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Ju Wenjun vs Yu Yangyi

Event ch-CHN 2021 Italian Game

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a4 O-O 7. h3 Be6 8. O-O Nxe4 9. Nxe4 d5 10. Neg5 dxc4 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. dxc4 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bc5 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 h6 16. Rd7 Rf7 17. Rxf7 Kxf7 18. Rf1 Ke8 19. Kf2 Ke7 20. Ke2 Rf8 21. Rb1 a5 22. c3 b6 23. Kd3 Nb8 24. Nxe5 Rf2 25. c5 bxc5 26. g4 Nd7 27. Nc6+ Kd6 28. Nxa5 Nb6 29. Nc4+ Kc6 30. a5 Nxc4 31. Kxc4 Re2 32. a6 Kb6 33. Ra1 Ka7 34. Ra5 Rxb2 35. Rxc5 Kb6 36. Re5 Kxa6 37. Rxe6+ Kb7 38. h4 Ra2 39. Kd3 Rf2 40. Rg6 Rf7 41. e4 c6 42. e5 Kb6 43. Ke4 Kc5 44. h5 Kb5 45. Rd6 Kc5 46. Rd8 Re7 47. Rd4 Kb5 48. Kf5 c5 49. Rd1 Rf7+ 50. Ke6 Ra7 51. Kd6 Kc4 52. e6 Ra6+ 53. Kd7 Ra7+ 54. Ke8 Kxc3 55. e7 Ra2 56. Kd7 1-0

Praggnanandhaa vs Ju Wenjun

"1st Prague Challengers" March 10, 2019 Round "5.1" ECO "C42" WhiteElo "2532" BlackElo "2580" Petroff Defence: 1-0

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O c6 10. Kb1 Re8 11. Bd3 d5 12. h4 Bc5 13. Bf4 Nf6 14. Rde1 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Rxe4 Be6 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. Be3 Bf8 19. b3 c5 20. Bf4 f6 21. Rhe1 Kf7 22. c4 Bd7 23. Rxe8 Bxe8 24. Kc1 Bc6 25. Re3 h5 26. Ne1 Kg6 27. Bc7 Rc8 28. Bg3 Kf5 29. f3 g6 30. Kd1 b6 31. Nd3 Rd8 32. Ke2 g5 33. Kf2 Be8 34. hxg5 fxg5 35. Re5+ Kf6 36. Rd5 Be7 37. f4 Ke6 38. Re5+ Kd7 39. fxg5 Bg6 40. Rd5+ Kc8 41. Rxd8+ Bxd8 42. Bf4 h4 43. Kf3 Bf5 44. g3 hxg3 45. Kxg3 Kd7 46. Kh4 Ke8 47. Kh5 Kf8 48. Kh6 Kg8 49. Bd6 Kf7 50. Nf4 Bxc2 51. g6+ Kg8 52. Nd5 Be4 53. Bf4 Bxd5 54. cxd5 Bf6 55. d6 Kf8 56. d7 Ke7 57. Bg5 1-0

Yifan Hou vs Ju Wenjun

Chinese Championship 2006, Wuxi CHN, rd 2, Jun-26 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Opocensky Variation (B92) 1-0

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4 Be7 9. f5 Bd7 10. Bg5 Bc6 11. Bf6 Bf6 12. Bc4 O-O 13. Bd5 a5 14. Nd2 Qc7 15. Nc4 Rd8 16. Qe2 Na6 17. h4 Nb4 18. Ne3 Qb6 19. O-O-O Rac8 20. a3 Nd5 21. Ncd5 Bd5 22. Nd5 Qc5 23. g4 Rd7 24. Rh3 Rc6 25. Kb1 Bd8 26. g5 Qa7 27. g6 h6 28. f6 fg6 29. Qg4 Rf7 30. Qe6 gf6 31. Rg3 Kg7 32. Ne3 g5 33. hg5 fg5 34. Rh1 d5 35. Qe5 Bf6 36. Qe8 Bb2 37. Rg5 Rg6 38. Nf5 Kf6 39. Qd8 Ke5 40. Qd5

Aleksandra Goryachkina vs Ju Wenjun Ju

Goryachkina Women's World Championship (2020), Vladivostok, RUS, rd 8, Jan-18 Queen's Gambit Declined, exchange, positional line, 5...c6 (D35)

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bd3 Ne4 9. Bg3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Nd7 11. Nf3 Nf6 12. Qc2 Be6 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. Na4 Kb8 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Bg4 18. Rc1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 d4 20. e4 g5 21. Qd2 Nd7 22. f4 f6 23. Rh5 gxf4 24. gxf4 Nf8 25. f5 Qg7 26. Qf4+ Ka8 27. Qh2 Nd7 28. f4 Qf8 29. b4 b6 30. e5 bxc5 31. Qh1 Nb8 32. Be4 Rh7 33. Rxc5 Rb7 34. Bxc6 Nxc6 35. Qxc6 d3 36. Rb5 Rb8 37. e6 Qd8 38. Rh1 d2 39. Rd5 Qc8 40. Qxc8 Rxb4+ 41. Ka1 Rxc8 42. Rxd2 Kb7 43. Rd7+ Kb6 44. e7 Re8 45. Re1

The 2020 FIDE Women's World Chess Championship is a 12-game match between Chinese reigning champion Ju Wenjun and Russian challenger Aleksandra Goryachkina, who won the 2019 FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament. The first six games will be played in Shanghai, China and the remaining games in Vladivostok, Russia. The prize fund is 500,000 euros, split 60:40, or 55:45 in case of a playoff. The players receive 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment from move one. No draw offers are allowed before move 40. In case of a 6:6 tie four 25+10 rapid games will be played followed, if necessary, by up to 5 pairs of 5+3 blitz games and, finally, Armageddon.

Aleksandra Goryachkina vs Ju Wenjun

Goryachkina Women's World Championship (2020), Vladivostok, RUS, rd 12, Jan-23 Queen's pawn, Chigorin variation (D00)

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nb5 Na6 5. e3 Bb4+ 6. c3 Be7 7. a4 O-O 8. Bd3 c6 9. Na3 c5 10. Nf3 Ne4 11. h3 f5 12. Nb5 c4 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Ne5 Nb8 15. O-O a6 16. Na3 Nd7 17. Nc2 Qe8 18. f3 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bd7 20. Ne1 Qh5 21. Kh2 exf3 22. Nxf3 Be8 23. Qe1 Qg6 24. Bf4 Qe4 25. a5 h6 26. Nd2 Qh7 27. e4 dxe4 28. Be5 Rc8 29. Rxf8+ Bxf8 30. Qe2 e3 31. Nxc4 Bb5 32. b3 Qe4 33. Rf1 Qc6 34. Qxe3 Qe8 35. Qe2 Qg6 36. Rf3 Kh7 37. Qf2 Bc6 38. Rg3 Qf5 39. Qe2 Rd8 40. Ne3 Qf7 41. Qd3+ g6 42. Rg4 Bg7 43. Bxg7 Kxg7 44. Nc4 Bb5 45. Qg3 Bxc4 46. bxc4 Rd7 47. Re4 Qf6 48. Qe3 Rd6 49. c5 Rc6 50. Kg1 Qf5 51. Rf4 Qg5 52. h4 Qe7 53. Qe5+ Kg8 54. Rf6 Kh7 55. h5 gxh5 56. Qf4 e5 57. Qxh6+ Kg8 58. Qg6+ Kh8 59. Qxh5+ Kg8 60. Qg5+

Magnus Carlsen vs Hikaru Nakamura

FTX Crypto Cup | Knockouts, Game 2.1., May-27 (2021) Giuoco Piano (C50)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.Re1 Ng4 7.Re2 Kh8 8.h3 f5 9.Bg5 Nf6 10.Nc3 d6 11.Nd5 fxe4 12.dxe4 Be6 13.Nxf6 gxf6 14.Bxe6 fxg5 15.c3 Qf6 16.Bg4 Ne7 17.Qd2 Rg8 18.b4 Bb6 19.a4 a5 20.Qa2 Qg6 21.Qe6 Qg7 22.bxa5 Bxa5 23.Rb1 Ra7 24.Qc4 Qg6 25.Rb5 c6 26.Nxe5 dxe5 27.Rxe5 Rd8 28.Re6 Qg7 29.g3 Raa8 30.Kg2 Ng6 31.e5 Bc7 32.Bf5 Nxe5 33.Qb4 Rf8 34.Re7 Rf7 35.Qxb7 Raf8 36.Rxf7 Qxf7 37.Be4 h5 38.Bxc6 Qc4 39.Bb5 Qxc3 40.Qe4 Qc5 41.Rc2 Qd6 42.Be2 h4 43.gxh4 Ng6 44.Kf1 Bb6 45.Bf3 Ne5 46.Rd2 Qc5 47.Rc2 Nxf3 48.Rxc5 Nd2+ 49.Ke2 Nxe4 50.Rc6 Bxf2 51.hxg5 Nxg5 52.a5 Ne4 53.Kd3 Nc5+ 54.Kc4 Nb7 55.Rh6+ Kg7 56.Rh5 Ra8 57.Rf5 Nd6+

Magnus Carlsen faces his World Championship challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi and ex-challenger Fabiano Caruana in the FTX Crypto Cup, the 6th event on the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour and the 3rd and final Major. The 3-day preliminary stage sees the 16 players play each other once before the bottom 8 are eliminated while the top 8 advance to a knockout. The prize fund is $320,000, including a $100,000 Bitcoin bonus. The winner also qualifies to September's Tour Final. The time control is 15 minutes for all moves, with a 10-second increment per move from move 1. The knockout match-ups are held over two days, with a 4-game match each day. If the match score is 1:1, the tie is decided in a blitz playoff. Two 5+3 blitz games are played followed, if needed, by an Armageddon game, where White has 5 minutes to Black's 4 but a draw counts as a win for Black.

Erigaisi Ajrun vs Levon Aronian

Goldmoney Asian Rapid (2021) (rapid), Quarterfinals Game 2, Jun-29 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 e8g8, 5.Nf3 d7d5 (E51)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd2 b6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.O-O Be7 10.Ne5 c5 11.Ne2 Nc6 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.Bc3 Qb6 15.Ng3 g6 16.b4 cxb4 17.Bd4 Qd8 18.Rc1 Bb7 19.Qf3 Qd6 20.h4 Rfc8 21.h5 a5 22.Bf5 Rxc1 23.Rxc1 Ne8 24.Qg4 Ng7 25.Bxg6 fxg6 26.Bxg7 Rc8 27.Rd1 Rc2 28.Ba1 Rc4 29.Qe2 Qc6 30.Bd4 Bf6 31.hxg6 hxg6 32.Kh2 Bxd4 33.exd4 Rc2 34.Qf3 Qe6 35.Qf4 Kg7 36.Rd3 Qf6 37.Qg4 Qxf2 38.Nh5+ Kh6 39.Nf4 Rc6 40.Rh3+ Kg7 41.Qd7+ Kf6 42.Rf3 Qxd4 43.Ne2+

World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen and Women's no. 1 Hou Yifan are among the 16-player field for the Goldmoney Asian Rapid, the 7th event on the $1.6 million Meltwater Champions Chess Tour, which runs from June 26 to July 4 on chess24. The 3-day preliminary stage sees the players face each other once before the bottom 8 are eliminated while the top 8 advance to a knockout consisting of 2-day matches. The time control is 15 minutes for all moves, with a 10-second increment per move from move 1. The knockout match-ups consist of 4-game matches on the first two days. If the match score is 1:1, two 5+3 games are then played followed, if needed, by Armageddon, where White has 5 minutes to Black's 4 but a draw counts as a win for Black.

Magnus Carlsen vs Ding Liren

Goldmoney Asian Rapid (2021) (rapid), Finals, Match 2 Game 5, Jul-4 Ruy Lopez, closed defence (C84)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.a4 Bd7 10.Bc2 Re8 11.Re1 h6 12.Nbd2 Bf8 13.h3 Rb8 14.b4 Ne7 15.axb5 axb5 16.d4 Ng6 17.Nb3 Ra8 18.Bd2 Rxa1 19.Qxa1 Qc8 20.Kh2 Nh5 21.Bd3 Nhf4 22.Bf1 c6 23.dxe5 dxe5 24.Be3 Be6 25.Nc5 Bxc5 26.bxc5 f6 27.Rd1 Kh7 28.Rd6 f5 29.Bxf4 exf4 30.Nd4 Ne5 31.Qb1 g6 32.Qc1 Bd7 33.exf5 g5 34.Qc2 Rg8 35.Qe4 Qe8 36.Ne6 Nf7 37.f6+ Kh8 38.Bd3

Viswanathan Anand vs Ivan Šarić

Croatia Grand Chess Tour (2021) (rapid), round 8, Jul 9 Sicilian, Anderssen variation (B40)

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.a3 Be7 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.e5 Nd5 9.Qg4 g6 10.Bd2 Rb8 11.Bd3 Qc7 12.Nxd5 exd5 13.O-O O-O 14.Qd4 Bb7 15.b4 c5 16.bxc5 Bxc5 17.Qf4 Rfe8 18.Bb4 a5 19.Bxc5 Qxc5 20.Rab1 Qc7 21.Qd4 Bc6 22.f4 d6 23.Rxb8 Qxb8 24.Re1 dxe5 25.fxe5 Re6 26.c4 Qa8 27.Re2 Re8 28.h3 dxc4 29.Bxc4 Rd8 30.Qb6 Rd1+ 31.Kh2 Bd5 32.Bxd5 Qxd5 33.e6 fxe6 34.Rxe6 Kf7 35.Re2 Qd6+ 36.Qxd6 Rxd6 37.Re5 a4 38.Re4 Ra6 39.Rb4 Ke6 40.Kg3 Kf5 41.Kf3 h5 42.Kg3 Ra5 43.Kh4 Kf6 44.Kg3 Kg5 45.Kh2 Kf5 46.Kg3 Kg5 47.Kh2 Kf5 48.Kg3

The Croatia Grand Chess Tour is the 3rd stage on the 2021 Grand Chess Tour, a series of five events with a total prize fund of $1.275 million. Ian Nepomniachtchi is top seed, while 13th World Champion Garry Kasparov will play the blitz after Ivan Saric plays the first three days of rapid chess. The rapid is a 10-player single round-robin with 3 rounds each day on the first 3 days at a time control of 25 minutes for all moves and a 10-second increment from move 1. The final 2 days are a blitz double round-robin, with 18 rounds of 5+2 blitz. Rapid games count double, with 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw.

