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1.Arkadij Naiditsch 2664 vs Magnus Carlsen 2646 37th Chess Olympiad Turin, ITA [12] C57 2006.6.3 C57 Two Knights Defence, Ulvestad Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 b5 6.Bf1 h6 7.Ne6 fxe6 8.dxc6 Bc5 9.d3 O-O 10.Be3 Bxe3 11.fxe3 Qd6 12.Nd2 Qxc6 13.e4 Qc5 14.Nb3 Qb6 15.Qe2 Bd7 16.g3 a5 17.Bh3 a4 18.Nd2 a3 19.b3 Be8 20.Qf2 Qc6 21.O-O Bh5 22.Qe3 Bg4 23.Bg2 Qxc2 24.Rfc1 Qb2 25.h3 Rad8 26.Rab1 Qxa2 27.Ra1 Qb2 28.Rab1 Qa2 29.Ra1 Qb2 30.Rab1 Qd4 31.Qxd4 Rxd4 32.hxg4 Rxd3 33.Nf1 Ra8 34.Rxc7 a2 35.Ra1 Rxb3 36.Rc2 Rba3 37.Rb2 R8a5 38.Nd2 Nxg4 39.Nb3 R5a4 40.Bh3 h5 41.Bxg4 hxg4 42.Nd2 Rxg3+ 43.Kf2 Rga3 44.Rxb5 Kf7 45.Ke2 Kf6 46.Kd1 Rh3 47.Kc2 g3 48.Rb3 Kg5 49.Kb2 Kg4 50.Rc3 g2 51.Rcc1 Re3 52.Kc2 Kg3 53.Kb2 Kf2 54.Rc2 Re2

2.Oro, Faustino 2464 vs Pichot, Alan 2588 Legends & Prodigies chess.com [6] 2025.9.22 C49 Four Knights, Nimzovich (Paulsen) Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Nd7 8.Ne2 Re8 9.a4 Nf8 10.Nd2 Ng6 11.Nc4 Be6 12.b3 Qd7 13.Kh1 b5 14.Ne3 Bc5 15.Bb2 Bxe3 16.fxe3 a6 17.Qd2 c5 18.Qc3 c4 19.bxc4 bxc4 20.d4 Rab8 21.d5 Bg4 22.Ng1 Qc8 23.Ba3 c6 24.Rab1 Bd7 25.Rxb8 Qxb8 26.Qxc4 cxd5 27.exd5 Rc8 28.Qxa6 Rxc2 29.Rc1 Ra2 30.Rb1 Qe8 31.Qd6 Rc2 32.Bc5 h5 33.Rb8 Bc8 34.Qc7 Qxa4 35.Qxc8+ Kh7 36.Qf5 Kh6 37.Be7

3.Movahed, Sina 3194 vs Carlsen, Magnus 3359 Titled Tuesday Grand Prix 2025/26 chess.com [6] 2025.9.23 C88 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Anti-Marshall 8.a4 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4 9.a5 d6 10.c3 Rb8 11.Bc4 h6 12.h3 Be6 13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.d4 bxc3 15.bxc3 Rb5 16.c4 Rxa5 17.Rxa5 Nxa5 18.Qa4 Nb7 19.Qxa6 Qb8 20.Qa2 exd4 21.Nxd4 Nc5 22.Qc2 Qb7 23.Nc3 Ra8 24.Bd2 e5 25.Nf5 Bf8 26.Nd5 Nxd5 27.exd5 Kh8 28.Nh4 Qb3 29.Qg6 Qxc4 30.Nf5 Qxd5 31.Bxh6 gxh6 32.Nxh6 Bxh6 33.Qxh6+ Kg8 34.Re3 Kf7 35.Rf3+ Ke8 36.Rf8+ Kd7 37.Qg7+ Kc6 38.Rxa8 Ne4 39.Ra7 Qd1+ 40.Kh2 Kd5 41.Qxc7 Nc5 42.Ra3 Qd2 43.Qf7+ Kc6 44.Ra8 e4 45.Rc8+ Kb5 46.Rb8+ Kc6 47.Rc8+ Kb5 48.Rb8+ Kc6 49.Qf5 Qd4 50.Rc8+ Kb7 51.Re8 Kb6 52.h4 Qg7 53.g3 e3 54.Kg2 Kc6 55.Qf3+ d5 56.Rxe3 Qd7 57.Re1 Qd6 58.Rd1 Ne4 59.h5 Nc5 60.Rc1 Qe5 61.Rd1 Kd6 62.Qe3 Qe4+ 63.Qxe4 Nxe4 64.h6 Nf6 65.Rxd5+ Kxd5 66.h7

4.Carlsen, Magnus 3344 vs Nakamura, Hikaru 3352 Titled Tuesday Grand Prix 2025/26 chess.com [11] 2025.9.23 A20 English Opening 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.d4 exd4 5.Qxd4 d5 6.Nf3 Na6 7.O-O Bc5 8.Qe5+ Qe7 9.cxd5 Qxe5 10.Nxe5 Nxd5 11.Nd3 Bb6 12.Bxd5 cxd5 13.Nc3 Be6 14.Na4 Bd8 15.Bf4 Be7 16.Rfc1 O-O 17.Be5 Rfc8 18.Nf4 Nb4 19.Nc3 Bg5 20.Bd6 Nc6 21.Rd1 Bxf4 22.Bxf4 d4 23.Nb5 Rd8 24.Rd2 Rd7 25.b3 Rad8 26.Rad1 a6 27.Na3 f6 28.h4 h6 29.h5 Bg4 30.Nc2 Bxh5 31.f3 d3 32.Rxd3 Rxd3 33.Rxd3 Rxd3 34.exd3 Bxf3 35.Kf2 Bd5 36.Ke3 g5 37.Bc7 Kf7 38.Nd4 Nxd4 39.Kxd4 Bc6 40.Ke3 Ke6 41.Bd8 Kf5 42.Kf2 Ke5 43.b4 f5 44.Ke3 f4+ 45.gxf4+ gxf4+ 46.Ke2 Kf5 47.a3 h5 48.Kf2 Kg4 49.Bb6 Kf5 50.Bd8 Bb5 51.Ke2 Kg4 52.Kf2 Bxd3 53.a4 h4 54.a5 Be4 55.Bb6 Bc6 56.Bc5 Kf5 57.Kg1 Ke4 58.Kf2 h3 59.Kg1 Kf3 60.Kh2 Bd7 61.Bd6 Ke3 62.Kg1 f3

5.Martinez Reyes, Pedro Ramon 2376 vs Oro, Faustino 2464 Legends & Prodigies 2025 chess.com [8] 2025.9.24 E46 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd2 d5 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Qb3 c5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.dxc5 a5 10.Be2 Nxc5 11.Qd1 Nfe4 12.O-O Bxc3 13.Bxc3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 b6 15.Rb1 Bf5 16.Rb2 Rc8 17.Qd4 Qc7 18.Qxd5 Na4 19.Rd2 g6 20.Nd4 Nxc3 21.Qb3 Nxe2+ 22.Rxe2 Bd7 23.h3 Qd6 24.Rb2 Rb8 25.Rd1 Qf6 26.Qc4 Rfc8 27.Qa6 Rc5 28.Qa7 Qd6 29.Rbd2 Qc7 30.Qa6 Bc8 31.Qe2 Bb7 32.f3 Qe7 33.e4 a4 34.Qf2 Rbc8 35.Nc2 Qe5 36.Ne3 Rc1 37.Ng4 Qf4 38.Qd4 h5 39.Nf6+ Kf8 40.Nd7+ Kg8 41.Nxb6 Rxd1+ 42.Rxd1 Rc2 43.Qxa4 Rc1 44.Kf2 Qh4+ 45.Ke2 Rc5 46.Kf1 Qg5 47.Qe8+ Kg7 48.Nd7 Rc8 49.Qe5+ Qxe5 50.Nxe5 Kf6 51.Nxf7 Ba6+ 52.Kg1 Kxf7 53.Rd7+ Ke6 54.Rg7 Kf6 55.Rd7 Bc4 56.Rd6+ Kg7 57.f4 Bxa2 58.f5 Bf7 59.g4 hxg4 60.hxg4 Rc4 61.fxg6 Bxg6 62.Kf2 Rxe4 63.Kg3 Kh6 64.Kh4 Ra4 65.Rb6 Kg7 66.Rb7+ Bf7 67.Rb6 Re4 68.Kg5 Re5+ 69.Kf4 Ra5 70.Rc6 Be8 71.Re6 Kf7 72.Re5 Ra4+ 73.Re4 Ra1 74.Kg5 Bd7 75.Rf4+ Ke6 76.Re4+ Kd5 77.Rb4 Ke5 78.Rb7 Be6 79.Rb5+ Bd5 80.Rb2 Ra8 81.Rf2 Be4 82.Rf7 Rg8+ 83.Kh4 Kd4 84.Ra7 Ke3 85.Ra3+ Kf4 86.Ra5 Rxg4+ 87.Kh5 Rg1 88.Kh6 Rg6+ 89.Kh5 Rb6 90.Ra4 Rb1

6.AnishGiri 1500 vs FaustiOro 1670 chessclub.com Speed 10m+2spm 2025 Internet Chess Club [-] 2025.9.26 C78 Ruy Lopez, Archangelsk (counterthrust) Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3 Bc5 8.a4 O-O 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 d6 12.axb5 axb5 13.Rxa8 Bxa8 14.c3 Ba7 15.Na3 Qb8 16.Nc2 Ne7 17.h4 Nh5 18.Bh2 g4 19.Nxe5 g3 20.Bxg3 Nxg3 21.Qg4+ Kh8 22.Qxg3 Qe8 23.Ra1 Nc8 24.Ng4 Qe7 25.Nxh6 Qf6 26.Nf5 Rg8 27.Qf3 Qg6 28.Rxa7 Nxa7 29.Ne7

7.Martirosyan, Haik M 2628 vs Bluebaum, Matthias 2671 German Bundesliga 2025/26 chess.com [1] 2025.9.27 D37 Queen's Gambit Declined, classical variation 5.Bf4 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 c5 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.e3 Nc6 8.a3 O-O 9.Qc2 Qa5 10.Rd1 Be7 11.Be2 Ne4 12.cxd5 Nxc3 13.bxc3 exd5 14.O-O h6 15.a4 Rd8 16.Qb3 Qc5 17.Nd4 Na5 18.Qb5 Nc4 19.e4 Bd7 20.Qxb7 Bxa4 21.Ra1 Nb6 22.Be3 Rab8 23.Qa6 Qxc3 24.Nf5 Bf6 25.Bxb6 Rxb6 26.Qxa4 dxe4 27.Qxa7 Rb2 28.Bh5 Qb3 29.Ra6 Bc3 30.Ra3

8.Livaic, Leon 2554 vs Theodorou, Nikolas 2646 German Bundesliga 2025/26 chess.com [2] 2025.9.27 B30 Sicilian, Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (without ...d6) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.b3 e5 6.Nxe5 Qe7 7.Nf3 Qxe4+ 8.Qe2 Qxe2+ 9.Kxe2 f6 10.Nc3 h5 11.Ba3 Kf7 12.Rhd1 Nh6 13.Kf1 Nf5 14.d4 cxd4 15.Bxf8 dxc3 16.Bb4 d6 17.Kg1 c5 18.Bxc3 Bb7 19.Nd2 h4 20.Nc4 Rad8 21.Ne3 Nxe3 22.fxe3 h3 23.g3 Rde8 24.Re1 Re4 25.Rad1 d5 26.Rb1 Rhe8 27.Kf2 Ba6 28.Bd2 Rc8 29.Rec1 Re5 30.a3 Rf5+ 31.Kg1 Rf3 32.b4 cxb4 33.axb4 Bb5 34.c3 Re8 35.Re1 a6 36.Rb2 Re5

