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1.Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo 2649 vs Sindarov, Javokhir 2688 FIDE World Cup chess.com [6-3] 2025.11.19 A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, Indian Variation 1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 c5 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.Nf3 d6 7.O-O e5 8.d3 O-O 9.Nc3 h6 10.Nd2 Be6 11.Nde4 Qd7 12.Qd2 Ne8 13.Nd5 Ne7 14.Nxe7+ Qxe7 15.b4 Rd8 16.bxc5 dxc5 17.Qe3 b6 18.Nc3 Qd7 19.a4 Nd6 20.Nd5 Nf5 21.Qd2 Nd4 22.Qd1 Bg4 23.f3 Be6 24.e4 f5 25.Bxd4 cxd4 26.Qb3 fxe4 27.fxe4 h5 28.h4 Kh8 29.Kh2 Bg4 30.a5 bxa5 31.Qa3 Be2 32.Bh3 Qe8 33.Nc7 Qc6 34.Rxf8+ Rxf8 35.Ne6 Rf7 36.Ra2 Bf8 37.Qxa5 Bxd3 38.Nd8 Qf6 39.Nxf7+ Qxf7 40.Qxe5+ Bg7 41.Qb8+ Kh7 42.Qxa7 Qxc4 43.Bg2 Bc2 44.Rb2 d3 45.Rb7 Qc3 46.Re7 Qf6 47.e5 Qf8 48.Rd7 Kh6 49.e6 Qf6 50.Qe3+

2.Sindarov, Javokhir 2688 vs Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo 2649 FIDE World Cup chess.com [6-4] 2025.11.19 A30 English, Symmetrical Variation 1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 d6 7.Bg2 Bd7 8.Nc2 h5 9.h4 Bg7 10.b3 a6 11.O-O Ng4 12.Bb2 b5 13.cxb5 axb5 14.Qc1 Rc8 15.Nxb5 Nce5 16.Nbd4 Qb6 17.Qd2 g5 18.hxg5 h4 19.gxh4 Rxh4 20.Nb4 e6 21.a4 d5 22.a5 Qd6 23.f4 Qf8 24.e3 Qh8 25.fxe5 Bxe5 26.Rf4 Bb5 27.Nxb5 Bxb2 28.Nxd5 Kf8 29.Nd6 f5 30.Raf1 Bc1 31.Rxf5+ exf5 32.Rxf5+ Kg7 33.Rf7+ Kg6 34.Nf4+ Kxg5 35.Ne4+

3.Erigaisi Arjun 2708 vs Wei, Yi 2758 FIDE World Cup chess.com [6-4] 2025.11.19 C43 Petrov, Modern Attack, Symmetrical Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nc3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Bd6 8.O-O O-O 9.Re1 c5 10.Nxd7 Qxd7 11.Qh5 g6 12.Qf3 c4 13.Bh6 Rd8 14.Be2 Qf5 15.g4 Qxf3 16.Bxf3 Be6 17.a4 Bf8 18.Bg5 Rd7 19.h4 Kg7 20.Kg2 Bd6 21.Rab1 b6 22.Rb5 Bc7 23.Bc1 h6 24.Bd1 Re8 25.f4 Rdd8 26.Rb1 Bd7 27.Rxe8 Rxe8 28.Ra1 Bd8 29.g5 hxg5 30.hxg5 Bf5 31.Bf3 Bxc2 32.Bxd5 Bd3 33.Ra2 Bc7 34.Kf2 f6 35.gxf6+ Kxf6 36.Be3 Rh8 37.Bg2 Rh4 38.d5 Bxf4 39.a5 Bxe3+ 40.Kxe3 b5 41.Rf2+ Bf5 42.Rb2 a6 43.d6 Ke6 44.Rd2 Bd3 45.Rf2 Bf5 46.Rd2 Rh7 47.Bc6 Rh3+ 48.Bf3 Bd3 49.Kf4 Kxd6 50.Bb7 b4 51.cxb4 c3 52.Rd1 c2 53.Rc1 Bf5 54.Bf3 Rh4+ 55.Ke3 Rxb4 56.Be2 Rb1 57.Kd2 Rxc1 58.Kxc1 Kc5 59.Bxa6 Kb4 60.Kd2 Kxa5 61.Bc4 Kb4 62.Bg8 g5 63.Bd5 g4 64.Bg2 g3 65.Bf3 Kb3 66.Kc1 Kc3 67.Bg2 Kd3 68.Bf1+ Ke3 69.Bg2 Kf2 70.Bd5 g2 71.Bxg2 Kxg2 72.Kd2 Kf3 73.Kc1 Ke3 74.Kb2 Kd2 75.Ka2 Kc3 76.Ka3 c1=Q+ 77.Ka4 Qb2 78.Ka5 Qb7 79.Ka4 Qa6#

4.Sindarov, Javokhir 2688 vs Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo 2649 FIDE World Cup chess.com [6-6] 2025.11.19 A30 English, Symmetrical, Hedgehog System 1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 O-O 9.Rd1 Nc6 10.Qf4 Qb8 11.b3 Rd8 12.Qxb8 Raxb8 13.Bf4 d6 14.Rac1 h6 15.h3 Nh5 16.Be3 Nf6 17.Nb5 Rd7 18.Ne1 Nd8 19.Bf4 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Ne8 21.Nd3 a6 22.Nc3 Rc8 23.Nb4 Nc6 24.Nxc6 Rxc6 25.e4 Rdc7 26.a4 Rc8 27.Na2 R6c7 28.Nb4 Ra8 29.Be3 Rb7 30.Nc6 Bf8 31.b4 Nf6 32.Kf3 Nd7 33.Ke2 Rc7 34.b5 Kh7 35.f4 axb5 36.axb5 Ra4 37.Kf3 h5 38.g4 hxg4+ 39.hxg4 Kg8 40.g5 g6 41.Rd2 Ra3 42.Rcc2 Ra4 43.Ke2 f5 44.exf5 gxf5 45.Kf3 e5 46.Rd5 Ra3 47.Kf2 Ra4 48.fxe5 dxe5 49.Nxe5 Nxe5 50.Rxe5 Rcxc4 51.Rxc4 Rxc4 52.Bxb6 f4 53.Rd5 Be7 54.Kf3 Kf7 55.Re5 Rc3+ 56.Ke4 Bd6 57.Rf5+ Ke7 58.Bd4 Rg3 59.Kd5 f3 60.b6 Rg4 61.b7 Bh2 62.Be5 Rb4 63.b8=Q

5.Wei, Yi 2752 vs Esipenko, Andrey 2681 FIDE World Cup chess.com [7-1] 2025.11.21 C10 French, Rubinstein Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bd3 c5 8.Be3 Qc7 9.Qe2 a6 10.h4 Nd5 11.O-O-O Bd7 12.Kb1 Nxe3 13.fxe3 f6 14.g4 O-O-O 15.g5 Kb8 16.Rhf1 Bc8 17.gxf6 gxf6 18.c3 Rg8 19.Nd2 f5 20.Nb3 Rg4 21.h5 Rh4 22.Nxc5 Bxc5 23.dxc5 Qxc5 24.Rf4 Rh3 25.Rd4 Rg8 26.e4 fxe4 27.Qxe4 Qxh5 28.Bxa6 e5 29.Rd8 Rxd8 30.Rxd8 Ka7 31.Qa4 bxa6 32.Rd7+ Bxd7 33.Qxd7+ Kb6

6.Esipenko, Andrey 2681 vs Wei, Yi 2752 FIDE World Cup chess.com [7-2] 2025.11.22 C42 Petrov, Nimzovich Attack 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bf4 Nc6 8.Qd2 Be6 9.O-O-O Qd7 10.Be2 O-O-O 11.Ng5 Bxg5 12.Bxg5 f6 13.Be3 h5 14.b3 Qf7 15.Bb5 Bd7 16.Rhe1 Rhe8 17.Kb2 a6 18.Bf1 h4 19.h3 Be6 20.f3 g5 21.Bf2 Bf5 22.Rc1 Qg6 23.a4 Re5 24.Re2 Rde8 25.Rce1 R8e7 26.Bg1 Qe8 27.Bh2 Rxe2 28.Rxe2 Rxe2 29.Bxe2 Qe6 30.Bc4 Qe8 31.Be2 Qe6 32.Bg1 Kd7 33.Be3 Ne5 34.Qd4 Nc6 35.Qd2 Ne5 36.Qd4 Nc6 37.Qd2

7.Wei, Yi 2758 vs Esipenko, Andrey 2626 FIDE World Cup chess.com [7-4] 2025.11.23 C53 Giuoco Piano 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 h6 6.b4 Bb6 7.a4 a6 8.O-O d6 9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Bb3 Re8 11.Nc4 Ba7 12.Be3 Be6 13.Bxa7 Rxa7 14.Re1 Ra8 15.Ne3 Qd7 16.a5 Bxb3 17.Qxb3 Ne7 18.Rad1 Ng6 19.Nf5 d5 20.c4 dxe4 21.dxe4 Qc6 22.Qc2 Kf8 23.g3 Rad8 24.Rd3 Rxd3 25.Qxd3 Kg8 26.Nd2 Qd7 27.Qxd7 Nxd7 28.Nb3 Ngf8 29.Rd1 f6 30.b5 Kf7 31.Ne3 Rc8 32.Nd5 Ke8 33.Nb4 Ne6 34.f3 Ra8 35.Kf2 Ndc5 36.Nxc5 Nxc5 37.Rd5 Ne6 38.bxa6 bxa6 39.Ke3 g5 40.c5 Rb8 41.Nxa6 Ra8 42.Nb4 Rxa5 43.c6 Ra4 44.Rb5 Nd4 45.Rb8+ Ke7 46.Nd5+ Kd6 47.Nxf6 Ra3+ 48.Kd2 Nxf3+ 49.Kc2 Kxc6 50.Rh8 Ra2+ 51.Kd3 Rxh2 52.Ng4 Rg2 53.Nxh6 Rxg3 54.Nf5 Rg2 55.Rh7 Kb6 56.Ne3 c6 57.Nxg2

8.Sindarov, Javokhir 2721 vs Wei, Yi 2752 FIDE World Cup chess.com [8-1] 2025.11.23 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.f4 Nxd3 9.Qxd3 g6 10.Be3 c5 11.Nc3 d4 12.Ne4 Be7 13.Bf2 Bf5 14.Qe2 O-O 15.g4 Bd7 16.Bg3 d3 17.cxd3 f5 18.exf6 e.p. Bxf6 19.Rae1 Bd4+ 20.Bf2 Bb5 21.Qf3 Bxb2 22.Rb1 Qxd3 23.Qxd3 Bxd3 24.Rxb2 Bxe4 25.Bxc5 Rfc8 26.Bd4 Rc4 27.Be5 Rd8 28.h3 Rd3 29.Rb3 Rc2 30.Rxd3 Rg2+ 31.Kh1 Rxg4+ 32.Rdf3 Rg3 33.Kh2 Rxf3 34.Rxf3 Bxf3 35.a4 Kf7 36.Kg3 Bc6 37.a5 b5 38.axb6 e.p. axb6 39.Kf2 Ke6 40.Ke3 Bg2 41.h4 Kf5 42.Bd6 Kg4 43.Be7 b5 44.Bg5 b4 45.Kd2 b3 46.Kc3 Bd5 47.Kb2 Kh5 48.Bf6 Be6 49.Kc3 h6 50.Bg7

9.Esipenko, Andrey 2681 vs Yakubboev, Nodirbek 2689 FIDE World Cup chess.com [8-1] 2025.11.23 B33 Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Ne4 Bb7 9.Bd3 Qc7 10.f4 Nb4 11.Be2 c5 12.Bf3 Bd5 13.O-O Be7 14.c3 Nc6 15.Be3 O-O 16.Ng3 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 d5 18.exd6 e.p. Bxd6 19.f5 Bxg3 20.Qxg3 Qxg3 21.hxg3 c4 22.fxe6 fxe6 23.Rxf8+ Rxf8 24.Rd1 Rb8 25.Rd6 Ne5 26.Rxe6 Ng4 27.Bc1 Rd8 28.Kf1 Kf7 29.Re2 Rd5 30.Ke1 Ne5 31.b3 Nd3+ 32.Kd1 h5 33.Bd2 Ra5 34.Be3 a6 35.bxc4 Re5 36.Bd4 Rg5 37.Kc2 Rxg3 38.Be3

10.Yakubboev, Nodirbek 2689 vs Esipenko, Andrey 2681 FIDE World Cup chess.com [8-2] 2025.11.25 A14 English, Neo-Catalan Declined 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.c4 O-O 6.d3 c5 7.Ne5 a6 8.Qb3 Bd6 9.f4 Qc7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bxd5 Nxd5 12.Qxd5 b5 13.Nf3 Bb7 14.Qf5 Nd7 15.e4 c4 16.Be3 Nc5 17.e5 Be7 18.dxc4 bxc4 19.Nbd2 Nd3 20.h4 Rad8 21.Rab1 Bc5 22.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 23.Kh2 Qe3 24.g4 Nc1 25.Rbxc1 Rxd2+ 26.Kg3 Qe2

11.Carlsen, Magnus 3304 vs Niemann, Hans Moke 3240 November 25 chess.com [9] 2025.11.25 A07 Reti, King's Indian Attack (Barcza System) 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.b3 O-O 6.Bb2 c5 7.e3 Nc6 8.Qe2 b6 9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.Bxe5 Bd6 11.Bb2 e5 12.c4 Bg4 13.f3 Bh5 14.d3 d4 15.e4 Qc7 16.Nd2 h6 17.h4 Bg6 18.Bh3 Rae8 19.Qg2 Nh5 20.Rae1 Kh8 21.Bc1 a6 22.a4 Bh7 23.Bg4 Nf6 24.Bh3 Nh5 25.Re2 Rg8 26.Rff2 Qb7 27.Bg4 Nf6 28.Bf5 Nh5 29.Bxh7 Kxh7 30.Qh3 Qc8 31.Qf5+ g6 32.Qxc8 Rxc8 33.Kg2 f5 34.Nf1 Rcf8 35.Kh3 Rf7 36.g4 Ng7 37.exf5 gxf5 38.Ng3 Rgf8 39.Kg2 Bc7 40.Bd2 a5 41.Rf1 e4 42.dxe4 Bxg3 43.Kxg3 fxg4 44.Kxg4 Rg8 45.Kh3 Nh5 46.Rg2 Rgf8 47.Rgf2 Rg8 48.Kh2 Re8 49.Re1 Nf6 50.Kg2 Rg7+ 51.Kf1 Nh5 52.Rg2 Rf7 53.Ke2 Ref8 54.Rf1 Re8 55.Rgg1 Ref8 56.Rf2 Rf6 57.Rg4 Re6 58.Kd3 Rfe8 59.Rg1 Rf6 60.f4 Rf7 61.f5 Nf6 62.Re2 Nd7 63.Bf4 Rfe7 64.Rg6 Rg7 65.h5 Rxg6 66.hxg6+ Kg7 67.Rh2 Ne5+ 68.Bxe5+ Rxe5 69.Rh4 Re8 70.Ke2 Kf6 71.Kf3 d3 72.Rh2 Rd8 73.Ke3 Rd4 74.Rd2 Ke5 75.g7 Rd8 76.Rxd3 Rg8 77.Rd7 Kf6 78.Rd6+ Kf7 79.Rg6 h5 80.e5 Rxg7 81.e6+ Kf8 82.Rxg7 Kxg7 83.Kf4 Kf6 84.Kg3 h4+ 85.Kxh4 Ke7 86.Kg5 Kd6 87.f6 Ke5 88.Kg6 Kd4 89.f7 Kc3 90.f8=Q Kxb3 91.Qd6 Kxa4 92.e7 Ka3 93.e8=Q b5 94.Qxb5 a4 95.Qd3+ Ka2 96.Qc2+ Ka1 97.Qcb2#

