[Event "Chess Marathon Rapid, Peru"] [Site "?"] [Date "2026.06.26"] [Round "?"] [White "Sagar, Shah"] [Black "Martinez, Sedamanos Enrique"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [ECO "E80"] [WhiteElo "2281"] [BlackElo "1598"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "45"] [GameId "2325519786740622"] [EventDate "2026.06.27"] [SourceVersionDate "2026.06.27"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be3 Nf6 6. f3 Nbd7 7. Qd2 e5 8. Nge2 Nb6 9. b3 a5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Bxb6+ Ke8 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Na4 h5 15. Nc5 Bh6+ 16. Kc2 Be3 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Bxe3 Ke7 19. Nc3 b5 20. cxb5 a4 21. bxc6 axb3+ 22. axb3 Nb8 23. Nd5+ {1-0 Sagar,S} 1-0 [Event "Chess Marathon Rapid, Peru"] [Site "?"] [Date "2026.06.26"] [Round "2"] [White "Zhindon Minchala, Ana Cristina"] [Black "Sagar, Shah"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [ECO "D04"] [WhiteElo "1717"] [BlackElo "2281"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "140"] [GameId "2325555878239235"] [EventDate "2026.06.27"] [SourceVersionDate "2026.06.27"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. b3 cxd4 5. exd4 Nc6 6. Bb2 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Bd6 9. Nbd2 Rc8 10. a3 O-O 11. Ne5 Bf5 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. b4 Nd7 14. Ndf3 Nb6 15. c4 dxc4 (15... Bxe5 $1 {A very nice move. It was an unusual exchange and I didn't see it carefully.} 16. Nxe5 (16. dxe5 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Rfd8 18. Qe2 Nxc4 19. Qxc4 Bd3 $19) 16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 dxc4) 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Bf4 18. Rc3 Rfd8 19. Bc1 Qd6 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. d5 Ne7 22. Qb3 exd5 23. Be2 Be4 24. Nd4 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Qxd4 26. Rg3 Ng6 27. Kg1 Qe5 28. Bd3 Nf4 29. Qb1 g6 30. Kh1 Rc3 31. Rfg1 Rdc8 (31... Nxd3 32. Rxd3 Qe4+ {A tactic that was missed.}) 32. Bf1 Rc1 33. Qb3 Qe4+ 34. Qf3 Qxf3+ 35. Rxf3 Ne6 36. Rd3 d4 37. Bg2 Rxg1+ 38. Kxg1 Rc1+ 39. Bf1 Rc3 40. Rxc3 dxc3 41. Bd3 Nd4 42. Kf1 c2 43. Bxc2 Nxc2 44. Ke2 Nxa3 45. Kd3 Nb5 46. Kc4 a6 47. f4 Kf8 48. h4 Ke7 49. Kd5 Kd7 50. Kc5 Kc7 51. Kc4 Kc6 52. Kd3 Kd5 53. Ke3 f5 54. Kd3 h5 55. Ke3 Kc4 56. Ke2 Kxb4 57. Kd3 Kc5 58. Kc2 Kd4 59. Kb3 Ke4 60. Kb4 b6 61. Kc4 Kxf4 62. Kd5 Kg4 63. Kc6 f4 64. Kxb6 f3 65. Kxa6 f2 66. Kb6 f1=Q 67. Kb7 Kxh4 68. Ka8 Qf7 69. Kb8 Qc7+ 70. Ka8 Qa7# 0-1 [Event "World Record Rapid Peru"] [Site "?"] [Date "2026.06.26"] [Round "3"] [White "Sagar, Shah"] [Black "FM Enrico, Grassi"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [ECO "A65"] [WhiteElo "2281"] [BlackElo "1887"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "57"] [GameId "2325559588540576"] [EventDate "2026.06.27"] [SourceVersionDate "2026.06.27"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Ng3 exd5 9. cxd5 Nfd7 10. Be2 a6 11. a4 b6 12. O-O Re8 13. f4 f6 14. b3 Nf8 (14... f5 15. Bb2 fxe4 16. f5) 15. Bb2 Nbd7 16. Qd2 Ra7 17. Nd1 Rc7 18. Ne3 Nb8 19. Bc4 Bd7 20. e5 fxe5 21. fxe5 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 {I thought here for a long time. My reason to go to this line was Ng4. I had miscalculated that the bishop on d7 can simply take the knight. So now I was thinking what is the best way to continue. Turns out White is winning!