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1.Sindarov, Javokhir 2778 vs Hovhannisyan, Robert 2642 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad chess.com [10] 2026.9.26 A06 Reti Opening 1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bb2 Bf5 4.g3 c5 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.O-O Qd7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bh3 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bxh3 Qxh3 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.c4 Bg7 13.cxd5 f5 14.Nd2 Bxa1 15.Qxa1 O-O 16.dxc6 Rac8 17.Qe5 Rxc6 18.Qxe7 Rfc8 19.Nf3 Qh6 20.Qxa7 Rc1 21.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 22.Kg2 Qc6 23.a4 Re8 24.e3 f4 25.exf4 Rd8 26.Qe3 Rb8 27.f5 h6 28.a5 Qd5 29.Qf4 Rxb3 30.Qg4+ Kf8 31.f6 Rd3 32.a6 h5 33.Qc8+ Qd8 34.Qc5+ Ke8 35.a7

2.Martirosyan, Haik M. 2664 vs Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2762 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad chess.com [10] 2026.9.26 B00 King's Pawn Game 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bb5+ c6 6.Be2 Bf5 7.O-O e6 8.d4 Nbd7 9.Nh4 Bg6 10.Bf3 O-O-O 11.Qe2 e5 12.Bd2 exd4 13.Nd5 Qb5 14.Qxb5 cxb5 15.Nxf6 Nxf6 16.Nxg6 hxg6 17.a4 b4 18.a5 Bd6 19.h3 Nd7 20.Bd5 Rdf8 21.Rfd1 Rh5 22.Bf3 Rb5 23.a6 b6 24.Be1 Bc5 25.c3 bxc3 26.bxc3 d3 27.Rxd3 Ne5 28.Bb7+ Kc7 29.Rdd1 Rb2 30.Bd5 g5 31.Rab1 Rxb1 32.Rxb1 Nd3 33.Rd1 Nxe1 34.Rxe1 Rd8 35.Bc4 Rd2 36.Re2 Rd1+ 37.Kh2 Rc1 38.Bxf7 Rxc3 39.Rb2 Kd6 40.Rd2+ Ke7 41.Bg8 b5 42.g3 Rf3 43.Rb2 b4 44.Kg2 Rf6 45.Bc4 Kd6 46.Rd2+ Kc6 47.Kf1 Be3 48.Rc2 Bd4 49.Bb3+ Kb5 50.Bc4+ Kc5 51.Bb3+ Bc3 52.Ra2 Kb5 53.Ke2 Bd4 54.f3 Rf5 55.f4 gxf4 56.Kd3 Bf6 57.Ke4 Rc5 58.gxf4 Rc3 59.Be6 b3 60.Rd2 Kb4 61.Bxb3 Rxb3 62.Rd7 Rxh3 63.Rxa7 Kb5 64.Kf5 Ra3

3.Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan 2716 vs Oro, Faustino 2537 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad chess.com [10] 2026.9.26 A45 Indian Defense 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nbd2 Nxd4 8.Nxc4 Nxf3+ 9.Bxf3 Bd6 10.Qb3 O-O 11.Rd1 Qe7 12.Nxd6 cxd6 13.Qa3 Rd8 14.Be3 Rd7 15.Bb6 Nd5 16.Ba5 b5 17.e4 Nf6 18.e5 Nd5 19.Bb4 Bb7 20.exd6 Qd8 21.Rac1 a5 22.Bc5 b4 23.Qd3 h6 24.a3 bxa3 25.Bxa3 Qb6 26.Rc5 Ba6 27.Qd4 Rxd6 28.Rxd5 exd5

4.Dudin, Gleb 2560 vs Gukesh D 2703 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad chess.com [11] 2026.9.26 B20 Sicilian Defense 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.d3 e5 6.a3 Nge7 7.b4 d6 8.bxc5 dxc5 9.Bg5 Qd6 10.Bxe7 Kxe7 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Qe1 c4 13.dxc4 Bg4 14.Nbd2 Qc5 15.Nb3 Qxc4 16.Na5 Qc5 17.Nb7 Qc4 18.Qd2 Kf8 19.Nd6 Qc5 20.Ng5 h6 21.Ngxf7 Rh7 22.Rab1 Kg8 23.Nb7 Qe7 24.Nfd6 Bf8 25.c4 Qf6 26.c5 h5 27.Na5 Rd7 28.h3 Be6 29.Rfd1 g5 30.Qc3 g4 31.h4 Bg7 32.g3 Rf8 33.Rd2 Bh6 34.Rc2 Rc7 35.Nac4 Qg6 36.Re1 Bg7 37.Ne3 Rf3 38.Qa5 Rd7 39.Qa6 Bf8 40.Qxc6 Bxd6 41.cxd6 Rf8 42.Rd2 Kh7 43.Nc4 Qh6 44.Red1 Qf6 45.Qc5 Bxc4 46.Qxc4 Kg6 47.Qc5 Re8 48.a4 Qf3 49.Qb5 Qf7 50.Rd5 Qg7 51.Rc1 Re6 52.Qb8 Qf6 53.Rc7 Rd8 54.Rc8 Rdxd6 55.Rg8+ Kh7 56.Rf8 Qe7 57.Rh8+ Kg6 58.Qg8+ Qg7 59.Rxd6

5. Dehtiarov, Roman 2508 vs Madaminov, Mukhiddin 2611 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad chess.com [11] 2026.9.26 C20 King's Pawn Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Bb6 11.a4 Rb8 12.Nbd2 Ne7 13.axb5 axb5 14.d4 Ng6 15.dxe5 dxe5 16.h4 Ng4 17.hxg5 Nf4 18.Bxf4 exf4 19.Nd4 Bxd4 20.cxd4 Qxd4 21.Qe2 hxg5 22.Rxh8+ Qxh8 23.O-O-O Qd4 24.Nf3 Qxf2 25.Qxf2 Nxf2 26.Rd2 Nxe4 27.Re2 f5 28.Nxg5 Bb7 29.Bc2 Kd7 30.Nxe4 fxe4 31.Bxe4 Bxe4 32.Rxe4 Rf8 33.b4 Kd6 34.Kd2 Kd5 35.Kd3 c6 36.Re7 Rg8 37.Rd7+ Ke5 38.Re7+ Kd6 39.Rf7 Rg4 40.Rf6+ Ke5 41.Rxc6 Rg3+ 42.Ke2 Rxg2+ 43.Kf3 Rg3+ 44.Kf2 Rd3 45.Rb6 Rd5 46.Kf3 Kd4 47.Rc6 Re5 48.Kxf4 Re4+ 49.Kf3 Kd3 50.Rc5 Rxb4 51.Rd5+ Kc4 52.Ke4 Rb1 53.Rd4+ Kc3 54.Rd3+ Kc2 55.Kd4 Rb4+

6.Leko, Peter 2676 vs Erigaisi Arjun 2759 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad chess.com [11] 2026.9.26 C20 King's Pawn Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.O-O d6 5.c3 a6 6.Ba4 Bg4 7.h3 Bh5 8.d3 Ne7 9.Be3 O-O 10.Nbd2 Kh8 11.Qe2 f6 12.Rad1 Ba7 13.Bxa7 Rxa7 14.Qe3 Ra8 15.Bxc6 Nxc6 16.c4 Qd7 17.g4 Bf7 18.d4 h5 19.d5 Ne7 20.Nh2 Ng6 21.b3 Nf4 22.Nb1 g5 23.Nc3 Kg7 24.Ne2 hxg4 25.hxg4 Rh8 26.Nxf4 gxf4 27.Qe2 c6 28.f3 Rh3 29.Rf2 Qc7 30.Rg2 Rah8 31.Qf2 cxd5 32.cxd5 Kg6 33.Qc2 Qb6+ 34.Qf2 Qa5 35.Rc1 Kg5 36.Rc2 Qb5 37.Qe2 Qb6+ 38.Qf2 Qe3 39.Re2 Qc1+ 40.Re1 Qc3 41.Re2 Be8 42.Rc2 Qe3 43.Re2 Qd3 44.Rd2 Qb5 45.Rc2 Bd7 46.Rc3 Qb4 47.Rc4 Qa5 48.Rc2 Bb5 49.Rc1 R3h7 50.Kh1 Qa3 51.Qd2 a5 52.Kg1 Ba6 53.Qc3 b6 54.Qb2 Qb4 55.Qd2 Qb5 56.Qd1 a4 57.bxa4 Qb4 58.Rf2 Qa3 59.Kh1 Qe3 60.Rcc2 Rh3 61.Qc1 Bd3 62.Rcd2 Rxh2+ 63.Rxh2 Qxf3+ 64.Kg1 Qe3+

7.46th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026.9.18 Round 3 So, Wesley 2774 vs Thybo, Jesper Sondergaard 2579 Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo C54 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. c3 d6 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2 Bb6 9. h3 Ne7 10. a4 a5 11. d4 Nc6 12. Ra3 Re8 13. Ba2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Rd3 Bc5 17. e5 Qe7 18. Nf3 dxe5 19. Rxe5 Be6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Nh4 b6 22. Qe2 Rad8 23. Rg3 Rd5 24. Bxh6 Rxe5 25. Qxe5 Bd6 26. Qxe6+ Kh7 27. Qf5+ Kg8 28. Qe6+ Kh7 29. Qf5+ Kg8 30. f4 Qe1+ 31. Kh2 Bf8 32. Bxg7 Bxg7 33. Rxg7+ Kxg7 34. Qg6+ Kf8 35. Qxf6+ Kg8 36. Nf5 1-0

8.46th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026.9.19 Round 4 Caruana, Fabiano 2789 vs Ivanchuk, Vasyl 2630 Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo C54 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. Bb3 c5 12. a5 Nc6 13. Nc4 Be6 14. Nfd2 Re8 15. Qf3 Rc8 16. Ba2 Kh8 17. Bb3 Kg8 18. Ra3 Kh8 19. Ba2 Re7 20. Qg3 Rd7 21. Qh4 d5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Qxd8+ Rcxd8 24. g3 f6 25. h4 Ndb4 26. cxb4 cxb4 27. Ra4 Rxd3 28. Kg2 Bd5+ 29. Kf1 Rd4 30. Bb3 Bc5 31. Ra1 Ne7 32. Ba2 Bc6 33. b3 R4d7 34. Ne4 Bd4 35. Bb2 Nf5 36. Rac1 Bxb2 37. Nxb2 Nd4 38. Nc5 Bb5+ 39. Kg2 Rc7 40. Ncd3 Nc2 41. Red1 Rc3 42. Kh3 Bd7+ 43. Kh2 Bg4 44. Nxe5 Rxd1 45. Nxd1 Bxd1 46. Rxd1 fxe5 47. Rd8+ Kh7 48. Bb1 g6 49. Rd7+ Kh8 50. Rxb7 Nd4 51. Rb6 Rxb3 52. Bxg6 Ra3 53. Rxa6 b3 54. Be4 h5 55. Kg2 Ra1 56. Ra8+ Kg7 57. a6 Nb5 58. Rb8 Nd6 59. Bf3 Rxa6 60. Bxh5 Ra2 61. Rxb3 Ne4 62. Re3 Nxf2 63. Kf1 Nh3 64. Be2 Kf6 65. Kg2 Nf4+ 66. gxf4 exf4 67. Re8 Kf5 68. Rf8+ Ke4 69. Kf2 1-0

9.46th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026.9.20 Round 5 Rapport, Richard 2726 vs Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2762 Sicilian Defense: Chekhover Variation B53 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Qd3 e6 8. Nc3 h6 9. Bh4 a6 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. f4 O-O 14. a3 Rc8 15. Nde2 Bc6 16. Rhg1 Qc7 17. g4 Bxe4 18. Qh3 d5 19. f5 Nh7 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Qe3 Qg5 22. Nf4 Nf6 23. h4 Qxh4 24. fxe6 Nxg4 25. Qd2 Bf5 26. Qxd5 Qg5 27. exf7+ Rxf7 28. Rdf1 Rf8 29. Qb3 Kh7 30. Ne2 Be4 31. Qg3 Qc5 0-1

 

10.46th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026.9.20 Round 5 Praggnanandhaa R 2761 vs Giri, Anish 2757 Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Anderssen Variation C77 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. Nbd2 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 Bb6 9. h3 d6 10. Nf1 Ne7 11. Ng3 Ng6 12. a4 Rb8 13. a5 Ba7 14. O-O h6 15. d4 Re8 16. Re1 exd4 17. cxd4 c5 18. Bc2 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Ne5 20. Bf4?! Inaccuracy. Ndf5 was best. 20. Ndf5 Rb7 21. Bf4 Rc7 22. Rc1 Bc5 23. Bd2 Bxf5 24. Nxf5 d5 25. exd5 Nxd5