12.Wei, Yi 2758 vs Sindarov, Javokhir 2688 FIDE World Cup chess.com [8-4] 2025.11.25 C55 Two Knights Defence (Modern Bishop's Opening) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.Nc3 d6 7.a4 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Nd4 10.Qd1 c6 11.Ba2 Ne6 12.Re1 Qc7 13.Be3 b6 14.Qf3 Rad8 15.h4 Qd7 16.Qh3 Rfe8 17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.Ne2 d5 19.Ng3 Rf8 20.h5 h6 21.Re2 Rf7 22.Rae1 Bd6 23.Bd2 Rdf8 24.Bc3 d4 25.Bd2 c5 26.b3 a6 27.Nf1 Qe8 28.Ra1 Re7 29.Ng3 Qc8 30.Nf1 b5 31.Nh2 c4 32.axb5 axb5 33.bxc4 bxc4 34.Ng4 c3 35.Nxf6+ Rxf6 36.Be1 Rff7 37.f3 Ra7 38.Rd1 Ra2 39.Bh4 Rb7 40.Qg4 Qe8 41.Kh2 Qf7 42.g3 Rbb2 43.Rc1 Kh7 44.Kg2 Rb8 45.Rf1 Rb7 46.f4 exf4 47.e5 Bc5 48.Rxf4 Qe8 49.Ref2 Ra1 50.Qf3 Rbb1 51.Qe4+ Kg8 52.g4 Rh1 53.Kg3 Rae1 54.Re2 Rxe2 55.Qxe2 Be7 56.Bxe7 Qxe7 57.Rxd4 Qh4+ 58.Kf4 Re1 59.Qg2 Qg5+ 60.Kg3 Qe3+

13.Atwell, Rose 2349 vs Budisavljevic, Luka 2524 Charlotte Fall Invitational chess.com [9] 2025.11.21 B25 Sicilian, Closed 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Nge2 Rb8 7.Rb1 b5 8.a3 a5 9.a4 b4 10.Nb5 e5 11.O-O Nd4 12.Nexd4 exd4 13.f4 Ba6 14.e5 Bxb5 15.axb5 Ne7 16.f5 Bxe5 17.Bh6 Nxf5 18.Bc6+ Ke7 19.Rxf5 gxf5 20.Qh5 Qc8 21.Qg5+ f6 22.Qg7+ Ke6 23.Rf1 d5 24.Rxf5 Rg8 25.Qxh7 Kd6 26.Bf4 Qe6 27.Rxf6

14.Theodorou, Nikolas 2656 vs Maroroa Jones, Gawain C B 2655 XTX Markets London Chess Classic chess.com [2] 2025.11.26 D02 Queen's Pawn Game 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 a6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be6 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 c6 9.Bh4 h6 10.Nd2 Bd6 11.O-O g5 12.Bg3 Bxg3 13.fxg3 g4 14.Ne2 Qb6 15.b4 h5 16.Qe1 Qxb4 17.Rb1 Qa3 18.Rb3 Qxa2 19.Qc1 Qa5 20.Rxb7 Rc8 21.e4 c5 22.e5 Ng8 23.Nb3 Qd8 24.Nxc5 Ne7 25.Nf4 Nxc5 26.dxc5 Rc6 27.Nxe6 Rxe6 28.Qg5 Qc8 29.c6 Rf8 30.Bxa6 Nxc6 31.Rfxf7 Rxf7 32.Rxf7 Qxa6 33.Qg8#

15.Carlsen, Magnus 3317 vs Svane, Rasmus 3095 Titled Tuesday Grand Prix 2025/26 chess.com 2025.11.18 Round 10 Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London System D00 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 c5 5. c3 Bd6 6. Ngf3 O-O 7. Bd3 Bxf4 8. exf4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qd6 10. g3 e5 11. fxe5 Qxe5+ 12. Qe2 Qd6 13. O-O Nc6 14. Rfe1 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Bd7 16. f3 Qb6 17. Nb3 Rae8 18. Qf2 Bb5 19. Bc2 Bc4 20. Nc5 Bb5 21. a4 Bc6 22. a5 Qb4 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Nd3 Qd6 25. Re1 h6 26. Re5 Bb5 27. Rxe8+ Nxe8 28. Nf4 Nf6 29. Qd2 b6 30. axb6 axb6 31. Kf2 Qe7 32. Ng2 Qd6 33. Ne3 g6 34. Nd1 Kg7 35. Nc3 Qb4 36. Bb1 Bd7 37. h4 h5 38. Ke1 Bb5 39. Nd1 Qd6 40. Kf2 Bd7 41. Qe1 Be6 42. Bd3 Qe7 43. Qe5 Qb4 44. Ne3 Qxb2+ 45. Be2 Qb1 46. Bd1 Qd3 47. Ke1 Qc3+ 48. Ke2 Qb2+ 49. Bc2 b5 50. g4 hxg4 51. h5 gxf3+ 52. Kf2 Qc3 53. h6+ Kxh6 54. Qxf6 b4 55. Kxf3 b3 56. Bb1 b2 57. Ke2 Qc1 58. Qf4+ Kg7 59. Nf5+ Bxf5 60. Qe5+ Kh7 61. Bxf5 gxf5 62. Qxf5+ Kg7 63. Qe5+ Kg6 64. Qg3+ Qg5 65. Qd6+ Kg7 66. Qb4 Qg2+ 0-1

16.Yakubboev, Nodirbek 2550 vs Sindarov, Javokhir 2688 FIDE World Cup 2025.11.23 Round 7-3 Semi-Slav Defense D43 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 h6 8. Bf4 Nh5 9. Be5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 g6 11. Be2 Bb4 12. O-O Qe7 13. Qd4 Ng7 14. a3 Bc5 15. Qd2 Bg4 16. Na4 Bb6 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Qd4 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 b5 20. Bd1 O-O 21. Bc2 Ne6 22. Qc3 Qc5 23. Qxc5 Nxc5 24. f4 Na4 25. Rab1 Nb6 26. Kf2 Nc4 27. Rfd1 Kg7 28. Bb3 f6 29. exf6+ Rxf6 30. Bxc4 bxc4 31. g3 Re6 32. Rbc1 b5 33. Rd4 Rae8 34. Rc3 Kf6 35. Kf3 h5 36. b3 g5 37. fxg5+ Kxg5 38. bxc4 Rf6+ 39. Kg2 dxc4 40. a4 Ra8 41. axb5 Ra2+ 42. Kg1 cxb5 43. e4 Rb2 44. Rd5+ Kg6 45. Rc1 Rc6 46. e5 c3 47. Rd3 c2 0-1

17.Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2750 vs Theodorou, Nikolas 2656 XTX Markets London Chess Classic chess.com [5] 2025.11.29 A22 English Opening 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.e3 Bb4 4.Nge2 O-O 5.Qb3 a5 6.a3 Bxc3 7.Nxc3 d6 8.Be2 Nc6 9.d3 Re8 10.O-O e4 11.Qc2 exd3 12.Bxd3 Ne5 13.Be2 Ng6 14.b3 Bg4 15.f3 Be6 16.e4 c6 17.f4 Bd7 18.f5 Ne5 19.Bg5 b5 20.Rad1 b4 21.Na4 c5 22.Rxd6 Qe7 23.Rfd1 Bxa4 24.bxa4 Red8 25.R6d5 h6 26.Bh4 Nxd5 27.Bxe7 Nxe7 28.Rxd8+ Rxd8 29.axb4 axb4 30.a5 N7c6 31.Qa2 Nd4 32.Bd1 Nb5 33.Bb3 Nc3 34.Qf2 Nd3 35.Qd2 Rd4 36.Kf1 Ne5 37.Qf4 f6 38.Qe3 Rxe4 39.Qf2 Nd3 40.Qd2 Rf4+ 41.Qxf4 Nxf4 42.a6 Nfe2 43.a7 Nd4 44.a8=Q+ Kh7 45.Ba4 b3 46.Be8 Nxf5 47.Bf7 Ne3+ 48.Kf2

18.Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2750 vs Mishra, Abhimanyu 2642 XTX Markets London Chess Classic chess.com [2] 2025.11.26 C78 Ruy Lopez, 5.O-O 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.c3 d6 9.d4 Bb6 10.a5 Ba7 11.h3 Bb7 12.Re1 O-O 13.Be3 exd4 14.cxd4 Nb4 15.Bg5 h6 16.Bh4 c5 17.Nc3 Re8 18.Re3 c4 19.Bc2 Nxc2 20.Qxc2 b4 21.Nd5 g5 22.Nxg5 hxg5 23.Bxg5 Bxd5 24.exd5 Rxe3 25.fxe3 Qe8 26.Bxf6 Qxe3+ 27.Qf2 Qxf2+ 28.Kxf2 Rb5 29.Ke3 Rxd5 30.g4 Rb5 31.Ke4 Kh7 32.h4 Kg6 33.Rf1 d5+ 34.Ke3 Bb8 35.h5+ Kh7 36.g5 Bd6 37.Be7 Bxe7 38.Rxf7+ Kg8 39.Rxe7 c3 40.b3 Rb8 41.Rc7 Rf8 42.h6 Rf7 43.Rc6 Re7+ 44.Kf4 Kh7 45.Kg4 Rd7 46.Kh5 Kg8 47.g6 Rd8 48.Rc7 Kh8 49.h7

19. Shankland, Sam 2649 vs Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2750 XTX Markets London Chess Classic chess.com [6] 2025.11.30 C45 Scotch, Romanishin Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Bb4+ 6.c3 Be7 7.f4 d6 8.Bd3 Nh6 9.O-O O-O 10.N1d2 f5 11.Nf3 Kh8 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Bxf5 Nxf5 14.g4 Nh6 15.Nfd4 Qd7 16.f5 Ne5 17.h3 Nhf7 18.Bf4 g6 19.Kh2 Bf6 20.Ne6 Rg8 21.Qe2 gxf5 22.gxf5 Rae8 23.Rad1 Qe7 24.Nbd4 Ng5 25.Bxg5 Bxg5 26.Nb5 Bh4 27.Rd4 Bg3+ 28.Kh1 c5 29.Re4 d5 30.Ra4 d4 31.Qe4 Qd7 32.c4 Rxe6 33.fxe6 Qxe6 34.Rf5 Qh6 35.Qg2 Bf4 36.Qf1 Qc6+

20.Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2750 vs McShane, Luke J 2615 XTX Markets London Chess Classic chess.com [7] 2025.12.01 C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Bg5 Ne7 8.d4 Bb6 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nbd2 Kh8 11.Re1 Rg8 12.g3 Qf8 13.a4 a6 14.Bd3 Bg4 15.Nc4 Ba7 16.Ne3 Bh5 17.Be2 Bg6 18.Qc2 Qc8 19.Bd3 Bh5 20.Nh4 Bg6 21.Bc4 Rg7 22.Rad1 Qh3 23.Nxg6+ hxg6 24.Qb3 Rh7 25.Nf1 Bb6 26.Bxf7 Rf8 27.Be6 Qh5 28.Rd3 a5 29.Qd1 Nc6 30.Qxh5 Rxh5 31.Bd5 exd4 32.Bxc6 bxc6 33.cxd4 c5 34.Ne3 cxd4 35.Nd5 Bc5 36.Nxc7 Re5 37.Kf1 Rf7 38.Nb5 Rfe7 39.Nxd4 Rxe4 40.Red1 Kg7 41.b3 R7e5 42.h4 g5 43.hxg5 Rxg5 44.Nb5 Rf5 45.R1d2 Rb4 46.Kg2 Kg6 47.Na3 Rb8 48.Nc4 Bb4 49.Rd1 Bc5 50.f4 Bb4 51.Rd5 Rxd5 52.Rxd5 f5 53.Kf3 Kf6 54.Rb5 Ra8 55.Nb6

21.Erigaisi Arjun 2749 vs Anand, Viswanathan 2732 Jerusalem Masters chess.com [2-3] 2025.12.3 D37 Queen's Gambit Declined, 4.Nf3 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 c6 7.e3 Bf5 8.Nh4 Bg6 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.h3 Nbd7 11.Bd3 Nb6 12.Qc2 Bd6 13.O-O-O Bxf4 14.exf4 Qd6 15.Rde1+ Kf8 16.g3 Re8 17.Re5 Nfd7 18.Rxe8+ Kxe8 19.h4 Kd8 20.Qd2 Nf8 21.f5 gxf5 22.Qg5+ Qf6 23.Qxf6+ gxf6 24.Bxf5 Nc4 25.Ne2 Nd6 26.Bd3 f5 27.Kd2 Ne6 28.f3 Ke7 29.Ke3 Kf6 30.Nf4 Re8 31.Nxe6 fxe6 32.g4 e5 33.g5+ Kg6 34.dxe5 Rxe5+ 35.Kf4 Re8 36.h5+ Kg7 37.h6+ Kg6 38.h7 Kg7 39.g6 c5 40.Kg5 c4 41.Bxf5 d4 42.Bd7 Rd8 43.h8=Q+ Rxh8 44.Rxh8 Kxh8 45.Kh6

22.Firouzja, Alireza 2762 vs Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2750 XTX Markets London Chess Classic chess.com [8] 2025.12.4 D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted, 3.e4 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 exd4 5.Bxc4 Nc6 6.O-O Be6 7.Bxe6 fxe6 8.Qb3 Qd7 9.Qxb7 Rb8 10.Qa6 Nf6 11.Nbd2 Bd6 12.a3 O-O 13.b4 h6 14.Bb2 e5 15.Rac1 Rb6 16.Qa4 Nd8 17.Qb3+ Ne6 18.Nc4 Rb5 19.Nfd2 Kh8 20.g3 Nc5 21.Qc2 d3 22.Qd1 Ncxe4 23.Nxe4 Nxe4 24.Qxd3 Ng5 25.Nd2 c6 26.Ne4 Rd5 27.Qe2 Nf3+ 28.Kg2 Qg4 29.Rc2 Rf4 30.h3 Nh4+ 31.Kh2 Nf3+ 32.Kg2 Nh4+ 33.Kh2 Nf3+ 34.Kg2 Nh4+ 35.Kh2 Nf3+ 36.Kg2

23.McShane, Luke J 2615 vs Theodorou, Nikolas 2656 XTX Markets London Chess Classic chess.com [8] 2025.12.4 B30 Sicilian, Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (without ...d6) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.c3 a6 5.Bxc6 bxc6 6.O-O Ne7 7.b3 Ng6 8.Ba3 Be7 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 O-O 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Nc3 f5 13.Re1 Bb7 14.Rc1 Nf4 15.Re3 Kh8 16.Ne5 d6 17.Nd3 Nxd3 18.Qxd3 f4 19.Ree1 f3 20.g3 a5 21.Re3 Ba6 22.Qd1 Qg5 23.Qe1 Qg4 24.Kh1 d5 25.Nb1 c5 26.exd5 Qh3 27.Qg1 cxd4 28.Rxe6 Rac8 29.Rxc8 Bxc8 30.Re5 Ba6 31.Nd2 h6 32.g4 Qh4 33.Qg3 Qd8 34.g5 Qc8 35.Nxf3 Qc3 36.Kg2 h5 37.g6 Kg8 38.Rxh5 Qc1 39.Qh4 Bf1+ 40.Kg3 Rxf3+ 41.Kxf3 Qc3+ 42.Kf4 Qd2+ 43.Ke5 Qe2+ 44.Kxd4 Qd3+ 45.Ke5 Qe2+ 46.Qe4 Qxf2 47.Rf5 Qxh2+ 48.Kd4

24.Adams, Michael 2635 vs Shankland, Sam 2649 XTX Markets London Chess Classic chess.com [8] 2025.12.4 B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) Attack 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.O-O a6 5.Be2 Ngf6 6.d3 b6 7.c4 e6 8.Nc3 Bb7 9.Ne1 g6 10.f4 Bg7 11.a4 Nb8 12.Nc2 Nc6 13.Bf3 O-O 14.Rb1 Nd7 15.Bd2 Qc7 16.Ne2 Rae8 17.Bc3 Bxc3 18.bxc3 f5 19.Ne3 Na5 20.Ng3 Nf6 21.exf5 exf5 22.Bxb7 Qxb7 23.Qf3 Rf7 24.Nexf5 gxf5 25.Nxf5 Qxf3 26.Rxf3 Rff8 27.Rxb6 Ng4 28.Nxd6 Re1+ 29.Rf1 Rxf1+ 30.Kxf1 Rxf4+ 31.Ke1 Nxh2 32.Rxa6 Nb3 33.Rb6 Rf1+ 34.Ke2 Nc1+ 35.Kd2 Na2 36.Ne4 Rg1 37.a5 Rxg2+ 38.Ke3 Nc1 39.Nxc5 Re2+ 40.Kf4 Re8 41.Kg3 Nf1+ 42.Kf2 Ne3 43.a6 Nd1+ 44.Kf3 Rf8+ 45.Ke4 Re8+ 46.Re6 Ra8 47.d4 Nxc3+ 48.Ke3 Nb1 49.d5 Na3 50.Kd4 Na2 51.d6 Nc2+ 52.Ke5 Ne3 53.d7 Kf7 54.a7 Nb4 55.Kd4 Nf5+ 56.Kc3 Na2+ 57.Kb2 Ne7 58.Nb7 Rxa7 59.Rxe7+

