 Kc5 38. Ke3 b4 39. axb4+ axb4 40. cxb4+ Kxb4 41. Kd2 Kb3 42. Bd5 Kb4 43. Kc2 c3 44. Be6 Kc5 45. Kxc3 1-0 [Event "Tech Mahindra Global Chess League"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.19"] [Round "16.3"] [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Black "Rapport, Richard"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B32"] [WhiteElo "2703"] [BlackElo "2702"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "65"] [GameId "2256738525474816"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "PBG Alaskan Knights"] [BlackTeam "Fyers American Gambits"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O a6 9. N5c3 Bg5 10. Na3 h6 11. Nc2 Nge7 12. Re1 Rc8 13. b3 Bxc1 14. Rxc1 O-O 15. Bf1 Rc7 16. Qd2 f5 17. Rcd1 Rd7 18. exf5 Nxf5 19. Bd3 Nfd4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Ne2 Nc6 22. Be4 Qb6 23. Qe3 Qxe3 24. fxe3 Ne7 25. Nc3 Rb8 26. a4 Nc6 27. Rd3 Nb4 28. Rd2 Kf7 29. Red1 Ke7 30. Bd5 Bf5 31. Be4 Be6 32. Bd5 Bf5 33. Be4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tech Mahindra Global Chess League"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.19"] [Round "16.4"] [White "Lagno, Kateryna"] [Black "Assaubayeva, Bibisara"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2452"] [BlackElo "2461"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "84"] [GameId "2256738527334400"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "PBG Alaskan Knights"] [BlackTeam "Fyers American Gambits"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 e6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Bb5 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. Be3 Qxd4 13. Bxd4 Be7 14. a3 O-O 15. c3 Rfd8 16. Rfe1 Nd5 17. Nd3 Ra6 18. Rad1 Rc8 19. g3 Kf8 20. Re2 Raa8 21. f4 b6 22. Kg2 g6 23. Kf3 Bc5 24. Nb4 Bxb4 25. axb4 Rd8 26. Red2 Ke7 27. g4 Rd7 28. Bf2 Rda7 29. Bh4+ Kf8 30. f5 gxf5 31. gxf5 Ra1 32. Ke4 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Ra2 34. Rb1 Ke8 35. fxe6 fxe6 36. Bg3 Kd7 37. Be5 Kc6 38. h4 h5 39. Bd4 Kd6 40. Be5+ Kc6 41. Bd4 Kd6 42. Be5+ Kc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tech Mahindra Global Chess League"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.19"] [Round "16.5"] [White "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"] [Black "Injac, Teodora"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "2356"] [BlackElo "2360"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "79"] [GameId "2256738530504704"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "PBG Alaskan Knights"] [BlackTeam "Fyers American Gambits"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. a4 b4 5. c4 bxc3 6. Nxc3 d6 7. Bg2 g6 8. Nh3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nf4 Na6 11. Bd2 Ng4 12. h3 Ne5 13. b3 Qb6 14. a5 Qd8 15. Na2 Rb8 16. Rb1 Bf5 17. e4 Bd7 18. Bc3 Nc7 19. b4 Nb5 20. Bd2 c4 21. Nc3 Nd3 22. Nxb5 Bxb5 23. Nxd3 cxd3 24. Rc1 Qd7 25. Qb3 Rfc8 26. Rfe1 Bd4 27. Bf1 a6 28. Bxd3 Qxh3 29. Bxb5 Rxb5 30. Rxc8+ Qxc8 31. Rc1 Qg4 32. Qd3 Be5 33. Kg2 h5 34. Qf3 Qd7 35. Rc6 Qb7 36. Qd3 e6 