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1.Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2771 vs Caruana, Fabiano 2784 Grand Chess Tour: Sinquefield Cup chess.com [4] 2025.8.21 D35 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional Line 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Bg4 8.Qc2 O-O 9.h3 Be6 10.Nf3 Ne8 11.Bg3 Bd6 12.Bd3 Bxg3 13.fxg3 Nd7 14.g4 c5 15.O-O-O Rc8 16.g5 cxd4 17.exd4 hxg5 18.g4 g6 19.Bxg6 Qf6 20.Bh7+ Kg7 21.Rdf1 b5 22.h4 b4 23.hxg5 Qf4+ 24.Kb1 bxc3 25.Bf5 Rh8 26.Rxh8 Kxh8 27.Bxe6 fxe6 28.Rh1+ Kg7 29.Rh7+ Kf8 30.g6 Ndf6

2.Nakamura, Hikaru 3391 vs Carlsen, Magnus 3352 Titled Tuesday chess.com [8] 2025.8.19 B01 Scandinavian (centre counter) Defence 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 c6 5.Bd2 Bf5 6.Bc4 e6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.Qe2 Ngf6 9.d5 cxd5 10.Nxd5 Qc5 11.Nxf6+ gxf6 12.Be3 Qa5+ 13.c3 a6 14.Rd1 Be7 15.O-O Rg8 16.Bf4 Bg4 17.Qe4 O-O-O 18.b4 Qa4 19.Bg3 Nb6 20.Qf4 e5 21.Nxe5 Rxd1 22.Nxg4 Bd6 23.Qf5+ Kb8 24.Bb3 Rxf1+ 25.Kxf1 Qc6 26.Nxf6 Rd8 27.Ne4 Bxg3 28.hxg3 Ka7 29.Kg1 Nd5 30.Qe5 f6 31.Qd4+ Qb6 32.Nc5 Ne7 33.Qe4 Ng6 34.Bd5 f5 35.Qe6 Qxe6 36.Bxe6 Rd1+ 37.Kh2 Rd2 38.f3 Ne7 39.a4 Rc2 40.c4 Rb2 41.b5 a5 42.Nd7 Rb4 43.b6+ Ka8 44.Nc5 Rxb6 45.Bd7 Rd6 46.Bb5 Kb8 47.Nd7+ Kc7 48.Ne5 Nc6 49.Nf7 Rf6 50.Ng5 h6 51.Nh3 Nd4 52.Nf4 Kd6 53.Be8 Rf8 54.Bg6 Rc8 55.Bf7 Nb3 56.Be6 Rf8 57.Bd5 Nc5 58.Ng6 Rb8 59.Nh4 Ke5 60.f4+ Kf6 61.Nf3 Nxa4 62.g4 fxg4 63.Ne5 Nc5 64.Nxg4+ Kg7 65.f5 Rf8 66.f6+ Rxf6

3.Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2771 vs Caruana, Fabiano 2784 Grand Chess Tour: Sinquefield Cup chess.com [4] 2025.8.21 D35 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional Line 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Bg4 8.Qc2 O-O 9.h3 Be6 10.Nf3 Ne8 11.Bg3 Bd6 12.Bd3 Bxg3 13.fxg3 Nd7 14.g4 c5 15.O-O-O Rc8 16.g5 cxd4 17.exd4 hxg5 18.g4 g6 19.Bxg6 Qf6 20.Bh7+ Kg7 21.Rdf1 b5 22.h4 b4 23.hxg5 Qf4+ 24.Kb1 bxc3 25.Bf5 Rh8 26.Rxh8 Kxh8 27.Bxe6 fxe6 28.Rh1+ Kg7 29.Rh7+ Kf8 30.g6 Ndf6

4.Aronian, Levon 2737 vs So, Wesley 2745 Grand Chess Tour: Sinquefield Cup chess.com [6] 2025.8.24 D35 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional Line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Bg4 8.Nf3 Nbd7 9.h3 Bf5 10.g4 Bh7 11.Bd3 c6 12.Bxh7 Nxh7 13.Bg3 Nhf6 14.Nd2 Bb4 15.a3 Bxc3 16.bxc3 Qe7 17.a4 h5 18.g5 Ne4 19.Nxe4 Qxe4 20.O-O Nb6 21.Rb1 Qe7 22.h4 O-O 23.Qxh5 Nxa4 24.Be5 Nxc3 25.f4 Nxb1 26.f5 Nd2 27.f6 Qxe5 28.dxe5 Nxf1 29.fxg7 Kxg7 30.Qh6+ Kg8 31.g6 fxg6 32.Qxg6+ Kh8 33.Qh6+ Kg8 34.Qg6+ Kh8 35.Qh6+ Kg8 36.Qg6+c8 Kb5 70.Rc6 Ka4 71.Kc4 Rb4+ 72.Kd3 Kb5 73.Bxb4 Kxc6

5.Firouzja, Alireza 2766 vs Praggnanandhaa R 2779 Grand Chess Tour: Sinquefield Cup chess.com [7] 2025.8.25 B31 Sicilian, Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (with ...g6, without ...d6) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 e5 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Qe7 8.Nbd2 Nf6 9.a4 O-O 10.Nc4 Ne8 11.Be3 Nc7 12.h3 Rd8 13.Qc2 b6 14.b4 cxb4 15.cxb4 Na6 16.Bd2 Nxb4 17.Bxb4 Qxb4 18.Ncxe5 Qd6 19.d4 c5 20.Rfd1 Bb7 21.a5 Rac8 22.Qb3 Qc7 23.axb6 axb6 24.Ra7 Bxe5 25.dxe5 Rxd1+ 26.Qxd1 c4 27.Qa4 c3 28.Nd4 Rd8 29.e6 fxe6 30.Rxb7 Qxb7 31.Nxe6 Qd7

6.So, Wesley 2745 vs Gukesh D 2776 Grand Chess Tour: Sinquefield Cup chess.com [7] 2025.8.25 C67 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence, Open Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O 9.Nc3 Bf6 10.Re1 Nf5 11.Nd5 Bh4 12.g3 c6 13.Bh3 Nd4 14.gxh4 cxd5 15.c3 Qxh4 16.Bg2 Nf5 17.d4 d6 18.Bxd5 Be6 19.Bxb7 Rae8 20.Bc6 Re7 21.Bd2 d5 22.Qf3 Qf6 23.Kh1 Qg6 24.Re5 Bc8 25.Bxd5 Rxe5 26.dxe5 Rd8 27.Rg1 Nh4 28.Qf4 Rxd5 29.Rxg6 Nxg6 30.Qe3 h5 31.c4 Rd8 32.f3 h4 33.Kg1 Be6 34.b3 h3 35.Kf2 a6 36.Ke2 Bc8 37.Bb4 f6 38.exf6 gxf6 39.Ba5

7.So, Wesley 2803 vs Praggnanandhaa R 2705 Grand Chess Tour: Sinquefield Cup chess.com [11] 2025.8.27 C53 Giuoco Piano 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 a6 6.Bg5 Ba7 7.Nbd2 d6 8.a4 Ne7 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.O-O Ng6 11.d4 h5 12.Re1 h4 13.Nf1 Be6 14.Bxe6 fxe6 15.Qb3 Kd7 16.h3 Qe7 17.Ne3 Kc8 18.Rad1 Nf4 19.Kh2 Qg7 20.Ng1 Rg8 21.Ne2 Kd7 22.Nxf4 exf4 23.Ng4 f3 24.Re3 fxg2 25.Rf3 Raf8 26.Qxb7 f5 27.exf5 exf5 28.Ne5+ Kd8 29.Kg1 Bb6 30.a5 Bxa5 31.Nc6+ Kd7 32.Nxa5 Qe7 33.Qc6+ Kc8 34.Qxa6+ Kd7 35.Qb5+ Kc8 36.Re3 Qg5 37.Qa6+ Kd7 38.Rde1

8.Gorshtein, Ido 2571 vs Ivanchuk, Vasyl 2623 Fujairah Global [4] 2025.8.27 A25 English, Closed, 5.Rb1 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Rb1 a5 6.a3 Nf6 7.b4 axb4 8.axb4 O-O 9.d3 Ne7 10.Qb3 d6 11.Nf3 h6 12.O-O Be6 13.b5 Qd7 14.Ba3 Bh3 15.c5 Be6 16.Qb2 b6 17.cxd6 cxd6 18.Rfc1 Rfc8 19.e4 Ne8 20.Rc2 d5 21.Bxe7 dxe4 22.Bb4 exd3 23.Rcc1 e4 24.Nd2 f5 25.Ra1 Nd6 26.Rxa8 Rxa8 27.Qb1 Nxb5 28.Nxb5 Qxb5 29.Bd6 Qxb1 30.Rxb1 Bd4 31.h4 Ra2 32.Bf4 h5 33.Kf1 Bc3 34.Ke1 b5 35.Kd1 b4 36.Be3 Bd7

9.Theodorou, Nikolas 2646 vs Kantor, Gergely 2569 Fujairah Global chess.com [4] 2025.8.27 D02 London System 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 e6 5.Nbd2 Qb6 6.Rb1 Bd6 7.dxc5 Qxc5 8.Bg5 Nbd7 9.Bd3 h6 10.Bh4 e5 11.e4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 Nb6 14.b4 Qc3+ 15.Kf1 Qc7 16.Kg1 Na4 17.Qd3 Nc3 18.Re1 O-O 19.Bg3 Bd7 20.Bh7+ Kh8 21.Rxe5 Bb5 22.Rxb5 Nxb5 23.Qxb5 Bxg3 24.hxg3 Kxh7 25.Ng5+ Kg8 26.Qd3 Rfe8 27.Qh7+ Kf8 28.Nf3 Qc3 29.Rh4 Rad8 30.Rf4 Re6 31.Kh2 b6 32.Nh4 Rd5 33.Qh8+ Ke7 34.Qg8 Rf6 35.Qxg7 Rg5 36.Re4+ Kd7 37.Qh8 Qc7 38.Qxf6

10.Piorun, Kacper 2568 vs Theodorou, Nikolas 2646 Fujairah Global chess.com [3] 2025.8.27 A58 Benko Gambit Accepted 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 e6 6.dxe6 fxe6 7.Nc3 Bxa6 8.g3 d5 9.Bg2 Bd6 10.Nh3 O-O 11.O-O Nc6 12.Bf4 h6 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Nd4 15.Bxe6+ Nxe6 16.Qd5 Qd7 17.Qxd6 Qf7 18.Rfe1 Nd4 19.Qxc5 Nxe2+ 20.Rxe2 Bxe2 21.Be5 Bf3 22.Nf4 g5 23.Qd6 gxf4 24.Qxh6 Qh7 25.Qg5+ Kf7 26.Rc1 Ke6 27.g4 Ra5 28.Re1 Kd7 29.h3 Rg8

11.Ivanchuk, Vasyl 2623 vs Zemlyanskii, Ivan 2586 Fujairah Global chess.com [7] 2025.8.30 C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed Defence 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 Bd7 9.c3 O-O 10.Bc2 h6 11.h3 Re8 12.Be3 Bf8 13.Nbd2 Ne7 14.b4 Ng6 15.axb5 axb5 16.Nb3 Be6 17.Rxa8 Qxa8 18.Nfd2 Qc6 19.c4 Qd7 20.Na5 Rb8 21.d4 bxc4 22.d5 Bxh3 23.Nc6 Ra8 24.f3 c3 25.Nb1 Nh4 26.Rf2 Bxg2 27.Rxg2 Qh3 28.Rf2 Ng4 29.fxg4 Qxe3 30.Qe2 Qg3+ 31.Kf1 Qh3+ 32.Kg1 Ra2 33.Qd3 Qxg4+ 34.Kf1 Ng6 35.Qxc3 Nf4 36.Qb3 Qh4 37.Qf3 g5 38.Bd1 Rxf2+ 39.Qxf2 Qh1+ 40.Qg1 Qxe4