} 23. Qf2 (23. Rf3 Qe7 24. Raf1 Rc8 25. Qf2 $18) 23... Qe7 24. Rae1 b5 25. axb5 (25. Ng4 $3 Bxg4 26. Rxe5 dxe5 27. d6+) 25... axb5 26. Bd3 Be8 {My opponent made my task easier.} (26... Na6 27. Ng4 Bxg4 28. Rxe5 dxe5 29. Ne4 $18) 27. Ng4 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Qf7 29. Nh6+ 1-0 [Event "World Record Marathon Rapid, Peru"] [Site "?"] [Date "2026.06.26"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Cori, Jorge"] [Black "Sagar, Shah"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [ECO "D05"] [WhiteElo "2622"] [BlackElo "2281"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "66"] [GameId "2325293598674944"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 (2... d5 $5) 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 d5 5. b3 cxd4 6. exd4 Nc6 7. O-O Bd6 8. Bb2 O-O 9. a3 Qc7 (9... b6 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Ne5 Ne7 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. f4 Nf5 {The idea is Be7 and Nd6.} 14. g4 Nh4 15. f5 exf5 16. gxf5 g6 $13) 10. Qe2 b6 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Ne5 Rac8 13. f4 Ne7 14. Rac1 Nf5 15. g4 Nh4 16. Rf2 (16. f5 {I was a bit afraid of this move as my knight would remain trapped on h4.} h6 17. Qf2 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qxh4 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Rfd8 {This position is compensation!} 21. Qf2 Qc6 22. Qe3 Rxd2 $1 $17) 16... Qe7 17. Ra1 Rc7 18. g5 Ne4 $1 (18... Nd7 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Qxh4 Rxc2 22. Rf3 $18) 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 {This pawn sacrifice is quite good.} f6 (21... Bxe5 $1 22. fxe5 (22. Qxe5 Rxc2 $1 23. d5 Rxb2 24. Qxb2 exd5 $13) (22. dxe5 Rd8 $17) 22... Qxg5+) 22. gxf6 Rxf6 (22... gxf6 23. Nd3 Kh8 24. Kh1 {I thought White is better.}) 23. Kh1 Bxe5 24. Qxe5 Rf5 25. Qe4 Qd6 26. Re1 Re7 27. c4 Ng6 28. Bc1 (28. d5 exd5 $19) 28... Rd7 29. a4 (29. d5 $1 {I was not sure how I was going to respond to this.}) 29... Qxd4 30. Qxe6+ Rdf7 (30... Rff7 $13) 31. Rd2 Qc5 32. Rd8+ Nf8 33. Rc8 Qf2 {here I lost on time, but the finish is beautiful.} (33... R5f6) (33... Qb4 34. Bd2 Qa3 35. c5 $18) (33... Qf2 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Qe8#) 1-0 [Event "World Record Attempt Peru"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.06.26"] [Round "5.16"] [White "Sagar, Shah"] [Black "Esteban Castro, Esther Raquel"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [ECO "B38"] [WhiteElo "2281"] [BlackElo "1877"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "124"] [GameId "2325379468001280"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. e4 Nc6 6. Be3 d6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Be2 a6 9. O-O h5 10. f3 (10. h3) 10... O-O 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. Nc2 {Keeping pieces on the board.