25.Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2717 vs Theodorou, Nikolas 2581 XTX Markets London Chess Classic chess.com [10] 2025.12.6 B32 Sicilian, Labourdonnais-Loewenthal Variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Ne2 Nf6 6.Nbc3 Bc5 7.Ng3 d6 8.Na4 Bb4+ 9.c3 Ba5 10.b4 Bc7 11.Be2 O-O 12.O-O Be6 13.Be3 a6 14.a3 b5 15.Nb2 d5 16.Nd3 d4 17.cxd4 Nxd4 18.Nc5 Bb6 19.Bxd4 Qxd4 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.Qb3 Qd7 22.Rad1 Bd4 23.Nf5 Rad8 24.Nxd4 exd4 25.e5 Qd5 26.Qxd5 Nxd5 27.Bg4 Nc3 28.Bxe6+ Kh8 29.Rd2 Rfe8 30.Rc1 g6 31.f3 Rb8 32.Bd7 Rxe5 33.Kf1 Rd8 34.Bc6 Rd6 35.f4 Rf5 36.Bf3 Rxf4 37.Re1 Kg7 38.Re7+ Rf7 39.Re8 Ra7 40.Rc8 Nd5 41.Re8 Nb6 42.Re4 d3 43.Rd1 Nc4 44.a4 Nb2 45.Rd2 Nxa4 46.Kf2 Nb6 47.Rd1 Nc4 48.Ra1 Rf7 49.Kg3

26.Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan 2658 vs Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2734 Clash of Generations II chess.com [5] 2025.12.7 C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation, 5.O-O 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Qf6 6.d4 exd4 7.Bg5 Qd6 8.Nxd4 Be7 9.Be3 Nh6 10.Qd2 c5 11.Ne2 Qxd2 12.Nxd2 Be6 13.h3 O-O-O 14.Nf4 Bf6 15.c3 Rhe8 16.Nxe6 Rxe6 17.Rae1 Be7 18.g4 g5 19.f4 gxf4 20.Bxf4 Ng8 21.Nf3 f6 22.e5 c4 23.Kg2 fxe5 24.Rxe5 Rxe5 25.Nxe5 b5 26.g5 Bc5 27.h4 Ne7 28.h5 Nd5 29.Bc1 Ne3+ 30.Bxe3 Bxe3 31.Nf7 Rg8 32.Kh3 Kd7 33.Kg4 Ke7 34.g6 hxg6 35.h6 Bxh6 36.Nxh6 Rd8 37.Rf7+ Ke6 38.Rf2 Rd1 39.Kf4 c5 40.Ng4 Ra1 41.a3 b4 42.axb4 cxb4 43.Ke4

27.Nihal Sarin 2701 vs Abdisalimov, Abdimalik 2561 4th President's Cup Masters chess.com [9] 2025.12.12 C00 French, King's Indian Attack 1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Qe2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 c5 7.e5 Nfd7 8.c4 Nc6 9.O-O f6 10.exf6 Bxf6 11.Nc3 Nb6 12.Nd2 Nd4 13.Qd1 Qd6 14.Nb3 Nxb3 15.Qxb3 Bxc3 16.Qxc3 d4 17.Qa5 Nd7 18.Bf4 e5 19.Bd2 Qg6 20.f4 Qxd3 21.Bd5+ Kh8 22.fxe5 Re8 23.Rf3 Qc2 24.Rc1 Qg6 25.Rcf1 Qb6 26.Qa4 h6 27.Qc2 a5 28.e6

28.Gukesh D 2787 vs Nakamura, Hikaru 2804 Norway Chess chess.com 2025.5.28 Round 5 Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Modern Bishop's Opening C55 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2 c5 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. Na3 h6 11. c3 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. b4 b6 14. Nc4 Qe8 15. b5 Nd8 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 cxd4 18. Bb4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 d5 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Rxd4 dxc4 22. Ne5 Qg5 23. Nxc4 Nb7 24. Qe2 Nc5 25. Rad1 Rf4 26. a5 bxa5 27. Nxa5 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. Nc6 Qd7 31. h4 Qd6 32. Nxa7 Nd3 33. Nc6 Kh8 34. Qf3 Kg8 35. g3 Nc5 36. Kg2 Qd7 37. Qf4 Qd5+ 38. Kh2 Kh7 39. Qf7 Nd3 40. Ne7 Qd8 41. Qxe6 Nxf2 42. Qf5+ 1-0

29. Ivanchuk, Vasyl 2623 vs Movahed, Sina 2558 Fujairah Global 2025.8.28 Round 5 English Opening: Agincourt Defense A13 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Bd6 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 a6 9. h3 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O e5 12. Nxb5 axb5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qe7 15. Nf3 b4 16. Nd2 Rfd8 17. Qc2 Ra5 18. Rfd1 Rc5 19. Nc4 Rg5 20. g4?? Blunder. Bf1 was best. 20... h5? Mistake. Nxg4 was best. 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Nxd6 cxd6 23. Qc7 Be4 24. Rac1 hxg4 25. hxg4 Rg6 26. Rd4 Re8 27. Qd7 Re7 28. Qc8+ Kh7 29. Rxe4 Rxe4 30. Bd3 d5?? Blunder. Qf3 was best. 31. Kg2 Rh6 32. Bxe4+ dxe4 33. Qf5+ Qxf5 34. gxf5 Ra6 35. Rh1+?! Inaccuracy. Rc4 was best. 35…. Rxa2 36. Rxe4 Ra5 37. Rh4+ Kg8 38. f6 g6 39. Rxb4 Ra6 40. Rf4 Kh7 35... Rh6?! Inaccuracy. Kg8 was best. 36. Rd1 Ra6 37. Rd4 Rxa2 38. Rxe4 Ra5 39. Rh4+ Kg8 40. f6 g5? Mistake. The best was 40... g6 41. Rxb4 41. Rh5 Rc5 42. Kg3 Rc3 43. Rxg5+ Kh8 44. Kg2 Kh7 45. Rg7+ Kh6 46. Rxf7 Kg6 47. Rb7 Rxb3 48. f7 Kg7 49. e4 Rb1 50. e5 Re1 51. f4 1-0

30.Moussard, Jules 3088 vs Carlsen, Magnus 3312 Tuesday Grand Prix 2025/26 2025.11.18 Round 4 Modern Defense: Two Knights Variation B06 1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 O-O 10. O-O e5 11. d5 Ne7?! Inaccuracy. Nd4 was best. 12. a4 Nd7 13. a5 f5 14. Ra4 Kh8 15. Rb4?! Inaccuracy. Be2 was the best and answered by 15…. f4 15... Rb8?! Inaccuracy. b6 was best and answered by 16. axb6 16. Ba7?! Inaccuracy. Qd3 was best and answed by 16…. c5 16... Ra8 17. Be3 Qc8?! Inaccuracy. b5 was best and answered by 18. axb6 18. Qd3 Ng8 19. Qc4 Bh6 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Re1?! Inaccuracy. Bxh6 was best answered by 21…. Nxh6 21... Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Rb8 23. Qh4 Qe8 24. Rc4 Rc8 25. Rb4 Nc5?! Inaccuracy. b6 was best, answered by 26. Ne2?! Inaccuracy. Bh5 was best, answered by 26... Qe7 27. Qxe7 Nxe7 28. c4 Rb8 29. Nc1?! Inaccuracy. Nf4 was best. 29... b6 30. axb6 a5 31. Rb5 Rxb6 32. Rxb6 cxb6 33. Ra3 Kg7 34. Be2 e4 35. f4 a4?! Inaccuracy. exf3 was best, answered by 36. Bxf3 Ng6 37. Nb3 Ne5 38. Be2 Ne4 39. Nd4 Kf6 40. Ra1 Ng3 41. b3 36. Kf2?! Inaccuracy. b4 was best, answered by Nb3 37. Nxb3 axb3 38. Rxb3 Ra8 39. Rb2 Ra3 40. Kf2 Kf6 41. Rc2 Ra4 36... b5 37. b4?? Blunder. cxb5 was best. 37... axb3 38. Nxb3 b4 39. Ra7 Nxb3 40. Rxe7+ Rf7 41. Rxf7+ Kxf7 42. Ke3 Nc5 43. Bd1?! Kd2 was best. Answered by 43…. Nb3+ 44. Ke3 Nc1 45. Bd1 b3 46. g4 b2 47. Bc2 Nd3 48. Bb1 Kf6 43... b3 44. g4?! Inaccuracy. Bh5+ was best, answered by 44…. Kg7 45. Bd1 b2 46. Bc2 h5 47. h4 Na4 48. Kd4 Kf7 49. Bb1 Ke7 44... h5 45. g5 h4 46. Kd4 b2 47. Bc2 Nd3 48. Ke3 Ne1 49. Bb1 Ng2+ 50. Kd4 Nxf4 51. c5 dxc5+ 52. Ke5 Nxd5 53. Kxd5 e3 0-1

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

32.Michael Bezold 2531 vs Magnus Carlsen 2890 World Blitz Championship New York 2024.12.30 Round 1.1 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

33.Carlsen, Magnus 2824 vs Niemann, Hans Moke 2612 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Final chess.com 2025.12.8 Round 4 chess960 1. c4 c5 2. b4 d6 3. b5 g6 4. d3 b6 5. g3 Nc7 6. Bc3 Bxc3 7. Rxc3 Nd7 8. a4 Nf6 9. Ne3 Bd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nb3 a5 12. d4 Ne6 13. d5 Nd4 14. Qb2 e5 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Re1 Kg7 17. Rd3 e5 18. Nd2 Be6 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Bg4 21. f3 Bh3 22. e3 Nf5 23. Ne4 Nh6 24. g4 Nxg4 25. fxg4 Bxg4 26. Rd2 Rf5 27. Rf2 Qc7 28. Ref1 Qe7 29. Bg2 Rxf2 30. Qxf2 Bf5 31. Qg3 Rf8 32. Nc3 e4 33. h4 h5 34. Kh2 Rf6 35. Bxe4 Bxe4 36. Rxf6

34.Niemann, Hans Moke 2709 vs Carlsen, Magnus 2890 FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship 2024.12.31 Round 1-4 Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo, Normal C50 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. h3 h6 7. c3 d6 8. Re1 a6 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Nf1 Ba7 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. d4 Re8 14. Be3 exd4 15. Bxd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 c6 17. Qb3 Rb8 18. Rad1 Re6 19. Qc2 g6 20. Qc1 Kg7?! Inaccuracy. Qf8 was best. 21. Qf4 Qe7 22. Nh4 Kh7 23. Nf3 Re8 24. e5 Nd5 25. Qg4 dxe5 26. Rxe5 Bb8?! Inaccuracy. Qb4 was best, answered by 27. Rde1 Rxe5 28. dxe5 Qxb2 29. Re2 Qc1+ 30. Kh2 Re6 31. Ne4 Kg8 32. g3 27. Rxe6 Qxe6 28. Qh4? Mistake. Qxe6 was best. 28... Qe7? Mistake. Qc8 was best, answered by 29. Re1 Rxe1+ 30. Nxe1 f5 31. Nf1 Qe8 32. Nf3 Bf4 33. g4 g5 34. Qh5 29. Qxe7 Rxe7 30. Nf1 Kg7 31. g3 Re2 32. N1d2 Ba7 33. Kf1 Re7 34. a3 Nc7 35. Nc4 Rd7 36. Ne3 Ne6 37. Nc2 f5 38. Ke2 Kf6 39. Kd3 c5 40. Kc3? Mistake. Ke2 was best, answered by 40…. cxd4 41. Nb4 Nc5 42. Nd3 Re7+ 43. Kf1 g5 44. Nfe1 Nb3 45. Nc1 Na5 40... cxd4+ 41. Nfxd4 Ng5 42. Rf1 Ne4+ 43. Kd3 Nc5+ 44. Ke2 Na4 45. Nf3 Re7+ 46. Kd2?! Inaccuracy. Ne3 was best, answered by 46…. Nxb2 47. Rc1 b5 48. Nd2 Re6 49. h4 h5 50. Rc8 Bb6 51. Kf3 Rd6 46... Nxb2 47. Nb4 Rd7+ 48. Kc3?! Inaccuracy. Kc2 was best, answered by 48…. Na4 49. Nd2 a5 50. Nd3 Rc7+ 51. Kb1 Nc3+ 52. Kb2 Nd5 53. Nf3 Rc3 48... Na4+ 49. Kc2 Nc5 50. Nd2 Ne6 51. Nb3 g5?! Inaccuracy. Ng5 was best, answered by 52. f4 Nxh3 53. Nd3 Re7 54. Na5 h5 55. Kd2 Re3 56. Re1 Rxg3 57. Nxb7 52. f3 Bb8 53. g4 Nf4 54. Re1 Be5 55. Kb1 Rc7 56. Rd1?! Inaccuracy. Nd2 was best, answered by 56…. a5 57. Nc2 Nd5 58. Nf1 Nc3+ 59. Kc1 a4 60. Nfe3 f4 61. Nf5 Nb5 56... Rc3 57. Ka2 Rxf3 58. Nc5 Rxh3 59. Nd7+ Ke6 60. Nc5+ Kf7 61. gxf5 Kf6 62. Rd7 Kxf5 63. Rxb7 a5 64. Nc6 Rh2+ 65. Kb1 Bf6 66. Rb5 Kg4?! Inaccuracy. g4 was best, answered by 67. Nd7+ Ke6 68. Nxf6 Kxf6 69. Rb6 g3 70. Nd4+ Kf7 71. Rb3 g2 72. Rg3 67. Ne4 Bg7 68. Rxa5 Rb2+ 69. Kc1 Ne2+ 70. Kd1 Nc3+ 71. Nxc3 Bxc3 72. Rc5 Bf6 73. a4 Ra2 74. a5 h5 75. Nb4 Ra4 76. Rc4+ Kf3 77. Rc6 Rxb4 78. Rxf6+ Kg3 79. a6 Ra4 80. Kc2 h4 81. Kb3 Ra1 82. Kb2 Ra5 83. Kb3 h3 84. Kb4 Ra1 85. Kb5 h2 0-1

35.Dubov Daniil vs Karjakin Sergey Moscow Aeroflot Blitz 2020.3.2 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. b4 Nxb4 7. Nxb4 e4 8. a3 exf3 9. e3 O-O 10. Bb2 c6 11. Qxf3 Be7 12. Bg2 a5 13. Nc2 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. O-O a4 16. Rab1 Nc7 17. d4 Be6 18. e4 Ba2 19. Ra1 Bb3 20. Ne3 Re8 21. Rfe1 Bf8 22. d5 cxd5 23. exd5 Nb5 24. Nf5 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Nd6 26. h4 Nxf5 27. Qxf5 Qd6 28. h5 Rd8 29. Be4 g6 30. Qf3 Bg7 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Qc3+ f6 33. Bf3 Bxd5 34. Rd1 Qc6 35. h6+ Kxh6 36. Qd2+ Kg7 37. Bxd5 Qc5 38. Qb2 b5 39. Bf3 Rxd1+ 40. Bxd1 Qe7 41. Be2 b4 42. axb4 a3 43. Qd2 a2 44. Qxa2 Qxb4 45. Qa7+ Kh6 46. Qe3+ Kg7 47. Kg2 Qb7+ 48. Bf3 Qc7 49. Qe4 Qd6 50. Qd5 Qa3 51. Qb7+ Kh6 52. Qb6 Qc3 53. Qe3+ Qxe3 54. fxe3 Kg5 55. Bd5 Kg4 56. Be6+ Kg5 57. Kh3 f5 58. Bg8 h6 59. Bf7 Kf6 60. Be8 g5 61. g4 f4 62. exf4 gxf4 63. Bh5 Ke5 64. Kg2 Ke4 65. Kf2 f3 66. Bg6+ Kf4 67. Bh5 Ke4 68. Be8 Kf4 69. Bh5 Ke4 70. Kg3 Ke3 71. Be8 f2 72. Kg2 Kf4 73. Bh5 Ke3 74. Kf1 1-0

