CATUR
2.Sivanandan, Bodhana 2205 vs Muzychuk, Mariya
2485 European Club Cup chess.com [1] 2025.10.19 B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky
(Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) Attack 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.O-O a6
5.Bxd7+ Bxd7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Qxd4 Nf6 8.Bg5 e6 9.Nbd2 Bc6 10.Nc4 Be7 11.Bxf6 gxf6
12.Rad1 b5 13.Ne3 Rg8 14.Kh1 Qc7 15.Rfe1 O-O-O 16.c4 b4 17.a3 Qb7 18.Nd2 b3
19.Rc1 f5 20.Nd5 Bg5 21.Rc3 Bxd2 22.Qxd2 fxe4 23.Qe3 Bxd5 24.cxd5+ Kd7 25.Qf4
Ke8 26.Qxe4 Rg6 27.Qf3 Rb8 28.Rc6 e5 29.Rec1 Kd8 30.Qh3 h6 31.Qh4+ Kd7 32.Qc4
Qb5 33.Rc7+ Ke8 34.Qh4 f6 35.Qh5 Qd3 36.Rg7
3.So, Wesley 2756 vs Woodward, Andy 2590 US
Championships chess.com [7] 2025.10.12 D41 Queen's Gambit Declined,
Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 cxd4 6.Qxd4 exd5
7.Bg5 Be7 8.e3 Nc6 9.Bb5 a6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.Qa4 Bb7 12.O-O O-O 13.Nd4 Qd7
14.Qc2 c5 15.Nf5 Bd8 16.Na4 Ne4 17.Bxd8 Raxd8 18.Ng3 d4 19.Nxc5 Nxc5 20.Qxc5 d3
21.Rad1 d2 22.Qc3 Rfe8 23.f3 Qd3 24.Qxd3 Rxd3 25.Rf2 Rdxe3 26.Rfxd2 g6 27.Kf2
R3e5 28.Rd8 Rxd8 29.Rxd8+ Kg7 30.Ne2 Rb5 31.Rd2 g5 32.Nd4 Rd5 33.b4 Kf6 34.Ke3
Ke5 35.g3 Rd7 36.a4 h5 37.h4 gxh4 38.gxh4 Rc7 39.Rc2 Rxc2 40.Nxc2 Bc6 41.a5 Kd5
42.Nd4 Bd7 43.b5 Bxb5 44.Nf5 Bd7 45.Ng3 Kc5 46.Kf4 Ba4 47.Nxh5 Bc2 48.Nf6 Kb5
49.h5 Kxa5 50.Ne4
4.Tuan Minh Le vs Daniel naroditsky Online Game
11.4.2021. Old Indian, Tartakower (Wade) Variation A41 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3.
Bf4 Nd7 4. Nbd2 Ngf6 5. h3 Bh5 6. c3 c6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. e4 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e5 10.
Be3 Qc7 11. f4 Be7 12. Rg1 O-O 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Bh6 Ne8 15. Nf3 Kh8 16. Be3
Nd6 17. Qc2 f5 18. dxe5 Nxe4 19. O-O-O Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Bd4 Qf4+ 22. Kb1
Bf6 23. Be3 Qh4 24. Rd7 Rad8 25. Rxb7 Rb8 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. Ka1 Nxc3 28. bxc3
Qa4 29. Qc1 Qd1
5.Naroditsky, Daniel 2621 vs Ortiz Suarez, Isan
Reynaldo 2545 U.S. Masters Championship 2019 chess.com [7] D00 Queen's Pawn,
Chigorin Variation 1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bf4 e6 4.Nb5 Na6 5.e3 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.a3
Nh5 8.Be5 f6 9.Bg3 c5 10.c4 g6 11.Bd3 cxd4 12.exd4 Nb8 13.O-O Nc6 14.Re1 Nxg3
15.hxg3 Rf7 16.Nc3 Bf8 17.b4 Ne7 18.Qb3 Kg7 19.Re2 Bd7 20.Rae1 Rc8 21.c5 g5
22.Rxe6 Bxe6 23.Rxe6 a6 24.Bb1 Rc6 25.Rxe7 Qxe7 26.Nxd5 Qe6 27.Qd3 Kh8 28.Ne3
Rc8 29.d5 Qd7 30.d6 Bxd6 31.cxd6 Rc1+ 32.Kh2 Rxb1 33.Qxb1 Qxd6 34.Nf5 Qe6 35.Qd3
h5 36.N3d4 Qe5 37.Nh6 Rf8 38.Ndf5 Qe6 39.Qf3 Qe8 40.Qxb7 Qg6 41.Qe7
6.Gukesh D 2752 vs Movsesian, Sergei 2600
European Club Cup chess.com [3] 2025.10.21 A07 Reti, King's Indian Attack,
Keres Variation 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.h3 Bh5 5.O-O c6 6.d3 Ngf6 7.c4
Bxf3 8.exf3 g6 9.f4 Bg7 10.Nd2 Nc5 11.Nf3 dxc4 12.dxc4 Qxd1 13.Rxd1 Nfd7 14.Be3
Bxb2 15.Rab1 Bf6 16.Rxd7 Nxd7 17.Rxb7 Nb6 18.Ne5 O-O 19.Nxc6 Nxc4 20.Bc5 Kg7
21.Nxe7 Rfd8 22.Nd5 Nd6 23.Rb1 Rac8 24.Bxa7 Nf5 25.Bb6 Rd6 26.Nxf6 Kxf6 27.a4
Rc2 28.a5 Ra2 29.Bf1 Nd4 30.Kg2 Nc6 31.a6 Ne7 32.g4 Nc8 33.Bc5 Raxa6 34.Rb8
Rac6 35.Rxc8 Rxc8 36.Bxd6 Ke6 37.Be5 f6 38.Bd4 Rc1 39.Be3 Rc3 40.Bd4 Rc1 41.f5+
gxf5 42.gxf5+ Kf7 43.Be2 Kg7 44.h4 Rc2 45.Kf3 Ra2 46.Ke3 Ra8 47.h5 h6 48.Bf3
Ra5 49.Ke4 Ra8 50.Kd5 Rd8+ 51.Kc5 Rc8+ 52.Bc6 Rd8 53.Bd5 Rc8+ 54.Kd6 Rd8+
55.Ke6 Re8+ 56.Kd7 Re1 57.Be3 Rd1 58.Ke6 Rd3 59.Bc5 Rd1 60.f3 Re1+ 61.Be4 Ra1
62.Bd4 Ra6+ 63.Ke7
7.Keymer, Vincent 2755 vs Gelfand, Boris 2636
European Club Cup chess.com [4] 2025.10.22 B30 Sicilian,
Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (without ...d6) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O
Nge7 5.Re1 Nd4 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.c3 a6 8.Bf1 Nc6 9.b4 Be7 10.a4 O-O 11.Na3 d5
12.exd5 exd5 13.b5 axb5 14.axb5 Nb8 15.cxd4 Nd7 16.Bb2 Nf6 17.Nc2 Be6 18.Rxa8
Qxa8 19.Re3 Rc8 20.Ba3 Bd8 21.Rc3 Qa4 22.Bc5 Qa8 23.f3 Nd7 24.Bd6 Rxc3 25.dxc3
Qa2 26.Bd3 Nb6 27.Ne3 Na4 28.Qe1 Qb3 29.Bb4 Bg5 30.h4 Bf4 31.Bf5 h5 32.Bxe6
fxe6 33.Ng4 e5 34.Nxe5 Qc2 35.Nd7 Kh7 36.Nf8+ Kh6 37.Ne6
8.Warmerdam, Max 2582 vs Gukesh D 2752 European
Club Cup chess.com [4] 2025.10.22 D30 Queen's Gambit Declined, Catalan Opening
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 a5 6.Bg2 a4 7.O-O Nc6 8.Qc2 O-O
9.Rd1 Be7 10.e3 Nb4 11.Qc3 dxc4 12.a3 Nfd5 13.Qxc4 Nb6 14.Qc3 Nc6 15.Qc2 Na5
16.Rb1 Bd7 17.Ne5 Be8 18.Ne4 Nd5 19.Nc5 Bxc5 20.dxc5 Qc8 21.Bd2 f6 22.Bxa5 Rxa5
23.Nd3 Ne7 24.Qc4 Bf7 25.Qc3 Ra8 26.Nb4 c6 27.Rd6 Nf5 28.Rd3 e5 29.Rbd1 Be6
30.Nc2 Qc7 31.e4 Nh6 32.Ne3 Qa5 33.Qc1 Nf7 34.Nf5 Rfd8 35.Nd6 Nxd6 36.Rxd6 Kf7
37.Bf1 Rxd6 38.cxd6 Kf8 39.Kg2 Bb3 40.Rd3 Rd8 41.Be2 Be6 42.h3 c5 43.Bg4 Bf7
44.h4 Qb5 45.Qc3 b6 46.f4 exf4 47.e5 c4 48.Rd2 fxe5 49.gxf4 exf4 50.Qd4 h5
51.Bf3 Qf5 52.Qxb6 Qf6 53.Qf2 Kg8 54.d7 Be6 55.Bxh5 Rxd7 56.Rxd7 Bxd7 57.Kh2
Qf5 58.Be2 Qh3+ 59.Kg1 Bc6 60.Qh2 Qe3+ 61.Qf2 Qe4 62.Qh2 f3 63.Bf1 Qg4+ 64.Kf2
Qd4+
9.Shankland, Sam 2654 vs Caruana, Fabiano 2789
US Championships chess.com [9] 2025.10.22 B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 1.e4
c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bd3 Qc7 8.Qe2 b5 9.Nxc6
Qxc6 10.O-O-O Bb7 11.Kb1 Be7 12.a3 Qc7 13.Bd2 O-O 14.h4 d5 15.exd5 Nxd5 16.Nxd5
Bxd5 17.Bc3 f5 18.Rh3 Rad8 19.g4 Bf6 20.Bxf6 Rxf6 21.gxf5 exf5 22.Re3 Bf7
23.Re5 Qd6 24.Re1 Qd4 25.Bxf5 Qxh4 26.f3 Qf4 27.Qe4 Qxe4 28.Bxe4 g6 29.Kc1 Kg7
30.a4 bxa4 31.Ra5 Be8 32.Rc5 h5 33.c4 Kh6 34.Rg1 Bf7 35.Kc2 Rg8 36.Ra1 g5 37.Rxa4
g4 38.fxg4 Rxg4 39.Bb7 Bg6+ 40.Kd2 Rd4+ 41.Ke1 Re6+ 42.Kf2 Rd2+ 43.Kg3 Rd3+
44.Kf2 Rb6 45.b4 Rxb7 46.Rc6 Rf7+ 47.Ke2 Rg3 48.Raxa6 h4
10.Erigaisi Arjun 2773 vs Keymer, Vincent 2755
European Club Cup chess.com [5] 2025.10.23 E12 Queen's Indian, Petrosian System
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 Ne4 6.Nxe4 Bxe4 7.Ng5 Bg6 8.g3 h6
9.Bg2 hxg5 10.Bxa8 c6 11.O-O Be7 12.d5 Qc7 13.Be3 a6 14.Qd4 Qa7 15.Qxg7 Rf8
16.Bxc6 dxc6 17.dxe6 Qb7 18.Rfd1 c5 19.Rd5 Be4 20.exf7+ Rxf7 21.Qh8+ Rf8
22.Qh5+ Rf7 23.Re5 Nd7 24.Rxe7+ Kxe7 25.Bxg5+ Ke8 26.Rd1 Bh7 27.Qh6 Bf5 28.Rd5
Rh7 29.Qd6 Bh3 30.Qg6+ Rf7 31.Qg8+ Rf8 32.Qg7
11.Naroditsky, Daniel 2638 vs Abdusattorov,
Nodirbek 2740 FIDE Open World Rapid Championships New York, USA 27.12.2024 1.e4
c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Ne5 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Nxd7 Qxd7 8.c3 e6 9.O-O
Bd6 10.Nd2 O-O 11.Re1 Qc7 12.g3 Rfe8 13.Nf3 Ne4 14.Ng5 f5 15.Qh5 g6 16.Qh6 a6
17.Bf1 e5 18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.Bg5 Qf7 20.b3 exd4 21.Bc4 Re6 22.Bf4 Bf8 23.Qh3 Rae8
24.g4 d3 25.gxf5 Qxf5 26.Qxf5 gxf5 27.Rad1 Kf7 28.f3 Bc5+ 29.Be3 Bxe3+ 30.Rxe3
Kf6 31.Bxe6 Rxe6 32.Rde1 b5 33.Kg2 b4 34.c4 f4 35.Rxe4 Rxe4 36.fxe4 Ke5 37.Kf3
Nd4+ 38.Kf2 Nc2 39.Rd1 Kxe4 40.c5 Ne3 41.Rg1 Kd5 42.Ke1 f3 43.Kf2 Kd4 44.c6 Nd5
45.Rg4+ Kc3 46.Rc4+ Kb2 47.Rd4 Nc7 48.Rxd3 Kxa2 49.Rd7 Nb5 50.Rb7 Kxb3 1-0
12.Caruana, Fabiano 2789 vs Mishra, Abhimanyu
2652 US Championships chess.com [10] 2025.10.23 B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto)
Variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7