12.Hakobyan, Aram 2625 vs Ivanchuk, Vasyl 2623 Fujairah Global chess.com [8] 2025.8.31 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Byrne (English) Attack 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1 Nf6 8.Be3 Ng4 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bc1 Nf6 11.Bd3 e6 12.O-O Bd7 13.Kh1 Nc6 14.Nde2 g5 15.Ng3 g4 16.f4 h5 17.Be3 h4 18.Nge2 b5 19.a3 Qc7 20.Qd2 Be7 21.Rad1 Rc8 22.Kg1 Rg8 23.Qe1 b4 24.axb4 Nxb4 25.Bd4 h3 26.g3 e5 27.Be3 Qb7 28.Qf2 Be6 29.Rd2 Nd7 30.b3 Nc5 31.fxe5 dxe5 32.Bc4 Rg7 33.Bh6 Nxe4 34.Nxe4 Qxe4 35.Bxe6 fxe6 36.Bxg7 Bc5 37.Nd4 Bxd4 38.Rxd4 Qxd4 39.c4 Nc6 40.Bh6 Qxf2+ 41.Rxf2 Nd4 42.Rf8+ Kd7 43.Rf7+ Kc6 44.b4 Rb8 45.Bf8 Nf3+ 46.Kf2 Ng5 47.Rg7 Rxf8+ 48.Ke2 Rf5 49.c5 Nf3 50.Ra7 Nxh2 51.Rxa6+ Kd5 52.Rd6+ Kc4 53.c6 Rf8 54.Rxe6 Nf3 55.Rh6 Kxb4 56.Ke3 Kc5 57.c7 Rc8

13.Pichot, Alan 2581 vs Pranesh M 2589 Fujairah Global chess.com [8] 2025.8.31 C50 Giuoco Pianissimo 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 a6 6.O-O d6 7.a4 Ba7 8.b4 h6 9.Nbd2 g5 10.b5 Na5 11.Ba2 Bg4 12.d4 exd4 13.cxd4 Bxd4 14.Rb1 Nd7 15.h3 Bxf3 16.Nxf3 Bg7 17.Nd4 axb5 18.f4 gxf4 19.Bxf4 Nc6 20.Ne6 fxe6 21.Qh5+ Ke7 22.Bg5+ Nf6 23.Rxf6

14.Nakamura, Hikaru 2807 vs Matta, Nicholas 2250 Louisiana State Championship chess.com [6] 2025.8.31 D35 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional Line, 5...c6 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Nf3 Re8 9.O-O Bg4 10.Qc2 h6 11.Bh4 Nbd7 12.Rae1 Nf8 13.Nd2 Bh5 14.f4 g5 15.Bg3 Ng6 16.Bxg6 Bxg6 17.Qd1 Bd3 18.Rf2 g4 19.Bh4 h5 20.Qb3 Ba6 21.e4 Be7 22.e5 Nd7 23.Bxe7 Qxe7 24.Nf1 Bxf1 25.Rfxf1 Nb6 26.Qc2 Qe6 27.f5 Qh6 28.f6 Nd7 29.h3 gxh3 30.Qf5 Nf8 31.Qxh3 Re6 32.Rf5 h4 33.Ne2 Ng6 34.Ref1 Qd2 35.Qg4 Kf8 36.Rg5 Qe3+ 37.Rf2 Qe4 38.Nf4

15.Campbell, Charles 2138 vs Nakamura, Hikaru 2807 Louisiana State Championship chess.com [7] 2025.9.1 D37 Queen's Gambit Declined, 4.Nf3 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.Bxc4 b5 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Qe2 c5 10.Rd1 cxd4 11.exd4 Be7 12.Bg5 O-O 13.Ne5 Nd5 14.Qh5 f5 15.Nxd5 Bxd5 16.Bf4 Nf6 17.Qe2 Qb6 18.Be3 Rfd8 19.Rdc1 Qb7 20.f3 Bd6 21.a4 bxa4 22.Rxa4 a5 23.Bc4 Bxe5 24.dxe5 Bxc4 25.Raxc4 Nd5 26.Bg5 Rf8 27.Rc6 h6 28.Be3 Rac8 29.Rxc8 Rxc8 30.Rxc8+ Qxc8 31.Qd2 Qc4 32.Bb6 a4 33.Bd4 Kf7 34.g3 g5 35.h4 gxh4 36.gxh4 Kg6 37.f4 Qb3 38.Kg2 Qd3 39.Qf2 Kh5 40.Qf3+ Qxf3+ 41.Kxf3 Kxh4 42.Bc5 Kh3 43.Bd6 Nb6 44.Bc5 Nc4 45.Bd4 h5 46.Bc3 h4 47.Bd4 Nd2+ 48.Ke2 Kg2

16.Sarana, Alexey 3125 vs Carlsen, Magnus 3360 Titled Tuesday Grand Prix 2025-2026 September 2, 2025 [9] D50 Queen's Gambit Declined, 4.Bg5 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxc4 5.e3 c5 6.Bxc4 cxd4 7.exd4 Nc6 8.Nf3 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 h6 11.Bh4 b6 12.Qd3 Bb7 13.Rad1 Nb4 14.Qe2 Nbd5 15.Qd3 Rc8 16.Bb3 Nf4 17.Qe3 N6d5 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Bxd5 Bxd5 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.a3 Rc2 22.Rd2 Rfc8 23.Ne5 Qg5 24.f4 Qf5 25.Rde2 f6 26.Nf3 Kf7 27.h3 h5 28.Nh4 Rxe2 29.Rxe2 Qb1+ 30.Kh2 Qc1 31.Qg3 Qd1 32.Qg6+ Kf8 33.Qxh5 Rc1 34.Ng6+ Ke8 35.f5 Kd8 36.fxe6 Bxe6 37.Qh8+ Kc7 38.Rxe6 Kb7 39.Qxg7+ Ka6 40.Re7 Kb5 41.Qxf6 Qg1+ 42.Kg3 Rf1 43.Qe5+ Ka4 44.Qe3

17.Lebedev, Artem S. 2704 vs Nakamura, Hikaru 3394 Titled Tuesday Grand Prix 2025-2026 chess.com [4] 2025.9.2 B06 Robatsch Defence 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 a6 4.Nf3 d6 5.Be3 Nd7 6.Qd2 b5 7.h4 h6 8.O-O-O Nb6 9.h5 g5 10.e5 f5 11.exf6 e.p. Nxf6 12.Bd3 Be6 13.d5 Nbxd5 14.Bg6+ Kf8 15.Nd4 Bg8 16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.f4 g4 18.f5 c5 19.Ne6+ Bxe6 20.fxe6 Nxe3 21.Qxe3 Bf6 22.Qe4 Kg7 23.Bf7 Rh7 24.Rhf1 Kh8 25.Rxf6 exf6 26.e7 Qc8

18.Alexey Shirov vs Daniil Dubov Battle of the Generations 2013 Moscow, RUS rd 5 Dec 7 Sicilian Defense: Paulsen. Bastrikov Variation English Attack B48 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 b5 8. Nc6 Qc6 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. f3 Rc8 11. g4 Nf6 12. g5 Nh5 13. Bh3 Be7 14. Bg4 g6 15. Bh5 gh5 16. h4 a5 17. Kb1 b4 18. Ne2 a4 19. Nf4 b3 20. cb3 ab3 21. ab3 Bb4 22. Qf2 Ra8 23. Nh5 Ke7 24. Nf6 Rhc8 25. Rd7 Qd7 26. Nd7 Kd7 27. Ba7 Ba6 28. Rd1 Ke8 29. h5 Be7 30. g6 fg6 31. hg6 hg6 32. Qb6 Kf7 33. Rd7 Be2 34. Qd6

19.Suleymanli, Aydin 2602 vs Karthikeyan, Murali 2669 FIDE Grand Swiss chess.com [1] 2025.9.4 B30 Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 c4 7.Bc2 d6 8.exd6 Qxd6 9.O-O Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.Re1 O-O-O 12.Na3 Qf6 13.b3 Nd5 14.Nxc4 b5 15.Nb2 Nxc3 16.dxc3 Rxd1 17.Bxd1 e6 18.g4 Bg6 19.Bg5 Qxc3 20.Rc1 Qxb2 21.Rxc6+ Kb7 22.Ne5 Qxe5 23.Rxe5 Kxc6 24.Bf3+ Kb6 25.Bd8+ Ka6 26.a4 Bd3 27.Bc6 Bc5 28.axb5+ Bxb5 29.Rxc5 Rxd8 30.Bxb5+ Kb6 31.b4 a5 32.Ba4 axb4 33.Rb5+ Kc7 34.Rxb4 Rd5 35.Rf4 f5 36.Bb3 Re5 37.gxf5 exf5 38.Bg8 g6 39.Bxh7 Re7 40.Rh4

20.Bacrot, Etienne 2637 vs Gukesh D 2767 FIDE Grand Swiss chess.com [1] 2025.9.4 B12 Caro-Kann, Advance Variation 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.O-O h6 7.Nbd2 Nd7 8.Nb3 g5 9.a4 Bg7 10.Re1 O-O 11.h3 b6 12.Be3 Rc8 13.a5 c5 14.Ba6 Rc7 15.axb6 axb6 16.c3 cxd4 17.Nbxd4 Be4 18.Nd2 Bg6 19.Nb5 Rc6 20.Nd4 Rc5 21.N4f3 Ra5 22.Bd4 Qc7 23.Qe2 Rxa1 24.Rxa1 Ra8 25.Re1 Nc5 26.Bb5 Ra2 27.Nf1 Be4 28.Ng3 Ng6 29.Nh5 Bh8 30.Nd2 Rxb2 31.Ra1 Qc8 32.c4 Rxd2 33.Qxd2 Nb3 34.Qe3 Nxd4 35.Qxd4 Bxe5 36.Qd1 dxc4 37.Ra4 Bd5 38.Qe2 c3 39.Bd3 Qc7 40.Bc2 Bh2+ 41.Kf1 Be5 42.Kg1 Kf8 43.Qd3 Nh4 44.f3 Qc5+ 45.Kf1 Nf5

21.FIDE World Bl Team Pool A  Astana, KAZ 2024.8.5 Round 2.1 Magnus Carlsen 2832 vs Nurassyl Primbetov 1784 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. h3 d5 5. Bb5 Nf6 6. d3 d4 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Ne2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ng3 Nd7 11. e5 Qc7 12. Re1 Rd8 13. Nh5 g6 14. Ng3 Nb6 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Qe7 17. Qd2 c4 18. N3e4 h6 19. Nf3 Kg7 20. Nd6 cxd3 21. cxd3 Nd7 22. Qf4 c5 23. b4 cxb4 24. Nxd4 Nb6 25. Nc6 Nd5 26. Qxh6+ Kxh6 27. Nxe7 Kg7 28. Nexc8 Nf4 29. Re4 Nxd3 30. Rd1 Nc5 31. Rc4 Raxc8 32. Rdc1 Rc6 33. Rxc5 Rxc5 34. Rxc5 Rd7 35. Kf1 f6 36. Ne8+ Kf7 37. Nxf6 Rb7 38. Ne4 Ke7 39. Nd6 Rb8 40. Rc7+ Kf8 41. Rxa7 b3 42. axb3 Rxb3 43. Rf7+ Kg8 44. Rf6 Kg7 45. Rxe6 Rb1+ 46. Ke2 Rb2+ 47. Kf3 Rb3+ 48. Kg4 Rb2 49. Re7+ Kf8 50. Rf7+ Kg8 51. Kg5 Re2 52. Kxg6 Rxe5 53. Nf5 Re6+ 54. Rf6 Re8 55. Nh6+ Kh8 56. g4 Ra8 57. g5 Rb8 58. f4 Rc8 59. f5 Rc6 60. Nf7+ Kg8 61. Nh6+ Kh8 62. Nf7+ Kg8 63. Rxc6 Kf8 64. Re6 Kg8 65. Re8# 1-0