37. Qc4 exd5 38. exd5 Kg7 39. Bc3 f6 40. Rc7+ 1-0 [Event "Tech Mahindra Global Chess League"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.19"] [Round "16.6"] [White "Dardha, Daniel"] [Black "Murzin, Volodar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "2592"] [BlackElo "2642"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "101"] [GameId "2256738528665600"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "PBG Alaskan Knights"] [BlackTeam "Fyers American Gambits"] {[%evp 0,101,29,20,21,15,14,8,24,-9,16,9,9,10,10,7,4,4,-6,-30,-12,29,-46,-35,-65,-66,-68,-55,-60,-64,-76,-56,-1,13,18,6,8,6,6,11,16,22,1,31,33,23,30,11,30,14,46,32,34,4,41,29,21,14,20,20,26,26,27,24,19,3,17,-1,1,-1,28,30,64,13,41,54,9,15,52,16,53,75,71,50,76,64,47,57,55,60,59,54,47,57,39,47,72,30,71,56,71,1,-1,-23]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. h3 a6 5. g4 b5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O e6 8. d4 b4 9. Na4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxe4 11. Bxe4 Nxe4 12. Qf3 d5 13. c4 bxc3 14. Nxc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Be7 16. c4 O-O 17. Rd1 Bf6 18. cxd5 Qxd5 19. Qxd5 exd5 20. Bf4 Nd7 21. Rac1 Rfc8 22. Nc6 h6 23. Rxd5 Nf8 24. Be5 Bh4 25. Bg3 Bf6 26. h4 Ne6 27. Rdd1 a5 28. Rc4 a4 29. Rdc1 Re8 30. Rd1 Nf8 31. Rd5 Ng6 32. g5 hxg5 33. hxg5 Bb2 34. Rd7 a3 35. f4 Re3 36. Kg2 Rae8 37. f5 Nf8 38. Rb7 Nh7 39. Ne7+ R3xe7 40. Rxe7 Rxe7 41. Rc8+ Nf8 42. Bd6 Rd7 43. Rxf8+ Kh7 44. Bf4 Bc3 45. Kf3 Rd3+ 46. Kg4 Rd7 47. Be3 Bb4 48. Rb8 Be7 49. Rb6 g6 50. fxg6+ fxg6 51. Re6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tech Mahindra Global Chess League"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.19"] [Round "17.1"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "A42"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2754"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "153"] [GameId "2254853777371136"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Alpine SG Pipers"] [BlackTeam "Triveni Continental Kings"] {[%evp 0,153,20,0,37,12,28,33,33,32,29,33,36,27,27,22,33,37,29,32,39,11,20,33,34,-7,-4,1,-9,-14,-29,-16,-5,-18,-2,0,-17,16,5,16,12,0,-1,-5,19,0,32,12,47,35,71,47,72,67,63,93,85,112,121,37,32,62,33,32,2,0,0,54,-6,24,38,42,70,42,61,32,83,96,106,91,89,101,118,69,76,7,49,36,24,32767,12,1,27,-5,16,-54,-51,6,17,1,8,9,1,5,26,1,5,-9,-1,8,82,32767,-49,-111,29,40,129,154,296,562,678,553,632,605,618,379,864,509,563,549,637,117,506,442,436,422,380,542,508,610,335,542,508,32767,32767,549,670,603,631,586,584,740,595,662,686,706]} 1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. d5 a5 6. Bd3 Na6 7. Be3 Bh6 8. Bxh6 Nxh6 9. Qd2 Ng4 10. h3 Nf6 11. Nge2 Qe7 12. g4 Nd7 13. O-O-O Ndc5 14. Bb1 Bd7 15. f4 exf4 16. Qxf4 O-O-O 17. Rdf1 Nb4 18. Kd2 Rdf8 19. Qf6 Kd8 20. Nd4 Qxf6 21. Rxf6 Ke7 22. Rf2 f6 23. a3 Nba6 24. Nce2 a4 25. Bc2 Be8 26. Nf4 Bf7 27. h4 Nd7 28. Bxa4 Ne5 29. Kc3 Nc5 30. Bc2 Nxg4 31. Re2 Ra8 32. Ra1 Ne5 33. a4 g5 34. Ng2 Bh5 35. Re3 Bg4 36. b4 Ncd7 37. a5 c5 38. dxc6 bxc6 39. Nf5+ Bxf5 40. exf5 h6 41. Be4 Rhc8 42. Ree1 d5 43. Bd3 Kd6 44. Be2 c5 45. b5 d4+ 46. Kb3 Rcb8 47. hxg5 hxg5 48. Rh1 Re8 49. Ne1 Nf7 50. Bf3 Re3+ 51. Kb2 Rae8 52. Bd5 Nfe5 53. Ra3 Re2+ 54. Kc1 g4 55. Rg1 (55. Ng2 Rf2 56. Ne1 Re2 57. Ng2) 55... Rh8 (55... Nxc4 56. Bxc4 Rxe1+ 57. