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1.Van Foreest, Jorden 2705 vs Niemann, Hans Moke 2725 Prague International Chess Festival chess.com [5] 2026.3.1 D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 5.cd 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 cxd4 6.Qxd4 exd5 7.e4 dxe4 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Ng5 Be6 10.a3 Nbd7 11.g3 Rc8 12.Bg2 Bc4 13.Ngxe4 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 Bc5 15.Bf4 f5 16.Nxc5 Re8+ 17.Be3 Nxc5 18.O-O-O+ Bd3 19.b4 Na4+ 20.Bc5 Nxc5 21.bxc5 Rxc5+ 22.Kb2 Re2+ 23.Kb3 Rb5+ 24.Ka4 Rbb2 25.Rxd3+ Ke7 26.Rhd1 Rxf2 27.Rd7+ Kf6 28.Bxb7 Rxh2 29.R1d6+ Ke5 30.Ra6 Rb6 31.Rxb6 axb6 32.Rxg7 h5 33.Bc6 Kf6 34.Rb7 Rh3 35.Rxb6 Rxg3 36.Be8+

2.Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2751 vs Gukesh D 2754 Prague International Chess Festival chess.com [5] 2026.3.1 A22 English Opening 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e3 Bb4 4.Nge2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Qb3 Nxc3 7.Qxb4 Nd5 8.Qb3 Nc6 9.Nc3 Ndb4 10.Bc4 Nd3+ 11.Ke2 Nf4+ 12.Kf1 Ne6 13.Qd1 b6 14.b4 Bb7 15.a3 Qh4 16.d3 O-O-O 17.Bb2 Ng5 18.h3 f5 19.Rc1 Kb8 20.Nd5 Rd7 21.Qc2 Re8 22.f3 Qh6 23.Kf2 Qh4+ 24.Kf1 Ne6 25.Nc3 Qh6 26.Qf2 g5 27.Kg1 Qg6 28.Ne2 a6 29.h4 g4 30.h5 Qh6 31.fxg4 fxg4 32.Ng3 b5 33.Bxe6 Rxe6 34.Qe2 Nd8 35.Rh4 Rg7 36.e4 Qg5 37.Nf5 Rg8 38.Rf1 Nc6 39.Bc1 Nd4 40.Qd1 Qd8 41.Rxg4 Rxg4 42.Qxg4 Bc8 43.Be3 Nxf5 44.exf5 Rf6 45.Qe4 Qd7 46.Qxe5 Rxf5 47.Rxf5 Qxf5 48.Qd4 Be6 49.h6 Bd5 50.Bf2 Kb7 51.Qa7+ Kc8 52.Bg3 Qd7 53.Qc5 Qc6 54.Qf8+ Kb7 55.Qg7 Qc2 56.Bf4 Kc8 57.Kh2 Kb7 58.Bd6 Kc8 59.Be5 Kb7 60.d4 Kc8 61.Kh3 Kb7 62.g4 Qg2+ 63.Kh4 Qf2+ 64.Kg5 Qc2 65.Bf4 Kc8 66.Qe5 Qg6+ 67.Kh4 Qf7 68.g5 Bf3 69.g6

3.Navara, David 2628 vs Yakubboev, Nodirbek 2691 Prague International Chess Festival chess.com [5] 2026.3.1 [8] Catalan, Closed 7.Qc2 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2 a5 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bxf6 Nxf6 10.Nc3 c6 11.Rfd1 b6 12.e4 dxc4 13.Ne5 Bb7 14.Nxc4 b5 15.Ne3 Rc8 16.Rac1 Qb6 17.e5 Nd5 18.Ne4 Nb4 19.Qe2 Nxa2 20.Ra1 Nb4 21.Nf6+ Bxf6 22.exf6 Qd8 23.fxg7 Kxg7 24.Ng4 Ra8 25.Qe5+ f6 26.Qxe6 Bc8 27.Qe2 Qd6 28.Ne3 Bd7 29.d5 c5 30.Qxb5 Nc2 31.Qc6 Qe7 32.Qc7 Nxe3 33.d6 Qe6 34.Re1 Ra6 35.Rad1 Qg4 36.h3 Qa4 37.b3 Qxb3 38.Qxd7+ Rf7 39.Qxf7+ Kxf7 40.d7 Nxg2 41.Re7+ Kxe7 42.d8=Q+ Kf7 43.Rd7+ Kg6 44.Qe8+ Kg5 45.Qe4 f5 46.Rg7+ Rg6 47.h4+ Kf6 48.Qe7#

4.Gukesh D 2754 vs Aravindh, Chithambaram VR 2700 Prague International Chess Festival chess.com [6] 2026.3.3 B27 Sicilian, Hungarian Variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c3 d5 4.Bb5+ Bd7 5.Bxd7+ Qxd7 6.e5 Nc6 7.d4 f6 8.O-O fxe5 9.dxe5 Bg7 10.Re1 e6 11.c4 Nge7 12.Nc3 dxc4 13.Qxd7+ Kxd7 14.Rd1+ Kc8 15.Ne4 b6 16.Nd6+ Kc7 17.Ng5 Bxe5 18.Ndf7 Bd4 19.Nxe6+ Kd7 20.Nxd4 cxd4 21.Nxh8 Rxh8 22.b3 c3 23.Be3 Nf5 24.Rac1 Ke6 25.Bxd4 Nfxd4 26.Re1+ Kd5 27.Rxc3 a5 28.h4 a4 29.Rd1 axb3 30.Rxb3 Rb8 31.h5 b5 32.hxg6 hxg6 33.Rg3 Kc4 34.Rc1+ Kb4 35.Rb1+ Ka4 36.Rb2 Ne5 37.f4 Nc4 38.Rf2 Re8 39.Kh2 Ne2 40.Rgf3 Ne3 41.Rxe2 Ng4+ 42.Kg3 Rxe2 43.Kxg4 Rxg2+ 44.Kh4 b4 45.Re3 Rxa2 46.Rg3 Rf2 47.Rg4 Rf1 48.Kg5 Ka3

5.Niemann, Hans Moke 2725 vs Keymer, Vincent 2776 Prague International Chess Festival [6] 2026.3.3 C50 Giuoco Pianissimo 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 a5 6.O-O d6 7.Re1 h6 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.Nf1 a4 10.Bb5 a3 11.b4 Bb6 12.Ng3 Ne7 13.d4 Ng6 14.Bd3 Bg4 15.d5 Nh4 16.Be2 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 Qd7 18.Qd3 c6 19.dxc6 Qxc6 20.Be3 Nxf3+ 21.gxf3 Bxe3 22.Rxe3 g6 23.Rd1 Rfd8 24.Qd2 Nh7 25.h4 h5 26.Rd3 Qc4 27.Nf1 Qe6 28.Kg2 Rd7 29.c4 Qxc4 30.Ne3 Qe6 31.Nd5 Rad8 32.Nb6 Rc7 33.Rxa3 f5 34.Nd5 Rg7 35.exf5 gxf5+ 36.Kf1 f4 37.Rc3 Kh8 38.Ke2 Nf6 39.a4 e4 40.Nxf6 exf3+ 41.Kd3 Re7 42.Rc4 Qf5+ 43.Kc3 Re2 44.Qd3 Qxf6+ 45.Qd4 Qxd4+ 46.Rcxd4 Rxf2 47.Rxf4 d5 48.Rd3 Rc8+ 49.Kb3 Rf1 50.Rdxf3 Rb1+ 51.Ka2 Rcc1 52.a5 Ra1+ 53.Kb3 Rcb1+ 54.Kc2 Rc1+ 55.Kd2 Rc7 56.Rc3 Rg7 57.Rcf3 Rc7 58.Ke3 Ra3+ 59.Kf2 Ra2+ 60.Kg3 Rg7+ 61.Kh3 Ra1 62.Rg3 Rb1 63.Rxg7 Kxg7 64.Kg3 Rb3+ 65.Kf2 Kg6 66.Ke2 Ra3 67.Kd2 b6 68.axb6 Ra6 69.Kc3 Rxb6 70.Kb3 Rb8 71.Rf3 Rb7 72.Ka4 Rc7 73.Rf4 Rd7 74.Kb3 Rb7 75.Rf8 Rd7 76.Rf4 Rb7 77.Rf1 Rb8 78.Ka4 Rc8 79.b5 Rc4+ 80.Ka5 Rxh4 81.b6 Re4 82.Rd1 Kg5 83.Rxd5+ Kg4 84.Rd8 Re7 85.Rg8+ Kf4 86.Rh8 Kg4 87.Ka6 h4 88.b7 Rxb7 89.Kxb7 h3 90.Kc6 Kg3 91.Kd5 h2 92.Ke4

6.Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2751 vs Van Foreest, Jorden 2705 Prague International Chess Festival chess.com [7] 2026.3.4 B35 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation With Bc4 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 a5 9.O-O a4 10.Nxa4 Nxe4 11.Nb5 d5 12.Bb6 Qd7 13.Qe2 e6 14.Rad1 Ne5 15.Bd4 Ra5 16.Nbc3 Nxc3 17.Bxc3 Qc7 18.Rfe1 Bd7 19.Bxa5 Qxa5 20.Nc3 b5 21.h3 Nc4 22.Nxd5 exd5 23.Rxd5 Nb6 24.Rd6 Bf5 25.c3 Nc4 26.Bxc4 bxc4 27.Qxc4 Be6 28.Rdxe6 fxe6 29.Rxe6 Kh8 30.a4 Qf5 31.Qe2 Qb1+ 32.Kh2 Qf5 33.Re4 h5 34.Kg1 Kh7 35.Qe1 Rf7 36.h4 Rd7 37.g3 Qf3 38.Re3 Qg4 39.Qe2 Qxa4 40.Kg2 Qc6+ 41.Qf3 Qb5 42.Re6 Qxb2 43.Rxg6 Kxg6 44.Qc6+ Bf6

7.Keymer, Vincent 2776 vs Anton Guijarro, David 2666 Prague International Chess Festival chess.com [7] 2026.3.4 C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.O-O Bg4 7.h3 Bh5 8.g4 Nxg4 9.hxg4 Bxg4 10.Be3 Be7 11.Kg2 f5 12.Qe1 Bxf3+ 13.Kxf3 f4 14.Bd2 Qd6 15.Bc3 g5 16.Ke2 g4 17.f3 h5 18.Nd2 Qe6 19.Nc4 Bf6 20.Rh1 Kf7 21.Qf2 b6 22.a4 Rag8 23.Rag1 g3 24.Qg2 Qe7 25.Kf1 h4 26.Qh3 Rg5 27.Rg2 a6 28.Re2 b5 29.Na5 c5 30.Kg2 Qd6 31.Ra1 Be7 32.Nb3 Qc6 33.Rd1 Qd6 34.Ree1 Qc6 35.Re2 Qd6 36.Nd2 c4 37.d4 exd4 38.e5 Qe6 39.Bxd4 Rd8 40.Ne4 Qxh3+ 41.Kxh3 Rg6 42.Red2 Ke6 43.Bc3 Rxd2 44.Rxd2 b4 45.Bd4 a5 46.c3 Rg8 47.Re2 Rb8 48.Ba7 Rb7 49.Bc5 bxc3 50.bxc3 Bd8 51.Kg4 c6 52.Rd2 Rg7+ 53.Kxf4 Bc7 54.Bd4 h3 55.Nxg3 c5 56.Rh2 cxd4 57.cxd4 c3 58.Rxh3 c2 59.Rh1 Bd8 60.Nf5 Rg2 61.d5+ Kf7 62.e6+ Kf6 63.Ke4 Bb6 64.e7 Bc5 65.d6 Bxd6 66.e8=N+ Ke6 67.Nexd6 Rd2 68.Rc1

8.Navara, David 2628 vs Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2751 Prague International Chess Festival Masters chess.com [8] 2026.3.5 D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 4.Nf3 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.Nxb5 Nb6 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Be3 Be7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.a3 Bb7 12.Qc2 Na5 13.h4 Nd5 14.Ng5 g6 15.Nxd5 Bxd5 16.Ne4 c5 17.dxc5 Nb3 18.Rd1 Bxe4 19.Qxe4 Qa5+ 20.Kf1 Rad8 21.Qxc4 Rxd1+ 22.Bxd1 Nd2+ 23.Bxd2 Qxd2 24.Qc2 Qd4 25.c6 Rb8 26.b4 Rd8 27.c7 Rc8 28.g3 Qxe5 29.Qe2 Qxc7 30.Kg2 Bf6 31.h5 Bd4 32.Qe4 Qc6 33.Re1 Kg7 34.Qxc6 Rxc6 35.Re2 Rc3 36.a4 Ra3 37.hxg6 hxg6 38.f4 Bc3 39.b5 Ba5 40.Rb2 Rd3 41.Bf3 Kf6 42.Rc2 Ra3 43.Rc8 Bb6 44.Rb8 Kf5 45.Rf8 Kf6 46.Rb8 e5 47.fxe5+ Kxe5 48.Re8+ Kd6 49.Bd1 Kd7 50.Re4 f5 51.Rc4 Ra2+ 52.Bc2 Ke6 53.g4 Kd5 54.Rc3 Kd4 55.Rc6 Bc5 56.Rxg6 Rxc2+ 57.Kg3 fxg4 58.a5 Rb2 59.Rxg4+ Kc3 60.b6 Bxb6 61.axb6 axb6 62.Rf4 b5 63.Rf3+ Kb4 64.Kf4 Re2