22.12th Norway Chess Stavanger, NOR 2024.6.3 Nakamura, Hikaru 2794 vs Carlsen, Magnus 2830 Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bg4 8. f3 Be6 9. Bd3 c5 10. Nge2 Nc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bc2 Rc8 14. Nf4 cxd4 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. exd4 Nxd4 17. Bg6 Rf8 18. Bf2 Nc6 19. Rxe6 d4 20. Ne2 Bc5 21. Nf4 Nd5 22. Qb3 Nxf4 23. Rd6+ Kh8 24. Rxd8 Rcxd8 25. Qxb7 Ne5 26. Be4 Bb6 27. a4 Nc4 28. Qa6 Nd2 29. a5 Bc5 30. Bb7 Nb3 31. Rd1 d3 32. Bxc5 Nxc5 33. Qxa7 Nxb7 34. Qxb7 Rfe8 35. g3 d2 36. Qb4 Rd4 37. Qxd2 Rxd2 38. Rxd2 Ne6 39. b4 Kg8 40. b5 Ra8 41. Ra2 Kf7 42. Kf2 Ke7 43. b6 Nc5 44. Ke3 Kd6 45. Kf4 g6 46. h4 Kd5 47. Kg4 Kc6 48. h5 Rg8 49. Rc2 Kb5 50. hxg6 Rxg6+ 51. Kh5 1-0

23.12th Norway Chess Stavanger, NOR 2024.6.7 Round 10.2 Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa 2747 vs Hikaru Nakamura 2794 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Qb6 6. c4 Bg4 7. Nc3 e6 8. O-O a6 9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. Na4 Qa7 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Rc1 Be7 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Rc8 16. Be5 O-O 17. Rc4 c5 18. Rfc1 Nb6 19. Qg4 g6 20. Nxb6 Qxb6 21. b4 Rc6 22. bxc5 Qb7 23. h4 f6 24. Bd6 f5 25. Qg3 Rd8 26. h5 g5 27. e4 fxe4 28. Qe5 Qd7 29. h6 Bf8 30. Qxg5+ Kf7 31. Bxf8 1-0

24.Global Chess League Dubai, UAE 2023.6.28 Round 7 Viswanathan Anand 2731 vs Magnus Carlsen 2829 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Nc6 7.Qg4 g6 8.h4 h6 9.h5 g5 10.f4 Qa5 11.Bd2 f5 12.Qg3 g4 13.dxc5 Nge7 14.Bd3 Qxc5 15.Ne2 Na5 16.Qf2 Qxf2+ 17.Kxf2 Bd7 18.a4 Kf7 19.Rhb1 b6 20.Bc1 Nec6 21.Ba3 Nd8 22.Bb4 Ndb7 23.Nd4 Rhb8 24.Nb3 Nc4 25.Bxc4 dxc4 26.Nd4 Rc8 27.a5 b5 28.Rd1 Be8 29.Ne2 a6 30.Rd4 Rd8 31.Rad1 Rxd4 32.Rxd4 Bc6 33.Rd2 g3+ 34.Kg1 Rg8 35.Nd4 Rd8 36.Bd6 Be4 37.Bb4 Rd5 38.Kf1 Nd8 39.Ke1 Nc6 40.Ne2 Rxd2 41.Kxd2 Bxg2 42.Nxg3 Bf3 43.Ke3 Bd1 44.Kd2 Bg4 45.Ke3 Ke8 46.Kd2 Ne7 47.Bxe7 Kxe7 48.Kc1 Kd7 49.Kb2 Kc6 50.Ka2 Kd5 51.Ka3 Kc5 52.Kb2 Bd1 53.Kc1 Bf3 54.Kb2 b4 55.cxb4+ Kd4 56.c3+ Kd3 57.b5 axb5 58.a6 Kd2 59.a7 Bd5 60.Nxf5 exf5 61.e6 b4 62.e7 bxc3+ 63.Ka2 c2 64.a8=Q Bxa8 65.e8=Q Be4 66.Qd8+ Bd3 67.Qd4 c1=N+ 68.Ka3 c3 69.Qb6 Ne2 70.Qxh6 c2 0-1

25.12th Norway Chess Stavanger, NOR 2024.6.6 Round 9.2 Alireza Firouzja 2737 vs Magnus Carlsen 2830 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 d6 7.c3 a6 8.Nbd2 Ba7 9.O-O Qe7 10.b4 Be6 11.a4 O-O 12.Bd5 g5 13.Nxg5 Nxd5 14.Nxe6 Qxh4 15.exd5 fxe6 16.g3 Qh3 17.dxc6 bxc6 18.Qe2 Rf5 19.Kh1 Raf8 20.f3 Rg5 21.Qg2 Qf5 22.Rad1 h5 23.Nb3 h4 24.g4 Qh7 25.Qe2 h3 26.d4 exd4 27.cxd4 e5 28.Na5 Bxd4 29.Nxc6 Qf7 30.Rc1 Rg6 31.Qxa6 Rf6 32.Qe2 Rxf3 33.Rxf3 Qxf3+ 34.Qxf3 Rxf3 35.Nxd4 exd4 36.Ra1 Rb3 37.a5 Rxb4 38.a6 Rb8 39.a7 Ra8 40.Kg1 c5 41.Kf2 Kf7 42.Ke2 c4 43.Ra5 d3+ 44.Kd2 Kg6 45.Kc3 d5 46.Ra2 Kg5 0-1

26.Gukesh D 2767 vs Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan 2646 FIDE Grand Swiss chess.com [2] 2025.9.5 D00 Queen's Pawn Game 1.d4 d5 2.c3 Nf6 3.Bg5 c6 4.Qc2 Ne4 5.Bf4 Bf5 6.Qb3 Qb6 7.f3 Nd6 8.Nd2 Nd7 9.g4 Bg6 10.h4 h6 11.Bg2 e6 12.h5 Bh7 13.e4 a5 14.Qxb6 Nxb6 15.a4 Nbc4 16.Nxc4 Nxc4 17.b3 Nd6 18.e5 Nc8 19.Bf1 Kd7 20.Be3 Kc7 21.Kd2 Nb6 22.f4 Nd7 23.Bd3 Bxd3 24.Kxd3 b5 25.f5 bxa4 26.Rxa4 c5 27.Ne2 c4+ 28.bxc4 Nb6 29.Ra2 Nxc4 30.fxe6 fxe6 31.Nf4 Re8 32.Bc1 Kc6 33.Rf1 Rg8 34.Kc2 Be7 35.Nxe6 g6 36.g5 Kd7 37.Nf4 Rgf8 38.Rg1 Bxg5 39.Nxd5 Kc6 40.Bxg5 Kxd5 41.Bf6 gxh5 42.Rg7 Rxf6 43.exf6 Re2+ 44.Kb1 Re1+ 45.Kc2 Re2+ 46.Kb1 Re1+

27.Hakobyan, Aram 2625 vs Nihal Sarin 2693 FIDE Grand Swiss chess.com [2] 2025.9.5 C50 Giuoco Pianissimo 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.a4 a5 6.Be3 Bb4+ 7.c3 Be7 8.Qb3 O-O 9.h3 d6 10.O-O h6 11.Nbd2 Nh5 12.Qd1 Nf6 13.Qb3 Nh5 14.d4 Bg5 15.Nxg5 hxg5 16.Nf3 Nf4 17.dxe5 dxe5 18.Bc5 Qf6 19.Bxf8 Nxg2 20.Nh2 Bxh3 21.Bc5 Nh4 22.Be2 g4 23.Rfd1 Qg6 24.Nf1 Qxe4 25.Ne3 Nf3+ 26.Bxf3 gxf3 27.Qc4 Qh7 28.Rd5 Re8 29.Rad1 Qh5 30.Qe4 f5 31.Qc4 Kh7 32.Rd7 Qg5+ 33.Kh2 Qh6 34.Kg1 Re6 35.Nf1 Bxf1 36.Qxe6 Qxe6 37.Bf8 Kg8 38.Bxg7 Be2

28.Roebers, Eline 2377 vs Vaishali, Rameshbabu 2452 FIDE Grand Swiss chess.com [2] 2025.9.5 C70 Ruy Lopez, Classical Defence Deferred 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Bc5 5.c3 Nge7 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 O-O 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 Ne5 10.f4 N5g6 11.Bg3 f5 12.Nxf5 d5 13.Bb3 Nxf5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Bxd5+ Kh8 16.Bf2 Qe7+ 17.Kf1 Bxf2 18.Kxf2 Nxf4 19.Bf3 Rad8 20.Nd2 Qc5+ 21.Kg3 Nd3 22.Qf1 Qd6+

29. Yuffa, Daniil 2648 vs Gukesh D 2767 Open chess.com [3] 2025.9.6 D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.Bg5 dxc4 7.e4 Bd7 8.Qd1 b5 9.a4 a6 10.e5 h6 11.exf6 hxg5 12.fxg7 Rg8 13.h4 g4 14.Ng5 Rxg7 15.g3 e5 16.Bg2 exd4 17.O-O dxc3 18.axb5 axb5 19.Re1+ Be7 20.Rxa8 Qxa8 21.bxc3 Qa3 22.Ne4 Ne5 23.Qd2 Qa6 24.Qd5 f6 25.h5 Be6 26.Nxf6+ Bxf6 27.Rxe5 Re7 28.Rxe6 Qxe6 29.Qxb5+ Kf8 30.Bd5 Qf5 31.Qc6 Kg7 32.Qa8 Qxh5 33.Qg8+ Kh6 34.Qf8+ Kg6 35.Qg8+ Bg7

30.Firouzja, Alireza 2754 vs Maghsoodloo, Parham 2692 FIDE Grand Swiss chess.com [3] 2025.9.6 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Byrne (English) Attack 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.h3 Be6 9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O a5 11.a4 Na6 12.f4 Rc8 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.Qxd8 Rfxd8 15.Rxd8+ Bxd8 16.Bxa6 bxa6 17.Rd1 Be7 18.Nd5 Bb4 19.Bb6 Nxe4 20.Nxa5 Bd6 21.Nb7 Bf8 22.a5 g6 23.c3 h5 24.Kc2 g5 25.Nc7 Bf5 26.Kb3 Rb8 27.Nd8 Nc5+ 28.Ka2 Bc2 29.Rd2 Bb3+ 30.Kb1 e4 31.Nd5 f5 32.g4 hxg4 33.hxg4 f4 34.Bxc5 Bxc5 35.Nf6+ Kg7 36.Nxe4 Be7 37.Nc6 Rh8 38.Nf2 Bc5 39.Rd7+ Kg6 40.Rb7 Bxf2 41.Rxb3 Kf6 42.Kc2 Rh4 43.Rb6 Bxb6 44.axb6 Rh7 45.c4 Rd7 46.Nb4 f3 47.Nd3 Ke7 48.c5 Rd8 49.c6 Kd6 50.c7 Re8 51.Kc3 Kc6

31.Aditya Mittal 2589 vs Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan 2646 FIDE Grand Swiss chess.com [4] 2025.9.7 D31 Queen's Gambit Declined, 3.Nc3 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 dxc4 4.e4 c5 5.d5 exd5 6.exd5 Bd6 7.Bxc4 Ne7 8.h3 O-O 9.Nf3 Nd7 10.O-O Nb6 11.b3 Nxc4 12.bxc4 Ng6 13.Ne4 Bf5 14.Nxd6 Qxd6 15.Qb3 b6 16.a4 a5 17.Re1 Rfe8 18.Be3 h6 19.Ra2 Be4 20.Nd2 Nh4 21.Bxc5 Qg6 22.g3 Bg2 23.Be7 Bxh3 24.Kh2 Ng2 25.Re5 f6 26.Qxb6 Nf4 27.Re4 Qh5 28.Rxf4 Bg4+ 29.Kg1 Rxe7 30.Ra1 Rae8 31.Rf1 Bh3 32.d6 Re2 33.Rh4 Qf5 34.Qb5 R8e5 35.d7 Rxd2 36.Qb8+ Kh7 37.d8=Q Qxf2+ 38.Rxf2 Re1+ 39.Kh2 Rxf2+ 40.Kxh3 Rh1+ 41.Kg4 f5+ 42.Kh5 g6#