Levon Aronian vs Vladislav Artemiev

Goldmoney Asian Rapid (2021) (rapid), Finals, Match 2 Game 2, Jul-4 Robatsch defence, Geller's system (B07)

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.c3 Nf6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.O-O c5 7.h3 Qc7 8.Re1 e5 9.Be3 b6 10.Nbd2 Nc6 11.Rc1 Re8 12.d5 Ne7 13.b4 Nd7 14.Nf1 c4 15.Bc2 f5 16.exf5 gxf5 17.Bg5 e4 18.Ng3 exf3 19.Nxf5 Ne5 20.Nxg7 Kxg7 21.Rxe5 dxe5 22.d6 Qd7 23.Qxf3 Ng6 24.Qxa8 Bb7 25.Qxa7 Qc6 26.f3 Ra8 27.d7 Qxd7 28.Qxb6 Ra6 29.Qe3 Rxa2 30.Rd1 Qe6 31.Qc5 Rxc2 32.Qc7+ Kg8 33.Qxb7 Nf8 34.Rd8 Rxc3 35.Be7 Rc1+ 36.Kh2

Wesley So vs Levon Aronian

Magnus Carlsen Invitational | Prelims Round 6, Mar 14 (2021) Nimzo-Indian, classical variation (E32)

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 dxc4 8. e4 g5 9. Bg3 b5 10. e5 Nh5 11. Qe4 Qd5 12. Qg4 Ng7 13. Be2 f5 14. Qh3 g4 15. Qxh6 gxf3 16. Bxf3 Qxd4 17. O-O c6 18. Rad1 Qb6 19. Ne4 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Rf5 21. Bxf5 exf5 22. e6 Bf8 23. Be5 c5 24. Bxg7 Bxg7 25. e7 Bd7 26. Qh5 Qc6 27. Rfe1 Be8 28. Rd8 Na6 29. Re6 Qd7 30. Rxa8 Nc7 31. Rd8 Nxe6 32. Rxe8+ Nf8 33. Rxf8+

Levon Aronian vs Vladislav Artemiev

Goldmoney Asian Rapid (2021) (rapid), Finals, Match 1 Game 3, Jul-3 Queen's pawn game (D02)

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Bf5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nh4 Bg6 6.Qb3 Nc6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.e3 Bb4 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Bd2 O-O 11.Bd3 Re8 12.O-O Bxc3 13.Bxc3 Rb8 14.Rae1 g5 15.f3 Qd6 16.a3 g4 17.Qd1 gxf3 18.Rxf3 Re6 19.Bf5 Re7 20.Ref1 Rbe8 21.Qe1 Ne4 22.Qh4 g6 23.Rh3 Qf6 24.Qh7+ Kf8 25.Bxe4

Mikhail Tal vs Andres Vooremaa

"Tal in Tallin" (game of the day Apr-26-2006) Tallinn (1971), Tallinn EST, rd 6, Feb-28 Sicilian Defense: Paulsen. Bastrikov Variation (B48)

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O Bd6 9. Kh1 h5 10. f4 Ng4 11. Qf3 Ne3 12. Qe3 Qb6 13. Nce2 e5 14. Qg3 ed4 15. Qg7 Rf8 16. e5 Be7 17. f5 f6 18. Nf4 Rf7 19. ef6 Ne5 20. Bc4 Nc4 21. Qg8 Bf8 22. Nh5 Nd6 23. Rae1 Kd8 24. Re7 Qb5 25. Rfe1 Qd5 26. Nf4 Qa2 27. Ne6 Qe6 28. fe6 Rf6 29. Rf7

Zhansaya Abdumalik vs Antoaneta Stefanova

Gibraltar FIDE Women's Grand Prix Round 5 Scotch game (C45)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Qf6 5.Nb3 Qg6 6.f3 Bd6 7.Nc3 Nge7 8.f4 Bb4 9.f5 Qf6 10.Bd3 Bd6 11.Qh5 a5 12.O-O a4 13.Bg5 Qe5 14.Bf4 Qf6 15.e5 Bxe5 16.Ne4 Qxf5 17.Nd6+ cxd6 18.Bxf5 axb3 19.Bxe5 Nxe5 20.Be4 bxa2 21.Qd1 Ra6 22.Bd5 Ra5 23.Bxa2 d5 24.Qe1 N5c6 25.b4 Rb5 26.c3 O-O 27.Qe2 Rb6 28.b5

Vassily Ivanchuk vs Anish Giri

SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Rapid) (2013) (rapid), Beijing CHN, rd 7, Dec-13 King's Gambit: Accepted. Bishop's Gambit Bogoljubow Defense (C33)

1. e4 e5 2. f4 ef4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bb3 d5 6. ed5 cd5 7. d4 Bd6 8. Nge2 f3 9. gf3 O-O 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Qd2 Be7 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Nf4 Na5 14. Rhe1 Nb3 15. ab3 h6 16. Bh4 Qa5 17. Kb1 Ne4 18. fe4 Bh4 19. Rg1 Bg5 20. h4 Bf4 21. Qf4 Kh8 22. ed5 Bd7 23. Rg7 Kg7 24. Rg1 Kh7 25. Ne4 f6 26. Nf6 Rf6 27. Qf6 Bg4 28. Qe7

Maxime Vachier Lagrave vs Ian Nepomniachtchi

Paris Rapid & Blitz, 19.6.2021., round 6 French, advance, Euwe variation (C02)

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Nge7 7.h4 f6 8.h5 Qb6 9.g4 Ng8 10.Na3 cxd4 11.cxd4 fxe5 12.dxe5 Bc5 13.Nb5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxb5 15.O-O Nf6 16.Bxb5+ Qxb5 17.g5 Ne4 18.Qg4 Qb6 19.g6 O-O-O 20.Bf4 hxg6 21.Rac1 gxh5 22.Qg6 Rhf8 23.Bh2 Rf6 24.Qxg7 Rxf2 25.Rxf2 Nxf2 26.Nd7

Amazing brutality by Mikhail Tal. Every piece is homed in on target! The 24th Soviet Chess Championship took place in Moscow from January 20th to February 22nd, 1957. The championship was held in a theater attended by hundreds, and followed by radio. The championship was significant due in large part to the debut of Mikhail Tal to international chess attention. His "sacrificial style" made a strong impression not only on the grandmasters at the event but around the world as well. The success of his style of play earned him first place among the very best in the Soviet Union with 14/21 at the final.

Bukhuti Gurgenidze vs Mikhail Tal

USSR Championship (1957), Moscow

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 ed5 5. cd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 Na6 11. Re1 Nc7 12. a4 b6 13. Qc2 Ng4 14. h3 Nf2 15. Kf2 Qh4 16. Kf1 Bd4 17. Nd1 Qh3 18. Bf3 Qh2 19. Ne3 f5 20. Ndc4 fe4 21. Be4 Ba6 22. Bf3 Re5 23. Ra3 Rae8 24. Bd2 Nd5 25. Bd5 Rd5 26. Ke2 Be3 27. Re3 Bc4

Viswanathan Anand VS Magnus Carlsen

Anand-Carlsen World Championship, Chennai, India November 2013 Game Notation:- Nimzo-Indian Defense: Saemisch Variation (E25)

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bc3 6. bc3 c5 7. cd5 ed5 8. e3 c4 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. g4 O-O 11. Bg2 Na5 12. O-O Nb3 13. Ra2 b5 14. Ng3 a5 15. g5 Ne8 16. e4 Nc1 17. Qc1 Ra6 18. e5 Nc7 19. f4 b4 20. ab4 ab4 21. Ra6 Na6 22. f5 b3 23. Qf4 Nc7 24. f6 g6 25. Qh4 Ne8 26. Qh6 b2 27. Rf4 b1Q 28. Nf1 Qe1 0-1

Kejohanan Catur Dunia 2013 adalah perlawanan di antara Juara Dunia bertahan, Viswanathan Anand dari India dan pencabar, Magnus Carlsen dari Norway, untuk menentukan Juara Catur Dunia bagi tahun 2013. Ia diadakan pada 9 hingga 22 November 2013 di Hyatt Regency, Chennai, India, di bawah anjuran FIDE (Persekutuan Catur Dunia). Pertandingan ini mengumpulkan jumlah penonton di India yang sangat ramai dan menarik jutaan penonton dari seluruh dunia. Carlsen memenangi perlawanan dengan markah 6½ –3½ selepas 10 daripada 12 permainan yang dijadualkan berlangsung, seterusnya menjadi Juara Catur Dunia yang baru. Garry Kasparov dan yang lain mengatakan ini sebagai permulaan era baru dalam catur, dengan Carlsen menjadi Juara Dunia pertama yang meningkatkan permainannya di zaman komputer catur yang sangat canggih.

Wesley So vs Magnus Carlsen

Goldmoney Asian Rapid (2021) (rapid), Quarterfinals, Match 2 Game 6, Jun-30 Queen's Gambit Declined, Janowski variation (D31)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be6 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 c6 9.Qc2 Bd6 10.Bf4 Qc7 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.h3 O-O 13.O-O g6 14.a3 Ne8 15.Na4 Qe7 16.Ne5 Nd6 17.Rae1 Rae8 18.Re2 Bf5 19.Bxf5 Nxf5 20.Nf3 Nd6 21.Rfe1 Qd8 22.Nd2 Re7 23.f3 Nf5 24.g4 Nh4 25.Kf2 f5 26.Kg3 Rxe3 27.Rxe3 f4+ 28.Kf2 fxe3+ 29.Rxe3 Qc7 30.Nf1 Qf4 31.Qd3 b5 32.Nc3 Nc5 33.dxc5 d4 34.Re7 Qxf3+ 35.Qxf3 Rxf3+ 36.Ke2 dxc3 37.bxc3 Rxc3 38.Nd2 Ng2 39.Ne4 Nf4+ 40.Kd2 Rd3+ 41.Kc2 Rxh3 42.Nf6+ Kf8 43.Rc7 Ne6 44.Nxh7+ Ke8 45.Nf6+ Kd8 46.Rd7+ Kc8 47.Rd6 Nd8 48.Ng8 Rxa3 49.Rxg6 Re3 50.Rg7 Ne6 51.Rg6 Kd7 52.Nf6+ Ke7 53.Nh5 Re5 54.Rh6 Rxc5+ 55.Kb2 Re5 56.Ng3 Nd4 57.Rh7+ Kd6 58.Rh6+ Kd5 59.Rh5 Rxh5 60.gxh5 Ke5 61.Kc3 Nf5 62.Ne2 c5 63.Nc1 Kf6 64.Nd3 Kg5 65.Nxc5 Kxh5 66.Nxa6 b4+ 67.Nxb4 Nd4 68.Nc6 Nxc6

Fabiano Caruana vs Hou Yifan

GRENKE Chess Classic (2018), rd 6, Apr-06 Petrov's Defense (C42)

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. h3 c5 11. Bf4 Be6 12. a3 d5 13. Ng5 Bd7 14. g4 Bc6 15. Bg2 Re8 16. Qd3 Bd6 17. Qg3 Bxf4+ 18. Qxf4 h6 19. Nf3 Qb8 20. Qxb8 Raxb8 21. Nd2 Re2 22. Rhf1 b6 23. Rde1 Rbe8 24. Rxe2 Rxe2 25. Kd1 Re6 26. f4 Kf8 27. Re1 Ke7 28. Rxe6+ Kxe6 29. Ke2 g5 30. fxg5 hxg5 31. Nf3 Ne4 32. Ke3 f6 33. Bf1 Nd6 34. Nd2 f5 35. gxf5+ Nxf5+ 36. Kf2 Ke5 37. Nf3+ Kf4 38. Ne1 c4 39. Ng2+ Ke5 40. Be2 Ba4 41. Bd1 Be8 42. Bg4 Bg6 43. Be2 Nd6 44. Ne3 Ne4+ 45. Kf3 Nf6 46. Kf2 Bf7 47. Ng2 Be6 48. h4 Ne4+ 49. Kf3 Bh3 50. hxg5 Nxg5+ 51. Kg3 Bxg2 52. Kxg2 Ne6 53. Kf2 Nc5 54. Bh5 Na4 55. Be8 Nxb2 56. Ke2 a6 57. Kd2 b5 58. Bh5 Na4 59. Bf7 Nc5 60. Kc1 Ne6 61. Kb2 Nf4 62. Be8 Ke4 63. Bc6 Ke3 64. Bb7 a5 65. Kc1 Ne2+ 66. Kb2 Kd2 67. Bxd5 Nxc3 68. Bc6 Nd1+ 69. Kb1 Ne3 70. Be4 c3 71. Bh7 Nc4 72. Ka2 Ne5 73. Be4 Ke3 74. Bh7 Nc6 75. Bg6 Kd2 76. Be4 Nd4 77. Kb1 Kd1 78. Bd5 Nf5 79. Be4 Ne3 80. Bg6 Kd2 81. Bd3 Nc4 82. Ka2 Nb6 83. Kb1 Nc4 84. Ka2 a4 85. Bg6 Kc1 86. Bd3 Nd6 87. Ka1 Nb7 88. Ka2 Nc5 89. Bf5 Na6 90. Bg6 Kd2 91. Bh7 Nb8 92. Bd3 Nc6 93. Bxb5 Nd4 94. Bxa4 Nxc2 95. Kb3 Nd4+ 96. Kc4 Nc2 97. Kb3 Ne3 98. Kb4 c2

The 2018 GRENKE Chess Classic is a 10-player round-robin held in Germany from 31 March to 9 April. The first 3 rounds are in Karlsruhe alongside the GRENKE Chess Open, then after a rest day the last 6 rounds are in the Kulturhaus LA8 in Baden-Baden. The field features World Champion Magnus Carlsen and fellow Top 10 players Fabiano Caruana, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Vishy Anand and Levon Aronian, as well as women's no. 1 Hou Yifan. The time control is 100 minutes for 40 moves, then 50 minutes for 20 moves and then 15 minutes to the end of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 1. If players are tied for first place a rapid play-off will take place.

Young players

Leon Luke Mendonca vs Abhimanyu Mishra

Vezerkepzo GM Mix (2021) (classical), round 9, Jun-30 Gruenfeld, Gruenfeld gambit, Botvinnik variation (D83)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Rc1 c5 7.dxc5 Be6 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Be2 Qa5 10.Ng5 Nd8 11.Bg3 dxc4 12.Nxe6 Nxe6 13.Qa4 Qxc5 14.Bxc4 Qb6 15.Qb3 Qxb3 16.Bxb3 Nc5 17.Ke2 Nxb3 18.axb3 Rfd8 19.Rhd1 Ne8 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.Rd1 Rxd1 22.Kxd1 Nf6 23.Kc2 Nd7 24.b4 f5 25.Nb5 a6 26.Nc7 Kf7 27.b5 a5 28.Nd5 Nc5 29.Bc7 a4 30.f3 Ke6 31.Nc3 Bxc3 32.Kxc3 Kd5 33.Bd8 e5 34.Be7 Nb3 35.h3 e4 36.fxe4+ fxe4 37.Kb4 Nd2 38.Bf6 h5 39.Kxa4 Kc4 40.Ka5 Nb3+ 41.Kb6 Nc5 42.Bd4 Nb3 43.Bf6 Kb4 44.Kxb7 Kxb5 45.Kc7 Kc4 46.Kd6 Kd3 47.Bg5 Nd2 48.Ke5 Nf3+ 49.gxf3 exf3 50.Bh4 g5 51.Bf2 Ke2 52.b4 Kxf2 53.b5 Kxe3 54.b6 f2 55.b7 f1=Q

The Vezerkepzo GM Mix is a 10-round Swiss tournament taking place from 24 June to 1 July 2021 in Budapest, Hungary.

Magnus Carlsen vs Hou Yifan

Goldmoney Asian Rapid (2021) (rapid), rd 2, Jun-21 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch defence (D40)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.e3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 a6 7.O-O b5 8.Be2 Bb7 9.dxc5 Qxd1 10.Rxd1 Bxc5 11.Nd2 Nbd7 12.Nb3 Bb6 13.a4 b4 14.a5 Bd8 15.Na4 Bd5 16.Nbc5 Bxa5 17.Bd2 O-O 18.Rdc1 Rfc8 19.Bxa6 Rc7 20.Bb5 Nxc5 21.Nxc5 h6 22.Na6 Rxc1+ 23.Rxc1 Bb7 24.Nc5 Bd5 25.f3 b3 26.Bxa5 Rxa5 27.Ba4 Kf8 28.e4 Ba8 29.Bxb3 Ke7 30.Ba4 Ra7 31.b4 Ne8 32.Bxe8 Kxe8 33.b5 Rc7 34.b6 Rc8 35.Ra1 Bc6 36.b7 Rb8 37.Ra6

Magnus Carlsen vs Levon Aronian

Goldmoney Asian Rapid (2021) (rapid), Semifinals, Match 2 Game 6, Jul-2 Giuoco Piano (C53)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 a6 8.Nbd2 Ba7 9.O-O O-O 10.a4 Na5 11.Ba2 g5 12.Bg3 Nh5 13.b4 Nxg3 14.hxg3 Nc6 15.Nh2 Kg7 16.g4 Qf6 17.g3 Ne7 18.Kg2 Ng8 19.f4 exf4 20.d4 Ne7 21.Nc4 d5 22.e5 Qc6 23.b5 axb5 24.axb5 Qxb5 25.Nd2 Ng6 26.Qc2 Be6 27.Bb1 c5 28.Ndf3 cxd4 29.Rxa7 Rxa7 30.Nxd4 Qb6 31.Nf5+ Kh8 32.Nf3 fxg3 33.Rh1 Qf2+ 34.Qxf2 gxf2 35.Kxf2 Ra1 36.Rxh6+ Kg8 37.Bd3 Rc8 38.N5d4 Nf4 39.Bf5 Rxc3

Simon Williams vs Daniil Dubov

MrDodgy Invitational 2.0, rd 2, May-12 (2021) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Keres variation (B62)

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 Bd7 8. O-O-O a6 9. f4 Be7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Kb1 O-O 12. h4 b5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne2 Qa5 15. Nd4 Rac8 16. g4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 e5 18. Qe3 exf4 19. Qxf4 Bd7 20. h5 Be6 21. a3 b4 22. h6 bxa3 23. hxg7 Ba2+ 24. Kxa2 axb2+ 25. Kxb2 Qc3+ 26. Ka2 Qxc2+ 27. Ka1 Qxd1+

The prestigious MrDodgy Invitational 2.0 is a 16-player knockout tournament taking place in the chess24 Playzone from 12-16 May 2021. Each match consists of 12 blitz games, with the first player to 6.5 points winning. The blitz games are played at a time control of 5 minutes for all moves (no increment). If the players are tied at 6:6 they play a single Armageddon game, with the higher-rated player getting White.

