[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 c5 8. e5 Nfd7 9. dxc5 Nxe5 10. Qxd8+ Bxd8 11. Be2 ({RR} 11. Bf4 Nbd7 12. Ne4 f5 13. Nd6+ Ke7 14. O-O-O Nf7 15. b4 a5 16. Nf3 axb4 17. axb4 Bc7 18. Nxf5+ exf5 19. Bxc7 Ra1+ 20. Kc2 Rxd1 21. Kxd1 Nf6 22. Bd3 Be6 23. Re1 Ne4 24. Nd4 Kd7 25. Nxe6 Kxe6 {Paravyan,D (2596)-Harshavardhan,G (2441) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (65)}) 11... Bd7 $146 ({RR} 11... Nbd7 12. Be3 Bh4+ 13. Kd2 Be7 14. Ne4 Nf6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Nf3 Bd7 17. Kc2 Ng4 18. Bd4 e5 19. h3 exd4 20. hxg4 Bxg4 21. Nxd4 Bxe2 22. Nxe2 O-O-O 23. Rae1 h5 24. Ng3 Rd4 25. Nxh5 Rxc4+ 26. Kb3 {Najer,E (2635)-Leko,P (2670) Douglas 2019 ½-½ (80)}) 12. Nf3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Bc6 14. Ne4 Bc7 15. b4 Nd7 16. Bb2 Ne5 17. O-O-O Nxf3 18. gxf3 Bf4+ 19. Kb1 f6 20. Rhg1 Kf7 21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. Rxd6 g5 23. Rf1 a6 24. Kc2 Rhd8 25. Kd2 e5 26. Ke3 Rxd6 27. cxd6 Ke6 28. c5 b6 29. h4 h6 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. cxb6 Rb8 32. Rd1 Rxb6 33. Kf2 Ba4 34. Rd2 Rb8 35. Kg3 Rc8 36. Kf2 Rc4 37. Kg3 Rc8 38. Kf2 Rh8 39. Kg3 Rh1 40. Kg2 Rb1 41. Kg3 Bc6 42. Kf2 Kd7 43. Kg3 Rf1 44. Rd3 Ke6 45. Kg4 Rb1 46. Rd2 Rg1+ 47. Kh3 Rf1 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 c5 8. e5 Nfd7 9. dxc5 Nxe5 10. Qxd8+ Bxd8 11. Be2 ({RR} 11. Bf4 Nbd7 12. Ne4 f5 13. Nd6+ Ke7 14. O-O-O Nf7 15. b4 a5 16. Nf3 axb4 17. axb4 Bc7 18. Nxf5+ exf5 19. Bxc7 Ra1+ 20. Kc2 Rxd1 21. Kxd1 Nf6 22. Bd3 Be6 23. Re1 Ne4 24. Nd4 Kd7 25. Nxe6 Kxe6 {Paravyan,D (2596)-Harshavardhan,G (2441) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (65)}) 11... Bd7 $146 ({RR} 11... Nbd7 12. Be3 Bh4+ 13. Kd2 Be7 14. Ne4 Nf6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Nf3 Bd7 17. Kc2 Ng4 18. Bd4 e5 19. h3 exd4 20. hxg4 Bxg4 21. Nxd4 Bxe2 22. Nxe2 O-O-O 23. Rae1 h5 24. Ng3 Rd4 25. Nxh5 Rxc4+ 26. Kb3 {Najer,E (2635)-Leko,P (2670) Douglas 2019 ½-½ (80)}) 12. Nf3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Bc6 14. Ne4 Bc7 15. b4 Nd7 16. Bb2 Ne5 17. O-O-O Nxf3 18. gxf3 Bf4+ 19. Kb1 f6 20. Rhg1 Kf7 21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. Rxd6 g5 23. Rf1 a6 24. Kc2 Rhd8 25. Kd2 e5 26. Ke3 Rxd6 27. cxd6 Ke6 28. c5 b6 29. h4 h6 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. cxb6 Rb8 32. Rd1 Rxb6 33. Kf2 Ba4 34. Rd2 Rb8 35. Kg3 Rc8 36. Kf2 Rc4 37. Kg3 Rc8 38. Kf2 Rh8 39. Kg3 Rh1 40. Kg2 Rb1 41. Kg3 Bc6 42. Kf2 Kd7 43. Kg3 Rf1 44. Rd3 Ke6 45. Kg4 Rb1 46. Rd2 Rg1+ 47. Kh3 Rf1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 4th Apr Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.04.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Andreikin, D.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2023.04.04"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8. e3 Nd5 9. Qc2 Be7 10. Rd1 a6 11. e4 Ndb4 12. Qe2 Nd3 13. Be3 b5 $146 ({RR} 13... f5 14. exf5 exf5 15. d5 Ncb4 16. a3 f4 17. gxf4 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. b3 Qe4 20. Qc2 Nc5 21. Qc3 Qf5 22. b4 Nb3 23. Qxc4+ Be6 24. Qxc7 Nxa1 25. Qxe7 Nc2 26. Ng5 Rae8 27. Qxb7 Rd8 28. Rc1 {Harutyunian,T (2504)-Babujian,L (2459) Yerevan 2018 1-0 (49)}) 14. b3 e5 15. bxc4 bxc4 16. Nxe5 Nxd4 17. Qh5 Be6 18. Nxd3 cxd3 19. Nd5 Nc2 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Bc5 Qd7 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Rac1 Bg4 24. Qc5 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 Nd4 26. Bf1 Ne2+ 27. Kg2 Qa4 28. Rd2 Qxe4+ 29. f3 Qg6 30. Qxc7 h5 31. Qc4 Re8 32. Qxd3 Nf4+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 4th Apr Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.04.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Andreikin, D.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2023.04.04"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8. e3 Nd5 9. Qc2 Be7 10. Rd1 a6 11. e4 Ndb4 12. Qe2 Nd3 13. Be3 b5 $146 ({RR} 13... f5 14. exf5 exf5 15. d5 Ncb4 16. a3 f4 17. gxf4 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. b3 Qe4 20. Qc2 Nc5 21. Qc3 Qf5 22. b4 Nb3 23. Qxc4+ Be6 24. Qxc7 Nxa1 25. Qxe7 Nc2 26. Ng5 Rae8 27. Qxb7 Rd8 28. Rc1 {Harutyunian,T (2504)-Babujian,L (2459) Yerevan 2018 1-0 (49)}) 14. b3 e5 15. bxc4 bxc4 16. Nxe5 Nxd4 17. Qh5 Be6 18. Nxd3 cxd3 19. Nd5 Nc2 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Bc5 Qd7 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Rac1 Bg4 24. Qc5 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 Nd4 26. Bf1 Ne2+ 27. Kg2 Qa4 28. Rd2 Qxe4+ 29. f3 Qg6 30. Qxc7 h5 31. Qc4 Re8 32. Qxd3 Nf4+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 18th Jul Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Antipov, M2."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E29"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2023.07.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 O-O 6. e3 d6 7. Bd3 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. e4 e5 10. O-O b6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Re8 $146 ({RR} 13... Qe7 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 gxf4 16. Bh4 Bg4 17. Qc1 cxd4 18. Qxf4 Qe5 19. Bxf6 Qxf4 20. Rxf4 {1-0 (20) Avalyan,A (2342)-Gulkov,I (2358) Chess.com INT 2020}) 14. f3 Nh5 15. Bf2 Qf6 16. Kh1 Bd7 17. Bc2 Rad8 18. Ba4 Rf8 19. Ra2 Qe7 20. Rd2 Na5 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. dxe5 Nxc4 23. Rd5 Nxe5 24. Ng3 Nf4 25. Rd2 d5 26. Be3 Nc4 27. Bxf4 Nxd2 28. Qxd2 dxe4 29. Qc1 gxf4 30. Qxf4 Qd6 31. Qxe4 Rfe8 32. Qh4 Qg6 33. f4 Rd2 34. h3 Re3 35. Kh2 Rxc3 36. f5 Qd6 37. f6 Rxg3 38. Qxg3+ Qxg3+ 39. Kxg3 Kh7 40. Re1 Kg6 41. Re7 Rd3+ 42. Kf4 Rxa3 43. h4 Ra4+ 44. Kg3 Kxf6 45. Rc7 Kg6 46. Rc6+ f6 47. Kh3 h5 48. g3 Rb4 49. Rc8 a5 50. Rf8 a4 51. Rg8+ Kf7 52. Rh8 a3 53. Ra8 Rb3 54. Ra7+ Kg6 55. Kg2 Rb2+ 56. Kf3 a2 57. g4 hxg4+ 58. Kxg4 b5 59. h5+ Kh6 60. Kf5 b4 61. Ra8 Rf2+ 62. Kg4 b3 63. Rh8+ Kg7 64. Ra8 b2 65. Rxa2 b1=Q 66. Rxf2 Qg1+ 67. Kf3 Qxf2+ 68. Kxf2 Kh6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 18th Jul Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Antipov, M2."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E28"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2023.07.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 O-O 6. e3 d6 7. Bd3 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. e4 e5 10. O-O b6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Re8 $146 ({RR} 13... Qe7 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 gxf4 16. Bh4 Bg4 17. Qc1 cxd4 18. Qxf4 Qe5 19. Bxf6 Qxf4 20. Rxf4 {1-0 (20) Avalyan,A (2342)-Gulkov,I (2358) Chess.com INT 2020}) 14. f3 Nh5 15. Bf2 Qf6 16. Kh1 Bd7 17. Bc2 Rad8 18. Ba4 Rf8 19. Ra2 Qe7 20. Rd2 Na5 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. dxe5 Nxc4 23. Rd5 Nxe5 24. Ng3 Nf4 25. Rd2 d5 26. Be3 Nc4 27. Bxf4 Nxd2 28. Qxd2 dxe4 29. Qc1 gxf4 30. Qxf4 Qd6 31. Qxe4 Rfe8 32. Qh4 Qg6 33. f4 Rd2 34. h3 Re3 35. Kh2 Rxc3 36. f5 Qd6 37. f6 Rxg3 38. Qxg3+ Qxg3+ 39. Kxg3 Kh7 40. Re1 Kg6 41. Re7 Rd3+ 42. Kf4 Rxa3 43. h4 Ra4+ 44. Kg3 Kxf6 45. Rc7 Kg6 46. Rc6+ f6 47. Kh3 h5 48. g3 Rb4 49. Rc8 a5 50. Rf8 a4 51. Rg8+ Kf7 52. Rh8 a3 53. Ra8 Rb3 54. Ra7+ Kg6 55. Kg2 Rb2+ 56. Kf3 a2 57. g4 hxg4+ 58. Kxg4 b5 59. h5+ Kh6 60. Kf5 b4 61. Ra8 Rf2+ 62. Kg4 b3 63. Rh8+ Kg7 64. Ra8 b2 65. Rxa2 b1=Q 66. Rxf2 Qg1+ 67. Kf3 Qxf2+ 68. Kxf2 Kh6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 17th Oct Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.10.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Bluebaum, M.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E40"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2023.10.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c6 7. Bd3 e5 ({RR} 7... O-O 8. Ne2 e5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. cxd5 Nxe5 11. e4 f5 12. O-O Nxd3 13. Qxd3 fxe4 14. Qxe4 cxd5 15. Qd3 Bf5 16. Qg3 Nc6 17. Be3 Qe8 18. Rad1 Qf7 19. Rd2 Rad8 20. Rfd1 Rd7 21. Nd4 Bg6 22. Nxc6 {Giri,A (2780)-Gukesh,D (2718) Dusseldorf GER 2023 ½-½ (82)}) 8. a4 $146 ({RR} 8. cxd5 e4 9. Bb1 cxd5 10. c4 dxc4 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Qxc4 Na5 13. Qb5+ Bd7 14. Qe5+ Be6 15. Ba2 Nc6 16. Qb5 Bxa2 17. Rxa2 Qd5 18. Rb2 Qxb5 19. Rxb5 O-O-O 20. Bd2 Rd5 21. Rb3 Rg5 22. Kf1 b6 {Sertic,R (2380)-Kurajica,B (2525) Sibenik 2010 ½-½ (60)}) ({RR} 8. cxd5 e4 9. Bc2 cxd5 10. c4 O-O 11. Ne2 dxc4 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. a4 Bg4 15. Qd2 Nc6 16. h3 Bf5 17. O-O Rad8 18. Qe2 Nb4 19. Nb5 Qe7 20. Ba3 a6 21. Qxc4 axb5 22. Qxb4 Qe6 {Lesovoi,E (2234)-Baches Garcia,G (2305) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (31)}) 8... e4 9. Bc2 O-O 10. Bb3 b6 11. Ba3 Re8 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Ba6 15. Rc1 Bxc4 16. Rxc4 b5 17. Rc5 Qa5+ 18. Kf1 a6 19. Ne2 Nbd7 20. Rc1 Nb6 21. Nf4 Qxa4 22. Qxa4 Nxa4 23. Bd6 a5 24. g4 Nxg4 25. Ke2 Ra6 26. Rhg1 Rxd6 27. Rxg4 b4 28. Rg5 b3 29. Kd2 b2 30. Rb1 Nb6 31. Kc3 Rc8+ 32. Kxb2 h6 33. Rb5 Na4+ 34. Kb3 Nc3 35. Rc1 a4+ 36. Kb2 a3+ 37. Ka1 Nxb5 38. Rxc8+ Kh7 39. Rc5 Rb6 40. Nd5 Rb7 41. h4 Nd6 42. Rc6 Nf5 43. Nc3 Nxh4 44. Nxe4 f5 45. Nc5 Rb2 46. d5 Rxf2 47. d6 Rd2 48. d7 Ng2 49. Rc8 Nxe3 50. d8=Q Nc2+ 51. Kb1 Rxd8 52. Rxd8 Ne3 53. Rd3 f4 54. Rxa3 g5 55. Kc1 g4 56. Ne6 g3 57. Nxf4 g2 58. Ne2 Nf5 59. Kd2 h5 60. Ng1 h4 61. Ke1 Kg6 62. Kf2 Kh5 63. Kxg2 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 16th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.02.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Rogozenco,Dorian Gavrikov,Viktor} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Na4 cxd4 ({RR} 8... Qe7 9. a3 Ba5 10. Rb1 ({RR} 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Nxc5 Qxc5 12. b4 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qe5 14. bxa5 Qxa1 15. Qxa8 Qc3 16. Rd1 Nc6 17. Qb7 Qxa5) ({RR} 10. b3 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Rac1 Bc6 15. Nc3 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 a5 17. Bb2 Rfc8 18. Ne5 Bb7 19. Rfd1 ({RR} 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Qh5) 19... Ndf6 20. f3 Nd6) 10... Rc8 11. Qe2 ({RR} 11. b3 d5 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. cxd5 Bxd5) ({RR} 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Nxc5 Qxc5 13. b4 Qc7 14. bxa5 d6) 11... Bc6 12. Bc2 ({RR} 12. e4 d5 ({RR} 12... Bxa4 13. e5) 13. e5 ({RR} 13. Bg5 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe7 Nc6) 13... dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nd5 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. dxc5 bxc5) 12... d5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Ne5 ({RR} 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. b4 cxb4 16. Bd2 b3 17. Bxb3 Qxa3) 14... Be8 15. Qd1 Nbd7) 9. exd4 ({RR} 9. a3 Be7 10. exd4 Qc7 11. b4 ({RR} 11. Nc3 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5) 11... a5 ({RR} 11... Ng4 12. g3 f5 13. Nc3 a6 14. Re1 Nc6 15. Bf1 Nd8 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Bg2 Nf7 19. c5 Qc7) 12. b5 d6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bb2 ({RR} 14. Bf4 Nbd7 15. Rc1 Qd8 16. Nd2 Rc8 17. Nb3 Bf8 18. h3 e5 19. Bg5 g6 20. Bf1 h6 21. Be3 exd4 22. Qxd4 Ne4) 14... Nbd7 15. Rc1 Bf8 16. Nc3 g6) 9... Re8 ({RR} 9... Be7 10. Re1 d6 11. b4 Nbd7 ({RR} 11... a5 12. b5 Nbd7 13. Ba3 Rc8 14. Rc1 Re8 15. Nd2 e5) 12. Bb2 a5 ({RR} 12... Re8 13. Nc3 Bf8 14. d5 exd5 15. Rxe8 Qxe8 16. Nxd5 ({RR} 16. cxd5 a6) 16... Nxd5 17. cxd5) 13. a3 axb4 14. axb4 b5 ({RR} 14... Re8 15. Nd2 e5 16. Nb3 exd4 17. Nxd4 Bf8 18. Rxe8 Qxe8 19. Nb5 Qc8) 15. cxb5 Nb6 16. Nd2 Nfd5 17. Qb3 Nxa4 18. Rxa4 Qb6 19. Rea1 Rxa4 20. Rxa4 Nf4 21. Bf1 Bf6) 10. a3 ({RR} 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Be7 12. Re1 d6 13. Nc3 Nbd7 14. Qe2 Nh5 15. Bxe7 Rxe7) 10... Bf8 11. Bg5 ({RR} 11. b4 a5 12. b5 d6 13. Re1 Nbd7 14. Bb2 Rc8 15. Rc1 Rc7 16. Bb1 Qa8 17. d5 e5 ({RR} 17... exd5 18. Bxf6 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Nxf6 20. Nxb6 Qa7 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. cxd5 Bxd5) 18. Bf5 Qd8) ({RR} 11. Bf4 d6 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. Rc1 e5 ({RR} 13... g6 14. Nc3) 14. dxe5 Bxf3 ({RR} 14... dxe5 15. Nxe5) 15. Qxf3 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 ({RR} 16. Qh3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 d5 19. Rd1 Qe8) 16... dxe5 17. Nc3 g6 ({RR} 17... Qc7 18. g4) 18. Be4 ({RR} 18. Rcd1 Qe7) 18... Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Rc8 ({RR} 19... Qc8 20. Nd5) ({RR} 19... f5 20. Qd5+ Qxd5 21. Nxd5) 20. b4 ({RR} 20. Nd5 f5) 20... Qd4 21. Qxd4 ({RR} 21. Nd5 Qxe4 22. Rxe4 f5 23. Re2 Kf7 24. f3 Rc6 25. Kf2 Rec8 26. Rxe5 Rxc4) 21... exd4 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Nd5 Re2 24. Kf1 Ra2 25. Rd1 ({RR} 25. c5 bxc5 26. bxc5 d3 27. c6 ({RR} 27. Ne3 Bxc5) 27... Rc2 28. Rd1 Rxc6 29. Rxd3 Rc1+ 30. Ke2 Rc2+) 25... Rxa3 {Carlsen,M (2815)-Karjakin,S (2776) Medias 2011 CBM 143 [Rogozenco,Dorian] ½-½}) 11... h6 12. Bh4 d6 ({RR} 12... Be7 13. b4 ({RR} 13. Nc3 d5) ({RR} 13. Re1 Nh5 14. Bxe7 Rxe7 15. Nc3 ({RR} 15. d5 exd5 16. Rxe7 Qxe7 17. cxd5 Nf4 18. Bc4 Qe4 19. Rc1 Na6) 15... Nf6 16. b4 a5) 13... a5 14. c5 ({RR} 14. b5 d6) 14... axb4 15. axb4 bxc5 16. dxc5 d6 17. Bb5 Rf8 ({RR} 17... Nc6 18. Rc1 dxc5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qb3) 18. Qe2 Nd5 19. Bxe7 Qxe7) ({RR} 12... Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nc6 14. d5 Ne5 15. Qd1 g5 16. Bg3 exd5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Be4 Nf4 19. Bxa8 Qxa8 20. Bxf4 gxf4 21. Qh5 Re6 22. Nc3 Rg6 23. Qh3 Bc5 24. Rad1 f3 25. g3 Ng4 26. Nd5 Qe8 27. Nf4 {Ben Ari,Y (2387)-Veinberg,N (2400) Ramat Gan 2022 1-0 (36)}) 13. Nc3 $146 ({RR} 13. Re1 Nbd7 14. Nc3 Rc8 ({RR} 14... Be7 15. b4 Nh5 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Nd2 ({RR} 17. Nb5 Ndf6) ({RR} 17. d5 exd5 18. Rxe7 Qxe7 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Nf4 21. Bb5 Ne5) 17... Nf4 18. Bf1 a5 ({RR} 18... Nf6 19. Nb3) 19. Qg4 Ng6 20. Qg3 Nf6 21. Nb5 Rd7 22. Nb3 axb4 23. axb4 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Ne7) 15. b4 a6 16. Rc1 Rc7 ({RR} 16... Be7 17. Nd2 e5 18. Nb3 a5) 17. Nd2 Qa8 18. Bf1 g6 19. Nb3 Bg7 ({RR} 19... Rec8 20. Qd2 Bg7 21. f3 e5 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 ({RR} 22... Nxf6 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. Rxe5) 23. dxe5 Nxe5 ({RR} 23... Bxe5 24. f4 ({RR} 24. Qxh6 b5) 24... Bxc3 25. Rxc3 d5 26. f5) 24. Qxd6 Rc6 25. Qd1) 20. f3 ({RR} 20. a4) 20... Nh5 ({RR} 20... Qb8 21. a4 Ba8) 21. Qd2 Kh7 22. Bf2 f5 23. a4 Nhf6 ({RR} 23... Qb8 24. a5 bxa5 25. Nxa5 Ba8 26. b5 axb5 27. Nxb5 Rcc8 28. c5 dxc5 29. dxc5) 24. a5 bxa5 25. Nxa5 Bc8 26. c5 dxc5 27. dxc5 Nb8 {Dizdar,G (2524)-Iordachescu,V (2609) Warsaw 2005 CBM 108 [Gavrikov,Viktor] 1-0 (41)}) ({RR} 13. Re1 Nbd7 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. b4 Rc7 16. Nc3 Qa8 17. d5 exd5 18. Rxe8 Qxe8 19. Nb5 Rc8 20. Nxa7 Rb8 21. cxd5 Bxd5 22. Nb5 Bb7 23. Bf1 Qe6 24. Nfd4 Qe4 25. Bg3 Ne5 26. f3 Qe3+ 27. Bf2 Qg5 {Del Rio de Angelis,S (2495)-Fedorchuk,S (2577) Salou 2005 ½-½ (52)}) 13... Nbd7 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Nd2 Qc7 16. b4 Qb8 17. Nb3 g6 18. f3 Bg7 19. Re1 Ba6 20. b5 Bb7 21. Na2 a5 22. Bf2 e5 23. c5 dxc5 24. dxc5 Nxc5 25. Nxc5 bxc5 26. Qa4 e4 27. Bxe4 Bxe4 28. fxe4 Ng4 29. Bg3 Be5 30. Bxe5 Qxe5 31. g3 c4 32. Qc2 Qd4+ 33. Kg2 Ne3+ 34. Rxe3 Qxe3 35. Nc3 Kf8 36. Qb2 Rcd8 37. Rc2 Rd3 38. b6 Qf3+ 39. Kg1 Red8 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 11th Jul Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Boruchovsky, A.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. g3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O Re8 9. a3 ({RR} 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. a3 a5 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Qc2 Qa6 14. Rfe1 Nb6 15. Be5 Nbd7 16. Bf4 Nb6 17. Be5 Nbd7 18. Bf4 {½-½ (18) Maze,S (2577)-Laznicka,V (2702) Plovdiv 2012}) 9... Bd6 10. Bf4 Bxf4 11. gxf4 Nbd7 $146 ({RR} 11... Bf5 12. e3 Bg4 13. Qb3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Qb6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Rac1 Na6 17. Rfd1 b5 18. b4 Nd7 19. e4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Nb6 21. Nd6 Re7 22. Nxb7 Rxb7 23. Bxc6 Rab8 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. d5 Nb8 26. Rc5 {Mikavica,M (2066)-Gloeckler,C (2439) Biel SUI 2025 0-1 (38)}) 12. Ne5 Nf8 13. e3 N6d7 14. Qh5 Ng6 15. Kh1 Ndf8 16. Rg1 f6 17. Nd3 Qd7 18. Nc5 Qf7 19. Nxd5 b6 20. Ne4 Rxe4 21. Bxe4 cxd5 22. Qxd5 Rb8 23. Qxf7+ Kxf7 24. Rac1 Ne7 25. Rc7 a5 26. d5 Bb7 27. Rxb7 Rxb7 28. d6 Rd7 29. dxe7 Rxe7 30. Bd5+ Ke8 31. Rc1 Kd8 32. Rc6 Nd7 33. Be6 Nc5 34. f5 Nd3 35. Rd6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 11th Jul Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Boruchovsky, A.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. g3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O Re8 9. a3 ({RR} 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. a3 a5 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Qc2 Qa6 14. Rfe1 Nb6 15. Be5 Nbd7 16. Bf4 Nb6 17. Be5 Nbd7 18. Bf4 {½-½ (18) Maze,S (2577)-Laznicka,V (2702) Plovdiv 2012}) 9... Bd6 10. Bf4 Bxf4 11. gxf4 Nbd7 $146 ({RR} 11... Bf5 12. e3 Bg4 13. Qb3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Qb6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Rac1 Na6 17. Rfd1 b5 18. b4 Nd7 19. e4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Nb6 21. Nd6 Re7 22. Nxb7 Rxb7 23. Bxc6 Rab8 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. d5 Nb8 26. Rc5 {Mikavica,M (2066)-Gloeckler,C (2439) Biel SUI 2025 0-1 (38)}) 12. Ne5 Nf8 13. e3 N6d7 14. Qh5 Ng6 15. Kh1 Ndf8 16. Rg1 f6 17. Nd3 Qd7 18. Nc5 Qf7 19. Nxd5 b6 20. Ne4 Rxe4 21. Bxe4 cxd5 22. Qxd5 Rb8 23. Qxf7+ Kxf7 24. Rac1 Ne7 25. Rc7 a5 26. d5 Bb7 27. Rxb7 Rxb7 28. d6 Rd7 29. dxe7 Rxe7 30. Bd5+ Ke8 31. Rc1 Kd8 32. Rc6 Nd7 33. Be6 Nc5 34. f5 Nd3 35. Rd6+ 1-0

[Event "SpeedChess Final 2024"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2024.09.08"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2024.09.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nc6 6. f3 b6 7. e4 Ba6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bf2 Nh5 11. h4 Qf6 12. e5 Qg7 13. g3 O-O-O 14. Bd3 $146 ({RR} 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. f4 g4 16. Rh4 f5 17. d5 exd5 18. cxd5 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Na5 20. Ne2 d6 21. Qd3 Kb7 22. Qxf5 Qh6 23. e6 Nb3 24. Rd1 Rdf8 25. Qxg4 Qh7 26. Rxh5 Qxh5 27. Qxh5 Rxh5 28. Kg2 c6 {Mohammadi,S (1881)-Flores Quillas,D (2353) Las Vegas USA 2023 1-0 (39)}) 14... f6 15. f4 Qf7 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. fxg5 fxg5 18. Qf3 Qxf3 19. Nxf3 Nf4 20. Rxh8 Nxd3+ 21. Ke2 Rxh8 22. Kxd3 Rf8 23. Ke3 Na5 24. Nd2 g4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 1st Aug Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E40"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2023.08.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 Be7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nge2 ({RR} 8. Qc2 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nge2 Nc6 11. O-O d4 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxh7+ Kh8 15. Be4 Re8 16. Bxc6 d3 17. Qa4 bxc6 18. Nd4 c5 19. Nf3 Bb7 20. Rd1 Rb8 21. Qc4 Be4 22. Qxf7 Qd6 {Kocharin,T (2255)-Gireman,J (2208) chess.com INT 2025 0-1}) 8... c5 9. dxc5 $146 ({RR} 9. O-O Nc6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b4 Bd6 12. Ng3 Bg4 13. Be2 Be6 14. Bb2 Ne5 15. Nb5 Bb8 16. Nd4 Bg4 17. Bxg4 Nfxg4 18. Ndf5 g6 19. f4 gxf5 20. Nxf5 Bc7 21. fxe5 Qg5 22. Qxg4 {1-0 (22) Sanzhaev,D (2056)-Islamov,M (2210) Kazan 2008}) 9... Bxc5 10. b4 Bd6 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. Nb5 Be5 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qe7 15. O-O Bg4 16. h3 Bxd4 17. exd4 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Qxe2 19. Bxe2 Rfc8 20. Rfc1 Kf8 21. Rc5 b6 22. Rcc1 a5 23. bxa5 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Rxa5 25. Rc8+ Ke7 26. Rc7+ Ke6 27. Rc6+ Kd7 28. Rxb6 Rxa3 29. Rb7+ Ke6 30. Rb6+ Ke7 31. Rb7+ Ke6 32. Rb6+ Ke7 33. Rb7+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "SpeedChess Final 2024"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2024.09.08"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2024.09.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nc6 6. f3 b6 7. e4 Ba6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bf2 Nh5 11. h4 Qf6 12. e5 Qg7 13. g3 O-O-O 14. Bd3 $146 ({RR} 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. f4 g4 16. Rh4 f5 17. d5 exd5 18. cxd5 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Na5 20. Ne2 d6 21. Qd3 Kb7 22. Qxf5 Qh6 23. e6 Nb3 24. Rd1 Rdf8 25. Qxg4 Qh7 26. Rxh5 Qxh5 27. Qxh5 Rxh5 28. Kg2 c6 {Mohammadi,S (1881)-Flores Quillas,D (2353) Las Vegas USA 2023 1-0 (39)}) 14... f6 15. f4 Qf7 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. fxg5 fxg5 18. Qf3 Qxf3 19. Nxf3 Nf4 20. Rxh8 Nxd3+ 21. Ke2 Rxh8 22. Kxd3 Rf8 23. Ke3 Na5 24. Nd2 g4 0-1

[Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2024"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.06"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Caruana, F.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2024.07.25"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 {Ftacnik,Lubomir} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qb3 c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. d5 ({RR} 8. O-O-O Bxc3 9. d5 ({RR} 9. Qxc3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ne4) 9... exd5 ({RR} 9... Na5 10. Qxc3 Ne4 11. Qxg7) ({RR} 9... Nd4 10. Qxc3 Nxf3 11. Qxf3) ({RR} 9... Bxb2+ 10. Qxb2 Ne7 11. e4 Nxe4 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Bd3) ({RR} 9... Be5 10. dxc6 Qc7) 10. cxd5 Be5 11. dxc6 Qe7 12. cxd7+ Bxd7 13. e3 Rd8 ({RR} 13... O-O 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxf6) ({RR} 13... Bc6 14. Bb5) 14. Rxd7 Rxd7 ({RR} 14... Kxd7 15. Qa4+ ({RR} 15. Bb5+ Kc8 16. Ba6+ Kd7 17. Nxe5+ Qxe5 18. Qxf7+ Qe7 19. Rd1+) 15... Kc8 ({RR} 15... Ke6 16. Bc4+ Kf5 17. Qc2+) 16. Ba6+ Kb8 17. Nxe5) 15. Bb5 Bd6 16. Rd1 ({RR} 16. Qa4) 16... O-O 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Bf4 c4 ({RR} 18... Ne8 19. Qd5) 19. Qc2 Ne8 20. Ng5 f5 ({RR} 20... g6 21. Ne4) 21. Qxc4+ Kh8 22. Bxd6 Nxd6 {Seirawan,Y (2635)-Timman,J (2660) Hilversum 1990 CBM 021 [Ftacnik,Lubomir] 1-0}) ({RR} 8. e3 cxd4 9. exd4 O-O 10. Bd3 d5 11. O-O Bxc3 12. Qxc3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Bb7 14. Bc2 h6 15. Bh4 Na5 16. Qd3 g5 17. Bg3 Be4 18. Qe2 Bxc2 19. Qxc2 Rc8 20. Qe2 Qd5 21. h4 Qe4 22. Qa6 g4 {Kunin,V (2592)-Van Foreest,L (2367) Amsterdam 2016 1-0 (46)}) 8... Nd4 9. Nxd4 $146 ({RR} 9. Qd1 Nxf3+ 10. exf3 O-O 11. Be2 h6 12. Bh4 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Bb7 14. f4 exd5 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. O-O Bc6 17. Bf3 d5 18. Re1 Qd6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Qxc3 22. a4 Rae8 23. Rec1 Qa5 {Lee,R-Velikanov,I Dos Hermanas 2004 1-0 (69)}) 9... cxd4 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bh4 dxc3 12. b4 exd5 13. cxd5 O-O 14. bxa5 d6 15. Qxc3 Nxd5 16. Qd4 Ne7 17. axb6 axb6 18. e3 Nf5 19. Bxd8 Nxd4 20. exd4 Rxd8 21. Bb5 Bd7 22. Bxd7 Rxd7 23. Kd2 Ra4 24. Rhb1 Rxd4+ 25. Ke3 Ra4 26. Rxb6 Rda7 27. Rxd6 Rxa3+ 28. Rxa3 Rxa3+ 29. Rd3 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2024"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.06"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Caruana, F.