32.Praggnanandhaa R 2785 vs Mishra, Abhimanyu 2611 FIDE Grand Swiss chess.com [4] 2025.9.7 A15 English Opening 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 d5 4.Bb2 Bd6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.d4 Nc6 9.O-O Re8 10.Nc3 Nxd4 11.Nxd4 cxd4 12.Nb5 Be5 13.Bxd4 Bxd4 14.Nxd4 Bg4 15.h3 Bd7 16.e3 Rc8 17.Ne2 Bb5 18.Re1 Bxe2 19.Rxe2 Ne4 20.Rc2 Qf6 21.Rac1 Rcd8 22.Qf3 Qxf3 23.Bxf3 Kf8 24.Rc7 Re7 25.Bg4 Nd6 26.Rxe7 Kxe7 27.Rc7+ Kf6 28.Kf1 g6 29.h4 h5 30.Bh3 Ke5 31.f4+ Kf6 32.Ke2 Re8 33.Kf3 Re7 34.Rc5 d4 35.exd4 Re8 36.Rc7 Re7 37.Rxe7 Kxe7 38.f5 Kf6 39.fxg6 Kxg6 40.Kf4 f6 41.Bg2 b6 42.a4 Kg7 43.a5 Kh6 44.Bf3 Kg6 45.Bc6 Kg7 46.b4 Kg6 47.a6 Kg7 48.Ba4 Kg6 49.Bd1 Kh6 50.d5 Kg6 51.Ba4 Kg7 52.Bd1 Kg6 53.Be2 Kh6 54.Kf3 Kg6 55.Kg2 Kh6 56.Kh3 Kg6 57.Bd1

33.Amin, Bassem 2636 vs Divya Deshmukh 2478 FIDE Grand Swiss chess.com [4] 2025.9.7 B30 Sicilian, Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (without ...d6) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e5 4.c3 a6 5.Ba4 b5 6.Bc2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.d4 d6 9.d5 Na5 10.b3 O-O 11.h3 Bd7 12.Be3 Ne8 13.Nbd2 Nb7 14.b4 cxb4 15.cxb4 g6 16.a4 f5 17.exf5 gxf5 18.a5 Bf6 19.Ra3 Kh8 20.Re1 Ng7 21.Nf1 Rc8 22.Ng3 Qe8 23.Bh6 Qf7 24.Ng5 Bxg5 25.Bxg5 f4 26.Ne4 Bf5 27.Bf6 Qg6 28.Bxg7+ Qxg7 29.g4 Rc4 30.Kh2 Bg6 31.Rc3 Rxb4 32.Rc6 f3 33.Ng3 Rxg4 34.hxg4 Qh6+ 35.Nh5 Bxh5 36.Qc1 Rf4 37.Rc8+ Kg7 38.Rc7+ Bf7+ 39.Kg3 Qg5 40.Bf5 Nc5 41.Rxc5 dxc5 42.d6 Bh5 43.Rg1 Bxg4 44.Bxg4 Rxg4+ 45.Kxf3 Rxg1 46.Qxg5+ Rxg5 47.d7 Rf5+

34.Mishra, Abhimanyu 2611 vs Gukesh D 2767 FIDE Grand Swiss chess.com [5] 2025.9.8 C50 Giuoco Pianissimo 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 a6 7.O-O d6 8.c3 Ba7 9.Nbd2 g5 10.Bg3 Nh7 11.d4 h5 12.dxe5 g4 13.exd6 gxf3 14.dxc7 Qe7 15.Nxf3 Bg4 16.h3 Be6 17.Bd6 Qd7 18.Bxe6 Qxe6 19.e5 Kd7 20.Nd4 Bxd4 21.cxd4 Qd5 22.Qxh5 Nf6 23.Qf5+ Qe6 24.Qxe6+ fxe6 25.f4 Nd5 26.f5 exf5 27.Rxf5 Nxd4 28.Rf7+ Ke6 29.Raf1 Rhg8 30.g4 Nb5 31.Rh7 Rg6 32.Rff7 Rc8 33.Rd7 Rh6 34.Rhg7 Rxh3 35.a4 Nd4 36.Bc5 Ne2+ 37.Kf1 Nef4 38.Bd4 Rf3+ 39.Ke1 Nd3+ 40.Kd2 Nxe5 41.Bxe5 Kxe5 42.Rg5+ Ke6 43.Rgxd5 Rb3 44.R7d6+ Ke7 45.Rd7+ Ke6 46.R5d6+ Ke5 47.Rd3 Rxb2+ 48.Kc1 Rh2 49.g5 Kf5 50.R3d5+ Ke6 51.R5d6+ Ke5 52.Rd2 Rh1+ 53.Kb2 Kf5 54.Rg7 Rhh8 55.Rf2+ Ke5 56.g6 Rh4 57.Rgf7 b5 58.axb5 axb5 59.g7 Rb4+ 60.Kc3 Rc4+ 61.Kb3

35.Rapport, Richard 2711 vs Maghsoodloo, Parham 2692 FIDE Grand Swiss chess.com [5] 2025.9.8 D02 London System 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 Bg4 6.c3 e6 7.Qb3 Qc8 8.h3 Bh5 9.Be2 h6 10.Qd1 Be7 11.Bd3 O-O 12.g4 Bg6 13.Bxg6 fxg6 14.Bg3 Qe8 15.Qe2 a6 16.a4 Rc8 17.O-O g5 18.dxc5 Bxc5 19.b4 Be7 20.b5 axb5 21.axb5 Nd8 22.Rfc1 Nf7 23.e4 dxe4 24.Nd4 Bc5 25.Nxe4 Nxe4 26.Qxe4 e5 27.Nf5 g6 28.Nd4 Kh7 29.Nb3 Nd6 30.Qd5 Qf7 31.Qxf7+ Rxf7 32.c4 h5 33.Nxc5 Rxc5 34.Re1 Nxc4 35.Rac1 h4 36.Bh2 b6 37.Kg2 Rfc7 38.Rc3 Rc8 39.Rd1 Rxb5 40.Rd7+ Kg8 41.Bg1 Rb2 42.Re7 b5 43.Rd3 Rd2 44.Rxd2 Nxd2 45.Rb7 Rc5 46.f4 Rd5 47.fxg5 Ne4 48.Be3 Rd3 49.Ba7 Nxg5 50.Rxb5 Rg3+ 51.Kf1 Nxh3 52.Rxe5 Rxg4 53.Rd5 Kf7 54.Rd3 Nf4 55.Rd4 Ke6 56.Ra4 g5 57.Bf2 h3 58.Ra6+ Kf5 59.Ra5+ Kg6 60.Ra6+ Kh5 61.Ra7 Rg2 62.Be3 h2 63.Rh7+ Kg4 64.Bxf4 Rg1+

36.Erigaisi Arjun 2771 vs Vitiugov, Nikita 2666 FIDE Grand Swiss chess.com [5] 2025.9.8 A14 English, Neo-Catalan Declined 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 dxc4 7.Ne5 Nc6 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.Nxc6 Qe8 10.Nxe7+ Qxe7 11.Qa4 e5 12.dxe5 Qxe5 13.Re1 Qc5 14.Be3 Qh5 15.f3 Qe5 16.Bf2 Qxb2 17.Na3 Bd7 18.Nxc4 Qxa1 19.Qa3 Qxe1+ 20.Bxe1 Bb5 21.Qc5 Rab8 22.Bc3 Rfe8 23.Ne3 Bxe2 24.Kf2 Rb5 25.Qxa7 Bd3 26.Bxf6 gxf6 27.Qd4 Bg6 28.Nd5 Ra8 29.Nxf6+ Kf8 30.a4 Rba5 31.Nd5 Rxd5 32.Qh8+ Ke7 33.Qxa8 Rd2+ 34.Ke3 Rd3+ 35.Ke2 Ra3 36.Qc6 Ra2+ 37.Kd1

37.Gumularz, Szymon 2590 vs Nihal Sarin 2693 FIDE Grand Swiss chess.com [6] 2025.9.9 D26 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, Steinitz Variation 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O cxd4 7.exd4 Be7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Re1 a6 10.Bf4 b5 11.Bb3 Bb7 12.Rc1 Bb4 13.Bg5 Nbd7 14.a3 Bxc3 15.Rxc3 Rc8 16.Rce3 Qc7 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Qc6 19.Rf3 Ne4 20.Bh4 h6 21.Rf4 Nc3 22.Qf3 Ne2+

38.Gukesh D 2767 vs Theodorou, Nikolas 2646 Open chess.com [6] 2025.9.9 C42 Petrov, Classical Attack, Marshall Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6 9.c5 Bc7 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.Ng5 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Qf6 13.g4 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Qg6 15.Qxg6 hxg6 16.Re1 Na6 17.Rb1 b6 18.Rb3 Rfe8 19.Rxe8+ Rxe8 20.Ra3 Re1+ 21.Kg2 Rxc1 22.Rxa6 Bd8 23.Nf3 Kf8 24.Rxa7 bxc5 25.Ne5 Bf6 26.Rxf7+ Ke8 27.Ra7 Rxc3 28.Ra8+ Ke7 29.Nxc6+ Kd7 30.Ne5+ Bxe5 31.dxe5 d4 32.f4 d3 33.Ra6 c4 34.Ra7+ Ke8 35.Ra8+ Ke7 36.Ra7+ Ke8 37.Ra8+ Ke7 38.Ra7+ Kd8 39.Ra8+ Kd7 40.Ra7+ Kd8 41.Ra8+ Kc7 42.Ra7+ Kc6 43.Ra6+ Kc5 44.Rd6 Rc2+ 45.Kf3 d2 46.Rd8 c3 47.e6 Rc1

39.Maurizzi, MarcAndria 2610 vs Giri, Anish 2746 FIDE Grand Swiss chess.com [6] 2025.9.9 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Nb3 e6 7.Be3 Nc6 8.g4 b5 9.g5 b4 10.Na4 Nd7 11.Qe2 Be7 12.O-O-O Bb7 13.f4 Na7 14.Bg2 Bc6 15.Qf2 Bxa4 16.Bxa7 Bxb3 17.axb3 Qc7 18.Be3 a5 19.f5 a4 20.fxe6 fxe6 21.bxa4 Rxa4 22.Bh3 b3 23.c3 Nc5 24.Qe2 Qc6 25.Kd2 O-O 26.Rhf1 Rxf1 27.Qxf1 Qxe4

40.Firouzja, Alireza 3261 vs Carlsen, Magnus 3345 9 September 2025 chess.com [8] 2025.9.9 A37 English, Symmetrical Variation 1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.c4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.O-O Bf5 7.h3 Nf6 8.d3 O-O 9.Bd2 a6 10.a3 Rb8 11.Rb1 b5 12.cxb5 axb5 13.b4 cxb4 14.axb4 Qd7 15.g4 Be6 16.Ng5 Rfc8 17.Nxe6 Qxe6 18.e3 h5 19.g5 Nh7 20.Ne4 Ne5 21.Bc3 Rxc3 22.Nxc3 Nxg5 23.d4 Nxh3+ 24.Kh1 Ng4 25.Bxh3 Nxf2+ 26.Rxf2 Qxh3+ 27.Rh2 Qxe3 28.Qd2 Qf3+ 29.Rg2 Rc8 30.Ne2 Rc4 31.Kg1 Qd5 32.Rf1 Bf6 33.Kh1 Kh7 34.Qe1 Qe4 35.Qg3 Rxb4 36.Qh3 Rb1 37.Rxb1 Qxb1+ 38.Kh2 Qe4 39.Qb3 Kg7 40.Qxb5 Qh4+ 41.Kg1 Qe1+ 42.Kh2 Qh4+ 43.Kg1 Bxd4+ 44.Nxd4 Qxd4+ 45.Kh1 Qh4+ 46.Kg1 Qe1+ 47.Kh2 Qe5+ 48.Qxe5+ dxe5 49.Kg3 g5 50.Kf3 Kg6 51.Ke4 f6 52.Ra2 h4 53.Ra7 h3 54.Kf3 e6 55.Kg3 e4 56.Kxh3 f5 57.Kg3 Kf6 58.Ra5 e3 59.Kf3 f4 60.Kg4 e5 61.Ra6+ Ke7 62.Kf3 Kf7 63.Rb6 Ke7 64.Rg6 Kf7 65.Rxg5 Kf6 66.Rh5 Ke6 67.Ke4 Kd6 68.Rxe5 f3 69.Rd5+ Kc6 70.Rd1