9.Van Foreest, Jorden 2705 vs Aravindh, Chithambaram VR 2700 Prague International Chess Festival chess.com [8] 2026.3.5 B30 Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Qc7 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Qxd4 Bg4 8.Qe5 Qd6 9.Qg3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 e5 11.O-O Be7 12.Ne2 Qe6 13.Ng3 g6 14.Qb3 Qxb3 15.axb3 Bc5 16.Bg5 Nd7 17.Rfd1 f6 18.Bd2 Ke7 19.Ne2 Rhd8 20.Nc1 Bd6 21.b4 f5 22.Nb3 Nf6 23.exf5 gxf5 24.Na5 Rd7 25.Nc4 Bc7 26.Re1 Ke6 27.Be3 e4 28.Bb6 Nd5 29.Bxc7 Rxc7 30.f3 Nxb4 31.Re2 b5 32.Na5 c5 33.fxe4 f4 34.Nb3 Rd8 35.c3 Nd3 36.Ra6+ Kf7 37.e5 Re7 38.e6+ Kf6 39.Nd2 Kf5 40.Nf3 Rd5 41.Rc6 Kf6 42.g4 fxg3 43.hxg3 a5 44.Kg2 a4 45.Ra6 b4 46.cxb4 cxb4 47.Rxa4 Rxe6 48.Rxe6+ Kxe6 49.g4 Rd7 50.b3 Kd5 51.Ra5+ Ke4 52.Kg3 Rb7 53.Rf5 Nc1 54.Rf4+ Ke3 55.Nd4 Kd3 56.Kh4 Rb6 57.Rf1 Na2 58.Rf4 Nc3 59.Nf3 Ke3 60.Rf5 Rh6+ 61.Kg3 Ne2+

10.Maghsoodloo, Parham 2708 vs Van Foreest, Jorden 2705 Prague International Chess Festival chess.com [9] 2026.3.6 D02 Queen's Pawn Game 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 cxd4 5.O-O g6 6.Qxd4 Bg7 7.Rd1 O-O 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Qa4 Qb6 10.Nxd5 Nxd5 11.Rxd5 Bf5 12.c3 Rad8 13.Ne1 Ne5 14.Qb3 Qa6 15.Rxd8 Rxd8 16.Bf1 Be6 17.Qc2 Bxa2 18.Bf4 Qe6 19.Qa4 Bd5 20.Qxa7 Nc4 21.Nd3 Bc6 22.f3 h6 23.Rd1 g5 24.Bc1 Ne5 25.Qe3 Qb3 26.Rd2 Nc4 27.Nc5 Nxd2 28.Nxb3 Nxb3 29.Qb6 Rd1 30.Be3 Na1 31.Kf2 Nc2 32.Bc5 Bf6 33.Qb3 Rd2 34.Bh3 Bd5 35.Qb6 Bc4 36.Bf1 Rd5 37.Qc7 e6 38.Qc8+ Kh7 39.Bb6 Ba6 40.b4 Na3 41.Qf8 Rd7 42.Bd4 Bxd4+ 43.cxd4 Rc7 44.d5 Bc4 45.Qd8

11.Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2751 vs Niemann, Hans Moke 2725 Prague International Chess Festival chess.com [9] 2026.3.6 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Byrne (English) Attack 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 O-O 9.O-O Be6 10.Bb3 b5 11.Qd3 Qc8 12.Nh4 Nbd7 13.Nf5 Bxf5 14.exf5 Nc5 15.Bxc5 dxc5 16.Nd5 Ra7 17.c3 c4 18.Nxf6+ Bxf6 19.Qe3 Re7 20.Bc2 e4 21.Bxe4 Rfe8 22.f3 Qxf5 23.Bxf5 Rxe3 24.Be4 Re2 25.Rf2 Rxf2 26.Kxf2 b4 27.Rd1 bxc3 28.bxc3 Kf8 29.Bd5 Rd8 30.Ke2 Re8+ 31.Kf1 Rd8 32.Ke2 Re8+ 33.Kf1 Rd8 34.Ke2

12.Caruana, Fabiano 2795 vs Mishra, Abhimanyu 2629 The American Cup chess.com [1-1] 2026.3.5 E60 King's Indian 3.Nf3 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.Be2 c5 6.d5 d6 7.Nc3 e6 8.O-O exd5 9.cxd5 Re8 10.Nd2 Na6 11.e4 Nc7 12.a4 b6 13.f3 Qe7 14.Re1 Nd7 15.Nb5 Nxb5 16.Bxb5 a6 17.Bc6 Rb8 18.f4 Rd8 19.Qe2 Nf6 20.Nf3 Bb7 21.Bxb7 Qxb7 22.Bd2 Re8 23.Qd3 b5 24.Bc3 c4 25.Qc2 Re7 26.axb5 axb5 27.Bd4 Nd7 28.Kh1 Rbe8 29.Bf2 Nf6 30.Ra7 Qb8 31.Rxe7 Rxe7 32.e5 Nxd5 33.Qd2 Nb6 34.exd6 Rxe1+ 35.Qxe1 Qxd6 36.Qe8+ Qf8 37.Qxb5 Nc8 38.Ne5 Nd6 39.Qd5 Qb8 40.h3 Qc7 41.Bb6 Qe7 42.Bc5 Bf8 43.Bxd6 Qxd6 44.Qxf7+ Kh8 45.Qxc4 Qd2 46.Qc3 Qxc3 47.bxc3 Kg7 48.g4 Bd6 49.Nd3 h5 50.Kg2 hxg4 51.hxg4 Kf6 52.Kf3 Ke6 53.Ke4 Bc7 54.c4 Bd6 55.g5 Bc7 56.Ne5

13.Caruana, Fabiano 2795 vs So, Wesley 2753 The American Cup chess.com [3-1] 2026.3.6 C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 O-O 8.Qd2 Bb4 9.a3 Bxc3 10.Qxc3 Ne7 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.d4 c6 13.Be2 f5 14.exf5 e4 15.Nd2 Bxf5 16.Qg3+ Kh7 17.Nc4 d5 18.Ne3 Rg8 19.Qf4 Be6 20.Bh5 Rg5 21.g4 Qb8 22.Qxb8 Rxb8 23.f4 exf3 24.Kf2 Rg7 25.h4 Nc8 26.g5 Nd6 27.Bxf3 f6 28.gxh6 Kxh6 29.Rag1 Rxg1 30.Rxg1 Rf8 31.Re1 Bf5 32.Kg3 Re8 33.Kf4 Be4 34.Bd1 Rg8 35.c3 a5 36.a4 b6 37.Bg4 Rg7 38.Be2 Rg6 39.b3 Rg8 40.c4 Re8 41.Bg4 f5 42.Be2 dxc4 43.bxc4 Rd8 44.Rd1 Re8 45.Rd2 Kg6 46.Nf1 Kf6 47.Ng3 Nc8 48.h5 Rd8 49.Nxe4+ fxe4 50.Kxe4 Kg5 51.Rd1 Re8+ 52.Kd3 c5 53.Rg1+ Kf4 54.Rg4+ Kf5 55.Rg6 cxd4 56.Bg4+ Ke5 57.Bxc8 Rxc8 58.Rxb6

14.So, Wesley 2753 vs Caruana, Fabiano 2795 The American Cup chess.com [3-2] 2026.3.6 C10 French, Rubinstein Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.g3 b6 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.a4 a6 10.Be2 Bc6 11.O-O Bd6 12.Ne5 Bxe5 13.dxe5 Qd5 14.Qxd5 Nxd5 15.a5 b5 16.Bd2 O-O-O 17.c4 bxc4 18.Bxc4 Bb7 19.b4 Ne7 20.Bg5 Rd4 21.Bxe6+ fxe6 22.Bxe7 Rd5 23.Rac1 Kd7 24.Bc5 Rd8 25.Rc4 Rd3 26.h4 Bd5 27.Rg4 g6 28.Rc1 Kc8 29.Rf4 Rd7 30.Kh2 Kb7 31.Be3 Bb3 32.g4 R3d5 33.Rc3 Ba4 34.Rc5 Rxc5 35.Bxc5 Kc6 36.Kg3 Kd5 37.Bd4 Kc4 38.Be3+ Kd5 39.Bd4 Kc4 40.Bb2+ Kb3 41.Bc1 Bb5 42.Be3 Bc4 43.Bc5 Rd3+ 44.Kh2 h5 45.gxh5 gxh5 46.Rf7 Rd5 47.Rxc7 Rxe5 48.Rg7 Rf5 49.Rg5 Bd3 50.Kg3 Kc4 51.Rg8 Be4 52.f4 Bd5 53.Bd6 Be4 54.Rc8+ Kb3 55.Re8 Rf6 56.Kf2 Bc6 57.Rc8 Bb5 58.Ke3 Rf5 59.Rc5 Rxc5 60.bxc5 Kb4 61.Ke4 Kxa5 62.Ke5 Bc4 63.Be7 Kb5 64.Kd6 a5 65.c6 Bd5 66.f5 Bxc6 67.f6 Be8 68.Kxe6

15.Paul Keres vs Bobby Fischer "The Heat of Battle" game of the day Dec 8, 2024 Curacao Candidates Willemstad AHO rd 14 May 24, 1962 Sicilian Defense: Chameleon B20 1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 e5 7. d3 Nge7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 b6 10. f4 ef4 11. gf4 d5 12. e5 Bg4 13. h3 Be2 14. Qe2 f6 15. b5 Na5 16. Nd2 fe5 17. fe5 Rf1 18. Nf1 Nb3 19. Rb1 Nc1 20. Rc1 Qc7 21. Re1 Rd8 22. Nh2 d4 23. cd4 cd4 24. Nf3 Bh6 25. Qa2 Kh8 26. Qe6 Nd5 27. Nh2 Ne3 28. Bc6 Rf8 29. Nf3 Bf4 30. Nd4 Be5 31. Nf3 Bd4 32. Re3 Be3 33. Qe3 Qg3 34. Kf1 Qh3 35. Ke1 Qf5 36. d4 Kg7 37. Kf2 h5 38. Kg3 Qg4 39. Kh2 Rf4 40. Qe7 Kh6 41. Qe2 Qf5 42. Qe3 g5 43. Kg2 Rg4 44. Kf2 Rf4 45. Kg2 Qc2 46. Kh1 Qb1 47. Kh2 Qa2 48. Kh3 Qf7 49. Kh2 Qf6 50. Kg2 Kg7 51. Kg3 h4 52. Kg2 Rg4 53. Kh1 Rg3 54. Qe4 g4 55. Nh2 Qg5 56. Nf1 Rh3 57. Kg1 Ra3 58. d5 g3 59. Bd7 Ra1 60. Bf5 Qf6 61. Qf4 Re1 62. d6 Re5 63. Qg4 Kf8 64. d7 Rd5 65. Kg2 Rd7 66. Bd7 Qf2 67. Kh3 Qf1 68. Kh4 g2 69. Qb4 Kf7 70. Qb3 Kg7 71. Qg3 Kh7 72. Qe5 Qh1 73. Bh3 Qh3 74. Kh3 g1Q 75. Qe7 Kh8 76. Qf8 Kh7 77. Qf7

