CATUR

1.GAME 4

Ju, Wenjun 2561 vs Tan, Zhongyi 2555 FIDE Women's World Championship 2025 chess.com [3] 2025.4.6 A13 English Opening 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 Nge7 7.Be2 d5 8.exd5 exd5 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.O-O O-O 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Bf3 Be6 13.Bg5 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Rc8 15.Qa4 h6 16.Bd2 a5 17.Rfe1 Rc4 18.Qa3 Nf5 19.Be2 Rc8 20.Rad1 Qd6 21.Qxa5 Ra8 22.Qb4 Rxa2 23.Bf4 Qc6 24.Bb5 Qb6 25.Re2 Rfa8 26.Bd3 Ra1 27.Ree1 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 Qd8 29.h3 Qf6 30.Re1 Rc8 31.Be5 Qg5 32.Ba6 Ra8 33.Bf4 Qf6 34.Bb7 Rd8 35.Bc7 Rf8 36.Rd1 Qg5 37.Bxd5 Ne3 38.h4 Qg4 39.Qxg4 Bxg4 40.Rd3 Nxd5 41.Rxd5 Ra8 42.Bb6 Be6 43.Rd6 Kf8 44.Bd4 Ke7 45.Rb6 g6 46.Kh2 h5 47.Kg3 Ra5 48.Kf4 Kd7 49.g3 Rf5+ 50.Ke3 Ra5 51.Rb4 Bd5 52.Bb6 Ra3 53.Kd4 Be6 54.Bc5 Ra2 55.Kd3 Bf5+ 56.Ke3 Be6 57.Bd4 Kc6 58.c4 Kc7 59.c5 Bd5 60.Kf4 Bc6 61.Kg5 Ra4 62.Be5+ Kd7 63.Rb2 Ke6 64.Bf4 Rc4 65.Be3 Ke5 66.Rb8 Bd7 67.Rd8 Be6 68.Rd6 Rc2 69.Kh6 Kf6 70.Rd1 Rc4 71.Rd6 Rc2 72.Bd4+ Kf5 73.f3 Rc4 74.c6 Rc2 75.Kg7 g5 76.hxg5 Kxg5 77.Bb6 Kf5 78.c7 Rc3 79.Ba5 Rc5 80.Ra6 Rc4 81.Kf8 Bd5 82.Ke7 h4 83.Rf6+ Ke5 84.gxh4 Be6 85.h5 Rc5 86.h6 Bc8 87.h7

 

2.Iceland's First Grandmaster

Fridrik Olafsson vs Robert James Fischer Portoroz Interzonal, SLO rd 11 Aug 22, 1958 Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense D38 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. cd5 ed5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. e3 Nc6 9. Rc1 c4 10. Be2 Be6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nd2 Be7 13. b3 g5 14. Bg3 Ba3 15. Rc2 Nb4 16. bc4 Nc2 17. Qc2 dc4 18. Nb5 Bb4 19. Nc7 Bd2 20. Ne6 fe6 21. Bc4 Qe8 22. Qd2 Ne4 23. Qd3 Ng3 24. hg3 Rf6 25. Qe4 Rc8 26. Bb3 Qd7 27. Rd1 Re8 28. f4 Qh7 29. Qe5 Qf5 30. g4 Qe5 31. de5 Rf7 32. f5 Rc7 33. Rd6 Rc5 34. Be6 Kf8 35. Bb3 Rce5 36. Rh6 Re3 37. Rg6 R8e4 38. Rg5 Rg3 39. Rg8 Ke7 40. g5 Re2 41. Bd5 Kd6 42. Bf3 Ra2 43. f6 Ke6 44. Re8

 

3.GAME 5

Ju, Wenjun 2561 vs Tan, Zhongyi 2555 FIDE Women's World Championship chess.com [5] 2025.4.9 B42 Sicilian, Kan, Polugaievsky Variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Ba7 7.O-O Ne7 8.c4 Nbc6 9.Nc3 Ne5 10.c5 N7g6 11.Be2 b5 12.f4 Nc4 13.a4 b4 14.Bxc4 bxc3 15.bxc3 Bb7 16.Qe2 O-O 17.Bd3 f5 18.exf5 exf5 19.Be3 Qc7 20.Bxa6 Rfe8 21.Bxb7 Qxb7 22.Qc4+ Kh8 23.Bd4 Re6 24.h3 Rae8 25.Rf2 Bb8 26.Raf1 Nxf4 27.Rxf4 Bxf4 28.Rxf4 Re1+ 29.Rf1 Rxf1+ 30.Kxf1 Qe4 31.Kg1 Qb1+ 32.Kh2 Re1 33.Qd5 h6 34.Nd2 Rh1+ 35.Kg3 Qe1+ 36.Bf2 Qe2 37.Qd4 Rd1 38.Be3 Kh7 39.a5 Re1 40.Bf2 Rd1 41.Be3 Re1 42.Nc4 Ra1 43.Nd6 Ra2 44.Bf2 Qe6 45.Qf4 Kg6 46.Kh2 Qf6 47.Nc4 Kh7 48.Bd4 Qe6 49.Nd6 Qg6 50.Qf3 f4 51.a6 Rxa6 52.Qxf4 Ra2 53.Qf3 Qe6 54.Nf5 g5 55.Ne3 d6 56.c6 Ra8 57.Nd5 Rc8 58.Qd3+ Kg8 59.Ne7+

 

4.GAME 6

Tan, Zhongyi 2555 vs Ju, Wenjun 2561 FIDE Women's World Championship chess.com [6] 2025.4.10 A15 English Opening 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 d5 4.Bb2 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.g3 Nc6 7.Bg2 d4 8.O-O Be7 9.Na3 O-O 10.e3 dxe3 11.dxe3 Bf5 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 Qc8 14.Qe2 Bh3 15.Qf3 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Qe6 17.Bb2 Ne4 18.Rfd1 Rad8 19.Nc4 b5 20.Ne5 f5 21.Nd3 g5 22.Ne1 Bf6 23.Bxf6 Qxf6 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Rd1 Rxd1 26.Qxd1 Qd6 27.Qh5 Kg7 28.Qe8 a6 29.Nf3 Nf6 30.Qa8 h6 31.h4 g4 32.Qb7+ Qd7 33.Qxd7+ Nxd7 34.Nd2 Kf6 35.f4 Ke6 36.e4 fxe4 37.Nxe4 Kd5 38.Nf2 Nf6 39.Kf1 Kd4 40.Ke2 h5 41.a4 Kc3 42.axb5 axb5 43.Nd3 Ne4 44.Ke3 Nxg3 45.Nxc5 Nf5+ 46.Ke4 Nxh4 47.Ke5 Kb4 48.Ne4 Kxb3 49.Kf6 Nf3 50.f5 h4 51.Ke7 g3 52.f6 g2

 

5.GAME 7 

Ju, Wenjun 2561 vs Tan, Zhongyi 2555 FIDE Women's World Championship chess.com [7] 2025.4.13 B30 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rossolimo Attack (without ...d6) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Qb6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 Ng6 9.c4 Be7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Na4 Qc7 12.c5 d5 13.cxd6 e.p. Bxd6 14.Qh5 Rb8 15.b3 Rd8 16.Rd1 Rb4 17.Bb2 Nf4 18.Qf3 Nxd3 19.Rxd3 Ba6 20.Rdd1 Bxh2+ 21.Kh1 Bd6 22.Qc3 Bf8 23.Nc5 Rb6 24.Qe5 Qe7 25.Rac1 Rb5 26.Rxd8 Qxd8 27.Qd4 Qh4+ 28.Kg1 Bc8 29.e5 Qxd4 30.Bxd4 a5 31.f4 h5 32.Kf2 Be7 33.Ke3 g5 34.Ne4 gxf4+ 35.Kxf4 Bb7 36.Bc5 Bxc5 37.Nxc5 Kg7 38.Kg5 Ba8 39.Kxh5 Rb8 40.Rc4 Rh8+ 41.Kg4 Rh2 42.Kg3 Rh5 43.Rg4+ Kf8 44.Ra4 Ke7 45.Rxa5 Rxe5 46.Ra7+ Kd6 47.b4

 

6.GAME 8

Tan, Zhongyi 2555 vs Ju, Wenjun 2561 FIDE Women's World Championship chess.com [8] 2025.4.14 C28 Vienna Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.d3 Bb4 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O Bxc3 7.bxc3 O-O 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 Na5 10.Bb3 Nxb3 11.axb3 Qe7 12.Re1 Qe6 13.d4 Nd7 14.Qd3 a6 15.Rad1 Re8 16.Bg3 b5 17.Nd2 Nf6 18.b4 Nh5 19.Nb3 Qg6 20.dxe5 Nxg3 21.hxg3 Rxe5 22.Na5 Bd7 23.Re3 Rae8 24.Rde1 f5 25.Qd4 Rxe4 26.Rxe4 Rxe4 27.Rxe4 fxe4 28.c4 e3 29.Qxe3 Qxc2 30.Qa7 bxc4 31.Qxc7 Bb5 32.Nb7 c3 33.Nxd6 Qd3 34.Qf7+ Kh7 35.Nf5 Qd7 36.Qxd7 Bxd7 37.Nd4 Ba4 38.Ne2 c2 39.f3 Kg6 40.Kf2 Bb5 41.Nc1 h5 42.Ke3 Kg5 43.Kd2 Bf1 44.Nb3 Bxg2 45.Nd4 Bxf3 46.Nxf3+ Kg4 47.Nd4 Kxg3 48.Nf5+ Kg4 49.Ne3+ Kf3 50.Nxc2 h4 51.Ne1+ Kg3 52.Ke3 h3 53.Nf3 h2

 

7.IM Crushes Magnus in a Miniature

Makarian, Rudik 3003 vs Carlsen, Magnus 3316 Titled Tuesday Grand Prix chess.com [4] 2025.4.15 E10 Catalan 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.Qc2 Na6 8.Rd1 b6 9.Bg5 Bb7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Nc3 Re8 12.Rac1 h6 13.Bf4 Qe7 14.a3 c5 15.Be5 Rad8 16.e3 Ne4 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.dxc5 Naxc5 19.b4 Ne6 20.Ne2 Qf6 21.Ned4 Rc8 22.Qb2 Nxd4 23.Nxd4 h5 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Bxe4 dxe4 26.Ne6+

 

8.Ju Wenjun vs Tan Zhongyi GAME 9 

Ju, Wenjun 2561 vs Tan, Zhongyi 2555 FIDE Women's World Championship 2025 chess.com [9] 2025.4.16 B30 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rossolimo Attack (without ...d6) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 Nd4 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.c3 a6 8.Bf1 Nc6 9.Na3 Be7 10.Nc2 d5 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.cxd4 dxe4 13.d3 exd3 14.Bxd3 O-O 15.Be4 Bf6 16.Be3 g6 17.Qb3 Bxd4 18.Rad1 e5 19.Bxd4 exd4 20.Qb4 a5 21.Qxd4 Qxd4 22.Rxd4 Be6 23.Bd5 Rfd8 24.Red1 Rac8 25.Kf1 Rd6 26.Bxe6 Rxe6 27.Rd8+ Rxd8 28.Rxd8+ Kg7 29.Rd7 b6 30.g4 Kf6 31.Rb7 h5 32.gxh5 gxh5 33.Kg2 Kg6 34.Kg3 f6 35.h4 Kf5 36.Rh7 Kg6 37.Rb7 Kf5 38.Rh7 Kg6

 

9.There's No Bishop Pair Like Ivanchuk's Bishop Pair!