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2024.07.25"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 {Ftacnik,Lubomir} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qb3 c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. d5 ({RR} 8. O-O-O Bxc3 9. d5 ({RR} 9. Qxc3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ne4) 9... exd5 ({RR} 9... Na5 10. Qxc3 Ne4 11. Qxg7) ({RR} 9... Nd4 10. Qxc3 Nxf3 11. Qxf3) ({RR} 9... Bxb2+ 10. Qxb2 Ne7 11. e4 Nxe4 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Bd3) ({RR} 9... Be5 10. dxc6 Qc7) 10. cxd5 Be5 11. dxc6 Qe7 12. cxd7+ Bxd7 13. e3 Rd8 ({RR} 13... O-O 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxf6) ({RR} 13... Bc6 14. Bb5) 14. Rxd7 Rxd7 ({RR} 14... Kxd7 15. Qa4+ ({RR} 15. Bb5+ Kc8 16. Ba6+ Kd7 17. Nxe5+ Qxe5 18. Qxf7+ Qe7 19. Rd1+) 15... Kc8 ({RR} 15... Ke6 16. Bc4+ Kf5 17. Qc2+) 16. Ba6+ Kb8 17. Nxe5) 15. Bb5 Bd6 16. Rd1 ({RR} 16. Qa4) 16... O-O 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Bf4 c4 ({RR} 18... Ne8 19. Qd5) 19. Qc2 Ne8 20. Ng5 f5 ({RR} 20... g6 21. Ne4) 21. Qxc4+ Kh8 22. Bxd6 Nxd6 {Seirawan,Y (2635)-Timman,J (2660) Hilversum 1990 CBM 021 [Ftacnik,Lubomir] 1-0}) ({RR} 8. e3 cxd4 9. exd4 O-O 10. Bd3 d5 11. O-O Bxc3 12. Qxc3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Bb7 14. Bc2 h6 15. Bh4 Na5 16. Qd3 g5 17. Bg3 Be4 18. Qe2 Bxc2 19. Qxc2 Rc8 20. Qe2 Qd5 21. h4 Qe4 22. Qa6 g4 {Kunin,V (2592)-Van Foreest,L (2367) Amsterdam 2016 1-0 (46)}) 8... Nd4 9. Nxd4 $146 ({RR} 9. Qd1 Nxf3+ 10. exf3 O-O 11. Be2 h6 12. Bh4 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Bb7 14. f4 exd5 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. O-O Bc6 17. Bf3 d5 18. Re1 Qd6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Qxc3 22. a4 Rae8 23. Rec1 Qa5 {Lee,R-Velikanov,I Dos Hermanas 2004 1-0 (69)}) 9... cxd4 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bh4 dxc3 12. b4 exd5 13. cxd5 O-O 14. bxa5 d6 15. Qxc3 Nxd5 16. Qd4 Ne7 17. axb6 axb6 18. e3 Nf5 19. Bxd8 Nxd4 20. exd4 Rxd8 21. Bb5 Bd7 22. Bxd7 Rxd7 23. Kd2 Ra4 24. Rhb1 Rxd4+ 25. Ke3 Ra4 26. Rxb6 Rda7 27. Rxd6 Rxa3+ 28. Rxa3 Rxa3+ 29. Rd3 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.16"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 O-O 6. e4 b5 7. Nh3 bxc4 8. Bxc4 Nxd5 9. Bxd5 exd5 10. Qxd5 Nc6 11. O-O ({RR} 11. Be3 Ba6 12. Nf4 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qf6 14. Kf2 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Rab8 16. Rad1 Ne5 17. Bxc5 Rb2+ 18. Rd2 Nd3+ 19. Qxd3 Bxd3 20. Rxb2 Qxc3 21. Nxd3 Qxd3 22. Be3 f5 23. Rd2 Qb5 24. e5 Qxe5 25. Rhd1 a6 {Radjabov,T (2765)-So,W (2770) chess24.com INT 2021 0-1 (52)}) ({RR} 11. Bf4 Qa5 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qxc3 14. Rfd1 Ba6 15. Rac1 Qf6 16. Rxc5 Rac8 17. Bd6 Rfe8 18. Rdc1 Qd4+ 19. Qxd4 Nxd4 20. Kf2 Nb5 21. Bg3 Rxc5 22. Rxc5 Rc8 23. Rd5 Rc2+ 24. Kg1 Rc1+ 25. Kf2 Rc2+ {Ebrahimi Herab,H (2404)-Jin,A (2196) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (39)}) 11... Ba6 12. Rf2 Re8 $146 ({RR} 12... Qe7 13. Bg5 Qe5 14. Qxe5 Nxe5 15. Nd5 f6 16. Be3 Bc4 17. Nhf4 g5 18. Nxb4 cxb4 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 a5 21. Rc2 Kf7 22. Rac1 Kg6 23. Rc7 Rfe8 24. Bd4 d6 25. Kf1 h5 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. Rd1 {Sahajasri,C (2235)-Salimova,N (2397) Lichess.org INT 2021 0-1 (46)}) ({RR} 12... Rc8 13. Bf4 Ne7 14. Qh5 d5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Qxd5 17. exd5 Rcd8 18. Bc7 Rxd5 19. a3 Bd2 20. Rd1 Rd7 21. Bf4 Bxf4 22. Rxd7 Be3 23. Rxa7 Bc4 24. g4 h5 25. Re7 Be6 26. Kg2 hxg4 27. fxg4 {Podolchenko,E (2376)-Abdyjapar,A (2340) Chennai IND 2023 0-1 (51)}) 13. Bg5 Qb6 14. Be3 Ne5 15. Na4 Qa5 16. b3 c4 17. Nf4 Bb5 18. Nb2 cxb3 19. Qxb3 Rab8 20. Qd5 Qa3 21. Qb3 Qa5 22. Qd5 Qa3 23. Qb3 Qa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet Classic"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2022.05.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2022.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Tiebreak "Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 208"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. a3 Bd6 8. Qc2 c6 9. Nge2 Re8 10. Bd2 b6 11. f3 c5 12. g4 c4 13. Bf5 Bxf5 14. Qxf5 g6 15. Qg5 Nc6 16. O-O Bf8 17. Qh4 h6 18. Rad1 $146 ({RR} 18. Qf2 Qd7 19. Qg2 Bg7 20. Kh1 b5 21. Rad1 Rab8 22. g5 hxg5 23. e4 dxe4 24. fxe4 Qg4 25. Qxg4 Nxg4 26. Bxg5 Bh6 27. Bxh6 Nxh6 28. Nd5 Kg7 29. Nec3 b4 30. axb4 Nxb4 31. Nxb4 Rxb4 {½-½ (31) Deuer,M (2453)-Martinovic,S (2542) Austria AUT 2024}) 18... b5 19. Qf2 Qd7 20. Qg2 Bg7 21. h4 Ne7 22. Nf4 a5 23. Nce2 Qb7 24. g5 hxg5 25. hxg5 Nd7 26. Kf2 b4 27. Rh1 Nf5 28. Qh3 Ne7 29. Ng3 Ra6 30. axb4 axb4 31. Bxb4 Qxb4 32. Qxd7 Raa8 33. Nfe2 Rad8 34. Qg4 Qxb2 35. Qf4 Nc6 36. Rh7 Re6 37. Qh4 Nxd4 38. Rxg7+ Kxg7 39. Qxd4+ Qxd4 40. Rxd4 Red6 41. Nc3 f6 42. gxf6+ Kxf6 43. Nge2 Ke5 44. Rg4 Rg8 45. Nd4 Rd7 46. Rg5+ Kf6 47. f4 Rgd8 48. Re5 Kf7 49. Rg5 Rh8 50. Nf3 Kg7 51. Rg1 Rb7 52. Ra1 Rd8 53. Nd4 Rdd7 54. Ra5 g5 55. f5 Rb2+ 56. Kf3 Rd2 57. Nxd5 c3 58. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Superbet Classic"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2022.05.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2022.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Tiebreak "Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 208"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. a3 Bd6 8. Qc2 c6 9. Nge2 Re8 10. Bd2 b6 11. f3 c5 12. g4 c4 13. Bf5 Bxf5 14. Qxf5 g6 15. Qg5 Nc6 16. O-O Bf8 17. Qh4 h6 18. Rad1 $146 ({RR} 18. Qf2 Qd7 19. Qg2 Bg7 20. Kh1 b5 21. Rad1 Rab8 22. g5 hxg5 23. e4 dxe4 24. fxe4 Qg4 25. Qxg4 Nxg4 26. Bxg5 Bh6 27. Bxh6 Nxh6 28. Nd5 Kg7 29. Nec3 b4 30. axb4 Nxb4 31. Nxb4 Rxb4 {½-½ (31) Deuer,M (2453)-Martinovic,S (2542) Austria AUT 2024}) 18... b5 19. Qf2 Qd7 20. Qg2 Bg7 21. h4 Ne7 22. Nf4 a5 23. Nce2 Qb7 24. g5 hxg5 25. hxg5 Nd7 26. Kf2 b4 27. Rh1 Nf5 28. Qh3 Ne7 29. Ng3 Ra6 30. axb4 axb4 31. Bxb4 Qxb4 32. Qxd7 Raa8 33. Nfe2 Rad8 34. Qg4 Qxb2 35. Qf4 Nc6 36. Rh7 Re6 37. Qh4 Nxd4 38. Rxg7+ Kxg7 39. Qxd4+ Qxd4 40. Rxd4 Red6 41. Nc3 f6 42. gxf6+ Kxf6 43. Nge2 Ke5 44. Rg4 Rg8 45. Nd4 Rd7 46. Rg5+ Kf6 47. f4 Rgd8 48. Re5 Kf7 49. Rg5 Rh8 50. Nf3 Kg7 51. Rg1 Rb7 52. Ra1 Rd8 53. Nd4 Rdd7 54. Ra5 g5 55. f5 Rb2+ 56. Kf3 Rd2 57. Nxd5 c3 58. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "World ol U16"]
[Site "Poprad"]
[Date "2016.07.27"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E57"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2016.07.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SVK"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iran"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 {ChessBase II} c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Bg5 b6 11. a3 Bb7 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Ba2 Nd5 14. Bd2 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Bf6 16. Ne5 Ne7 17. Qa4 $146 ({RR} 17. Bb4 Bd5 18. Ng4 Bh4 ({RR} 18... Bxa2 19. Rxa2 Bg5) 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Re5 Qd8 21. Rh5 a5 22. Rxh4 axb4 ({RR} 22... Nf5) 23. Nf6+ gxf6 24. Qh5 Re8 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Qh6+ {1-0 (26) Palacios,A (2310)-Commons,K (2480) Mexico City 1977 EXT 2003 [ChessBase II]}) 17... Rc7 18. Bc4 Nd5 19. Bf1 a5 20. Qb3 Qa8 21. Bd2 Ba6 22. Rac1 Rfc8 23. Bb5 Bxb5 24. Qxb5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Rc2 26. Rxc2 Rxc2 27. Bc3 Nxc3 28. bxc3 Qd8 29. Qc6 h6 30. Rf1 Qb8 31. g3 Qxe5 32. Qe8+ Kh7 33. Qxf7 Rxc3 34. a4 Rc4 35. Qe8 Qe4 36. Ra1 Rb4 37. h4 Rb2 38. Qf7 Rd2 39. Rc1 Qd5 40. Kh2 Qf5 41. Qxf5+ exf5 42. Kg2 Rd4 43. Rc6 Rb4 44. h5 Kg8 45. Kf3 Kf7 46. Kg2 Rxa4 47. Rxb6 Rb4 48. Ra6 a4 49. Kf3 Ke7 50. Ke3 Re4+ 51. Kd3 Kf7 52. Ra7+ Kf6 53. Ra6+ Kg5 54. Rg6+ Kxh5 55. Rxg7 Rg4 56. Ra7 Rb4 57. Ke3 Kg5 58. Kf3 Rb3+ 59. Kg2 a3 60. Ra6 f4 61. gxf4+ Kxf4 62. Rxh6 Ke4 63. Ra6 Kd4 64. f4 Kc3 65. Kf3 Kb2+ 66. Ke4 a2 67. Rxa2+ Kxa2 68. f5 Rb8 69. f6 Kb3 70. Kd5 Rb6 71. Ke5 Rxf6 72. Kxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bullet Chess Winners 2024"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.06.10"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vl3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2024.06.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Re1 Nb6 11. Bb3 Bd7 ({RR} 11... h6 12. Bh4 Bd7 13. Ne5 Bc6 14. Nxf7 Rxf7 15. Bxe6 Qf8 16. d5 Rd8 17. Qb3 Nbxd5 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Bxf7+ Kh8 20. Rad1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Bc5 22. Qe6 Bb6 23. h3 Nh5 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. Qxd5 Nf4 26. Qf5 {Deviprasath,S (2393)-Manukyan,S (2216) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (39)}) 12. Ne5 Bc6 13. Re3 $146 ({RR} 13. Qd3 Nbd5 14. Rad1 Rc8 15. Qh3 Qd6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Ng4 f5 21. Nh6+ Kh8 22. Nxf5 Qf6 23. Ne3 Bxa2 24. Ra1 Bc4 25. Rxa7 Ba6 26. d5 exd5 27. Nxd5 Qxb2 {Balashov,Y (2481)-Dragomarezkij,E (2363) Moscow 2013 ½-½ (53)}) 13... Bd5 14. Bc2 h6 15. Bf4 Rc8 16. Rg3 Kh8 17. Qd2 Ng8 18. Qd3 Nf6 19. Re1 Nc4 20. b3 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Nh5 22. Qh7# 1-0

[Event "Bullet Chess Winners 2024"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.06.10"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vl3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2024.06.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Ndc5 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qh4 ({RR} 12... Nxd3 13. Qxd3 b6 14. Nc6 Qd7 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nb4 Bb7 17. f3 Nc5 18. Qd2 Rac8 19. Be3 Ne6 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. Bd4 Qa4 22. Nc2 Rc7 23. Ne3 Rdc8 24. Nf5 Ba6 25. h4 Qd7 26. Nd6 Rf8 27. a4 {Eljanov,P (2716)-Karjakin,S (2727) Moscow 2008 1-0 (64)}) ({RR} 12... Nxd3 13. Qxd3 b6 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Rfd1 Bb7 16. c4 Qd7 17. Qc2 h6 18. a4 Rfd8 19. a5 bxa5 20. f3 Ng5 21. h4 Nh7 22. Nb5 Qe7 23. Qf2 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qb4 25. Nd6 Bc6 26. Qg3 Kf8 27. Kh2 {Agibileg,U (2407)-Umarov,B (2197) Pavlodar KAZ 2024 1-0 (71)}) 13. Bg3 $146 ({RR} 13. g3 Qe7 14. Be2 f6 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Be3 e5 17. Nb3 Nxb3 18. axb3 Be6 19. b4 Rfc8 20. c5 Ng4 21. Qd2 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Bf7 23. Rfe1 a5 24. Bg4 Re8 25. Rxa5 Rxa5 26. bxa5 Qc7 27. Ra1 Ra8 {Ivanisevic,I (2665)-Enchev,I (2470) Skopje 2016 1-0 (46)}) 13... Nxg3 14. hxg3 Qh5 15. cxd5 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Qxe5 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Rfe1 Qd5 19. Rab1 b6 20. Rb5 Qd7 21. Rh5 g6 22. Rh4 Rfe8 23. Qd2 Bd5 24. Rd1 Rad8 25. Kh2 h5 26. Qg5 Qe7 27. Qxe7 Rxe7 28. Nc6 Bxc6 29. Rxd8+ Kg7 30. Rd2 Rc7 31. Rc4 1-0

[Event "Bullet Chess Winners 2024"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.06.10"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vl3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2024.06.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Ndc5 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qh4 ({RR} 12... Nxd3 13. Qxd3 b6 14. Nc6 Qd7 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nb4 Bb7 17. f3 Nc5 18. Qd2 Rac8 19. Be3 Ne6 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. Bd4 Qa4 22. Nc2 Rc7 23. Ne3 Rdc8 24. Nf5 Ba6 25. h4 Qd7 26. Nd6 Rf8 27. a4 {Eljanov,P (2716)-Karjakin,S (2727) Moscow 2008 1-0 (64)}) ({RR} 12... Nxd3 13. Qxd3 b6 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Rfd1 Bb7 16. c4 Qd7 17. Qc2 h6 18. a4 Rfd8 19. a5 bxa5 20. f3 Ng5 21. h4 Nh7 22. Nb5 Qe7 23. Qf2 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qb4 25. Nd6 Bc6 26. Qg3 Kf8 27. Kh2 {Agibileg,U (2407)-Umarov,B (2197) Pavlodar KAZ 2024 1-0 (71)}) 13. Bg3 $146 ({RR} 13. g3 Qe7 14. Be2 f6 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Be3 e5 17. Nb3 Nxb3 18. axb3 Be6 19. b4 Rfc8 20. c5 Ng4 21. Qd2 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Bf7 23. Rfe1 a5 24. Bg4 Re8 25. Rxa5 Rxa5 26. bxa5 Qc7 27. Ra1 Ra8 {Ivanisevic,I (2665)-Enchev,I (2470) Skopje 2016 1-0 (46)}) 13... Nxg3 14. hxg3 Qh5 15. cxd5 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Qxe5 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Rfe1 Qd5 19. Rab1 b6 20. Rb5 Qd7 21. Rh5 g6 22. Rh4 Rfe8 23. Qd2 Bd5 24. Rd1 Rad8 25. Kh2 h5 26. Qg5 Qe7 27. Qxe7 Rxe7 28. Nc6 Bxc6 29. Rxd8+ Kg7 30. Rd2 Rc7 31. Rc4 1-0

[Event "IRI-ch"]
[Site "Teheran"]
[Date "2017.03.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. a3 ({RR} 7. cxd5 exd5 8. O-O c6 9. a3 Bd6 10. b4 a6 11. Rb1 Re8 12. a4 b5 13. a5 Ne4 14. Qc2 Ndf6 15. Ne2 Bg4 16. Ne5 Bxe2 17. Bxe2 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Rxe5 19. Qxc6 Re6 20. Qc2 Rc8 21. Qd3 Nc3 {Jumabayev,R (2631)-Maghsoodloo,P (2701) Abu Dhabi 2021 ½-½ (70)}) ({RR} 7. cxd5 exd5 8. O-O c6 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. f4 d4 12. Ne4 dxe3 13. h3 Bf5 14. Qe2 Qd4 15. hxg4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Qxe4 17. Qxe3 Qc4 18. b3 Qc2 19. Rf2 Qd1+ 20. Kh2 Qxg4 21. Rf3 Rad8 {Grinev,V (2418)-Sarana,A (2668) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (31)}) 7... Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 c5 9. cxd5 $146 ({RR} 9. Ne5 dxc4 10. Nxc4 b5 11. Ne5 c4 12. Qf3 Nb6 13. Bc2 Qc7 14. e4 Nbd7 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. e5 Bc6 17. Qh3 Be4 18. exf6 Bxc2 19. fxg7 Rfe8 20. Ra2 Bd3 21. f4 f5 22. Qh6 Qxg7 23. Qxg7+ Kxg7 {De Beer,L-Floer,S Tromsoe 2009 ½-½ (32)}) 9... exd5 10. O-O c4 11. Bb1 Qa5 12. Bb2 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 Nf6 15. a4 Be6 16. Qc2 Qd5 17. Ba3 Rfe8 18. Rab1 Bd7 19. Rb4 Rac8 20. Rc1 Re6 21. Qd1 a6 22. Qf1 b5 23. Rbb1 Rce8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Bc5 Qg5 26. Ra1 Nd5 27. Ra7 Bc6 28. g3 f5 29. Kh1 h5 30. Qh3 Rg6 31. Ra6 Ree6 32. Nf1 Kh7 33. Bb4 f4 34. Re1 Ref6 35. Ra2 Rf7 36. Rae2 Bd7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 17th Oct Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.10.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2023.10.17"]