16.Caruana, Fabiano 2795 vs Aronian, Levon 2729 The American Cup chess.com [54-1] 2026.3.8 D35 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional Line 5...c6 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.a3 Bxc5 7.Nf3 d5 8.Bg5 Be7 9.e3 Nbd7 10.Rd1 h6 11.Bf4 dxc4 12.Bxc4 a6 13.Ba2 b5 14.Bb1 Qb6 15.O-O Re8 16.Ne4 Bb7 17.Nd6 Bxd6 18.Rxd6 Qc5 19.Rfd1 Be4 20.Qxc5 Nxc5 21.Be5 Bxb1 22.Bxf6 Bc2 23.Rc1 Ne4 24.Rc6 Bb3 25.Bc3 Rec8 26.Ba5 Rxc6 27.Rxc6 Bd5 28.Rc7 Nd6 29.Bb4 Nc4 30.b3 Nb2 31.Nd2 a5 32.Bc3 Nd3 33.e4 b4 34.Ba1 bxa3 35.exd5 exd5 36.Rc3 Re8 37.Nf3 Nf4 38.Rc2 Rb8 39.Nd2 Nd3 40.Kf1 Re8 41.Nf3 Rb8 42.Rc3 Nb4 43.Nd4 Re8 44.f3 Ra8 45.Nc2 Nxc2 46.Rxc2 Rb8 47.Rc3 d4 48.Rd3 a4 49.b4 Rxb4 50.Rxa3 d3 51.Bc3 Rc4 52.Kf2 f6 53.Ke3 Rc6 54.Kxd3 Ra6 55.Bb4 h5 56.Rc3 Rb6 57.Rc4 Kf7 58.Bc3 Ra6 59.Rc5 h4 60.Ra5 Rxa5 61.Bxa5 h3 62.g4 a3 63.Bc3 Ke6 64.Ke4 a2 65.Ba1

17.So, Wesley 2753 vs Aronian, Levon 2729 The American Cup chess.com [4-1] 2026.3.9 C50 Giuoco Pianissimo 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O O-O 6.Nbd2 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Re1 Nb6 9.Bb3 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Ng3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 a5 14.c3 a4 15.Bc2 Kh8 16.Nf5 Bf6 17.d4 g6 18.Bh6 Rg8 19.Ng3 exd4 20.Ne4 Bh4 21.Rad1 f5 22.Nc5 Re8 23.Nxb7 Qf6 24.g3 g5 25.Qh5 Rg8 26.gxh4 gxh4+ 27.Kh1 Rg6 28.Bxf5 Rxh6 29.Re8+ Rxe8 30.Qxe8+ Kg7 31.Rg1+ Rg6 32.Bxg6 hxg6 33.Nc5 Ne7 34.Re1 Nbd5 35.Ne6+ Kh7 36.Nxd4 c5 37.Ne6 Qxf2 38.Ng5+ Kh6 39.Rg1 Kg7 40.Ne6+ Kh7 41.Nf8+ Kg7 42.Nxg6

18.Alexander Grischuk vs Magnus Carlsen chess.com Speed 1m+1spm blitz chess.com INT rd 3 Nov 21, 2017 Italian Game: Evans Gambit C51 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 5. a4 a5 6. b5 Nd4 7. Nc3 d6 8. Nd5 Bg4 9. c3 Nf3 10. gf3 Bh5 11. Rg1 Ne7 12. Nb6 cb6 13. Rg7 d5 14. ed5 Nf5 15. Rg1 Qh4 16. Qe2 Qh2 17. Rg5 Qh1 18. Qf1 Qf3 19. Be2 Qe2 20. Qe2 Be2 21. Ke2 Nd6 22. Re5 Kd7 23. Ba3 Rae8 24. Re8 Re8 25. Kd3 Ne4 26. f3 Nf2 27. Kd4 h5 28. Rg1 Re2 29. d3 h4 30. Rg7 Ke8 31. Rg8 Kd7 32. Rf8 h3 33. Rf7 Ke8 34. Rf8 Kd7 35. Rf7 Ke8 36. Rh7 Rd2 37. Ke3 Ra2 38. Bd6 Nd1 39. Kd4 Ra4 40. c4 Ra2 41. Bc7 a4 42. d6

19.Nakamura, Hikaru 2810 vs Liang, Awonder 2719 Nakamura-Liang Training Match chess.com [1] 2026.3.13 C50 Giuoco Pianissimo 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 d6 5.c3 h6 6.a4 Bb6 7.Nbd2 Nge7 8.b4 a6 9.Bb3 O-O 10.Nc4 Ba7 11.Be3 Kh8 12.b5 Bxe3 13.fxe3 Nb8 14.O-O Be6 15.Rb1 axb5 16.axb5 Nd7 17.d4 Ng6 18.Ncd2 Qe7 19.Qc2 Nf6 20.Bxe6 Qxe6 21.b6 c6 22.Ra1 Nd7 23.Ra7 Rab8 24.Rb1 Ne7 25.Qb3 d5 26.exd5 cxd5 27.e4 Rfc8 28.Ra5 Qg6 29.Nxe5 Nxe5 30.dxe5 Qg5 31.Nf1 dxe4 32.Rb5 Qg6 33.Re1 Qc6 34.Ng3 Qxc3 35.Qxc3 Rxc3 36.Nxe4 Rc2 37.Rc5 Rxc5 38.Nxc5 Nd5 39.e6 fxe6 40.Rxe6 Rc8 41.Nxb7 Rb8 42.Nc5 Rxb6 43.Rxb6 Nxb6

20.Liang, Awonder 2719 vs Nakamura, Hikaru 2810 Nakamura-Liang Training Match chess.com [2] 2026.3.13 B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer Attack 7...a6 defence, 8...Bd7 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bd7 9.Kb1 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Be7 11.h4 Qc7 12.Be2 b5 13.f4 Bc6 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Bh5 Qa7 16.Qd3 Qc5 17.g4 Rc8 18.Ne2 Qc4 19.Nd4 Qxd3 20.cxd3 Bd7 21.g5 Bd8 22.Nc2 Ke7 23.Ne3 fxg5 24.fxg5 h6 25.Ng4 hxg5 26.hxg5 Bb6 27.Nf6 Be3 28.Nxd7 Kxd7 29.Bxf7 Bxg5 30.Rhg1 Rcf8 31.Bxe6+ Kxe6 32.Rxg5 Rf2 33.Rg6+ Ke7 34.Rg7+ Ke6 35.Rg6+ Ke7 36.Rg7+ Ke6 37.Rg6+ Ke5

21.Fedoseev, Vladimir 2708 vs Moranda, Wojciech 2542 SBL München [8.1] B23 2026.1.10 B23 Sicilian, Closed 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bd7 5.Nf3 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.d3 Nd4 8.Nxd4 cxd4 9.Ne2 e6 10.O-O Ne7 11.Bb3 O-O 12.Bd2 a5 13.a4 Kh8 14.Kh1 f5 15.Ng1 fxe4 16.dxe4 d5 17.Qe1 Bc6 18.e5 Nf5 19.Rf3 g5 20.Ne2 Qc7 21.Rh3 gxf4 22.Nxf4 Qf7 23.Qe2 Bh6 24.Rf1 $6 { Inaccuracy. Nh5 was best. } 24...Bxf4 25.Rxf4 Rg8 26.g4 Qg6 27.Rd3 Rg7 28.Qf2 Rag8 29.h4 Ne3 30.Rdxd4 Nf5 31.h5 Qe8 $4 { Blunder. Qf7 was best. } 32.gxf5 Qxh5+ 33.Rh4 Qxf5 34.Be3 Rg1+ $6 { Inaccuracy. Qxe5 was best. } 35.Qxg1 Qf3+ 36.Kh2 Rxg1 37.Bxg1 Qe2+ 38.Kg3 Qxe5+ $6 { Inaccuracy. Be8 was best. } 39.Rdf4 Qd6 $6 { Inaccuracy. Qb8 was best. } 40.Rh5 Be8 $6 { Inaccuracy. h6 was best. } 41.Bd4+ Kg8 42.Rg5+ Bg6 43.c3 Qd8 44.Rf6 Qd6+ 45.Kg2 Qa6 46.Bxd5

22.Nakamura, Hikaru 2742 vs Liang, Awonder 2511 Nakamura-Liang Training Match chess.com [5] 2026.3.15 C20 Indian Opening 1.e4 e5 2.d3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g4 Ng8 5.Be3 Bb4 6.a3 Ba5 7.Bg2 Nge7 8.b4 Bb6 9.h4 d6 10.g5 Be6 11.Qf3 Qd7 12.Nge2 O-O-O 13.Nd5 Kb8 14.c4 Bg4 15.Nxb6 axb6 16.Qg3 f5 17.gxf6 gxf6 18.b5 Na5 19.Rb1 Rhg8 20.Qh2 f5 21.f3 fxe4 22.fxe4 Rdf8 23.Nc3 Bf3 24.Rg1 Qg4 25.Bg5 Ng6 26.Bh3 Qh5 27.Be6 h6 28.Bxg8 hxg5 29.Bd5 Nxh4 30.Kd2 Bg2 31.Kc1 Qf3 32.Rb2 Qxd3 33.Nd1 Nb3+ 34.Rxb3 Qxb3 35.Rxg2 Rf1 36.Rd2 Nf3

23.Niemann, Hans Moke 3246 vs Nihal Sarin 3348 Titled Tuesday Grand Prix 2025/26 chess.com [8] 2026.3.17 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Byrne (English) Attack 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 h6 8.f3 b5 9.a3 Bb7 10.Qd2 Nbd7 11.O-O-O Rc8 12.h4 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.Kb1 Qc7 16.Be2 Ne5 17.Rhe1 Be7 18.Nf5 exf5 19.Qxd5 O-O 20.Bd4 Qxc2+ 21.Ka2 Nc6 22.Bd3 Qa4 23.Bc3 Nb4+ 24.Bxb4 Bxb4 25.Bxf5 Rc5 26.Qd6 Rxf5 27.Qxb4 Qxb4 28.axb4 Rxf3 29.Re4 f5 30.gxf5 R3xf5 31.Rdd4 Kh7 32.Ka3 R8f6 33.b3 Rf2 34.Rg4 Rg6 35.h5 Rxg4 36.Rxg4 Rf5 37.Rh4 g6 38.hxg6+ Kxg6 39.Kb2 h5 40.Rh1 Kg5 41.Kc3 h4 42.Rg1+ Kh5 43.Rh1 Kg4 44.Rg1+ Kh3 45.Kd4 Kh2 46.Rg4 h3 47.Ke3 Kh1 48.Ke2 Rf8 49.Rg6 h2 50.Rxa6 Rc8 51.Rg6 Rc1 52.Rg5 Rb1 53.Kf2 Rb2+ 54.Kf1 Rxb3 55.Rxb5 Rf3+ 56.Ke2 Kg2 57.Rg5+ Rg3 58.Rf5 h1=Q 59.Rf2+ Kh3 60.Rf4 Qg2+ 61.Rf2 Qe4+ 62.Kf1 Re3

24.Veselin Topalov vs Vasyl Ivanchuk "Over the Top" game of the day Jul 14, 2016 Linares ESP rd 13 Mar 9, 1999 Zukertort Opening: Sicilian Invitation (A04) 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 e6 5. g3 Bb4 6. Nc3 Qa5 7. Ndb5 d5 8. a3 Bc3 9. bc3 Nf6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. Qb3 dc4 12. Qc4 e5 13. Nd6 Be6 14. Qd3 e4 15. Ne4 Ne4 16. Be4 Rad8 17. Qc2 Nd4 18. Qb2 Ne2 19. Ke2 Rfe8 20. Qb4 Qh5 21. f3 f5 22. g4 Qh3 23. gf5 Bf5 24. Qc4 Kh8 25. Re1 Re4

25.Vasyl Ivanchuk vs Veselin Topalov Novgorod RUS rd 8 Jul 29, 1999 Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Classical Variation B84 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4 O-O 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. a4 Nc6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. g4 Bf8 14. g5 Nd7 15. Bg2 Nd4 16. Bd4 b5 17. ab5 ab5 18. Ra7 Qd8 19. b4 e5 20. Be3 ef4 21. Bf4 Ne5 22. Nd5 Bg4 23. Qd2 Nc6 24. g6 Na7 25. gf7 Kh8 26. Bg5 Qd7 27. fe8N Re8 28. Qf2 Kg8 29. e5 h6 30. Nb6 Qc7 31. Bd5 Kh7 32. Be4 Kg8 33. Nd5 Qd7 34. Ne7

26.Veselin Topalov vs Garry Kasparov "On Topa Things" game of the day Sep 3, 2006 Euwe Memorial Amsterdam NED rd 1 Mar 22, 1996 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation B90 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4 Nc5 9. O-O Nce4 10. Ne4 Ne4 11. f5 e5 12. Qh5 Qe7 13. Qf3 Nc5 14. Nc6 Qc7 15. Bd5 a5 16. Bg5 Ra6 17. Nd8 f6 18. Nf7 Rg8 19. Be3 g6 20. Ng5 Rg7 21. fg6 Rg6 22. Bf7 Qf7 23. Nf7 Kf7 24. Bc5 dc5 25. Rad1 Be7 26. Rd5 Bg4 27. Qe4 Kg7 28. Rfd1 Bd1 29. Rd1 Re6 30. Qf5 Kf7 31. Re1 b6 32. h4 Rg7 33. Kf1 Bd6 34. Kf2 Bc7 35. Kf3 Ke7 36. Re4 Kf7 37. Rg4 Re7 38. Ke4 Rg4 39. Qg4 Bd8 40. a4 Kf8 41. c3 Rg7 42. Qc8 Ke8 43. Qe6 Kf8 44. g4 Rf7 45. h5 Rg7 46. h6 Rg6 47. Qd5 Be7 48. Kf5 Rh6 49. Qb7 e4 50. Qb8 Kf7 51. Qb6 e3 52. Qe6 Ke8 53. Qe3 Rg6 54. Qe4 Rg5 55. Kf4 Kd7 56. Qb7 Ke6 57. Qc8 Kf7 58. Qc7 h5 59. gh5 Rh5 60. Qa5 Bd6 61. Ke4 f5 62. Kd5 Be7 63. Qc7 Rh6 64. a5 Rd6 65. Ke5 Rf6 66. Qc8