20... Bxh3 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Nc6 Qc7 23. Nxb8 Bg4 24. Qd2 Rxb8 25. Nf1 Rd8 26. Qc3 Qxc3 27. bxc3 Rc8 28. Bb3 Rxc3 29. Bd5 b4 30. Rac1 Bd4 31. Ne3 Bd7 32. Rxc3 bxc3 33. Bc4 Nxe4 34. Bxa6 Bc6?!  Inaccuracy. f5 was best. 34... f5 35. Rb1 f4 36. Rb8+ Kf7 37. Nc2 Ke7 38. Bb5 Bxf2+ 39. Kf1 Bf5 40. Bd3

35. Bd3 Kf8 36. a6 Ke8?! Inaccuracy. f5 was best. 36... f5 37. Rb1 g6 38. Bc2 Nd6 39. Ra1 f4 40. Ng4 Nb5 41. Nxh6 e4 42. Ra4

37. Bxe4 Bxe4 38. Nc4 Bd5 39. Nxe5 Kd8 40. Nd3?! Inaccuracy. Nf3 was best. 40. Nf3 Bxf3 41. gxf3 Kc7 42. Rb1 c2 43. Rc1 Kb6 44. Rxc2 Kxa6 45. Rd2 Bf6

40... Kc7?? Blunder. c2 was best. 40... c2 41. Nc1 Bb2 42. a7 Kd7 43. Nb3 Kd6 44. g3 c1=Q 45. Nxc1 Bd4 46. Nd3

41. Nb4 Be6?! Inaccuracy. Ba8 was best. 41... Ba8 42. Re7+ Kb6 43. Re8 Ka7 44. Rc8 Bf6 45. Kf1 h5 46. f3 Be5 47. Nc6+

42. Ra1 Ba7 43. Ra3 c2 44. Rc3+ Kb6 45. Rxc2 Ka5 46. Rc7 Bb6 47. Rb7 g6 48. g3 h5 49. Kg2 Bc5 50. f3 Bb6 51. Kf1 Bc4+?! Inaccuracy. g5 was best. 51... g5 52. Kg2 g4 53. a7 Bxa7 54. Nc6+ Ka6 55. Rxa7+ Kb6 56. f4 Kxc6 57. Kf2

52. Ke1 Be6 53. Kd2 Bf2 54. Ke2 Bb6 55. Kd3 Bc5 56. Ke4 Bf2 57. Kf4 Bc5 58. Kg5 1-0

 

11.46th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026.9.21 Round 6 Ding, Liren 2733 vs Keymer, Vincent 2764 King's Indian Attack A05 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Nb3 O-O 8. Nc3 e6 9. e4 Nc6 10. exd5 exd5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Re8 13. Qd2 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Bxh6 Qxd2 16. Bxd2 Bxb2 17. Rae1 Bf5 18. h3 Rac8 19. g4 e3 20. Bxe3 Bxc2 21. Re2 Nb4 22. Bxb7 Rc7 23. Bf3 Nxa2 24. Nd4 Bxd4 25. Bxd4 Rxe2 26. Bxe2 Nc3 27. Ba6 Nd5 28. Ra1 f6 29. Be2 Be4 30. f3 Nf4 31. Kf2 Nxe2 32. Kxe2 Bd5 33. Bxf6 Rf7 34. g5 Rb7 35. Ra5 Bc6 36. Rc5 Bb5+ 37. Kf2 a5 38. h4 Kf7 39. f4 a4 40. f5 Bd7 41. h5 gxh5 42. Bd4 Bxf5 43. Rxf5+ Kg6 44. Ra5 a3 45. Kf3 Rb4 46. Be3 Rb3 47. Ra6+ Kf5 48. g6 Rb4 49. g7 Rg4 50. Bd4 1-0

12.Titled Tuesday Grand Prix 2025/26 chess.com 2025.9.9 Round 8 Firouzja, Alireza 3261 vs Carlsen, Magnus 3345 English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Three Knights, Fianchetto Variation A37 1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O Bf5 7. h3 Nf6 8. d3 O-O 9. Bd2 a6 10. a3 Rb8 11. Rb1 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 Qd7 15. g4 Be6 16. Ng5 Rfc8 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. e3 h5 19. g5 Nh7 20. Ne4 Ne5?! Inaccuracy. d5 was best. 20... d5

21. Bc3 Rxc3 22. Nxc3 Nxg5 23. d4 Nxh3+ 24. Kh1 Ng4?! Inaccuracy. Nc4 was best. 24... Nc4

25. Bxh3 Nxf2+ 26. Rxf2 Qxh3+ 27. Rh2?! Inaccuracy. Kg1 was best. 27. Kg1 Qxe3 28. Ne2 Qg5+ 29. Rg2 Qe3+ 30. Kh2 Rc8 31. Rc1 Rxc1 32. Qxc1 Qe4

27... Qxe3 28. Qd2 Qf3+ 29. Rg2 Rc8 30. Ne2 Rc4 31. Kg1 Qd5 32. Rf1 Bf6 33. Kh1 Kh7 34. Qe1 Qe4 35. Qg3?! Inaccuracy. Qb1 was best. 35. Qb1

35... Rxb4 36. Qh3 Rb1 37. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 38. Kh2 Qe4 39. Qb3 Kg7 40. Qxb5 Qh4+ 41. Kg1 Qe1+ 42. Kh2 Qh4+ 43. Kg1 Bxd4+ 44. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 45. Kh1 Qh4+ 46. Kg1?! Inaccuracy. Rh2 was best. 46. Rh2

46... Qe1+ 47. Kh2 Qe5+ 48. Qxe5+ dxe5 49. Kg3?! Inaccuracy. Re2 was best. 49. Re2 f6

49... g5? Mistake. f5 was best. 49... f5 50. Rb2

50. Kf3 Kg6 51. Ke4 f6 52. Ra2 h4 53. Ra7 h3 54. Kf3 e6 55. Kg3 e4 56. Kxh3 f5 57. Kg3 Kf6 58. Ra5 e3?! Inaccuracy. Kg6 was best. 58... Kg6 59. Rb5 Kf6 60. Rc5 Kg6

59. Kf3 f4 60. Kg4 e5 61. Ra6+ Ke7 62. Kf3 Kf7 63. Rb6 Ke7?? Blunder. Kg7 was best. 63... Kg7 64. Re6 Kf7 65. Rxe5 Kf6 66. Ra5 Kg6 67. Rb5 Kf6 68. Ke4 Kg6 69. Rb6+

64. Rg6 Kf7 65. Rxg5 Kf6 66. Rh5 Ke6 67. Ke4 Kd6 68. Rxe5?? Blunder. Rg5 was best. 68. Rg5 e2 69. Rg1 Kc5 70. Re1 f3 71. Rc1+ Kd6 72. Kxf3 e1=Q 73. Rxe1 Kd5

68... f3 69. Rd5+ Kc6?? Blunder. Ke6 was best. 69... Ke6 70. Re5+ Kd6 71. Rd5+

70. Rd1 1-0

13.46th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026.9.23 Round 7 Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2762 vs Ding, Liren 2733 Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack D37 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 b6 7. e3 c5 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. h3 d4 12. exd4 cxd4 13. Na4 a5 14. Re1 Nc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Ne5 Nd7 17. Qc2 f5 18. Qe2 Re8 19. b3 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Qg5 21. f3 Bc6 22. Qf2 Ra7 23. Bxd4 Rd7 24. Bxc5 Rxd3 25. Re3 Red8 26. h4 Qg6 27. Rae1 e5 28. b4 axb4 29. axb4 f4 30. Rxe5 Rd2 31. R5e2 Rd1 32. b5 Bb7 33. Bb4 h6 34. c5 Qb1 35. Rb2 Qc1 36. c6 Rxe1+ 37. Bxe1 Rd1 38. Re2 Bc8 39. Kh2 Kh7 40. Re5 Bf5 41. Qc5 Bc2 42. c7 Rxe1 43. Rxe1 Qxe1 44. Qxc2+ g6 45. Qe4 1-0

14.46th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026.9.23 Round 7 Vitiugov, Nikita 2666 vs Praggnanandhaa R 2761 French Defense: Classical Variation, Steinitz Variation C14 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 O-O 8. Nf3 c5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. O-O-O a6 12. Qe3 b5 13. Bd3 Nxd3+ 14. Rxd3 b4 15. Ne2 Na5 16. Ned4 Nc4 17. Qe1 a5 18. h4 a4 19. Kb1 Ba6 20. f5 Rfc8 21. Qg3 Na3+ 22. Rxa3 bxa3 23. f6 Qf8 24. h5 axb2 25. Rh4 Rab8 26. Rg4 Bd3 27. Nd2 Rc3 28. Rxg7+ Kh8 29. Qg4 Rbc8 30. N2f3 Bxc2+ 31. Nxc2 Rxc2 0-1

15.46th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026.9.24 Round 8 Sindarov, Javokhir 2778 vs Bluebaum, Matthias 2662 GameId IdDl1jOF Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid, Hromádka Variation C28 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Ne2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be6 8. Bxd5 Bxd5 9. f4 f6 10. fxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. c3 Be7 13. Nf4 Qf7 14. d4 Ng6 15. Qa4+ c6 16. d5 Nxf4 17. Bxf4 Qxd5 18. Rfe1 O-O 19. Rxe7 Qc5+ 20. Re3 g5 21. Kh1 gxf4 22. Qxf4 Rf7 23. Rae1 Raf8 24. h3 Kh8 25. Re8 Rxe8 26. Rxe8+ Kg7 27. Qb8 Kh6 28. Re4 Qf2 29. Rf4 Qe3 30. Qd6 Qe7 31. Qd4 c5 32. Qd5 b6 33. Re4 Qd7 34. Rh4+ Kg7 35. Rg4+ Kf8 36. Qa8+ Ke7 37. Re4+ Kd6 38. Re1 Qc7 39. c4 Qb7 40. Qd8+ Rd7 41. Qxf6+ Kc7 42. Re8 Qa6 43. Qf4+ Kc6 44. Rb8 Qxa2 45. Qe4+ Kc7 46. Qb7+ Kd6 47. Qd5+ Ke7 48. Qe5+

16.46th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026.9.25 Round 8 Indjic, Aleksandar 2598 vs Niemann, Hans Moke 2725 Semi-Slav Defense: Accelerated Meran Variation D45 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 e6 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Qe7 10. Bc2 Rd8 11. a3 Bxa3 12. Rxa3 Qxa3 13. c5 b6 14. Nb1 Qa2 15. Nc3 Qa3 16. Nb1 Qa2 17. Bb4 bxc5 18. Nc3 Qxc2 19. Qxc2 cxb4 20. Na4 a5 21. Qxc6 Ba6 22. Ra1 Rdc8 23. Qd6 Bb5 24. Nc5 Rc6 25. Qf4 Nxc5 26. dxc5 Rxc5 27. Nd4 Rac8 28. h3 Bd3 29. f3 h6 30. Kh2 Bg6 31. Qd6 Kh7 32. h4 Rc3 33. Rxa5 Rxe3 34. Nc6 Rxb3 35. Rb5 Rb2 36. Rb8 Rxb8 37. Qxb8 b3 38. Ne5 d4 39. Nc4 Re2 40. Qxb3 d3 41. Kh3 e5 42. g4 h5 0-1

17.46th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026.9.25 Round 9 Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2762 vs Caruana, Fabiano 2789 Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid C24 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qxf6 8. Ne2 Na5 9. Bb3 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. Qd2 Qe7 12. f4 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bd7 14. c4 f5 15. Qe3 fxe4 16. Qxe4 Bc6 17. Qe3 Rae8 18. f5 a6 19. Ng3 Bd7 20. Rf2 Rf7 21. Raf1 Ref8 22. Qe4 c6 23. Qe3 d5 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. d4 e4 26. c4 Qg5 27. Qxg5 hxg5 28. cxd5 e3 29. Rf3 Bb5 30. Re1 e2 31. Kf2 Rd7 32. Nxe2 Rxd5 33. g4 Bxe2 34. Rxe2 Rxd4 35. Kg3 Rfd8 36. h4 gxh4+ 37. Kxh4 Rd3 38. Rfe3 Kf8 39. Kh5 a5 40. Re7 Rxb3 41. g5 Rb6 42. g6 Rf6 43. Kg5 Kg8 44. Rxg7+ Kxg7 45. Re7+ Kg8 46. Kxf6 a4 47. Rg7+ Kh8 48. Rxb7 Ra8 49. Kg5 1-0