} Be6 13. Nd5 Nd7 14. Rab1 Rb8 15. Bh6 {I think this move is positionally wrong. I played it because there was ...h5 on the board and the black king looks a bit weak with f4-f5 on cards. But it was better to keep dark squared bishops on board.} (15. b4 $16) (15. Kh1 $16) 15... f5 $6 16. Bxg7 (16. Qg5 $1 Qe8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nf4 Bf7 19. exf5 $18) 16... Kxg7 17. Nf4 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Bg8 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. Bd3 (20. Nxg6 $1 {Tactical moment! :)} Kxg6 21. Bd3 {With g4 coming up, this is game over.} Kf6 22. Qh6+ $18) 20... Rf6 21. Rbe1 $6 (21. Nxg6 Rxg6 22. Bxg6 Kxg6 {I wanted this to work, but I didn't find a way to make this work.}) (21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. cxd5 Nce5 {I didn't like this position but after} 23. Be2 Rbf8 24. Nd4 $18 {White is once again positionally crushing.}) 21... Nde5 (21... Qxb2) 22. Nh3 {I played this with very little time on the clock.} (22. Nd5 $1) 22... Nxc4 23. Bxc4 Bxc4 24. Rf2 e5 25. b3 Bg8 26. Ne3 Rbf8 27. Ng5 Qd8 28. Ne4 Re6 29. Nd5 Ree8 30. Qd3 Be6 31. Rd2 Nd4 32. Ne3 Qd7 33. Nc2 Nxc2 34. Rxc2 Rd8 35. Rec1 (35. Rd2 $13) 35... Rc8 36. Qxd6 Rxc2 37. Rxc2 Qxd6 38. Nxd6 Rd8 39. Rc7+ $4 {One of those moves, you play with all your enthusiasm and then realize it was a blunder! :)} (39. Rd2 $11) 39... Kh6 $19 40. Rxb7 Rxd6 41. h3 Rd2 42. a4 Rb2 43. b4 Rb1+ 44. Kh2 Rb2 45. Rb6 Bd5 46. Kg3 Bc4 47. a5 Bf1 48. Kh4 Rxg2 49. f4 exf4 50. b5 Be2 51. bxa6 Kh7 52. Rb7+ Kh6 53. Rb6 Bf3 54. a7 Ra2 55. a6 Ra4 56. Rf6 Kg7 57. Rb6 Be4 58. Rb7+ Kh6 59. Rb6 f3 60. Kg3 Ra2 61. Rb7 Rxa6 62. Re7 Ba8 0-1 [Event "World Record Rapid Peru"] [Site "?"] [Date "2026.06.26"] [Round "6"] [White "Pena, Julio Cesar"] [Black "Sagar, Shah"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [ECO "D55"] [WhiteElo "1937"] [BlackElo "2281"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "114"] [GameId "2325568977764569"] [EventDate "2026.06.27"] [SourceVersionDate "2026.06.27"] 1. d4 d5 {The joy of playing d4 d5! :)} 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Bd3 dxc4 (8... c5 9. dxc5 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd7 $11) 9. Bxc4 b6 (9... c5 10. dxc5 Nd7 11. c6 bxc6) 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. e4 {I was a bit unsure what to do here.} e5 (12... c5 $1 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 (14. exd5 Re8 15. Qc2 Ne5 $15) 14... Ne5 $11) 13. d5 (13. Rfd1 $1 Qe7 14. Nd5 Qd6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. d5 $14) 13... Be7 14. Rac1 a6 15. a4 Bd6 16. Ne1 g6 17. Nd3 Qg5 18. g3 Kh7 19. Kh1 Rae8 20. f4 exf4 21. gxf4 Qh4 22. Qf2 Qxf2 23. Rxf2 Nc5 (23... f6 $1) 24. Nxc5 (24. e5 Nxd3 25. Bxd3 Bc5) 24... Bxc5 25. Re2 Re7 (25... g5 $1 26. f5 Re5 $17) 26. Kg2 Rd8 27. Kg3 Bd4 28. Rd1 Bg7 (28... Bxc3 29. bxc3 $16) 29. e5 f6 (29... g5 $1) 30. e6 (30. d6 