Ivic, Velimir 2623 vs Ivanchuk, Vasyl 2604 Reykjavik Open 2025 chess.com [6] 2025.4.13 C88 Ruy Lopez, closed, 7...O-O 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Nb8 11.Nc3 Nbd7 12.Ne2 Re8 13.Ng3 Bf8 14.Ng5 d5 15.exd5 Nc5 16.c4 Nxb3 17.Qxb3 c6 18.dxc6 Bxc6 19.N5e4 h6 20.Be3 bxc4 21.Nxf6+ Qxf6 22.dxc4 Qg6 23.Rac1 Re6 24.Qc2 h5 25.h4 Be7 26.Qxg6 Rxg6 27.Bd4 f6 28.b4 Rg4 29.b5 Bxa3 30.Ra1 axb5 31.cxb5 Bb7 32.Be3 Rxh4 33.Red1 Rha4 34.Rd7 Bc8 35.Rd8+ Kh7 36.Nxh5 Kg6 37.Ng3 Bb7 38.Rd7 Bc8 39.Rc7 Bg4 40.b6 Bd6 41.Rxa4 Rxa4 42.Ra7 Rb4 43.f3 Rb1+ 44.Kh2 e4 45.Ra4 Bf5 46.fxe4 Be6 47.Ra8 Rb3 48.b7 Be5 49.Bf2 Rxb7 50.Ra6 Bg4 51.Ra2 Rb3 52.Ra5 Rc3 53.Rb5 Ra3 54.Rd5 Rb3 55.Ra5 Kh6 56.Rd5 g6 57.Ra5 Bd7 58.Rc5 Ra3 59.Rd5 Bc6 60.Rc5 Ba8 61.Rb5 Rd3 62.Ra5 Bb7 63.Rb5 Bc8 64.Rd5 Rb3 65.Rc5 Bb7 66.Ra5 Bd6 67.Ra4

 

10.Attack Like The Magician 1

Mikhail Tal vs Georgi Tringov Amsterdam Interzonal 1964 rd 23 Jun 21 Modern Defense: Two Knights. Suttles Variation Tal Gambit B06 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bg5 Qb6 6. Qd2 Qb2 7. Rb1 Qa3 8. Bc4 Qa5 9. O-O e6 10. Rfe1 a6 11. Bf4 e5 12. de5 de5 13. Qd6 Qc3 14. Red1 Nd7 15. Bf7 Kf7 16. Ng5 Ke8 17. Qe6

 

11.Attack Like The Magician 2

Mikhail Tal vs Konstantin Klaman "Klaman Through the Bathroom Window" game of the day Jan 17, 2011 USSR Championship 1957, Moscow rd 15 Feb 11 Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer. Modern Variation B61 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Nd4 8. Qd4 Qa5 9. Bf6 gf6 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. f4 Rg8 12. g3 e6 13. Bh3 Qc5 14. Qd2 b5 15. Rhe1 b4 16. Ne2 Qc4 17. Kb1 Qe4 18. Nd4 Qb7 19. Qd3 Be7 20. Qh7 Rf8 21. Bg4 Qc7 22. Ka1 f5 23. Bf5 ef5 24. Re7 Ke7 25. Re1 Kd8 26. Qh4 f6 27. Qh6 Qa5 28. Nb3 not 28.Qxf8+? Kc7 29.Qxf6 b3! -+ 28... Qd5 29. Qf8 Kc7 30. Qf6 Re8 31. Rc1 Ba4 32. Qd4 Qb7 33. Rd1 Re6 34. Qc4

 

12.Attack Like The Magician 3

Mikhail Tal vs Wolfgang Uhlmann "Trojan Horse" game of the day Nov 13, 2017 Moscow 1971 rd 6 Nov 30 French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Open System Euwe-Keres Line C07 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 de4 6. Ne4 Bd7 7. Bg5 Qa5 8. Nc3 cd4 9. Nd4 Bb4 10. O-O Bc3 11. bc3 Qc3 12. Nf5 ef5 13. Re1 Be6 14. Qd6 a6 15. Bd2 Qc2 16. Bb4 ab5 17. Qf8 Kd7 18. Red1 Kc7 19. Qa8

 

13.Attack Like The Magician 4

Mikhail Tal vs Mikhail Mukhin USSR Championship 1972 Baku rd 12 Dec 4 Sicilian Defense: Fischer-Sozin Attack, Flank Variation B87 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O Bb7 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. Bg5 Nc5 11. Bd5 b4 12. Bb7 Nb7 13. Nd5 ed5 14. ed5 Kd7 15. c3 b3 16. Qb3 Nc5 17. Qc4 Qc8 18. Nc6 h6 19. Bf6 gf6 20. Re3 Kc7 21. b4 Rg8

 

14.Ivanchuk's Immortal Rook

Chasin, Nico 2435 vs Ivanchuk, Vasyl 2604 4th Menorca Open chess.com [3] 2025.4.23 D31 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Slav, Marshall Gambit 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 Bb4 5.Bd3 dxe4 6.Bxe4 Nf6 7.Bf3 O-O 8.Be3 Nbd7 9.Ne2 e5 10.O-O Re8 11.Ng3 exd4 12.Bxd4 Ne5 13.Be2 Ng6 14.Rc1 Qe7 15.Re1 Be6 16.a3 Ba5 17.Bd3 Rad8 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.Rxe7 Nxe7 20.Ne2 Bxd3 21.Qxd3 c5 22.b4 Bc7 23.bxc5 Nc6 24.Qf3 Nxd4 25.Nxd4 Rxd4 26.Qxb7 Rxc4 27.Rb1 Rxc5 28.Qxa7 Rb5 29.Rf1 Bb6 30.Qa4 Rb2 31.h3 g6 32.Qc6 Kg7 33.a4 Ree2 34.Kh2 h5

 

15.Ivanchuk is Back! 3230 Rating Performance

Nihal Sarin 2687 vs Ivanchuk, Vasyl 2604 0-1 Round 5 [5.1] 2025.4.24 C11 French, Burn Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Nxf6+ Bxf6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Nf3 O-O 9.Qd3 Bd7 10.Qe3 Nc6 11.O-O-O Rad8 12.Bc4 Ne7 13.Ne5 Bc6 14.Nxc6 Nxc6 15.c3 Ne7 16.Rhe1 c6 17.Bd3 Nd5 18.Qg3 Qf4+ 19.Qxf4 Nxf4 20.Bf1 Rd7 21.Kc2 Rfd8 22.a4 a5 23.g3 Nd5 24.Re5 Kf8 25.Bc4 g6 26.Rde1 h5 27.h4 Ke7 28.Kd3 Kd6 29.f3 Rh8 30.Bxd5 cxd5 31.c4 dxc4+ 32.Kxc4 Rc7+ 33.Kd3 b6 34.Rb5 Rc6 35.Re4 Rb8 36.Re1 Ke7 37.g4 hxg4 38.fxg4 Rd8 39.Re4 Kf6 40.Rf4+ Kg7 41.h5 Rcd6 42.Ke3 R8d7 43.hxg6 Kxg6 44.g5 Kg7 45.Rh4 Rc7 46.Rh2 Rc4 47.Rd2 Rxa4 48.Ke4 Ra1 49.Ke5 Rc6 50.d5 Re1+ 51.Kf4 Rd6 52.Rd3 Kg6 53.Rdb3 e5+ 54.Kf3 Kxg5 55.Rc3 Rd1 56.Ke4 Re1+ 57.Kd3 Kf6 58.Kc2 Re2+ 59.Kd3 Re1 60.Kc2 e4 61.Rc7 Re3 62.b4 a4 63.Rb7 Rd3 64.R7xb6 Rxb6 65.Rxb6+ Ke5 66.Ra6 Rxd5 67.Rxa4 f5 68.Ra8 e3 69.Kc3 Kf4 70.Kc4 Re5 71.Kd4

 

16.Ultimate Brain Breaker

Petkov, Momchil 2526 vs Ivanchuk, Vasyl 2604 4th Menorca Open Gambit 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Nc3 c6 5.e4 b5 6.Qc2 e6 7.b3 cxb3 8.axb3 Na6 9.Be2 Nb4 10.Qb1 a6 11.O-O Bb7 12.e5 Nd7 13.Qe4 Qc7 14.Ng5 Be7 15.Qg4 c5 16.dxc5 Qxc5 17.Nge4 Bxe4 18.Nxe4 Qxe5 19.Bf4 Qxe4 20.Bf3 Qd4 21.Rfd1 Nd3 22.Bxa8 Qxf2+ 23.Kh1 Nxf4 24.Rf1 Nd3 25.Bc6 Bc5 26.Bxd7+ Kxd7 27.Qd1 Qd4 28.Ra2 Ke7 29.Qf3 f5 30.b4 Bb6 31.Re2 g6 32.Qc6 Ne5 33.Qb7+ Kf6 34.Rfe1 Rd8 35.Qxh7 Rd5 36.h3 Bd8 37.Qh8+ Kf7 38.Qh7+ Ke8 39.Qg8+ Kd7 40.Qg7+ Be7 41.Qg8 Bxb4 42.Rc1 Rc5 43.Qg7+ Kc6 44.Rg1 Kb6 45.Qg8 Qd6 46.Qa8 a5 47.Rb1 Nc6

 

17."King Without a Kingdom"

Erigaisi Arjun 2782 vs Warmerdam, Max 2622 German Bundesliga 2024/25 chess.com [13] 2025.4.25 A06 Reti, Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 c5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bb2 g6 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.Be2 Bg7 7.c4 dxc4 8.bxc4 O-O 9.O-O Nc6 10.d3 Qc7 11.Nc3 Rfd8 12.Qc2 Rac8 13.h3 b6 14.Rad1 Ne5 15.Nd2 Qb7 16.f4 Nc6 17.a3 Nb8 18.Bf3 Bc6 19.e4 e6 20.e5 Bxf3 21.Nxf3 Ne8 22.Ne4 Nc6 23.Qf2 Qe7 24.Rfe1 Rd7 25.g4 Qd8 26.Qf1 a6 27.Kh1 Ne7 28.h4 b5 29.h5 Qb6 30.Bc3 Nc6 31.hxg6 hxg6 32.f5 bxc4 33.f6

 

18.A Loss, a Draw and a Win

Pranesh M 2572 vs Ivanchuk, Vasyl 2604 4th Menorca Open chess.com [9] 2025.4.27 B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Bd3 Bc5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Qg4 Bf6 9.Bf4 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Qxc3+ 11.Kf1 Nc6 12.Bd6 h5 13.Qg5 Qf6 14.Qc5 e5 15.Nd2 b6 16.Qa3 Rh6 17.Nc4 b5 18.Nb6 Qxd6 19.Qxd6 Rxd6 20.Nxa8 Nb4 21.Nc7+ Kd8 22.Nd5 Nxd3 23.cxd3 Bb7 24.a4 Bxd5 25.exd5 b4 26.d4 e4 27.Ke2 Ne7 28.Rhc1 Nxd5 29.Rc5 Nc3+ 30.Ke3 Rc6 31.Rxc6 dxc6 32.Kd2 a5 33.Kc2 Kd7 34.Kb3 Kd6 35.Kc4 f5 36.g3 g5 37.Re1 Nd5 38.Kb3 Nc3 39.Kc4 g4 40.Rh1 Nd5 41.h3 Nb6+ 42.Kb3 gxh3 43.Rxh3 Kd5 44.Rxh5 Kxd4 45.Rh6 Kd5 46.Rf6 Nc4 47.Rxf5+ Ne5 48.g4 c5 49.g5 c4+ 50.Kc2 Kd4 51.Rf6 b3+ 52.Kb2 Nd3+ 53.Ka3 Kc3 54.Rh6 b2 55.Rh1 Nc1

 

19.Former World Champion Goes Down in A Miniature

Firouzja, Alireza 2754 vs Topalov, Veselin 2632 1-0 Grand Chess Tour: Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz 2025 chess.com [8] 2025.4.28 C55 Two Knights Defence (Modern Bishop's Opening) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 h6 5.c3 g5 6.d4 exd4 7.e5 d5 8.Bb5 Ne4 9.O-O d3 10.Qxd3 Nc5 11.Qc2 Bg7 12.Be3 Ne6 13.c4 dxc4 14.Rd1 Bd7 15.Nc3 O-O 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Ne4 g4 18.Bxh6 f5 19.exf6 e.p. Bxh6 20.Neg5

 

20.A Relentless Fight for Glory!

