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1.The Impenetrable Berlin Wall
Nepomniachtchi, Ian 2758 vs Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi 2727 FIDE Candidates Chess Tournaments chess.com [4] 2024.4.7 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.Nc3 Bd7 10.h3 h6 11.g4 Ne7 12.Nh2 g5 13.f4 gxf4 14.Bxf4 Be6 15.Ne4 b6 16.Nf3 c5 17.Nf6 Kc8 18.Kg2 Kb7 19.Kg3 a5 20.a3 a4 21.Rad1 Nc6 22.c3 Be7 23.Nh4 h5 24.g5 Ra5 25.Rde1 Rb5 26.Bc1 Rb3 27.g6 fxg6 28.Nxg6 Rd8 29.Nxe7 Nxe7 30.Nxh5 Rd3+ 31.Rf3 Rxf3+ 32.Kxf3 Bxh3 33.e6 b5 34.Bg5 Nd5 35.e7 Bd7 36.Rd1 Kc6 37.Ke4 Be8 38.Rxd5 Bxh5 39.Bc1 Bg6+ 40.Ke5 b4 41.Kf6 Be8 42.Rd8 bxa3 43.bxa3 Bd7 44.Kf7 


2.Return of The Drowning Hippo

Vaishali, Rameshbabu 2475 vs Salimova, Nurgyul 2432 FIDE Women's Candidates Toronto, Canada [3.4] C42 2024.4.6 C42 Petrov, Nimzovich Attack 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.Bd4 Bd7 11.h4 Re8 12.Ng5 h6 13.Bd3 Ng4 14.Nxf7 Kxf7 15.Bc4+ Kf8 16.Qd3 Bg5+ 17.Kb1 Ne5 18.Bxe5 Bf6 19.Bxd6+ cxd6 20.Qxd6+ Qe7 21.Qxd7 Qxd7 22.Rxd7 Re4 23.Bd5 Re2 24.Rf7+ Ke8 25.Rxb7 Rd8 26.Bc4 Red2 27.Re1+ Kf8 28.Kc1 R2d7 29.Rxd7 Rxd7 30.g3 Be7 31.h5 Bc5 32.Re5 Bb6 33.a4

 

3.Searching For Bobby Fischer

Gukesh D 2743 vs Abasov, Nijat 2632 FIDE Candidates Chess Tournaments chess.com [5] 2024.4.09 C43 Petrov, Modern Attack, Symmetrical Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.dxe5 Nc5 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 c6 9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.h3 a5 11.Nb3 f6 12.exf6 Nxf6 13.Be3 Nce4 14.Nbd2 a4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4 16.a3 Bc5 17.Bd3 Bxe3 18.Rxe3 Qf6 19.c3 Bf5 20.Qe2 Nd6 21.Bxf5 Nxf5 22.Re6 Qf7 23.Re1 h6 24.Qc2 Qd7 25.c4 d4 26.c5 Qf7 27.R6e4 Qd5 28.Re5 Qf7 29.R5e4 Qd5 30.Re5 Qf7 31.R1e4 Rad8 32.Rf4 d3 33.Qxa4 Qa2 34.Kh2 g6 35.Qb4 Qf7 36.Re1 Rfe8 37.Rfe4 Rxe4 38.Rxe4 Rd5 39.Nd2 Ng7 40.Kg1 Ne6 41.Re3 Nxc5 42.Qc4 Ne6 43.Rxd3 b5 44.Qc3 Nf4 45.Re3 Rg5 46.Ne4 Rxg2+ 47.Kh1 Nd5 48.Nf6+ Nxf6 49.Kxg2 Nd5 50.Qxc6 Nxe3+ 51.fxe3 Qf5 52.b3 h5 53.a4 bxa4 54.bxa4 Qg5+ 55.Kf2 Qf5+ 56.Kg2 Qg5+ 57.Kf2 Qf5+ 58.Ke2 g5 59.e4 Qxh3 60.Qg6+ Kh8 61.Qh6+ Kg8 62.Qxg5+ Kh8 63.Qh6+ Kg8 64.Qg5+ Kh8 65.a5 h4 66.Qh6+ Kg8 67.Qg6+ Kh8 68.a6 Qh2+ 69.Ke3 Qh3+ 70.Ke2 Qh2+ 71.Kd3 Qh3+ 72.Kc4 Qc8+ 73.Kd5 Qd8+ 74.Qd6 Qa5+ 75.Ke6 h3 76.Kf7 Qa2+ 77.Qe6 Qxe6+ 78.Kxe6 h2 79.a7 h1=Q 80.a8=Q+ Kg7 81.Qa7+ Kh6 82.Qe3+ Kh5 83.Kf5 Qf1+ 84.Qf4 Qb5+ 85.Qe5 Qd7+ 86.Kf6+ Kh4 87.Qg5+

 

4.The Poisoned Pawn

Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi 2727 vs Firouzja, Alireza 2760 FIDE Candidates Chess Tournaments chess.com [6] 2024.4.10 B57 Sicilian, Sozin, Benko Variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Qb6 7.Nb3 e6 8.Bf4 Qd8 9.Qd2 a6 10.a3 b5 11.Be2 Bb7 12.O-O-O Qb6 13.g4 Qxf2 14.e5 Nd7 15.exd6 Qb6 16.Be3 Qd8 17.Rhf1 Nce5 18.Qd4 Rc8 19.Qa7 Bc6 20.Qxa6 Ra8 21.Ba7 g6 22.Bxb5 Bh6+ 23.Kb1 Bxb5 24.Nxb5 O-O 25.Nc7 Nxg4 26.Nxa8 Qxa8 27.Qe2 Qxa7 28.Qxg4 Bg7 29.Qc4 Qb7 30.Qc7 Qb5 31.Rf4 Qe2 32.Rd2 Qe5 33.Rfd4 Nf6 34.Qc5 Nd5 35.Ka2 Qf6 36.c3 Bh6 37.Rxd5 exd5 38.Rxd5 Bf4 39.d7 Rd8 40.Nd4

 

5."Svidler vs Mamedyarov"

Praggnanandhaa R 2747 vs Abasov, Nijat 2632 FIDE Candidates Chess Tournaments chess.com [6] 2024.4.10 40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch Defence 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c5 5.e3 Nc6 6.a3 a6 7.b3 cxd4 8.exd4 Be7 9.c5 b6 10.cxb6 Qxb6 11.b4 Ne4 12.Na4 Qb8 13.Be2 O-O 14.O-O Bf6 15.Be3 Ne7 16.Nc5 Nc3 17.Qd2 Nxe2+ 18.Qxe2 Nf5 19.Rab1 e5 20.dxe5 Bxe5 21.Rfd1 d4 22.Bg5 Bd6 23.g4 h6 24.Qe4 hxg5 25.gxf5 Ra7 26.Rxd4 g4 27.Ng5 Bxh2+ 28.Kg2 Qe5 29.Rd5 Qxe4+ 30.Ngxe4 Bb8 31.f6 Bf4 32.Rbd1 Rc7 33.R1d4 Rc6 34.Nd6 g5 35.Nxc8 Rfxc8 36.Rd8+ Rxd8 37.Rxd8+ Kh7 38.Ra8 Rxf6 39.Rxa6 Rf5 40.Nd7 Kg7 41.Ra5 Kg6 42.a4 g3 43.Rxf5 Kxf5 44.a5 gxf2 45.a6

 

6.A Knight is A Knight!

Firouzja, Alireza 2760 vs Gukesh D 2743 FIDE Candidates Chess Tournaments chess.com [7] 2024.4.11 A45 London System 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d5 3.e3 c5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Nbd2 Qb6 6.Rb1 cxd4 7.exd4 Bd7 8.c3 Bb5 9.h4 Nbd7 10.Rh3 Be7 11.h5 h6 12.a4 Bxf1 13.Kxf1 O-O 14.Kg1 Qc6 15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Nd7 17.Rg3 Kh8 18.a5 Qc7 19.Nf3 Qxa5 20.c4 Rg8 21.Ra1 Qb4 22.b3 Nc5 23.Nd4 Ne4 24.Re3 Qc5 25.Rc1 Rgd8 26.b4 Qxb4 27.cxd5 Nxf2 28.Kxf2 Rxd5 29.Re4 Rad8 30.Be3 Bc5 31.Qb3 Qxb3 32.Nxb3 Bxe3+ 33.Rxe3 a5 34.Rc7 a4 35.Nc5 Ra8 36.Nd7 Kh7 37.Rf3 a3 38.Rxf7 Kh8 39.Nf8 a2 40.Ng6+

 

7.A Clash Of Speed Demons

Nakamura, Hikaru 2789 vs Nepomniachtchi, Ian 2758 FIDE Candidates Chess Tournaments chess.com [7] 2024.4.11 C42 Petrov, Classical Attack, Marshall Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6 9.Re1 Bf5 10.Qb3 Qd7 11.c5 Bc7 12.g3 a5 13.Nbd2 Be6 14.Qxb7 Nxf2 15.Bxh7+ Kxh7 16.Qxa8 Nh3+ 17.Kg2 Bg4 18.Qb7 Re8 19.Qb3 Rxe1 20.Nxe1 Qe6 21.Qd3+ Bf5 22.Qf1 Nd7 23.Nef3 Nf6 24.Ng1 Kg8 25.Qe2 Ne4 26.a4 Bxg3 27.hxg3 Nf4+ 28.gxf4 Qg6+ 29.Kf1 Ng3+ 30.Ke1 Nxe2 31.Nxe2 Bg4 32.Ra3 Bxe2 33.Kxe2 Qg1 34.Nb3 Qg2+ 35.Kd1 Qf3+ 36.Kc2 Qe4+ 37.Kc3 Qf3+ 38.Kc2 Qe4+ 39.Kc3 Qf3+ 40.Kc2 Qe4+

 

8.One Move To Rule Them All!

Praggnanandhaa R 2747 vs Nepomniachtchi, Ian 2758 FIDE Candidates Chess Tournaments chess.com) [5] 2024.4.09 C42 Petrov, Classical Attack, Marshall Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6 9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Bf5 12.Bg5 Qa5 13.Nh4 Be6 14.Bxe6 Qxg5 15.Nf3 Qa5 16.Bh3 Qxc3 17.Rb1 b6 18.Rb3 Qa5 19.d5 cxd5 20.Ng5 h6 21.Nxf7 Kxf7 22.Rd3 Nd7 23.Rxd5 Nc5 24.Rxd6 Kg8 25.Qd5+ Kh8 26.Bf5 Nb7 27.Qxa5 Nxa5 28.g4 Nc4 29.Rd5 Rae8 30.h3 Ne5 31.Kg2 g6 32.Bc2 g5 33.Bf5 Re7 34.Rd6 Kg7 35.Re1 Rf6 36.Rd5 Ng6 37.Rxe7+ Nxe7 38.Rd7 Kf8 39.Be4 a5 40.Kg3 Ng6 41.Bxg6 Rxg6 42.h4 Rc6 43.hxg5 hxg5 44.Rb7 a4

 

9."His Eyes Got Big”

Nakamura, Hikaru 2789 vs Caruana, Fabiano 2803 FIDE Candidates Chess Tournaments chess.com [8] 2024.4.13 C77 Ruy Lopez, Anderssen Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 Bc5 6.O-O d6 7.c3 O-O 8.Re1 Ne7 9.Nbd2 Ng6 10.Nf1 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Bb3 c6 13.d4 exd4 14.Nxd4 Nf6 15.h3 Bxd4 16.cxd4 Nd5 17.Bc2 Be6 18.Ng3 Ndf4 19.Re4 Nd5 20.a3 Re8 21.Bd2 Nf6 22.Bg5 h6 23.Bxf6 Qxf6 24.Qd2 Qg5 25.Re3 Nf4 26.h4 Qd5 27.Re4 Ng6 28.Rae1 Nf8 29.Re5 Qd8 30.h5 Bd7 31.Rxe8 Bxe8 32.Nf5 Qf6 33.Qb4 b5 34.Ne7+ Kh8 35.Nd5

 

10.WHAT IS This Position?

Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi 2727 vs Gukesh D 2743 FIDE Candidates Chess Tournaments chess.com [8] 2024.4.13 C55 Two knights Defence (Modern Bishop's Opening) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 a6 5.O-O h6 6.a4 Bc5 7.Be3 d6 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.c3 Re8 10.b4 Bxe3 11.fxe3 Be6 12.b5 Nb8 13.Bxe6 Rxe6 14.Qc2 Nbd7 15.d4 Qe8 16.Rae1 axb5 17.axb5 Ra5 18.c4 Qa8 19.h3 Re8 20.Kh2 b6 21.Rf2 Ra2 22.Qd3 Ra3 23.Qb1 Qa4 24.Nh4 Ra8 25.Nf5 Kf8 26.Ref1 Ra1 27.Qd3 Qb4 28.Rxa1 Rxa1 29.c5 bxc5 30.Nc4 Qe1 31.Re2 Qg1+ 32.Kg3 Nh5+ 33.Kh4 Ndf6 34.Nxh6 Qh2 35.Nf5 Rf1 36.g4 Rxf5 37.exf5 Qg3+ 38.Kg5 Nh7+

 

11.Always the Knight - Never The Bishop

Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi 2727 vs Nakamura, Hikaru 2789 FIDE Candidates Chess Tournaments chess.com [9] 2024.4.14 C55 Two Knights Defence (Modern Bishop's Opening) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 h6 5.c3 d6 6.O-O g5 7.Nbd2 Bg7 8.Bb3 a5 9.a4 O-O 10.Nc4 Be6 11.Re1 Re8 12.h3 Qd7 13.Bd2 Rad8 14.Qc2 b6 15.Ba2 Nh5 16.Ne3 Bxa2 17.Rxa2 Ne7 18.d4 exd4 19.cxd4 d5 20.e5 Rc8 21.Ra3 c5 22.dxc5 Rxc5 23.Qd1 Nf4 24.b4 Rcc8 25.bxa5 bxa5 26.Bxa5 Nc6 27.Bc3 Nxe5 28.Bxe5 Bxe5 29.Nxd5 Nxd5 30.Nxe5 Qe6 31.Rd3 Nf4 32.Rd6 Qa2 33.Rxh6 Qb2 34.Qd7 Qb3 35.Qf5 Ng6 36.Rxg6+

 

12.The Wardrobe Malfunction!

Firouzja, Alireza 2760 vs Nepomniachtchi, Ian 2758 FIDE Candidates Chess Tournaments chess.com [9] 2024.4.14 A06 Reti, Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bb2 Bf5 4.g3 c5 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.O-O e6 7.d3 Be7 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.Re1 h6 10.e4 Bh7 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 Nd7 13.Bb2 d4 14.a4 e5 15.f4 Qc7 16.Qf3 b6 17.Bh3 Rae8 18.Nc4 Bd6 19.Bc1 Qc6 20.Nxd6 Qxd6 21.Bxd7 Qxd7 22.f5 f6 23.g4 Kf7 24.h4 Ke7 25.Re2 Kd6 26.Bd2 a5 27.Rh2 Kc7 28.Rf1 Rh8 29.g5 Bg8 30.gxf6 gxf6 31.h5 Bf7 32.Rg2 Reg8 33.Rg6 Bxg6 34.fxg6 Re8 35.Be1 Re6 36.Bh4 Rf8 37.Qg4 Qe7 38.Kh2 Kd6 39.Rf5 Qg7 40.Qf3 Kc7 41.Qf2 Kb7 42.Qg2 Rc6 43.Qg4 Ka6 44.Rf1 Rd6

 

13."I Don't Want to Play Chess!”

Caruana, Fabiano 2803 vs Firouzja, Alireza 2760 FIDE Candidates Chess Tournaments chess.com [10] 2024.4.15 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Rg1 h5 7.Bc4 g6 8.Bg5 Bg7 9.Qd2 Qa5 10.O-O-O Nc6 11.Nb3 Qxg5 12.Qxg5 Bh6 13.h4 Be6 14.Be2 Kf8 15.Nd4 Nxd4 16.Rxd4 Rc8 17.f4 Bxg5 18.hxg5 Ng4 19.Rf1 Bd7 20.Kd2 Bc6 21.Nd5 f5 22.gxf6 e.p. Nxf6 23.c4 Kg7 24.Nxe7 Nxe4+ 25.Kd1 Ng3 26.Re1 Nf5 27.Nxf5+ gxf5 28.Bd3 Rcf8 29.Rxd6 Rf6 30.c5 h4 31.Re7+ Kg6 32.Re5 Rh5 33.Bf1 Rxd6+ 34.cxd6 Rh8 35.Re6+ Kf7 36.Bc4 Rd8 37.Ke1 Kg7 38.Kf2 a5 39.a3 b5 40.Bd3 Bd5 41.Re7+ Bf7 42.Bxb5 Kf6 43.Rc7 Rxd6 44.Rc6 Rxc6 45.Bxc6 Bb3 46.Bd7 Kg6 47.Kg1

 

14.Don't Try To Outcalculate This Man!

