CATUR

1.Everyone Blunders!

Gukesh D 2720 vs McShane, Luke J 2631 London Chess Classic chess24.com [6] 2023.12.7 D37 Queen's Gambit Declined, 4.Nf3 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 c6 7.e3 Bf5 8.Nh4 Bg4 9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.h3 Be6 11.Nf3 Rc8 12.Be2 g6 13.Bd3 O-O 14.O-O Nh5 15.Bh6 Ng7 16.Ne2 Re8 17.g4 c5 18.dxc5 Nxc5 19.Nf4 Bf6 20.Bb5 Rf8 21.Rab1 Qb6 22.Qe2 Rfd8 23.Nd4 Ne8 24.Rfd1 Nd6 25.Bd3 Nde4 26.Bc2 a5 27.Kg2 Qc7 28.Ndxe6 fxe6 29.Bxe4 dxe4 30.Rbc1 Rxd1 31.Qxd1 Qc6 32.b3 Rd8 33.Qe2 b6 34.a3 Qd7 35.Qc4 Nd3 36.Rd1 Nxf4+ 37.exf4 Qe8 38.Rxd8 Bxd8 39.Qd4 e5 40.Qd5+ Kh8 41.fxe5

2.Chess Was Silent Today

Volokitin, Andrei 2659 vs Niemann, Hans Moke 2667 London Chess Classic chess24.com [6] 2023.12.07 C67 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence, Open Variation 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.h3 Be7 10.Nc3 Nh4 11.Nxh4 Bxh4 12.Be3 h5 13.Ne2 Ke8 14.f3 Be7 15.g4 f5 16.exf6 e.p. gxf6 17.Nf4 hxg4 18.fxg4 f5 19.Rae1 Kf7 20.Bd4 Rd8 21.Rxe7+ Kxe7 22.Bc5+ Kf7 23.g5 Rg8 24.h4 Be6 25.Kf2 Rg6 26.Rg1 Rag8 27.Re1 Re8 28.Rg1 Reg8 29.Bd4 Bd5 30.Be5 b5 31.Bxc7 Be4 32.Rd1 Bxc2 33.Rd7+ Ke8 34.Rd8+ Kf7 35.Rd7+ Ke8 36.Rd2 R6g7 37.Be5 Rh7 38.Bf6 Rf8 39.Rd8+

3.Losing When Everything is Winning

Niemann, Hans Moke 2667 vs Bartel, Mateusz 2659 London Chess Classic chess24.com [7] 2023.12.8 C67 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence, Open Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 h6 5.c3 d6 6.a4 g6 7.a5 a6 8.O-O Bg7 9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Re1 Nh7 11.Qb3 Kh8 12.Bxf7 Qf6 13.Bc4 g5 14.Re2 g4 15.Ne1 h5 16.Nf1 h4 17.Qd1 Ne7 18.Qd2 c6 19.g3 d5 20.Bb3 Be6 21.Ng2 Ng6 22.exd5 cxd5 23.d4 e4 24.Ra4 h3 25.Ne1 Qf7 26.Rb4 Rac8 27.Bc2 Bf6 28.Qd1 Bd8 29.Bh6 Rg8 30.c4 Bg5 31.Bxg5 Nxg5 32.Ne3 Nh4 33.gxh4 Nf3+ 34.Kh1 Nxh2 35.cxd5 g3 36.dxe6 g2+ 37.N3xg2 hxg2+ 38.Kg1 Qf4 39.Rxe4 Qxf2+ 40.Kxf2 g1=Q+ 41.Ke2 Nf1 42.Qc1 Rg2+ 43.Kd1 Rcxc2 44.Qxc2 Rxc2 45.Nxc2 Ne3+ 46.Kd2 Qf2+ 47.Kd3 Nxc2 48.d5 Nxb4+ 49.Rxb4 Qc5 50.Rd4 Qd6 51.Ke4 Kg7 52.Rd3 Qh2 53.Rc3 Qxh4+ 54.Kf5 Qh5+ 55.Ke4 Qh4+ 56.Kf5 Qh2 57.Ke4 Kg6 58.Rc8 Qd6 59.Rc2 Qg3 60.Rc8 Kg7 61.Kd4 Qf4+ 62.Kd3 Qd6 63.Kc4 Kf6 64.Rh8 Qc7+ 65.Kd4 Qg7 66.Rh1 Ke7+ 67.Kc5 Qg6 68.Rc1 Qd3 69.Rc4 Qe3+ 70.Rd4 Qc1+ 71.Rc4 Qxb2 72.Re4 Qb5+ 73.Kd4 Qxa5 74.Ke5 Qc7+ 75.Kf5

4.So Many Defenders But No One Defending!

Firouzja, Alireza 2742 vs Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2727 Round-Robin Champions Chess Tour Finals chess24.com [1] 2023.12.9 D35 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional Line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 Re8 8.Nge2 h6 9.Bh4 c6 10.O-O a5 11.Rc1 Nbd7 12.a4 Nb8 13.f3 Na6 14.Bf2 Nb4 15.Bb1 b6 16.Ng3 Ra7 17.h3 Bd6 18.Qd2 Bb8 19.Rfd1 Be6 20.Nce2 Rae7 21.Rc3 Nd7 22.e4 c5 23.Nh5 dxe4 24.fxe4 Ba2 25.Bxa2 Nxa2 26.Ra3 Nb4 27.Neg3 Qc7 28.Nxg7 Kxg7 29.Nf5+ Kg8 30.Rg3+ Qxg3 31.Bxg3 Bxg3 32.Qxh6

5.World's Strongest Chess Playing Fashion Designer

Caruana, Fabiano 2765 vs Firouzja, Alireza 2742 Round-Robin Champions Chess Tour Finals chess24.com [2] 2023.12.9 C50 Giuoco Pianissimo 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.c3 O-O 7.h3 a6 8.a4 Ba7 9.Re1 h6 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.b4 Be6 12.Bxe6 Rxe6 13.Bb2 Nh5 14.Nf1 Ne7 15.c4 Ng6 16.g3 Ngf4 17.gxf4 Rg6+ 18.Kh2 Nxf4 19.Ne3 Qd7 20.Ng1 Rxg1 21.Kxg1 Qxh3 22.c5 h5 23.Re2 Re8 24.Qf1 Nxe2+ 25.Qxe2 Re6 26.Ng2 Rg6 27.Qf1 h4 28.Rc1 a5 29.Bc3 Qg4 30.Kh2 h3 31.Ne3 Qf4+ 32.Kh1 Qf3+ 33.Kh2 Qf4+ 34.Kh1 dxc5 35.bxc5 Qf3+ 36.Kh2 Bxc5 37.Qh1 Qxf2+

6.End of The Road?

Niemann, Hans Moke 2667 vs Gukesh D 2720 London Chess Classic chess24.com [9] 2023.12.10 C50 Giuoco Pianissimo 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.O-O d6 6.c3 a6 7.a4 Ba7 8.Re1 h6 9.a5 g5 10.Be3 g4 11.Nfd2 Bxe3 12.fxe3 Nh7 13.Nf1 h5 14.Ng3 Qg5 15.Nd2 Ne7 16.Qa4+ c6 17.Qb4 h4 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.exf5 d5 20.Bb3 O-O 21.Ra4 g3 22.Qxh4 Qxh4 23.Rxh4 gxh2+ 24.Rxh2 f6 25.e4 Rf7 26.Nf3 Rg7 27.d4 exd4 28.Nxd4 Ng5 29.exd5 Nxd5 30.Rh6 Kf7 31.Kf1 Rag8 32.c4 Nc7 33.c5+ Nd5 34.Bxd5+ cxd5 35.Ne6

7.No One Is Safe From The Magnus Effect

Caruana, Fabiano 2765 vs Carlsen, Magnus 2818 Round-Robin Champions Chess Tour Finals chess24.com [3] 2023.12.10 B00 KP, Nimzovich Defence 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 Qd7 7.c3 f6 8.O-O fxe5 9.dxe5 a5 10.Re1 Bc5 11.Nbd2 a4 12.b4 axb3 e.p. 13.Nxb3 Bb6 14.Be3 Bxe3 15.Rxe3 b6 16.Ng5 Nge7 17.Nxh7 Nf5 18.Rh3 Kd8 19.a4 Nxe5 20.Qe2 Ng6 21.Qg4 Ne5 22.Qf4 Nf7 23.a5 Kc8 24.Re1 bxa5 25.Qd2 e5 26.Ra1 Qb5 27.Qc2 N7d6 28.Nd2 a4 29.g4 Ne7 30.Nf3 Nc4 31.Nfg5 a3 32.Nf7 Re8 33.Nhg5 Qb2 34.Qd1 a2 35.Ne6 Qb6 36.Nfg5 e4 37.Kg2 Ra5 38.Nxg7 Rf8 39.Qe2 Qb1

8.Wesley Takes Magnus Into A Deep Dark Forest

So, Wesley 2753 vs Carlsen, Magnus 2818 Round-Robin Champions Chess Tour Finals chess24.com [5] 2023.12.11 B23 Sicilian, Closed 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 e5 4.Bc4 g6 5.d3 h6 6.h3 d6 7.Nh2 Bg7 8.O-O Nf6 9.f4 exf4 10.Bxf4 O-O 11.Qd2 Kh7 12.Nf3 Be6 13.Ng5+ hxg5 14.Bxg5 Ne5 15.Qf2 Ned7 16.e5 dxe5 17.Ne4 Qb6 18.Qh4+ Nh5 19.g4 Bxc4 20.gxh5 Bd5 21.Nf6+ Nxf6 22.Rxf6 Qxf6 23.Bxf6 g5 24.Qxg5 Bxf6 25.Qf5+ Kg7 26.h6+ Kxh6 27.Qxf6+ Kh7 28.Qf5+ Kh6 29.Qf6+ Kh7 30.Kf2 Rg8 31.Qh4+ Kg6 32.Rg1+ Kf5 33.Qh7+ Rg6 34.Rxg6 fxg6 35.Qd7+ Be6 36.Qxb7 Rh8 37.Kg3 g5 38.Qg7 Rh4 39.b3 a5 40.a4 e4 41.dxe4+ Kxe4 42.Qg6+ Bf5 43.Qc6+ Kd4 44.c3+ Ke5 45.Qxc5+ Kf6 46.Qb6+ Be6 47.Kg2 Re4 48.b4 axb4 49.cxb4 Re2+ 50.Kg3 Ra2 51.Qd4+ Kf5 52.Qd3+ Ke5 53.a5 Bd5 54.Qe3+ Kf5 55.Qd3+ Ke5 56.Kg4 Rg2+ 57.Kh5 Be4 58.Qc3+ Kf4 59.a6 Rc2

9.This is Much Trickier Than it Looks!