1. d4 {Psakhis,Lev} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. a3 Bd6 8. Nge2 Re8 ({RR} 8... a5 9. Ng3 ({RR} 9. Qc2 Na6 10. Bd2 c6 11. Ng3 Re8 12. Nce2 Nc7 13. f3 Ne6 14. Nf5 Bf8 15. O-O c5 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 18. dxc5 Ndxc5 19. Rad1 Qb6 20. Bc3 Red8 21. Kh1 Qb3 22. Qd2 Qb6 23. Qe1 Na4) ({RR} 9. Rb1 Re8 10. Nb5 Bf8 11. O-O Na6 12. f3 Bd7 13. Nbc3 c5 14. b3 Nc7 15. Kh1 b5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Nd4 Qb8 18. Nce2 Qb6 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Bd6 21. Qd2 Re7 22. Rb3 Be5 23. Nf5 Bxf5) 9... Re8 10. O-O c6 11. Qc2 Na6 12. Bd2 c5 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Rad1 Rc8 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Bc1 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Nce4 19. Rd4 Qf5 20. Qd1 Re5 21. Ne2 Qg6 22. Nf4 Qh6 23. Bd2) ({RR} 8... c6 9. Ng3 Re8 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Nf5 Bf8 12. f3 c5 13. Ne2 cxd4 14. exd4 Qb6 15. Kh1 Nb8 16. Ne3 Nc6 17. Bc2 g6 18. Bb3 Be6 19. f4 Ne7 20. Ng3 Ng4 21. Nxg4 Bxg4 22. Qxg4 Qxb3) 9. Bd2 $146 ({RR} 9. b4 c6 10. Ra2 Nbd7 11. f3 a5 12. O-O ({RR} 12. b5 c5) 12... axb4 13. axb4 Rxa2 14. Nxa2 Nf8 15. Qc2 Qe7 16. Ng3 ({RR} 16. b5) 16... g6 17. Qd2 h5 18. Re1 ({RR} 18. b5 c5) 18... Ne6 19. Re2 h4 20. Nf1 h3 21. g3 b6 22. Bb2 c5 23. dxc5 bxc5 {Gurevich,D (2575)-De Firmian,N (2570) Chandler 1997 CBM 061 [Psakhis,Lev] 0-1 (43)} {RR} 24. bxc5 Bxc5 25. Nc1 Ng5 26. Rf2) ({RR} 9. Qc2 a6 10. h3 b6 11. b4 Nbd7 12. O-O c5 13. bxc5 bxc5 14. Rb1 c4 15. Bf5 g6 16. Bxd7 Bxd7 17. g4 Nxg4 18. hxg4 Qh4 19. Ng3 Bxg4 20. Rb6 Bf3 {0-1 (20) Duda,J (2743)-So,W (2770) Chess.com INT 2020}) ({RR} 9. O-O c6 10. Kh1 a6 11. f3 c5 12. g4 h6 13. Qe1 Nc6 14. Qf2 b5 15. Bd2 Ra7 16. Rg1 Bb7 17. Rae1 Ba8 18. h4 cxd4 19. exd4 Rae7 20. g5 Ne4 21. fxe4 dxe4 22. gxh6 Nxd4 23. Rxg7+ Kh8 {Kengurov,Y (2026)-Chen,Z (2263) Yekaterinburg RUS 2025 0-1 (32)}) 9... a5 10. Rc1 c6 11. f3 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nb5 Bb6 14. O-O Nc6 15. Nbd4 Ne5 16. Be1 Bd7 17. Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 17th Oct Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.10.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2023.10.17"]

1. d4 {Psakhis,Lev} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. a3 Bd6 8. Nge2 Re8 ({RR} 8... a5 9. Ng3 ({RR} 9. Qc2 Na6 10. Bd2 c6 11. Ng3 Re8 12. Nce2 Nc7 13. f3 Ne6 14. Nf5 Bf8 15. O-O c5 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 18. dxc5 Ndxc5 19. Rad1 Qb6 20. Bc3 Red8 21. Kh1 Qb3 22. Qd2 Qb6 23. Qe1 Na4) ({RR} 9. Rb1 Re8 10. Nb5 Bf8 11. O-O Na6 12. f3 Bd7 13. Nbc3 c5 14. b3 Nc7 15. Kh1 b5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Nd4 Qb8 18. Nce2 Qb6 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Bd6 21. Qd2 Re7 22. Rb3 Be5 23. Nf5 Bxf5) 9... Re8 10. O-O c6 11. Qc2 Na6 12. Bd2 c5 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Rad1 Rc8 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Bc1 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Nce4 19. Rd4 Qf5 20. Qd1 Re5 21. Ne2 Qg6 22. Nf4 Qh6 23. Bd2) ({RR} 8... c6 9. Ng3 Re8 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Nf5 Bf8 12. f3 c5 13. Ne2 cxd4 14. exd4 Qb6 15. Kh1 Nb8 16. Ne3 Nc6 17. Bc2 g6 18. Bb3 Be6 19. f4 Ne7 20. Ng3 Ng4 21. Nxg4 Bxg4 22. Qxg4 Qxb3) 9. Bd2 $146 ({RR} 9. b4 c6 10. Ra2 Nbd7 11. f3 a5 12. O-O ({RR} 12. b5 c5) 12... axb4 13. axb4 Rxa2 14. Nxa2 Nf8 15. Qc2 Qe7 16. Ng3 ({RR} 16. b5) 16... g6 17. Qd2 h5 18. Re1 ({RR} 18. b5 c5) 18... Ne6 19. Re2 h4 20. Nf1 h3 21. g3 b6 22. Bb2 c5 23. dxc5 bxc5 {Gurevich,D (2575)-De Firmian,N (2570) Chandler 1997 CBM 061 [Psakhis,Lev] 0-1 (43)} {RR} 24. bxc5 Bxc5 25. Nc1 Ng5 26. Rf2) ({RR} 9. Qc2 a6 10. h3 b6 11. b4 Nbd7 12. O-O c5 13. bxc5 bxc5 14. Rb1 c4 15. Bf5 g6 16. Bxd7 Bxd7 17. g4 Nxg4 18. hxg4 Qh4 19. Ng3 Bxg4 20. Rb6 Bf3 {0-1 (20) Duda,J (2743)-So,W (2770) Chess.com INT 2020}) ({RR} 9. O-O c6 10. Kh1 a6 11. f3 c5 12. g4 h6 13. Qe1 Nc6 14. Qf2 b5 15. Bd2 Ra7 16. Rg1 Bb7 17. Rae1 Ba8 18. h4 cxd4 19. exd4 Rae7 20. g5 Ne4 21. fxe4 dxe4 22. gxh6 Nxd4 23. Rxg7+ Kh8 {Kengurov,Y (2026)-Chen,Z (2263) Yekaterinburg RUS 2025 0-1 (32)}) 9... a5 10. Rc1 c6 11. f3 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nb5 Bb6 14. O-O Nc6 15. Nbd4 Ne5 16. Be1 Bd7 17. Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "2022.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2022.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 Qe7 12. Nf3 Rd8 13. Qc2 c5 14. e4 Bxf1 15. Rxf1 g5 16. Nxg5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Nc6 18. Qc1 Rxd4 $146 ({RR} 18... e5 19. Bh4 Rd6 20. Qg5+ Kh7 21. Qf5+ Kg8 22. Qg5+ Kh7 23. Qf5+ Kg8 24. Qg5+ {½-½ (24) Vrolijk,L (2516)-Schoppen,C (2498) Netherlands NED 2023}) 19. Rxd4 Nxd4 20. Qf4 Nc2+ 21. Kd1 Qd7+ 22. Kxc2 Qa4+ 23. Kb1 Qxe4+ 24. Qxe4 Nxe4 25. Bf4 Nf6 26. h4 Nd5 27. Bd2 f5 28. g3 Kf7 29. f3 Rh8 30. Bg5 c4 31. g4 b5 32. Rd1 fxg4 33. fxg4 a5 34. h5 Rg8 35. Rf1+ Ke8 36. h6 Rf8 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Bd8 a4 39. g5 Kf7 40. h7 Kg7 41. g6 c3 42. bxc3 Nxc3+ 43. Kc2 Nd5 44. Bg5 e5 45. Kd2 Kh8 46. Ke1 b4 47. axb4 a3 48. Bc1 Nxb4 49. Kd2 Nd5 50. Bxa3 Nf4 51. Bb2 Nxg6 52. Bxe5+ Nxe5 53. Kc3 Kxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "2022.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2022.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 Qe7 12. Nf3 Rd8 13. Qc2 c5 14. e4 Bxf1 15. Rxf1 g5 16. Nxg5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Nc6 18. Qc1 Rxd4 $146 ({RR} 18... e5 19. Bh4 Rd6 20. Qg5+ Kh7 21. Qf5+ Kg8 22. Qg5+ Kh7 23. Qf5+ Kg8 24. Qg5+ {½-½ (24) Vrolijk,L (2516)-Schoppen,C (2498) Netherlands NED 2023}) 19. Rxd4 Nxd4 20. Qf4 Nc2+ 21. Kd1 Qd7+ 22. Kxc2 Qa4+ 23. Kb1 Qxe4+ 24. Qxe4 Nxe4 25. Bf4 Nf6 26. h4 Nd5 27. Bd2 f5 28. g3 Kf7 29. f3 Rh8 30. Bg5 c4 31. g4 b5 32. Rd1 fxg4 33. fxg4 a5 34. h5 Rg8 35. Rf1+ Ke8 36. h6 Rf8 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Bd8 a4 39. g5 Kf7 40. h7 Kg7 41. g6 c3 42. bxc3 Nxc3+ 43. Kc2 Nd5 44. Bg5 e5 45. Kd2 Kh8 46. Ke1 b4 47. axb4 a3 48. Bc1 Nxb4 49. Kd2 Nd5 50. Bxa3 Nf4 51. Bb2 Nxg6 52. Bxe5+ Nxe5 53. Kc3 Kxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bullet Chess Winners 2024"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.06.10"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2024.06.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. g3 c5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 cxd4 8. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Qxd5 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Bg2 Bc6 13. Nxc6 Nxc6 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Rc1 ({RR} 15. O-O-O Rd8 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. Rd1+ Kc7 18. Rd4 e5 19. Rh4 h6 20. Rg4 g6 21. Ra4 Kb6 22. Re4 Re8 23. Kc2 f5 24. Rb4+ Kc7 25. f3 a5 26. Ra4 Kb6 27. Ra3 e4 28. Kd2 Rd8+ 29. Ke3 Re8 {Gelfand,B (2675)-Karpov,A (2725) Cap d'Agde 1998 ½-½ (52)}) 15... Kd7 16. b3 $146 ({RR} 16. O-O Rab8 17. Rc2 Rhd8 18. Rfc1 Rb6 19. f4 Kc7 20. Kf2 Kb7 21. b3 Rd6 22. e4 Rd7 23. Ke3 Rd6 24. g4 Rb4 25. Rc4 Rb6 26. h4 f6 27. g5 e5 28. fxe5 fxe5 29. Rf1 Rd7 30. h5 Kc7 {Gonzalez Garcia,J (2451)-Pablo Marin,A (2339) Barcelona ESP 2024 1-0 (37)}) 16... Kc7 17. f3 Rhd8 18. Kf2 Rd5 19. Rc3 Rad8 20. Rhc1 R8d6 21. Rc4 Kb6 22. Rb4+ Kc7 23. Ra4 a5 24. Rc2 Kb6 25. Rac4 Rd1 26. R4c3 g6 27. g4 Rh1 28. Kg3 Rg1+ 29. Kf4 h6 30. e4 Rgd1 31. Ke5 Kc7 32. Kf6 g5 33. Kxf7 e5 34. Ke7 Rg6 35. Kf7 Rdd6 36. Rc5 Kd7 37. Rd2 Rgf6+ 38. Kg7 Rg6+ 39. Kh7 Rxd2 40. Kxg6 Kd6 41. Rxa5 Rxh2 42. a4 Rh3 43. Ra8 Rxf3 44. Rb8 Kc7 45. Rb4 Rf4 46. a5 c5 47. Rb5 Rxe4 48. Rxc5+ Kb7 49. Rb5+ Ka6 50. Rd5 Rxg4 51. Rxe5 Rb4 52. Kxh6 Rb5 53. Rxb5 Kxb5 54. Kxg5 Kxa5 55. Kf4 Kb4 56. Ke3 Kxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet ROM Classic 2024"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "2024.07.02"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "So, W.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2024.06.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. f3 Nc6 7. e4 Na5 8. c5 bxc5 9. Rb1 $146 ({RR} 9. Qa4 Nc6 10. Bb5 Ne7 11. dxc5 O-O 12. Be3 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. f4 a5 15. Nf3 Nb8 16. Qc2 h6 17. O-O a4 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Bd3 Nbc6 20. Qe2 Rb8 21. Rf3 Qe8 22. g4 f5 23. exf6 Rxf6 {Vuelban,V (2237)-Bellahcene,B (2521) Kuwait City KUW 2025 1-0 (33)}) ({RR} 9. Qa4 Nb7 10. Rb1 cxd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Ba6 Nxe4 13. fxe4 Qh4+ 14. Kd1 Qxe4 15. Qc2 Qxd4+ 16. Ke1 Qc5 17. Bd3 Qxc2 18. Bxc2 Nd6 19. Ne2 Bb7 20. Bf4 Bxg2 21. Rg1 Bd5 22. Ba4 f6 23. Bxd7 Nc4 {LCZero 0.31-dag-c93c6a8-BT4-6 (3652)-Berserk 20250113 tcec-chess.com INT 2025 ½-½ (79)}) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 c5 11. dxc5 O-O 12. Bf4 Nb7 13. Qd4 Re8 14. Ne2 Qa5+ 15. Nc3 a6 16. Be3 Qxa3 17. e5 Nd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Kf2 Nd8 20. Qxd5 Bb7 21. Rxb7 Nxb7 22. Qxb7 Rab8 23. Qd5 Qb2+ 24. Be2 Rxe5 25. Qd4 a5 26. Rb1 Qxb1 27. Qxe5 Kh8 28. Bd4 f6 29. Qd6 Qb7 30. Bxf6 Re8 31. Bc3 1-0

[Event "Superbet ROM Classic 2024"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "2024.07.02"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "So, W.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2024.06.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. f3 Nc6 7. e4 Na5 8. c5 bxc5 9. Rb1 $146 ({RR} 9. Qa4 Nc6 10. Bb5 Ne7 11. dxc5 O-O 12. Be3 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. f4 a5 15. Nf3 Nb8 16. Qc2 h6 17. O-O a4 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Bd3 Nbc6 20. Qe2 Rb8 21. Rf3 Qe8 22. g4 f5 23. exf6 Rxf6 {Vuelban,V (2237)-Bellahcene,B (2521) Kuwait City KUW 2025 1-0 (33)}) ({RR} 9. Qa4 Nb7 10. Rb1 cxd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Ba6 Nxe4 13. fxe4 Qh4+ 14. Kd1 Qxe4 15. Qc2 Qxd4+ 16. Ke1 Qc5 17. Bd3 Qxc2 18. Bxc2 Nd6 19. Ne2 Bb7 20. Bf4 Bxg2 21. Rg1 Bd5 22. Ba4 f6 23. Bxd7 Nc4 {LCZero 0.31-dag-c93c6a8-BT4-6 (3652)-Berserk 20250113 tcec-chess.com INT 2025 ½-½ (79)}) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 c5 11. dxc5 O-O 12. Bf4 Nb7 13. Qd4 Re8 14. Ne2 Qa5+ 15. Nc3 a6 16. Be3 Qxa3 17. e5 Nd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Kf2 Nd8 20. Qxd5 Bb7 21. Rxb7 Nxb7 22. Qxb7 Rab8 23. Qd5 Qb2+ 24. Be2 Rxe5 25. Qd4 a5 26. Rb1 Qxb1 27. Qxe5 Kh8 28. Bd4 f6 29. Qd6 Qb7 30. Bxf6 Re8 31. Bc3 1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2024"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2024.04.07"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Abasov, N.."]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2024.04.04"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 ({RR} 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O Bxc3 9. Qxc3 Qe7 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Qxe5 Rd8 13. Bc2 Ng4 14. Qg3 e5 15. f3 Nf6 16. b3 Nh5 17. Qf2 Bd7 18. Bb2 Bc6 19. Rad1 h6 20. h3 Nf6 21. Qg3 Rxd1 {Erigaisi,A (2801)-Abdusattorov,N (2768) Wijk aan Zee NED 2025 1-0 (46)}) ({RR} 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. a3 Ba5 9. O-O h6 10. b3 cxd4 11. exd4 Bb6 12. Bb2 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Rad1 e5 15. Nb5 Bg4 16. Be2 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Ne8 19. Rd5 Qb6 20. Rfd1 Rd8 21. a4 Nf6 {Giannoulakis,L (2318)-Alexakis,D (2532) Loutraki GRE 2025 ½-½ (61)}) 7... Bxc5 8. Nf3 d5 9. O-O $146 ({RR} 9. a3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b6 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. O-O a5 14. Rfd1 Qc8 15. Qb3 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Nc6 18. Na2 Rd8 19. Rc1 Qd7 20. h3 Qd6 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Ne4 23. Qb2 Bh4 {Kristoferitsch,D (2254)-Iniyan,P (2500) Sitges ESP 2023 0-1 (36)}) 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. b3 a6 12. Bd3 b5 13. Ne4 Bb7 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. Bxb5 Nxb3 16. Qxb3 axb5 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. Bb2 Qc5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rac1 Qf5 21. Nd4 Qg5 22. Nc6 Ra6 23. h4 Qxh4 24. Qxb5 Rxa2 25. g3 Bxc6 26. Qxc6 Qh5 27. Kg2 Rb8 28. Qf3 Qg6 29. Ra1 Rxa1 30. Rxa1 Kg7 31. Ra4 Rb5 32. Rf4 h5 33. e4 Rg5 34. Kh3 e5 35. Rf5 Rxf5 36. Qxf5 Kh6 37. Qf3 Qg5 38. Qd1 Kg7 39. Qf3 Kg6 40. Qd1 f5 41. Qd6+ Qf6 42. exf5+ Kxf5 43. Qd3+ Kg5 44. Qe3+ Kg6 45. Kg2 Qc6+ 46. Kh2 Qd5 47. Qb6+ f6 48. Qb8 Qe6 49. Qa8 f5 50. Qd8 Qf6 51. Qe8+ Kh6 52. Kg2 f4 53. gxf4 Qxf4 54. Qh8+ Kg5 55. Qd8+ Kg4 56. Qd7+ Kh4 57. Qh3+ Kg5 58. Qb3 e4 59. Qc3 Qg4+ 60. Kh2 Kh4 61. Qf6+ Qg5 62. Qd6 Kg4 63. Qd1+ Kf4 64. Qd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2024"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2024.04.07"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Abasov, N.."]