[Event "Clutch Chess The Champions"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2025.10.29"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[GameId "2237362596855808"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Qd8 8. Qd2 d6 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Be2 Ng4 11. Bxg4 Bxg4 12. Nd4 Be6 13. b3 Qa5 14. O-O O-O 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bh6 Rfd8 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qe3 f6 20. h3 Bf7 21. Rfd1 Qb6 22. Qe2 Qa5 23. Rd3 g5 24. Rcd1 Qe5 25. Qe3 Rd7 26. Qd4 Qxd4 27. Rxd4 c5 28. R4d3 Be6 29. f3 Rb7 30. Kf2 a5 31. Kg3 Ra8 32. Rc1 Bd7 33. Nd5 Kf7 34. h4 h6 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Rh1 Be6 37. f4 gxf4+ 38. Kxf4 Rg8 39. Rh7+ Rg7 40. Rxg7+ Kxg7 41. g4 Kg6 42. Rg3 Kf7 43. g5 fxg5+ 44. Kxg5 Rb8 45. Kf4 Rh8 46. Nc3 Rh5 47. Ke3 Bd7 48. Rf3+ Ke8 49. Rg3 Kf7 50. Rf3+ Ke8 51. Rg3 Be6 52. Kd3 Rh2 53. Ne2 Kf7 54. Rf3+ Ke8 55. Rg3 Kf7 56. Rf3+ Ke8 57. Rg3 Kd7 58. a4 Bh3 59. Nf4 Be6 60. Rg7 Rf2 61. Nd5 Bxd5 62. exd5 Rf8 63. Kc3 Rh8 64. Rf7 Rg8 65. Rh7 Rf8 66. Rg7 Rh8 67. Rf7 Rg8 68. Rh7 Rf8 1/2-1/2
[Event "Clutch Chess The Champions"]
[White "Gukesh D"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Annotator "Shahid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2025.10.29"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[GameId "2238349945909248"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]
{[%evp 0,78,12,27,22,16,22,11,15,8,6,26,32,8,10,9,22,4,-53,20,29,9,44,47,-32,38,38,75,44,86,37,41,42,36,37,37,91,25,26,30,43,8,40,79,44,34,20,13,7,99,7,0,-159,-29,-155,-41,-76,-84,-164,-131,-116,-100,-96,-87,-86,-124,-61,-171,-115,-162,-105,-230,-170,-252,-16,-271,-238,51,-268,-230,-517]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Re1 d6 9. c3 Bb7 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Ng3 Bf8 13. d4 Na5 14. Bc2 Nc4 15. b3 Nb6 16. a4 bxa4 17. bxa4 a5 18. Bd3 Qc8 19. d5 c6 20. Be3 Nbd7 21. c4 Ba6 22. h3 Rb8 23. Qe2 Nc5 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. Qc2 Rb4 26. Bf1 g6 27. Red1 (27. Nd2 h5) 27... Qc7 (27... cxd5 28. cxd5) 28. Rd2 $2 (28. dxc6 Qxc6) 28... cxd5 $19 29. cxd5 c4 30. Qc1 Rc8 31. Rc2 Bg7 32. h4 h5 33. Ra3 Ng4 34. Rac3 Qb6 35. Qd2 Bh6 36. Qe2 Bf4 37. Nh1 Rb3 38. g3 Bh6 39. Bh3 Qb4 0-1
[Event "Clutch Chess The Champions"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Annotator "Shahid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2025.10.29"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[GameId "2237362735153152"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]