Carlsen, Magnus 2818 vs Firouzja, Alireza 2742 Round-Robin Champions Chess Tour Finals chess24.com [7] 2023.12.12 D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav Defence 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.f3 h6 6.g4 Bh7 7.Bd3 Bxd3 8.Qxd3 e6 9.Nge2 Nbd7 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Bd2 a6 12.h4 b5 13.Kf2 Bd6 14.g5 Nh5 15.e4 dxe4 16.Nxe4 Be7 17.a4 Ne5 18.Qb3 Nc4 19.Bb4 f5 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.Nc5 O-O 22.axb5 axb5 23.Rxa8 Rxa8 24.Qxb5 Nd6 25.Qb3 Re8 26.Rg1 Kh7 27.Nd3 g6 28.Nef4 Nxf4 29.Nxf4 hxg5 30.hxg5 Nf7 31.Qe3 Nxg5 32.Qe5 Nf7 33.Rh1+ Kg8 34.Qb5 Kg7 35.Qc6 g5 36.Nd3 Rd8 37.Qc3 Qf6 38.Nc5 Kg6 39.Rd1 e5 40.dxe5 Qh8 41.Rxd8 Qh2+ 42.Ke3 Nxd8 43.Kd4 g4 44.fxg4 Qf2+ 45.Kd5 fxg4 46.e6 Qf5+ 47.Kd6 Qf3 48.Qxf3 gxf3 49.Nd3 Kf6 50.e7 Nf7+ 51.Kd7 f2

10.Sometimes The Ghosts Are Real

Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2767 vs Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2727 Champions Chess Tour Finals chess.com [7-3] 2023.12.12 C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, Borisenko Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.c4 Bb7 12.Nc3 b4 13.Nd5 a5 14.a3 c6 15.Nxe7+ Qxe7 16.axb4 axb4 17.Rxa8 Rxa8 18.c5 dxc5 19.dxe5 Nxe5 20.Nxe5 Qxe5 21.Qc2 Ba6 22.f4 Qe7 23.Kh2 Rd8 24.e5 Ng4+ 25.Kg3 Rd3+ 26.Kxg4 h5+ 27.Kxh5 g6+ 28.Kg4 Bc8+

11.No One Can Calculate This Game

Caruana, Fabiano 2762 vs Carlsen, Magnus 2818 Champions Chess Tour Finals chess.com [1-1-5] 2023.12.13 B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.Qe2 d6 8.f4 Nbd7 9.g4 Nc5 10.g5 Nfd7 11.a4 Be7 12.h4 b6 13.Be3 Bb7 14.h5 Rc8 15.Rg1 g6 16.Rh1 e5 17.hxg6 fxg6 18.Nf3 exf4 19.Bxf4 Nxd3+ 20.cxd3 Ne5 21.Be3 O-O 22.Nd4 Qd7 23.O-O-O b5 24.axb5 axb5 25.Kb1 b4 26.Na2 d5 27.Rxh7 Kxh7 28.Qh2+ Kg8 29.Rh1 Bd6 30.Bf4 Qg7 31.Ne6 Nf3 32.Nxg7 Nxh2 33.Bxd6 Rf1+ 34.Rxf1 Nxf1 35.Bxb4 Kxg7 36.Bc3+ Kf7 37.Nb4 dxe4 38.dxe4 Bxe4+ 39.Ka2 Ne3

12.THIS is Modern Chess!

So, Wesley 2737 vs Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2727 Champions Chess Tour Finals chess.com [1-2-3] 2023.12.14 C45 Scotch Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bb4+ 5.c3 Bc5 6.Nf5 d6 7.Nxg7+ Kf8 8.Nh5 Qh4 9.Ng3 Nf6 10.Be2 Ne5 11.f3 Rg8 12.Kd2 Be6 13.Kc2 Rd8 14.b4 Bb6 15.Bb2 d5 16.Na3 c5 17.bxc5 dxe4 18.cxb6 Rxd1 19.Raxd1 exf3 20.Rd4 Qg5 21.bxa7 Qg6+ 22.Bd3 Nxd3 23.a8=Q+ Kg7 24.Qa5 Nf2+ 25.Kc1 Nxh1 26.gxf3 Nxg3 27.hxg3 Qxg3 28.c4 Kg6 29.Rd1 Rc8 30.Kb1 Qxf3 31.Rg1+ Ng4 32.Ka1 h5 33.Qe5 Rg8 34.Nb5 Qf2 35.Qe4+ Bf5 36.Qh1 Re8 37.Nd6 Re2 38.Nxf5 Rxb2 39.Rg2 Rxa2+ 40.Kb1 Rb2+ 41.Ka1 Ra2+ 42.Kb1 Qxf5+ 43.Kxa2 Qe4 44.Kb3 f5 45.Rg1 Qe3+ 46.Kb4 h4 47.Re1 Qd2+ 48.Kb5 Kg5 49.Rb1 Qd7+ 50.Kb6 Qe6+ 51.Kb5 Qe4 52.Qxe4 fxe4 53.Kb6 Ne5 54.Kc5 h3 55.Kd4 Kf4 56.Rxb7 e3 57.Rb1 e2 58.c5 h2 59.Kc3 Ke3 60.Rh1 Nc6 61.Kc2 Ne7 62.Kc3 Nc6 63.Kc2 Nd4+ 64.Kc3 Nf3 65.c6 Ng1

13.Magnus Outbid by 2 SECONDS!

Carlsen, Magnus 2818 vs Caruana, Fabiano 2762 Champions Chess Tour Finals chess.com [1-2-5] 2023.12.14 C83 Ruy Lopez, Open, 9...Be7, 10.Re1 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 Be7 7.Re1 b5 8.Bb3 d5 9.dxe5 Be6 10.c3 O-O 11.h3 Qd7 12.Bc2 Rad8 13.Nbd2 Nxd2 14.Qxd2 Bf5 15.Bxf5 Qxf5 16.Qf4 Qxf4 17.Bxf4 d4 18.Rac1 dxc3 19.Rxc3 Nb4 20.Rxc7 Rfe8 21.Bg5 Bxg5 22.Nxg5 f6 23.Nf7 Rd2 24.e6 h5 25.Re4 Nxa2 26.Rc6 Rd5 27.Rxa6 Nc1 28.Rd6 Rc5 29.Rd7 Nb3 30.Nd6 Rc1+ 31.Kh2 Nd2 32.g4 Nxe4 33.Nxe8 Re1 34.e7 f5 35.g5 Nxg5 36.Nxg7

14.World's Greatest Hustler

So, Wesley 2753 vs Carlsen, Magnus 2818 Knockout Champions Chess Tour Finals chess24.com [16] 2023.12.15 B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.Be2 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Nc6 6.Qd3 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Nd5 O-O 10.c3 b5 11.Bg5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Ne5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.h4 Bf5 15.Qd2 h5 16.Bd3 Qd7 17.Rae1 Rfe8 18.Re3 Rac8 19.Rfe1 Bxd3 20.Qxd3 Rc4 21.g3 Rec8 22.Re4 Kg7 23.Kg2 a5 24.a3 R8c5 25.f4 Rxe4 26.Rxe4 Bf6 27.Bxf6+ exf6 28.Rd4 Rc8 29.Re4 Rb8 30.Kh2 Qf5 31.Re3 Qxd3 32.Rxd3 Re8 33.Rd2 g5 34.Kg2 gxh4 35.gxh4 Re3 36.f5 Kf8 37.Kf2 Re5 38.b4 axb4 39.axb4 Rxf5+ 40.Ke3 Re5+ 41.Kf4 Ke7 42.Rd4 Kd7 43.Rd1 Re2 44.Ra1 Rd2 45.Ra7+ Ke8 46.Kf5 Rf2+ 47.Ke4 f5+ 48.Ke3 Rc2 49.Kf4 Rxc3 50.Kxf5 Rc4 51.Kg5 Rxb4 52.Rb7 Rb1 53.Kxh5 b4 54.Kh6 f5 55.h5 f4 56.Kg5 f3 57.h6 f2 58.Rb8+ Kd7 59.Rb7+ Kc8 60.h7 Rg1+

15.Not Today!

So, Wesley 2737 vs Carlsen, Magnus 2818 Champions Chess Tour Finals chess.com [2-2-1] 2023.12.15 A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 1.b3 g6 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.g3 Bg7 4.c4 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.e3 e5 7.Ne2 Re8 8.Nbc3 c6 9.e4 a6 10.O-O b5 11.a3 Nbd7 12.d3 Rb8 13.Rb1 Nc5 14.Ba1 bxc4 15.bxc4 Rxb1 16.Qxb1 Be6 17.Rd1 Qb8 18.Qc2 Qb3 19.Qc1 Nfd7 20.d4 exd4 21.Nxd4 Bxd4 22.Rxd4 Ne5 23.Rxd6 Ncd3 24.Qd1 Qxa3 25.c5 Bb3 26.Qf1 Bc4 27.Ne2 Qxc5 28.Rd4 Qa3 29.h3 Nc5 30.Qc1 Qxc1+ 31.Nxc1 Bb5 32.f4 Nc4 33.e5 Ne6 34.Rd7 c5 35.Rd3 a5 36.Rb3 Rd8 37.Nd3 a4 38.Rxb5 Rxd3 39.Rb8+ Kg7 40.Rb1 Rxg3 41.Kh2 Ra3 42.f5 gxf5 43.Rg1 Kf8 44.Rc1 Ne3 45.Bc6 Nd4 46.Bxd4 cxd4 47.Bb5 f4 48.Rc8+ Kg7 49.Rc7 Ra2+ 50.Kh1 Kg6 51.Bd3+ Kg5 52.Rxf7 Rd2 53.e6 Rxd3 54.e7 Rd1+ 55.Kh2 Nf1+ 56.Kg2 Re1 57.Kf2 Re3 58.Kxf1 a3 59.h4+ Kg4