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2024.04.04"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 ({RR} 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O Bxc3 9. Qxc3 Qe7 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Qxe5 Rd8 13. Bc2 Ng4 14. Qg3 e5 15. f3 Nf6 16. b3 Nh5 17. Qf2 Bd7 18. Bb2 Bc6 19. Rad1 h6 20. h3 Nf6 21. Qg3 Rxd1 {Erigaisi,A (2801)-Abdusattorov,N (2768) Wijk aan Zee NED 2025 1-0 (46)}) ({RR} 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. a3 Ba5 9. O-O h6 10. b3 cxd4 11. exd4 Bb6 12. Bb2 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Rad1 e5 15. Nb5 Bg4 16. Be2 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Ne8 19. Rd5 Qb6 20. Rfd1 Rd8 21. a4 Nf6 {Giannoulakis,L (2318)-Alexakis,D (2532) Loutraki GRE 2025 ½-½ (61)}) 7... Bxc5 8. Nf3 d5 9. O-O $146 ({RR} 9. a3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b6 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. O-O a5 14. Rfd1 Qc8 15. Qb3 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Nc6 18. Na2 Rd8 19. Rc1 Qd7 20. h3 Qd6 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Ne4 23. Qb2 Bh4 {Kristoferitsch,D (2254)-Iniyan,P (2500) Sitges ESP 2023 0-1 (36)}) 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. b3 a6 12. Bd3 b5 13. Ne4 Bb7 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. Bxb5 Nxb3 16. Qxb3 axb5 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. Bb2 Qc5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rac1 Qf5 21. Nd4 Qg5 22. Nc6 Ra6 23. h4 Qxh4 24. Qxb5 Rxa2 25. g3 Bxc6 26. Qxc6 Qh5 27. Kg2 Rb8 28. Qf3 Qg6 29. Ra1 Rxa1 30. Rxa1 Kg7 31. Ra4 Rb5 32. Rf4 h5 33. e4 Rg5 34. Kh3 e5 35. Rf5 Rxf5 36. Qxf5 Kh6 37. Qf3 Qg5 38. Qd1 Kg7 39. Qf3 Kg6 40. Qd1 f5 41. Qd6+ Qf6 42. exf5+ Kxf5 43. Qd3+ Kg5 44. Qe3+ Kg6 45. Kg2 Qc6+ 46. Kh2 Qd5 47. Qb6+ f6 48. Qb8 Qe6 49. Qa8 f5 50. Qd8 Qf6 51. Qe8+ Kh6 52. Kg2 f4 53. gxf4 Qxf4 54. Qh8+ Kg5 55. Qd8+ Kg4 56. Qd7+ Kh4 57. Qh3+ Kg5 58. Qb3 e4 59. Qc3 Qg4+ 60. Kh2 Kh4 61. Qf6+ Qg5 62. Qd6 Kg4 63. Qd1+ Kf4 64. Qd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2024"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2024.04.07"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Abasov, N.."]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2024.04.04"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 ({RR} 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O Bxc3 9. Qxc3 Qe7 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Qxe5 Rd8 13. Bc2 Ng4 14. Qg3 e5 15. f3 Nf6 16. b3 Nh5 17. Qf2 Bd7 18. Bb2 Bc6 19. Rad1 h6 20. h3 Nf6 21. Qg3 Rxd1 {Erigaisi,A (2801)-Abdusattorov,N (2768) Wijk aan Zee NED 2025 1-0 (46)}) ({RR} 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. a3 Ba5 9. O-O h6 10. b3 cxd4 11. exd4 Bb6 12. Bb2 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Rad1 e5 15. Nb5 Bg4 16. Be2 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Ne8 19. Rd5 Qb6 20. Rfd1 Rd8 21. a4 Nf6 {Giannoulakis,L (2318)-Alexakis,D (2532) Loutraki GRE 2025 ½-½ (61)}) 7... Bxc5 8. Nf3 d5 9. O-O $146 ({RR} 9. a3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b6 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. O-O a5 14. Rfd1 Qc8 15. Qb3 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Nc6 18. Na2 Rd8 19. Rc1 Qd7 20. h3 Qd6 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Ne4 23. Qb2 Bh4 {Kristoferitsch,D (2254)-Iniyan,P (2500) Sitges ESP 2023 0-1 (36)}) 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. b3 a6 12. Bd3 b5 13. Ne4 Bb7 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. Bxb5 Nxb3 16. Qxb3 axb5 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. Bb2 Qc5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rac1 Qf5 21. Nd4 Qg5 22. Nc6 Ra6 23. h4 Qxh4 24. Qxb5 Rxa2 25. g3 Bxc6 26. Qxc6 Qh5 27. Kg2 Rb8 28. Qf3 Qg6 29. Ra1 Rxa1 30. Rxa1 Kg7 31. Ra4 Rb5 32. Rf4 h5 33. e4 Rg5 34. Kh3 e5 35. Rf5 Rxf5 36. Qxf5 Kh6 37. Qf3 Qg5 38. Qd1 Kg7 39. Qf3 Kg6 40. Qd1 f5 41. Qd6+ Qf6 42. exf5+ Kxf5 43. Qd3+ Kg5 44. Qe3+ Kg6 45. Kg2 Qc6+ 46. Kh2 Qd5 47. Qb6+ f6 48. Qb8 Qe6 49. Qa8 f5 50. Qd8 Qf6 51. Qe8+ Kh6 52. Kg2 f4 53. gxf4 Qxf4 54. Qh8+ Kg5 55. Qd8+ Kg4 56. Qd7+ Kh4 57. Qh3+ Kg5 58. Qb3 e4 59. Qc3 Qg4+ 60. Kh2 Kh4 61. Qf6+ Qg5 62. Qd6 Kg4 63. Qd1+ Kf4 64. Qd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2024"]
[Site "Toronto, Canada"]
[Date "2024.04.07"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Stockfish 16.1"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 (7. Nge2 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 d5 11. c5 Ne4 12. Qe1 b6 13. f3 Nf6 14. b4 bxc5 15. dxc5 Ne5 16. Bc2 Ba6 17. a4 Nd3 18. Bxd3 Bxd3 19. Qd2 Bc4 20. Ba3 Qc7 21. Rfb1 Nd7 {Bok,B (2624)-So,W (2778) chess.com INT 2022 1-0}) ({RR} 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O Bxc3 9. Qxc3 Qe7 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Qxe5 Rd8 13. Bc2 Ng4 14. Qg3 e5 15. f3 Nf6 16. b3 Nh5 17. Qf2 Bd7 18. Bb2 Bc6 19. Rad1 h6 20. h3 Nf6 21. Qg3 Rxd1 {Erigaisi,A (2801)-Abdusattorov,N (2768) Wijk aan Zee NED 2025 1-0 (46)}) ({RR} 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. a3 Ba5 9. O-O h6 10. b3 cxd4 11. exd4 Bb6 12. Bb2 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Rad1 e5 15. Nb5 Bg4 16. Be2 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Ne8 19. Rd5 Qb6 20. Rfd1 Rd8 21. a4 Nf6 {Giannoulakis,L (2318)-Alexakis,D (2532) Loutraki GRE 2025 ½-½ (61)}) 7... Bxc5 (7... dxc5 8. Nf3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Nc6 10. Bc2 b6 11. b3 Bb7 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Rd1 Rfd8 14. Ke2 Ne8 15. Bb1 f6 16. Qc2 g6 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Rd1 e5 19. Kf1 Rd6 20. Rd2 Qe6 21. Qd1 Ne7 22. Ng1 {Santos Latasa,J (2615)-Niemann,H (2692) Wijk aan Zee NED 2024 1/2-1/2 (55)}) 8. Nf3 {White has an edge.} d5 9. O-O $146 (9. a3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b6 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. O-O a5 14. Rfd1 Qc8 15. Qb3 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Nc6 18. Na2 Rd8 19. Rc1 Qd7 20. h3 Qd6 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Ne4 23. Qb2 Bh4 {Kristoferitsch,D (2254)-Iniyan,P (2500) Sitges ESP 2023 0-1 (36)}) ({RR} 9. a3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b6 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. O-O a5 14. Rfd1 Qc8 15. Qb3 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Nc6 18. Na2 Rd8 19. Rc1 Qd7 20. h3 Qd6 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Ne4 23. Qb2 Bh4 {Kristoferitsch,D (2254)-Iniyan,P (2500) Sitges ESP 2023 0-1 (36)}) 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. b3 a6 {The position is equal.} 12. Bd3 b5 13. Ne4 (13. a4 {looks sharper.} Bb7 14. Bb2 bxa4 15. Nxa4 Be7 16. Rfd1) 13... Bb7 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. Bxb5 Nxb3 16. Qxb3 {[#] Be2 is the strong threat.} axb5 17. Rd1 Qc7 {Strongly threatening ...Ng4.} 18. Bb2 Qc5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rac1 Qf5 21. Nd4 Qg5 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rg5g2]} 22. Nc6 Ra6 {[#]} 23. h4 $1 $132 {[%mdl 2560] White is not holding back} Qxh4 24. Qxb5 Rxa2 25. g3 Bxc6 $1 26. Qxc6 Qh5 27. Kg2 Rb8 28. Qf3 Qg6 29. Ra1 Rxa1 30. Rxa1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Kg7 31. Ra4 Rb5 32. Rf4 h5 33. e4 Rg5 34. Kh3 e5 35. Rf5 Rxf5 36. Qxf5 {KQ-KQ} Kh6 37. Qf3 Qg5 38. Qd1 Kg7 39. Qf3 Kg6 40. Qd1 f5 41. Qd6+ Qf6 42. exf5+ Kxf5 43. Qd3+ Kg5 44. Qe3+ Kg6 45. Kg2 Qc6+ 46. Kh2 Qd5 47. Qb6+ f6 48. Qb8 Qe6 49. Qa8 f5 50. Qd8 Qf6 51. Qe8+ Kh6 52. Kg2 f4 53. gxf4 Qxf4 54. Qh8+ Kg5 55. Qd8+ Kg4 56. Qd7+ Kh4 {aiming for ... Qg4+.} 57. Qh3+ Kg5 {White must now prevent ...Qg4+.} 58. Qb3 e4 59. Qc3 Qg4+ 60. Kh2 Kh4 61. Qf6+ Qg5 62. Qd6 Kg4 {(  ...Qf4+)} 63. Qd1+ Kf4 {And now ...Qh4+ would win.} 64. Qd2+ {Precisão Chessbase: Brancas 98% Pretas 98%. Precisão Lichess.org: Brancas 99% Pretas 100%. Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 99.1% Pretas 99.3%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.25"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Aronian, L.."]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2023.11.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qb3 a5 6. g3 Bb7 7. Bg2 d6 ({RR} 7... d5 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Rac1 Nbd7 11. Rfd1 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. c5 Ba6 15. cxb6 cxb6 16. Nb5 Bb4 17. a4 Qe8 18. Nc7 Bc4 19. Qxc4 dxc4 20. Nxe8 Rfxe8 21. Nxc4 Nd7 22. Bb7 {Bai,J (2618)-Vokhidov,S (2512) Chess.com INT 2020 1-0 (54)}) ({RR} 7... Ne4 8. O-O O-O 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. a3 Be7 11. Qe3 Bb7 12. b3 d6 13. Bb2 Nd7 14. Qc3 Bf6 15. Qc2 Rb8 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 e5 18. Rfd1 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 exd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Ne5 22. Bg2 {Hajiyev,K (2124)-Zampronha,W (2121) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (36)}) 8. O-O Nbd7 $146 ({RR} 8... Bxc3 9. Qxc3 Nbd7 10. Ne1 Bxg2 11. Nxg2 O-O 12. Qc2 c5 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Bf4 Ra6 16. Qd3 Ne8 17. g4 Qb7 18. Rd2 Nb8 19. Rad1 Rb6 20. Qc3 e5 21. Bg5 Nc6 22. Ne3 f6 23. Bh4 {Van Scheltinga,T-Hecht,H Wijk aan Zee 1971 0-1 (78)}) 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. b3 c5 12. Bb2 d5 13. cxd5 Bxc3 14. d6 Qxd6 15. Qxc3 Qe7 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qb7+ 19. Qf3 Nfe4 20. Bd4 f5 21. Nc4 a4 22. b4 Nd7 23. Kg1 Ndf6 24. Bxf6 Rxf6 25. Qe3 Rc8 26. Rac1 b5 27. Ne5 Rff8 28. f3 Nf6 29. Rxc8 Qxc8 30. Rc1 Nd5 31. Rxc8 Nxe3 32. Rc5 Rb8 33. Nc6 Rb6 34. Nd4 a3 35. Nxb5 Nd5 36. Nxa3 Rxb4 37. Nc2 Ra4 38. a3 g5 39. Kf2 h5 40. Rb5 Rc4 41. Nb4 Nxb4 42. axb4 Kf7 43. Ke3 Rc3+ 44. Kd4 Rc2 45. Kd3 Rb2 46. Rb7+ Kf6 47. b5 Ke5 48. b6 Kd6 49. Rb8 Kc6 50. b7 g4 51. Ke3 gxf3 52. Kxf3 Rb6 53. Kf4 Rb4+ 54. Kg5 Re4 55. Rc8+ Kxb7 56. Rc2 h4 57. gxh4 Rg4+ 58. Kf6 Rg2 59. h3 f4 60. Rc4 Rxe2 61. Rxf4 e5 62. Rc4 Re3 63. h5 e4 64. Kg5 Kb6 65. h4 Kb5 66. Rc8 Re1 67. h6 1-0

[Event "10th Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.25"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Aronian, L.."]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2023.11.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qb3 a5 6. g3 Bb7 7. Bg2 d6 ({RR} 7... d5 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Rac1 Nbd7 11. Rfd1 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. c5 Ba6 15. cxb6 cxb6 16. Nb5 Bb4 17. a4 Qe8 18. Nc7 Bc4 19. Qxc4 dxc4 20. Nxe8 Rfxe8 21. Nxc4 Nd7 22. Bb7 {Bai,J (2618)-Vokhidov,S (2512) Chess.com INT 2020 1-0 (54)}) ({RR} 7... Ne4 8. O-O O-O 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. a3 Be7 11. Qe3 Bb7 12. b3 d6 13. Bb2 Nd7 14. Qc3 Bf6 15. Qc2 Rb8 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 e5 18. Rfd1 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 exd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Ne5 22. Bg2 {Hajiyev,K (2124)-Zampronha,W (2121) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (36)}) 8. O-O Nbd7 $146 ({RR} 8... Bxc3 9. Qxc3 Nbd7 10. Ne1 Bxg2 11. Nxg2 O-O 12. Qc2 c5 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Bf4 Ra6 16. Qd3 Ne8 17. g4 Qb7 18. Rd2 Nb8 19. Rad1 Rb6 20. Qc3 e5 21. Bg5 Nc6 22. Ne3 f6 23. Bh4 {Van Scheltinga,T-Hecht,H Wijk aan Zee 1971 0-1 (78)}) 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. b3 c5 12. Bb2 d5 13. cxd5 Bxc3 14. d6 Qxd6 15. Qxc3 Qe7 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qb7+ 19. Qf3 Nfe4 20. Bd4 f5 21. Nc4 a4 22. b4 Nd7 23. Kg1 Ndf6 24. Bxf6 Rxf6 25. Qe3 Rc8 26. Rac1 b5 27. Ne5 Rff8 28. f3 Nf6 29. Rxc8 Qxc8 30. Rc1 Nd5 31. Rxc8 Nxe3 32. Rc5 Rb8 33. Nc6 Rb6 34. Nd4 a3 35. Nxb5 Nd5 36. Nxa3 Rxb4 37. Nc2 Ra4 38. a3 g5 39. Kf2 h5 40. Rb5 Rc4 41. Nb4 Nxb4 42. axb4 Kf7 43. Ke3 Rc3+ 44. Kd4 Rc2 45. Kd3 Rb2 46. Rb7+ Kf6 47. b5 Ke5 48. b6 Kd6 49. Rb8 Kc6 50. b7 g4 51. Ke3 gxf3 52. Kxf3 Rb6 53. Kf4 Rb4+ 54. Kg5 Re4 55. Rc8+ Kxb7 56. Rc2 h4 57. gxh4 Rg4+ 58. Kf6 Rg2 59. h3 f4 60. Rc4 Rxe2 61. Rxf4 e5 62. Rc4 Re3 63. h5 e4 64. Kg5 Kb6 65. h4 Kb5 66. Rc8 Re1 67. h6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 5th Sep Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.05"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bluebaum, M.."]