Nakamura, Hikaru 2789 vs Abasov, Nijat 2632 FIDE Candidates Chess Tournaments chess.com [10] 2024.4.15 C01 French, Exchange Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d3 Nf6 6.d4 d5 7.Bd3 c5 8.c3 c4 9.Bc2 Bd6 10.O-O O-O 11.h3 Nc6 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 b5 14.Re1 a5 15.Ne5 Ra6 16.Nd2 Bc7 17.Qf3 Ne7 18.b3 a4 19.bxa4 bxa4 20.Nf1 a3 21.Rab1 Re6 22.Ng4 Nxg4 23.hxg4 Qe8 24.Bg3 Ba5 25.Rxe6 Bxe6 26.Rb7 Nc8 27.Bf4 Qc6 28.Rb8 Ne7 29.Rb1 Qd7 30.g5 Bg4 31.Qg3 h5 32.Qe3 Ng6 33.Bh2 Re8 34.Qd2 Re2 35.Rb8+ Kh7 36.Qc1 Qe7 37.Be5 Qe6 38.Ng3 Rxe5 39.dxe5 Qxe5 40.Rb5 Bxc3 41.Qe3 Qxe3 42.fxe3 d4 43.exd4 Bxd4+ 44.Kf1 h4 45.Ne2 Be3 46.Ra5 Kg8 47.Rxa3 Bxg5 48.Ra8+ Nf8 49.a4 f5 50.Nd4 h3 51.gxh3 Bxh3+ 52.Kf2 Bh4+ 53.Kf3 Bg4+ 54.Kg2 f4 55.Bf5 f3+ 56.Kf1 Bxf5 57.Nxf5 Bg5 58.a5

 

15.BIG ONE INCOMING!

Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi 2727 vs Nepomniachtchi, Ian 2758 FIDE Candidates Chess Tournaments chess.com [11] 2024.4.17 C42 Petrov, Paulsen Attack 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nc4 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Nc3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Bg4 8.Qxe7+ Bxe7 9.Rb1 b6 10.d4 Be6 11.a4 O-O 12.Ne3 Bg5 13.c4 Re8 14.h4 Bf6 15.c3 c5 16.Bd3 Nc6 17.d5 Ne5 18.Bxh7+ Kxh7 19.dxe6 fxe6 20.Ke2 Rad8 21.g4 g6 22.g5 Bg7 23.a5 bxa5 24.Rb7 Rd7 25.Rxd7 Nxd7 26.Rd1 Bf8 27.Ng4 Rb8 28.Bf4 Rb2+ 29.Kf3 e5 30.Be3 Nb6 31.Nf6+ Kh8 32.Ke4 a4 33.Ra1 Rb3 34.Kd3 a3 35.Bc1 a5 36.Bxa3 d5 37.Kc2 dxc4 38.Ne4 Rb5 39.Rd1 Be7 40.Re1 Kg7 41.Nd2 Bd6 42.Ne4 Be7 43.Ng3 Rb3 44.Bc1 Nd5 45.Ne4 Kf7 46.Bd2 a4 47.Ra1 Nb6 48.Be3 Rb5 49.Nd2 Ra5 50.Kb2 Ke6 51.Ka3 Rb5 52.Rc1 Kf5 53.f3 Nd5 54.Kxa4 Rb8 55.Nxc4 e4 56.fxe4+ Kxe4 57.Bf2 Kd3 58.Bg3 Nxc3+ 59.Ka3 Rb4 60.Nb2+ Kd2 61.Rf1 c4 62.Rf2+ Ne2 63.Be5 c3 64.Rf7 Rb7+ 65.Ka4 c2 66.Nc4+ Kd3 67.Nb2+ Ke4

 

16.Will The Real Slim Shady Please Stand Up!

Firouzja, Alireza 2760 vs Abasov, Nijat 2632 FIDE Candidates Chess Tournaments chess.com [11] 2024.4.17 A05 Reti Opening 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 c5 3.Bb2 Nc6 4.e3 g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Nxd4 9.Bxd4 d5 10.Nd2 Qd6 11.c4 Rd8 12.cxd5 Qxd5 13.Bf3 Qf5 14.Rc1 Ne8 15.Rc5 e5 16.Nc4 f6 17.Rd5 Rxd5 18.Bxd5+ Kh8 19.Bc5 Qd7 20.Bf3 Rb8 21.Bxa7 Ra8 22.Nb6 Qxd1 23.Rxd1 Rxa7 24.Rd8

 

17.Outplayed HARD!

Nakamura, Hikaru 2789 vs Abasov, Nijat 2632 FIDE Candidates Chess Tournaments chess.com [10] 2024.4.15 C01 French, Exchange Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d3 Nf6 6.d4 d5 7.Bd3 c5 8.c3 c4 9.Bc2 Bd6 10.O-O O-O 11.h3 Nc6 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 b5 14.Re1 a5 15.Ne5 Ra6 16.Nd2 Bc7 17.Qf3 Ne7 18.b3 a4 19.bxa4 bxa4 20.Nf1 a3 21.Rab1 Re6 22.Ng4 Nxg4 23.hxg4 Qe8 24.Bg3 Ba5 25.Rxe6 Bxe6 26.Rb7 Nc8 27.Bf4 Qc6 28.Rb8 Ne7 29.Rb1 Qd7 30.g5 Bg4 31.Qg3 h5 32.Qe3 Ng6 33.Bh2 Re8 34.Qd2 Re2 35.Rb8+ Kh7 36.Qc1 Qe7 37.Be5 Qe6 38.Ng3 Rxe5 39.dxe5 Qxe5 40.Rb5 Bxc3 41.Qe3 Qxe3 42.fxe3 d4 43.exd4 Bxd4+ 44.Kf1 h4 45.Ne2 Be3 46.Ra5 Kg8 47.Rxa3 Bxg5 48.Ra8+ Nf8 49.a4 f5 50.Nd4 h3 51.gxh3 Bxh3+ 52.Kf2 Bh4+ 53.Kf3 Bg4+ 54.Kg2 f4 55.Bf5 f3+ 56.Kf1 Bxf5 57.Nxf5 Bg5 58.a5

 

18.The Curse of Move 41

Nakamura, Hikaru 2789 vs Firouzja, Alireza 2760 FIDE Candidates Chess Tournaments chess.com [12] 2024.4.18 C01 French, Exchange Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.c4 Nf6 6.c5 Be7 7.Qa4+ Bd7 8.Qc2 O-O 9.Be3 Nc6 10.Nc3 b6 11.Be2 Nb4 12.Qd2 Bf5 13.Rc1 Ng4 14.Bf4 bxc5 15.dxc5 Bxc5 16.O-O Re8 17.a3 d4 18.Nb5 d3 19.Rxc5 dxe2 20.Re1 Nd3 21.Rxf5 Nxe1 22.Nxe1 Qxd2 23.Bxd2 Rad8 24.Bc3 Rd1 25.f3 Ne3 26.Nxc7 Re7 27.Rc5 f6 28.Bb4 Kf7 29.h4 h5 30.Kf2 Rb1 31.Nd5 Nd1+ 32.Kg3 Re5 33.Nd3 Re8 34.Be1 Nxb2 35.Rb5 Rd1 36.Rxb2 Rxd3 37.Rb7+ Kf8 38.Nf4 Rxa3 39.Kf2 a5 40.Ra7 Ra4 41.g3 g5 42.hxg5 fxg5 43.Nxh5 Re5 44.g4 Ke8 45.Ng7+ Kf8 46.Nf5 Ra2 47.Ra8+ Kf7 48.Nd6+ Ke6 49.Nc4 Rb5 50.Rxa5 Rbxa5 51.Nxa5 Kd5 52.Ke3

 

19.The Legend of b4

Caruana, Fabiano 2803 vs Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi 2727 FIDE Candidates Chess Tournaments chess.com [12] 2024.4.18 C50 Giuoco Piano 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 a6 7.a4 Ba7 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.h3 Ne7 10.Re1 Ng6 11.a5 c6 12.Bb3 Re8 13.d4 d5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Nxe5 Rxe5 16.exd5 Rxe1+ 17.Qxe1 Nxd5 18.Bc2 Be6 19.Nf3 Qd7 20.c4 Ne7 21.Be3 Bxe3 22.Qxe3 Rd8 23.Qc5 h6 24.b3 Qc7 25.Re1 Kf8 26.Re3 Ke8 27.Qh5 Kf8 28.Qc5 Ke8 29.g4 Qf4 30.Kg2 Rd7 31.Re4 Qd6 32.Qe3 c5 33.Re5 Nc6 34.Rd5 Qc7 35.Rxc5 Re7 36.Qc3 Qd6 37.Rh5 f6 38.Bg6+ Kd8 39.Qe3 Kc8 40.Qb6 Kb8 41.Rc5 Bd7 42.b4 Qf4 43.Bf5 Bxf5 44.Rxf5 Qc7 45.Qc5 Re4 46.Qd5 Re2 47.b5 Nxa5 48.Nd4 Rb2 49.bxa6 Nc6 50.Qg8+ Nd8 51.Rd5 Ka7 52.Rxd8

 

20.Everything is a Move!

Abasov, Nijat 2632 vs Gukesh D 2743 FIDE Candidates Chess Tournaments chess.com [12] 2024.4.18 E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical Variation 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 h6 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Na6 7.g3 Nxc5 8.Bg2 Nce4 9.O-O Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bc5 11.e4 Nh7 12.e5 Rb8 13.Nd2 b6 14.Ne4 Bb7 15.h4 Qc7 16.Rd1 Bxe4 17.Qxe4 O-O 18.Bf4 Rfd8 19.Rd2 Nf8 20.h5 b5 21.cxb5 Rxb5 22.Bf1 Rb6 23.Rad1 Rdb8 24.a4 Rb3 25.Rd3 Ra3 26.Rf3 Qc6 27.Qxc6 dxc6 28.Rfd3 Rxa4 29.Bg2 Ra2 30.R1d2 Rxd2 31.Rxd2 Rc8 32.Be4 a5 33.Bc2 g5 34.hxg6 e.p. Nxg6 35.Kg2 Kg7 36.Ba4 Ne7 37.c4 Rb8 38.Ra2 Bb4 39.Kf3 Rd8 40.Be3 Rd3 41.Ke2 Rc3 42.c5 Nd5 43.Rc2 Rxc2+ 44.Bxc2 a4 45.Kd3 a3 46.Bb3 Kg6 47.Bd4 Kg5 48.Kc4 Be1 49.Kd3 Kg4 50.Bd1+ Kg5 51.Bb3 Kf5 52.Kc4 Ke4 53.Bd1 a2 54.f3+ Kf5 55.Bc2+ Kg5 56.Bb3 Bxg3 57.Bxa2 h5

 

21.Hikaru is The FINAL Boss!

Gukesh D 2743 vs Firouzja, Alireza 2760 FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament chess.com [13] 2024.4.20 C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O Nd4 6.Nxd4 Bxd4 7.Nd2 c6 8.Bc4 d6 9.c3 Bb6 10.Bb3 a5 11.Nc4 Ba7 12.Ne3 O-O 13.Qf3 d5 14.Bc2 g6 15.Re1 Be6 16.exd5 cxd5 17.h3 Re8 18.Ba4 e4 19.dxe4 dxe4 20.Qe2 Re7 21.Nf1 Qc7 22.Bb3 a4 23.Bxe6 Rxe6 24.Be3 a3 25.c4 Nh5 26.g3 Bc5 27.b3 f5 28.Bxc5 Qxc5 29.Rad1 Rf8 30.Rd5 Qe7 31.f4 Nf6 32.Rd2 g5 33.Ne3 gxf4 34.gxf4 Qf7 35.Kh2 Nh5 36.Qf2 Rg6 37.Rd5 Ng7 38.Red1 Rh6 39.Rg1 Rg6 40.Rgd1 Rh6 41.Rg1 Rg6 42.Qh4 Rxg1 43.Kxg1 Kh8 44.Kf2 Rg8 45.Qg5 Qg6 46.Qxg6 hxg6 47.Rd6 Re8 48.Rxg6 Ne6 49.Nd5 Nd4 50.Rb6 Nc2 51.Rxb7 Re6 52.Re7 Rh6 53.c5 Nd4 54.Kg2 Rg6+ 55.Kf2 Rh6 56.b4 Rxh3 57.Kg2 Rh6 58.Rb7 Kg8 59.b5 Kf8 60.b6 Rg6+ 61.Kf2 Rh6 62.Rc7 Rh2+ 63.Kg3

 

22.And Then There Were Four

Praggnanandhaa R 2747 vs Caruana, Fabiano 2803 FIDE Candidates Chess Tournaments chess.com [13] 2024.4.20 B30 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rossolimo Attack (without ...d6) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Qc7 6.Nbd2 e5 7.a4 Be6 8.b3 Be7 9.Nc4 Nd7 10.Ng5 Bxc4 11.bxc4 Nf8 12.Qg4 h5 13.Qf5 Bd6 14.O-O Qe7 15.Qh3 f6 16.Nf3 g5 17.Nd2 Ne6 18.Re1 g4 19.Qe3 O-O-O 20.Qe2 Rdg8 21.Nf1 h4 22.Ne3 Nd4 23.Qd1 h3 24.g3 Nf3+ 25.Kh1 Nxe1 26.Qxe1 Qd7 27.Rb1 Bf8 28.Ba3 Kb8 29.Qe2 Ka8 30.Kg1 Rh7 31.Qd1 Rhg7 32.Kf1 Qd8 33.Qe1 Rg5 34.Rb3 Rh5 35.Rb1 Bd6 36.Bb2 Bc7 37.Bc3 Qd7 38.Qd1 Bd6 39.Qe2 Bf8 40.f3 gxf3 41.Qxf3 Rh7 42.Nf5 Qe8 43.Bd2 Qh5 44.Qxh5 Rxh5 45.Ke2 b6 46.Kf3 Rh7 47.g4 Be7 48.Kg3 Bd8 49.Be3 a5 50.Rb3 Ka7 51.Rb1 Ka6 52.Rb2 Bc7 53.Rb1 Rb8 54.Rf1 b5 55.cxb5+ cxb5 56.Bxc5 bxa4 57.Ne3 Bd8 58.Ba3 Rc8 59.Nc4 Rc6 60.Ra1 Bb6 61.Bc1 Bd4 62.Rxa4 Bc3 63.Ra3 Bb4 64.Ra2 Be1+ 65.Kf3 Rb7 66.Bb2 Rb5 67.c3 Rc7 68.Ba1 Rd7 69.d4 Rc7 70.Ne3 exd4 71.cxd4 Rb3 72.Kf4 Rc1 73.e5 fxe5+ 74.dxe5 Rxa1 75.Rxa1 Bd2 76.e6 Bxe3+ 77.Kf5 Bc5 78.Rc1 Kb6 79.g5 Be7 80.Kg6 a4 81.Rc8 Re3 82.Re8 a3 83.Ra8 Kb7 84.Ra5 Rxe6+ 85.Kf7 Ra6 86.Rxa6 Kxa6 87.g6 a2 88.g7 a1=Q 89.g8=Q Qa2+

 

23. A.All Hail The New Challenger!

Nakamura, Hikaru 2789 vs Gukesh D 2743 1/2-1/2 FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2024 chess.com [14] 2024.4.21 D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 Be7 6.Nc3 c5 7.a3 O-O 8.O-O a6 9.Qe2 b5 10.Ba2 cxd4 11.exd4 b4 12.Ne4 bxa3 13.bxa3 Bb7 14.Nc3 Nd5 15.Bd2 Nxc3 16.Bxc3 Nd7 17.Bb1 Rc8 18.Bd2 Nf6 19.Bd3 Bxf3 20.Qxf3 Qxd4 21.Rfd1 Qa4 22.Qb7 Bc5 23.Be1 a5 24.Qb5 Qxb5 25.Bxb5 Bb6 26.Rac1 Nd5 27.Kf1 Rfd8 28.a4 Kf8 29.g3 Ke7 30.Ke2 f5 31.Rc4 Rxc4 32.Bxc4 Nb4 33.Rb1 Bc5 34.Rc1 Nc6 35.Bc3 g5 36.Bb5 Ba3 37.Rc2 Nd4+ 38.Bxd4 Rxd4 39.Rc7+ Kf6 40.Rxh7 Bb4 41.Bd3 e5 42.f3 e4 43.fxe4 fxe4 44.Bb5 Be7 45.h4 gxh4 46.gxh4 Rb4 47.Rh5 Kg7 48.Bd7 Rd4 49.Be8 Bd8 50.Rf5 Bxh4 51.Rxa5 Kf6 52.Ra8 Bg5 53.Bh5 Rd2+ 54.Kf1 Ra2 55.a5 Ra1+ 56.Kg2 Ra2+ 57.Kf1 Ra1+ 58.Ke2 Ra2+ 59.Kd1 Rd2+ 60.Ke1 Rd5 61.Ke2 Bd2 62.a6 Rxh5 63.a7 Ra5 64.Rf8+ Ke5 65.a8=Q Rxa8 66.Rxa8 e3 67.Ra4 Kd5 68.Kd3 Kc5 69.Re4 Kd5 70.Rxe3 Bxe3 71.Kxe3

 

