[Event "Tech Mahindra Global Chess League"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.22"] [Round "30.1"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Gukesh D"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2692"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "112"] [GameId "2257896683802624"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Alpine SG Pipers"] [BlackTeam "PBG Alaskan Knights"] {[%evp 0,112,21,28,18,15,19,5,17,10,10,11,11,3,3,16,17,11,32767,-4,17,35,38,40,23,27,45,60,40,-12,-10,-46,-34,-54,32767,-59,-45,-75,-52,-57,-85,-84,32767,-74,-87,-95,-57,-77,-62,-89,-115,-123,-112,-119,-99,-141,-113,-89,32767,-121,-58,-97,-81,-136,-51,-71,-100,-178,-159,-148,-84,-185,-1,-1,1,-288,-318,-481,-522,-537,-541,-547,32767,-537,-538,-543,-548,-554,-510,-546,-561,-542,-549,-561,-576,-527,-560,-593,-562,-579,-549,-555,-580,-553,-548,-572,-525,-566,-532,-559,-541,-585,-615,-703,-651]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Be2 Ngf6 6. d3 g6 7. c4 Bg7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 11. Be3 Bd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. b3 Qa5 14. a4 Neg4 15. Bd2 Nxh2 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Kxh2 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Bxd4 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Bh6 Be5+ 21. f4 Bg7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qd4+ Kg8 24. Bd3 Qc7 25. Rf2 Qc1 26. Qb4 Bg4 27. Qd2 Qc5 28. Bc4 $2 b5 29. Bf1 Rc8 30. axb5 axb5 31. b4 Qb6 32. f5 f6 33. Bd3 Qd4 34. Bxb5 Qxe4 35. Bd7 Rc4 36. Qh6 Qe5+ 37. g3 $4 (37. Kg1 Qa1+ 38. Kh2 Qe5+ 39. Kg1) 37... Bxf5 $19 38. Rxf5 Qe2+ 39. Kh3 Qg4+ 40. Kg2 Rc2+ 41. Rf2 Qe4+ 42. Kf1 Rc1+ 43. Qxc1 Qh1+ 44. Ke2 Qxc1 45. b5 Qc4+ 46. Ke1 Qxd5 47. Bc6 Qc5 48. Rd2 e6 49. Kd1 d5 50. Rb2 Qb6 51. Ra2 Kg7 52. Ra6 Qd4+ 53. Ke2 Qc4+ 54. Kf2 Kh6 55. Bd7 d4 56. Rxe6 d3 0-1 [Event "Tech Mahindra Global Chess League"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.22"] [Round "30.2"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Erigaisi Arjun"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"] [ECO "E94"] [WhiteElo "2685"] [BlackElo "2714"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "112"] [GameId "2257896703090688"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Alpine SG Pipers"] [BlackTeam "PBG Alaskan Knights"] {[%evp 0,104,28,20,16,17,34,33,27,30,35,29,26,38,63,47,42,35,77,53,55,31,54,41,59,30,26,14,9,32,24,41,19,28,43,6,28,44,38,25,36,36,33,42,30,43,23,-7,18,23,4,11,-9,-6,0,-16,-23,-41,-40,-53,-2,-2,-8,-21,-11,-43,-8,-36,6,1,-2,-31,-53,-53,-64,-38,-35,-24,-48,-39,-46,-71,-78,-82,-63,-112,-125,-154,-115,-124,-139,-138,-108,-179,-87,-270,-275,-249,-245,-569,-401,-606,-567,-611,-509,-1294,-1336]} 1. d4 {Mueller,Karsten} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Be3 Qe7 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Qc2 Ng4 12. Rad1 Nxe3 13. Nxe3 Qe7 14. Nd5 Qe6 15. c5 c6 16. Ne3 Nc7 17. Nc4 Qe7 