cxd6 31. Rxd6 Rf8 32. e6 f5 33. Red2 $16) 30... f5 31. Red2 Rd6 32. Rd3 Bf6 33. h4 Re8 34. Rh1 Red8 35. Rhd1 Kg7 36. Kh3 c6 37. dxc6 Rxd3+ 38. Rxd3 Rxd3+ 39. Bxd3 Bxc6 40. Bxa6 Bxc3 41. bxc3 Bxa4 42. c4 Kf6 43. h5 gxh5 44. Kh4 Bd1 45. Bc8 Be2 46. Bd7 Bxc4 47. Kxh5 b5 48. Kxh6 (48. e7 Kxe7 49. Bxf5 Kf6 50. Bc2 Kg7 $19) 48... b4 49. Ba4 b3 50. e7 Kxe7 51. Kg6 Ke6 52. Kg5 Bd5 53. Bb5 b2 54. Bd3 Be4 55. Bc4+ Ke7 56. Ba2 b1=Q 57. Bxb1 Bxb1 0-1 [Event "World Record Marathon Peru"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.06.26"] [Round "7.18"] [White "Sagar, Shah"] [Black "Vizcarra Quispe, Ramalia Bellaluz"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2281"] [BlackElo "1871"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "128"] [GameId "2325408467927040"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 (4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3) (4. e3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. Ne2 c5 8. Nc3 Qd8 9. d5) 4... Nxd5 5. e3 {I remember an old line that I had learnt.} Nxc3 (5... Bg7 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. Ne2) 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Ba3 Nd7 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O cxd4 $2 (10... b6 $13) 11. cxd4 $14 Nf6 12. Rc1 (12. Ne5 $14) 12... b6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Bf3 (14. Nc6 Bxc6 15. Rxc6 $16) 14... Ne4 15. Nc6 Bxc6 16. Rxc6 Qd5 17. Qc2 f5 18. Bxe7 Rfe8 19. Ba3 (19. Rc7) 19... Qa5 20. Qc4+ Kh8 21. Bb4 Qa4 22. Bd1 b5 23. Bxa4 bxc4 24. Rxc4 Reb8 25. Bc6 Rc8 26. Rfc1 Rab8 27. f3 (27. Bxe4 Rxc4 28. Rxc4 fxe4 29. g3 {is game over. What might have stopped me from playing this? Not sure. Maybe I just thought that with the bishop pair, I will just win material and will not have to convert this endgame.}) 27... Bh6 {This move came as a shock to me.} (27... Nf6 28. Bd6 Rb6 29. d5) 28. Re1 (28. f4) 28... Nf6 29. a3 a5 30. Bxa5 Rb3 31. Kf2 Rxa3 32. Bc3 Ra2+ 33. Re2 Ra3 34. d5 Bg7 35. Bd4 Ne8 36. Bxg7+ Kxg7 37. Rec2 Nd6 38. R4c3 Ra5 39. Rc5 Ra3 40. R5c3 Ra5 41. Rb2 Rxd5 $1 {Missing the first tactic under time pressure.} 42. Bxd5 Rxc3 43. e4 fxe4 44. fxe4 Ra3 45. Rb6 Nc8 46. Rb7+ Kh6 47. Rc7 (47. e5 Ra5 48. Be6 $18) 47... Nd6 48. Rd7 Nb5 49. Rb7 (49. e5) 49... Nd4 50. Rb4 Rd3 51. Rc4 Nb5 52. Rc5 Nd4 53. Rc7 Nb5 54. Rb7 Nc3 55. Rd7 {Missing another tactic!} Nxe4+ $1 56. Ke2 {missing the 3rd tactic!} (56. Bxe4 Rxd7 57. g3 {I have to defend this! :)}) 56... Rxd5 57. Rxd5 Nc3+ 58. Kd3 Nxd5 59. Ke4 Nf6+ 60. Ke5 Ng4+ 61. Kf4 Nxh2 62. g4 Nf1 63. Kf3 Kg5 64. Kf2 Nh2 0-1 [Event "World Record Marathon Peru"] [Site "?"] [Date "2026.06.27"] [Round "8"] [White "Orasji, Roger Junior"] [Black "Sagar, Shah"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [ECO "A37"] [WhiteElo "1726"] [BlackElo "2281"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "62"] [GameId "2325566637273295"] [EventDate "2026.06.27"] [SourceVersionDate "2026.06.27"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. c4 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O e5 