{[%evp 0,83,14,24,30,51,17,-20,27,-34,30,35,24,36,47,10,9,-5,0,-9,-6,-7,-68,-13,-5,-28,-8,-2,2,3,-5,28,13,0,1,17,0,-62,-57,-143,-119,-157,-150,-185,-194,-191,-160,-184,-205,-254,-224,-230,-241,-248,-194,-64,-163,-49,-123,-71,-156,-35,-161,-146,-164,-127,-136,-172,-56,-151,-112,-179,-173,-163,-153,-185,-164,-176,-41,-164,-166,-170,-151,-166,-177,-173]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Na3 Nc6 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. Nb5 Nxe3 10. fxe3 Qd8 11. Nbxd4 Bd7 12. Qe2 g6 13. O-O-O Bg7 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. h4 Qa5 16. Bc4 Rb8 17. Rd3 c5 18. Ng5 Bb5 19. Bxb5+ $2 (19. Qg4 O-O) 19... Qxb5 $19 20. Rhd1 O-O 21. Qc2 Qc4 22. Kb1 Qxh4 23. Nf3 Qe4 24. Ka1 c4 25. R3d2 Qxe3 26. Nd4 Rb6 27. Qa4 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 Rfb8 (28... Rxb2 29. Kxb2 Rb8+) 29. Qxa7 R8b7 30. Qa8+ Kg7 31. R4d2 Rb5 32. Qd8 h5 33. Qh4 Qc5 34. Rf1 Qg5 35. Qd4+ e5 36. Qf2 Qe7 37. Qe2 Qe6 38. Rfd1 Qg4 39. Qe1 Ra5 40. Qe3 Rab5 41. Rf1 Qe6 42. Rfd1 Qe7 43. Qe4 Qc7 (43... Qe6 44. a3) 44. g4 hxg4 45. Qxg4 Qb6 46. Qe2 Qe6 47. Rh1 Qf5 $4 (47... e4 48. Qe3 Rd5) 48. Qxc4 (48. Qh2 $18 Rb8 49. Qh6+ Kf6 50. Qh4+) 48... e4 49. Rdh2 Rd7 50. Qc6 Rbd5 51. Rh7+ Kf8 52. Qa4 e3 53. Rh8+ Ke7 54. Re1 Qf3 55. Qb4+ R7d6 56. Rhh1 e2 57. a4 Rd1+ 58. Ka2 Kf6 59. Qh4+ g5 60. Qh6+ Kf5 61. Qh7+ Ke6 62. Qc2 Kd7 63. Qb3 Qd5 (63... Rxe1 64. Rxe1 Re6) 64. c4 Qd3 65. Qb5+ Kc7 66. Qc5+ $4 (66. Rxe2 Qb1+ 67. Ka3) 66... Kb7 $19 67. a5 Qb1+ 68. Ka3 R6d3+ 69. Ka4 Qa2+ 70. Kb5 Rb3+ 0-1
[Event "Clutch Chess The Champions"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Gukesh D"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Annotator "Shahid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2025.10.29"]
[ECO "C71"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[GameId "2238357322174464"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]
{[%evp 0,60,13,31,24,16,22,4,16,18,18,21,32,33,30,23,17,29,25,9,85,24,0,14,5,6,13,14,-4,5,16,13,32,52,45,49,48,48,63,21,62,45,47,35,11,24,11,28,28,91,194,137,173,209,200,180,188,234,253,143,217,205,336]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c4 Bg4 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nd7 9. Ne2 g6 10. h4 h5 11. d3 Nc5 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bg7 15. Nxc6 Qd7 16. e5 Qg4 17. Qd5 O-O 18. O-O Qxh4 19. exd6 cxd6 20. Bg5 Qe4 21. Be7 Rfc8 22. Rae1 Qxd5 23. cxd5 Nd3 24. Re4 f5 $2 (24... Ne5) 25. Re6 $18 Nf4 26. Rxd6 Nxd5 27. Bg5 Rc7 28. Nd8 Ne7 29. Re1 Bf8 30. Ne6 Rc6 31. Rd7 Nc8 32. Nxf8 Nb6 33. Ree7 1-0
[Event "Clutch Chess The Champions"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Annotator "Shahid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2025.10.29"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[GameId "2237362997837824"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]
{[%evp 0,62,19,19,19,43,15,19,24,27,13,63,34,46,22,27,44,30,41,44,52,56,51,57,46,46,35,52,62,25,11,-5,13,20,-35,15,19,123,27,20,75,29,41,64,166,56,57,133,64,80,52,130,101,47,31,40,58,58,221,52,61,14,6,28,14]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. O-O a4 12. Rfd1 Be6 13. Bd4 Qa5 14. Qe3 Nd7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. exd5 Qb6 18. Qc3+ Nf6 19. Rd4 Rfc8 20. Rad1 Rc5 21. g4 Kg8 22. h4 Re8 23. g5 Nd7 24. Re4 Qc7 25. Qe3 b5 26. b4 axb3 27. axb3 bxc4 28. b4 Rb5 29. Rxc4 Qb7 30. Rc7 Qxc7 31. Bxb5 Rb8 32. Rc1 Qd8 33. Bxd7 Qxd7 34. Qd4 Qf5 35. Rc7 e5 36. dxe6 Qxe6 37. Rc6 h6 $2 (37... Rd8 38. Kh2 Qd7) 38. Rxd6 (38. gxh6) 38... Qe1+ 39. Kg2 hxg5 40. hxg5 Qe7 41. Rd5 Qb7 42. Kg1 Qc7 43. b5 Qc1+ 44. Kg2 Qc7 45. Rd7 Qb6 46. Qxb6 Rxb6 47. Rd5 f6 48. f4 fxg5 49. fxg5 Kf7 50. Kf3 Ke6 51. Ke4 Rb8 52. Rc5 Kd7 53. Kd5 Rf8 54. b6 Rf5+ 55. Kc4 Rf1 56. b7 Rc1+ 57. Kb5 1-0