16.They Play a Game of Infinite Tactics

Carlsen, Magnus 2818 vs So, Wesley 2737 Champions Chess Tour Finals chess.com [2-2-2] 2023.12.16 B50 Sicilian 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 e6 5.O-O Be7 6.a4 d5 7.Bb5+ Kf8 8.e5 Ng8 9.a5 a6 10.Ba4 Qxa5 11.c4 d4 12.Nbd2 Qc7 13.Ne4 Bd7 14.Bxd7 Nxd7 15.Bf4 h6 16.h4 g6 17.b4 cxb4 18.Nxd4 Rd8 19.Qf3 Kg7 20.Nd6 Bxd6 21.exd6 Qc8 22.Rfe1 Ngf6 23.Nb3 Rhe8 24.Bc1 e5 25.Bb2 b6 26.g4 Kg8 27.Nd2 Re6 28.g5 hxg5 29.hxg5 Nh7 30.Qg3 Rxd6 31.d4 Rxd4 32.Bxd4 exd4 33.Re7 Nc5 34.Rae1 Rf8 35.Qh4 b3 36.Kg2 Qf5 37.R7e5 Qd7 38.Rd5 Qc7 39.Rh1 f6 40.Ne4 fxg5 41.Nxg5 Nd3 42.Ne6 Qf7 43.Qxh7+ Qxh7 44.Rxh7 Kxh7 45.Nxf8+ Kg8 46.Rd6 b2 47.Rxb6 a5 48.Rb3 a4 49.Rb8 a3 50.Ne6+ Kf7 51.Ng5+ Kg7 52.Rb7+ Kg8 53.Ne4 a2 54.Nf6+ Kf8 55.Rd7 Nf4+ 56.Kf3 Nh5

17.Magnus Always Wins

Carlsen, Magnus 2818 vs So, Wesley 2737 Champions Chess Tour Finals chess.com [2-2-4] 2023.12.16 D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 cxd4 6.Qxd4 exd5 7.e4 dxe4 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Ng5 Be6 10.Bd2 Nbd7 11.Ncxe4 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 h6 13.Bc3 Rc8 14.Bd3 f6 15.O-O Ke8 16.Be2 Kf7 17.f4 Bc5+ 18.Nxc5 Rxc5 19.Rad1 Nb6 20.Bd4 Ra5 21.b4 Rd5 + 21... Rxa222.Bf3 Rb5 23.Bc5 Na4 24.Be2 Rxc5 25.bxc5 Nc3 26.Bh5+ g6 27.Rd3 Bc4 28.Rd7+ Ke6 29.Rd6+ Kf7 30.Rc1 Ne4 31.Rd4

18.Searching for The Candidates

Erigaisi Arjun 2727 vs Predke, Alexandr 2689 Chennai Grand Masters chess24.com [3] 2023.12.17 B33 Sicilian, Pelikan (Lasker/Sveshnikov) Variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5 Ne7 9.c3 Nf5 10.a4 Be7 11.Bd3 O-O 12.O-O Nh4 13.f4 a6 14.Na3 exf4 15.Bxf4 Ng6 16.Bxg6 hxg6 17.Nc4 Qc7 18.b3 b6 19.Be3 Rb8 20.Bd4 Bg5 21.Nd2 Re8 22.c4 Be3+ 23.Bxe3 Rxe3 24.Re1 Qc5 25.Kh1 Bf5 26.Nf3 Bg4 27.Rxe3 Qxe3 28.Qd4 Qxd4 29.Nxd4 Bd7 30.a5 b5 31.cxb5 Bxb5 32.Kg1 Bd3 33.Ra4 Re8 34.Rb4 Re1+ 35.Kf2 Re5 36.Nc6 Re2+ 37.Kf3 Ra2 38.Rb8+ Kh7 39.Rd8 f5 40.Rxd6 Be4+ 41.Kf4 Rxg2 42.Rd8 g5+ 43.Ke5 Rxh2 44.Nd4 Ra2 45.b4 g4 46.d6 g3 47.d7 g2 48.Rh8+ Kxh8 49.d8=Q+ Kh7 50.Qg5 Ra1 51.Ne2 Rb1 52.Ke6 Rxb4 53.Qh4+ Kg8 54.Qd8+ Kh7 55.Kf7 Rb7+ 56.Kf8 f4 57.Qh4+ Kg6 58.Nxf4+ Kf5 59.Nxg2 g5 60.Ne3+ Kf6 61.Qh6+ Ke5 62.Qxg5+ Kd4 63.Qf4 Rb5 64.Ke7 Kd3 65.Ng4 Bd5 66.Ne5+ Kc3 67.Qe3+ Kb4 68.Kd6 Rxa5 69.Nd3+ Kc4 70.Nb2+ Kb4 71.Qd2+

19.BIG Candidates Update!

Dominguez Perez, Leinier 2745 vs Pranav Anand 2509 Chessable Sunway Sitges chess24.com [5] 2023.12.16 C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed Defence 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.h3 Bb7 10.Nbd2 Na5 11.Bc2 c5 12.Re1 Re8 13.Nf1 h6 14.Ng3 Bf8 15.d4 cxd4 16.cxd4 exd4 17.Nxd4 Qc7 18.Bd2 Nc4 19.Bc3 b4 20.Bxb4 Nxb2 21.Qf3 Nc4 22.Rac1 a5 23.Bb3 axb4 24.Bxc4 Rac8 25.Qb3 Nxe4 26.Nxe4 Bxe4 27.Be6 Qxc1 28.Bxf7+ Kh7 29.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 30.Kh2 d5 31.Qg3 Rc3 32.f3 Rd8 33.Nb5 Bf5 34.Qe1 Rcc8 35.Be6 Bxe6 36.Qxe6 Kh8 37.f4 Bc5 38.f5 d4 39.f6 d3 40.fxg7+ Kxg7 41.Qe5+ Kg8 42.Qe6+ Kg7 43.Qe5+ Kg8

20.Another Challenger Emerges!

Gukesh D 2720 vs Predke, Alexandr 2689 Chennai Grand Masters chess.com [04] 2023.12.18 B30 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rossolimo Attack (without ...d6) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e5 4.O-O Be7 5.Re1 Nd4 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.c3 Nf6 8.cxd4 exd4 9.d3 O-O 10.Nd2 d5 11.e5 Nd7 12.Nf3 Qb6 13.Ba4 Nc5 14.Bc2 Bg4 15.h3 Bh5 16.g4 Bg6 17.Nxd4 Ne6 18.Nf3 Rac8 19.Bb3 Qb5 20.d4 Bb4 21.Re3 Nf4 22.Bd2 Nxh3+ 23.Kg2 Nf4+ 24.Kg3 Ne6 25.a4 Qa5 26.Bxb4 Qxb4 27.Bxd5 Rc2 28.b3 Rd8 29.Bc4 Nxd4 30.Nxd4 Rd2 31.Qe1 R8xd4 32.e6 Qd6+ 33.Kh3 h5 34.e7 Rxg4 35.e8=Q+ Kh7 36.Bxf7 Qf6 37.Bxg6+ Kh6 38.Qh8+ Kxg6 39.Re6 Rh4+ 40.Kg2 Rg4+ 41.Kf1 Rxf2+ 42.Qxf2 Qxe6 43.Re1 Qa6+ 44.Re271.Qd2+

21. Magnus Lost This Position 3 Times With Black!

Sjugirov, Sanan 2703 vs Gukesh D 2720 Chennai Grand Masters chess.com [05] 2023.12.19 C50 Giuoco Pianissimo 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nbd2 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.c3 a6 8.a4 Ba7 9.h3 h6 10.Re1 Re8 11.Nf1 Be6 12.Bxe6 Rxe6 13.b4 d5 14.Qc2 Ne7 15.exd5 Nfxd5 16.Nxe5 Ng6 17.d4 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Qe7 19.Qe4 c6 20.Bd2 Re8 21.Qg4 f6 22.c4 f5 23.Qf3 Nxb4 24.Qb3 a5 25.Ng3 Qh4 26.c5 Bxc5 27.Be3 Bxe3 28.Rxe3 f4 29.Re4 Nd5 30.Qxb7 Qg5 31.Nf1 Rg6 32.g3 Qf5 33.Rae1 Qxh3 34.Qb3 fxg3 35.Nxg3 Rf8 36.R1e3 Rf5 37.Qd1 Nxe3 38.Rxe3 Rf8 39.Qd3 Qe6 40.Kf1 Rg4

22.With 6/6 Alireza "MIGHT" Qualify For The Candidates?

Firouzja, Alireza 2763 vs Dgebuadze, Alexandre 2439 Alireza Firouzja's Race To Candidates chess.com [1] 2023.12.18 B57 Sicilian, Sozin, Benko Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Qg4 O-O 8.Bd3 Nbc6 9.Bg5 Qc7 10.Nf3 Ng6 11.h4 cxd4 12.cxd4 f5 13.exf6 e.p. e5 14.Qg3 Nxd4 15.O-O Nf5 16.Bxf5 Bxf5 17.Nd4 Qd7 18.Nxf5 Qxf5 19.fxg7 Rf7 20.Rad1 Rxg7 21.Rxd5 Nf4 22.Qf3 Rf8 23.Bxf4 Qxf4 24.Qe2 e4 25.Rd4 Rg4 26.f3 Rxh4 27.Rxe4 Qh2+ 28.Kf2 Rxe4 29.Qxe4 Qc7 30.Re1 Qd7 31.Qc4+ Qf7 32.Qd4 b6 33.Re4

23.He Resigns in an Equal Position!

Firouzja, Alireza 2763 vs Shchekachev, Andrei 2506 Alireza Firouzja's Race To Candidates chess.com [03] 2023.12.19 B42 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Bd3 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 d5 6.exd5 Qxd5 7.Nc3 Qxg2 8.Be4 Qh3 9.Qe2 Nf6 10.Bf3 Bc5 11.Nb3 Be7 12.Bf4 O-O 13.O-O-O e5 14.Bxe5 Nc6 15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.Rhg1 g6 17.Rd3 Qh6+ 18.f4 Bf5 19.Rdg3 c5 20.Rg5 Be6 21.Na5 Rfc8 22.Kb1 Kf8 23.Nc4 Nd7 24.Bd6 Re8 25.Bxe7+ Rxe7 26.Qf3 Rb8 27.Na5 Ree8 28.Nc6

24.Can Alireza Survive The Attack and Go 4/4?

25.Quality of a Great Champion!

Harikrishna, Pentala 2696 vs Gukesh D 2720 Chennai Grand Masters chess.com [7] 2023.12.21 D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 6...a6 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 a6 6.O-O c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Be2 Ke7 10.Nbd2 Bd7 11.Rd1 Rc8 12.b3 Bb5 13.Nc4 Nbd7 14.Bb2 Nb6 15.Nfe5 Nxc4 16.Nxc4 Bxc4 17.Bxc4 g6 18.Be2 Nd7 19.Rac1 Bd6 20.f4 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 a5 22.Bb5 Nb6 23.g3 Rc8 24.e4 f6 25.Kf2 Rxc1 26.Bxc1 Bc5+ 27.Kf3 Nc8 28.e5 f5 29.Be3 b6 30.Bxc5+ bxc5 31.Ke3 Nb6

26.Alireza Overtakes Wesley In The Live Ratings!

