CATUR

1.Art of Attack by Magnus

Carlsen, Magnus 2887 vs Sarana, Alexey 2707 FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship chess.com [14] 2023.12.30 B50 Sicilian 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

 

2.Are You Ready To Be Entertained?

Erigaisi Arjun 2801 vs Paravyan, David 2620 Qatar Masters chess.com [6] 2024.12.9 A09 Reti, Advance Variation 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.b4 c5 4.Bb2 Nf6 5.g3 h5 6.Qa4+ Bd7 7.b5 h4 8.Nxh4 e5 9.d3 e4 10.dxe4 Rxh4 11.gxh4 Nxe4 12.Bg2 Qxh4 13.Rf1 f5 14.Qc2 a6 15.a4 axb5 16.cxb5 Be6 17.Nd2 Bd5 18.a5 g6 19.Ra3 c4 20.Rh3 Qg4 21.Nxe4 fxe4 22.Rg3 Bb4+ 23.Kd1 Qe6 24.Bxd4 Rxa5 25.Bc3 Qd6 26.Kc1 Rxb5 27.Bxb4 Qxb4 28.Bxe4 c3 29.Bxg6+ Ke7 30.Rxc3 Nc6 31.Qd2 Qa4 32.Qe3+ Kf6 33.Bc2 Qa1+ 34.Kd2 Qxf1 35.Qf4+ Ke7 36.Re3+ Be6 37.Qc7+ Kf6 38.Rf3+ Bf5 39.Bxf5 Ne5 40.Qd8+ Kf7 41.Be6+ Kxe6 42.Rf6

 

3.He Just Wins By Doing "Nothing"

So, Wesley 2739 vs Carlsen, Magnus 2838 Champions Chess Tour Finals chess.com [3-3] 2024.12.17 B41 Sicilian, Kan Variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.g3 d5 6.Nb3 Nf6 7.exd5 exd5 8.Bg2 Nc6 9.O-O Be7 10.Be3 O-O 11.Nc3 Be6 12.h3 Rc8 13.a3 Re8 14.Re1 h6 15.Kh2 Bd6 16.Nd4 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 Bc5 18.Ne2 Bxd4 19.Nxd4 Qb6 20.Re3 Bd7 21.Rb3 Qa7 22.Kg1 Ne4 23.Re3 Qb6 24.Rb1 Ng5 25.Rb3 Qa7 26.h4 Ne4 27.Re3 Qb6 28.Rb3 Qa7 29.Re3 Qb6 30.c3 Nf6 31.Nc2 Bf5 32.Rf3 Be4 33.Rf4 g5 34.hxg5 hxg5 35.Rxe4 dxe4 36.Ne3 Rcd8 37.Qe2 Qb5 38.c4 Qe5 39.Re1 Rd3 40.Ng4 Nxg4 41.Qxg4 Rd4 42.Qe2 e3 43.fxe3 Qxg3

 

4.Magnus Delivers Another Masterclass

Carlsen, Magnus 2906 vs Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2852 Round Robin Stage chess.com [4-1] 2024.12.18 A06 Reti Opening 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.b3 g6 4.Bb2 Bg7 5.c4 c6 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Re8 10.d4 e6 11.Nc3 a5 12.Qc2 Na6 13.Rfd1 Qe7 14.a3 Rab8 15.Rac1 b5 16.Ne2 Nd7 17.cxd5 cxd5 18.Nf4 b4 19.a4 Nb6 20.Qe2 Qa7 21.Nd3 Nd7 22.Rc6 Rec8 23.Rdc1 Rxc6 24.Rxc6 Qb7 25.Qc2 Rd8 26.Qc1 Ndb8 27.Rc2 Nd7 28.Be2 Bf8 29.Ne5 Ndb8 30.h4 Bd6 31.h5 Nc7 32.e4 Bxe5 33.dxe5 Ne8 34.Qg5 Rc8 35.Rxc8 Qxc8 36.exd5 exd5 37.Bb5 Nc6 38.h6 Qe6 39.Qc1 Na7 40.Qc5 Nc8 41.g3 g5 42.Qe3 f6 43.Qd4 Nc7 44.exf6 Nxb5 45.f7+ Kxf7 46.Qg7+ Ke8 47.Qh8+ Kd7 48.Qxh7+ Ne7 49.axb5 Qe2 50.Bf6 a4 51.Qxe7+

 

5.Schooling A Legend!

Girel, Joseph 2494 vs Ivanchuk, Vasyl 2630 Sunway Sitges Chess Festival chess.com [7] 2024.12.18 D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 4.e3 Bf5 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 a6 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Qb3 Qc7 8.cxd5 Nxe5 9.dxe5 Nxd5 10.Bc4 e6 11.e4 Nxc3 12.exf5 Nd5 13.Bxd5 cxd5 14.O-O Qd7 15.Be3 Be7 16.Rac1 exf5 17.Rfd1 O-O 18.Rxd5 Qe6 19.Rc7 b5 20.Rdd7 Qxb3 21.axb3 Rfd8 22.g4 Rxd7 23.Rxd7 f4 24.Bxf4 Bc5 25.Kg2 h6 26.h4 Re8 27.h5 Re6 28.Bg3 f6 29.f4 fxe5 30.fxe5 Re7 31.Rd8+ Kf7 32.Kf3 Ke6 33.Ke4 Rc7 34.Re8+ Be7 35.Bh4

 

6.Nothing Short of Incredible! 

Carlsen, Magnus 2906 vs Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2852 Champions Chess Tour Finals chess.com [1-1] 2024.12.19 A10 English Opening 1.c4 g6 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nh3 Nc6 6.Nf4 d6 7.b3 O-O 8.O-O Rb8 9.Bb2 a6 10.d3 Bd7 11.Qd2 b5 12.Ncd5 e6 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.e3 Rfd8 16.Rac1 bxc4 17.dxc4 Ne5 18.Rfd1 Bc6 19.Bxc6 Nxc6 20.Nd3 a5 21.h4 a4 22.Rb1 axb3 23.axb3 Ra8 24.Kg2 h5 25.Qe2 Rdb8 26.Nf4 Rd8 27.Rd2 Kf8 28.Rbd1 Ke7 29.Qf3 Ra6 30.Rd5 Rd7 31.Qe4 Ne5 32.Rxc5 dxc5 33.Rxd7+ Kxd7 34.Qb7+ Ke8 35.Qxa6 Qf5 36.Qc8+ Ke7 37.Qxc5+ Ke8 38.Qd4 Ng4 39.e4 Qa5 40.Nh3 Qb4 41.Ng5 Qe1 42.c5 e5 43.Qa4+ Kf8 44.Qa2 f6 45.Qa8+ Ke7 46.Qb7+ Kd8 47.Ne6+ Ke8 48.Qc8+ Ke7 49.Qd8+

 

7."THE OVERDOG"

Carlsen, Magnus 2838 vs Nepomniachtchi, Ian 2758 Champions Chess Tour Finals chess.com [2-5] 2024.12.21 C11 French, Steinitz Variation 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nce2 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.a3 a5 8.Nf3 a4 9.h4 Qa5 10.Bd2 Qb6 11.Rb1 Be7 12.Be3 O-O 13.Nf4 Qb3 14.Qc1 cxd4 15.cxd4 Na5 16.Bd3 h6 17.Rh3 Nc4 18.Bc2 Qb5 19.Nh5 Nxe3 20.Qxe3 f5 21.Rg3 Rf7 22.Qxh6 Bf8 23.Qg6

 

8."The Most Beautiful Game No one Knows"

Efim Bogoljubov vs Mario Monticelli "The Full Monti" game of the day Jun 22, 2009 San Remo, ITA 1930 rd 5 Jan 21 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Three Knights Variation E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights Variation 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bc3 6. bc3 Bb7 7. e3 d6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Qe7 10. Nd2 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 O-O-O 13. a4 a5 14. Rb1 Rdg8 15. f3 h5 16. e4 h4 17. Be1 e5 18. h3 Nh5 19. c5 dc5 20. d5 Nf4 21. Nc4 Rh6 22. Rf2 f5 23. d6 Rd6 24. Nd6 Qd6 25. Bc4 Rf8 26. ef5 Rf5 27. Rd2 Qe7 28. Qb3 Rf8 29. Bd3 e4 30. Be4 Be4 31. fe4 Qe4 32. Qc2 Qc6 33. c4 g4 34. Bh4 gh3 35. g3 Ne5 36. Rb3 Ne2 37. Re2 Rf1 38. Kf1 Qh1 39. Kf2 Ng4

 

9.The Alekhine's Gun!

Alexander Alekhine vs Aron Nimzowitsch "AA Battery" game of the day Apr 29, 2017 San Remo ITA 1930 rd 3, Jan18 French Defense: Winawer. Bogoljubow Variation C17 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. Nb5 Bd2 7. Qd2 O-O 8. c3 b6 9. f4 Ba6 10. Nf3 Qd7 11. a4 Nbc6 12. b4 cb4 13. cb4 Bb7 14. Nd6 f5 15. a5 Nc8 16. Nb7 Qb7 17. a6 Qf7 18. Bb5 N8e7 19. O-O h6 20. Rfc1 Rfc8 21. Rc2 Qe8 22. Rac1 Rab8 23. Qe3 Rc7 24. Rc3 Qd7 25. R1c2 Kf8 26. Qc1 Rbc8 27. Ba4 b5 28. Bb5 Ke8 29. Ba4 Kd8 30. h4

 

10.It Has Begun ...

Erenburg, Sergey 2510 vs Firouzja, Alireza 2756 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship chess.com [1] 2024.12.26 B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) Attack 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.c3 Nf6 5.Qe2 a6 6.Ba4 b5 7.Bc2 Bb7 8.O-O g6 9.d4 Bg7 10.b3 O-O 11.Bb2 Rc8 12.a4 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nh5 14.axb5 Nf4 15.Qd2 Bh6 16.Kh1 axb5 17.d5 e5 18.dxe6 e.p. fxe6 19.Na3 Nf6 20.Nxb5 d5 21.exd5 Bxd5 22.Qd1 Nxg2 23.Kxg2 Nh5 24.Nd4 Rxc2

 

11.NO. REVERSE. GEAR.

Dubov, Daniil 2677 vs Aravindh, Chithambaram VR 2546 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship chess.com [2] 2024.12.26 D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 h6 5.Bg2 Bd6 6.O-O O-O 7.b3 Nc6 8.Bb2 b6 9.Nbd2 Rb8 10.Rc1 dxc4 11.e4 Be7 12.bxc4 Nb4 13.Qb3 c5 14.a3 Nc6 15.d5 Na5 16.Qc2 exd5 17.cxd5 Re8 18.Rfd1 Bf8 19.e5 Nh7 20.Ne4 Bg4 21.h3 Bh5 22.g4 Bg6 23.e6 fxe6 24.dxe6 Qc8 25.Ne5 Rxe6 26.Nxg6 Rxg6 27.Ng3 Re6 28.Bd5 Ng5 29.Qf5 Rb7 30.Re1 Re7 31.Rxe6 Nxe6 32.Re1

 

12.Like Looking In A Mirror

Lazavik, Denis 2553 vs Carlsen, Magnus 2838 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship chess.com [5] 2024.12.26 D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav Defence, Exchange Variation 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 a6 7.Rc1 Bf5 8.Nf3 e6 9.Qb3 Ra7 10.Be2 Be7 11.O-O Nd7 12.Na4 g5 13.Be5 O-O 14.Bg3 h5 15.h3 g4 16.hxg4 hxg4 17.Nh2 Nf6 18.Qd1 Ne4 19.Bf4 Bg5 20.Bxg4 Bxf4 21.exf4 Kg7 22.Bxf5 exf5 23.g3 Rh8 24.Nf3 Ra8 25.Kg2 Qf6 26.Nc3 Rad8 27.Qd3 Rh5 28.Rh1 Qh6 29.Qe3 Rh8 30.Rxh5 Qxh5 31.Nh4 Nf6 32.Rh1 Kf8 33.Qd3 Ne7 34.Ng6+ fxg6 35.Rxh5 gxh5 36.Ne2 Kf7 37.Ng1 h4 38.gxh4 Rxh4 39.Nh3 Kg6 40.Qb3 Nc6 41.Qxb7 Nxd4 42.Qxa6 Rg4+ 43.Kf1 Rh4 44.Qd3 Ne6 45.Qg3+ Rg4 46.Qe3 Rh4 47.Qxe6 Rxh3 48.Ke2 Rh1 49.a4 Ra1 50.Qc6 Ra2 51.Qb5