24. B.All Hail The New Challenger!

Caruana, Fabiano 2803 vs Nepomniachtchi, Ian 2758 FIDE Candidates Chess Tournaments chess.com [14] 2024.4.21 D35 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional Line 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.Qc2 h5 10.f3 Nxg3 11.hxg3 Be6 12.Bd3 c6 13.O-O-O Nd7 14.f4 Bg4 15.Nf3 Qe7 16.e4 Bxc3 17.Qxc3 Bxf3 18.gxf3 dxe4 19.Bxe4 gxf4 20.g4 O-O-O 21.d5 h4 22.dxc6 Nc5 23.Bf5+ Kb8 24.Kb1 b6 25.Rd7 Rxd7 26.cxd7 Rd8 27.Qd4 Nxd7 28.Rd1 Qc5 29.Qxf4+ Qc7 30.Qd2 h3 31.Be4 a5 32.Qd5 Ka7 33.Qxf7 h2 34.Qh7 Kb8 35.a3 Qe5 36.Qh6 Qc7 37.g5 Rg8 38.Rh1 Nc5 39.Bh7 Rxg5 40.Qxg5 Qxh7+ 41.Ka1 Qc2 42.Qg8+ Ka7 43.Ka2 a4 44.f4 Nb3 45.Qg7+ Ka6 46.Qc3 Qg2 47.Qc4+ Kb7 48.Re1 Nc5 49.Qf1 Qd5+ 50.Kb1 Qf5+ 51.Ka1 Qc2 52.f5 Nd3 53.Rb1 Nc5 54.f6 Nb3+ 55.Ka2 Nd2 56.Qh1+ Ka7 57.Rc1 Qb3+ 58.Ka1 Qe6 59.Rc7+ Ka6 60.f7 Nb3+ 61.Kb1 Qf5+ 62.Ka2 Nc5 63.Qa8+ Kb5 64.Qc6+ Ka6 65.Qa8+ Kb5 66.Qc6+ Ka6 67.Re7 Qf1 68.Qa8+ Kb5 69.Qe8+ Ka6 70.Qa8+ Kb5 71.Qe8+ Ka6 72.Re4 Nxe4 73.Qxa4+ Kb7 74.Qxe4+ Ka7 75.Qa4+ Kb7 76.Qd7+ Ka6 77.Qc8+ Ka7 78.f8=Q Qxf8 79.Qxf8 h1=Q 80.a4 Qd5+ 81.Ka3 Qd3+ 82.b3 Qd4 83.Qf7+ Kb8 84.Qe8+ Ka7 85.Qe7+ Kb8 86.Qe1 Qd6+ 87.Qb4 Qf6 88.Qd2 Qe7+ 89.b4 Qe6 90.Qd3 Ka7 91.Qc3 Kb8 92.Qb3 Qf6 93.Qe3 Qd6 94.Kb3 Qd5+ 95.Kb2 Qd6 96.Qe8+ Ka7 97.Qf7+ Kb8 98.Kc3 Qe5+ 99.Kd3 Qd6+ 100.Kc4 Qc6+ 101.Kb3 Qd6 102.Qf3 Qd4 103.Qe2 Qd5+ 104.Ka3 Qd6 105.Qb5 Qd4 106.Kb3 Ka7 107.Qe2 Qd5+ 108.Ka3 Qd4 109.Kb3

 

25.The Man, The Myth, The Legend 

Robert James Fischer vs Pal Benko "Break the Benko" game of the day Aug 31, 2012 United States Championship 1965 New York, USA rd 4 Dec17 Spanish Game: Closed Variations, Breyer Defense C95 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. Nh4 Nb6 12. Nd2 c5 13. dc5 dc5 14. Nf5 Bf5 15. ef5 Qc7 16. g4 h6 17. h4 c4 18. Bc2 Nh7 19. Nf3 f6 20. Nd2 Rad8 21. Qf3 h5 22. gh5 Nd5 23. Ne4 Nf4 24. Bf4 ef4 25. Kh1 Kh8 26. Rg1 Rf7 27. Rg6 Bd6 28. Rag1 Bf8 29. h6 Qe5 30. Qg4 Rdd7 31. f3 Bc5 32. Nc5 Qc5 33. Rg7 Rg7 34. hg7 Kg8 35. Qg6 Rd8 36. Be4 Qc8 37. Qe8

 

26.Stockfish Repeats Nezhmetdinov's IMMORTAL Queen Sacrifice!

Stockfish 16 64-bit 8CPU 3802 vs PlentyChess 1.0.0 64-bit 8CPU 3740 1-0 2024.4.16 A04 Reti

Opening 1.Nf3 g6 2.b3 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Bb2 Nf6 5.g3 e5 6.dxe5 Nfd7 7.Nc3 dxe5 8.Qd2 e4 9.Ng5 h6 10.Nh3 O-O 11.O-O-O Qe8 12.Bg2 Nf6 13.Nf4 c6 14.f3 a5 15.Qd4 Ng4 16.Qxg7+ Kxg7 17.fxg4 f6 18.Bxe4 Na6 19.Bxg6 Qe3+ 20.Kb1 Nc5 21.Rhf1 Bxg4 22.h3 Bxh3 23.Rf3 Qe7 24.g4 Bg2 25.Nxg2 Kxg6 26.Nh4+ Kf7 27.Nf5 Qc7 28.Rd6 Kg8 29.Ba3 b6 30.Nxh6+ Kh7 31.Nf5 Rae8 32.Rh3+ Kg8 33.Rd1 Rf7 34.Rdh1 Rd7 35.e3 Red8 36.Kc1 a4 37.Bb2 axb3 38.axb3 Qe5 39.Rh8+ Kf7 40.R1h7+ Ke6 41.Rxd8 Rxh7 42.Re8+ Kd7 43.Rxe5 fxe5 44.Ba3 Rh1+ 45.Kb2 Na6 46.Bd6 Rg1 47.Bxe5 Rxg4 48.Nd4 Rg6 49.Nf3 Kc8 50.Bf4 Kb7 51.Ne5 Rg8 52.Nd3 Nc7 53.b4 Rg2 54.Be5 Rg4 55.Nf4 Rg8 56.Ne4 Rg1 57.Nd6+ Ka6 58.c4 Ka7 59.b5 cxb5 60.Nxb5+ Nxb5 61.cxb5 Rg3 62.Bd4 Rg5 63.Kb3 Rxb5+ 64.Kc4 Rb1 65.Nd5 Rc1+ 66.Kd3 Kb7 67.Nxb6 Rd1+ 68.Kc4 Rc1+ 69.Kd5 Rd1 70.e4 Kc7 71.e5 Rd3 72.Nc4 Kd7 73.Nd6 Ke7 74.Nf5+ Kd7 75.e6+ Ke8 76.Kd6 Rd2 77.Ng7+ Kf8 78.e7+ Kg8 79.e8=Q+ Kh7 80.Nf5 Rg2 81.Qf7+ Rg7 82.Qxg7

 

27.The Evergreen Game 2.0

Stockfish 16 64-bit 8CPU 3802 vs PlentyChess 1.0.0 64-bit 8CPU 3740 1-0 2024.4.16 A04 Reti Opening 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.Qb3 Qe7 8.O-O Bb6 9.cxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Bxd4 11.Nc3 Nf6 12.Ba3 d6 13.Rad1 Bxc3 14.Qxc3 Qe5 15.Qc1 O-O 16.Bb2 Qe7 17.e5 Ne8 18.Rfe1 Be6 19.exd6 Nxd6 20.Bb3 Qd8 21.Ba4 Bf5 22.Re5 Bg6 23.Bb3 Kh8 24.Rc5 Rc8 25.h4 b6 26.Rc3 a6 27.h5 Bxh5 28.Rh3 Bg6 29.Qh6 Rg8 30.Rd5 Qe7 31.Re5 Qf6 32.Qc1 Bf5 33.Rh6 Qd8 34.Qf4 Bb1 35.Reh5 Qe8 36.Qg5 f6 37.Rxf6 Qe1+ 38.Kh2 Qe2 39.Rfh6 Rce8 40.f3 Qd3 41.Bd5 Re6 42.Bxe6 Ne8

 

28.Once A Pawn a Time

Korobov, Anton 2651 vs Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2765 TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament chess.com [1] 2024.4.27 A21 English, Kramnik-Shirov Counterattack 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Qb3 a5 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Re8 8.d3 Nd4 9.Nxd4 exd4 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.dxe4 Bc5 12.Qd3 Qe7 13.b3 d6 14.Bb2 f5 15.Bxd4 fxe4 16.Qc3 b6 17.Rad1 Bb7 18.e3 h5 19.Qb2 h4 20.Bc3 c6 21.a3 d5 22.b4 Bd6 23.cxd5 cxd5 24.Rd2 Rec8 25.Rfd1 axb4 26.Bxb4 Bxb4 27.axb4 Rc4 28.Rd4 Rac8 29.Rxc4 dxc4 30.Qd4 Qe6 31.b5 c3 32.Rc1 Qf6 33.Qd7 Qf7 34.Qd4 Rc5 35.Qd8+ Qf8 36.Qxb6 Qe7 37.Qa5 Qd7 38.Qa2+ Kh8 39.Bf1 Rc8 40.Qb3 Qd2 41.Rc2 Qe1 42.Qf7 Ba8 43.Qd7 Rf8 44.Qc7 Qd1 45.Qxc3 Rd8 46.Rc1 Qf3 47.Qb2 Bd5 48.b6 Rf8 49.Rc7

 

29.Peter Makes Chess Look Easy!

Ju, Wenjun 2559 vs Svidler, Peter 2689 TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament chess.com [2] 2024.4.27 A41 Queen's Pawn 1.d4 d6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nd7 5.O-O e5 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Nc3 Ngf6 8.Nd2 O-O 9.Nc4 Re8 10.a4 e4 11.a5 Qe7 12.Be3 Nc5 13.Qd4 Na6 14.Qd1 Be6 15.Nd2 Ng4 16.Ndxe4 Nxe3 17.fxe3 Rad8 18.Qc1 c6 19.Ra3 Bf5 20.h3 h5 21.Kh1 Nc5 22.Nxc5 Qxc5 23.e4 Be6 24.Nd1 Qb5 25.Nc3 Qe5 26.Qe3 Bf8 27.Raa1 Bd6 28.Qf4 g5 29.Qxe5 Bxe5 30.Rf3 g4 31.hxg4 hxg4 32.Rd3 Bc4 33.Rxd8 Rxd8 34.Bf1 Rd2 35.Rc1 Bxg3 36.Nb1 Rd8 37.e3 Be6 38.Kg2 Be5 39.c3 Kg7 40.Be2 Bc7 41.a6 bxa6 42.Bxa6 Rh8 43.Rh1 Rb8 44.b4 c5 45.b5 Kg6 46.Kf2 Be5 47.Ke2 Bc4+ 48.Kd1 Bd3 49.Nd2 Bxc3 50.Rg1 Kh5

 

30.A Game of Chicken!

Erigaisi Arjun 2756 vs Maurizzi, Marc Andria 2605 TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament chess.com [3] 2024.4.28 D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 Nbd7 8.h3 Bb4 9.Qb3 Qb6 10.g4 Bg6 11.Nh4 Be7 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.f3 Nf8 14.Bg3 Ne6 15.Kf2 Bd8 16.Kg2 Bc7 17.Bf2 Bd6 18.h4 Qc7 19.Be2 O-O 20.Rae1 b5 21.g5 Nh5 22.f4 Nhxf4+ 23.exf4 Nxf4+ 24.Kf1 b4 25.Nd1 Rae8 26.Bf3 Rxe1+ 27.Bxe1 Qc8 28.Bd2 Qf5 29.Bxf4 Qxf4 30.Qe3 Qf5 31.Kg2 Qc2+ 32.Qe2 Qf5 33.Qe3 Bf4 34.Qf2 Re8 35.Re1 Rxe1 36.Qxe1 Kh7 37.Qe2 Bd6 38.Qd2 a5 39.Nf2 Bc7 40.Bd1 Qe6 41.Qd3 Kg8 42.b3 Qd6 43.Ng4 Qe6 44.Qe2 Qd7 45.Qe3 Bb6 46.Ne5 Qe7 47.Qf4 Qe8 48.h5 gxh5 49.Bxh5 g6 50.Bg4 Bc7 51.Qf6 Bd8 52.Qxc6 Qxc6 53.Nxc6 Bxg5 54.Nxa5 Be7 55.Bf3 f5 56.Bxd5+ Kg7 57.Bc4 Kf6 58.Nb7 g5 59.d5 Ke5 60.d6 Bxd6 61.Nxd6 Kxd6 62.Kf3 Ke5 63.Ke3 g4 64.Ba6 f4+ 65.Kd3 f3 66.Ke3 Kf5 67.Bc8+ Kg5 68.Bb7

 

31.The Unnecessary Queen Sacrifice

Navara, David 2678 vs Finek, Vaclav 2435 Round 4 English Opening A15 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 e6 5.b3 Bd6 6.Bb2 O-O 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.Qc2 Qe7 9.Rg1 e5 10.g4 Nb6 11.g5 Nfd7 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Nb5 Re8 14.a4 Nf8 15.a5 Nbd7 16.h4 d4 17.Rc1 Nb8 18.Qxc8 Rxc8 19.Rxc8 Qd7 20.Bc4 g6 21.h5 a6 22.Nxd6 Qxd6 23.hxg6 hxg6 24.Rh1 Qd7 25.Nxe5 Qxc8 26.Nxf7 Qxc4 27.Nh6+ Kh7 28.bxc4 Nc6 29.Nf5+ Kg8 30.Nxd4 Nxa5 31.d3

 

32."Candidates Leftovers" 

Svidler, Peter 2689 vs Korobov, Anton 2651 TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament chess.com [5] 2024.4.30 B50 Sicilian 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Nc6 6.Qe3 e6 7.b3 Be7 8.Bb2 a6 9.O-O-O Qc7 10.h3 b5 11.g4 Bb7 12.g5 Nd7 13.Kb1 Nc5 14.Rg1 O-O-O 15.Nd4 b4 16.Nce2 Na7 17.Ng3 Kb8 18.f4 Rhe8 19.Rg2 e5 20.Ndf5 Bf8 21.fxe5 dxe5 22.Rgd2 Rxd2 23.Rxd2 Nb5 24.Bxb5 axb5 25.Qe2 f6 26.Ne3 Rd8 27.Nd5 Qd7 28.Qf1 Qe6 29.gxf6 Nxe4 30.Nxe4 Rxd5 31.Ng5 Qxf6 32.Rf2 Rd1+ 33.Qxd1 Qxf2 34.Qd8+ Ka7 35.Ne6 Qg1+ 36.Bc1

 

33.SIAPA LEBIH KUAT? 

Praggnanandhaa R 2747 vs Gukesh D 2743 Turnamen Kandidat Catur FIDE chess.com 2024.4.5 Round 2 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Be7 9. e4 a6 10. Be3 b5 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Rad1 Na5 13. d5 exd5 14. e5 Ne8 15. e6 f5 16. Ne5 Nf6 17. Qc2 c6 18. Qxf5 Qe8 19. Nf7 Bc8 20. Rfe1 Nb7 21. Bg5 Ra7 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Nxd5 Be7 25. Qg4 Nd8 26. Nxd8 Bxd8 27. Qd4 Rb7 28. Re4 Bf6 29. Qe3 Be7 30. h4 Qc6 31. h5 Bc5 32. Qg5 Bxe6 33. h6 Rxf2

 

34.UNGGULAN vs TAK DIUNGGULKAN

Fabiano Caruana 2803 vs Nijat Abasov 2632 Turnamen Kandidat Catur FIDE chess.com 2024.4.5 Round 2 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 4. O-O Bd6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. h3 a6 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nh4 Re8 10. Qf3 g6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Qe3 Nh5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nf3 b6 15. a3 b5 16. Ne2 f6 17. Nd2 Be6 18. f4 Nxf4 19. Nxf4 exf4 20. Rxf4 Rad8 21. Qf2 Rf8 22. Rf1 Kg7 23. b4 cxb4 24. axb4 Ra8 25. Kh1 a5 26. bxa5 c5 27. Ra1 Ra6 28. e5 f5 29. c4 bxc4 30. dxc4 Rfa8 31. Nb3 g5 32. Qg3 h6 33. Rf2 Bxc4 34. Rxf5 Bxb3 35. Qxb3 Rxa5 36. Raf1 Kh8 37. Rf7

 

35.LANGKAH MEMATIKAN TAN ZHONGYI 

Tan Zhongyi 2521 vs Vaishali Rameshbabu 2475 Turnamen Kandidat Wanita FIDE chess.com 2024.4.5 Round 2 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 a6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. h3 Bf5 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Rfe1 O-O 13. a3 Qc7 14. Na2 Rac8 15. c3 Ne4 16. Qe2 Na5 17. Nb4 Nb3 18. Rad1 a5 19. Nd3 a4 20. Nfe5 Na5 21. f3 Nd6 22. Nf4 Nac4 23. Ned3 Rfe8 24. Qf2 Re7 25. Re2 Rce8 26. Rde1 b6 27. g4 Nb5 28. Qh4 Qd6 29. Nh5 f6 30. g5 f5 31. Rg2 Kh8 32. Ndf4 e5 33. Nf6 gxf6 34. Ng6+

 

36.KOMBINASI PALING BRUTAL DENGAN PENGORBANAN 

Vaishali Rameshbabu 2475 vs Nurgyul Salimova 2432 Turnamen Kandidat Wanita FIDE chess.com 2024.4.6 Round 3 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. Bd4 Bd7 11. h4 Re8 12. Ng5 h6 13. Bd3 Ng4 14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15. Bc4+ Kf8 16. Qd3 Bg5+ 17. Kb1 Ne5 18. Bxe5 Bf6 19. Bxd6+ cxd6 20. Qxd6+ Qe7 21. Qxd7 Qxd7 22. Rxd7 Re4 23. Bd5 Re2 24. Rf7+ Ke8 25. Rxb7 Rd8 26. Bc4 Red2 27. Re1+ Kf8 28. Kc1 R2d7 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 30. g3 Be7 31. h5 Bc5 32. Re5 Bb6 33. a4

 