9.Titled Tuesday Grand Prix 2025/26 chess.com 2025.9.23 Round 11 Carlsen, Magnus 3344 vs Nakamura, Hikaru 3352 English Opening: King's English Variation A20 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. Nf3 Na6 7. O-O Bc5 8. Qe5+ Qe7 9. cxd5 Qxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxd5 11. Nd3 Bb6 12. Bxd5 cxd5 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Na4 Bd8 15. Bf4 Be7 16. Rfc1 O-O 17. Be5 Rfc8 18. Nf4 Nb4 19. Nc3 Bg5 20. Bd6 Nc6 21. Rd1 Bxf4 22. Bxf4 d4 23. Nb5 Rd8 24. Rd2 Rd7 25. b3 Rad8 26. Rad1 a6 27. Na3 f6 28. h4 h6 29. h5 Bg4 30. Nc2 Bxh5 31. f3 d3 32. Rxd3 Rxd3 33. Rxd3 Rxd3 34. exd3 Bxf3 35. Kf2 Bd5 36. Ke3 g5 37. Bc7 Kf7 38. Nd4 Nxd4 39. Kxd4 Bc6 40. Ke3 Ke6 41. Bd8 Kf5 42. Kf2 Ke5 43. b4 f5 44. Ke3 f4+ 45. gxf4+ gxf4+ 46. Ke2 Kf5 47. a3 h5 48. Kf2 Kg4 49. Bb6 Kf5 50. Bd8 Bb5 51. Ke2 Kg4 52. Kf2 Bxd3 53. a4 h4 54. a5 Be4 55. Bb6 Bc6 56. Bc5 Kf5 57. Kg1 Ke4 58. Kf2 h3 59. Kg1 Kf3 60. Kh2 Bd7 61. Bd6 Ke3 62. Kg1 f3

10.Titled Tuesday Grand Prix 2025/26 chess.com 2025.9.23 Round 9 Carlsen, Magnus 3345 vs Bluebaum, Matthias 3094 Queen's Gambit Declined D30 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nf6 7. e3 Bf5 8. f3 O-O 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. Bd3 Re8 12. O-O Na5 13. Ra2 c5 14. Re2 Qb6 15. Rb2 Qc7 16. Re2 Qb6 17. Kh1 Rac8 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. e4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Qb3 21. Qe1 Qb5 22. e5 Nh5 23. Nxh5 Rxc1 24. Qxc1 Qxe2 25. Nf4 Qc4 26. Qd1 Nb3 27. Ne2 Rc8 28. g4 Qc2 29. Nf4 Qc4 30. e6 Nxd4 31. exf7+ Kxf7 32. Qb1 Kg8 33. Nxg6 Re8 34. Re1 Rxe1+ 35. Qxe1 Nxf3 36. Qe8+ Kh7 37. Nf8+ Kg8 38. Nd7+ Kh7 39. Qh5+ Kg8 40. Qe8+ Kh7 41. Nf6+ gxf6 42. Qf7+ Kh8 43. Qf8+ Kh7 44. Qf7+ Kh8 45. Qxf6+ Kg8 46. Qxf3 Qe4 47. Kg2 b5 48. Qxe4 dxe4 49. Kf2 a5 50. Ke3 a4 51. Kxe4 b4 52. Kd3 b3 53. h4 Kg7 54. Kc3 Kg6 55. Kd2 Kh6 56. Kd3 Kg6 57. h5+ Kg5 58. Kc3 Kh6 59. Kb2 Kg5 60. Kc3 Kh6 61. Kb2 Kg5 62. Kc3 wins 1/2-1/2

11.World Blitz Championship Moscow, RUS 2019.12.29 Round 6.2 Magnus Carlsen 2872 vs Nodirbek Abdusattorov 2635 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. h4 g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. O-O-O c6 11. g4 Nd7 12. g5 h5 13. Kb1 Qe7 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Bd3 Nb6 16. Rc1 Be6 17. Ne2 Bg4 18. Nh2 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Rac8 20. f4 Rfe8 21. Rhe1 Nc4 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Qxc4 Qe4+ 24. Qc2 Qd5 25. Rcd1 Rcd8 26. e4 Qe6 27. Qf2 Rd7 28. f5 Qc4 29. f6 Bf8 30. Nf3 Rd6 31. Ne5 Qe6 32. Nd3 Qg4 33. Nf4 Rxe4 34. Rf1 Qf5 35. Ka1 c5 36. d5 c4 37. Rde1 Rxe1+ 38. Qxe1 c3 39. Qxc3 Rxd5 40. a3 Rc5 41. Qd4 Rc2 42. Rd1 Rc8 43. Nd5 Re8 44. Qxa7 Qg4 45. Qd4 Re4 46. Ne7+ Kh7 47. Qd5 Re6 48. Qd7 Bxe7 49. fxe7 Rxe7 50. Qxe7 Qxd1+ 51. Ka2 Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

12.World Cup Krasnaya Polyana Sochi, RUS 2021.8.5 Round 8.2 Magnus Carlsen 2847 vs Vladimir Fedoseev 2696 B12 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Ne2 Qd8 8. a3 Ba5 9. Ng3 Ne7 10. Bc4 Bg6 11. h4 h6 12. h5 Bh7 13. Qg4 Kf8 14. O-O Nd7 15. Nce4 Bc7 16. Ba2 Nf5 17. Nxf5 Bxf5 18. Qf3 Qe7 19. Ng3 Bh7 20. Qg4 c5 21. Bd2 Rd8 22. f4 Nb6 23. Bc3 Nd5 24. f5 Ne3 25. Qf3 Nxf5 26. Nxf5 Bxf5 27. d5 Bb6 28. Bc4 Kg8 29. d6 Qh4 30. b3 Rd7 31. Qe2 Qg4 32. Rxf5 Qxf5 33. Rf1 Qg5 34. Bd2 Qd8 35. Qg4 a6 36. Rxf7 Kxf7 37. Qxe6+ Kf8 38. Qf5+ Ke8 39. Qg6+ Kf8 40. Qf5+ Ke8 41. Qg6+ Kf8 42. e6 Qf6 43. exd7 Qxg6 44. hxg6 Bd8 45. Be6 h5 46. Kf2 h4 47. Bg4 b5 48. Kf3 b4 49. axb4 cxb4 1-0

13.42nd Olympiad 2016 Baku, AZE 2016.9.12 Round 10.6 Carlsen, Magnus 2857 vs Ghaem Maghami 2566 D02 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bg3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nbd2 Bxg3 8. hxg3 Qd6 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. Qf3 h6 13. Qf4 Qe7 14. g4 Nh7 15. Qg3 Rg8 16. O-O Nf6 17. Rac1 Rc8 18. c4 dxc4 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20. Ndxc4 Ke7 21. b4 Qxb4 22. Nd3 Ne4 23. Nxb4 Nxg3 24. fxg3 Bb5 25. Rxf7+ Kxf7 26. Nd6+ Ke7 27. Nxc8+ Kd7 28. Nxa7 Ba4 29. Nd3 1-0

14.4th Soviet Team Cup Moscow, URS 1964.10.15 Round 3 Vasily Smyslov  vs Mikhail Tal A36 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. b3 e6 6. Bb2 Nge7 7. Na4 Bxb2 8. Nxb2 O-O 9. e3 d5 10. Nf3 Nf5 11. O-O b6 12. Na4 Bb7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. d3 Qf6 15. Qd2 Rad8 16. Rfd1 Rfe8 17. Wed1 Nd6 18. Ne1 d4 19. e4 Qe7 20. Nc2 f5 21. exf5 Ne5 22. f4 Nf3+ 23. Bxf3 Bxf3 24. Re1 Qe2 25. Rxe2 Rxe2 26. Qxe2 Bxe2 27. Nb2 gxf5 28. Re1 Bh5 29. Nc4 Nxc4 30. bxc4 Re8 31. Kf2 Rxe1 32. Kxe1 Kf8 33. Kd2 Ke7 34. Ne1 a6 35. a4 a5 36. Kc2 Be8 37. Kb3 Bc6 38. Ka3 Kf6 39. Kb3 Kg6 40. Ka3 Kh5 41. h3 Kg6 42. Kb3 Kg7 43. Ka3 Kf6 44. Kb3 Be8 45. Ng2 Bh5 46. ​​Kc2 Be2 47. Ne1 Bf1 48. Nf3 Bxh3 49. Ng5 Bg2 50. Nxh7+ Kg7 51. Ng5 Kg6 52. Kd2 Bc6 53. Kc1 Bg2 54. Kd2 Kh5 55. Ne6 Kg4 56. Nc7 Bc6 57. Nd5 Kxg3 58. Ne7 Bd7 59. Nd5 Bxa4 60. Nxb6 Be8 61. Nd5 Kf3 62. Nc7 Bc6 63. Ne6 a4 64. Nxc5 a3 65. Nb3 a2 66. Kc1 Kxf4 67. Kb2 Ke3 68. Na5 Be8 69. c5 f4 70. c6 Bxc6 71. Nxc6 f3 72. Ne5 f2 0-1

15.Kasparov - Karpov World Championship Rematch London, ENG / Leningrad, URS 1986.8.15 Round 8 Garry Kasparov vs Anatoly Karpov D31 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 c5 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.O-O Bg4 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 d4 13.Ne4 Be7 14.Rad1 Qa5 15.Ng3 dxe3 16.fxe3 Qxa2 17.Nf5 Qe6 18.Bh6 Ne8 19.Qh5 g6 20.Qg4 Ne5 21.Qg3 Bf6 22.Bb5 Ng7 23.Bxg7 Bxg7 24.Rd6 Qb3 25.Nxg7 Qxb5 26.Nf5 Rad8 27.Rf6 Rd2 28.Qg5 Qxb2 29.Kh1 Kh8 30.Nd4 Rxd4 31.Qxe5 [ ...Rd2 32.Qe7 Rdd8 33.Rxf7+ Rxf7 34.Rxf7 Kg8 35.e4 Qc1+ 36.Kh2 Qh6 37.e5 Rf8 38.e6 g5 39.Rxf8+ Qxf8 40.Qxg5+ Kh8 41.e7 Qe8 42.h4 h5 43.Qf6+ Kg8 44.Kg1 b5 45.g4 b4 46.gxh5 b3 47.Qg6+] 1-0

16.Rice Memorial New York, NY 1916.2.8 Round 3 David Janowski vs Jose Raul Capablanca D15 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Qxb6 axb6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 cxd5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Bd2 Bd7 11. Be2 e6 12. O-O Bd6 13. Rfc1 Ke7 14. Bc3 Rhc8 15. a3 Na5 16. Nd2 f5 17. g3 b5 18. f3 Nc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. e4 Kf7 21. e5 Be7 22. f4 b5 23. Kf2 Ra4 24. Ke3 Rca8 25. Wed1 h6 26. Nf3 g5 27. Ne1 Rg8 28. Kf3 gxf4 29. gxf4 Raa8 30. Ng2 Rg4 31. Rg1 Rag8 32. Be1 b4 33. axb4 Ba4 34. Ra1 Bc2 35. Bg3 Be4+ 36. Kf2 h5 37. Ra7 Bxg2 38. Rxg2 h4 39. Bxh4 Rxg2+ 40. Kf3 Rxh2 41. Bxe7 Rh3+ 42. Kf2 Rb3 43. Bg5+ Kg6 44. Re7 Rxb2+ 45. Kf3 Ra8 46. Rxe6+ Kh7 0-1