 

13.A Feast For The Eyes 

Bjerre, Jonas Buhl 2524 vs Dubov, Daniil 2677 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship chess.com [5] 2024.12.26 B50 Sicilian 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.O-O Nf6 5.Re1 e6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.c3 a6 8.Bf1 e5 9.h3 g5 10.Nxg5 Rg8 11.d4 h6 12.Nxf7 Qe7 13.Bc4 cxd4 14.cxd4 Nxd4 15.Nxd6+ Qxd6 16.Bxg8 Nxg8 17.Qh5+ Ke7 18.Nc3 Nf6 19.Qh4 Kf7 20.Bxh6 Bxh6 21.Qxh6 Rg8 22.Re3 Rg6 23.Qh4 Qb4 24.Rg3 Nf5 25.Nd5 Qd4 26.exf5 Qxh4 27.fxg6+ Kg7 28.Nxf6 Qxf6 29.Re1 Bf5 30.h4 Qxh4 31.Rxe5 Qf6 32.Rc5 Qxb2 33.Rc7+ Kg8 34.g7 Qd2 35.Rxb7 Qc1+ 36.Kh2 Qh6+ 37.Kg1 Qc1+ 38.Kh2 Qf4 39.Rf7 Qh4+ 40.Kg1 Qxg3 41.fxg3 Kxf7 42.Kf2 Be6 43.g8=Q+ Kxg8 44.Ke3 Bxa2 45.Kd2 Kf7 46.Kc3 a5 47.Kb2 Bd5 48.Ka3 Bc6 49.Kb2 Ke6 50.g4 Kd5 51.g5 Be8 52.g6 Bxg6 53.g4 Kc4 54.g5 Kb4 55.Ka1 Kb3

 

14.Absolute Cinema!

Naroditsky, Daniel 2638 vs Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2740 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship chess.com [7] 2024.12.27 B10 Caro-Kann Defence 1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Ne5 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Nxd7 Qxd7 8.c3 e6 9.O-O Bd6 10.Nd2 O-O 11.Re1 Qc7 12.g3 Rfe8 13.Nf3 Ne4 14.Ng5 f5 15.Qh5 g6 16.Qh6 a6 17.Bf1 e5 18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.Bg5 Qf7 20.b3 exd4 21.Bc4 Re6 22.Bf4 Bf8 23.Qh3 Rae8 24.g4 d3 25.gxf5 Qxf5 26.Qxf5 gxf5 27.Rad1 Kf7 28.f3 Bc5+ 29.Be3 Bxe3+ 30.Rxe3 Kf6 31.Bxe6 Rxe6 32.Rde1 b5 33.Kg2 b4 34.c4 f4 35.Rxe4 Rxe4 36.fxe4 Ke5 37.Kf3 Nd4+ 38.Kf2 Nc2 39.Rd1 Kxe4 40.c5 Ne3 41.Rg1 Kd5 42.Ke1 f3 43.Kf2 Kd4 44.c6 Nd5 45.Rg4+ Kc3 46.Rc4+ Kb2 47.Rd4 Nc7 48.Rxd3 Kxa2 49.Rd7 Nb5 50.Rb7 Kxb3

 

15.OOTD

Nakamura, Hikaru 2755 vs Murzin, Volodar 2588 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship chess.com [9] 2024.12.27 C50 Giuoco Pianissimo, Italian Four Knights Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 h6 6.Nd5 d6 7.Be3 a6 8.Bxc5 dxc5 9.Ne3 Qd6 10.O-O O-O 11.a4 Be6 12.a5 Rad8 13.h3 Bxc4 14.Nxc4 Qe6 15.Nfd2 Nd4 16.c3 Nc6 17.Qe2 Ne7 18.Kh2 Ng6 19.g3 Qd7 20.Nb3 Qb5 21.Qc2 Nxe4 22.Rae1 Nf6 23.Nxe5 Nxe5 24.Rxe5 b6 25.axb6 cxb6 26.Re3 Nd5 27.Re2 Nc7 28.d4 Qc6 29.dxc5 bxc5 30.Nd2 Rfe8 31.Rfe1 Rxe2 32.Rxe2 Ne6 33.h4 Qd5 34.Qa4 Qb7 35.Qc2 Qd5 36.Qe4 Qxe4 37.Nxe4 Rd1 38.Kg2 Kf8 39.Nd2 h5 40.Nc4 Ke7 41.Ne3 Rb1 42.Rd2 a5 43.Nc4 a4 44.f4 g6 45.Ne5 Ke8 46.Kf3 a3 47.bxa3 Rb3 48.Ra2 Rxc3+ 49.Kf2 c4 50.a4 Nc5 51.a5 f6 52.Nf3 Na6 53.Ke2 Kd7 54.Rb2 Ra3 55.Rb6 Ra2+ 56.Kd1 Nc5 57.Rb4 Nd3 58.Rb5 Kd6 59.Nd2 Kc6 60.Rb8 Kc7

 

16.No Country For Old Men!

Praggnanandhaa R 2688 vs Murzin, Volodar 2588 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship chess.com [12] 2024.12.28 C53 Giuoco Piano 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 d5 7.Bb5 Ne4 8.cxd4 Bb6 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Be3 Bf5 11.O-O Nxc3 12.bxc3 f6 13.Qd2 Be4 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.exf6 Bxf3 16.fxg7 Rf7 17.gxf3 Qf6 18.f4 Qf5 19.Kh1 Rxg7 20.Qe2 Kf7 21.Qf3 Rag8 22.Rae1 Qg4 23.Qxg4 Rxg4 24.Rc1 Kf6 25.c4 Kf5 26.c5 Ba5 27.Rb1 Rg2 28.Rb3 Ke4 29.Rfb1 Kf3 30.f5 Ke2 31.f6 R2g6 32.R3b2+ Kf3 33.Rb3 Ke2 34.R1b2+ Kf1 35.Rb1+ Be1 36.Rxe1+ Kxe1 37.Rb1+ Ke2 38.Bf4 Rxf6 39.Bg3 Kd3 40.Rb4 Rg4 41.Rb7 Rf7 42.f4 h5 43.Kg2 h4 44.Kf3 hxg3 45.Kxg4 g2

 

17.BIG NEWS + BIG GAME!

Jacobson, Brandon 2459 vs Nakamura, Hikaru 2755 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship chess.com [10] 2024.12.28 A00 Ware (Meadow Hay) Opening 1.a4 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nd5 Nxd5 5.exd5 O-O 6.c3 Be7 7.Bc4 d6 8.Ne2 Nd7 9.d4 c5 10.O-O Qc7 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.a5 Bg4 13.f3 Bd7 14.Be3 b5 15.Ba2 Rac8 16.Qd2 Rfe8 17.b4 Na6 18.Rfc1 Qb7 19.c4 bxc4 20.Bxc4 Nc7 21.a6 Qb8 22.Nc3 Na8 23.Ne4 Nb6 24.Bf1 Red8 25.b5 f5 26.Nc3 Bf6 27.Na4 Rxc1 28.Qxc1 Rc8 29.Qd2 Bd8 30.Qf2 Nxa4 31.Rxa4 Rc7 32.Rb4 f4 33.Bxa7 Rxa7 34.b6 Ra8 35.b7 Ra7 36.Qc2 g6 37.Bd3 Kf7 38.Kf1 Ba5 39.Rb1 Bd8 40.Qb3 Ba5 41.Rc1 Bd2 42.Rc6 Be3 43.Qb4 Bc5 44.Qa5 Ke7 45.Qc7 Ra8 46.Qxb8 Rxb8 47.Rxc5

 

18.The Jeans are ON!

Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 2705 vs Carlsen, Magnus 2890 FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship chess.com [6] 2024.12.30 A45 Trompovsky Attack (Ruth, Opovcensky Opening) 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 g6 3.Nd2 Bg7 4.e3 c5 5.c3 cxd4 6.exd4 O-O 7.Ngf3 Nc6 8.Bd3 h6 9.Bh4 d6 10.O-O e5 11.Re1 exd4 12.cxd4 Nb4 13.Bc4 Bf5 14.Rc1 d5 15.Qb3 Nc2 16.Bxf6 dxc4 17.Qxc2 Qxf6 18.Qxc4 Rac8 19.Qb3 b6 20.h3 Qd6 21.Rc3 Be6 22.Qa4 a5 23.Nc4 Qb4

 

19.NN VS MORPHY

Firouzja, Alireza 2871 vs Caruana, Fabiano 2796 FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship chess.com [7] 2024.12.30 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 Nb8 9.Qf3 a6 10.Qa3 Be7 11.Bd2 O-O 12.Bb4 axb5 13.Qxa8 Na6 14.Bd2 Bg5 15.Bxg5 Qxg5 16.Qa7 Nb4 17.Kd1 Bg4+ 18.f3 Bf5 19.c3 Nc2 20.Rc1 Ne3+ 21.Ke2 Nc4 22.Rd1 Bc2 23.Qf2 e4 24.Rd4 Bd3+ 25.Rxd3 exd3+ 26.Kxd3 Qc1 27.b3 Nb2+ 28.Ke4 f5+ 29.Kd4 Qf4#

 

20."The Heroes We Deserve"

Murzin, Volodar 2629 vs Praggnanandhaa R 2716 FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship chess.com [10] 2024.12.30 A40 Queen's Pawn 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Nbd2 Nh5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Bd3 O-O 9.c3 f5 10.Qe2 c5 11.O-O Nc6 12.a3 d6 13.Rfe1 Kh8 14.Nf1 Nf6 15.Ng3 d5 16.Bb5 Nd8 17.Ne5 Nf7 18.f4 Rg8 19.Nh5 Ne4 20.Ng3 Nf6 21.Nh5 Ne4 22.Ng3 Ned6 23.Bd3 g5 24.Qh5 g4 25.Rad1 Nxe5 26.dxe5 Nf7 27.c4 d4 28.e4 fxe4 29.Nxe4 Rg7 30.Nf6 h6 31.Bg6 Qf8 32.Nxg4 Rxg6 33.Qxg6 Qg7 34.Qxg7+ Kxg7 35.Nf6 Ba6 36.b3 b5 37.cxb5 Bxb5 38.Rc1 Rc8 39.Ne4 c4 40.bxc4 Ba4 41.Re2 Nd8 42.Rd2 Rb8 43.Rxd4 Kg6 44.Nc5 Bc6 45.Rd6 Kf5 46.Rcd1 Rb2 47.R6d2

 

21."WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS"

Carlsen, Magnus 2890 vs Nepomniachtchi, Ian 2770 FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship Knock Out chess.com [3-4] 2024.12.31 C11 French, Steinitz Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nce2 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.a3 a5 8.Nf3 a4 9.h4 Nb6 10.Nf4 Na5 11.Rb1 Bd7 12.Bd3 h6 13.O-O Qc7 14.Re1 Nbc4 15.Nh5 Bb5 16.dxc5 Qxc5 17.Nd4 Bd7 18.Qg4 O-O-O 19.Qf4 Qe7 20.b3 axb3 21.Nxb3 Nxb3 22.Rxb3 Bc6 23.Be3 g5 24.Qd4 gxh4 25.Nf6 Bg7 26.Reb1 Bxf6 27.exf6 Qc7 28.Qa7 Rhg8 29.Bf4 Qxf4 30.Rxb7 Rxg2+ 31.Kxg2 Ne3+

 