Levon Aronian vs Viswanathan Anand

"Nerves of Steel" (game of the day Jan-16-2013) Tata Steel Group A (2013), Wijk aan Zee NED, rd 4, Jan-15 Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation (D47)

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dc4 7. Bc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. a3 Rc8 12. Ng5 c5 13. Nh7 Ng4 14. f4 cd4 15. ed4 Bc5 16. Be2 Nde5 17. Bg4 Bd4 18. Kh1 Ng4 19. Nf8 f5 20. Ng6 Qf6 21. h3 Qg6 22. Qe2 Qh5 23. Qd3 Be3

World Champion Magnus Carlsen survived a last-round scare to draw against Ivan Saric and win the first supertournament of 2015 by half a point. That kept him just ahead of a pack of hungry young wolves – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (who beat Fabiano Caruana), Anish Giri (who drew with Radek Wojtaszek), Wesley So (who beat Loek van Wely) and Ding Liren (who upended Levon Aronian) all finished on 8.5/13 and made it clear Carlsen will face fierce competition in the years to come. Wei Yi also drew to secure the Challengers title and a place in next year’s tournament.

Magnus Carlsen vs Anish Giri

FTX Crypto Cup | Prelims, rd 6, May-24 (2021) Polish (Sokolsky) opening (A00)

1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bxb4 3.Bxe5 Nf6 4.c3 Be7 5.g3 d6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Bg2 O-O 8.e3 d5 9.Ne2 c6 10.d4 Bf5 11.Nd2 Nd7 12.O-O Re8 13.c4 dxc4 14.Nxc4 Qc7 15.Rc1 Rad8 16.Nf4 Nb6 17.Nxb6 Qxb6 18.Qa4 g6 19.Rc3 Bg5 20.Rb3 Qc7 21.Qxa7 Re7 22.Nd3 Bxd3 23.Rxd3 c5 24.Rc3 b6 25.Qxc7 Rxc7 26.Rb1 Rd6 27.a4 Bf6 28.Bf1 Rcd7 29.dxc5 Bxc3 30.cxd6 Rxd6 31.Rc1 Rc6 32.Rd1 Rc7 33.Rd6 Ba5 34.Bb5 Kg7 35.e4 Rc1+ 36.Kg2 Rc2 37.e5 Bb4 38.Rf6 Be7 39.Rxb6 Rxf2+ 40.Kxf2 Bc5+ 41.Kf3 Bxb6 42.Ke4 Kf8 43.Kd5 Ke7 44.g4 h5 45.h3 hxg4 46.hxg4 Ba5 47.Bd3 Bd2 48.Bc2 Be1 49.Bd3 Bd2 50.Ba6 Be1 51.Bc8 Kd8 52.e6 fxe6+ 53.Bxe6 Kc7

Erigaisi Ajrun vs Levon Aronian

Goldmoney Asian Rapid (2021) (rapid), Quarterfinals Game 2, Jun-29 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 e8g8, 5.Nf3 d7d5 (E51)

Magnus Carlsen vs Hikaru Nakamura

FTX Crypto Cup | Prelims, rd 11, May-25 (2021) Giuoco Piano (C53)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.Nbd2 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Ne4 Be7 9.O-O Nb6 10.Bb3 Bf5 11.a4 a5 12.Be3 Kh8 13.Re1 Bg6 14.Ng3 Nd7 15.d4 f5 16.d5 Ncb8 17.Bc1 f4 18.Ne4 Na6 19.Bc2 Re8 20.b3 Bf6 21.Ba3 Nb6 22.d6 c6 23.Qe2 Nd7 24.Rad1 Bh5 25.b4 axb4 26.cxb4 Qb6 27.b5 cxb5 28.axb5 Nab8 29.Bb4 Nf8 30.Nc3 Qd8 31.Nd5 Ra2 32.Qc4 Rxc2 33.Qxc2 Bxf3 34.gxf3 Qd7 35.Nc7 Rd8 36.Qc4 Qh3 37.Rd3 Nbd7 38.Qf7 Bh4 39.Re2 Nf6 40.Bc3 Qf5 41.Rd1 Qh3 42.Rd3 Qf5 43.Red2 e4 44.Bxf6 Bxf6 45.Rd5 Qc8 46.b6 e3 47.d7 Nxd7 48.Rd1 e2 49.Re1 Ne5 50.Rxe5 Bxe5 51.Kg2 Rf8

AlphaZero vs AlphaZero

Caro-Kann defence (B12)

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 Qc7 7. h4 Nbd7 8. a4 h6 9. Nf3 a6 10. Bc4 Bd6 11. Kf1 b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Re1 Ke7 14. Bd2 Rhe8 15. g4 c5 16. d5 Kf8 17. dxe6 b5 18. axb5 Nb6 19. g5 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 Bxf3 21. Rg1 hxg5 22. hxg5 Ng8 23. Re3 Bh5 24. Rh1 Bg6 25. Rf3 Re7 26. Nd5 Qb7 27. exf7 Rxf7 28. Bf4 Be7 29. b6 Rd8 30. Nc7 Qxf3 31. Ne6+ Ke8 32. Nc7+ Kf8 33. Ne6+ Ke8

The increasing strength of chess engines, the millions of computer games and the volumes of opening theory available to every player are making top-level chess less imaginative. Decisive games in super-tournaments have declined, while the number of games with what I'd call "creative" content is also on the slide. The 2018 world championship match between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana, for example, ended with zero decisive classical games. (Carlsen defended his world title by winning a rapid-game playoff.) This is not the players’ fault, but the reality they face. It would be strange to expect them to deliberately decrease their chances of a positive outcome by taking unreasonable risks for the sake of playing more “entertaining” games. From my own experience, I know how difficult it has become to force a complex and interesting fight if your opponent wants to play it safe. As soon as one side chooses a relatively sterile line of play, the opponent is forced to follow suit, leading to an unoriginal game and an inevitably drawish outcome.

Fabiano Caruana vs Magnus Carlsen

Tata Steel Chess (2021), rd 9, Jan-27 Catalan opening (E00)

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 c6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qb3 Nd7 11. O-O Qe7 12. c5 Bc7 13. e4 b6 14. exd5 exd5 15. Rfe1 Qf6 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Qxd5 Rb8 18. c6 Rd8 19. cxd7 Bxd7 20. Ne5 Be6 21. Qe4 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qe7 23. Qe3 Rbc8 24. Be4 Qc5 25. Qxc5 Rxc5 26. f4 g6 27. Kf2 a5 28. Ke3 a4 29. Rec1 Rb5 30. Rc2 Rb4 31. Bd3 h5 32. Rd2 b5 33. a3 Rb3 34. Rc1 b4 35. axb4 a3 36. bxa3 Bf5 37. Rcd1 Rxa3 38. b5 Bg4 39. Rc1 Bf5 40. Rcd1 Bg4 41. Rc1 Bf5 42. Rcd1

Constantin Lupulescu vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Superbet

Chess Classic, Round 5, 9.6.2021. Reti opening (A06)

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 e6 3.c4 Be7 4.b3 Bf6 5.Nc3 Ne7 6.Bb2 c5 7.Qc2 Nbc6 8.Na4 b6 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.cxd5 Qxd5 11.Nc3 Qh5 12.Ne4 Qg6 13.Nh4 Qh6 14.Nd6+ Kf8 15.Nxc8 Rxc8 16.g3 Rd8 17.Be2 Kg7 18.a3 Rd6 19.f4 Rhd8 20.Rd1 f5 21.Nf3 Nd5 22.O-O Kg8 23.Rb1 a5 24.Bb5 Nce7 25.Rfd1 Nf6 26.Bf1 Ng4 27.h3 Nf6 28.d3 Nc6 29.Re1 Qg7 30.Qf2 Kh8 31.Kh2 Rg8 32.Be2 Nd5 33.Bf1 e5 34.fxe5 Rg6 35.Nh4 Rxg3 36.d4 Qg5 37.Ng2 cxd4 38.exd4 Nxd4

The Superbet Chess Classic is a 10-player classical round-robin taking place in the Sheraton Bucharest Hotel in Bucharest, Romania from 5-14 June 2021. It's the first stage of the 2021 Grand Chess Tour, a series of five events with a total prize fund of $1.275 million. In Bucharest the players receive 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes to the end of the game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one.

Judit Polgar vs Ferenc Berkes

Hunguest Hotels Super Chess Tournament (2003), Budapest HUN, rd 7, Apr-18 French Defense: Classical. Burn Variation Main Line (C11)

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 de4 5. Ne4 Be7 6. Bf6 Bf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Bd3 b6 11. Neg5 h6 12. Bh7 Kh8 13. Be4 hg5 14. g4 Rb8 15. h4 g6 16. hg5 Kg7 17. Qf4 Bb7 18. Rh7 Kh7 19. Qh2 Kg8 20. Rh1 Bg5 21. Ng5 Qg5 22. f4 Qf4 23. Qf4 Be4 24. Qe4

Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov vs Maximilian Ujtelky

"Hungry Hungry Hippo" Chigorin Memorial (1964), Sochi URS, rd 1, Aug-?? Formation: Hippopotamus (A00)

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nf3 Ne7 6. h4 h6 7. Bf4 a6 8. Qe2 Nd7 9. a4 b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Kf1 Nf8 12. Kg1 Qc8 13. Bb3 Qd7 14. Rh3 Rd8 15. Bc4 Qc8 16. Bb3 f6 17. Re1 Kf7 18. Bc1 c6 19. Nd2 d5 20. a5 b5 21. Nf3 Qc7 22. Bd2 Bc8 23. Na2 Nh7 24. Nb4 Rhe8 25. Nd3 Nf8 26. Bf4 Qa5 27. e5 f5 28. Bd2 Qb6 29. Ra1 Nh7 30. Ba5 Qa7 31. Bd8 Rd8 32. Qd2 Bb7 33. Qa5 Ra8 34. Nc5 Bc8 35. c3 Nf8 36. Ne1 Be5 37. de5 Qc5 38. Nd3 Qa7 39. Bc2 c5 40. b4 Nc6 41. Qa3 c4 42. Nc5 Ne5 43. Qc1 h5 44. Rg3 Ned7 45. Ne6 Ne6 46. Qh6 Ndf8 47. Bf5 gf5 48. Re1 Bd7 49. Qh5 Ke7 50. Qf5 Kd6 51. h5 a5 52. Qe5 Kc6 53. Rd1 Nc7 54. Ra1 Qb8 55. ba5 b4 56. cb4 Qb4 57. Rf3 Nce6 58. a6 Qc5 59. Qe1 Nd4 60. Rf6 Nfe6 61. Ra5 Qb6 62. h6 Kd6 63. h7 c3 64. Ra1 c2 65. Rg6 Rh8 66. a7 Qb2 67. Rh6 Ne2 68. Kh2 c1Q 69. Rc1 Nc1 70. Qa5 Bc6 71. Qa6 Qe5 72. g3 Nb3 73. f4 Qb2 74. Kh3 Nc5 75. a8Q

I am both sad and pleased that in his last tournament, Rashid Gibiatovich came to my home in Latvia. He did not take first place, but the prize for beauty, as always, he took with him. Players die, tournaments are forgotten, but the works of great artists are left behind them to live on forever. Mikhail Tal

Wesley So vs Magnus Carlsen

Goldmoney Asian Rapid (2021) (rapid), Quarterfinals Game 2, Jun-29 Giuoco Piano (C53)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.O-O h6 7.Re1 O-O 8.Nbd2 a6 9.Nf1 Ba7 10.a4 Re8 11.h3 Be6 12.Bxe6 Rxe6 13.b4 Qd7 14.Qc2 d5 15.Be3 Bxe3 16.Nxe3 Ne7 17.c4 d4 18.Nf5 a5 19.b5 c5 20.N3h4 Ng6 21.g3 Ne8 22.Kh2 Nd6 23.Qe2 Nxh4 24.Nxh4 Qe7 25.Nf5 Qf6 26.Nxd6 Rxd6 27.Rf1 Re8 28.f4 Qd8 29.Qh5 f6 30.h4 Qd7 31.Rf2 Qf7 32.Qf3 exf4 33.gxf4 f5 34.e5 Rg6 35.Rg1 Rxg1 36.Kxg1 b6 37.Rg2 Kh7 38.h5 Re6 39.Kf2 Qe7 40.Qh3 Qf7 41.Ke1 g6 42.hxg6+ Rxg6 43.Qh5 Rf6 44.Qxf7+ Rxf7 45.Kf2 Re7 46.Kg3

Alireza Firouzja vs Magnus Carlsen

Goldmoney Asian Rapid (2021) (rapid), rd 1, Jun-21 Vienna game (C26)

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 d6 5.f4 Nc6 6.Nf3 a6 7.Bb3 h6 8.Qe2 Bg4 9.fxe5 dxe5 10.Be3 Nd4 11.Qf2 Bxf3 12.gxf3 Nh5 13.O-O-O Nf4 14.Kb1 Nxb3 15.Bxc5 Nxc5 16.Qxc5 Qd6 17.Qxd6 cxd6 18.d4 O-O-O 19.Rd2 Ne6 20.Ne2 Rhf8 21.d5 Ng5 22.Rd3 Nh3 23.Rc1 f5 24.c4 fxe4 25.fxe4 Rf2 26.Nc3 Rxh2 27.c5 Nf4 28.Rdd1 Kb8 29.c6 Rc8 30.Na4 Re2 31.Nb6 Rc7 32.Nd7+ Ka7 33.Rc4 h5 34.Rg1 g6 35.a4 h4 36.b4 b6 37.b5 a5 38.Nxe5 h3 39.Rh1 Nxd5 40.Nxg6 Ne3 41.Rc3 Ng4 42.Nf4 Rxe4 43.Nd5 Nf2 44.Nxc7 Nxh1 45.Rxh3

Rashid Nezhmetdinov vs Antoshin Vladimir

Chigorin Memorial, Sochi RUS, 1964 French Defense, King's Indian Attack (C00)

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. e5 Nfd7 7. Ngf3 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. Re1 Qc7 10. Qe2 h6 11. h4 g5 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. Nxg5 Nd4 14. Qd1 Nxe5 15. c3 Nf5 16. Rxe5 Qxe5 17. Qa4+ Ke7 18. Ndf3 Qc7 19. Qg4 Ng7 20. Nh4 Ke8 21. c4 Rd8 22. cxd5 Bxd5 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Nh5 25. Qf3 Qe5 26. Bd2 Qxb2 27. Bc6+ Ke7 28. Bg5+ f6 29. Ng6+ Kd6 30. Re1 fxg5 31. Bb7 Kc7 32. Nxh8 Qxh8 33. Ba8 Rd6 34. d4 Nf6 35. Qb7+ Kd8 36. d5 Nxd5 37. Qb8+ Ke7 38. Bxd5 Rxd5 39. Qxa7+ Rd7 40. Qxb6 Qf6 41. Qxc5+ Kf7 42. Qe3

Emil Joseph Diemer was born in 1908 in the German town Radolfzell, in Baden. In 1931, he was out of work and joined the German Nazi party, where he became an active member. He was present at all important international chess events, and became the "chess reporter of the Great German Reich": his articles appeared in Nazi publications. In 1942-1943, he played correspondence and tournament games with Klaus Junge.