18.46th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026.9.26 Round 10 Martirosyan, Haik M. 2664 vs Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2762 Scandinavian Defense: Main Line B01 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. Be2 Bf5 7. O-O e6 8. d4 Nbd7 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Bf3 O-O-O 11. Qe2 e5 12. Bd2 exd4 13. Nd5 Qb5 14. Qxb5 cxb5 15. Nxf6 Nxf6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. a4 b4 18. a5 Bd6 19. h3 Nd7 20. Bd5 Rdf8 21. Rfd1 Rh5 22. Bf3 Rb5 23. a6 b6 24. Be1 Bc5 25. c3 bxc3 26. bxc3 d3 27. Rxd3 Ne5 28. Bb7+ Kc7 29. Rdd1 Rb2 30. Bd5 g5 31. Rab1 Rxb1 32. Rxb1 Nd3 33. Rd1 Nxe1 34. Rxe1 Rd8 35. Bc4 Rd2 36. Re2 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Rc1 38. Bxf7 Rxc3 39. Rb2 Kd6 40. Rd2+ Ke7 41. Bg8 b5 42. g3 Rf3 43. Rb2 b4 44. Kg2 Rf6 45. Bc4 Kd6 46. Rd2+ Kc6 47. Kf1 Be3 48. Rc2 Bd4 49. Bb3+ Kb5 50. Bc4+ Kc5 51. Bb3+ Bc3 52. Ra2 Kb5 53. Ke2 Bd4 54. f3 Rf5 55. f4 gxf4 56. Kd3 Bf6 57. Ke4 Rc5 58. gxf4 Rc3 59. Be6 b3 60. Rd2 Kb4 61. Bxb3 Rxb3 62. Rd7 Rxh3 63. Rxa7 Kb5 64. Kf5 Ra3 0-1

19.46th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026.9.26 Round 11 Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2762 vs Kovalenko, Igor 2642 Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack, Fianchetto Variation B31 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 e5 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. c3 Ne7 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 exd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. Nc3 Rb8 12. Nb3 d5 13. Be3 Be6 14. Bxa7 Rb7 15. Bc5 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxb3 17. axb3 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Qxd1 19. Rbxd1 Ra8 20. Nd6 Rd7 21. Nxf7 Rxd1 22. Nh6+ Kg7 23. Rxd1 Nd5 24. Ng4 Kf7 25. Ne3 Ke6 26. Nxd5 cxd5 27. Kf1 Rb8 28. Re1+ Kf5 29. Rb1 Bc3 30. Ke2 Bb4 31. Bd4 h5 32. Kd3 g5 33. h3 Rb7 34. Be3 Rb8 35. Bd4 Rb7 36. Bc3 Ke6 37. Re1+ Kd6 38. Be5+ Kd7 39. Re2 Bc5 40. Kc3 g4 41. hxg4 hxg4 42. Bd4 Bb4+ 43. Kb2 Bd6 44. Re1 Rb8 45. g3 Ra8 46. Rh1 Ba3+ 47. Kb1 Re8 48. Rh7+ Kc6 49. Kc2 Re4 50. Kd3 Bd6 51. Rf7 Re8 52. Ra7 Rb8 53. Kc2 Rf8 54. Ra6+ Kd7 55. Ra4 Rc8+ 56. Kd2 Rb8 57. Be3 Bb4+ 58. Kd3 Ke6 59. Ra6+ Kf5 60. Rb6 Rxb6 61. Bxb6 Ke5 62. Be3 Kf5 63. Bd2 Bc5 64. Be1 Bb6 65. b4 Ba7 66. b5 Bb6 67. Ke2 Ke4 68. Bd2 d4 69. Bf4 Ba5 70. Bg5 Bb6 71. Bd2 Bd8 72. Bf4 Ba5 73. Bg5 1/2-1/2

20.Abdisalimov, Abdimalik 2548 vs Wei, Yi 2752 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad chess.com [11] 2026.9.26 A10 English Opening 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Be2 e5 9.cxd5 e4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Qxe4 Nf6 12.Qb1 cxd5 13.Bd3 Ne4 14.Bxe4 dxe4 15.Qxe4 Re8 16.Qd3 Qa5+ 17.Bd2 Qh5 18.Ne5 Bxe5 19.dxe5 Bf5 20.Qe2 Qg6 21.f3 Bd3 22.Qf2 Rac8 23.e4 Rc2 24.Qe3 Ba6 25.Rc1 Rxa2 26.Kf2 Rd8 27.Rhd1 h6 28.Qc3 Qb6+ 29.Kg3 Bf1 30.Rxf1 Qg6+ 31.Kh3 Qh5+ 32.Kg3 Raxd2 33.Rg1 Qg5+ 34.Kh3 Kh7 35.e6 Qh5+ 36.Kg3 R8d3 37.Qc5 Rxg2+ 38.Kxg2 Qxf3#

21.Donchenko, Alexander 2625 vs Gukesh D 2703 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad chess.com [9] 2026.9.25 A45 Indian Defense 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qc2 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 O-O 7.g3 Ne4 8.Qc2 d5 9.Bg2 a5 10.O-O a4 11.Rd1 Nd6 12.c5 Nf5 13.e3 f6 14.Bd2 Bd7 15.Bc3 Nce7 16.Qe2 Qe8 17.Bf1 Nc6 18.Ne1 Na7 19.Nd3 Bb5 20.b3 Nc6 21.Bh3 Qf7 22.Qf3 g5 23.Bf1 Nce7 24.Re1 Ra7 25.Qd1 Rfa8 26.Qc2 Qg6 27.Rad1 Kh8 28.Bg2 axb3 29.axb3 Ra2 30.Qb1 Nc6 31.Nc1 R2a3 32.Qb2 Kg8 33.e4 Nfe7 34.exd5 exd5 35.Re6 Qf5 36.Rde1 Kf7 37.R6e3 h5 38.Bf3 g4 39.Bd1 h4 40.f3 gxf3 41.Rxf3 Qg5 42.Qf2 Rh8 43.g4 Ra6 44.Nd3 Bxd3 45.Rxd3 h3 46.Ree3 Ng6 47.Rxh3 Rxh3 48.Rxh3 Qc1 49.Qf1 Kg7 50.Rf3 Ra2 51.Be2 Nf4 52.Rxf4 Qxc3 53.Bd1 Qe3+ 54.Kh1 Qd2

22.Ivanchuk, Vasyl 2630 vs Sindarov, Javokhir 2778 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad chess.com [11] 2026.9.26 C20 King's Pawn Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 Bb7 9.d4 Bb6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Bd5 O-O 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Qe2 Na5 15.Nbd2 c6 16.Ba2 bxa4 17.Qd1 c5 18.Bd5 Bxd5 19.exd5 Qd8 20.Nxe5 Bc7 21.Ndf3 Re8 22.Re1 Bxe5 23.Nxe5 f6 24.Ng6 Qd7 25.Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.h4 Nb3 27.Rb1 Qf5 28.h5 c4 29.d6 Kf7 30.d7 Rd8 31.Qe2 Qe6 32.Qxe6+ Kxe6 33.Rd1 Nc5 34.Nf4+ Ke7 35.Ng6+ Kf7 36.Rd4 Nd3 37.Rxc4 Nxb2 38.Rc6 Rxd7 39.Rxa6 Rc7 40.Nf4 Rxc3 41.Ra7+ Ke8 42.Ne6 a3 43.Nxg7+ Kd8 44.Nf5 Kc8 45.Nd6+ Kb8 46.Ra6 Nd3 47.Nb5 Rc1+ 48.Kh2 Nxf2 49.Rxa3 Rh1+ 50.Kg3 Rxh5 51.Nd6 Rd5 52.Rb3+ Ka8 53.Kxf2 Rxd6 54.Ke3 Rd5 55.Kf4 Rd4+ 56.Kf5 Rd5+ 57.Kf4 Rd4+ 58.Kg3 Rd5 59.Kh4 Rg5 60.g3 f5 61.Rb6 Rg4+ 62.Kh3 h5 63.Rh6 f4 64.gxf4

23.MagnusCarlsen 3396 vs Witty Alien 2612 Live Chess chess.com 2026.9.30 C26 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qe3 Bb4 6.Bd2 O-O 7.O-O-O Re8 8.Qf4 Bxc3 9.Bxc3 Nxe4 10.Bc4 Nxc3 11.Bxf7+ Kh8 12.Bxe8 Qxe8 13.bxc3 Ne5 14.Nf3 Nxf3 15.Qxf3 d6 16.Rhe1 Qg8 17.Re7 Be6 18.Qxb7 Rb8 19.Qxc7 Bxa2 20.Rde1 Rb1+ 21.Kd2 Qd5+

24.Theodorou, Nikolas 2633 vs Giri, Anish 2757 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad chess.com [4] 2026.9.19 A04 Reti Opening 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.c4 d6 5.b3 g6 6.Bb2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.Nc3 Qa5 11.e3 Rfc8 12.Rc1 Rab8 13.a3 a6 14.h3 Qd8 15.Qe2 Na5 16.Rcd1 Qb6 17.Rb1 Nxb3 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.Bxd5 Nc5 20.f4 Bxh3 21.f5 Bxf1 22.Qxf1 Rf8 23.fxg6 hxg6 24.Nf5 Bxb2 25.Nh6+ Kg7 26.Nf5+ gxf5 27.Qxf5 Qb3 28.Qg5+ Kh8 29.Qh5+ Kg8 30.Qg5+ Bg7 31.Rxb3 Nxb3 32.Qxe7 Na5 33.g4 Nc6 34.Qxd6 Rbd8 35.Qc7 Ne5 36.g5 Rd7 37.Qb6 Rc8 38.Kf2 Nxc4

25.Arinbjorn Gudmundsson vs Bobby Fischer Fischer in Iceland 1960 Reykjavik ISL rd 2 Oct 6 Gruenfeld Defense: Botvinnik Variation D95 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Qb3 e6 7. Be2 Nc6 8. Qc2 dc4 9. Bc4 e5 10. de5 Ng4 11. O-O Nce5 12. Ne5 Ne5 13. Be2 c6 14. f4 Ng4 15. h3 Bf5 16. e4 Qd4 17. Kh1 Nf2 18. Rf2 Qf2 19. ef5 Bc3 20. bc3 Rae8 21. Bd3 Re1 22. Kh2 Qg1 23. Kg3 Rfe8 24. Rb1 gf5 25. Bd2 Rb1 26. Qb1 Qb1 27. Bb1 Re2

26.Rene Letelier Martner vs Bobby Fischer "A Queen for the King" game of the day Jul 29, 2005 Leipzig Olympiad qual 4 Oct 24, 1960 Leipzig GDR rd 8 King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation E70 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. e5 Ne8 6. f4 d6 7. Be3 c5 8. dc5 Nc6 9. cd6 ed6 10. Ne4 Bf5 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. Qb1 de5 14. f5 e4 15. fe6 ef3 16. gf3 f5 17. f4 Nf6 18. Be2 Rfe8 19. Kf2 Re6 20. Re1 Rae8 21. Bf3 Re3 22. Re3 Re3 23. Ke3 Qf4

27.Laszlo Szabo vs Bobby Fischer "Ripe Apples" game of the day Aug 14, 2015 Leipzig Olympiad Final-A Nov 2,1960 Leipzig GDR rd 6 King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation E70 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. Qd2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bd3 ed5 9. Nd5 Be6 10. Ne2 Bd5 11. ed5 Nbd7 12. O-O Ne5 13. f4 Nd3 14. Qd3 h6 15. Bh4 Re8 16. Rae1 Qb6 17. Bf6 Bf6 18. f5 g5 19. b3 Qa5 20. Rc1 Qa2 21. Rc2 Re3 22. Qe3 Qc2 23. Kh1 a5 24. h4 a4

28.William Lombardy vs Bobby Fischer "Forgive Me, Father" game of the day Jul 27, 2012 United States Championship 1960/61 New York, USA rd 2 Dec19 Sicilian Defense: Prins Variation B54 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Nc2 d5 10. cd5 ed5 11. Nd5 Nd5 12. Qd5 Qc7 13. Qb5 Bd7 14. Rc1 Nb4 15. Nb4 Qc1 16. Bc1 Bb5 17. Nd5 Bh4 18. g3 Bf1 19. Rf1 Bd8 20. Bd2 Rc8 21. Bc3 f5 22. e5 Rc5 23. Nb4 Ba5 24. a3 Bb4 25. ab4 Rd5 26. Ke2 Kf7 27. h4 Ke6 28. Ke3 Rc8 29. Rg1 Rc4 30. Re1 Rc3 31. bc3 Re5 32. Kd2 Re1 33. Ke1 Kd5 34. Kd2 Kc4 35. h5 b6 36. Kc2 g5 37. h6 f4 38. g4 a5 39. ba5 ba5 40. Kb2 a4 41. Ka3 Kc3 42. Ka4 Kd4 43. Kb4 Ke3