22.Back When There Was Only One Winner

Milan Vidmar vs Alexander Alekhine San Remo, ITA 1930 rd 4 Jan 20 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical. Noa Variation San Remo Variation E37 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bc3 6. Qc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 Nc6 8. e3 e5 9. f3 Nf6 10. cd5 Qd5 11. Bc4 Qd6 12. de5 Ne5 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Bb4 c5 15. Rd1 Qc6 16. Bd2 Bf5 17. Qf5 Nc4 18. Bc1 Rfe8 19. Kf2 Re6 20. Nh3 Ne4 21. Ke1 Ned6 22. Qd3 Ne3 23. Be3 c4 24. Qd5 Re3 25. Kf2 Qd5 26. Rd5 Rd3 27. Rd3 cd3 28. Rd1 Nc4 29. Rd3 Nb2 30. Rb3 Nc4 31. Rb7 Na3 32. Ng5 a5 33. Nf7 a4 34. Nd6 Nc2 35. Rb2 a3 36. Rc2 a2 37. Ra2 Ra2 38. Kg3 Kf8 39. h4 Ke7 40. Ne4 h6 41. Nf2 Ke6 42. Nd3 Kf5 43. Nf4 Ra4 44. Nd3 Rc4 45. Nf2 Rc6 46. Nh3 Ke5 47. h5 Rc2 48. Nf4 Rd2 49. Nh3 Kd4 50. Nf4 Ke3 51. Ne6 Rd5 52. f4 Rf5 53. Kg4 Rf6 54. f5 Rf7 55. g3 Ke4 56. Nc5 Kd4 57. Nb3 Ke5

 

23."He Compensates With Extraordinary Tactical Abilities"

Alexander Alekhine vs Fred Dewhirst Yates Karlsbad 1923 Karlsbad CSR rd 7 May 6 King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto. Karlsbad Variation E62 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d5 Nb8 8. e4 Nbd7 9. O-O a5 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bd4 Nge5 12. Ne5 Ne5 13. c5 dc5 14. Bc5 b6 15. Bd4 Ba6 16. Re1 Qd6 17. Bf1 Bf1 18. Rf1 c5 19. Be5 Qe5 20. Qb3 Rab8 21. Qb5 f5 22. Rae1 f4 23. Qd7 Rbd8 24. gf4 Qf4 25. Qe6 Kh8 26. f3 Qg5 27. Kh1 Rd6 28. Qh3 Be5 29. Re2 Rdf6 30. Nd1 Rf4 31. Ne3 Rh4 32. Qe6 Qh5 33. Ng4 Rg4 34. fg4 Rf1 35. Kg2 Qh2 36. Kf1 Qh1 37. Kf2 Bd4 38. Kg3 Qg1 39. Kh3 Qf1 40. Rg2 Qh1 41. Kg3 Qe1 42. Kh3 g5 43. Rc2 Qf1 44. Kh2 Qg1 45. Kh3 Qh1 46. Kg3 Qd1 47. Rc3 Qg1 48. Kh3 Qf1 49. Kg3 Bf2 50. Kf3 Bg1

Fred Dewhirst Yates vs Alexander Alekhine San Remo (1930), San Remo ITA, rd 2, Jan-17 Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Modern Steinitz Defense (C71) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. d3 g6 7. Nd5 b5 8. Bb3 Na5 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bd2 c6 11. Ne3 Nb3 12. ab3 Nh6 13. b4 f5 14. Qe2 Nf7 15. Nf1 Qe7 16. Ng3 f4 17. Nf1 g5 18. Bc3 h5 19. N3d2 Bg4 20. f3 Be6 21. d4 Bg7 22. Qd3 ed4 23. Bd4 Ne5 24. Qe2 O-O 25. h3 c5 26. Bc3 cb4 27. Bb4 Nc6 28. Bc3 Bc3 29. bc3 Qf6 30. e5 Ne5 31. Ne4 Qe7 32. Nfd2 Bc4 33. Nc4 Nc4 34. Rd1 Qe5 35. Qd3 Rf5 36. O-O d5 37. Qd5 Qd5 38. Rd5 Rd5 39. Nf6 Kf7 40. Nd5 Rd8 41. Nb4 Rd2 42. Ra1 a5 43. Nc6 Rc2 44. Na5 Ne3 45. Rb1 Rg2 46. Kh1 Rg3 47. Nc6 Rh3 48. Kg1 Rg3 49. Kh2 Kf6 50. Nd4 g4 51. fg4 Ng4 52. Kh1 f3 53. Rf1 Rh3 54. Kg1 f2 55. Kg2 Rc3 56. Rh1 Rd3 57. Ne2 Rd2 58. Ng3 Rb2 59. Nh5 Ke5 60. Ng3 Nh2 61. Nf1 Nf1 62. Rh5 Kd4 63. Kf1 b4 64. Rh8 Rc2 65. Rb8 Kc3 66. Rb7 b3

 

24."The Finest Game Played Since the War" 

Milan Vidmar vs Fred Dewhirst Yates San Remo 1930 San Remo ITA rd 14 Feb 2 Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense. Main Line D63 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 a6 9. O-O dc4 10. Bc4 b5 11. Bd3 c5 12. a4 c4 13. Bb1 Nd5 14. Be7 Qe7 15. ab5 Nc3 16. bc3 ab5 17. e4 Rd8 18. e5 Bb7 19. Nd2 Ra3 20. f4 g6 21. Be4 Nb6 22. Bb7 Qb7 23. Qe1 Nd5 24. Ne4 Ra2 25. Qh4 Rda8 26. Rf2 Kg7 27. Rcf1 Qe7 28. Qg3 Kh8 29. Ng5 Kg7 30. Ne4 Ra1 31. f5 ef5 32. Rf5 b4 33. R5f2 R8a3 34. Nd6 Nc3 35. Qg4 h5 36. Qc8 Ne2 37. Kh1 Qe6 38. Qd8 Ra8 39. Qg5 Nd4 40. Nf7 Nf5 41. Nd6 Nd6 42. ed6 b3 43. h3 b2 44. Qb5 c3 45. Qb7 Kg8 46. d7 Rd8 47. Qb4 Rd7 48. Qc3 Rf1 49. Rf1 Rb7 50. Rb1 Rb3 51. Qc2 Rb8 52. Qc3 Qb3 53. Qe5 Rb7 54. Qe2 Qb4 55. Qf2 Qc3 56. Qf1 Kg7 57. Kh2 Qe5 58. Kh1 Rc7 59. Qd1 Qf4

 

25."A Clash of Legends"

Alexander Alekhine vs Geza Maroczy San Remo, ITA rd 5 Jan 21, 1930 Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense. Alekhine Variation D67 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 dc4 9. Bc4 Nd5 10. Be7 Qe7 11. Ne4 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Ng3 c5 14. e4 N5f6 15. Re1 cd4 16. Bb5 Rfc8 17. Qd4 Rc5 18. Bd7 Nd7 19. b4 Rc1 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. Rc8 Bc8 22. Qc3 Qd8 23. Nd4 Bb7 24. f3 Nf6 25. Nf1 Ne8 26. Ne3 a6 27. a4 h6 28. h3 h5 29. a5 ba5 30. ba5 Qd6 31. Nb3 Bc6 32. e5 Qc7 33. Nc5 Bb5 34. f4 Qd8 35. f5 ef5 36. Nf5 Qg5 37. Nd4 Nc7 38. Nf3 Qf4 39. Kf2 Qf5 40. Qd2 Kh7 41. Ne4 Ne6 42. Nd6 Qb1 43. Nf7 Bc6 44. N3g5 Ng5 45. Ng5 Kg6 46. h4 Kf5 47. e6 Qb5 48. Qc2 Ke5 49. Qc3 Kd6 50. Qg3 Kd5 51. Qf3 Ke5 52. Qe3 Kf6 53. Qc3 Kg6 54. e7 Qf5 55. Ke3 Be8 56. Qd4 Bb5 57. Qd6 Qf6 58. Ne4

 

26."Brilliance and Beauty are Not The Same Thing!"

Efim Bogoljubov vs Carl Ahues San Remo, ITA rd 13 Feb 1, 1930 Queen's Gambit Declined: Barmen Variation D37 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. cd5 ed5 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 Ne4 9. Be7 Qe7 10. Qc2 f5 11. O-O O-O 12. Rae1 Rf6 13. g3 g5 14. Kg2 Rh6 15. Ng1 Qf7 16. f3 Qh5 17. h3 Ndf6 18. Nce2 f4 19. g4 Ng4 20. fg4 Bg4 21. Nf4 gf4 22. Be4 Bh3 23. Nh3 Qh3 24. Kf2 Qg3 25. Ke2 Rh2 26. Kd1 Rc2 27. Bc2 Kh8 28. Rh1 Re8 29. Bh7 Kg7 30. Bc2 Kf6 31. Rh6 Ke7 32. ef4 Kd8 33. Rd6 Kc7 34. Rc6 bc6 35. Re8 Qf4 36. Re1 Qd4 37. Kc1 c5 38. Rd1 Qe5 39. Kb1 Kc6 40. Bb3 c4 41. Rc1 Kb5 42. Bc4 dc4 43. a3 Qe4 44. Ka2 a5 45. Rc3 a4 46. Rh3 Kc5 47. Rh5 Kd4 48. Rh3 Qd3 49. Rh4 Ke3 50. Rh2 Kf4 51. Rf2 Ke3 52. Rh2 Kf4 53. Rf2 Kg3 54. Rf8 Qb3

 

27."So Light Were the Heavy Pieces in Alekhine's Hands!"

Alexander Alekhine vs Hans Kmoch San Remo, ITA 1930 rd 7 Jan 24, 1930 Nimzo-Indian Defense: General E20 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. a3 Bc3 8. Bc3 Ne4 9. Rc1 Nc3 10. Rc3 cd4 11. ed4 Nc6 12. Be2 dc4 13. Bc4 Qf6 14. O-O Rd8 15. Rd3 Bd7 16. Re1 Be8 17. Qd2 Ne7 18. Ng5 Nd5 19. Rf3 Qe7 20. Rg3 h6 21. Nf3 Qf6 22. Re4 Ne7 23. Ne5 Nf5 24. Rd3 Rac8 25. h3 Nd6 26. Rf4 Nc4 27. Nc4 Qg5 28. Rg3 Qd5 29. Ne3 Qc6 30. Kh2 Qc1 31. Qb4 Qc7 32. d5 a5 33. Qe4 Rd6 34. Qe5 g6 35. Qh5 Rd5 36. Nd5 ed5 37. Qh6 Qe5 38. Rh4 Qg7 39. Qg7

 

28.”His Games Are A Work of Art!"

Alexander Alekhine vs Savielly Tartakower San Remo ITA rd 8 Jan 25, 1930 Dutch Defense: Nimzo-Dutch Variation A90 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bb4 5. Nd2 Ne4 6. a3 Nd2 7. Bd2 Bd2 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Nh3 d5 10. cd5 ed5 11. Nf4 c6 12. O-O Qe7 13. b4 a6 14. f3 Nd7 15. e4 fe4 16. fe4 de4 17. Qa2 Kh8 18. Ne6 Rf1 19. Rf1 Nf6 20. Ng5 h6 21. Qf7 Qf7 22. Nf7 Kh7 23. Nd6 Be6 24. Nb7 Bd5 25. Re1 Ra7 26. Nc5 a5 27. ba5 Ra5 28. a4 Ra8 29. Ra1 Ra5 30. Ra3 Kg6 31. h3 Kf5 32. Kf2 Ne8 33. Be4 Be4 34. g4 Kf6 35. Ne4 Ke6 36. Ke3 Nd6 37. Kd3 Ne4 38. Ke4 h5 39. g5 Rg5 40. a5 Rb5 41. a6 Rb8 42. a7 Ra8 43. h4 g5 44. hg5 h4 45. Ra6 Kf7 46. Kf4 h3 47. Kg3 Kg6 48. d5 Kg5 49. dc6 Kf5 50. c7

 

29."A Chance of a Lifetime"

Carl Ahues vs Alexander Alekhine San Remo, ITA rd 9 Jan 27, 1930 Indian Game: Capablanca Variation A47 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. Bd3 e6 6. c3 Be7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. dc5 bc5 9. Nf1 Qc7 10. Ng3 Nc6 11. Bd2 g5 12. c4 Ndb4 13. Bc3 Nd3 14. Qd3 Nb4 15. Qe2 Rg8 16. a3 Nc6 17. Nd2 Ne5 18. Qh5 O-O-O 19. O-O f5 20. Qe2 h5 21. Nh5 Rg6 22. f4 gf4 23. Nf4 Rh6 24. h3 Rg8 25. Be5 Qe5 26. Nf3 Qg7 27. Rad1 e5 28. Nd5 Rh3 29. Qd2 Bd5 30. cd5 e4 31. d6 ef3 32. Rf3 Rf3 33. de7 Qe7

 

30."No One Spots EVERY Brilliancy!"