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2023.09.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 c5 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Ne2 b6 9. d5 Ba6 10. Qd3 exd5 11. Qxd5 Qe7 12. b3 ({RR} 12. Rd1 Nc6 13. b3 Rad8 14. Bb2 Bb7 15. Ng3 Na5 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qh6 f6 18. Bd3 Nxb3 19. f3 Ng5 20. Kf2 d5 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. h4 Nh7 23. Qxg6+ Kh8 24. cxd5 Rg8 25. Qh6 Qg7 26. Qf4 Bxd5 {Firouzja,A (2778)-Giri,A (2760) Miami 2022 ½-½ (49)}) 12... Nc6 ({RR} 12... Re8 13. Bb2 Nxf2 14. Kxf2 Qxe3+ 15. Ke1 Qxb3 16. Qd2 Bxc4 17. Kf2 d5 18. Re1 Nc6 19. Nc1 Qa4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Bxg7 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Qh4+ 23. Kf1 Kxg7 24. Qxd5 Qf4+ 25. Kg1 Qd4+ 26. Qxd4+ Nxd4 27. Re7 {Putrenko,K (2304)-Postnikov,A (2199) Sochi RUS 2025 0-1 (46)}) 13. Bb2 Na5 14. Ng3 Nf6 $146 ({RR} 14... Bb7 15. Qd3 f5 16. f3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 d5 18. cxd5 Rad8 19. Qc3 Rfe8 20. Kf2 Bxd5 21. Bb5 Bc6 22. Be2 Bd5 23. b4 Nb7 24. Rh5 Rd6 25. Rxf5 Be6 26. Re5 h6 27. Rd1 Qf7 28. Bc4 cxb4 29. axb4 {Abdusattorov,N (2713)-Gelfand,B (2668) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (33)}) 15. Qg5 Qd8 16. Nf5 Ne8 17. Qg3 f6 18. e4 Bb7 19. b4 Nc6 20. bxc5 bxc5 21. Be2 Ne5 22. Bxe5 fxe5 23. Qxe5 d6 24. Qe6+ Kh8 25. O-O g6 26. Ng3 Bc8 27. Qd5 Nc7 28. Qd2 Ne6 29. Rad1 Nd4 30. Bd3 Bg4 31. f3 Bxf3 32. gxf3 Nxf3+ 33. Rxf3 Rxf3 34. Be2 Rf8 35. Qc3+ Qf6 36. Qxf6+ Rxf6 37. Rb1 Re8 38. Kg2 h5 39. Bf3 Ref8 40. Rb3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 5th Sep Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.05"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bluebaum, M.."]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2023.09.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 c5 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Ne2 b6 9. d5 Ba6 10. Qd3 exd5 11. Qxd5 Qe7 12. b3 ({RR} 12. Rd1 Nc6 13. b3 Rad8 14. Bb2 Bb7 15. Ng3 Na5 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qh6 f6 18. Bd3 Nxb3 19. f3 Ng5 20. Kf2 d5 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. h4 Nh7 23. Qxg6+ Kh8 24. cxd5 Rg8 25. Qh6 Qg7 26. Qf4 Bxd5 {Firouzja,A (2778)-Giri,A (2760) Miami 2022 ½-½ (49)}) 12... Nc6 ({RR} 12... Re8 13. Bb2 Nxf2 14. Kxf2 Qxe3+ 15. Ke1 Qxb3 16. Qd2 Bxc4 17. Kf2 d5 18. Re1 Nc6 19. Nc1 Qa4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Bxg7 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Qh4+ 23. Kf1 Kxg7 24. Qxd5 Qf4+ 25. Kg1 Qd4+ 26. Qxd4+ Nxd4 27. Re7 {Putrenko,K (2304)-Postnikov,A (2199) Sochi RUS 2025 0-1 (46)}) 13. Bb2 Na5 14. Ng3 Nf6 $146 ({RR} 14... Bb7 15. Qd3 f5 16. f3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 d5 18. cxd5 Rad8 19. Qc3 Rfe8 20. Kf2 Bxd5 21. Bb5 Bc6 22. Be2 Bd5 23. b4 Nb7 24. Rh5 Rd6 25. Rxf5 Be6 26. Re5 h6 27. Rd1 Qf7 28. Bc4 cxb4 29. axb4 {Abdusattorov,N (2713)-Gelfand,B (2668) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (33)}) 15. Qg5 Qd8 16. Nf5 Ne8 17. Qg3 f6 18. e4 Bb7 19. b4 Nc6 20. bxc5 bxc5 21. Be2 Ne5 22. Bxe5 fxe5 23. Qxe5 d6 24. Qe6+ Kh8 25. O-O g6 26. Ng3 Bc8 27. Qd5 Nc7 28. Qd2 Ne6 29. Rad1 Nd4 30. Bd3 Bg4 31. f3 Bxf3 32. gxf3 Nxf3+ 33. Rxf3 Rxf3 34. Be2 Rf8 35. Qc3+ Qf6 36. Qxf6+ Rxf6 37. Rb1 Re8 38. Kg2 h5 39. Bf3 Ref8 40. Rb3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 15th Aug Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bluebaum, M.."]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2023.08.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd2 c5 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 d5 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Rc1 ({RR} 12. Be2 Rc8 13. Nb5 Ra8 14. Rc1 a6 15. Nd6 Bc6 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Nc4 Ne4 18. Bb4 Re8 19. f3 Nec5 20. e4 Bc6 21. Bc3 Ba4 22. Qe1 Qc7 23. Qg3 Qxg3 24. hxg3 Bb5 25. Kf2 Red8 26. Bb4 Nb3 {Bluebaum,M (2643)-Volkov,M (2325) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (60)}) 12... Nc5 13. Be2 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nd5 $146 ({RR} 14... Qe7 15. b4 Nce4 16. Bb2 Rfd8 17. Qe2 a5 18. bxa5 Rxa5 19. Rfd1 Rg5 20. f3 Nd6 21. Bb3 h5 22. e4 e5 23. h4 Rg3 24. Qe1 Nfxe4 25. fxe4 Qxh4 26. Nf3 Qg4 27. Qf2 Bxe4 28. Rc3 h4 29. Nxh4 {Bluebaum,M (2640)-Schmakel,S (2449) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (37)}) 15. Bd2 Rc8 16. Qg4 Nf6 17. Qe2 Nfe4 18. Be1 Nd6 19. b4 Nxc4 20. bxc5 Qd5 21. Nf3 Ne5 22. e4 Qd3 23. Qe3 Ba6 24. Bb4 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Qxe3 26. fxe3 Bxf1 27. Kxf1 a5 28. Bd2 Rxc5 29. Rxc5 bxc5 30. Ke1 a4 31. Kd1 Rb8 32. Kc2 Rb3 33. Bc1 e5 34. h4 f6 35. h5 Kf7 36. h6 gxh6 37. f4 h5 38. fxe5 fxe5 39. Bd2 Ke6 40. Bc3 h4 41. Bxe5 Kxe5 42. Kd2 Rxa3 43. Ke2 Kxe4 44. Kf2 Rxe3 45. Kg2 a3 46. Kh2 a2 47. Kg2 a1=Q 48. Kh2 Qb2+ 49. Kg1 Re1# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 15th Aug Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bluebaum, M.."]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2023.08.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd2 c5 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 d5 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Rc1 ({RR} 12. Be2 Rc8 13. Nb5 Ra8 14. Rc1 a6 15. Nd6 Bc6 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Nc4 Ne4 18. Bb4 Re8 19. f3 Nec5 20. e4 Bc6 21. Bc3 Ba4 22. Qe1 Qc7 23. Qg3 Qxg3 24. hxg3 Bb5 25. Kf2 Red8 26. Bb4 Nb3 {Bluebaum,M (2643)-Volkov,M (2325) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (60)}) 12... Nc5 13. Be2 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nd5 $146 ({RR} 14... Qe7 15. b4 Nce4 16. Bb2 Rfd8 17. Qe2 a5 18. bxa5 Rxa5 19. Rfd1 Rg5 20. f3 Nd6 21. Bb3 h5 22. e4 e5 23. h4 Rg3 24. Qe1 Nfxe4 25. fxe4 Qxh4 26. Nf3 Qg4 27. Qf2 Bxe4 28. Rc3 h4 29. Nxh4 {Bluebaum,M (2640)-Schmakel,S (2449) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (37)}) 15. Bd2 Rc8 16. Qg4 Nf6 17. Qe2 Nfe4 18. Be1 Nd6 19. b4 Nxc4 20. bxc5 Qd5 21. Nf3 Ne5 22. e4 Qd3 23. Qe3 Ba6 24. Bb4 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Qxe3 26. fxe3 Bxf1 27. Kxf1 a5 28. Bd2 Rxc5 29. Rxc5 bxc5 30. Ke1 a4 31. Kd1 Rb8 32. Kc2 Rb3 33. Bc1 e5 34. h4 f6 35. h5 Kf7 36. h6 gxh6 37. f4 h5 38. fxe5 fxe5 39. Bd2 Ke6 40. Bc3 h4 41. Bxe5 Kxe5 42. Kd2 Rxa3 43. Ke2 Kxe4 44. Kf2 Rxe3 45. Kg2 a3 46. Kh2 a2 47. Kg2 a1=Q 48. Kh2 Qb2+ 49. Kg1 Re1# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 30th Apr Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bok, B.."]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2024.04.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 O-O 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 b6 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. Qa4 Bb7 $146 ({RR} 11... Qe7 12. Nf3 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Ne5 Qb7 15. e3 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 Nd5 17. e4 Nb6 18. Qc2 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. f3 c4 21. Be7 Rfc8 22. Bb4 a5 23. Bc3 Na4 24. Rd4 Rab8 25. Ke2 Nxc3+ 26. bxc3 {Nabaty,T (2644)-Babula,V (2552) Teplice 2017 ½-½ (57)}) 12. f3 Qd7 13. Qxd7 Nbxd7 14. e4 c5 15. Ne2 Rfc8 16. Nc3 cxd4 17. Rxd4 Nc5 18. Be2 Rd8 19. Bf2 Rxd4 20. Bxd4 Nb3 21. Be3 Nd7 22. Kf2 Kf8 23. Rd1 Ke7 24. Bb5 Rd8 25. Bc4 Na5 26. Be2 Rc8 27. Nb5 Rc2 28. Rd2 Rxd2 29. Bxd2 Nc6 30. Ke3 a6 31. Nd4 Nxd4 32. Kxd4 e5+ 33. Ke3 b5 34. Bb4+ Ke6 35. Bd1 Nb6 36. Bb3+ Nc4+ 37. Kd3 f5 38. exf5+ Kxf5 39. Bxc4 bxc4+ 40. Kxc4 e4 41. fxe4+ Bxe4 42. g3 h5 43. Bf8 g5 44. Kc5 Bd3 45. a4 Ke6 46. b4 Kd7 47. Kb6 Kc8 48. Be7 g4 49. Bd6 Be2 50. Bf4 Bd3 51. Kc5 Be2 52. Kd6 Bd1 53. b5 axb5 54. axb5 Kb7 55. Be3 Be2 56. b6 Bf1 57. Ke5 Bh3 58. Kf6 Kc6 59. Kg5 Kb7 60. Kxh5 Kc6 61. Kg5 Kb7 62. Kf6 Kc6 63. Ke7 Kb7 64. Kd6 Bf1 65. Kc5 Bh3 66. Bd4 Bg2 67. h4 gxh3 68. Bg1 Bf3 69. Bh2 Bg4 70. Bg1 Bf5 71. Kd6 Bc8 72. Ke5 h2 73. Bxh2 Kxb6 74. Kd6 Kb7 75. Bg1 Bh3 76. Ke5 Bg4 77. Kf4 Bc8 78. g4 Bxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ChessKid Cup Play-In"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.01"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Bok, B.."]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2023.05.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. e4 c5 6. d5 Qe7 7. Nge2 exd5 8. exd5 O-O 9. Bg5 ({RR} 9. Bd2 Re8 10. f3 d6 11. O-O-O Nbd7 12. Ng3 Ne5 13. Re1 Qf8 14. Bg5 Nfd7 15. Nf5 h6 16. Bd2 Nf6 17. f4 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Neg4 19. Be2 Nf2 20. Rhf1 N2e4 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Bxb4 cxb4 23. Bd3 Rxe1+ {Indjic,A (2595)-Firouzja,A (2760) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (53)}) 9... d6 10. O-O-O Re8 ({RR} 10... h6 11. Bh4 Re8 12. f3 Nbd7 13. Kb1 Ne5 14. Nc1 Bxc3 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxc3 Bf5+ 17. Ka1 Re7 18. g3 Bg6 19. Bg2 Qf5 20. Nb3 Rae8 21. Nd2 Qd3 22. Bf1 Qxc3 23. bxc3 Bc2 24. Re1 Kf8 25. Re3 {Sanchez Alvarez,R (2373)-Diaz Perez,M (2474) San Vicente ESP 2025 0-1 (68)}) 11. Ng3 $146 ({RR} 11. f3 h6 12. Bh4 Nbd7 13. Kb1 a6 14. Ng3 Bxc3 15. Nf5 Qd8 16. Qxc3 Ne5 17. Qc2 Rb8 18. Re1 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Bd3 c4 21. Be4 b4 22. b3 cxb3 23. axb3 Ra8 24. Kb2 Bxf5 25. Bxf5 Qa5 {Mis,M (2300)-Campos,M (2212) Suwalki POL 2023 0-1 (36)}) 11... h6 12. Bf4 Ng4 13. Nce4 Ne5 14. a3 Ba5 15. Bd3 Nbd7 16. Kb1 Nf8 17. Be2 f5 18. Nc3 Neg6 19. Bc1 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 f4 21. Nh5 Qf7 22. Bf3 Bf5+ 23. Ka1 Be4 24. Rhg1 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Re5 26. Bxf4 Rxh5 27. Bxd6 Re8 28. Rde1 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Rf5 30. f4 Nd7 31. Qc2 Rf6 32. Bc7 Nxf4 33. Bd8 Qg6 34. Qxg6 Rxg6 35. Re7 Nf6 36. Rxa7 Ne4 37. Ka2 Nd2 38. Bc7 Nd3 39. b3 Ne4 40. Kb1 Rg2 41. Kc2 Ndxf2 42. a4 Ng4+ 43. Kd3 Ngf6 44. a5 bxa5 45. Bxa5 Rxh2 46. Ke3 Rh3+ 47. Kf4 Rxb3 48. Bc7 Rc3 49. d6 Rxc4 50. Kf5 Rd4 51. Kg6 Nxd6 52. Bxd6 Rxd6 53. Rxg7+ Kf8 54. Ra7 Nd7+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 30th Apr Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bok, B.."]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2024.04.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 O-O 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 b6 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. Qa4 Bb7 $146 ({RR} 11... Qe7 12. Nf3 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Ne5 Qb7 15. e3 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 Nd5 17. e4 Nb6 18. Qc2 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. f3 c4 21. Be7 Rfc8 22. Bb4 a5 23. Bc3 Na4 24. Rd4 Rab8 25. Ke2 Nxc3+ 26. bxc3 {Nabaty,T (2644)-Babula,V (2552) Teplice 2017 ½-½ (57)}) 12. f3 Qd7 13. Qxd7 Nbxd7 14. e4 c5 15. Ne2 Rfc8 16. Nc3 cxd4 17. Rxd4 Nc5 18. Be2 Rd8 19. Bf2 Rxd4 20. Bxd4 Nb3 21. Be3 Nd7 22. Kf2 Kf8 23. Rd1 Ke7 24. Bb5 Rd8 25. Bc4 Na5 26. Be2 Rc8 27. Nb5 Rc2 28. Rd2 Rxd2 29. Bxd2 Nc6 30. Ke3 a6 31. Nd4 Nxd4 32. Kxd4 e5+ 33. Ke3 b5 34. Bb4+ Ke6 35. Bd1 Nb6 36. Bb3+ Nc4+ 37. Kd3 f5 38. exf5+ Kxf5 39. Bxc4 bxc4+ 40. Kxc4 e4 41. fxe4+ Bxe4 42. g3 h5 43. Bf8 g5 44. Kc5 Bd3 45. a4 Ke6 46. b4 Kd7 47. Kb6 Kc8 48. Be7 g4 49. Bd6 Be2 50. Bf4 Bd3 51. Kc5 Be2 52. Kd6 Bd1 53. b5 axb5 54. axb5 Kb7 55. Be3 Be2 56. b6 Bf1 57. Ke5 Bh3 58. Kf6 Kc6 59. Kg5 Kb7 60. Kxh5 Kc6 61. Kg5 Kb7 62. Kf6 Kc6 63. Ke7 Kb7 64. Kd6 Bf1 65. Kc5 Bh3 66. Bd4 Bg2 67. h4 gxh3 68. Bg1 Bf3 69. Bh2 Bg4 70. Bg1 Bf5 71. Kd6 Bc8 72. Ke5 h2 73. Bxh2 Kxb6 74. Kd6 Kb7 75. Bg1 Bh3 76. Ke5 Bg4 77. Kf4 Bc8 78. g4 Bxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 30th Apr Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bok, B.."]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2024.04.