[Event "Clutch Chess The Champions"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gukesh D"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2025.10.29"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[GameId "2238357381574656"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]
{[%evp 0,53,12,39,8,12,-29,13,-52,12,17,23,15,29,26,-4,14,32,11,24,13,25,39,21,0,15,113,-26,-17,-19,-23,26,-8,-15,-23,8,-38,-12,-7,-41,-43,-38,-50,-44,-35,-64,-120,-67,-68,-90,-68,-19,-75,29,-63,5]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 O-O 7. e3 c5 8. dxc5 Ne4 9. Qc2 a5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nf3 Na6 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. Bd3 Naxc5 14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. O-O Qb6 16. b3 Rfc8 17. Qb2 Qg6 18. f3 Nc5 19. Qe2 a4 20. bxa4 Rxa4 21. Bd2 Rc4 22. Bb4 Nd3 23. Kh1 Ba4 24. f4 Qe4 25. Qf3 Qxf3 26. gxf3 Bd7 27. f5 Nxb4 28. axb4 Rxb4 29. Rfb1 Rxb1+ 30. Rxb1 Rb8 31. Rb6 Kf8 32. Kg2 Ke7 33. f6+ gxf6 34. Kf2 h5 35. h4 Ra8 36. Rxb7 Ra2+ 37. Kg3 Ra1 38. Kg2 Ra2+ 39. Kg3 Ra1 40. Ne2 Re1 41. Nf4 Kd6 42. Rb6+ Bc6 43. Kf2 Rh1 44. Nxh5 Rxh4 45. Nxf6 d4 46. exd4 Rxd4 47. Ke3 Ra4 48. Ne4+ Kc7 49. Rb3 Bxe4 50. fxe4 Kd6 51. Kf4 Ke7 52. Rb7+ Ke6 53. Rb6+ Ke7 54. Rb7+ Ke6 55. Rb6+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "Clutch Chess The Champions"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Annotator "Shahid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2025.10.29"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[GameId "2237363161600000"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]
{[%evp 0,46,9,22,30,8,11,17,11,19,19,27,9,21,10,18,3,-4,-1,0,0,1,11,9,11,5,17,15,10,17,25,-6,8,11,16,-29,-47,1,-20,16,-3,88,19,-50,-55,-69,-110,-62,-87]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Re1 Nd7 8. d4 exd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Bf4 Nc5 11. Qe3 Ne6 12. Bg3 Bc5 13. Qe2 a5 14. Nbd2 b6 15. Rad1 Ba6 16. c4 Qe7 17. Nb3 Bb4 18. Rf1 b5 19. Nbd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 bxc4 21. Qe3 Rfe8 22. a3 (22. f3 Qf6 23. a3 Bc5) 22... c3 23. axb4 Bxf1 24. bxc3 Bc4 25. bxa5 Qxe4 $19 26. Qxe4 Rxe4 27. Bxc7 Rae8 28. f3 Re1+ 29. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 30. Kf2 Rc1 31. Nxc6 Rxc3 32. Nd4 Ra3 33. g4 Bd5 34. h4 f6 35. h5 Kf7 36. Bb6 Bb7 37. f4 Bd5 38. g5 fxg5 39. fxg5 Rh3 40. g6+ hxg6 41. hxg6+ Kxg6 42. a6 Ra3 43. a7 Kh5 44. Bc5 Ra5 45. Bb6 Ra6 46. Bc5 g5 47. Ke3 Ra5 48. Bb6 Ra3+ 49. Kf2 Kg4 50. Bc5 Ra5 51. Bb6 Ra2+ 52. Ke3 Ra3+ 53. Kd2 Kh3 54. Kc2 Ra4 55. Ne2 Ba8 56. Kb3 Ra6 57. Bd4 g4 58. Kb4 g3 59. Kb5 Ra2 60. Nf4+ Kg4 61. Ne6 g2 62. Nc7 Bf3 63. Ne6 Rd2 64. Bg1 Rd1 65. Bf2 g1=Q 66. Bxg1 Rxg1 67. Kb6 Rb1+ 68. Ka6 Bh1 69. Nc7 Kf5 70. Nb5 Ke6 71. Nc3 Rb3 72. Na4 Ra3 73. Kb5 Kd6 74. Kb4 Ra1 0-1