Alexander Alekhine vs Massimiliano Romi San Remo, ITA rd 10 Jan 28, 1930 Slav Defense: Quiet Variation D11 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Qc7 7. O-O e5 8. cd5 Nd5 9. de5 Ne5 10. Ne5 Qe5 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. e4 Nf6 13. h3 Be7 14. Qf3 Be6 15. Bf4 Qd8 16. Rad1 O-O 17. Bc2 Qc8 18. Nd6 Bd6 19. Bd6 Re8 20. e5 Nd5 21. Rd4 g6 22. Rfd1 Qd8 23. Qg3 Kg7 24. Rh4 Rh8 25. Bb4 h6 26. Bd2 Qe7 27. Kh2 Rad8 28. b4 Qe8 29. Rd4 Qe7 30. Bb3 Nc7 31. Rd8 Rd8 32. Bc2 Nd5 33. f4 Kh7 34. Qf2 b6 35. g4 Bc8 36. Qg3 Rg8 37. a3 f6 38. Re1 fe5 39. Re5 Qf6 40. b5 Ne7 41. Bc3 Qf7 42. Bb3 Nd5 43. bc6 Be6 44. Bd5 Bd5 45. Qe3 Rg7 46. Rd5 Qd5 47. Bg7 Kg7 48. Qe5

 

31."Too Complicated Even For The Great Alekhine" 

Efim Bogoljubov vs Alexander Alekhine San Remo, ITA rd 11 Jan 30, 1930 Slav Defense: Czech. Carlsbad Variation D17 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nc4 Qc7 8. g3 e5 9. de5 Ne5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 Be6 12. Ne5 Ne5 13. O-O Qa5 14. Qc2 f6 15. Ne4 Bb4 16. Rfc1 Rd8 17. h4 O-O 18. Rd1 Nc4 19. Bh3 Bf7 20. Rd8 Rd8 21. Rd1 Rd1 22. Qd1 Qd5 23. Qc2 Qd4 24. Bf5 h6 25. Bc8 Qb2 26. Qb2 Nb2 27. Bb7 Bd5 28. Bd2 Be4 29. Bb4 Na4 30. Bd6 f5 31. Bc8 Nc3 32. Ba6 Nb5 33. Bc5 Kf7 34. f3 Bd5 35. Kf2 g6 36. Ke3 Bc4 37. Bb7 Bd5 38. Ba6 Bc4 39. g4 fg4 40. fg4 Nd6 41. Bd6 Ba6 42. Bc5 Bc8 43. g5 hg5 44. hg5 Ke6 45. Ba7 Kf5 46. Kd4

 

32."A Labyrinth Where Even Time Unwinds" 

Alexander Alekhine vs Jose Joaquin Araiza Munoz San Remo San Remo, ITA rd 12 Jan 31, 1930 French Defense: McCutcheon Variation. Wolf Gambit C12 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. Ne2 de4 6. a3 Be7 7. Bf6 Bf6 8. Ne4 b6 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Qc8 11. Nf4 Nd7 12. Qh5 g6 13. Nf6 Nf6 14. Qe5 Ke7 15. d5 Nd7 16. Qg5 f6 17. Qh6 e5 18. d6 Kf7 19. Nd5 cd6 20. O-O Qf8 21. Qd2 Rc8 22. Nf6 Bg2 23. Nd7 Qe7 24. Nb6 Rc5 25. Kg2 Qb7 26. Kg1 Qb6 27. b4 Rc6 28. Qd5 Ke7 29. c4 Rhc8 30. c5 dc5 31. Qe5 Kf7 32. Qd5 Kg7 33. Qd7 Kh6 34. Rad1 R6c7 35. Qh3 Kg7 36. Rd7

 

33.”Elegance of the old masters”

Warmerdam, Max 2646 vs Carlsen, Magnus 2831 German Bundesliga 2024/25 chess.com [5] 2025.1.11 E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation 1.c4 e5 2.g3 g6 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Nd7 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Bg2 Ngf6 7.O-O O-O 8.Qc2 Re8 9.Rd1 e4 10.Ne1 Nb6 11.c5 Nbd5 12.cxd6 Qxd6 13.Bg5 e3 14.f3 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Nd5 16.c4 h6 17.cxd5 hxg5 18.Rac1 Bf5 19.Qb3 Rab8 20.Qc4 Rbd8 21.f4 gxf4 22.Qxc7 fxg3 23.Qxd6 Rxd6 24.hxg3 Ra6 25.Bf3 Bf8 26.g4 Be4 27.Rc7 Rxa2 28.Kf1 Rd2 29.Ra1 Rxd4 30.Rxa7 Bxd5 31.Bxd5 Rxd5 32.Kg2 Rd2 33.Kf3 Rd1

 

34."Fool Me Twice..." 

Alexander Alekhine vs Jose Joaquin Araiza Munoz San Remo, ITA rd 12 Jan 31, 1930 French Defense: McCutcheon Variation. Wolf Gambit C12 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. Ne2 de4 6. a3 Be7 7. Bf6 Bf6 8. Ne4 b6 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Qc8 11. Nf4 Nd7 12. Qh5 g6 13. Nf6 Nf6 14. Qe5 Ke7 15. d5 Nd7 16. Qg5 f6 17. Qh6 e5 18. d6 Kf7 19. Nd5 cd6 20. O-O Qf8 21. Qd2 Rc8 22. Nf6 Bg2 23. Nd7 Qe7 24. Nb6 Rc5 25. Kg2 Qb7 26. Kg1 Qb6 27. b4 Rc6 28. Qd5 Ke7 29. c4 Rhc8 30. c5 dc5 31. Qe5 Kf7 32. Qd5 Kg7 33. Qd7 Kh6 34. Rad1 R6c7 35. Qh3 Kg7 36. Rd7

 

35."We Are Not The Same!"

Roberto Grau vs Alexander Alekhine San Remo, ITA, rd 15 Feb 4, 1931 English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense. Mikenas-Carls Variation A15 1. c4 Nf6 2. a3 c5 3. e3 e5 4. d4 ed4 5. ed4 cd4 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Nd4 Bc5 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be2 d6 11. O-O Be6 12. Nd5 Bd5 13. cd5 Ne7 14. Bf3 Qd7 15. Bg5 Qf5 16. Bf6 Qf6 17. Nd2 Rac8 18. Qb3 Nf5 19. Qd3 Qb2 20. Qf5 Qd2 21. Qd7 Rfd8 22. Qb7 Rc7 23. Qa6 Rc2 24. Kh1 g6 25. Qa4 Rdc8 26. Rad1 Rc1 27. Qd7 Qf4 28. Qb5 Rd1 29. Rd1 Bf2 30. Qe2 Qh4 31. Qa6 Rd8 32. Qb7 Bg3 33. h3 Qa4 34. Qb2 Re8 35. Rb1 Re3 36. Qb8 Kg7 37. Rf1 Rf3 38. gf3 Qc2

 

36."After 10 Long Years... They Meet Again!" 

Jose Raul Capablanca vs Alexander Alekhine Nottingham, ENG rd 2 Aug 11, 1936 Dutch Defense: Alekhine Variation A92 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 Ne4 7. Qb3 Bf6 8. Rd1 Qe8 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Nb5 Bd8 11. Qc2 d6 12. d5 Nb4 13. Qb3 Na6 14. de6 Nac5 15. Qc2 Ne6 16. Nfd4 Nd4 17. Nd4 Bf6 18. Nb5 Qe7 19. Be3 a6 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. Rac1 Rae8 22. b4 b6 23. Nf3 Nc3 24. Rd3 f4 25. gf4 Bf5 26. Qd2 Bd3 27. ed3 c5 28. Rc3 Bc3 29. Qc3 Qf6 30. Qf6 gf6 31. Nd2 f5 32. b5 a5 33. Nf1 Kf7 34. Ng3 Kg6 35. Bf3 Re7 36. Kf1 Kf6 37. Bd2 Kg6 38. a4

 

37.This Game Was Played a Few Minutes Ago

Nakamura, Hikaru 3306 vs Carlsen, Magnus 3325 Titled Tuesday Grand Prix 2025 chess.com [9] 2025.1.14 B40 Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.a3 b6 6.d4 cxd4 7.cxd4 Be7 8.Bd3 Ba6 9.O-O Bxd3 10.Qxd3 O-O 11.Nbd2 d6 12.Ne4 dxe5 13.Nxe5 f6 14.Nf3 Nc6 15.Bd2 Qd7 16.Rfe1 Rac8 17.Rad1 Rfd8 18.Nc3 Bf8 19.Qe4 Re8 20.Nxd5 Qxd5 21.Qxd5 exd5 22.Rxe8 Rxe8 23.Rc1 Rc8 24.Kf1 Kf7 25.Ke2 Ke6 26.Kd3 Bd6 27.g3 Ne7 28.Rxc8 Nxc8 29.Ne1 g5 30.Ng2 Ne7 31.h3 Ng6 32.g4 h6 33.f3 Bg3 34.Be3 f5 35.Bd2 Bf2 36.f4 Kf6 37.b3 b5 38.a4 bxa4 39.bxa4 Nf8 40.Be3 Bg3 41.Bd2 Ng6 42.fxg5+ hxg5 43.gxf5 Kxf5 44.Ne3+ Ke6 45.Ng2 Kf6 46.Ke2 Nh4 47.Nxh4 Bxh4 48.Kf3 Kf5 49.Ba5 a6 50.Bb4 Kg6 51.Bc3 Kf5 52.Bd2 Kg6 53.Kg4 Kf6 54.Ba5 Kg6 55.Bd8 Bf2 56.Bxg5 Bxd4 57.h4 Bc3 58.h5+ Kf7 59.Kf5 Bb2 60.Bf4 d4 61.Ke4 Kg7 62.Kd3 Kh7 63.Kc4 Bc3 64.Be5 Kh6 65.Bxd4 Be1 66.Bc3 Bf2 67.Kd5 Kxh5 68.Kc6 Kg6 69.Kb7 Bh4 70.Kxa6 Kf7 71.Kb7 Bd8 72.Be5 Ba5 73.Ka6 Be1 74.Bc7 Ke6 75.Ba5 Bxa5 76.Kxa5 Kd7 77.Kb6 Kc8 78.Ka7 Kc7 79.a5 Kc8 80.a6 Kc7 81.Ka8 Kb6 82.a7 Kc7

 

38.Most of The Game Was Played With Less Than 10 Seconds on The Clock!

Carlsen, Magnus 3325 vs Erigaisi Arjun 3085 chess.com [10] 2025.1.14 A30 English, Symmetrical, Hedgehog System 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O e6 5.c4 c5 6.Nc3 Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 O-O 9.Rd1 Na6 10.Bf4 Nc5 11.Rac1 a6 12.b4 Nce4 13.Nxe4 Bxe4 14.Bd6 Bxd6 15.Qxd6 Qb8 16.Ne5 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Rd8 18.c5 bxc5 19.bxc5 h6 20.a4 Qb7+ 21.c6 dxc6 22.Qxc6 Qb2 23.Qc7 Rxd1 24.Qxf7+ Kh7 25.Rc7 Ne8 26.Qg6+ Kg8 27.Qxe6+ Kh7 28.Qf5+ Kg8 29.Re7 Qb1 30.Qf7+ Kh7 31.Nd7 Rxd7 32.Rxd7 Qe4+ 33.Qf3 Nf6 34.Rd6 Qxf3+ 35.exf3 a5 36.g4 Kg8 37.Kg3 Kf7 38.h4 Ke7 39.Rb6 Nd7 40.Rb5 Kd6 41.Rb7 Kc6 42.Rb1 Nc5 43.Rc1 Rb8 44.f4 Rb4 45.f5 Rxa4 46.g5 hxg5 47.hxg5 Kd5 48.f3 Ra3 49.Kg4 Ra4+ 50.Kh5 Rf4 51.f6 gxf6 52.g6 Ne6 53.Ra1 Rxf3 54.Rxa5+ Ke4 55.Ra4+ Ke5 56.Ra5+ Kd6 57.Ra6+ Ke7 58.Ra7+ Kf8 59.Ra8+ Kg7 60.Ra7+ Kg8 61.Ra8+ Nf8 62.Ra6 Rf5+ 63.Kh6 Rf1 64.Kh5 Rh1+ 65.Kg4 Rg1+ 66.Kf5 Rf1+ 67.Kg4 Nxg6

 

39.Brilliant Tal-Like Attack by 14 Year Old Magnus!