Fedorchuk, Sergey A. 2546 vs Firouzja, Alireza 2763 Alireza Firouzja's Race To Candidates chess.com [5] 2023.12.21 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Adams Attack 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nde2 h5 8.g3 Be7 9.Be3 b5 10.Nd5 Nbd7 11.Nec3 Bb7 12.Bg2 Rc8 13.a4 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.Qxd5 b4 16.O-O a5 17.c3 bxc3 18.bxc3 h4 19.c4 O-O 20.Rfb1 Bg5 21.Bxg5 Qxg5 22.Qxd6 Nc5 23.gxh4 Qf4 24.Rb5 Rfd8 25.Qe7 Ne6 26.Rd5 Re8 27.Qa3 Rxc4 28.Qg3 Rc1+ 29.Rd1 Rc2 30.Rab1 Rec8 31.Qxf4 Nxf4 32.Rb5 Ne2+ 33.Kh2 Nc3 34.Ra1 Nxb5 35.axb5 Rxf2 36.Kg3 Rb2 37.Rxa5 Rc3+

27.It's a Christmas Miracle!

Firouzja, Alireza 2763 vs Fedorchuk, Sergey A. 2546 Alireza Firouzja's Race To Candidates chess.com [6] 2023.12.22 B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.a3 b5 8.Nxc6 Qxc6 9.Be2 Bb7 10.Qd2 Qd6 11.O-O-O Qxd2+ 12.Rxd2 b4 13.axb4 Bxb4 14.Bd4 Nf6 15.f3 Bc6 16.Rdd1 O-O 17.Be5 Rfc8 18.Na2 Be7 19.Bd6 Kf8 20.b3 Bxd6 21.Rxd6 Ke7 22.Rhd1 a5 23.Kb2 Rc7 24.Nc3 a4 25.Bc4 axb3 26.cxb3 Rb7 27.R6d4 Ne8 28.e5 Ra5 29.Re1 Nc7 30.f4 Na8 31.Bd3 Nb6 32.g4 Nd5 33.Na2 h6 34.h4 Rba7 35.Bb1 Rb7 36.Bd3 Rba7 37.Nc1 Rb7 38.f5 Nb4 39.Bb1 Rd5 40.Rc4 Rdb5 41.Rf4 Bd5 42.f6+ gxf6 43.exf6+ Kd6 44.g5 hxg5 45.hxg5 Rb8 46.Rh4 Nc6 47.Bc2 e5 48.Rd1 Nd4 49.Rh3

28.Some 16 Years Ago, The World Was a Different Place

Magnus Carlsen vs Levon Aronian "MC Hammered" game of the day Jul 5, 2018 World Championship Candidates 2007 Elista, RUS rd 1 May 27 Spanish Game: Closed. Martinez Variation C78 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. ab5 ab5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. h3 Nb4 12. Ne2 c5 13. Ng3 Be6 14. Be6 fe6 15. c3 Nc6 16. Re1 Qd7 17. d4 ed4 18. cd4 c4 19. Bg5 h6 20. d5 ed5 21. Bf6 Bf6 22. Qd5 Rf7 23. Qd2 Ne5 24. Ne5 Be5 25. Ne2 Rbf8 26. Rf1 Rf3 27. Ra3 Ra3 28. ba3 Qc6 29. Nd4 Bd4 30. Qd4 Ra8 31. Ra1 c3 32. Qb4 Qc5 33. Qb3 Kh8 34. Ra2 Ra4 35. Re2 Ra3 36. Qd1 Ra8

29.Are You Ready For Magic?

Mamedov, Rauf 2578 vs Dubov, Daniil 2712 FIDE World Rapid Championship chess24.com [6] 2022.12.27 B22 Sicilian, Alapin's Variation (2.c3) 1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.d4 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.O-O Ne7 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Nb3 Bb6 11.Bd3 h6 12.Bf4 Bg4 13.h3 Bh5 14.Be2 Re8 15.Re1 Ng6 16.Bg3 Qd7 17.Nfd4 Bxe2 18.Rxe2 Rxe2 19.Qxe2 Nxd4 20.Nxd4 Bxd4 21.cxd4 Re8 22.Qd2 Ne7 23.Rc1 Nc6 24.f3 Qf5 25.Bf2 a6 26.a4 Re6 27.b4 b5 28.axb5 axb5 29.Rc5 Ne7 30.Qc2 Qxc2 31.Rxc2 Rc6 32.Re2 Rc1+ 33.Kh2 Nc6 34.Re8+ Kh7 35.Rc8 Rc2 36.Kg1 Rc1+ 37.Kh2 Rc2 38.Kg1 Nxb4 39.Rb8 Nd3 40.Bg3 b4 41.Kf1 Rb2 42.Bd6 b3 43.Ba3 Rf2+ 44.Kg1 b2 45.Kh2 Rc2 46.Kg3 g5 47.Rb7 Kg6 48.Rb6+ f6 49.Rb7 h5 50.Rb6 Kf7 51.Rb7+ Kg6 52.Rb6 Kf5 53.Be7 h4+ 54.Kh2 Kf4 55.Rxf6+ Ke3 56.Re6+ Kf2 57.Rb6 Kf1

The FIDE World Rapid Championship is a 13-round Swiss tournament taking place from 26–28 December 2022 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The prize fund is $350,000, with a $60,000 top prize. Players receive 15 minutes for the entire game, plus a 10-second increment starting from move one. A tie for 1st is decided by two 3+2 blitz games. If still tied, more 3+2 games are played until a player wins. Official website: worldrapidandblitz2022.fide.com

30.Kasparov's Revenge!

Garry Kasparov vs Vladimir Kramnik "Fall of the Wall" game of the day Dec 21, 2009 Astana 2001 Astana, KAZ rd 10 Jun 1 Spanish Game: Berlin Defense l'Hermet Variation Berlin Wall Defense C67 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ne4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bc6 dc6 7. de5 Nf5 8. Qd8 Kd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Bd7 11. b3 Ke8 12. Bb2 Rd8 13. Rad1 Ne7 14. Rfe1 Ng6 15. Ne4 Nf4 16. e6 Ne6 17. Nd4 c5 18. Nf5 Rh7 19. Bf6 Rc8 20. Bg7 Bg7 21. Ng7 Rg7 22. Nf6 Ke7 23. Nd7 Rd8 24. Ne5 Rd1 25. Rd1 Nf4 26. Kh1 Rg5 27. Ng4 Rd5 28. Re1 Kf8 29. Nh6 Rd2 30. Re5 Rf2 31. Rf5 Kg7 32. Ng4 Rg2 33. Rf4 Rc2 34. Rf2 Rc3 35. Kg2 b5 36. h4 c4 37. h5 cb3 38. ab3 Rc5 39. h6 Kf8 40. Nf6 Rg5 41. Kh1

In 2001, during the celebration of the 10th anniversary of Kazakhstan's independence in the wake of the Soviet Union's dissolution, a double round robin chess tournament was held in the capital city of Astana. Six of the world's best players, including the world champion, participated in the category XX event. The participants were (in order of ELO): Garry Kasparov 2835, Vladimir Kramnik 2797, Alexander Morozevich 2749, Alexey Shirov 2722, Boris Gelfand 2712 and Kazakhstan's number one player Darmen Sadvakhasov 2585. Kasparov made it nine tournament wins in a row on his streak to ten with his undefeated victory here, in sole first place with 7/10.

31.Can Magnus Remain World Champion?

Khismatullin, Denis 2507 vs Carlsen, Magnus 2818 FIDE World Rapid Championship chess24.com [2] 2023.12.26 D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Stoltz Variation 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 b6 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Nb5 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Nxd2 O-O 11.Be2 Ba6 12.O-O Bxb5 13.Bxb5 a6 14.Bxd7 Qxd7 15.Rfc1 Rfc8 16.Qd1 Qb5 17.Rc2 Ne8 18.Nf3 Rxc2 19.Qxc2 Nd6 20.a4 Qe8 21.Qc7 Qd8 22.Rc1 Qxc7 23.Rxc7 Rc8 24.Rxc8+ Nxc8 25.Ne5 f6 26.Nd3 Kf7 27.Kf1 Ke7 28.Ke2 Kd6 29.f4 a5 30.g4 Kc6 31.h4 Nd6 32.h5 h6 33.b3 Kd7 34.Nf2 f5 35.g5 Kc6 36.Nd3 Ne4 37.Ne5+ Kd6 38.gxh6 gxh6 39.Kd3 Nf6 40.Kc3 Nxh5 41.b4 Ng3 42.bxa5 bxa5 43.Kd3 h5 44.Ng6 Ne4 45.Kc2 Nf6 46.Kc3 Nd7 47.Nh4 Nb6 48.Kb3 Nc4 49.Ng2 Nd2+ 50.Kc3 Nf3

32.Never Rush Anything Against Magnus!

Carlsen, Magnus 2818 vs Petrosian, Tigran L. 2604 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship chess.com [03] 2023.12.26 B06 Robatsch (Modern) Defence 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 e5 6.d5 Nce7 7.c4 f5 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Ng5 O-O 10.O-O c6 11.Qb3 Kh8 12.Bd2 f4 13.Rac1 c5 14.Qa3 h6 15.Ne6 Bxe6 16.dxe6 f3 17.g3 Qc8 18.Nd5 Qxe6 19.Rfe1 Nexd5 20.cxd5 Qg4 21.Bf1 b6 22.h3 Qh5 23.b4 g5 24.bxc5 bxc5 25.Qa6 Rad8 26.Rb1 g4 27.h4 Qg6 28.Ba5 Rd7 29.Bb5 Rdf7 30.Qxd6 Qh5 31.Bc3 Nh7 32.Bf1 Bf6 33.Rb5 Ng5 34.Rxc5 Nh3+ 35.Bxh3 gxh3 36.Qe6 Kh7 37.Qxh3 Bh8 38.d6 Rg8 39.Rc7

33.Bravest Rook in Chess History

Holt, Conrad 2548 vs Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 2715 FIDE World Rapid Championship chess24.com [3] 2023.12.26 D80 Gruenfeld Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bd3 Bg7 7.Nge2 O-O 8.O-O a5 9.Bd2 Re8 10.Rc1 c6 11.f3 b5 12.Qe1 Nbd7 13.Qf2 Nb6 14.a3 Nc4 15.Bxc4 bxc4 16.Na4 Rb8 17.Rfe1 h5 18.Bc3 Bh6 19.Ng3 h4 20.Nf1 h3 21.g3 Nh7 22.Nd2 Ng5 23.e4 dxe4 24.fxe4 f5 25.d5 fxe4 26.Qd4 Kh7 27.d6 Rb5 28.Nc5 Bf5 29.g4 e3 30.d7 exd2 31.dxe8=Q Qxe8 32.Rxe8 dxc1=Q+ 33.Kf2 Qg1+ 34.Kxg1 Nf3+ 35.Kf2 Nxd4 36.Bxd4 Bg7 37.Re7 Bxg4 38.Bxg7 g5 39.Bd4+ Kg6 40.Kg3 Bf5 41.Rg7+ Kh5 42.Rf7 Bg6 43.Rf8 Bb1 44.Kxh3

34.Like The Great Rashid Nezhmetdinov!