27.Veselin Topalov vs Viswanathan Anand "Topology" game of the day Jun 18, 2011 MTel Masters Sofia BUL rd 6 May 18, 2005 Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto, Check Variation Intermezzo Line E15 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 d5 9. Qc2 de4 10. Ne4 Bb7 11. Neg5 c5 12. d5 ed5 13. cd5 h6 14. Nf7 Kf7 15. O-O-O Bd6 16. Nh4 Bc8 17. Re1 Na6 18. Re6 Nb4 19. Bb4 cb4 20. Bc4 b5 21. Bb5 Be7 22. Ng6 Nd5 23. Re7 Ne7 24. Bc4 Kf6 25. Nh8 Qd4 26. Rd1 Qa1 27. Kd2 Qd4 28. Ke1 Qe5 29. Qe2 Qe2 30. Ke2 Nf5 31. Nf7 a5 32. g4 Nh4 33. h3 Ra7 34. Rd6 Ke7 35. Rb6 Rc7 36. Ne5 Ng2 37. Ng6 Kd8 38. Kf1 Bb7 39. Rb7 Rb7 40. Kg2 Rd7 41. Nf8 Rd2 42. Ne6 Ke7 43. Ng7 Ra2 44. Nf5 Kf6 45. Nh6 Rc2 46. Bf7 Rc3 47. f4 a4 48. ba4 b3 49. g5 Kg7 50. f5 b2 51. f6 Kh7 52. Nf5

28.Veselin Topalov vs Arkadij Naiditsch Dortmund Sparkassen Dortmund GER rd 2, Jul 9, 2005 Queen's Gambit Declined: Vienna Variation D39 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 dc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. e5 cd4 8. Nd4 Bc3 9. bc3 Qa5 10. ef6 Qg5 11. fg7 Qg7 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Bc4 a6 14. O-O Rd8 15. Qf4 b5 16. Qc7 Qf8 17. Bd3 Rd7 18. Qf4 Bb7 19. Rae1 Qg7 20. Be4 Kh8 21. Re3 Be4 22. Qe4 Rd5 23. Ne6 fe6 24. Qe6 Rd7 25. Rg3 Qf8 26. Re1 Raa7 27. Qf6

29.Veselin Topalov vs Garry Kasparov "The Boy Who Would be King" game of the day May 5, 2006 Moscow Olympiad Moscow RUS rd 6 Dec 6, 1994 Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Delayed Keres Attack B81 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. f4 Nc6 9. Be2 e5 10. Nf5 g6 11. Ng3 ef4 12. Bf4 Be6 13. Rf1 Rc8 14. h3 Qb6 15. Qd2 Bg7 16. Bd6 Ng4 17. Bg4 Qb2 18. e5 Ne5 19. Rb1 Qc3 20. Qc3 Rc3 21. Be6 fe6 22. Rb7 Nc4 23. Bb4 Re3 24. Ne2 Be5 25. Rff7 Rh3 26. Nd4 Re3 27. Kf1 Re4 28. Rfe7

30.Dubov, Daniil 2697 vs Caruana, Fabiano 2789 chess.com Open [6] 2026.3.23 E06 Catalan, Closed 5.Nf3 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Nc3 h6 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.Rfd1 a5 14.Ne5 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 c6 16.e3 Bd6 17.Qe2 Qe7 18.Nc4 Bb4 19.Qf3 Nd7 20.h4 Rfd8 21.Ne4 b5 22.Na3 Rab8 23.Nc2 bxa4 24.Rxa4 Nb6 25.Nxb4 axb4 26.Ra6 e5 27.Rc1 Rdc8 28.Qf5 Nd7 29.Ra7 Rd8 30.Rxc6 exd4 31.exd4 Rb5 32.Nc5

31.Caruana, Fabiano 2783 vs Dubov, Daniil 2704 chess.com Open [10] 2026.3.23 C77 Ruy Lopez, Four Knights (Tarrasch) Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Nc3 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.d3 O-O 8.a3 d6 9.Nd5 Rb8 10.O-O h6 11.h3 Re8 12.Be3 Bf8 13.Nd2 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Ne7 15.Bb3 Ng6 16.a4 Be6 17.Bxe6 Rxe6 18.axb5 axb5 19.Ra6 Qc8 20.Ra7 Ra8 21.Qa1 Rxa7 22.Qxa7 d5 23.Qa5 d4 24.Qxb5 Rb6 25.Qc4 Rxb2 26.Nb3 dxe3 27.fxe3 Qe6 28.Qxc7 Be7 29.Ra1 Nh4 30.Kh2 Qg6 31.Rg1 Bg5 32.Qc8+ Kh7 33.Qc5 Qf6

32.Yakubboev, Nodirbek 2666 vs Nihal Sarin 2786 chess.com Open [7] 2026.3.25 D85 Gruenfeld, Exchange Variation 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Be3 c5 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Qd2 O-O 10.Be2 Qa5 11.Rc1 Nd7 12.h3 Bxf3 13.gxf3 e6 14.Rb1 Rab8 15.Rb5 Qc7 16.O-O a6 17.Rbb1 b5 18.f4 Rfd8 19.f5 Qc6 20.fxe6 Qxe6 21.Bf3 Qxh3 22.Bg2 Qh5 23.Qd1 Qh4 24.Qf3 Qe7 25.Rfd1 Rbc8 26.e5 b4 27.cxb4 cxd4 28.Rxd4 Nxe5 29.Rxd8+ Rxd8 30.Qb7 Qe6 31.Qb6 Qd7 32.Qxa6 Qf5 33.Rc1 h5 34.Qb7 Ng4 35.Bb6 Qf4 36.Qc7 Rd6 37.Re1 Be5 38.Qc8+ Kh7 39.Bc5 Rd2 40.Rxe5 Rd1+

33.Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Moisevich Keres, Paul FIDE World Chess Championship Tournament 1948 chess.com [10] 2021.7.6 E28 Nimzo-Indian, Saemisch Variation 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Re8 7.Ne2 e5 8.Ng3 d6 9.Be2 Nbd7 10.O-O c5 11.f3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Nb6 13.Bb2 exd4 14.e4 Be6 15.Rc1 Re7 16.Qxd4 Qc7 17.c5 dxc5 18.Rxc5 Qf4 19.Bc1 Qb8 20.Rg5 Nbd7 21.Rxg7+ Kxg7 22.Nh5+ Kg6 23.Qe3

34.Ivanchuk, Vasyl 2624 vs Sochacki, Christophe 2459 Reykjavik Open chess.com [4] 2026.3.27 C01 French, Exchange Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.Ne2 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.O-O Bd6 8.Bf4 cxd4 9.Bxd6 Qxd6 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.cxd4 O-O 12.Nc3 Be6 13.Qd2 Rac8 14.Rae1 Rfd8 15.f3 Qb4 16.Qf2 Nh5 17.Kh1 h6 18.Qd2 Kf8 19.Bb1 Rc4 20.Rd1 Qd6 21.Rfe1 Qf4 22.Qf2 Nf6 23.a3 Ng4 24.Qg1 Nf6 25.Re5 Nd7 26.Nxd5 Qh4 27.Re4 Qg5 28.Ne3 Rcc8 29.d5 Nf6 30.f4 Qh5 31.Re5 g5 32.dxe6 Rxd1 33.e7+ Kg7 34.Nxd1 Rc1 35.Re1 Qh4 36.Bd3 g4 37.g3 Qh5 38.Qd4

37.Tabatabaei, M. Amin 2700 vs Ivanchuk, Vasyl 2624 Reykjavik Open chess.com [5] 2026.3.28 C02 French, Advance, Euwe Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Nge7 7.O-O Nf5 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.b4 Bb6 10.Bd3 O-O 11.Re1 a6 12.a4 d4 13.Ba3 dxc3 14.a5 Bc7 15.b5 axb5 16.Bxf8 Kxf8 17.Nxc3 Bxa5 18.Bxf5 exf5 19.Qd6+ Qe7 20.Nxb5 Rd8 21.Red1 Bb6 22.Qxe7+ Kxe7 23.Nd6 Bc7 24.Nxb7 Rb8 25.Nd6 Rd8 26.Rac1 Bb8 27.h4 g6 28.Nxf7 Kxf7 29.Rxc6 Bxc6 30.Rxd8

38.Sindarov, Javokhir 2745 vs Esipenko, Andrey 2698 FIDE Candidates Tournament chess.com [1] 2026.3.29 D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 4.Nf3 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 O-O 7.e3 c5 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.O-O c4 10.Bc2 Nh5 11.Be5 f6 12.Bg3 f5 13.Be5 Be6 14.b3 Qa5 15.Ne2 b5 16.Nf4 Nxf4 17.exf4 Qd8 18.Re1 Qd7 19.Re3 Rae8 20.h4 h6 21.g3 a6 22.Kg2 Bf7 23.Qd2 Bb4 24.Qe2 Bh5 25.a4 Ba5 26.axb5 axb5 27.Bd1 Bxf3+ 28.Qxf3 Bb6 29.Ra6 Nxd4 30.Qh5 Rxe5 31.Rxe5 Qc6 32.bxc4 bxc4 33.Ba4 Qc5 34.Qg6 Ba7 35.Re8 Rxe8 36.Qxe8+ Kh7 37.Qg6+ Kg8 38.Bd7 c3 39.Qe8+ Kh7 40.Qg6+ Kg8 41.Re6

39.Praggnanandhaa R 2741 vs Giri, Anish 2753 FIDE Candidates Tournament chess.com [1] 2026.3.29 B23 Sicilian, Closed 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.a4 Nc6 7.O-O a6 8.Bc4 e6 9.d3 Nge7 10.f5 exf5 11.Qe1 Be6 12.exf5 gxf5 13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.Qxe6 Qd7 15.Qc4 O-O-O 16.Bg5 Rde8 17.Rae1 Ng6 18.Nd5 Kb8 19.Nf6 Bxf6 20.Bxf6 Rhf8 21.Bc3 f4 22.Rxe8+ Rxe8 23.Re1 Rf8 24.Qe6 Qxe6 25.Rxe6 Kc7 26.Ng5 Kd7 27.Re4 Rf5 28.Nxh7 d5 29.Re2 d4 30.Be1 Nce5 31.Re4 Ng4 32.h3 Ne3 33.c3 Nd5 34.h4 dxc3 35.bxc3 Rh5 36.Ng5 Nf6 37.Re6 Rxg5 38.Rxf6 Rg4 39.h5 Ne5 40.h6 Nf3+ 41.Kf1 Nxe1 42.Kxe1 Rxg2 43.Rxf4 Rh2 44.Rf6 Rh3 45.Kd2 Rh2+ 46.Ke3 Rh3+ 47.Ke4 c4 48.dxc4 Rxc3 49.Kf5 Ke7 50.Rb6 Rxc4 51.h7