8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O b5 10.a4 b4 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.Qxd5 Ra7 13.Be3 Be6 14.Qd3 Ra8 15.f4
a5 16.Nd2 Nc6 17.Nc4 Nd4 18.Bxd4 exd4 19.Nd2 Rc8 20.Rf2 Bf6 21.Bf1 Qb6 22.Kg2
Rc7 23.Nb3 Bxb3 24.cxb3 Rfc8 25.Qd1 Qb7 26.Bd3 g6 27.h4 Kg7 28.Kh2 Rc5 29.Qf3
Kh8 30.Bc4 Re8 31.Re1 Re7 32.Rfe2 Qd7 33.Kg2 Kg7 34.Bd3 h5 35.Kh2 Qg4 36.Qf1
Kh7 37.Rf2 Qd7 38.Bb5 Qg4 39.Bc4 Kh8 40.Bd3 Kg8 41.Bc4 Kh8 42.Rfe2 Kg7 43.Qf2
Qd7 44.Rf1 Qg4 45.Ree1 Qd7 46.Qf3 Qg4 47.Qxg4 hxg4 48.Bd3 Rec7 49.Kg2 Kf8
50.Kf2 Bg7 51.Ke2 Bf6 52.Kd2 Re7 53.Re2 Bg7 54.Rfe1 Bf6 55.Bc4 Kg7 56.Kd3 Kh6
57.Rf1 Bg7 58.Rfe1 Bh8 59.Kd2 Bg7 60.Bd3 Rec7 61.Rf1 Kh7 62.Bc4 Re7 63.Kd3 Kh6
64.Ree1 Bf6 65.Rc1 Rec7 66.Rc2 Kg7 67.Rfc1 Kf8 68.Kd2 Ke7 69.Be2 d3 70.Rxc5
dxc5 71.Bxd3 Bxb2 72.Rh1 Bd4 73.Ke2 Rc8 74.e5 Rh8 75.Rd1 f6 76.Bxg6 fxe5
77.fxe5 Bxe5 78.h5 Kf6 79.Rf1+ Kg7 80.Rf5 Bxg3 81.Rxc5 Rf8 82.Rxa5 Rf2+ 83.Kd3
Rf3+ 84.Kc4 Rf4+ 85.Kd5 Bf2 86.Ra6 g3 87.Be4 Rh4 88.Rg6+ Kh7 89.Rg4+ Kh6
90.Rxh4 g2 91.Bxg2 Bxh4 92.Bf3 Bd8 93.Kc5
13.Aronian, Levon 2722 vs Caruana, Fabiano 2789
US Championships chess.com [11] 2025.10.24 C80 Ruy Lopez, Open, 6.d4 1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 Be7 7.Re1 b5 8.Rxe4 d5 9.Nxe5 Nxe5
10.Rxe5 bxa4 11.b3 O-O 12.Rxe7 Qxe7 13.Ba3 Qg5 14.Bxf8 Bh3 15.Qf1 Kxf8 16.Nc3
axb3 17.axb3 Re8 18.Kh1 Qd2 19.Nxd5 Bxg2+ 20.Qxg2 Re1+ 21.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 22.Qg1 Qe4+
23.Qg2 Qe1+ 24.Qg1 Qe4+ 25.Qg2 Qe1+
14.Gukesh D 2752 vs Erigaisi Arjun 2773
European Club Cup chess.com [6] 2025.10.24 D02 Queen's Pawn Game 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3
Nf6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 cxd4 5.O-O g6 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.c4 O-O 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nb3 Nb6 10.a4
Be6 11.Qxd8 Rxd8 12.a5 Bxb3 13.axb6 Nc6 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Rxa7 Rab8 16.Bf4 e5
17.Bg5 Re8 18.Be3 Bf8 19.Nd2 Bd5 20.Rc1 Red8 21.Bg5 Rd6 22.Be3 Rdd8 23.Nc4 c5
24.Nxe5 Rxb6 25.Nd7 Rxb2 26.Bg5 Ra8 27.Nf6+ Kh8 28.Nxd5 Rxa7 29.Bf6+ Bg7
30.Bxb2 Bxb2 31.Rxc5 h5 32.Kg2 Kg7 33.Rc2 Rb7 34.e4 Be5 35.f4 Rb2 36.Rxb2 Bxb2
37.e5 Bd4 38.Kf3 Kf8 39.Ke4 Bg1 40.Nc3 Kg7 41.Ne2 Bb6 42.h3 Ba5 43.f5 gxf5+
44.Kxf5 Bd8 45.Nf4 Kh6 46.Nd5 Kg7 47.Nf6 Kh6 48.h4 Ba5 49.Ne4 Bd8 50.Ng5 Bxg5
51.hxg5+ Kg7 52.g6 fxg6+ 53.Kg5
15.Gukesh D 2693 vs Carlsen, Magnus 2808 Clutch
Chess - Carlsen, Nakamura, Caruana & Gukesh chess.com [1] 2025.10.27 C41
Philidor, Improved Hanham Variation 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bc4
Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.a4 c6 8.Re1 h6 9.h3 Re8 10.Be3 exd4 11.Bxd4 Bf8 12.Nd2 Ne5
13.Bf1 Ng6 14.a5 Be6 15.g3 d5 16.Bg2 Bb4 17.a6 bxa6 18.exd5 Nxd5 19.Nxd5 Bxd5
20.Rxe8+ Qxe8 21.Bxd5 cxd5 22.c3 Bf8 23.Rxa6 Qb5 24.Ra2 a5 25.Qa4 Qd3 26.Nf1
Ra6 27.b4 Re6 28.Rd2 Qf5 29.bxa5 Qxh3 30.a6 Re1 31.Qb5 Bc5 32.Qd3 Bxd4 33.cxd4
Ra1 34.Rd1 Nf4
16.Gukesh D 2693 vs Caruana, Fabiano 2767
Clutch Chess - Carlsen, Nakamura, Caruana & Gukesh chess.com [6] 2025.10.27
A20 English Opening 1.d4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.c4 c6 7.Nc3
Bf5 8.Ne1 e5 9.d5 cxd5 10.cxd5 a5 11.e4 Bg4 12.f3 Bd7 13.Be3 Na6 14.Nd3 b6
15.b3 Nc5 16.Qe2 Bc8 17.Nb5 Ba6 18.Nxc5 bxc5 19.a4 Ne8 20.Bd2 Qb6 21.Rfc1 Nc7
22.Bf1 h5 23.h4 f5 24.exf5 gxf5 25.Bg5 Rae8 26.Ra2 f4 27.gxf4 exf4 28.Qc4 Kh8
29.Rg2 Rf5 30.Bd3 Rxd5 31.Kh1 Bb7 32.Rcg1 Nxb5 33.Bf6 Bxf6 34.Qxf4 Bg5 35.Rxg5
Qd8 36.Rg8+
17.Carlsen, Magnus 2808 vs Gukesh D 2693 Clutch
Chess - Carlsen, Nakamura, Caruana & Gukesh chess.com [7] 2025.10.28 A07
Reti, King's Indian Attack (Barcza System) 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.c4 e6
5.cxd5 Bxf3 6.Bxf3 cxd5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d4 Nf6 9.Nc3 Be7 10.e3 O-O 11.Bd2 Rc8
12.Qe2 Ne8 13.Rfc1 Nd6 14.Be1 Qd7 15.Qd1 f5 16.Be2 Ne4 17.Na4 Bd6 18.f3 Nf6
19.Nc5 Qe7 20.Nd3 Rc7 21.b4 Rfc8 22.b5 Nd8 23.Rxc7 Rxc7 24.a4 Nf7 25.a5 g5
26.a6 b6 27.Rc1 e5 28.Rxc7 Qxc7 29.dxe5 Nxe5 30.Nxe5 Bxe5 31.Bd3 f4 32.exf4
gxf4 33.Kg2 Kg7 34.Qe2 Bd4 35.Qe6 Qd7 36.Bf5 Qxe6 37.Bxe6 Be3 38.Bb4 d4 39.Bc4
Nd7 40.Bd6 fxg3 41.hxg3 Kf6 42.f4 h5 43.Kf3 Bd2 44.Bd5 Be1 45.Bc6 Ke6 46.Bc7
Ba5 47.f5+ Ke7 48.Ke4
18.Gukesh D 2693 vs Carlsen, Magnus 2808 Clutch
Chess Champions Showdown chess.com [13] 2025.10.28 C71 Ruy Lopez, Modern
Steinitz Defence, Duras (Keres) Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.Re1 d6 9.c3 Bb7 10.Nbd2 h6 11.Nf1 Re8 12.Ng3 Bf8
13.d4 Na5 14.Bc2 Nc4 15.b3 Nb6 16.a4 bxa4 17.bxa4 a5 18.Bd3 Qc8 19.d5 c6 20.Be3
Nbd7 21.c4 Ba6 22.h3 Rb8 23.Qe2 Nc5 24.Bxc5 dxc5 25.Qc2 Rb4 26.Bf1 g6 27.Red1
Qc7 28.Rd2 cxd5 29.cxd5 c4 30.Qc1 Rc8 31.Rc2 Bg7 32.h4 h5 33.Ra3 Ng4 34.Rac3
Qb6 35.Qd2 Bh6 36.Qe2 Bf4 37.Nh1 Rb3 38.g3 Bh6 39.Bh3 Qb4
19.Carlsen, Magnus 2808 vs Caruana, Fabiano
2767 Clutch Chess Champions Showdown chess.com [15] 2025.10.28 B36 Sicilian, Accelerated
Fianchetto, Maroczy Bind 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.e4 Nf6 6.Nc3
d6 7.Be2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7 9.Be3 O-O 10.Qd2 a5 11.O-O a4 12.Rfd1 Be6 13.Bd4 Qa5
14.Qe3 Nd7 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.exd5 Qb6 18.Qc3+ Nf6 19.Rd4 Rfc8 20.Rad1
Rc5 21.g4 Kg8 22.h4 Re8 23.g5 Nd7 24.Re4 Qc7 25.Qe3 b5 26.b4 axb3 e.p. 27.axb3
bxc4 28.b4 Rb5 29.Rxc4 Qb7 30.Rc7 Qxc7 31.Bxb5 Rb8 32.Rc1 Qd8 33.Bxd7 Qxd7
34.Qd4 Qf5 35.Rc7 e5 36.dxe6 e.p. Qxe6 37.Rc6 h6 38.Rxd6 Qe1+ 39.Kg2 hxg5
40.hxg5 Qe7 41.Rd5 Qb7 42.Kg1 Qc7 43.b5 Qc1+ 44.Kg2 Qc7 45.Rd7 Qb6 46.Qxb6 Rxb6
47.Rd5 f6 48.f4 fxg5 49.fxg5 Kf7 50.Kf3 Ke6 51.Ke4 Rb8 52.Rc5 Kd7 53.Kd5 Rf8
54.b6 Rf5+ 55.Kc4 Rf1 56.b7 Rc1+ 57.Kb5
20.Carlsen, Magnus 2839 vs Elsness, Frode 2418
Eliteserien 2025/26 [1.11] 2025.10.31 A30 English, Symmetrical Variation 1.c4
c5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.d4 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Be6 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Qa4 Nb6 9.Qh4
Bf5 10.Nc3 e5 11.Bg5 f6 12.Rd1 Qe7 13.Be3 g5 14.Nxg5 fxg5 15.Bxg5 Qb4 16.Be4
Bxe4 17.a3 Qa5 18.Qxe4 Be7 19.Bh6 Nd7 20.O-O O-O-O 21.Nd5 Kb8 22.Nxe7 Nxe7
23.Bg5 Rhe8 24.Qh4 Nc6 25.e3 Nf8 26.Bxd8 Nxd8 27.Qh5 Re7 28.Rd6 Qc7 29.Rfd1 Nf7
30.Rf6 a6 31.b4 Ng6 32.Qxh7 Ngh8 33.Qf5 Ka7 34.h4 e4 35.Re6 Ne5 36.Rxe7
21.Tran, Thanh Tu 2407 vs Salem, A.R. Saleh
2620 FIDE World Cup chess.com [1-1] 2025.11.01 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Adams Attack
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 Be7 8.g5 Nfd7 9.Bg2
Nc6 10.h4 O-O 11.b3 Re8 12.Bb2 Bf8 13.Qd2 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 b5 15.O-O-O Bb7 16.Kb1
Rc8 17.f4 Qb6 18.Qd2 Nc5 19.f5 b4 20.Na4 Nxa4 21.bxa4 Bc6 22.g6 fxg6 23.fxg6
Bxa4 24.Rc1 hxg6 25.h5 gxh5 26.Rxh5 Rc3 27.Qg5 Qe3 28.Qh4 Bxc2+ 29.Ka1 Bd3
30.Re1 Rec8 31.Rh8+ Kf7 32.Bxc3 Rxc3 33.Qh5+ Ke7 34.Qh4+ Kd7 35.Qh1 Rc1+
22.Abugenda, Nagi 1972 vs Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan
2651 FIDE World Cup chess.com [1-1] 2025.11.01 C01 French, Exchange Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Bd6 6.h3 Nge7 7.Qf3 O-O 8.Ne2 Ng6
9.h4 Re8 10.g3 Nce5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Qxd5 Be6 13.Qe4 f5 14.Qe3 Bd5 15.Kf1 Bxh1
16.Bxf5 Bc5 17.Qg5 Qd1
23.Wang, Shixu B 2402 vs Mendonca, Leon Luke