18. Nd6 b5 19. cxb6 axb6 20. Nxc8 Rfxc8 21. Qxc6 Ne6 22. Qb5 Rxa2 23. Qxb6 Ra4 24. Ba6 Ra8 25. Bb5 Rb4 26. Qc6 Qf8 27. Bd3 Rc8 28. Qa6 Nc5 29. Qa5 Nxd3 30. Rxd3 Rxe4 31. Rfd1 Rec4 32. Rd7 h6 33. h3 R4c5 34. Qb6 Rb8 35. Qxb8 Qxb8 36. Rd8+ Qxd8 37. Rxd8+ Kh7 38. g4 e4 39. Nd2 f5 40. gxf5 gxf5 41. b4 Rb5 42. Rc8 Rxb4 {Mueller,Karsten: 'Erigaisi's attack With pawns only on one wing sometimes a fortress can be created:'} 43. Rc2 {Mueller,Karsten: '?' Mueller,Karsten: 'This rook retreat is too passive.'} ({Amazingly} 43. Rc4 {Mueller,Karsten} Rb2 44. Nxe4 (44. Nf1 $15) 44... fxe4 45. Rxe4 $15 {defends theoretically.}) 43... Kg6 {Mueller,Karsten: '?' Mueller,Karsten: 'Now White can regroup.'} (43... Rd4 {(Mueller,Karsten) prevents this:} 44. Nb3 Rd3 45. Nc1 Rxh3 46. Ne2 Rf3 $19) 44. Kg2 {Mueller,Karsten: '?'} (44. Rc4 $1 {Mueller,Karsten} Rb2 (44... Rxc4 45. Nxc4 Kg5 46. Kf1 (46. Kg2 $2 f4 47. Nd6 f3+ 48. Kg1 Kf4 $19) 46... Kf4 47. Ke2 $11) 45. Nxe4 fxe4 46. Rxe4 $15) 44... Kg5 45. Nf1 (45. Rc4 {(Mueller,Karsten) can now be met by} Rxc4 46. Nxc4 f4 $19) 45... Bd4 {Mueller,Karsten: '?'} (45... f4 {(Mueller,Karsten) wins, e.g.} 46. Nd2 (46. Rc5+ Kg6 47. Nd2 Bd4 48. Nxe4 Bxc5 49. Nxc5 Kf5 $19) 46... Be5 47. Rc5 Kf5 48. Rd5 Ra4 49. Rd8 h5 50. h4 Bc3 51. Rf8+ Bf6 52. f3 Ra2 53. fxe4+ Kg6 54. Kf3 Rxd2 55. Kxf4 Rf2+ $19) 46. Ng3 Bb6 (46... Rb3 {Mueller,Karsten} 47. Rd2 Rd3 48. Ra2 Bc5 49. Re2 Bd6 50. Nxe4+ fxe4 51. Rxe4 $15) 47. Rc8 {Mueller,Karsten: '?' Mueller,Karsten: 'The wrong way to activate the rook.'} (47. Rc6 {(Mueller,Karsten) defends, e.g.} Rb2 48. h4+ Kg4 49. Rg6+ Kf4 50. Rf6 Rxf2+ 51. Kh3 Rf3 52. Rxf5+ Ke3 53. Kg4 Bc7 54. Nxe4 h5+ 55. Kg5 Bf4+ 56. Rxf4 Rxf4 57. Nf6 $11) 47... Rb2 {Mueller,Karsten: '!' Mueller,Karsten: 'This targets White's Achilles heel.'} 48. Rg8+ Kf4 {Mueller,Karsten: '!'} 49. Nh1 {Mueller,Karsten: 'The knight in the corner is a forlorner. But White is lost in any case, e.g.'} (49. Nh5+ {Mueller,Karsten} Ke5 50. Re8+ (50. Rb8 Rxf2+ 51. Kg1 Rb2+ $19) 50... Kd6 51. Rf8 Rxf2+ $19) 49... e3 (49... Bxf2 {Mueller,Karsten} 50. Nxf2 e3 $19 {wins as well.}) 50. Re8 e2 {Mueller,Karsten: '!?' Mueller,Karsten: 'Good technique.'} 51. Ng3 e1=Q 52. Rxe1 Rxf2+ 53. Kh1 {Mueller,Karsten} Kxg3 54. Rg1+ Kxh3 55. Rg2 Rf1+ 56. Rg1 Rxg1# 0-1 [Event "Tech Mahindra Global Chess League"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.22"] [Round "30.3"] [White "Praggnanandhaa R"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2663"] [BlackElo "2703"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "69"] [GameId "2257896704196608"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Alpine SG Pipers"] [BlackTeam "PBG Alaskan Knights"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd2 e5 7. Nf5 d5 8. Qf3 d4 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Bxf5 11. Qxf5 Nd7 12. O-O-O g6 13. Qf3 Bg7 14. Kb1 Nc5 15. Bb4 Rc8 16. g4 O-O 17. Bd3 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Re8 