40.Caruana, Fabiano 2795 vs Nakamura, Hikaru 2810 FIDE Candidates Tournament chess.com [1] 2026.3.29 A13 English opening, Agincourt Variation 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d4 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.O-O Bc5 6.e3 Nge7 7.Nxd4 Nxd4 8.b4 Bxb4 9.exd4 O-O 10.Qb3 Ba5 11.Nc3 Nf5 12.Ba3 Re8 13.d5 Nd4 14.Qa4 b6 15.Rae1 Bd7 16.Qd1 c5 17.Bb2 Rb8 18.a4 a6 19.dxe6 Bxe6 20.Nd5 Qd6 21.Bxd4 cxd4 22.Re4 Bxd5 23.Rxe8+ Rxe8 24.Bxd5 Bb4 25.h4 a5 26.d3 Qf6 27.Kg2 Qe5 28.Qf3 Qf6 29.Qg4 Bc5 30.h5 h6 31.Rh1 Qg5 32.Qd1 Qe7 33.Bc6 Rc8 34.Re1 Qc7 35.Bd5 Kf8 36.Qg4 Rd8 37.Qe4 Kg8 38.Qf5 Qd7 39.Qf3 Rf8 40.Re5 Bd6 41.Rf5 Qe7 42.Qg4 Be5 43.Rf3 Bf6 44.Rf4 Qd8 45.Be4 Re8 46.Rf5 Qd7 47.Qf4 Bg5 48.Qf3 Qc7 49.Rxf7 Qxf7 50.Bd5 Re6 51.Qg4 Kf8 52.Bxe6 Qe8 53.Bd7 Qa8+ 54.Kg1 Bf6 55.Qe6 Qd8 56.Bc6 Qe7 57.Qc8+ Qd8 58.Qb7 Be5 59.Bd5 Qc7 60.Qa8+ Ke7 61.Qg8 Kd6 62.Be4 Ke7 63.Bg6 Bf6 64.Qf7+ Kd6 65.Qd5+ Ke7 66.Bf5 Be5 67.f4 Bf6 68.Kg2 Qd6 69.Qb7+ Kf8 70.Kf3 Qe7 71.Qe4 Qxe4+ 72.dxe4 Be7 73.e5 Bb4 74.Bd3 Be1 75.g4 Ke7 76.Ke4 Bg3 77.f5 Kd7 78.Kd5 Bh4 79.f6 gxf6 80.e6+ Ke7 81.Kc6 Kxe6 82.Kxb6 Be1 83.c5

41.Esipenko, Andrey 2698 vs Nakamura, Hikaru 2810 FIDE Candidates Tournament chess.com [2] 2026.3.30 A13 English opening 1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.O-O Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 O-O 9.Qb3 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.e4 Nf6 12.h3 Ba6 13.Rd1 Qb6 14.Be3 Bc5 15.Bxc5 Qxc5 16.Qc3 Qb6 17.Nd2 c5 18.b3 Rad8 19.Nc4 Bxc4 20.Qxc4 e5 21.Rac1 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 a5 23.Rc1 Rc8 24.Qc3 Qc7 25.h4 h6 26.Rc2 g6 27.Qe3 Qd8 28.Rd2 Qb6 29.Bf1 Kg7 30.a4 Rc6 31.Rc2 c4 32.Qxb6 Rxb6 33.Bxc4 Nxe4 34.Re2 f5 35.f3 Nd6 36.Rxe5 Nxc4 37.bxc4 Rb4 38.Rxa5 Rxc4 39.Ra7+ Kf6 40.a5 Rc3 41.Kf2 Rc2+ 42.Ke3 Rc3+ 43.Ke2 Rc2+ 44.Kd3 Rg2 45.Ra6+ Kf7 46.Kd4 Rxg3 47.Ke5 Rxf3 48.Ra7+ Ke8 49.a6 Ra3 50.Ke6 Kd8 51.Kf6

42.Divya Deshmukh 2497 vs Vaishali, Rameshbabu 2470 FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026 (Chess.com) [02] 2026.03.30 D31 Queen's Gambit Declined, 3.Nc3 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 h6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Bd6 7.Bxd6 Qxd6 8.Bd3 Ne7 9.Qc2 O-O 10.Nf3 Nd7 11.O-O Nf6 12.h3 g6 13.Rab1 a5 14.Na4 Bf5 15.Nc5 Qc7 16.Rfc1 Nd7 17.Na4 Rfe8 18.Nc3 Qd6 19.Ne2 Qf6 20.Nf4 Bxd3 21.Nxd3 Nf5 22.b4 Nd6 23.a4 Qe7 24.bxa5 Rxa5 25.Rb4 Rea8 26.Rcb1 R8a7 27.Qb3 Qd8 28.Nfe5 Kg7 29.Qd1 Qe7 30.Qb3 Qd8 31.Qd1 Qe7 32.Nxd7 Qxd7 33.Nc5 Qc8 34.Qf3 Ne4 35.Rxb7 Rxb7 36.Rxb7 Ng5 37.Qg3 Rxc5 38.Qe5+ Kh7 39.Rb8 Rc1+ 40.Kh2 Qxh3+ 41.gxh3 Nf3+ 42.Kg2 Nxe5 43.dxe5 Ra1 44.Ra8

43.Caruana, Fabiano 2795 vs Wei, Yi 2754 FIDE Candidates Tournament Open chess.com [3] 2026.3.31 A15 English Opening 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 g6 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.Qa4+ Nc6 8.Ng5 Nb6 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.Qxc6+ Bd7 11.Qxc5 h6 12.Nf3 Rc8 13.Qa5 Bh3 14.Qb5+ Nd7 15.Rg1 O-O 16.g4 Rc5 17.Qb3 Ne5 18.Nxe5 Rxe5 19.Nd1

44.Praggnanandhaa R 2741 vs Sindarov, Javokhir 2745 FIDE Candidates Tournament chess.com [3] 2026.3.31 D37 Queen's Gambit Declined, Classical variation 5.Bf4 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6 9.Qc2 Re8 10.Bg5 d4 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Ne4 Qf5 13.b4 Nxb4 14.axb4 Bxb4+ 15.Kd1 dxe3 16.Bd3 Qg6 17.fxe3 f5 18.Ng3 Bc5 19.Qc3 e5 20.Bc2 e4 21.Nd2 Rd8 22.Kc1 Qg5 23.Re1 Qe7 24.Re2 Bb4 25.Qb2 a5 26.Nb3 Ra6 27.Nd4 Qg5 28.Kb1 h5 29.Ka2 h4 30.Nf1 Bd7 31.Rd1 Rc8 32.Nd2 Rb6 33.c5 Rxc5 34.Qb3+ Kh8 35.Qf7 Rxc2+ 36.Kb1 Rxd2 37.Rdxd2 Bxd2+ 38.Ka2 Bxe3 39.Qxd7 Bxd4 40.Qxd4 Qf6

45.Sindarov, Javokhir 2745 vs Caruana, Fabiano 2795 FIDE Candidates Tournament Open chess.com [4] 2026.4.1 D26 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical Variation 6.O-O 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 dxc4 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Qe2 a6 8.Nc3 b5 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.a4 b4 11.Ne4 Na5 12.Nxf6+ gxf6 13.dxc5 Nb3 14.c6 Bxc6 15.Nd4 Nxd4 16.exd4 Rg8 17.g3 f5 18.Bc4 Rg4 19.Be3 Bd5 20.Rac1 Be7 21.Bxa6 Kf8 22.Bb5 Bf6 23.Rfd1 Kg7 24.Bc6 Ra5 25.Bxd5 Rxd5 26.Rc5 Rd7 27.d5 exd5 28.Qf3 Bxb2 29.Rcxd5 Rxd5 30.Rxd5 Qe8 31.Rxf5 Rg6 32.h4 Bc3 33.h5 Ra6 34.Qg4+ Kh8 35.Bd4+ f6 36.Rc5

46.Esipenko, Andrey 2698 vs Giri, Anish 2753 FIDE Candidates Tournament chess.com [4] 2026.4.1 B95 Sicilian, Najdorf 6...e6 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.Qe2 Nxe4 9.Nxe4 Bxg5 10.Nf5 Be7 11.Nxg7+ Kd7 12.O-O Nc6 13.c4 Kc7 14.Nh5 Bd7 15.Rfd1 Rc8 16.b4 Nxb4 17.Rab1 Nxd3 18.Qxd3 Ba4 19.Rd2 Kb8 20.Rdb2 Bc6 21.c5 dxc5 22.Qxa6 Qd5 23.f3 Rc7 24.Nhg3 Rd8 25.Nf2 c4 26.Nge4 f5 27.Nc3 Qc5 28.Re2 Bf6 29.Na4 Bxa4 30.Qxa4 c3 31.Qc2 Bg5 32.Kf1 Qc4 33.Rd1 Rd2 34.Rxd2 cxd2

47.Wei, Yi 2754 vs Nakamura, Hikaru 2810 FIDE Candidates Tournament chess.com [4] 2026.4.1 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Lipnitzky Attack 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bc4 a6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 g6 7.f3 b5 8.Bb3 Bb7 9.Be3 Nbd7 10.a4 bxa4 11.Bxa4 Bg7 12.Nc6 Qc7 13.Na5 O-O 14.Bxd7 Nxd7 15.Bd4 Bh6 16.O-O e6 17.Qe1 Rab8 18.Qh4 Bg7 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Qf2 Bc8 21.Nd1 Nf6 22.c4 d5 23.cxd5 exd5 24.e5 Ng8 25.Nc3 Ne7 26.Rfc1 Qd8 27.Rd1 Be6 28.Nc4 Nf5 29.Nd6 Nxd6 30.exd6 Qxd6 31.Qd4+ Kg8 32.Nxd5 Bxd5 33.Qxd5 Qb6+ 34.Qd4 Qxd4+ 35.Rxd4 Rxb2 36.Rxa6 Rc8 37.h4 Rcc2 38.Rg4 h5 39.Rg5 Rc4 40.Kh2 Rxh4+ 41.Kg1 Rb1+ 42.Kf2 Rhh1 43.Ra2 Kg7 44.Re5 Kh6 45.Ree2 Rhf1+ 46.Kg3 Kg5 47.Ra4 Rh1 48.Ree4 Rb2 49.Rab4 Rxb4 50.Rxb4 h4+ 51.Kf2 f5 52.Ra4 Rb1 53.Rc4 Ra1 54.Rb4 Rd1 55.Ra4 Rb1 56.Rc4 Rb2+ 57.Kg1 h3 58.gxh3 f4 59.h4+ Kxh4 60.Rxf4+ Kg3 61.Rg4+ Kxf3 62.Rxg6

48.Nakamura, Hikaru 2810 vs Sindarov, Javokhir 2745 FIDE Candidates Tournament chess.com [5] 2026.4.3 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.Bd6 Qxg2 10.Bf3 Qg5 11.Ne2 Ne7 12.Ng3 O-O 13.h4 Qa5+ 14.b4 Nxb4 15.O-O Re8 16.Qd2 c5 17.Rad1 Nf5 18.Nxf5 exf5 19.Qf4 Nc6 20.Kh1 Nd4 21.Rg1 g6 22.Bd5 Be6 23.Bxb7 Ne2 24.Qd2 Qxd2 25.Rxd2 Nxg1 26.Bxa8 Rxa8 27.Kxg1 Rd8 28.Bf4 Rxd2 29.Bxd2 Bxc4 30.Be3 Bxa2 31.Bxc5 a5 32.f4 f6 33.Kf2 Kf7 34.Ba3 Ke6 35.Bf8 a4 36.Ke3 Kf7 37.Bb4 h6 38.Kf2 g5 39.Kg3 Bd5 40.Ba3 Be4 41.Bc1 gxh4+

49.Caruana, Fabiano 2795 vs Bluebaum, Matthias 2698 FIDE Candidates Tournament chess.com [5] 2026.4.3 C42 Petrov, Paulsen Attack 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nc4 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 d5 7.Ne3 c6 8.Bd2 g6 9.f4 Bg7 10.Qf3 Nd7 11.O-O-O Nc5 12.f5 O-O 13.g4 Ne4 14.Bd3 Re8 15.Bxe4 Rxe4 16.h4 Be5 17.c4 Qb6 18.c3 Qa5 19.h5 g5 20.cxd5 Rf4 21.Qe2 cxd5 22.Kb1 Ra4 23.c4 Qa6 24.Nxd5 f6 25.Bc3 Qxc4 26.Nxf6+ Bxf6 27.Qe8+ Kg7 28.h6

50.Esipenko, Andrey 2698 vs Wei, Yi 2754 FIDE Candidates Tournament Open chess.com [7] 2026.4.5 C43 Petrov, Modern Attack, Symmetrical Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Qe2 d5 5.Nxe5 Be7 6.f3 Nd6 7.Nc3 Nf5 8.Qf2 O-O 9.Bf4 f6 10.Nd3 Nc6 11.Ne2 Nb4 12.Nxb4 Bxb4+ 13.c3 Bd6 14.Bd2 Qe8 15.Kd1 Qa4+ 16.Kc1 b5 17.Nf4 c5 18.Bd3 cxd4 19.Bc2 Qa6 20.cxd4 Bd7 21.Kb1 Rac8 22.Bd3 Rc4 23.Ne2 Ne7 24.g4 Rfc8 25.h4 b4 26.b3 Bb5 27.bxc4 Bxc4 28.Bc2 Bd3 29.Bc3 bxc3 30.Nc1 Rb8+