2620 FIDE World Cup chess.com [1-2] 2025.11.02 E12 Queen's Indian, Petrosian System
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.e3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7
9.Bb5+ c6 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O c5 12.e4 Qc7 13.h4 Rd8 14.Qe2 h6 15.Bb2 Nd7 16.Rad1
Rac8 17.Rfe1 Nf8 18.h5 Bf6 19.Bb1 Rd7 20.e5 Be7 21.Nd2 f5 22.exf6 e.p. Bxf6
23.Ne4 Bxe4 24.Qxe4 Rcd8 25.Ba2 cxd4 26.cxd4 Rd6 27.Rd3 Qd7 28.Red1 Qb5 29.Bc3
a5 30.d5 e5 31.a4 Qe8 32.Bb2 Qxh5 33.Ba3 Be7 34.Rc1 Nd7 35.Rh3 Qg5 36.Rc7 Qd2
37.Bb3 Bf8 38.Rf3 Nf6 39.Qxe5 Re8 40.Qf4 Qe1+ 41.Kh2 Re4 42.Rc1 Qe2 43.Bxd6
Rxf4 44.Bxf4 Bc5 45.d6+ Kh7 46.Rd1 Ng4+ 47.Kg3 Nxf2 48.d7 Ne4+ 49.Kh2 Be7
50.Re3 Qh5+ 51.Kg1 Qf5 52.d8=Q Bxd8 53.Bc2 g6 54.Rxe4 Qc5+ 55.Kh1 Bf6 56.Rd7+
Bg7 57.Be5
24.Aronian, Levon 2722 vs Aronyak Ghosh 2514
FIDE World Cup chess.com [2-1] 2025.11.04 C24 Bishop's Opening, Berlin Defence
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.exd5 cxd5 6.Bb3 Bb4+ 7.c3 Bd6 8.O-O O-O
9.Bg5 Be6 10.Nbd2 Nbd7 11.Re1 h6 12.Bh4 Qc7 13.c4 Bf5 14.cxd5 Bxd3 15.Rc1 Qb8
16.Nc4 Bxc4 17.Rxc4 e4 18.Nd2 Bxh2+ 19.Kh1 g5 20.g3 gxh4 21.Nxe4 hxg3 22.fxg3
Nxe4 23.Rcxe4 Nf6 24.d6 Bxg3 25.Rg4+ Nxg4 26.Qxg4+ Kh8 27.Qd4+ f6 28.Qd2 Rf7
29.Bxf7 Kg7 30.Qd3
25.Wei, Yi 2754 vs Piorun, Kacper 2557 FIDE
World Cup chess.com [2-1] 2025.11.04 C53 Giuoco Piano, LaBourdonnais Variation
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 d6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb6 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Be3 Nxe4
9.Nxe4 d5 10.Bb3 dxe4 11.Ng5 Be6 12.Nxe6 fxe6 13.O-O Bxd4 14.Qh5+ g6 15.Qg4 Qf6
16.Bxe6 Ne5 17.Qxe4 Bxe3 18.Bf7+ Kxf7 19.fxe3 Rhe8 20.Qxb7 Qxf1+ 21.Rxf1+ Kg8
22.Qxc7 a5 23.a4 Rad8 24.Qxa5 Nc4 25.Qc3 Nd2 26.Rd1
26.Carlsen, Magnus 3317 vs Svane, Rasmus 3083 Titled
Tuesday Grand Prix 2025/26 chess.com 2025.10.21 Round 8 Nimzo-Indian Defense:
Kmoch Variation E20 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxe4
7. fxe4 c5 8. d5 exd5 9. exd5 O-O 10. Be2 a6 11. Nf3 h6 12. O-O Bd6 13. Kh1 Bf5
14. Nh4 Bh7 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nbd7 17. Nf5 Be5 18. Bxh6 g6 19. Bxf8 Qxf8
20. Nh4 Qh6 21. Qh3 Kg7 22. Nf3 Qxh3 23. gxh3 Rh8 24. Rae1 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Rxh3
26. Re7 Kf8 27. Rxf7+ Kxf7 28. Ng5+ Ke7 29. Nxh3 Ne5 30. d6+ Ke6 1-0
27.Ivanchuk, Vasyl 2651 vs Naroditsky, Daniel 2711
FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship 2024.12.30 Round 11 Modern Defense:
Averbakh Variation, Pseudo-Sämisch A42 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5.
Be3 O-O 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bd3 Nfd7 8. Nge2 c5 9. d5 Ne5?! (Inaccuracy. b5 was
best.) 10. a4 Nbd7 11. b3 Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 f5 13. Rd1? (Mistake. O-O was
best.) 13... b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. axb5 Ne5 16. Qc2 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Qa5+ 18.
N2c3 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Rxf3 20. Kd2?? (Blunder. Ke2 was best. 20. Ke2 Rf8 21.
Rhf1 Bg4+ 22. Kd3 Rxf1 23. Rxf1 Qb4 24. Nd2 Bxc3 25. Rf4 Bf5+) 20... Bd4?? (Blunder.
Qb4 was best. 20... Qb4 21. Ra1 Bxc3+ 22. Qxc3 Qxe4 23. Rxa8 Qxd5+ 24. Kc1 Qxa8
25. Qc4+ Kg7 26. Qc3+) 21. Ra1 Bxe3+ 22. Ke2 Bg4 23. Rxa5 Rxa5 24. Kd3 Bd4+
25. Kc4 Bf5 26. Qd2 Bxc3? (Mistake. Be5 was best. 26... Be5 27. Re1 Ra3 28.
Re3 Rf4 29. Qc1 Ra8 30. Qh1 Bd4 31. Re1) 27. Nxc3 e5?! (Inaccuracy. Ra8
was best. 27... Ra8 28. Re1 Re8 29. Ne4 Rb8 30. Qg2 Rh3 31. Qg5 Re8 32. Re3
Rxh2 33. Qf4) 28. Re1?! (Inaccuracy. Ne4 was best. 28. Ne4 Bxe4 29. Qxa5
Bd3+ 30. Kc3 Be4+ 31. Kb2 Rf2+ 32. Ka1 Bxd5 33. Re1 e4) 28... Rf4+ 29. Qxf4
exf4 30. Ne4 Bxe4?! (Inaccuracy. f3 was best. 30... f3 31. Nxd6) 31.
Rxe4 g5 32. b6 Ra8 33. Kb5 f3 34. Re1 g4 35. Kc6 h5 36. Kxd6 Rf8 37. b7 h4 38.
Rg1?? (Blunder. Rf1 was best. 38. Rf1 Kg7 39. Kc6 Kg8 40. Kxc5 Kg7 41. d6
Kh6 42. Kc6 Kg5 43. d7 f2) 38... f2?? (Blunder. g3 was best. 38... g3
39. hxg3 f2 40. Rf1 hxg3 41. Kc6 Rb8 42. Kc7 Rxb7+ 43. Kxb7 g2 44. Rxf2)
39. Rxg4+ Kh7 40. Rxh4+?? (Blunder. b8=Q was best. 40. b8=Q f1=Q 41. Qc7+
Rf7 42. Rxh4+ Kg7 43. Rg4+ Kh6 44. Qc8 Rf6+ 45. Kc7 Rf7+) 40... Kg6 41.
Rg4+?? (Blunder. Rf4 was best. Black wins. 41. Rf4 Rxf4) 0-1
28.Erigaisi Arjun 2773 vs Keymer, Vincent 2755 European
Club Cup 2025.10.23 Round 5 Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian
Variation, Andersson Variation E12 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5.
Nc3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxe4 7. Ng5 Bg6 8. g3 h6 9. Bg2 hxg5?! (Inaccuracy. c6 was
best. 9... c6) 10. Bxa8 c6 11. O-O Be7 12. d5 Qc7 13. Be3 a6?? (Blunder.
O-O was best. 13... O-O 14. Qa4) 14. Qd4 Qa7 15. Qxg7 Rf8 16. Bxc6 dxc6 17.
dxe6 Qb7 18. Rfd1 c5 19. Rd5 Be4 20. exf7+ Rxf7 21. Qh8+ Rf8 22. Qh5+ Rf7 23.
Re5 Nd7 24. Rxe7+ Kxe7 25. Bxg5+ Ke8 26. Rd1 Bh7?! (Inaccuracy. Qc6 was
best. 26... Qc6 27. Rxd7 Qxd7 28. Qh8+ Rf8 29. Qe5+ Kf7 30. Qxe4 Qe6 31. Qh7+
Ke8 32. Kf1) 27. Qh6 Bf5 28. Rd5 Rh7 29. Qd6 Bh3?! (Inaccuracy. Rg7 was
best. 29... Rg7 30. Rxf5 Qe4 31. Qd3 Qxd3 32. exd3 b5 33. h4 Nb6 34. cxb5 axb5
35. Rxc5) 30. Qg6+ Rf7 31. Qg8+ Rf8 32. Qg7 1-0
29.Caruana, Fabiano 2767 vs Nakamura, Hikaru 2737
Clutch Chess - Carlsen, Nakamura, Caruana & Gukesh chess.com 2025.10.27 Round
1 Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Dragon B27 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bc4 Bg7
4. O-O e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 a6 7. c3 Ne7 8. Bg5 b5 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Nd2 f6 11.
Be3 d5 12. f4 Nbc6 13. Nxc6 Nxc6 14. exd5 exd5 15. Nb3 Re8 16. Qd2 f5 17. Nd4
Qd6 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Bd4 Bxd4+ 20. cxd4 Bd7 21. Rac1 Qf6 22. Be2 Rac8 23. Bf3
Qd6 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Re1 b4 26. h4 h5 27. Rc1 a5 28. Rxc8+ Bxc8 29. Qc1 Ba6
30. Qc5 Qxc5 31. dxc5 d4 32. Kf2 Kf7 33. Bd5+ Ke7 34. a3 Bd3 35. axb4 axb4 36.
c6 Be4 37. c7 Kd7 38. Bf7 Kxc7 39. Bxg6 Kd6 40. Bxh5 Ke6 41. Bf3 Bd3 42. Ke1
Kf6 43. Kd2 Ba6 44. g3 Bb5 45. Bd1 Ba6 46. Bc2 Bb5 47. Bd3 Bc6 48. Bc2 Bb5 49.
h5 Bc6 50. h6 Be4 51. g4 Kg6 52. gxf5+ 1-0
30.Nakamura, Hikaru 2737 vs Gukesh D 2693 Clutch
Chess - Carlsen, Nakamura, Caruana & Gukesh 2025.10.27 Round 3 Nimzo-Indian
Defense: Normal Variation E46 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 d5
6. Nf3 c5 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Rc1 e5 12. cxd5
Nxd5 13. Bb5 Bg4 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qa4 e4 16. Nd2 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Rb8 18. Qc2 Qd5
19. h3 Bc8 20. O-O Ba6 21. Re1 Bd3 22. Qc1 Re6 23. Nf1 h6 24. b4 Rb5 25. Ng3 a5
26. bxa5 c5 27. Qd2 c4 28. Ne2 Ra6 29. Nf4 Qe5 30. Rec1 Rbxa5 31. Qa2 Ra7 32.
Ne2 Kh7 33. Nd4 Qc5 34. Ra1 Qb6 35. Qd2 Rb7 36. Rac1 Qa6 37. Ra1 Ra4 38. Qd1
Rb2 39. Qg4 Qf6 40. Qg3 Rb3 41. Rcc1 Rbxa3 42. Rxa3 Rxa3 43. h4 c3 44. Kh2 c2
45. h5 Ra5 46. Qg4 Qxf2
31.Nakamura, Hikaru 2737 vs Caruana, Fabiano 2767
Clutch Chess - Carlsen, Nakamura, Caruana & Gukesh chess.com 2025.10.28 Round
7 Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian B30 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 e6 4. O-O a6 5.