37.DOMINASI MAGNUS CARLSEN

Fabiano Caruana 2832 vs Magnus Carlsen 2858 Kejuaraan Utama Speed Chess Championship chess.com 2022.12.9 Round 2-14 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Ne4 6. Qe2 Nc5 7. O-O Ne6 8. Bxe6 dxe6 9. Rd1 b6 10. Be3 Bc5 11. c3 Bb7 12. cxd4 Be7 13. a3 a6 14. Nc3 Na7 15. d5 exd5 16. Nd4 g6 17. e6 O-O 18. Bh6 c5 19. Nf3 d4 20. Bxf8 Qxf8 21. Na4 Nc8 22. b4 Bd5 23. exf7+ Qxf7 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Rac1 Bb3 26. Nxc5 Bxd1 27. Qxd1 Qd5 28. Nd3 Bxa3 29. Rc7 Bd6 30. Rc2 Ne7 31. h4 a5 32. Nb2 a4 33. Rd2 Qb3 34. Qe2 a3 35. Nxd4 Qf7 36. Nc4 Bb4 37. Ra2 Nd5 38. Ne5 Nc3 39. Nxf7 Nxe2+ 40. Nxe2 Kxf7 41. g3 Ke6 42. Nf4+ Kd6 43. Nd3 Bc3 44. Kf1 Kd5 45. Ne1 Bxe1

 

38.Tak Seorang pernah HANCURKAN Magnus Sekeras ini 

Eray Kilic 2973 vs Magnus Carlsen 3217 Live Chess chess.com 2024.4.4 Round 4 ECO D00 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Bf5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 Bxf4 6. exf4 Ne7 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. O-O c5 9. Re1 O-O 10. Ne2 Bg4 11. Ng3 cxd4 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13. Ng5+ Kg8 14. Qxg4 Nf6 15. Qh3 Re8 16. Rxe6 Ng6 17. Rxf6 Qxf6 18. Qh7+ Kf8 19. Nh5 Qc6 20. Qxg7+ Ke7 21. Nxf7 Qxc2 22. Ne5+ 1-0

 

39.ALIREZA BLUNDER DI SAAT AKHIR

Alireza Firouzja 2760 vs Hikaru Nakamura 2789 Turnamen Kandidat Catur FIDE chess.com 2024.4.9 Round 5 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 h6 6. b4 Be7 7. Qb3 O-O 8. a4 d6 9. Nbd2 Nb8 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 a5 12. e5 Nh5 13. b5 Nf4 14. g3 d5 15. Bf1 Ne6 16. Bg2 c6 17. O-O Nd7 18. Bb2 Nb6 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Bc3 c5 21. Rfb1 Ra6 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Qb5 Qc7 24. Rc1 Qa7 25. Qe2 Bd7 26. Bf1 Nc4 27. Nb3 Bb6 28. Rd1 Qa8 29. Bg2 Nc5 30. Nxc5 Bxc5 31. Nh4 Nb6 32. Bd4 Bxd4 33. Rxd4 Ra7 34. h3 Rc7 35. g4 Qc8 36. Qd2 Rc5 37. Qf4 Re8 38. Nf5 Bxf5 39. gxf5 Qc7 40. Re1 Nd7 41. e6 Qxf4 42. Rxf4 Nf6 43. Rd4 Kf8 44. Rd2 fxe6 45. fxe6 Ke7 46. Rb2 Rec8 47. Bf1 Ne4 48. Bd3 Nc3 49. f4 d4 50. Rg2 g5 51. f5 Nd5 52. Re4 Nb4 53. f6+ Kxf6 54. Rf2+ Rf5 55. Rxf5+ Kxf5 56. e7 Nxd3 57. e8=Q Rxe8 58. Rxe8 Nf4 59. Kf1 d3 60. Kf2 Nxh3+ 61. Ke3 g4 62. Kxd3 g3 63. Rf8+ Ke6

 

40.SERANGAN SUPER AGRESIF

Jose Martinez 3021 vs Magnus Carlsen 3213 April 9, 2024 chess.com Round 8 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 c5 4. c3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O cxd4 7. cxd4 Nc6 8. Nc3 d5 9. e5 Nh5 10. h3 f6 11. exf6 Rxf6 12. Re1 Nf4 13. Bf1 h6 14. Be3 g5 15. Rc1 Bf5 16. Bxf4 gxf4 17. Nxd5 Rd6 18. Rxc6 Rxd5 19. Rc1 Kh8 20. Qb3 Rd6 21. Bd3 Rb6 22. Qa3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Rxb2 24. Re6 Rb6 25. Rce1 Rxe6 26. Rxe6 Rc8 27. Ne5 Bxe5 28. Rxh6+ Kg8 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. dxe5

 

41.Macan Vrindavan vs Jenius Persia!

Praggnanandhaa 2747 vs Alireza Firouzja 2760 Turnamen Kandidat Catur FIDE chess.com 2024.4.13 Round 8 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Ncb5 Qb8 7. Bd3 a6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Nd4 c5 10. Nf3 Ne7 11. O-O Bb7 12. c3 Ng6 13. Rb1 Be7 14. b4 O-O 15. a4 Qc7 16. Re1 d5 17. bxc5 dxe4 18. Rxb7 Qxb7 19. Bxe4 Qc7 20. Bxa8 Rxa8 21. Be3 Bxc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Qd3 Qc6 24. Re4 Rc8 25. h3 h6 26. a5 Qd5 27. Qxa6 Ra8 28. Qc4 Qxa5 29. Re1 Qd5 30. Qxd5 exd5 31. g3 Rc8 32. Re3 Kf8 33. Kg2 Ne7 34. Nd4 Nc6 35. Nf5 Rd8 36. Rd3 h5 37. Ne3 d4 38. cxd4 Rxd4 39. Rxd4 Nxd4 40. h4 g6

 

42.PENGORBANAN BRILIAN

Lei Tingjie 2550 vs Vaishali Rameshbabu 2475 Turnamen Kandidat Catur FIDE chess.com 2024.4.11 Round 7 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a5 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Re1 Be6 9. h3 h6 10. Bb5 Ne7 11. d4 Bb6 12. Bd3 Re8 13. Nf1 exd4 14. Nxd4 Ng6 15. Ng3 Bd7 16. Bd2 Ne5 17. Bf1 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Qb3 c6 20. Ne4 Qc7 21. a4 Rad8 22. Rad1 Ng6 23. Bc1 Ba7 24. c4 Nb4 25. c5 Nd5 26. Bc4 Bc8 27. Bxd5 cxd5 28. Nb5 Qb8 29. Nxa7 Qxa7 30. Rxd5 Be6 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Qc3 b6 33. b3 Bf5 34. Nf6+ Kh8 35. Bxh6 bxc5 36. Nh5

 

43.DUEL TOP UNGGULAN

Ian Nepomniachtchi 2758 vs Gukesh D 2743 Turnamen Kandidat Catur FIDE chess.com 2024.4.15 Round 10 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qe3 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Nd5 b5 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Qg3 Bd6 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14. Qxf4 d6 15. O-O Be6 16. Rfd1 Re8 17. h3 h6 18. Rd3 c5 19. Rg3 Kh8 20. c3 Nxb3 21. axb3 Bxd5 22. exd5 Qd7 23. b4 cxb4 24. Qxb4 Re5 25. Qd4 Qa7 26. Rd3 Re2 27. Qxa7 Rxa7 28. b4 Rc2 29. Re1 Kh7 30. Re8 Rc7 31. Ra8 R7xc3 32. Rxc3 Rxc3 33. Rxa6 Rc4 34. Rxd6 Rxb4 35. Rb6 Rb1+ 36. Kh2 b4 37. d6 Rd1 38. Rxb4 Rxd6 39. Ra4 h5 40. h4 g6

 

44.Permainan Menakjubkan Mengubah Segalanya

Praggnanandhaa R 2747 vs Hikaru Nakamura 2789 Turnamen Kandidat Catur FIDE chess.com 2024.4.17 Round 11 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Qxd5 6. Nc3 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 a6 8. g3 e5 9. Nb3 Nc6 10. Bg2 a5 11. Nb5 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Ke7 13. a3 Bxd2+ 14. Nxd2 a4 15. Nc4 Be6 16. Rc1 Ra6 17. O-O Rd8 18. Ne3 Ra5 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Nc3 Bb3 21. Nb1 Ra6 22. f4 e4 23. Kf2 Rb6 24. Nc3 g6 25. Rb1 Nd5 26. Rbc1 f5 27. g4 fxg4 28. Nxg4 Nxf4 29. Ke3 Nd5+ 30. Kxe4 Nxc3+ 31. bxc3 c5 32. Rf4 Bd5+ 33. Ke3 h5 34. c4 Ba8 35. Nh6 Re6+ 36. Kf2 Rf6 37. Kg3 Rh8 38. Rxf6 Kxf6 39. Rf1+ Kg7 40. Nf5+ gxf5 41. Rxf5 Rc8 42. Rxh5 Bb7 43. Kf4 Ba6 44. Ke5 Kg6 45. Rh4 Kg5 46. Rh3 Bxc4 47. Rg3+ Kh6 48. e4 Rc6 49. Kf5 Bf7 50. Ke5 c4 51. Kd4 Rd6+ 52. Kc5 Rd3 53. Kb4 Rb3+ 54. Kxa4 Rxg3

 

45.Pertarungan Makin Sengit! 

Tan Zhongyi 2521 vs Kateryna Lagno 2542 Turnamen Kandidat Wanita FIDE chess.com 2024.4.17 Round 11 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. c4 Nc6 9. e3 b6 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Qe7 13. Ng5 e5 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Rad8 16. Qf3 f5 17. Bd5+ Kh8 18. Bxc6 e4 19. Qf4 Bxc6 20. Rfd1 Bd5 21. Ne5 Kg8 22. h4 Qe6 23. Nc4 Be7 24. Rac1 h6 25. Qc7 b5 26. Ne5 Bf6 27. Rc5 Rfe8 28. Rxb5 Bxb3 29. Rxd8 Bxd8 30. Qxa7 Bd1 31. Nc6 Bf6 32. Bxf6 Qxf6 33. Qd7 Bh5 34. Rxf5 Qa1+ 35. Kh2 Qxa2 36. g4 Bg6 37. h5 Bxf5 38. Qxe8+ Kh7 39. Kg3 Be6 40. Nd4 Bd5 41. Qe5 Ba8 42. Ne6 Qa7 43. Qf5+ Kg8 44. Qf8+ Kh7 45. g5 hxg5 46. Nxg5+ Kh6 47. Kh4

 

46.AMPUH SERANGANNYA, TAPI !?

Nurgyul Salimova 2432 vs Tan Zhongyi 2521 Turnamen Kandidat Catur FIDE 2024 chess.com 2024.4.18 Round 12 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bf5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. d3 Nbd7 8. cxd5 Qxb3 9. axb3 exd5 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. b4 O-O 12. Na3 a6 13. Nc2 Ne5 14. Nfd4 Bd7 15. f4 Ng6 16. e4 dxe4 17. dxe4 Bc7 18. Nb3 Rad8 19. Bc3 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 Bc8 21. Nc5 h5 22. Ne3 Nf8 23. e5 Ng4 24. Nc4 Ne6 25. Rad1 b6 26. Nxe6 Bxe6 27. Nd6 b5 28. Bxc6 Re7 29. h3 Nh6 30. Kg2 Bb3 31. Rd4 Re6 32. Bf3 h4 33. f5 Re7 34. g4 f6 35. Ne4 Rxd4 36. Bxd4 Bxe5 37. Nc5 Bc4 38. Bxe5 fxe5 39. b3 Bf7 40. Be4 Be8 41. g5 Nf7 42. Bd5 Kh8 43. f6 gxf6 44. gxf6 Rc7 45. Kf2 a5 46. Re4 axb4 47. Rxh4+ Kg8 48. Rg4+ Kh8 49. Nd3 Rd7 50. Bxf7 Rxf7 51. Rh4+ Kg8 52. Rh6 Rc7 53. Nxe5 Rc5 54. Nd3 Rc2+ 55. Ke3 Rc3 56. Kd2 Rxb3 57. Rh4 Bg6 58. Ne5 Rb2+ 59. Ke3 Rb3+ 60. Kd4 Be8 61. Rg4+ Kf8 62. h4 Ra3 63. Rf4 b3 64. Kc3 Ra4 65. Rf3 Re4 66. f7 Rxe5 67. fxe8=Q+ Kxe8 68. Kxb3 Re4

 

47.SIAP MENANTANG JU WENJUN? 

Anna Muzychuk 2520 vs Tan Zhongyi 2521 Turnamen Kandidat Wanita FIDE chess.com 2024.4.21 Round 14 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nf5 d5 7. cxd5 Bxf5 8. exf5 Nd4 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Bd3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bg5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxg5 14. Be4 g6 15. f4 Bf6 16. Qd3 gxf5 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Bxb7 e4 19. Qc4 Rad8 20. Rad1 e3 21. Rfe1 e2 22. Rd3 Qb6 23. Kh1 Qxb7 24. Rxd4 Qxb2 25. Rd3 Rxd3 26. Qxd3 Re8 27. Qxf5 Qc3 28. Qg5+ Kh8 29. Qh4 Re4 30. h3 Qd2 31. Qf6+ Kg8 32. Qg5+ Kf8 33. Qc5+ Kg7 34. Qg5+ Kf8 35. Qc5+ Kg7 36. Qg5+ Kf8

 

48.ENDGAME SENGIT TEKANAN WAKTU

Aleksandra Goryachkina 2553 vs Lei Tingjie 2550 Turnamen Kandidat Wanita FIDE chess.com 2024.4.15 Round 10 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Bb5 e6 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. O-O Rc8 10. Ne5 Ndxe5 11. Bxe5 a6 12. Bxc6+ Rxc6 13. Rc1 f6 14. Bg3 Be7 15. Na4 Rxc1 16. Qxc1 Kf7 17. Qc3 h5 18. h3 h4 19. Bh2 Qd7 20. Nb6 Qb5 21. Qc7 Qxb2 22. Bd6 Re8 23. Rc1 Kg6 24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25. Qc5 Kh6 26. a4 a5 27. Nc8 Rd7 28. Qc3 Qb4 29. Qc5 Kh7 30. Qa7 Qd2 31. Qc5 Bd3 32. Nb6 Rd6 33. Qxd6 Qxc1+ 34. Kh2 Bf5 35. Nd7 Qc2 36. Nf8+ Kh6 37. f3 Qf2 38. Qf4+ g5 39. Qc7 Qg3+ 40. Qxg3 hxg3+ 41. Kxg3 e5 42. e4 dxe4 43. fxe4 Bc8 44. d5 Kg7 45. Ne6+ Kf7 46. Kf2 b6 47. g3 Bd7 48. h4 gxh4 49. gxh4 Bxa4 50. h5 Bb5 51. Ke3 a4 52. h6 Kg6 53. Kd2 Kxh6 54. d6 Kh5 55. Nf8 Kg5 56. d7 Bxd7 57. Nxd7 a3 58. Kc2 b5 59. Kb3 b4 60. Ka2 f5 61. Nxe5 Kf4 62. Nd3+ Kxe4 63. Nxb4 f4 64. Na6 f3 65. Nc5+ Ke3

 

49.Anand Legacy

Gukesh D 2743 vs Praggnanandhaa R 2747 Turnamen Kandidat Catur FIDE chess.com 2024.4.14 Round 9 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. c3 Qe7 8. h3 Bd6 9. Nbd2 a5 10. O-O Nd7 11. Nc4 b6 12. Nxd6+ cxd6 13. Bg5 Nf6 14. Nd2 h6 15. Be3 Ba6 16. Qc2 Nd7 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 O-O 19. Rae1 Ne5 20. c4 b5 21. b3 c5 22. Nf3 Ng6 23. Bg3 Qd7 24. Nh2 a4 25. Ng4 axb3 26. axb3 bxc4 27. bxc4 Bb7 28. Rb1 Ra6 29. Qf2 Bc8 30. Ne3 Qa7 31. Rb2 Rd8 32. Kh2 Ra3 33. Qe2 Be6 34. Nd5 Ra1 35. Rfb1 Rxb1 36. Rxb1 f6 37. Rb3 Ne5 38. Qb2 Bxd5 39. exd5 Qe7 40. Rb7 Rd7 41. Rb8+

 

50.ON FIRE DI BABAK AKHIR

Vaishali Rameshbabu 2475 vs Lei Tingjie 2550 Turnamen Kandidat Wanita FIDE chess.com 2024.4.20 Round 13 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O e6 6. Re1 Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. d4 Qc7 9. Nbd2 Rd8 10. e5 Nd5 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Ne4 Bf8 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bh4 cxd4 15. cxd4 N7b6 16. Bc2 Nc4 17. Bg3 Nd6 18. Rc1 Qb6 19. Nxd6 Bxd6 20. Qd3 g6 21. Bb3 Bb4 22. Red1 a5 23. Nh4 Kg7 24. a3 Bd6 25. Nf3 Bd7 26. Bxd6 Qxd6 27. Nd2 Bc6 28. Ne4 Qf4 29. Nc5 Re8 30. Re1 Rad8 31. Qh3 f5 32. Rcd1 Qd6 33. Nd3 Nf6 34. Ne5 Be4 35. Qc3 b6 36. f3 Bd5 37. Ba4 Rf8 38. Rc1 Rc8 39. Qd2 Rfd8 40. Rc3 Rxc3 41. Qxc3 Bb7 42. Rd1 Rc8 43. Qe3 Bd5 44. Kf2 Qb8 45. Rc1 Rxc1 46. Qxc1 Qd8 47. Qe3 Qc7 48. Qc3 Qd8 49. Qe3 Qc7 50. h3 Qd8 51. g4 fxg4 52. hxg4 Bb7 53. Bb3 Bd5 54. Ba4 Bb7 55. Bb3 Bd5 56. Bc2 Nd7 57. Nxd7 Qxd7 58. Qe5+ Kg8 59. Kg3 Qc6 60. Be4 Bxe4 61. fxe4 Kf7 62. g5 Qc1 63. Qf4+ Qxf4+ 64. Kxf4 a4 65. Ke5 Ke7 66. d5 exd5 67. exd5

 

51.The Tiger From Madras

Levon Aronian 2802 vs Viswanathan Anand 2772 Tata Steel Group A Wijk aan Zee, NED 2013.1.15 Round 4 ECO D47 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. a3 Rc8 12. Ng5 c5 13. Nxh7 Ng4 14. f4 cxd4 15. exd4 Bc5 16. Be2 Nde5 17. Bxg4 Bxd4+ 18. Kh1 Nxg4 19. Nxf8 f5 20. Ng6 Qf6 21. h3 Qxg6 22. Qe2 Qh5 23. Qd3 Be3

 

52.Siapa Lebih Unggul?