36.Ding, Liren 2747 vs Bu, Xiangzhi 2587 [3.1] 2025.11.18 A15 English opening 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 Nc6 9.Qf4 Qb8 10.Rd1 Qxf4 11.Bxf4 Rc8 12.Rac1 O-O 13.b3 Rfd8 14.Nd4 d6 15.Ndb5 a6 16.Na7 Nxa7 17.Bxb7 Rb8 18.Bxa6 Nd7 19.Nd5 Nc5 20.Bb5 Nxb5 21.Nxe7+ Kf8 22.Nc6 Nc3 23.Rxc3 Bxc3 24.Nxb8 Kg7 25.Nc6 Ra8 26.Rc1 Bf6 27.Rc2 Ne4 28.f3 Nc3 29.Nb4 b5 30.Bxd6 bxc4 31.bxc4 Rd8 32.c5 Nb5 33.Bf4 Na3 34.Rd2 Rxd2 35.Bxd2 Bd4+ 36.Kg2 Nc4 37.c6

37.Firouzja, Alireza 2754 vs Caruana, Fabiano 2751 Tech Mahindra Global Chess League chess.com [1] 2025.12.14 B35 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, modern variation with Bc4 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bg7 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6 9.f3 Bd7 10.Qd3 Ne5 11.Qd2 Rc8 12.h4 h5 13.O-O-O Nc4 14.Bxc4 Rxc4 15.Kb1 Qc7 16.Nde2 b5 17.Nf4 Bc6 18.g4 Rc8 19.gxh5 b4 20.hxg6 bxc3 21.gxf7+ Kxf7 22.Qg2 e5 23.Rhg1 exf4 24.Qxg7+ Ke6 25.Qg6 fxe3 26.Qf5+ Kf7 27.Rg6 Qe7 28.Rdg1 Bxe4 29.Rg7+ Ke8 30.Rxe7+ Kxe7 31.Rg7+ Ke8 32.Qe6+

38.Wei, Yi 2751 vs Giri, Anish 2685 Tech Mahindra Global Chess League chess.com [1] 2025.12.14 C26 Vienna, Falkbeer Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qc4 Bb4 6.Bd2 O-O 7.O-O-O Re8 8.f3 d6 9.Qe2 Be6 10.a3 Ba5 11.Qe1 a6 12.Nge2 b5 13.Nf4 Bc8 14.g4 Rb8 15.Rg1 Nd7 16.g5 Nde5 17.Rg3 b4 18.axb4 Nxb4 19.Ncd5 Nxd5 20.Nxd5 Bxd2+ 21.Qxd2 c6 22.Ne3 Qb6 23.Qc3 d5 24.exd5 Bd7 25.f4 Ng6 26.Bc4 Nxf4 27.dxc6 Be6 28.Rf1 Bxc4 29.Rxf4 Be6 30.Nf5 Bxf5 31.Rxf5 Rbc8 32.Rc5 Re1+ 33.Qxe1 Qxc5 34.Rc3 Qxg5+ 35.Kb1 h6 36.c7 Qf6 37.Qe4 Qf1+ 38.Ka2 Qb5 39.Qe7 Qd5+ 40.b3 Kh7 41.Rc5 Qd4 42.c3 Qd2+ 43.Ka3 Qf4 44.Qd7 Qe3 45.Qf5+ g6 46.Qxf7+ Kh8 47.Qf6+ Kh7 48.Qd6 Qc1+ 49.Kb4 a5+ 50.Kb5 Qf1+ 51.Kb6 Qf7 52.Rd5 Kg8 53.Qd8+

39.Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2730 vs Nakamura, Hikaru 2732 Tech Mahindra Global Chess League chess.com [2] 2025.12.14 C42 Petrov, Damiano Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 Nxe4 4.Qe2 Qe7 5.Qxe4 d6 6.f4 dxe5 7.fxe5 f5 8.Qe3 Nc6 9.Nc3 Nxe5 10.d4 Ng4 11.Qxe7+ Bxe7 12.Bf4 c6 13.Bc4 b5 14.Bb3 a5 15.a3 Ba6 16.h3 Nf6 17.Be5 b4 18.axb4 axb4 19.Ne2 Kd7 20.Ng3 g6 21.Kf2 Rhf8 22.Rhe1 Nd5 23.Ne2 f4 24.Kf3 g5 25.Nc1 h5 26.Nd3 Ne3 27.Nc5+ Bxc5 28.dxc5 Rfe8 29.Bf6 g4+ 30.hxg4 hxg4+ 31.Kf2 g3+ 32.Kg1 Bb5 33.Bg5 Rxa1 34.Rxa1 Re4 35.Re1 Rd4 36.c3 Rd2 37.Bxf4 Rxg2+ 38.Kh1 Rh2+ 39.Kg1 Rg2+ 40.Kh1 Rxb2 41.Bxe3 Rxb3 42.cxb4 Rb2 43.Rd1+ Ke6 44.Rd2 Rb3 45.Bf4 Kf5 46.Bc7 Bc4 47.Kg2 Bd5+ 48.Rxd5+ cxd5 49.Ba5 Kg4

40.Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 2707 vs Rapport, Richard 2702 Tech Mahindra Global Chess League chess.com [2] 2025.12.14 E26 Nimzo-Indian, Saemisch, O'Kelly Variation 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.e3 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.f3 Nc6 9.Ne2 Qe7 10.O-O O-O-O 11.e4 d6 12.Be3 Kc7 13.Nc1 Na5 14.Nb3 Nxb3 15.Qxb3 e5 16.a4 a5 17.Bg5 Bc6 18.f4 h6 19.Bh4 exf4 20.Rxf4 g5 21.Raf1 gxf4 22.Rxf4 Qd7 23.Bxf6 Bxa4 24.Qb1 Rhe8 25.Bxd8+ Qxd8 26.e5 dxe5 27.Rxf7+ Re7 28.Rf6 Kb7 29.Be4+ Ka7 30.dxc5 bxc5 31.Bd5 e4 32.Rxh6 e3 33.Qg6

41.Gukesh D 2692 vs Firouzja, Alireza 2754 Tech Mahindra Global Chess League chess.com [2] 2025.12.14 A37 English, Symmetrical Variation 1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 c5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 a6 6.O-O Rb8 7.d3 b5 8.cxb5 axb5 9.Be3 b4 10.Na4 d6 11.d4 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Nf6 14.b3 O-O 15.Rc1 Qa5 16.Qd2 Bd7 17.Qe3 Rfe8 18.h3 Qh5 19.g4 Qh4 20.Rc7 Be6 21.Rd1 Rbc8 22.Rxc8 Rxc8 23.Qd2 h5 24.f3 hxg4 25.hxg4 Bh6 26.Qxb4 Bf4 27.Qe1 Qh2+ 28.Kf1 Nd5 29.Qf2 Rc2 30.Qg1 Qxg1+ 31.Bxg1 Rxa2 32.Rb1 Ne3+ 33.Bxe3 Bxe3 34.Nc3 Rc2 35.Nd1 Bd4 36.g5 Bf5 37.Nf2 Ra2 38.Rd1 Be3 39.b4 Bc2

42.Anand, Viswanathan 2727 vs Gukesh D 2692 Tech Mahindra Global Chess League chess.com [3] 2025.12.16 B41 Sicilian, Kan, Maroczy Bind (Reti Variation) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Qd3 Qc7 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Nxc6 dxc6 10.a3 Bd6 11.h3 O-O 12.O-O Rd8 13.Qe3 Be5 14.Rd1 Rxd1+ 15.Bxd1 Bd7 16.Ne2 Bd6 17.c5 Be7 18.b4 Qe5 19.Nc3 a5 20.Rb1 axb4 21.axb4 Qc7 22.e5 Nd5 23.Qd4 f6 24.f4 Be8 25.Bg4 f5 26.Bf3 h6 27.Be2 g5 28.Nxd5 cxd5 29.Ra1 Qc8 30.Be3 Kg7 31.Kh2 Qb8 32.Qc3 Qd8 33.fxg5 hxg5 34.Bd4 Rc8 35.Ra7 Qc7 36.Ba6 Bc6 37.b5 Qb8 38.Bxb7 Rc7 39.Bxc6 Rxa7 40.b6 Ra2 41.Bd7 g4 42.c6 Qh8 43.c7 Ra3 44.c8=Q Qh4 45.Bxe6

43.Firouzja, Alireza 2754 vs Nakamura, Hikaru 2732 Tech Mahindra Global Chess League chess.com [3] 2025.12.16 D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted, 3.e4 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Bf5 6.Nc3 Nb6 7.e6 Nxc4 8.Qa4+ Nc6 9.exf7+ Kxf7 10.Qxc4+ e6 11.Nf3 h6 12.Bf4 Bd6 13.Bg3 Rf8 14.O-O Kg8 15.Rfe1 Kh8 16.Re3 Qd7 17.Ne4 Rad8 18.Nc5 Bxc5 19.dxc5 Kh7 20.h3 Qf7 21.Rae1 Rd5 22.b4 a6 23.a4 Qd7 24.b5 axb5 25.axb5 Nd4 26.Nxd4 Rxd4 27.Qc3 Rd3 28.Rxd3 Qxd3 29.Qa5 Rf7 30.Bxc7 Be4 31.Bg3 Bd5 32.Qb4 Qc2 33.Qb1 Qf5 34.Be5 Kg8 35.Qxf5 exf5 36.Rd1 Rd7 37.Bd6 Be6 38.c6 bxc6 39.bxc6 Ra7 40.c7 Ra6 41.Re1

44.Shirov, Alexei 2610 vs Cheparinov, Ivan 2625 Round 8 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Byrne (English) Attack [8.3] 2025.12.15 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bg7 10.h3 Ne5 11.Nf5 Bxf5 12.exf5 Nbc6 13.Nd5 e6 14.fxe6 fxe6 15.Ne3 Qa5+ 16.c3 Nf3+ 17.gxf3 Bxc3+ 18.bxc3 Qxc3+ 19.Qd2 Qxa1+ 20.Nd1 Rc8 21.Qxd6 Kf7?? Blunder. Qxa2 was best. 22.Bc4 Nd4?! Inaccuracy. Rce8 was best. 23.Qd7+ Kf6 24.O-O Rxc4 25.Ne3 Nxf3+ 26.Kg2 Ne1+?! Inaccuracy. Qc3 was best. 27.Rxe1 Qxe1 28.Be5+ Kxe5 29.Nxc4+ Kf6 30.Qd4+ Kg6 31.Ne5+ Kf5 32.Nf3 Qe2 33.Qxh8 Qxa2?! Inaccuracy. Kg6 was best. 34.Qxh6 Qd5 35.Qxg5+ Ke4 36.Qg4+ Kd3 37.h4 Qe4 38.Kg3

45.Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi 2650 vs Rapport, Richard 2702 Tech Mahindra Global Chess League chess.com [3] 2025.12.16 A40 Queen's Pawn 1.d4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.e4 Bg7 5.Bd3 d6 6.Nf3 exd5 7.exd5 Qe7+ 8.Be2 Nh6 9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bd2 Nf7 12.Re1 Nd7 13.Bf1 Nde5 14.Bc3 Bg4 15.Nbd2 f5 16.h3 Bh5 17.Be2 Bxf3 18.Nxf3 Rae8 19.Nh2 Qh4 20.Bf1 f4 21.b4 Ng5 22.bxc5 f3 23.cxd6 fxg2 24.Bxg2 Rxf2 25.d7 Qg3 26.dxe8=Q+ Bf8 27.Qxf8+ Kxf8

46.Firouzja, Alireza 2762 vs Anand, Viswanathan 2743 Tech Mahindra Global Chess League chess.com [12] 2025.12.18 B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen (Paulsen), Classical Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.a3 Bc5 4.Nf3 d6 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Be2 Re8 8.Nb3 Bb6 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 Rxe4 13.O-O Nc6 14.Nd2 Re8 15.Nc4 Bd4 16.c3 Bg7 17.Bh5 d5 18.Ne3 d4 19.Qf3 Be6 20.Nf5 Bxf5 21.Qxf5 Qf6 22.Qb5 dxc3 23.bxc3 Qxc3 24.Qxb7 Rab8 25.Qxc7 Re7 26.Qxe7 Nxe7 27.Bxb8 Qb3 28.Rab1 Qxa3 29.Rfd1 Nc6 30.Rb7 Nxb8 31.Bxf7+ Kh7 32.Rxb8 Bd4 33.Rb7 Qc5 34.Bh5+ Kg8 35.Kh1 a5 36.h3 a4 37.Rd7 Bg7 38.Rd8+ Kh7 39.Bf3 Qe5 40.Ra8 Qf4 41.Ra7 h5 42.Rdd7 Qc1+ 43.Kh2 Qf4+ 44.Kg1 Qc1+ 45.Rd1 Qc5 46.Rxa4

47.Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2730 vs Firouzja, Alireza 2754 Tech Mahindra Global Chess League chess.com [5] 2025.12.18 B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen (Paulsen), Classical Variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.Be3 Qc7 8.a4 Be7 9.O-O Nc6 10.Nb3 b6 11.f4 O-O 12.Bf3 Rb8 13.g4 Na5 14.g5 Nd7 15.Nd2 b5 16.axb5 axb5 17.Be2 b4 18.Nb5 Qd8 19.Nf3 Nc5 20.e5 d5 21.Nbd4 Bd7 22.b3 Nab7 23.Nd2 Ra8 24.Bf3 Rxa1 25.Qxa1 Na5 26.h4 Nc6 27.Kg2 Qc7 28.Ne2 Na7 29.c3 Nb5 30.cxb4 Nd3 31.Qb1 Nxb4 32.Rc1 Qb8 33.Nd4 Rc8 34.Nf1 Nxd4 35.Bxd4 Bb5 36.Rxc8+ Qxc8 37.Ne3 Nd3 38.f5 Bc5 39.Qa1 Bb4 40.Bg4 Nf4+ 41.Kf2 Bd7 42.fxe6 fxe6 43.Kg3 Nd3 44.Qf1 Nc5 45.h5 Ne4+ 46.Kg2 Nxg5 47.h6 gxh6 48.Qf6 Bf8 49.Nxd5 Bc6 50.Bf3 Bxd5 51.Bxd5 exd5 52.e6 Qxe6

48.Caruana, Fabiano 2795 vs Firouzja, Alireza 2762 Tech Mahindra Global Chess League chess.com [17] 2025.12.19 A42 Modern Defence, Averbakh System 1.c4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Nc3 e5 5.d5 a5 6.Bd3 Na6 7.Be3 Bh6 8.Bxh6 Nxh6 9.Qd2 Ng4 10.h3 Nf6 11.Nge2 Qe7 12.g4 Nd7 13.O-O-O Ndc5 14.Bb1 Bd7 15.f4 exf4 16.Qxf4 O-O-O 17.Rdf1 Nb4 18.Kd2 Rdf8 19.Qf6 Kd8 20.Nd4 Qxf6 21.Rxf6 Ke7 22.Rf2 f6 23.a3 Nba6 24.Nce2 a4 25.Bc2 Be8 26.Nf4 Bf7 27.h4 Nd7 28.Bxa4 Ne5 29.Kc3 Nc5 30.Bc2 Nxg4 31.Re2 Ra8 32.Ra1 Ne5 33.a4 g5 34.Ng2 Bh5 35.Re3 Bg4 36.b4 Ncd7 37.a5 c5 38.dxc6 e.p. bxc6 39.Nf5+ Bxf5 40.exf5 h6 41.Be4 Rhc8 42.Ree1 d5 43.Bd3 Kd6 44.Be2 c5 45.b5 d4+ 46.Kb3 Rcb8 47.hxg5 hxg5 48.Rh1 Re8 49.Ne1 Nf7 50.Bf3 Re3+ 51.Kb2 Rae8 52.Bd5 Nfe5 53.Ra3 Re2+ 54.Kc1 g4 55.Rg1 Rh8 56.Ng2 Rh2 57.a6 Nb6 58.a7 d3 59.Ra6 Nxc4 60.a8=Q Rc2+ 61.Kb1 Ke5 62.Qb8+ Kd4 63.Ka1 Nxd5 64.Qxh2 Nd2 65.Ra4+ c4 66.Ra3 Nb3+ 67.Rxb3 cxb3 68.Qd6 Kc4 69.Qc6+ Kd4 70.Qd6 Kc4 71.Ne3+ Nxe3 72.Qf4+ Kc3 73.Qxe3 Ra2+ 74.Kb1 Rb2+ 75.Kc1 Rc2+ 76.Kd1 b2 77.Qxd3+