Firouzja, Alireza 2754 vs Praggnanandhaa R 2684 1-0 Grand Chess Tour: Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz 2025 chess.com [4] 2025.4.27 A06 Reti, Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 c5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bb2 g6 5.c4 dxc4 6.bxc4 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O b6 9.d3 Bb7 10.Qc2 Nc6 11.Ne5 Qc7 12.Nxc6 Qxc6 13.Bf3 Qc7 14.Nd2 Rad8 15.Bxb7 Ng4 16.Nf3 Bxb2 17.Qxb2 Qxb7 18.Rfd1 Rd6 19.a4 Rfd8 20.Ra3 a5 21.Rb3 Nf6 22.h3 Qc6 23.Ne5 Qc7 24.Rb1 Nd7 25.Ng4 Nf6 26.Ne5 Nd7 27.Nf3 Rc6 28.Rb5 Qd6 29.Qc3 Qc7 30.R1b3 Nb8 31.Qe5 Rdd6 32.Qg3 Nd7 33.Nd2 Nf6 34.Nf3 Qd8 35.Ne5 Rc8 36.Qf4 Qc7 37.g4 Rf8 38.d4 cxd4 39.exd4 Nd7 40.Nxd7 Qxd7 41.d5 e6 42.Rxb6 Rxb6 43.Rxb6 exd5 44.cxd5 Qxd5 45.Rb5 Qa8 46.h4 Re8 47.Kh2 Qe4 48.Kg3 Qh1 49.Qf3 Qg1+ 50.Kh3 Qf1+ 51.Kg3 Qg1+ 52.Kh3 Qf1+ 53.Kg3 Rd8 54.Rb3 Qg1+ 55.Kh3 Rd4 56.Rb7 Qf1+ 57.Kh2 Qc4 58.Qf6

 

21.A Beautiful Squeeze 

Aronian, Levon 2761 vs Firouzja, Alireza 2857 1-0 Grand Chess Tour: Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz chess.com [15] 2025.4.29 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 h6 7.Bh4 Be7 8.Bd3 O-O 9.Nge2 Ne8 10.Bg3 Nd6 11.O-O Re8 12.Qc2 a5 13.Rae1 Na6 14.a3 Bh4 15.Bxh4 Qxh4 16.Ng3 Nc7 17.Na4 Be6 18.f4 Bd7 19.Nb6 Rad8 20.Qc5 Qf6 21.f5 Bc8 22.Qxa5 Qg5 23.Qd2 h5 24.Qf2 h4 25.Nh1 Ne4 26.Qf4 Qxf4 27.Rxf4 h3 28.gxh3 Nd6 29.Ng3 f6 30.h4 Re7 31.Kf2 Bd7 32.Nxd7 Rexd7 33.h5 Kh7 34.h6 gxh6 35.Nh5 Rf8 36.Rg1 Nce8 37.Rg6 Re7 38.Rh4 Nf7 39.Nxf6+ Nxf6 40.Rxf6 Rc7 41.Rg6 Kh8 42.f6 c5 43.Rg7

 

22.DRAW? NOT TODAY!

Fedoseev, Vladimir 2675 vs Aravindh, Chithambaram VR 2622 1-0 Grand Chess Tour: Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz chess.com [20] 2025.4.30 A45 Trompovsky Attack (Ruth, Opovcensky Opening) 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.e3 e6 4.Nd2 b6 5.Ngf3 Bb7 6.Bb5+ c6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.c4 Nbd7 9.O-O c5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.Qc2 O-O 13.Rad1 g6 14.Bb5 Rc8 15.Qa4 Nb6 16.Qxa7 Ra8 17.Qxb7 Rb8 18.Qc6 Rc8 19.Ne5 Rxc6 20.Nxc6 Qc7 21.e4 Kg7 22.Rfe1 Ng4 23.Bxe7 Qxh2+ 24.Kf1 Re8 25.Bxc5 Nc4 26.Bd4+ f6 27.Nxc4 dxc4 28.f3 Nh6 29.Bg1 Qf4 30.Nd4 Re5 31.Bxc4 Qh4 32.Ne6+ Rxe6 33.Bxe6 g5 34.Rd7+ Kg6 35.g4 Qh3+ 36.Ke2 Qg2+ 37.Bf2 Qh2

 

23.Attack Like The Magician 5

Mikhail Tal vs Bent Larsen Portoroz Interzonal 1958 Portoroz SLO rd 15 Aug 30 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation B94 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. Qd2 e6 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Rad1 Ne5 12. Bb3 g5 13. Bg3 Bd7 14. f4 gf4 15. Bf4 Nh5 16. Be5 Qe5 17. Kh1 Nf6 18. Nf3 Qh5 19. e5 de5 20. Ne4 O-O-O 21. Ng3 Qg4 22. Ne5 Qh4 23. Qc3 Kb8 24. Nd7

 

24.Defending Against Ghosts Makes Them Real 

Rey Enigma vs Ian Nepomniachtchi Paris A46 Queen's Pawn, Yusupov-Rubinstein System 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.Bd3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.c3 b6 7.e4 d5 8.e5 Nfd7 9.Re1 a5 10.Nbd2 Ba6 11.Bc2 Nc6 12.a3 b5 13.Nf1 b4 14.Ng3 bxc3 15.bxc3 Qc7 16.h4 h6 17.Bxh6 gxh6 18.Qd2 f6 19.Qxh6 Rf7 20.Bg6 Nf8 21.Bxf7+ Kxf7 22.exf6 Bxf6 23.Ng5+ Bxg5 24.hxg5 Bd3 25.Nh5 Qe7 26.Re3 Bf5 27.Rf3 Ke8 28.Re1 Be4 29.Nf6+ Kd8 30.Nxe4 Nd7 31.Nxc5 Nxc5 32.dxc5 Kd7 33.Qg6 Nd8 34.c6+ Kxc6 35.c4 Qd6 36.cxd5+ Qxd5 37.Rc3+ Kb6 38.Rb1+ Ka6 39.Qc2 Nb7 40.Rc7 Rb8 41.Qe2+ Ka7 42.Qe3+ Ka8 43.Qb6 Qd3 44.Rxb7

 

25.Attack Like The Magician 6

Mikhail Tal vs Alexey Suetin "Not Bad for a Dead Man!" game of the day May 25, 2008 Goglidze Memorial 1969/70 Tbilisi URS rd 11 Dec 30 Sicilian Defense: Kan Modern Variation B42 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 a6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. Nc3 Nbc6 7. Nb3 Ng6 8. O-O b5 9. Be3 d6 10. f4 Be7 11. Qh5 Bf6 12. Rad1 Bc3 13. bc3 Qc7 14. Rd2 Nce7 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. f5 ef5 17. ef5 Ne5 18. Ne6 Be6 19. fe6 g6 20. Qe5 de5 21. ef7

 

26.Attack Like The Magician 7 

Mikhail Tal vs Istvan Bilek Amsterdam Interzonal 1964 rd 13 Jun 6 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation B94 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 h6 8. Bf6 Nf6 9. Qe2 e6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. f4 e5 12. Nd5 Nd5 13. ed5 Be7 14. fe5 de5 15. Ne6 Qd6 16. Ng7 Kf8 17. Ne6 Ke8 18. Rhf1 Bg5 19. Kb1 b5 20. Qh5 Bf4 21. Bb3 a5 22. Nc7 Qc7 23. d6

 

27.Attack Like The Magician 8

Mikhail Tal vs Jan Hein Donner Hoogovens 1973 Wijk aan Zee NED rd 7 Jan 23 English Opening: Symmetrical, Four Knights Variation A35 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cd4 5. Nd4 d5 6. Qa4 Qb6 7. Ndb5 e6 8. Bf4 e5 9. cd5 ef4 10. Qf4 Nb4 11. Nc7 Kd8 12. Na8 Qa5 13. O-O-O Qc5 14. e4 Na2 15. Kc2 Nc3 16. bc3 Bd6 17. e5 Nd5 18. Qc4 Bf5 19. Kd2 Qf2 20. Be2 Qe3 21. Ke1 Be5 22. Rd5 Ke7 23. Nc7 Bc3 24. Kd1 Be4 25. Bf3

 

28.First Time Taking The Poisoned Pawn

Istvan Bilek vs Robert James Fischer "One Man's Meat is Another Man's Poison" game of the day Nov 6, 2014 Stockholm Interzonal 1962 rd 5 Feb 3 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation. Poisoned Pawn Accepted B97 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 de5 11. fe5 Nfd7 12. Bc4 Be7 13. Be6 O-O 14. O-O Bg5 15. Qg5 h6 16. Qh4 Qc3 17. Rf7 Rf7 18. Qd8 Nf8 19. Bf7 Kf7 20. Rf1 Kg6 21. Rf8 Bd7 22. Nf3 Qe3 23. Kh1 Qc1 24. Ng1 Qc2 25. Rg8 Qf2 26. Rf8 Qa2 27. Rf3 Kh7

 

29.Attack Like The Magician 9

Mikhail Tal vs Michael Stean "A Head of Stean" game of the day Nov 1, 2018 1973/74 Hastings ENG rd 12 Jan 9 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation B96 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bb5 ab5 11. Ndb5 Qb8 12. e5 Bb7 13. Qe2 de5 14. Qc4 Bc5 15. Bf6 gf6 16. Rd7 Be3 17. Kb1 Kd7 18. Rd1 Bd4 19. fe5 fe5 20. Nd4 ed4 21. Qd4 Ke7 22. Qc5 Kf6 23. Rf1 Kg6 24. Qe7 f5 25. Qe6 Kg7 26. Qe7 Kg6 27. h4 Ra5 28. h5 Kh5 29. Qf7 Kh4 30. Qf6 Kg3 31. Qg5 Kh2 32. Qh4 Kg2 33. Rf2 Kg1 34. Ne2#

 

30.Who's The Real French 1

Firouzja, Alireza 2757 vs Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2723 1-0 Grand Chess Tour: Superbet Chess Classic Romania chess.com [1] 2025.5.7 B40 Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 d5 4.Qe2 Nf6 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.a4 b6 8.O-O Bb7 9.Bf4 h6 10.h4 O-O 11.e5 Nh7 12.c3 Qd7 13.Re1 Rae8 14.Nbd2 f5 15.exf6 e.p. Bxf6 16.Bh3 g5 17.hxg5 hxg5 18.Be5 Qg7 19.Bxf6 Rxf6 20.Nh2 Rh6 21.Bg2 Nf6 22.Ng4 Nxg4 23.Qxg4 Ne5 24.Qe2 Nc6 25.Nf1 g4 26.a5 b5 27.a6 Ba8 28.Rad1 Rf8 29.Nh2 Rg6 30.Qd2 Nb8 31.d4 c4 32.Ra1 Bc6 33.Re5 Nd7 34.Rh5 Nf6 35.Rh4 Bd7 36.Re1 Bc8 37.Nf1 Rg5 38.Re5 Rg6 39.Ne3 Kf7 40.Qe2 Re8 41.b3 Bxa6 42.bxc4 bxc4 43.Qa2 Bc8 44.Nxd5 exd5 45.Qxa7+ Bd7 46.Bxd5+ Nxd5 47.Qxd7+ Ne7 48.Rf5+ Rf6 49.Rxg4 Qh8 50.Rxf6+ Kxf6 51.Rh4

 