Magnus Carlsen 2864 vs Ju Wenjun 2560 Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Charity Cup Prelims chess.com 2022.3.22 Round 14 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. Nbd2 Bc8 14. h3 Be6 15. Bd5 Bd7 16. b4 Bb6 17. Bb3 g5 18. Bg3 Nh5 19. Nxe5 Nxg3 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Re1 d5 22. exd5 Ne7 23. Qg4 Ngf5 24. Rxe7 Qxe7 25. Qxf5 Kg7 26. Ne4 Rbe8 27. d6 Qe5 28. g4 cxd6 29. Ra6 Bc7 30. Ra7 d5 31. Bxd5 Qxf5 32. gxf5 Bf4 33. Nc5 Re1+ 34. Kg2 Kg8 35. Nd7 Re7 36. Nf6+ Kg7 37. Nh5+

 

53.MASA CILIK MAGNUS

Magnus Carlsen vs Garry Kasparov Rapid Reykjavik, ISL rd 1 Mar 18, 2004 Queen's Gambit Declined: Cambridge Springs Variation D52 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Be2 e5 10. O-O ed4 11. Nb3 Qb6 12. ed4 dc4 13. Bc4 a5 14. a4 Qc7 15. Rae1 h6 16. Bh4 Bd6 17. h3 Nb6 18. Bf6 Nc4 19. Ne4 Bh2 20. Kh1 Nd6 21. Kh2 Ne4 22. Be5 Nd6 23. Qc5 Rd8 24. d5 Qd7 25. Nd4 Nf5 26. dc6 bc6 27. Nc6 Re8 28. Rd1 Qe6 29. Rfe1 Bb7 30. Nd4 Nd4 31. Qd4 Qg6 32. Qg4 Qg4 33. hg4 Bc6 34. b3 f6 35. Bc3 Re1 36. Re1 Bd5 37. Rb1 Kf7 38. Kg3 Rb8 39. b4 ab4 40. Bb4 Bc4 41. a5 Ba6 42. f3 Kg6 43. Kf4 h5 44. gh5 Kh5 45. Rh1 Kg6 46. Bc5 Rb2 47. Kg3 Ra2 48. Bb6 Kf7 49. Rc1 g5 50. Rc7 Kg6 51. Rc6 Bf1 52. Bf2

 

54.The 2700+ Youngsters 

Keymer, Vincent 2726 vs Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2765 TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament chess.com [6] 2024.5.2 A04 Reti Opening 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 a6 5.d4 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.a4 bxc4 8.bxc4 Nbd7 9.Be2 e6 10.c5 a5 11.O-O Be7 12.Ne1 Bxe2 13.Qxe2 e5 14.Nd3 exd4 15.exd4 O-O 16.f3 Re8 17.Qc2 Nf8 18.Ne2 N6d7 19.f4 Ne6 20.Bb2 Qc8 21.Ng3 Rb8 22.Rae1 Bh4 23.f5 Ng5 24.Rxe8+ Qxe8 25.Bc1 Ne4 26.Bf4 Rb7 27.Nh5 g6 28.Ng3 Nxg3 29.hxg3 Bf6 30.Qc3 Qe4 31.Be5 Qe3+ 32.Kh2 Bxe5 33.dxe5 d4 34.Qc4 Nxe5 35.Nxe5 Qxe5 36.Qa6 Qc7 37.f6 h5 38.Qe2 Qd8 39.Qe4 Rc7 40.Qf4 Kh7 41.g4 Rd7 42.Re1 Qf8 43.Re5 hxg4 44.Qxg4 Rd8 45.Qe4 Qh6+ 46.Kg1 d3 47.Qc4 Kg8 48.Qe4 d2 49.Re8+ Rxe8 50.Qxe8+ Qf8

 

55.THIS Is The ESSENCE of Chess

Dardha, Daniel 2630 vs Alekseenko, Kirill 2655 Menorca Open chess.com [6] 2024.4.5 D37 Queen's Gambit Declined, 4.Nf3 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.a4 b6 7.Bxc4 Bb7 8.O-O c5 9.Qe2 Qc7 10.Rd1 Nbd7 11.d5 exd5 12.Nxd5 Nxd5 13.e4 N5f6 14.e5 Be7 15.Bf4 Nd5 16.Rxd5 O-O 17.e6 Qxf4 18.Rxd7 Bxf3 19.exf7+ Kh8 20.Qxf3 Qxf3 21.gxf3 Bf6 22.Re1 b5 23.axb5 axb5 24.Bxb5 Bxb2 25.Bc6 Ra1 26.Rxa1 Bxa1 27.Rd8

 

56.Semua Mata Tertuju Laga Ini

Fabiano Caruana vs Magnus Carlsen chess24.com chess.com Wijk aan Zee, NED 2021.1.7 Round 10 E00 Queen's Pawn Game: Catalan Opening 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

 

57.IRENE TAMPIL DI SEAGAME

Irene Kharisma Sukandar 2392 vs Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa 2059 31st SEAGAMES VIETNAM chess.com 2022.5.15 Round 9 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Bc4 Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bd2 Qc7 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. O-O-O b5 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Bb3 b4 13. Na4 Nf6 14. h3 Bd6 15. Rhf1 Ne4 16. Be3 O-O 17. g4 Bg6 18. h4 h6 19. Rg1 Bf4 20. Qf3 Bxe3+ 21. Qxe3 Qh2 22. h5 Bh7 23. f3 Qf2 24. Qf4 Ng5 25. Rgf1 Qg2 26. Qe3 Rad8 27. Nc5 Qg3 28. Rde1 Nh3 29. Rh1 Rfe8 30. Nb7 Rd7 31. Na5 Qc7 32. Nc4 Nf4 33. Ne5 Ng2 34. Qd2 Nxe1 35. Rxe1 Rdd8 36. Qxb4 f6 37. Ng6 Bxg6 38. hxg6 Qf4+ 39. Qd2 Qxd4 40. Qxd4 Rxd4 41. c3 Rd6 42. f4 Kf8 43. Re4 e5 44. f5 Ke7 45. Ra4 Rd7 46. Ra6 Rc7 47. Kd2 Rb8 48. Kc2 h5 49. gxh5 Rh8 50. Be6 Rxh5 51. b4 Rg5 52. c4 Rxg6 53. fxg6 Kxe6 54. b5 Kd6 55. Kc3 f5 56. Kb4 f4 57. c5+ Kd5 58. b6 axb6 59. cxb6 Rb7 60. Kc3 e4 61. a4 f3 62. Kd2 Kd4 63. a5 e3+ 64. Ke1 e2 65. Ra8 Re7 66. Rf8 Ke3 67. a6 Rd7 68. Re8+ Kf4 69. Rxe2

 

58.INDONESIA BANGGA!

Susanto Megaranto 2529 vs Magnus Carlsen 2864 Olimpiade Catur Dunia FIDE chess.com 2022.8.7 Round 9 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 d6 7. e3 Qe7 8. Bd3 e5 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. b3 Re8 12. e4 Nf8 13. Rfe1 Bg4 14. d5 N8d7 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 g6 17. b4 Ra7 18. Nd2 Rea8 19. Nb3 b6 20. Qc3 axb4 21. axb4 h5 22. Rxa7 Rxa7 23. Ra1 Rxa1+ 24. Qxa1 Qd8 25. Nd2 h4 26. Be2 Kg7 27. Qa3 Nh7 28. Bg4 Ndf6 29. Bd1 Ng5 30. Qe3 Qa8 31. Kf1 Qa1 32. Ke1 Ngh7 33. c5 Nh5 34. g3 hxg3 35. fxg3 b5 36. Qd3 N7f6 37. c6 Qb2 38. Qxb5 Qc3 39. Bf3 Nxe4 40. Bxe4 Qc1+ 41. Ke2 Nxg3+ 42. Kf2 Qxd2+ 43. Kxg3 Qf4+ 44. Kg2 Qxe4+ 45. Kf2 Qc2+ 46. Ke1 e4 47. Kf1 Qd1+

 

59.THE IMMORTAL b4 Game

Karen Grigorian vs Roman Dzindzichashvili game of the day Feb 20, 2015 May 1969 Rostov-on-Don URS Spanish Game: Classical Variation. Cordel Gambit C64 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 f5 5. d4 fe4 6. Ng5 Bb6 7. d5 e3 8. dc6 bc6 9. h4 ef2 10. Kf1 cb5 11. Qd5 Nh6 12. Qa8 c6 13. Ne4 O-O 14. Bg5 b4

 

60.Chess is Truly Infinite!

Artemiev, Vladislav 2705 vs Fawzy, Adham 2486 Dubai Police Global Chess Challenge chess.com [2] 2024.5.5 B30 Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bc4 Bg7 5.O-O a6 6.Re1 b5 7.Bd5 Nf6 8.Bxc6 dxc6 9.d3 Bg4 10.e5 Nd5 11.Ne4 Bxe5 12.c4 Nb4 13.Nxe5 Bxd1 14.Nxc6 f5 15.Nxd8 Rxd8 16.Nxc5 Nc2 17.Rxd1 Nxa1 18.cxb5 axb5 19.Rd2 b4 20.b3 Rd5 21.Na4 Kf7 22.Bb2 Rhd8 23.d4 Nxb3 24.axb3 e5 25.Nb6 R5d6 26.Nc4 Rd5 27.Ne3 R5d6 28.Nc2 exd4 29.Nxd4 Ra6 30.Kf1 Ra2 31.Ke2 Rxb2 32.Rxb2 Rxd4 33.Rc2 Ke6 34.Rc7 h5 35.Rc6+ Kf7 36.Ke3 Re4+ 37.Kd3 Re1 38.Rc2 h4 39.f3 h3 40.gxh3 Rf1 41.Kc4 Rxf3 42.Kxb4 Rxh3 43.Ka4 Kf6 44.b4 f4 45.b5 g5 46.b6 Rh8 47.Ka5 Kf5 48.b7 Rb8 49.Kb6 g4 50.Rc5+ Ke4 51.Rg5 Kf3 52.Kc7 Rxb7+ 53.Kxb7 g3 54.h4 Kf2 55.h5 g2 56.h6 g1=Q 57.Rxg1 Kxg1 58.h7 f3 59.h8=Q f2 60.Qd4 Kh1 61.Qc4 Kg1 62.Qg4+ Kh1 63.Qf3+ Kg1 64.Qg3+ Kh1 65.Qxf2

 

61.Everyone Will Play This Opening Now

Safarli, Eltaj 2594 vs Rakhmatullaev, Almas 2408 Dubai Police Global Chess Challenge chess.com [3] 2024.5.6 D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Breyer Variation 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nbd2 a6 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 Bg4 9.Bb2 Bxf3 10.Nxf3 e6 11.e3 Nbd7 12.Qe2 Re8 13.Rfd1 Rc8 14.Rac1 Qe7 15.a3 Ne4 16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Nc5 18.b4 Nd7 19.cxd5 exd5 20.f4 f6 21.e4 dxe4 22.Qc4+ Kf8 23.Bxe4 fxe5 24.Rf1 Qe6 25.fxe5+ Ke7 26.Bd5 Qxd5 27.Qh4+ Ke6 28.Qh3+ Ke7 29.Rcd1 Bxe5 30.Rxd5 cxd5 31.Bxe5 Nxe5 32.Qh4+

 

62.A Blind Magnus is Still Magnus!

Magnus Carlsen 3217 vs Hikaru Nakamura 3222 Live Chess chess.com C65 2024.5.7 C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 d5 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.exd5 Qxd5 8.Bc4 Qd8 9.b4 Be7 10.O-O a6 11.a4 Nd5 12.Qc2 Re8 13.Re1 Bf8 14.d4 Nb6 15.Bb3 Qf6 16.Ne4 Qg6 17.a5 Nd7 18.Nh4 Qh5 19.Ng5 Nd8 20.Nhf3 h6 21.Ne4 Qg6 22.Ng3 Qxc2 23.Bxc2 Nc6 24.Ba4 Bd6 25.Nf5 Nf6 26.Nxd6 cxd6 27.dxe5 dxe5 28.Bxc6 bxc6 29.Rxe5 Bg4 30.Be3 Bxf3 31.Rxe8+ Rxe8 32.gxf3 Nd5 33.Bd2 Rd8 34.Kf1 Nxb4 35.cxb4 Rxd2 36.Rc1 Rd4 37.Rxc6 Rxb4 38.Rxa6 Ra4 39.Ke2 Ra3 40.f4 g5 41.Rxh6 Rxa5 42.Rh5 Ra2+ 43.Kf3 gxf4 44.Rg5+ Kh7 45.Rg4 f5 46.Rg5 Ra3+ 47.Kxf4 Rh3 48.Rg2 Rh5 49.Ke5 Kh6 50.f4 Rh3 51.Kxf5 Ra3 52.Kg4 Ra1 53.Rg3 Kg6 54.h4 Kf6 55.h5 Rh1 56.Rh3 Rg1+ 57.Kf3 Rf1+ 58.Kg3 Kg7 59.Kg4 Rg1+ 60.Kf5 Ra1 61.h6+ Kh7 62.Kg5 Rg1+ 63.Kf6 Ra1 64.f5 Ra6+ 65.Kg5 Ra1 66.Rh4 Rg1+ 67.Rg4 Ra1 68.Re4 Rg1+ 69.Kf6 Ra1 70.Re8 Ra5 71.Ke6 Ra6+ 72.Kf7 Ra5 73.f6 Kxh6 74.Kf8 Ra7 75.f7 Kh7 76.Re7 Ra8+ 77.Re8 Ra7 78.Rd8 Ra2 79.Ke7 Kg6 80.f8=Q Re2+ 81.Kd7 Rd2+ 82.Qd6+

 

63.2 Passers vs Extra Piece!

Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2733 vs Giri, Anish 2687 Grand Chess Tour: Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz chess.com [1] 2024.5.8 C44 Konstantinopolsky Opening 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.g3 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nc3 a5 7.h3 h6 8.O-O O-O 9.Kh2 Nd4 10.Nxd4 Bxd4 11.Ne2 Bb6 12.f4 a4 13.Bd2 c6 14.Bc3 Re8 15.Qd2 Bc7 16.Rf2 c5 17.Raf1 Ra6 18.b3 b5 19.Bb2 axb3 20.axb3 b4 21.Qc1 Qe7 22.Kh1 Rf8 23.g4 Nh7 24.Ng1 Ra2 25.Qb1 Ra8 26.f5 Bb7 27.Bc1 f6 28.Ne2 Bb6 29.Be3 Bc6 30.h4 Ra6 31.Qc1 Rfa8 32.Ng3 Bd8 33.Bf3 Qa7 34.Qd2 Ra1 35.Nh5 Kh8 36.Kh2 Rxf1 37.Rxf1 Qf7 38.Rg1 Ra2 39.Rg2 Ra1 40.Nxg7 Qxg7 41.Bxh6 Qa7 42.g5 fxg5 43.hxg5 Qa2 44.f6 Qb1 45.Rg3 Ra2 46.f7 Rxc2 47.g6 Rxd2+ 48.Bg2 Rxg2+ 49.Rxg2

 

64.Kirill Krushes Everyone!

Shevchenko, Kirill 2622 vs Praggnanandhaa R 2704 Grand Chess Tour: Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz chess.com [2] 2024.5.8 E11 Bogo-Indian Defence, Gruenfeld Variation 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Bxd2 d6 7.g3 Qe7 8.Bg2 e5 9.O-O Bg4 10.Nxe5 dxe5 11.Bb4 c5 12.Bxc5 Qc7 13.Bxf8 Kxf8 14.dxe5 Ne8 15.f4 Nc6 16.Qc2 g6 17.Rad1 Qb6+ 18.c5 Qb5 19.Rd2 Ng7 20.e4 Ne6 21.b4 Ned4 22.Qb2 Rd8 23.h3 Be2 24.Rf2 Bd3 25.Kh2 a5 26.a4 Qc4 27.bxa5 Qb3 28.Qc1 Ba6 29.Qe1 Qxa4 30.Qe3 Qb3 31.Qxb3 Nxb3 32.Rd5 Nbxa5 33.Bf1 Bxf1 34.Rxf1 Ke8 35.Rfd1 Rc8 36.Rd7 Nb8 37.e6 Na6 38.Rxf7 Rxc5 39.f5 gxf5 40.exf5 Nc6 41.f6 Re5 42.Rxh7 Rxe6 43.f7+ Kf8 44.Rf1

 

65.Show Us The Way! 