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 58. Kd2) 56. Ng2 $4 Rh2 (56... Nf3 $19 57. Bxf3 gxf3 58. Nf4 Re3 59. Ra2 Ne5 60. a6 Nxc4 61. a7 f2 62. Rxf2 Ra3) 57. a6 Nb6 58. a7 d3 $4 (58... Kc7 59. Ra6 Nd3+ 60. Kb1 Rh8 61. a8=Q Nxa8 62. Bxa8 Nb4 63. Nf4 Nxa6) 59. Ra6 $18 Nexc4 60. a8=Q Rc2+ 61. Kb1 Ke5 62. Qb8+ Kd4 63. Ka1 Nxd5 64. Qxh2 Nd2 65. Ra4+ c4 66. Ra3 Nb3+ 67. Rxb3 cxb3 68. Qd6 Kc4 69. Qc6+ Kd4 70. Qd6 Kc4 71. Ne3+ Nxe3 72. Qf4+ Kc3 73. Qxe3 Ra2+ 74. Kb1 Rb2+ 75. Kc1 Rc2+ 76. Kd1 b2 77. Qxd3+ 1-0 [Event "Tech Mahindra Global Chess League"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.19"] [Round "17.2"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Wei, Yi"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2685"] [BlackElo "2751"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "59"] [GameId "2256756363554816"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Alpine SG Pipers"] [BlackTeam "Triveni Continental Kings"] {[%evp 0,59,17,14,24,20,7,0,26,15,19,32767,11,1,18,13,10,-2,6,0,9,-13,-22,-13,-31,-33,18,-3,22,53,53,25,27,32767,-3,0,40,-78,-64,57,-63,78,384,400,513,543,539,555,609,454,466,452,461,512,495,463,638,409,461,500,465,482]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c3 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Be3 Nc6 6. b4 Be7 7. g3 Ng4 8. Bd4 e5 9. h3 exd4 10. hxg4 dxc3 11. Nxc3 Nxb4 12. Qa4+ Nc6 13. Rd1 Bxc5 14. Nxd5 Be6 15. Rh5 Rc8 16. Bh3 g6 17. Qe4 Kf8 18. Qf4 Qa5+ $4 (18... h6 19. Rxh6 Rxh6 20. Qxh6+ Kg8 21. Qg5 Nd4 22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. Nh5+ Kg8) 19. Kf1 $18 gxh5 20. Ng5 Nd8 21. Qe5 Bxd5 22. Qxh8+ Ke7 23. Rxd5 Qc7 24. gxh5 Ne6 25. Nxe6 Qc6 26. Qe5 fxe6 27. Qg7+ Ke8 28. Qg8+ Bf8 29. Bxe6 Rc7 30. Rd8+ 1-0 [Event "Tech Mahindra Global Chess League"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.19"] [Round "17.3"] [White "Praggnanandhaa R"] [Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2663"] [BlackElo "2650"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "79"] [GameId "2256756364935168"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Alpine SG Pipers"] [BlackTeam "Triveni Continental Kings"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. h3 a5 8. Bb3 Be6 9. Bc2 d5 10. Ng5 Re8 11. O-O h6 12. Nxe6 Rxe6 13. Bb3 Qd7 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Ne4 Bf8 16. Qf3 Rd8 17. Bd2 Rg6 18. Rad1 Nce7 19. a3 Rb6 20. c4 Nf4 21. d4 Nf5 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. c5 Nh4 24. Qxf4 Rxb3 25. Qxh4 Rxb2 26. Rfe1 Re8 27. Qg3 Kh8 28. Qc3 Qb5 29. Nd2 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 a4 31. Qc4 Kg8 32. Qxb5 Rxb5 33. Re8 b6 34. Rb8 g5 35. Nc4 Kg7 36. cxb6 Rb1+ 37. Kh2 cxb6 38. Rxb6 Rc1 39. Ne3 Bxa3 40. Ra6 1-0 [Event "Tech Mahindra Global Chess League"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.19"] [Round "17.4"] [White "Hou, Yifan"] [Black "Zhu, Jiner"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2536"] [BlackElo "2435"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "69"] [GameId "2256756361830400"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Alpine SG Pipers"] [BlackTeam "Triveni Continental Kings"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 h6 9. Re1 Bd7 10. Nbd2 Ba7 11. Nf1 Ne7 12. Ng3 Ng6 13. d4 a4 14. Bc2 b5 15. Be3 c5 16. Qd2 Re8 17. Rad1 cxd4 18. cxd4 Bb6 19. Re2 Ba5 20. Qc1 Rc8 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Nf5 Re6 23. Qb1 Qc7 24. Bd3 Qb8 25. Rc2 Rec6 26. Rxc6 Bxc6 27. b4 axb3 28. axb3 Rd8 29. Rc1 Qb7 30. b4 Bxb4 31. Qxb4 Rxd3 32. Nd6 Qd7 33. Nf5 Bxe4 34. Ng3 Bxf3 35. gxf3 0-1 [Event "Tech Mahindra Global Chess League"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.19"] [Round "17.5"] [White "Batsiashvili, Nino"] [Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A46"] [WhiteElo "2346"] [BlackElo "2450"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "63"] [GameId "2256756363886592"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Alpine SG Pipers"] [BlackTeam "Triveni Continental Kings"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. c3 Be7 7. Ne5 Nd7 8. Ndf3 f6 9. Nxd7 Bxd7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. h4 cxd4 12. exd4 e5 13. dxe5 fxe5 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Ng5+ Kg6 16. h5+ Kf6 17. Be3 Bf5 18. g4 d4 19. Qf3 Qd7 20. Rd1 Bd6 21. Ne4+ Ke6 22. gxf5+ Rxf5 23. Qg4 Ne7 24. h6 Kd5 25. h7 Rh8 26. Qxg7 Qc8 27. Bxd4 Kxe4 28. Qg2+ Rf3 29. Rh4+ Kd5 30. Qxf3+ Ke6 31. Rh6+ Kd7 32. Bxe5 1-0 [Event "Tech Mahindra Global Chess League"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.19"] [Round "17.6"] [White "Mendonca, Leon Luke"] [Black "Maurizzi, MarcAndria"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2498"] [BlackElo "2506"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "104"] [GameId "2256756364189696"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Alpine SG Pipers"] [BlackTeam "Triveni Continental Kings"] {[%evp 0,104,24,23,15,10,13,23,25,15,12,-1,13,14,1,13,6,8,20,8,10,28,21,-1,-8,0,-9,-33,-22,-35,-32,-13,-35,-9,-41,-41,-40,-40,-51,-56,-21,-67,-55,-148,-16,-145,-142,-200,-114,32767,-139,-102,-252,-146,-192,-121,-119,-149,-132,-146,-152,-136,-142,-165,-146,-164,-171,-379,-332,-375,-316,-358,-336,-399,-269,-269,-292,-300,-301,-311,-286,-274,-270,-312,-316,-309,-315,-426,-345,-377,-440,-358,-354,-441,-444,-423,-692,-759,-796,-785,-715,-769,-563,-1299,-1708,-29983,-29988]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Nh4 Be4 9. f3 Bg6 10. g4 Nb6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qd2 Bd6 13. O-O-O Bxf4 14. exf4 Qd6 15. Re1+ Kd7 16. h4 Rae8 17. Re5 Kc7 18. Bd3 Nfd7 19. Re2 Re7 20. b3 Nc8 21. f5 gxf5 22. Bxf5 Qg3 23. h5 Qxf3 24. Rhe1 Rhe8 25. Kc2 $4 (25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Na4 b6 27. Qh2+ Kd8 28. Rxe7) 25... Rxe2 $19 26. Rxe2 Rxe2 27. Qxe2 Qxe2+ 28. Nxe2 Nd6 29. Bxd7 Kxd7 30. Kd3 