17.Bled Olympiad Bled, SLO 2002.10.29 Round 4 Judit Polgar 2685 vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2580 C80 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Ng5 Bd5 12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. Qf3+ Ke6 14. Qg4+ Kf7 15. Qf5+ Ke7 16. e6 Bxe6 17. Re1 Qd6 18. Bxe6 Nxe6 19. Ne4 Qe5 20. Bg5+ Kd7 21. Nc5+ Bxc5 22. Qf7+ Kd6 23. Be7+ Kd5 1-0

18.World Championship Candidates London, ENG 2013.3.27 Round 10 Alexander Grischuk 2764 vs Vladimir Kramnik 2810 C67 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. h3 h6 11. Rd1 Kc8 12. a4 a5 13. b3 b6 14. Bb2 Ne7 15. Rd2 c5 16. Ne2 Ng6 17. Rad1 Be6 18. c4 Be7 19. Nc3 Kb7 20. Nd5 Rad8 21. Nxe7 Rxd2 22. Nxd2 Nxe7 23. Nf1 Kc8 24. f3 g5 25. Ng3 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Kxd8 27. Kf2 Bf5 28. Nxf5 Nxf5 29. g4 Nd4 30. Bxd4 cxd4 31. Ke2 Kd7 32. Kd3 c5 33. Ke4 Ke6 34. f4 gxf4 35. Kxf4 d3 36. Ke3 Kxe5 37. Kxd3 Kf4 38. Ke2 Kg3 39. Ke3 Kxh3 40. Kf4 Kh4 41. Kf5 Kg3 0-1

19.Lodz Lodz, RUE 1907.12.26 Round 6 Georg Rotlewi vs Akiba Rubinstein D32 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. a3 a6 8. b4 Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qd2 Qe7 11. Bd3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Bd3 Rd8 14. Qe2 Bb7 15. O-O Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. f4 Bc7 18. e4 Rac8 19. e5 Bb6+ 20. Kh1 Ng4 21. Be4 Qh4 22. g3 Rxc3 23. gxh4 Rd2 24. Qxd2 Bxe4+ 25. Qg2 Rh3 0-1

20.Paris Paris, FRA 1858 Paul Morphy vs Duke Karl/Count Isouard  C41 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. dxe5 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 dxe5 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. Nc3 c6 9. Bg5 b5 10. Nxb5 cxb5 11. Bxb5+ Nbd7 12. O-O-O Rd8 13. Rxd7 Rxd7 14. Rd1 Qe6 15. Bxd7+ Nxd7 16. Qb8+ Nxb8 17. Rd8# 1-0

21.Horgen Horgen, SUI 1995.10.26 Round 6 Garry Kasparov vs Vassily Ivanchuk C16 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bf8 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. h4 h6 8. h5 a5 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Ba4 Nd7 11. Ne2 b5 12. Bb3 c5 13. c3 Nc6 14. O-O Qc7 15. Re1 c4 16. Bc2 Nb6 17. Bf4 Be7 18. Bg3 Rb8 19. Nh2 Qd8 20. Ng4 b4 21. axb4 axb4 22. cxb4 Nxb4 23. Bb1 Bd7 24. b3 Ra8 25. Rxa8 Qxa8 26. bxc4 Nxc4 27. Nc1 Ba4 28. Qe2 Qa7 29. Ne3 Qxd4 30. Nxc4 dxc4 31. Qf1 O-O 0-1

22.Moscow PCA-Intel GP 1995.4.29 Round 2 Alexander Morozevich vs Viswanathan Anand C33 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bb3 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.d4 Bb4 8.Nf3 O-O 9.O-O Bxc3 10.bxc3 Qc7 11.Qe1 Nc6 12.Qh4 Ne7 13.Bxf4 Qxc3 14.Bd2 Qc7 15.Ne5 Nf5 16.Qf4 Be6 17.Bb4 Rfc8 18.g4 Nd6 19.Rae1 Nfe4 20.c4 dxc4 21.Bc2 Nf6 22.g5 Nh5 23.Qf3 g6 24.Nxg6 hxg6 25.Bxg6 fxg6 26.Rxe6 Qf7 27.Qd5 Nf5 28.Rxf5 1-0

23.Sinquefield Cup St. Louis, USA 2025.8.27 Round 9.4 So, Wesley 2745 vs Abdusattorov, Nodirbek  2771 C44 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Nd7 7. O-O Be7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxd4 Nb8 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Qf3 Be6 12. Nce2 Qd7 13. Qg3 Kh8 14. Nf4 c5 15. Ndxe6 fxe6 16. c4 d4 17. Qh3 Rf5 18. g4 Rf7 19. Nd3 Nc6 20. Bd2 Nb4 21. Bxb4 cxb4 22. f4 Raf8 23. Rf2 a5 24. Raf1 g6 25. Qg2 c5 26. Qe4 Qc8 27. b3 a4 28. bxa4 Qa6 29. Nb2 Bd8 30. Rf3 Be7 31. Kg2 Bd8 32. Kf2 Qa7 33. Ke2 Qd7 34. Kd1 Qe8 35. Kc2 Re7 36. Kb3 Rff7 37. h4 Rf8 38. Rh1 Rg8 39. Rfh3 Rf8 40. h5 g5 41. Rf1 Rxf4 42. Rxf4 gxf4 43. Rf3 Rf7 44. Rxf4 Kg8 45. Rxf7 Qxf7 46. Qc6 Kg7 47. Nd3 Be7 48. Qg2 Qf8 49. Qb7 Kg8 50. Qc6 Qh6 51. Qe8+ Bf8 52. g5 1-0

24.Simul Madrid, ESP Dec 1970 Robert James Fischer vs Jose Luis Garcia Bachiller B43 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O b5 8. Re1 Bb7 9. e5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. a4 b4 12. Be4 Bxe4 13. Rxe4 Nc6 14. Bf4 Rc8 15. Rc1 Qa7 16. c3 bxc3 17. Rxc3 Bc5 18. Be3 O-O 19. Rxc5 Qxc5 20. Nxe6 Qa5 21. b4 Nxb4 22. Nxf8 Nd5 23. Nxd7 Nc3 24. Qg4 Rc6 25. Nf6+ Kh8 26. Qxg7+ 1-0

25.Candidates Match Elista, RUS 2007.5.29 Round 1.3 Magnus Carlsen 2693 vs Levon Aronian 2759 A30 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. d4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be4 11. Ne5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 O-O 13. e4 Qc8 14. Qg4 Bf6 15. Nf3 Kh8 16. h4 Nc6 17. Bg5 cxd4 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. cxd4 e5 20. Qxc8 Raxc8 21. d5 Na5 22. h5 Nc4 23. Nh4 Nd6 24. h6 Rc3 25. Rac1 Rfc8 26. Rxc3 Rxc3 27. Nf5 Nxf5 28. exf5 Kg8 29. Re4 Kf8 30. Rg4 Rc7 31. Rg7 b5 32. Rxh7 Kg8 33. Rg7+ Kh8 34. d6 Rd7 35. Kf3 b4 36. To4 Rxd6 37. Rxf7 Ra6 38. g4 Kg8 39. h7+ Kh8 40. g5 fxg5 41. f6 1-0

26.URS-ch sf Gorky, URS 1950 Peter Vasilievich Dubinin vs Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian C18 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Nf5 8. Bd3 h5 9. Qh3 cxd4 10. g4 Ne7 11. cxd4 Qc7 12. Ne2 Nbc6 13. O-O Bd7 14. gxh5 O-O-O 15. Bf4 Rdg8 16. Kh1 g5 17. Bg3 Rh6 18. f4 g4 19. Qg2 Nf5 20. Qf2 Rxh5 21. Rfc1 Na5 22. c4 dxc4 23. d5 exd5 24. Qxa7 Nc6 25. Qa8+ Qb8 26. Qxb8+ Kxb8 27. Bxf5 Bxf5 28. Kg1 Rgh8 29. Rd1 Bd3 30. Ra2 d4 31. Rad2 Rd8 32. Rxd3 cxd3 33. Rxd3 Kc8 34. Bf2 Rh3 35. Bg3 Kd7 36. Nc3 Ke6 37. Ne4 Kf5 38. Nd6+ Rxd6 39. exd6 Rh6 40. Rb3 Rxd6 41. Rxb7 d3 42. Rb1 d2 43. Rd1 Ke4 44. Kf2 Kd3 45. f5 Rd4 46. ​​h3 Kc2 0-1

27.World Rapid Championship Almaty, KAZ 2022.12.28 Round 10.5 Anish Giri 2764 vs Daniil Dubov 2708 D79 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Ne5 Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Bxe4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Be3 Bh3 13. f3 Rb8 14. b3 Rb4 15. Kf2 f5 16. Bxc6 f4 17. gxf4 e5 18. dxe5 Qh4+ 19. Kg1 Rbxf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Qd5+ Kh8 22. Qe4 Qg5+ 23. Kf2 Rf4 24. Qd5 Qh4+ 25. Ke3 Rf8 26. Qc5 Qf4+ 27. Kf2 Qh4+ 28. Ke3 Qg5+ 29. Kd3 Rd8+ 30. Kc4 Be6+ 31. Kb5 Bf8 32. Qc3 Rb8+ 33. Ka4 Qe7 34. a3 Bxb3+ 35. Qxb3 Rxb3 36. Kxb3 Qe6+ 0-1

28.Sharjah Masters Sharjah. UAE 2019.3.22 Round 1.11 Alireza Firouzja 2657 vs Mila Zarkovic 2187 B50 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb7 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O e6 9. Re1 Nfd7 10. a4 bxa4 11. Rxa4 Be7 12. Rb4 Nc5 13. Rxb7 Nxb7 14. e5 d5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Nf5 O-O 17. Bxd5 Bc5 18. b4 Bb6 19. Qg4 g6 20. e6 Qf6 21. e7 Re8 22. Bxf7+ 1-0

29.SWIFT Blitz Brussels, BEL 1987.4.26 Mikhail Tal vs Anatoly Karpov B10 1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 g6 8. d4 Bg7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Rxe6 fxe6 14. Bc4 Qd6 15. Qe2 Nd8 16. Re1 Rc8 17. Nd2 Kh8 18. Ne4 Qc7 19. Bb3 e5 20. h4 exd4 21. h5 gxh5 22. Qxh5 Rf8 23. Bc2 Qe5 24. Ng3 Qxe1+ 25. Kh2 h6 26. Bxh6 Kg8 27. Bxg7 Rxf2 28. Qh7+ Kf7 29. Qg6+ Kg8 30. Bh6+ 1-0

30.Praggnanandhaa R 2785 vs Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2738 Grand Chess Tour Finals chess.com [1-1] 2025.9.28 D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bd6 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qd3 b6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Nc3 Bb7 10.Nh4 g6 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Rac1 Re8 13.Nf3 Ne4 14.Bf4 c5 15.Rfd1 Rc8 16.Qb1 Bf6 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Nd2 cxd4 19.Nxe4 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 Bxe4 21.Bxe4 Nc5 22.Bf3 d3 23.Rd1 a5 24.exd3 Bd4 25.Kg2 Qf6 26.Qc2 Bxb2 27.Bg5 Qxg5 28.Qxb2 Qd8 29.Qb5 Kg7 30.h4 h5 31.Qc4 Qd6 32.d4 Ne4 33.a4 Nf6 34.d5 Rd8 35.Qc6 Ng4 36.Re1 Qb4 37.Re4 Qd2 38.Re2 Qd4 39.Rc2 Ne5 40.Qc3 Nxf3 41.Kxf3 Rxd5 42.Qxd4+ Rxd4 43.Rc6 Rb4 44.Kg2 Kf8 45.f3 Ke7 46.Kh3 f6 47.Kg2 g5 48.Kh3 gxh4 49.g4 hxg4+ 50.fxg4 Kf7 51.Rd6 Ke7 52.Rc6 Rxa4 53.Rxb6 Rb4 54.Ra6 a4 55.Ra5 Rb3+ 56.Kxh4 a3 57.Ra6 Rf3 58.g5 fxg5+ 59.Kxg5 Kd7 60.Kg4 Rb3 61.Kf4 Kc7 62.Ke4 Kb7 63.Ra4 Rh3 64.Kd5 Rh5+ 65.Kd6 Rh6+ 66.Kc5 Ra6 67.Rb4+ Kc7 68.Rb1 Rc6+ 69.Kd4 Rb6 70.Ra1 a2 71.Rxa2 Rc6 72.Ra3 Kd6 73.Rc3 Rxc3 74.Kxc3