Re1 Nf6 6. d3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 b5 10. Bb3 Be7 11. a4 b4 12.
Nbd2 Na5 13. Ba2 O-O 14. Bg3 Kh8 15. d4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 e5 17. N2b3 exd4 18. Nxa5
Qxa5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Rxe7 Bf5 21. a5 Rac8 22. Qd2 Bxc2 23. Qxb4 d3 24. Qd2
Bb3 25. Rc7 Rxc7 26. Bxc7 Re8 27. Kf1 Re2 28. Qb4 Bc4 0-1
32.Nakamura, Hikaru 2737 vs Carlsen, Magnus 2808
Clutch Chess - Carlsen, Nakamura, Caruana & Gukesh 2025.10.28 Round 11 Pirc
Defense B00 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nge2 c6 5. a4 Be7 6. g3 a5 7. Bg2
Na6 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 h5 10. f4 Nb4 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Nb1 exd4 13. Nxd4 Re8 14. c3
Na6 15. Nd2 Bf8 16. Bf2 Nc5 17. Qc2 Bd7 18. b4 axb4 19. cxb4 Na6 20. Rab1 Rac8
21. N4f3 c5 22. bxc5 Nxc5 23. e5 Bxa4 24. Qa2 dxe5 25. Nxe5 Bc6 26. Nxc6 bxc6
27. Qc4 Nb7 28. Rfc1 Nd6 29. Qa4 Re2 30. Bb6 Qd7 31. Nf1 c5 32. Qxd7 Nxd7 33.
Ba5 c4 34. Bb4 Nc5 35. Bf3 Ree8 36. Bc3 Nd3 37. Rc2 h4 38. gxh4 Nxf4 39. h5
Nxh3+ 40. Kh1 Ne4 41. Be1 Nhg5 42. Bg4 Rc5 43. Ne3 Nf6 44. Bf2 Nge4 45. Bg1
Nxg4 46. Nxg4 Rxh5+ 47. Nh2 c3 48. Rd1 Ng3+ 49. Kg2 Re2+ 50. Rxe2 Nxe2 51. Be3
c2 52. Ra1 Bd6 53. Nf3 Bf4 54. Ra8+ Kh7 55. Rc8 Bxe3
33.Gukesh D 2693 vs Carlsen, Magnus 2808 Clutch
Chess Champions Showdown 2025.10.28 Round 13 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Pilnik
Variation C90 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7.
Bb3 O-O 8. Re1 d6 9. c3 Bb7 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Ng3 Bf8 13. d4 Na5 14.
Bc2 Nc4 15. b3 Nb6 16. a4 bxa4 17. bxa4 a5 18. Bd3 Qc8 19. d5 c6 20. Be3 Nbd7
21. c4 Ba6 22. h3 Rb8 23. Qe2 Nc5 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. Qc2 Rb4 26. Bf1 g6 27. Red1
Qc7 28. Rd2 cxd5 29. cxd5 c4 30. Qc1 Rc8 31. Rc2 Bg7 32. h4 h5 33. Ra3 Ng4 34.
Rac3 Qb6 35. Qd2 Bh6 36. Qe2 Bf4 37. Nh1 Rb3 38. g3 Bh6 39. Bh3 Qb4 0-1
34.Gukesh D 2693 vs Nakamura, Hikaru 2737 Clutch
Chess Champions Showdown 2025.10.28 Round 16 Sicilian Defense: Accelerated
Dragon, Maróczy Bind B38 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 Nc6 6.
Be3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Qd8 8. Qd2 Nf6 9. Nc3 Ng4 10. Bf4 d6 11. h3 Nf6 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13.
Qxh6 a5 14. Qe3 a4 15. Nd2 Qa5 16. Be2 Qc5 17. Qxc5 dxc5 18. f4 Nd4 19. Kf2 Bd7
20. e5 Nh5 21. Bxh5 gxh5 22. Nde4 b6 23. Nd5 Rb8 24. b3 Bf5 25. Ng3 e6 26. Nxf5
Nxf5 27. Nf6+ Ke7 28. Nxh5 Nd4 29. Nf6 Ra8 30. Rhd1 Rhd8 31. Nxh7 Nc2 32. Rab1
a3 33. Nf6 Nb4 34. h4 Rxd1 35. Rxd1 Nxa2 36. h5 Nc3 37. Rd7+ Kf8 38. h6 a2 39.
Nh7+ Kg8 40. Nf6+ Kh8 41. Rxf7 Ne4+ 42. Nxe4 a1=Q 43. Ng5 Ra2+ 44. Kg3 Qe1+ 45.
Kg4 Rxg2+ 46. Kh5 Qe2+ 47. Kg6 Qe4+ 48. f5 Rxg5+ 49. Kxg5 Qxe5 50. Rf8+ Kh7 51.
Rf7+ Kg8 52. Kg6 Qg3+ 53. Kf6 Qh4+ 54. Kxe6 Qe4+ *
35.Carlsen, Magnus 2808 vs Gukesh D 2693 Clutch
Chess Champions Showdown 2025.10.28 Round 14 Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern
Steinitz Defense C71 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c4 Bg4 6. Nc3
Nf6 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nd7 9. Ne2 g6 10. h4 h5 11. d3 Nc5 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. d4
exd4 14. Nxd4 Bg7 15. Nxc6 Qd7 16. e5 Qg4 17. Qd5 O-O 18. O-O Qxh4 19. exd6
cxd6 20. Bg5 Qe4 21. Be7 Rfc8 22. Rae1 Qxd5 23. cxd5 Nd3 24. Re4 f5 25. Re6 Nf4
26. Rxd6 Nxd5 27. Bg5 Rc7 28. Nd8 Ne7 29. Re1 Bf8 30. Ne6 Rc6 31. Rd7 Nc8 32.
Nxf8 Nb6 33. Ree7 1-0
36.Magnus Carlsen 2887 vs Subramaniyam H
Bharath 2435 World Blitz Samarkand, UZB 2023.12.29 Round 9.1 1. b3 d5 2. Nf3
Nf6 3. Bb2 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Ne5 Rc8 9. d3 e6
10. Nd2 Be7 11. f4 O-O 12. Rf3 d4 13. Nxc6 Rxc6 14. e4 b5 15. a4 e5 16. Bc1 Nd7
17. Nf1 c4 18. axb5 axb5 19. bxc4 bxc4 20. Ng3 g6 21. Ne2 Qc7 22. f5 cxd3 23.
cxd3 Rc8 24. Bd2 Rc2 25. Rf1 Qc6 26. Ng3 Qb5 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Qf3 Qb3 29. Bh6
Qe6 30. h3 R2c3 31. Ne2 Rc2 32. Kh1 Nc5 33. Ra7 Ra2 34. Rxa2 Qxa2 35. Bd2 Qb3 36.
Bb4 Rf8 37. Bxc5 Bxc5 38. Ng1 Qe6 39. Qg3 Rc8 40. Nf3 f6 41. Qxg6+ Kf8 42. Ng5
1-0
37.Carlsen, Magnus 2808 vs Caruana, Fabiano 2776
Norway Chess 2025.6.5 Round 17 Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Classical Line
E05 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8.
Rd1 b5 9. Ne5 Nd5 10. b3 cxb3 11. axb3 Bb7 12. Ba3 Bd6 13. Nd3 Nd7 14. e4 Bxa3
15. Rxa3 N5f6 16. Nd2 a5 17. Rda1 c5 18. dxc5 Qc7 19. b4 axb4 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21.
Rc1 Rc8 22. Qb2 h6 23. Qxb4 Bc6 24. Qb2 Ra8 25. Nb4 Ne5 26. f4 Nc4 27. Nxc4
bxc4 28. Nxc6 Qxc6 29. Rxc4 Rc8 30. e5 Nd5 31. f5 Qa6 32. Rc1 Qa7 33. fxe6 fxe6
34. Bxd5 exd5 35. Qd4 Qd7 36. Kg2 Qc6 37. h4 Kh8 38. Rc2 Kg8 39. h5 Kh8 40. Kh3
Kg8 41. Kh2 Qe6 42. Rd2 Rd8 43. Kg2 Qc6 44. Rd1 Qa6 45. Re1 Qe6 46. Rb1 Qf5 47.
Rb2 Qxh5?? (Blunder. Qc8 was best. 47... Qc8) 48. c6 Kh7?! (Inaccuracy.
Qf7 was best. 48... Qf7 49. Rb7 Qf5 50. e6 Qc2+ 51. Qf2 Qe4+ 52. Qf3 Qxe6 53.
c7 Rc8 54. Rb8) 49. e6 Qg6?! (Inaccuracy. Rc8 was best. 49... Rc8 50.
Qd3+) 50. Re2 Ra8 51. Qxd5 Ra3 52. Qe4 1-0
38.Brkic, Ante 2578 vs Oro, Faustino 2509 FIDE
World Cup 2025.11.3 Round 1-3 Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation B13 1. e4
c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Ne5 Nxe5
9. dxe5 a6 10. c4 d4 11. g4 Bg6 12. Bg2 Rb8 13. Nd2 e6 14. Ne4 f5 15. exf6 Nxf6
16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. O-O Bc5 18. Re1 Kf7 19. Bf4 Rbd8 20. Qf3 Rhf8 21. Rad1 Kg7
22. h4 e5 23. Bd2 h6 24. h5 Bc2 25. Rc1 Bh7 26. b4 Be7 27. c5 Rb8 28. Qg3 Rg8
29. f4 Kh8 30. g5 fxg5 31. fxe5 Qe6 32. c6 bxc6 33. Rxc6 Qxa2 34. Bc1 d3 35. e6
Rbf8 36. Rc7 Rg7 37. Rxe7 Rxe7 38. Qe5+ Rg7 39. Bb2 Rg8 40. e7 d2 41. Qxg7+
Rxg7 42. e8=Q+ Bg8 43. Bxg7+ Kxg7 44. Qg6+ 1-0
39.Faustino 2509 vs Brkic, Ante 2578 FIDE World Cup
2025.11.3 Round 1-4 Oro, Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System D04 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3
d5 3. e3 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. b4 a5 6. c3 axb4 7. cxb4 b6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+
Nbxd7 10. a4 bxc5 11. b5 Bd6 12. Bb2 g5 13. e4 g4 14. Nfd2 d4 15. Nc4 Bc7 16.
Nbd2 h5 17. Qe2 Kf8 18. Ra3 Qb8 19. g3 h4 20. O-O Ke7 21. Rb1 hxg3 22. fxg3 Rh5
23. Bc1 Qh8 24. b6 Bb8 25. a5 Ra6 26. Rb5 Qh7 27. Rab3 Ne5 28. Ba3 Nxc4 29.
Rxc5 Bd6 30. Rxh5 Qxh5 31. Bxd6+ Nxd6 32. Qxa6 Qc5 33. Qd3 Nd7 34. b7 Qxa5 35.
b8=Q Nxb8 36. Rxb8 1-0
40.Oro, Faustino 2509 vs Brkic, Ante 2578 FIDE
World Cup 2025.11.3 Round 1-7 English Opening: Symmetrical Variation A30 1. Nf3
c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 e4 7. Ng5 Bb4 8. d5 Bxc3+
9. bxc3 Ne5 10. Qd4 d6 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 O-O 13. Be2 Bd7 14. O-O Re8 15.
Qd4 b6 16. f4 Ng4 17. Bd3 Qc8 18. Ba3 Qc7 19. h3 Ne3 20. Rfe1 Nf5 21. Qf2 h5
22. Qf3 h4 23. Qg4 g6 24. Bxf5 Bxf5 25. Qxh4 Qxc4 26. Bxd6 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Qxc3
1-0
41.Kovalev, Vladislav 2557 vs Keymer, Vincent 2755
FIDE World Cup 2025.11.4 Round 2-1 Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Advance
Variation C44 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Ne4 6. O-O Be7 7.
Bd5 Nc5 8. c3 dxc3 9. Nxc3 O-O 10. Be3 d6 11. exd6 cxd6 12. Qe2 Ne6 13. Rad1
Nc7 14. Bf4 Re8 15. Be4 Ne6 16. Be3 Bf8 17. a3 g6 18. b4 Ne7 19. Nb5 d5 20.
Nxa7 dxe4 21. Rxd8 exf3 22. Rxe8 fxe2 23. Re1 Nc7 24. Rd8 Bf5 25. Rxa8 Nxa8 26.