Ke6 31. Ke3 Kf6 32. Kf4 Ne4 33. Nc1 Ng5 34. Nd3 Ne6+ 35. Ke3 Kg5 36. Ne5 f6 37. Nf7+ Kxg4 38. h6 gxh6 39. Nxh6+ Kh5 40. Nf5 Kg5 41. Nd6 f5 42. Nxb7 f4+ 43. Kd3 Kg4 44. Nd6 f3 45. Ke3 Nxd4 46. Kf2 Ne6 47. b4 Ng5 48. Nc8 Ne4+ 49. Kf1 f2 50. Kg2 Kf4 51. Nxa7 Ke3 52. Nxc6 Nd2 0-1 [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 [Event "Tech Mahindra Global Chess League"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.19"] [Round "19.1"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Gukesh D"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"] [ECO "D01"] [WhiteElo "2754"] [BlackElo "2692"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "122"] [GameId "2254853853569024"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Triveni Continental Kings"] [BlackTeam "PBG Alaskan Knights"] {[%evp 0,115,19,15,22,-1,-4,-16,2,32767,32767,5,-4,34,36,24,36,36,21,32767,38,47,59,-68,-60,-61,-47,-78,32767,-45,-69,-63,-65,-35,-40,-38,-50,32767,-62,-40,-54,-41,-23,-66,-70,-81,32767,-69,-23,-29,-10,-17,-1,-42,-40,-44,-24,-17,-12,-35,1,-11,1,-10,-33,-26,-45,-121,-148,-125,-127,-152,-148,-146,-140,-156,-138,-172,32767,-133,-119,-138,-53,-59,-44,-127,32767,-108,-104,-112,-112,-112,-100,-124,32767,-120,-108,-127,-104,-77,-43,32767,32767,-151,-172,-133,-164,-236,-132,-168,-128,-119,-146,-169,-173,-198,-190,-222]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Bg4 5. f3 Bd7 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Nxd5 e5 8. Bg5 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Be6 10. a3 Nd5 11. Qd2 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 13. bxc3 Bxc5 14. e4 f6 15. Bh4 O-O-O 16. Bd3 Na5 17. Bf2 Bxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Bc4 19. Ke3 Rd6 20. Nh3 Rc6 21. f4 Rd8 22. fxe5 Bxd3 23. cxd3 Rxc3 24. exf6 Rdxd3+ 25. Kf4 gxf6 26. Nf2 Rd2 27. Ng4 Nb3 28. Rad1 Rxg2 29. Nxf6 Nc5 30. Rhg1 Rf2+ 31. Ke5 b6 32. Rg7 Nd3+ 33. Rxd3 Rxd3 34. Rxa7 Rxh2 35. Nd5 Rh5+ 36. Kf4 Kb8 37. Rg7 Rh4+ 38. Ke5 Rxa3 39. Nxb6 Ra5+ 40. Nd5 h5 41. Rh7 Rh1 42. Kd4 Ra4+ 43. Ke5 h4 44. Rh8+ $2 Kb7 45. Rh7+ Kb8 {Gukesh's king Usually a rook is much stronger than a knight in a pure endgame:} 46. Rh8+ $2 {The rook is already well placed.} ({Amazingly after} 46. Ne7 $1 {White's activity gives him a draw, e.g.} h3 47. Nc6+ Kc8 48. Kd6 Rd1+ 49. Kc5 Ra3 50. Ne7+ Kd7 51. Nd5+ Ke8 52. Nf6+ Kf8 53. Nd7+ $11) 46... Kb7 47. Rh7+ Ka6 $6 (47... Kc6 $19 {is called for.} 48. Ne7+ Kc5 49. Nf5 h3 50. Rh5 Kc4 51. Kf4 Kd3 52. Ng3 Rh2 53. Kg4 Ra8 54. Kf3 Kc4 55. Kg4 Rg8+ 56. Kf3 Rf8+ 57. Nf5 Rh1 $19) 48. Rh6+ Ka5 $2 {Black's king should break free with} 49. Rh8 Rc4 50. Ra8+ $2 {Now Black's king can break free again.} (50. Kd6 h3 (50... Rxe4 51. Ra8+ Kb5 52. Nc3+ $11) 51. e5 h2 52. e6 Rc2 53. e7 Re1 54. Rh3 $11) 50... Kb5 51. Rb8+ Ka6 52. Ne3 Rc5+ 53. Kd6 Rb5 54. Ra8+ Kb7 55. Rh8 h3 56. Nd5 $6 {This loses more or less directly. But White is lost in any case, e.g.