Cheparinov, Ivan 2618 vs Rapport, Richard 2735 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship chess.com [05] 2023.12.26 1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d3 Qc7 4.Nc3 dxe4 5.dxe4 Nd7 6.a4 Ngf6 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bb3 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 e6 11.Bg5 Nbd7 12.O-O Bd6 13.Rad1 h6 14.Be3 g5 15.Rfe1 Rg8 16.Bd4 Rg6 17.Qe2 Be5 18.Nd5 cxd5 19.exd5 Bxd4 20.dxe6 Bxf2+ 21.Qxf2 Nc5 22.exf7+ Kf8 23.Qf5 Kg7 24.Re8 Rxe8 25.Qxf6+ Carlsen, Magnus 2818 vs Gareyev, Timur 2588 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship chess.com [5] 2023.12.26 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.c3 g5 7.d4 g4 8.Ne1 h5 9.Be3 Bh6 10.Qe2 Qf6 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Nd3 Nge7 13.Nd2 Ng6 14.Nc5 Bc8 15.Rad1 Nf4 16.Bxf4 Bxf4 17.Nd3 O-O 18.g3 Bh6 19.f4 gxf3 e.p. 20.Nxf3 Bg4 21.Qg2 Qe6 22.Bb3 Qe7 23.h3 Be6 24.Nh4 Be3+ 25.Kh2 Qg5 26.Nf5 Bb6 27.h4 Qf6 28.Qe2 Qh8 29.g4 Qh7 30.g5 Kh8 31.Nh6 Bxb3 32.axb3 f6 33.Qxh5 Be3 34.Rde1 fxg5 35.Rxf8+ Rxf8 36.Rxe3

35.Are All Animals Equal?

Chigaev, Maksim 2587 vs Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi 2691 FIDE World Rapid Championship chess24.com [5] 2023.12.26 A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nd5 Re8 7.O-O a5 8.d3 h6 9.Be3 d6 10.Nxf6+ Qxf6 11.Nd2 Qg6 12.a3 Bc5 13.Bxc5 dxc5 14.Ne4 b6 15.Nc3 Bg4 16.h3 Bd7 17.Kh2 Rad8 18.Nd5 Qd6 19.Qd2 a4 20.Rae1 Nd4 21.e3 Nb3 22.Qd1 b5 23.f4 c6 24.Nc3 f5 25.e4 exf4 26.Rxf4 b4 27.Nxa4 Nd4 28.axb4 cxb4 29.exf5 Bxf5 30.c5 Qg6 31.Nb6 Ne6 32.Rf3 Nxc5 33.Rxe8+ Rxe8 34.d4 Nd3 35.Rf1 Re3 36.g4 Be4 37.Qd2 Qd6+

36.Position Is Equal But Your Opponent Is Magnus

Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi 2691 vs Carlsen, Magnus 2818 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship chess.com [6] 2023.12.27 E00 Catalan Opening 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 O-O 6.Bg2 d5 7.Nf3 c6 8.b3 b6 9.O-O Bb7 10.Nc3 Nbd7 11.Rfd1 Qe7 12.Rac1 Rfd8 13.Qf4 Ba6 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.g4 Rac8 16.g5 Nh5 17.Qd2 g6 18.h4 Qb4 19.e3 Ng7 20.Bh3 Rc7 21.Qb2 Rdc8 22.Nb1 Ne8 23.Rxc7 Rxc7 24.Rc1 Qd6 25.Rxc7 Qxc7 26.Qa3 Be2 27.Nbd2 Nd6 28.Bf1 Bxf1 29.Kxf1 Nf5 30.Ke2 h5 31.gxh6 e.p. Nf6 32.Qa4 Nxh6 33.Ne5 Nf5 34.Qc6 Qxc6 35.Nxc6 a5 36.Nf3 Ne4 37.a4 Kf8 38.Nce5 Ke7 39.Ke1 Nf6 40.Ng5 Nd6 41.Ke2 Nd7 42.Nc6+ Ke8 43.Kd3 Nf5 44.Nf3 Nf6 45.Ke2 Ng8 46.b4 axb4 47.Nxb4 Nge7 48.Nd3 Nc8 49.Nde5 Ncd6 50.Nc6 f6 51.Nb4 Ne4 52.Na2 Kd7 53.Nd2 Nxd2 54.Kxd2 Nxh4 55.Nb4 Nf5 56.Nd3 g5 57.Kc3 Kc6 58.Kd2 Nd6 59.f3 Kb7 60.Nf2 Ka6 61.e4 dxe4 62.fxe4 Ka5 63.Kd3 Kxa4 64.e5 fxe5 65.dxe5 Nf7 66.Kd4 Nd8 67.Ne4 g4 68.Ke3 b5 69.Kf4 b4 70.Kxg4 b3 71.Kg5 Nc6 72.Nc5+ Kb4

37.Some Endgames Are More Equal Than Others

Erigaisi Arjun 2654 vs Fedoseev, Vladimir 2716 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship chess.com [8] 2023.12.27 C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bd6 5.O-O a6 6.Ba4 O-O 7.c3 Re8 8.Re1 b5 9.Bc2 Bf8 10.d4 d6 11.Be3 h6 12.Nbd2 Ng4 13.a4 Bd7 14.h3 Nxe3 15.fxe3 Ne7 16.Rf1 c5 17.dxc5 dxc5 18.Nxe5 Be6 19.Nd3 Nc6 20.Nf4 Ne5 21.axb5 axb5 22.Rxa8 Qxa8 23.Qh5 Qb8 24.Nf3 Bc4 25.Rd1 g6 26.Qh4 g5 27.Qg3 Nxf3+ 28.gxf3 Bg7 29.Nh5 Qxg3+ 30.Nxg3 Be6 31.Kg2 Ra8 32.Bb1 Bb3 33.Rf1 Bc4 34.Rf2 b4 35.cxb4 cxb4 36.f4 Ra1 37.Rc2 Be6 38.f5 Rxb1 39.fxe6 fxe6 40.Rc8+ Kf7 41.Rc7+ Kg6 42.Rc6 Rxb2+ 43.Kf3 Kf7 44.Rc7+ Kg8 45.Rc8+ Kh7 46.Rc7 Rh2 47.Kg4 Kg6 48.Rc6 b3 49.Rxe6+ Kf7 50.Rb6 b2 51.Rb7+ Ke8 52.Kf5 Kd8 53.e5 Rxh3 54.Ne4 Rf3+ 55.Kg6 Bxe5 56.Nd2 Rf6+ 57.Kh5 Rc6 58.Nf3 Bc3 59.Nd4 Rf6 60.Ne2 Be5 61.Nd4 Rf2 62.Kg4 Kc8 63.Rb5 Kc7 64.Rb3 Kd6 65.Rb5 Bxd4 66.exd4 Kc6 67.Rb3 Kd5 68.Rb4 Ke4 69.Kg3 Rd2 70.Kg4

38.Is Yesterday's Silver Tomorrow's Gold?

Carlsen, Magnus 2818 vs Keymer, Vincent 2631 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship chess.com [9] 2023.12.27 C77 Ruy Lopez, Four Knights (Tarrasch) Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.O-O b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a3 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nd4 11.Qd1 Nxb3 12.cxb3 O-O 13.d4 c6 14.Be3 a5 15.dxe5 dxe5 16.Qc2 Qd7 17.a4 Rfc8 18.Rac1 Qe6 19.Rfd1 h6 20.Nb1 Rab8 21.Nd2 Nh7 22.Nf3 Ng5 23.Bxg5 Bxg5 24.Rb1 Bf6 25.Rd3 Rd8 26.Rc3 Rb6 27.axb5 Rxb5 28.Rd1 Rdb8 29.Rdd3 R5b6 30.Nd2 a4 31.Nc4 Rxb3 32.Rxb3 axb3 33.Rxb3 Rxb3 34.Qxb3 Qd7 35.Qb8+ Kh7 36.Qd6 Qxd6 37.Nxd6 Bd8 38.Nc8 Kg6 39.Na7 c5 40.Nc6 Bc7 41.Ne7+ Kg5 42.Kf1 Bd6 43.Nd5 f5 44.Ke2 fxe4 45.Ke3 Kf5 46.g4+ + 46. b346...Kg5 47.Kxe4 Kh4 48.Kf5 Kxh3 49.Ne3 Be7 50.b3 Bg5 51.Nc4 e4 52.Nd6 e3 53.fxe3 Bxe3 54.Ke4 Bd4 55.Kf3 g6 56.Nf7 Bg7 57.Nd8 Bf8 58.Nf7 Kh4 59.Kf4 Bg7 60.Kf3 h5 61.gxh5 Kxh5 62.Nd6 Bd4 63.Ne4 g5 64.Ng3+ Kg6 65.Kg4 Bf2 66.Ne4 Be3 67.Nc3 Bd4 68.Ne4 Be3 69.Nc3 Bd4

39.Just Your Casual Masterclass With Black

Fedoseev, Vladimir 2716 vs Carlsen, Magnus 2818 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship chess.com [10] 2023.12.27 E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights Variation 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 d6 6.Qc2 Qe7 7.a4 c5 8.e4 e5 9.d5 Nbd7 10.h4 h6 11.Be2 Kd8 12.Nd2 Kc7 13.Nf1 g6 14.g4 a5 15.h5 gxh5 16.gxh5 Nb6 17.Ng3 Bd7 18.Qb3 Ne8 19.Be3 Ng7 20.Kd2 f5 21.exf5 Nxf5 22.Rab1 Ra6 23.Nxf5 Bxf5 24.Rb2 Qg7 25.Qd1 Rg8 26.Kc1 Qh7 27.Ra2 Nd7 28.Rb2 Nf6 29.Rg1 Rxg1 30.Qxg1 Ra8 31.f4 Rg8 32.Qh2 e4 33.Rb1 Qd7 34.Bd1 Bg4 35.Bc2 Qf5 36.Kb2 Bxh5 37.Re1 b6 38.Kb3 Rg6 39.Qh1 Rg3 40.Qh4 Rh3 41.Qf2 Bf3 42.Rg1 Ng4 43.Qe1 h5 44.Bc1 Rh2 45.Qg3 Be2 46.Re1 Bxc4+ 47.Kxc4 Rxc2 48.Qh4 Kd7 49.Be3 Rg2 50.Qh1 Rg3 51.Bc1 Nf6 52.Rd1 Rd3 53.Rxd3 exd3 54.Kb5 Qxd5 55.Qh3+ Kc7 56.c4 Qc6+ 57.Ka6 b5+

40.16th World Championship Title!