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. Rb1 d6 9. Bd2 h6 10. a3 a5 11. Ne1 Be6 12. Nc2 (12. Nd5 Rb8 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 b5 $1) 12... d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Ne4 b6 15. Nc3 Rb8 $1 (15... Nde7 16. b4 $13) 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Ne3 Qd7 (18... Qe6 19. b4 cxb4 20. axb4 e4 $17) 19. Nc4 $2 (19. b4 cxb4 20. axb4 Nd4 $1 21. bxa5 bxa5 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. Bxa5 Rb2 24. Re1 Qc6 $44) 19... a4 $1 20. Qc1 b5 21. Ne3 Nd4 22. Re1 Rbc8 23. Nd1 Kh7 {This is one of those moves where I think and think and I know something exists but then take the easy route out!} (23... c4 $19) (23... e4 24. Bxh6 exd3 $19) 24. Nc3 f5 25. Kg2 b4 26. Nd1 f4 27. f3 e4 $1 {A bold and good move! :) I think I was happy that I played this move.} 28. Bxf4 (28. fxe4 Nxe2 $19) (28. dxe4 Nb3 $19) 28... g5 29. Bxg5 Nxe2 30. Qe3 exf3+ 31. Kh1 Nxg3+ (31... Nxg3+ 32. Kg1 (32. hxg3 Qh3+ 33. Kg1 Qg2#) 32... Bd4 $19) 0-1 [Event "World Record Marathon, Peru"] [Site "?"] [Date "2026.06.26"] [Round "9"] [White "Gallegos Quispe, Daniel Paolo"] [Black "Sagar, Shah"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [ECO "C47"] [WhiteElo "1889"] [BlackElo "2281"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "61"] [GameId "2325428253156212"] [EventDate "2026.06.27"] [SourceVersionDate "2026.06.27"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 d6 {I played this because I find Bb4 line very boring and easy for White to play.} 6. f3 (6. Bf4 Be7 7. Qd2 O-O 8. O-O-O Re8 9. f3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be6) 6... Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 d5 9. O-O-O (9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. e5 Nd7 11. f4 Nb6 12. O-O-O Bg4 (12... Rb8) 13. Be2) 9... Nxd4 (9... dxe4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Rxd8+ Bxd8 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. fxe4 $14) 10. Bxd4 dxe4 11. fxe4 c5 (11... Ng4 12. Kb1 Bf6 $1 (12... Bg5 13. Qe1 $18) 13. Nd5 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 c6 15. Nf4 Qxd4 $15) 12. Be3 Qxd2+ (12... Be6 13. Nd5 Nxe4) (12... Qa5 13. Kb1 Rd8 14. Nd5 Qxd2 15. Nxe7+ Kf8 16. Rxd2 Rxd2 17. Bxd2 Kxe7) 13. Rxd2 Be6 14. Nd5 $6 Bxd5 15. exd5 Bd6 16. Bd3 Ng4 (16... Rfe8 17. Bg5 (17. Re1 Bf4 18. Rde2 Rxe3 19. Rxe3 Ng4) (17. Re2 Rxe3 18. Rxe3 Bf4) 17... Ne4 18. Bxe4 Rxe4 {The bishop on g5 is precariously positioned.} 19. h3 (19. Rf2 h6 20. Bd2 Rd8) 19... h6) 17. Bg5 h6 18. h3 Ne5 (18... c4 19. Bxc4 (19. hxg4 cxd3 20. Be3 dxc2 $15) 19... Ne5) 19. Be3 Rfe8 20. Kb1 a6 (20... Nxd3 21. Rxd3 c4 22. Rc3 b5 $17 23. Bf2 Re2 $17) 21. Bf4 f6 22. Bf5 Nc4 (22... Nf7 23. Bxd6 Nxd6 24. Be6+) 23. Rf2 Bxf4 24. Rxf4 Nd6 25. Be6+ Kf8 26. h4 Nf7 27. h5 Ke7 (27... Ng5 $15) 28. Re1 Ne5 (28... Kd6 $1 $13) 29. Rxe5 $1 fxe5 30. Rf7+ Kd6 (30... Kd8 31. Rd7+ Kc8 32. Rxg7+ Kb8 33. g4 $18) 31. Rd7# {The resistance offered was quite low here! :)} 1-0 [Event "World Record Marathon Lima Rapid 2"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.06.27"] [Round "1.20"] [White "Sagar, Shah"] [Black "Puma Campos, Sebastian Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2281"] [BlackElo "1564"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "89"] [GameId "2325689486012416"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 cxd4 5. O-O e6 6. c3 dxc3 (6... a6 7. Be2) 7. Nxc3 Bb4 8. d4 a6 9. Bd3 Ne7 10. a3 (10. Qb3 Ba5) 10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 d5 12. e5 Qc7 13. Bd2 (13. a4 Qxc3 14. Ba3) 13... Bd7 14. a4 Rb8 15. Qg4 Ng6 16. h4 h5 17. Qg3 Ne7 18. Qxg7 Rg8 19. Qh7 Bc6 20. Bg5 (20. f4 Kd7 21. f5) 20... Rf8 21. Qxh5 Kd7 22. Bf6 Rbe8 23. Bg7 Rg8 24. Qxf7 Qd8 25. Bh7 (25. h5 Ref8 26. Bxf8 Rxf8 27. Qg7 Rg8 28. Qf6 Rf8 29. Qg5 Rg8 30. Qh4) 25... Kc8 26. Qxe6+ (26. Bxg8 Nxg8 27. Bf6 Nxf6 28. Qxf6 Qd7 29. f4) 26... Bd7 27. Qf6 Nc6 28. Qxd8+ Nxd8 29. Bxg8 Rxg8 30. Bf6 Nf7 (30... Bh3 31. Bg5 (31. g3)) 31. f4 (31. f3) 31... Bf5 32. Rac1 Be4 33. Rf2 Nh6 34. c4 Kd7 35. cxd5 Bxd5 36. Rc5 Be4 (36... Ke6 37. f5+ Nxf5 38. Rxd5 Kxd5 39. Rxf5) 37. d5 Ng4 38. Re2 Nxf6 39. exf6 Bf5 40. d6 b6 41. Rxf5 Kxd6 42. f7 Rc8 43. Re8 Rc1+ 44. Kh2 Rc7 45. f8=Q+ 1-0 [Event "World Record Marathon Lima"] [Site "?"] [Date "2026.06.27"] [Round "2"] [White "Raymundo Garragate, Mayra Regina"] [Black "Sagar, Shah"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "1802"] [BlackElo "2281"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "79"] [GameId "2325713897198186"] [EventDate "2026.06.27"] [SourceVersionDate "2026.06.27"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. c4 cxd4 6. exd4 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. a3 Ba5 11. b4 Bb6 12. Nb3 a5 13. b5 Ne7 14. O-O Nfd5 (14... Bc7) 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bh4 Nf5 {For me it is such a surprise that this is not the best move.} 17. Bg3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Qd6 19. Re1 (19. a4 Bd7 20. Rc1 Rac8 21. Nfd2 Qb4 22. Qf3 $18) 19... Bd7 (19... a4 20. Nbd2 Bd7 21. Ne4 {is uncomfortable.}) 20. Rc1 Qxa3 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Nc5 Bxb5 23. Rb1 (23. Ra1 Qc3 24. Re3 Qb4 25. Rb1 Bxc5 26. Rxb4 Bxb4) 23... Bxc5 24. Rxb5 (24. dxc5 Qxc5 $17) 24... Bb4 25. Re3 Qb2 (25... Qa2 26. Rxb7 Qc4 $19) 26. Rb3 (26. Rxb7 Rac8 27. Ree7 $18) 26... Qa2 27. Rxb7 Rac8 (27... Rfe8 $1) 28. Nh4 f5 29. Qf3 Qa1+ (29... Rc1+ 30. Kh2 Qa1 31. Qxd5+ Kh8 32. g4 Rh1+ (32... f4 33. Ng6+ hxg6 34. Rh3#) 33. Kg3 f4+ 34. Kf3 Qd1+ 35. Ke4 Qe2+ 36. Re3 fxe3) 30. Kh2 Qxd4 (30... Rc1 $1 31. Qxd5+ Kh8 32. g4 Rh1+ 33. Kg3 f4+ 34. Kf3 Qd1+ $19) 31. Nxf5 Qf6 32. g4 g6 33. Qh3 {At this point I had very little time left.} (33. Qxd5+ Kh8 34. Rxh7+ Kxh7 35. Rh3+) 33... Rf7 34. Nh6+ Kg7 35. Rxf7+ Qxf7 36. Nxf7 Kxf7 37. Qxh7+ Kf6 38. Qh4+ Kg7 39. Qg5 Bd6+ 40. g3 1-0 [Event "World Record Marathon Lima, Peru"] [Site "?"] [Date "2026.06.27"] [Round "3"] [White "Sagar, Shah"] [Black "Parra Cabezudo, Victor Eduardo"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [ECO "D10"] [WhiteElo "2281"] [BlackElo "1599"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "60"] [GameId "2325726297131062"] [EventDate "2026.06.27"] [SourceVersionDate "2026.06.27"] 1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Qb6 6. Nc3 {took me some time to figure out the details.