49.Erigaisi Arjun 2775 vs Keymer, Vincent 2776 Tech Mahindra Global Chess League chess.com [23] 2025.12.20 C58 Two Knights Defence, Colman Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Qf3 Rb8 9.Bd3 Bd6 10.Nc3 Bg4 11.Qg3 e4 12.Qe3 O-O 13.Ngxe4 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 Re8 15.f3 Bh5 16.g4 Bg6 17.b3 Be5 18.c3 Bf4 19.Qe2 h5 20.Rg1 Bxh2 21.Rg2 Bf4 22.gxh5 Qh4+ 23.Kd1 Qxh5 24.Kc2 f5 25.Bc4+ Kh7 26.d3 fxe4 27.dxe4 Bc7 28.Rg5 Qh3 29.Bd3 Rbd8 30.Bd2 Rxd3 31.Qxd3 Rf8 32.Rag1 Rf6 33.Rxg6 Rxg6 34.e5 Qh5 35.Rg5 Qh6 36.Qf5

50.Gukesh D 2754 vs Anand, Viswanathan 2743 Tech Mahindra Global Chess League chess.com [23] 2025.12.20 D00 Queen's Pawn Game 1.d4 d5 2.c3 Nf6 3.Bg5 e6 4.Nd2 Be7 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Ngf3 c5 7.Bd3 b6 8.O-O Bb7 9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Nd7 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.f4 O-O 13.Qh5 g6 14.Qh3 f6 15.exf6 Rxf6 16.Nf3 e5 17.Bb5 Bc6 18.Bxc6 Rxc6 19.Rad1 e4 20.Ng5 Rd6 21.Qg3 h6 22.Nh3 Kh7 23.Nf2 Nf6 24.Qh3 Rad8 25.g4 d4 26.g5 Nh5 27.cxd4 cxd4 28.Ng4 dxe3 29.Rde1 Rd3 30.Nxe3 Rf8 31.Kh1 Nxf4 32.Qxh6+ Kg8 33.Ng4 Qb7 34.Rxf4 e3+ 35.Kg1 Rxf4 36.Qxg6+ Qg7 37.Nh6+ Kh8 38.Qxd3 Qxg5+ 39.Kh1 Qxh6 40.Qd8+ Qf8 41.Qxf8+ Rxf8 42.Re2 Rf1+ 43.Kg2 Ra1 44.a3 Kg7 45.Kf3 b5 46.Kxe3 b4 47.axb4 Ra4 48.Kd3 Rxb4 49.Kc3 Rb7 50.Rf2 a5 51.b3 Rb5 52.Rf4 Kg6 53.h4 Rc5+ 54.Kb2 Re5 55.Ka3 Re1 56.Ra4 Re5 57.Rg4+ Kf6 58.Rg5 Re4 59.Rxa5 Rxh4 60.Rd5 Ke6 61.Rd8 Rh7 62.Ka4 Ra7+ 63.Kb5 Rb7+ 64.Kc4 Rc7+ 65.Kb4 Rb7+ 66.Ka3 Ra7+ 67.Kb2

51.Anand, Viswanathan 2743 vs Firouzja, Alireza 2762 Tech Mahindra Global Chess League chess.com [25] 2025.12.21 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.c3 Nf6 7.Re1 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 e6 11.d5 e5 12.Qb3 Be7 13.Nfd2 Nd7 14.Nc3 b5 15.Nf1 Nc5 16.Qc2 Rc8 17.a3 O-O 18.Be3 Bg6 19.Ng3 Qd7 20.f3 a5 21.Qd1 Bh4 22.Bf2 a4 23.Rb1 Nb3 24.Qd3 Rc4 25.Rbd1 Rfc8 26.Rf1 h6 27.Nge2 Nc5 28.Qd2 Bd8 29.Nc1 Ba5 30.N1a2 f5 31.exf5 Bxf5 32.Qe2 Nb3 33.Be3 Nd4 34.Qf2 Nc2 35.Bb6 Bxb6 36.Qxb6 Nd4 37.Nb4 Bxh3 38.Nc6 Nxc6 39.dxc6 R8xc6 40.Qb8+ Kh7 41.gxh3 Qxh3 42.Rd2 b4 43.axb4 a3 44.b5 Rc8 45.Qxd6 axb2 46.Qd3+ Kh8 47.Ne4 Rb4 48.Qb1 Qxf1+

52.Anand, Viswanathan 2727 vs Gukesh D 2692 Tech Mahindra Global Chess League chess.com [1-1] 2025.12.23 B15 Caro-Kann, Tartakower (Nimzovich) Variation 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.c3 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Qc2 Re8+ 9.Ne2 h5 10.O-O h4 11.h3 Nd7 12.Bf4 Nf8 13.Qd2 Ng6 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.Rfe1 Be6 16.c4 Rad8 17.Rad1 Bc8 18.b3 Re7 19.Bxg6 fxg6 20.Nc3 Rde8 21.Rxe7 Qxe7 22.d5 cxd5 23.Qxd5+ Kh8 24.Nb5 Kh7 25.Nxa7 Bf5 26.Nb5 Bc2 27.Rc1 Rd8 28.Qf3 Qe5 29.Qc3 Qf4 30.Re1 Bf5 31.Qc1 g5 32.Qxf4 gxf4 33.f3 Rd2 34.a4 Bc2 35.b4 Bxa4 36.Nc3 Bb3 37.c5 Rc2 38.Ne4 Bd5 39.Nd6 Rb2 40.Rd1 Bc6 41.Rd4 g5 42.Nxb7 g4 43.hxg4 h3 44.gxh3 Bxf3 45.Nd6 Kg6 46.Rxf4 Bc6 47.b5 Bxb5 48.Nxb5 Rxb5 49.Rc4

53.Praggnanandhaa R 2663 vs Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi 2650 Tech Mahindra Global Chess League chess.com [6-1] 2025.12.23 C48 Four Knights, Rubinstein Counter-gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Bc4 Bc5 6.Nxe5 Qe7 7.Nd3 d5 8.Bxd5 Bg4 9.f3 Nxf3+ 10.gxf3 Nxd5 11.Qe2 Nxc3 12.dxc3 Be6 13.Be3 Bb6 14.a4 O-O 15.O-O-O Rfd8 16.Kb1 Qe8 17.b3 Ba5 18.Bd4 f6 19.Rhg1 Kh8 20.Rg3 Bb6 21.Rdg1 Rd7 22.a5 Bxd4 23.cxd4 g6 24.Qf2 b6 25.h4 c6 26.h5 gxh5 27.R3g2 Qf7 28.Nf4 Bxb3 29.Rg7 Ba2+ 30.Kb2 Qc4 31.Rxd7 Qb4+ 32.Kxa2 bxa5 33.Qe3 Qa4+ 34.Qa3 Qxc2+ 35.Qb2

54.Duda, Jan-Krzysztof 3201 vs Carlsen, Magnus 3376 Titled Tuesday Grand Prix 2025-2026 chess.com [11] 2025.12.23 B31 Sicilian, Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (with ...g6, without ...d6) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 O-O 7.d4 d5 8.e5 Ne4 9.Be3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qb6 11.Qe2 Bd7 12.a4 a6 13.Bxc6 Qxc6 14.Rc1 Qe6 15.Nc3 Rac8 16.a5 h6 17.Nd2 Nxc3 18.bxc3 Bb5 19.Qd1 f6 20.exf6 exf6 21.Nb3 Rfe8 22.Nc5 Qf7 23.Qd2 g5 24.Re1 Bf8 25.f3 Bd6 26.Bf2 Kg7 27.Bg3 Bxc5 28.dxc5 Rxc5 29.Rxe8 Bxe8 30.Re1 Rc6 31.Bf2 Bd7 32.h4 Re6 33.hxg5 hxg5 34.Bd4 Rxe1+ 35.Qxe1 Bb5 36.Qe3 Kg6 37.Qe1 Qd7 38.Kf2 Bd3 39.Qh1 Qe8 40.Qe1 Qd8 41.Qd2 Bf5 42.Qb2 Qc7 43.Qb6 Qe7 44.Qc5 Qd7 45.Qf8 Qe6 46.Qb8 Qf7 47.Qd8 Bd3 48.Ke3 Bb5 49.Kf2 Qe6 50.Qb8 Bc6 51.Qf8 Bd7 52.Qb8 Bc6 53.Qf8 f5 54.Qg7+ Kh5 55.Qh7+

55.Janis Klovans vs Mikhail Tal "Klovans Gambit" Game of the day Oct 17, 2025 Candidate Masters 1951, Riga URS Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Main Line C52 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 d6 7. Bg5 Nge7 8. d5 Nb8 9. Be7 Ke7 10. Qc1 Nd7 11. O-O Re8 12. Nh4 Kf8 13. Nf5 Nc5 14. Ng3 Nd7 15. Nd2 Bb6 16. Nf3 Kg8 17. Re1 Nf8 18. Bb5 Bd7 19. Bd7 Qd7 20. Qg5 f6 21. Qh5 Ng6 22. Nf5 Nf4 23. Qh4 Kh8 24. Rad1 h5 25. g4 g5 26. Qg3 Qh7 27. gh5 g4 28. N3h4 Nh5 29. Qd3 Nf4 30. Qg3 Nh3 31. Kf1 Bf2 32. Qg4 Be1 33. Ng6 Kg8 34. Nge7 Kf7 35. Re1 Re7 36. Ne7 Ke7 37. Qe6 Kf8 38. Re3 Ng5 39. Qg4 Qh2 40. Rg3 Qh1

56.Carlsen, Magnus 2824 vs Lodici, Lorenzo 2499 FIDE World Rapid Championship chess.com [1] 2025.12.26 D62 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defence, 7.Qc2 c5, 8.cd (Rubinstein) 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Qc2 c5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Bxe7 Nxe7 10.Rd1 Nf6 11.dxc5 Qa5 12.Bd3 Qxc5 13.O-O b6 14.Nb5 Qxc2 15.Bxc2 Ba6 16.Bd3 Rad8 17.Be2 Ne4 18.Nfd4 e5 19.Nxa7 Bxe2 20.Nxe2 Ra8 21.Rd7 Ng6 22.b4 Rfb8 23.Rc1 Nf6 24.Rdc7 Nd5 25.Rc8+ Rxc8 26.Rxc8+ Rxc8 27.Nxc8 Nxb4 28.Nc3 f5 29.Nxb6 Kf7 30.a4 Ke6 31.f3 Ne7 32.Kf2 Nec6 33.Ke2 Kd6 34.Nb5+ Kc5 35.Nd7+ Kd5 36.Kd2 Ke6 37.Nf8+ Ke7 38.Nxh7 f4 39.exf4 exf4 40.Ng5 Nd5 41.Kd3 Ne3 42.g4 fxg3 e.p. 43.hxg3 Nf5 44.g4 Nh4 45.Ke4 Kf6 46.f4 Ng6 47.Nf3

57.Paravyan, David 2570 vs Carlsen, Magnus 2824 Open chess.com [2] 2025.12.26 B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Be2 Nf6 7.Ndb5 Qb8 8.f4 d6 9.Be3 Be7 10.g4 a6 11.Nd4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 e5 13.Qd2 Nxg4 14.Bxg4 exf4 15.Bxc8 fxe3 16.Bd7+ Kxd7 17.Qxe3 Bh4+ 18.Ke2 Bf6 19.Nd5 Re8 20.Nb6+ Kc6 21.c3 Bg5 22.Qxg5 Kxb6 23.Qg1+ Kc7 24.Kd3 g6 25.Rf1 Re7 26.Rf6 Qe8 27.Qd4 Qb5+ 28.c4 Qe5 29.Rhf1 Qxh2 30.c5 Rd8 31.c6 d5 32.exd5 Qe2+ 33.Kc3 Re3+ 34.Kb4 Qb5#

58.Carlsen, Magnus 2824 vs Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo 2605 FIDE World Rapid Championship chess.com [3] 2025.12.26 E11 Bogo-Indian Defence, Gruenfeld Variation 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 d6 7.Be2 Nfd7 8.Nf1 c5 9.Ng3 cxd4 10.Nxd4 a6 11.O-O Nc6 12.Be3 Nf6 13.b4 Bd7 14.Rc1 Rc8 15.f4 Re8 16.Nb3 Bf8 17.c5 e5 18.cxd6 exf4 19.Bxf4 Nxe4 20.Nxe4 Rxe4 21.Nc5 Rd4 22.Qb3 Be8 23.Nxb7 Qb6 24.Nc5 Bxd6 25.Bxd6 Rxd6 26.Bxa6 Ra8 27.Bc4 Ne5 28.Rce1 Nxc4 29.Qxc4 Rf6 30.Rxf6 Qxf6 31.a4 h6 32.b5 Rd8 33.Qe4 Qc3 34.Qe3 Qb4 35.h3 Rc8 36.Rc1 Bxb5 37.axb5 Qxb5 38.Kh2 Qb8+ 39.Qg3 Qa8 40.Rc3 Rc6 41.Rb3 Rxc5 42.Rb8+ Rc8 43.Rxa8 Rxa8 44.Qe3 Rc8 45.g4 Ra8 46.h4 Rc8 47.Kg3 Ra8 48.Kf3 Rb8 49.Qe7 Ra8 50.g5 h5 51.Ke4 Ra4+ 52.Kd5 Ra5+ 53.Kc6 Ra6+ 54.Kb7 Re6 55.Qd8+ Kh7 56.Qd3+ g6 57.Kc7 Kg8 58.Kd7 Re5 59.Qc3 Re2 60.Qc8+ Kg7 61.Qc4

59.Anton Guijarro, David 2619 vs Carlsen, Magnus 2824 FIDE World Rapid Championship chess.com [4] 2025.12.26 A05 Reti Opening 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 d6 3.d4 g6 4.Bb2 Bg7 5.g3 b5 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.Qd3 a6 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Nfd2 Bxg2 10.Kxg2 O-O 11.c4 e5 12.cxb5 exd4 13.Bxd4 axb5 14.Qxb5 c5 15.Bb2 d5 16.Nc3 Rb8 17.Qa4 d4 18.Nce4 Nxe4 19.Nxe4 Re8 20.f3 Nb6 21.Qa5 c4 22.bxc4 Nxc4 23.Qxd8 Rbxd8 24.Bc1 f5 25.Nf2 Rxe2 26.Rd1 d3 27.Rb1 d2 28.Kf1 Rde8

60.Artemiev, Vladislav 2727 vs Carlsen, Magnus 2824 FIDE World Rapid Championship chess.com [7] 2025.12.27 D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Stoltz Variation 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 b6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 Be7 9.O-O Bb7 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 O-O 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 h6 15.e6 Qc7 16.exf7+ Rxf7 17.Bd5 Rf8 18.Bxh6 Bd6 19.Bxf7+ Rxf7 20.Qg6 Bxh2+ 21.Kh1 Be5 22.Rae1 c5 23.f4 Bd6 24.Re8+ Bf8 25.Rd1 Rf6 26.Rdd8 Bxg2+ 27.Qxg2 Rxh6+ 28.Kg1 Rf6 29.Qd5+ Kh7

61.Movahed, Sina 2405 vs Firouzja, Alireza 2754 FIDE World Rapid Championship chess.com [7] 2025.12.27 B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qf3 h6 8.Bd2 Qb6 9.Nb3 Nc6 10.Be2 Qc7 11.a4 b6 12.O-O Bb7 13.Qg3 h5 14.f4 h4 15.Qh3 Na5 16.Nd4 Be7 17.Rae1 Nc4 18.Bc1 Qc5 19.Rd1 Rc8 20.Kh1 Qc7 21.Bg4 Nxg4 22.Qxg4 g6 23.h3 Qd7 24.Qe2 Rg8 25.b3 Na5 26.Bb2 Nc6 27.Nf3 Qc7 28.Qf2 Nb4 29.Rd4 d5 30.exd5 Nxd5 31.Nxd5 Bxd5 32.Rxd5 exd5 33.Re1 Kf8 34.Ng5 Bxg5 35.fxg5 Rg7 36.Bxg7+ Kxg7 37.Qf6+

62.Gukesh D 2692 vs Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2717 Open chess.com [9] 2025.12.27 A08 Reti, King's Indian Attack 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.O-O g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 O-O 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nb3 Nb4 10.Nc3 N8c6 11.Bf4 Bf5 12.a3 Na6 13.Rc1 Rc8 14.Na4 Qe8 15.e4 Be6 16.Nbc5 Rd8 17.Qe1 Nd4 18.Kh1 b6 19.Nxa6 Qxa4 20.Nb4 Bg4 21.Nd5 Be2 22.Nxe7+ Kh8 23.Rg1 Qb5 24.Qb4 Qxb4 25.axb4 Nf3 26.Nc6 Rc8 27.Nxa7 Ra8 28.Rc7 Nxg1 29.Kxg1 g5 30.Bd6 Rad8 31.e5 Bxe5 32.Bxe5+ f6 33.Be4 Rd1+ 34.Kg2 fxe5 35.f3 g4 36.f4 Bf3+ 37.Bxf3 Rd2+ 38.Kf1 gxf3 39.fxe5 Rxh2 40.e6 f2 41.Rf7 Rxf7 42.exf7 Kg7 43.Nc8 Rh6 44.Kxf2 Kxf7 45.Kf3 Rc6 46.Na7 Rc4 47.b5 Ke6 48.Nc6 h5 49.b3 Rg4 50.b4 Kd6 51.Kf2 Kd5 52.Kf3 Rg7 53.Kf4