41.Vokhidov, Shamsiddin 2645 vs Niemann, Hans Moke 2733 FIDE Grand Swiss chess.com [6] 2025.9.9 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Byrne (English) Attack 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 h5 9.Qd2 Be7 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.exd5 Bf5 12.Be2 Bh4+ 13.g3 Be7 14.h4 Nd7 15.O-O-O O-O 16.Bd3 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 f5 18.g4 e4 19.Qd2 Ne5 20.gxf5 exf3 21.Nd4 Qd7 22.Bg5 Rae8 23.Qf4 Bxg5 24.Qxg5 Rf6 25.Qxh5 Ref8 26.Qg5 Rxf5 27.Nxf5 Rxf5 28.Qg3 Qa4 29.a3 f2 30.Rhf1 Rf3 31.Qg5 Ng4 32.Rd3 Qe4 33.Qd2 Rf5 34.Rh3 Qg2 35.Rhh1 Qxh1

42.Carlsen, Magnus 3342 vs Nakamura, Hikaru 3385 Titled Tuesday Grand Prix 2025-2026 chess.com [11] 2025.9.9 A45 Queen's Pawn Game 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d5 3.e3 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nd2 e6 6.Ngf3 cxd4 7.exd4 Nh5 8.Be3 Bd6 9.Bd3 Nf4 10.Bxf4 Bxf4 11.O-O Bd7 12.Re1 O-O 13.Qe2 Bc7 14.Rad1 Qe7 15.Nb3 Bd6 16.Ne5 Rae8 17.f4 f6 18.Nxd7 Qxd7 19.Qf3 Qc7 20.Qh3 f5 21.g3 Rf6 22.Re2 a6 23.Rde1 Qd7 24.Nd2 Nd8 25.Nf3 Nf7 26.Kh1 Bf8 27.g4 Rh6 28.Qg3 fxg4 29.Qxg4 Bd6 30.f5 Nd8 31.fxe6 Qe7 32.Ng5 Rf8 33.Bxh7+ Rxh7 34.Nxh7 Kxh7 35.Qh5+ Kg8 36.Qxd5 Rf6 37.c4 Rh6 38.c5 Bc7 39.Qd7 Qf6 40.Qxc7 Nxe6 41.Rxe6

43.Niemann, Hans Moke 2733 vs Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan 2646 Open chess.com [7] 2025.9.11 C42 Petrov, Classical Attack 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Bg4 8.c3 f5 9.Nbd2 Qf6 10.Qa4 O-O-O 11.Bb5 Nxd2 12.Nxd2 f4 13.Re1 f3 14.h3 Bh5 15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.Re5 Qg6 17.g3 Bd6 18.Nb3 Rhf8 19.Be3 Rde8 20.Qxc6 Bxe5 21.Qa8+ Kd7 22.Nc5+ Ke7 23.Qxd5 Qf5 24.Bg5+ Rf6 25.dxe5 Qxg5 26.exf6+ gxf6

44.Nihal Sarin 2693 vs Maghsoodloo, Parham 2692 FIDE Grand Swiss chess.com [7] 2025.9.11 D14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange, Trifunovic Variation 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Nf3 e6 8.Qb3 Bb4 9.Ne5 Qb6 10.f3 O-O 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Kf2 Nd7 13.Na4 Qa5 14.Bc7 Qxc7 15.Qxb4 e5 16.Rc1 Rfe8 17.Be2 Re6 18.dxe5 Rae8 19.Qf4 Bg6 20.Rhd1 Nxe5 21.Nc5 R6e7 22.Rc3 h5 23.Rd4 a5 24.a4 Qa7 25.h3 Qb6 26.Rd2 Qa7 27.Qd4 Rb8 28.Ne6 Qb7 29.Nf4 Rbe8 30.b3 h4 31.Qc5 Qb8 32.Qxa5 Nd7 33.Rxc6 Rxe3 34.Nxg6 Qg3+ 35.Kf1 Nf6 36.Rxf6 gxf6 37.Nxh4 Rxb3 38.Nf5 Qf4 39.Qxd5 Rb1+ 40.Kf2 Re5 41.Qd8+ Kh7 42.Qxf6

45.Gurel, Ediz 2631 vs Gukesh D 2767 FIDE Grand Swiss chess.com [7] 2025.9.11 B12 Caro-Kann, Advance Variation 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h5 5.c4 e6 6.Nc3 Ne7 7.Nge2 Nd7 8.Ng3 Bg6 9.Bg5 Qb6 10.Rc1 f6 11.exf6 gxf6 12.Be3 Qxb2 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 exd5 15.Bd3 Bb4+ 16.Kf1 Bxd3+ 17.Qxd3 O-O-O 18.Rb1 Qa3 19.Rb3 Qa4 20.Kg1 Bd6 21.Nf5 Bc7 22.g3 Nb6 23.Kg2 Nc4 24.Rhb1 b6 25.a3 Rde8 26.Bh6 Re4 27.Qd1 Na5 28.Rf3 Qxd1 29.Rxd1 Rh7 30.Bg7 Re6 31.Bf8 Nc4 32.Ng7 Re2 33.Kf1 Rd2 34.Re1 Rxd4 35.Rxf6 c5 36.Rf5 Nd2+ 37.Kg2 Ne4 38.Nxh5 c4 39.Nf6 Nxf6 40.Rxf6 Rd3 41.h5 Bd8 42.Rf5 c3 43.h6 d4 44.Rc1 Rd2 45.Kf1 Be7 46.g4 Bxa3 47.Bxa3 Rxh6 48.g5 Rg6 49.Kg2 Rg7 50.Bd6 a5 51.Bf4 Rd3 52.Rb1

46.Firouzja, Alireza 2754 vs Yakubboev, Nodirbek 2681 FIDE Grand Swiss chess.com [7] 2025.9.11 C58 Two Knights Defence, Blackburne Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Qf3 cxb5 9.Qxa8 Qc7 10.Qf3 Nc6 11.c3 Bg4 12.Qg3 Nd4 13.Na3 Ne2 14.Qe3 Bxa3 15.bxa3 Nf4 16.O-O N6d5 17.Qe4 f5 18.Qb1 h6 19.Ne6 Nxe6 20.Qxb5+ Ke7 21.Qxd5 Nf4 22.Qb3 Rb8 23.Qc2 Bf3 24.d4 Ne2+ 25.Kh1 Qc6 26.Rg1 Rf8 27.a4 Rf6 28.Ba3+ Ke8 29.d5 Qxd5 30.Rad1 Qc6 31.Qb3

47.Erigaisi Arjun 2771 vs Bluebaum, Matthias 2671 FIDE Grand Swiss chess.com [7] 2025.9.11 E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.d4 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 c6 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qd3 Nbd7 10.Be3 Nd5 11.Bd2 Bb7 12.Nc3 b4 13.Ne4 Qb6 14.Qc2 c5 15.Nfg5 g6 16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.Nxc5 Qxc5 18.Qb3 Rac8 19.Rac1 Qb5 20.Rxc8 Rxc8 21.Qf3 Qe8 22.Qe4 Rc7 23.Qh4 h5 24.Qd4 Qd8 25.h4 Rd7 26.Qxa7 Ba8 27.Nxe6 fxe6 28.Qa4 Nb6 29.Qc2 Kf7 30.Bh6 Bxg2 31.Kxg2 Qa8+ 32.Kg1 Qxa2 33.Qc6 Qa5 34.Bg5 Qc5 35.Qf3+ Qf5 36.Qc6 Qc5 37.Qf3+ Kg7 38.Be3 Qd6 39.g4 Nc4 40.gxh5 Nxe3 41.fxe3 Bxh4 42.Kg2 Qd5 43.e4 Qxh5 44.Qf8+ Kh7 45.Rf7+ Rxf7 46.Qxf7+ Kh6 47.Qf8+ Kg5 48.Qc5+ Kg4 49.Qe3 Qe5 50.Qf3+ Kg5 51.Kh3 Qf4

48.Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan 2646 vs Aronian, Levon 2744 Open chess.com [8] 2025.9.12 C17 French, Winawer, Advance, Bogolyubov Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.Bd2 Ne7 6.a3 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 b6 8.h4 Ba6 9.Bxa6 Nxa6 10.h5 h6 11.Nf3 Rc8 12.Qe2 Nb8 13.g4 Qd7 14.Bd2 cxd4 15.Bb4 Rc4 16.Rg1 Na6 17.b3 d3 18.cxd3 Rc8 19.Bd6 Nc5 20.b4 Na4 21.Qd2 f6 22.Nh4 O-O 23.Bxe7 Qxe7 24.Ng6 Qc7 25.Kf1 Rf7 26.Re1 Qc2 27.Re2 Qxd2 28.Rxd2 Rc3 29.Kg2 Rxa3 30.Re1 Nc3 31.Rc2 d4 32.exf6 Rxf6 33.Re4 e5 34.Rxe5 a5 35.Re8+ Kf7 36.Re7+ Kg8 37.bxa5 Rxa5 38.Re8+ Kf7 39.Re7+ Kg8 40.Rd7 b5 41.Rxd4 Ra3 42.Rc1 Kh7 43.Rd8 Rxg6 44.hxg6+ Kxg6 45.Re1 Ra7 46.Re6+ Kf7 47.Rb6 Rc7 48.Kf1 g6 49.Rdd6

49.Keymer, Vincent 2751 vs Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi 2712 FIDE Grand Swiss chess.com [8] 2025.9.12 C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.O-O Nd7 7.Nbd2 a5 8.Nc4 Qe7 9.Re1 O-O 10.a4 b6 11.Ne3 Bxe3 12.Bxe3 c5 13.Nd2 Bb7 14.b3 Qe6 15.Nf1 Qg6 16.Ng3 f5 17.exf5 Rxf5 18.h3 Qc6 19.f3 Rf6 20.Bd2 Rg6 21.Kh2 Qd6 22.Re3 h5 23.Ne4 Bxe4 24.fxe4 Rf8 25.Rf3 h4 26.Qe2 Rxf3 27.Qxf3 Nf8 28.Rc1 Ne6 29.Qh5 Nf4 30.Bxf4 exf4 31.e5 Qc6 32.Rg1 Rg3 33.Qxh4 g5 34.Qh5 Kg7 35.h4 Qg6 36.Qxg6+ Kxg6 37.Re1 Re3 38.h5+ Kxh5 39.Rxe3 fxe3 40.Kg1 Kg6 41.Kf1 Kf5 42.Ke2 Kxe5 43.Kxe3 c6 44.c4 Kf5 45.Kf3 Kf6 46.Ke4 Ke6 47.g3 Kf6 48.g4 Ke6 49.d4 cxd4 50.Kxd4 Kd6 51.c5+ bxc5+ 52.Kc4 Ke5 53.Kxc5 Kf4 54.b4 axb4 55.Kxb4 Kxg4 56.a5 Kh3 57.a6 g4 58.a7 g3 59.a8=Q g2 60.Qa7 Kh2 61.Qf2 Kh1 62.Qh4+ Kg1 63.Kc3