29.Bobby Fischer vs Samuel Reshevsky "Right, Mr. Thomas!" game of the day Dec 2, 2011 New York, USA rd 2 Jul 18, 1961 Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian. Open B32 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. f4 d6 9. Nb3 Be6 10. g4 d5 11. f5 Bc8 12. ed5 Nb4 13. Bf3 gf5 14. a3 fg4 15. Bg2 Na6 16. Qd3 e6 17. O-O-O Nd5 18. h3 g3 19. Rhg1 Qd6 20. Bd5 ed5 21. Nd5 Kh8 22. Bf4 Qg6 23. Qd2 Bh3 24. Rg3 Bg4 25. Rh1 Rfe8 26. Ne3 Qe4 27. Qh2 Be6 28. Rg7 Kg7 29. Qh6 Kg8 30. Rg1 Qg6 31. Rg6 fg6 32. Nd4 Rad8 33. Be5 Rd7 34. Ne6 Re6 35. Ng4 Rf7 36. Qg5 Rf1 37. Kd2 h5 38. Qd8

30.Javokhir Sindarov vs LeelaKnightOdds 3340 casual blitz game 2026.3.7 B00 King's Pawn Game 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d6 3.Nf3 Qa5+ 4.Qd2 Qc7 5.e5 Bg4 6.exd6 exd6 7.Be2 Nf6 8.c4 d5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nc3 O-O-O 11.O-O Nf6 12.Qc2 Kb8 13.Ne5 Be6 14.Bf4 Bd6 15.b4 Nd5 16.Nxd5 Bxd5 17.Bg3 h5 18.Nf3 h4 19.Bxd6 Qxd6 20.h3 Qxb4 21.Rab1 Qd6 22.Ne5 Ka8 23.Bc4 f6 24.Nf7 Bxf7 25.Bxf7 Qxd4 26.Rfe1 Qd6 27.Qe4 Qc7 28.Bg6 Rd2 29.Qe7 Rd7 30.Qe3 a6 31.a4 Rhd8 32.Bf5 Rd5 33.Bg4 Re5 34.Qc3 Rde8 35.Rxe5 Rxe5 36.Bf3 g5 37.Rd1 Ka7 38.Qd4+ Qb6 39.Qxb6+ Kxb6 40.g3 Ka5 41.gxh4 gxh4 42.Rd4 c5 43.Rxh4 b5 44.axb5 axb5 45.Rh8 b4 46.Ra8+ Kb5 47.h4 b3 48.Rb8+ Ka4 49.h5 c4 50.h6 c3 51.h7 c2 52.Rc8 b2 53.Ra8+ Ra5 54.Bc6+ Kb4 55.Rb8+ Kc3 56.h8=Q c1=Q+ 57.Kg2 Rg5+ 58.Kf3 Qd1+

31.Liang, Awonder 2685 vs Niemann, Hans Moke 2717 U.S. Chess Championships chess.com [1] 2026.10.9 B20 Sicilian Defense 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 Qb6 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Qc1 c4 12.Nbd2 Nxd2 13.Nxd2 Bf5 14.b3 Bd3 15.h4 f6 16.bxc4 dxc4 17.Bf4 c5 18.Nf3 cxd4 19.Nxd4 Rf7 20.Qa3 fxe5 21.Bxe5 Bf8 22.Qc1 Rd8 23.a4 Rd5 24.a5 Rxa5 25.Rxa5 Qxa5 26.Ne6 Qa2 27.Bd4 Qa6 28.Qb2 Qd6 29.Qb7 h5 30.Qb5 a6 31.Qe8 Bc2 32.Ng5 Rf6 33.Bxf6 Qxf6 34.Re6

32.Caruana, Fabiano 2784 vs Oparin, Grigoriy 2638 U.S. Chess Championships chess.com [2] 2026.10.10 D00 Queen's Pawn Game 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 c6 6.Qc2 g6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.e3 Bf5 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nbd7 11.Bh6 Ng4 12.Bf4 O-O 13.Qc2 a5 14.O-O Ngf6 15.h3 Re8 16.Rad1 Bf8 17.Rfe1 Bg7 18.a3 Ne4 19.Nxe4 Rxe4 20.b4 axb4 21.axb4 Qb6 22.Qd3 Bf8 23.Rb1 Ree8 24.b5 c5 25.dxc5 Nxc5 26.Qxd5 Red8 27.Qc4 Ra4 28.Qc2 Qe6 29.Nd4 Qd5 30.Ra1 Rc4 31.Qe2 Na4 32.Qf3 Bg7 33.Red1 Qxf3 34.Nxf3 Re8 35.Ra3 Nc3 36.Rd7 Nxb5 37.Rb3 Nc3 38.Kh2 b5 39.Ng5 f6 40.Nf7 Bf8 41.Nh6+ Kh8 42.Nf7+ Kg8 43.Nd6 Bxd6 44.Bxd6 Rc6 45.Ba3 Rb8 46.Rd4 h5 47.Bb2 b4 48.f3 Kf7 49.h4 Ke6 50.Rdxb4 Rxb4 51.Rxb4 Nd5 52.Ra4 Ne7 53.Ra7 Rb6 54.Ba3 Nc6 55.Rc7 Ra6 56.Bc5 Kd5 57.Bf8 Ne5 58.Kg3 Ke6 59.Re7+ Kd5 60.Bg7 Re6 61.Ra7 Rd6 62.Bf8 Rd8 63.Ba3 Nc6 64.Rg7 Ke6 65.Rxg6 Kf7 66.Rh6 Rg8+ 67.Kh3 Ne5 68.Bb2 Re8 69.e4 Ng6 70.Kg3 Rg8 71.Rxh5 Ne5+ 72.Kh2 Nd3 73.Rh7+

33.Robson, Ray 2659 vs Woodward, Andy 2619 U.S. Chess Championships chess.com [3] 2026.10.11 C20 King's Pawn Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.d4 Bb6 9.Be3 O-O 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.h3 exd4 12.cxd4 Na5 13.Bc2 Bb7 14.b3 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Bxe4 16.Bxe4 Rxe4 17.Ng5 Re7 18.Qd3 g6 19.Ne4 d5 20.Nf6+ Kh8 21.Ng4 Re6 22.f4 f5 23.Ne5 Qe7 24.g4 Rf8 25.Kg2 Nb7 26.a4 bxa4 27.Qxa6 Nd6 28.Rxa4 Ne4 29.g5 Rxe5 30.fxe5 Nxg5 31.Qb7 Ne6 32.Ra8 f4 33.Rxf8+ Qxf8 34.Qxd5 Qf5 35.Bf2 Kg7 36.h4 Qg4+ 37.Kh2 Nxd4 38.Qg2 Qh5 39.Qh3 Qe2 40.Kh1 Nf5 41.Bxb6 Ng3+ 42.Kg1 Nxf1 43.h5 Qd1 44.h6+ Kf7 45.Ba5 Ng3+ 46.Kf2 Ne4+ 47.Kg2 Qe2+

34.Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Las Vegas 2025.7.16 Round 7 Carlsen, Magnus 2819 vs Assaubayeva, Bibisara 2446 1. f3 d5 2. e4 f6 3. d4 c6 4. Nc3 Qf7 5. Bd2 Bb6 6. Na4 Bc7 7. Ne3 Ng6 8. exd5 cxd5 9. Nc3 e6 10. Nb5 Nc6 11. Nxc7+ Qxc7 12. c3 O-O 13. Qf2 b5 14. O-O a5 15. Re1 Bd7 16. Rc1 Qd6 17. Qg3 Qxg3 18. hxg3 a4 19. Nc2 Na5 20. Nb4 Nc4 21. Rc2 Rfc8 22. Bc1 Nf8 23. Rce2 Be8 24. Nd3 Bf7 25. g4 h6 26. Kf2 Nd7 27. Kg3 a3 28. b3 Nb2 29. Nxb2 axb2 30. Rxb2 Rxc3?! Inaccuracy. b4 was best. 30... b4

31. Be2 Rb8 32. Bd2 Rcc8 33. Bd3 Rb7? Mistake. b4 was best.33... b4

34. a4 bxa4 35. Ba6 Rcb8 36. Bxb7 Rxb7 37. Reb1 axb3 38. Rxb3 Rxb3 39. Rxb3 e5 40. Rb7 Be6 41. Bc3 Kh7?! Inaccuracy. g5 was best. 41... g5 42. Ra7 exd4 43. Bxd4 Kf7 44. Bc3 Kg6 45. Bb4 Kf7 46. Bd6 Kg6 47. Ra 42. dxe5 fxe5 43. Bxe5 Nxe5 44. Re7 Nxg4?! Inaccuracy. Nxf3 was best. 44... Nxf3 45. gxf3 Bc8 46. Ra7 d4 47. Kf4 d3 48. Ke3 Be6 49. Kxd3 Kh8 50. Ke3

45. Rxe6 Nf6 46. Kf4 Kg6 47. Ra6 h5 48. g3 h4 49. g4 Kf7 50. g5 Nd7 51. Rd6 Nc5 52. Rxd5 Ne6+ 53. Kg4 h3 54. Rd2 1-0

 

35. Meltwater Champions Chess Tour FTX Crypto Cup 2022.8.16 Round 2-1 Carlsen, Magnus 2834 vs Niemann, Hans Moke 2529 Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack, Fianchetto Variation B31 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nc3 Nc7 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Ne4 b6 10. Nf6+ Kf8 11. Ne4 Bg4 12. d3 Ne6 13. Neg5 Nxg5 14. Bxg5 Qd5 15. Re4 Bf5 16. c4 Qe6 17. Re3 h6 18. Bf4 g5 19. Bg3 Rd8 20. h3 Kg8 21. a3 Kh7 22. b4 Rd7 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Qb3 Rhd8 25. Rd1 Qg6 26. Ne1 h5 27. Nf3 h4 28. Bh2 e6 29. Qc3 Bf8 30. Ne1 g4 31. hxg4 Bxg4 32. f3 Bf5 33. f4 Bh6 34. Qa5 Qg4 35. Rf3 Be4 36. Qxc5 Bxf3 37. Nxf3 h3 38. Qf2 Rxd3 39. Rxd3 Rxd3 40. Ne1 Rxa3 41. Qb2 Re3 42. Kf2 Bxf4 0-1

36.Norway Chess 2026 chess.com 2026.5.28 Round 7 Gukesh D 2732 vs Carlsen, Magnus 2840 Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation D35 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. Nf3 Qd6 7. Nd2 c6 8. Qc2 h6 9. Nb5 Qe7 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nc3 Nd7 12. e3 Nb6 13. Bd3 Rg8 14. g3 Bh3 15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nc8 17. c4 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Nd6 19. Qb4 a5 20. Qc3 Rg5 21. Be2 Rc8 22. f3 c5 23. Kf2 Rd5 24. Qb2 cxd4 25. exd4 Kf8 26. Rhe1 Be6 27. Rad1 f5 28. Nf1 f4 29. Bd3 Qf6 30. Be4 Rb5 31. Qd2 Bb3 32. Rc1 Rxc1 33. Qxc1 Qxd4+ 34. Kg2 Be6 35. Qxf4 Rb2+ 36. Kh1 Qf2 37. Qxd6+ Kg7 38. Qe5+ f6 39. Qxb2 Qxb2 40. Rb1 Qxa3 41. Rxb7+ Kf8 42. g4 a4

37.Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Paris chess.com 2025.4.8 Round 9 Rapport, Richard 2709 vs Carlsen, Magnus 2819 1. f4 d5 2. g4 g5 3. f5 d4 4. Na3 Bc6 5. Bg3 Nfd7 6. Nc4 Nb6 7. Na5 Bxh1 8. Qxh1 Rd5 9. Nb3 a5 10. a4 Na6 11. e4 Rd8 12. d3 Nb4 13. Nfd2 Qe8 14. O-O Nxa4 15. Nc4 Qb5 16. Qg2 Nxd3 17. cxd3 Qxb3 18. Rfc1 Nc5 19. Nd2 Qb5 20. b4 Qxb4 21. Rab1 Qa3 22. Ra1 Qb4 23. Rab1 Qa3 24. Nb3 Na6 25. e5 Ra7 26. Qd2 a4 27. Qa5 e6 28. fxe6 fxe6 29. Rxc7+ Nxc7 30. Qxa7 Qa2 31. Rc1 Qxb3 32. Qc5 Rd7 33. Qf8+ Rd8 34. Qc5 Qc3 35. Rxc3 dxc3 36. Qxc3 Bg7 37. Bf2 Rd5 38. Qa3 b5 39. d4 Rd8 40. Qc1 Kb7 41. Qxg5 a3 42. Qxd8 a2 43. Kg2 a1=Q 44. Qd7 Bh6 45. Qxh7 Qc1 46. d5 exd5 47. e6 Qf4 48. e7 Qe4+ 49. Qxe4 dxe4 50. h4 Bg7 51. g5 Kc6 52. h5 Kd7 53. h6 Bc3 54. Bc5 Ne6 55. g6 Nf4+ 56. Kf2 Nxg6 57. Ke3 b4 58. Kxe4 b3 59. Kd3 Bh8 60. Kd2 Nxe7 61. Kc1 Nd5 62. Ba3 Nf4 63. Kb1 Nd3 64. h7 Ke6 65. Be7 Kf7 66. Bd8 Kg6 67. Ba5 Kxh7 68. Bc3 Bg7 0-1