63.Ivanchuk, Vasyl 2630 vs Dubov, Daniil 2686 FIDE World Rapid Championship chess.com [10] 2025.12.28 D31 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Slav, Koomen Variation 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.O-O g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 O-O 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nb3 Nb4 10.Nc3 N8c6 11.Bf4 Bf5 12.a3 Na6 13.Rc1 Rc8 14.Na4 Qe8 15.e4 Be6 16.Nbc5 Rd8 17.Qe1 Nd4 18.Kh1 b6 19.Nxa6 Qxa4 20.Nb4 Bg4 21.Nd5 Be2 22.Nxe7+ Kh8 23.Rg1 Qb5 24.Qb4 Qxb4 25.axb4 Nf3 26.Nc6 Rc8 27.Nxa7 Ra8 28.Rc7 Nxg1 29.Kxg1 g5 30.Bd6 Rad8 31.e5 Bxe5 32.Bxe5+ f6 33.Be4 Rd1+ 34.Kg2 fxe5 35.f3 g4 36.f4 Bf3+ 37.Bxf3 Rd2+ 38.Kf1 gxf3 39.fxe5 Rxh2 40.e6 f2 41.Rf7 Rxf7 42.exf7 Kg7 43.Nc8 Rh6 44.Kxf2 Kxf7 45.Kf3 Rc6 46.Na7 Rc4 47.b5 Ke6 48.Nc6 h5 49.b3 Rg4 50.b4 Kd6 51.Kf2 Kd5 52.Kf3 Rg7 53.Kf4

64.Carlsen, Magnus 2824 vs Niemann, Hans Moke 2612 Open chess.com [11] 2025.12.28 C50 Giuoco Pianissimo 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O O-O 6.h3 d6 7.c3 a5 8.Re1 Ba7 9.Nbd2 Ne7 10.Nf1 Ng6 11.Bb3 c6 12.d4 d5 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.exd5 exd4 16.cxd4 Nf4 17.dxc6 bxc6 18.Ng3 Be6 19.Ne4 Qd8 20.Rc1 Bxb3 21.Qxb3 Rb8 22.Qe3 Ne6 23.b3 a4 24.Rxc6 Nxd4 25.Rd6 Nxf3+ 26.Qxf3 Qa5 27.Red1 axb3 28.axb3 Rbe8 29.Rd7 Bb8 30.g3 Qe5 31.Nd6 Bxd6 32.R1xd6 Rb8 33.Kg2 Rb4 34.Rd8 Qe4 35.Qxe4 Rxe4 36.Kf3 Rb4 37.Rxf8+ Kxf8 38.Rd3 Ke7 39.Ke3 f5 40.Kd2 Rb8 41.Kc3 Rc8+ 42.Kb2 Rb8 43.Rd4 Ke6 44.b4 g5 45.Kc3 h5 46.h4 g4 47.Kc4 Ke5 48.Rf4 Rc8+ 49.Kb5 Rc3 50.Kb6 Rc1 51.b5 Re1 52.Kc7 Rc1+ 53.Kb7 Rb1 54.b6 Rb2 55.Kc7 Rc2+ 56.Kb8 Rb2 57.b7 Ke6 58.Kc7 Rc2+ 59.Kb6 Rb2+ 60.Kc6

65.Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan 2446 vs Carlsen, Magnus 2824 Open chess.com [12] 2025.12.28 C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, Borisenko Variation 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 d6 9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 a5 15.Bd3 b4 16.Bd2 c6 17.Nf5 bxc3 18.bxc3 Ba6 19.Bxa6 Rxa6 20.Qc2 Qc7 21.Rab1 Rb6 22.dxe5 dxe5 23.c4 Rxb1 24.Rxb1 Nc5 25.Ng3 Nfd7 26.Be3 g6 27.Nf1 Ne6 28.N1d2 Bc5 29.Bxc5 Ndxc5 30.Nb3 f6 31.Nxc5 Nxc5 32.Nd2 a4 33.Nf1 Rd8 34.Ne3 Kg7 35.Qc1 Nxe4 36.c5 h5 37.Rb6 Rd4 38.Ra6 Qb7 39.Rb6 Qd7 40.Qb2 Rd2 41.Qb4 Qd4 42.Rb7+ Kh6 43.Qc4 Qxc4 44.Nxc4 Rxa2 45.Nd6 Nxd6 46.cxd6 Rd2 47.d7 a3 48.Ra7 h4 49.Rxa3 Rxd7 50.Rc3 Rd1+ 51.Kh2 Rd6 52.Rc4 Kg5

66.Carlsen, Magnus 2881 vs Erigaisi Arjun 2749 Open Swiss chess.com [9] 2025.12.29 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.h3 a6 4.c3 d5 5.e5 Bd7 6.d4 Qb6 7.Bd3 Bb5 8.Bc2 a5 9.a4 Ba6 10.Nbd2 Nc6 11.Nb3 cxd4 12.Nbxd4 Bc5 13.Be3 Qxb2 14.Kd2 Qb6 15.Re1 Nge7 16.Rb1 Qc7 17.Nb5 Bxe3+ 18.Rxe3 Bxb5 19.axb5 d4 20.cxd4 Nb4 21.Rc3 Qb6 22.Be4 Rd8 23.Ke1 h6 24.Qe2 O-O 25.Kf1 Rc8 26.Rbc1 Rxc3 27.Rxc3 Rc8 28.Rxc8+ Nxc8 29.Qc4 Na7 30.Kg1 Kf8 31.d5 exd5 32.Bxd5 Qxb5 33.Qc7 Nxd5 34.Qd8+ Qe8 35.Qxd5 Nc6 36.Qc5+ Kg8 37.Qb5 Qd7 38.Kh2 Qc7 39.g3 Qd7 40.Kg2 g6 41.h4 h5 42.Ng5 Kg7 43.e6 fxe6 44.Qb2+ e5 45.Qb6 Nd4

67.Gukesh D 2628 vs Dubov, Daniil 2795 FIDE World Blitz Championship chess.com [10] 2025.12.29 A10 English Opening 1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.O-O a5 7.Re1 Bf5 8.Nc3 Ne4 9.Nd5 c6 10.Ne3 Bc8 11.Qd3 f5 12.Nd2 Nf6 13.b3 e5 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Bb2 Qe7 16.Rad1 Na6 17.Nef1 Nc5 18.Qb1 e4 19.Qa1 Bd7 20.Ne3 Rae8 21.Ndf1 Bc8 22.Bc3 g5 23.f4 gxf4 24.gxf4 Nh5 25.Ng3 Nxf4 26.Rf1 Bh6 27.Kh1 Nxg2 28.Nxg2 f4 29.Nh5 f3 30.Rg1 f2 31.Ne3+ fxg1=Q+ 32.Rxg1+ Kf7 33.Bf6 Qd6 34.Rd1 Qe6 35.Rf1 Bxe3 36.Bg5+ Kg6 37.Qg7+ Kxh5 38.Qxh7+ Kxg5 39.h4+ Kg4 40.Qg7+ Kh5 41.Rg1 Qh3#

68.Sindarov, Javokhir 2632 vs Erigaisi Arjun 2749 FIDE World Blitz Championship chess.com [17] 2025.12.30 B23 Sicilian, Closed 1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.O-O a5 7.Re1 Bf5 8.Nc3 Ne4 9.Nd5 c6 10.Ne3 Bc8 11.Qd3 f5 12.Nd2 Nf6 13.b3 e5 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Bb2 Qe7 16.Rad1 Na6 17.Nef1 Nc5 18.Qb1 e4 19.Qa1 Bd7 20.Ne3 Rae8 21.Ndf1 Bc8 22.Bc3 g5 23.f4 gxf4 24.gxf4 Nh5 25.Ng3 Nxf4 26.Rf1 Bh6 27.Kh1 Nxg2 28.Nxg2 f4 29.Nh5 f3 30.Rg1 f2 31.Ne3+ fxg1=Q+ 32.Rxg1+ Kf7 33.Bf6 Qd6 34.Rd1 Qe6 35.Rf1 Bxe3 36.Bg5+ Kg6 37.Qg7+ Kxh5 38.Qxh7+ Kxg5 39.h4+ Kg4 40.Qg7+ Kh5 41.Rg1 Qh3#

69.Galaviz Medina, Sion Radamantys 2418 vs Gavrilescu, David 2544 FIDE World Rapid Championship chess.com [10] 2025.12.28 D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Stoltz Variation 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4 9.Bxc4 e5 10.Bb3 exd4 11.exd4 Nb6 12.Bg5 Be7 13.Rfe1 Nbd5 14.Re5 Be6 15.Rae1 Nc7 16.h3 h6 17.Bxh6 gxh6 18.Rxe6 Nxe6 19.Rxe6 fxe6 20.Qg6+ Kh8 21.Ne5 Nh7 22.Bc2 Nf6 23.Qxh6+ Kg8 24.Ne4 Nh7 25.Nc5 Ng5 26.Qg6+ Kh8 27.Nxe6 Bf6 28.Nxg5

70.Daniel Naroditsky 2638 vs R Praggnanandhaa 2688 World Rapid Championship NY, USA 2024.12.28 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nc6 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Bf4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Ne5 Na5 12. Rb1 Be6 13. Nd3 b6 14. Be5 Rc8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nf4 Qd6 17. Rc1 Rc7 18. h4 Rfc8 19. Qe1 Nc4 20. e3 Nb2 21. e4 dxe4 22. Qxe4 Na4 23. Nxe6+ Qxe6 24. Qxe6 fxe6 25. Bh3 Nxc3 26. Rce1 Rd8 27. Bxe6 Rxd4 28. Re3 Ne4 29. Rfe1 Nf6 30. Bb3 Kf8 31. R1e2 a5 32. a4 Rb4 33. Kg2 Ke8 34. Rf3 Kd8 35. Rd2+ Ke8 36. Re2 Kf8 37. Rd2 Kg7 38. Re2 h6 39. Re5 Rd7 40. Rc3 Re4 41. Rb5 Rd6 42. Rc2 Re1 43. Rb2 Nd7 44. Bc4 Re4 45. Bb3 Nc5 46. Kf3 Rf6+ 47. Kg2 Rd6 48. Kf3 Red4 49. Kg2 Rf6 50. Re2 Kf8 51. Bc2 Rfd6 52. Re3 Rd2 53. Be4 Rf6 54. Bf3 Nd3 55. Kg1 Rxf2 56. Be2 Nc5 57. Rxb6 Rxb6 58. Kxf2 Nxa4 59. Re5 Nc3 60. Bd3 a4 61. Rc5 Nd1+ 62. Ke2 Nb2 63. Bb1 a3 64. Ra5 Nc4 65. Ra8+ Kg7 66. Bd3 Rb2+ 67. Kf3 Ne5+ 68. Ke4 Nxd3 69. Kxd3 Rb3+ 70. Ke4 Rxg3 71. Kf4 Rb3 72. Ra6 h5 73. Ra4 Rh3 74. Ke5 Kh6 75. Ke6 a2 76. Kf7 Rxh4 77. Rxa2 Rf4+ 78. Kg8 h4 79. Ra3 g5 80. Ra6+ Rf6 81. Ra3 g4 82. Ra4 Kg5 83. Kg7 h3 0-1

71.Carlsen, Magnus 3360 vs Bluebaum, Matthias 3176 Titled Tuesday Grand Prix 2025-2026 chess.com 2025.12.16 Round 9 Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Classical Variation A01 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. g4 h6 6. Rg1 Qe7 7. c4 c6 8. Nc3 e5 9. g5 hxg5 10. Nxg5 Rxh2 11. Nf3 Rh7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Qc2 Nc6 15. Qxh7 Qf6 16. Qxg7 Qxf3 17. Bg2 Qf5 18. Bxd5 Nb4 19. Rg5 Qd7 20. Qg8+ Bf8 21. Rxe5+

72.Gabrielian, Artur 2941 vs Carlsen, Magnus 3357 Titled Tuesday Grand Prix 2025-2026 chess.com 2025.12.16 Round 5 Owen Defense B00 1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 d6 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. O-O e5 6. b3 g6 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Bb2 f6 9. Qe2 Nh6 10. Na3 Nf7 11. Rad1 a6 12. Nc4 Bc5 13. Ne3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qe7 15. Rd2?! Inaccuracy. a4 was best. 15... Qc5 16. Qe2 Nd6 17. Rfd1 Qc6 18. Ba3 Nc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. h4 a5 21. c3?! Inaccuracy. Nh2 was best. 21... O-O-O 22. b4?! Inaccuracy. a3 was best. 22. a3 Qc6 23. Re1 Rhe8 24. Rc2 a4 25. bxa4 Qxa4 26. Nd2 Qxa3 27. Rb1 f5 22... axb4 23. cxb4 Qxb4 24. Rc2?! Inaccuracy. Rb2 was best. 24... Kb8 25. Nd2 Rd7 26. Rb1 Qa4 27. Nb3 Rhd8 28. Rcb2 Nxe4 29. Bb5 Qa3 30. Bxd7 Nc3 31. Qc2 Nxb1 32. Bb5?! Inaccuracy. Bh3 was best. 32... Rd1+?? Blunder. Qb4 was best. 32... Qb4 33. Bf1 Na3 34. Qc1 Rd6 35. Qh6 Rd1 36. Rd2 Rxd2 37. Nxd2 Nc2 38. Nc4 33. Qxd1 Qxb2 34. Qd8+ Ka7 35. Qxc7 Qc3 36. Qxh7 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Qxf2?? Blunder. Qe4 was best. 37... Qe4 38. f3 Qf4+ 39. Kh3 Qf5+ 40. Kg3 Qf4+ 41. Kf2 Ka8 42. Qg8+ Ka7 38. Bc6 Qf4+ 39. Kh1?? Blunder. Kg1 was best. 39. Kg1 Qe3+ 40. Kh1 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qxh4+ 42. Qxh4 Bxc6 43. Qe1 Bb7 44. Qxb1 g5 39... Qf1+ 40. Kh2 Qf4+?? Blunder. Qa6 was best. 40... Qa6 41. h5 gxh5 42. Bxb7 Qxb7 43. Qxb1 Qg7 44. Qf5 Qh6 45. Qd7+ Ka6 46. Qa4+ 41. Kh1?? Blunder. Kg1 was best. 41. Kg1 Qe3+ 42. Kh1 Qe1+ 43. Kh2 Qxh4+ 44. Qxh4 Bxc6 45. Qe1 f5 46. Qxb1 f4 41... Qf1+ 42. Kh2 Qa6?? Blunder. Qf4+ was best. 43. Bxb7 Qxb7 44. Qxg6 Nc3? Mistake. e4 was best. 44... e4 45. Nd4 Nd2 46. Qxf6 Qc7+ 47. Kh3 Qc8+ 48. Kg3 e3 49. Kf4 Nf1 50. Qf7+ 45. h5 e4?! Inaccuracy. Qc7 was best. 45... Qc7 46. h6 46. h6 e3 47. h7?? Blunder. Nd4 was best. 47. Nd4 e2 48. Nc2 Ne4 49. Qg7 Ng5 50. Qxb7+ Kxb7 51. Kg3 Kc8 52. Kf2 Kd7 47... e2 48. Nd4?? Blunder. h8=Q was best. 48. h8=Q e1=Q 49. Qhh7 Qe5+ 50. Kh1 Ne2 51. Qxb7+ Kxb7 52. Qd3 Kc7 53. Qh7+ Kd6 48... e1=Q 49. h8=Q?! Mate in 18. Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nc6+ was best. 49. Nc6+ Qxc6 49... Qe5+?? Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qc7+ was best. 49... Qc7+ 50. g3 Qb7 51. Nc6+ Qxc6 52. Qhh7+ Ka6 53. Qd3+ Nb5 54. Kh3 Qch1+ 55. Kg4 50. Kh3?! Inaccuracy. Qg3 was best. 50. Qg3 Qxd4 51. Qhh3 Qc6 52. Qh7+ Ka6 53. Qhd3+ Qdc4 54. Qxc4+ Qxc4 55. Kh3 Qe6+ 50... Qxd4?! Inaccuracy. Ne4 was best. 50... Ne4 51. Qh4 Qxd4 52. Qhxe4 Qbxe4 53. Qxe4 Qxe4 54. Kg3 Ka6 55. Kf2 Ka5 56. Kg3 51. Qgg8? Mistake. Qhg7 was best. 51. Qhg7 Ne4 52. Qxb7+ Kxb7 53. Qf5 Kc6 54. Qe6+ Kc7 55. Qe7+ Qd7+ 56. Qxd7+ Kxd7 51... Qe3+ 52. Kh2? Mate in 5. Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qg3 was best. 52. Qg3 Qg1 53. Qxf6 Qh1+ 54. Kg4 Qe4+ 55. Kg5 Qd5+ 56. Qfe5 Ne4+ 57. Kf4 Qh6+ 52... Qc7+