Giri, Anish 2687 vs Wei, Yi 2758 Grand Chess Tour: Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz chess.com [4] 2024.5.9 E10 Catalan Opening 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qc2 c6 9.Bf4 a5 10.Rd1 a4 11.a3 Ne4 12.Nc3 Nxc3 13.Qxc3 g5 14.Bd2 f5 15.Qc1 g4 16.Ne1 Nb6 17.c5 Nc4 18.Bh6 Rf7 19.e3 e5 20.Bf1 Na5 21.dxe5 Nb3 22.Qc2 Nxc5 23.Nd3 Nxd3 24.Bxd3 Be6 25.Bf1 Qe8 26.Rac1 Ra5 27.h3 gxh3 28.Bxh3 Kh8 29.Kh2 Qg8 30.Qe2 Qg6 31.Bf4 Ra8 32.Rd4 h5 33.Rg1 Rh7 34.Qc2 Rg8 35.Rxa4 h4 36.Qd1 Qe8 37.b4 hxg3+ 38.Rxg3 Rg4 39.Qf1 d4 40.Ra7 Bh4 41.Bxg4 Bxg3+ 42.Kxg3 fxg4 43.e4 Qh5 44.f3 Qh2#

 

66.Just Modern Chess Stuff

Praggnanandhaa R 2704 vs Giri, Anish 2687 Grand Chess Tour: Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz chess.com [5] 2024.5.9 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 e5 9.fxg7 Rg8 10.Ndf3 Rxg7 11.Qd2 Nc6 12.a4 e4 13.Ra3 Bxg1 14.Nxg1 Nd4+ 15.Kd1 Qxb2 16.Rg3 Qa1+ 17.Qc1 Qxa4 18.Qb2 Bd7 19.Bf6 Rxg3 20.hxg3 Nf5 21.Rxh7

 

67.Where He Goes, Chaos Follows!

Shevchenko, Kirill 2622 vs Wei, Yi 2758 0-1 Grand Chess Tour: Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz chess.com [6] 2024.5.9 B22 Sicilian, Alapin's Variation (2.c3) 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Bc4 Nb6 5.Bb3 d6 6.exd6 c4 7.Bc2 Qxd6 8.Na3 Nc6 9.Nf3 Ne5 10.O-O Bg4 11.Re1 Bxf3 12.gxf3 O-O-O 13.b3 Nd3 14.Nxc4 Nxc4 15.bxc4 e5 16.Qe2 Qg6+ 17.Kh1 Bc5 18.Rf1 Rhe8 19.Rb1 b6 20.Rb3 Nxf2+ 21.Qxf2 Qxc2 22.Qh4 Qd3 23.Qh3+ Kb8 24.Ba3 Bxa3 25.Rxa3 Qxc4 26.d4 exd4 27.cxd4 Rxd4 28.Rb3 Re2 29.Qg3+ Kb7 30.Rbb1 Rdd2 31.Rbc1 Rxh2+ 32.Qxh2 Rxh2+ 33.Kxh2 Qxa2+ 34.Kg3 a5 35.Rfe1 Ka6 36.Rc7 f5 37.Ree7 g6 38.Rxh7 g5 39.Rhf7 f4+ 40.Kg4 Qg2+ 41.Kf5 Qxf3 42.Kxg5 Qg3+ 43.Kf5 f3 44.Ke4 a4 45.Ra7+ Kb5 46.Rxf3 Qe1+ 47.Kd3 Qd1+ 48.Ke3 Qb3+ 49.Ke2 Qe6+ 50.Kf2 Qd6 51.Re3 Qf4+ 52.Ke2 Kb4 53.Rae7 Qh2+ 54.Kd1 b5 55.R7e4+ Ka5 56.Kc1 Qd6 57.Kb2 Qd1 58.Re5 Qd2+ 59.Kb1 Qb4+ 60.Ka2 Qc4+ 61.Kb1 Qd4 62.Ka2 Qd6 63.Kb2 Qf6 64.Ka2 Qf4 65.Kb2 Kb6 66.Re6+ Kc5 67.R3e5+ Kd4 68.Rxb5 Qd2+ 69.Ka3 Qc1+ 70.Kxa4 Qa1+ 71.Kb4 Qb2+ 72.Ka5 Qa2+ 73.Kb6 Qxe6+ 74.Kc7 Kc4 75.Rb1 Qe5+

 

68.ONE SECOND LEFT!

Wei, Yi 2758 vs Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2733 Grand Chess Tour: Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz chess.com [7] 2024.5.10 C24 Bishop's Opening, Berlin Defence 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nc3 Na5 5.Qf3 Nxc4 6.dxc4 d6 7.Nge2 Be7 8.h3 O-O 9.Ng3 c6 10.O-O Be6 11.b3 Qd7 12.a4 Rad8 13.Rd1 Qc8 14.Be3 a6 15.a5 Ne8 16.Bb6 Rd7 17.Rd3 g6 18.Nf5 gxf5 19.exf5 Kh8 20.fxe6 fxe6 21.Qe2 Ng7 22.Rad1 Qe8 23.Ne4 d5 24.Nc5 Bxc5 25.Bxc5 Rf5 26.Re3 e4 27.f3 dxc4 28.Rxd7 Qxd7 29.b4 exf3 30.Rxf3 e5 31.Re3 Qd5 32.g4 Rg5 33.Be7 Rg6 34.Rxe5 Qd4+ 35.Kh1 h6 36.Bc5 Qd7 37.Qxc4 Rf6 38.Bd4 Kh7 39.Qd3+ Kg8 40.Qc4+ Kh7 41.Qd3+ Kg8 42.Re4 Rd6 43.Qc4+ Ne6 44.c3 Rd5 45.Kg2 h5 46.Qe2 Nxd4 47.cxd4 Rxd4 48.Rxd4 Qxd4 49.gxh5 Qxb4 50.Qg4+ Qxg4+ 51.hxg4 Kf7 52.g5

 

69.There's No Going Back! 

Praggnanandhaa R 2675 vs Carlsen, Magnus 2886 Grand Chess Tour: Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz chess.com [11] 2024.5.11 B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange Variation 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 e6 6.Bf4 Bd6 7.Bxd6 Qxd6 8.Nf3 Nge7 9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Bd7 11.Nbd2 f6 12.b4 b6 13.a4 Rac8 14.Re3 Be8 15.Qe1 Bf7 16.a5 Nf5 17.Re2 Nce7 18.Nf1 Qd7 19.axb6 axb6 20.Ng3 Nd6 21.Ra6 Rb8 22.h4 Rfe8 23.Rea2 Nef5 24.Ra7 Rb7 25.Nxf5 exf5 26.Ra8 Rbb8 27.Qa1 Rxa8 28.Rxa8 Rxa8 29.Qxa8+ Qe8 30.Qa7 Qd8 31.Nd2 Ne4 32.Bxe4 fxe4 33.Nf1 f5 34.g3 h6 35.Qb7 g5 36.hxg5 hxg5 37.Ne3 Be6 38.Qc6 Kf7 39.c4 dxc4 40.d5 Bd7 41.Qh6 Qf6 42.Qh7+ Ke8 43.Qg8+ Ke7 44.Nxc4 Bb5 45.d6+ Kd7 46.Nxb6+ Kxd6 47.Qd5+ Kc7 48.Qxb5 Qxb6 49.Qxf5 Qxb4 50.Qxg5 Kd7 51.Qf4 Ke6 52.Kg2 Qd4 53.g4 Qd5 54.Kg3 Qd3+ 55.Kh4 Qb1 56.Qf5+ Ke7 57.Kh5 Qd3 58.g5 Qd1+ 59.Kg6 Qd3 60.Kg7 Qc4 61.Qe5+ Kd7 62.g6 Qd3 63.Qf5+ Ke7 64.Qf6+ Kd7 65.Kg8 e3 66.Qf7+ Kd6 67.fxe3 Qxe3 68.g7 Qe5 69.Kf8

 

70.Anish Invites Wei Yi Into Chaos

Giri, Anish 2715 vs Wei, Yi 2684 Grand Chess Tour: Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz chess.com [14] 2024.5.11 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 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4 9.Bxc4 a6 10.Rd1 b5 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.Ng5 h6 13.Nge4 Be7 14.Nxf6+ Nxf6 15.Ne4 Nxe4 16.Bxe4 Qb6 17.Bd2 b4 18.a3 a5 19.axb4 axb4 20.h3 Rxa1 21.Rxa1 Rc8 22.Be1 h5 23.Qc4 g6 24.Bxg6 fxg6 25.Qxe6+ Kf8 26.Qxg6 Qb5 27.e4 Qe2 28.e5 Rc7 29.e6 Bd6 30.Qh6+ Kg8 31.Bd2 Qe4 32.Re1 Qf5 33.Bg5 Rh7 34.Qf6 Qxf6 35.Bxf6 Kf8 36.Bh4 Ke8 37.f3 Rh6 38.Bg5 Rg6 39.f4 Bc8 40.Rc1 Bxe6 41.Rxc6 Bd5 42.Rb6 Kf7 43.h4 Be4 44.Kf2 Ke6 45.Rb5 Bd3 46.Ra5 Kd7 47.Ra7+ Kc6 48.Ra5 Rg8 49.Bf6 Rg4 50.Be5 Rxh4 51.Ke3 Bf1 52.d5+ Kb6 53.Ra1 Bc5+ 54.Kf3 Bc4 55.Ke4 Rg4 56.Rc1 Kb5 57.d6 Rxg2 58.Rh1 Re2+ 59.Kf5 Rd2 60.Rxh5 Bxd6 61.Kf6 Bxe5+ 62.Rxe5+ Ka4 63.f5 Rxb2 64.Re4 Kb3 65.Ke7 Re2

 

71.This is What UNSTOPPABLE Looks Like

Wei, Yi 2684 vs Praggnanandhaa R 2675 Grand Chess Tour: Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz chess.com [17] 2024.5.11 A15 English Opening 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.d4 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.h3 Nc6 7.d5 Nb8 8.Bd3 a5 9.O-O Na6 10.Be3 e5 11.a3 Bd7 12.Rb1 Nh5 13.b4 b6 14.Bc2 f5 15.exf5 gxf5 16.Bd2 Qe8 17.Re1 Kh8 18.Nd4 Qg6 19.Ne6 Rf6 20.g4 e4 21.Nxe4 fxe4 22.Bxe4 Qf7 23.Ng5 Qf8 24.Nxh7 Qg8 25.gxh5 Bxh3 26.Nxf6 Bxf6+ 27.Bg6 Bf5 28.Rb3 axb4 29.Rg3 Bh4 30.Qa1+

 

72.10 WINS IN A ROW! 

Carlsen, Magnus 2886 vs Wei, Yi 2684 1-0 Grand Chess Tour: Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz chess.com [22] 2024.5.12 A07 Reti, King's Indian Attack 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O e5 5.d3 Nc6 6.e4 dxe4 7.dxe4 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Bg4 9.c3 Nf6 10.h3 Be6 11.Ng5 Bd7 12.Nd2 h6 13.Ngf3 O-O-O 14.Re1 Be6 15.Bf1 Nd7 16.Nb3 a5 17.Be3 a4 18.Nbd2 Bf8 19.b4 axb3 e.p. 20.axb3 Bc5 21.Bxc5 Nxc5 22.b4 Nd7 23.Nc4 f6 24.Ra8+ Ncb8 25.Rea1 Nb6 26.Nxb6+ cxb6 27.Nh4 Bf7 28.Ng2 Kc7 29.Ne3 Nc6 30.R8a3 Rd7 31.Bc4 Bxc4 32.Nxc4 b5 33.Ne3 Ne7 34.Ra8 Rhd8 35.Ng4 Ng8 36.Rxd8 Rxd8 37.Kf1 h5 38.Ne3 Ne7 39.Ke2 f5 40.f3 h4 41.gxh4 Rh8 42.exf5 gxf5 43.Rg1 Kd6 44.Rg5 Rxh4 45.Rxf5 Rxh3 46.Rf6+ Kc7 47.Re6 Nc6 48.Nd5+ Kd7 49.Rg6 Rh1 50.Nf6+ Ke7 51.Ne4 Kf7 52.Rf6+ Ke7 53.Rg6 Kf7 54.Rd6 Rh2+ 55.Kd3 Rh1 56.Rd7+ Ke6 57.Rxb7 Kf5 58.Ng3+

 

73.Never Enter A Deep Dark Forest With Magnus

Gukesh D 2651 vs Carlsen, Magnus 2886 Grand Chess Tour: Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz chess.com [25] 2024.5.12 B07 Pirc Attack 1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Be3 Nf6 5.Qd2 Nbd7 6.f3 b5 7.h4 Nb6 8.Bd3 h5 9.O-O-O Bg7 10.Nh3 Bxh3 11.gxh3 e6 12.f4 d5 13.e5 Nfd7 14.Rhg1 Bf8 15.Rxg6 Nc4 16.Qg2 Ndxe5 17.Rg3 Nxd3+ 18.cxd3 Nxe3 19.Rxe3 Qxh4 20.Rf1 Bd6 21.Kb1 O-O-O 22.Qc2 Kb7 23.Ne2 Rhg8 24.f5 exf5 25.Ref3 Rd7 26.a4 a6 27.Rxf5 Qxh3 28.Rxf7 Rc8 29.Nc1 Rxf7 30.Rxf7+ Rc7 31.Rf6 Be7 32.Rf2 Qe3 33.Nb3 bxa4 34.Re2 Qg1+ 35.Nc1 Qxd4 36.Rh2 h4 37.Ne2 Qb4 38.Nc3 a3 39.Qd1 Bd6 40.Rc2 h3 41.Ka2 h2 42.bxa3 Qxa3+ 43.Kb1 Ka7

 

74.15 Years I Searched for This Game

Mikhail Tal vs Alexander Koblents 1961 Riga LAT Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation. Main Line B99 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Be2 h6 11. Bh4 b5 12. e5 Bb7 13. ef6 Bf3 14. Bf3 d5 15. Ne6 fe6 16. Bh5 g6 17. Bg6 Kf8 18. fe7 Kg7 19. Bg3 Nf6 20. Rhe1 b4 21. Re6 bc3 22. f5 Qb7 23. b3 Qd7 24. Be5 Qe6 25. fe6 Kg6 26. Rf1 Nh7 27. Bh8 Rh8 28. Rf8 Rf8 29. ef8Q Nf8 30. e7 Kf7 31. ef8Q Kf8 32. Kd1

 

75.Can A Move Have a Name?

Firouzja, Alireza 2847 vs Keymer, Vincent 2814 Division I chess.com [54-1] 2024.5.13 A05 Reti Opening 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 c5 3.Bb2 Nc6 4.e3 g6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Bb5 Qe7 7.O-O Bg7 8.d4 e4 9.Nd2 cxd4 10.Nc4 O-O 11.Ba3 Nb4 12.Qxd4 d5 13.Nb6 Ng4 14.Qxb4 Qh4 15.h3 axb6 16.Nxd5 Rxa3 17.Ne7+ Kh8 18.Qxa3 Be6 19.Qd6 Ne5 20.Be2 Re8 21.Rad1 Bxh3 22.gxh3 Qxh3 23.Nd5 h5 24.Nf4 Qh4 25.Qd5 Kh7 26.Ng2 Qg5 27.Qxe4 Re6 28.Qf4 Qe7 29.Qg3 Bf6 30.Qh3 Rc6 31.c4 Bg7 32.Nf4 Qg5+ 33.Qg2 Qh4 34.Rd4 Qe7 35.Nd5 Qe8 36.Re4 Qd8 37.f4 Nd7 38.f5 Nc5 39.Ref4 Be5 40.R4f3 Kh6 41.Rh3 Qe8 42.Kh1 Bb8 43.Bf3 Qe5 44.Rg1 Qxf5 45.Bg4 Qe5 46.Bd1 Re6 47.Bc2 Kg7 48.Qg3 Qb2 49.Qxb8 Qxc2 50.Qh2 Qd3 51.Qb2+ Kg8 52.Nf4 Qe4+ 53.Qg2 Rd6 54.Qxe4 Nxe4 55.Rxh5

 

76.THE CHOSEN ONE

Firouzja, Alireza 2867 vs Carlsen, Magnus 2889 Champions Chess Tour Chess.com Classic chess.com [5-3] 2024.5.15 C24 Bishop's Opening, Berlin Defence 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb3 Bd6 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.O-O Re8 8.Re1 Nbd7 9.c3 Nc5 10.Bc2 dxe4 11.dxe4 Bc7 12.Qe2 Qe7 13.b4 Ne6 14.Nc4 Nf4 15.Bxf4 exf4 16.e5 Nd5 17.h3 g6 18.Qd2 Be6 19.Nd6 Red8 20.c4 Nb6 21.c5 Nd5 22.Be4 b6 23.Nd4 Bd7 24.Bxd5 cxd5 25.Qxf4 bxc5 26.bxc5 Rab8 27.Rab1 Rxb1 28.Rxb1 Rb8 29.Rxb8+ Bxb8 30.Nf3 Bc7 31.Qb4 Bc6 32.Nc8 Qd7 33.Nxa7 Ba4 34.Qb7 d4 35.c6 Qd8 36.Qb4 Bc2 37.Nb5 Be4 38.Nxc7 Qxc7 39.Nxd4 Qxe5 40.Qc4 Qg5 41.f3 Qe3+ 42.Kh1

 

77.This Man Just Did The Impossible!

Theodorou, Nikolas 2616 vs Erigaisi Arjun 2761 Sharjah Masters chess.com [2] 2024.5.15 D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 O-O 11.Bc4 Nd7 12.O-O b6 13.Rad1 Bb7 14.Rfe1 Nf6 15.Qf4 Rc8 16.Bb3 Qc7 17.Qh4 h6 18.h3 Rfd8 19.Re3 b5 20.d5 exd5 21.e5 Ne4 22.e6 fxe6 23.Nd4 Nc5 24.Rde1 a5 25.Nxe6 Nxe6 26.Rxe6 Rd7 27.Qg4 Rf8 28.Qg6

 

78.A Game to Shame All That Follow!