Rxe2 Nc7 27. Bc5 Ned5 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. f3 Nc3 30. Re1 N7d5 31. Kf2 h5 32. g3
Be6 33. Rc1 Ke7 34. Ke1 Bf5 35. Kf2 Bd7 36. Ke1 Kd6 37. Kd2 Kc7 38. a4 Bxa4 39.
b5 Kb8 40. b6 Bd7 41. Rxc3 Nxb6 42. g4 hxg4 43. fxg4 Kxa7 44. h3 Be6 45. Ra3+
Kb8 46. Kd3 Kc7 47. Kd4 Kd6 48. Ra7 Kc6 49. Ke5 Nd7+ 50. Kf4 b5 51. Kg5 b4 52.
h4 b3 53. Ra1 Bc4 54. Rd1 Nc5 55. h5 Ne4+ 56. Kf4 Nf2 57. Rd2 g5+ 58. Kf3 Nd3
59. h6 Ne5+ 60. Ke4 f6 61. h7 b2 62. Kd4 b1=Q 63. h8=Q Qg1+ 64. Kc3 Qc1+ 65.
Rc2 Qa3+ 66. Kd2 Nf3+ 0-1
42.Carlsen, Magnus 3322 vs Nakamura, Hikaru 3399
Titled Tuesday Grand Prix 2025/26 2025.11.4 Round 7 Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Modern
Variation A01 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Bc5 6. Nf5 O-O 7.
e3 d5 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. Ng3 Ne5 10. Nc3 Nd3+ 11. Bxd3 Qxd3 12. Qb1 Qxb1+ 13. Rxb1
Re8 14. Rc1 Bb6 15. Na4 Nd5 16. a3 c6 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. f3 exf3 19. gxf3 f6 20.
Kf2 Be6 21. h4 Rad8 22. b4 Nxb4 23. Bc3 Nd3+ 24. Ke2 Nxc1+ 25. Rxc1 c5 26. h5
h6 27. Kf2 Kf7 28. Rb1 Rd6 29. e4 Ra8 30. e5 fxe5 31. Bxe5 Rxd2+ 32. Ke3 Rd5
33. Kf4 Rd3 34. Ne4 Bd5 35. Rxb6 Raxa3 36. Nd6+ Kg8 37. Kg4 Be6+ 38. Nf5 Bxf5+
39. Kxf5 Rxf3+ 40. Ke6 Ra6 0-1
43.Keymer, Vincent 2755 vs Kovalev, Vladislav 2557
FIDE World Cup chess.com [2-2] 2025.11.5 A07 Reti, King's Indian Attack (Barcza
System) 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nd7 3.d4 Nb6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.Nh4 e6 6.Nxf5 exf5 7.Qd3 g6
8.Bg2 c6 9.f3 Bg7 10.b3 Qf6 11.e3 h5 12.h4 f4 13.gxf4 Ne7 14.Ne2 Nf5 15.e4 Nxh4
16.Bh3 c5 17.e5 Qc6 18.dxc5 Qxc5 19.a4 Rd8 20.a5 Na8 21.Ra4 a6 22.Nd4 Qc7
23.Bf1 g5 24.Kd1 Ng6 25.Nf5 Kf8 26.Ba3+ Kg8 27.Bd6 Qc6 28.Be7 Rc8 29.Bxg5 Nc7
30.Nxg7 Nb5 31.Kd2 Nc3 32.Rd4 Qc5 33.Bh3 Rc6 34.b4 Qa7 35.Bd7 Nb5 36.Nf5
44.Harikrishna, Pentala 2697 vs Nesterov,
Arseniy 2584 FIDE World Cup chess.com [2-2]
2025.11.5 C43 Petrov, Modern Attack, Symmetrical Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6
3.d4 Nxe4 4.dxe5 Bc5 5.Qd5 Bxf2+ 6.Ke2 f5 7.Nc3 c6 8.Nxe4 cxd5 9.Nd6+ Kf8
10.Kxf2 Nc6 11.Be3 d4 12.Bf4 Qb6 13.Bd3 Ne7 14.Bd2 Nd5 15.Bxf5 Ne3 16.Bd3 Ke7
17.Rhe1 Rf8 18.Rxe3 dxe3+ 19.Bxe3 Rxf3+ 20.Kxf3 Qxb2 21.Bg5+ Ke6 22.Re1 b5 23.Bf5+
Kd5 24.Be4+ Ke6 25.Bxa8 Qc3+ 26.Re3 Qxc2 27.Be4 Qd1+ 28.Kg3 Qh5 29.h4
45.Stremavicius, Titas 2531 vs So, Wesley 2756
FIDE World Cup chess.com [2-2] 2025.11.5 D37 Queen's Gambit Declined, 4.Nf3
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 c6 7.h3 Qb6 8.Qc2 g6 9.e3
Bf5 10.Qc1 O-O 11.g4 Be4 12.Be2 Nbd7 13.O-O Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Qd8 15.Qc2 Ne8 16.e4
dxe4 17.Bxe4 Ndf6 18.Rad1 Nc7 19.Bg2 Qd7 20.Qb3 Ncd5 21.Be5 Rfe8 22.g5 Nxc3
23.gxf6 Nxd1 24.fxe7 Nxf2 25.Bf6 Rxe7 26.Bxe7 Qxe7 27.Rxf2 Rd8 28.d5 cxd5
29.Bxd5 Qg5+ 30.Bg2 Rd7 31.Qc3 Qe7 32.Rf1 b6 33.Re1 Qd8 34.Qe5 Rd1 35.Rxd1
Qxd1+ 36.Kh2 h5 37.a3 h4 38.Qe8+ Kg7 39.Qe3 Kg8 40.Qf2 Qd8 41.Kg1 Qg5 42.Qd4
Qg3 43.Kf1 Kh7 44.Qc3 Qg5 45.Bc6 Qe7 46.Bf3 Qd6 47.Be2 Qf4+ 48.Ke1 f5 49.Kd1
Kh6 50.Qd2 Kg5 51.Bb5 Qxd2+ 52.Kxd2 Kf4 53.Be8 g5 54.Bd7 g4 55.hxg4 fxg4 56.Ke2
g3 57.Bc6 Ke5 58.Ke3 h3 59.Bd7 h2 60.Bc6 Kd6 61.Bg2 Kc5 62.b3 a5 63.Kd3 b5
64.Bf3 Kd6 65.Kd4 Ke6 66.Be4 Kf6 67.Kd5 Kg5 68.Ke5 Kg4 69.Bg2 Kg5 70.a4 b4
71.Ke4 Kg4
46.Mishra, Abhimanyu 2611 vs Salem, A.R. Saleh 2640
FIDE World Cup chess.com [2-2] 2025.11.5 E60 King's Indian Defence 1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 g6 3.f3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Nc3 e6 7.Nge2 exd5 8.cxd5 Nbd7 9.Ng3 h5
10.Be2 h4 11.Nf1 a6 12.a4 Rb8 13.a5 O-O 14.g4 b5 15.axb6 e.p. c4 16.Be3 Rxb6
17.Ra2 Ne5 18.Nd2 Nd3+ 19.Kf1 Nxg4 20.fxg4 Rxb2 21.Bxd3 Qf6+ 22.Nf3 Qxc3
23.Rxb2 Qxb2 24.Bxc4 Bxg4 25.h3 Bxf3 26.Qxf3 Rc8 27.Bd3 Rc3 28.Qd1 Ra3 29.Qe2
Qc3 30.Kf2 Qxd3 31.Qxd3 Rxd3 32.Rb1 Be5 33.Rb6 Ra3 34.Ke2 a5 35.Ra6 a4 36.Kf2
Kg7 37.Ra7 g5 38.Ra8 g4 39.hxg4 h3 40.Rc8 Rb3 41.Rc2 h2 42.Rc1 a3
47.Nepomniachtchi, Ian 2732 vs Ghosh, Diptayan 2573
FIDE World Cup chess.com [2-2] 2025.11.5 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.d4 d6 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nbd2 a5 12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.Qe2 Bc5 14.Nf3 Qe7 15.h3 Ba6
16.Qd1 Rad8 17.Nd2 Bd4 18.Qf3 Bxb2 19.Bxb2 Rxd2 20.Qe3 Rdd8 21.f4 exf4 22.Qxf4
c5 23.Bd5 Nxd5 24.exd5 Qd6 25.Qg4 Qg6 26.Qxg6 hxg6 27.Rad1 Rd7 28.d6 Rfd8
29.Be5 Bb7 30.Bg3 Bc6 31.Ra1 f6 32.Kf2 Kf7 33.h4 c4 34.Red1 Re8 35.Bf4 c3 36.g3
Re6 37.Rd4 g5 38.hxg5 fxg5 39.Bxg5 Rdxd6 40.Rc4 Rd5 41.Be3 Rde5 42.Rf1 Kg8
43.g4 Rxe3 44.Rxc6 Re2+ 45.Kf3 Rxc6 46.Kxe2 Rd6
48.Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2750 vs Martinez
Alcantara, Jose Eduardo 2644 FIDE World Cup chess.com [3-1] 2025.11.7 C41
Philidor, Exchange Variation 1.e4 d6 2.d4 e5 3.Nf3 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7
6.Bf4 O-O 7.Qd2 Nc6 8.O-O-O Nxd4 9.Qxd4 a6 10.f3 b5 11.g4 c5 12.Qe3 b4 13.Nd5
Nxd5 14.Rxd5 Be6 15.Bc4 Bxd5 16.Bxd5 Rc8 17.g5 c4 18.Kb1 Qa5 19.h4 Rc5 20.Qd4
Rfc8 21.h5 Rxd5 22.exd5 Bf8 23.h6 Qc5 24.Qe4 g6 25.Be3 Qb5 26.Bd4 Re8 27.Qf4 f5
28.gxf6 e.p. Qxd5 29.b3 Kf7 30.Qg4 Qf5 31.Qg2 c3 32.a4 bxa3 e.p. 33.Ka2 a5
34.Rh4 a4 35.Bxc3 axb3+ 36.Kxb3 Rb8+ 37.Rb4 Qe6+ 38.Kxa3 d5 39.Qf1 d4
49.Harikrishna, Pentala 2697 vs Dardha, Daniel 2605
FIDE World Cup chess.com [3-1] 2025.11.7 B66 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer Attack,
7...a6 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.Nxc6
bxc6 9.O-O-O Be7 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Bc4 Bb7 12.Rhe1 Qa5 13.Kb1 Qc5 14.Bb3 d5
15.Na4 Qa7 16.c4 Rd8 17.cxd5 cxd5 18.Nc3 dxe4 19.Ba4+ Kf8 20.Qh6+ Kg8 21.Rxd8+
Bxd8 22.Re3 Bc7 23.Nxe4 Bxe4+ 24.Rxe4 f5 25.Rxe6
50.Erigaisi Arjun 2773 vs Vokhidov, Shamsiddin 2640
FIDE World Cup chess.com [3-1] 2025.11.7 D41 Queen's Gambit Declined,
Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 cxd4 6.Qa4+ Bd7
7.Qxd4 exd5 8.Nxd5 Qa5+ 9.Nc3 Nc6 10.Qd1 Ne4 11.Bd2 Nxd2 12.Nxd2 Bb4 13.Rc1
Bxc3 14.Rxc3 Qxa2 15.Nc4 Be6 16.e4 Rd8 17.Nd6+ Kf8 18.Qd2 Qa4 19.f4 Qb4 20.e5
f6 21.Bd3 fxe5 22.fxe5 Nxe5 23.O-O+ Kg8 24.Bf5 Bf7 25.Rc8 Qb6+ 26.Rf2 Rxc8
27.Bxc8 h5 28.Nxf7 Nxf7 29.Qd5 Kh7 30.Qxf7
51.Wojtaszek, Radoslaw 2654 vs Fedoseev,
Vladimir 2720 FIDE World Cup chess.com [3-2] 2025.11.8 A40 Queen's Pawn, Keres Defence
1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Bd3 f5 5.exf5 Bxg2 6.Qh5+ g6 7.fxg6 Bg7 8.gxh7+ Kf8
9.Bg5 Nf6 10.Qh4 Bxh1 11.Ne2 Nc6 12.Nbc3 e5 13.O-O-O exd4 14.Rxh1 dxc3 15.Nf4
Ne5 16.Bc2 Kf7 17.Nh5 Nf3 18.Qf4 Nxg5 19.Qxg5 Qf8 20.Bg6+
52.Pranesh M 2630 vs Keymer, Vincent 2755 FIDE
World Cup chess.com [3-2] 2025.11.8 C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3
Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nbd2 Nd7 7.Nc4 Qe7 8.c3 a5 9.O-O O-O
10.Re1 Qe6 11.Be3 Be7 12.Qc2 b6 13.Ncd2 c5 14.Nf1 Ba6 15.Ng3 g6 16.b3 Qc6
17.Rad1 h5 18.h3 Rfe8 19.c4 Bb7 20.Ne2 a4 21.Nc3 axb3 22.axb3 Bf8 23.Qc1 Bg7