73.Jessel, Stephen 2700 vs Carlsen, Magnus 3371 chess.com 2025.12.16 Round 1 English Opening: Agincourt Defense A13 1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 Ne7 3. b3 Ng6 4. Bb2 d6 5. g3 Nd7 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nc3 c6 8. d4 Be7 9. h4 h6 10. Qc2 Qa5 11. e3 Nf6 12. a3 e4 13. Nd2 d5 14. b4 Qd8 15. Qb3 Be6 16. Bf1 O-O 17. a4 Bd6 18. b5 Ne7 19. Ba3 Bxa3 20. Qxa3 Nf5 21. Ne2 g5 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Bh3 Kg7 24. Bxf5 Bxf5 25. O-O-O cxb5 26. cxb5 a6 27. b6 Qxb6 28. Nb3 Rfc8+ 29. Kb2 Bg4 30. Rhe1 Rc4 31. Rc1 Bxe2 32. Rxe2 Rac8 33. Rec2 Ng4 34. Qe7 Kg6 35. a5 Qb5 36. Qd6+ f6 0-1

74.Carlsen, Magnus 3356 vs Hakobyan, Menua 2805 Titled Tuesday Grand Prix 2025-2026 chess.com 2025.12.16 Round 4 Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Classical Variation 1. b3 d5 { A01 Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Classical Variation } 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. Nf3 f6 4. d4 Bf5 5. e3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Nc3 f5 10. Qd2 Nf6 11. O-O-O Bd6 12. e4 fxe4 13. fxe4 dxe4 14. Bc4 Ng4 15. Nxe4 Bxh2 16. Bxe6 Rf8 17. Bxg4 Bf4 18. Rde1 Bxd2+ 19. Nxd2+ Ne7 20. Ba3 Qxd4 21. Rxe7+ Kd8 22. Rd7+ 1-0

75.Carlsen, Magnus 3360 vs Xiong, Jeffery 3178 Titled Tuesday Grand Prix 2025-2026 chess.com 2025.12.16 Round 7 Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Classical Variation A01 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 h6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. Nc3 Bh7 9. Nd2 c6 10. e4 Nfd7 11. f4 Na6 12. Kh1 Nc7 13. Qe2 b5 14. g4 d4 15. Nd1 c5 16. a4 a6 17. Nf2 e5 18. f5 Rb8 19. Bc1 Re8 20. Nf3 Rb6 21. Rg1 g5 22. Bd2 Rc6 23. axb5 axb5 24. h4 Kg7 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Kh2 f6 27. Rh1 Bg8 28. Kg3 c4 29. bxc4 bxc4 30. Rag1 c3 31. Bc1 Bf7 32. Rh2 Rh8 33. Rxh8 Qxh8 34. Rh1 Qa8 35. Nh3 Qd8 36. Qf2 Ra6 37. Qg1 Ra2 38. Nhxg5 Bg8 39. Qh2 1-0

75.Carlsen, Magnus 2824 vs Lodici, Lorenzo FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025.12.26 Round 1 2499 Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Variation, Flohr Line D62 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Rd1 Nf6 11. dxc5 Qa5 12. Bd3 Qxc5 13. O-O b6 14. Nb5 Qxc2 15. Bxc2 Ba6 16. Bd3 Rad8 17. Be2 Ne4 18. Nfd4 e5 19. Nxa7 Bxe2 20. Nxe2 Ra8 21. Rd7 Ng6 22. b4 Rfb8 23. Rc1 Nf6 24. Rdc7 Nd5 25. Rc8+ Rxc8 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. Nxc8 Nxb4 28. Nc3 f5 29. Nxb6 Kf7 30. a4 Ke6 31. f3 Ne7 32. Kf2 Nec6 33. Ke2 Kd6 34. Nb5+ Kc5 35. Nd7+ Kd5 36. Kd2 Ke6 37. Nf8+ Ke7 38. Nxh7 f4 39. exf4 exf4 40. Ng5 Nd5 41. Kd3 Ne3 42. g4 fxg3 43. hxg3 Nf5 44. g4 Nh4 45. Ke4 Kf6 46. f4 Ng6 47. Nf3 1-0

76.FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025.12.26 Round 2 Paravyan, David 2570 vs Carlsen, Magnus 2824 Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Bastrikov Variation B47 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Ndb5 Qb8 8. f4 d6 9. Be3 Be7 10. g4 a6 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 e5 13. Qd2 Nxg4 14. Bxg4 exf4 15. Bxc8 fxe3 16. Bd7+ Kxd7 17. Qxe3 Bh4+ 18. Ke2 Bf6 19. Nd5 Re8 20. Nb6+ Kc6 21. c3 Bg5 22. Qxg5 Kxb6 23. Qg1+ Kc7 24. Kd3 g6 25. Rf1 Re7 26. Rf6 Qe8 27. Qd4 Qb5+ 28. c4 Qe5 29. Rhf1 Qxh2 30. c5 Rd8 31. c6 d5 32. exd5 Qe2+ 33. Kc3 Re3+ 34. Kb4 Qb5#

77.Carlsen, Magnus 2824 vs Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo 2605 FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025.12.26 Round 3 Bogo-Indian Defense: Grünfeld Variation E11 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Nfd7 8. Nf1 c5 9. Ng3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. O-O Nc6 12. Be3 Nf6 13. b4 Bd7 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. f4 Re8 16. Nb3 Bf8 17. c5 e5 18. cxd6 exf4 19. Bxf4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Rxe4 21. Nc5 Rd4 22. Qb3 Be8 23. Nxb7 Qb6 24. Nc5 Bxd6 25. Bxd6 Rxd6 26. Bxa6 Ra8 27. Bc4 Ne5 28. Rce1 Nxc4 29. Qxc4 Rf6 30. Rxf6 Qxf6 31. a4 h6 32. b5 Rd8 33. Qe4 Qc3 34. Qe3 Qb4 35. h3 Rc8 36. Rc1 Bxb5 37. axb5 Qxb5 38. Kh2 Qb8+ 39. Qg3 Qa8 40. Rc3 Rc6 41. Rb3 Rxc5 42. Rb8+ Rc8 43. Rxa8 Rxa8 44. Qe3 Rc8 45. g4 Ra8 46. h4 Rc8 47. Kg3 Ra8 48. Kf3 Rb8 49. Qe7 Ra8 50. g5 h5 51. Ke4 Ra4+ 52. Kd5 Ra5+ 53. Kc6 Ra6+ 54. Kb7 Re6 55. Qd8+ Kh7 56. Qd3+ g6 57. Kc7 Kg8 58. Kd7 Re5 59. Qc3 Re2 60. Qc8+ Kg7 61. Qc4 1-0

78.Carlsen, Magnus 2824 vs Sargsyan, Shant 2611 FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025.12.27 Round 8 Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Modern Bishop's Opening C55 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 O-O 7. h3 Be6 8. Nd5 Qd7 9. O-O Bd8 10. Re1 h6 11. Bb3 Bxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. d4 e4 14. Nd2 Nexd5 15. Nxe4 Re8 16. Ng3 Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 c6 18. Qd1 Qe6 19. Bf4 Bc7 20. Qf3 Re8 21. Bd2 Bd8 22. c4 Nc7 23. d5 cxd5 24. cxd5 Qd7 25. Bc3 Qb5 26. Qd1 Qd7 27. Qf3 Nb5 28. Ba4 a6 29. Nf5 Kh7 30. Rd1 g6 31. Nxh6 Kxh6 32. Bxf6 Bxf6 33. Qxf6 Qe7 34. Qf4+ Kg7 35. Bxb5 axb5 36. Qb4 Qe2 37. Rc1 Re4 38. Qc3+ Kg8 39. Qf6 Rc4 40. Rf1 Qe5 41. Qxe5 dxe5 42. Rd1 Kf8 43. d6 Ke8 44. Rd5 e4 45. Rxb5 Rd4 46. Kf1 Rxd6 47. Re5+

79.Niemann, Hans Moke 2612 vs Le, Quang Liem 2646 FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025.12.27 Round 8 Ruy Lopez: Open, Classical Defense C83 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. c3 Be7 10. h3 O-O 11. Bc2 Qd7 12. Nbd2 f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Re1 Bf5 15. Bxf5 Qxf5 16. Nf1 Qd7 17. Bg5 Rad8 18. Ne3 Kh8 19. Qc2 h6 20. Bh4 Ng8 21. Ng4 Rxf3 22. Bxe7 Ngxe7 23. gxf3 Rf8 24. Rad1 Rf5 25. f4 Rxf4 26. Qe2 h5 27. Ne5 Qxh3 28. Rd3 Qh4 29. Nxc6 Nxc6 30. Qe8+ Kh7 31. Rg3 Rg4 32. Re3 Na5 33. Qe5 Kh6 34. Qe6+ g6 35. Qf7 Qd8 36. Rxg4 hxg4 37. Re7 Nc6 38. Qf4+

80. FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025.12.27 Round 9 Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan 2446 vs Nihal Sarin 2664 Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation, Main Line B52 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 Rc8 7. c4 Ne5 8. b3 Nc6 9. Bb2 e5 10. d3 g6 11. Bc1 h6 12. Nc3 Bg7 13. g3 O-O 14. Kg2 Re8 15. h4 a6 16. a4 b6 17. Be3 Nd4 18. Qd1 Qd7 19. Rb1 Nc6 20. h5 g5 21. Nh2 Kh8 22. f4 gxf4 23. gxf4 exf4 24. Bxf4 Rg8 25. Qf3 Nd4 26. Qh3 Qxh3+ 27. Kxh3 Nxh5 28. Bxd6 Rcd8 29. Be7 Rd7 30. Nd5 Nc6 31. Bh4 Bd4 32. Ng4 Rg6 33. Nxb6 Rb7 34. Nd5 Ng7 35. Nf4 Rd6 36. Nd5 Rg6 37. Nf4 Rd6 38. Bg3 Kh7 39. Nd5 Rg6 40. Nf4 Rd6 41. e5 Rd8 42. Nd5 h5 43. Ngf6+ Kh8 44. Ne4 Nxe5 45. Bxe5 Bxe5 46. Nxc5 Ra7 47. b4 Bd6 48. Rf6 Ne8 49. Rh6+ Kg7 50. Rxh5 Kg6 51. Rh4 f6 52. Rg1+ Kf5 53. Rh5#

81.Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan 2446 vs Erigaisi Arjun 2714 FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025.12.28 Round 11 Sicilian Defense: French Variation B40 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 O-O 8. Nc3 Rb8 9. d4 e5 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Qxd8 Bxd8 12. Be3 b6 13. h3 Re8 14. Kh2 Nd4 15. Rac1 Bb7 16. Nd2 h6 17. Rfe1 Nd7 18. Nd5 Bc6 19. b3 a6 20. h4 b5 21. Bh3 Ba5 22. Kg2 bxc4 23. Rxc4 f5 24. Rd1 Bb5 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Bxf5 Bxd2 27. Bxd7 Bxd7 28. Rxd2 Rxe4 29. Rxc5 Rd8 30. Nf4 Bb5 31. a4 Be8 32. Rc7 Bf7 33. b4 Re1 34. h5 Rb1 35. Re2 d3 36. Ree7 Rf8 37. Rcd7 Rxb4 38. Ng6 Bxg6 39. hxg6 Kh8 40. Rxg7 Rc8 41. Rh7+ Kg8 42. Rxh6 Rc6 43. Rxd3 Kg7 44. Rh4 Rxh4 45. gxh4 Kxg6 46. Rd5 Kf7 47. h5 Kg7 48. Ra5 Kh6 49. Kg3 Kh7 50. Kg4 Rb6 51. Kg5 Kg7 52. f4 Rc6 53. Rd5 Rc4 54. a5 Kf7 55. h6 Rc1 56. Rd6 Rc5+ 57. f5 Rxa5 58. Rd7+ Ke8 59. Ra7 1-0

82.Dubov, Daniil 2686 vs Shimanov, Aleksandr 2554 FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025.12.28 Round 11 King's Indian Defense: Smyslov Variation E61 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. e3 c5 9. d5 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Kd7 12. a4 a5 13. Be2 Kc7 14. Nd2 Nd7 15. Bg4 Qf8 16. Bxd7 Bxd7 17. Rb1 b6 18. Rb2 Qe8 19. Ra2 e5 20. dxe6 Qxe6 21. Qh5 f5 22. O-O Be8 23. Qf3 Bc6 24. Qh5 g4 25. Re1 Rhg8 26. Qh2 Rg5 27. Kf1 d5 28. cxd5 Qxd5 29. c4 Qe6 30. f4 gxf3 31. gxf3 Rag8 32. Kf2 Rxg3 33. Qxg3+ Rxg3 34. Kxg3 Qe5+ 35. Kg2 h5 36. Nf1 h4 37. Rf2 Qe6 38. Kh2 Qxc4 39. e4 Qd4 40. Ree2 Bxa4 41. Ne3 fxe4 42. f4 Bb3 43. f5 a4 44. f6 Bf7 45. Ng4 a3 46. Kh3 Qa1 47. Nh6 a2 48. Nxf7 Qh1+ 49. Kg4 a1=Q 50. Ng5 e3 51. f7 Qd4+ 52. Rf4 Qg1+ 53. Kf5 Qd5+

83.Carlsen, Magnus 2824 vs Sarana, Alexey 2641 FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025.12.28 Round 10 Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations B50 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. O-O g6 6. c3 Bg7 7. a4 O-O 8. Be3 b6 9. h3 Bb7 10. Nbd2 d5 11. Bb5 Qc7 12. Re1 Rad8 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. e5 Nd7 15. d4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Qc8 17. Bg5 Rde8 18. N2f3 Nc5 19. a5 Ne4 20. Qc1 Nxg5 21. Qxg5 bxa5 22. Rxa5 a6 23. e6 Qc7 24. Ra3 f6 25. Qe3 Rb8 26. Rea1 Bc8 27. b4 Rb6 28. Ra5 Qd6 29. Re1 Rb7 30. Nb3 f5 31. Qd3 Rc7 32. Rxd5 Qb6 33. Nc5 a5 34. Nd7 Rxc3 35. Nxb6

84.Aronian, Levon 2774 vs Oro, Faustino 2503 FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025.12.29 Round 1 Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations B50 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. O-O e6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. a4 O-O 8. Re1 a6 9. c3 Qc7 10. Bb3 Bd7 11. Nf1 b5 12. Ng3 Rfc8 13. h3 Rab8 14. axb5 axb5 15. Bf4 b4 16. Bc4 Ra8 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. d4 bxc3 19. bxc3 cxd4 20. cxd4 Nb4 21. Qb3 Rb8 22. Rc1 Qa7 23. Qd1 Rc8 24. Bf1 Rxc1 25. Qxc1 Qb7 26. Qb2 h6 27. Bd2 d5 28. e5 Ne4 29. Be1 Nxg3 30. fxg3 Bc6 31. g4 Bb5 32. Bxb5 Qxb5 33. Kh2 Qc4 34. Bxb4 Bxb4 35. Qf2 Bc3 36. Qe3 Bb2 37. Qd2 Bc1 38. Qf2 Qd3 39. Qa2 Bf4+ 40. Kg1 Be3+ 41. Kh2 Bxd4 42. Qa8+ Kh7 43. Qf8 Qe3 44. Qxf7 Bxe5+ 45. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 46. Kh1 Qe1+ 47. Kh2 Qe5+ 48. Kh1 Qe4 49. Qb7 Qd3 50. Qc6 Qf1+ 51. Kh2 Qf4+ 52. Kh1 Qe5 53. Qc2+ Qe4 54. Qc6 Qg6 55. Qd6 Qf6 56. Kh2 d4 57. Qc6 Qf4+ 58. Kh1 e5 59. Qd5 Qe3 60. Qe6 Qc1+ 61. Kh2 Qf4+ 62. Kh1 d3 63. Qb3 e4