31.Niemann, Hans Moke 3180 vs Firouzja, Alireza 3320 Titled Tuesday Grand Prix 2025/26 chess.com [11] 2025.9.30 B10 Caro-Kann Defence 1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d3 Bg4 4.h3 Bh5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Qe2 Bb4 7.a3 Ba5 8.g4 Bg6 9.Bd2 Nf6 10.e5 Nfd7 11.h4 h6 12.h5 Bh7 13.Bh3 c5 14.b4 cxb4 15.Nb5 Bc7 16.g5 Nc6 17.g6 Bg8 18.axb4 Ndxe5 19.Nxc7+ Qxc7 20.c3 Nxf3+ 21.Qxf3 f6 22.b5 Nd8 23.d4 e5 24.dxe5 fxe5 25.O-O e4 26.Rfe1 Be6 27.Bxe6 Nxe6 28.Qf5 Qd7 29.Be3 Rf8 30.Qe5 Rd8 31.Rxa7 Rf3 32.Rea1 Kf8 33.Ra8 Kg8 34.Rxd8+ Nxd8 35.Bf4 Qg4+ 36.Bg3 Qd7 37.Ra8 Rf8 38.Qd6 Qg4 39.Qxd5+ Ne6 40.Rxf8+ Kxf8 41.Qd6+ Ke8 42.Qb8+ Ke7 43.Qxb7+ Kf6 44.Qd5 Qf3 45.Qe5+ Ke7 46.b6 Kd7 47.Qd5+ Ke7 48.b7

32.Aronian, Levon 2776 vs Caruana, Fabiano 2726 Grand Chess Tour Finals chess.com [1-7] 2025.9.28 B30 Sicilian, Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (without ...d6) 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Nge2 O-O 6.Ng3 a5 7.Be2 e5 8.d5 Na6 9.h4 h5 10.Bg5 Qe8 11.Nf1 Nc5 12.Nd2 Bd7 13.f3 Nh7 14.Be3 f5 15.Nb3 b6 16.Nxc5 bxc5 17.a4 Nf6 18.Bd3 Rb8 19.b3 Rb4 20.Nb5 fxe4 21.Bxe4 Nxe4 22.fxe4 c6 23.dxc6 Bxc6 24.Qc2 Rf4 25.Nc3 Rg4 26.O-O-O Qb8 27.Kb2 Rxc4 28.Rd2 Bxe4 29.Qd1 Rxc3 30.Kxc3 d5 31.Rxd5 Bxd5 32.Qxd5+ Kh7 33.Qxc5 Rxg2 34.Rd1 e4+ 35.Rd4 Qg3

33.Tata Steel Kolkata, IND 2022.12.3 Round 7.5 D Gukesh 2725 vs Hikaru Nakamura 2768 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3 c5 9. O-O Bb7 10. Rc1 a6 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Qf3 Re8 13. Rfd1 Ra7 14. g4 c4 15. Bf5 Nf8 16. Bb1 Qa8 17. g5 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qh5 g6 20. Qh4 b5 21. Ng4 h5 22. Nh6+ Kh7 23. Nxf7 Bd5 24. Ne5 Nd7 25. f3 Nb6 26. Bg3 Qd8 27. Bf4 Qa8 28. Rf1 Bb4 29. Rf2 Kg7 30. Rcf1 Rf8 31. Bg3 exf3 32. Bxg6 Re7 33. e4 Bb7 34. Bf5 Rh8 35. Ng6 Rxe4 36. Bxe4 Bxe4 37. Nxh8 Nd7 38. g6 Qd5 39. Nf7 Qxd4 40. Qxh5 Bc5 41. Qh7+ Kf8 42. g7+ Qxg7 43. Qxg7+ Kxg7 44. Ng5 Bd5 45. Kh1 b4 46. Rd2 Ba8 47. Rxd7+ Kg6 48. Nxf3 c3 49. bxc3 bxc3 50. Rc7 Bb4 51. Be5 1-0

34.Titled Tuesday Grand Prix 2025/26 chess.com 2025.9.30 Round 8 Nakamura, Hikaru 3381 vs Niemann, Hans Moke 3158 Ruy Lopez: Closed C88 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 Na5 9. Bc2 d5 10. d3 dxe4 11. dxe4 Qxd1 12. Bxd1 Bd6 13. a4 Be6 14. Nbd2 h6 15. b4 Nc4 16. Bb3 Rfb8 17. Nxc4 bxc4 18. Ba2 c6 19. a5 Rc8 20. h3 Rab8 21. Nd2 c5 22. Nxc4 Bxc4 23. Bxc4 cxb4 24. Bxa6 Rxc3 25. Bf1 b3 26. a6 Bc5 27. Re2 Bd4 28. Bb2 Rc2 29. Bxd4 Rxe2 30. Bxe2 exd4 31. a7 Ra8 32. Rb1 Rxa7 33. Rxb3 Ra1+ 34. Kh2 Nxe4 35. Rb8+ Kh7 36. Bd3 f5 37. f3 Ra3 38. fxe4 Rxd3 39. exf5 Re3 40. Rd8 d3 41. g4 h5 42. g5 Re5 43. Rxd3 Rxf5 44. h4 Rf4 45. Kg3 Rg4+ 46. Kh3 Ra4 47. Rd6 Ra3+ 48. Kg2 Ra2+ 49. Kh3 Ra3+ 50. Kg2 Ra4 51. Kh3 Ra3+1/2-1/2

35.Titled Tuesday Grand Prix 2025/26 chess.com 2025.9.30 Round 11 Nepomniachtchi, Ian 3228 vs Nakamura, Hikaru 3384 English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Quiet Line A28 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. a3 O-O 8. b4 d6 9. Bb2 a5 10. b5 Nb8 11. d4 exd4 12. Qxd4 Nbd7 13. Bd3 b6 14. O-O Bb7 15. Nh4 Qe5 16. f4 Qxd4 17. exd4 Be4 18. Be2 Rfe8 19. Rfe1 Re7 20. Bf1 Rae8 21. Bc3 h6 22. Kf2 Ng4+ 23. Kg3 Ngf6 24. Kf2 Ng4+ 25. Kg1 Ngf6 26. f5 Nf8 27. h3 N8h7 28. Re3 Bb7 29. Rxe7 Rxe7 30. Re1 Rxe1 31. Bxe1 Be4 32. Kf2 Ng5 33. Ke3 Kf8 34. g4 Ke7 35. Bg3 Kd7 36. Bf4 Ke7 37. Kf2 Kd7 38. Kg3 Ke7 39. Ng2 Bb1 40. Ne3 Nge4+ 41. Kg2 Nd2 42. Be2 Be4+ 43. Kf2 Nb1 44. a4 Nc3 45. Bd1 Nxd1+ 46. Nxd1 Bc2 47. Nb2 Kd7 48. Ke3 h5 49. Kf3 Be4+ 50. Kg3 Bc2 51. g5 Ne4+ 52. Kf3 Nc3 53. g6 fxg6 54. fxg6 Nxa4 55. Nxa4 Bxa4 56. Bh6 Bb3 57. Bxg7 Bxc4 58. Ke4 Bxb5 59. d5 c6 60. Bd4 Bc4 61. dxc6+ Kxc6 62. Kf5 b5 63. Kg5 b4 64. Kxh5 a4 65. Be3 a3 66. Bc1 Kb5 67. Kg5 Ka4 68. h4 b3 69. h5 b2 *

36.September 30, 2025 chess.com Round 10 Nepomniachtchi, Ian 3238 vs Niemann, Hans Moke 3170 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation E28 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. f3 b6 8. e4 Ba6 9. Bg5 d6 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 e5 12. Ne2 Na5 13. O-O Bxc4 14. Bxc4 Nxc4 15. Qd3 b5 16. a4 c6 17. axb5 cxb5 18. Ra6 Qc8 19. Rfa1 Nd7 20. Be7 Re8 21. Bxd6 Re6 22. dxe5 Nc5 23. Bxc5 Rxa6 24. Rxa6 Qxa6 25. f4 Rc8 26. Bd4 Rd8 27. h3 Qc6 28. Ng3 a5 29. Nf5 Kh7 30. Qg3 Qg6 31. Qh4 Rd7 32. Qe1 a4 33. Qb1 Qc6 34. Nd6 Nxd6 35. exd6 Rxd6 36. e5+ Rg6 37. Qc2 a3 38. f5 Rg5 39. f6+ Rg6 40. fxg7 Qd5 41. e6 a2 42. g8=Q+ Kxg8 43. exf7+ Kxf7 44. Qf2+ Kg8 45. c4 bxc4 46. Kh2 Qd6+ 47. g3 Qd5 48. Qe3 Re6 49. Qf2 Qe4 50. Qg1 Qe2+ 51. Bf2 0-1

37.Caruana, Fabiano 2789 vs Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2738 Grand Chess Tour Finals chess.com [2-1] 2025.9.30 D35 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional Line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Bg4 8.Qc2 O-O 9.h3 Be6 10.Nf3 Ne8 11.Bg3 Bd6 12.Ne5 Nc6 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Bd3 Bxg3 15.fxg3 Qg5 16.Qf2 Nd6 17.O-O Rae8 18.Rac1 Bd7 19.Nd1 Re6 20.Qe1 Rfe8 21.Rf3 R6e7 22.Qf2 h5 23.b4 g6 24.Rf4 Re6 25.b5 cxb5 26.Rxc7 Qd8 27.Rxa7 R8e7 28.Rf6 Kg7 29.Rxe6 Bxe6 30.Rxe7 Qxe7 31.Qb2 Bf5 32.Bxb5 Nxb5 33.Qxb5 Bc2 34.Qe2 Bxd1 35.Qxd1 Qxe3+ 36.Kh2 f5 37.a4 f4 38.gxf4 Qxf4+ 39.Kh1 g5 40.a5 g4 41.a6 gxh3 42.gxh3 Qe4+ 43.Kh2 Qf4+ 44.Kg2 Qe4+ 45.Qf3 Qxd4 46.Qf2 Qa4 47.a7 h4 48.Qe3 Kf6 49.Qc3+ Kg6 50.Qc5 Qe4+ 51.Kf2 d4 52.Qc1 Kh7 53.Qc7+ Kh6 54.Qd6+ Kh7 55.Qc7+ Kh6 56.Qb6+ Kg7 57.Qa5 Qe3+ 58.Kf1 Qxh3+ 59.Ke1 Qe3+ 60.Kd1 Qf3+ 61.Kc1 Qa8 62.Qc7+ Kh6 63.Qb8 Qc6+ 64.Kb1 Qe4+ 65.Kb2 Qe2+ 66.Ka3 Qd3+ 67.Kb4 Qc3+ 68.Kb5 Qb3+ 69.Kc5 Qc2+ 70.Kd5 Qg2+ 71.Ke5 Qg5+ 72.Ke4 Qg2+ 73.Ke5 Qg5+ 74.Kd6 Qg6+ 75.Kc7 Qf7+ 76.Kc6 Qf3+ 77.Kb5 Qb3+ 78.Kc5 Qc2+ 79.Kxd4 Qd2+ 80.Ke4 Qc2+ 81.Kf3 Qd1+ 82.Kf4 Qd4+ 83.Kf5 Qd3+ 84.Ke6 Qg6+ 85.Ke7 Qg7+ 86.Ke8 Qg8+ 87.Ke7 Qg7+ 88.Ke8 Qg8+ 89.Ke7 Qg7+