} (56. Ke6 Rb3 57. Ng4 Rb2 58. Kf5 Rf1+ 59. Kg5 Rf3 $19) 56... h2 $1 57. Rh7+ Kb8 58. Kc6 (58. Rh8+ Ka7 59. Rh7+ Rb7 60. Rh3 Rb2 $19) 58... Rxd5 59. exd5 Rc1+ 60. Kd6 (60. Kb6 h1=Q $19) 60... h1=Q 61. Rxh1 Rxh1 $19 0-1 [Event "Tech Mahindra Global Chess League"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.19"] [Round "19.2"] [White "Wei, Yi"] [Black "Erigaisi Arjun"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "C70"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2714"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "141"] [GameId "2256802412785664"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Triveni Continental Kings"] [BlackTeam "PBG Alaskan Knights"] {[%evp 0,141,16,15,30,27,42,15,15,13,39,37,35,42,42,68,43,56,32,29,45,28,40,37,78,0,11,27,9,55,17,4,46,32767,41,64,42,57,32,49,147,95,121,165,144,170,181,138,161,150,167,126,134,135,165,149,123,119,147,134,144,126,173,188,197,91,105,112,150,123,139,130,143,161,149,167,147,162,174,185,177,139,151,143,191,207,207,139,170,204,128,201,114,203,181,213,215,159,163,67,100,113,195,225,430,419,437,447,477,302,284,296,285,276,252,245,242,274,275,267,267,32767,32767,32767,267,281,268,284,388,393,387,407,383,32767,414,401,577,384,405,925,971,1016,1005,955]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Bc5 5. c3 Nge7 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 d5 9. e5 Bg4 10. a3 Ba5 11. Be3 f6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 O-O 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. Qh5 Qd7 16. O-O Raf8 17. Bg5 Rf5 18. Qg4 Qd6 19. Bc2 Rf4 $4 (19... R5f7 20. b4 Bb6 21. Rad1) 20. Bxf4 $18 Rxf4 21. Qg5 h6 22. Qh5 g6 23. Qxh6 Nxd4 24. Rae1 Rf7 25. Bb1 c6 26. f4 Bc7 27. Qh4 Kg7 28. Qg4 Ndf5 29. Kh1 Qf6 30. Rf3 a5 31. Qg5 Qd6 32. g4 Nd4 33. Rfe3 Bd8 34. Qe5+ Qxe5 35. fxe5 Rf2 36. Nd1 Rf4 37. Kg2 Ne6 38. Rf1 Rxf1 39. Kxf1 b5 40. b4 axb4 41. axb4 Nc8 42. Rc3 Nd4 43. Ne3 Nb6 44. Nc2 Nxc2 45. Rxc2 Nc4 46. Re2 Be7 47. e6 d4 48. Be4 Bxb4 49. Bxc6 d3 50. Ra2 Ne3+ $4 (50... Kf6 51. e7 Kxe7 52. Bxb5 Ne3+ 53. Kf2 d2 54. Be2 d1=R 55. Bxd1) 51. Kf2 $18 d2 52. Rxd2 $1 Nc4 53. Rd7+ Kf6 54. Bxb5 Ne5 55. Rb7 Bc5+ 56. Ke2 Kxe6 57. Bd3 Kf6 58. Rb5 Bd4 59. Rd5 Bc3 60. Rc5 Bd4 61. Rd5 Bc3 62. Ke3 Nf7 63. Bc4 Be1 64. Rd1 Ne5 65. Rxe1 Nxc4+ 66. Kd4 Nd6 67. Kd5 Nf7 68. Rf1+ Kg7 69. Rxf7+ Kxf7 70. g5 Ke7 71. Ke5 1-0 [Event "Tech Mahindra Global Chess League"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.19"] [Round "19.3"] [White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D26"] [WhiteElo "2650"] [BlackElo "2703"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "79"] [GameId "2256802412077056"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Triveni Continental Kings"] [BlackTeam "PBG Alaskan Knights"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. Qe2 cxd4 8. exd4 O-O 9. Nc3 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Bf4 b4 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Qe4 Nd7 17. Rxd5 Nf6 18. Rxd8 Nxe4 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Re1 f5 21. Nd2 g5 22. Nxe4 gxf4 23. Nd2 Rd8 24. Nc4 Kf7 25. Kf1 Bf6 26. Rc1 Ke6 27. Ke2 h6 28. b3 Bc3 29. Rc2 Kf6 30. Kf3 Rd3+ 31. Kxf4 Bd4 32. Ne3 Bxe3+ 33. fxe3 Rc3 34. Rd2 