50.Rapport, Richard 2711 vs Praggnanandhaa R 2785 Open chess.com [8] 2025.9.12 A13 English, Neo-Catalan 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d4 5.O-O Nc6 6.e3 e5 7.exd4 e4 8.Ng5 Nxd4 9.Re1 Be7 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Rxe4 Bf5 12.Re5 Qd6 13.Rxf5 Nxf5 14.Bxb7 Rd8 15.Qa4+ Kf8 16.Nc3 h5 17.Be4 Qe6 18.d3 Nd6 19.Bg2 Qe1+ 20.Bf1 h4 21.g4 h3 22.Qxa7 Rh4 23.f3 Nb7 24.Ne4 Rxd3 25.Qf2 Qd1 26.Qe2 Rd7 27.Qxd1 Rxd1 28.Kf2 Nc5 29.Nc3 Nd3+ 30.Bxd3 Rxd3 31.Nd5 Bd6 32.Bg5 Rh8 33.Ke2 Rd4 34.b3 Bxh2 35.Rh1 Bd6 36.Be3 Rxd5 37.cxd5 Ke7 38.f4 h2 39.Kf3

51.Theodorou, Nikolas 2646 vs Rapport, Richard 2711 FIDE Grand Swiss chess.com [9] 2025.9.13 A40 Queen's Pawn 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.a3 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.e4 d6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Re8 9.Be3 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 a5 12.c5 Qxd1 13.Rfxd1 Be6 14.Bb5 Bb3 15.Rd2 Reb8 16.Rc1 Rd8 17.g4 h6 18.Kg2 Rxd2 19.Nxd2 Be6 20.Bc4 Rd8 21.Bxe6 fxe6 22.Nc4 g5 23.Rc2 Bf8 24.Rd2 Ra8 25.f3 a4 26.Nb5 Rc8 27.Nc3 Ra8 28.Nb5 Rc8 29.h4 gxh4 30.Nc3 Nh7 31.Nxa4 Be7 32.b4 Bg5 33.Bxg5 Nxg5 34.Nc3 Rf8 35.Rf2 h3+ 36.Kg3 Rd8 37.b5 Nd4 38.Nxe5 Ndxf3 39.Nxf3 Rd3 40.Nd1 e5 41.Ra2 Rxf3+ 42.Kh2 Nxe4 43.a4 b6 44.cxb6 cxb6 45.a5 Nf6 46.a6 Nxg4+ 47.Kg1 h2+ 48.Kg2 Rg3+ 49.Kxg3 h1=Q 50.a7 Qa8 51.Kxg4 Kf7 52.Nc3 Ke6 53.Na4 h5+ 54.Kg3 Kf5 55.Nc3 e4 56.Kf2 h4 57.Ra4 e3+ 58.Kxe3 h3 59.Rh4 Qxa7 60.Rxh3

52.Nihal Sarin 2693 vs Firouzja, Alireza 2754 Open chess.com [9] 2025.9.13 B22 Sicilian, Alapin's Variation (2.c3) 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 d5 7.exd6 e.p. c4 8.Bc2 Qxd6 9.O-O g6 10.Na3 Bg7 11.b3 cxb3 12.axb3 Nd5 13.Be4 Qd8 14.Nc4 Rb8 15.Ng5 e6 16.Ba3 Qxg5 17.f4 Qf6 18.Qe2 Nde7 19.g4 Qh4 20.Nd6+ Kf8 21.Bc5 h5 22.Bxc6 b6 23.Nxc8 Rxc8 24.Bf2 Qxg4+ 25.Qxg4 hxg4 26.Bb7 Rd8 27.Rxa7 Bf6 28.Ra2 Kg7 29.Ba6 Nd5 30.Be2 b5 31.Bxg4 b4 32.Ra7 bxc3 33.dxc3 Rhe8 34.c4 Nxf4 35.c5 Nd3 36.Be3 Rd5 37.Bf3 Re5 38.Bd2 Rxc5 39.Kh1 Rc2 40.Be3 Rh8 41.Bg1 Rh4 42.Ra4 Rxa4 43.bxa4 Ra2 44.Bc6 Be5 45.Rf3 Nf4 46.Bb5 f5 47.Bc5 Rc2 48.Bg1 Nd5 49.Rf2 Rc3 50.Rf1 Kf6 51.Re1 Ra3 52.Bd7 Ra2 53.h4 Nc3 54.Bb6 Ne4 55.Bc6 Bg3 56.Rb1 Bf2 57.Bd8+ Ke5 58.Bc7+ Kf6 59.Bd8+ Kg7 60.Bg5 Nxg5 61.hxg5 Bh4 62.Rb7+ Kf8 63.Bd7 Ke7 64.Bb5+ Kd6 65.Rg7 Bxg5 66.Rxg6 Ra1+ 67.Kg2 Be3 68.Kf3 Bb6 69.Ke2 Ra2+ 70.Kd3 Ra3+ 71.Kd2 f4 72.Bc4 Re3 73.Rf6 Ba5+ 74.Kd1 f3 75.Rf7 e5 76.Ba6 e4 77.Bb7 Ke5 78.Re7+ Kd4 79.Rd7+ Kc3 80.Ba6 Kb3 81.Kc1 Re1+ 82.Rd1 f2

53.Liang, Awonder 2698 vs Theodorou, Nikolas 2646 FIDE Grand Swiss chess.com [10] 2025.9.14 C42 Petrov, Classical Attack, Marshall Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6 9.Re1 Bf5 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Nc3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Nd7 14.Qf5 Nb6 15.Ng5 g6 16.Qh3 h5 17.g4 Qd7 18.gxh5 Qxh3 19.Nxh3 Rfe8 20.Bf4 Bxf4 21.Nxf4 g5 22.Nh3 f6 23.f4 Na4 24.fxg5 fxg5 25.Nxg5 Nxc3 26.h6 a5 27.h4 b5 28.Rxe8+ Rxe8 29.Rf1 Ne2+ 30.Kg2 Nxd4 31.Rf6 Kh8 32.Kg3 b4 33.Kg4 a4 34.Rf7 Ne6 35.Rh7+ Kg8 36.Rb7 Nxg5 37.hxg5 b3 38.axb3 axb3 39.g6 b2 40.h7+ Kh8 41.Kg5 Re2 42.Rb8+ Kg7 43.h8=B#

54.Niemann, Hans Moke 2733 vs Praggnanandhaa R 2785 FIDE Grand Swiss chess.com [10] 2025.9.14 B31 Sicilian, Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (with ...g6, without ...d6) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 Nd4 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.c3 e6 8.Na3 a6 9.Bf1 Ne7 10.cxd4 O-O 11.Nc2 Nc6 12.d5 exd5 13.exd5 Nd4 14.d3 d6 15.Nxd4 Bxd4 16.Qe2 Bd7 17.Be3 Re8 18.Qd2 Qf6 19.Rac1 Rac8 20.Rc4 Bxe3 21.Rxe3 Qf5 22.g3 Qxd5 23.Bg2 Qb5 24.Rb4 Qa5 25.Bxb7 Rc7 26.Rxe8+ Bxe8 27.Qe1 Bb5 28.Bd5 Kg7 29.Qe4 Bxd3 30.Qd4+ f6 31.a3 Be2 32.h3 Qc5 33.Qe4 Qc1+ 34.Kh2 Qf1 35.Qe3 Bb5 36.Re4 Kh8 37.Qd4 Kg7 38.Rf4

55.Keymer, Vincent 2751 vs Bluebaum, Matthias 2671 FIDE Grand Swiss chess.com [10] 2025.9.14 A07 Reti, King's Indian Attack (Barcza System) 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.d3 O-O 6.Nc3 d4 7.Ne4 Nxe4 8.dxe4 c5 9.e3 Nc6 10.exd4 Nxd4 11.Nd2 b6 12.e5 Ba6 13.Re1 Rc8 14.c3 Nc6 15.Qa4 Bb7 16.Qg4 b5 17.a4 a6 18.Nf3 Kh8 19.Qh5 Qe8 20.axb5 axb5 21.Bg5 f6 22.Qxe8 Rfxe8 23.exf6 gxf6 24.Bh6 Nd8 25.Ra5 b4 26.c4 Nf7 27.Be3 Ra8 28.Rxa8 Rxa8 29.Nd2 Bxg2 30.Kxg2 Ra2 31.Ne4 Rxb2 32.Ra1 Kg7 33.Ra7 Bf8 34.Bxc5 Bxc5 35.Nxc5 e5 36.Ne4 Kg6 37.Ra6 Rc2 38.Rxf6+ Kg7 39.Rc6 b3 40.c5 b2 41.Rb6 Nd8 42.Nd6 Ne6 43.Nf5+ Kf6 44.Ne3 Rxc5 45.Rxb2 h5 46.Rb4 Nd4 47.h4 Ke6 48.Rb6+ Ke7 49.Nf1 Nf5 50.Nd2 Rc2 51.Ne4 Re2 52.Nc3 Rd2 53.Rb7+ Ke6 54.Rh7 Nxg3 55.Rh6+ Kf7 56.Nb1 Rb2 57.Kxg3 Rxb1 58.Rxh5 Rb3+ 59.Kg2 Rb4 60.f3 Kf6 61.Kg3 Rb3 62.Rh6+ Kf5 63.Rh5+ Kf6

56.Giri, Anish 2746 vs Niemann, Hans Moke 2733 FIDE Grand Swiss chess.com [11] 2025.9.15 A28 English, Four Knights, Romanishin Variation 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Qc2 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 Qe7 7.a3 d5 8.d4 exd4 9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 c5 11.Qh4 Be6 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Bb5+ Bd7 14.Qxe7+ Nxe7 15.Be2 Rc8 16.f3 f6 17.Kf2 Kf7 18.Rd1 Be6 19.h4 b6 20.e4 Nc6 21.Be3 Na5 22.Rd6 Rhe8 23.g4 Nb7 24.Rd2 Na5 25.Rd6 Nb7 26.Rdd1 Na5 27.Rac1 Ke7 28.Ba6 Rcd8 29.Rxd8 Rxd8 30.b4 Nb3 31.Rc3 Rd6 32.bxc5 bxc5 33.Rxb3 Bxb3 34.Bxc5 Kd7 35.Bxd6 Kxd6 36.g5 Be6 37.Ke3 Kc5 38.Kf4 Kd4 39.gxf6 gxf6 40.a4 h6 41.a5 Bd7 42.Be2 Kc5 43.e5 Kd5 44.exf6 Ke6 45.f7 Kxf7 46.Ke5

57.Woodward, Andy 2557 vs Maghsoodloo, Parham 2692 FIDE Grand Swiss chess.com [10] 2025.9.14 E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Qc2 Nxd4 8.Nxd4 Qxd4 9.Nd2 c3 10.bxc3 Qc5 11.Rb1 Bd6 12.c4 Qh5 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Bf3 Qa5 15.Bxe4 c6 16.Rd1 Be7 17.Bb2 Qg5 18.h4 Qh6 19.Be5 f6 20.Bc7 f5 21.Bg2 O-O 22.Qc3 a5 23.c5 Bf6 24.Qc4 Qg6 25.e4 Qf7 26.Bd6 e5 27.Qc2 Be7 28.Bxe5 a4 29.Bd6 Bxd6 30.cxd6 Be6 31.e5 f4 32.d7 fxg3 33.fxg3 Bxa2 34.Rxb7 Bb3 35.Rxb3 axb3 36.Qxc6 Qf2+ 37.Kh2 b2 38.Qd5+ Qf7 39.Qxa8

58.Esipenko, Andrey 3140 vs Carlsen, Magnus 3370 September 16 2025 chess.com [11] 2025.9.16 B41 Sicilian, Kan Variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Bd3 Qc7 7.c4 Nc6 8.Nxc6 dxc6 9.f4 e5 10.f5 Bb4+ 11.Nc3 c5 12.g4 h6 13.h4 Bd7 14.Rg1 Bc6 15.Qc2 Bxc3+ 16.bxc3 O-O-O 17.O-O-O Qa5 18.Rd2 Rxd3 19.Qxd3 Bxe4