} e5 {Very tricky move.} (6... e6 7. a3 $14) (6... Qxb2 7. Nxd5 e6 8. Rb1 $18) 7. dxe5 (7. Bxe5 Qxb2 8. Nxd5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Bb4+ 10. Nxb4 Qc3+ 11. Ke2 Qxb4 12. f4 $18) 7... Be6 (7... Qxb2 8. Nxd5 Bb4+ 9. Nxb4 Qc3+ 10. Ke2 Qxb4 11. f3 Be6 $13) 8. Bb5 (8. a3) 8... Bb4 9. Qa4 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nge7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O Rfc8 13. Rab1 Qa5 14. Nd4 Qxa4 15. Bxa4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Rc7 17. f3 Bf5 18. Rbc1 (18. e4 dxe4 19. e6) 18... Rac8 19. Rxc7 Rxc7 20. e6 Rc4 21. exf7+ Kxf7 22. Bb3 Rb4 23. e4 Be6 24. Be3 Ke8 25. Rc1 Kd7 26. Kf2 a5 27. Rc3 a4 28. Bc2 Rb2 29. a3 dxe4 30. fxe4 (30. Kg3) 30... Bb3 {and I lost the game.} 0-1 [Event "World Record Marathon Rapid Lima"] [Site "?"] [Date "2026.06.27"] [Round "5"] [White "Pinto Vera, Jesus Nabih"] [Black "Sagar, Shah"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [ECO "B11"] [WhiteElo "1627"] [BlackElo "2281"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "76"] [GameId "2325748950456390"] [EventDate "2026.06.27"] [SourceVersionDate "2026.06.27"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 (4... Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 {is more solid.}) 5. exd5 cxd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Be2 (7. g4 Bg6 8. h4 f6 9. h5 Bf7 10. Qe2 e6 11. g5) 7... e6 8. O-O Bd6 9. Re1 Nf6 10. Ne5 Bxe2 11. Rxe2 O-O 12. Bf4 (12. Bg5 Be7) 12... Rc8 (12... Qb6 $17 13. Nxc6 Bxf4) 13. a3 a6 14. Na4 Na5 15. b4 (15. Nc5) 15... Nc4 16. Nxc4 Bxf4 17. Nd2 b6 18. Nb3 Bb8 19. Qd3 Rc4 20. Nb2 Qc7 21. Qg3 Rxc2 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. Na4 Rc6 24. Rc1 Rfc8 25. Ree1 Bf4 26. Rxc6 Rxc6 27. g3 Bc7 28. Rc1 Rxc1+ 29. Nxc1 Kf8 30. Kf1 Ke7 31. Ke2 Kd7 32. Nd3 Kc6 33. Nab2 Ne4 34. Nd1 Kb5 35. N3b2 a5 36. bxa5 bxa5 37. Kd3 Bd6 38. Kc2 Bxa3 0-1 [Event "World Record Marathon Lima, Peru"] [Site "?"] [Date "2026.06.27"] [Round "6"] [White "Ticona Junes, Yasser Josein"] [Black "Sagar, Shah"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [ECO "B18"] [WhiteElo "1776"] [BlackElo "2281"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "72"] [GameId "2325758531784313"] [EventDate "2026.06.27"] [SourceVersionDate "2026.06.27"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nh3 e6 8. Nf4 Bh7 9. Bc4 Nf6 10. Qe2 Bd6 (10... Qxd4) 11. Bxe6 fxe6 (11... O-O $1 $19) (11... Bxf4 12. Bb3+ Kd7 13. Bxf4 Re8 14. Be3) 12. Nxe6 Qe7 (12... Qd7 13. Nxg7+ Kf7) 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. Nxg7+ Kf7 15. Qxe7+ Bxe7 16. Nxf5 h5 17. Bg5 Nbd7 18. O-O-O Rhe8 19. f3 Bf8 20. Rhg1 Kg6 21. Ne3 Nh7 22. Bf4 Bd6 23. Bxd6 Rxe3 24. d5 c5 25. g4 Rxf3 26. gxh5+ Kxh5 27. Rg7 Nhf6 28. Re1 b6 29. Ree7 Rd8 30. b3 Kxh4 31. Bc7 Rh8 32. Rxd7 Nxd7 33. Rxd7 Rf1+ 34. Kb2 Rf2 35. Be5 Re8 36. Bc3 Ree2 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Record Marathon Lima Peru"] [Site "?"] [Date "2026.06.