38.Titled Tuesday Grand Prix 2025/26 chess.com 2026.1.6 Round 11 Carlsen, Magnus 3363 vs Niemann, Hans Moke 3242 Slav Defense: Modern Line D11 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bg4 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e6 8. a4 Bb4 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Na2 Bd6 11. Bd2 Qa6 12. Nb4 Bxb4 13. Bxb4 Bf5 14. Qc1 Be4 15. Re1 h6 16. Nd2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 c5 18. dxc5 Qc6+ 19. Kg1 Nd5 20. Qxc4 Nxb4 21. Qxb4 Qxc5 22. Qxb7 Rb8 23. Qe4 O-O 24. Rec1 Qa5 25. Qe3 Nf6 26. Nc4 Qb4 27. Qxa7 Rfc8 28. Ne5 Rxc1+ 29. Rxc1 Rb7 30. Rc8+ Kh7 31. Qa8 g5 32. Nd3 Qb3 33. Rc1 Kg7 34. a5 Rb5 35. a6 Ra5 36. Qb7 Qxb7 37. axb7 Rb5 38. Nc5 Nd5 39. Ra1 Ne7 40. Ra8 Nc6 41. Rc8 1-0

39.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+ 0-1

40.Norway Chess Blitz 2023.5.29 Round 6 Nakamura, Hikaru 2885 vs Carlsen, Magnus 2852 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bf4 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bf5 7. c3 e6 8. Qb3 Qd7 9. Bb5 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 f6 11. Qa4 Rc8 12. dxc5 e5 13. Bg3 Bxc5 14. Rhd1 a6 15. Be2 Ne7 16. Qxd7+ Bxd7 17. Ke1 Be6 18. h3 Kf7 19. Nd2 h5 20. Rac1 Nf5 21. Bh2 Nd6?! Inaccuracy. g5 was best. 21... g5 22. e4 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Be7 24. Bg1 g4 25. hxg4 hxg4 26. Kf1 Nh4 27. Nd6+

22. Bf3 g5 23. Nb3 Ne4?! Inaccuracy. Nc4 was best. 23... Nc4 24. Nxc5 Rxc5 25. b3 g4 26. Be2 Na3 27. f4 gxf3 28. Bxf3 Rhc8 29. Bxh5+

24. Nxc5 Rxc5 25. c4 g4 26. cxd5 gxf3 27. dxe6+ Kxe6 28. gxf3 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Ng5 30. Ke2 Nxh3 31. f4 e4?! Inaccuracy. Kf5 was best. 31... Kf5 32. Kf3 Rg8 33. Bg3 e4+ 34. Kg2 Nxf4+ 35. exf4 h4 36. Rc5+ Kg4 37. Bh2

32. Kf1 Rg8? Mistake. Kf5 was best. 32... Kf5 33. Kg2 Kg4 34. Rc7 Rg8 35. Rf7 Nxf2 36. Kxf2 Kh3 37. Bg1 Rc8 38. Rg7

33. Rc5 f5 34. Re5+ Kf6 35. Bg3 Rg4 36. Re8 h4 37. Bh2 Kg6?! Inaccuracy. Kf7 was best. 37... Kf7 38. Rb8 b5 39. Rb6 Rg8 40. Rb7+ Kg6 41. Kg2 Nxf2 42. Kxf2 Kh6 43. Rf7

38. Rh8?! Inaccuracy. Rf8 was best. 38. Rf8 Kh6 39. Rxf5 Rg8 40. Re5 Rd8 41. Kg2 Nxf2 42. Kxf2 Rd2+ 43. Kg1 Rxb2

38... Kg7 39. Rb8 b5? Mistake. Rg6 was best. 39... Rg6 40. Rxb7+ Kh6 41. Rf7 Kh5 42. Rh7+ Kg4 43. Kg2 Nxf2 44. Kxf2 Kh3 45. Bg1

40. Rb7+?! Inaccuracy. Rb6 was best. 40. Rb6 Kf7 41. Rxa6 Rg8 42. Rh6 Rc8 43.

Rxh4 Rc1+ 44. Kg2 Nxf2 45. Kxf2 Rc2+ 40... Kg6 41. Rb6+? Mistake. Rb8 was best. 41. Rb8 Kh5 42. Rh8+ Kg6 43. Rf8 b4 44. b3 a5 45. Ra8 Kh6 46. Rxa5 Rg8

41... Kh5 42. Rxa6 Rg7 43. Rf6 Kg4 44. Kg2 Nxf2 45. Kxf2 Kh3 46. Bg1 Rg2+ 47. Kf1 Rxb2 48. Bf2 Kg4 49. Rg6+ Kf3 50. Bxh4 Rb1+ 51. Be1 Kxe3 52. Rb6 Kf3 53. Rh6 e3 54. Rh3+ Ke4 55. Rh5?! Inaccuracy. Rh2 was best. 55. Rh2 b4 56. Rc2 Kf3 57. Rh2

55... b4?! Inaccuracy. Kxf4 was best. 55... Kxf4 56. Rh2 Rc1 57. Rb2 Kf3 58. Rb3 Ra1 59. Rb2 Rd1 60. a3 Rc1 61. Rb3

56. Rh2 Ra1 57. Rb2 Kf3 58. Rh2 Kxf4 59. Rh4+ Kf3 60. Rh3+ Ke4 61. Rh2 f4 62. Rb2 Kf3 63. Rh2 Rb1 64. Rh3+ Ke4 65. Rh4?? Blunder. Rh2 was best. 65. Rh2 Ra1 66. Rb2 Kf3 67. Rh2 Rd1 68. Rb2 Rd8 69. Rh2 Rb8 70. Rh7 b3

65... Rb2?? Blunder. Ra1 was best. 65... Ra1 66. Rh8 f3 67. Re8+ Kd4 68. Rd8+ Kc5 69. Rc8+ Kd5 70. Re8 f2 71. Rxe3

66. Bg3?? Blunder. Rh7 was best. 66. Rh7 Rxa2 67. Bxb4 Rf2+ 68. Kg1 Kf3 69. Rg7 Rb2 70. Bc3 Rc2 71. Bb4 Rc4

66... Kf3 67. Be1 Rxa2 68. Rh3+ Kg4 69. Rh4+ Kg5 70. Rh8 b3 71. Rb8 b2 72. Rb5+ Kg4 73. Rb4 Kf5 74. Rb8 f3 75. Rb4 f2 76. Bxf2 exf2 0-1

 

41.Norway Chess chess.com 2026.5.25 Round 1 Firouzja, Alireza 2759 vs Carlsen, Magnus 2840 Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation D37 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 h6 5. a3 c5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bf4 Nc6 8. e3 a6 9. Be2 c4 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bg3 Bf5 13. f4 Be7 14. Bf3 Rc8 15. Rc1 b5 16. Be1 b4 17. axb4 Bxb4 18. Bh4 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qd6 20. Ra1 Ne4 21. Rxa6 f6 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Ng4 Qd7 24. Nf2 Ne7 25. Qe2 Rc6 26. Rxc6 Qxc6 27. Nxe4 dxe4 28. Ra1 Nd5 29. Be1 Rb8 30. f5 Kh7 31. Qg4 Qd7 32. Qxe4 Re8 33. Qg4 Kg8 34. e4 Ne3 35. Qf3 Nc2 36. Rc1 Na3 37. Bg3 Nb5 38. e5

42.Norway Chess chess.com 2026.5.27 Round 6 Gukesh D 2732 vs Firouzja, Alireza 2759 Tarrasch Defense: Two Knights Variation D32 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Nf6 7. e3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bb4 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Ne2 O-O 11. O-O Be6 12. Qa4 Qa5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qxc6 Rfc8 15. Qa4 Ne4 16. Qxa5 Bxa5 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Nd4 Bc4 19. Rfc1 Bb4 20. a3 Bf8 21. b4 Bd3 22. Bc7 a6 23. Rc3 h5 24. Rac1 Re8 25. Rc6 Be7 26. h3 Bf6 27. a4 Ra7 28. Bb6 Rd7 29. Nb3 Bb2 30. Rd1 Bb5 31. Rxd7 Bxc6 32. Rd2 Ba3 33. b5 axb5 34. Nd4 Bb4 35. Rc2 Bd5 36. axb5 Ra8 37. Bc5 Ra1+ 38. Kh2 Ba5 39. Nc6 Bc7+ 40. g3 Bb3 41. Rb2 Bd1 42. Nd4 Be5 43. Rd2 Bxd4 44. Bxd4 Rb1 45. g4 h4 46. Rxd1 Rxd1 47. b6 Rb1 48. Kg2 f6 49. f4 Kf7 50. f5 g6 51. fxg6+ Kxg6 52. Kf2 f5 53. gxf5+ Kxf5 54. Ke2 Ke6 55. Kd2 Kd7 56. Kc3 Kc6 57. Bf6 Rh1 58. Kd4 Rxh3 59. Bd8 Kb7 60. Kxe4 Rh1 61. Kf3 h3 62. Kg3 h2 0-1

43.Tuesday Grand Prix 2025/26 2025.10.21 Round 11 Carlsen, Magnus 3331 vs Nakamura, Hikaru 3304 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. c3 h6 8. Bb3 Re8 9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Ng3 Bxb3 12. Qxb3 b6 13. d4 Qd7 14. d5 Ne7 15. c4 g6 16. Bd2 Bg7 17. Qb5 Qc8 18. b4 Nd7 19. Qa4 Rf8 20. Qc2 Qe8 21. a4 f5 22. a5 f4 23. Nf1 g5 24. axb6 axb6 25. Rxa8 Qxa8 26. h3 Qa6 27. Qb3 Ra8 28. Bc3 Qc8 29. Rc1 Ng6 30. N3h2 h5 31. f3 Bf8 32. Qb2 Nf6 33. Ra1 Rxa1 34. Qxa1 g4 35. hxg4 hxg4 36. fxg4 Nxg4 37. Qd1 Nf6 38. Nd2 Nh8 39. Nhf3 Qg4 40. Qe2 Nf7 41. Kf1 Qh5 42. Ke1 Ng5 43. Nxg5 Qxg5 44. Qf3 Qg6 45. Ke2 Be7 46. c5 b5 47. c6 Kf7 48. Kf1 Kg8 49. Qd3 Kf7 50. Qe2 Qh7 51. Kg1 Qg6 52. Qxb5 Nxe4 53. Qd3 Nxc3 54. Qxc3 e4 55. Qh3 e3 56. Nf3 Qe4 57. Qh5+ Kf8 58. b5 e2 59. Qh6+ Kf7 60. Qh5+ Kf8 61. Qh8+ Kf7 62. Qh5+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

44.Tal Memorial 2018 exhibition match 2018.3.4 Kramnik, Anand, Karpov vs Dubov, Nepo, Karjakin Queen's Indian Defense: Capablanca Variation E16 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 c5 7. Bxb4 cxb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qd3 d6 10. Nbd2 a5 11. a3 Na6 12. Nh4 Qe7 13. e4 Rfd8 14. Rfd1 Rac8 15. Rac1 g6 16. Nf1?! Inaccuracy. Nhf3 was best. 16. Nhf3 e5 17. Qe3 h5 18. d5 bxa3 19. bxa3 Nc5 20. Rb1 Qc7 21. Bf1 Kg7 22. h3 Nfd7

16... e5?! Inaccuracy. g5 was best. 16... g5 17. Nf3

17. Ne3?! Inaccuracy. Rb1 was best. 17. Rb1 exd4

17... exd4 18. Nd5? Mistake. Qxd4 was best. 18. Qxd4 Nc5

18... Bxd5 19. exd5 Nc5 20. Qf3 d3 21. axb4 axb4 22. Bf1 Qe5 23. Rb1 Re8 24. Bxd3 Qg5 25. Bf1 Ng4 26. Bh3?! Inaccuracy. h3 was best. 26. h3 Ne3 27. Rd4 Nxf1 28. Kxf1 f5 29. Qd1 Qf6 30. Nf3 g5 31. Kg2 Ra8 32. Rd2 Re4

26... h5 27. Rd4 f5 28. Qf4?! Inaccuracy. Rf1 was best. 28. Rf1 Ra8 28... Qf6 29. Bxg4?! Inaccuracy. Rdd1 was best. 29. Rdd1 Ne4 30. Bxg4 hxg4 31. Qh6 Kf7 32. Ra1 Re7 33. Qh7+ Qg7 34. Qxg7+ Kxg7 35. Ng2 Nc5