31.The One Move That Wins Every Game

Deac, Bogdan-Daniel 2668 vs Aronian, Levon 2747 1-0 Grand Chess Tour: Superbet Chess Classic Romania chess.com [2] 2025.5.8 E52 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, main line with ...b6 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 b6 7.O-O Ba6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bxa6 Nxa6 10.Bd2 Re8 11.Rc1 Bf8 12.Qa4 Qc8 13.Ne2 Qb7 14.Qc6 Qxc6 15.Rxc6 Ne4 16.Rfc1 Rad8 17.Be1 Bd6 18.g3 f6 19.h4 Nb8 20.R6c2 c6 21.Nh2 Bf8 22.Nf4 Bd6 23.Ne2 Bf8 24.Kg2 Nd6 25.Nf4 Nb7 26.Nf3 Bd6 27.Nd3 c5 28.dxc5 bxc5 29.Rd1 Nd7 30.b4 c4 31.Nb2 Nb6 32.a4 Bf8 33.a5 Na8 34.a6 Nd6 35.Rxd5 Nb6 36.Ra5 Rc8 37.Nd4 Re5 38.b5 Rc7 39.Kf3 Re8 40.Na4 Nd7 41.Ke2 Kf7 42.g4 Rb8 43.f3 Re8 44.Bg3 Rcc8 45.Nc3 Nc5 46.Bxd6 Bxd6 47.Nc6 Rc7 48.Ra1 Bf8 49.Rd1 Nd3 50.Ne4 Ne5 51.Nd6+ Bxd6 52.Rxd6 Rec8 53.Nxe5+ fxe5 54.b6 axb6 55.Rxb6 c3 56.h5 Rd7 57.h6 g5 58.Rb7 Rxb7 59.axb7 Rb8 60.Rxc3 Rxb7 61.Kd3 Ke6 62.Ra3 Kd5 63.Ra5+ Ke6 64.Ke4 Rb4+ 65.Kd3 Rb3+ 66.Ke2 Rb2+ 67.Kf1 Rb1+ 68.Kg2 Rb2+ 69.Kg3 Rb3 70.Kf2 Rb2+ 71.Kg3 Rb3 72.Ra7 e4 73.Rxh7 Rxe3 74.Rg7 Rxf3+ 75.Kg2 Rf8 76.Rg6+ Ke7 77.Rxg5 Ke6 78.Rg6+ Ke5 79.Rg7 e3 80.h7 Rh8 81.g5

 

32."Echoes of AlphaZero"

Praggnanandhaa R 2758 vs Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2771 1-0 Grand Chess Tour: Superbet Chess Classic Romania chess.com [3] 2025.5.9 D91 Gruenfeld 5.Bg5 1.c4 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.Bf4 O-O 7.e3 c5 8.cxd5 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Qxd5 10.Be2 cxd4 11.cxd4 Nc6 12.O-O Bf5 13.h4 Rac8 14.h5 Rfd8 15.h6 Bf6 16.Qa4 Qa5 17.Qxa5 Nxa5 18.Rac1 Nc6 19.a3 e6 20.Ng5 e5 21.dxe5 Nxe5 22.Rxc8 Rxc8 23.Rd1 Be7 24.e4 Bxg5 25.Bxg5 Bxe4 26.Bf6 Nc6 27.Rd7 Nb8 28.Re7 Bd5 29.Bg7 Rd8 30.Bb5 a6 31.Ba4 b5 32.Bd1 Nc6 33.Rc7 Be6 34.Rxc6 Rxd1+ 35.Kh2 Rd8 36.Rxa6 Bc4 37.Ra7 Bd5 38.f3 Ra8 39.Rd7 Bc4 40.Rb7 Re8 41.Kg3 Ra8 42.Kf2 Re8 43.Be5 Rc8 44.Bg7 Ra8 45.g4 Re8 46.Kg3 Be2 47.f4 Ra8 48.Kh4 Rc8 49.Kg5 Bd3 50.Be5 Re8 51.Bd6 Bc4 52.f5 Rc8 53.Be5 Re8 54.Rd7 Rc8 55.Bf6 gxf5 56.gxf5 Kf8 57.Rb7 Ra8 58.Be7+ Ke8 59.Bb4 Ra6 60.Rb8+ Kd7 61.Rh8

 

33.Gloves are Off

Firouzja, Alireza 2757 vs Caruana, Fabiano 2776 0-1 Grand Chess Tour: Superbet Chess Classic Romania chess.com [3] 2025.5.9 D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 4.Nf3 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 c6 7.Qc2 Be7 8.e3 Nh5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.g4 Nhf6 11.Rg1 Nb6 12.h3 Be6 13.Bd3 g6 14.O-O-O O-O-O 15.Kb1 Kb8 16.Ka1 Rc8 17.Rc1 Rc7 18.Nd2 h5 19.g5 Nfd7 20.h4 c5 21.dxc5 Nxc5 22.Nb5 Rcc8 23.Qc3 Bd7 24.Qa3 Bxb5 25.Bxb5 Rc7 26.Rc2 Rhc8 27.Rgc1 Ne4 28.Rxc7 Rxc7 29.Qxe7 Rxe7 30.Nxe4 Rxe4 31.Rh1 d4 32.Bd3 Rg4 33.Bc2 Rg2 34.exd4 Rxf2 35.Kb1 Nc4 36.Bd3 Nd6 37.Rf1 Rd2 38.Rf3 Rg2 39.b3 b5 40.a4 bxa4 41.Bc4 axb3 42.Bxb3 Nf5 43.Rh3 Rf2 44.Bxf7 Nxh4 45.Rb3+ Kc7 46.Ra3 a5 47.Bd5 Rf5 48.Rc3+ Kd6 49.Be4 Rxg5 50.Rc6+ Kd7 51.Ra6 Rg4 52.Bc2 Ke7 53.Rxa5 Kf6 54.Ra6+ Kg5 55.d5 Nf5 56.Kb2 h4 57.Kc3 h3 58.d6 h2 59.d7 Rd4 60.Bxf5 h1=Q 61.Kxd4 Qh8+ 62.Kd5 Kxf5 63.Rd6 Qd8 64.Kc6 g5 65.Rd1 g4 66.Re1 Qa8+ 67.Kd6 g3 68.Ke7 Qa3+ 69.Ke8 Qa4 70.Rf1+ Ke6 71.Re1+ Kf5 72.Re2 Qb5 73.Re7 g2

 

34.World Champion Faces The Scotch Game

Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2723 vs Gukesh D 2787 1-0 Grand Chess Tour: Superbet Chess Classic Romania chess.com [4] 2025.5.10 C45 Scotch, Potter Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Bb6 6.Nc3 Qf6 7.Qe2 Nge7 8.Be3 O-O 9.O-O-O d6 10.Qd2 Be6 11.Bb5 Qg6 12.h4 f5 13.h5 Qf7 14.h6 g6 15.Bg5 a6 16.Bxc6 Nxc6 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.exd5 Ne5 19.Rh4 Rfe8 20.f3 Ba7 21.Kb1 Bb6 22.Na5 c5 23.dxc6 e.p. bxc6 24.Qc3 Bc5 25.Ra4 Qc7 26.a3 Ra7 27.Bf4 Qb6 28.Nb3 a5 29.Nxc5 Qxc5 30.Qxc5 dxc5 31.Re1

 

35."Modern Minds, Ancient Lines"

Duda, Jan-Krzysztof 2739 vs Aronian, Levon 2747 0-1 Grand Chess Tour: Superbet Chess Classic Romania chess.com [4] 2025.5.10 C58 Two Knights Defence, Bogolyubov Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Qf3 Be7 9.Bd3 O-O 10.Nc3 h6 11.Nge4 Nd5 12.Ng3 Nb4 13.Nf5 Nxd3+ 14.Qxd3 c5 15.Qxd8 Bxd8 16.Ne3 f5 17.b3 f4 18.Ned1 Nc6 19.Ba3 Nd4 20.Rc1 Rf6 21.Nb2 Rg6 22.Kf1 f3 23.g3 Bf5 24.Bxc5 Nxc2 25.h4 Rc8 26.Bxa7 Ba5 27.Nc4 Bxc3 28.dxc3 Ra6 29.Be3 Rxa2 30.Kg1 Be6 31.Bb6 Rc6 32.Ba7 Bxc4 33.bxc4 Rxc4 34.Bb8 e4 35.Bf4 Rxc3 36.Kh2 e3 37.g4 e2 38.Kg3 Rd3 39.h5 Kh7 40.Rhg1 Ra1

 

36.India’s Finest Face Off

Gukesh D 2787 vs Praggnanandhaa R 2758 Grand Chess Tour: Superbet Chess Classic Romania chess.com [1] 2025.5.7 D21 Queen's Gambit Accepted 3.Nf3 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.e4 exd5 7.exd5 Bd6 8.Qe2+ Be7 9.Bf4 O-O 10.O-O-O Bd6 11.Qxc4 a6 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.Bd3 b5 14.Qh4 Nbd7 15.Rhe1 h6 16.Nd2 Nxd5 17.Nxd5 Qxd5 18.Be4 Qd4 19.Nf3 Qc4+ 20.Kb1 Rb8 21.Bh7+ Kxh7 22.Re4 Nb6 23.Rxc4 bxc4 24.Kc1 Bf5 25.g4 Bg6 26.g5 Na4 27.Ne5 Nxb2 28.Nxg6 fxg6 29.gxh6 Nxd1 30.hxg7+ Kxg7 31.Qe7+ Kh6 32.Qh4+ Kg7 33.Qe7+ Kh6 34.Qh4+ Kg7 35.Qe7+

 

37.30 SECONDS!

Firouzja, Alireza 2757 vs Gukesh D 2787 Grand Chess Tour: Superbet Chess Classic Romania chess.com [6] 2025.5.13 C53 Giuoco Piano 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 a6 6.Bg5 d6 7.Nbd2 Ba7 8.a4 Ne7 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.O-O Ng6 11.d4 h5 12.Re1 Nf4 13.Nf1 c6 14.Ne3 d5 15.exd5 cxd5 16.Bf1 e4 17.Nh4 Be6 18.c4 Kf8 19.Qb3 Qd7 20.cxd5 Nxd5 21.Bc4 Nf4 22.Qa3+ Kg8 23.Nef5 Bb8 24.Qg3+ Ng6 25.Bxe6 Qxe6 26.Qe3 Ba7 27.Qxe4 Nxh4 28.Ne7+ Kg7 29.Qxh4 Qg4 30.Qxg4+ hxg4 31.Re4 Kf8 32.Rae1 Rd8 33.Rxg4 Bxd4 34.Nf5 Bxb2 35.Rge4 Bc3 36.Rb1 b5 37.axb5 axb5 38.h4 b4 39.g4 Kg8 40.Re7 Rd5 41.Kg2 Rxf5 42.Re8+ Kg7 43.Rxh8 Rxf2+ 44.Kxf2 Kxh8 45.Ke3 Kg7 46.Kd3 f5 47.gxf5 Kh6 48.Ke3 Kh5 49.Kf4 Kh6 50.Kg4 Kg7 51.h5 Kh6 52.f6 Bxf6 53.Rxb4 Bg5 54.Rb7 f6 55.Rf7 Bd2 56.Rxf6+ Kg7 57.Rd6 Bc1 58.Kf5 Be3 59.Rg6+ Kh7 60.h6 Bc1 61.Rg7+ Kxh6 62.Rg6+ Kh7 63.Kf6 Be3 64.Kf7 Ba7 65.Ra6 Bb8 66.Rb6 Bc7 67.Rb7 Bf4 68.Rb4 Bg5 69.Rb1

 

38.Colle System is The New London System! 

Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2771 vs Duda, Jan-Krzysztof 2739 1-0 Grand Chess Tour: Superbet Chess Classic Romania chess.com [7] 2025.5.14 D05 Queen's Pawn Game, Rubinstein (Colle-Zukertort) Variation 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 c5 5.b3 cxd4 6.exd4 b6 7.O-O Be7 8.Qe2 O-O 9.Bb2 a5 10.a4 Ba6 11.Bb5 Qc8 12.c4 Ra7 13.Nc3 Rc7 14.Ne5 Bb7 15.Rad1 Rd8 16.Rd3 Na6 17.Rfd1 Nb4 18.Rg3 dxc4 19.bxc4 Rd6 20.h4 Qf8 21.h5 h6 22.Bc1 Kh8 23.Bf4 Rc8 24.Re3 Na6 25.d5 Nc5 26.Re1 Rdd8 27.Bc6 Ba6 28.Qf3 Kg8 29.Nb5 Bxb5 30.Bxb5 Bd6 31.Bxh6 Bxe5 32.Rxe5 gxh6 33.Qxf6 Rd6 34.R1e3 Rcd8 35.Rg3+ Kh7 36.Kh2 exd5 37.Qf5+ Kh8 38.cxd5 Nd7 39.Bd3 Nf6 40.Qf4 R8d7 41.Rf5 Nh7 42.Bb5 Ra7 43.Re3 Rd8 44.Rfe5 Qd6 45.Re8+ Kg7 46.Rg3+ Ng5 47.Qd4+ f6 48.Rxd8 Qxd8 49.f4

 

39.The Benko

So, Wesley 2751 vs Praggnanandhaa R 2758 0-1 Grand Chess Tour: Superbet Chess Classic Romania chess.com [8] 2025.5.15 A57 Benko Gambit Half Accepted 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.e3 axb5 6.Bxb5 Qa5+ 7.Nc3 Bb7 8.Bd2 Qb6 9.Nf3 Nxd5 10.a4 e6 11.e4 Nxc3 12.Bxc3 Bxe4 13.Ne5 Qb7 14.Qh5 Bg6 15.Nxg6 Qe4+ 16.Kf1 fxg6 17.Qh3 Qf5 18.Qg3 Nc6 19.Qc7 Qd5 20.Bxc6 dxc6 21.h4 Be7 22.Rh3 Rf8 23.Qe5 Bf6 24.Qe2 Bd4 25.Bxd4 cxd4 26.h5 Rf6 27.Kg1 Kf7 28.hxg6+ Rxg6 29.g3 d3 30.Qd2 Rg4 31.a5 Re4 32.Rxh7 Kg8 33.Rh4 Re2 34.Qc3 d2 35.Rd1 Rf8 36.Rh2 Qe4 37.Rf1 Rf3 38.Qc5 Re1

 

40.Maxime Magic

Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2723 vs Duda, Jan-Krzysztof 2739 1-0 Grand Chess Tour: Superbet Chess Classic Romania chess.com [9] 2025.5.16 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.c3 d6 8.d4 Bb6 9.a4 Rb8 10.a5 Ba7 11.h3 Bb7 12.Re1 O-O 13.Be3 exd4 14.cxd4 Nb4 15.Nc3 Bxe4 16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Rc1 Rc8 18.Bc2 d5 19.Bb1 Qd6 20.g3 Nc6 21.Bf4 Qf6 22.Bxe4 dxe4 23.Rxe4 Qf5 24.Ne5 Nxe5 25.Rxe5 Qxh3 26.Re7 h6 27.d5 g5 28.Be5 Rce8 29.d6 cxd6 30.Rxa7 dxe5 31.Rxa6 e4 32.Qf1 Qg4 33.Rxh6 e3 34.Qd3 Re4 35.Kg2 exf2 36.Rch1 f1=Q+ 37.Kxf1 Qf5+ 38.Kg2 Qe5 39.Rh8+ Kg7 40.Rxf8 Qxb2+ 41.Kf3 Rd4 42.Rxf7+ Kxf7 43.Qf5+ Ke7 44.Qe5+

 

41."Knights Before Bishops!"

Theodorou, Nikolas 2611 vs Madaminov, Mukhiddin 2520 Sharjah Masters chess.com [2] 2025.5.18 C27 Vienna Game 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nxe4 4.Qh5 Nd6 5.Bb3 Be7 6.f4 exf4 7.d4 O-O 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Bxf4 g6 10.Qh3 Nf5 11.O-O-O Bf6 12.d5 Ncd4 13.g4 Nxf3 14.gxf5 Nh4 15.d6 Bg5 16.Qg4 Bxf4+ 17.Qxf4 Nxf5 18.h4 cxd6 19.h5 Qf6 20.hxg6 hxg6 21.Qh2 Qg7 22.Rxd6 a5 23.Rxg6

 

42.Another Game, Another Miniature!

Sanal, Vahap 2555 vs Theodorou, Nikolas 2611 Sharjah Masters chess.com [3] 2025.5.19 D05 Queen's Pawn Game 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 e6 4.c4 Be7 5.b3 O-O 6.Bb2 c5 7.Nbd2 Nc6 8.Be2 dxc4 9.bxc4 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Nb3 cxd4 12.exd4 Qc7 13.a3 Rad8 14.Qc2 Bd6 15.Rfd1 Ne7 16.g3 Nf5 17.Rac1 Ne4 18.c5 Nxf2 19.cxd6 Qxc2 20.Rxc2 Nxd1 21.Bxd1 Ne3

 

43.The Smile That Says It All

Duda, Jan-Krzysztof 2779 vs Bok, Benjamin 2684 chess.com [1-3] 2025.5.19 C50 Giuoco Piano 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.Re1 d6 6.c3 O-O 7.Bb3 a6 8.d4 Ba7 9.h3 h6 10.Be3 Re8 11.Nbd2 exd4 12.Bxd4 Nxd4 13.cxd4 b5 14.Qc2 Bb7 15.Rad1 c5 16.dxc5 dxc5 17.e5 Nd5 18.Ne4 c4 19.Nd6 cxb3 20.Qxb3 Qb6 21.Rxd5 Qxf2+ 22.Kh1 Bxd5 23.Qxd5 Rf8 24.Nxf7 Kh7 25.Qe4+ Kg8 26.Nxh6+ gxh6 27.Qg6+ Kh8 28.Qxh6+ Kg8 29.Re4 Qg3 30.Rg4+ Qxg4 31.hxg4 Rf7 32.Qg6+ Rg7 33.Qe6+ Kh8 34.Kh2 Rf8 35.Kg3 Be3 36.b4 Bf4+ 37.Kf2 Rc7 38.Qg6 Rc3 39.e6 Be3+ 40.Kg3 Bf4+ 41.Kh4 Rc7 42.g5 Rg7 43.Qe4 Bd6 44.Ne5 Be7 45.Ng6+ Rxg6 46.Qxg6 a5 47.bxa5 b4 48.a6 b3 49.Qh6+ Kg8 50.Qxf8+ Bxf8 51.axb3 Bc5 52.g6 Kg7 53.a7 Bxa7 54.e7 Bf2+ 55.Kg4

 

44.Better Than The Engine 

Carlsen, Magnus 2909 vs Duda, Jan-Krzysztof 2779 1-0 Champions Chess Tour chess.com [1-1] 2025.5.20 E04 Catalan, Open 5.Nf3 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Be7 9.e4 a6 10.h4 b5 11.e5 Nd5 12.Ng5 h6 13.Nh3 Na5 14.Qg4 Kh8 15.Qh5 Kg8 16.Bxh6 gxh6 17.Qxh6 Nxc3 18.bxc3 Bb7 19.Bxb7 Nxb7 20.Nf4

 

45.A Game of Errors

Ding, Liren 2690 vs Nakamura, Hikaru 2811 Playoffs chess.com [2-2] 2025.5.20 A20 English Opening 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.d4 exd4 5.Qxd4 d5 6.Nf3 Be6 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.O-O Nc6 9.Qa4 Bc5 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Rac1 Bb6 14.Rfd1 d4 15.Ne4 Qe7 16.Re1 Rfd8 17.a3 d3 18.e3 Rac8 19.Red1 Bg4 20.h3 Bh5 21.g4 Bg6 22.Ng3 Qf6 23.Qb5 Ne7 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Nh5 Bxh5 26.gxh5 Rc5 27.Qxd3 Rxh5 28.Qe4 Ng6 29.Rd7 Rc5 30.Rxb7 Rc1+ 31.Bf1 Nf8 32.Rb8 Bc7 33.Ra8 Bd6 34.Kg2 Qxb2 35.Bd3 g6 36.Nd4 Qa1 37.Nf3 Qxa3 38.Qd5 Qc5 39.Qxc5 Bxc5 40.Ne5 Kg7 41.Be4 Bb6 42.Bd5 Rc7 43.e4 Rc2 44.Nd3 Rd2 45.Bc4 Nh7 46.h4 Nf6 47.Kf3 Rc2 48.Rc8 h5 49.Ba6 Ra2 50.Bc4 Rd2 51.e5 Ng4 52.e6 fxe6 53.Re8 Rc2 54.Bxe6 Nxf2 55.Ne5 Rc3+ 56.Ke2 Re3+ 57.Kxf2 Rxe5+ 58.Kf3 Kf6 59.Bd7 Rd5 60.Bc6 Rd3+

 

46.A Superhuman Final Round!

Erigaisi Arjun 3125 vs Carlsen, Magnus 3251 Titled Tuesday Grand Prix chess.com [11] 2025.5.20 A47 Queen's Indian Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.e3 Bb7 4.c4 e6 5.Bd3 d5 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 a6 9.Qe2 b5 10.Bd3 c5 11.Rd1 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Qb8 13.b3 Bd6 14.h3 O-O 15.Bb2 Nc5 16.Bc2 b4 17.Nb1 Nce4 18.Nd2 Nc3 19.Bxc3 bxc3 20.Nc4 Bh2+ 21.Kh1 Bc7 22.Rac1 g6 23.Bb1 Nd5 24.Be4 Rc8 25.Qf3 Bd8 26.Ne2 f5 27.Bxd5 exd5 28.Rxd5 Bf6 29.Nxc3 Bxd5 30.Nxd5 Bd8 31.e4 Ra7 32.exf5 Rf7 33.f6 Qb5 34.Re1 Rc5 35.Nd6 Qd7 36.Nxf7

 

47.Magnus Effect Like You've Never Seen it Before!

Nakamura, Hikaru 2811 vs Carlsen, Magnus 2927 Champions Chess Tour chess.com [4-4] 2025.5.21 A05 Reti Opening 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.d3 c5 5.e4 d6 6.O-O g6 7.Ng5 h6 8.Nh3 Nc6 9.f4 e6 10.c3 Bg7 11.Qe2 O-O 12.g4 b5 13.g5 Nh7 14.gxh6 Bxh6 15.Qg4 b4 16.Qg3 bxc3 17.bxc3 Ba6 18.Nd2 Qa5 19.Bb2 Qb5 20.Nc4 Na5 21.Nxa5 Qxb2 22.c4 e5 23.f5 Qd2 24.fxg6 fxg6 25.Qxg6+ Kh8 26.Nb3 Qe3+ 27.Kh1 Rg8 28.Qh5 Rxg2 29.Kxg2 Rg8+ 30.Kh1 Bc8 31.Rf3 Qe2 32.Rg1 Bg4

 

48.10000 IQ Move! 

Maghsoodloo, Parham 2706 vs Giri, Anish 2738 Sharjah Masters chess.com [6] 2025.5.22 D30 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nbd2 Be7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qc2 h6 9.Rd1 c5 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Be2 b6 12.a3 Bb7 13.b4 Ncd7 14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.Bb2 Rc8 16.Qb3 Qc7 17.Bb5 N5f6 18.Rac1 Qb8 19.Qa4 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 Rd8 21.h3 a5 22.bxa5 Nc5 23.Rxc5 bxc5 24.a6 Ba8 25.Nc4 Nd5 26.Nfe5 Nb6 27.Nxb6 Qxb6 28.Nc4 Qa7 29.Bc3 Bf6 30.Ba5 Rb8 31.Nd6 Be5 32.Nc4 Qxa6 33.Nb6 Qa7 34.Bd3 Bc7 35.Nc4 Bd5

 

49."The Death of the Half-Hearted King”

Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2858 vs Nakamura, Hikaru 2807 Champions Chess Tour chess.com [56-2] 2025.5.22 C42 Petrov, Damiano Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 Nxe4 4.Qe2 Qe7 5.Qxe4 d6 6.d4 dxe5 7.dxe5 Nc6 8.Nc3 Qxe5 9.Qxe5+ Nxe5 10.Nb5 Bb4+ 11.c3 Ba5 12.Bf4 f6 13.O-O-O Be6 14.b3 O-O 15.Be2 a6 16.Nd4 Bf7 17.Kb2 Rfe8 18.Rhe1 Rad8 19.Bf1 Bb6 20.h3 Rd7 21.Be3 Red8 22.Be2 a5 23.a4 Bc5 24.f4 Ng6 25.Bg4 Rd6 26.g3 Ne7 27.Ne6 Bxe6 28.Bxe6+ Kf8 29.Rxd6 Bxd6 30.Kc2 b6 31.Rd1 Nc6 32.Bd5 Ne7 33.Bc4 Nf5 34.Bf2 Be7 35.Rxd8+ Bxd8 36.b4 Nd6 37.Bd3 g6 38.bxa5 bxa5 39.c4 c6 40.c5 Nc8 41.f5 g5 42.g4 h6 43.Bg3 Ke8 44.Bc4 Be7 45.Be1 Bd8 46.Be6 Ne7 47.Kd3 Bc7 48.Bc3