[Event "Clutch Chess The Champions"]
[White "Gukesh D"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Annotator "Shahid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2025.10.29"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[GameId "2238357381361664"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]
{[%evp 0,49,8,20,21,-30,30,10,19,32,33,28,35,34,22,36,42,26,42,28,15,14,14,25,45,41,32,54,27,17,17,10,15,-6,24,5,14,23,6,5,35,28,81,79,69,69,84,72,63,14,64,64]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Qd8 8. Qd2 Nf6 9. Nc3 Ng4 10. Bf4 d6 11. h3 Nf6 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 a5 14. Qe3 a4 15. Nd2 Qa5 16. Be2 Qc5 17. Qxc5 dxc5 18. f4 Nd4 19. Kf2 Bd7 20. e5 Nh5 21. Bxh5 gxh5 22. Nde4 b6 23. Nd5 Rb8 24. b3 Bf5 25. Ng3 e6 26. Nxf5 Nxf5 27. Nf6+ Ke7 28. Nxh5 Nd4 29. Nf6 Ra8 30. Rhd1 Rhd8 31. Nxh7 Nc2 32. Rab1 a3 33. Nf6 Nb4 34. h4 Rxd1 35. Rxd1 Nxa2 36. h5 Nc3 37. Rd7+ $4 (37. Ra1 a2 38. h6 Kf8 39. Kg3 Rd8 40. Rh1 Ke7 41. Ra1 $11) 37... Kf8 $19 38. h6 a2 39. Nh7+ Kg8 40. Nf6+ Kh8 41. Rxf7 Ne4+ 42. Nxe4 a1=Q 43. Ng5 Ra2+ 44. Kg3 Qe1+ 45. Kg4 Rxg2+ 46. Kh5 Qe2+ 47. Kg6 Qe4+ 48. f5 Rxg5+ 49. Kxg5 Qxe5 50. Rf8+ Kh7 51. Rf7+ Kg8 52. Kg6 Qg3+ 53. Kf6 Qh4+ 54. Kxe6 Qe4+ 0-1
[Event "Clutch Chess The Champions"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gukesh D"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2025.10.29"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[GameId "2237363429961728"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]
{[%evp 0,44,18,-15,0,7,-2,17,17,19,22,16,28,26,25,23,23,20,30,33,10,-41,66,24,23,35,-2,33,33,48,8,28,-15,-26,-23,-16,51,41,59,18,40,48,43,43,37,42,-5]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 d5 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qd8 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O h6 8. b3 Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. d4 Qe7 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nb5 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Bc5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. e3 Rd8 16. Qe2 c6 17. Nc3 f5 18. Qc2 Bd6 19. Ne2 Be5 20. Rad1 Be6 21. Kg2 a5 22. Nc1 Kg7 23. Nd3 Bd6 24. Rd2 Bb4 25. Nxb4 axb4 26. Rfd1 Rxd2 27. Qxd2 c5 28. Qb2+ Qf6 29. Qc2 Qc3 30. Rd2 c4 31. Bxb7 Ra7 32. Bf3 cxb3 33. axb3 Bxb3 34. Qd3 Qxd3 35. Rxd3 Bc2 36. Rd4 b3 37. Rb4 Ra1 38. Bd5 Rb1 39. Kf3 Rd1 40. Bxb3 Rb1 41. Bxc2 Rxb4 42. Bxf5 Kf6 43. e4 Rb3+ 44. Kg2 Ke5 45. h4 f6 46. f3 Kd4 47. Bg4 Ke3 48. Kh3 Kf2 49. Bh5 Rc3 50. Kg4 Rxf3 51. Bg6 Rxg3+ 52. Kh5 Rh3 53. Bf5 Rh2 54. Kxh6 Rxh4+ 55. Kg6 Ke3 56. Kxf6 Rxe4 57. Bxe4 Kxe4 1/2-1/2
[Event "Clutch Chess The Champions"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2025.10.29"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[GameId "2238357482786816"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]