Fedoseev, Vladimir 2701 vs Salem, A.R. Saleh 2629 Sharjah Masters chess.com [3] 2024.5.16 E60 King's Indian Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.h4 d6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Qc2 c5 6.d5 a6 7.e4 b5 8.cxb5 Bg7 9.bxa6 O-O 10.h5 Nxh5 11.g4 Nhf6 12.g5 Nh5 13.Be2 Bxa6 14.Bxh5 gxh5 15.f4 e6 16.Nge2 Qe8 17.dxe6 fxe6 18.Ng3 Ne5 19.fxe5 Bxe5 20.Qg2 Rb8 21.Nxh5 Qg6 22.Be3 d5 23.O-O-O d4 24.Rdg1 dxc3 25.b3 Bd3 26.Qh3 Rxb3 27.axb3 Ra8 28.Kd1 Qxh5+ 29.Qxh5 Ra1+ 30.Bc1 Rxc1+

 

79.Thrill Of The Hans

Niemann, Hans Moke 2688 vs Vakhidov, Jakhongir 2599 Sharjah Masters chess.com [2] 2024.5.15 C74 Ruy Lopez, Siesta, Kopayev Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 f5 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.O-O Bd3 8.Re1 Be7 9.Qb3 b5 10.Qd5 Bf5 11.Bb3 Kd7 12.Nd4 Nxd4 13.cxd4 Nf6 14.Qf3 Bg4 15.Qg3 exd4 16.h3 Bf5 17.Qf3 g6 18.d3 h5 19.Bg5 c6 20.Nd2 Qf8 21.a4 Qg7 22.Rec1 d5 23.Qf4 c5 24.Nf3 Bd6 25.Ne5+ Kc7 26.Rxc5+ Bxc5 27.Rc1 Kb6 28.Bxf6 Qh6 29.Nd7+ Bxd7 30.a5+ Kxa5 31.Qc7+ Bb6 32.Ra1+ Kb4 33.Qxb6 Kxb3 34.Qxd4 Rhc8 35.Qxd5+ Kc2 36.b4 Kd2 37.Bg5+

 

80.Finding This Move Over The Board is INSANE!

Carlsen, Magnus 2828 vs Anand, Viswanathan 2749 Casablanca Chess chess.com [1] 2024.5.18 C52 Evans Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.O-O Qf6 7.d4 Nge7 8.Bg5 Qd6 9.Qb3 O-O 10.Rd1 Bb6 11.Na3 Na5 12.Qa4 Nec6 13.dxe5 Qc5 14.Rd5 Qxf2+ 15.Kh1 Qb2 16.Rb1 Qxa3 17.Qxa3 Nxc4 18.Qa4 Ne3 19.Rxb6 Nxd5 20.Rxc6

 

81.The Way of The Hikaru EVANS GAMBIT Unleashed!

Nakamura, Hikaru 2746 vs Amin, Bassem 2583 Casablanca Chess chess.com [1] 2024.5.18 C52 Evans Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.O-O Qf6 7.d4 Nge7 8.Bg5 Qd6 9.Qb3 O-O 10.Rd1 Bb6 11.Bf1 exd4 12.cxd4 Ng6 13.Nc3 Nxd4 14.Rxd4 Bxd4 15.Nb5 Bxa1 16.Nxd6 cxd6 17.h4 d5 18.Qd1 Bb2 19.Qb3 Ba1 20.Qb1 Bc3 21.Qc1 d4 22.h5 Nh8 23.e5 Re8 24.Bf6 h6 25.Qf4 Bb4 26.Bd3 d5 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.Qf6+

 

82.Hikaru and Magnus Relive Kasparov-Karpov 1985

Nakamura, Hikaru 2746 vs Carlsen, Magnus 2828 Casablanca Chess chess.com [3] 2024.5.18 B45 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 h6 7.h4 a6 8.Bg2 Be7 9.Be3 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 e5 11.Qd1 Be6 12.Nd5 Rc8 13.c3 Nf6 14.Nxe7 Kxe7 15.g5 Ng4 16.Bc1 hxg5 17.Bf3 Qd7 18.Rg1 Nh2 19.Bxg5+ f6 20.Be3 Rcg8 21.h5 Nxf3+ 22.Qxf3 Qb5 23.Bc1 Bf7 24.Rh1 Qa4 25.Qe2 d5 26.exd5 Bxd5 27.Rh2 Qc6 28.f4 Bf3 29.Qe3 Rxh5 30.Rxh5 Bxh5 31.fxe5 Re8 32.Qg1 Kf7 33.Be3 Rxe5 34.Kd2 Qd5+ 35.Kc1 Rxe3

 

83.Magnus REALLY Wanted This Trophy

Carlsen, Magnus 2828 vs Nakamura, Hikaru 2746 Casablanca Chess chess.com [6] 2024.5.19 B66 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer Attack, 7... a6 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Be7 10.f4 b5 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.e5 d5 13.Kb1 Bd7 14.Qe3 f5 15.g4 fxg4 16.h3 gxh3 17.Rxh3 Qc7 18.Qg1 b4 19.Qg7 Rf8 20.Ne2 Rc8 21.Nd4 Bc5 22.Qxh7 Bxd4 23.Rxd4 Qc5 24.Rd1 Qf2 25.Bxa6 Ra8 26.Qg7 Bc6 27.Rh8 Rxh8 28.Qxh8+ Kd7 29.Qf6 Rxa6 30.Qxf7+ Kc8 31.Qxe6+ Kb7 32.Qe7+ Ka8 33.Qf8+ Ka7 34.Qe7+ Ka8 35.Qf8+ Ka7 36.Qe7+ Ka8

 

84.100 Year Old Trick!

Nijat Abasov vs Sabino Brunello European Championship 2023 Vrnjacka Banja SRB Rd 4 Mar 6 English Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, General A11 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Bg4 4. Ne5 Bf5 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. cd5 Qb3 7. ab3 Be4 8. dc6 Nc6 9. f3 Nd4 10. Ra4 Bb1 11. Rd4 f6 12. Nd3 e5 13. Rc4 Bd6 14. Nc5 b5 15. Rc3 Ne7 16. e4 b4 17. Rc4 Rb8 18. d4 ed4 19. Bf4 Bf4 20. gf4

 

85.MAGNUS HADAPI SANG LEGENDARIS CATUR SENIOR

Magnus Carlsen 3230 vs Gata Kamsky 2927 Titled Cup chess.com 2024.4.2 Round 9 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O Bc5 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. Nxe5 O-O 9. Nd2 a5 10. Nd3 Ba7 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ne4 d6 13. c4 Bf5 14. Ng3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nb4 16. Qe4 dxe5 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Qd3 19. b3 Qxe4 20. Nxe4 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 Nxa2 22. Ra1 Nb4 23. Kf2 h6 24. Ke2 Kf7 25. g4 Ke7 26. h4 Nc2 27. Ra4 g6 28. Kd2 Nb4 29. Kc3 c5 30. Nxc5 Nc6 31. Kd3 Rb8 32. Ra3 Kd6 33. Ne4+ Ke6 34. Ke2 h5 35. g5 Kf5 36. Kf3 Rd8 37. Ng3+ Ke6 38. Ke2 Rb8 39. Ne4 Kf5 40. Nf6 e4 41. Kf2 Rd8 42. Ra2 Rd3 43. Rb2 Ne5 44. Nd5 c6 45. Ne7+ Ke6 46. Nc8 Ng4+ 47. Kg3 Ke5 48. Re2 Rxe3+ 49. Rxe3 Nxe3 50. Na7 Nf5+ 51. Kf2 Ne7 52. Ke3 c5 53. Ke2 Kf4 54. Kf2 e3+ 55. Ke2 Ke4 56. Nb5 Nf5 57. Nc3+ Kf4 58. Nd5+ Kg4 59. Nf6+ Kxh4 60. Ne4 Kg4 61. Nxc5 h4 62. Nd3 h3 63. Ne5+ Kg3 64. Nf3 Nd4+ 65. Nxd4 h2 66. Kxe3 h1=Q 67. c5 Qc1+

 

86.PERMAINAN DILUAR NALAR

Magnus Carlsen 2865 vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2767 Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Airthings Masters Preliminaries chess.com 2022.2.22 Round 14 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. h3 a6 11. Re1 Rb8 12. a4 a5 13. Be3 c6 14. Qc2 Nc5 15. b3 Nfd7 16. Rab1 Na6 17. f4 Ndc5 18. Qd2 Nb4 19. Kh2 h5 20. Re2 Qf6 21. Qd1 Bd7 22. Rd2 Rbd8 23. Nde2 Bc8 24. Bd4 Qe7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Nd4 Qf6 27. Qf3 Re7 28. Rbd1 Rde8 29. Qe3 Kg8 30. Nde2 Re6 31. e5 Qe7 32. Nd4 dxe5 33. Nxe6 Bxe6 34. Rd6 Nxb3 35. fxe5 Bf5 36. e6 Bc2 37. exf7+ Qxf7 38. Ne4

 

87.DUEL TERBAIK SUPER GM 

Ian Nepomniachtchi 2775 vs Magnus Carlsen 2875 GCT Croatia Zagreb CRO 2019.7.2 Round 7 B30 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 g6 5.d3 h6 6.h4 d6 7.h5 g5 8.Nh2 Bg7 9.Ng4 Nge7 10.Ne3 O-O 11.Bd2 Kh8 12.g4 Rb8 13.a4 Nd4 14.Ncd5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 Ne6 16.f3 Nf4 17.Qb1 Be6 18.Qa2 Qd7 19.Rg1 b6 20.Bc3 Bxd5 21.Bxd5 a6 22.Bd2 Qe7 23.Rf1 b5 24.axb5 axb5 25.Kf2 c4 26.Bxf4 exf4 27.Rad1 f5 28.gxf5 g4 29.d4 Qh4+ 30.Ke2 Qh2+ 31.Rf2 gxf3+

 

88.MAGNUS REMEHKAN ALIREZA

Alireza Firouzja 3085 vs Magnus Carlsen 3231 chess.com 2024.4.23 Round 10 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. c3 e5 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. d5 Nb8 7. c4 Nbd7 8. Nc3 g6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 h5 11. O-O Bh6 12. Bxh6 Rxh6 13. Qe3 Rh8 14. f4 exf4 15. Rxf4 Ne5 16. Raf1 Nfd7 17. Be2 a6 18. b4 Qe7 19. Qd4 Rg8 20. R4f2 Kf8 21. Nd1 a5 22. a3 axb4 23. axb4 Ra4 24. Qb2 Ra8 25. Nc3 Re8 26. Nb5 c6 27. Nc7 Rc8 28. Ne6+ Ke8 29. Nd4 c5 30. bxc5 Nxc5 31. Rf4 Kf8 32. Nb5 Rd8 33. Qd4 Rd7 34. Rf6 b6 35. Qe3 Kg7 36. R6f2 Re8 37. Nd4 Kh7 38. Nc6 Nxc6 39. dxc6 Rc7 40. Rxf7+ Qxf7 41. Rxf7+ Rxf7 42. Qd4 Rc7 43. Qxd6 Rec8 44. e5 Rxc6 45. Qe7+ Kh6 46. h4 Re6 47. Qg5+ Kh7 48. Bf3 Rce8 49. Bd5 Rxe5 50. Qf6 Rf5 51. Qxb6 Rc8 52. Qd6 Kh6 53. Qe7 Nd3 54. Qe3+ Nf4 55. g3

 

89.PERMAINAN TERBAIK ALIREZA FIROUZJA

Gabriel Sargissian 2664 vs Alireza Firouzja 2770 European Team Chess Championship chess.com 2021.11.16 Round 5 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. e4 e5 14. d5 Bxc3 15. d6 Qa5 16. bxc3 b5 17. Ba2 bxa4 18. Ba3 Qxc3 19. f3 Rab8 20. Rdc1 Qd4+ 21. Kh1 c5 22. Rd1 Qc3 23. Rdc1 Qa5 24. Rd1 Qb5 25. Bc4 Qc6 26. Rac1 Rb6 27. Qf2 Qc8 28. Qg3 Qb8 29. Ba2 Rxd6 30. Qxg6 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Qb5 32. Qg5 Qe2 33. Qd2 Qxd2 34. Rxd2 Rc8 35. Kg1 c4 36. Rc2 Nb6 37. Kf2 Nfd7 38. Ke3 Nc5 39. Bb2 Nd3 40. Bc3 a3 41. Bd2 Rc5 42. Ke2 Nf4+ 43. Kf1 Rb5 44. Bc1 Rb3 45. Rxc4 Nxc4 46. Bxb3 Nd3 47. Bg5 Na5 48. Ba2 Nb4 49. Bd2 Nxa2 50. Bxa5 Nc1 51. Bc3 a2 52. Bxe5 Nb3 53. Ke2 a1=Q 54. Bxa1 Nxa1 55. Kd3 Nb3

 

90.Magnus: "Jadi saya main g4."

Magnus Carlsen 3225 vs Antonin Ferey 2550 chess.com 2024.4.23 Round 1 1. d4 Nf6 2. g4 Nxg4 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. h4 h5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Ng5 Nc6 8. Bc4 e6 9. f3 Nf6 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Qd2 Qe7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Rhe1 Kb8 14. d5 Ne5 15. Bf1 exd5 16. exd5 Qf8 17. a4 a6 18. Qd4 c5 19. dxc6 Nxc6 20. Qb6 Bc8 21. Bxa6 Nd7 22. Qb5 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Qg7 24. Kb2 Nc5 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. Qxc5 bxa6 27. Qxc6 Bb7 28. Qb6 Rc8 29. Rd4 Rc6 30. Qb3 Rhc8 31. Re7 R8c7 32. Ne6 Qe5 33. Rxc7 Rxc7 34. Nxc7 Qxc7 35. f4 Ka7 36. Qb4 Bc6 37. Qc5+ Kb7 38. Rb4+ Kc8 39. a5 Bb5 40. Qxc7+ Kxc7 41. c4 Bc6 42. Rb6

 

91.PENGORBANAN MENTRI CANTIK HIKARU

Michal Krasenkow 2668 vs Hikaru Nakamura 2648 Casino de Barcelona ESP 2007.10.19 Round 2 A14 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 a5 7. Nc3 c6 8. d4 Nbd7 9. Qc2 b6 10. e4 Ba6 11. Nd2 c5 12. exd5 cxd4 13. Nb5 exd5 14. Nxd4 Rc8 15. Re1 b5 16. Bb2 Re8 17. Qd1 bxc4 18. bxc4 Qb6 19. Rb1 dxc4 20. Nc6 Rxc6 21. Bxf6 Qxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Bc5+ 23. Kf3 Rxf6+ 24. Kg4 Ne5+ 25. Kg5 Rg6+ 26. Kh5 f6 27. Rxe5 Rxe5+ 28. Kh4 Bc8

 

92.KORBAN MENTRI UNTUK 2 PION BEBAS 

Nodirbek Abdusattorov 2773 vs Anish Giri 2687 Grand Chess Tour: Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz chess.com 2024.5.8 Round 1 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 a5 7. h3 h6 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh2 Nd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. Ne2 Bb6 12. f4 a4 13. Bd2 c6 14. Bc3 Re8 15. Qd2 Bc7 16. Rf2 c5 17. Raf1 Ra6 18. b3 b5 19. Bb2 axb3 20. axb3 b4 21. Qc1 Qe7 22. Kh1 Rf8 23. g4 Nh7 24. Ng1 Ra2 25. Qb1 Ra8 26. f5 Bb7 27. Bc1 f6 28. Ne2 Bb6 29. Be3 Bc6 30. h4 Ra6 31. Qc1 Rfa8 32. Ng3 Bd8 33. Bf3 Qa7 34. Qd2 Ra1 35. Nh5 Kh8 36. Kh2 Rxf1 37. Rxf1 Qf7 38. Rg1 Ra2 39. Rg2 Ra1 40. Nxg7 Qxg7 41. Bxh6 Qa7 42. g5 fxg5 43. hxg5 Qa2 44. f6 Qb1 45. Rg3 Ra2 46. f7 Rxc2 47. g6 Rxd2+ 48. Bg2 Rxg2+ 49. Rxg2

 

93.DUEL PALING DINANTI

Gukesh D 2649 vs Magnus Carlsen 2828 Grand Chess Tour: Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz chess.com 2024.5.9 Round 6 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 b5 6. Bf1 Nxd5 7. Bxb5 Bb7 8. d4 exd4 9. O-O Be7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Nxd4 Bb7 13. Nd2 Re8 14. c3 c5 15. Nf5 Bf8 16. Nf3 Qf6 17. Ng3 h6 18. Qc2 Rad8 19. Rd1 Nb6 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Ne1 Re8 22. Be3 Nc4 23. Nf1 Nxe3 24. Nxe3 c4 25. Qa4 Rxe3 26. fxe3 Bc5 27. Nf3 Bxe3+ 28. Kf1 Bc6 29. Qd1 Be4 30. Qd7 Kh7 31. Ke2 Bb6 32. Re1 Qg6 33. Kd1 Qxg2 34. Rxe4 Qxf3+ 35. Re2 Be3 36. b3 Qf1+ 37. Re1 Qf3+ 38. Re2 Qf1+ 39. Re1 Qf3+

 