59. Carlsen, Magnus 3363 vs Movahed, Sina 3171 Titled Tuesday Grand Prix 2025-2026 chess.com [9] 2025.9.16 E97 King's Indian, Orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov, Bayonet Attack 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 Nf4 11.Bf1 f5 12.a4 h6 13.Ra3 g5 14.g3 fxe4 15.Nxg5 hxg5 16.gxf4 gxf4 17.Nxe4 Ng6 18.Qh5 Nh4 19.Rh3 Bxh3 20.Bxh3 Rf6 21.Be6+ Kf8 22.Kh1 Rg6 23.Rg1 Rxg1+ 24.Kxg1 Qe8 25.Qxh4 Qg6+ 26.Kf1 Qxe4 27.Qh5 Qh1+ 28.Ke2 Qe4+ 29.Kd2 Qd4+ 30.Ke1 Qe4+ 31.Be3 Qb1+ 32.Ke2 Qc2+ 33.Kf1 Qxc4+ 34.Kg1

60.Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando 2475 vs Oro, Faustino 2464 Legends & Prodigies chess.com [1] 2025.9.17 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nd7 6.Nf3 Ngf6 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.Be2 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Qa5 10.O-O Bxd2 11.Qxd2 Qxd2 12.Nxd2 Ke7 13.Nf3 Rd8 14.Rfd1 Nd7 15.Rac1 b6 16.c5 Bb7 17.Rc3 Nf6 18.Ra3 Nd5 19.Ne5 b5 20.Bf1 f6 21.Rg3 g6 22.Nd3 Kf7 23.Rg4 Rd7 24.Re1 Rad8 25.Rh4 h5 26.Rhe4 Nc7 27.Nf4 Re7 28.Nd3 g5 29.h4 f5 30.R4e3 gxh4 31.Ne5+ Kf6 32.Rd1 Na6 33.Be2 Rg7 34.Bf3 Nb4 35.Be2 Nc2 36.Red3 h3 37.g3 h4 38.Kh2 hxg3+ 39.fxg3 Rxd4 40.Rxd4 Nxd4 41.Ng4+ fxg4 42.Rxd4 e5 43.Rxg4 Rd7 44.Re4 Rd2 45.Kxh3 Rxb2 46.a4 bxa4 47.Bg4 Ba6 48.Bd7 Bb5 49.Re3 Rb3 50.Re1 a3 51.Ra1 Rd3 52.Bg4 Bc4 53.Kh4 a2 54.Bd1 Rd2 0-1

61.Lu, Miaoyi 2449 vs Oro, Faustino 2464 Legends & Prodigies chess.com [3] 2025.9.19 C48 Four Knights, Spanish Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.d3 O-O 6.O-O h6 7.Ba4 Re8 8.Be3 Ng4 9.h3 Nf6 10.g4 Bb4 11.g5 hxg5 12.Nxg5 Ne7 13.f4 exf4 14.Bxf4 Ng6 15.Qf3 c6 16.Rae1 d5 17.e5 Nh7 18.Nxf7 Qh4 19.Bg3 Bc5+ 20.Bf2 Rf8 21.Bxc5 Ng5 22.Qg2 Nxh3+ 23.Kh1 Rxf7 24.Bb3 Nf2+ 25.Kg1 Nf4 26.Bxf2 Nh3+ 27.Kh1 Nxf2+ 28.Kg1 Bh3 29.Qg6 Bxf1

62.Oro, Faustino 2464 vs Macias Pino, Diego 2503 Legends & Prodigies chess.com [4] 2025.9.20 B22 Sicilian, Alapin's Variation (2.c3) 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Bc4 Nb6 5.Bb3 d6 6.exd6 e6 7.Nf3 Bxd6 8.O-O Nc6 9.d4 O-O 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Qe2 Nd5 12.Rd1 Qb6 13.Bc2 h6 14.a3 Rd8 15.b4 Be7 16.c4 Nf6 17.Rxd8+ Qxd8 18.Bb2 a5 19.b5 Nb8 20.Nbd2 Nbd7 21.Rd1 Qc7 22.Ne4 Kf8 23.c5 Bxc5 24.Nxc5 Qxc5 25.Rc1 Qd6 26.h3 Nd5 27.Qd3 N7f6 28.Ne5 Bd7 29.Rd1 Be8 30.a4 Qe7 31.Ng4 Qc7 32.Be5 Qb6 33.Qa3+ Kg8 34.Nxh6+ gxh6 35.Qg3+ Kf8 36.Bd6+ Ne7 37.Bxe7+

63.FIDE Grand Swiss 2025.9.4 Round 1 Firouzja, Alireza 2754 vs Amin, Bassem 2636 King's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation, Stein Defense E92 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. h3 Na6 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. g4 Nd7 11. Rg1 Ndc5 12. h4 Kh8 13. Be3 f5 14. gxf5 gxf5 15. Ng5 Qe7 16. Bh5 fxe4 17. Kd2 Bf5 18. Bg4 Qf6 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 20. Qg4 Bh6 21. Qxf5 Rxf5 22. Rg4 Raf8 23. Rag1 Bxg5 24. Rxg5 Rxg5 25. hxg5 Kg7 26. b3 b6 27. Rb1 Kg6 28. a3 Kf5 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Nd3 31. Rh1 Rf7 32. f3 Nb2 33. fxe4+ Kg4 34. Kc2 Nxc4 35. Bc1 b5 36. Kb3 Nb6 37. Nxb5 Rf3+ 38. Nc3 Rh3 39. Rxh3 Kxh3 40. Be3 Kg4 41. Na4 Nd7 42. Kc4 Kf3 43. b5 Nab8 44. Kd3 Nf8 45. Bd2 Ng6 46. Ba5 Nf4+ 47. Kc4 Kxe4 48. Bxc7 Nd7 49. Bxd6 Kf5 50. Bc7 Ng2 51. d6 Ne3+ 52. Kd3 Nd5 53. Nc5 Nxc5+ 54. Kc4 Nd7 55. Kxd5 e4 56. Ba5 e3 57. b6 e2 58. b7 Nb8 59. Bd2 Nd7 60. Be1 Nb8 61. Bf2 Nd7 62. Kc6 Ke6 63. Kc7 Nc5 64. Bxc5 e1=Q 65. b8=Q 1-0

64.FIDE Grand Swiss 2025.9.6 Round 3 Firouzja, Alireza 2754 vs Maghsoodloo, Parham 2692 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, English Attack B90 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. h3 Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a5 11. a4 Na6 12. f4 Rc8 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. Rxd8+ Bxd8 16. Bxa6 bxa6 17. Rd1 Be7 18. Nd5 Bb4 19. Bb6 Nxe4 20. Nxa5 Bd6 21. Nb7 Bf8 22. a5 g6 23. c3 h5 24. Kc2 g5 25. Nc7 Bf5 26. Kb3 Rb8 27. Nd8 Nc5+ 28. Ka2 Bc2 29. Rd2 Bb3+ 30. Kb1 e4 31. Nd5 f5 32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 f4 34. Bxc5 Bxc5 35. Nf6+ Kg7 36. Nxe4 Be7 37. Nc6 Rh8 38. Nf2 Bc5 39. Rd7+ Kg6 40. Rb7 Bxf2 41. Rxb3 Kf6 42. Kc2 Rh4 43. Rb6 Bxb6 44. axb6 Rh7 45. c4 Rd7 46. Nb4 f3 47. Nd3 Ke7 48. c5 Rd8 49. c6 Kd6 50. c7 Re8 51. Kc3 Kc6 0-1

65.FIDE Grand Swiss 2025.9.7 Round 4 Amin, Bassem 2636 vs Divya Deshmukh 2478 Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack B30 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 b5 6. Bc2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 d6 9. d5 Na5 10. b3 O-O 11. h3 Bd7 12. Be3 Ne8 13. Nbd2 Nb7 14. b4 cxb4 15. cxb4 g6 16. a4 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. a5 Bf6 19. Ra3 Kh8 20. Re1 Ng7 21. Nf1 Rc8 22. Ng3 Qe8 23. Bh6 Qf7 24. Ng5 Bxg5 25. Bxg5 f4 26. Ne4 Bf5 27. Bf6 Qg6 28. Bxg7+ Qxg7 29. g4 Rc4 30. Kh2 Bg6 31. Rc3 Rxb4 32. Rc6 f3 33. Ng3 Rxg4 34. hxg4 Qh6+ 35. Nh5 Bxh5 36. Qc1 Rf4 37. Rc8+ Kg7 38. Rc7+ Bf7+ 39. Kg3 Qg5 40. Bf5 Nc5 41. Rxc5 dxc5 42. d6 Bh5 43. Rg1 Bxg4 44. Bxg4 Rxg4+ 45. Kxf3 Rxg1 46. Qxg5+ Rxg5 47. d7 Rf5+ *

66.Open FIDE Grand Swiss 2025.9.8 Round 5 Erigaisi Arjun 2771 vs Vitiugov, Nikita 2666 Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Classical Line E05 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 e5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. Re1 Qc5 14. Be3 Qh5 15. f3 Qe5 16. Bf2 Qxb2 17. Na3 Bd7 18. Nxc4 Qxa1 19. Qa3 Qxe1+ 20. Bxe1 Bb5 21. Qc5 Rab8 22. Bc3 Rfe8 23. Ne3 Bxe2 24. Kf2 Rb5 25. Qxa7 Bd3 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Qd4 Bg6 28. Nd5 Ra8 29. Nxf6+ Kf8 30. a4 Rba5 31. Nd5 Rxd5 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Qxa8 Rd2+ 34. Ke3 Rd3+ 35. Ke2 Ra3 36. Qc6 Ra2+ 37. Kd1

67.FIDE Grand Swiss 2025.9.8 Round 5 Mishra, Abhimanyu 2611 vs Gukesh D 2767 Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo, Normal C50 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 a6 7. O-O d6 8. c3 Ba7 9. Nbd2 g5 10. Bg3 Nh7 11. d4 h5 12. dxe5? Mistake. h4 was best (12. h4) 12... g4?? Blunder. h4 was best (12... h4) 13. exd6 gxf3 14. dxc7 Qe7 15. Nxf3 Bg4?! Inaccuracy. Rg8 was best (15... Rg8) 16. h3 Be6 17. Bd6 Qd7 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. e5 Kd7 20. Nd4?? Blunder. Kh1 was best (20. Kh1 Rag8 21. a4 Kc8 22. b4 Ne7 23. b5 Rxg2 24. Kxg2 Ng6 25. Rg1 Nf4+) 20... Bxd4 21. cxd4 Qd5 22. Qxh5 Nf6 23. Qf5+ Qe6 24. Qxe6+ fxe6 25. f4 Nd5 26. f5 exf5 27. Rxf5 Nxd4 28. Rf7+ Ke6 29. Raf1 Rhg8 30. g4 Nb5 31. Rh7 Rg6?? Blunder. Rh8 was best (31... Rh8 32. Rg7 Rhg8 33. Rh7) 32. Rff7? Mistake Rd1 was best (32. Rd1 Rag8 33. Kf2 Na7 34. Kf3 R8g7 35. Rxg7 Rxg7 36. Rc1 Rg8 37. Ke4 Rc8) 32... Rc8 33. Rd7 Rh6 34. Rhg7 Rxh3 35. a4 Nd4 36. Bc5 Ne2+?? Blunder. Rd3 was best (36... Rd3 37. Rd8 Rd1+ 38. Kg2 Rd2+ 39. Kg3 Rd3+ 40. Kh4 Nf3+ 41. Kh3 Nd4+) 37. Kf1 Nef4? Mistake. Rxc7 was best (37... Rxc7 38. Rxc7 Nxc7 39. Kxe2 Nd5 40. Rxb7 Kxe5 41. Rb8 Nf4+ 42. Kd2 Rg3 43. Rg8) 38. Bd4 Rf3+ 39. Ke1 Nd3+ 40. Kd2 Nxe5 41. Bxe5 Kxe5 42. Rg5+ Ke6 43. Rgxd5 Rb3 44. R7d6+ Ke7 45. Rd7+ Ke6 46. R5d6+ Ke5 47. Rd3 Rxb2+ 48. Kc1 Rh2 49. g5 Kf5 50. R3d5+ Ke6 51. R5d6+ Ke5 52. Rd2 Rh1+ 53. Kb2 Kf5 54. Rg7 Rhh8 55. Rf2+ Ke5 56. g6 Rh4 57. Rgf7 b5 58. axb5 axb5 59. g7 Rb4+ 60. Kc3 Rc4+ 61. Kb3 1-0