Emil Joseph Diemer vs Thomas Heiling

"The Pawnmower Man" (game of the day Jun-15-2006) Nurenberg Open (1984), Germany Lion Defense: Lion's Jaw (B07)

1. d4 Nf6 2. f3 d6 3. e4 g6 4. g4 Bg7 5. g5 Nfd7 6. f4 c5 7. d5 b5 8. c3 a6 9. h4 Nb6 10. h5 e6 11. h6 Bf8 12. a4 ed5 13. a5 N6d7 14. ed5 Be7 15. c4 f6 16. cb5 fg5 17. f5 gf5 18. Qh5 Kf8 19. Nf3 Rg8 20. b6 Bb7 21. Nc3 Nf6 22. Ng5 Nh5 23. Ne6 Ke8 24. Nd8 Ng3 25. Nb7 Nh1 26. Bf4 Rg6 27. O-O-O Nf2 28. Re1 Kd7 29. Nb5 Ne4 30. Re4 Rg1 31. Re1 Rf1 32. Rf1 ab5 33. Rg1 Kc8 34. Nd6 Bd6 35. Bd6 Nd7 36. Rg8 Kb7 37. Rg7 Kc8 38. Rh7 Ra5 39. b7 Kb7 40. Rd7 Kc8 41. h7 Ra1 42. Kc2 Kd7 43. h8Q Kd6 44. Qd8 Ke5 45. d6

Magnus Carlsen vs Anish Giri

Goldmoney Asian Rapid (2021) (rapid), rd 7, Jun-27 Giuoco Pianissimo (C50)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.c3 O-O 7.Re1 a6 8.a4 Ba7 9.Nbd2 Ng4 10.Re2 Kh8 11.b4 f5 12.Bb3 Bd7 13.Ra2 Qe8 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Nf1 Be6 16.b5 Bxb3 17.Qxb3 Ne7 18.d4 Ng6 19.c4 e4 20.Ng3 exf3 21.Rxe8 Raxe8 22.Qd1 Nh4 23.h3 fxg2 24.Re2 Rxe2 25.Qxe2 Nxf2 26.Be3 Nxh3+ 27.Kh2 g1=Q+ 28.Bxg1 Nf3+ 29.Kh1 Nhxg1 30.Qe7 Rg8 31.Nf5 Nxd4 32.Nh6 gxh6 33.Qf6+ Rg7 34.Qf8+ Rg8 35.Qf6+ Rg7 36.Qf8+ Rg8 37.Qf6+

Hikaru Nakamura vs Alireza Firouzja

Random game between 2 fine gentlemen 16.6. 2021. Ruy Lopez, Berlin defence (C65)

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Qxd4 e6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Qe4 f5 8.Qe2 Qc7 9.g3 b5 10.Bg2 Be7 11.O-O a5 12.Re1 Ba6 13.a3 O-O 14.Qd1 Bb7 15.Nbd2 a4 16.Nf1 Nb6 17.Ne3 Na5 18.Nd4 Bxg2 19.Nxg2 Qb7 20.Ne3 Nbc4 21.Nxc4 Nxc4 22.Qe2 Rac8 23.h4 Rc5 24.Bf4 Rd5 25.Rad1 Bc5 26.Nf3 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 Nxb2 28.Qxb2 Qxf3 29.Rxd7 h6 30.Qd2 Rc8 31.Rd3 Bxf2+ 32.Kh2 Qe4 33.Rd7 Bc5 34.Rxg7+ Kxg7 35.Qd7+ Kg6 36.Qxe6+ Kh5 37.Qf7+ Kg4 38.Qg6+ Kf3 39.Qh5+ Kf2 40.Bxh6 Qg2#

Magnus Carlsen vs Andrew Tang

Lichess Titled Arena 18 4 2021 French, advance variation (C02)

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Nd7 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Ne7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Qb6 8. Bc2 Be7 9. a3 h6 10. b4 cxd4 11. cxd4 a5 12. b5 Qxb5 13. Nc3 Qb6 14. Rb1 Qd8 15. Nb5 Nb6 16. Be3 Nc4 17. Nd2 Nxa3 18. Nxa3 Bxa3 19. Qg4 Kf8 20. f4 Bb4 21. f5 Qe8 22. f6 g6 23. Nf3 h5 24. Qf4 a4 25. Ng5 a3 26. Rb3 a2 27. Ra1 b5 28. Bd3 Ra5 29. Qf2 Bd7 30. Rxa2 Qa8 31. Rxa5 Qxa5 32. Rb1 Kg8 33. h4 Kf8 34. Bxg6 fxg6 35. f7 Be7 36. Qf4 Nd8 37. Rf1 Qc3 38. Nh7+ Rxh7 39. Qh6+ Rxh6 40. Bxh6

Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov vs Oleg L Chernikov

"Nezly Done!" Rostov (1962) Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian. Open (B35)

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 Ng4 9. Qg4 Nd4 10. Qh4 Qa5 11. O-O Bf6 12. Qf6 Ne2 13. Ne2 ef6 14. Nc3 Re8 15. Nd5 Re6 16. Bd4 Kg7 17. Rad1 d6 18. Rd3 Bd7 19. Rf3 Bb5 20. Bc3 Qd8 21. Nf6 Be2 22. Nh7 Kg8 23. Rh3 Re5 24. f4 Bf1 25. Kf1 Rc8 26. Bd4 b5 27. Ng5 Rc7 28. Bf7 Rf7 29. Rh8 Kh8 30. Nf7 Kh7 31. Nd8 Re4 32. Nc6 Rf4 33. Ke2

Nezhmetdinov won a number of games against world champions such as Tal, against whom he had a lifetime plus score, and Spassky. He also had success against other world-class grandmasters such as Bronstein, Polugaevsky, and Geller. He achieved a plus score in the 20 games he contested against World Champions. But in addition to his aforementioned dismal score against Averbakh, he could only score +0−3=2 each against excellent defenders Petrosian and Korchnoi.

Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Ivan Šarić

Croatia Grand Chess Tour (2021) (rapid), round 6, Jul 9 Sicilian, Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation (B33)

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg5 a6 9.Na3 b5 10.Nd5 Be7 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.c3 Bg5 13.Nc2 Ne7 14.Ncb4 O-O 15.g3 Be6 16.h4 Bh6 17.Bg2 a5 18.Nxe7+ Qxe7 19.Nd5 Qb7 20.g4 Bxd5 21.Qxd5 Qxd5 22.exd5 Bf4 23.Ke2 Rab8 24.a3 g6 25.h5 Kg7 26.Rh3 Rfc8 27.Kd3 Kf6 28.hxg6 hxg6 29.Rh7 Rc7 30.Be4 Kg5 31.Ke2 b4 32.cxb4 axb4 33.a4 b3 34.Kf3 Rb4 35.a5 Rxe4 36.a6 Rd4 37.a7 e4+ 38.Kg2 Rxa7 39.Rxa7 Rd2 40.Kf1 Rxb2 41.Rb7 Kxg4 42.Rh8 Be5 43.Rhb8 Rb1+ 44.Kg2 b2 45.Rxf7 Rd1 46.Rfb7 Rxd5 47.Rb4 Kf5 48.Rf8+ Ke6 49.Re8+ Kd7 50.Reb8 Rd1 51.R4b7+ Ke6 52.Rxb2 Bxb2 53.Rxb2 d5 54.Rb8 d4 55.Rg8 Kf5 56.Rf8+ Kg5 57.Re8 Kf4 58.Rf8+ Ke5 59.Re8+ Kd5 60.Rg8 d3 61.Rxg6 d2 62.Rg8 Kc4 63.Rd8 Kc3

Viswanathan Anand vs Jorden Van Foreest

Croatia Grand Chess Tour (2021) (rapid), round 1, Jul 7 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) variation (B47)

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g4 a6 7.Be3 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 b5 9.O-O-O Bb7 10.Kb1 Nf6 11.f3 Rc8 12.g5 Nh5 13.Qd2 Be7 14.Bh3 b4 15.Ne2 d5 16.Bg4 g6 17.Bd4 O-O 18.e5 Ng7 19.h4 a5 20.h5 Ba6 21.Ng3 a4 22.f4 b3 23.cxb3 axb3 24.axb3 Nf5 25.Bxf5 gxf5 26.g6 fxg6 27.hxg6 hxg6 28.Qh2 Kf7 29.Nxf5 exf5 30.Qh7+ Ke6 31.Qxg6+ Bf6 32.Bc3 Qg7 33.Rh6 Qxg6 34.Rxg6 Be2 35.Rd2 Bf3 36.b4 Rc4 37.Rd4 Rc7 38.Kc1 Rg7 39.Rxf6+ Rxf6 40.exf6 Rb7 41.Kd2 Be4 42.Ke3 Rh7 43.b5 Rh3+ 44.Kd2 Rh2+ 45.Kc1 Rh1+ 46.Rd1 Rh2 47.Rg1 d4 48.Bxd4 Rc2+ 49.Kd1 Rc4 50.Be5 Rc5 51.Rg7 Rd5+ 52.Ke1 Rd8 53.Re7+ Kd5 54.f7

Teymur Rajabov vs Alireza Firouzja

Paris Rapid & Blitz, 18.6.2021., round 3 Queen's Gambit Declined semi-Slav (D43)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Rc1 g6 9.Bd3 Qe7 10.O-O Bg7 11.Qc2 O-O 12.Rfd1 dxc4 13.Bxc4 c5 14.d5 Nb6 15.b3 Nxc4 16.bxc4 b6 17.e4 exd5 18.Nxd5 Qb7 19.h3 Be6 20.Rd2 Rfe8 21.Rcd1 Rad8 22.Qa4 Bd7 23.Qc2 Bc6 24.Nh2 Kh8 25.Ng4 h5 26.Nh2 Rd7 27.Nf3 Qa6 28.Rb1 Qa4 29.Rb3 Bb7 30.e5 Ba6 31.Nf6 Rxd2 32.Qxd2 Rf8 33.Rd3 Bxc4 34.Rd8 Qc6 35.Rxf8+ Bxf8 36.Qd8 Kg7 37.Nd7 Bd6 38.Qf6+ Kg8 39.Qxd6 Qxd6 40.exd6 Bxa2 41.Nxb6 Kf8 42.Nd7+ Ke8 43.Nxc5 a5 44.Nd4 Bd5 45.f3 g5 46.Kf2 Kd8 47.Ke3 h4 48.Kd3

Magnus Carlsen vs Wesley So

Goldmoney Asian Rapid (2021) (rapid), Quarterfinals Game 1, Jun-29 English, four knights, Marini variation (A28)

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.a3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Qc2 f5 7.d3 Be7 8.e3 Be6 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O a5 11.Rd1 Kh8 12.Na4 Qd6 13.Bd2 g5 14.d4 e4 15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Qxe5 17.Bc4 Bf6 18.Nc5 Bg8 19.Rab1 Qe7 20.Nxb7 f4 21.Nxa5 fxe3 22.fxe3 Rxa5 23.Bxd5 Rxd5 24.Bb4 Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 c5 26.Bxc5 Qc7 27.b4 Re8 28.a4 Be5 29.h3 g4 30.hxg4 Qg7 31.Bd4 Be6 32.Qc6 Bd7 33.Qxd7

Robert James Fischer vs Boris Spassky

"Best by Protest" (game of the day Feb-20-2007) Fischer - Spassky World Championship Match (1972), Reykjavik ISL, rd 6, Jul-23 Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense. Exchange Variation (D59)

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. cd5 Nd5 9. Be7 Qe7 10. Nd5 ed5 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Qa4 c5 13. Qa3 Rc8 14. Bb5 a6 15. dc5 bc5 16. O-O Ra7 17. Be2 Nd7 18. Nd4 Qf8 19. Ne6 fe6 20. e4 d4 21. f4 Qe7 22. e5 Rb8 23. Bc4 Kh8 24. Qh3 Nf8 25. b3 a5 26. f5 ef5 27. Rf5 Nh7 28. Rcf1 Qd8 29. Qg3 Re7 30. h4 Rbb7 31. e6 Rbc7 32. Qe5 Qe8 33. a4 Qd8 34. R1f2 Qe8 35. R2f3 Qd8 36. Bd3 Qe8 37. Qe4 Nf6 38. Rf6 gf6 39. Rf6 Kg8 40. Bc4 Kh8 41. Qf4

The name Bobby Fischer, at least to Americans, is synonymous with chess. A prodigy in the 50s, a world class player in the 60s, the 70s saw Fischer at his pinnacle. He earned the right to challenge Boris Spassky in a title run without comparison, defeating Mark Taimanov and Bent Larsen with perfect scores of 6-0, and ex-champion Petrosian 6½-2½. Now the stage was set, and the only thing standing between Fischer and Spassky was Fischer himself. The match was mired in political overtones, during the height of the Cold War. The Soviet chess system had a monopoly on the title since 1948, and the expectations on Spassky were enormous. While Fischer studied chess virtually in seclusion, Spassky had the full resources of the USSR. Victor Baturinsky, head of Soviet Chess Sports Committee, said: "Basically, the Soviet leadership and the powers that be in sport, were interested in just one issue: how to stop Fischer from becoming World Champion. With the match set to begin in Reykjavik, Iceland, Fischer (who had not signed any documents confirming his participation) began to make a number of demands, including a percentage of television rights, a larger prize fund, and all manner of conditions covering everything from the lighting to the chair cushions. To satisfy Bobby's demands of a larger prize fund, British chess promoter James Slater donated a dazzling $125,000 to be added to the prize fund. Fischer still needed more convincing by Bill Lombardy (Fischer's last-minute choice as second), and one famously persuasive telephone call from Henry Kissinger. Mere hours before he would be forfeited, Fischer arrived in Iceland.

In 2002, the annual Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting had an added significance: it also functioned as a Candidates Tournament, for the winner would earn the right to play Vladimir Kramnik for the title. Seven of the top ten players competed in Germany, and emerging as winner was the Hungarian chess prodigy, Peter Leko. The financial backing for the match (a prize fund of $1.2 million) was contributed by the the cigar manufacturer Dannemann, the latest in a line of corporate sponsors (Intel, Braingames, and Einstein) for the non-FIDE World Championship title. The match was only 14 games, one of the shortest in World Chess Championship history. Kramnik was to retain the title in the event of a tie match, a detail which was to prove very important. The very first game illustrated Kramnik's incredible defensive techniques. Leko, by most accounts, had the advantage by move 23; but Kramnik's masterful handling of the ending, combined with an error by Leko, enabled the Russian to take the full point. Not until the fifth game was Leko able to accomplish what Garry Kasparov could not: beat Kramnik in a World Championship match. Then in the eighth game, Leko was able to take the lead, when he achieved victory with the Black pieces by alertly finding over the board a serious flaw in Kramnik's immense opening preparation. Games 9 through 13 were all draws, leaving Leko ahead in the match with only one game left. Come game 14, Leko needed only one more draw to secure the title of World Chess Champion. Kramnik was faced with the task of winning, at all costs, in order to save his title.

Vladimir Kramnik vs Peter Leko "Marshalling his Forces" Kramnik - Leko World Championship Match (2004), Brissago SUI, rd 8, Oct-07 Spanish Game: Marshall Attack. Modern Main Line (C89)

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 g5 16. Qf1 Qh5 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. f3 Nf6 19. Re1 Rae8 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. a4 Qg6 22. axb5 Bd3 23. Qf2 Re2 24. Qxe2 Bxe2 25. bxa6 Qd3 26. Kf2 Bxf3 27. Nxf3 Ne4+ 28. Ke1 Nxc3 29. bxc3 Qxc3+ 30. Kf2 Qxa1 31. a7 h6 32. h4 g4

The 9th Annual Linares Super Tournament held from February 22nd to March 15th, 1991 was a category XVII event. Fourteen of the world's top players, including the World Champion, competed in a round robin format that was the strongest tournament in the world at that time. The participants were (in order of ELO): Garry Kasparov (2800), Anatoli Karpov (2725), Boris Gelfand (2700), Vassily Ivanchuk (2695), Mikhail Gurevich (2650), Jaan Ehlvest (2650), Valery Salov (2645), Alexander Beliavsky (2640), Gata Kamsky (2640), Vishwanathan Anand (2635), Jan Timman (2630), Jonathan Speelman (2610), Artur Yusupov (2605), and Ljubomir Ljubojevic (2595). It was a second phenomenal victory for Ivanchuk who finished clear first with an impressive 9.5/13, even winning his head to head match with second place and world champion, Kasparov.