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 O-O 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 b6 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. Qa4 Bb7 $146 ({RR} 11... Qe7 12. Nf3 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Ne5 Qb7 15. e3 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 Nd5 17. e4 Nb6 18. Qc2 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. f3 c4 21. Be7 Rfc8 22. Bb4 a5 23. Bc3 Na4 24. Rd4 Rab8 25. Ke2 Nxc3+ 26. bxc3 {Nabaty,T (2644)-Babula,V (2552) Teplice 2017 ½-½ (57)}) 12. f3 Qd7 13. Qxd7 Nbxd7 14. e4 c5 15. Ne2 Rfc8 16. Nc3 cxd4 17. Rxd4 Nc5 18. Be2 Rd8 19. Bf2 Rxd4 20. Bxd4 Nb3 21. Be3 Nd7 22. Kf2 Kf8 23. Rd1 Ke7 24. Bb5 Rd8 25. Bc4 Na5 26. Be2 Rc8 27. Nb5 Rc2 28. Rd2 Rxd2 29. Bxd2 Nc6 30. Ke3 a6 31. Nd4 Nxd4 32. Kxd4 e5+ 33. Ke3 b5 34. Bb4+ Ke6 35. Bd1 Nb6 36. Bb3+ Nc4+ 37. Kd3 f5 38. exf5+ Kxf5 39. Bxc4 bxc4+ 40. Kxc4 e4 41. fxe4+ Bxe4 42. g3 h5 43. Bf8 g5 44. Kc5 Bd3 45. a4 Ke6 46. b4 Kd7 47. Kb6 Kc8 48. Be7 g4 49. Bd6 Be2 50. Bf4 Bd3 51. Kc5 Be2 52. Kd6 Bd1 53. b5 axb5 54. axb5 Kb7 55. Be3 Be2 56. b6 Bf1 57. Ke5 Bh3 58. Kf6 Kc6 59. Kg5 Kb7 60. Kxh5 Kc6 61. Kg5 Kb7 62. Kf6 Kc6 63. Ke7 Kb7 64. Kd6 Bf1 65. Kc5 Bh3 66. Bd4 Bg2 67. h4 gxh3 68. Bg1 Bf3 69. Bh2 Bg4 70. Bg1 Bf5 71. Kd6 Bc8 72. Ke5 h2 73. Bxh2 Kxb6 74. Kd6 Kb7 75. Bg1 Bh3 76. Ke5 Bg4 77. Kf4 Bc8 78. g4 Bxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ChessKid Cup Play-In"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.01"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Bok, B.."]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2023.05.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. e4 c5 6. d5 Qe7 7. Nge2 exd5 8. exd5 O-O 9. Bg5 ({RR} 9. Bd2 Re8 10. f3 d6 11. O-O-O Nbd7 12. Ng3 Ne5 13. Re1 Qf8 14. Bg5 Nfd7 15. Nf5 h6 16. Bd2 Nf6 17. f4 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Neg4 19. Be2 Nf2 20. Rhf1 N2e4 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Bxb4 cxb4 23. Bd3 Rxe1+ {Indjic,A (2595)-Firouzja,A (2760) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (53)}) 9... d6 10. O-O-O Re8 ({RR} 10... h6 11. Bh4 Re8 12. f3 Nbd7 13. Kb1 Ne5 14. Nc1 Bxc3 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxc3 Bf5+ 17. Ka1 Re7 18. g3 Bg6 19. Bg2 Qf5 20. Nb3 Rae8 21. Nd2 Qd3 22. Bf1 Qxc3 23. bxc3 Bc2 24. Re1 Kf8 25. Re3 {Sanchez Alvarez,R (2373)-Diaz Perez,M (2474) San Vicente ESP 2025 0-1 (68)}) 11. Ng3 $146 ({RR} 11. f3 h6 12. Bh4 Nbd7 13. Kb1 a6 14. Ng3 Bxc3 15. Nf5 Qd8 16. Qxc3 Ne5 17. Qc2 Rb8 18. Re1 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Bd3 c4 21. Be4 b4 22. b3 cxb3 23. axb3 Ra8 24. Kb2 Bxf5 25. Bxf5 Qa5 {Mis,M (2300)-Campos,M (2212) Suwalki POL 2023 0-1 (36)}) 11... h6 12. Bf4 Ng4 13. Nce4 Ne5 14. a3 Ba5 15. Bd3 Nbd7 16. Kb1 Nf8 17. Be2 f5 18. Nc3 Neg6 19. Bc1 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 f4 21. Nh5 Qf7 22. Bf3 Bf5+ 23. Ka1 Be4 24. Rhg1 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Re5 26. Bxf4 Rxh5 27. Bxd6 Re8 28. Rde1 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Rf5 30. f4 Nd7 31. Qc2 Rf6 32. Bc7 Nxf4 33. Bd8 Qg6 34. Qxg6 Rxg6 35. Re7 Nf6 36. Rxa7 Ne4 37. Ka2 Nd2 38. Bc7 Nd3 39. b3 Ne4 40. Kb1 Rg2 41. Kc2 Ndxf2 42. a4 Ng4+ 43. Kd3 Ngf6 44. a5 bxa5 45. Bxa5 Rxh2 46. Ke3 Rh3+ 47. Kf4 Rxb3 48. Bc7 Rc3 49. d6 Rxc4 50. Kf5 Rd4 51. Kg6 Nxd6 52. Bxd6 Rxd6 53. Rxg7+ Kf8 54. Ra7 Nd7+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2024"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.06"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Caruana, F.."]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E28"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2024.07.25"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. f3 c5 9. e4 Nc6 10. Nh3 Ne8 11. Be3 Ba6 12. O-O Na5 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. d5 f6 $146 ({RR} 14... Nd6 15. e5 Ndxc4 16. Bg5 Qc7 17. Qe4 g6 18. Bf6 Nd6 19. exd6 Qxd6 20. Bxa6 exd5 21. Qe7 {1-0 (21) Caruana,F (2781)-Svane,R (2648) Chess.com INT 2022}) 15. f4 Nd6 16. e5 Ndxc4 17. Bf2 f5 18. d6 Qe8 19. a4 Qg6 20. Ng5 Bb7 21. h4 Bd5 22. h5 Qe8 23. g4 h6 24. Nh3 fxg4 25. Qxg4 Nd2 26. Bh4 Nxf1 27. Rxf1 Rf5 28. Bxf5 exf5 29. Qe2 Bc4 30. Qf3 Bxf1 31. Kxf1 0-1

[Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2024"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.06"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Caruana, F.."]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E28"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2024.07.25"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. f3 c5 9. e4 Nc6 10. Nh3 Ne8 11. Be3 Ba6 12. O-O Na5 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. d5 f6 $146 ({RR} 14... Nd6 15. e5 Ndxc4 16. Bg5 Qc7 17. Qe4 g6 18. Bf6 Nd6 19. exd6 Qxd6 20. Bxa6 exd5 21. Qe7 {1-0 (21) Caruana,F (2781)-Svane,R (2648) Chess.com INT 2022}) 15. f4 Nd6 16. e5 Ndxc4 17. Bf2 f5 18. d6 Qe8 19. a4 Qg6 20. Ng5 Bb7 21. h4 Bd5 22. h5 Qe8 23. g4 h6 24. Nh3 fxg4 25. Qxg4 Nd2 26. Bh4 Nxf1 27. Rxf1 Rf5 28. Bxf5 exf5 29. Qe2 Bc4 30. Qf3 Bxf1 31. Kxf1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 27th Feb Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chigaev, M.."]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2024.02.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c6 8. Ne2 b6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. O-O Ba6 11. f3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nc6 13. e4 Na5 $146 ({RR} 13... Qd7 14. c4 dxc4 15. Qxc4 Rac8 16. Bg5 e5 17. d5 Nd4 18. Qd3 Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 Ne8 20. Bd2 Nd6 21. Bb4 a5 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Qb2 Rc5 24. h3 Rfc8 25. Rfc1 h5 26. Kh2 f5 27. Rxc5 Rxc5 28. Rb1 {Robson,R (2693)-Oparin,G (2662) Saint Louis USA 2024 ½-½ (55)}) ({RR} 13... Nd7 14. a4 Rc8 15. Nf4 Ne7 16. Ba3 Re8 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. exd5 e5 19. Rfe1 Qd6 20. dxe5 Rxe5 21. Qd4 Kf8 22. Red1 Qc5 23. Qxc5+ Nxc5 24. c4 g5 25. Nh5 Nd7 26. a5 Rxc4 27. axb6 axb6 28. Ra7 {Salem,A (2631)-Prraneeth,V (2474) Al Ain UAE 2025 ½-½ (46)}) 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Nh5 17. e5 f5 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. Bd6 Rf7 20. g4 Nc4 21. Be5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Nf4 23. Nxf4 Qxf4 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Qxe6 Kg7 26. Qxd5 Rc8 27. Rae1 Qc4 28. Qd6 Qc5+ 29. Qxc5 Rxc5 30. Re3 Re7 31. Rfe1 Ra5 32. c4 Ra4 33. Rc3 Ra5 34. Kf2 Raxe5 35. Rxe5 Rxe5 36. Kg3 Rc5 37. Rd3 Rxc4 38. Rd7+ Kg6 39. Rxa7 Rc3 40. Ra6 Rb3 41. a4 Kg7 42. h3 Rb4 43. h4 Kh7 44. h5 Kg7 45. Kf2 Rb3 46. Ke2 Kh7 47. Ra8 Kg7 48. Ra7+ Kg8 49. Rb7 Rb4 50. Ra7 Rb3 51. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 27th Feb Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chigaev, M.."]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2024.02.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c6 8. Ne2 b6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. O-O Ba6 11. f3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nc6 13. e4 Na5 $146 ({RR} 13... Qd7 14. c4 dxc4 15. Qxc4 Rac8 16. Bg5 e5 17. d5 Nd4 18. Qd3 Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 Ne8 20. Bd2 Nd6 21. Bb4 a5 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Qb2 Rc5 24. h3 Rfc8 25. Rfc1 h5 26. Kh2 f5 27. Rxc5 Rxc5 28. Rb1 {Robson,R (2693)-Oparin,G (2662) Saint Louis USA 2024 ½-½ (55)}) ({RR} 13... Nd7 14. a4 Rc8 15. Nf4 Ne7 16. Ba3 Re8 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. exd5 e5 19. Rfe1 Qd6 20. dxe5 Rxe5 21. Qd4 Kf8 22. Red1 Qc5 23. Qxc5+ Nxc5 24. c4 g5 25. Nh5 Nd7 26. a5 Rxc4 27. axb6 axb6 28. Ra7 {Salem,A (2631)-Prraneeth,V (2474) Al Ain UAE 2025 ½-½ (46)}) 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Nh5 17. e5 f5 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. Bd6 Rf7 20. g4 Nc4 21. Be5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Nf4 23. Nxf4 Qxf4 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Qxe6 Kg7 26. Qxd5 Rc8 27. Rae1 Qc4 28. Qd6 Qc5+ 29. Qxc5 Rxc5 30. Re3 Re7 31. Rfe1 Ra5 32. c4 Ra4 33. Rc3 Ra5 34. Kf2 Raxe5 35. Rxe5 Rxe5 36. Kg3 Rc5 37. Rd3 Rxc4 38. Rd7+ Kg6 39. Rxa7 Rc3 40. Ra6 Rb3 41. a4 Kg7 42. h3 Rb4 43. h4 Kh7 44. h5 Kg7 45. Kf2 Rb3 46. Ke2 Kh7 47. Ra8 Kg7 48. Ra7+ Kg8 49. Rb7 Rb4 50. Ra7 Rb3 51. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 27th Feb Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chigaev, M.."]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2024.02.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c6 8. Ne2 b6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. O-O Ba6 11. f3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nc6 13. e4 Na5 $146 ({RR} 13... Qd7 14. c4 dxc4 15. Qxc4 Rac8 16. Bg5 e5 17. d5 Nd4 18. Qd3 Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 Ne8 20. Bd2 Nd6 21. Bb4 a5 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Qb2 Rc5 24. h3 Rfc8 25. Rfc1 h5 26. Kh2 f5 27. Rxc5 Rxc5 28. Rb1 {Robson,R (2693)-Oparin,G (2662) Saint Louis USA 2024 ½-½ (55)}) ({RR} 13... Nd7 14. a4 Rc8 15. Nf4 Ne7 16. Ba3 Re8 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. exd5 e5 19. Rfe1 Qd6 20. dxe5 Rxe5 21. Qd4 Kf8 22. Red1 Qc5 23. Qxc5+ Nxc5 24. c4 g5 25. Nh5 Nd7 26. a5 Rxc4 27. axb6 axb6 28. Ra7 {Salem,A (2631)-Prraneeth,V (2474) Al Ain UAE 2025 ½-½ (46)}) 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Nh5 17. e5 f5 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. Bd6 Rf7 20. g4 Nc4 21. Be5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Nf4 23. Nxf4 Qxf4 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Qxe6 Kg7 26. Qxd5 Rc8 27. Rae1 Qc4 28. Qd6 Qc5+ 29. Qxc5 Rxc5 30. Re3 Re7 31. Rfe1 Ra5 32. c4 Ra4 33. Rc3 Ra5 34. Kf2 Raxe5 35. Rxe5 Rxe5 36. Kg3 Rc5 37. Rd3 Rxc4 38. Rd7+ Kg6 39. Rxa7 Rc3 40. Ra6 Rb3 41. a4 Kg7 42. h3 Rb4 43. h4 Kh7 44. h5 Kg7 45. Kf2 Rb3 46. Ke2 Kh7 47. Ra8 Kg7 48. Ra7+ Kg8 49. Rb7 Rb4 50. Ra7 Rb3 51. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Superbet ROM Classic 2024"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "2024.07.03"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2024.06.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Na4 cxd4 9. exd4 Re8 10. a3 Bf8 11. b4 d6 12. Nc3 ({RR} 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Re1 g6 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Nc3 a6 16. Nd2 e5 17. Nce4 Nh5 18. Bf1 f5 19. Ng3 Nf4 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Qb3 Kh8 22. Nf3 Bg7 23. Rcd1 Qe7 24. Rd2 Rc7 25. Red1 e4 26. Bxg7+ Qxg7 {Praggnanandhaa,R (2678)-Le,Q (2728) chess24.com INT 2022 1-0 (53)}) ({RR} 12. Be3 Nbd7 13. Be2 Ne4 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Qb3 Rc7 16. Rfd1 Qa8 17. Ne1 g6 18. f3 Nef6 19. Nc3 a6 20. Nd3 Bg7 21. a4 Nh5 22. Qa2 Qd8 23. Nf2 f5 24. Nh3 h6 25. a5 Kh7 26. axb6 Nxb6 {Zemlyanskii,I (2563)-Injac,T (2474) Sharjah UAE 2025 1-0 (50)}) 12... a5 $146 ({RR} 12... Nbd7 13. Ng5 Rc8 14. f4 a6 15. Bb2 h6 16. Nf3 g6 17. Qd2 Bg7 18. Rae1 Qc7 19. Kh1 Nh5 20. Rc1 Qb8 21. d5 exd5 22. Nxd5 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 b5 24. Qd4 Bxd5 25. cxd5 Qb6 26. g3 Nhf6 27. Qxb6 {Gonzalez Garcia,J (2447)-Lopez Martinez,J (2481) Mataro 2004 0-1 (53)}) 13. Rb1 axb4 14. axb4 e5 15. Be2 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Rb2 Nc6 18. Be3 Rc8 19. dxe5 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Nxe5 21. Bd5 Nxc4 22. Rc2 b5 23. Qe2 Qd7 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. Rxc4 Rxc4 26. Qxc4 d5 27. Qb3 Qb5 28. Rd1 Rd8 29. Bd2 d4 30. h3 Qe2 31. Qf3 d3 32. b5 Rb8 33. Qxe2 dxe2 34. Re1 Rxb5 35. Rxe2 f6 36. g3 Kf7 37. Be3 Bc5 38. Bxc5 Rxc5 39. h4 h5 40. Kg2 Ra5 41. Rd2 Rc5 42. Re2 Ra5 43. Rd2 Rc5 44. Re2 Ra5 45. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet ROM Classic 2024"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "2024.07.03"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2024.06.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Na4 cxd4 9. exd4 Re8 10. a3 Bf8 11. b4 d6 12. Nc3 ({RR} 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Re1 g6 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Nc3 a6 16. Nd2 e5 17. Nce4 Nh5 18. Bf1 f5 19. Ng3 Nf4 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Qb3 Kh8 22. Nf3 Bg7 23. Rcd1 Qe7 24. Rd2 Rc7 25. Red1 e4 26. Bxg7+ Qxg7 {Praggnanandhaa,R (2678)-Le,Q (2728) chess24.com INT 2022 1-0 (53)}) ({RR} 12. Be3 Nbd7 13. Be2 Ne4 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Qb3 Rc7 16. Rfd1 Qa8 17. Ne1 g6 18. f3 Nef6 19. Nc3 a6 20. Nd3 Bg7 21. a4 Nh5 22. Qa2 Qd8 23. Nf2 f5 24. Nh3 h6 25. a5 Kh7 26. axb6 Nxb6 {Zemlyanskii,I (2563)-Injac,T (2474) Sharjah UAE 2025 1-0 (50)}) 12... a5 $146 ({RR} 12... Nbd7 13. Ng5 Rc8 14. f4 a6 15. Bb2 h6 16. Nf3 g6 17. Qd2 Bg7 18. Rae1 Qc7 19. Kh1 Nh5 20. Rc1 Qb8 21. d5 exd5 22. Nxd5 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 b5 24. Qd4 Bxd5 25. cxd5 Qb6 26. g3 Nhf6 27. Qxb6 {Gonzalez Garcia,J (2447)-Lopez Martinez,J (2481) Mataro 2004 0-1 (53)}) 13. Rb1 axb4 14. axb4 e5 15. Be2 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Rb2 Nc6 18. Be3 Rc8 19. dxe5 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Nxe5 21. Bd5 Nxc4 22. Rc2 b5 23. Qe2 Qd7 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. Rxc4 Rxc4 26. Qxc4 d5 27. Qb3 Qb5 28. Rd1 Rd8 29. Bd2 d4 30. h3 Qe2 31. Qf3 d3 32. b5 Rb8 33. Qxe2 dxe2 34. Re1 Rxb5 35. Rxe2 f6 36. g3 Kf7 37. Be3 Bc5 38. Bxc5 Rxc5 39. h4 h5 40. Kg2 Ra5 41. Rd2 Rc5 42. Re2 Ra5 43. Rd2 Rc5 44. Re2 Ra5 45. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet ROM Classic 2025"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "2025.05.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Duda, J.."]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E45"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2025.05.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 d5 8. cxd5 Bxf1 9. Kxf1 exd5 10. Qf3 c6 11. g4 O-O 12. h4 Re8 13. g5 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qg4 Bd6 $146 ({RR} 15... Qd7 16. Rg1 Qxg4 17. Rxg4 Nd7 18. Bd2 f5 19. Rg2 Bd6 20. Ne2 b5 21. Nc3 Nb6 22. Ke2 a6 23. g6 h6 24. Rf1 c5 25. dxc5 Bxc5 26. f3 exf3+ 27. Rxf3 Nc4 28. b3 Nxd2 29. Kxd2 Rad8+ {0-1 (29) Inkiov,V (2473)-Cornette,M (2578) Condom 2009}) 16. Bd2 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 Qd5 18. Bc3 Nd7 19. Rg1 Re6 20. Rg4 a5 21. Kg2 Rf8 22. h5 f5 23. Rg3 Rc8 24. a4 c5 25. Kh3 c4 26. Rf1 Rf8 27. Qc7 f4 28. exf4 Rc6 29. Qb7 Rxf4 30. Bd2 Rf5 31. Be3 Nf8 32. Kg2 Rf7 33. Qb8 Rf5 34. Rh1 Qd7 35. h6 g6 36. Rh4 b5 37. Rxe4 Rc8 38. Qb6 b4 39. Re5 Rxe5 40. dxe5 Qxa4 41. e6 Qe8 42. Qxa5 Qc6+ 43. Kh2 Qd6 44. e7 Qxe7 45. Qd5+ Qf7 46. Qe5 Ne6 47. Bd4 Nxd4 48. Qxd4 c3 49. bxc3 bxc3 50. Rxc3 Rxc3 51. Qd8+ Qf8 52. Qd5+ Qf7 53. Qd8+ Qf8 54. Qd5+ Qf7 55. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "IRI-chT 16th"]