Carlsen, Magnus 2818 vs Idani, Pouya 2516 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship 2023 chess.com [11] 2023.12.28 B50 Sicilian 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.a4 O-O 7.c3 Nc6 8.h3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Re1 b6 11.Nbd2 e6 12.Nb3 Bb7 13.Bg5 Qc7 14.d4 Nce7 15.Qe2 h6 16.Bd2 Nf4 17.Bxf4 Qxf4 18.Ne5 Nf5 19.Qg4 Qxg4 20.hxg4 Nd6 21.Bf1 cxd4 22.Nxd4 Bd5 23.a5 Bxe5 24.Rxe5 bxa5 25.Rxa5 Rab8 26.b4 Rfc8 27.Re3 Ne4 28.Nb5 Nd2 29.Nxa7 Nxf1 30.Kxf1 Rc7 31.Kg1 Bc4 32.Ree5 Bd5 33.Nb5 Rc4 34.f3 Bc6 35.Nd6 Rxc3 36.Rec5 Rxc5 37.Rxc5 Bd5 38.b5 Rb6 39.Nc8 Rb8 40.Ne7+ Kf8 41.Nxd5 exd5 42.Kf2 Ra8 43.Ke3 Ra2 44.Kd4 Rxg2 45.Kxd5 h5 46.b6 Rb2 47.Kc6 hxg4 48.fxg4 Ke7 49.b7 Rxb7 50.Kxb7 Ke6 51.g5

41.Mamedyarov Sets The World On Fire!

Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 2716 vs Suleymanli, Aydin 2553 FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship chess.com [10] 2023.12.29 A45 Trompovsky Attack (Ruth, Opovcensky Opening) 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.dxc5 e6 5.e4 Bxc5 6.e5 Qb6 7.exf6 Bxf2+ 8.Ke2 Bxg1 9.Rxg1 Qxg1 10.Ne4 Rg8 11.fxg7 Rxg7 12.Qd2 h6 13.Qc3 hxg5 14.Qxc8+ Ke7 15.Nf2 Nc6 16.Qxb7+ Kd6 17.Qxa8 Nd4+ 18.Ke3 Nf5+ 19.Ke2 Nd4+ 20.Kd3 Qxf2 21.Qb8+ Kc6 22.Rc1 Qf5+ 23.Kxd4 Qe4+ 24.Kc3 Qe3+ 25.Bd3 d4+ 26.Kb3 Qxc1 27.Be4+ Kd7 28.Qxa7+ Ke8 29.Bc6+ Kf8 30.Qb8+ Ke7 31.Qe8+ Kf6 32.Qd8+ Kg6 33.Qxd4 f5 34.Qe5 Re7 35.a4 Qd2 36.a5 Qd8 37.Ka2 Qc8 38.Ba4 Rc7 39.b4 Rc4 40.Qb2 Qa6 41.Ka3 Re4 42.Bb3 Qb5 43.Qc3 f4 44.Ba4 Qa6 45.Qc5 Re3+ 46.Bb3 e5 47.Kb2 Kh5 48.Qb6 Qc8 49.Qc5 Qf5 50.a6 Re1 51.a7 Qg4

42.Magnus is 2023 World Rapid and Blitz Champion

Carlsen, Magnus 2887 vs Rapport, Richard 2748 1-0 FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship chess.com [19] 2023.12.30 C01 French, Exchange Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.h3 Ne7 6.c4 c6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nd7 10.O-O Nb6 11.Bb3 Ned5 12.Bg5 f6 13.Bd2 Be6 14.Re1 Bf7 15.Ne4 Re8 16.a4 a5 17.Nxd6 Qxd6 18.Rxe8+ Bxe8 19.Qe1 Bh5 20.Nh4 Re8 21.Qc1 Ra8 22.Nf5 Qd7 23.Qc5 Kh8 24.Ng3 Bf7 25.Bxa5 Nc8 26.Re1 Nd6 27.Bb4 Nxb4 28.Qxb4 Bxb3 29.Qxb3 b5 30.Qe6 Qd8 31.axb5 cxb5 32.Ne4 Nxe4 33.Rxe4 h6 34.g3 Ra1+ 35.Kg2 Rd1 36.Qc6 Kh7 37.Qc2 Qd5 38.f3 f5 39.Qxd1 fxe4 40.Qc2 Kh8 41.Qxe4 Qb3 42.Qe2 b4 43.Qd2 Kg8 44.d5 Kf7 45.d6 Ke8 46.Qe2+ Kd7 47.Qe7+ Kc6 48.Qc7+ Kb5 49.h4 Qxb2+ 50.Kh3 Qe5 51.Qb7+ Kc5 52.d7 Qe6+ 53.g4 Qf6 54.Qc7+ Kb5 55.Kg3 Qa1 56.d8=Q Qg1+ 57.Kf4

43.Evans Gambit Against Radjabov

Idani, Pouya 2516 vs Radjabov, Teimour 2691 FIDE World Rapid Championship chess24.com [10] 2023.12.28 C52 Evans Gambit, Tartakower Attack 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 d6 7.Qb3 Qd7 8.O-O Bb6 9.Nbd2 Na5 10.Qc2 Nxc4 11.Nxc4 Qc6 12.Nxb6 axb6 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Nxe5 Qa4 15.Qd3 Nf6 16.Bg5 O-O 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Nf3 c5 19.e5 Qf4 20.Rfe1 Be6 21.Re4 Qh6 22.Qb5 f5 23.Rh4 Qg6 24.c4 Ra3 25.Rh3 Ra5 26.Qxb6 f4 27.Rh4 Ra6 28.Qxb7 Rfa8 29.Rxf4 Rxa2 30.Qxa8+ Rxa8 31.Rxa8+ Kg7 32.h4 h6 33.Ra5 Qc2 34.g3 Qc1+ 35.Kh2 Qf1 36.Nd2 Qe1 37.Ra2 Qxe5 38.Ne4 Bf5 39.f3 Bg6 40.Kg2 h5 41.Nf2 Bf5 42.Rd2 Be6 43.Ne4 Bxc4 44.Nd6 Be6 45.Ne8+ Kg6 46.Nf6 c4 47.Ne4 Kg7 48.Rc2 Bd5 49.Nc3 Be6 50.Ne4 Bd5 51.Nc3 Be6 52.Re4 Qd6 53.Rce2 Qd3 54.R4e3 Qf5 55.Re5 Qd3 56.R5e3 Qf5 57.Ne4 Qh3+ 58.Kg1 Bd5 59.Nc3 Be6 60.Re5 Kf8 61.Ne4 f5 62.Rh2

44.Not One, Not Two, But Three Dubov Games!

Caruana, Fabiano 2815 vs Dubov, Daniil 2763 FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship chess.com [17] 2023.12.30 C55 Two Knights Defence (Modern Bishop's Opening) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.Re1 d6 7.a4 Be6 8.Bxe6 fxe6 9.c3 a5 10.Na3 h6 11.Qb3 Qd7 12.Nc4 b6 13.h3 Rad8 14.Be3 Kh8 15.Rad1 Qe8 16.Na3 Qd7 17.Nb5 Rf7 18.d4 Nxe4 19.Bxh6 d5 20.Bc1 Rdf8 21.dxe5 Qe8 22.Nxc7 Qc8 23.Nxe6 Rxf3 24.gxf3 Nxe5 25.Nxf8 Qxh3 26.Ng6+ Nxg6 27.Qxd5 Nh4 28.Qh5+ Kg8 29.Qxh4 Bxh4 30.fxe4 Qg4+ 31.Kf1 Qf3 32.Be3 Qh1+ 33.Ke2 Qxe4 34.Rd4 Qc2+ 35.Kf1 Bf6 36.Rd6 Qxb2 37.Rxb6 Qxc3 38.Re2 Qd3 39.Rb8+ Kh7 40.Rb5 Bc3 41.Rh5+ Kg8

45.No One Can Handle This Pawn Move!

Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian 2541 vs Niemann, Hans Moke 2614 FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship chess.com [13] 2023.12.29 B30 Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.b4 cxb4 4.d4 d5 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.c4 Qe4+ 7.Be3 Nf6 8.Bd3 Qg4 9.d5 Nd8 10.h3 Qh5 11.Nbd2 g6 12.Nf1 Nxd5 13.cxd5 Qxd5 14.Bd4 f6 15.Ne3 Qd7 16.O-O Bg7 17.Qb3 Nc6 18.Bb5 a6 19.Bxc6 bxc6 20.Rad1 Qe6 21.Qxb4 O-O 22.Rfe1 Qf7 23.Bc5 Re8 24.Nd4 Bd7 25.Qb7 e5 26.Nxc6 Be6 27.Qxf7+ Kxf7 28.Nb4 Rec8 29.Bd6 Ra7 30.Rc1 a5 31.Rxc8 Bxc8 32.Nbd5 Be6 33.Rc1 f5 34.Nc3 Rd7 35.Bc5 e4 36.a4 f4 37.Nf1 Bf5 38.Nb5 Be5 39.Bb6 g5 40.Bc7 Bb2 41.Rb1 Bf6 42.Nd6+ Ke6 43.Nxf5 Kxf5 44.Bxa5 Rd3 45.Be1 Ra3 46.a5 Bd4 47.Rd1 Ke5 48.Nd2 Kd5 49.Nf1 e3 50.fxe3 fxe3 51.Nxe3+ Kc5 52.Rxd4

46.Watch How Alireza Punishes This Move!