 

50."The King Who Forgot How to Lose"

Carlsen, Magnus 2932 vs Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2865 Playoffs chess.com [5-1] 2025.5.23 D85 Gruenfeld, Modern Exchange Variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.h3 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 e5 7.Nf3 h6 8.Bc4 Be6 9.Bb3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 Rc8 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 Na5 14.Ba4 Nd7 15.c3 f5 16.Bc2 Qb6 17.Rb1 Rf7 18.a4 Qc7 19.g4 fxg4 20.hxg4 Rcf8 21.Qd3 Rxf3 22.Qh7+ Kf7 23.Bg6+ Kf6 24.Bh5

 

51.Too Young to Be This Good

Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan 2618 vs Rapport, Richard 2722 TePe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament chess.com [4] 2025.5.22 B31 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rossolimo Attack (with ...g6, without ...d6) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.e5 Bg4 8.exd6 exd6 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Ne7 11.Nc3 h6 12.Bf4 O-O 13.Ne4 Nf5 14.c3 Rb8 15.Rab1 Rb5 16.Qd1 d5 17.a4 Ra5 18.Nd2 Ra6 19.Re1 h5 20.Bh2 Re8 21.Rxe8+ Qxe8 22.Nb3 Bf8 23.a5 c4 24.dxc4 dxc4 25.Qf1 Qe6 26.Re1 Qd5 27.Re8 c5 28.Re5 Qd3 29.Nxc5 Qxf1+ 30.Kxf1 Rxa5 31.Nd7 Rxe5 32.Bxe5 h4 33.Nf6+ Kg7 34.Ne4+ f6 35.Bxf6+ Kf7 36.Bg5 Ke6 37.Nd2 Kd5 38.Nf3 Kc5 39.Ke2 Kb5 40.Kd1 Bc5 41.Nxh4 Bxf2 42.Nxf5 gxf5 43.h4 Kc6 44.h5 Bg3 45.h6 Be5 46.Be3

 

52.He’s 13. His Opponent?

Ivanchuk, Vasyl 2644 vs Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan 2618 TePe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament chess.com [5] 2025.5.23 A20 English Opening 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.d4 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 d6 7.e4 O-O 8.Ne2 b5 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Na3 Qb6 11.b4 a5 12.cxb5 cxb5 13.Rfb1 Bb7 14.bxa5 Qxa5 15.Qxa5 Rxa5 16.Rxb5 Ra7 17.Nc2 Bxe4 18.Bxe4 Nxe4 19.a4 Rc8 20.Nb4 g6 21.a5 Rc4 22.dxe5 dxe5 23.a6 Nec5 24.Ra3 Kg7 25.Kg2 e4 26.Nf4 Ne5 27.Nfd5 Nf3 28.Ra1 Nd4 29.Rb6 Nc2 30.Nxc2 Rxc2 31.Rc6 Nb3 32.Rxc2 Nxa1 33.Rc6 Nb3 34.Nb4 Kf8 35.Rc8+ Kg7 36.Rc3 Na5 37.Kf1 Kf6 38.Rc5 Nb3 39.Rc7 Ra8 40.a7 Ke6 41.Nc2 Na5 42.Nd4+ Kd5 43.Nb5 f5 44.Rb7

 

53.She's the Youngest Woman Currently Holding the GM Title

Vescovi, Giovanni 2584 vs Assaubayeva, Bibisara 2494 Sharjah Masters chess.com [2] 2025.5.18 D02 London System 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 Bf5 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 Nbd7 7.Nbd2 Bd6 8.Bg3 Qe7 9.O-O-O Bxg3 10.hxg3 c5 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.Qb5+ Kf8 13.Kb1 Rc8 14.Ne1 Nfe4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4 16.Nd3 a6 17.Qa5 g6 18.f3 Nxg3 19.Rh3 Nf5 20.e4 Ne3 21.Re1 d4 22.Reh1 Nc4 23.Qe1 Kg7 24.g4 e5 25.c3 Qg5 26.cxd4 exd4 27.f4 Qxg4 28.Rg3 Qe6 29.Ka1 Ne3 30.Rxe3 dxe3 31.Qxe3 h6 32.a3 Rce8 33.e5 Rd8 34.Nf2 Rd5 35.Ne4 Rhd8 36.Qc1 Qc6 37.Nc3 Rd2 38.Re1 Rh2 39.f5 gxf5 40.Qb1 Qf3 41.e6 fxe6 42.Rxe6 Rh1 43.Re1 Rxe1 44.Qxe1 Kf7 45.Qh4 Rd6 46.Qc4+ Re6 47.Nd5 Qd1+ 48.Ka2 Rc6

 

54.Magnus vs Gukesh

Carlsen, Magnus 2837 vs Gukesh D 2787 Norway Chess chess.com [1] 2025.5.26 A45 Queen's Pawn Game 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Bg4 5.Be2 Bxe2 6.Ncxe2 Nc6 7.Nf3 e6 8.c3 Be7 9.Ng3 O-O 10.Qe2 h6 11.Rd1 Qa5 12.a3 Rfd8 13.h4 Qa4 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 Nd7 16.Bf4 Qa6 17.Qf3 Bd6 18.Nh5 Bxf4 19.Qxf4 e5 20.Qg3 Qg6 21.Qxg6 fxg6 22.Ng3 exd4 23.cxd4 c4 24.Ne2 b5 25.Nc3 Nf6 26.Rb1 Rab8 27.f3 a5 28.b4 cxb3 e.p. 29.Rxb3 b4 30.axb4 Rxb4 31.Ra3 Re8 32.Kd2 Rb2+ 33.Kd3 Rxg2 34.Rxa5 Rg3 35.Rf1 g5 36.hxg5 Rxg5 37.Rfa1 h5 38.Ra8 Rxa8 39.Rxa8+ Kh7 40.e4 dxe4+ 41.fxe4 h4 42.e5 h3 43.exf6 h2 44.f7 Rg3+ 45.Kd2 h1=Q 46.f8=Q Qh6+ 47.Kc2 Qg6+ 48.Kb2 Qb6+ 49.Ka2 Rg2+ 50.Ka3 Qb2+ 51.Ka4 Qxc3 52.Qh8+ Kg6 53.Ra6+ Kf5 54.Qf8+ Ke4 55.Re6+

 

55.Wei Yi vs Arjun Erigaisi

Wei, Yi 2746 vs Erigaisi Arjun 2708 Norway Chess chess.com [2] 2025.5.26 C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical Defence 4.c3 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 Nd5 7.O-O Be7 8.cxd4 d6 9.exd6 Qxd6 10.Nc3 O-O 11.h3 a6 12.Bd3 Be6 13.Re1 Qd7 14.Qc2 h6 15.a3 Rad8 16.Be3 Rfe8 17.Rad1 Nxc3 18.bxc3 Bd5 19.Bf5 Qd6 20.Nd2 Qxa3 21.Ra1 Qd6 22.c4 Be6 23.Bh7+ Kh8 24.d5 Nb4 25.Qb1 Bc8 26.c5 Qd7 27.Nf3 Bf6 28.Qxb4 Bxa1 29.Bc2 Bf6 30.Rd1 b6 31.cxb6 cxb6 32.Qa3 b5 33.Qd3 g6 34.Bxh6 Bb7 35.Bb3 Qf5 36.Qd2 Rd7 37.Be3 Kg8 38.Bb6 Bg7 39.Qa2 Qf6 40.Bd4 Qd6 41.Bxg7 Kxg7 42.Qb2+ Qf6 43.Qa3 Red8 44.Qc5 Rc8 45.Qa3 Rcd8 46.Qa2 a5

 

56.Arjun Erigaisi vs Gukesh

Erigaisi Arjun 2782 vs Gukesh D 2787 Norway Chess chess.com [3] 2025.5.27 E20 Nimzo-Indian, Romanishin-Kasparov (Steiner) System 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 dxc4 8.a4 c5 9.Ba3 Qa5 10.Qc2 Rd8 11.Bxc5 Na6 12.Be7 Rxd4 13.Nf3 Rd7 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Nd2 Qc7 16.a5 Rb8 17.O-O b5 18.axb6 e.p. axb6 19.Ne4 Kg7 20.g4 Nc5 21.Ng3 Qe5 22.Rad1 b5 23.f4 Qe3+ 24.Kh1 Rxd1 25.Qxd1 Nd7 26.Bc6 Rb6 27.Nh5+ Kh8 28.Rf3 Qc5 29.Bxd7 Rd6 30.Qe1 Bb7 31.e4 Rxd7 32.Nxf6 Rd3 33.Qh4 Kg7 34.Rxd3 cxd3 35.Nh5+ Kg8 36.Qd8+ Qf8 37.Qxd3 f5 38.Qd7 Bxe4+ 39.Kg1 Bd5 40.gxf5 Qc5+ 41.Kf1 Bc4+ 42.Kg2 Qd5+ 43.Qxd5 exd5 44.Kf3 d4 45.cxd4 b4 46.Ke3 Kf7 47.Ng3 Ke7 48.Kd2 Kd6 49.Ne4+ Kd5 50.Ke3 b3 51.f6 Ke6 52.f5+ Kd7 53.Kd2 b2 54.Nc5+ Ke8 55.Kc2 Kf7 56.Kxb2 Bf1 57.Ne4 Bg2 58.Ng3 Kxf6 59.h4 Bd5 60.Kc3 Ke7 61.Kd3 Kd6 62.Ne4+

 

57.Hikaru vs Magnus

Nakamura, Hikaru 2837 vs Carlsen, Magnus 2883 Norway Chess chess.com [4] 2025.5.27 D78 Neo-Gruenfeld 6.O-O c6 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 c6 7.Qb3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 Bf5 9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.Bf4 Nb6 11.Qb3 Nfd5 12.Be5 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Be4 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Rac1 c5 16.dxc5 Nd7 17.Qb4 Nf6 18.Bh3 Qc7 19.Nd4 b6 20.cxb6 axb6 21.Qb2 Ra4 22.Be6 Ra5 23.Bb3 e5 24.Nc2 h5 25.h4 Ng4 26.Na3 g5 27.Nc4 gxh4 28.f3 Qc5+ 29.Kh1 Ba8 30.Nxa5 bxa5 31.e4 hxg3 32.Bd5 Bxd5 33.exd5 Ne3 34.Rg1 h4 35.c4 Qd4 36.Qxd4 exd4 37.d6 Rb8 38.Rb1 Rd8 39.c5 Kf6 40.c6 Rxd6 41.c7 Rc6 42.Rgc1 Nc4 43.Rb6 Rxb6 44.c8=Q

 

58.Wei Yi vs Fabiano Caruana

Wei, Yi 2758 vs Caruana, Fabiano 2776 Norway Chess chess.com [3] 2025.5.27 B30 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rossolimo Attack (without ...d6) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.c3 d5 5.d3 Bd7 6.Qe2 Nge7 7.h4 h5 8.O-O d4 9.b4 a6 10.Ba4 Ng6 11.bxc5 Bxc5 12.Bxc6 Bxc6 13.cxd4 Bxd4 14.Nxd4 Qxd4 15.Bb2 Qd7 16.Na3 e5 17.Nc4 Qe6 18.g3 Rd8 19.Ne3 Ne7 20.f4 Bb5 21.Rad1 exf4 22.Rxf4 f6 23.Nf5 Nxf5 24.Rxf5 Qxa2 25.Rxh5 O-O 26.Ra1 Qf7 27.Rf5 Rxd3 28.Rxb5 Qc4

 