24.Nd5 Qd6 25.Ng5 c6 26.Nc3 Bc8 27.Kh1 f6 28.Nf3 Nf8 29.Nh4 Qd8 30.f3 Ra7 31.g4
hxg4 32.hxg4 Kf7 33.Re2 Ne6 34.Rh2 Rh8 35.Qb2 Nd4 36.Rf1 Ne6 37.Ng2 Rxh2+
38.Kxh2 Qh8+ 39.Kg1 Nd4 40.Ne2 Be6 41.Nc3 Qh3 42.Bxd4 cxd4 43.Na4 Bh6 44.Kf2
Qh2 45.Ke1 Bf8 46.Nxb6 Qg3+ 47.Kd1 Qxg2 48.Qxg2 Ra1+ 49.Ke2 Ra2+
53.Gukesh D 2752 vs Svane, Frederik 2638 FIDE
World Cup chess.com [3-2] 2025.11.8 C50 Giuoco Pianissimo 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.c3 a5 7.Re1 O-O 8.h3 h6 9.Nbd2 Bb6 10.a4 Bd7
11.b3 Be6 12.Bb2 Kh8 13.Ra2 Nh5 14.Nf1 Nf4 15.Bc1 Qf6 16.Ng3 g5 17.Nh2 Qg6
18.Be3 d5 19.exd5 Bxd5 20.Bxb6 cxb6 21.Nf3 Rad8 22.Rd2 Bxc4 23.dxc4 f6 24.Ne4
Rxd2 25.Qxd2 Rd8 26.Qe3 f5 27.Ng3 Nd3 28.Rd1 f4 29.Qe4 Kh7 30.Qxg6+ Kxg6 31.Ne4
Kf5 32.Nfd2 Nc5 33.Re1 Nd3 34.Rb1 h5 35.Kf1 Nc5 36.f3 Rd3 37.Kf2 g4 38.hxg4+
hxg4 39.Re1 g3+ 40.Ke2 Re3+ 41.Kd1 Rxe1+ 42.Kxe1 Ke6 43.Kd1 Ne7 44.Ke2 Nf5
45.Ng5+ Ke7 46.Nge4 Ke6 47.Ng5+ Kf6 48.Nge4+ Ke7 49.Nxc5 bxc5 50.Ne4 b6 51.Kd3
Nh4 52.b4 Nxg2 53.bxc5 bxc5 54.Nxc5 Ne3 55.Ke2 Nxc4
54.Donchenko, Alexander 2641 vs Giri, Anish 2759
FIDE World Cup chess.com [3-2] 2025.11.8 E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3 1.d4
Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 Re8 6.Ne2 d5 7.O-O Bf8 8.e4 dxe4 9.Nxe4
Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Nd7 11.Qc2 f5 12.Bf3 c6 13.g3 e5 14.Bg2 exd4 15.Nxd4 Ne5 16.Rd1
Qf6 17.c5 a5 18.b3 Qf7 19.h3 h6 20.Re1 Bd7 21.f4 Ng6 22.Be3 Re7 23.Bf2 Rae8
24.Rxe7 Nxe7 25.Re1 Nd5 26.Rxe8 Qxe8 27.Nxf5 Nb4 28.Qb1 Qh5 29.Nd6 Bxh3 30.Bxh3
Qxh3 31.Qg6 Qd7 32.f5 Nd5 33.Bd4 Qe7 34.Kf1 b5 35.a4 bxa4 36.bxa4 Qd7 37.f6
Nxf6 38.Bxf6 Qe6 39.Ne4 Qc4+ 40.Kg2 Qe2+ 41.Kh3 Qf1+ 42.Kg4 Qd1+ 43.Kf5 Qd7+
44.Kf4 Qe6 45.g4 Qc4 46.Bc3 Qf1+ 47.Ke5
55.Dubov, Daniil 2684 vs Meier, Georg 2596 FIDE
World Cup chess.com [3-5] 2025.11.9 C27 Vienna Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4
Nxe4 4.Qh5 Nd6 5.Bb3 Nc6 6.Nb5 g6 7.Qf3 Nf5 8.Qd5 Nh6 9.d4 d6 10.Bxh6 Be6
11.Qf3 Bxb3 12.Bxf8 Bc4 13.Bg7 Bxb5 14.dxe5 Rg8 15.Bf6 Nxe5 16.Bxe5 Qe7
17.O-O-O Bc6 18.Qc3 dxe5 19.Nf3 f6 20.Rhe1 Kf8 21.Nxe5 fxe5 22.Rxe5 Qf6 23.Re8+
Kf7 24.Qc4+
56.Praggnanandhaa R 2768 vs Hovhannisyan,
Robert 2629 FIDE World Cup chess.com [3-2] 2025.11.8 C43 Petrov, Modern Attack,
Symmetrical Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.O-O
Nxe5 7.dxe5 Nc5 8.Be2 Be7 9.Be3 O-O 10.c3 b6 11.Nd2 Bb7 12.f4 f6 13.b4 Ne4
14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Qb3+ Kh8 16.Rad1 Qe8 17.e6 f5 18.Rd7 Bc8 19.Rfd1 Bxd7 20.Rxd7
c5 21.b5 Bf6 22.a4 Qg6 23.a5 Rfe8 24.a6 Re7 25.Qd5 Rb8 26.Rxe7 Bxe7 27.Qd7 Qe8
28.Qxa7 Qd8 29.Kf2 Bd6 30.Qf7 Qh4+ 31.Kf1 Rf8 32.Qb7 Qxh2 33.e7 Rg8 34.e8=Q
Rxe8 35.Qd7 Rg8 36.Qxd6 Qg3 37.Qd2 Qh4 38.Bc4 Rd8 39.Bd5 Qh1+ 40.Bg1 Qh6 41.a7
Qd6 42.Be3
57.Praggnanandhaa R 2771 vs Dubov, Daniil 2684
FIDE World Cup chess.com [4-1] 2025.11.11 C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall Counter-attack
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 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.h3 Bb7 11.a4 Nb6 12.a5 Nd7 13.d3 Kh8 14.d4 e4 15.Nh2 f5 16.Nd2
Bd6 17.f3 Nf6 18.Bc2 Bg3 19.Re2 e3 20.Ndf1 Bxh2+ 21.Nxh2 f4 22.Qd3 Ne7 23.b3
Ng6 24.Ba3 Rf7 25.c4 bxc4 26.bxc4 Bc8 27.Ng4 Nh5 28.Ne5 Rf6 29.Rd1 Ng3 30.Ree1
Bf5 31.Qc3 Bxc2 32.Qxc2 Qe8 33.Bb2 Rd8 34.Bc3 h5 35.Nxg6+ Rxg6 36.d5 Qf7 37.Rd4
Rg5 38.Rb1 Re8 39.Qd3 Qf5 40.Qxf5 Rxf5 41.Rb2
58.Aronian, Levon 2722 vs Wojtaszek, Radoslaw 2654
FIDE World Cup chess.com [4-1] 2025.11.11 C26 Vienna, Mengarini Variation 1.e4
e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.a3 d5 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Qh5 Nc6 6.Bb5 Be7 7.Qxe5 Nxc3 8.Bxc6+ bxc6
9.Qxc3 O-O 10.Nf3 c5 11.d3 Bb7 12.Be3 Re8 13.O-O-O Qd5 14.Rhe1 Qf5 15.Nd2 Bxg2
16.Rg1 Bf6 17.Qxc5 Qxc5 18.Bxc5 Bc6 19.Nc4 h6 20.Rde1 a6 21.Kd2 Kh7 22.f4 Rxe1
23.Rxe1 Bh4 24.Re5 Re8 25.Be3 Rxe5 26.Nxe5 Be8 27.c4 Be7 28.d4 f6 29.Nd3 Kg6
30.d5 c6 31.Bc5 Bd8 32.d6 Kf5 33.Ba7 Ke6 34.c5 f5 35.Bb6 Bf6 36.Nb4 Bxb2 37.a4
59.Carlsen, Magnus 3328 vs Niemann, Hans Moke 3230
Titled Tuesday Grand Prix 2025/26 chess.com [8] 2025.11.11 C47 Four Knights,
Scotch, 4...exd4 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6
7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O d5 9.exd5 cxd5 10.Bg5 c6 11.Qf3 h6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Qxf6 gxf6
14.Ne2 Re8 15.Rad1 Rb8 16.b3 Bc5 17.Ng3 Re5 18.h3 Kf8 19.Kh2 Re7 20.Nf5 Bxf5
21.Bxf5 Re2 22.Kg3 Re5 23.Bd3 Bb4 24.f4 Re3+ 25.Rf3 Rbe8 26.Rxe3 Rxe3+ 27.Kg4
Kg7 28.Rf1 Bd6 29.Rf3 Re1 30.Kf5 Be7 31.Ba6 Rc1 32.Rf2 Re1 33.Bb7 Re6 34.Bc8
Re3 35.Bd7 c5 36.Bc6 d4 37.Bb5 Bd6 38.Re2 Rg3 39.a4 h5 40.a5 h4 41.a6 Rg6
42.Re8 Rxg2 43.Rd8 Bc7 44.Rd7 Bb8 45.Rb7 Bd6 46.Rxa7 Rf2 47.Ke4
60.Sarana, Alexey 2661 vs Martinez Alcantara,
Jose Eduardo 2644 FIDE World Cup chess.com [4-1] 2025.11.11 D31 Queen's Gambit
Declined, Semi-Slav, Marshall Gambit 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4
Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qxd4 7.Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8.Be2 Na6 9.Ba5 f6 10.Nf3 b6 11.Nd2 Qf4 12.Bh5+ g6
13.Bf3 Qe5+ 14.Kf1 Qc7 15.Bc3 e5 16.Ne4 Bf5 17.Nd6+ Kf8 18.Nxf5 gxf5 19.Qa4 Nc5
20.Qxc6 Qxc6 21.Bxc6 Rd8 22.Bf3 Ne7 23.b3 Kg7 24.Re1 Ng6 25.g3 Rd3 26.Re3 Rhd8
27.Be2 R3d7 28.Rg1 Ne4 29.Be1 Nd2+ 30.Kg2 f4 31.Rc3 e4 32.Bg4 Rd3 33.Rc2 Ne5
34.Bf5 Ndf3 35.Bxe4 Nxg1 36.Bxd3 Ngf3 37.Bc3 Rxd3 38.b4 Nd4 39.Bxd4 f3+
61.Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo 2644 vs
Sarana, Alexey 2661 FIDE World Cup chess.com [4-2] 2025.11.12 B30 Sicilian Defence
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.d4 cxd4 6.Bc4 Nb6 7.Bb3 d6 8.exd6 Qxd6
9.O-O d3 10.Na3 Bf5 11.Nb5 Qd7 12.Bf4 Rc8 13.Nxa7 Nxa7 14.Ne5 Qb5 15.Bxf7+ Kd8
16.Bb3 Ke8 17.Bf7+ Kd8 18.Bb3 Ke8 19.Bf7+ Kd8 20.Bb3 Ke8
62.Dubov, Daniil 2684 vs Praggnanandhaa R 2771 FIDE
World Cup chess.com [4-2] 2025.11.12 D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin,
Vienna Variation 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 c5 7.Bxc4
cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Nb5 Nxe4 11.Qd4 O-O 12.Qxe4 a6 13.O-O axb5
14.Bd3 f5 15.Qe2 Bd7 16.Bd2 Qc7 17.Rfe1 Re8 18.c4 bxc4 19.Bxc4 Nc6 20.Rac1 Qd6
21.Bc3 Na5 22.Rcd1 Qe7 23.Rxd7 Qxd7 24.Bxe6+ Rxe6 25.Qxe6+ Qxe6 26.Rxe6 Nc6
27.Re2 b5 28.Rb2 b4 29.Bxb4 Nxb4 30.Rxb4 Rxa2
63.Praggnanandhaa R 2679 vs Dubov, Daniil 2690
FIDE World Cup chess.com [4-4] 2025.11.13 C55 Two Knights Defence 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3
Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 d6 5.d5 Nb8 6.Nc3 Be7 7.a4 a5 8.Qe2 c6 9.h3 Na6 10.O-O O-O
11.Rd1 Qc7 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nd2 Nc5 15.Ba2 Be7 16.Nc4 Bd7 17.Rab1 Rad8
18.b4 axb4 19.Rxb4 Ra8 20.Nb6 Ra7 21.Nxd7 Qxd7 22.Qf3 Raa8 23.Qf5 Qc7 24.Qg4
Kh7 25.h4 Bd8 26.h5 Qe7 27.dxc6 bxc6 28.Bb3 Ba5 29.Rc4 Rad8 30.Qf3 Kh8 31.Ne2
d5 32.exd5 cxd5 33.Rg4 e4 34.Qf5 e3 35.Bxd5 exf2+ 36.Qxf2 Bb6 37.Kh1 Nd3