85. Open Swiss 2025.12.29 Round 7 Carlsen, Magnus 2881 vs Salem, A.R. Saleh 2651 Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations B50 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. a4 O-O 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. c3 a6 9. Re1 e5 10. Nbd2 Rb8 11. Nf1 h6 12. Ne3 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Nd5 Re8 15. Nd2 Bf8 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Nf1 Be6 18. Ra6 Rec8 19. Ne3 Ra8 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Bd5 Bxd5 22. Nxd5 Qd8 23. Qb3 Qa5 24. Kf1 Qa4 25. Qxa4 Rxa4 26. Be3 Ra2 27. Rb1 c4 28. Ke2 Na5 29. Nc7 b4 30. cxb4 c3 31. Kd1 Rxb2 32. Rxb2 cxb2 33. Kc2 Nc6 34. Nd5

86.Caruana, Fabiano 2751 vs Carlsen, Magnus 2881 FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025.12.29 Round 12 Philidor Defense: Lion Variation C41 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. a5 Qc7 9. Re1 h6 10. h3 Re8 11. d5 b5 12. axb6 Nxb6 13. Bb3 cxd5 14. exd5 Bd7 15. Ra6 Rec8 16. Qd3 Qb7 17. Ra5 Bd8 18. Qa6 Qxa6 19. Rxa6 Ne8 20. Be3 Nc4 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Nd2 Rc7 23. Rea1 Rb8 24. Nb3 Bf5 25. Na5 Rxb2 26. Nc6 Bg5 27. Bxg5 hxg5 28. Rxa7 Rxc2 29. Nb5 Bd3 30. Nxc7

87.Martirosyan, Haik M. 2679 vs Carlsen, Magnus 2881 FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025.12.30 Round 14 Pirc Defense B00 1. d4 d6 2. e4  g6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 e5 7. d5 Ne7 8. c4 O-O 9. Nc3 a5 10. Re1 Nd7 11. Be3 h6 12. a3 f5 13. b4 f4 14. Bd2 g5 15. h3 Ng6 16. Be2 Nf6 17. c5 g4 18. hxg4 Nxg4 19. Bc4? Mistake. cxd6 was best. 19... Nh4 20. Be2?! Inaccuracy. Rf1 was best. 20... axb4? Mistake. Nxf3+ was best. 20... Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 h5 22. Nb5 Qh4 23. Bxg4 hxg4 24. f3 Rf7 25. cxd6 Bd7 26. a4 21. axb4? Mistake. Nb5 was best. 21. Nb5 Nxf3+ 22. Bxf3 h5 23. Bxb4 Bd7 24. Qd3 Qh4 25. Ra2 dxc5 26. Bxc5 Ra5 21... Rxa1 22. Qxa1 h5?! Inaccuracy. Nxf3+ was best. 22... Nxf3+ 23. Bxf3 Qh4 24. Nd1 Nh2 25. Qc3 Kh7 26. c6 bxc6 27. dxc6 Rf6 28. b5 23. Kf1 Bd7? Mistake. Nxf3 was best. 23... Nxf3 24. Bxf3 Qh4 25. Nd1 Bd7 26. Qa5 Kh7 27. c6 bxc6 28. Qxc7 Rd8 29. Ke2 24. Qa5? Mistake. Qa7 was best. 24. Qa7 dxc5 24... b6 25. Qa7 bxc5 26. bxc5 dxc5 27. Qxc5 Rf7 28. Ra1?! Inaccuracy. Rb1 was best. 28. Rb1 Nxf3 29. Bxf3 Bf8 30. Qc4 Nh2+ 31. Ke2 Qg5 32. Nb5 Bg4 33. Qd3 Bxf3+ 28... Bf8 29. Qa5 Nxf3 30. Bxf3 Nh2+ 31. Ke2 Nxf3?! Inaccuracy. h4 was best. 32. gxf3 h4 33. Na4 h3 34. Nc5 Rg7? Mistake. Bxc5 was best. 35. Ne6?? Blunder. Nxd7 was best. 35... Bxe6?? Blunder. Qb8 was best. 36. dxe6 Qd6 37. Qd5 Be7 38. Bc3 h2 39. Rh1 Qa6+ 40. Qd3 Qxe6 41. Rxh2 Bf6 42. Qb5 Qa2+ 43. Bd2 Qe6 44. Qb8+ Kf7 45. Qxc7+ Be7 46. Rh5?? Blunder. Rh1 was best. 46. Rh1 Qa6+ 47. Ke1 Qd3 48. Qc6 Qxf3 49. Qd5+ Kf6 50. Rh6+ Kg5 51. Rh2 Kf6 46... Qa6+ 47. Kd1 Rg1+?? Blunder. Qa4+ was best. 47... Qa4+ 48. Qc2 Rg1+ 49. Ke2 Re1+ 50. Kxe1 Qxc2 51. Rxe5 Qd3 52. Rf5+ Ke6 53. Rxf4 48. Kc2 Qa2+ 49. Kd3 Qb1+ 50. Qc2 Qf1+ 51. Kc3 Qxf2 52. Qb3+?! Inaccuracy. Qd3 was best. 52... Kg6?! Inaccuracy. Kg7 was best. 53. Rh3 Qd4+ 54. Kc2 Qc5+ 55. Kd3 Qd6+ 56. Kc2 Kg7 57. Rh2 Rg3 58. Qc3 Bf6 59. Be1 Rg1 60. Bd2 Qd7 61. Qc4 Rg3 62. Qb3 Qc6+ 63. Kb2 Rg1 64. Bc3 Qa6 65. Kc2 Rg3 66. Bd2 Qc8+ 67. Kb2 Qd7 68. Kc2 Rg1 69. Qc4 Rg3 1-0

88.Isanzhulov, Arystan 2403 vs Ivanchuk, Vasyl 2631 FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025.12.29 Round 4 Four Knights Game: Gunsberg Variation C47 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a3 Be7 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Be2 d6 8. O-O Re8 9. Re1 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rad1 a6 15. f4 Nf6 16. Bf3 Rad8 17. e5 dxe5 18. Qxe5 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 c6 20. Qd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Bf5 22. Rd2 Re1+ 23. Kf2 Rc1 24. Bd1 Kf8 25. Ke3 Ke7 26. Kf2 h5 27. h3 h4 28. Ke3 a5 29. b4 Ra1 30. bxa5 Rxa3 31. Re2 1-0

89.Sindarov, Javokhir 2632 vs Erigaisi Arjun 2749 FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025.12.30 Round 17 Sicilian Defense: Closed B23 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qe3 Be7 6. Nf3 d5 7. exd5 exd5 8. Qf4 Nf6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Bd3 Rc8 12. Rhe1 Bb4 13. Qh4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qa5 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qxh6 Rc7 19. Rxe6 Qxc3 20. Re3 Qa3+ 21. Kb1 Qb4+ 22. Kc1 Rg7 23. Rg3 Qa3+ 24. Kb1 Qe7 25. Bf5 Rf7 26. Re3 Qb4+ 27. Rb3 Qd6 28. Rh3 Kf8 29. Qh8+ Ng8 30. g4 Ne5 31. Rc3 Nc4 32. Qh4 Qf6 33. Qg3 Rc7 34. Rxd5 Rge7 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. Rd1 Rc6 37. Rb3 a5 38. Qd3 a4 39. Rb4 Rd6 40. Rxc4 Rxd3 41. Bxd3 Qb6+ 42. Kc1 a3 43. f4 Qe3+ 44. Kb1 Qd2 0-1

90.Daniil 2795 vs Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2768 FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025.12.30 Round 15 Dubov, Slav Defense: Exchange Variation D13 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 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 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. h3 Re8 15. Qf3 Be6 16. Rfd1 Qb6 17. Na4 Qc6 18. Bc3 Qxa4 19. Bxe5 Bg4 20. hxg4 Rxe5 21. Qf4 Qe8 22. Rac1 h6 23. Rc7 Re7 24. Rdc1 Rd8 25. Rxe7 Qxe7 26. Rc7 Qe6 27. Rxb7 d4 28. Rb8 Rf8 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Qxd4 g5 31. Qxa7 Qxg4 32. Qd4 Qd1+ 33. Bf1 Qxd4 34. exd4 Ke7 35. Bc4 Ne4 36. a4 Nd6 37. Bd3 Kd7 38. Kf1 h5 39. b4 Kc6 40. a5 Kd5 41. b5 Kxd4 42. b6 Kc5 43. b7 Nxb7 44. a6 Kb6 45. axb7 Kxb7 46. Bc4 f6 47. Bf7 h4 48. Ke2 Kc6 49. Kf3 Kd6 50. Ke4 g4 51. Kf4 f5 52. Bg6 g3 1-0

91.Dubov, Daniil 2795 vs Caruana, Fabiano 2751 FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025.12.30 Round 17 Queen's Gambit Declined D30 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nd7 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Nxe7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nb6 11. Be2 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 a6 13. Rac1 Bd7 14. Bf3 Rab8 15. Ne4 Ned5 16. Nc5 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Be8 18. Ndb3 Na4 19. Rd4 Nxc5 20. Rxc5 b6 21. Rc1 Nf6 22. Kf1 e5 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Ke1 Bd7 25. Nd2 Be6 26. a3 Nd7 27. b4 a5 28. Rc7 axb4 29. axb4 h6 30. h4 g6 31. Bc6 Nf6 32. Rb7 Nd5 33. b5 Ra8 34. Bxd5 Bxd5 35. Rxb6 Bxg2 36. e4 Ra2 37. Rb8+ Kg7 38. b6 Rb2 39. b7 f5 40. Nc4 Rb1+ 41. Kd2 Bxe4 42. Nd6 g5 43. hxg5 hxg5 44. Rc8 Bxb7 45. Rc7+ Kg6 46. Nxb7 1/2-1/2

92.Nihal Sarin 2681 vs Dubov, Daniil 2795 FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025.12.30 Round 18 Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations B50 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Qe2 Nc6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qb6 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. Bg5 e6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 a6 14. f4 O-O-O 15. Rhe1 Rd7 16. f5 h5 17. Qf3 Rc7 18. Qh3 Qd7 19. Ne2 Bd8 20. Nf4 Re8 21. Qxh5 Rc6 22. Qf3 Kb8 23. g4 Rc4 24. Qd3 Rc6 25. Nh5 Rg8 26. h3 Be7 27. fxe6 fxe6 28. Rf1 Rgc8 29. c3 Qd8 30. Ka1 a5 31. h4 a4 32. a3 Rc4 33. Nf4 Qd7 34. Ng6 d5 35. Nxe7 Qxe7 36. exd5 Rxg4 37. Qf3 f5 38. d6 Qd7 39. h5 Rh8 40. Rh1 Rh6 41. Qe3 f4 42. Qe5 f3 43. Rdf1 Qg7 44. Qxg7 Rxg7 45. Rxf3 Kc8 46. Rf4 b5 47. Rb4 Rg5 48. c4 bxc4 49. Rxc4+ Kd7 50. Rxa4 Rhxh5 51. Rxh5 Rxh5 52. Rd4 Rc5 53. Kb1 e5 54. Rd1 e4 55. b4 Rc8 56. Kb2 e3 57. Re1 Re8 58. Kc3 Kxd6 59. a4 Ra8 60. a5 Rc8+ 61. Kd3 Rb8 62. Rb1 Re8 63. Ke2 Kc7 64. b5 Kb7 65. Rb3 Re5 66. Rb4 Kb8 67. a6 Re6 68. b6 Rd6 69. Kxe3 Re6+ 70. Kd4 Rh6 71. Kc5 Rh5+ 72. Kc6 Rh6+ 73. Kb5 Rh5+ 74. Ka4 Rh6 75. Ka5 Rh5+ 76. Rb5 Rh1 77. Re5 Ra1+ 78. Kb5 Rb1+ 79. Kc6 Rc1+ 80. Rc5 Ra1 81. a7+ Ka8 82. b7+ Kxa7 83. Kc7 1-0

93.Grischuk, Alexander 2665 vs Firouzja, Alireza 2813 FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025.12.29 Round 12 Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Tal Variation B12 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 Qc7 5. Nc3 a6 6. h5 h6 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. cxd3 e6 9. Nf3 Ne7 10. a3 Nd7 11. b4 Nc8 12. Be3 a5 13. Rb1 axb4 14. axb4 Be7 15. Rh3 b5 16. Kf1 Ndb6 17. Rg3 Bf8 18. Kg1 Ne7 19. Nh4 Qc8 20. Ne2 Qd7 21. Rc1 Rc8 22. Bd2 Ra8 23. Nf4 Ra6 24. Qg4 Na8 25. Rf3 Nc7 26. Qh3 Ra2 27. Bc3 Nf5 28. Nxf5 exf5 29. Qg3 Ne6 30. Nxe6 fxe6 31. Re3 Qf7 32. Ree1 Be7 33. Ra1 Ra4 34. Rxa4 bxa4 35. Ra1 O-O 36. Rxa4 Qxh5 37. Ra7 Rf7 38. Qf3 Qg5 39. Qe3 f4 40. Qf3 Qf5 41. Rc7 g5 42. Qh5 Kg7 43. Rxc6 Bf8 44. b5 f3 45. Qxf3 Qg6 46. Qe2 g4 47. g3 h5 48. b6 h4 49. Rc7 hxg3 50. Rxf7+ Kxf7 51. fxg3 Kg8 52. b7 Qe8 53. Qb2 Qb8 54. Ba5 Ba3 55. Qb5 Kh7 56. Qd7+ Kg6 57. Qxe6+ Kh5 58. Qf5+ Kh6 59. Qe6+ Kh5 60. Qc8 Qa7 61. b8=Q Qxd4+ 62. Kg2 1-0

94.Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2768 vs Murzin, Volodar 2647 FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025.12.29 Round 6 C65 Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8. Na3 c6 9. Ba4 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 d6 12. Bc2 g5 13. Bg3 Bg4 14. Qd2 Nh5 15. Kh1 Be6 16. Bb3 Qf6 17. Nc4 Rad8 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. d4 Nf4 20. f3 c5 21. Bf2 Bxb3 22. axb3 Ra8 23. Be3 Qe6 24. g3 Ng6 25. dxc5 dxc5 26. Qd5 Ne7 27. Qxe6 fxe6 28. Kg2 Nc6 29. g4 Na5 30. Ra3 Nc6 31. Kf2 Rad8 32. Ke2 Kg7 33. Raa1 Kg6 34. h4 gxh4 35. Rh1 Rh8 36. Rxh4 Rh7 37. Rh5 Rdh8 38. Rah1 Kg7 39. b4 cxb4 40. Bxb6 bxc3 41. bxc3 Kg6 42. Be3 Kg7 43. Bc5 Kg6 44. Bd6 Kf6 45. Ke3 Kg6 46. Bxe5 Nxe5 47. Rxe5 Kf6 48. Reh5 Kg6 49. f4 Rc8 50. g5 Rxc3+ 51. Kd4 Rf3 52. Rxh6+

95.Firouzja, Alireza 2813 vs Robson, Ray 2632 FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025.12.29 Round 11 C54 Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a5 8. Nbd2 Ba7 9. a4 Qe7 10. O-O g5 11. Bg3 Nd7 12. Bb5 h5 13. h4 g4 14. Ne1 Nf8 15. d4 Ng6 16. Nd3 Nxh4 17. dxe5 Ng6 18. exd6 Qg5 19. dxc7 h4 20. Bd6 g3 21. Nf3 Qg4 22. Nde5 gxf2+ 23. Kh1 h3 24. Nxg4 hxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Bxg4 26. Rxf2 Nh4+ 27. Kg3 Rg8 28. Kxh4 Bxf2+ 29. Bg3 Bxf3 30. Qxf3 Bxg3+ 31. Qxg3 Rxg3 32. Kxg3 Kd7 33. Rf1 Rf8 34. Rf5 Kxc7 35. Bxc6 Kxc6 36. Rxa5 Rd8 37. Rf5 Rd2 38. Rf2 Rd3+ 39. Kg4 Re3 40. Kf5 Kc5 41. Rd2 b6 42. Rd5+ Kc6 43. Rd4 Re2 44. Rb4 Rf2+ 45. Ke5 Kc5 46. Rb5+ Kc6 47. Kd4 Rd2+ 48. Ke3 Rh2 49. b3 Rh3+ 50. Kd4 Rh2 51. Rf5 Rd2+ 52. Kc4 Re2 53. Rf6+