38.Praggnanandhaa R 2691 vs Aronian, Levon 2747 Grand Chess Tour Finals chess.com [2-3] 2025.10.3 D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.d4 e6 4.Bf4 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 Bb7 6.e3 Be7 7.Bd3 Nh5 8.Be4 d5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bc2 Nxf4 11.exf4 Nc6 12.O-O Qd6 13.Re1 O-O 14.Nf1 Qxf4 15.Ne3 Bb4 16.Nxd5 Qd6 17.Nc3 Rae8 18.Ne4 Qh6 19.Re3 Bd6 20.Qe2 Nxd4 21.Qd1 Nxf3+ 22.Qxf3 Qxh2+ 23.Kf1 Ba6+ 24.Ke1 Qg1+ 25.Kd2 Bb4+

39.Caruana, Fabiano 2726 vs Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2761 Grand Chess Tour Finals chess.com [2-8] 2025.10.3 E10 Queen's Pawn Game 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bd2 Nb6 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.e4 Bc5 10.Bb5 O-O 11.O-O Bd7 12.Qe2 a6 13.Bxc6 Bxc6 14.Be3 Qe7 15.Ne5 Rac8 16.Rac1 Bd6 17.Nf3 Nd7 18.Nd4 Nf6 19.f3 Bd7 20.Rfd1 Rfd8 21.Qf2 Ne8 22.Nb3 Bc6 23.Bb6 Bc7 24.Bxc7 Qxc7 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Rd1 Rxd1+ 27.Nxd1 Ba4 28.Nc3 Bxb3 29.axb3 h5 30.g3 Nf6 31.Kg2 Qd6 32.Qe2 Nd7 33.f4 h4 34.e5 Qb6 35.Qd1 Nf8 36.Ne4 Qc6 37.Qd3 a5 38.Kh3 hxg3 39.hxg3 Qc1 40.Ng5 Qh1+ 41.Kg4 g6 42.Nh3 Kg7 43.Qd8 Nh7 44.Qd7 b5 45.Qd3 a4 46.bxa4 bxa4 47.Qd2 f5+ 48.Kh4 Qf3 49.Qd7+ Kf8 50.Qd8+ Kf7 51.Qd7+ Kf8 52.Qd8+ Kf7 53.Qd7+ Kf8 54.Qd8+

40.Nakamura, Hikaru 2838 vs Gukesh D 2628 Checkmate: USA vs India 2025 chess.com [1-3] 2025.10.5 A00 Polish (Sokolsky) Opening 1.b4 e6 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.a3 d5 4.e3 Bd6 5.c4 O-O 6.Nf3 c6 7.d4 Nbd7 8.Nbd2 a5 9.c5 Bc7 10.b5 cxb5 11.Bxb5 b6 12.c6 Nb8 13.a4 Na6 14.O-O Nb4 15.Ne5 Bd6 16.Rc1 Ne8 17.Nd3 Nc7 18.Nxb4 axb4 19.Bd3 Ba6 20.Bxa6 Rxa6 21.e4 Qa8 22.exd5 Nxd5 23.Ne4 Bf4 24.Rc4 Rc8 25.g3 Bb8 26.Qc2 Rxa4 27.Ng5 g6 28.Rc1 Bd6 29.Qe2 b5 30.R4c2 b3 31.Rd2 Rxc6 32.Rcd1 Rac4 33.Qf3 Qb7 34.Qxb3 Rb4 35.Qf3 Rbc4 36.Ne4 Be7 37.Nc5 Qc8 38.Nd3 Bd6 39.Nc5 b4 40.Ra1 Bxc5 41.dxc5 R6xc5 42.Rdd1 Rc2 43.Bd4 R5c4 44.Be5 h5 45.h4 Qd7 46.Kh2 Kh7 47.Rxd5 exd5 48.Qf6 Rxf2+ 49.Qxf2 Qe6 50.Bf4 b3 51.Rc1 Rxc1 52.Bxc1 Kg8 53.Bb2 Qe4 54.Qf6 Qc2+ 55.Kh3 Kf8 56.Qd8#

41.Theodorou, Nikolas 2652 vs Rodshtein, Maxim 2647 European Team Championships 2025 chess.com [2] 2025.10.6 D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 Nbd7 8.h3 Be7 9.g4 Bg6 10.Nh4 Qb6 11.Qb3 O-O 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.Be2 Qxb3 14.axb3 Rfe8 15.h4 Nf8 16.g5 Nh5 17.Bh2 f6 18.Rg1 Kf7 19.Kd2 Ne6 20.Bd3 f5 21.Be5 a6 22.Kc2 Rad8 23.Be2 c5 24.Bf3 cxd4 25.Nxd5 dxe3 26.fxe3 Bd6 27.Bxd6 Rxd6 28.Rad1 Nc5 29.b4 Ne4 30.Nc3 Rxd1 31.Rxd1 Nhg3 32.Rd7+ Re7 33.Rxe7+ Kxe7 34.Kd3 Nxc3 35.bxc3 b6 36.c4 Kd6 37.Bd5 Ke5 38.Bb7 a5 39.c5 axb4 40.cxb6 Kd6 41.Bd5 Nf1 42.Bg2 Nh2 43.Kc4 Ng4 44.Kxb4 Nxe3 45.Kb5 Ng4 46.Bc6 Ne5 47.Be8 f4 48.Ka6 Nd3 49.b7 Nc5+ 50.Ka7 Nxb7 51.Kxb7 f3 52.Bxg6 Ke5 53.h5

42.Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 2742 vs Nguyen, Thai Dai Van 2664 European Team Championships 2025 chess.com [2] 2025.10.6 D35 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange Variation 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Rb1 Be7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.Bc4 Qc7 10.Qe2 a6 11.O-O b5 12.Bd3 Nc6 13.d5 Ne5 14.Nxe5 Qxe5 15.f4 Qxc3 16.Bb2 Qa5 17.d6 Bxd6 18.e5 c4 19.Bxh7+ Kxh7 20.exd6 Qb6+ 21.Kh1 f6 22.Rbd1 Bd7 23.Rf3 Kg8 24.Rh3 e5 25.Rh4 Rae8 26.Qh5 Qf2 27.Qh7+ Kf7 28.Qh5+ g6 29.Qh7+ Ke6 30.Qxg6 Rg8 31.Qe4 Qxb2 32.f5+ Kf7 33.Rh7+ Kf8 34.Rxd7

43.Carlsen, Magnus 3272 vs Aditya Mittal 3077 Titled Tuesday Grand Prix 2025/26 chess.com [11] 2025.10.7 A07 Reti, King's Indian Attack 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Na3 Bg7 5.Nxc4 Nc6 6.d3 e5 7.Bd2 Nge7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O Be6 10.Rc1 h6 11.b4 a6 12.a4 b5 13.Na3 Rb8 14.axb5 axb5 15.Rc5 Qd7 16.Nxb5 Rb6 17.Qc1 Nd5 18.Bxh6 Ndxb4 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Nc3 f6 21.Ne4 Rf7 22.h4 Bf5 23.Kh2 Nd8 24.Nxf6 Rbxf6 25.Nxe5 Qd4 26.Nxf7 Nxf7 27.Rxc7 Qe5 28.Qc4 Na6 29.Rxf7+ Rxf7 30.Qxa6 Qxe2 31.Qa1+ Kh7 32.Re1 Qxf2 33.Re8 Kh6 34.Rh8+ Rh7 35.Qc1+ Kg7 36.Qc3+ Kh6 37.Qf6 Qc5 38.d4 Qa3 39.g4 Bxg4 40.Rg8

44.Theodorou, Nikolas 2652 vs Predke, Alexandr 2634 European Team Championships 2025 chess.com [4] 2025.10.8 C26 Vienna Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 c6 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O O-O 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 Nbd7 9.a3 a5 10.Ba2 Re8 11.d4 exd4 12.Nxd4 Ne5 13.f3 a4 14.Kh1 Ng6 15.Bf2 Nh5 16.Qd2 Qf6 17.Rad1 Nhf4 18.Be3 Qe5 19.Rfe1 Bd7 20.g3 Nh3 21.Qg2 d5 22.Re2 Qf6 23.Qf1 Ne5 24.exd5 Nxf3 25.Ne6 Bxe3 26.Ne4 Qxb2 27.c3 Nd2 28.Nf6+ Kh8 29.Qf5 g6 30.Qe5 Nf3 31.Qxe3

45.Samunenkov, Ihor 2568 vs Markus, Robert 2535 European Team Championships 2025 chess.com [5] 2025.10.9 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 Nbc6 8.Nf3 cxd4 9.Bxd4 Nf5 10.Bc3 d4 11.Bd2 Qd5 12.c4 dxc3 e.p. 13.Bxc3 O-O 14.Be2 Rd8 15.O-O Qe4 16.Nd2 Qh4 17.g3 Qe7 18.Bf3 Bd7 19.Re1 Rac8 20.Bg2 Be8 21.Qg4 Ncd4 22.Rac1 Bc6 23.Ne4 Bxe4 24.Qxe4 Nc6 25.b4 a6 26.a4 h5 27.Rcd1 Qc7 28.Rxd8+ Qxd8 29.Bf3 Nce7 30.Rd1 Qe8 31.Be1 g6 32.Qxb7 Qxa4 33.Be2 Rc6 34.Qd7 Qc2 35.Qe8+

46.Shirov, Alexei 2636 vs Giri, Anish 2759 European Team Championships 2025 chess.com [5] 2025.10.9 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.Nd5 Bxd5 10.exd5 Nbd7 11.Qd2 g6 12.O-O-O Bg7 13.h3 b5 14.Na5 Nb6 15.Nc6 Qc7 16.Bxb6 Qxb6 17.Kb1 a5 18.a3 O-O 19.g4 Rfe8 20.g5 Nd7 21.Bd3 e4 22.fxe4 Ne5 23.Nxe5 Bxe5 24.Rhf1 Reb8 25.Rf3 Qd8 26.Ka2 Qe8 27.Rb1 b4 28.Bf1 Ra7 29.Rb3 Rc7 30.c3 bxc3 31.Rxb8 Qxb8 32.bxc3 Qc8 33.Rc1 Bxc3 34.Qd3 Rc5 35.Qa6 Qc7 36.Rc2 Qb8 37.Qd3 Be5 38.Qd1 a4 39.Qb1 Rxc2+ 40.Qxc2 Qb6