51.Giri, Anish 2753 vs Praggnanandhaa R 2741 FIDE Candidates Tournament chess.com [8] 2026.4.7 D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 4.Nf3 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.Nxb5 Nb6 8.Be2 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.a4 Ba6 11.Na3 c5 12.a5 Nd5 13.Bxc4 Qxa5 14.Nc2 Qb6 15.Bxd5 exd5 16.Re1 Bb7 17.Bg5 Bxg5 18.Nxg5 h6 19.dxc5 Qxc5 20.Nf3 Nc6 21.Ncd4 Nxd4 22.Nxd4 Bc8 23.Qd2 Rb8 24.Rec1 Qb6 25.b3 Bd7 26.h3 Rfc8 27.Rd1 Rc5 28.Kh2 a5 29.f4 f6 30.Re1 Re8 31.Re2 fxe5 32.fxe5 Qc7 33.Rae1 a4 34.bxa4 Bxa4 35.Kh1 Qf7 36.e6 Qg6 37.Rf2 Rc4 38.Rf4 h5 39.Qf2 Bc2 40.e7 Be4 41.Rf8+ Kh7 42.Rxe8 Qxe8 43.Rxe4 dxe4 44.Qf5+

52.Nakamura, Hikaru 2810 vs Caruana, Fabiano 2795 FIDE Candidates Tournament Open chess.com [8] 2026.4.7 A33 English, Symmetrical Variation 1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bf4 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.Bd2 Bb4 10.Qa4 a5 11.e4 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Be7 13.Be2 O-O 14.Bf4 Ba6 15.Bxa6 Rxa6 16.Rd1 Qb6 17.O-O Qb5 18.Qc2 Bc5 19.c4 Qb7 20.Be5 Qe7 21.Qd3 f6 22.Bd6 Bxd6 23.Qxd6 Qxd6 24.Rxd6 Rb8 25.Rxe6 Rb2 26.Re7 Rab6 27.Ra7 Rxa2 28.h3 h5 29.Rd1 Rbb2 30.Rd8+ Kh7 31.Rdd7 Rxf2 32.Rxg7+ Kh8 33.Rh7+ Kg8 34.Rag7+ Kf8 35.Rf7+ Kg8 36.Rhg7+ Kh8 37.Rg6 Rf4 38.Rfxf6 Rxf6 39.Rxf6 Kg7 40.Rxc6 Rc2 41.Rc5 Kg6 42.Rxa5 Rxc4 43.Re5 h4 44.Kf2 Rc2+ 45.Kf3 Rc3+ 46.Kg4 Rg3+ 47.Kxh4 Rxg2 48.Rf5 Rg1 49.Rf4 Ra1 50.Kg3 Rg1+ 51.Kf3 Rf1+ 52.Ke3 Re1+ 53.Kd4 Ra1 54.Rf5 Rh1 55.Rf3 Ra1 56.h4 Ra4+ 57.Ke5 Ra5+ 58.Kf4 Rh5 59.Kg4 Re5 60.Rf4 Kh6 61.Kf3 Kg6 62.Ke3 Ra5 63.Rg4+ Kf6 64.Rg5 Ra1 65.Rf5+ Kg6 66.h5+ Kh6 67.e5

53.Caruana, Fabiano 2795 vs Giri, Anish 2753 FIDE Candidates Tournament chess.com [9] 2026.4.8 C50 Giuoco Piano 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.Nbd2 d6 7.c3 a5 8.h3 Be6 9.Bb5 Ba7 10.Re1 Ne7 11.d4 Ng6 12.Bd3 Nh5 13.Nf1 Nhf4 14.Ng3 Nxd3 15.Qxd3 a4 16.d5 Bd7 17.Bg5 f6 18.Be3 Bxe3 19.fxe3 b5 20.b4 axb3 21.axb3 Qb8 22.c4 Qb6 23.Nf5 Rfe8 24.N3h4 b4 25.Kh2 Ra3 26.Rab1 Ra2 27.Qd1 Nxh4 28.Nxh4 Rea8 29.Re2 Qa7 30.Rc1 Qb6 31.Nf3 h6 32.Ne1 Kh7 33.Rxa2 Rxa2 34.Nc2 Be8 35.Qd3 Bg6 36.Ra1 Rxa1 37.Nxa1 c5 38.Kg3 Qa7 39.Qb1 h5 40.Kf3 h4 41.Kg4 Qe7 42.Qd3 f5+ 43.exf5 Kh6

54.Praggnanandhaa R 2741 vs Wei, Yi 2754 FIDE Candidates Tournament chess.com [9] 2026.4.8 D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch Defence, Pillsbury Variation 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.Bg5 cxd4 6.Nxd4 dxc4 7.e3 Be7 8.Bxc4 O-O 9.O-O Bd7 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.e4 Rc8 12.Qe2 Ng4 13.Bf4 Bf6 14.Bd6 Re8 15.Rad1 Nge5 16.Nxe5 Bxe5 17.Bb3 Qb6 18.Bxe5 Nxe5 19.Kh1 Rcd8 20.Qh5 Nc6 21.e5 Qb4 22.Rd3 Qf4 23.Rf3 Qxe5 24.Qxf7+ Kh8 25.Rd1 Bc8 26.h3 Rxd1+ 27.Nxd1 Rg8 28.Re3 Qd6 29.Nc3 Nd4 30.Ne4 Qe5 31.f4 Qf5 32.Nd6 Qc5 33.Qe7 Qc1+ 34.Kh2 h6 35.Re4 Nxb3 36.axb3 Kh7 37.Rc4 Qd2 38.Qc7 b5 39.Re4 Qd3 40.Re1 Qd2 41.Rf1 Ba6 42.Qc6 Rd8 43.Nf7 Rd7 44.Qe4+ g6 45.f5 exf5 46.Qe8 Qd4 47.Rf3 Rc7 48.Ne5 Rg7 49.Nf7 Rg8 50.Qe7 Qg7 51.Rd3 Bc8 52.Rc3 Rf8 53.Rc7 Kg8 54.Nd6 Qxe7 55.Rxe7 a6 56.Nxc8

55.Rapport, Richard 2673 vs Dominguez Perez, Leinier 2709 5th Menorca Open chess.com [3] 2026.4.8 C52 Evans Gambit, Tartakower Attack 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 d6 7.Qb3 Qd7 8.O-O Bb6 9.Nbd2 Na5 10.Qc2 Nxc4 11.Nxc4 f6 12.a4 Qf7 13.Qd3 a6 14.Ba3 Ba7 15.Bxd6 Bg4 16.Rfb1 O-O-O 17.Rxb7 Kxb7 18.Na5+ Kc8 19.Qxa6+ Kd7 20.Bxc7

56.Sindarov, Javokhir 2745 vs Praggnanandhaa R 2741 FIDE Candidates Tournament chess.com [10] 2026.4.9 D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 4.Nf3 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bf4 Bb4 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 Ne4 8.Qc2 g5 9.Bg3 h5 10.Bd3 h4 11.Bxe4 dxe4 12.Qxe4+ Kf8 13.Be5 f6 14.Nxg5 Bxc3+ 15.bxc3 Nxe5 16.dxe5 fxg5 17.f4 h3 18.Rd1 Qe7 19.g3 gxf4 20.O-O Rh6 21.Rxf4+ Kg8 22.Rdf1 Bd7 23.Rf7 Qxf7 24.Rxf7 Kxf7 25.Qf4+ Kg7 26.Qg5+ Kh7 27.Qe7+ Kg8 28.Qxd7 Rf8 29.Qg4+ Kh8 30.a4 a5 31.Qg5 Rh7 32.e6 Re8 33.Qxa5 b6 34.Qe5+ Kg8 35.Qg5+ Rg7 36.Qf5 Rge7 37.Qg4+ Kf8 38.Qxh3 Rxe6 39.Kf2 R8e7 40.Qh8+ Kf7 41.g4 Re4 42.Qh5+ Kg7 43.Qg5+ Kf7 44.Kf3 Rxa4 45.h4 Ra5 46.Qh6 Rae5 47.Qh7+ Kf8 48.Qh8+ Kf7 49.e4 b5 50.h5 c5 51.h6 Rg5 52.Qd8 Rg8 53.Qd5+

57.Bluebaum, Matthias 2698 vs Sindarov, Javokhir 2745 FIDE Candidates Tournament chess.com [9] 2026.4.8 D37 Queen's Gambit Declined, Classical Variation 5.Bf4 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.Nxb5 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 Bxd2+ 9.Nxd2 O-O 10.Bxc4 a6 11.Nc3 Qxd4 12.Qe2 Bb7 13.O-O-O Qb6 14.f4 Nbd7 15.g4 Nc5 16.g5 Ne8 17.Bb3 Nd6 18.Bc2 a5 19.Nc4 Nxc4 20.Qxc4 Rfb8 21.Qd4 Bc6 22.b3 a4 23.Nxa4 Nxa4 24.bxa4 Bxa4 25.Qxb6 cxb6 26.Bb3 Bxb3 27.axb3 Ra2 28.Kb1 Rba8 29.f5 exf5 30.exf5 R2a5 31.Rhf1 g6 32.fxg6 hxg6 33.h4 Ra2 34.Rd8+ Rxd8 35.Kxa2 Rd4 36.Rh1 b5 37.Kb2 b4 38.Kc2 Kg7 39.Rh2 f5 40.gxf6+ Kxf6 41.Rh1 Kf7 42.Rh2 Kg8 43.h5 g5 44.h6 Rh4 45.Rg2 g4 46.Kd3 Kh7 47.Ke4 Kxh6 48.Kf5 Rh5+ 49.Kf4 Rh3 50.Kxg4 Rxb3 51.Kf4 Rc3 52.Rb2 b3 53.Ke4 Rc4+ 54.Kd3 Rb4 55.Kc3 Rb8 56.Rb1 b2 57.Kc2 Rc8+ 58.Kxb2 Rb8+ 59.Kc2 Rxb1 60.Kxb1

58.Caruana, Fabiano 2795 v Sindarov, Javokhir 2745 FIDE Candidates Tournament chess.com [11] 2026.4.11 A14 English, Neo-Catalan Declined 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 dxc4 7.Ne5 Nc6 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.Nxc6 Qe8 10.Nxe7+ Qxe7 11.Be3 Nd5 12.Qc1 Rb8 13.Nc3 Nxe3 14.Qxe3 Rxb2 15.Rab1 Rxb1 16.Rxb1 a6 17.f3 Bd7 18.Kf2 Bc6 19.d5 Bd7 20.Rb7 Qd6 21.Ne4 Qxd5 22.Rxc7 e5 23.Qc5 Be6 24.Qxd5 Bxd5 25.Nc3 Be6 26.Rc5 f6 27.Rc6 Kf7 28.Rxa6 Rb8 29.Ra7+ Kg6 30.Re7 Rb6 31.g4 h5 32.gxh5+ Kh6 33.Ke1 Bf5 34.Rc7 Be6 35.Kd2 Rd6+ 36.Kc2 Rd7 37.Rc6 Bf7 38.a4 Ra7 39.Kb2 Kxh5 40.Ka3 Rb7 41.Nb5 Kg5 42.Rc5 Kf4 43.a5 Ke3 44.a6 Rb6 45.a7 Ra6+ 46.Kb4 Be8 47.Rc7 Kxe2 48.Nc3+ Kxf3 49.Rxg7 e4 50.Re7 f5 51.Rxe8 Rxa7 52.Rf8 Rh7 53.Rxf5+ Kg2 54.Nxe4 Kxh2 55.Nf6 Rc7 56.Rc5 Rxc5 57.Kxc5 c3 58.Ng4+

59.Wei, Yi 2754 vs Giri, Anish 2753 FIDE Candidates Tournament chess.com [12] 2026.4.12 C26 Vienna Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 O-O 5.f4 exf4 6.Bxf4 c6 7.d4 Bb4 8.Ne2 Nxe4 9.O-O d5 10.Nxe4 dxc4 11.c3 Be7 12.N2g3 Na6 13.Qe2 Nc7 14.Qxc4 Nd5 15.Bd2 a5 16.Nf5 Bxf5 17.Rxf5 g6 18.Rf3 f5 19.Nc5 b5 20.Qf1 Bxc5 21.dxc5 a4 22.c4 bxc4 23.Qxc4 Re8 24.Re3 Rxe3 25.Bxe3 Rb8 26.Bh6 Qf6 27.Rd1 g5 28.Rxd5 cxd5 29.Qxd5+ Qf7 30.Qd2 f4 31.c6 Qa7+ 32.Kh1 Qc5 33.c7 Re8 34.h3 Qxc7 35.Bxg5 f3 36.gxf3 Qc4 37.Kg1 Qxa2 38.Kf2 Qe6 39.h4 Rb8 40.Bf4 Qb6+ 41.Kg3 Rd8 42.Qe2 Qc6 43.h5 Kf7 44.Qe5 Qd5 45.Qc7+ Rd7 46.Qc2 Qxh5 47.Qc4+ Kf8 48.Qb4+ Kg8 49.Qc4+ Rf7 50.Qc8+ Rf8 51.Qc4+ Qf7 52.Qxa4 Qg6+ 53.Kh2 h6 54.Qb3+ Kh7 55.Bg3 Rg8 56.Qb7+ Rg7 57.Qb8 Qc2+ 58.Kh3 Qf5+ 59.Kg2 Qc2+ 60.Kh3 Qd1 61.Qf4 Qh1+ 62.Bh2 Qf1+ 63.Kh4 Qe1+ 64.Bg3 Qh1+ 65.Bh2 Qb1 66.Bg3 Re7 67.b4 Qh1+ 68.Bh2 Qe1+ 69.Bg3 Qb1 70.Kh3 Qf1+ 71.Kh4 Qb5 72.Kh3 Qd5 73.Kg2 Re2+ 74.Bf2 Re7 75.Bg3 Qa2+ 76.Kh3 Qd5 77.Kg2