Vassily Ivanchuk vs Garry Kasparov

"Chess Boxing" (game of the day Mar-23-2010) Linares 9th (1991), Linares ESP, rd 1, Feb-23 Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (B51)

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5 Nd7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O cd4 6. Qd4 a6 7. Bd7 Bd7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bf6 gf6 10. c4 e6 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Kh1 h5 13. a4 h4 14. h3 Be7 15. b4 a5 16. b5 Qc7 17. Nd2 Qc5 18. Qd3 Rg8 19. Rae1 Qg5 20. Rg1 Qf4 21. Ref1 b6 22. Ne2 Qh6 23. c5 Rc5 24. Nc4 Kf8 25. Nb6 Be8 26. f4 f5 27. ef5 Rf5 28. Rc1 Kg7 29. g4 Rc5 30. Rc5 dc5 31. Nc8 Bf8 32. Qd8 Qg6 33. f5 Qh6 34. g5 Qh5 35. Rg4 ef5 36. Nf4 Qh8 37. Qf6 Kh7 38. Rh4

Adolf Anderssen vs Jean Dufresne

"The Evergreen Partie" (game of the day May-18-2007) Berlin GER (1852) Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Pierce Defense (C52)

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 ed4 7. O-O d3 8. Qb3 Qf6 9. e5 Qg6 10. Re1 Nge7 11. Ba3 b5 12. Qb5 Rb8 13. Qa4 Bb6 14. Nbd2 Bb7 15. Ne4 Qf5 16. Bd3 Qh5 17. Nf6 gf6 18. ef6 Rg8 19. Rad1 Qf3 20. Re7 Ne7 21. Qd7 Kd7 22. Bf5 Ke8 23. Bd7 Kf8 24. Be7#

Elizabeth Harmon vs Vasily Borgov

Netflix Series - The Queen's Gambit Queen's Gambit Accepted, 3.e4 (D20)

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nc6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. d5 Ne7 7. Bxc4 Ng6 8. f3 Bd6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. Nge2 a6 11. Bb3 b5 12. a4 O-O 13. O-O Qe7 14. Rac1 Nh5 15. g3 h6 16. Bc2 Rab8 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ra1 Ra8 19. Bd3 Bb4 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Qc2 Bc5 22. Nd1 Bd6 23. Nf2 Nhf4 24. Rc1 Qg5 25. Kh1 Qh5 26. Ng1 Nxd3 27. Nxd3 f5 28. Nc5 Bc8 29. Rf1 Ne7 30. Qd3 fxe4 31. fxe4 Qg6 32. Kg2 Kh7 33. Nf3 Ng8 34. Nh4 Qg4 35. Nf5 Nf6 36. h3 Qg6 37. Ne6 Ra4 38. b3 Rxe4 39. Nxd6 Bxe6 40. dxe6 cxd6 41. e7 d5 42. Bc5 Qe8 43. Qf3 Qc6 44. b4 Qe8 45. Qf5+ Kh8 46. Qxf6 gxf6 47. Rxf6 Qh5 48. Rf8+ Kg7 49. e8=Q Re2+ 50. Kf1 Qxh3+ 51. Kxe2 Qg2+ 52. Rf2 Qe4+ 53. Kd2

Vukoje, Vladimir (CRO) VS Radić, Antonio (CRO)

20th CRO Team Final CUP (Sibenik) Start: 2011-05-18 Reti opening (A05)

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. c4 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 e6 9. d4 Ne4 10. Nbd2 f5 11. b4 b6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qc6 Qe7 14. Qa4 b5 15. Qxb5 Rb8 16. Qa5 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 Qxb4 18. Qxb4 Rxb4 19. Ba3 Rxd4 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. Nb3 Ra4 22. Rac1 Nb6 23. Rc2 Nc4 24. Rfc1 Ke7 25. e3 Kd6 26. Bf1 Ba6 27. Nd2 Kc5 28. Rb1 Bb5 29. Nb3+ Kd6 30. Nc1 a6 31. Rb3 h6 32. Ne2 Na5 33. Rb1 Ra3 34. Nd4 Bxd4 35. Bxb5 Bxe3 36. fxe3 axb5 37. Rxb5 Nc4 38. Kf2 Nxe3 39. Rb6+ Ke5 40. Rcc6 Ng4+

Fabiano Caruana vs Garry Kasparov

Ultimate Blitz Challenge (2016) (blitz), St. Louis, MO USA, rd 12, Apr-29 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation. Adams Attack (B90)

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Be7 8. Bg2 Nfd7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O-O Nd4 12. Bd4 Qc7 13. f4 b5 14. g5 b4 15. Na4 e5 16. Be3 ef4 17. Bf4 Ne5 18. Qf2 Rb8 19. h4 Bg4 20. Rd2 Rfc8 21. b3 Qa5 22. Bh3 Be6 23. h5 Nc4 24. Re2 Bg5 25. bc4 Bc4 26. Bg5 Qg5 27. Re3 Bd3 28. Qg3 Rc2 29. Kd1 Qh5 30. Qg4 Qe5 31. Rd3 Ra2 32. Rd2 Qa1 33. Ke2 Rd2 34. Kd2 Qh1 35. Nb2 Qh2 36. Bg2 h5 37. Qg5 Qe5 38. Qe5 de5 39. Bf1 a5 40. Bc4 h4

Wesley So vs Levon Aronian

Paris Rapid & Blitz, 21.6.2021., round 14 Blitz Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin variation (D38)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd2 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Bd6 9.Qc2 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.f4 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 Qe7 14.O-O-O Qxe3+ 15.Kb1 Qxf4 16.Bd3 Be6 17.Rhf1 Qh6 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Qxc7 Bd5 20.Bf5 Bc6 21.Rd3 Rfe8 22.Rg3+ Kf8 23.Qd6+ Re7 24.Re1 Re8 25.Rge3

Magnus Carlsen vs Ding Liren

Goldmoney Asian Rapid (2021) (rapid), Finals, Match 2 Game 5, Jul-4 Ruy Lopez, closed defence (C84)

Fabiano Caruana vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov

Superbet Chess Classic, Round 6, 9.6.2021. Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch defence (D40)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Nc3 Nd4 6.Ba4 c6 7.O-O d6 8.Nxd4 Bxd4 9.h3 g5 10.Ne2 Bb6 11.c3 Rg8 12.d4 Nxe4 13.Bc2 d5 14.Bxe4 dxe4 15.dxe5 Qxd1 16.Rxd1 g4 17.h4 g3 18.Nd4 Bd8 19.fxg3 Rxg3 20.Re1 Rg4 21.Bg5 Bxg5 22.hxg5 Ke7 23.Rad1 Bd7 24.e6 fxe6 25.g6 hxg6 26.Nb3 e5 27.Na5 Be6 28.Rd2 Rb8 29.b4 Kf6 30.a4 Rg3 31.Rxe4 Bd5 32.Rh4 Rxc3 33.Rh7 b6 34.Nxc6 Bxc6 35.Rc7 Rc1+ 36.Kf2 Rf8 37.b5 Ke6+ 38.Kg3 Rc3+ 39.Kh2 Rh8+ 40.Kg1 Rh1+ 41.Kxh1 Bxg2+ 42.Rxg2 Rxc7 43.Rxg6+ Kd5 44.a5 Kc5 45.axb6 axb6 46.Re6 Kxb5 47.Rxe5+ Rc5 48.Re1 Rg5

Teimour Radjabov vs Magnus Carlsen

Baku Grand Prix (2008), Baku AZE, rd 7, Apr-28 Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation. Yugoslav Attack (B77)

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. Bb3 Rc8 11. h4 h5 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. Kb1 Re8 15. g4 hg4 16. h5 Nh5 17. Rh5 gh5 18. Qh2 Ng6 19. Qh5 Qa5 20. f4 Rg5 21. fg5 e6 22. Nf5 ef5 23. Qg6 Be6 24. Qh5 fe4 25. Rf1 Qe5 26. Rf7 Bb3 27. ab3 g3 28. Ka2 Rf8 29. Rf8 Kf8 30. Qg4 e3 31. g6 e2 32. Qf3 Ke8 33. Qf7 Kd8 34. Qg8 Kd7 35. Qf7 Qe7 36. Qf5 Kd8 37. Qa5 b6 38. Qd5 e1Q 39. Qa8 Kd7 40. Qb7 Ke8

Wesley So vs Magnus Carlsen

FTX Crypto Cup | Knockouts, Game 2.7, May-31 (2021) Giuoco Piano (C53)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O h6 6.c3 O-O 7.b4 Bb6 8.a4 a6 9.Nbd2 d6 10.Re1 Ne7 11.d4 exd4 12.cxd4 d5 13.e5 Nh5 14.Bf1 Nf4 15.Nb3 Neg6 16.a5 Ba7 17.Bxf4 Nxf4 18.Qd2 Ng6 19.Nc5 f6 20.Bd3 f5 21.Bc2 Re8 22.g3 Bxc5 23.bxc5 Be6 24.Rab1 Rb8 25.Re3 Ne7 26.Reb3 Qc8 27.Nh4 Rf8 28.Ng2 Bd7 29.h4 Ba4 30.R3b2 Bxc2 31.Qxc2 Nc6 32.Qc3 g5 33.hxg5 hxg5 34.f4 Kg7 35.Kf2 Rh8 36.fxg5 Rh2 37.Qf3 Nxd4 38.Qxd5 Nc6 39.e6 Qd8 40.Qd7+ Qxd7 41.exd7 Rd8 42.Rd2 Ne5 43.Rxb7 Kg6 44.Rxc7

Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Wesley So

Paris Rapid & Blitz, 21.6.2021., round 12 Blitz Nimzovich-Larsen attack, classical variation (A01)

1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.c4 c6 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.d4 Ne4 8.a3 Bd6 9.Bd3 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 Qe7 12.O-O a5 13.e4 O-O 14.Bb2 dxe4 15.Qxe4 Nf6 16.Qh4 b5 17.Bc1 bxc4 18.bxc4 c5 19.a4 Rfc8 20.Be3 cxd4 21.Bxd4 Rab8 22.Bc3 Bb4 23.Be5 Bd6 24.Rfd1 Bxe5 25.Nxe5 Qc7 26.Qg5 Qc5 27.Qf4 Rb7 28.h3 h6 29.Rd3 Rcb8 30.Kh2 Rb2 31.Rf3 Qc7 32.Re1 Ra2 33.Qg3 Kh7 34.Qh4 Rbb2 35.Ree3 Re2 36.Qd4 Rxf2 37.Rxf2 Rxf2 38.c5 Nd5 39.Rg3 Rf4 40.Qb2 Rf5 41.Nf3 Nf6 42.Qb6 Rxc5 43.Qb1+ Kg8 44.Nd4 Nh5 45.Ne2 Nxg3

Magnus Carlsen vs Teymur Rajabov

FTX Crypto Cup | Knockouts, Game 1.3, May-28 (2021) King's Indian, 3.Nf3 (E60)

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 c5 5.Bg2 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Nc3 Qc7 8.Nd5 Nxd5 9.cxd5 Qb6 10.Nb3 d6 11.O-O Nd7 12.Be3 Qa6 13.Bd4 Nf6 14.Re1 Bd7 15.e4 Ng4 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Qd4+ Kg8 18.h3 Ne5 19.f4 Nc4 20.e5 Qb6 21.Kh2 Rfc8 22.Rac1 Qxd4 23.Nxd4 Be8 24.b3 Nb6 25.e6 f6 26.g4 Rc5 27.Rxc5 dxc5 28.Ne2 Nc8 29.Rc1 Nd6 30.Rxc5 Kf8 31.Kg3 a5 32.Nc3 f5 33.g5 b5 34.Ne2 b4 35.Nd4 a4 36.Kf2 axb3 37.axb3 Ra1 38.Bf3 Ra2+ 39.Rc2 Ra3 40.h4 Kg7 41.Rb2 Ra7 42.Nc6 Rb7 43.Ke3 h6 44.Ra2 hxg5 45.hxg5 Rc7 46.Ra8

Wang Hao vs Hikaru Nakamura

Biel Chess Festival (2012), Biel SUI, rd 3, Jul-25 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Polugayevsky Variation (B96)

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5 8. e5 de5 9. fe5 Qc7 10. ef6 Qe5 11. Be2 Qg5 12. O-O Ra7 13. Qd3 Rd7 14. Ne4 Qe5 15. Nf3 Qc7 16. Qe3 Bb7 17. Nfg5 h6 18. Qh3 g6 19. Bd3 Nc6 20. Kh1 Ne5 21. Rae1 Bb4 22. Re3 Bd5 23. Be2 Nc4 24. Rd3 Qe5 25. a3 Ba5 26. Bg4 Nd6 27. Rd5 Qd5 28. Be6 fe6 29. f7 Kd8 30. Ne6 Kc8 31. f8Q Rf8 32. Rf8 Bd8 33. Nd6 Kb8 34. Rf1 Rd6 35. Nd8 Qc4 36. Rg1 Rd8 37. Qg3 Kb7 38. Qg6 Rd2 39. Qh6 Rc2 40. Qg7 Kb6 41. b4 Qd3 42. Re1 Qe3 43. Qf6 Kc7 44. Qf1 Rf2 45. Qg1 Qf4 46. h3 Qg3 47. Qh2

Ding Liren vs Ian Nepomniachtchi

FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2020-2021 round 12, 74-4-2021 King's Indian defence (E60)

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 e6 4. e4 c5 5. d5 d6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Ne2 exd5 8. cxd5 Nbd7 9. Nec3 a6 10. a4 Nh5 11. O-O Bd4+ 12. Kh1 Ne5 13. Ne2 Qh4 14. Nxd4 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Ng3+ 16. Kg1 Nxf1 17. Nc2 Nxh2 18. Qe3 O-O 19. Qg5 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Qh3 21. Bf4 Qxf3 22. Nd2 f6 23. Qxg6+ hxg6 24. Nxf3 Bg4 25. Nd2 Be2 26. Kf2 Bd3 27. Ne1 c4 28. Bxd6 Rfe8 29. Nxd3 cxd3 30. Bc7 Kf7 31. Ra3 Rac8 32. d6 Ke6 33. Rxd3 Kd7 34. Nc4 Rxc7 35. Nb6+

Stockfish 8 - Houdini 5

TCEC Season 9 - Superfinal round 17 Sicilian Defense: Fischer-Sozin Attack. Flank Variation (B87)

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. h4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. h5 Nxh5 15. g4 Nf6 16. Kb1 Re8 17. b3 Rc8 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 e5 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Qh2 Qf6 22. a4 b6 23. Qxh7+ Kf7 24. g5 Qe5 25. Rh6 Qxe3 26. Rxg6 Rg8 27. f4 d5 28. f5 exf5 29. Nxf5 Qxb3+ 30. cxb3 Bxf5+ 31. Ka2 Rc2+ 32. Ka3 Bxg6 33. Rf1+ Ke7 34. Qxg8 Bb2+ 35. Kb4 Bc3+ 36. Kb5 Bd3+ 37. Kc6 Be5+ 38. Kb7 Rc7+ 39. Ka8 Bxf1 40. Qxd5 Bg7 41. Kb8 Rd7 42. Qe4+ Kf8 43. Qf5+ Rf7 44. Qc8+ Ke7 45. Qc7+ Ke6 46. Qc6+ Kf5 47. Qd5+ Be5+ 48. Ka8 Rf8+ 49. Kxa7 Be2 50. b4 Bh5 51. Kxb6 Bf7 52. Qf3+ Bf4 53. Qc6 Rb8+ 54. Ka7 Kxg5 55. Qd7 Bh5 56. b5 Re8 57. b6 Be3 58. Qd5+ Kh4 59. a5 Re7+ 60. Ka8 Re8+ 61. Kb7 Re7+ 62. Kc8 Bg4+ 63. Kb8 Bf4+ 64. Ka8 Kg3 65. Qg8 Re5 66. a6 Re6 67. Kb7 Be3 68. a7 Rxb6+ 69. Kc7 Ra6 70. a8=Q Bf4+ 71. Kb7 Rxa8 72. Kxa8

Pelik Menyerah kalah! Wang Hao vs Ian Nepomniachtchi

FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2020-2021 round 12, 24-4-2021 Petrov, French attack (C42)