Firouzja, Alireza 2763 vs Tirard, Hugo 2413 Open de Rouen [4] E71 2023.12.27 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 Na6 7.g4 e5 8.d5 Nc5 9.f3 a5 10.Qd2 Bd7 11.O-O-O Ne8 12.h4 f5 13.gxf5 gxf5 14.Bh3 Qc8 15.h5 Kh8 16.h6 Bf6 17.Bxf5 Bxf5 18.exf5 Qxf5 19.Nge2 Rg8 20.f4 exf4 21.Nxf4 Ne4 22.Qd3 Ng3 23.Qxf5 Nxf5 24.Bd2 Rg4 25.Ne4 Bd4 26.Ne6 Be5 27.Rhf1 Rxe4 28.Rxf5 Rxc4+ 29.Kb1 Nf6 30.Rdf1 Ng8 31.Rf8 Rxf8 32.Rxf8 Bf6 33.Ng5

47.Alireza Takes On The Famous Legend!

Firouzja, Alireza 2763 vs Kasmky, Gata 2634 Open de Rouen [6] B30 2023.12.27 B30 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rossolimo Attack (without ...d6) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.d3 Ne7 6.Qe2 Ng6 7.h4 h5 8.e5 f6 9.Nbd2 d6 10.exd6 Bxd6 11.Nc4 Be7 12.Be3 e5 13.Nfd2 Bg4 14.f3 Be6 15.Qf2 f5 16.Bxc5 Bxh4 17.g3 Bg5 18.Nd6+ Kd7 19.O-O-O Qa5 20.a3 Rab8 21.f4 exf4 22.N6c4 Bxc4 23.dxc4 Kc8 24.gxf4 Nxf4 25.Kb1 Rd8 26.Nb3 Qc7 27.Rxd8+ Qxd8 28.Bxa7 Rxb3 29.cxb3 Qd3+ 30.Ka2 Ne2 31.Qg2 Nc1+ 32.Rxc1 Bxc1 33.Qxc6+ Kd8 34.Qe6 Qd7 35.Qg8+ Kc7 36.Qb8+

48.History Of Computer Chess

Alan Turing vs Alick Glennie "Turing Test" game of the day Jun 23, 2012 Friendly game 1952 Manchester, ENG Vienna Game: Falkbeer Variation C26 1. e4 This game is of considerable historical interest since it is arguably the first computer chess game. The British mathematician and computer pioneer Alan Turing devised a chess playing program which, for lack of a computer to program, was operated with paper and pencil. This was the result when the program played Alick Glennie, a colleague of Turing's. 1... e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 Bb4 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bd2 Nc6 6. d5 Nd4 7. h4 Bg4 8. a4 Nf3 9. gf3 Bh5 10. Bb5 c6 11. dc6 O-O 12. cb7 Rb8 13. Ba6 Qa5 14. Qe2 Nd7 15. Rg1 Nc5 16. Rg5 Bg6 17. Bb5 Nb7 18. O-O-O Nc5 19. Bc6 Rfc8 20. Bd5 Bc3 21. Bc3 Qa4 22. Kd2 Ne6 23. Rg4 Nd4 24. Qd3 Nb5 25. Bb3 Qa6 26. Bc4 Bh5 27. Rg3 Qa4 28. Bb5 Qb5 29. Qd6 Rd8

49.2 LANGKAH SKAKMAT! MAGNUS TAK SERIUS

Dmitry Andreikin 2741 vs Magnus Carlsen 2887 "Titled Tuesday Blitz 2023" chess.com 2023.11.21 Round 7 1. d4 g6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e5 Ne4 5. Bd3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. h3 Nc6 8. Nf3 c4 9. Be2 Bf5 10. O-O e6 11. g4 Be4 12. Ng5 h5 13. f3 Be7 14. h4 Qa5 15. Bd2 Bxg5 16. hxg5 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 hxg4 18. Bxg4 Rh7 19. Kg2 Qa4 20. Qb1 O-O-O 21. Qb2 Rdh8 22. Rh1 Rxh1 23. Rxh1 Rxh1 24. Kxh1 Ne7 25. Kg2 b6 26. Kf2 Kd7 27. Ke3 Ke8 28. Qb1 Nc6 29. Bc1 Nd8 30. Kd2 Kd7 31. Bb2 Qb5 32. Qc1 Qa4 33. Ba3 Ke8 34. Qb2 Kd7 35. Bf8 Ke8 36. Bg7 Nc6 37. Bf6 Qa5 38. Ke3 Kd7 39. Qa1 Qa3 40. Kd2 b5 41. Qh1 Kc7 42. Qh7 b4 43. Qxf7+ Kb6 44. cxb4 Qxb4+ 45. Kd1 Qb1+ 46. Kd2 c3+ 47. Kd3 Nb4+ 48. Kxc3 Qxc2+ 49. Kxb4 a5+ 50. Ka3 Qc3+ 51. Ka4 Qb4#

50.NIEMANN KORBAN 2 BENTENG

Hans Moke Niemann 2667 vs Shreyas Royal 2438 London Chess Classic chess.com 2023.12.4 Round 4 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a5 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 h6 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Nf1 Qa7 12. Re2 a4 13. Ng3 Qa5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Rc2 Rfb8 16. c4 Qb6 17. Qe2 Kh7 18. Rb1 Qa7 19. Bd2 Bb6 20. b4 axb3 21. axb3 c5 22. Nh4 Ng8 23. f4 exf4 24. Bxf4 Re8 25. Bd2 c6 26. Ngf5 d5 27. Bc3 d4 28. Bd2 Bc7 29. Qf3 g6 30. g4 Bd8 31. Ng2 gxf5 32. gxf5 Bc8 33. Kh1 Qe7 34. Rg1 Bc7 35. Qh5 Be5 36. Nh4 Ra7 37. Nf3 Bg7 38. Bf4 Bf8 39. Rxg8 Kxg8 40. Rg2+ Bg7 41. Rxg7+ Kxg7 42. Bxh6+ Kh7 43. Bg5+ Kg8 44. Bxe7 Rexe7 45. f6

51.PERMAINAN PENUH MAGIK👏

Gukesh D 2720 vs Andrei Volokitin 2659 London Chess Classic chess.com 2023.12.3 Round 3 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc7 6. b3 e5 7. Bb2 Be7 8. Rc1 O-O 9. Ne4 b6 10. Bxe5 Bb7 11. Ba1 Qc8 12. g4 Ne6 13. Nh3 Nc6 14. e3 Nb4 15. O-O Nxa2 16. Rb1 Nb4 17. f4 f6 18. Qf3 Bc6 19. f5 Nc7 20. g5 fxg5 21. Qg3 h6 22. f6 gxf6 23. Bxf6 Bxe4 24. Nxg5 Bxf6 25. Rxf6 Rxf6 26. Nxe4+ Kh8 27. Nxf6 Qf5 28. Rf1

52.KORBAN 2 BENTENG BERTURUT-TURUT

Magnus Carlsen 2818 vs Nodirbek Abdusattorov 2727 Champions Chess Tour Finals chess.com 2023.12.9 Round 2-3 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Nbd2 dxe4 11. dxe4 Be6 12. Qe2 Qc8 13. h3 Nd7 14. Nf1 Bc4 15. Qd1 Rd8 16. Ne3 Nb6 17. Bd2 Be6 18. b3 f6 19. Qe2 Bf8 20. Red1 Rd7 21. c4 bxc4 22. bxc4 Bc5 23. Nd5 Nd4 24. Nxd4 Bxd4 25. Rab1 Qf8 26. a4 Rad8 27. Bb4 Bc5 28. a5 Nxd5 29. cxd5 Bf7 30. Bxc5 Qxc5 31. Ba4 Rd6 32. Qe1 f5 33. Rdc1 Qa7 34. exf5 Qd4 35. Rb4 Qxd5 36. Rxc7 Qxa5 37. Rxf7 Qxa4 38. Rxg7+ Kf8 39. Rxa4 Rd1 40. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 41. Kh2 Kxg7 42. Rxa6 e4 43. g4 h5 44. Re6 Re1 45. Kg3

53.MAGNUS UJI ENDGAME PECATUR MUDA

Magnus Carlsen 2829 vs Denis Lazavik 2560 Round Robin Stage chess.com 2023.12.9 Round 1-1 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 Nh5 8. Qc2 Nxf4 9. exf4 Qd6 10. g3 O-O 11. Bd3 g6 12. h4 Na6 13. Bxa6 bxa6 14. O-O Bf5 15. Qd2 Rfe8 16. Rfe1 Bf8 17. Ne5 f6 18. Nd3 Qd7 19. Na4 Be4 20. Ndc5 Qh3 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Qc2 Qe6 23. Rac1 Rad8 24. Nc5 Bxc5 25. Qxc5 Qxa2 26. Qxc6 Qxb2 27. Qxf6 Qxd4 28. Qxd4 Rxd4 29. Rc7 Rd3 30. Kg2 e3 31. Re2 a5 32. Rxa7 Rd2 33. Rxd2 exd2 34. Rd7 a4 35. Rxd2 Ra8 36. Kf3 a3 37. Ra2 Kf7 38. Ke4 Ke6 39. Kd4 Kf5 40. f3 h6 41. Kc4 g5 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. fxg5 Kxg5 44. Kb4 Rb8+ 45. Kxa3 Rb1 46. Rc2 Rf1 47. Rc3 Kf6 48. Kb3 Rg1 49. g4 Rf1 50. Kc2 Kg5 51. Rc5+ Kf4 52. Rf5+ Ke3 53. g5 Kd4 54. f4 Ke4 55. Rf6 Kd5

54.Pembukaan MENGERIKAN dihukum

Magnus Carlsen 2818 vs Maxime Vachier Lagrave 2767 Champions Chess Tour Finals chess.com 2023.12.11 Round 6-1 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d4 7. e3 Nc6 8. exd4 Nxd4 9. Bb2 Bc5 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. f4 Bc5 13. Kh1 Qe7 14. g4 Rd8 15. g5 Nd7 16. Ne4 Nf8 17. Qh5 Ng6 18. Ng4 Ba3 19. Ngf6+ gxf6 20. gxf6 Qb4 21. Ng5 Kf8 22. Qxh7 Rd7 23. Bxd4

55.HIKARU NGEPUR MAGNUS

Magnus Carlsen 2818 vs Hikaru Nakamura 2731 Champions Chess Tour Finals chess.com 2023.12.10 Round 4-3 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nxe4 4. d3 Nf6 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4 Re8 9. Re1 c5 10. Nc3 c4 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Bf3 Be6 13. Qd2 Be7 14. b3 cxb3 15. axb3 Bb4 16. Nd3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Bg4 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Bxg4 Nxg4 20. Re1 Qc8 21. h3 Nf6 22. Nb4 Ne4 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. Qa5 h5 25. f3 Nf6 26. Re5 Qd7 27. Qe1 Re8 28. Qh4 Re6 29. Qg5 g6 30. Rxe6 Qxe6 31. Be5 Ne8 32. Qh6 f5 33. Qh8+ Kf7 34. Qh7+ Kf8 35. Qxa7 Nf6 36. Qc7 Ke8 37. Kh2 h4 38. Bd6 Qd7 39. Qb8+ Qd8 40. Qxd8+ Kxd8 41. Bf4 Nh7 42. Bd2 Kd7 43. Be1 g5 44. f4 gxf4 45. Bxh4 Ke6 46. Kg1 Kf7 47. Kf2 Nf8 48. Kf3 Ne6 49. c3 Kg6 50. Be1 Ng5+ 51. Kxf4

56.FABI AKAN MENANG, TAPI SIAPA LAWANNYA?