47.Pechac, Jergus 2539 vs Keymer, Vincent 2755 European Team Championships 2025 chess.com [6] 2025.10.10 E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights Variation 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 d6 5.Qc2 O-O 6.Bd2 b6 7.e4 c5 8.a3 Bxc3 9.Bxc3 cxd4 10.Nxd4 e5 11.Ne2 Be6 12.Ng3 Qc7 13.Be2 Rc8 14.Rc1 Nbd7 15.b3 Nc5 16.O-O b5 17.b4 Na4 18.Bd2 Qb7 19.Bg5 Ne8 20.Nf5 f6 21.Bh4 Bxc4 22.Bxc4+ Rxc4 23.Qb3 Qf7 24.Rxc4 Qxc4 25.Qf3 Nb6 26.h3 Kh8 27.Rd1 Qe6 28.Rd3 Nc4 29.Kh2 a6 30.Rd5 Rc8 31.Rd3 Rc6 32.Rd1 g6 33.Ne3 Kg7 34.Nd5 g5 35.Bg3 Nc7 36.h4 h6 37.Qc3 Qd7 38.Qf3 Nxd5 39.Rxd5 Qe6 40.Rd3 Rc7 41.Qe2 Nb6 42.f3 d5 43.Qa2 Rd7 44.a4 Qc6 45.exd5 Nxd5 46.axb5 axb5 47.Qd2 Qc4 48.h5 Kf7 49.Ra3 e4 50.fxe4 Qxe4 51.Rd3 f5 52.Bb8 Qe6 53.Qa2 Nf6 54.Rxd7+ Nxd7 55.Qa7 Qd5 56.Kg1 f4 57.Be5 Qd1+ 58.Kf2 Qd2+ 59.Kf1 Qd3+ 60.Ke1 Qb1+ 61.Kf2 Qc2+ 62.Kf1 Qd1+ 63.Kf2 Ke7 64.Bd4 Qd2+ 65.Kf3 Qxb4 66.Bf6+ Ke6 67.Bg7 Qb3+ 68.Ke2 Qc2+ 69.Kf1 Qd1+ 70.Kf2 Qd2+ 71.Kf1 g4 72.Qa6+ Ke7 73.Qa1 g3 74.Bd4 Kf7 75.Ba7 b4 76.Qb1 Ke6 77.Kg1 Ne5 78.Qf1 Kf5 79.Kh1 f3 80.Qb1+ Nd3 81.Bf2 gxf2 82.g4+

48.Bluebaum, Matthias 2687 vs Livaic, Leon 2551 European Team Championships 2025 chess.com [7] 2025.10.12 D37 Queen's Gambit Declined, 4.Nf3 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.Nxb5 Nb6 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Nc3 Be7 10.Be3 O-O 11.a3 Bb7 12.Qc2 Na5 13.h4 f5 14.exf6 e.p. gxf6 15.Ne4 Qd7 16.Rd1 Rab8 17.Rh3 Kh8 18.Nc5 Bxc5 19.dxc5 Qa4 20.Qc3 Nd5 21.Rxd5 Bxd5 22.Bg5 e5 23.Nxe5 Rb3 24.Qd4 Rxh3 25.gxh3 Nc6 26.Qf4 f5 27.Nd7 Rf7 28.Bf6+ Rxf6 29.Nxf6 Qa5+ 30.Kf1 Qxc5 31.Qxc7 Bg8 32.Nxg8 Kxg8 33.Bf3 c3 34.bxc3 Qb5+ 35.c4

49.Caruana, Fabiano 2789 vs Oparin, Grigoriy 2661 US Championships 2025 chess.com [1] 2025.10.12 E36 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 5.a3 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c6 7.Nf3 b6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 Nbd7 10.e3 O-O 11.g4 Qe8 12.g5 hxg5 13.Nxg5 e5 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.Bb5 e4 16.Rg1 Bb7 17.Nh3 Nh7 18.Qe2 Qc8 19.Kd2 Nc5 20.dxc5 Qxh3 21.Qh5 g6 22.c6 Bc8 23.Rxg6+ fxg6 24.Qxg6+ Kh8 25.Rg1 Bg4 26.Rxg4 Rf7 27.Bg3

50.Woodward, Andy 2590 vs Aronian, Levon 2722 US Championships 2025 chess.com [1] 2025.10.12 D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 4.e3 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Nc3 e6 6.h3 Bh5 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.Ne5 Nfd7 9.Nd3 Bg6 10.Bd2 Be7 11.Rc1 Qxb3 12.axb3 Na6 13.Nf4 Nb4 14.Be2 a5 15.O-O O-O 16.Nxg6 hxg6 17.Ra1 Nc2 18.Rab1 Nb4 19.Rfc1 Rfd8 20.Ra1 dxc4 21.bxc4 Nc5 22.Bd1 e5 23.Ne2 exd4 24.exd4 Ne6 25.Bc3 Bg5 26.Rcb1 Bf6 27.d5 cxd5 28.Bxb4 axb4 29.Rxa8 Rxa8 30.cxd5 Nc5 31.Nc1 Kf8 32.Be2 Rd8 33.Bc4 b5 34.Ba2 Ra8 35.d6 Ra6 36.Nb3 Ne4 37.Rc1 Nxd6 38.Bb1 Nc4 39.Nc5 Ra1 40.Nb3 Ra7 41.Rd1 Bxb2 42.Rd5 Ke7 43.Kf1 Ra3 44.Bc2 Bc3 45.Bd1 Nd6 46.Nc5 Ra1 47.Ke2 f5 48.g4 Bf6 49.Bb3 Rb1 50.Rd1 Rb2+ 51.Rd2 Rxd2+ 52.Kxd2 Nc4+ 53.Kd1 Na5 54.Kc2 Kd6 55.Nd3 Nxb3 56.Kxb3 Kd5 57.Nf4+ Ke4 58.Nxg6 f4 59.h4 Bd4 60.h5 Bxf2 61.g5 f3 62.h6 gxh6 63.gxh6 Bd4

51. Robson, Ray 2664 vs So, Wesley 2756 US Championships 2025 chess.com [2] 2025.10.12 D37 Queen's Gambit Declined, 4.Nf3 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.Nxb5 Nb6 8.Be3 Nc6 9.a3 Qd7 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.Qc2 Be7 12.Rd1 Na5 13.Be2 f5 14.exf6 e.p. gxf6 15.O-O Rg8 16.Ne4 Qa4 17.Qxa4+ Nxa4 18.Nc5 Nxc5 19.dxc5 Rb8 20.g3 Bd5 21.Nd4 Rxb2 22.Bh5+ Rg6 23.Rb1 Rxb1 24.Rxb1 Nb3 25.Nxb3 cxb3 26.Bd1 Kd7 27.Bxb3 Bxb3 28.Rxb3 Kc6 29.Rb4 a5 30.Ra4 Kb5 31.Rh4 Rg7 32.a4+ Kc6 33.Bd2 Bxc5 34.Rf4 Rf7 35.Bxa5 Kd5 36.Rg4 Bd4 37.Rg8 c5 38.Bb6 e5 39.Rd8+ Ke4 40.Rc8 Kf3 41.Bxc5 Rb7 42.h3 Rb1+ 43.Kh2 Rc1 44.Bxd4 Rxc8 45.Bb6 Rc1 46.g4 Ra1 47.Bd8 Ra2

52.12th Norway Chess Stavanger, NOR 2024.6.1 Round 6.2  Alireza Firouzja 2737 vs R Praggnanandhaa 2747 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 d5 7. e3 b6 8. b3 Bb7 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Be2 dxc4 11. bxc4 c5 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rac1 Qc7 14. h3 Rfd8 15. Rfd1 Nf8 16. Ne5 Ng6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Qe1 cxd4 19. exd4 Qf4 20. Bf1 Rd7 21. a4 Ne4 22. Rd3 Nd6 23. Rg3 Nf5 24. Rg4 Qd6 25. a5 Rdc7 26. d5 Re7 27. Qc3 Ree8 28. Bd3 e5 29. axb6 axb6 30. Qa3 Ra8 31. Qxd6 Nxd6 32. Rg5 e4 33. Bf1 Rec8 34. Be5 Nf5 35. Bf4 Ra4 36. Rd1 Ba6 37. d6 Bxc4 38. d7 Rd8 39. Bc7 Rxd7 40. Rxd7 Ra1 41. Bxb6 Rxf1+ 42. Kh2 Rb1 43. Bc5 Be6 44. Rd8+ Kh7 45. Rg4 Rc1 46. Be3 Rc4 47. Re8 Bd7 48. Rexe4 Rc2 49. Bb6 f6 50. Rc4 Ra2 51. Rc7 Be6 52. Re4 Bd5 53. Rf4 Rb2 54. Bc5 Rc2 55. Bb6 Rb2 56. Bd4 Rb4 57. Be5 Rb5 58. Bxf6 Rb6 59. Bd4 Re6 60. Bxg7 1-0

53 FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship 2023.12.30 Round 19 Dubov, Daniil 2763 vs Yu, Yangyi 2762 Slav Defense: Exchange Variation D13 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nf6 8. e3 e6 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. Rfd1 h6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 f5 16. Qe2 Qf6 17. Bc3 Qf7 18. Bc4 Ne7 19. Bb4 Bc7 20. d5 Nxd5 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. Qxe5 Bc6 24. Re1 Re8 25. Rad1 Kh7 26. f3 a6 27. Bxd5 exd5 28. Qd4 Re7 29. Re5 Qf6 30. Rde1 Rf7 31. h4 Qg6 32. Re6 Qg3 33. Re7 f4 34. Qd3+ Kg8 35. Re8+ Rf8 36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. Qf5+ Kg8 38. Re7 d4 39. h5 Kh8 40. Qg6 Qxg6 41. hxg6 Kg8 42. Rc7 Kf8 43. Rf7+ Kg8 44. Rxf4 Be8 45. Rxd4 Bxg6 46. Rd7 Bf7 47. b3 b5 48. Ra7 1-0

54.Norway Chess 2025 chess.com 2025.6.2 Carlsen, Magnus 2883 vs Nakamura, Hikaru 2837 Slav Defense: Two Knights Attack D15 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 1-0

55.Titled Tuesday Grand Prix 2025/26 chess.com 2025.10.7 Round 5 Nepomniachtchi, Ian 3224 vs Zhigalko, Sergei 3080 Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack B30 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Re1 a6 7. Bf1 e5 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 d6 10. b4 Be7 11. bxc5 Qxc5 12. c3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 O-O 14. d4 Qc7 15. Ba3 f6 16. c4 Bd7 17. c5 Bb5 18. Rac1 Qd8 19. c6 Qa5 20. Qh3 Bxf1 21. Qe6+ Kh8 22. cxb7 Rab8 23. Qxe7 Qxa3 24. Qxf8+ Rxf8 25. Rc8 Rxc8 26. bxc8=R# 1-0

56.Titled Tuesday 2025 chess.com 2025.8.26 Round 9 Zhigalko, Sergei 2981 vs Bluebaum, Matthias 3075 Queen's Pawn Game: London System, With e6 D02 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Bd6 6. Bg3 Nge7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nbd2 cxd4 9. exd4 f6 10. Qc2 h6 11. O-O-O e5 12. dxe5 fxe5 13. Rhe1 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Qa4 Rc8 16. Bh4 Qc7 17. g4 Bg6 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Bxg6 Nxg6 20. Qb3 Nf4 21. Ne4 Rce8 22. Rxd5 Nxd5 23. Qxd5+ Kh8 24. Nxd6 Rd8 25. Rd1 Rxd6 26. Qxd6 Qxd6 27. Rxd6 Rxf3 28. Rd7 Rxh3 29. Rxb7 Rh4 30. Re7 Rxg4 31. Rxe5 g5 32. Kd2 h5 33. Ke3 h4 34. Kf3 Rg1 35. Re6 Kg7 36. Re7+ Kg6 37. Re6+ Kh5 38. Re8 h3 39. Rh8+ Kg6 40. c4 Kg7 41. Rh5 Kg6 42. Rh8 Kg7 43. Rh5 Kf6 44. Rh6+ Kf5 45. c5 g4+ 46. Ke2 Kg5 47. Rh8 Rc1 48. b4 a5 49. bxa5 Rxc5 50. Rg8+ Kh5 51. Rh8+ Kg6 52. Rg8+ Kf5 53. Rh8 Kf6 54. a6 Ra5 55. Ke3 Kg7 56. Rh4 Ra3+ 57. Kf4 Ra4+ 58. Kg3 Kf6 59. f3 Rxa6 60. Rxg4 Rxa2 61. Rh4 Ra1 62. Kxh3 Kg6 63. Kg2 Kg5 64. Rg4+ Kf5 65. Rb4 Ra2+ 66. Kg3 Ra5 67. Rh4 Kf6 68. Rh6+ Kg5 69. Rh4 Ra1 70. Rg4+ Kf5 71. Rb4 Kg5 72. Rb5+ Kf6 73. Kg4 Ra4+ 74. f4 Ra6 75. Rh5 Kf7 76. Rh7+ Kg6 77. Rh8 Ra5 78. Rg8+ Kf6 79. Rb8 Rc5 80. Rb6+ Kf7 81. f5 Rc1 82. Rb7+ Kf6 83. Rb6+ Kf7 84. Rb7+ Kf6 85. Rb6+ Ke7 86. Kg5 Rg1+ 87. Kh6 Kf7 88. Kh5 Rg2 89. Kh4 Rg1 90. Kh3 Rg5 91. Kh4 Rxf5 92. Kg4 Rd5 93. Rb4 Rc5 94. Re4 Kf6 95. Rf4+ Kg6 96. Kf3 Rc3+ 97. Kg4 Rc1 98. Re4 Rg1+ 99. Kf4 Rf1+ 100. Kg4 Rf6 101. Re5 Rd6 102. Rg5+ Kf6 103. Rf5+ Ke6 104. Rf1 Rd4+ 105. Rf4 Ke5 106. Rxd4 Kxd4 1/2-1/2