59.Gukesh vs Hikaru Nakamura 

Gukesh D 2787 vs Nakamura, Hikaru 2804 Norway Chess chess.com [5] 2025.5.28 C55 Two Knights Defence (Modern Bishop's Opening) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.Re1 d6 7.a4 Na5 8.Ba2 c5 9.Bd2 Nc6 10.Na3 h6 11.c3 Be6 12.Bxe6 fxe6 13.b4 b6 14.Nc4 Qe8 15.b5 Nd8 16.d4 exd4 17.cxd4 cxd4 18.Bb4 Nxe4 19.Rxe4 d5 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.Rxd4 dxc4 22.Ne5 Qg5 23.Nxc4 Nb7 24.Qe2 Nc5 25.Rad1 Rf4 26.a5 bxa5 27.Nxa5 Rxd4 28.Rxd4 Rd8 29.Rxd8+ Qxd8 30.Nc6 Qd7 31.h4 Qd6 32.Nxa7 Nd3 33.Nc6 Kh8 34.Qf3 Kg8 35.g3 Nc5 36.Kg2 Qd7 37.Qf4 Qd5+ 38.Kh2 Kh7 39.Qf7 Nd3 40.Ne7 Qd8 41.Qxe6 Nxf2 42.Qf5+

 

60.Calculated Chaos 

Carlsen, Magnus 2883 vs Wei, Yi 2711 Norway Chess chess.com [6] 2025.5.28 A45 Queen's Pawn Game 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 Bg7 5.h4 h5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Ne5 c5 8.Qd2 Bf5 9.f3 cxd4 10.exd4 Nc6 11.Bb5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Nd7 13.Bxd7 Qxd7 14.O-O-O Rac8 15.Qxd5 Rxc3 16.Qxd7 Rxc2+ 17.Kb1 Rxg2+ 18.Qxf5 gxf5 19.Rd7 Rc8 20.Rxe7 Rc4 21.Bc1 b5 22.Rd1 Rxh4 23.Rd8+ Kh7 24.Rxf7 Rh1 25.Rxf5 Kg6 26.Rf4 Rgg1 27.Rd6+ Kh7 28.a4 Rxc1+ 29.Ka2 Bxe5 30.Rf7+ Kg8 31.Rdd7 bxa4 32.Ka3 Rc4

 

61.Fabiano Caruana vs Arjun Erigaisi

Caruana, Fabiano 2776 vs Erigaisi Arjun 2782 Norway Chess chess.com [5] 2025.5.28 C11 French, Steinitz Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nce2 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.h4 f6 8.Nf4 cxd4 9.Nxe6 Qb6 10.Qb3 dxc3 11.bxc3 Qa5 12.exf6 Nxf6 13.Nxf8 Rxf8 14.Bb5 Ne4 15.Nf3 Qxc3+ 16.Qxc3 Nxc3 17.a4 a6 18.Bxc6+ bxc6 19.Bb2 Ne4 20.O-O c5 21.Rfe1 Bf5 22.Rac1 Kd7 23.Ne5+ Kd6 24.f3 Nd2 25.Rcd1 Nb3 26.g4 Bc8 27.Nc4+ Kc6 28.Bxg7 dxc4 29.Bxf8 Nd4 30.Re8 c3 31.Rc1 Bb7 32.Rxa8 Ne2+ 33.Kf2 Nxc1 34.Rd8 c2 35.Bh6 Nb3 36.h5 c4 37.Bf4 Kc5 38.Be3+ Kb4 39.g5 c3 40.g6 hxg6 41.h6 c1=Q 42.Bxc1 Nxc1 43.Rb8 Nd3+ 44.Ke3

 

62.He Knows The Secret to Chess

Carlsen, Magnus 2837 vs Erigaisi Arjun 2782 Norway Chess chess.com [7] 2025.5.29 A36 English, Ultra-symmetrical Variation 1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Rb1 Nf6 6.a3 a5 7.d3 e6 8.Nf3 O-O 9.Be3 Qe7 10.Na4 d6 11.O-O Rb8 12.d4 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 b5 15.cxb5 Rxb5 16.Nc3 Rb8 17.Qa4 Bb7 18.Bxb7 Qxb7 19.Qxa5 e5 20.Be3 d5 21.Bg5 d4 22.Bxf6 Bxf6 23.Nd5 Bg5 24.Nb4 Bd2 25.Qxe5 Bxb4 26.axb4 Qxb4 27.Rfd1 Rfe8 28.Qf4 Rxe2 29.Rxd4 Qb7 30.Qf6 Re6 31.Rd8+ Rxd8 32.Qxd8+ Kg7 33.Qd4+ Kg8 34.b4 h5 35.b5 Rb6 36.Re1 Qb8 37.Re8+ Qxe8 38.Qxb6 Qe1+ 39.Kg2 Qe4+ 40.Kf1 Qd3+ 41.Ke1 Qc3+ 42.Ke2 Qc2+ 43.Ke3 Qc3+ 44.Ke4 Qc4+ 45.Ke5 Kg7 46.h4 Qd3 47.Qc5 Qf5+

 

63.The Birthday Game

Gukesh D 2615 vs Caruana, Fabiano 2782 Norway Chess chess.com [8] 2025.5.29 A05 Reti Opening 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 d5 3.Bb2 c5 4.e3 g6 5.c4 dxc4 6.bxc4 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Nc6 9.d3 Rb8 10.Nc3 a6 11.a4 b6 12.Qd2 Bf5 13.Rfd1 Qd7 14.Nd5 Be6 15.Nxf6+ exf6 16.Bc3 a5 17.Qb2 Qe7 18.Nd2 Ne5 19.d4 cxd4 20.exd4 Nd7 21.Re1 h5 22.d5 Bf5 23.Bd3 Qd6 24.Bxf5 gxf5 25.Qc2 Qf4 26.Re3 Ne5 27.Bxe5 fxe5 28.Rf3 Qd4 29.Rd1 e4 30.Rxf5 Rfe8 31.Nf1 Qc5 32.Ne3 Qd6 33.Rxh5 Qg6 34.Qe2 Rbc8 35.d6 Rcd8 36.d7 Re6 37.Rhd5 Be5 38.h4 f5 39.c5 f4 40.h5 Qf7 41.Ng4 Bc7 42.cxb6 Bxb6 43.Rd6 Kf8 44.Qb2 Bc7 45.Rxe6 Qxe6 46.Qh8+ Ke7 47.Qg7+ Qf7 48.Qg5+ Kf8 49.Ne5 Qb3 50.Rd6 e3 51.Rf6+

 

64.This is Where Evaluation Bars Go to Die

Pijpers, Arthur 2488 vs Ten Hertog, Hugo 2524 Dutch Cup Final chess.com [2-1] 2025.5.29 B12 Caro-Kann, Advance Variation 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.O-O c5 7.c4 Nbc6 8.Na3 a6 9.dxc5 d4 10.Qb3 Qc7 11.Qa4 O-O-O 12.Bd2 Ng6 13.Nb5 axb5 14.cxb5 Ncxe5 15.Ba5 Qb8 16.Nxd4 Qa8 17.Nb3 Be7 18.Rac1 Rd5 19.Rc3 Kb8 20.Rfc1 Rc8 21.h3 Bg5 22.c6 b6 23.Qb4 Be7 24.c7+ Kb7 25.Rc6 Qa7 26.Qc3 Nf4 27.Bf1 Bd3 28.Rxb6+ Qxb6 29.Bxb6 Rxb5 30.Bd4 Bb4 31.Nc5+ Bxc5 32.Bxc5 Bxf1 33.Kxf1 Ned3 34.Be3 Nxc1 35.Bxf4 Nxa2 36.Qf3+ Kb6 37.Qe3+ Kb7 38.Qf3+ Ka7 39.Qa3+

 

65.Magnus Effect: Activated 

Caruana, Fabiano 2782 vs Carlsen, Magnus 2883 Norway Chess chess.com [10] 2025.5.31 C50 Giuoco Pianissimo 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 d6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 a6 8.a4 Ba7 9.Nbd2 Qe7 10.b4 Nd8 11.O-O Ne6 12.d4 Nf4 13.Re1 Bg4 14.Nf1 Ng6 15.Bg3 Bxf3 16.Qxf3 exd4 17.cxd4 Bxd4 18.Rad1 Ne5 19.Qb3 Ba7 20.Ne3 Bxe3 21.Rxe3 Nh5 22.Be2 Nxg3 23.hxg3 O-O 24.f4 Nd7 25.Bf3 a5 26.b5 Nc5 27.Qc2 Rad8 28.Rde1 c6 29.bxc6 bxc6 30.Rc1 Qa7 31.Kh2 Nxa4 32.Ra3 Nc5 33.Qf2 Rd7 34.Bg4 Nxe4 35.Qa2 Rc7 36.Rxa5 Qe3 37.Qa3 Qxa3 38.Rxa3 d5 39.Bf3 f5 40.Ra6 Rf6 41.Ra8+ Kh7 42.Rd8 Rd6 43.Rxd6 Nxd6 44.Bxd5 c5 45.Bb3 c4 46.Bc2 g6 47.Rd1 Ne4 48.Rd4 h5 49.Kh3 c3 50.Kh4 Kh6 51.Rd3 Ra7 52.Rd1 Ra2 53.Rc1 Nf2 54.Bb3 Rb2 55.Rxc3 Rb1 56.g4 Rh1+

 

66.A Historic Moment!

Gukesh D 2787 vs Carlsen, Magnus 2837 Norway Chess chess.com [11] 2025.6.1 C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.h3 a6 8.Ba4 h6 9.Re1 b5 10.Bc2 Bb6 11.Nbd2 Ne7 12.a4 Rb8 13.d4 Ng6 14.Nf1 c5 15.Ng3 cxd4 16.cxd4 bxa4 17.Bxa4 Bb7 18.d5 a5 19.Be3 Bc8 20.b3 Bxe3 21.Rxe3 Nf4 22.Bc6 Rb4 23.Qc2 g6 24.Kh1 Ba6 25.Qa2 Bd3 26.Nd2 h5 27.Qxa5 Qxa5 28.Rxa5 h4 29.Ra4 Rfb8 30.Ra2 Kg7 31.Ra7 Rd4 32.Nf3 hxg3 33.fxg3 Nxh3 34.gxh3 Bxe4 35.Kh2 Rd1 36.g4 Bxd5 37.Bxd5 Nxd5 38.Re2 Nf4 39.Rc2 Kf6 40.h4 Ke6 41.Ng5+ Kd5 42.Ra5+ Kd4 43.Ra4+ Kd3 44.Rf2 f6 45.Rf3+ Ke2 46.Ra2+ Rd2 47.Rxd2+ Kxd2 48.Ne4+ Ke2 49.Kg3 d5 50.Nxf6 Rf8 51.Rf2+ Ke1 52.Nd7 Ne2+ 53.Rxe2+ Kxe2 54.Nxf8 d4 55.Ne6 d3 56.Nc5 Ke3 57.Na4 e4 58.h5 gxh5 59.gxh5 Kd2 60.Nb2 e3 61.Nc4+ Ke2 62.Kf4

 

67.From Main Line to Flatline

Erigaisi Arjun 2738 vs Wei, Yi 2711 Norway Chess chess.com [12] 2025.6.1 D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 5.cd 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 cxd4 6.Qa4+ Bd7 7.Qxd4 exd5 8.Nxd5 Qa5+ 9.Nc3 Nc6 10.Qd1 Ne4 11.Bd2 Nxd2 12.Nxd2 Bb4 13.Rc1 Bxc3 14.Rxc3 Qxa2 15.Nc4 Be6 16.e4 Rd8 17.Nd6+ Ke7 18.Qc1 Qa4 19.Nxb7 Qxe4+ 20.Be2 Rb8 21.Nc5 Qb4 22.Na6 Qxb2 23.Rxc6 Qxc1+ 24.Rxc1 Rb2 25.Nc5 Rc8 26.Bd3 a5 27.O-O Rd8 28.Rfe1 Rd4 29.Bc4 Rdd2 30.Nxe6 fxe6 31.Rxe6+ Kd7 32.Ra6 Rxf2 33.Bb5+ Kd8 34.Bf1 Rf5 35.Ra7

 

68.NO REVERSE GEAR!