38.Qxb6 Qxe2 39.Rxd3 Qxg4 40.Kg1 Qxa4 41.c4 Qa1+ 42.Kf2 Qe5 43.Qd4 Qxh5 44.Rg3
Qf5+ 45.Kg1 f6 46.Kh2 Rfe8 47.Qb6 Qh5+ 48.Rh3 Qe5+ 49.Rg3 Qd6 50.Qa7 Re7 51.Qf2
Re5 52.Kg1 Rde8 53.Kf1
64.Leko, Peter 2666 vs Erigaisi Arjun 2773 FIDE
World Cup chess.com [4-3] 2025.11.13 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.cxd4 Bb4+ 8.Bd2
Bxd2+ 9.Qxd2 d5 10.exd5 Qxd5 11.Nc3 Qe6+ 12.Ne5 O-O 13.O-O-O Nxe5 14.Rhe1 Qb6
15.Rxe5 Ng6 16.Ree1 Be6 17.h4 Nxh4 18.Rh1 Ng6 19.d5 Rad8 20.Qg5 h6 21.Qh5 Bd7
22.Bxd7 Rxd7 23.Rd2 Re8 24.g3 Ne5 25.Qf5 Qg6 26.Qxg6 fxg6 27.b3 Nf3 28.Rd3 Rf7
29.Kd1 g5 30.Na4 b6 31.d6 cxd6 32.Nxb6 Ne5 33.Rxd6 Rxf2 34.Rd2 Ng4 35.Nc4 Rf3
36.Rg1 h5 37.Rd5 Nf2+ 38.Kc1 Re2 39.Nd2 Rc3+ 40.Kb2 Ne4
65.Shankland, Sam 2654 vs Dubov, Daniil 2684
FIDE World Cup chess.com [5-1] 2025.11.14 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 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.Na3 Qd7 11.c4 Na5 12.axb5 Nxb3 13.Qxb3 axb5 14.cxb5 d5 15.Nxe5 Qe6
16.Nf3 dxe4 17.Qxe6 fxe6 18.dxe4 Nxe4 19.Be3 Bd5 20.Rac1 Bb4 21.Rxc7 Bxe1
22.Nxe1 Rf7 23.b6 Nd6 24.Nd3 Rxc7 25.bxc7 Nc4 26.Nxc4 Bxc4 27.Ne1 e5 28.h4 Kf7
29.Nf3 Ke6 30.b4 Kd6 31.Bb6 Bd5 32.Ne1 Be4 33.Ba5 Kd7 34.Kf1 Ra6 35.Ke2 Rc6
36.Kd2 Kc8 37.g4 Rc4 38.f3 Bb1 39.h5 Kb7 40.Ke3 Rc3+ 41.Kf2 e4 42.f4 Ba2 43.f5
Bc4 44.Bb6 Bd5 45.Bd4 e3+ 46.Bxe3 Rc4 47.Kg3 Kxc7 48.b5 Kd6 49.b6 Rc3 50.Kf4
Rc4+ 51.Kg5 h6+ 52.Kh4 Be4 53.Kg3 Rb4 54.Nf3 Bxf3 55.Kxf3 Ke5 56.Bd2 Rb3+
57.Be3
66.Sindarov, Javokhir 2721 vs Svane, Frederik 2640
FIDE World Cup chess.com [5-1] 2025.11.14 C50 Giuoco Pianissimo 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3
Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.b4 Bb6 8.a4 a5 9.b5 Ne7 10.Nbd2 Ng6
11.d4 Bg4 12.Qc2 Qd7 13.Re1 Rae8 14.Ba3 Nf4 15.Bf1 Bxf3 16.Nxf3 Qg4 17.Kh1 Nh3
18.Re3 Ng5 19.h3 Qh5 20.Nxg5 Qxg5 21.Rd1 Qg6 22.Bd3 Nh5 23.g3 Re7 24.Bb2 Rfe8
25.Rde1 Qf6 26.Kg2 Qe6 27.Rf3 Nf6 28.dxe5 Nd7 29.exd6 Qxd6 30.Rf4 Ne5 31.Rd1
Rd7 32.Be2 Qe7 33.Rxd7 Qxd7 34.Bc1 Qe6 35.h4 Ng6 36.Rf5 Qxe4+ 37.Qxe4 Rxe4
38.Bf3 Re5 39.Rg5 h6 40.Rxe5 Nxe5 41.Be4 h5 42.f3 g6 43.Kf1 Nd7 44.g4 Nf6 45.Bxb7
hxg4 46.Bg5 Nd7 47.fxg4 Nc5 48.Bc6 Nxa4 49.Bf6 Bc5 50.Ke2 Nb6 51.Kd3 a4 52.c4
a3 53.Kc3 Bf8 54.Kb3 Bg7 55.Bd8 Be5 56.c5 Na4 57.Be7 Kg7 58.Kxa3 Nb2 59.Kb3 f5
60.gxf5 gxf5 61.b6 cxb6 62.cxb6 Nd3 63.Kc4 Nf4 64.Bd7 Ng2 65.Kd5 Bg3 66.Bxf5
Nxh4 67.Be4 Ng6 68.Bxg6
67.Aronian, Levon 2722 vs Erigaisi Arjun 2773
FIDE World Cup chess.com [5-2] 2025.11.15 C53 Giuoco Piano 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 a5 6.O-O d6 7.Re1 O-O 8.Nbd2 Be6 9.Bb5 Ba7 10.Nf1 Ne7
11.d4 Ng6 12.Ng3 c6 13.Bf1 Bg4 14.Be3 exd4 15.cxd4 d5 16.e5 Ne8 17.Be2 f6
18.exf6 Nxf6 19.Qb3 Bxf3 20.Bxf3 Qd7 21.Rad1 h6 22.Be2 Rae8 23.Bd3 Nh4 24.f3
Nh7 25.Bb1 Ng5 26.Qc2 g6 27.Kh1 Qf7 28.Qf2 Bb8 29.Nf1 Nf5 30.Bd2 Bc7 31.Ne3
Nxe3 32.Bxe3 Kg7 33.Qf1 Re6 34.Bg1 Rfe8 35.Rxe6 Rxe6 36.a3 h5 37.Qf2 Qf4 38.Re1
Nh3
68. Wei, Yi 2754 vs Sevian, Samuel 2698 FIDE World
Cup chess.com [5-2] 2025.11.15 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.Nxe5 Bxc3 8.dxc3
Nxe4 9.Bf4 Nd6 10.Qf3 Bf5 11.Nxc6 Qd7 12.Nd4 Be4 13.Qg3 Nf5 14.Qg4 h5 15.Qh3
Rad8 16.Rae1 Nxd4 17.Qxd7 Rxd7 18.Rxe4 Ne6 19.Be3 Rd6 20.Re5 g6 21.f4 f5 22.c4
Rfd8 23.c5 Ra6 24.Re1 Kf7 25.Bf2 Rd7 26.Bh4 Nxf4 27.Re7+ Rxe7 28.Rxe7+ Kg8
29.Rxc7 Ne6 30.Rxb7 Nxc5 31.Rb8+ Kf7 32.Bf2 Na4 33.Rb7+ Ke6 34.Rxa7 Rxa7
35.Bxa7 Nxb2 36.Bd4 Nc4 37.h4 Kd5 38.c3 Nb2 39.Kf2 Ke4 40.Ke2 Kf4 41.Bf2 Ke4
42.Kd2 f4 43.Ke2 Na4 44.c4 Ke5 45.c5 Nc3+ 46.Kf3 Nxa2 47.c6 Kd6 48.Kxf4 Nc3
49.Be1 Nd5+ 50.Kg5 Kxc6 51.g3 Ne7 52.Kf6 Kd7 53.Kf7 Kd8 54.Bd2 Kd7 55.Bf4 Nd5
56.Kxg6 Ke6 57.Kxh5 Kf6 58.Bd2 Nc7 59.Bc3+ Kf7 60.Kg5 Ne6+ 61.Kf5 Nc7 62.h5 Nd5
63.Bd4 Ne7+ 64.Kg5 Nd5 65.g4 Ne7 66.Bc5 Nd5 67.Kf5 Nf6 68.h6 Nd7 69.Bd6 Kg8
70.Kg6 Kh8 71.g5 Kg8 72.h7+ Kh8 73.Kf7
69.Shankland, Sam 2654 vs Dubov, Daniil 2684
FIDE World Cup chess.com [5-3] 2025.11.15 D37 Queen's Gambit Declined, Classical
Variation 5.Bf4 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 b6 7.Qc2 Ba6
8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.h4 Bxf1 10.Kxf1 Nxf4 11.exf4 Nd7 12.Rd1 c6 13.f5 exf5 14.Qxf5 Nf6
15.Ne5 Rc8 16.h5 Bb4 17.Rh3 Bxc3 18.bxc3 h6 19.c4 Re8 20.g4 Rc7 21.Re3 Qc8
22.Qxc8 Rcxc8 23.a4 Red8 24.Ke2 Nd7 25.f4 Nf8 26.d5 cxd5 27.cxd5 Rc2+ 28.Kf3
Rd6 29.Rd4 Nh7 30.Nc4 Rd8 31.d6 Nf8 32.Re7 Ne6 33.Re4 a6 34.d7 Rc3+ 35.Ke2 Kf8
36.Re8+ Rxe8 37.dxe8=Q+ Kxe8 38.f5 b5 39.axb5 Rxc4 40.Rxc4 axb5 41.Rc8+ Nd8
42.Rc7 Kf8 43.g5 hxg5 44.Rc8 Ke7 45.Rxd8 Kxd8 46.f6
70.Harikrishna, Pentala 2697 vs Martinez
Alcantara, Jose Eduardo 2644 FIDE World Cup chess.com [5-5] 2025.11.16 B60
Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Larsen Variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4
Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Bd7 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bc4 h6 9.Bd2 e6 10.Qe2 Be7 11.e5 dxe5
12.Qxe5 Qb8 13.Qxb8+ Rxb8 14.Bb3 c5 15.O-O-O Bc6 16.Ba4 Bxa4 17.Nxa4 c4 18.Bf4
Rb7 19.Rd4 Nd5 20.Bd2 Rc7 21.Ba5 Rc6 22.Nc3 Bg5+ 23.Kb1 Bf6 24.Rd2 Bxc3 25.Bxc3
Nxc3+ 26.bxc3 Ke7 27.Rhd1 Rb8+ 28.Kc1 Rb7 29.Rd4 Rbc7 30.Re1 Ra6 31.Ree4 Ra4
32.g4 g5 33.Kb2 f6 34.a3 Rc6 35.Re3 e5 36.Ree4 Rc8 37.Rd5 Ra6 38.Rb5 Rb6 39.Rb4
Ke6 40.Kc1 Rbc6 41.Re3 h5 42.gxh5 Rh8 43.Rh3 Kf5 44.Rb7 Kg4 45.Rg3+ Kf4 46.Rxa7
Rxh5 47.h3 f5 48.a4 Rhh6 49.Kd2 e4 50.a5 Ra6 51.Rf7 Rxa5 52.Ke2 Rh4 53.Rc7 Ra2
54.Rxc4 Rxc2+ 55.Kf1 g4 56.hxg4 Rh1+ 57.Kg2 Rcc1 58.Rf3+ Kxg4 59.Rg3+ Kh4
71.Yakubboev, Nodirbek 2689 vs Donchenko,
Alexander 2641 FIDE World Cup chess.com [6-1] 2025.11.17 E60 King's Indian Defence
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Ne2 e6 7.Nec3 exd5 8.cxd5 a6 9.a4
Nh5 10.Qe2 Bd4 11.g4 Qh4+ 12.Kd1 Nf6 13.Kc2 Nfd7 14.Bf4 Qf6 15.Be3 Ne5 16.Nd2
Qh4 17.Bf4 h5 18.Bg3 Qe7 19.gxh5 Rxh5 20.h4 Ra7 21.a5 b5 22.axb6 e.p. Rb7
23.Bxe5 Bxe5 24.Nc4 Rxh4 25.Rxh4 Qxh4 26.Nxe5 dxe5 27.Qe3 Rxb6 28.b4 Nd7
29.bxc5 Rb4 30.c6 Nb6 31.Be2 Qh2 32.d6 Be6 33.d7+ Bxd7 34.cxd7+ Nxd7 35.Rxa6
Kf8 36.Rd6 Rb7 37.Qd2 Nc5 38.Qd5 Rc7 39.Rxg6 Ne6 40.Qd6+ Re7 41.Rg4 f6 42.Qb8+
Re8 43.Rg8+ Kxg8 44.Qxe8+
72.Erigaisi Arjun 2769 vs Wei, Yi 2752 FIDE
World Cup chess.com [6-2] 2025.11.18 Queen's Gambit Declined D30 1.d4 d5 2.c4
e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 c6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.Nh4 Nh5 8.Nxf5 Nxf4 9.g3 Ne6
10.e3 Nd7 11.Qb3 Qb6 12.Qc2 g6 13.Nh4 Bg7 14.Bg2 O-O 15.O-O Rfe8 16.Nf3 Rac8
17.Rfe1 Nf6 18.Rac1 c5 19.dxc5 Rxc5 20.Qe2 Qc6 21.Nd2 Nd7 22.Nb3 Bxc3 23.bxc3
Rxc3 24.Qd2 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Qa6 26.Bxd5 Nf6 27.Bg2 Rd8 28.Qb2 Ne8 29.Nd2 Qe2
30.Rc2 Qd1+ 31.Nf1 b6 32.Rd2
73.Oro, Faustino 2509 vs Vidit, Santosh
Gujrathi 2716 FIDE World Cup 2025.11.6 Round 2-4 Italian Game: Giuoco Piano C50
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a5 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3
Be6 9. Bb5 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. d4 Ng6 12. Ba4 Nh5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qxh5 exd4