60.Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan 2687 vs Topalov, Veselin 2717 Topalov vs. Erdogmus: Clash of Generations III chess.com [2] 2026.4.13 D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.Ne5 Nbd7 11.O-O h5 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.Qc1 Rg8 14.Qe3 h4 15.Be5 Qd8 16.h3 Nd7 17.Bh2 Qb6 18.Rfd1 e5 19.Bg4 Rd8 20.Qf3 exd4 21.e5 c5 22.Ne4 Bxe4 23.Qxe4 Be7 24.a4 b4 25.Qe2 d3 26.Qe4 Nf8 27.Qxc4 Rd4 28.Qb5+ Qxb5 29.axb5 c4 30.Rxa7 c3 31.b6 c2 32.b7 Rd8 33.e6 Nxe6 34.Ra8 Kd7 35.Rxd3+ Kc6 36.Bf3+ Kc5 37.Rdxd8 Nc7 38.Ra5+ Kc4 39.Be2+

61.Giri, Anish 2753 vs Sindarov, Javokhir 2745 FIDE Candidates Tournament chess.com [13] 2026.4.14 D31 Queen's Gambit Declined, Charousek (Petrosian) Variation 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 c5 8.Nge2 Nc6 9.O-O Bg4 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.h3 Bxe2 12.Nxe2 d4 13.e4 Re8 14.Ng3 Nd7 15.a3 Nde5 16.Bxe5 Nxe5 17.f4 Nxd3 18.Qxd3 Qb6 19.e5 Qa6 20.Qxa6 bxa6 21.Ne4 Bb6 22.Nd6 Re6 23.Nc4 f6 24.Rad1 fxe5 25.fxe5 Rd8 26.Rf4 d3+ 27.Kf1 Bc7 28.Re4 Rd5 29.Kf2 Bxe5 30.Rxe5 Rexe5 31.Nxe5 Rxe5 32.Rxd3 Rb5 33.b3 Kf7 34.a4 Rb7 35.Ke2 Ke6 36.Re3+ Kd6 37.Kd2 a5 38.Rg3 g6 39.Kc3 Rc7+ 40.Kb2 Rc5 41.h4 Re5 42.Rg4 Kc6 43.Rc4+ Kd6 44.g4 Re2+ 45.Ka3 h6 46.Rd4+ Kc6 47.Rf4 Rh2 48.g5 hxg5 49.Rf6+ Kb7 50.hxg5 Rg2 51.Rxg6 a6 52.Rg8 Ka7 53.Rg7+ Kb6 54.g6 Kc6 55.Ra7 Kb6 56.Rg7 Kc6 57.Ra7 Kb6 58.Rg7 Kc6

62.Topalov, Veselin 2717 vs Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan 2687 Topalov vs. Erdogmus: Clash of Generations III chess.com [3] 2026.4.14 B27 Sicilian, Hungarian Variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bc4 d6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.d3 Nc6 7.Nc3 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 O-O 10.Qd1 e6 11.a3 a6 12.Ba2 b5 13.Bf4 Nh5 14.Be3 Rb8 15.Qc1 Qd7 16.Nd1 Rfc8 17.Bh6 Nf6 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Qf4 d5 20.e5 Ng8 21.Ne3 b4 22.a4 Qd8 23.c3 Qa5 24.Rac1 bxc3 25.bxc3 Rb2 26.Bb1 Rcb8 27.h4 R8b3 28.c4 d4 29.Ng4 Qb4 30.Qe4 Nce7 31.Bc2 Rc3 32.Qe2 Rcxc2 33.Qe4 Rc3

63.Bluebaum, Matthias 2698 vs Giri, Anish 2753 FIDE Candidates Tournament chess.com [14] 2026.4.15 D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd2 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Bd6 9.Ng5 a6 10.Qc2 h6 11.h4 Re8 12.a3 b5 13.Ba2 Bb7 14.O-O-O b4 15.d5 Nd4 16.exd4 bxc3 17.dxe6 cxd2+ 18.Qxd2 fxe6 19.Nxe6 Qc8 20.Qa5 Bd5 21.Bxd5 Nxd5 22.Nxg7 Kxg7 23.Qxd5 Qe6 24.Qxe6 Rxe6 25.g3 Rf8 26.Rd2 Ref6 27.Rf1 Rf3 28.Kd1 Rxg3

64.Topalov, Veselin 2717 vs Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan 2687 Topalov vs. Erdogmus: Clash of Generations III chess.com [5] 2026.4.16 B12 Caro-Kann, Advance Variation 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 a6 6.O-O c5 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Ne7 9.f4 h5 10.Nd2 Nbc6 11.Nxf5 Nxf5 12.Bf2 g6 13.Bd3 Rc8 14.a3 Be7 15.Rc1 b5 16.b4 Nh6 17.h3 Nf5 18.Kh2 h4 19.Nf3 Ng3 20.Re1 g5 21.Qd2 Rg8 22.c3 gxf4 23.Rc2 Qc7 24.a4 bxa4 25.Ra2 d4 26.Nxd4 Nxe5 27.Bxa6 f3 28.Bb5+ Nd7 29.Kg1 Ne2+ 30.Nxe2 Rxg2+ 31.Kf1 Rxf2+ 32.Kxf2 Qh2+ 33.Kxf3 Qxh3+ 34.Kf2 Qf5+ 35.Qf4 Qxb5 36.Rg1 Nf6 37.Qf3 Qc4 38.Rxa4 Ne4+ 39.Ke1 Ng5 40.Qb7 Rc7 41.Qa8+ Rc8 42.Rg4 Qc7 43.Qh1 h3 44.Ra5 f5 45.Rxg5 Bxg5 46.Qxh3 Bf6 47.Kf1 Rd8 48.Ra6 Qc4 49.Qh5+ Kf8 50.Qh6+ Bg7 51.Qxe6 Rd1+ 52.Kg2 Qg4+ 53.Kh2 Qh4+ 54.Kg2 Qh1+ 55.Kf2 Qh2+ 56.Ke3 Qh3+ 57.Kf2 Rf1#

65.Bluebaum, Matthias 2698 vs Giri, Anish 2753 FIDE Candidates Tournament chess.com [14] 2026.4.15 D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.O-O-O d5 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bc4 Be6 12.exd5 cxd5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Rb8 15.Bb3 Qc8 16.Kb1 Bxb3 17.axb3 a5 18.Bd4 e5 19.Bc3 a4 20.bxa4 Qc4 21.b3 Qxa4 22.Rhe1 Rb5 23.Re4 Qa7 24.Qe3 Qc7 25.Qd3 Qb6 26.Bb2 Ra5 27.Bc3 Ra6 28.Qe3 Qc6 29.Rc4 Qe6 30.Qe4 Rfa8 31.Rc5 h5 32.g4 hxg4 33.fxg4 Kh7 34.Rcd5 Qc6 35.Bb2 Ra2 36.g5 Qb6 37.Qh4+ Kg8 38.Qe4 R8a4 39.Rd8+ Kh7 40.c4 Rxc4 41.Qxc4 Rxb2+ 42.Kxb2 e4+ 43.Kb1 Qf2 44.R8d2 Qf5 45.Qd5 Qf3 46.Rc2 Qf4 47.Re1 e3 48.Qg2

66.Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan 2687 vs Topalov, Veselin 2717 Topalov vs. Erdogmus: Clash of Generations III chess.com [6] 2026.4.17 C03 French, Tarrasch 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 a6 4.Ngf3 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.O-O dxe4 8.Nxe4 Nxe4 9.Bxe4 Qxd1 10.Rxd1 Nd7 11.Nd2 f5 12.Bf3 Ne5 13.Bh5+ g6 14.Be2 Nf7 15.Nb3 Bb6 16.Bd2 O-O 17.Bc3 Re8 18.a4 e5 19.a5 Ba7 20.Bc4 Rb8 21.Kf1 Be6 22.Bxe6 Rxe6 23.Rd7 Kf8 24.Bb4+ Ke8 25.Rc7 h5 26.Rd1 Rd8 27.Rxd8+ Nxd8 28.Rg7 Nc6 29.Rxb7 Nxb4 30.Rxb4 Rc6 31.Rb7 Bc5 32.c3 Bd6 33.Ke2 Bc7 34.Ra7 Kd7 35.Rxa6 Rxa6 36.Nc5+ Kc6 37.Nxa6 Bxa5 38.b4 Bb6 39.c4 e4 40.b5+ Kd6 41.f3 exf3+ 42.Kxf3

67.Chen, Qi b 2484 vs Ding, Liren 2734 [1.9] B12 2026.4.19 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h5 5.c4 e6 6.Nc3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 Nd7 8.Nge2 Be7 9.g3 Nh6 10.Bxh6 Rxh6 11.a3 Qb6 12.b4 a5 13.b5 c5 14.Na4 Qc7 15.Rc1 cxd4 16.Bxe6 Qxe5 17.Bxf5 Qxf5 18.O-O d3 19.Nf4 Ne5 20.Rc7 Rd8 21.Re1 Kf8 22.Nc3 Bxa3 23.Ncd5 Bb4 24.Re3 d2 25.f3 Rhd6

68.Dehtiarov, Roman 2452 vs Anton Guijarro, David 2656 European Individual Chess Championship chess.com [11] 2026.4.19 C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed Defence 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 h6 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.Re1 Bf8 12.Nf1 Be6 13.a4 Bxb3 14.Qxb3 Na5 15.Qc2 c5 16.Ne3 Qc7 17.Nh2 h5 18.g4 c4 19.axb5 axb5 20.gxh5 Nxh5 21.Nd5 Qb7 22.dxc4 Nxc4 23.Rxa8 Rxa8 24.Qe2 g6 25.Ng4 Bg7 26.b3 Na5 27.Bg5 Re8 28.Qe3 f5 29.Ra1 f4 30.Qe2 Nc6 31.b4 Kh8 32.Kg2 f3+ 33.Qxf3 Rf8 34.Qe3 Qc8 35.Bh6 Nf4+ 36.Nxf4 exf4 37.Bxf4 Qd7 38.Bh6 Re8 39.Ra6 Ne5 40.Ra7 Nxg4 41.Bxg7+ Qxg7 42.hxg4

69.Bobby Fischer vs Ulf Andersson "They'll Do It Every Time" game of the day Apr 27, 2008 Exhibition Game exhibition Siegen FRG Sep 26, 1970 Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Modern Variation A01 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. a3 O-O 6. Qc2 Re8 7. d3 Bf8 8. Nf3 a5 9. Be2 d5 10. cd5 Nd5 11. Nbd2 f6 12. O-O Be6 13. Kh1 Qd7 14. Rg1 Rad8 15. Ne4 Qf7 16. g4 g6 17. Rg3 Bg7 18. Rag1 Nb6 19. Nc5 Bc8 20. Nh4 Nd7 21. Ne4 Nf8 22. Nf5 Be6 23. Nc5 Ne7 24. Ng7 Kg7 25. g5 Nf5 26. Rf3 b6 27. gf6 Kh8 28. Ne6 Re6 29. d4 ed4 30. Bc4 d3 31. Bd3 Rd3 32. Qd3 Rd6 33. Qc4 Ne6 34. Be5 Rd8 35. h4 Nd6 36. Qg4 Nf8 37. h5 Ne8 38. e4 Rd2 39. Rh3 Kg8 40. hg6 Ng6 41. f4 Kf8 42. Qg5 Nd6 43. Bd6

70.Ding, Liren 2734 vs Meng, Yihan 2483 [4.5] D33 2026.4.22 D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, Prague Variation 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5 9.Nb3 Bb6 10.Na4 O-O 11.Nxb6 axb6 12.Nd4 Re8 13.b3 Bg4 14.f3 Bd7 15.e3 h5 16.O-O h4 17.g4 Nh7 18.h3 Qf6 19.Bb2 Qh6 20.Nc2 Qg6 21.Qd2 Rad8 22.Nd4 Ng5 23.Rad1 Bc8 24.Ne2 Ne6 25.b4 f5 26.a3 Qh6 27.f4 fxg4 28.hxg4 Nc7 29.Bf3 Bxg4 30.Bxg4 Qg6 31.Kh2 Qxg4 32.Rg1 Qf3 33.Rxg7+ Kf8 34.Nd4 Nxd4 35.Qxd4 Rd6 36.Rdg1 h3 37.Rf7+ Kxf7 38.Qg7+ Ke6 39.Rg6+