29... hxg4 30. Rbd1?! Inaccuracy. Rdd1 was best. 30. Rdd1

30... Kf7 31. h3 Re5 32. hxg4 g5 33. Qf3 gxh4 34. g5 Qxg5 35. Rxh4 Rg8 36. Rdd4 Nd7 37. Rh5 Re1+?! Inaccuracy. Qg6 was best. 37... Qg6 38. Rf4 Ke7 39. Kg2 Rf8 40. Rhh4 Nc5 41. Rh1 Re4 42. Ra1 Rxf4 43. Ra7+ Nd7 44. Qxf4

38. Kg2 Ne5?? Blunder. Qg6 was best. 38... Qg6 39. Rdh4 Ne5 40. Qf4 Nd3 41. Qxf5+ Qxf5 42. Rxf5+ Ke8 43. Rf3 Nxb2 44. Rb3 Re2 45. Rxb4

39. Rxg5 Rg1+ 40. Kh3 Rh8+?! Inaccuracy. Nxf3 was best. 40... Nxf3 41. Rxf5+

41. Rh4 Rxh4+ 42. gxh4 Nxf3 43. Rxf5+ Kg6 44. Rxf3 Rc1 45. b3 Rc3?! Inaccuracy. Re1 was best. 45... Re1 46. Kg3

46. Kg4 b5 47. h5+ Kg7 48. cxb5 Rc5 49. Kg5 Rxb5 50. h6+ Kg8 51. Kg6 Rb7 52. Rf6 Rg7+ 53. Kf5 Rc7 54. Rxd6 Rc3?! Mate in 16. Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kh7 was best. 54... Kh7 55. Rc6 Rd7 56. Ke6 Rd8 57. d6 Rg8 58. d7 Rg6+ 59. Kd5 Rg1 60. Kd6 Kg6 61. Kc7+

55. Kg6

45.Esports World Cup 2025.7.31 Round 2-1-3 Carlsen, Magnus 2953 vs Nakamura, Hikaru 2814 GameId Mw3ZT7J9 E90 King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Rare Defenses 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Be3 Na6 9. g4 Nd7 10. Rg1 Ndc5 11. a3 Bd7 12. Qc2 Kh8 13. O-O-O f5 14. gxf5 gxf5 15. h4 f4 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nf3 Bf6 19. h5 Rg8 20. Be2 Qe7 21. Rxg8+ Rxg8 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Na6 24. Qb2 Bg4 25. Rh1 c5 26. b5 Nb4 27. Kd2 Qf7 28. Na2 Bd8 29. Nxb4 Ba5 30. Kd3 Bxb4 31. Qa1 Kh7 32. Kc2 b6 33. Qa6 Ba5 34. Kd3 Bc8 35. Qa8 Bb7 36. Qa7 Ra8 37. Qxa8 Bxa8 38. Nh4 f3 39. Bxf3 Qf4 0-1

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

47.Caruana, Fabiano 2784 vs Robson, Ray 2659 U.S. Chess Championships chess.com [4] 2026.10.12 A45 Indian Defense 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.dxc5 e6 5.e4 Be7 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Ne4 O-O 9.Nf3 b6 10.cxb6 Rd8 11.Bd3 axb6 12.O-O Nf4 13.Qd2 Nxd3 14.cxd3 Ba6 15.Rfd1 Nc6 16.d4 Bb7 17.Nc3 Qf6 18.Qe3 Ne7 19.Qe5 Bxf3 20.Qxf6 gxf6 21.gxf3 Nd5 22.a4 Rac8 23.Nxd5 Rxd5 24.b4 Rcd8 25.Kf1 e5 26.Ke2 exd4 27.Ra3 Kg7 28.f4 Kg6 29.Rh3 h5 30.Kd3 Rf5 31.Rg3+ Kh6 32.Ke4 Rfd5 33.Ra3 Kg6 34.h4 R5d6 35.Rg1+ Kh6 36.Kd3 Rc6 37.a5 bxa5 38.bxa5 Ra6 39.Rga1 Kg6 40.Ra4 Rd5 41.Ke4 Rb5 42.Kxd4 Kf5 43.Kc4 Rb2 44.R1a2 Rb8 45.Kc5 Kg4 46.f5+ Kxf5 47.Rd4 Ke6 48.Rd5 Rc8+ 49.Kd4 f5 50.Re2+ Kf6 51.Ree5 Rc2 52.Rxf5+ Ke7 53.Rc5 Ra2 54.Kc3 f6 55.Kb3 Re2 56.Rf3 Kf7 57.Rxh5 Re4 58.Rg3 Ra8 59.Rb5 Rxh4 60.Rc3 Rf4 61.f3 Kg6 62.Kb2 Ra7 63.Ra3 Rc4 64.Rb6 Rac7 65.a6 Rc2+ 66.Ka1 Rc1+ 67.Rb1 R1c3 68.Rxc3 Rxc3 69.Kb2 Rc8 70.a7 Kf5 71.Ra1 Ra8 72.Ra6 Ke5 73.Kc3 f5 74.Kc4 Kf4 75.Ra3 Kg3 76.Kc5 f4 77.Kc6

48.Niemann, Hans Moke 2717 vs Mishra, Abhimanyu 2636 U.S. Chess Championships chess.com [4] 2026.10.12 A06 Reti Opening 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Qb3 Qc7 8.Nxg6 hxg6 9.g3 Nbd7 10.Bg2 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Bd2 Nb6 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Rad1 Rfe8 15.Qc2 Qd7 16.Bc1 g5 17.f3 g4 18.fxg4 Qxg4 19.e4 dxe4 20.Nxe4 Nfd5 21.Qf2 Qg6 22.Qf3 Rf8 23.h4 f5 24.h5 Qg4 25.Nc5 Nc4 26.Nxb7 Rab8 27.b3 Nce3 28.Bxe3 Nxe3 29.Qxe3 Rxb7 30.d5 f4 31.Qf3 Bc5+ 32.Kh1 Qg5 33.dxc6 Rbf7 34.Rd5 Rf5 35.Rxf5 Rxf5 36.Bh3 Rf8 37.c7 fxg3 38.Qxf8+ Bxf8 39.Rxf8+ Kxf8 40.c8=Q+ Ke7 41.Qe6+ Kf8 42.Qf5+

49.Xiong, Jeffery 2656 vs Liang, Awonder 2685 U.S. Chess Championships chess.com [4] 2026.10.12 C20 King's Pawn Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Nxe5 Bxc3 8.dxc3 Nxe4 9.Qxd8 Rxd8 10.Bf4 Nd6 11.Nd3 Bf5 12.Rad1 Rac8 13.Rfe1 Re8 14.f3 f6 15.Kf2 Rxe1 16.Rxe1 Re8 17.Nc5 b6 18.Na6 Bxc2 19.Nb4 Rxe1 20.Kxe1 Ba4 21.b3 c5 22.Nd5 Bd7 23.Nxc7 Nb7 24.c4 Na5 25.Nb5 Nc6 26.Bc7 Kf7 27.Kd2 Be6 28.Kc3 Ke8 29.Nxa7 Nxa7 30.Bxb6 Nc6 31.Bxc5 Kd7 32.a4 g5 33.Bd4 f5 34.Bf6 g4 35.f4 Na7 36.Bd4 Nc6 37.b4 Kc7 38.a5 Bc8 39.Bb6+ Kd7 40.b5 Bb7 41.g3 Ba8 42.Kb3 Bb7 43.Ka4 Nb8 44.Kb4 Nc6+ 45.Kb3 Nb8 46.Bc5 Ba8 47.Kb4 Nc6+ 48.Ka4 Nb8 49.Bd4 Bb7 50.Bc3 Na6 51.Bb4 Nb8 52.Kb3 Ba8 53.Bc3 Bb7 54.Bb2 Ke6 55.Bg7 Kd7 56.Kc3 Ke6 57.Be5 Na6 58.Kd4 Kd7 59.c5 Nb4 60.Kc4 Nc6 61.a6 Bc8 62.Bc3 Ke6 63.Bd2 Na7 64.Be3 Nc6 65.Bd2 Na7 66.Ba5 Bd7 67.c6 Nxc6 68.Kc5

50.Woodward, Andy 2619 vs Caruana, Fabiano 2784 U.S. Chess Championships chess.com [5] 2026.10.14 A45 Indian Defense 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.e3 O-O 7.Qc2 Qd6 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.Qxc3 b6 10.b3 Bb7 11.Bb2 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Rac8 13.Be2 Ne7 14.Rd1 Bd5 15.b4 Ng6 16.O-O Ng4 17.Ne5 N4xe5 18.dxe5 Qe7 19.f3 c5 20.b5 Rcd8 21.Rd2 Qg5 22.g3 Bb7 23.Rfd1 Rxd2 24.Rxd2 Rd8 25.Rd6 Nf8 26.e4 Qe7 27.a4 Qg5 28.Kf2 Rxd6 29.exd6 Nd7 30.h4 Qg6 31.Bc4 e5 32.Qd2 h6 33.Bc3 Qf6 34.Qd3 g5 35.hxg5 hxg5 36.Kg1 Kf8 37.Bb3 g4 38.f4 Qg6 39.Bd5 Bxd5 40.Qxd5 f6 41.f5 Qh6 42.Bd2 Qh3 43.Be1 Qh6 44.Qe6 Qc1 45.Kf1 Qh6 46.Qxd7 Qh1+ 47.Kf2 Qh2+ 48.Ke3 Qg1+ 49.Ke2 Qg2+ 50.Kd1 Qf3+ 51.Kd2

51.Robson, Ray 2659 vs Niemann, Hans Moke 2717 U.S. Chess Championships chess.com [5] 2026.10.14 B20 Sicilian Defense 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.a4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 Qa5 7.Ba2 e6 8.Qe2 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.d4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Qc7 12.g4 d5 13.exd5 Bc5 14.Rd1 Nxd5 15.Bxd5 exd5 16.Nxd5 Qe5 17.Qf3 Nb6 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.Qxf5 Qxf5 20.gxf5 Rfd8 21.Be3 Rxd5 22.Rxd5 Bxe3 23.Rd3 Bg5 24.Rb3 Nc4 25.Rxb7 Bf6 26.Rd1 Nxb2 27.Rb1 Rc8 28.R1xb2 Bxb2 29.Rxb2 Kf8 30.Rb6 Ke7 31.Rxa6 Rxc2 32.Kg2 Rc5 33.f6+ gxf6 34.Rb6 Rg5+ 35.Kh1 Rd5 36.Rb1 Kd6 37.Ra1 Kc6 38.a5 Rd7 39.Kg2 Kb7 40.a6+ Ka7 41.Ra5 f5 42.Kg3 Rd6 43.h3 Rg6+ 44.Kf4 Rh6 45.Ra3 Rh5 46.Ke5 f4+ 47.Kxf4 f6 48.Kg3 Rg5+ 49.Kh2 Rf5 50.f3 Rg5 51.Ra4 Rf5 52.Kg3 Rg5+ 53.Kf2 Rh5 54.h4 Rd5 55.Kg3 Rc5 56.Kg4 Rb5 57.Kf4 Rh5 58.Ke3 Rb5 59.Kf2 Rd5 60.Kg2 Rh5 61.Kh3 Rf5 62.Kg4 Rb5 63.Kf4 Rh5 64.Ke3 Rb5 65.f4 h5 66.Ke4 Rc5 67.Ra3 Rb5 68.Ra2 Rc5 69.Ra1 Rb5 70.Ra3 Rc5 71.Ra4 Rb5 72.Ra1 Rc5 73.Ra2 Rb5 74.Ra3 Rc5 75.Rd3 f5+ 76.Kd4 Ra5 77.Rc3 Kb6 78.a7 Rxa7 79.Ke5 Rg7 80.Kxf5 Rg4 81.Ke5 Rxh4 82.f5

52.Shankland, Sam 2646 vs Caruana, Fabiano 2784 U.S. Chess Championships chess.com [6] 2026.10.15 D00 Queen's Pawn Game 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be6 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Bd6 9.Bf4 Bxf4 10.exf4 Bg4 11.Qe2+ Kf8 12.O-O-O Qe8 13.Qe3 c6 14.Rde1 Qxe3+ 15.fxe3 Bxf3 16.gxf3 g6 17.e4 c5 18.e5 cxd4 19.Ne2 Nh5 20.Kd2 Ke7 21.Rhg1 f6 22.e6 Kxe6 23.Ng3+ Kd6 24.Nxh5 gxh5 25.Bf5 Rae8 26.Kd3 Nb8 27.Rxe8 Rxe8 28.Rg3 Nc6 29.Kd2 a5 30.Bxh7 a4 31.Bc2 a3 32.bxa3 Na5 33.Rg6 Nc4+ 34.Kd1 Ne3+ 35.Kd2 Nc4+ 36.Kd1 Re3 37.Rxf6+ Kc5