Magnus Carlsen vs Geir Sune Tallaksen Ostmoe "An Order of Magnustude" game of the day Mar 11, 2016 Sandnes, NOR rd 5 Jul 5, 2005 Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto. Nimzowitsch Variation Quiet Line E15 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 b5 6. cb5 Bb5 7. Bg2 d5 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. Re1 Bd6 11. Bb2 O-O 12. e4 Ne4 13. Ne4 de4 14. Re4 Bb7 15. Rh4 Be7 16. Rh3 Nf6 17. Qe2 Bd5 18. Re1 Qb8 19. Ne5 Qb7 20. Bd5 Qd5 21. Qc2 c5 22. Ng4 h6 23. Re5 Qf3 24. Nh6 gh6 25. Rh6 Kg7 26. Rg5 Kh6 27. Bc1 cd4 28. Rg4 Qe3 29. Rh4 Nh5 30. Rh5 Kh5 31. Qh7 Kg4 32. fe3 Rac8 33. Kg2 Rc1 34. h3 Kg5 35. Qg7 Kf5 36. g4 Ke4 37. Qd4#

 

40.A Knight is a Knight is a Knight!

Arjun Erigaisi 3106 vs Fabiano Caruana 3093 Live Chess chess.com B30 2025.1.14 B30 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rossolimo Attack (Without ...d6) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.d3 Ne7 6.Nbd2 d6 7.e5 d5 8.c4 Nf5 9.Qa4 Be7 10.Nb3 O-O 11.Bd2 a5 12.O-O Qb6 13.Rfc1 Rd8 14.Nxa5 Bd7 15.a3 Rdb8 16.b4 cxb4 17.axb4 Bxb4 18.Qxb4 Qxb4 19.Bxb4 Rxb4 20.Nb7 Rxa1 21.Rxa1 h6 22.Nc5 Be8 23.g4 dxc4 24.gxf5 exf5 25.d4 c3 26.Rc1 Rc4 27.Nb3 c5 28.dxc5 Bc6 29.Nfd4 Bd5 30.f4 g5 31.Nxf5 Kh7 32.Ne3 Rxf4 33.Nxd5

 

41.The Goddess of Chess Smiled That Day :)

Robert Fontaine vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave "Lagrave Undertaking" game of the day Apr 6, 2010 Aix-les-Bains, FRA rd 10 Aug 23, 2007 Dutch Defense: Leningrad, Matulovic Variation A89 1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. b3 e5 9. de5 de5 10. Ba3 e4 11. Bf8 Qf8 12. Nd4 Nd4 13. Qd4 Be6 14. Qd2 h5 15. Rad1 h4 16. Qg5 Kf7 17. Qf4 Qc5 18. Nb5 hg3 19. hg3 Rc8 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. g4 Ng4 22. Nf5 Bf5 23. Rd5 Qd5 24. cd5 Be5 25. Qc1 Bh2 26. Kh1 Rh8 27. Qc4 Bd6 28. Kg1 Bh2 29. Kh1 b5 30. Qb5 e3 31. Bf3 Nf2 32. Rf2 ef2 33. Kg2 Bg1 34. Qc6 Rh2 35. Kg3 f1N 36. Kf4 Rh4 37. Kg5 Be3 38. Kh4 g5 39. Kh5 Ng3

 

42.World Champion Aura

Gukesh D 2777 vs Anish Giri 2731 Tata Steel Masters [1] 2025.1.18 A05 Reti Opening 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c5 4.O-O Nc6 5.d4 e6 6.c4 dxc4 7.Qa4 Bd7 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Qxc4 Be7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.e4 Rc8 12.Qe2 Bc5 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 g5 15.Nxg5 hxg5 16.Bxg5 e5 17.Qd2 Be7 18.Bh6 Kh7 19.Bxf8 Bxf8 20.f4 Be6 21.Nd5 Nb4 22.fxe5 Ng4 23.Rad1 Kh8 24.Kh1 Rc2 25.Qf4 Nxd5 26.Qf3 Qb6 27.exd5 Rf2 28.Qc3 Bb4 29.Qc1 Bf5 30.Qg5 Bf8 31.Qh4+ Bh6 32.Rde1 Qxb2 33.h3 Be4 34.Rxf2 Nxf2+ 35.Kg1 Qb6 36.Qf6+ Qxf6 37.exf6 Bxg2 38.Kxg2 Nd3 39.Re8+ Kh7 40.d6 Nc5 41.Re5 Nd7 42.Re7

 

43.Pushing it to The Limit

Praggnanandhaa R 2741 vs Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2768 Tata Steel Chess chess.com [1] 2025.1.18 A21 English, Kramnik-Shirov Counterattack 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 a5 4.Nf3 d6 5.a3 Bc5 6.e3 c6 7.d4 Ba7 8.Nc3 Nd7 9.Qc2 Ngf6 10.Bd2 O-O 11.O-O-O Re8 12.h3 e4 13.Nh2 d5 14.g4 dxc4 15.g5 Nd5 16.Nxe4 Qe7 17.Ng3 b5 18.Nf5 Qe6 19.h4 c5 20.Bh3 Qa6 21.h5 b4 22.Bf1 cxd4 23.Bxc4 b3 24.Qxb3 Nc5 25.Qa2 Nd3+ 26.Kb1 Bxf5 27.Bxa6 N3b4+ 28.Ka1 Nxa2 29.Kxa2 dxe3 30.fxe3 Nxe3 31.Rc1 Rab8 32.Bxa5 Nc2 33.Bc4 Bd4 34.b3 Rec8 35.Rhf1 Ne3 36.Rxf5 Nxf5 37.g6 hxg6 38.hxg6 Nd6 39.gxf7+ Kf8 40.Bb4 Rxb4 41.axb4 Nb5 42.Kb1 Na3+ 43.Ka2 Nc2 44.Kb1 Na3+ 45.Ka2 Nc2 46.Kb1 Na3+

 

44.Welcome To The Big League

Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2768 vs Mendonca, Leon Luke 2639 Masters chess.com [2] 2025.1.19 C02 French, Advance, Paulsen Attack 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a4 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nh6 8.Bb5 Nf5 9.Nc3 Bd7 10.O-O a6 11.Bxc6 Bxc6 12.Ne2 Be7 13.b3 O-O-O 14.Bd2 Kb8 15.b4 Rc8 16.Rb1 Bd7 17.b5 axb5 18.axb5 Rc4 19.Qb3 g5 20.h3 h5 21.Bxg5 Rb4 22.Qa2 Rxb5 23.Ng3 Bxg5 24.Nxf5 exf5 25.Nxg5 Qxd4 26.Ra1 Kc7 27.Nxf7 Rg8 28.Nd6 Rb4 29.Qa5+ Qb6 30.Qxd5 Rd8 31.Nc4

 

45.Never Put Your Hand in a Lion's Mouth

Harikrishna, Pentala 2695 vs Praggnanandhaa R 2741 Tata Steel Chess chess.com [2] 2025.1.19 B30 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rossolimo Attack (without ...d6) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Nc3 Qc7 5.O-O Nd4 6.Re1 a6 7.Bf1 Ng4 8.g3 Nxf3+ 9.Qxf3 Ne5 10.Qe2 e6 11.d3 d6 12.Be3 Nc6 13.f4 Be7 14.Qf2 O-O 15.Bg2 Bd7 16.g4 b5 17.h4 Nd4 18.Rac1 Rae8 19.Ne2 Nxe2+ 20.Rxe2 d5 21.g5 d4 22.Bd2 c4 23.c3 dxc3 24.Rxc3 f6 25.g6 hxg6 26.dxc4 bxc4 27.b3 Bc5 28.Be3 Bxe3 29.Rexe3 g5 30.f5 Qf4 31.hxg5 Qxf2+ 32.Kxf2 cxb3 33.axb3 fxg5 34.Rc7 Bb5 35.Bh3 exf5 36.exf5 Rxe3 37.Kxe3 Rd8 38.Bg4 Rd7 39.Rc8+ Kf7 40.b4 Kf6 41.Rf8+ Rf7 42.Rb8 Rc7 43.Rb6+ Rc6 44.Rb7 Rc3+ 45.Kf2 Rd3 46.Bh5 Rd7 47.Rb8 Kxf5 48.Rf8+ Ke5 49.Bg6 Kd4 50.Rc8 Rd6 51.Bh5 Rc6 52.Rg8 Rc7 53.Kg3 Kc3 54.Bd1 Kxb4 55.Kg4 a5

 

46.14 Year Old Miaoyi Lu Does it Again!

Lu, Miaoyi 2429 vs Svane, Frederik 2664 Tata Steel Chess chess.com [3] 2025.1.20 C01 French, Exchange Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Bd6 6.O-O O-O 7.Bg5 Bg4 8.Nbd2 h6 9.Bh4 Nbd7 10.c4 dxc4 11.Nxc4 Nb6 12.Ne3 Be6 13.Bc2 Re8 14.Qd3 c6 15.Rfe1 Nbd7 16.Nf5 Bf8 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.Rxe5 g6 19.Ng3 Bg7 20.Ne4 Bf5 21.Bxf6 Bxe4 22.Bxd8 Rxe5 23.Qc3 Re6 24.Ba5 Bxc2 25.Qxc2 Bxd4 26.Bc3 Rae8 27.Kf1 Bc5 28.Re1

 

47."The Nightmare of Wijk"

Praggnanandhaa R 2741 vs Erigaisi Arjun 2801 Masters chess.com) [3] 2025.1.20 E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.dxc5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Bxc5 9.Nbd2 c3 10.bxc3 O-O 11.Ne1 Bd7 12.Rb1 Na5 13.Nb3 Nxb3 14.axb3 Bc6 15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.Nd3 Be7 17.Be3 Rfc8 18.Bc5 Kf8 19.Ra1 Rc7 20.Kf1 Nd7 21.Bxe7+ Kxe7 22.Ra3 c5 23.c4 Rb7 24.Rda1 a5 25.Ke1 Kd6 26.Nc1 Rba7 27.Na2 Kc6 28.Nc3 Nb6 29.f4 Nc8 30.Nb5 Ra6 31.Rd1 Nb6 32.Ra2 Rf8 33.Rd6+ Kb7 34.Nc3 Raa8 35.Rad2 Rfc8 36.Ra2 Rf8 37.Rd1 Ra7 38.Rda1 Rfa8 39.Nb5 Ra6 40.Nd6+ Kc7 41.Nxf7 Nd7 42.Ng5 Nf6 43.Nf3 Ne4 44.Nd2 Nf6 45.Kf2 Ng4+ 46.Kg2 e5 47.Ne4 exf4 48.gxf4 Re8 49.Nxc5 Rc6 50.Nd3 Rg6 51.h3 Ne3+ 52.Kf2 Rg2+ 53.Kf3 Rh2 54.Nf2 g5 55.Rxa5 gxf4 56.Ra7+ Kd6 57.Ne4+ Ke6 58.R1a6+ Ke5 59.Ra5+ Kd4 60.Rd7+

 

48."This is What a Real Fight Looks Like"