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 d5 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. Qe2+ Qe7 9. Qxe7+ Kxe7 10. O-O Nc6 11. c3 h6 12. Nh4 Re8 13. Nf5+ Bxf5 14. Bxf5 Kf8 15. g3 Ne7 16. Bh3 Nc8 17. Nd2 a5 18. a4 c6 19. Rd1 h5 20. Nf1 g6 21. f3 Nb6 22. b3 Kg7 23. Kf2 Nbd7 24. Bg5 Nf8 25. Re1 Ne6 26. Be3 Rac8 27. Bd2 c5 28. dxc5 Bxc5+ 29. Kg2 Bb6 30. Rab1 Rc6 31. b4 Nc7 32. Rxe8 Ncxe8 33. bxa5 Bxa5 34. Rxb7 Nd6 35. Ra7 Bxc3 36. Bd7 Nxd7 37. Bxc3+ Rxc3 38. Rxd7 Rc6 39. Re7 Rc2+ 40. Kg1 d4 41. Rd7 Nf5 42. a5 Ra2 43. Ra7 Kf6 44. a6 h4 45. Ra8 h3 46. a7 Ke7 47. g4 Nd6 48. Rb8 Rxa7 49. Rb4 d3 50. Rb3 Ra2 51. Rxd3 Nc4 52. Ng3 Rg2+ 53. Kh1 Kf8 54. Rc3 Nb2 55. Rc8+ Kg7 56. Rd8 Rf2 57. Kg1 Rxf3 58. Ne4 Re3 59. Ng3 Ra3

Fabiano Caruana vs Ding Liren

FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2020-2021 round 10, 21-4-2021 Ruy Lopez, closed, anti-Marshall 8.a4 (C88)

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. a5 d6 10. d3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. c3 Rb8 13. Nbd2 Rb5 14. d4 bxc3 15. bxc3 exd4 16. cxd4 Qc8 17. Ba3 Nxa5 18. Qc2 c5 19. e5 dxe5 20. dxc5 Nc6 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Rd8 23. Rae1 Bf6 24. h4 h6 25. R4e3 Rd5 26. g4 Qe8 27. Kg2 h5 28. g5 Be7 29. Nxe5 Bxc5 30. Bxc5 Rbxc5 31. Qg6 Qxg6 32. Nxg6 e5 33. f4 Rd2+ 34. R3e2 Rxe2+ 35. Rxe2 Nd4 36. Re4 Rc2+ 37. Kf1 Rc1+ 38. Kf2 Rc2+ 39. Kf1 Rc1+ 40. Kf2 Rc2+

The 2020 Candidates Tournament is an 8-player double round-robin that will decide Magnus Carlsen's challenger for the World Championship match that's now set to take place in Dubai in November-December 2021. The 14-round event began in the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Yekaterinburg, Russia on 17 March 2020, but was interrupted by the coronavirus epidemic and will now resume on 19 April 2021. The prize fund is €500,000. The players have 100 minutes for 40 moves, then 50 minutes for the next 20 moves, then 15 minutes to the end of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 1. No draw offers are allowed until after move 40. A playoff (beginning with four 25-minute games) is unlikely as head-to-head, no. of wins and Sonneborn-Berger are used first to break a tie for 1st place.

Vassily Ivanchuk vs Sergey Karjakin

"Speed Racer" (game of the day Mar-20-2008) Amber Tournament (Rapid) (2008) (rapid), Nice FRA, rd 4, Mar-18 Sicilian Defense: Fischer-Sozin Attack. Flank Variation (B87)

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. e5 Bb7 11. ed6 Bd6 12. Qe3 Bc5 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. Qe6 fe6 15. Ne6 Qe5 16. Ng7 Kf8 17. Ne6 Kf7 18. Rhe1 Qe1 19. Nc5 Kg6 20. Re1 Kg5 21. Nb7 Nd4 22. Nd6 Rhf8 23. f3 b4 24. Nce4 Ne4 25. Re4 Nb3 26. ab3 a5 27. Rg4 Kf6 28. Ne4 Ke5 29. Rh4 a4 30. ba4 Ra4 31. Nc5 Ra1 32. Kd2 Rg8 33. g3 Rf1 34. Ke2 Rb1 35. Rb4 Kd5 36. Ne4 Kc6 37. h4 Rh1 38. Rc4 Kb6 39. b4 Rd8 40. Rc5 Ra8 41. c3 Ra2 42. Ke3 Re1 43. Kf4 Rf1 44. Rh5 Ra8 45. Rh6 Kb5 46. Nd6 Ka4 47. Rh7 Kb3 48. Rc7 Rd8 49. Nf5

Teymur Rajabov vs Levon Aronian

Paris Rapid & Blitz, 18.6.2021. Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna variation (D39)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qa5 9.Bxf6 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Qxc3+ 11.Kf1 gxf6 12.Rc1 Qa5 13.Bb5+ Ke7 14.e5 fxe5 15.Qh5 Nd7 16.Qg5+ Kf8 17.Rxc8+ Rxc8 18.Bxd7 Qd8 19.Nxe6+ fxe6 20.Qh6+ Ke7 21.Qxe6+ Kf8 22.Qh6+ Ke7 23.Qe6+ Kf8 24.Qh6+ Ke7 25.Qe6+

Awonder Liang vs Gunay Mammadzada

Polgar Challenge (2021), Online, rd 5, Apr-8 Reti, King's Indian attack (Barcza system) (A07)

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. c4 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 Ne5 7. Bg2 Nxc4 8. d3 Nd6 9. e4 e6 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. h4 Qd7 12. Be3 dxe4 13. dxe4 Nc4 14. Qe2 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Nc8 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Qg5 h6 18. Qg4 Nb6 19. e5 h5 20. Qg5 Nd7 21. Rfe1 g6 22. Qc1 O-O-O 23. Qf4 Bg7 24. Qxf7 Nxe5 25. Qxe6+ Kb8 26. Ne4 Nd3 27. Re3 Nxb2 28. Rb1 Rd1+ 29. Rxd1 Nxd1 30. Rb3 Ka8 31. Nd6 Rb8 32. Rxb7 Rxb7 33. Qe8+ Qb8 34. Qxc6 a5 35. Nc8 Bd4 36. Qa6+ Ba7 37. Nb6#

Edward Lasker vs George Alan Thomas

"Fatal Attraction" (game of the day Apr-10-2016) Casual game (1912), London ENG, Oct-29 Horwitz Defense: General (A40)

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bf6 Bf6 6. e4 fe4 7. Ne4 b6 8. Ne5 O-O 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Qh5 Qe7 11. Qh7 Kh7 12. Nf6 Kh6 13. Neg4 Kg5 14. h4 Kf4 15. g3 Kf3 16. Be2 Kg2 17. Rh2 Kg1 18. Kd2

Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Kiriil Alekseenko

FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2020-2021 round 10, 21-4-2021 English, Neo-Catalan accepted (A13)

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qc2 c5 8. Nc3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qc7 12. Rd1 Rd8 13. Be3 Nb6 14. Rac1 e5 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Nc4 17. Bg5 Rxd1+ 18. Nxd1 Rd8 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Be4 Qa5 21. Nc3 Kf8 22. Nd5 b5 23. Qxh7 Rxd5 24. Bxd5 Qd2 25. Rxc4 bxc4 26. e4 Qxb2 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Qc8 Qb6 29. Qxc4 Qb5 30. Qc7+ Qd7 31. Qc5+

Wesley So vs Magnus Carlsen

Goldmoney Asian Rapid (2021) (rapid), Quarterfinals, Match 2 Game 6, Jun-30 Queen's Gambit Declined, Janowski variation (D31)

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov vs Levon Aronian

Superbet Chess Classic, Round 6, 9.6.2021. Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin variation (D38)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd2 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Bd6 9.Qc2 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.f4 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 Ng4 14.Bd4 c5 15.Bxc5 Re8 16.O-O Nxe3 17.Bxe3 Rxe3 18.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 19.Rxe1 Bd7 20.Qb3 Qf6 21.Qxb7 Qd4+ 22.Kh1 Re8 23.Rxe8+ Bxe8 24.Bxf7+ Kf8 25.Bb3 Qc5 26.Qd5 Qc1+ 27.Bd1 Qxf4 28.Qc5+ Kg8 29.Qxa7 h5 30.h3 Bc6 31.Bb3+ Kh7 32.Qf7 Qc1+ 33.Kh2 Qc5 34.Qg8+ Kh6 35.Qe6+ g6 36.Qf6 Bd7 37.h4 Qc7+ 38.g3 Qc8 39.Qf4+ Kh7 40.Qf7+

Magnus Carlsen vs GM Watneg Lichess

Titled Arena Robatsch (modern) defence (B06)

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. h4 Nf6 5. Be3 Nc6 6. f3 e5 7. Nge2 O-O 8. Qd2 d5 9. O-O-O?! dxe4 10. d5 Na5?? 11. Ng3 exf3 12. gxf3 c6 13. h5?? cxd5 14. Bg5 d4 15. Nce4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4?? f6 17. hxg6 fxg5 18. Qxa5?? Qxa5 19. Bc4+ Rf7 20. gxf7+ Kf8 21. Nxg5 Bf5 22. Rdg1 Rc8 23. Bb3 d3 24. Nxh7+ Bxh7 25. Rxh7 Rxc2+ 26. Kb1?! Rg2 27. Rc1 Qd8 28. Rch1 d2?? 29. Rh8+ Bxh8? 30. Rxh8+ Ke7 31. Rxd8 Rg1+ 32. Kc2 Rc1+? 33. Kxd2

World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen tops the field for the Magnus Carlsen Invitational, the 4th event on the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour and the 2nd Major. The 3-day preliminary stage sees the 16 players play each other once before the bottom 8 are eliminated while the top 8 advance to a knockout consisting of 2-day matches. The prize fund is $220,000, with $60,000 for top place, while the winner also qualifies to the Tour final in September. The time control is 15 minutes for all moves, with a 10-second increment per move from move 1. The knockout match-ups consist of 4-game matches on the first two days. If the match score is 1:1, two 5+3 games are then played followed, if needed, by Armageddon, where White has 5 minutes to Black's 4 but a draw counts as a win for Black.

Vladimir Kramnik vs Vassily Ivanchuk

Paris PCA-Intel GP (1995) (rapid), Paris FRA, rd 2, Nov-11 Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange. Modern Exchange Variation (D85)

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cd5 Nd5 5. e4 Nc3 6. bc3 Bg7 7. d4 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Bc3 11. Bd2 Bd2 12. Qd2 Na5 13. h4 Bg4 14. h5 Bf3 15. gf3 e5 16. hg6 fg6 17. d6 b6 18. Qd5 Kg7 19. Qe5 Qf6 20. Qh2 h5 21. Rd1 Nc4 22. Bc4 Qc3 23. Kf1 Qc4 24. Kg2 Rad8 25. Qe5 Kg8 26. Rd5 Rf7 27. Rh3 Rdd7 28. Rg3 Rg7 29. Qe6

Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Wesley So

FTX Crypto Cup | Knockouts, Game 1.4, May-28 (2021) Reti, King's Indian attack, French variation (A08)

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.d3 O-O 6.Nbd2 c5 7.e4 Nc6 8.Re1 b5 9.e5 Nd7 10.Nf1 a5 11.h4 b4 12.Bf4 a4 13.a3 bxa3 14.bxa3 Rb8 15.Ne3 Bb7 16.c4 Nb6 17.cxd5 Nxd5 18.Qxa4 Nc3 19.Qc4 Qa5 20.Rac1 Nb5 21.Nc2 Nxa3 22.Nxa3 Qxa3 23.Bg5 Rfd8 24.Bxe7 Nxe7 25.Qxc5 Qxc5 26.Rxc5 Bxf3 27.Bxf3 Rxd3 28.Be4 Rd7 29.h5 g6 30.Kg2 Kg7 31.Rh1 Ng8 32.Rhc1 gxh5 33.Rh1 Rb4 34.Bc2 Kh6 35.Bd1 h4 36.Be2 Ne7 37.Rxh4+ Rxh4 38.gxh4 Ng6 39.Kg3 Rd4 40.Rc4 Rxc4 41.Bxc4 Nxe5 42.Bb3 Kg7 43.f4 Nc6 44.Bc2 h6 45.Bb1 Ne7 46.Kg4 Nd5 47.Kg3 Kf8 48.Kg4 Nf6+ 49.Kf3 Ke7 50.Bc2 Nh5 51.Kg4 Ng7 52.Bb1 f6 53.Ba2 Kd6 54.Kf3 h5 55.Kg3 Kc5 56.Bb3 Kd4 57.Kf3 Kd3 58.Ba4 Nf5 59.Bb5+ Kd4 60.Be8 Nxh4+ 61.Kg3 Nf5+ 62.Kf3 Ng7 63.Bf7 Kd5 64.Bg6 f5 65.Bf7 Kd6 66.Kg3 Ke7 67.Bg6 Kf6 68.Bh7 Ne8

Maxime Vachier Lagrave vs Ian Nepomniachtchi

Paris Rapid & Blitz, 19.6.2021., round 6 French, advance, Euwe variation (C02)

Magnus Carlsen VS Sam Shankland

Opera Euro Rapid, rd 4, Feb-6 English, Caro-Kann defensive system (A11)

1. c4 c6 2. Qa4 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bf4 d6 7. h3 Nbd7 8. Rd1 c5 9. e3 cxd4 10. exd4 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Be3 e4 13. Nd4 Qe7 14. Be2 Nc5 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. O-O Rac8 17. Ndb5 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 a6 19. Nd6 Rc6 20. b4 Ncd7 21. c5 b6 22. Qa4 Nb8 23. Rd2 Nfd7 24. Nxe4 Re6 25. Bg5 f6 26. Bc4 Kh8 27. Bxe6 Qxe6 28. Be3 Qxe4 29. Rxd7 b5 30. Qd1 Nxd7 31. Qxd7 f5 32. c6 Be5 33. c7

World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen tops the field for the Opera Euro Rapid, the 3rd stage of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour. The 16-player event will be played online on chess24 from February 6th to 14th and features a $100,000 prize fund, with $30,000 for 1st place. The tournament starts with a 3-day all-play-all preliminary stage before the top 8 go forward to a knockout. The time control is 15 minutes for all moves, with a 10-second increment from move 1. No draw offers are allowed before move 40.

Wesley So vs Alireza Firouzja

Magnus Carlsen Invitational | Knockout, Round 2.2, Mar 17 (2021) Caro-Kann defence (B10)

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nb3 g5 9. Bd2 a5 10. a4 Qc7 11. c3 f6 12. exf6 Ng6 13. c4 Bd6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Bxa5 Rxa5 17. Qxd3 Kf7 18. Nxa5 Qxa5 19. Qf5 Qd8 20. Rae1 Ngf8 21. Re7+ Bxe7 22. fxe7+ Kxe7 23. Re1+ Kd6 24. Ne5 Rh7 25. Nxd7 Qxd7 26. Qe5#

Juan Corzo vs Jose Raul Capablanca

Capablanca - Corzo (1901), Habana CUB, rd 2, Nov-19 Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Waller Attack (C52)

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 ed4 7. O-O d6 8. Qb3 Qe7 9. e5 de5 10. Ba3 Qf6 11. Nbd2 Bb6 12. Rae1 Nge7 13. Ne4 Qg6 14. Be7 Ke7 15. Neg5 f6 16. Qa3 Nb4 17. Qb4 c5 18. Qb3 h6 19. Nf7 Bh3 20. g3 Bf1 21. Nh8 Rh8 22. Bf1 Qf7 23. Ne5 fe5 24. Re5 Kf8 25. Bc4 Qc7 26. cd4 cd4 27. Qf3

In 1901 the boy prodigy Jose Capablanca began play against Juan Corzo, the champion of Cuba, in an exhibition match. The match has sometimes been billed as being for the championship of Cuba, but that is incorrect. In April of 1902, the Cuban championship was played and Capablanca finished in fourth place with a minus score, losing both games to Corzo, who won the event. Prior to this match, Capablanca played eighteen games against ten players of Cuba. Eight opponents played him twice, two of his opponents played him only once. Clocks were used and Capablanca’s average rate of play was 140 moves an hour, his score being +13 =2 –3, his losses coming against Juan Corzo and his brother Enrique Corzo. Corzo was a fine middlegame tactician; he was the strongest player in Cuba, and would certainly rank as a candidate for master class. In the latter stages of the match considerable crowds gathered, and attendance had to be restricted to ticket-holders, whilst others waited outside. Capablanca’s victory created a local sensation; the Cubans were convinced that a new Morphy had arisen. Their enthusiasm was short-lived. Capablanca was thoroughly trounced in the Cuban championship a few months later. In this double-round event he lost both of his games against J. Corzo. It is not easy to explain Corzo’s defeat in the match. He was too old a hand to be affected by crowd sympathy or to be rushed into playing too fast against an opponent whose rate of play averaged ninety moves an hour. Perhaps he lost because of poor endplay; at all events Capablanca won two drawn endgames and saved three or four lost endgames. There is other evidence of this weakness of Corzo’s, that is, his comment on White’s forty-third move of the fourth match game. The match was for the best of seven games, draws not counting. In the first eleven games Capablanca scored four wins against Corzo’s two, but they agreed to play on until the seventh win was notched up. As it happened the match ended with a loss – Hooper & Brandreth in The Unknown Capablanca.