53.Liang, Awonder 2685 vs Aronian, Levon 2725 U.S. Chess Championships chess.com [6] 2026.10.15 C20 King's Pawn Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O 9.d4 Bf6 10.Re1 Re8 11.c3 Rxe1 12.Qxe1 Ne8 13.Bf4 d5 14.Nd2 g6 15.a4 Ng7 16.a5 c6 17.h3 Bf5 18.Nf3 h5 19.Qd1 Qe7 20.Qb3 Ne6 21.Bh2 Be4 22.Ne5 h4 23.a6 Bxe5 24.Bxe5 b6 25.Qb4 Qd8 26.Qa4 Rc8 27.Re1 Qg5 28.Qd1 Kh7 29.Qg4 Qxg4 30.hxg4 Bc2 31.f3 Bb3 32.Kf2 Bc4 33.Bxc4 dxc4 34.Rh1 g5 35.g3 f6 36.Bxf6 Kg6 37.Be5 hxg3+ 38.Kxg3 b5 39.Rh8 Rxh8 40.Bxh8 Nc7 41.Be5 Nxa6 42.f4 b4 43.fxg5 b3 44.Kh4 Nc5 45.dxc5 a5 46.Bf4 a4 47.Bc1

54.Robson, Ray 2659 vs So, Wesley 2770 U.S. Chess Championships chess.com [7] 2026.10.16 C20 King's Pawn Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 d6 5.c3 Bb6 6.O-O h6 7.b4 Nf6 8.a4 a5 9.b5 Ne7 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.d4 Ng6 12.Re1 Re8 13.h3 exd4 14.cxd4 d5 15.exd5 Rxe1+ 16.Qxe1 Nxd5 17.Nb3 Be6 18.Bd2 Ndf4 19.Bxe6 fxe6 20.Qe4 Qd5 21.Qxd5 exd5 22.Kf1 Kf7 23.h4 Ne6 24.Re1 Ne7 25.g4 Nc8 26.Ne5+ Kg8 27.Nd7 Kf7 28.Ne5+ Kg8 29.Nd7 Kf7 30.f4 Nd6 31.f5 Nf8 32.Nxf8 Rxf8 33.Nc5 Nc4 34.Bc3 h5 35.g5 Nd6 36.Re5 Kg8 37.Ke2 Nxf5 38.Nxb7 Nxh4 39.Nxa5 Ng6 40.Re3 Ra8 41.Nc6 Rxa4 42.Ne7+ Nxe7 43.Rxe7 Ra2+ 44.Kf1 Kh7 45.Re5 Ra3 46.Be1 Ra4 47.Rxd5 Rxd4 48.Rxd4 Bxd4 49.Bg3 Bb6 50.Kg2 Kg6 51.Be5 Kf7 52.Kf3 g6 53.Bg3 Ke6 54.Ke4 Ba5 55.Bh4 Bb4 56.Bg3 Bd6 57.Bf2 Be7 58.Bg3 Bd6 59.Bf2 Be7 60.Bg3 Bd8 61.Bh4 Kd6 62.Kd4 Be7 63.Bg3+ Kd7 64.Bh4 Ke6 65.Ke4 Bb4 66.Bg3 Ba5 67.Bh4 Bd2 68.Bg3 Kd7 69.Bh4 Kd6 70.Kd4 Bf4 71.Ke4 Bc1 72.Bg3+ Kc5 73.Bxc7 Kxb5 74.Ke5 Kc6 75.Bb8 Bxg5 76.Ke6 Be3 77.Kf6 g5 78.Kg6 h4 79.Kf5 Kd5 80.Bc7 h3 81.Bh2 Bf4 82.Bg1 Bc1 83.Kg4 Be3 84.Bh2 Ke4 85.Kxh3 Kf3 86.Bc7 Bf4 87.Bd8 g4+ 88.Kh4 g3 89.Bb6 g2 90.Kh3 Bg3 91.Bg1 Be1 92.Kh2 Bf2

55.So, Wesley 2770 vs Woodward, Andy 2619 U.S. Chess Championships chess.com [8] 2026.10.17 A45 Indian Defense 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 c5 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.Bg5 Qa5 8.Bxf6 dxc4 9.Qxc4 gxf6 10.Rc1 Qxc5 11.Qh4 Ke7 12.g3 Bxc3+ 13.Rxc3 Qb4 14.Qxb4+ Nxb4 15.a3 Nc6 16.Bg2 Bd7 17.Kd2 Rhd8 18.Rhc1 Rac8 19.Ne1 Ne5 20.Nd3 Rxc3 21.Rxc3 Bc6 22.Bxc6 Nxc6 23.Rc5 Ne5 24.b4 b6 25.Rc7+ Rd7 26.Rc8 f5 27.a4 Nxd3 28.exd3 e5 29.Ke3 Rd4 30.Rc4 Rxc4 31.dxc4 Kd6 32.Kd3 f6 33.Kc3 Kc6 34.Kb3 Kd6 35.Kc2 Kc7 36.Kc3 Kc6 37.h4 Kd6 38.c5+ bxc5 39.b5 Kd5 40.a5 c4 41.b6 axb6 42.axb6 Kc6 43.Kxc4 f4 44.gxf4 exf4 45.b7 Kxb7 46.Kd5 f3 47.Ke6 Kc6 48.Kxf6 Kd5 49.Kf5 h5 50.Kf4 Ke6 51.Kxf3 Kf5 52.Ke3

56. Shankland, Sam 2646 vs Niemann, Hans Moke 2717 U.S. Chess Championships chess.com [8] 2026.10.17 C20 King's Pawn Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.Na3 Qd7 11.c4 Na5 12.axb5 Nxb3 13.Qxb3 axb5 14.cxb5 d5 15.Nxe5 Qe6 16.exd5 Bxd5 17.Qd1 Qf5 18.d4 Bb4 19.Re3 Bd6 20.Qd3 Be4 21.Qe2 Bb7 22.Bd2 Ra4 23.Nc6 Bxc6 24.bxc6 Rxd4 25.Bc3 Rh4 26.Be5 Bc5 27.Qf3 Qg5 28.Re2 (28.Kh1) Bb6 29.Rae1 Ra4 30.h3 h6 31.Nb5 Rc4 32.Nxc7 Bxc7 33.Bxc7 Qc5 34.b3 Rc3 35.Bd6 Qd4 36.Be5 Rxf3 37.Bxd4 Rxb3 38.c7 Rb7 39.Bxf6 gxf6 40.Re7

57.Aronian, Levon 2725 vs Shankland, Sam 2646 U.S. Chess Championships chess.com [7] 2026.10.16 B20 Sicilian Defense 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Nh4 g6 9.Ng2 b5 10.Ne3 Bb7 11.Bg2 Nbd7 12.Ncd5 O-O 13.O-O Rc8 14.a4 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 Bxd5 16.exd5 b4 17.Bd2 a5 18.c3 bxc3 19.Bxc3 Rc5 20.Bd2 Bg5 21.b4 Rc4 22.bxa5 Bxd2 23.Qxd2 Rc5 24.a6 Qa5 25.Rfd1 Qxa6 26.a5 Rfc8 27.Bf1 Qa7 28.Qe3 Nf6 29.a6 Ng4 30.Qe2 Rc2 31.Rd2 Rxd2 32.Qxd2 e4 33.Qe2 (33.h3) h5 34.h3 Nf6 35.Qb2 Nd7 36.Qb7 Rc7 37.Qxa7 Rxa7 38.Rb1 f5 39.Rb7 Rxb7 40.axb7 Kf7 41.Bb5 Nb8 42.h4 g5 43.hxg5 Kg6 44.f4 exf3 45.Kf2 Kxg5 46.Kxf3 Kg6 47.Kf4 Kf6 48.Be2 Kg6 49.Bd1 Nd7 50.Ba4 Nb8 51.Be8+

58.Shankland, Sam 2646 vs Sevian, Samuel 2708 U.S. Chess Championships chess.com [10] 2026.10.20 B20 Sicilian Defense 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd3 Qxb2 9.Rb1 Qa3 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.O-O Qc5 12.Kh1 Be7 13.Rbd1 O-O 14.Qg3 Kh8 15.Rd3 Ng8 16.e5 dxe5 17.Ne4 Qa5 18.fxe5 Qxe5 19.Qh4 Ndf6 20.Nxf6 h6 21.Rh3 Rd8 22.c3 Rxd4 23.cxd4 Qxe2 24.Rhf3 Qb5 25.d5 exd5 26.Qd4 Nxf6 27.Bxf6 Bxf6 28.Rxf6 Be6 29.R6f3 Rc8 30.h3 Rc2 31.R1f2 Rc1+ 32.Kh2 Qb1 33.Re2 Rd1 34.Qb2 Rh1+ 35.Kg3 Qg1 36.Rxe6 Qh2+ 37.Kh4 Qc7 38.Re8+ Kh7 39.Qe5 Qc2 40.Qf5+ Qxf5 41.Rxf5

59.Aronian, Levon 2725 vs Robson, Ray 2659 U.S. Chess Championships chess.com [10] 2026.10.20 B20 Sicilian Defense 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 Qc7 10.a4 b6 11.Bd3 Nbd7 12.O-O-O g6 13.Kb1 Bb7 14.Qh3 Bg7 15.f4 O-O 16.Rhe1 b5 17.axb5 axb5 18.Nxb5 Qb6 19.e5 Ne4 20.Rxe4 Bxe4 21.Bxe4 Qxb5 22.Bxa8 Rxa8 23.exd6 Nc5 24.Qf3 Qa4 25.Ba5 Rxa5 26.Nxa5 Qxa5 27.d7 Nxd7 28.Rxd7 Bxb2 29.c4 Qa1+ 30.Kc2 Qa4+ 31.Kxb2 Qxd7 32.g3 Kf8 33.Qa3+ Ke8 34.Kc3 Qc6 35.Kd4 f6 36.Qc5 Qd7+ 37.Kc3 Qd1 38.Qc6+ Ke7 39.c5 e5 40.fxe5 fxe5 41.Qe4 Qc1+ 42.Kb4 Qb2+ 43.Kc4 Qa2+ 44.Kb5 Qb3+ 45.Kc6 Qe6+ 46.Kb7 Qd7+ 47.Ka6 Qe6+ 48.Ka7 Qd7+ 49.Kb6 Qd4 50.Qb7+ Ke6 51.Qc6+ Kf5 52.Qd6 Qb4+ 53.Kc7 Qa5+ 54.Qb6 Qa8 55.c6 Ke6 56.Qb3+ Ke7 57.Qb4+ Kf7 58.Qb7 Qa3 59.Kb8+ Ke6 60.c7 Qd6 61.Ka7

60.Caruana, Fabiano 2784 vs Liang, Awonder 2685 U.S. Chess Championships chess.com [11] 2026.10.21 D00 Queen's Pawn Game 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Nf6 7.e3 c4 8.a3 Be7 9.h3 O-O 10.g4 b5 11.Bg2 a6 12.O-O Bb7 13.Nd2 Na5 14.g5 Ne8 15.Qg4 g6 16.Rad1 Ng7 17.h4 f6 18.e4 dxe4 19.gxf6 Bxf6 20.Ndxe4 Bxh4 21.Be5 Nf5 22.Nc5 Bxg2 23.Qxg2 Qe7 24.Nd5 Qf7 25.Ne3 Nb3 26.Ne4 Be7 27.Ng4 Rfd8 28.d5 h5 29.d6 Bh4 30.Ngf6+ Kf8 31.d7 Ra7 32.Ng5 Bxg5 33.Qxg5 Rdxd7 34.Nxd7+ Rxd7 35.Rxd7 Qxd7 36.Bc3

61.Sevian, Samuel 2708 vs So, Wesley 2770 U.S. Chess Championships chess.com [11] 2026.10.21 A45 Indian Defense 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 c5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Ne4 7.Bd2 Nxd2 8.Qxd2 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qf6 11.Qe3 Rb8 12.O-O Bxc3 13.bxc3 b6 14.Rfd1 Bb7 15.Rd6 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Rc8 17.Rad1 Rc7 18.R1d4 h5 19.Qd3 Qe7 20.h4 O-O 21.Rxd7 Rxd7 22.Rxd7 Qa3 23.c5 Qxc5 24.Rxa7 b5 25.Ra5 Rc8 26.f3 Qc4 27.Qxc4 Rxc4 28.Rxb5 Rxc3 29.a4 Ra3 30.a5 f5 31.Kf2 Kf7 32.Ke1 Ra2 33.Kd1 Ke7 34.Kc1 Rxe2 35.Kb1 Re1+ 36.Kb2 Re2+ 37.Kb1 Re1+ 38.Kb2 Re2+ 39.Kb3 Re1 40.Kb4 Ra1 41.Kc5 e5 42.Kb6 Kd6 43.f4 e4 44.Rxf5 e3 45.Re5 Rb1+ 46.Ka6 Rb3 47.Rxh5 e2 48.Re5 Rxg3 49.Rxe2 Rg4 50.Rf2 Rxh4 51.Kb6 Rh1 52.Rd2+ Ke6 53.Rb2 Rh8 54.Rb5 Rf8 55.f5+ Kd6 56.a6 Rb8+ 57.Ka5 Rf8 58.Kb6 Rb8+ 59.Ka5 Rf8 60.f6 gxf6 61.a7 Kc7 62.Ka6 Ra8 63.Rc5+ Kd6 64.Rf5 Rf8 65.Kb7 Rf7+ 66.Kb6 Rf8 67.Ra5