Warmerdam, Max 2646 vs Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2768 Tata Steel Chess chess.com [3] 2025.1.20 C77 Ruy Lopez, Anderssen Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 Bc5 6.c3 d6 7.O-O O-O 8.h3 Ba7 9.Re1 Ne7 10.d4 Ng6 11.Bc2 Bd7 12.Be3 Re8 13.Nbd2 a5 14.a4 Bc6 15.Qb1 Qe7 16.dxe5 dxe5 17.Bxa7 Rxa7 18.Bd3 Nf8 19.Nc4 N8d7 20.Qc2 g6 21.b3 b6 22.Rad1 Raa8 23.Qb2 Nh5 24.Ne3 Rad8 25.Bc2 Nhf6 26.Nc4 Kg7 27.b4 Ra8 28.Ra1 h6 29.Re3 Nh7 30.Nfd2 Ra7 31.Ree1 Ng5 32.Ne3 Nf6 33.b5 Bb7 34.c4 Nd7 35.Nd5 Nxh3+ 36.Kf1 Bxd5 37.cxd5 Ng5 38.Ra3 f6 39.Ke2 Nc5 40.Kd1 Raa8 41.Kc1 Rad8 42.g3 Nf7 43.f4 exf4 44.gxf4 Rxd5 45.Nf3 Rh5 46.e5 fxe5 47.Rae3 Nd7 48.fxe5 Nfxe5 49.Rd1 Nf6 50.Rde1 Nfd7 51.Rd1 Kh7 52.Qc3 Nf6 53.Rg1 Nd5 54.Bxg6+ Kh8 55.Qd4 Nxe3 56.Bxh5 Qa3+ 57.Kd2 Nf5

 

49."The Knightmare of Wijk"

Erigaisi Arjun 2801 vs Fedoseev, Vladimir 2717 Masters chess.com [4] 2025.1.21 D37 Queen's Gambit Declined, 4.Nf3 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 Bd6 7.e3 Bxf4 8.exf4 O-O 9.Ne5 Nc6 10.f3 Be6 11.Qd2 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Nd7 13.O-O-O c6 14.g4 f5 15.Ne2 fxg4 16.Nd4 Qe7 17.Rg1 gxf3 18.Bd3 Kh8 19.Bc2 c5 20.Nxf3 Nb6 21.Rg5 Nc4 22.Qd3 g6 23.Nh4 Qf7 24.Rf1 Rg8 25.Qg3 Bf5 26.Bxf5 gxf5 27.Nxf5 Qxf5 28.Rxf5 Rxg3 29.hxg3 Ne3 30.Rg5 Nxf1 31.e6 Ne3 32.Re5 d4 33.Rxc5 b6 34.Rh5 Kg7 35.Kd2 Re8 36.f5 Kf6 37.Rxh7 Nxf5 38.Rxa7 Rxe6 39.g4 Nh4

 

50.3000+ Praggnanandhaa vs Mendonca

Praggnanandhaa R 2741 vs Mendonca, Leon Luke 2639 Masters chess.com [4] 2025.1.21 C77 Ruy Lopez, Anderssen Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 d6 9.c3 Bb6 10.a4 Rb8 11.axb5 axb5 12.Na3 b4 13.Nc4 bxc3 14.bxc3 O-O 15.O-O Kh8 16.Ba4 Bd7 17.Rb1 g5 18.Bg3 Ba7 19.Ra1 Bb6 20.Re1 Ne7 21.d4 Bxa4 22.Rxa4 exd4 23.cxd4 Ng6 24.e5 Nh5 25.exd6 Nxg3 26.dxc7 Qxc7 27.hxg3 Rbe8 28.Ne3 Qd7 29.Qa1 Kh7 30.Ra6 Rb8 31.Nc4 Bc7 32.Ra7 Qc6 33.Rc1 Ra8 34.d5 Rxa7 35.Qxa7 Ra8 36.Qd4 Qd7 37.d6 Bd8 38.Nce5 Qe6 39.Nxg6 fxg6 40.Re1 Qf7 41.Qe4 Ra7 42.Ne5 Qe6 43.Nc6 Qxe4 44.Rxe4 Rd7 45.Re6 h5 46.Kh2

 

51.You're a Wizard, Hari! 

Harikrishna, Pentala 2695 vs Warmerdam, Max 2646 Tata Steel Chess chess.com [4] 2025.1.21 A08 Reti, King's Indian Attack 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O e6 6.c4 dxc4 7.dxc5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Bxc5 9.Nbd2 b5 10.a4 Ba6 11.Ng5 Nd5 12.Nde4 Bb4 13.Nxf7 Kxf7 14.Ng5+ Kf6 15.Nxe6 Nce7 16.axb5 Bb7 17.Nd4 Kf7 18.Ra4 c3 19.Rd3 a5 20.bxc3 Bxc3 21.Rf3+ Kg6 22.Nc6 Bf6 23.Ne5+

 

52."Get Your Gold Coins Ready!" 

Van Foreest, Jorden 2680 vs Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2768 Masters chess.com [5] 2025.1.22 B12 Caro-Kann, Advance Variation 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.c4 e6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Ne2 Ne7 7.a3 Ba5 8.b4 Bc7 9.Ng3 Bg6 10.h4 h6 11.h5 Bh7 12.Qg4 Rg8 13.Be2 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Nd7 15.O-O Nf5 16.Be3 Qe7 17.b5 c5 18.Nxf5 Bxf5 19.Qf3 O-O-O 20.Nd5 exd5 21.Bxd5 Kb8 22.Qxf5 Nxe5 23.dxe5 Rxd5 24.f4 Rgd8 25.Qe4 f6 26.a4 fxe5 27.a5 Qe8 28.b6 axb6 29.axb6 Bxb6 30.fxe5 Bc7 31.Bf4 Rd4 32.Qe2 Rxf4 33.Rxf4 Qxe5 34.Qa2 Qe3+ 35.Rf2 Bg3 36.Qa8+ Kc7 37.Qa5+ b6 38.Qa7+ Kc6 39.Qa4+ b5 40.Qa6+ Kd5 41.Qb7+ Kc4 42.Qf7+ Rd5 43.Ra2 Bxf2+ 44.Rxf2 Qd4 45.Kh2 Qe5+ 46.Kg1 Kb4 47.Rf1 Rd2

 

53."The Immortal Endgame"

Fedoseev, Vladimir 2717 vs Caruana, Fabiano 2803 Tata Steel Chess chess.com [5] 2025.1.22 D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qa4+ Nc6 8.e3 O-O 9.Be2 dxc4 10.O-O Qe7 11.Bxc4 Na5 12.Bd3 Bxc3 13.bxc3 b6 14.Qb4 Qd6 15.Rfd1 Bb7 16.Rac1 Rac8 17.Qxd6 cxd6 18.Nd2 Rc7 19.Rc2 Rfc8 20.Rdc1 Kf8 21.f3 Ke7 22.e4 g5 23.Kf2 e5 24.Nf1 exd4 25.cxd4 Rxc2+ 26.Rxc2 Rxc2+ 27.Bxc2 Bc8 28.Bd3 Nc6 29.Ke3 a6 30.Nd2 b5 31.Nb3 d5 32.Nc5 Kd6 33.Bc2 Ne5 34.Bb3 Nc4+ 35.Kd3 Nb6 36.Kc3 a5 37.a3 f6 38.Ba2 Kc6 39.g3 Bh3 40.Nb3 Na4+ 41.Kc2 Bg2 42.e5 fxe5 43.dxe5 b4 44.Nd4+ Kc5 45.e6 Kd6 46.axb4 axb4 47.Bxd5 Bf1 48.Bb3 Nc5 49.Nf5+ Ke5 50.e7 Bd3+ 51.Kd2 Bb5 52.Bc4 Ba4 53.Ng7 g4 54.f4+ Kd4 55.Bf7 Ne4+ 56.Ke1 Kc3 57.e8=Q Bxe8 58.Nxe8 b3 59.Bxb3 Kxb3 60.Ke2

 

54."Everyone Wants A Piece of The Champ"

Gukesh D 2777 vs Keymer, Vincent 2733 Tata Steel Chess chess.com [5] 2025.1.22 E46 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd2 d5 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 c6 8.Be2 b6 9.O-O a5 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 Ne4 12.Be1 Ba6 13.Bd3 h6 14.Bxe4 dxe4 15.Nd2 f5 16.f3 exf3 17.Nxf3 c5 18.Rd1 cxd4 19.Rxd4 Qe8 20.Bg3 e5 21.Rd6 Rc8 22.Rfd1 f4 23.exf4 exf4 24.Bf2 Rf7 25.R1d4 Bb7 26.Qd1 Bc6 27.b4 axb4 28.axb4 Qe7 29.Qd3 Nf6 30.Rxf4 Be4 31.Qd4 Bxf3 32.Rxf3 Qe2 33.Rd8+ Rxd8 34.Qxd8+ Rf8 35.Qd3 Qxd3 36.Rxd3 Rc8 37.Rd4 Kf7 38.Kf1 Ra8 39.Ke2 Ra4 40.Be1 Ke6 41.Bd2 h5 42.Kd3 Ng4 43.Kc3 Nf6 44.Kb3 Ra1 45.Bc3 Rb1+ 46.Kc2 Rf1 47.Rd2 Ne8 48.Kb3 g6 49.Bd4 Rb1+ 50.Ka4 Rc1 51.Bxb6 Rxc4 52.Kb5 Rc1 53.Bc5 Nf6 54.Rd6+ Kf5 55.Kc6 Ng4 56.Rd2 Ke6 57.Rd6+ Kf5 58.b5 Ne5+ 59.Kd5 Nd3 60.Rc6 Nf4+ 61.Kd6 Rd1+ 62.Kc7 Nd5+ 63.Kc8 Rc1 64.Kd7 Rc2 65.Bd6 Rxg2 66.Rc5 Ke4 67.Ke6 Rd2 68.h4 Nb6 69.Rc6 Nd5 70.b6 Nxb6 71.Rxb6 Kf3 72.Be7

 

55."The New Battle For The Future"

Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2768 vs Gukesh D 2777 Masters chess.com [6] 2025.1.24 C50 Giuoco Piano 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.a4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.a5 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.Nbxd2 O-O 9.O-O Ne7 10.c3 Ng6 11.Re1 h6 12.d4 Nh7 13.Re3 Ng5 14.Nxg5 Qxg5 15.g3 Bg4 16.h4 Qh5 17.Qb3 Rab8 18.Nf1 Ne7 19.Nh2 Bd7 20.Be2 Qg6 21.dxe5 dxe5 22.Rd1 Be6 23.Qb5 Nc6 24.a6 Bc8 25.h5 Qf6 26.Rf3 Qe6 27.Bc4 Qe7 28.Qa4 Nd8 29.axb7 Bxb7 30.Re3 Bc6 31.Qa2 Nb7 32.b4 Nd6 33.Bd5 Bxd5 34.Rxd5 Qe6 35.Re2 c6 36.Ra5 Qxa2 37.Raxa2 Rfc8 38.Ng4 c5 39.bxc5 Rxc5 40.Rxa7 Rxc3 41.Rd7 Ne8 42.Nxe5 Nf6 43.Re7 Rb4 44.g4 Rc5 45.f3 Kf8 46.Rxf7+ Ke8 47.Nd3 Rb1+ 48.Kg2 Rc3 49.Ne5 Rb5 50.Rxg7 Rxe5 51.Ra2 Kf8 52.Rg6 Nxe4 53.Re2 Rg5 54.Rxh6 Nc5 55.Rc6 Na4 56.Ra6 Nc5 57.Ra8+ Kf7 58.Ra7+ Kf6 59.Re8 Ne6 60.h6 Re5 61.Ra6 Rc2+ 62.Kf1 Rc1+ 63.Kf2 Rc2+ 64.Kf1 Rc1+ 65.Kf2

 

56."Cloak of Invincibility"

Sarana, Alexey 2677 vs Fedoseev, Vladimir 2717 Tata Steel Chess chess.com [6] 2025.1.24 D31 Queen's Gambit Declined, Charousek (Petrosian) Variation 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.Qc2 Nf6 7.h3 Qa5 8.e3 Ne4 9.Bd3 Na6 10.Qa4 Qb6 11.Qb3 Bf5 12.Bxe4 dxe4 13.Nge2 Nb4 14.O-O O-O 15.Qd1 Bg6 16.Bg3 f5 17.Nf4 Bf7 18.a3 Na6 19.b4 Qd8 20.d5 Qc8 21.Rc1 Rd8 22.Qa4 c5 23.Rfd1 cxb4 24.Nb5 Bc5 25.axb4 Nxb4 26.Bh4 Rd7 27.Nxa7 Qe8 28.Rxc5 Na6 29.Rcc1 Rxa7 30.d6 h6 31.Be7 b5 32.Qxb5 Rxe7 33.Qxe8+ Rxe8 34.d7 Nc7 35.d8=Q Rxd8 36.Rxd8+ Ne8 37.h4 Kh7 38.Ne6 Kg6 39.Nf4+ Kf6 40.Rcc8 g5 41.hxg5+ hxg5 42.Nd5+ Bxd5 43.Rxd5 Ke6 44.Rcc5 Nd6 45.g4

 

57."The Iceman"

Sarana, Alexey 2677 vs Fedoseev, Vladimir 2717 Tata Steel Chess chess.com [6] 2025.1.24 D31 Queen's Gambit Declined, Charousek (Petrosian) Variation Warmerdam, Max 2646 vs Erigaisi Arjun 2801 Masters chess.com [7] 2025.1.25 B50 Sicilian 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.h3 Bd7 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Bc2 Rc8 7.O-O g5 8.d4 g4 9.d5 gxf3 10.dxc6 Bxc6 11.Qxf3 Rg8 12.Rd1 e6 13.Nd2 b5 14.a4 a6 15.axb5 axb5 16.Nf1 Nd7 17.Ng3 Ne5 18.Qh5 Rg7 19.Kh2 Qf6 20.f4 Nd7 21.Qe2 Qd8 22.e5 Qh4 23.Ne4 Bxe4 24.Bxe4 d5 25.Qxb5 c4 26.Ra7 Rd8 27.Bxd5 exd5 28.Qxd5 Qe7 29.Ra8 Rxa8 30.Qxa8+ Qd8 31.Qb7 Bc5 32.f5 Bb6 33.Bh6 Rg8 34.Kh1 Qc7 35.Qd5 Rg3 36.e6 fxe6 37.Qxe6+ Kd8 38.Bf4

 

58."World Champion is Here to Fight!" 