Fabiano Caruana 2762 vs Magnus Carlsen 2818 Semifinals & Title Match chess.com 2023.12.14 Round 1-2-2 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. Bg3 d6 8. a4 O-O 9. a5 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. O-O b5 12. axb6 axb6 13. Nc3 Qd7 14. Qd2 Nd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Ne2 e5 17. c3 c5 18. cxd4 cxd4 19. Qb4 b5 20. Qb3+ Kh7 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. h3 Rc8 23. f4 Nh5 24. fxe5 Nxg3 25. Nxg3 dxe5 26. Rf7 Qd8 27. Qe6 Bf8 28. Nf5 Rc1+ 29. Kh2 Qg5 30. Nh4 Bb4 31. Nf3 Qg6 32. Qxg6+ Kxg6 33. Nxe5+ Kh7 34. Rd7 Rc2 35. Rxd4 Bd2 36. Kg3 Be1+ 37. Kf3 Rf2+ 38. Ke3 Rxb2 39. Rd7 Rxg2 40. d4 b4 41. Rb7 Bc3 42. Nf3 Rg3 43. d5 Kg6 44. Kf4 Rxh3 45. e5 Rh1 46. d6 Rd1 47. Nh4+ Kh5 48. Nf5 g5+ 49. Ke4 Re1+ 50. Ne3 Bxe5 51. d7 Bf6 52. Rxb4 g4 53. Kf5 Rxe3 54. Kxf6 Rd3 55. Ke6 Kh4 56. Rb5 Rxd7 57. Kxd7 g3 58. Ke6 g2 59. Rb1 Kg3 60. Kf5 h5 61. Rb3+ Kh2 62. Rb2 h4 63. Kg4 h3 64. Rb1 g1=R+ 65. Rxg1 Kxg1 66. Kxh3

57.WOW 3340 REKOD BARU ELO RATING TERTINGGI Chesscom👏

Magnus Carlsen 3336 vs Daniel Naroditsky 3139 Live Chess chess.com 2023.12.5 Round 5 ECO C88 Magnus won by resignation 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. d5 Bf6 13. Nbd2 g6 14. b4 Nb7 15. a4 cxb4 16. cxb4 bxa4 17. Bxa4 a5 18. Bc6 Rb8 19. b5 Nb6 20. Ba3 a4 21. Qc2 Be7 22. Nc4 Nxc4 23. Qxc4 Qb6 24. Nxe5 Bf6 25. Nf3 Bxa1 26. Rxa1 Nc5 27. Bxc5 Qxc5 28. Qxc5 dxc5 29. Rxa4 Bb7 30. Ne5 Ra8 31. Rxa8 Bxa8 32. Kf1 f5 33. Nd7 Rd8 34. Nb6 Bb7 35. Bxb7 Rb8 36. Bc6 Rxb6 37. e5 Kf7 38. Ke2 Rb8 39. Kd3

58.PERMAINAN SPESIAL MAGNUS

Magnus Carlsen 3363 vs Rudik Makarian 3018 Live Chess chess.com 2023.12.18 ECO B50 Magnus won by resignation 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. Bd3 e5 6. Bc2 Be7 7. O-O g5 8. d4 g4 9. dxe5 gxf3 10. exf6 fxg2 11. Re1 Bxf6 12. Qh5 Ne5 13. Bf4 Be6 14. Nd2 Qd7 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Nf3 O-O-O 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Qxe5 Qc7 19. Qxc7+ Kxc7 20. Kxg2 Rd2 21. Rac1 Bxa2 22. Kf3 Rhd8 23. Ke3 Bc4 24. b3 Be6 25. Re2 Rxe2+ 26. Kxe2 b5 27. f4 f6 28. b4 Kb6 29. Ke3 a5 30. bxa5+ Kxa5 31. Ra1+ Kb6 32. h4 b4 33. cxb4 cxb4 34. Bd3 Rd6 35. e5 fxe5 36. fxe5 Rc6 37. Bxh7 Rc3+ 38. Kf4 b3 39. h5 Rh3 40. Kg5 b2 41. Rb1 Rh2 42. h6 Ba2 43. Rg1 Kc5 44. Bf5 Kd5 45. Re1 b1=Q 46. Bxb1 Bxb1 47. Rxb1 Kxe5 48. Re1+ Kd6 49. Rg1 Ke7 50. Kg6 Kf8 51. h7 Rh3 52. Rf1+ Ke7 53. Rf5 Rh1 54. Rh5 (54. Rh5 Rxh5 55. Kxh5 Ke6 56. h8=Q Kd5 57. Qc3 Ke4 58. Qb3)

59.PERMAINAN TERUNIK DI DUNIA

Hikaru Nakamura 2874 vs Magnus Carlsen 2887 chess.com 2023.12.19 Round 8 1. e4 a6 2. d4 Nc6 3. d5 Na7 4. c4 b5 5. c5 e6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd4 exd5 8. exd5 d6 9. c6 Ng4 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Nf3 Bf6 13. Qd2 Re8+ 14. Be2 b4 15. Nd1 Nb5 16. h3 Ne5 17. Ne3 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Nd4 19. Bd1 Re4 20. Bg3 Nf5 21. Bh2 Rd4 22. Qe2 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Rxd5 24. O-O Rf5 25. Bb3 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Qe7 27. Rf4 a5 28. Qd3 Be6 29. Re4 Bxb2 30. Qb5 Bc3 31. Bf4 Re8 32. Qxa5 h6 33. a3 Qd8 34. Bxe6 Rxe6 35. Rxe6 fxe6 36. axb4 e5 37. Bg3 Kh7 38. Qd5 Kh8 39. b5 Qb8 40. Bf2 Ba5 41. e4 Bb6 42. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 43. Kf1 Qe3 44. Qf7 Qd3+ 45. Kg1 Qxe4 46. Kh2 Qb4 47. Qxc7 Qf4+ 48. Kh1 Qf1+ 49. Kh2 Qf4+ 50. Kh1 Qf1+ 51. Kh2 Qf4+

60.SERANGAN PENUH DI DETIK-DETIK TERAKHIR

Magnus Carlsen 2887 vs Bharath Subramaniyam 2435 Kejuaraan Dunia Catur Kilat FIDE chess.com 2023.12.29 Round 9 1. b3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bb2 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Ne5 Rc8 9. d3 e6 10. Nd2 Be7 11. f4 O-O 12. Rf3 d4 13. Nxc6 Rxc6 14. e4 b5 15. a4 e5 16. Bc1 Nd7 17. Nf1 c4 18. axb5 axb5 19. bxc4 bxc4 20. Ng3 g6 21. Ne2 Qc7 22. f5 cxd3 23. cxd3 Rc8 24. Bd2 Rc2 25. Rf1 Qc6 26. Ng3 Qb5 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Qf3 Qb3 29. Bh6 Qe6 30. h3 R2c3 31. Ne2 Rc2 32. Kh1 Nc5 33. Ra7 Ra2 34. Rxa2 Qxa2 35. Bd2 Qb3 36. Bb4 Rf8 37. Bxc5 Bxc5 38. Ng1 Qe6 39. Qg3 Rc8 40. Nf3 f6 41. Qxg6+ Kf8 42. Ng5

61.SEMUA AKAN MAGNUS PADA WAKTUNYA

Magnus Carlsen 2887 vs Alexey Sarana 2707 Kejuaraan Dunia Catur Kilat FIDE chess.com 2023.12.30 Round 14 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Be2 a6 5. O-O b5 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bb7 8. Bf3 Nbd7 9. a4 bxa4 10. Rxa4 e6 11. Rb4 Nc5 12. Rxb7 Nxb7 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bc6+ Nd7 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Qh5+ Ke7 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Rd1 Qc7 19. Bxa6 Nf6 20. Qe2 Kf7 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Be7 23. Bd3 Rb4 24. Qf3+ Bf6 25. c3 Ra4 26. Bc2 Ra1 27. g3 Rd8 28. Re1 h6 29. Kg2 Qd7 30. h4 Ke7 31. Be4 Qb5 32. g4 Bxh4 33. Bg5+ hxg5 34. Rxa1 Rd2 35. Ra7+ Rd7 36. Bc6

62.Alan's Turochamp Deviation Against Kasparov Explained

Alan Turing vs Alick Glennie "Turing Test" game of the day Jun 23, 2012. Friendly game 1952, Manchester ENG Vienna Game: Falkbeer Variation C26 1. e4 This game is of considerable historical interest since it is arguably the first computer chess game. The British mathematician and computer pioneer Alan Turing devised a chess playing program which, for lack of a computer to program, was operated with paper and pencil. This was the result when the program played Alick Glennie, a colleague of Turing's. 1... e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 Bb4 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bd2 Nc6 6. d5 Nd4 7. h4 Bg4 8. a4 Nf3 9. gf3 Bh5 10. Bb5 c6 11. dc6 O-O 12. cb7 Rb8 13. Ba6 Qa5 14. Qe2 Nd7 15. Rg1 Nc5 16. Rg5 Bg6 17. Bb5 Nb7 18. O-O-O Nc5 19. Bc6 Rfc8 20. Bd5 Bc3 21. Bc3 Qa4 22. Kd2 Ne6 23. Rg4 Nd4 24. Qd3 Nb5 25. Bb3 Qa6 26. Bc4 Bh5 27. Rg3 Qa4 28. Bb5 Qb5 29. Qd6 Rd8