19. d6 Bf8 20. Qd5 Rc6 21. Rc1 Re6 22. Rxc6 bxc6 23. Qxc6 Bxd6 24. Bxd6 Rxd6 25. Qe4 Qg5 26. h4 Qd2 27. Rc1 Rd8 28. Rc2 Qd1+ 29. Rc1 Qd2 30. h5 a5 31. Rc2 Qd1+ 32. Rc1 Qd2 33. Rc2 Qd1+ 34. Rc1 Qd2 35. Rc2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tech Mahindra Global Chess League"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.22"] [Round "30.4"] [White "Hou, Yifan"] [Black "Lagno, Kateryna"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C26"] [WhiteElo "2536"] [BlackElo "2452"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "39"] [GameId "2257896702181376"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Alpine SG Pipers"] [BlackTeam "PBG Alaskan Knights"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 a6 7. h3 h6 8. g4 Nh7 9. Rg1 Nd4 10. g5 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 hxg5 12. h4 d5 13. Bxg5 Nxg5 14. hxg5 dxc4 15. Qh5 Bxf2+ 16. Kxf2 Qd4+ 17. Kg2 Qd7 18. Nd5 Rd8 19. Kh2 Qd6 20. g6 1-0 [Event "Tech Mahindra Global Chess League"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.22"] [Round "30.5"] [White "Batsiashvili, Nino"] [Black "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2346"] [BlackElo "2356"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "63"] [GameId "2257896700153856"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Alpine SG Pipers"] [BlackTeam "PBG Alaskan Knights"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. c4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bd7 13. Nc3 Ke7 14. Rac1 Rhd8 15. h3 Be8 16. Rxd8 Rxd8 17. Kf1 h6 18. Ke1 Nd7 19. Be2 Nde5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Nb5 Bxb5 22. Bxb5 Nd3+ 23. Bxd3 Rxd3 24. Rc7+ Rd7 25. Rc3 Rd5 26. Ke2 Rd7 27. g4 e5 28. f4 exf4 29. exf4 a6 30. Ke3 Kf6 31. b4 g5 32. Ke4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tech Mahindra Global Chess League"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.22"] [Round "30.6"] [White "Mendonca, Leon Luke"] [Black "Dardha, Daniel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E10"] [WhiteElo "2498"] [BlackElo "2592"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "84"] [GameId "2257896701800448"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Alpine SG Pipers"] [BlackTeam "PBG Alaskan Knights"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bd6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 b6 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. Nd2 Na5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b3 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. Bb2 Rc8 15. Rc1 Ba6 16. Ne2 Nb4 17. a3 Nd3 18. Rc2 Ng4 19. Bd4 Ndxf2 20. Rxf2 Nxe3 21. Bxe3 Bxe3 22. Ned4 Qf6 23. Bf1 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 Rxc2 25. Nxc2 Bxf2 26. Kxf2 Qb2 27. Nfd4 Rc8 28. a4 g6 29. Qd2 h5 30. Kg2 Qb1 31. Qe2 Qc1 32. Ne1 Qg5 33. Nd3 Qf6 34. Qf2 Kg7 35. Qxf6+ Kxf6 36. Kf3 a5 37. h4 Ke7 38. Ke3 Rc3 39. Kd2 Rc8 40. Ke3 Rc3 41. Kd2 Rc8 42. Ke3 f6 1/2-1/2