Gukesh D 2777 vs Harikrishna, Pentala 2695 Tata Steel Chess chess.com [7] 2025.1.25 C02 French, Advance, Euwe Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Nge7 7.O-O cxd4 8.cxd4 Nf5 9.Nc3 a6 10.Kh1 Rc8 11.Rb1 Qb6 12.g4 Nfe7 13.Be3 h5 14.g5 Nf5 15.g6 f6 16.exf6 gxf6 17.Bd3 Nce7 18.Rg1 Bg7 19.Na4 Qd6 20.b4 b6 21.b5 axb5 22.Bxb5 Bxb5 23.Rxb5 Nxe3 24.fxe3 Rc6 25.Qb3 O-O 26.Nxb6 Bh6 27.Na4 Nf5 28.Rc5 Rxc5 29.Nxc5 Nxe3 30.Qb7 Bg7 31.Re1 Nf5 32.Nxe6 Rb8 33.Qf7+ Kh8 34.Nxg7 Nxg7 35.Re7 Rg8 36.Rd7 Qb6 37.Rxd5 Qb1+ 38.Kg2 f5 39.Rc5 Qb2+ 40.Kf1 Qa1+ 41.Kf2 Qb2+ 42.Kg3 h4+ 43.Kf4 Qb8+ 44.Re5 Qd6 45.Kg5

 

59."Enough is Enough!" 

Warmerdam, Max 2646 vs Wei, Yi 2751 Masters chess.com [8] 2025.1.26 C45 Scotch, Schmidt Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.Bd3 d5 7.exd5 cxd5 8.O-O Be7 9.h3 O-O 10.Re1 c5 11.b3 Bb7 12.Nc3 c4 13.Bf1 d4 14.Nb5 Bb4 15.Bd2 Bc5 16.Re5 Ne4 17.Rxc5 Qf6 18.Be1 Nxc5 19.Qxd4 Qxd4 20.Nxd4 Rfd8 21.Nf5 cxb3 22.axb3 a6 23.Bc4 Ne6 24.Bxe6 fxe6 25.Ne3 Rac8 26.Ra4 Rc5 27.Bb4 Re5 28.Bc3 Re4 29.Ra2 Rf4 30.Ra5 h6 31.Kf1 Bc6 32.Kg1 Bb7 33.Kf1 Kh7 34.Ke2 Rf7 35.f3 Rc7 36.Be1 Rcd7 37.Bb4 Rb8 38.Bc3 Rc8 39.Bb4 Rc6 40.Bc5 Bc8 41.Ba3 Rb7 42.Bb2 Bd7 43.Ra3 Be8 44.Bd4 Bf7 45.Ra2 Rb4 46.Bb2 Bg6 47.Kd2 Rb5 48.Ra4 Rb7 49.Bd4 Be8 50.Nc4 e5 51.Nxe5 Rd6 52.Rc4 Bb5 53.Rb4 a5 54.Rxb5 Rxb5 55.Ke3 Rbd5 56.Bc3 a4 57.bxa4 Rc5 58.Bd4 Rxc2 59.g4 Ra2 60.f4 Rxa4 61.Bc5 Rd5 62.Be7 g5 63.Nd3 gxf4+

 

60."The Machine Awakens!"

Keymer, Vincent 2733 vs Caruana, Fabiano 2803 Tata Steel Chess chess.com [8] 2025.1.26 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 c6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Nge2 Nf8 9.Qc2 Ne6 10.Bh4 g6 11.Rd1 O-O 12.O-O a5 13.Nc1 Ng7 14.f3 Be6 15.N1e2 Rc8 16.Kh1 Nd7 17.Bf2 b5 18.Nf4 Nb6 19.e4 Bg5 20.Be3 dxe4 21.fxe4 Bg4 22.Nce2 f5 23.exf5 Nxf5 24.Qb3+ Nc4 25.Bxc4+ bxc4 26.Qxc4+ Rf7 27.Bc1 Qe7 28.Rde1 Bh4 29.Ng3 Qb4 30.Qxb4 axb4 31.Nxf5 Bxf5 32.g3 Bf6 33.d5 Bd7 34.Nd3 cxd5 35.Nxb4 Bb5 36.Rf4 Re7 37.Bd2 Rxe1+ 38.Bxe1 Be5 39.Bc3 Bxf4 40.gxf4 Kf7 41.Nc2 Bc4 42.a3 Re8 43.Nd4 Re4 44.f5 gxf5 45.Kg2 Rf4 46.a4 Ke8 47.a5 Kd7 48.h3 Rf1 49.Nf3 Ba6 50.h4 h5 51.b4 f4 52.Nd4 Bc4 53.Bb2 Rb1 54.Bc3 Rd1 55.Nf3 d4 56.Bb2 Bd5 57.Kf2 d3 58.Bc3 Bxf3 59.Kxf3 d2 60.Ke2 f3+

 

61."Handshake Gambit Refuted!" 

Yakubboev, Nodirbek 2659 vs Vaishali, Rameshbabu 2476 Tata Steel Chess chess.com [4] 2025.1.21 D52 Queen's Gambit Declined, Cambridge Springs Defence, Rubinstein Variation 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.Nd2 dxc4 8.Bxf6 Nxf6 9.Nxc4 Qc7 10.Rc1 Bd6 11.f4 O-O 12.Bd3 Be7 13.O-O c5 14.Qe2 Bd7 15.dxc5 Qxc5 16.Ne5 Rfc8 17.Rc2 Be8 18.Rfc1 Rd8 19.Nb5 Qb6 20.Nc7 Rab8 21.Kh1 Bc6 22.Nxc6 bxc6 23.Na6 Rbc8 24.Nc5 Rd5 25.Nb3 h5 26.Bc4 Rd7 27.Nd4 Ng4 28.Ba6 Rcc7 29.Rxc6 Bf6 30.Bc8 Rxc6 31.Rxc6 Rc7 32.Bd7 Bxd4

 

62."Never Respect Your Opponent Too Much!"

Gukesh D 2777 vs Mendonca, Leon Luke 2639 Tata Steel Chess chess.com [9] 2025.1.28 C78 Ruy Lopez, 5.O-O 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.d3 d6 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 O-O 12.c3 Bb6 13.Na3 Ne7 14.Nc2 Ng6 15.Ne3 Bxe3 16.fxe3 Kg7 17.Bc2 c5 18.axb5 axb5 19.b4 cxb4 20.cxb4 Qe7 21.Ra5 Bd7 22.d4 Bc6 23.Qa1 Rfe8 24.Bb3 Ra8 25.Nd2 Rf8 26.Bc2 Nh5 27.Be1 Nf6 28.Rf5 Rxa5 29.bxa5 Re8 30.d5 Bd7 31.Rf2 Bc8 32.Nf1 Qa7 33.Qa3 Rd8 34.Bb4 Ne8 35.Ng3 Ne7 36.Bd1 Ng8 37.Be2 Qb7 38.Bd3 Ngf6 39.Rc2 Bd7 40.Bxd6 Nxd6 41.Qxd6 Qa7 42.Qxe5 Qxe3+ 43.Rf2

 

63."Perfectly Balanced, as All Things Should Be"

Praggnanandhaa R 2741 vs Mendonca, Leon Luke 2639 Masters chess.com [4] 2025.1.21 C77 Ruy Lopez, Anderssen Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 d6 9.c3 Bb6 10.a4 Rb8 11.axb5 axb5 12.Na3 b4 13.Nc4 bxc3 14.bxc3 O-O 15.O-O Kh8 16.Ba4 Bd7 17.Rb1 g5 18.Bg3 Ba7 19.Ra1 Bb6 20.Re1 Ne7 21.d4 Bxa4 22.Rxa4 exd4 23.cxd4 Ng6 24.e5 Nh5 25.exd6 Nxg3 26.dxc7 Qxc7 27.hxg3 Rbe8 28.Ne3 Qd7 29.Qa1 Kh7 30.Ra6 Rb8 31.Nc4 Bc7 32.Ra7 Qc6 33.Rc1 Ra8 34.d5 Rxa7 35.Qxa7 Ra8 36.Qd4 Qd7 37.d6 Bd8 38.Nce5 Qe6 39.Nxg6 fxg6 40.Re1 Qf7 41.Qe4 Ra7 42.Ne5 Qe6 43.Nc6 Qxe4 44.Rxe4 Rd7 45.Re6 h5 46.Kh2

 

64."Surprising the Surpriser!" 

Warmerdam, Max 2646 vs Gukesh D 2777 Masters chess.com [10] 2025.1.29 B00 King's Pawn Opening 1.e4 d6 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 g6 4.c3 Bg7 5.Ne2 Nc6 6.d4 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nf6 8.Nbc3 O-O 9.h3 Bd7 10.O-O Rb8 11.Be3 b5 12.b3 b4 13.Na4 e6 14.Nb2 a5 15.a4 bxa3 e.p. 16.Rxa3 Nb4 17.Nc3 Bb5 18.Re1 d5 19.e5 Nd7 20.Qd2 Ba6 21.Rc1 Rc8 22.Raa1 Qb6 23.Nca4 Qb8 24.Bf1 Bxf1 25.Kxf1 f6 26.exf6 Nxf6 27.Rxc8 Qxc8 28.Rc1 Ne4 29.Qd1 Qb8 30.Kg1 Nxg3 31.Nc5 Nf5 32.Qg4 Qe8 33.Nbd3 Nc6 34.Nf4 Bxd4

 

65."Where Gukesh Goes, I Follow!"

Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2768 vs Sarana, Alexey 2677 Tata Steel Chess chess.com [10] 2025.1.29 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Nb3 e6 7.g4 b5 8.a3 Bb7 9.Bg2 Nc6 10.g5 Nd7 11.h4 Rc8 12.Qe2 Be7 13.f4 h6 14.O-O hxg5 15.hxg5 Nb6 16.a4 Nc4 17.axb5 axb5 18.Qf2 b4 19.Nd1 Ra8 20.Rxa8 Qxa8 21.Nd2 Nxd2 22.Bxd2 Bd8 23.b3 Qa5 24.Be3 Ba6 25.Re1 e5 26.Qd2 Bc7 27.f5 Nd4 28.Bf2 Rh5 29.g6 Bd8 30.gxf7+ Kxf7 31.Ne3 Bg5 32.Qd1 Rh8 33.Qg4 Qd8 34.Nd5 Rh6 35.Bxd4 exd4 36.e5 dxe5 37.Rxe5 Qd6 38.Qxd4 Bf6 39.Qa7+ Kf8 40.Nxf6 Qd1+ 41.Kf2 Qxc2+ 42.Kg3 Rxf6 43.Bd5 Qd3+ 44.Re3 Rg6+ 45.Kf4 Qf1+ 46.Bf3 Rg4+ 47.Kxg4 Qg1+ 48.Kf4 Qh2+ 49.Ke4 Qh4+ 50.Kd5 Qd8+ 51.Kc6

 

66."Power of a Passed Pawn"

Praggnanandhaa R 2741 vs Fedoseev, Vladimir 2717 Tata Steel Chess chess.com [10] 2025.1.29 D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch Defence 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be6 7.e3 c4 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.g3 Bb4 10.Bg2 Nc6 11.O-O O-O 12.Ne2 Rc8 13.Nh4 Kh8 14.a3 Be7 15.e4 Rg8 16.Re1 Bf8 17.Qc2 b5 18.Rad1 Ne7 19.Nc3 a6 20.exd5 Nxd5 21.Be4 Nf4 22.Bxh7 Rg5 23.Be4 Qd7 24.Kh1 Rh5 25.Bf3 Rh6 26.d5 Bh3 27.Be4 Rh5 28.Ne2 Nxe2 29.Qxe2 Re5 30.f4 Bg4 31.Qf1 Rh5 32.Bf3 c3 33.bxc3 Rxc3 34.Bxg4 Qxg4 35.Qe2 Qxe2 36.Rxe2 Bd6 37.Re8+ Kh7 38.Rd8 Bxf4 39.d6 Bxg3 40.d7 Rxh4 41.Rc8 Rxh2+ 42.Kg1 Rxa3 43.d8=Q Be5 44.Qg8+ Kh6 45.Qf8+

 

67.Enter, Magnus Anderssen!

MagnusCarlsen 3253 vs DanielNaroditsky 3122 Live Chess chess.com D00 2025.1.29 A45 London System 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 a6 4.e3 h6 5.h4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Ne5 Bd7 8.g4 cxd4 9.exd4 e6 10.Bg2 Qb6 11.g5 Qxb2 12.Rh3 hxg5 13.Rb1 Qa3 14.Nxd5 Qxh3 15.Nc7+ Kd8 16.Nxf7+ Kc8 17.Bxh3 gxf4 18.Nxa8

 

68.Welcome to the Jungle

Caruana, Fabiano 2803 vs Praggnanandhaa R 2741 Tata Steel Chess chess.com [11] 2025.1.31 D35 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional Line, 5...c6 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Nge2 Re8 9.h3 Nbd7 10.Qc2 Nf8 11.O-O-O b5 12.Kb1 a5 13.f3 Be7 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.e4 a4 16.a3 b4 17.axb4 a3 18.b3 Qb6 19.Ka2 dxe4 20.fxe4 Bxd4 21.Nxd4 Qxd4 22.b5 Bd7 23.Bc4 Qa7 24.bxc6 Bxc6 25.Rhf1 Re7 26.Nd5 Rb7 27.Rf5 Rc8 28.Qd3 Ne6 29.Rdf1 Be8 30.R5f2 Qb8 31.Rc2 Nc5 32.Qe3 Nxb3 33.Rb1 Ba4 34.Bd3 Nc5 35.Ne7+ Kh8 36.Rxb7 Qxb7 37.Ba6 Qxe7

 

69.Total Destruction

Praggnanandhaa R 2741 vs Sarana, Alexey 2672 Tata Steel Chess chess.com [12] 2025.2.1 D36 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional Line, 6.Qc2 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2 Be6 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Be2 Bd6 9.Bd3 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 Bxg3 12.hxg3 Qe7 13.Nf3 g4 14.Nh4 Nb6 15.O-O O-O-O 16.a4 Kb8 17.a5 Nc4 18.Na4 Nd6 19.Nc5 a6 20.Rfc1 Bc8 21.Qb3 Nb5 22.Nxa6+ bxa6 23.Rxc6 Rd7 24.Nf5 Qd8 25.Bxb5 axb5 26.a6 Ra7 27.Qxb5+ Ka8 28.Nd6 Bd7 29.Qb7+

 

70.Staring Death in The Face

Van Foreest, Jorden 2688 vs Gukesh D 2777 Masters chess.com [12] 2025.2.1 D31 Queen's Gambit Declined, Charousek (Petrosian) Variation 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Nge2 Nd7 8.Rc1 Ngf6 9.Ng3 Bg6 10.h4 h5 11.Be2 Qb6 12.Qd2 Ng4 13.Bg5 Bd6 14.Bf4 Be7 15.Bg5 Qd8 16.f3 Ngf6 17.O-O Nh7 18.Bxe7 Qxe7 19.f4 Qxh4 20.Qe1 f5 21.Nxh5 Qe7 22.Bf3 Bxh5 23.Bxh5+ Kf8 24.Nd1 Nb6 25.Bg6 Qe6 26.Qb4+ Kg8 27.Bxh7+ Rxh7 28.Rf3 Re8 29.Nf2 Nc4 30.Nd3 Rh4 31.Ne5 b5 32.Qc5 Qh6 33.Kf2 Re6 34.Rxc4 dxc4 35.Qxa7 Qf6 36.Rg3 Rh1 37.Nd7 Qd8 38.Ne5 Re7 39.Qa6 Rxe5 40.fxe5 f4 41.Rh3 fxe3+ 42.Ke2 Rb1 43.Qxc6 Rxb2+ 44.Kf3 Qf8+ 45.Ke4 Rf2 46.Qe6+ Rf7 47.Rxe3 Qa8+ 48.d5 Qxa2 49.Qc8+ Rf8 50.Qe6+ Rf7 51.Qc8+

 

71.The Curse is Broken!

Erigaisi Arjun 2801 vs Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2766 Tata Steel Chess chess.com [12] 2025.2.1 E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical Variation 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d6 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 c5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.O-O Bxc3 9.Qxc3 Qe7 10.dxc5 dxc5 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.Qxe5 Rd8 13.Bc2 Ng4 14.Qg3 e5 15.f3 Nf6 16.b3 Nh5 17.Qf2 Bd7 18.Bb2 Bc6 19.Rad1 h6 20.h3 Nf6 21.Qg3 Rxd1 22.Rxd1 Re8 23.a4 Nh5 24.Qf2 Qg5 25.g4 f5 26.h4 Qg6 27.Bxf5 Qf7 28.Rd6 Nf6 29.g5 hxg5 30.hxg5 Nh5 31.Bg4 Qe7 32.Rxc6 bxc6 33.Bxh5 Qxg5+ 34.Bg4 e4 35.Kf1 Qg6 36.Qc2 Rf8 37.Qg2 exf3 38.Be6+ Kh7 39.Qh3+ Qh6 40.Kf2 Rb8 41.Bf5+ g6 42.Bxg6+ Kxg6 43.Qe6+ Kh5 44.Bf6 Qh7 45.Qe5+ Kg6 46.Qxb8

 

72.Few Games Hurt Like This 

Erigaisi Arjun 2801 vs Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2766 Tata Steel Chess chess.com [12] 2025.2.1 E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical Variation 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d6 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 c5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.O-O Bxc3 9.Qxc3 Qe7 10.dxc5 dxc5 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.Qxe5 Rd8 13.Bc2 Ng4 14.Qg3 e5 15.f3 Nf6 16.b3 Nh5 17.Qf2 Bd7 18.Bb2 Bc6 19.Rad1 h6 20.h3 Nf6 21.Qg3 Rxd1 22.Rxd1 Re8 23.a4 Nh5 24.Qf2 Qg5 25.g4 f5 26.h4 Qg6 27.Bxf5 Qf7 28.Rd6 Nf6 29.g5 hxg5 30.hxg5 Nh5 31.Bg4 Qe7 32.Rxc6 bxc6 33.Bxh5 Qxg5+ 34.Bg4 e4 35.Kf1 Qg6 36.Qc2 Rf8 37.Qg2 exf3 38.Be6+ Kh7 39.Qh3+ Qh6 40.Kf2 Rb8 41.Bf5+ g6 42.Bxg6+ Kxg6 43.Qe6+ Kh5 44.Bf6 Qh7 45.Qe5+ Kg6 46.Qxb8

 

73.The Stress is Unbearable

Keymer, Vincent 2731 vs Praggnanandhaa R 2741 Masters chess.com [13] 2025.2.2 B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 e6 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O d4 8.Nb1 Bd6 9.c3 c5 10.cxd4 cxd4 11.Na3 O-O 12.Nc4 Bc7 13.d3 Nc6 14.a4 a6 15.g3 b5 16.Na3 Rb8 17.axb5 axb5 18.Bg5 Bd6 19.Rfc1 Ne5 20.Qg2 Ned7 21.Nc2 Qb6 22.b4 e5 23.h4 Ra8 24.Qf1 Rfc8 25.Rxa8 Rxa8 26.Ra1 Qc6 27.Rxa8+ Qxa8 28.Qc1 Qb7 29.Bd1 Ne8 30.Bd2 Nb8 31.Ne1 Nc6 32.Bb3 Nxb4 33.Bxb4 Bxb4 34.Nf3 Qe7 35.Qc6 h6 36.Qxb5 Bd6 37.h5 Nf6 38.Nh4 Qd7 39.Qa6 Kh7 40.Qa2 Kg8 41.Qa8+ Qe8 42.Qa6 Bf8 43.Qb6 Nh7 44.Qg6 Ng5 45.Qf5 Qb8 46.Bc4 Bd6 47.Kg2 Kf8 48.Ng6+ Kg8 49.Qd7 Bf8 50.Nh4 Bd6 51.Nf5 Bf8 52.Nh4 Bd6 53.Nf3 Qf8 54.Nxg5 hxg5 55.Bxf7+ Kh8 56.Bb3 Be7 57.Qe6 Bf6 58.Bc4 Kh7 59.Qf5+ Kh8 60.Qg6 Be7 61.Bf7 Bb4 62.Qf5 Bd6 63.Kh3 Be7 64.Kg4 Bf6 65.Be6 Qe7 66.f4 gxf4 67.gxf4 Qd6 68.Bc4 Qb8 69.Bd5 exf4 70.e5 Bxe5 71.Be4 Kg8 72.Qe6+ Kh8 73.Qg6 Qc8+ 74.Bf5 Qg8 75.Kf3 Bf6 76.Be4 Be5 77.h6 Bb8 78.Qg5 Qf8 79.hxg7+ Qxg7 80.Qh4+

 

74.The Chosen One

Praggnanandhaa R 2717 vs Gukesh D 2615 Tata Steel Chess chess.com [1-3] 2025.2.2 D02 London System 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 e6 4.e3 c5 5.Be2 Bd6 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 dxc4 9.Bxc4 a6 10.Qxd8 Rxd8 11.Nbd2 Bd7 12.Rac1 Be7 13.Be2 Nd5 14.Bg3 Bb5 15.Bxb5 axb5 16.a3 Nc6 17.Rfd1 Rac8 18.Kf1 Nb6 19.Ne4 Nc4 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Rc2 Rd1+ 22.Ke2 Rb1 23.Nc3 Rxb2 24.Rxb2 Nxb2 25.Nxb5 Nc4 26.Kd3 Nxa3 27.Nxa3 Bxa3 28.Kc4 Na7 29.Bb8 Nc8 30.Kb5 f6 31.Nd2 Kf7 32.Nc4 Bf8 33.Na5 Bd6 34.Bxd6 Nxd6+ 35.Kb6 Ne4 36.f3 Nc3 37.Kxb7 e5 38.Kc6 Nd1 39.Nc4 Ke6 40.e4 g6 41.Kc5 f5 42.Kb4 fxe4 43.fxe4 Nf2 44.Nd2 Kd6 45.Nc4+ Ke6 46.Nd2 Kf6 47.Kc4 Ng4 48.Nf1 Nf2 49.Kd5 Nd3 50.Ne3 Nf4+ 51.Kd6 Nd3 52.Ng4+ Kg5 53.Nxe5 Kf4 54.Nxd3+ Kxe4 55.Nf2+ Ke3 56.Ng4+ Kf4 57.Nf6 h5 58.Ke6 h4 59.Kf7 Kf5 60.Kg7 g5 61.h3 Kf4 62.Kg6