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Sagar, Shah"] [Black "Calluchi Carrillo, Thiago Andre"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2281"] [BlackElo "1761"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "43"] [GameId "2325765568908930"] [EventDate "2026.06.27"] [SourceVersionDate "2026.06.27"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 O-O 6. Bh6 c5 7. d5 e6 8. O-O-O (8. dxe6 Bxe6 9. h4) 8... exd5 9. exd5 Nbd7 10. h4 a6 11. h5 Nxh5 12. g4 Nhf6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qh6+ Kg8 15. g5 Nh5 16. Be2 (16. Rxh5 gxh5 17. Bd3 f5 18. g6 Qe7) 16... f5 17. Bxh5 gxh5 18. g6 Qe7 19. Nf3 Qg7 20. gxh7+ Qxh7 21. Rdg1+ Kh8 22. Qxh7+ 1-0 [Event "World Record Marathon Lima Peru"] [Site "?"] [Date "2026.06.27"] [Round "8"] [White "Enrico, Grassi"] [Black "Sagar, Shah"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "1887"] [BlackElo "2407"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "66"] [GameId "2325778821123762"] [EventDate "2026.06.27"] [SourceVersionDate "2026.06.27"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 10. Qxb7 Nxd4 11. Bb5+ Nxb5 12. Qxb5+ (12. Qc6+ Ke7 13. Qxb5 Qd7) 12... Qd7 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. Ke2 Bd6 16. Kd3 Rab8 (16... Rhb8 17. b3 a5) 17. b3 Rb4 18. Bd2 Rh4 19. h3 Re8 20. Rae1 $2 {You need to keep both the rooks if you are white for dynamics!} (20. Rag1 g6 21. Rg4 Rh5 22. Ra4) 20... Rxe1 21. Bxe1 Bc5 22. Ke2 Ke6 23. Bd2 h6 24. Be3 d4 25. Bd2 Kd5 26. Kd3 g5 27. b4 Bd6 28. a4 f5 29. b5 g4 30. a5 Rxh3 31. Rb1 Rxf3+ 32. Ke2 d3+ 33. Ke1 g3 (33... g3 34. Be3 g2 35. Kd2 f4 36. Bxa7 Kc4 37. a6 Bb4+ 38. Rxb4+ Kxb4) 0-1 [Event "World Record Marathon Peru Lima"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.06.27"] [Round "9.16"] [White "Sagar, Shah"] [Black "Garcia Toledo, Pedro"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [ECO "D32"] [WhiteElo "2281"] [BlackElo "1873"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "57"] [GameId "2325782361849856"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 Bd6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 a6 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. Rc1 (12. h3) 12... Qd6 13. Nd4 (13. h3 Bh5 14. Nh4) 13... Bxd4 $1 (13... Bxe2 14. Ncxe2 $14) 14. Bxg4 Be5 15. h3 (15. g3) (15. f4 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Rae8 $11) 15... d4 16. exd4 Bf4 17. Ra1 Nxd4 18. Ne4 (18. Ne2 $1 Nxe2+ (18... Nxg4 19. Qxd4 $18) 19. Bxe2 $14) 18... Nxe4 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. Bxd4 f5 21. Be2 (21. Bf3 Nd2 22. Bd5+ Kh8 23. Rfe1 Rfd8 (23... Rad8 24. Bc5) 24. Bxb7 Rab8 25. Bb6) 21... Rad8 22. Rfd1 Rd7 23. Bc4+ Kh8 24. Bb6 Nd2 (24... Bd2) 25. Be6 Rd3 (25... Rd6 26. Bc5 $18) 26. g3 Be5 27. Rac1 Bb2 28. Bc4 (28. Bxf5 $1 Rd5 (28... Rd6 29. Bc5 $18) 29. Be6 Rd3 30. Bc4 Nxc4 31. Rxd3 Nxb6 32. Rc7 $18) 28... Nxc4 29. Rxd3 {At this point I had already lost on time.} 0-1