15. Nf3 dxc3 16. bxc3 h6 17. Bc2 Qe7 18. Nd4 Qc5 19. Qxc5 Bxc5 20. Be3 Bc4 21.
f4 b6 22. g3 Rfd8 23. Red1 Ne7 24. Kf2 Ba3 25. Bc1 Bxc1 26. Rdxc1 a4 27. Ke3 b5
28. Nf3 Nc6 29. Rd1 Na5 30. Ne5 Rxd1 31. Bxd1 f6 32. Nf3 c5 33. Nd2 Be6 34. Be2
b4 35. cxb4 cxb4 36. Nf3 Rc8 37. Rb1 b3 38. axb3 Nxb3 39. Bd1 Rc3+ 40. Kf2 a3
41. Bxb3 Bxb3 42. Ra1 a2 43. Nd4 Bc4 44. e5 fxe5 45. fxe5 Rd3 46. Nf3 Bd5 47.
Ne1 Rc3 48. g4 Rxh3 49. Ke2 Rh2+ 50. Kd3 Rb2 51. Nc2 Rb1 52. Kc3 Kf7 0-1
74.Lodici, Lorenzo 2560 vs Niemann, Hans Moke 2738
FIDE World Cup 2025.11.6 Round 2-3 Lopez: Closed, Delayed Exchange C85 1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Re1 Nd7 8. c3 c5 9.
d4 exd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Nc3 b5 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 Bb7 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. d5
Rfe8 16. Bg5 Qd6 17. Qd2 a5 18. Bf4 Qb6 19. Rac1 Rad8 20. Qc2 Ba6 21. Nd2 Rc8
22. b3 Qf6 23. Bg3 c6 24. d6 Rcd8 25. Nf3 Qg6 26. Nh4 Qe6 27. Nf5 c4 28. Nd4
Qf6 29. e5 Qg6 30. Qxg6 hxg6 31. bxc4 c5 32. Nc6 Ra8 33. Nxa5 Bc8 34. Nb3 Rxa4
35. f4 Ra3 36. Rb1 Ba6 37. Bf2 Rc8 38. Nxc5 Nxc5 39. Bxc5 Bxc4 40. Bxb4 Rd3 41.
Rbd1 Rxd1 42. Rxd1 Be6 43. Ba5 Bd7 44. Rb1 Kf8 45. Bc7 Ke8 46. Ra1 Be6 47. Kf2
Kd7 48. h3 Bd5 49. g4 Ra8 50. Ba5 Ke6 51. f5+ gxf5 52. gxf5+ Kd7 53. Ke3 Rh8
54. Kd4 Bb7 55. Be1 f6 56. Bg3 fxe5+ 57. Kxe5 Re8+ 58. Kf4 Kxd6 59. Kg5+ Kc6
60. Rc1+ Kb6 61. h4 Bc8 62. Bc7+ Kb7 63. Bd6 Kb6 64. Bc5+ Kb7 65. Bd4 Re4 66.
Rxc8 Kxc8 67. Bxg7 Kd7 68. h5 Ke7 69. h6 Kf7 70. Bf6 Kg8 71. Kg6 Rg4+ 72. Bg5
Rg1 73. f6 Rf1 74. Be3 Rf3 75. h7+ Kh8 76. f7 Rg3+ 77. Bg5 1-0
75.Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo 2644 vs Abdusattorov,
Nodirbek 2750 FIDE World Cup 2025.11.8 Round 3-2 Sicilian Defense: Alapin
Variation B22 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. cxd4 b6 7.
Bd2 Bb7 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. Bxc3 Na6 10. a3 Nc7 11. Bd3 Be7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. h4 h6
14. Bd2 f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Rh3 d6 17. Rc1 Qd7 18. Bb1 Nd5 19. Qd3 Kf7 20. Rg3
Ke8 21. Kf1 Kd8 22. Re1 Kc7 23. Qe2 Rae8 24. Bd3 Bc6 25. Kg1 Kb8 26. Bg6 Re7
27. Be4 Bb7 28. Qd3 Rc8 29. Qb3 Qd8 30. a4 a6 31. Bd3 Ka7 32. Rg4 Qd7 33. Ne5
Qd8 34. Nc4 g5 35. hxg5 Bxg5 36. Rxg5 hxg5 37. Bxg5 Qc7 38. Bxe7 Qxe7 39. Be4
Qc7 40. Nd2 Qg7 41. Nc4 Qc7 42. Nd2 Rh8 43. Qg3 Qf7 44. Nc4 Nf4 45. Nxd6 Qf6
46. Nxb7 Qh6 47. f3 Qf6 48. Re3 Rf8 49. Nd6 Qxd4 50. Kf1 Kb8 51. Nf5 Qe5 52.
Qg7 1-0
76. FIDE World Cup 2025.11.9 Round 3-3 Erdogmus,
Yagiz Kaan 2651 vs Rapport, Richard 2724 Sicilian Defense:
Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack B30 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5.
Re1 h6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. d4 Nf6 10. dxc5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Bxc5
12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Re1 e5 14. Nb3 Bd6 15. Nfd2 Bc7 16. g3 a5 17. Bg2 a4 18. Nc5
Bb6 19. Nce4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Rd8 21. Be3 Bxe3 22. Rxe3 f5 23. Nc5 e4 24. b3 axb3
25. Nxb3 Be6 26. Ree1 Bxb3 27. axb3 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Rd3 29. Rc1 Ne5 30. h3 Rd2
31. g4 g6 32. gxf5 gxf5 33. Ra1 Nd3 34. Ra5 Rxf2 35. Bf1 Rf3 36. Bxd3 exd3 37.
Kg2 d2 38. Rd5 Rxc3 39. Rxd2 Rxb3 40. Rd7 b5 41. Rb7 h5 42. h4 f4 43. Kf2 b4
44. Rb5 Rb1 45. Rg5+ Kh7 46. Rxh5+ Kg6 47. Rg5+ Kf6 48. Kf3 b3 49. Rg2 Ke5 50.
Re2+ Kf5 51. Rd2 Rf1+ 52. Kg2 Rc1 53. Rd5+ Kg4 54. Rg5+ Kxh4 55. Rb5 Rc3 0-1
77.Firouzja, Alireza 3206 vs Carlsen, Magnus 3334
Titled Tuesday Grand Prix 2025/26 2025.11.11 Round 9 Indian Defense:
Anti-Nimzo-Indian E10 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bd6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O
h6 7. b3 b6 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Nb5 dxc4 11. Nxd6 cxd6 12. bxc4 Qc7 13.
Ba3 Rfc8 14. Qb2 Qxc4 15. Rfc1 Qa4 16. Bxd6 Bd5 17. a3 b5 18. Qb4 Qa6 19. Bf4
Qb6 20. Bd2 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 a5 22. Qb2 Ne4 23. Be1 Nd6 24. Bf1?! Inaccuracy.
Ne5 was best. 24. Ne5 Qb7 24... Nc4 25. Qc3 Qd6 26. Ra1 Ndb6 27. Ne5 Nxe5
28. dxe5 Qe7 29. Qd4 Qb7 30. f3 Bc4 31. Bf2 Nd5 32. Rb1 Qe7?? Blunder. Rc8
was best. 32... Rc8 33. Rc1 33. e4 Bxf1 34. Kxf1 Qxa3 35. exd5 Qxf3 36. d6
Qh1+ 37. Bg1 Qf3+ 38. Ke1 b4?! Inaccuracy. Qc6 was best. 38... Qc6 39. Rd1
b4 40. Qb6 Qe4+ 41. Be3 Qh1+ 42. Kd2 Qd5+ 43. Qd4 Qg2+ 44. Bf2 39. Rc1 Rd8
40. d7?? Blunder. Qb6 was best. 40. Qb6 Qe4+ 41. Be3 Kh7 42. Kf2 Qa8 43. Qc6
a4 44. Qxa8 Rxa8 45. Bc5 Rb8 40... Qb7 41. Rd1 b3 42. Qb6 Rxd7 43. Rxd7
Qxd7 44. Qxb3 a4 45. Qb8+ Kh7 46. Qb1+ Kg8 47. Qb4 Qc6 48. Be3?! Inaccuracy.
Qa3 was best. 48. Qa3 Qe4+ 49. Kf1 Qb1+ 50. Kg2 Qb7+ 51. Kf1 Qb5+ 52. Kg2 Qd5+
53. Kf1 48... Qh1+ 49. Kf2 Qxh2+ 50. Kf3 Qh1+ 51. Kf2 Qc6 52. Qb8+ Kh7 53.
Qb1+ Kg8 54. Qb8+ Kh7 55. Qb1+ g6 56. Qb4 Qc2+ 57. Ke1 Qf5 58. Qf8 g5 59. g4
Qf3 60. Kd2 a3 61. Qxa3 Qxg4 62. Qf8 Qf5 63. Bc5?! Inaccuracy. Qb8 was best.
63. Qb8 63... Kg6?! Inaccuracy. h5 was best. 63... h5 64. Be7? Mistake.
Qh8 was best. 64. Qh8 Kh5 65. Bf8 Qf4+ 66. Ke2 g4 67. Qg7 g3 68. Qf6 Qxf6 69.
exf6 Kg5 64... Qxe5 65. Qg8+ Qg7 66. Qb8 Qd4+ 67. Ke2 Qe4+ 68. Kf2?? Blunder.
Kd1 was best. 68. Kd1 Kh5 69. Qh2+ Qh4 70. Qe5 Qf2 71. Qg7 Qf3+ 72. Ke1 Qe4+
73. Kf2 f5 68... Qf4+ 69. Qxf4 gxf4 70. Kf3 Kf5 71. Bd6 e5 72. Bf8 h5 73.
Be7 e4+ 74. Kg2 Kg4 75. Kf2 f5 76. Kg2 h4 77. Kh2 f3 78. Bd8 e3 79. Bb6 f2 80.
Kg2 h3+ 81. Kf1 h2 82. Kg2 h1=Q+ 83. Kxh1 f1=Q+ 84. Kh2 Kf3 0-1
78.Praggnanandhaa R 2771 vs Dubov, Daniil 2684 FIDE World Cup 2025.11.13 Round 4-4 Italian Game: Scotch Invitation Declined C56 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 d6 5. d5 Nb8 6. Nc3 Be7 7. a4 a5 8. Qe2 c6 9. h3 Na6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd2 Nc5 15. Ba2 Be7 16. Nc4 Bd7 17. Rab1 Rad8 18. b4 axb4 19. Rxb4 Ra8 20. Nb6 Ra7 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Qf3 Raa8 23. Qf5 Qc7 24. Qg4 Kh7 25. h4 Bd8 26. h5 Qe7 27. dxc6 bxc6 28. Bb3 Ba5 29. Rc4 Rad8 30. Qf3 Kh8 31. Ne2 d5 32. exd5 cxd5 33. Rg4 e4 34. Qf5 e3 35. Bxd5 exf2+ 36. Qxf2 Bb6 37. Kh1 Nd3 38. Qxb6 Qxe2 39. Rxd3 Qxg4 40. Kg1 Qxa4 41. c4 Qa1+ 42. Kf2 Qe5 43. Qd4 Qxh5 44. Rg3 Qf5+ 45. Kg1 f6 46. Kh2 Rfe8 47. Qb6 Qh5+ 48. Rh3 Qe5+ 49. Rg3 Qd6 50. Qa7 Re7 51. Qf2 Re5 52. Kg1 Rde8 53. Kf17 a6
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