68.FIDE Grand Swiss 2025.9.8 Round 5 Rapport, Richard 2711 vs Maghsoodloo, Parham 2692 Queen's Pawn Game: London System D02 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Bg4 6. c3 e6 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. h3 Bh5 9. Be2 h6 10. Qd1 Be7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. Bg3 Qe8 15. Qe2 a6 16. a4 Rc8 17. O-O g5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. b4 Be7 20. b5 axb5 21. axb5 Nd8 22. Rfc1 Nf7 23. e4 dxe4 24. Nd4 Bc5 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. Qxe4 e5 27. Nf5 g6 28. Nd4 Kh7 29. Nb3 Nd6 30. Qd5 Qf7 31. Qxf7+ Rxf7 32. c4 h5 33. Nxc5 Rxc5 34. Re1 Nxc4 35. Rac1 h4 36. Bh2 b6 37. Kg2 Rfc7 38. Rc3 Rc8 39. Rd1 Rxb5 40. Rd7+ Kg8 41. Bg1 Rb2 42. Re7 b5 43. Rd3 Rd2 44. Rxd2 Nxd2 45. Rb7 Rc5 46. f4 Rd5 47. fxg5 Ne4 48. Be3 Rd3 49. Ba7 Nxg5 50. Rxb5 Rg3+ 51. Kf1 Nxh3 52. Rxe5 Rxg4 53. Rd5 Kf7 54. Rd3 Nf4 55. Rd4 Ke6 56. Ra4 g5 57. Bf2 h3 58. Ra6+ Kf5 59. Ra5+ Kg6 60. Ra6+ Kh5 61. Ra7 Rg2 62. Be3 h2 63. Rh7+ Kg4 64. Bxf4 Rg1+ 0-1

69.FIDE Grand Swiss 2025.9.11 Round 7 Niemann, Hans Moke 2733 vs Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan 2646 Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack, Mason-Showalter Variation C42 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. c3 f5 9. Nbd2 Qf6 10. Qa4 O-O-O 11. Bb5 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 f4 13. Re1 f3 14. h3 Bh5 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Re5 Qg6 17. g3 Bd6 18. Nb3 Rhf8 19. Be3 Rde8 20. Qxc6 Bxe5 21. Qa8+ Kd7 22. Nc5+ Ke7 23. Qxd5 Qf5 24. Bg5+ Rf6 25. dxe5 Qxg5 26. exf6+ gxf6 1-0

70.FIDE Grand Swiss 2025.9.13 Round 9 Nihal Sarin 2693 vs Firouzja, Alireza 2754 Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation, Stoltz Attack B22 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 c4 8. Bc2 Qxd6 9. O-O g6 10. Na3 Bg7 11. b3 cxb3 12. axb3 Nd5 13. Be4 Qd8 14. Nc4 Rb8 15. Ng5 e6?! Inaccuracy. O-O was best (15... O-O) 16. Ba3 Qxg5 17. f4? Mistake. Nd6+ was best (17. Nd6+ Kd7) 17... Qf6 18. Qe2?! Inaccuracy. Qe1 was best (18. Qe1 Kd8 19. Bd6 Bf8 20. Be5 Nxe5 21. fxe5 Qe7 22. Nd6 f5 23. c4 Qd7) 18... Nde7? Mistake. Kd8 was best (18... Kd8) 19. g4?! Inaccuracy. Nd6+ was best (19. Nd6+) 19... Qh4 20. Nd6+ Kf8 21. Bc5 h5 22. Bxc6 b6?! Inaccuracy. hxg4 was best (22... hxg4 23. Rxa7 Rh5 24. Ba3 Kg8 25. Be8 g3 26. Bxf7+ Kh7 27. Ne4 Nf5 28. Ng5+) 23. Nxc8? Mistake. Bf2 was best (23. Bf2 Qxg4+ 24. Qxg4 hxg4 25. Rxa7 Nxc6 26. Rxf7+ Kg8 27. Rc7 Ba6 28. Ra1 Na5) 23... Rxc8 24. Bf2 Qxg4+ 25. Qxg4 hxg4 26. Bb7 Rd8 27. Rxa7 Bf6 28. Ra2 Kg7 29. Ba6 Nd5 30. Be2 b5 31. Bxg4 b4 32. Ra7 bxc3 33. dxc3 Rhe8 34. c4 Nxf4 35. c5 Nd3 36. Be3 Rd5 37. Bf3?? Blunder. Rd1 was best (37. Rd1) 37... Re5 38. Bd2 Rxc5 39. Kh1 Rc2 40. Be3 Rh8 41. Bg1 Rh4 42. Ra4 Rxa4?! Inaccuracy. Rd2 was best (42... Rd2 43. Rxh4 Bxh4 44. Rb1 Be7 45. Be3 Rc2 46. h3 e5 47. Bd5 f5 48. Kg1) 43. bxa4 Ra2 44. Bc6 Be5 45. Rf3 Nf4 46. Bb5 f5 47. Bc5 Rc2 48. Bg1 Nd5 49. Rf2 Rc3 50. Rf1 Kf6 51. Re1 Ra3 52. Bd7 Ra2 53. h4 Nc3 54. Bb6 Ne4?! Inaccuracy. Rh2+ was best (54... Rh2+ 55. Kg1 Ne2+ 56. Kf1 Ng3+ 57. Kg1 Rh1+ 58. Kf2 Ne4+ 59. Rxe4 fxe4 60. a5) 55. Bc6 Bg3?! Inaccuracy. Ng3+ was best (55... Ng3+ 56. Kg1 f4 57. Rd1 Kf5 58. Bf3 Bf6 59. a5 Bxh4 60. Rd7 g5 61. Rf7+) 56. Rb1 Bf2 57. Bd8+ Ke5 58. Bc7+ Kf6 59. Bd8+ Kg7 60. Bg5?! Inaccuracy. Rb7+ was best (60. Rb7+ Kg8) 60... Nxg5 61. hxg5 Bh4?! Inaccuracy. Be3 was best (61... Be3) 62. Rb7+ Kf8 63. Bd7 Ke7 64. Bb5+ Kd6 65. Rg7 Bxg5 66. Rxg6 Ra1+ 67. Kg2 Be3 68. Kf3 Bb6 69. Ke2 Ra2+ 70. Kd3?! Inaccuracy. Kf3 was best (70. Kf3 Ra3+) 70... Ra3+ 71. Kd2 f4 72. Bc4 Re3 73. Rf6 Ba5+ 74. Kd1 f3 75. Rf7 e5 76. Ba6 e4 77. Bb7? Mistake. Rf5 was best (77. Rf5 Re1+) 77... Ke5 78. Re7+ Kd4 79. Rd7+? Mistake. Kc2 was best (79. Kc2 Re2+ 80. Kb3 f2 81. Rf7 Bb6 82. Ba6 Ke3 83. Rf5 Bd4 84. Bb5 Re1) 79... Kc3 80. Ba6 Kb3 81. Kc1? Checkmate is now unavoidable Rb7+ was best (81. Rb7+ Bb4 82. Rxb4+ Kxb4 83. Kc2 Ra3 84. Kb2 e3 85. Kc2 Ra2+ 86. Kd3 e2) 81... Re1+ 82. Rd1 f2 0-1

71.FIDE Grand Swiss 2025.9.14 Round 10 Niemann, Hans Moke 2733 vs Praggnanandhaa R vs GameId "780OCR6i 2785 "Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack, Fianchetto Variation B31 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. c3 e6 8. Na3 a6 9. Bf1 Ne7 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Nc2 Nc6 12. d5 exd5 13. exd5 Nd4 14. d3 d6 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Qe2 Bd7 17. Be3 Re8 18. Qd2 Qf6 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Rc4 Bxe3 21. Rxe3 Qf5 22. g3 Qxd5 23. Bg2 Qb5 24. Rb4 Qa5 25. Bxb7 Rc7 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. Qe1 Bb5 28. Bd5 Kg7 29. Qe4 Bxd3 30. Qd4+ f6 31. a3 Be2 32. h3 Qc5 33. Qe4 Qc1+ 34. Kh2 Qf1 35. Qe3 Bb5 36. Re4 Kh8 37. Qd4 Kg7 38. Rf4 *

72.FIDE Grand Swiss 2025.9.15 Round 11 Giri, Anish 2746 vs Niemann, Hans Moke 2733 English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Quiet Line A28 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. a3 d5 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 c5 11. Qh4 Be6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Qxe7+ Nxe7 15. Be2 Rc8 16. f3 f6 17. Kf2 Kf7 18. Rd1 Be6 19. h4 b6 20. e4 Nc6 21. Be3 Na5 22. Rd6 Rhe8 23. g4 Nb7 24. Rd2 Na5 25. Rd6 Nb7 26. Rdd1 Na5 27. Rac1 Ke7 28. Ba6 Rcd8 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. b4 Nb3 31. Rc3 Rd6 32. bxc5 bxc5 33. Rxb3 Bxb3 34. Bxc5 Kd7 35. Bxd6 Kxd6 36. g5 Be6 37. Ke3 Kc5 38. Kf4 Kd4 39. gxf6 gxf6 40. a4 h6 41. a5 Bd7 42. Be2 Kc5 43. e5 Kd5 44. exf6 Ke6 45. f7 Kxf7 46. Ke5 *

73.Wch-blitz final Saint John, CAN 1988.2.20 Rafael Vaganian vs Mikhail Tal 1988.2.19 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 c5 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Nc3 d6 9. Nc2 Rb8 10. b3 a6 11. Bb2 Bd7 12. Qd2 b5 13. Ne3 bxc4 14. Nxc4 Na5 15. Ne3 Be6 16. Rac1 Qb6 17. Rc2 Rfc8 18. Rfc1 Bxb3 19. axb3 Nxb3 20. Ncd5 Rxc2 21. Qxc2 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Qd8 23. Rb1 Nc5 24. Bxg7 Rxb1+ 25. Qxb1 Kxg7 26. Qb2+ f6 27. Qb6 Qxb6 28. Nxb6 Kf7 29. Bd5+ e6 30. Bc6 Ke7 31. Kf1 d5 32. Na4 Nb3 33. e3 Kd6 34. Bb7 a5 35. Ba6 d4 36. Ke2 dxe3 37. Kxe3 e5 38. h4 Nd4 39. Bc4 Nf5+ 40. Kd3 Ne7 41. Nc3 f5 42. Bf7 Kc5 43. h5 gxh5 44. Bxh5 Nc6 45. Bf7 Nb4+ 46. Ke3 Nc2+ 47. Kd2 Nd4 48. f4 exf4 49. gxf4 Kd6 50. Bh5 Nb3+ 51. Kd3 Nc5+ 52. Ke3 Ne6 53. Bf7 Nc5 54. Nb5+ Ke7 55. Bc4 h5 56. Kd4 Nd7 57. Bf1 Kf6 58. Nc3 Nf8 59. Ke3 Ne6 60. Nd5+ Kg6 61. Bh3 a4 62. Ne7+ Kf6 63. Nxf5 a3 0-1

74.FIDE World Cup 2023.8.3 Round 2-2 Carlsen, Magnus 2835 vs Pantsulaia, Levan 2564 English Opening: Symmetrical Variation A30 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. d5 d6 5. e4 e6 6. h3 Ne7 7. Nc3 h6 8. dxe6 Bxe6 9. Bf4 Nbc6 10. Qxd6 Qa5 11. Qd2 Nb4 12. a3 g5 13. Bh2 Rd8 14. Qc1 Nd3+ 15. Bxd3 Rxd3 16. O-O Bxc4 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Rxd5 19. Re1 Qd8 20. Qc4 Kf8 21. Ne5 Nc6 22. Rad1 Nd4 23. Kh1 b5 24. Qd3 h5 25. Nc6 Qb6 26. Ne7 Rd8 27. Nf5 Qg6 28. Bc7 Rd7 29. Re8+ 1-0