{[%evp 0,24,8,29,18,-27,27,6,2,18,21,22,12,25,7,-2,-16,-29,56,55,83,79,51,42,45,45,48]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. O-O d6 8. e5 Nh6 9. exd6 O-O 10. dxe7 Qxe7 11. Nd5 Qc5 12. Bb3 Be6 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qd8 15. Bg5 Qa5 16. Rc1 Rad8 17. Bxd8 Rxd8 18. Rxc6 bxc6 19. Ne7+ Kf8 20. Nxc6 Rxd1 21. Nxa5 Rxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Bd7 23. Nc4 Bb5 24. Ke1 Bxc4 25. Bxc4 Bxb2 26. Ke2 Ng4 27. h3 Ne5 28. Nxe5 Bxe5 29. Bb3 Bd6 30. Bc4 Be5 31. Bb3 Bd6 32. Bc4 Be5 1/2-1/2
[Event "Clutch Chess The Champions"]
[White "Gukesh D"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2025.10.29"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[GameId "2237363483447296"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]
{[%evp 0,68,11,0,15,17,15,0,8,13,18,34,10,11,22,9,11,9,10,11,12,4,10,-1,0,-11,-4,-7,-18,-3,1,-14,7,-21,-25,8,-38,-28,-121,-54,-166,-104,-195,-81,-63,-58,-134,-44,-19,-106,-126,-107,-93,-121,-83,-127,-64,-127,-190,-172,-116,-184,-227,-173,-209,-186,-177,-127,-52,-189,-99]} 1. d4 {Mueller,Karsten} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c3 Be7 7. a4 b4 8. cxb4 cxb4 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Nbd2 a5 11. Ne5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 d6 13. Nd3 Nbd7 14. e3 Nd5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qe2 N7b6 17. e4 Nf6 18. Rfc1 Rfc8 19. Nb3 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Qd7 21. e5 dxe5 22. dxe5 Nfd5 23. Ndc5 Qe8 24. Nd4 Nxa4 25. Ne4 Nab6 26. Qg4 Nd7 27. Nd6 Qf8 28. Qe4 a4 29. f4 g6 30. f5 gxf5 31. N4xf5 a3 32. bxa3 bxa3 33. Rf1 {Mueller,Karsten: 'Gukesh's gigantic knight strike. Knights are concrete and tricky pieces and often open attacking roads for the long range pieces:'} a2 {Mueller,Karsten: '?' Mueller,Karsten: 'Caruana rushes.'} (33... Ra5 $1 {(Mueller,Karsten) wins as now} 34. Nxf7 {can be met by} exf5 $19) 34. Nxf7 {Mueller,Karsten: '!!' Mueller,Karsten: 'The right knight strike.'} (34. Nh6+ $4 {Mueller,Karsten} Qxh6 35. Qg4+ Qg6 $19) 34... exf5 (34... Qxf7 $4 {Mueller,Karsten} 35. Nh6+ $18) ({After} 34... Kxf7 {(Mueller,Karsten) White has the rescue} 35. Nd6+ Kg8 36. Qg4+ Kh8 37. Rxf8+ Rxf8 38. Qa4 $11) 35. Qxd5 a1=Q 36. Rxa1 Rxa1 37. Ng5+ Kh8 38. Qxd7 Ra2+ (38... Qa8+ {Mueller,Karsten} 39. Kh3 Ra7 40. Qxf5 $11) 39. Kf1 {Mueller,Karsten: '!' Mueller,Karsten: 'The only move that avoids that Black's queen can come.'} Ra1+ (39... Rxh2 {Mueller,Karsten} 40. Nf7+ Kg8 41. Ng5 $11) 40. Ke2 Ra2+ 41. Kf1 Ra1+ 42. Ke2 Ra2+ 43. Kf1 Ra1+ 44. Ke2 {Mueller,Karsten: 'A real knightmare for Black!'} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Clutch Chess The Champions"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2025.10.29"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[GameId "2238357536538624"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nd5 d6 5. d4 Nxe4 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Qe2 Nf6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Rd1 Qc6 15. O-O Rd8 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. Rd1+ Ke7 18. Qd3 b6 19. h4 a5 20. Qa3+ Ke6 21. Qb3+ Ke7 22. Qa3+ Ke6 23. Qb3+ Ke7 24. Qa3+ 1/2-1/2