Ke6 35. e4 fxe4 36. Kxe4 Rc1 37. Kd4 a5 38. Re2+ Kd6 39. Rf2 Kc6 40. Ke4 1-0 [Event "Tech Mahindra Global Chess League"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.19"] [Round "19.4"] [White "Zhu, Jiner"] [Black "Lagno, Kateryna"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2435"] [BlackElo "2452"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "144"] [GameId "2256802411872256"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Triveni Continental Kings"] [BlackTeam "PBG Alaskan Knights"] {[%evp 0,144,20,17,24,8,15,1,2,3,7,-11,18,7,39,5,19,1,7,0,20,-24,12,32767,0,-7,13,-22,-11,-58,-41,-76,-54,-39,32767,-42,-45,-126,-123,-162,-124,-203,-218,-157,-183,-198,-210,-216,-216,-214,-211,-225,-217,-215,-224,-219,-211,-252,-281,-301,-253,-247,-232,-227,32767,32767,32767,-212,-259,-143,-139,-126,-88,-134,-169,-164,-110,-142,-136,-270,-303,-292,-279,-284,-242,-272,-298,-338,-348,-349,-317,-295,-314,-289,-266,-247,-279,-310,-377,-364,-235,-301,-216,-207,-182,-183,-173,-196,-90,-85,-101,-89,-86,-95,-116,-125,-103,-115,-102,-115,-133,-146,-81,-124,-117,-89,-68,-177,-193,-150,-175,-217,-222,-290,-266,-273,-261,-383,-273,-583,-507,-607,-527,-626,-665,-856,-898]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Bg4 6. c3 Nh5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 cxd4 9. exd4 g5 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Bg7 12. Bd3 Qc7 13. Qa4 O-O-O 14. O-O-O Kb8 15. Kb1 Bd7 16. Qc2 f6 17. Nb3 e5 18. dxe5 fxe5 19. Bb5 Rhf8 20. Qe2 Bg4 21. Bxc6 Qxc6 22. Qe3 Qg6+ 23. Ka1 e4 24. Nfd4 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 Qb6 26. g4 Be5 27. Qe2 Qf6 28. Nf5 h5 29. f3 hxg4 30. fxg4 Rfe8 31. a3 Qb6 32. Nd2 d4 33. Nc4 Qc5 34. Nxe5 Qxe5 35. cxd4 Qf4 36. Rf1 Qc7 37. Qe3 Qc4 38. Rc1 Qd3 39. Qxd3 exd3 40. Rd1 Re2 41. Rxd3 Rxg2 42. Nh6 Rd5 43. Kb1 Rb5 44. b3 Rd5 45. Kc1 a5 46. a4 Rd6 47. Nf5 Rc6+ 48. Kb1 Rxg4 49. d5 Rc7 50. d6 Rd7 51. Ne3 Rf4 52. Nc4 Rf6 53. Rg3 Rg6 54. Ne5 Rdxd6 55. Nxg6 Rxg6 56. Rg4 Kc7 57. Kc2 Kd6 58. Kd3 Ke5 59. Ke3 Kf5 60. Rd4 b6 61. Rd5+ Kg4 62. Kf2 Rc6 63. Rd4+ Kh3 64. Rd3+ Kh4 65. b4 axb4 66. Rd4+ Kh3 67. Rxb4 g4 68. Rb3+ Kh2 69. Rb4 g3+ 70. Kf3 Rf6+ 71. Ke2 g2 72. Rh4+ Kg3 0-1 [Event "Tech Mahindra Global Chess League"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.19"] [Round "19.5"] [White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"] [Black "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2450"] [BlackElo "2356"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "133"] [GameId "2256802414485504"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Triveni Continental Kings"] [BlackTeam "PBG Alaskan Knights"] {[%evp 0,133,21,29,11,21,20,3,14,11,15,8,11,10,16,11,15,20,15,22,21,22,20,26,10,16,22,31,40,34,33,32,62,24,16,-7,26,-5,43,33,42,2,31,34,20,61,117,96,100,68,206,213,280,158,219,212,211,206,233,220,225,218,209,212,281,180,180,184,190,158,165,32767,163,158,172,175,183,194,194,200,194,32767,196,188,191,184,194,196,191,175,192,170,184,184,237,185,202,193,189,195,198,203,207,195,216,180,224,239,232,240,252,242,312,295,392,215,327,324,338,332,315,289,315,348,337,301,353,332,341,328,357,348,352,340,339,317]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. a3 