94.Pragg Buat Giri Seperti GM Amatiran

Praggnanandhaa R 2704 vs Anish Giri 2687 Grand Chess Tour: Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz chess.com 2024.5.9 Round 5 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. e4 Bxc5 6. e5 Qb6 7. exf6 Bxf2+ 8. Ke2 e5 9. fxg7 Rg8 10. Ndf3 Rxg7 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. a4 e4 13. Ra3 Bxg1 14. Nxg1 Nd4+ 15. Kd1 Qxb2 16. Rg3 Qa1+ 17. Qc1 Qxa4 18. Qb2 Bd7 19. Bf6 Rxg3 20. hxg3 Nf5 21. Rxh7

 

95.TAKTIK SPEKTAKULER MAGNUS CARLSEN

Vincent Keymer 2647 vs Magnus Carlsen 2828 Grand Chess Tour: Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz chess.com 2024.5.10 Round 8 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Bd6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Re8 7. d4 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. bxc4 Nbd7 11. Qc2 c5 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5 a6 14. a4 Rb8 15. Nd2 Be5 16. e4 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nxb5 Bxd5 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. exd5 Rxb5 21. Rfe1 c4 22. Rad1 g6 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Qb6 25. Re2 f6 26. h3 Kg7 27. Kh2 c3 28. Qa4 Nf3+ 29. Bxf3 Rxe2 30. Bxe2 Qxf2+ 31. Kh1 Qxe2 32. Qa7+ Kh6 33. Qd4 Qf3+

 

96.Yi JUARA Superbet Poland Rapid 2024 

Gukesh D 2649 Vs Wei Yi 2758 Grand Chess Tour: Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz c chess.com 2024.5.10 Round 8 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. e6 Bxe6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. d4 cxd4 9. O-O Nc6 10. Ng5 Qd7 11. cxd4 g6 12. Re1 e5 13. d5 Nd4 14. Be3 Bh6 15. Bxd4 Bxg5 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. Nc3 O-O 18. Ne4 Bh6 19. a4 b5 20. a5 Qc7 21. b4 Qc4 22. Rb1 Rac8 23. Re2 Qd4 24. Qxd4 exd4 25. g3 d3 26. Ree1 Rf5 27. f4 Rxd5 28. Rec1 Rc2 29. Nf2 g5 30. Re1 d2

 

97.MENTAL AKIBAT TEKANAN WAKTU

Magnus Carlsen 2886 vs Nodirbek Abdusattorov 2661 Grand Chess Tour: Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz chess.com 2024.5.11 Round 12 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nb5 Qd8 7. Be2 a6 8. Na3 Bg4 9. Nc4 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. c3 O-O 12. h3 Bh5 13. Bf4 Nd5 14. Bg3 b5 15. Ncd2 Bd6 16. Ne4 Bxg3 17. Nxg3 Bg6 18. Qd2 Qd6 19. a4 Na5 20. Qd1 b4 21. c4 Nf4 22. Re1 c5 23. Bf1 Rfd8 24. Ne4 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 cxd4 26. g3 Ng6 27. Rxd4 Qc7 28. c5 Rxd4 29. Qxd4 Nb3 30. Qe4 Rb8 31. Rd1 Nxc5 32. Qc4 Qb6 33. b3 h6 34. Rc1 Rc8 35. Qd4 a5 36. h4 Ne7 37. Ne5 Nf5 38. Qc4 Rc7 39. Qb5 Qd6 40. Qe8+ Kh7 41. Nxf7 Qd4 42. h5 g6 43. hxg6+ Kxg6 44. Ne5+ Kf6 45. Re1 Ne4 46. Ng4+ Kg7 47. Qxe6 Nexg3 48. Ne5 Nxf1 49. Qg6+ Kf8 50. Qf6+ Kg8 51. Qg6+ Rg7

 

98.Semua Magnus Pada Waktunya 

Kirill Shevchenko 2546 vs Magnus Carlsen 2886 Grand Chess Tour: Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz chess.com 2024.5.12 Round 19 1. d4 g6 2. e4 d6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be3 Nbd7 6. Qd2 b5 7. a3 Bg7 8. Bh6 Bxh6 9. Qxh6 e5 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bxb5 cxb5 13. Nxb5 Qc5 14. Nd6+ Ke7 15. Ng5 Rf8 16. f4 Rb8 17. Qh4 Qe3+ 18. Kb1 Qxf4 19. Qh6 Ng4 20. Nf5+ Qxf5 21. Qxf8+ Nxf8 22. exf5 Nf2 23. fxg6 hxg6

 

99.Seluruh Dunia Catur Sangat Terkejut

Magnus Carlsen 2886 vs Jan Krzysztof Duda 2766 Grand Chess Tour: Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz chess.com 2024.5.12 Round 24 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. c4 d4 5. b4 cxb4 6. a3 bxa3 7. O-O Nc6 8. d3 e5 9. Qa4 Bd7 10. Bxa3 Bxa3 11. Qxa3 Qe7 12. Nbd2 Qxa3 13. Rxa3 Ke7 14. Rb1 Rab8 15. Ne1 Rhc8 16. Nc2 a6 17. f4 Ng4 18. fxe5 Ngxe5 19. Nf3 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 b5 21. Bxc6 Rxc6 22. Nxd4 Rd6 23. e3 Rc8 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Nxb5 Rb6 26. Rab3 Rc2 27. Nd4 Rxb3 28. Rxb3 Rd2 29. Nf3 Re2 30. e4 f6 31. Kf1 Ra2 32. Rb7 Kd6 33. h4 h6 34. Ke1 Rg2 35. d4 Rxg3 36. Kf2 Rg4 37. e5+ Kc6 38. Ra7 Be6 39. Ra6+ Kd7 40. d5 Bxd5 41. Rd6+ Ke7 42. Rxd5 fxe5 43. Rxe5+ Kf6 44. Ra5 Rb4 45. Kg3 Rb3 46. Ra6+ Kf5 47. h5 Rc3 48. Rg6 Rc7 49. Nd4+ Ke5 50. Ne2 Kf5 51. Kf3 Rb7 52. Nd4+ Ke5 53. Ke3 Rb1 54. Rxg7 Rh1 55. Ra7 Rh3+ 56. Nf3+ Kf5 57. Ra5+ Kg4 58. Ra4+ Kf5 59. Rf4+ Ke6 60. Rh4 Rg3 61. Kf4 Rg8 62. Rg4 Rf8+ 63. Ke4 Ra8 64. Rg6+ Kf7 65. Ne5+ Ke7 66. Rxh6

 

100.24 langkah untuk KO king catur!

Sergei Lobanov 2913 vs Magnus Carlsen 3221 Titled Cup chess.com 2024.5.14 Round 5 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. e4 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Be3 exd4 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. Qd2 Re8 10. f3 c6 11. O-O-O d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Bh6 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Qc7 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Nb5 Qc6 17. Nd6+ Kg8 18. Nxe8 Nxe8 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rhe1 Ndf6 21. Re7+ Kf8 22. Rde1 Bd7 23. g4 Qd6 24. Rxe8+

 

101.BRILIAN TAK JAMIN MENANG 

Vincent Keymer 2820 vs Magnus Carlsen 2889 Division I Champions Chess Tour Chess.com Classic chess.com 2024.5.12 Round 3-4 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Bxc4 a6 6. e4 c5 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Rc1 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Nxe6 Qe7 14. Nxf8 Kxf8 15. f3 Nbd7 16. Ne2 Ne5 17. O-O Rd8 18. Qc2 Rc8 19. Qb1 Nc4 20. Bd4 Bc5 21. Rfd1 Nxe4 22. b3 Ne3 23. fxe4 Nxd1 24. Rxd1 Bxe4 25. Qb2 Bb4 26. Rc1 Re8 27. Ng3 Kg8 28. Qf2 Bg6 29. h3 Bd6 30. Nf5 Qg5 31. Rf1 Rf8 32. Qe3 Qxe3+ 33. Nxe3 Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 Bb1 35. a4 Ba2 36. axb5 axb5 37. Bxg7 Bc5 38. Nf5 Bxb3 39. Bd4 Bf8 40. Kf2 Kf7 41. g4 Ke6 42. Ke3 Bc2 43. Ng7+ Kd5 44. Bb2 b4 45. Nh5 Kc4 46. Bg7 Bxg7 47. Nxg7 Kc3 48. Ne6 b3 49. Nc7 b2 50. Nb5+ Kb4

 

102.Raja Magnus vs Ratu Kosteniuk 

Alexandra Kosteniuk 2516 vs Magnus Carlsen 2865 Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Airthings Masters Preliminaries chess.com 2022.2.20 Round 5 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nd4 O-O 10. Be3 Qd6 11. h3 Bb6 12. Nd2 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Bf5 14. Nf3 Rac8 15. Bd3 Ne4 16. Qb3 Rce8 17. Ne5 f6 18. Nf3 g5 19. Rfc1 h5 20. Nd2 Kg7 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Nxe4 Rxe4 23. a4 Rf7 24. Rc8 Bc7 25. Rc1 Qh2+ 26. Kf1 Bf4 27. Qxd5 Qh1+ 28. Ke2 Qxg2 29. Kd1 Qf3+ 30. Kc2 Rxe3

 

103.MAGNUS SAMPAI MENINJU KOMPUTERNYA

Alireza Firouzja 2856 vs Magnus Carlsen 2900 Champions Chess Tour Chess.com Classic chess.com 2024.5.13 Round 4-4 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 h6 8. Bh4 Nbd7 9. f3 Be7 10. Bf2 Bh7 11. Ng3 Qb6 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Be2 Rfe8 14. e4 dxe4 15. fxe4 c5 16. e5 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Bc5 18. Na4 Qc6 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. exf6 Rad8 21. O-O Ne6 22. Bf3 Qd6 23. fxg7 Qxd4+ 24. Qxd4 Nxd4 25. Bxb7 Ne2+ 26. Nxe2 Rxe2 27. b4 Kxg7 28. Rf4 Rb2 29. a4 Bb1 30. Bf3 f5 31. h3 Kf6 32. Ra3 Ke5 33. Rh4 Be4 34. Bxe4 fxe4 35. Rh5+ Kd4 36. Rxh6 Rg8 37. g4 Rc8 38. Rf6 Rc1+ 39. Rf1 Rcc2 40. Rg3 e3 41. g5 Rf2 42. Re1 Rfe2 43. Rxe2 Rxe2 44. g6 Re1+ 45. Kg2 Re2+ 46. Kf1 Rf2+ 47. Ke1 Rb2 48. g7 Kd3 49. Kf1 Rb1+ 50. Kg2 Rb2+ 51. Kf3

 

104.Juara Dunia vs No #1 Dunia

Ding Liren 2799 vs Magnus Carlsen 2864 Meltwater Champions Chess Tour chess.com 2022.3.19 Round 4 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 e6 4. e4 c5 5. d5 d6 6. Nc3 exd5 7. cxd5 Bg7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Be3 a6 10. a4 O-O 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Bc4 Nbd7 13. Be2 Ne5 14. Bxh6 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Qh4+ 16. g3 Qxh6 17. Qxh6 Bxh6 18. Nf6+ Kf8 19. Nxe8 Kxe8 20. h4 Bd7 21. h5 g5 22. Nh3 g4 23. fxg4 Nxg4 24. Bxg4 Bxg4 25. Nf4 Kd7 26. Kf2 Bg7 27. Kg2 Bf5 28. Kf3 Bxb2 29. Rab1 Bxb1 30. Rxb1 Be5 31. Rxb7+ Ke8 32. g4 Rc8 33. g5 c4 34. g6 fxg6 35. hxg6 Kf8 36. Ne6+ Kg8 37. Ke2 c3 38. Kd1 a5 39. Kc2 Ra8 40. Rb5 Bf6 41. Rb6 Be5 42. Rb7 Bf6 43. Rc7 Be5 44. Kd3 Bf6 45. Ke4 Be5 46. Kf5 Rb8 47. Kg5 Ra8 48. Kh6 Re8 49. g7

 

105.Evans Gambit

Magnus Carlsen 2828 vs Viswanathan Anand 2749 Casablanca Chess chess.com 2024.5.18 Round 1 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. O-O Qf6 7. d4 Nge7 8. Bg5 Qd6 9. Qb3 O-O 10. Rd1 Bb6 11. Na3 Na5 12. Qa4 Nec6 13. dxe5 Qc5 14. Rd5 Qxf2+ 15. Kh1 Qb2 16. Rb1 Qxa3 17. Qxa3 Nxc4 18. Qa4 Ne3 19. Rxb6 Nxd5 20. Rxc6

 

106.LANGKAH DUBOV MEMANG BEZA

Daniil Dubov 3124 vs Le Quang Liem 3061 Titled Cup chess.com 2024.5.14 Round 10 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 b5 7. Ne5 Nd5 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. b3 Bc3 11. Rb1 Bxd4 12. bxc4 Bxe5 13. cxd5 a6 14. Nf3 Bf6 15. dxe6 Nc6 16. Ba3 Be7 17. Rfd1 Qe8 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Rd7 Qxe6 20. Rxc7 Rab8 21. Ng5 Qh6 22. Bxc6 Bxc6 23. Nxf7 Rxf7 24. Rxc6 Rf6 25. Rc1 Rbf8 26. e3 Kh8 27. Qc5 Qh3 28. Rxf6

 

107.LANGKAH IMAJINATIF DUBOV

Konstantin Popov 2935 vs Daniil Dubov 3124 chess.com 2024.5.21 Round 11 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. h3 e6 7. Nh4 Bb4 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Qd5 11. Be2 Be4 12. Qd2 O-O-O 13. f3 Bxc2 14. Qxc2 Qg5 15. O-O Qxh4 16. Rac1 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 18. Kh1 Qb6 19. Qc3 Kb8 20. b4 Rd7 21. a4 Rhd8 22. Bb5 c6 23. Bc4 Rd2 24. Qe5+ Qc7 25. Qg5 h6 26. Qxg7 Nh5 27. Qxh6 Ng3+ 28. Kg1 Nxf1 29. Bxf1 a6 30. b5 axb5 31. axb5 Rd1 32. Rxd1 Rxd1 33. Qh8+ Ka7 34. Qc3 Qb6+ 35. Kh2 Qd4 36. Qa5+ Kb8 37. b6 Qd6+ 38. Kg1 Qd4+ 39. Kh2 Ra1 40. Qg5 Qxb6 41. Be2 Qc7+ 42. f4 Ra2 43. Bf3 Ra4 44. g3 Ra2+ 45. Bg2 Qd6 46. Qg8+ Ka7 47. Qh7 Qd5

 

108.Ia tak akan temu langkah itu

Magnus Carlsen 2893 s Alireza Firouzja 2863 GrandFinal Division I Champions Chess Tour Chess.com Classic chess.com 2024.5.13 Round 4-3 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. O-O c6 9. Rc1 a5 10. a3 b6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bf4 Ba6 13. Nc3 Rc8 14. Qa4 Rc4 15. Qd1 b5 16. e3 Qb6 17. Bf1 Rc6 18. a4 b4 19. Nb5 Rfc8 20. Rxc6 Rxc6 21. Rc1 Ne8 22. h4 h6 23. h5 Bb7 24. Nd2 Ndf6 25. Be2 Ne4 26. Nb3 Bd8 27. f3 Ng5 28. Kg2 Nf6 29. Nc5 Nxh5 30. Bb8 Rc8 31. Nd7 Rxc1 32. Qxc1 Qc6 33. Qxc6 Bxc6 34. Ne5 Be8 35. f4 f6 36. Nd6 Bxa4 37. Bxh5 fxe5 38. fxg5 Bxg5 39. Bf7+ Kf8 40. Bxe6 exd4 41. exd4 Bc1 42. Bxd5 Bxb2 43. Ba7 Ke7 44. Bc5 Bc3 45. Ne4+ Kd7 46. Nxc3 bxc3 47. Kf2 Bc6 48. Bc4 c2 49. Ba3 g5 50. d5 Bb7 51. Ke3 h5 52. Kd4 h4 53. gxh4 gxh4 54. Bd3 Kd8 55. Bxc2 h3 56. Bd6 Ba6 57. Bf5 Bf1 58. Bg3 a4 59. d6

                                                                                                      

109.PEMAIN Yang DITAKUTI MAGNUS 

Magnus Carlsen 2891 vs Alireza Firouzja 2865 Armageddon Champions Chess Tour chess.com chess.com 2024.5.15 Round 4-5 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qc2 Na6 9. O-O Rc8 10. a3 cxd4 11. Qd1 Nc5 12. Nxd4 e5 13. Nf3 Be6 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. Nc3 Nb3 16. Rb1 Bf5 17. Nxe5 Bxb1 18. Bc6+ Ke7 19. Nxb1 Ke6 20. Nd3 Nd4 21. Nf4+ Kf5 22. Bg2 g5 23. Bh3+ g4 24. Bg2 Bd6 25. Nc3 Rhe8 26. f3 Bxf4 27. fxg4+ Kg6 28. Bxf4 Nxe2+ 29. Nxe2 Rxe2 30. g5 Nd5 31. Bc1 Ne3 32. Bf3 Nxf1 33. Bxe2 Nd2 34. h4 a6 35. Kf2 f6 36. gxf6 Kxf6 37. g4 Ke5 38. Ke1 Ne4 39. Be3 Rc8 40. Bd1 Rd8 41. Bc2 Rf8 42. Bd1 Nd6 43. h5 Nc4 44. Bc1 Kd4 45. Bc2 Ne3 46. Bxe3+ Kxe3 47. Bxh7 Kf4 48. Bf5 Kg5 49. Kd2 Rd8+ 50. Kc3 a5 51. b4 axb4+ 52. axb4 Rd6 53. Kb3 Rd4 54. Be6 Rd6 55. Bf5 Rd4 56. Ka3 Rd6 57. Kb2 Rd4 58. Kb3 Rd6 59. Kc3 Rd8 60. Bd3 Kxg4

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