Carlsen, Magnus 2883 vs Nakamura, Hikaru 2837 Norway Chess chess.com [14] 2025.6.2 D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav Accepted 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.g3 b5 6.Bg2 e6 7.O-O Bb7 8.Ne5 Qc8 9.b3 b4 10.Na4 c3 11.a3 Nbd7 12.axb4 Bxb4 13.Ba3 a5 14.Nxc3 O-O 15.Bxb4 axb4 16.Nxd7 Nxd7 17.Na4 Ba6 18.Qd2 Bb5 19.Rfc1 Ra6 20.e3 Qa8 21.Qxb4 Nb6 22.Rc5 Nd5 23.Bxd5 exd5 24.Rcc1 h5 25.h4 Re8 26.Qc3 Qc8 27.Nc5 Rxa1 28.Rxa1 g5 29.hxg5 h4 30.e4 dxe4 31.Re1 Qg4 32.Qe3 hxg3 33.fxg3 Kg7 34.Kg2 Rh8 35.Qxe4 Qh3+ 36.Kf3 Bf1 37.Kf4 Qh2 38.Qe5+ Kg8 39.Rxf1 Qg2 40.Ra1

 

69.The Nightmare Opponent 

Gukesh D 2787 vs Erigaisi Arjun 2782 Norway Chess chess.com [13] 2025.6.2 B08 Pirc, Classical (Two Knights) System 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 O-O 6.h3 Nxe4 7.Bxf7+ Rxf7 8.Nxe4 d5 9.Nc3 c5 10.O-O cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nc6 12.Nf3 d4 13.Ne4 Qd5 14.Re1 h6 15.c3 d3 16.Re3 Bf5 17.Ng3 Rd8 18.Bd2 e5 19.Ne1 e4 20.f3 exf3 21.Nxf3 Be6 22.Ne4 Ne5 23.Nxe5 Bxe5 24.Qe1 Rdf8 25.Ng3 Bf4 26.Rxe6 Bxd2 27.Rxg6+ Kh7 28.Qe6 Qxe6 29.Rxe6 Bf4 30.Nf1 Bc7 31.Rd1 Rd7 32.Nd2 Bb6+ 33.Kh1 Kg7 34.Nf3 Rf6 35.Re4 Rfd6 36.Ne5 Rd8 37.Rg4+ Kf6 38.Nc4 Rc6 39.Rf1+ Ke7 40.Rg7+ Ke8 41.Rg8+ Ke7 42.Rg7+ Ke8 43.Ne5 Re6 44.Rg8+ Ke7 45.Rg7+ Ke8 46.Rg8+ Ke7 47.Rxd8 Kxd8 48.Nxd3 Re2 49.a4 Rd2 50.Rf3 a5 51.h4 Ke7 52.Kh2 Ke6 53.b4 Kd5 54.bxa5 Bc7+ 55.Kh3 Kc4 56.Nf2 Bxa5 57.Ng4 Rd6 58.Ne3+ Kb3 59.Nf5 Ra6 60.Kg4 Kxa4 61.Kh5 Rc6 62.Rf4+ Ka3 63.c4 Bd2 64.Rd4 Bc3 65.Rd5 Ka4 66.Rb5 b6 67.Nxh6 Ba5 68.Nf5 Rxc4 69.Rb1 b5 70.Ra1+ Kb4 71.g4 Rc5 72.Kg6 Rc6+ 73.Kf7 Rc7+ 74.Kg6 Rc6+ 75.Kf7 Rc7+ 76.Ke6 Rc6+ 77.Kd7 Rc7+ 78.Kd6 Rc4 79.Rb1+ Ka4 80.Ra1+ Kb4 81.g5 Bc7+ 82.Ke6 Re4+ 83.Kf7 Be5 84.Rf1 Ka3 85.Rf3+ Ka2 86.Re3 Rxe3 87.Nxe3 b4 88.g6 Kb1 89.Nc4 Bc3 90.g7 Bxg7 91.Kxg7 Kc2 92.Na5

 

70.When b4 Breaks the Balance

Caruana, Fabiano 2776 vs Wei, Yi 2758 Norway Chess chess.com [13] 2025.6.2 A05 Reti Opening 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 d5 4.O-O g6 5.d3 Bg7 6.Be3 d4 7.Bf4 O-O 8.c3 Be6 9.Qa4 Nc6 10.Ne5 Nd5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bd2 c4 13.dxc4 Nb6 14.Qc2 Nxc4 15.cxd4 Nxd2 16.Nxd2 Qxd4 17.b3 a5 18.Rad1 a4 19.Bxc6 Rac8 20.Nc4 axb3 21.axb3 Qc3 22.Qxc3 Bxc3 23.Bd5 Bh3 24.Bg2 Be6 25.Nb6 Rb8 26.Nd7 Bxd7 27.Rxd7 e6 28.Bb7 Rfd8 29.Rxd8+ Rxd8 30.Rc1 Ba5 31.Ba6 Rd2 32.Rc5 Ra2 33.Bc4 Bb4 34.Rb5 Be7 35.Rb7 Kf8 36.Kg2 g5 37.Bd3 Rb2 38.f4 gxf4 39.gxf4 h5 40.Kf3 h4 41.h3 Bd6 42.Kg4 Ra2 43.f5 Ra1 44.fxe6 fxe6 45.Bc4 Rg1+ 46.Kh5 e5 47.e4 Re1 48.Bd5 Be7 49.b4 Re3 50.b5 Rxh3 51.b6 Bc5 52.Rb8+ Ke7 53.b7 Bd6 54.Ra8 Rf3 55.b8=Q

 

71.Who Needs a Queen

Wei, Yi 2711 vs Carlsen, Magnus 2883 Norway Chess chess.com [16] 2025.6.3 C24 Bishop's Opening, Berlin Defence 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O d6 6.c3 Nbd7 7.Re1 Nf8 8.Qb3 Ne6 9.d4 Qc7 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Bf1 Re8 12.a4 a5 13.Nc4 exd4 14.Nb6 Rb8 15.cxd4 Bd8 16.Nxc8 Rxc8 17.Bd2 Qb6 18.Qd3 d5 19.e5 Ne4 20.Be3 Be7 21.Red1 Red8 22.Qb1 c5 23.Bb5 cxd4 24.Nxd4 Nxd4 25.Bxd4 Bc5 26.Qd3 g6 27.Qe3 Bxd4 28.Rxd4 Ng5 29.Qd2 Rc2 30.Qxg5 Rxf2 31.Qxd8+ Qxd8 32.Kxf2 Qc7 33.Rxd5 Qb6+ 34.Ke2 Qe6 35.Rad1 Qf5 36.R1d4 Qc2+ 37.Kf3 Kg7 38.h3 h5 39.Rd7 g5 40.Bc4 Qf5+ 41.Ke2 Qxe5+ 42.Kd1 Qh2 43.R4d6 Qg1+ 44.Kc2 Qxg2+ 45.Kb3 Kf8 46.Rxf7+ Ke8 47.Rg6

 

72.The Lightsquares Inferno

Nakamura, Hikaru 2804 vs Gukesh D 2787 Norway Chess chess.com [15] 2025.6.3 C45 Scotch, Schmidt Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O d5 9.exd5 Bg4 10.f3 Bh5 11.Bg5 cxd5 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Nxd5 Qxb2 14.Rb1 Bc5+ 15.Kh1 Qe5 16.Re1 Qd6 17.Ne7+ Kh8 18.Qe2 Rab8 19.Qe4 Bg6 20.Nxg6+ fxg6 21.Rxb8 Rxb8 22.g3 Rf8 23.Kg2 Bb6 24.h4 Qc5 25.f4 Qf5 26.Qc4 Qf6 27.Re5 Qd6 28.c3 Qa3 29.Kh3 Qd6 30.Kg2 Qa3 31.Kh3 Qd6 32.Qe4 Bc5 33.Kg2 Qb6 34.Kh3 Qd6 35.h5 Qd7+ 36.Kg2 Bd6 37.Re6 Rf6 38.Re8+ Bf8 39.Qa8 Qd6 40.Rd8 Qe7 41.hxg6 hxg6 42.Qc8 Qc5 43.Be4 g5 44.fxg5 Qf2+ 45.Kh3 Rf7 46.g6 Rf6 47.Qg4 Qf1+ 48.Bg2 Qc1 49.Qh4+ Qh6 50.Bd5

 

73.Power Levels Off the Charts

Erigaisi Arjun 2782 vs Caruana, Fabiano 2776 Norway Chess chess.com [15] 2025.6.3 D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.g3 O-O 9.Bg2 Ne4 10.O-O Re8 11.Qc2 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Nc6 13.Rd1 Na5 14.Rb1 Bd7 15.Rb4 Qf6 16.Be3 Rac8 17.Bxe4 Rxe4 18.Nf3 Rxb4 19.axb4 Nc4 20.Bd4 Qa6 21.Ng5 Qh6 22.h4 f6 23.Nf3 a6 24.Ne1 Qg6 25.Nd3 Re8 26.Qc1 Qf7 27.Re1 b6 28.Nb2 Bb5 29.Nxc4 Bxc4 30.Bxb6 Bxe2 31.Qd2 Qh5 32.Qf4 Re4 33.Qb8+ Kf7 34.Bc5 h6 35.Kh2 Qf3 36.Qb7+ Kg6 37.Rg1 Kh7 38.Qa7 Qf5 39.Bf8 Qg6 40.Re1 Kg8 41.Bc5 Qf5 42.Qc7 Qf3 43.Rg1 h5 44.Qd7 Bc4 45.b5 Bxb5 46.Qxd5+ Kh7 47.Qd1 Re2 48.Qb1+ Bd3 49.Qc1 Be4 50.Qf4 Qxc3 51.Be3 Bg6 52.g4 hxg4 53.h5 Bxh5 54.Qf5+ Bg6 55.Qxg4 Qe5+ 56.Rg3 Qh5+ 57.Rh3 Qxh3+ 58.Qxh3+ Kg8 59.Qg4 Bd3 60.Bh6 Re7 61.Bxg7 Be2 62.Qg6 Rxg7 63.Qe8+ Kh7 64.Qxe2 Rg5 65.Qxa6 Kg7 66.f4 Rg4 67.f5 Rb4 68.Kg3 Rb1 69.Qa7+ Kh6 70.Qf7 Rb3+ 71.Qxb3

 

74.5X World Champ vs 11-Year-Old

Anand, Viswanathan 2719 vs Oro, Faustino 2457 Clash of Generations chess.com [1] 2025.6.1 C77 Ruy Lopez, Anderssen Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.O-O Bb6 9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Re1 Ne7 11.d4 Ng6 12.h3 Bb7 13.Bc2 Re8 14.a4 Qd7 15.b3 Rad8 16.d5 Nh5 17.Nf1 Bc8 18.Be3 Bxe3 19.fxe3 c6 20.c4 b4 21.N3h2 Nf6 22.Ng3 h6 23.Rf1 Nh7 24.Nf5 Ne7 25.Nxe7+ Qxe7 26.dxc6 Qc7 27.a5 Qxc6 28.Qd2 Qc5 29.Nf3 Bb7 30.Ne1 Qa7 31.Ra4 Ng5 32.Rxb4 Nxe4 33.Qd3 Ba8 34.Rb6 d5 35.cxd5 Bxd5 36.Qxa6 Qxa6 37.Rxa6 Nd2 38.Rf2 Nxb3 39.Nf3 Bc4 40.Ra7 Nc1 41.Rc7 Bd3 42.Ba4 Ne2+ 43.Kh2 Re6 44.Ne1 Ba6 45.Bb3 Rf6 46.Rxf6 gxf6 47.Rxf7 Kh8 48.Rxf6 Nc1 49.Rxh6+ Kg7 50.Rxa6 Nxb3 51.Nf3 Rd3 52.Nxe5 Rxe3 53.Ra7+ Kf8 54.Ng6+ Kg8 55.a6 Nc5 56.Re7 Rxe7 57.Nxe7+