57.Kasparov vs Anand 2025.10.8 Round 3 Anand, Viswanathan 2732 vs Kasparov, Garry 2712 chess960 1. e4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. f4 dxe4 4. Bxe4 g6 5. Nc3 Bc6 6. Bf3 Ne7 7. Bf2 Nf5 8. Qe2 Nd4 9. Bxd4 Qxd4 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Bxc6 Nxc6 12. Nf3 Qb6 13. Ne5 Rad8 14. Qe4 f5 15. Qe2 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Rd4 17. Rf4 Rfd8 18. Rxd4 Qxd4 19. Re1 c6 20. Qe3 Bg7 21. Qxd4 Rxd4 22. d3 g5 23. a3 Kf7 24. Ne2 Rd7 25. d4 c5 26. c3 cxd4 27. cxd4 h5 28. Kc2 Bh6 29. Kd3 g4 30. a4 Bg5 31. a5 h4 32. b4 a6 33. Rb1 Bd8 34. Nc3 Kg6 35. Na4 Be7 36. Nc5 Bxc5 37. bxc5 f4 38. gxf4 Kf5 39. Ke3 Rg7 40. Rg1 Rg8 41. Rb1 Rg7 42. d5 exd5 43. Rb6 g3 44. Kf3 Rg6 45. Rxg6 Kxg6 46. hxg3 h3 47. g4 d4 48. f5+ Kg7 49. e6 h2 50. Kg2 d3 *

58.Kasparov vs Anand 2025.10.9 Round 7 Kasparov, Garry 2712 vs Anand, Viswanathan 2732 chess960 1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Bc7 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bb4 Ng6 7. e3 N8e7 8. N1d2 Nc6 9. Ba3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Rxd6 11. O-O O-O-O 12. h4 f6 13. Qh2 Nge7 14. Rfc1 Kb8 15. e4 Ka8 16. e5 R6d7 17. Nb3 Rc7 18. exf6 1-0

59.Kasparov vs Anand 2025.10.9 Round 11 Anand, Viswanathan 2732 vs Kasparov, Garry 2712 chess960 1. c4 b6 2. d4 e6 3. Ng3 Bb7 4. f3 f5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. e3 Ng6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 d6 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. f4 Na5 12. d5 exd5 13. Bxf5 Nxc4 14. Qb1 Rde8 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qxg6 Qd8 17. Nh5 Qe7 18. f5 Qf7 19. Qg5 Re5 20. Rd4 Qe7 21. Qg6 Qf7 22. Qg4 Bc8 23. Rdf4 c5 24. Qg5 Qe7 25. f6 Rxg5 26. fxe7 Rxf4 27. e8=Q+ 1-0

60.Grand Chess Tour: Sinquefield Cup 2025.8.19 Round 2 Gukesh D 2776 vs Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2771 Ruy Lopez: Open, Bernstein Variation C80 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2  Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bc2 d3 12. Bb1 Qd5 13. Re1 O-O-O 14. Ng5 Nxe5 15. a4 Bd6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Ba2 Nc4?! Inaccuracy. Qc6 was best. 17... Qc6 18. Bxe6+ 18. b4 Nd7 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Ra5 Qc6 21. Ndf3?! Inaccuracy. Nxe6 was best. 21. Nxe6 fxe6 21... Bd5 22. Nd4 Qb7 23. Be3 h6 24. Ngf3 Nb6 25. Nd2? Mistake. Qa1 was best. 25. Qa1 Kd7 25... h5?! Inaccuracy. Rhe8 was best. 26. Nb5 Bc6? Mistake. Kb8 was best. 26... Kb8 27. Bxb6 cxb6 28. Ra7 Qc6 29. Nd4 Bxh2+ 30. Kxh2 Qg6 31. N2f3 Kxa7 32. Qa4+ 27. Na7+?! Inaccuracy. Nxd6+ was best. 27... Kb8 28. Nxc6+ Qxc6 29. Nf3 Rhe8 30. Nd4 Qe4 31. b5 Kb7?! Inaccuracy. Kc8 was best. 31... Kc8 32. Nc6 Qd5 33. Bxb6 Rxe1+ 34. Qxe1 d2 35. Qd1 cxb6 36. Ra8+ Kc7 37. Ra7+ 32. Nc6 Qd5 33. Nxd8+ Rxd8 34. Qa1 Kb8 35. Qa2?! Inaccuracy. Ra7 35. Ra7 Bc5 36. Bf4 Bd6 35... Re8 36. Qd2 Re4?! Inaccuracy. Qe5 was best. 37. Raa1 h4?? Blunder. Bc5 was best. 37... Bc5 38. Bxc5 38. Bxb6 cxb6 39. Rxe4 Qxe4 40. Qa2?! Inaccuracy. Qe1 was best. 40. Qe1 Qxe1+ 41. Rxe1 f5 42. Kf1 Bxh2 43. Re6 Kb7 44. Rc6 Be5 45. Rxc4 f4 40... Kc8?! Inaccuracy. Bc7 was best. 40... Bc7 41. f3 41. Qa6+ Kd7 42. Qxb6 Qe5? Mistake. g5 was best. 43. Qc6+ Ke7 44. g3 d2?! Inaccuracy. Qxc3 was best. 44... Qxc3 45. Ra8 45. Qxc4 Qe1+ 46. Qf1 Qe5 47. Rd1 hxg3 48. hxg3 Bc5 49. Rxd2 Qxg3+ 50. Qg2 1-0

61.Caruana, Fabiano 2789 vs Woodward, Andy 2590 US Championships chess.com [2] 2025.10.12 A22 English Opening 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e3 Nc6 4.Qb3 Bc5 5.g3 d6 6.a3 O-O 7.Bg2 Bf5 8.Qxb7 Nd4 9.exd4 exd4 10.Qf3 Bg4 11.Qd3 dxc3 12.dxc3 Re8+ 13.Kf1 Nd7 14.Nf3 Ne5 15.Nxe5 Rxe5 16.Bf4 Re2 17.Qxe2 Bxe2+ 18.Kxe2 Rb8 19.b4 Bb6 20.Bc6 Qf6 21.Rac1 Rd8 22.Rhe1 Qf5 23.h4 h6 24.Be3 Bxe3 25.Kxe3 Qc8 26.Kf3 Qa6 27.b5 Qxa3 28.Bd5 Kf8 29.Kg2 g6 30.Rc2 Re8 31.Rxe8+ Kxe8 32.Re2+ Kf8 33.Re3 h5 34.Rf3 f5 35.Re3 a5 36.bxa6 e.p. Qxa6 37.Re6 Qa4 38.Rxg6 c6 39.Bf3 Ke7 40.Rg7+ Kd8 41.Rg5 f4 42.g4 hxg4 43.Rxg4 Qxc4 44.h5 Qxc3 45.h6 Qh8 46.Rh4 Qh7 47.Bxc6 Ke7 48.Bf3 Qg6+ 49.Kh2 Qc2 50.Rxf4 Qxf2+ 51.Kh3 Qd2 52.Kg4 Qxf4+ 53.Kxf4 Kf7 54.Kf5 Kg8 55.Kg6 Kh8 56.Bd5

62.Andreikin, Dmitry 3172 vs Carlsen, Magnus 3332 Titled Tuesday Grand Prix 2025/26 chess.com [10] 2025.10.14 C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Nd7 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.Nc4 f6 10.Nh4 Nc5 11.b3 Re8 12.Nf5 Bf8 13.Be3 Ne6 14.Kh1 c5 15.a4 Nd4 16.g4 Be6 17.Bd2 b5 18.Nce3 g6 19.Rg1 Kh8 20.Rg3 Qd7 21.Qf1 bxa4 22.bxa4 Rad8 23.Nh4 c4 24.Qh3 Kg8 25.Re1 Qxa4 26.Nef5 Qxc2 27.Bh6 cxd3 28.Bxf8 d2 29.Reg1 d1=Q 30.Nxg6 hxg6 31.Qh6 Qxe4+ 32.Rg2 Qxg1+ 33.Kxg1 Qe1#

63.So, Wesley 2756 vs Shankland, Sam 2654 US Championships chess.com [3] 2025.10.12 B12 Caro-Kann, Advance Variation 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h5 5.c4 e6 6.Nc3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 Nd7 8.Nge2 Be7 9.g3 Nh6 10.Bf4 Qb6 11.O-O O-O-O 12.a3 Kb8 13.b4 Ka8 14.b5 Ng4 15.a4 Qa5 16.bxc6 bxc6 17.Qc1 Rb8 18.Rd1 Rhd8 19.Ba2 Nb6 20.Bg5 f6 21.exf6 Nxf6 22.Nf4 e5 23.Ne6 Bxe6 24.Bxe6 Rxd4 25.Rxd4 exd4 26.Ne2 Qc5 27.a5 Nbd5 28.Nxd4 Nc3 29.Be3 Rd8 30.Qf1 Nfd5 31.Bxd5 Qxd5 32.Qa6 Bc5 33.Nxc6 Bxe3 34.Nxd8 Bxf2+ 35.Kxf2 Qf5+ 36.Kg1 Qc5+ 37.Kg2 Qd5+ 38.Kh2

64.Carlsen, Magnus 3317 vs Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo 3080 Speed Chess Championship chess.com [1-7] 2025.10.13 B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) Attack 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.c3 Nf6 5.Qe2 a6 6.Ba4 b5 7.Bc2 Bb7 8.d4 Qc7 9.O-O Rc8 10.d5 g6 11.a4 b4 12.a5 Bg7 13.Nbd2 O-O 14.Nc4 Ng4 15.h3 Nge5 16.Nfxe5 Nxe5 17.Nb6 Rb8 18.cxb4 cxb4 19.Ba4 e6 20.f4 exd5 21.exd5