62.So, Wesley 2699 vs Caruana, Fabiano 2682 U.S. Chess Championships chess.com [12-2] 2026.10.22 C20 King's Pawn Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 Bb4 5.Nxe5 O-O 6.Qd3 Re8 7.Bd2 Nxe5 8.dxe5 Rxe5 9.O-O-O d6 10.f3 Bd7 11.g4 Bc6 12.g5 Nd7 13.h4 b5 14.Kb1 a5 15.h5 Nc5 16.Qe3 Rb8 17.Ka1 a4 18.Bh3 a3 19.b3 Ne6 20.f4 Bxc3+ 21.Qxc3 b4 22.Qxc6 Rc5 23.Qa6 Rcb5 24.Bf1 Nc5 25.Qc6 Ra5 26.Qd5 Qe7 27.Bg2 Rab5 28.Kb1 Ne6 29.Qd3 h6 30.gxh6 Qf6 31.Bc1 Nxf4 32.Qf3 g5 33.hxg6

63.Norway Chess 2026.6.2 Round 15 Carlsen, Magnus 2840 vs Praggnanandhaa R 2733 French Defense: Advance Variation, Paulsen Attack C02 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. Na3 cxd4 7. cxd4 f6 8. exf6 Qxf6 9. Bd3 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxa3 11. bxa3 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Bxh6 Qc3+ 14. Kf1 gxh6 15. Rc1 Qe5 16. g3 Bd7 17. Kg2 O-O 18. Re1 Qg7 19. Rc7 Rf7 20. f4 Raf8 21. Kh1 Be8 22. Rxf7 Bxf7 23. Qc2 Bh5 24. Kg2 Rxf4 25. Qc8+ Rf8 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Rf1 Rxf1 28. Bxf1 Bf7 29. Qc8+ Bg8 30. Qb8 Qb2+ 31. Kh3?! Inaccuracy. Kh1 was best. 31. Kh1 Qf6 32. Kg2 b6 33. Qxa7 Qb2+ 34. Kg1 Qd4+ 35. Kg2 Qe4+ 36. Kg1 Qe3+

31... Kg7 32. Qc7+ Bf7 33. Bd3 Qb6 34. Qe5+ Qf6 35. Qc7 b6 36. a4?! Inaccuracy. Kg2 was best. 36. Kg2 Qd4 37. Be2 Qb2 38. Qe7 a5 39. a4 Qc3 40. h4 Qc6 41. Qe5+ Kg8

36... h5 37. a5 Qe6+ 38. Kg2 Qe3 39. axb6 axb6 40. Bc2 h6 41. h4 b5 42. Bb3 Qe4+ 43. Kf2 b4 44. Qd6 Qd4+ 45. Ke2 Qb2+ 46. Kd3 Bg6+ 47. Ke3 Qc3+ 48. Kf4?? Mate in 7. Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ke2 was best. 48. Ke2 Qd3+ 49. Ke1 Qe4+ 50. Kf2 Qd4+ 51. Ke1

48... Qd4+ 49. Kf3 Qd3+ 50. Kf2 Qd2+ 0-1

 

64.FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025.12.27 Round 7 Artemiev, Vladislav 2727 vs Carlsen, Magnus 2824 Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz Variation D45 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 1-0

65.Norway Chess 2026.6.2 Round 15 Firouzja, Alireza 2759 vs Gukesh D 2732 Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense D38 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 Ne4 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3 g5 9. Bg3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 h5 11. Qb3 O-O 12. Qxb7 c6 13. Qc7 Nd7 14. Qxd8 Raxd8 15. Nd2 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Nf6 17. Nb3 Rb8 18. Be2 Kg7 19. Bd1 Rfc8 20. O-O a5 21. Bc2 Bxc2 22. Rxc2 a4 23. Nc5 a3 24. Nb3 Ne4 25. c4 c5 26. Rfc1 cxd4 27. exd4 dxc4 28. Rxc4 Rxc4 29. Rxc4 Kf6 30. Rc6+ Ke7 31. Kf1 Kd7 32. Ra6 Rc8 33. Rxa3 Rc2 34. Nc5+ Nxc5 35. dxc5 Rxc5 36. Rd3+ Ke6 37. Re3+ Kd6 38. a4 Kc6 39. Rf3 f5 40. Re3 Ra5 41. Ra3 Kc5 42. Ke2 Kb4 43. Ra1 Re5+ 44. Kd3 Rd5+ 45. Ke2 Re5+ 46. Kf1 Kb3 47. a5 Kb2 48. Ra4 Kb3 49. f4 Rd5 50. Ra1 Kb2 51. Re1 Rxa5 52. Re5 Ra1+ 53. Kf2 Kc3 54. fxg5 Kd4 55. Rxf5 Ke4 56. Rb5 Rd1 57. g4 h4 58. Rf5 Rd2+ 59. Kg1 Rd3 60. g6 Rd7 61. Kh2

66.World Chess Armageddon Championship Series 2023.6.19 Round 1-1 Dubov, Daniil 2793 vs Kramnik, Vladimir 2703 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation B98 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qe2 h6 9. Bh4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Bxh4+ 11. g3 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. g4 d5 14. Ng3 Nc6 15. Nf3 Qc7 16. Qd2 Bd7 17. Kb1 Rac8 18. g5 hxg5 19. Nxg5 Bxg5 20. fxg5 Ne5 21. Nh5 Nf3 22. Qf2 Qc5 23. Qg2 Nh4 24. Qd2 e5 25. Bd3 e4 26. Nf6+ Kh8 27. Nxd7 Qc6 28. Nxf8 exd3 29. Qxd3 Rxf8 30. Qh3 Qc4 31. b3 Qe4 32. Rhg1 Kg8 33. Rg4 Qe2 34. Rxh4 Qxd1+ 35. Kb2 1-0

67.Norway Chess 2026.6.5 Round 19 Carlsen, Magnus 2840 vs Gukesh D 2732 Caro-Kann Defense: Accelerated Panov Attack, Modern Variation B10 1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bb5 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. Re1 Bd7 11. Bd3 Rc8 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Ne5 Bf6 14. Bf4 g6 15. Qb3 Na5 16. Qb4 Be6 17. Rad1 Re8 18. h3 Be7 19. Qa4 Qb6 20. Nd7?! Inaccuracy. Bb5 was best. 20. Bb5 Red8 21. Bd2 Nc6 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Ba5 Qa6 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. Rxe6 Bf8

20... Bxd7 21. Qxd7 Nc6 22. Qxd5 Red8 23. Qb5 Bf6 24. Qxb6 axb6 25. Be4 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 Nxd4?! Inaccuracy. Bxd4 was best. 26... Bxd4 27. Rd1 Bxb2 28. Rd7 Re8 29. f3 Ba3 30. Rxb7 Bc5+ 31. Kf1 Nd4 32. Bd5

27. Bxb7 Rc2 28. Bh6 Ne6 29. Rc1 Rxc1+?! Inaccuracy. Rxb2 was best. 29... Rxb2 30. Rc8+ Nd8 31. Bd5 Rb1+ 32. Kh2 Rd1 33. Bb3 Rd7 34. Kg1 g5 35. Rb8

30. Bxc1 Nc5 31. Bd5 Na4 32. Kf1 Nxb2 33. Ke2 Kf8 34. Be3 Ke7 35. Kd2 Na4 36. Kd3 Be5 37. Bb3 Nc5+ 38. Kc4 f5 39. Kb5 f4 40. Bd2 Kd7 41. Kxb6 Ne4 42. Bc1 Nxf2 43. Bd5 Bd4+ 44. Kb5 g5?! Inaccuracy. Be3 was best. 44... Be3 45. Bb2 Kd6 46. Bf3 Nd3 47. Bg7 Ne5 48. Be2 Nc6 49. Bf8+ Kd7 50. Kc4

45. Kc4 Bb6 46. Bf3 Nh1 47. Bd2 Ng3 48. a4 Kc7 49. a5 Bf2 50. Kd5 h5 51. Bc3 Kb7 52. Bf6 g4 53. hxg4 hxg4 54. Bxg4 Nf1?! Inaccuracy. Be3 was best. 54... Be3 55. Bd8 Bf2 56. Ke5 Be3 57. Be6 Nf1 58. Bc4 Nd2 59. Bd5+ Ka6 60. Bc7

55. a6+ Ka7 56. Be2 Nd2?! Inaccuracy. Ne3+ was best. 56... Ne3+ 57. Ke4 Nc2 58. Kxf4 Nb4 59. g4 Nd5+ 60. Ke5 Nc3 61. Bd3 Be3 62. Bc4

57. Bd4+ Bxd4 58. Kxd4 f3 59. Bxf3 Kxa6 60. Bd5 Kb6 61. g4 Nf1 62. g5 Ng3 63. Ke5 Kc7? Mistake. Nh5 was best. 63... Nh5 64. Bf3 Ng7 65. Kf6 Ne8+ 66. Ke7 Nc7 67. g6 Kc5 68. g7 Nd5+ 69. Ke6

64. g6 Nh5 65. Bf3 1-0

68.Norway Chess chess.com 2026.5.31 Round 11 Carlsen, Magnus 2840 vs Firouzja, Alireza 2759 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Morphy Attack C84 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3 d6 9. a3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. b4 Nc6 13. Bd2 Qe8 14. Ne2 Nh5 15. c3 Qg6 16. Ng3 Nf4 17. a4 Qf7 18. d4 g5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Qd7 fxg3 24. Qxc6 gxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Rf8 26. Kg1 Bd6 27. Qxb5 g4 28. Nd2 Bf4 29. g3 Be3+ 30. Kg2 Qg7 31. Qd3 Bb6 32. Rxf8+ Qxf8 33. Qe2 h5 34. h3 Qg7 35. hxg4 hxg4 36. c4 c6 37. Nf1 Kf8 38. Nh2 Qc3 39. Nxg4 Qxb4 40. Ne5 Qd6 41. Qh5 Ke7 42. Qh7+ Ke8 43. Qg8+ Ke7 44. Qg7+ Ke8 45. Kh3 Bd4 46. Qh8+ Ke7 47. Nxc6+ Qxc6 48. Qxd4 Kf7 49. c5 Qb5 50. Kh4 Kg6 51. Qe5 Qc4 52. Qg5+ Kf7 53. Kh5 Qc3 54. e5 Qc2 55. Qf6+

69.Norway Chess 2026.6.4 Round 18 So, Wesley 2753 vs Carlsen, Magnus 2841 Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Modern Variation B42 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. Nd2 e5 8. Nc4 Be6 9. Qh5 Bxc4 10. Bxc4 Qe7 11. Qe2 g6 12. h4 Bh6 13. Bxh6 Nxh6 14. O-O-O Ng8 15. h5 Nf6 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. g3 Rd8 18. f4 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Kf8 20. f5 Kg7 21. g4 h6 22. Be6 Rd8 23. Rh1 Nh7 24. Kb1 g5 25. Qh2 Qf6 26. c3 Nf8 27. Bb3 Rd6 28. a4 a5 29. Qf2 Nd7 30. Qa7 Qd8 31. Qxb7 Qb6 32. f6+ Kg6 33. Qc8 Nxf6 34. Qf8 1-0

70.Clutch Chess Champions Showdown 2025.10.28 Round 14 Carlsen, Magnus 2808 vs Gukesh D 2693 Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense C71 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c4 Bg4 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nd7 9. Ne2 g6 10. h4 h5 11. d3 Nc5 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bg7 15. Nxc6 Qd7 16. e5 Qg4 17. Qd5 O-O 18. O-O Qxh4 19. exd6 cxd6 20. Bg5 Qe4 21. Be7 Rfc8 22. Rae1 Qxd5 23. cxd5 Nd3 24. Re4 f5 25. Re6 Nf4 26. Rxd6 Nxd5 27. Bg5 Rc7 28. Nd8 Ne7 29. Re1 Bf8 30. Ne6 Rc6 31. Rd7 Nc8 32. Nxf8 Nb6 33. Ree7 1-0