a6 6. h3 h6 7. b4 Ba7 8. Be3 d6 9. Ba2 Be6 10. c4 O-O 11. O-O Ne7 12. Nc3 Ng6 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bd7 15. Qd3 Re8 16. Rae1 a5 17. Bb1 axb4 18. axb4 Ne5 19. Qe2 c5 20. bxc5 Bxc5 21. f4 Ng6 22. Ndb5 Qb6 23. Qf2 Rec8 24. e5 Bxe3 25. Rxe3 Bxb5 26. Nxb5 dxe5 27. fxe5 Nxe5 28. Rxe5 Qxf2+ 29. Rxf2 Rxc4 30. Rf1 Rd8 31. Re7 b6 32. Rc7 Rxc7 33. Nxc7 Rd7 34. Rc1 g6 35. Ba2 Kg7 36. Nb5 Rd2 37. Bb3 Nd5 38. Bxd5 Rxd5 39. Rb1 h5 40. Nc3 Rd3 41. Ne2 Rd6 42. Nc3 Rd3 43. Ne4 Rd4 44. Ng5 Rd5 45. Nf3 b5 46. Kf2 f5 47. h4 Kf6 48. Rb4 Rc5 49. Rb2 Rd5 50. Ke3 Rc5 51. Rb3 Rc2 52. g3 Rc5 53. Nd4 Re5+ 54. Kf3 Rd5 55. Nxb5 g5 56. Nc7 Rc5 57. Rb6+ Kf7 58. Nb5 gxh4 59. gxh4 Kg7 60. Nd4 Rd5 61. Ne6+ Kf7 62. Nf4 Rd4 63. Rh6 Ra4 64. Rxh5 Kf6 65. Rh6+ Kf7 66. Rc6 Kg7 67. Rd6 1-0 [Event "Tech Mahindra Global Chess League"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.19"] [Round "19.6"] [White "Maurizzi, MarcAndria"] [Black "Dardha, Daniel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "C41"] [WhiteElo "2506"] [BlackElo "2592"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "179"] [GameId "2256802412343296"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Triveni Continental Kings"] [BlackTeam "PBG Alaskan Knights"] {[%evp 0,179,25,11,23,36,25,27,53,26,25,22,25,33,35,37,30,39,41,32,42,50,31,31,55,30,30,32767,34,30,64,32,55,7,106,96,121,105,94,87,32767,82,80,119,117,120,121,80,108,80,105,123,139,32767,186,199,145,178,170,168,204,126,134,124,121,120,32767,118,102,101,118,82,74,100,106,99,88,31,39,32767,27,24,44,21,14,18,11,9,20,10,7,1,32767,15,15,19,13,22,12,1,-1,1,18,10,9,32767,13,18,16,17,12,21,11,18,13,11,8,9,32767,3,39,8,6,1,2,3,5,18,10,-1,1,32767,1,8,0,1,1,10,8,17,0,1,0,0,32767,7,80,33,8,1,0,1,34,-2,1,1,0,32767,7,5,15,10,21,4,3,15,14,9,7,1,7,5,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4 h6 9. h3 Re8 10. Be3 exd4 11. Qxd4 Nf8 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Bf4 Qa5 14. b4 Qc7 15. a5 N6d7 16. Bxe6 Nxe6 17. Bxd6 Nxd4 18. Bxc7 Bxb4 19. Rxd4 Bxc3 20. Rxd7 Bxe1 21. Nxe1 Rxe4 22. Nf3 Rc4 23. Bg3 Rxc2 24. Rxb7 Rc5 25. Bc7 Rd5 26. Ne5 Rc8 27. Rxa7 Rxc7 28. Rxc7 Rxe5 29. a6 Ra5 30. Rxc6 h5 31. h4 Kh7 32. g3 f6 33. Kf1 Ra2 34. Ke1 Kg6 35. Rb6 Kf5 36. Kf1 Kg6 37. Rc6 Kf5 38. Rc7 Rxa6 39. Rxg7 Ra2 40. Kg2 Rb2 41. Rc7 Kg6 42. Rc4 Rb5 43. Rf4 Rb2 44. Kf3 Rb3+ 45. Ke4 Rb4+ 46. Ke3 Rb3+ 47. Kd2 Rb2+ 48. Kc3 Ra2 49. Kb3 Rd2 50. Kc4 Ra2 51. Kd3 Ra3+ 52. Ke4 Ra2 53. Kf3 Rb2 54. Rc4 Ra2 55. Ke3 Kf5 56. Rc3 Rb2 57. f3 Rg2 58. Rc5+ Kg6 59. Kf4 Ra2 60. Rc4 Rh2 61. Rb4 Rh1 62. Rb2 Rf1 63. Rg2 Kf7 64. g4 hxg4 65. Kxg4 Ra1 66. f4 Ra8 67. h5 Rg8+ 68. Kf3 Rh8 69. Rh2 f5 70. Ke3 Re8+ 71. Kf3 Rh8 72. Rh1 Rh6 73. Kg3 Rh8 74. Rh3 Rg8+ 75. Kf2 Ra8 76. Kg3 Rg8+ 77. Kf3 Ra8 78. Kg2 Kg7 79. Rg3+ Kh6 80. Rg5 Ra3 81. Rxf5 Rb3 82. Rg5 Ra3 83. Re5 Rb3 84. Kf2 Ra3 85. Rg5 Rb3 86. Rg3 Rxg3 87. Kxg3 Kxh5 88. Kf3 Kg6 89. Ke4 Kf6 90. Kd5 1/2-1/2