[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