71.Titled Tuesday Grand Prix 2025/26 chess.com 2026.1.27 Round 1 Bynum, Jacorey 2654 vs Carlsen, Magnus 3313 Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Dragon B27 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. h3 e5 7. O-O Nge7 8. a3 O-O 9. d3 h6 10. Ne1 Be6 11. Nd5 f5 12. f4 fxe4 13. dxe4 exf4 14. Nxf4 Qd7 15. Ned3 g5 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. c3 Rxf1+ 18. Qxf1 Rf8 19. Qd1 Ne5 20. Be3 N7g6 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Bf2 Kg7 23. Qd2 b5 24. Re1 a5 25. Bf1 Rb8 26. Re2 b4 27. axb4 axb4 28. Qd3 bxc3 29. bxc3 h5 30. Qa6 Rf8 31. Rb2 Qf6 32. Bg2 Bxc3 33. Rb7+ Kh6 34. Qe2 Bd4 35. Qxh5+ Kxh5 36. Rh7#

72.Titled Tuesday Grand Prix 2025/26 chess.com 2026.1.6 Round 9 Carlsen, Magnus 3373 vs Nakamura, Hikaru 3410 Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 g6 10. d3 Bg7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Qd1 b5 13. Nf3 Nd7 14. d4 b4 15. Be3 bxc3 16. bxc3 Qa5 17. Bd2 Rab8 18. Bc4 Qc7 19. Rc1 Rb2 20. a4 Qa7 21. Be3 Na5 22. Bf1 Nb3 23. dxc5 Nbxc5 24. Re2 Rxe2 25. Bxe2 Qa8 26. Nd2 Rc8 27. a5 Qc6 28. Qc2 Rb8 29. Qa2 Na4 30. Bxa6 Nxc3 31. Qc4 Qa8 32. Kh2 Nc5 33. Bxc5 dxc5 34. Rc2 Rb4 35. Qxc5 Rb8 36. Bd3 Rc8 37. Qb4 Qa7 38. Nf3 Rb8 39. Qa3 Nd1 40. Kg1 Bh6 41. Kf1 Bg7 42. Qc5 Qd7 43. Ke2 Rd8 44. Ne1 Bd4 45. Qc7 Nxf2 46. Qxd7 Rxd7 47. a6 Ba7 48. Rb2 Nxd3 49. Nxd3 Rd4 50. Rb7 Rxe4+ 51. Kd2 Be3+ 52. Kc3 Ra4 53. Nb4 Bc5 54. Kb3 Ra5 55. Kc4 Bxb4 56. a7 Bd6 57. Rb8+ Kg7 58. a8=Q Rxa8 59. Rxa8 Kf6 60. Ra7 Kg5 61. Rb7 Kf4 62. Kd3 Kg3 63. Ke4 h5 64. Rb2 g5 65. Rc2 e6 66. Rd2 f5+ 67. Kd3 Bf4 68. Re2 e5 69. Kc2 e4 70. Kd1 Be5 71. Ke1 Bd4 72. Kf1 Kf4 73. Re1 Ke5 74. Rd1 f4 75. Ke2 g4 76. hxg4 hxg4 77. Rf1 Kf5 78. Rd1 f3+ 79. Kf1 Ke5 80. gxf3 exf3 81. Re1+ Kf4 82. Rd1 g3 83. Rc1 Ke3 84. Re1+ Kf4 85. Rd1 g2+ 86. Ke1 Kg3 87. Kd2 g1=Q 88. Kd3 Qf2 { Black wins. } 0-1

73.Titled Tuesday Grand Prix 2025/26 chess.com Round 5 Carlsen, Magnus 3358 vs Tabatabaei, M. Amin 3155 Petrov's Defense: French Attack C42 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 g6 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. Qe2+ Qe7 10. Qxe7+ Kxe7 11. O-O Rd8 12. h3 Kf8 13. Re1 a5 14. a4 Na6 15. c3 Nc7 16. Na3 Ncd5 17. Nc4 h6 18. Bd2 Be6 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Rxe6 b5 21. axb5 cxb5 22. Nxa5 Ra6 23. Ree1 Rda8 24. Nb3 Ra2 25. Rxa2 Rxa2 26. Rb1 Ne4 27. Kf1 Nb6 28. Bc1 g5 29. Ra1 Rxa1 30. Nxa1 Ke7 31. Ke2 Ke6 32. Nc2 Bf6 33. Na3 b4 34. cxb4 Nd5 35. Nc2 h5 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 Bd8 38. Nfe1 Nc7 39. f3

74.FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025.12.29 Round 9 Caruana, Fabiano 2751 vs Murzin, Volodar 2647 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Opocensky Variation B92 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nc6 11. Qd2 O-O 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Rhg1 b5 14. g4 Rc8 15. g5 Nfd7 16. Kb1 Re8 17. h4 Bf8 18. h5 Nb6 19. Rg3 Nbc4 20. Bxc4 Nxc4 21. Qh2 b4 22. Ne2 Rc7 23. Nbd4 Qa8 24. g6 Qxe4 25. gxh7+ Kh8 26. Qf2 Ne5 27. Rdg1 Rec8 28. h6 Rxc2 29. Nxc2 Rxc2 30. Ka1 Rxe2 31. hxg7+ Bxg7 32. Rxg7 Ng6 33. R7xg6 fxg6 34. Qh4 Qd4 35. Qd8+ Kxh7 36. Rh1+ Bh3 37. Rxh3+ Kg7 38. Qh8+ Kf7 39. Rh7+ Ke6 40. Qg8+ Kf5 41. Rf7+ Ke4 42. Qxg6+ Kf3 43. Bc1+

75.FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025.12.29 Round 11 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2745 vs Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2768 Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Neo-Arkhangelsk Variation C78 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d6 8. d4 Ba7 9. a4 Bg4 10. axb5 axb5 11. Be3 O-O 12. Na3 b4 13. Nc4 bxc3 14. bxc3 exd4 15. cxd4 d5 16. Nce5 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nb4 18. Kh1 Bb6 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Bg5 Nxc2 21. Qxc2 dxe4 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Nd7 Rd8 24. Rg1+ Kh8 25. Nxf6 Bxd4 26. Nxe4 Rg8 27. Rxg8+ Qxg8 28. Qxc7 Qf8 29. Ng5 Kg8 30. Qc2 Qg7 31. Qc8+ Qf8 32. Qf5 Qg7 33. Ne4 h6 34. h4 Qg6 35. Qd5 Bg7 36. h5 Qe6 37. Qd8+ Kh7 38. Kg2 Qf5 39. Qh4 Be5 40. Qg4 Qf4 41. Ng3 Qf6 42. Nf5 Bb2 43. Kf1 Ba3 44. Qe4 Kg8 45. f4 Bf8 46. Kg2 Kh8 47. Qe5 Bg7 48. Qxf6 Bxf6 49. Nxh6 Kg7 50. Ng4 Bd4 51. f5 Bc3 52. Kf3 Bd2 53. Ke4 Bg5 54. Ke5 Bd8 55. f6+ Kf8 56. Kd6 Ba5 57. Kd7 Bd2 58. h6 Kg8 59. Ke8 Bg5 60. h7+ Kxh7 61. Kxf7 Bc1 62. Ke8 Ba3 63. f7 Kg7 64. Ne3 Bc5 65. Nd5

76.Titled Tuesday Grand Prix 2025/26 chess.com 2026.1.6 Round 7 Carlsen, Magnus 3367 vs Durarbayli, Vasif 2984 Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations B50 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. Bb3 b5 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb7 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Ne4 13. Be3 e6 14. a4 b4 15. a5 Na6 16. Nbd2 Nac5 17. Bc4 Nxd2 18. Nxd2 Rfc8 19. a6 Bd5 20. f4 Bxc4 21. Nxc4 Nb3 22. Nd6 Nxa1 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. Rxa1 Rc7 25. Rc1 Rxc1+ 26. Bxc1 g5 27. Be3 gxf4 28. Bxa7 Bxe5 29. Bc5

77.FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025.12.29 Round 3 Firouzja, Alireza 3813 vs Ibarra Jerez, Jose Carlos 2590 Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack B30 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Qc7 6. O-O Ne7 7. c3 Ng6 8. d4 d5 9. Re1 Be7 10. h4 h5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Be3 Be7 13. Nbd2 Nxh4 14. Nxh4 Bxh4 15. exd5 Be7 16. c4 h4 17. Ne4 cxd5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Rc1 Qd8 20. Nd6+ Kf8 21. Nxc8 Rxc8 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Qxd5 h3 24. Rc1 Qe8 25. Qb7 Bd8 26. Rc8 h2+ 27. Kh1 Rh5 28. Qa8 Ke7 29. Qe4+ Kf8 30. Bc5+

78.FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025.12.29 Round 10 Grischuk, Alexander 2665 vs Carlsen, Magnus 2881 Modern Defense: Standard Defense B06 1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O c5 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. e5 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Bf5 11. Qe2 dxe5 12. Rfd1 Qc8 13. Nd5 Qb7 14. a4 b4 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Qc4 Nf6 17. Nxe5 O-O 18. a5 Be6 19. Qxb4 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Qxb4 21. Nxb4 Rxb4 22. Nd3 Rb5 23. c3 Bb3 24. Rd2 Rd8 25. Nb4 Rxd2 26. Bxd2 Bc4 27. Be3 Be5 28. h3 Bd6 29. Nxa6 Rxb2 30. Nb4 Bxb4 31. cxb4 Rxb4 32. a6 Rb8 33. a7 Ra8 34. Rb1 Bd5 35. Rb8+ Kg7 36. g3 Kf6 37. h4 Ke6 38. Kf1 f6 39. Ke2 Kd7 40. Kd3 h5 41. Kc3 Bc6 42. Kb4 Bh1 43. Ka5 Bc6 44. Kb6 Bf3 45. Bc5 Bg2 46. Kb5 Kc7 47. Bb6+ Kd7 48. Kc5 Bf3 49. Kd4 Bc6 50. Ke3 Kd6 51. f3 Bd5 52. g4 Kd7 53. Kf4 e5+ 54. Ke3 Ke6 55. Bc5 Bc6 56. Bb6 Bd5 57. Kf2 Bc6 58. Kg3 Bd5 59. Bc5 Bc6 60. Bf2 Kd6 61. Bb6 Ke6 62. Bc5 Kd5 63. Bf2 Kd6 64. gxh5 gxh5 65. f4 Ke6 66. Bb6 Kf5 67. fxe5 fxe5 68. Bc5 Bd5 69. Bb6 Bc6 70. Bf2 Bd5 71. Bg1 Bc6 72. Bf2 Bd5 1/2-1/2

79.Titled Tuesday Grand Prix 2025/26 chess.com 2026.1.13 Round 10 Carlsen, Magnus 3360 vs Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 3183 Caro-Kann Defense: Accelerated Panov Attack B10 1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. e5 Nc6 5. d4 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. Nf3 Qb6 9. Nc3 Nb4 10. Qe2 Qa6 11. Qxa6 Nxa6 12. Ke2 Ne7 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Rhc1 Nc7 15. Ne1 Bb4 16. f4 Bxc3 17. Rxc3 Nb5 18. Rd3 Rc8 19. a4 Nc7 20. Rc3 Na6 21. Nd3 Kd7 22. Rb3 b6 23. Rc1 Na5 24. Rbc3 Rc4 25. b3 Rxc3 26. Rxc3 Nc6 27. Ne1 Rb8 28. Nf3 h6 29. g4 Nc7 30. f5 b5 31. f6 g5 32. h4 bxa4 33. bxa4 gxh4 34. Nxh4 Rb4 35. Nf3 Rxa4 36. Rb3 a6 37. Rb7 Ra2+ 38. Bd2 Kc8 39. Rb6 Na5 40. Rb1 Nc4 41. Ke1 Ra3 42. Ng1 Rg3 43. Ne2 Rxg4 44. Bxh6 Nb5 45. Rd1 Re4 46. Rd3 a5 47. Kf2 a4 48. Bc1 a3 49. Bxa3 Ncxa3 50. Rg3 Nc2 51. Rg7 Nbxd4 52. Ng3 Rf4+ 53. Kg2 Ne3+ 54. Kh3 Nc4 55. Nh5 Rf3+

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

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