Ian Nepomniachtchi vs AlexGo05

Random Banter Blitz Game Giuoco Piano (C53)

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. b4 Bb6 7. e5 d5 8. exf6 dxc4 9. fxg7 Rg8 10. b5 Qe7+ 11. Kf1 Ne5 12. Nxd4 Bg4 13. f3 O-O-O 14. fxg4 Qf6+ 15. Kg1 Rxd4 16. cxd4 Bxd4+ 17. Qxd4 Nf3+ 18. gxf3 Qxd4+ 19. Kg2 Qxa1 20. Bh6 c3 21. Rc1 Qb2+ 22. Kg3 c2 23. Na3 Qxa3 24. Rxc2 Qd3 25. Rc1 Qxb5 26. h4 c6 27. h5 Qe5+ 28. Kg2 Rxg7 29. Bxg7 Qxg7 30. Re1 Kd7 31. Rd1+ Kc7 32. Re1 Qb2+ 33. Kg3 Qxa2 34. h6 c5 35. Re5 Kd6 36. Rg5 c4 37. Rg7 Qb1 38. Rxf7 c3 39. Rf6+ Ke5 40. Rf7 c2 41. Rxh7 c1=Q 42. Re7+ Kf6 43. Re4 Qg1+ 44. Kf4 Qbc1+

Walter Veitch vs Jonathan Penrose

British Championship (1950), Buxton ENG, rd 10, Aug-31 Indian Game: Anti-Nimzo-Indian (E10)

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dc4 5. Nbd2 c5 6. dc5 Bc5 7. Bg2 Bf2 8. Kf2 Ng4 9. Ke1 Ne3 10. Qa4 Bd7

Alireza Firouzja vs Wesley So

Paris Rapid & Blitz, 21.6.2021., round 7 Blitz Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening) (A45)

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.e3 c5 4.Bxf6 gxf6 5.dxc5 Nc6 6.Bb5 e6 7.c4 dxc4 8.Nd2 Bxc5 9.Ngf3 c3 10.bxc3 O-O 11.O-O f5 12.Nd4 Bd7 13.Rb1 Rc8 14.Qh5 Qf6 15.Rfd1 Qg6 16.Qe2 Rfd8 17.N2f3 Qf6 18.e4 Bb6 19.exf5 Nxd4 20.cxd4 Qxf5 21.Bd3 Qf6 22.Qe4 h6 23.Qg4+ Qg7 24.Qh4 Ba4 25.Re1 Bxd4 26.Re4 Bf6 27.Qh3 Rxd3 28.Rg4 Bg5 29.Rxa4 Qb2 30.Rf1 Rc1 31.g4 Rxf1+ 32.Kxf1 Qb5

Simon Williams vs Daniil Dubov

MrDodgy Invitational 2.0, rd 2, May-12 (2021) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Keres variation (B62)

Erigaisi Ajrun vs Levon Aronian

Goldmoney Asian Rapid (2021) (rapid), Quarterfinals Game 2, Jun-29 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 e8g8, 5.Nf3 d7d5 (E51)

Magnus Carlsen vs Hikaru Nakamura

New In Chess Classic | Prelims Round 10, 26-4-2021 Giuoco Piano (C53) - nOT eVANS gAMBIT

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. b4 Be7 7. Nbd2 d5 8. Bb3 a6 9. Qc2 h6 10. O-O Be6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bb2 Bf8 13. a4 b5 14. h3 dxe4 15. dxe4 Qd7 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Qd3 Rb8 20. Ra1 Ne7 21. Ra5 c6 22. Bc1 Nc8 23. Nf1 Nd6 24. Ng3 Qc4 25. Qxc4 Nxc4 26. Ra1 c5 27. bxc5 Bxc5 28. Kf1 Nd6 29. Nd2 h5 30. f3 h4 31. Nf5 Nxf5 32. exf5 Nd5 33. Ne4 Be3 34. Ba3 Ra8 35. Bb2 Rxa1+ 36. Bxa1 Bc1 37. Ke2 Nf4+ 38. Kf1 Nd5 39. Ke2 Nf4+ 40. Kf1 f6 41. Nd6 Nd5 42. Ke2 Nf4+ 43. Kf1 Nd5 44. Ke2 Nc7 45. c4 bxc4 46. Nxc4 Nd5 47. Nd6 Ba3 48. Ne4 Ne7 49. f4 exf4 50. Kf3 Bc1 51. Kg4 Nd5 52. Bd4 Be3 53. Nc3 Ne7 54. Ne2 Nd5 55. Nc3 Ne7 56. Ne2 Nd5 57. Nc3

World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen tops the field for the New in Chess Classic, the 5th event on the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour, which runs from April 24 to May 2 on chess24. The 3-day preliminary stage sees the 16 players play each other once before the bottom 8 are eliminated while the top 8 advance to a knockout consisting of 2-day matches. The prize fund is $100,000, with $30,000 for top place. The time control is 15 minutes for all moves, with a 10-second increment per move from move 1. The knockout match-ups consist of 4-game matches on the first two days. If the match score is 1:1, two 5+3 games are then played followed, if needed, by Armageddon, where White has 5 minutes to Black's 4 but a draw counts as a win for Black.

Fabiano Caruana vs Anish Giri

FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2020-2021 round 12, 24-4-2021 Sicilian, Anderssen variation (B40)

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. Qd3 Bd7 10. f4 e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O exf4 13. Bxf4 Be6 14. Qg3 Nd7 15. Rad1 Re8 16. Kh1 Qb8 17. b4 Ne5 18. b5 Rc8 19. bxc6 Rxc6 20. Nd5 Qf8 21. c3 Rac8 22. Rc1 Ng6 23. Bd2 Bh4 24. Qe3 Rc5 25. c4 h6 26. Qb3 Bg5 27. Bxg5 hxg5 28. Qg3 Qd8 29. Rcd1 Bxd5 30. exd5 Nf4 31. Qf2 R8c7 32. Rd4 Qe8 33. Bf3 Rxc4 34. Rxc4 Rxc4 35. Qxa7 Ra4 36. Qf2 Rxa3 37. h4 Qe5 38. hxg5 Qxg5 39. Re1 Ra8 40. Be4 Ra2 41. Rb1 Ra8 42. Re1 f5 43. Bb1 Kf7 44. Re3 Rh8+ 45. Kg1 Nxg2

Magnus Carlsen vs Hikaru Nakamura

New In Chess Classic | Finals Game 1, 5-1-2021 Nimzo-Indian, classical variation (E32)

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 Qe7 12. Nf3 Rd8 13. e3 Bxf1 14. Rxf1 c5 15. dxc5 Rxd1+ 16. Kxd1 g5 17. Bg3 Qxc5 18. Kd2 Nbd7 19. Rc1 Qd5+ 20. Ke2 Nc5 21. Qc4 Rd8 22. Qxd5 Nxd5 23. Nd4 a5 24. Rc4 Rd7 25. f3 a4 26. Nb5 f6 27. e4 Ne7 28. Bc7 Ng6 29. g3 Ne5 30. Bxe5 fxe5 31. Nc3 Nb3 32. Nxa4 b5 33. Rc8+ Kf7 34. Nc5 Rd2+ 35. Ke3 Rxb2 36. Rc7+ Ke8 37. Nxe6 Rxh2 38. Rb7 Nc1 39. f4 gxf4+ 40. gxf4 Rh3+ 41. Kd2 Nb3+ 42. Kc2 Na5 43. Rxb5 Nc4 44. Rb4 Ne3+ 45. Kd2 exf4 46. a4 Ng2 47. e5 f3 48. Ng7+ Kf8 49. Nf5 f2 50. e6 Rd3+ 51. Ke2 f1=Q+ 52. Kxf1 Rf3+ 53. Kxg2 Rxf5 54. Rb5 Rf4 55. Ra5 Ke7 56. Ra6 h5 57. a5 Ra4 58. Kh3 h4 59. Ra8 Kxe6 60. a6 Kd7 61. a7 Kc7 62. Rh8 Rxa7 63. Rh7+ Kb8 64. Rxa7 Kxa7 65. Kxh4

Hikaru Nakamura vs Magnus Carlsen

FTX Crypto Cup | Knockouts, Game 2.6, May-27 (2021) Ruy Lopez, Berlin defence (C65)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Re1 a6 8.Ba4 Ba7 9.h3 Ne7 10.Nbd2 Ng6 11.Nf1 d5 12.Qe2 c6 13.Bd2 Re8 14.Rad1 h6 15.Ng3 Be6 16.Qf1 b5 17.Bb3 Qc7 18.exd5 cxd5 19.d4 e4 20.Nh2 Bb8 21.Qe2 Nf4 22.Bxf4 Qxf4 23.Nhf1 Qg5 24.Kh1 Bd6 25.Qd2 Bf4 26.Qc2 Rac8 27.Ne2 Bb8 28.Qd2 Qh4 29.Kg1 Nh5 30.a4 f5 31.axb5 axb5 32.Ra1 f4 33.Ra6 Rcd8 34.f3 e3 35.Qd1 Bxh3 36.Rg6 Bf5 37.Bc2 Bxc2

Andrey Esipenko vs Magnus Carlsen

Tata Steel Chess (2021), rd 7, Jan-24 Ruy Lopez, closed defence (C84)

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. g4 b5 9. g5 Nfd7 10. a3 Bxg5 11. Qd2 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Qh4 13. Rg1 g6 14. O-O-O Qe7 15. f4 Bb7 16. Kb1 Nc6 17. Ncxb5 axb5 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Qc3 O-O 20. Qxc6 d5 21. exd5 Rfc8 22. d6 Qd8 23. Qxb5 Rcb8 24. Qc4 Rxa3 25. Qc7 Qe8 26. Rg5 Ra4 27. Ra5 Rab4 28. b3 R4b7 29. Qc3 Qd8 30. Bf3 Rb4 31. Qc7 Qf6 32. Ra8 Rxa8 33. Bxa8 Qf5 34. Kb2 Rb5 35. Qxd7 Rc5 36. Rc1 Qxf4 37. Qe8+ Kg7 38. d7

The official drawing of lots took place in the Tata Steel Chess Tournament playing hall in Wijk aan Zee. The results of the drawing of lots are officially approved by the arbitration. Based on the drawing of lots the playing schedule for the 13 rounds has been made. Already in the first round, there will be some exciting games. World Champion Magnus Carlsen will play against top talent Alireza Firouzja and Harikrisna Pentala will face Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. Defending champion Fabiano Caruana will meet the Dutch Grand Master Jorden van Foreest.

Fabiano Caruana vs Magnus Carlsen

Tata Steel Chess (2021), rd 9, Jan-27 Catalan opening (E00)

Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Hikaru Nakamura

Magnus Carlsen Invitational | Knockout, Round 1.2, Mar 16 (2021) Ruy Lopez, Berlin defence, open variation (C67)

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 Be6 11. g4 Ne7 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. f4 h5 14. f5 hxg4 15. e6 fxe6 16. fxe6 Bc8 17. Bg5 gxh3 18. Kh2 Ng6 19. Ne4 Rh5 20. Rg1 a6 21. Rad1 Ne7 22. Rdf1 c5 23. Rxf8+

Teimour Radjabov vs Olexandr Bortnyk

World Rapid Championship (2016) (rapid), Doha QAT, rd 9, Dec-27 Indian Game: Wade-Tartakower Defense (A46)

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 Bf5 7. c4 Qc8 8. h3 c5 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Rc1 Bh6 11. d5 Bc1 12. Qc1 Nd4 13. g4 Bd7 14. Qh6 Nf3 15. Bf3 Ne8 16. Ne4 f6 17. h4 Bg4 18. h5 gh5 19. Ng5 fg5 20. Qg5 Kf7 21. Qh5 Bh5 22. Bh5 Kg8 23. Rg1 Ng7 24. Rg7 Kh8 25. Re7 Rf6 26. Bf6 Kg8 27. Rg7 Kf8 28. Rh7 Qf5 29. Rh8#

Magnus Carlsen vs Ian Nepomniachtchi

Magnus Carlsen Invitational | Knockout, Round 1.3, Mar 18 (2021) Queen's Gambit Declined, 4.Nf3 (D37)

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8. Be2 Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qd7 12. Nc3 Nb4 13. a3 N4d5 14. Ne4 Qc6 15. Re1 O-O-O 16. Bf1 f5 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Qe2 Kb8 19. Bd2 Rhg8 20. Rac1 Bd6 21. g3 f5 22. Nxd6 cxd6 23. Bg2 Rde8 24. Nh4 Qb5 25. Rb1 Qb3 26. Bc3 Nf4 27. gxf4 Rg4 28. h3 Rxh4 29. Bxb7 Kxb7 30. Qf3+ Ka6 31. d5 Nxd5 32. Rxe6 Rxe6 33. Qxd5 Rg6+ 34. Kf1 Qb5 35. Rd1 Qxd5 36. Rxd5 Rxf4 37. Bd4 Rf3 38. Be3 f4 39. Rf5 Re6 40. Bd4 Re4 41. Kg2 Rd3 42. Bc3 d5 43. Rf6+ Kb5 44. Rf7 d4 45. Bb4 Re2

Hikaru Nakamura vs Alireza Firouzja

Random game between 2 fine gentlemen 16.6. 2021. Ruy Lopez, Berlin defence (C65)

Mateusz bartel vs Vladislav Artemiev

European Online Club Cup Playoff A, Round 3 Ruy Lopez, four knights (Tarrasch) variation (C77)

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Qe7 8. h3 h6 9. Be3 Bd6 10. O-O c5 11. Nd2 g5 12. Nc4 Be6 13. Nxd6+ cxd6 14. Ne2 g4 15. h4 Nh5 16. g3 f5 17. exf5 Bd5 18. Nc3 Bf3 19. Qd2 Ng7 20. Bxh6 Nxf5 21. Bg5 Nxh4 22. Bxe7 Nf5 23. Bh4 Nxh4 24. Qg5 Nf5 25. Qg6+ Kd8 26. Qf6+ Kc7 27. Nd5+ Kc6

Magnus Carlsen vs GM Watneg Lichess

Titled Arena Robatsch (modern) defence (B06)

Magnus Carlsen vs Levon Aronian

Tata Steel Masters (2015), Rotterdam NED, rd 5, Jan-15 Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense (D38)

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cd5 ed5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bf6 Qf6 8. Qa4 Nc6 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Be6 11. O-O a6 12. Rfc1 Bd6 13. Qd1 Ne7 14. a3 Rfd8 15. b4 Nc8 16. Na4 b6 17. Nb2 Ne7 18. Nd3 Ng6 19. a4 a5 20. b5 Re8 21. Rc3 Bf5 22. Rac1 Rad8 23. Nd2 Rd7 24. g3 Nf8 25. Bg4 Nh7 26. Bf5 Qf5 27. Qf3 Qg5 28. h4 Qe7 29. Rc6 Nf6 30. Nf4 g6 31. h5 Kg7 32. hg6 fg6 33. Nd5 Nd5 34. Qd5 Bg3 35. Qg2 Bd6 36. Nc4 Rf8 37. Ne5 Be5 38. Qg6 Kh8 39. Qh6 Kg8 40. de5 Qe5 41. Rg6 Kf7 42. Rc4 Qa1 43. Kg2 Rh8 44. Rf4 Ke8 45. Re6 Re7 46. Re7 Ke7 47. Re4

Magnus Carlsen vs Hikaru Nakamura

New In Chess Classic | Finals Game 4, 5-2-2021 Sicilian, Alapin's variation (2.c3) (B22)