65.Shankland, Sam 2654 vs Niemann, Hans Moke 2738 US Championships chess.com [4] 2025.10.12 E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3 d5 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.a3 Bd6 8.Qc2 Na6 9.Nf3 c5 10.O-O c4 11.Be2 Nc7 12.a4 Na6 13.b3 Nb4 14.Qb1 cxb3 15.Qxb3 Bf5 16.a5 Rc8 17.Bd2 a6 18.g3 Qe7 19.Rfc1 Rc7 20.Ne5 Rfc8 21.Qb2 Nc2 22.Rxc2 Bxc2 23.Ng4 Be4 24.Nxf6+ gxf6 25.Bg4 f5 26.Be2 h5 27.Bxh5 Kg7 28.Bd1 Rh8 29.h4 Rc6 30.Nxe4 fxe4 31.Rb1 Rxh4 32.gxh4 Qxh4 33.Kf1 Bg3 34.Be1 Rf6 35.Qc2 Qh1+ 36.Ke2 Qg2 37.Kd2 Bxf2 38.Be2 Bxe3+ 39.Kd1 Qg1 40.Qc8 Bg5 41.Rxb7 Bh4 42.Qg4+ Qxg4 43.Bxg4 Rf1 44.Be6 Rxe1+ 45.Kc2 Re2+ 46.Kd1 Rf2 47.Bxd5 e3 48.Bc4 Rd2+ 49.Kc1 e2 50.Rxf7+ Kg6 51.Bxe2 Rxe2 52.Ra7 Re6 53.d5 Rd6 54.Kc2 Bf2 55.Ra8 Kf7 56.Kb3 Ke7 57.Kc4 Kd7 58.Rf8 Bh4 59.Rf7+ Be7 60.Rh7 Rg6 61.Kd4 Kd6 62.Ke4 Bd8 63.Rh1 Rg4+ 64.Kf3 Rh4 65.Rg1 Kc5 66.d6 Rd4 67.Rc1+ Kb5

66.So, Wesley 3204 vs Keymer, Vincent 3153 Speed Chess Championship chess.com [1-11] 2025.10.13 C55 Two Knights Defence (Modern Bishop's Opening) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 h6 5.O-O d6 6.c3 g5 7.Nbd2 Bg7 8.Bb3 a5 9.Nc4 Be6 10.Ne3 d5 11.Qe2 O-O 12.h3 a4 13.Bc2 Re8 14.Nh2 d4 15.Nf5 Bxf5 16.exf5 a3 17.Re1 Qd7 18.Qf3 Rad8 19.Rb1 e4 20.dxe4 Ne5 21.Qd1 d3 22.Ba4 b5 23.f4 gxf4 24.Bxf4 bxa4 25.bxa3 d2 26.Re2 Nc4 27.e5 Qxf5 28.Rf2 Ne4

67.Niemann, Hans Moke 2738 vs Mishra, Abhimanyu 2652 US Championships chess.com [5] 2025.10.12 C50 Giuoco Piano 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 O-O 7.Nbd2 Bb6 8.Bb3 Ne7 9.Nc4 Ng6 10.Re1 Re8 11.Bc2 c6 12.Nxb6 axb6 13.d4 b5 14.h3 h6 15.a3 Bd7 16.Be3 Qc7 17.Nd2 d5 18.dxe5 Qxe5 19.Bd4 Qf4 20.g3 Qd6 21.Bxf6 Qxf6 22.f4 Nxf4 23.gxf4 Qxf4 24.Qe2 dxe4 25.Nxe4 Bxh3 26.Qf2 Qxf2+ 27.Kxf2 Rad8 28.Nd6 Rxe1 29.Rxe1 b6 30.Bf5 Kf8 31.Bxh3 Rxd6 32.Re4 g6 33.Rb4 Ke7 34.Bf1 f5 35.c4 Rd4 36.Rb3 Rf4+ 37.Ke1 Re4+ 38.Be2 bxc4 39.Rxb6 Kd6 40.Kd2 g5 41.Rb8 g4 42.Rh8 Re6 43.Bxc4 Rg6 44.Ke3 f4+ 45.Kf2 g3+ 46.Kg1 Ke5 47.Re8+ Kd4 48.Be2 c5 49.a4 c4 50.Rd8+ Ke3 51.Bxc4 f3 52.Rd3+ Ke4 53.a5 g2 54.Rd1 Ke3 55.Re1+ Kf4 56.Bd5 Rg5 57.Bxf3 Kxf3 58.Ra1 Ke4 59.b4 Kd5 60.b5 Kc5 61.b6 Kc6 62.Rc1+ Kb7 63.Rc7+ Ka8 64.a6 Rg8 65.Rh7 h5 66.Rxh5 Rb8 67.Rh6 Rg8 68.Rh7 Kb8 69.Rh2 Ka8 70.Rxg2 Rb8 71.Rg6 Rd8 72.Kf2 Re8 73.Kf3 Kb8 74.Kf4 Ka8 75.Kf5 Rb8 76.Ke5 Rf8 77.Kd5 Kb8 78.Kc6 Ka8 79.Rg5 Rh8 80.Kb5 Rd8 81.Rc5 Rh8 82.Rc8+ Rxc8 83.b7+ Kb8 84.Kb6 Rc7 85.a7#

68.Swiercz, Dariusz 2577 vs Caruana, Fabiano 2789 US Championships chess.com [5] 2025.10.12 B12 Caro-Kann, Advance Variation 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.c3 h6 7.O-O Nd7 8.Nbd2 Qc7 9.Re1 a6 10.Nf1 c5 11.Ng3 Bh7 12.Bd3 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Nc6 14.Bd2 Be7 15.h3 O-O-O 16.Rab1 Kb8 17.b4 c4 18.Qc2 b5 19.a4 Kb7 20.a5 Rdg8 21.Qd1 Qd8 22.Nh2 g6 23.Qf3 Rh7 24.Qe2 h5 25.f4 Bh4 26.Qf2 g5 27.fxg5 Bxg5 28.Bxg5 Qxg5 29.Ne2 Rhg7 30.Nf4 Ne7 31.h4 Qh6 32.Re3 Nf5 33.Rh3 Nf8 34.Re1 Ng6 35.Nxg6 Rxg6 36.Nf3 Rxg2+ 37.Qxg2 Rxg2+ 38.Kxg2 Qf4 39.Re2 Kc7 40.Re1 Kd7 41.Kf2 Qg4 42.Reh1 Ke7 43.Ng5 Qf4+ 44.Rf3 Qd2+ 45.Kf1 f6 46.exf6+ Kxf6 47.Rhh3 Ke7 48.Rf2 Ne3+ 49.Rxe3 Qxe3 50.Rf7+ Ke8 51.Rf3 Qc1+ 52.Ke2 e5 53.dxe5 d4 54.cxd4 c3 55.Ne4 c2 56.Nd6+ Kd7 57.d5 Qd1+ 58.Kf2 Qd2+ 59.Kg3 Qe1+ 60.Kg2 Qxe5

69.Caruana, Fabiano 2789 vs So, Wesley 2756 US Championships chess.com [6] 2025.10.12 A13 English, Neo-Catalan 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d4 5.O-O Nc6 6.d3 Bc5 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.Nb3 Be7 9.h3 a5 10.e3 e5 11.exd4 exd4 12.a4 Bb4 13.Bd2 Bf5 14.Qc2 Re8 15.Rae1 Qd6 16.g4 Bd7 17.c5 Qf8 18.Rxe8 Rxe8 19.Bf4 Rc8 20.Rc1 h5 21.g5 Nd5 22.Bg3 b6 23.g6 Nde7 24.gxf7+ Qxf7 25.Ng5 Qg6 26.h4 Kh8 27.cxb6 cxb6 28.Qc4 Qf6 29.Qb5 Qf5 30.Qa6 Rf8 31.Qb7 Be8 32.Bxc6 Bxc6 33.Rxc6 Qxd3 34.Re6 Nf5 35.Be5 Qxb3 36.Rh6+ Kg8 37.Rh7 Rf7 38.Nxf7 Kxh7 39.Ng5+ Kh6 40.Qxb6+ g6 41.Qf6 Qg8 42.Nf7+ Kh7 43.Ng5+ Kh6 44.Bxd4 Nxd4 45.Qxd4 Qg7 46.Qe4 Qxb2 47.Nf7+ Kh7 48.Ne5 Qc1+ 49.Kg2 Qh6 50.Nc6 Qf8 51.Ne5 Qg7 52.Nf3 Qd7 53.Ne5 Qg7 54.Qd5 Qf6 55.Nf3 Qf4 56.Qe6 Kg7 57.Qd7+ Kh6 58.Qc6 Qg4+ 59.Kf1 Qh3+ 60.Ke2 Qg4 61.Kf1 Qh3+ 62.Ke2 Qg4

70.Titled Tuesday Grand Prix 2025/26 chess.com 2025.10.14 Round 5 Le, Quang Liem 3103 vs Carlsen, Magnus 3326 Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz Variation D45 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O Rc8 9. Rd1 Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 h6 12. Rac1 Qc7 13. Qe2 c5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Ba6 Rfd8 16. h3 Nf8 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Na4 Ne6 19. Be5 Bxa6 20. Qxa6 Qd7 21. Nc3 Rc6 22. Qa4 Nc7 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Ne4 Na6 25. Rd2 Qc7 26. Nxf6+ Rxf6 27. e4 dxe4 28. Qxe4 Rxd2 29. Nxd2 Qd8 30. Nc4 Nb4 31. a3 Nc6 32. Ne3 Nd4 33. Rxc5 Nxb3 34. Rd5 Qc8 35. Nf5 Kh8 36. Qd3 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Nc5 38. Qg3 Ne6 39. Nd6 Kh7 40. Qd3+ Rg6 41. Ne4 Nf4 42. Qd2 Rxg2# 0-1

71.Titled Tuesday Grand Prix 2025/26 chess.com 2025.10.14 Round 9 Carlsen, Magnus 3343 vs Salem, A.R. Saleh 3214 Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations B50 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Be7 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. a5 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. Be3 c5 13. Na4 Bb7 14. Re1 Qc7 15. c3 Ne5 16. Bf1 Rad8 17. Qb1 f5 18. Bf4 Ng6 19. Bh2 fxe4 20. Rxe4 e5 21. Nb6 Kh8 22. Rg4 Nf4 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Bd3 h6 25. Be4 d5 26. Bf3 d4 27. Qd3 dxc3 28. Qxc3 Bf6 29. Qc2 Bd4 30. Re1 Bxf3 31. gxf3 Qc6 32. Kg2 Rde8 33. Rxe8 Qxe8 34. Nc4 Qe6 35. Rg6 Qd5 36. b3 Re8 37. Rxa6 Qg5+ 38. Kh2 Qh4 39. Nd6 Bxf2 40. Nf7+ Kg8 41. Nxh6+ Kh8 42. Nf7+ Kg8 43. Nh6+ Kh8 44. Nf5 Bg3+ 45. Kg2 Qg5 46. Kf1 Re1+ 47. Kg2 Bf2+ { Black wins. } 0-1

72.World Blitz Championship New York, USA 2024.12.30 Round 1.1 Michael Bezold 2531 vs Magnus Carlsen 2890 1. c4 e5 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. e3 f5 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 c6 9. Qc2 a5 10. Nc3 Na6 11. Rac1 Qe7 12. Rfe1 e4 13. Nd2 Nb4 14. Qb1 exd3 15. Bxd3 Ng4 16. Nf3 Ne5 17. Be2 g5 18. a3 Na6 19. Na4 Be6 20. c5 Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 Nxc5 22. Nxc5 dxc5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qc2 g4 25. Be2 b6 26. b4 axb4 27. axb4 Ra2 28. Qc3+ Qf6 29. bxc5 Qxc3 30. Rxc3 b5 31. Bf1 Rd8 32. e4 f4 33. e5 Rdd2 34. h3 h5 35. hxg4 hxg4 36. Re4 Rxf2 37. Rc1 Bd5 38. Rd4 Bxg2 39. Bd3 Bd5 40. Bf1 g3 41. Rxd5 cxd5 42. c6 Rac2 43. Rd1 Rxc6 0-1

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