1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. e5 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nh6 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 f6 10. exf6 exf6 11. Nc3 g5 12. Re1 Qd6 13. Ba4 Kh8 14. Bb3 Ne7 15. Qe2 Nhg8 16. Qb5 Rd8 17. Bd2 b6 18. Ne2 a5 19. Bc2 Ba6 20. Qb3 Rdc8 21. Rac1 Rc6 22. Bb1 Rac8 23. Rxc6 Rxc6 24. Nc3 Bc8 25. Bd3 Qd8 26. Qc2 h6 27. Qd1 Be6 28. Qe2 Bf7 29. Nb5 Ng6 30. Qd1 N8e7 31. Qb1 Qd7 32. b4 axb4 33. Bxb4 h5 34. Nc3 Rc7 35. Ne2 h4 36. Bxe7 Nxe7 37. Qxb6 Bh5 38. Nh2 f5 39. Bb5 Qc8 40. Qd6 Ng8 41. Nf3 Bxf3 42. gxf3 Nf6 43. a4 Ra7

Alireza Firouzja vs Mila Zarkovic

"A Firouzjous Attack" (game of the day Sep-23-2020) Sharjah Masters (2019), Sharjah UAE, rd 1, Mar-22 Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations (B50)

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. d4 cd4 6. Nd4 Bb7 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O e6 9. Re1 Nfd7 10. a4 ba4 11. Ra4 Be7 12. Rb4 Nc5 13. Rb7 Nb7 14. e5 d5 15. Nd5 ed5 16. Nf5 O-O 17. Bd5 Bc5 18. b4 Bb6 19. Qg4 g6 20. e6 Qf6 21. e7 Re8 22. Bf7

Teymur Rajabov vs Magnus Carlsen

FTX Crypto Cup | Knockouts, Game 1.4, May-28 (2021) King's Indian, 3.Nf3 (E60)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qa4+ Nc6 8.e3 O-O 9.Rc1 Qg6 10.h4 Rd8 11.h5 Qf6 12.Rh4 e5 13.cxd5 Rxd5 14.dxe5 Bxc3+ 15.Rxc3 Nxe5 16.Qe8+ Kh7 17.Rf4 Qd6 18.Be2 f5 19.Nd4 c6 20.Nxf5 Qd8 21.Qxd8 Rxd8 22.Nd4 Bd7 23.Re4 Re8 24.Rc5 Nf7 25.Bd3 Kh8 26.Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.b4 Nd6 28.Bg6 Re7 29.a4 Kg8 30.Ke2 Ne4 31.Rc2 Nf6 32.b5 cxb5 33.axb5 a6 34.bxa6 bxa6 35.Rb2 Be8 36.Rb8 Kf8 37.Nf5 Re6 38.Ra8 Nd5 39.Bxe8 Rxe8 40.Rxa6 Nf4+ 41.Kf3 Nxh5 42.g4 Nf6 43.Nxh6 Ne4 44.Nf5 Ng5+ 45.Kg2 Rb8 46.Nd4 Kf7 47.Ra5 Ne4 48.Re5 Nf6 49.f3 g6 50.Kg3 Rb1 51.Rb5 Rxb5 52.Nxb5 g5 53.Nc3 Kg6 54.f4

Magnus Carlsen vs Ian Nepomniachtchi

Magnus Carlsen Invitational | Knockout, Round 2.6, Mar 19 (2021) Queen's Gambit Declined, exchange, positional line (D35)

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Ne2 h5 10. h3 Nxg3 11. Nxg3 h4 12. Nh5 c6 13. Be2 Nd7 14. Qb3 Bxc3+ 15. Qxc3 Nf6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. b4 a6 18. a4 Bf5 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 O-O 21. O-O Qe6 22. Rfc1 cxb5 23. Qb3 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Rc8 25. Bf3 Be4 26. Bxe4 Qxe4 27. Qxb5 Rc7 28. Qb6 Qe7 29. Qa5 Qd6 30. Rb1 Kg7 31. Qb5 b6 32. Qd3 Qe6 33. Qa6 Qd6 34. Qe2 Qg6 35. Ra1 Qe4 36. Qb5 Qe6 37. Qb4 Rc4 38. Qb1 Qc6 39. Qf5 Rc1+ 40. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 41. Kh2 Qc7+ 42. g3 hxg3+ 43. Kg2 Qd8 44. Kxg3 b5 45. Qb1 Qd6+ 46. Kf3 b4 47. Qb3 Qf6+ 48. Kg2 Qd6 49. Kg1 f6 50. Kg2 Qb6 51. h4 gxh4 52. Kh3 Qb5 53. Kxh4 Kf7 54. Kg4 Ke6 55. Kf4 Qc4 56. Qa4 b3 57. Qe8+ Kd6 58. Qb8+ Kc6 59. Kf5 Qb5 60. Qc8+ Kb6 61. Qb8+ Ka5 62. Qa7+ Kb4 63. Qa1 Qe2 64. Ke6 b2 65. Qa6 Qxa6+

Bill Gates vs Magnus Carlsen

2014 KP, Nimzovich defence (B00)

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qh5 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Ne5 8. hxg4 Nfxg4 9. Nxe5 Qh2

Anish Giri vs Maxim Rodshtein

European Club Cup (2012), Eilat ISR, rd 1, Oct-11 English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense. Queen's Indian Formation (A15)

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 e6 8. Nc3 ed5 9. cd5 Re8 10. Re1 c6 11. e4 d6 12. Bf4 cd5 13. ed5 Re1 14. Qe1 Na6 15. Nd4 Qd7 16. Rd1 Nc7 17. Nc2 Rc8 18. Qe2 Nh5 19. Bg5 Bc3 20. bc3 Nb5 21. Re1 Nc3 22. Qd2 Bd5 23. Bd5 Nd5 24. Qd5 Rc2 25. Re7 Rc1 26. Kg2 Qc6 27. Qc6 Rc6 28. Ra7 Kg7 29. Be3 Nf6 30. Bd4 b5 31. Ra5 Rc4 32. Ba1 Rc1 33. Bb2 Rc5 34. a4 ba4 35. Rc5 dc5 36. f4 a3 37. Ba1

Magnus Carlsen vs Hikaru Nakamura

New In Chess Classic | Finals Game 1, 5-1-2021 Giuoco Piano (C53) - Not Evans Gambit (I know, I'm sad too)

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. a5 Nf6 11. b4 Bd6 12. Nbd2 a6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. dxe4 Kh8 15. Qd3 Qe7 16. Re1 Nd8 17. g3 Ne6 18. Nh4 Rad8 19. Nf5 Qf6 20. g4 Bg6 21. Qf3 h6 22. Kg2 Nf4+ 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Nxd6 cxd6 25. Bd5 Rd7 26. Rad1 Re8 27. Bxb7 Rxb7 28. e5 Qe7 29. exd6 Qd7 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Rd4 Rd7 32. Qxf4 Qb8 33. Kg3 f6 34. h4 Kg8 35. Kg2 Bf7 36. Kg3 Be6 37. g5 hxg5 38. hxg5 fxg5 39. Qe5 Bf7 40. f3 Kf8 41. Kf2 Kg8 42. Kg3 Kf8 43. Qxg5 Rxd6 44. Qc5 Ke7 45. Qe5+ Kd7 46. Kf2 Qf8 47. Qf5+ Kc6 48. Qc5+ Kd7 49. Qf5+ Kc6 50. Rxd6+ Qxd6 51. Qxf7 Qd2+ 52. Kg3 Qxc3 53. Qe8+ Kc7 54. Qe4 Kd6 55. Kg4 Qa1 56. Qd3+ Ke7 57. Qe3+ Kf7 58. Qc5 Kg8 59. Kf4 Qd1 60. Ke5 Kh7 61. Qd5 Qa4 62. Qe4+ Kh8 63. Kd6 Qb5 64. Kc7 Kg8 65. Qe6+ Kh7 66. Qd6 Qe2 67. f4 Qb5 68. Qc5 Qf1 69. Qh5+ Kg8 70. Qd5+ Kh7 71. Qe4+ Kh8 72. Kb6 Qb5+ 73. Ka7 Qf1 74. Qe8+ Kh7 75. Qh5+ Kg8 76. Qd5+ Kh7 77. f5 Qb1 78. Qd6 Qxf5 79. Kxa6 g5 80. b5 Qf1 81. Kb6 Qf2+ 82. Qc5 Qf6+ 83. Ka7 Qf7+ 84. Ka6 g4 85. b6 g3 86. b7 Qf1+ 87. Ka7 Qf2 88. Qb6 Qf7 89. Qb1+ Kh6 90. Qe4 Qg7

Stockfish vs Komodo TCEC 13

Superfinal Nov-4-2018 Italian Game: Not Fried Liver (C57)

1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 h6 9. Nh3 g5 10. Nc3 Nb7 11. Ng1 Bc5 12. Kf1 Be6 13. d3 Qc7 14. Rb1 O-O-O 15. Qe1 Bb6 16. b4 Nd6 17. Na4 Rhe8 18. Bb2 Bf5 19. Rd1 Bd4 20. c3 Bb6 21. Nxb6+ axb6 22. c4 Rd7 23. Qc3 e4 24. Qxf6 exd3 25. Bf3 Re6 26. Qd4 Ne8 27. Qc3 g4 28. h3 gxf3 29. Nxf3 Be4 30. Bc1 c5 31. bxc5 Qxc5 32. Ne1 b5 33. Be3 Qxc4 34. Qd2 Qd5 35. Qc3+ Rc6 36. Qb3 Nc7 37. Qb2 Qc4 38. Kg1 Nd5 39. Kh2 Nxe3 40. fxe3 f5 41. Rg1 Qa4 42. Qa1 Kb7 43. a3 Rg6 44. Qc1 Rd8 45. Qd2 Qxa3 46. Rf1 Rc6 47. Qf2 Rg8 48. g3 Rgc8 49. h4 Rc2 50. Nxc2 Rxc2 51. Rd2 Qc3

Prince Andrey Dadian of Mingrelia vs Boulitchoff

"Prince Charming" St. Petersburg (1882), St. Petersburg RUE Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Morphy Attack (C51)

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 ed4 7. O-O d6 8. cd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 Na5 10. e5 de5 11. Bf7 Kf7 12. Ng5 Ke8 13. Nce4 Qd4 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qf3 Nh6 16. Ba3 Nc4 17. Qf7 Nf7 18. Nf6 Kd8 19. Nf7

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov vs Levon Aronian

Superbet Chess Classic, Round 6, 9.6.2021. Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin variation (D38)

Alexander Grischuk vs Maxime Vachier Lagrave

FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2020-2021 round 11, 22-4-2021 Sicilian, closed fgrischuk (B23)

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 g6 6. b3 Bh6 7. f4 Nf6 8. Bb2 e5 9. Nge2 O-O 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Kb1 a5 12. a4 Qb6 13. h4 Rac8 14. h5 Nxh5 15. g3 Nb4 16. Bh3 Bxh3 17. Rxh3 Bg7 18. g4 Nf6 19. g5 Nh5 20. f5 Rfd8 21. f6 Bf8 22. Ng3 d5 23. exd5 Nxg3 24. Rxg3 h5 25. Qe2 Rc5 26. Rh3 Nxd5 27. Nxd5 Rcxd5 28. Rdh1 Qd6 29. Ka2 Rd1 30. Rxh5 gxh5 31. Rxh5 Rd4 32. Rh1 Rxa4+ 33. Kb1 Qd5 34. Qh5 Qxh1+ 35. Qxh1 Rg4 36. Bxe5 Rxg5 37. Qxb7 Rd2 38. Bc3 Re2 39. Qc8 Rg1+ 40. Kb2 Rgg2 41. Bxa5 Rxc2+ 42. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 43. Kxc2 Kh7 44. Kd3 Kg6 45. Bc3 Kf5 46. Kc4 Ke6 47. b4 Bd6 48. b5

Wilhelm Steinitz vs Curt von Bardeleben "The Battle of Hastings" (game of the day Feb-23-2016) Hastings (1895), Hastings ENG, rd 10, Aug-17 Italian Game: Classical Variation. Greco Gambit Traditional Line (C54) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 ed4 6. cd4 Bb4 7. Nc3 d5 8. ed5 Nd5 9. O-O Be6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bd5 Bd5 12. Nd5 Qd5 13. Be7 Ne7 14. Re1 f6 15. Qe2 Qd7 16. Rac1 c6 17. d5 cd5 18. Nd4 Kf7 19. Ne6 Rhc8 20. Qg4 g6 21. Ng5 Ke8 22. Re7 Kf8 23. Rf7 Kg8 24. Rg7 Kh8 25. Rh7. Mamat yang kalah belah kerana tak nak di mat depan matanya. HeHeHe.

Viswanathan Anand vs Ivan Šarić

Croatia Grand Chess Tour (2021) (rapid), round 8, Jul 9 Sicilian, Anderssen variation (B40) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.a3 Be7 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.e5 Nd5 9.Qg4 g6 10.Bd2 Rb8 11.Bd3 Qc7 12.Nxd5 exd5 13.O-O O-O 14.Qd4 Bb7 15.b4 c5 16.bxc5 Bxc5 17.Qf4 Rfe8 18.Bb4 a5 19.Bxc5 Qxc5 20.Rab1 Qc7 21.Qd4 Bc6 22.f4 d6 23.Rxb8 Qxb8 24.Re1 dxe5 25.fxe5 Re6 26.c4 Qa8 27.Re2 Re8 28.h3 dxc4 29.Bxc4 Rd8 30.Qb6 Rd1+ 31.Kh2 Bd5 32.Bxd5 Qxd5 33.e6 fxe6 34.Rxe6 Kf7 35.Re2 Qd6+ 36.Qxd6 Rxd6 37.Re5 a4 38.Re4 Ra6 39.Rb4 Ke6 40.Kg3 Kf5 41.Kf3 h5 42.Kg3 Ra5 43.Kh4 Kf6 44.Kg3 Kg5 45.Kh2 Kf5 46.Kg3 Kg5 47.Kh2 Kf5 48.Kg3

Vladislav Artemiev vs Levon Aronian

Goldmoney Asian Rapid (2021) (rapid), Finals, Match 1 Game 1 and 2, Jul-3 Reti, King's Indian attack (A07)

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Na3 Bg7 5.Nxc4 c5 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.d3 Bd7 8.Be3 b6 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Rc8 11.O-O Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Nf6 13.Ne5 O-O 14.Rc1 Rxc1 15.Qxc1 Bb5 16.Rd1 Qc8 17.e3 Rd8 18.b3 Qb8 19.Qa1 Nd7 20.Nxf7 Bxd4 21.Qxd4 Kxf7 22.Qd5+ Kg7 23.Qxb5 Nf6 24.Rxd8 Qxd8 25.Bf3 a5 26.Qe5 Kf8 27.g4 h6 28.h4 Qd6 29.Qxd6 exd6 30.Kg2 g5 31.Kg3 Kg7 32.Bc6 d5 33.f3 Kf7 34.hxg5 hxg5 35.f4 Ne4+ 36.Kf3 Nc3 37.fxg5 Kg6 38.Kf4 Nxa2 39.Bxd5 b5 40.Be4+ Kg7 41.Ke5 a4 42.bxa4 bxa4 43.Kd4 a3 44.Kc4 Nc1 45.Kc3 Ne2+ 46.Kb3 a2 47.Kb2 Nc3 48.Bc2 Nd5 49.e4 Ne3 50.Bd3 Nxg4 51.Be2 Nf2 52.e5 Nh3 53.Kxa2 Nxg5 54.Kb3 Nf7 55.e6 Ng5 56.Bg4 Kf6 57.Kc4 Nxe6 58.Bxe6

Magnus Carlsen vs Ding Liren Goldmoney

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Asian Rapid (2021) (rapid), Finals, Match 1 Game 1, Jul-3 English opening (A22)

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.e3 Nc6 4.Qb3 Bb4 5.Nd5 Bc5 6.d3 O-O 7.Nf3 d6 8.Nc3 Ne7 9.Be2 Ng6 10.O-O Re8 11.Bd2 h6 12.Rfd1 Bb6 13.Ne4 c6 14.Bc3 Nh7 15.Bb4 d5 16.cxd5 cxd5 17.Nd6 Re6 18.Nxc8 Rxc8 19.Rac1 Nf6 20.g3 Rc7 21.Bf1 Qc8 22.Rxc7 Qxc7 23.Bc3 Re8 24.Rc1 Qd7 25.Bg2 Qf5 26.Rd1 e4 27.dxe4 dxe4 28.Nd2 Ng4 29.Rf1 Nxf2 30.Nc4 Nh3+ 31.Bxh3 Qxh3 32.Nxb6

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