[Site "Sari"]
[Date "2017.09.15"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Golizadeh, Asghar"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.09.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tabriz Shahrdari"]
[BlackTeam "Bandarabbas Azad Univ"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 d6 6. e4 O-O 7. Nge2 exd5 8. cxd5 Re8 9. Ng3 Nbd7 10. Be2 a6 11. a4 Ne5 ({RR} 11... Nf8 12. O-O Ng6 13. Bd2 h5 14. Bd3 h4 15. Nge2 Ne5 16. Bg5 h3 17. g3 Bd7 18. Nf4 c4 19. Bc2 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Nh7 21. Bh4 g5 22. Bxg5 Nxg5 23. Nh5 Qd8 24. Qe2 Bc5 25. a5 Nh7 26. Ba4 {Santoro,M (1649)-Rosario Almanzar,R (1888) Reykjavik ISL 2025 0-1 (57)}) 12. O-O c4 13. Kh1 Rb8 $146 ({RR} 13... Qa5 14. Bg5 Nfd7 15. Nf5 Nf8 16. Ne3 h6 17. Bf4 Nfg6 18. Bg3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qxc3 {½-½ (19) Maxwell,D (2066)-Pritchett,C (2274) Edinburgh 2019}) ({RR} 13... Bd7 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Qd2 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Rxc5 17. Rfc1 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nd1 h5 20. Ne3 g6 21. Nc2 h4 22. Nf1 Nh5 23. Nb4 Qf6 24. Rc3 Nf4 25. h3 Qg5 26. Bd1 Rcc8 27. Bc2 Ra8 28. Raa3 {Santos Latasa,J (2586)-Socko,B (2625) Abu Dhabi 2019 0-1 (43)}) 14. Bg5 b5 15. f4 Ned7 16. Bf3 h6 17. Bh4 Bc5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nh5 b4 20. Ne2 Kh8 21. Neg3 g5 22. fxg5 Nh7 23. g6 Qxh4 24. Nf5 Qg5 25. g7+ Kg8 26. h4 Qg6 27. Nf4 Qf6 28. Nh5 Qg6 29. Nf4 Qf6 30. Nh5 Qg6 31. Nf4 Qf6 32. Nh5 Qg6 33. Qc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2024"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.29"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Grischuk, A.."]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "2024.07.25"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a4 $146 ({RR} 5. Bf4 d6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nbd7 8. e3 b6 9. Nf3 Bb7 10. Be2 Ne4 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. h3 f5 13. Bh2 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Rf1 a5 16. O-O-O Nec5 17. b3 f4 18. exf4 exf4 19. Kb2 Rae8 {Shocron,R-Pachman,L Mar del Plata 1959 0-1}) ({RR} 5. Bf4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Bd3 Bxc5 11. O-O Nb4 12. Qd2 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Be6 14. Be5 Be7 15. Ng5 g6 16. Qd4 Qd8 17. Rad1 Bf5 18. Nf3 Be6 19. h3 a6 {Riazantsev,A (2646)-Smirnov,P (2595) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015 1-0 (36)}) ({RR} 5. g4 d5 6. Bg5 c5 7. e3 dxc4 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. O-O-O cxd4 10. Ne4 Qe7 11. exd4 b5 12. Bg2 Bb7 13. f4 f5 14. Ng5 c3 15. Bxb7 cxb2+ 16. Kxb2 Qxb7 17. Qb3 Qg2+ 18. Ka1 Qxh1 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 {Moreno,D (1612)-Ressia,L (1447) Montevideo 2022 0-1}) 5... d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2024"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.29"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Grischuk, A.."]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2024.07.25"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nf3 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Nc6 11. Qc3 Re8 12. Rd1 Bd7 ({RR} 12... e5 13. d5 Nb8 14. e3 Bg4 15. Be2 Nd7 16. O-O Rac8 17. Qb4 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Bg4 Rcd8 21. Bxd7 Rxd7 22. e4 Rd6 23. Rd3 b5 24. Rc1 c6 25. Kf1 Kf8 26. Ke2 Ke7 27. dxc6 {So,W (2761)-Nakamura,H (2768) Saint Louis USA 2023 ½-½ (37)}) ({RR} 12... e5 13. d5 Nb8 14. e3 Bg4 15. Be2 Qd6 16. O-O Nd7 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 e4 19. Be2 a6 20. Rd4 f5 21. Rc1 Rac8 22. Rc4 Qxd5 23. Rd4 {1-0 (23) Bok,B (2583)-Smirnov,M (2336) chess.com INT 2025}) 13. g3 Ne7 $146 ({RR} 13... e5 14. dxe5 Qe7 15. Bg2 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Qxe5 18. O-O Qxc3 19. bxc3 Na5 20. Rd5 Nc4 21. Rd4 Nd6 22. c4 Re5 23. Rc1 Rae8 24. c5 Ne4 25. c6 b6 26. Rd7 Rc8 27. Rcd1 Nc5 28. Rd8+ {Suleymanli,A (2547)-Raahul,V (2323) Dubai 2022 ½-½ (55)}) 14. Qxc7 Ba4 15. Ra1 Rec8 16. Qa5 Bc6 17. Bg2 Nf5 18. O-O Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21. b4 a6 22. Rad1 Qe4 23. Rd8+ Rxd8 24. Qxd8+ Kh7 25. Qd7 Rc2 26. Qxf7 Rxe2 27. h4 Ra2 28. h5 Rxa3 29. Rc1 Rf3 30. Qe8 Rb3 31. Kh2 Qf5 32. Kg2 Rb2 33. Rf1 Rxb4 34. Qe7 Rb2 35. Kg1 a5 0-1

[Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2024"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.29"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Grischuk, A.."]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "2024.07.25"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a4 $146 ({RR} 5. Bf4 d6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nbd7 8. e3 b6 9. Nf3 Bb7 10. Be2 Ne4 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. h3 f5 13. Bh2 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Rf1 a5 16. O-O-O Nec5 17. b3 f4 18. exf4 exf4 19. Kb2 Rae8 {Shocron,R-Pachman,L Mar del Plata 1959 0-1}) ({RR} 5. Bf4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Bd3 Bxc5 11. O-O Nb4 12. Qd2 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Be6 14. Be5 Be7 15. Ng5 g6 16. Qd4 Qd8 17. Rad1 Bf5 18. Nf3 Be6 19. h3 a6 {Riazantsev,A (2646)-Smirnov,P (2595) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015 1-0 (36)}) ({RR} 5. g4 d5 6. Bg5 c5 7. e3 dxc4 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. O-O-O cxd4 10. Ne4 Qe7 11. exd4 b5 12. Bg2 Bb7 13. f4 f5 14. Ng5 c3 15. Bxb7 cxb2+ 16. Kxb2 Qxb7 17. Qb3 Qg2+ 18. Ka1 Qxh1 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 {Moreno,D (1612)-Ressia,L (1447) Montevideo 2022 0-1}) 5... d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2024"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.29"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Grischuk, A.."]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2024.07.25"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nf3 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Nc6 11. Qc3 Re8 12. Rd1 Bd7 ({RR} 12... e5 13. d5 Nb8 14. e3 Bg4 15. Be2 Nd7 16. O-O Rac8 17. Qb4 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Bg4 Rcd8 21. Bxd7 Rxd7 22. e4 Rd6 23. Rd3 b5 24. Rc1 c6 25. Kf1 Kf8 26. Ke2 Ke7 27. dxc6 {So,W (2761)-Nakamura,H (2768) Saint Louis USA 2023 ½-½ (37)}) ({RR} 12... e5 13. d5 Nb8 14. e3 Bg4 15. Be2 Qd6 16. O-O Nd7 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 e4 19. Be2 a6 20. Rd4 f5 21. Rc1 Rac8 22. Rc4 Qxd5 23. Rd4 {1-0 (23) Bok,B (2583)-Smirnov,M (2336) chess.com INT 2025}) 13. g3 Ne7 $146 ({RR} 13... e5 14. dxe5 Qe7 15. Bg2 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Qxe5 18. O-O Qxc3 19. bxc3 Na5 20. Rd5 Nc4 21. Rd4 Nd6 22. c4 Re5 23. Rc1 Rae8 24. c5 Ne4 25. c6 b6 26. Rd7 Rc8 27. Rcd1 Nc5 28. Rd8+ {Suleymanli,A (2547)-Raahul,V (2323) Dubai 2022 ½-½ (55)}) 14. Qxc7 Ba4 15. Ra1 Rec8 16. Qa5 Bc6 17. Bg2 Nf5 18. O-O Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21. b4 a6 22. Rad1 Qe4 23. Rd8+ Rxd8 24. Qxd8+ Kh7 25. Qd7 Rc2 26. Qxf7 Rxe2 27. h4 Ra2 28. h5 Rxa3 29. Rc1 Rf3 30. Qe8 Rb3 31. Kh2 Qf5 32. Kg2 Rb2 33. Rf1 Rxb4 34. Qe7 Rb2 35. Kg1 a5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 15th Aug Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2023.08.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 d6 10. Nd2 Nc6 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. e4 e5 13. d5 ({RR} 13. f3 Ba6 14. Rf2 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Qa4 Bb7 18. Nb3 Nd7 19. Nxd4 Nc5 20. Qd1 Qf6 21. Bf1 Rfd8 22. Rc1 Ne6 23. Nf5 Nf4 24. Rd2 d5 25. cxd5 Rxc1 26. Qxc1 g6 27. Nd4 Qg5 {Sebag,M (2437)-Matinian,N (2421) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (45)}) 13... Ne7 14. Bc1 Ng6 15. Re1 $146 ({RR} 15. Nb3 Rb8 16. a4 Bc8 17. a5 Bg4 18. f3 Bd7 19. axb6 axb6 20. Be3 Nh5 21. g3 Qc8 22. Bf2 Bh3 23. Re1 f5 24. Qc2 f4 25. g4 Nf6 26. Bf1 Bxf1 27. Kxf1 h5 28. g5 Qh3+ 29. Ke2 Nh7 {Ferkova,D (1993)-Doluhanova,E (2339) Antalya 2019 0-1 (60)}) 15... Nf4 16. Bc2 Ba6 17. g3 Ng6 18. Bd3 Rc7 19. Nf1 Bc8 20. Ne3 Kh8 21. a4 a5 22. Ra2 Ng8 23. Nf5 N6e7 24. Nxe7 Rxe7 25. Qh5 Bd7 26. f4 Qe8 27. f5 Bxa4 28. g4 f6 29. Qh4 Bb3 30. Ra3 a4 31. Kh1 b5 32. cxb5 c4 33. Be2 Qxb5 34. Be3 Bc2 35. Bf3 Qb2 36. Bc1 Qb6 37. Ra2 Qb3 38. Ra3 Qb8 39. Rg1 Rb7 40. g5 Rb3 41. Qg3 Qc7 42. Qg2 Bd3 43. Rxa4 Rxc3 44. Ra6 fxg5 45. Rc6 Qf7 46. Bxg5 Rc2 47. Qg3 Nf6 48. Bxf6 gxf6 49. Rxd6 Rg8 50. Rxf6 Rxg3 51. Rxf7 Rxg1+ 52. Kxg1 c3 53. Rc7 Rc1+ 54. Kf2 c2 55. d6 Rf1+ 56. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 15th Aug Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2023.08.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 d6 10. Nd2 Nc6 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. e4 e5 13. d5 ({RR} 13. f3 Ba6 14. Rf2 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Qa4 Bb7 18. Nb3 Nd7 19. Nxd4 Nc5 20. Qd1 Qf6 21. Bf1 Rfd8 22. Rc1 Ne6 23. Nf5 Nf4 24. Rd2 d5 25. cxd5 Rxc1 26. Qxc1 g6 27. Nd4 Qg5 {Sebag,M (2437)-Matinian,N (2421) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (45)}) 13... Ne7 14. Bc1 Ng6 15. Re1 $146 ({RR} 15. Nb3 Rb8 16. a4 Bc8 17. a5 Bg4 18. f3 Bd7 19. axb6 axb6 20. Be3 Nh5 21. g3 Qc8 22. Bf2 Bh3 23. Re1 f5 24. Qc2 f4 25. g4 Nf6 26. Bf1 Bxf1 27. Kxf1 h5 28. g5 Qh3+ 29. Ke2 Nh7 {Ferkova,D (1993)-Doluhanova,E (2339) Antalya 2019 0-1 (60)}) 15... Nf4 16. Bc2 Ba6 17. g3 Ng6 18. Bd3 Rc7 19. Nf1 Bc8 20. Ne3 Kh8 21. a4 a5 22. Ra2 Ng8 23. Nf5 N6e7 24. Nxe7 Rxe7 25. Qh5 Bd7 26. f4 Qe8 27. f5 Bxa4 28. g4 f6 29. Qh4 Bb3 30. Ra3 a4 31. Kh1 b5 32. cxb5 c4 33. Be2 Qxb5 34. Be3 Bc2 35. Bf3 Qb2 36. Bc1 Qb6 37. Ra2 Qb3 38. Ra3 Qb8 39. Rg1 Rb7 40. g5 Rb3 41. Qg3 Qc7 42. Qg2 Bd3 43. Rxa4 Rxc3 44. Ra6 fxg5 45. Rc6 Qf7 46. Bxg5 Rc2 47. Qg3 Nf6 48. Bxf6 gxf6 49. Rxd6 Rg8 50. Rxf6 Rxg3 51. Rxf7 Rxg1+ 52. Kxg1 c3 53. Rc7 Rc1+ 54. Kf2 c2 55. d6 Rf1+ 56. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 15th Aug Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hambleton, A.."]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2023.08.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. e4 c5 6. d5 Qe7 7. Be2 exd5 8. exd5 Qe4 9. Qxe4+ Nxe4 10. Bd2 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 O-O 13. Kd2 d6 14. Bd3 Nd7 15. f4 $146 ({RR} 15. Nf3 f6 16. a4 Ne5 17. Nxe5 fxe5 18. f3 Rb8 19. Rhb1 Rb7 20. a5 bxa5 21. Rxb7 Bxb7 22. Rxa5 Ra8 23. Bf5 Kf7 24. Bd7 Ke7 25. Bc6 Bxc6 26. dxc6 a6 27. Ke3 Kd8 28. Ke4 Kc7 29. Kd5 e4 {Nguyen,A (2465)-Munkhgal,G (2435) Singapore 2018 ½-½ (33)}) 15... Nf6 16. Ne2 Ba6 17. Ng3 g6 18. a4 Rfb8 19. Rhb1 Bc8 20. Ne4 Ne8 21. h3 Bf5 22. g4 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Nf6 24. Bf3 h6 25. a5 bxa5 26. Rxb8+ Rxb8 27. Rxa5 Rb2+ 28. Ke3 Rc2 29. Kd3 Rh2 30. Rxa7 Rxh3 31. Ke2 Rh2+ 32. Ke3 Kf8 33. Ra8+ Ke7 34. Ra7+ Nd7 35. Be4 Rh3+ 36. Bf3 g5 37. fxg5 hxg5 38. Kf2 Kd8 39. Ra8+ Kc7 40. Ra7+ Kc8 41. Be4 Ne5 42. Bf5+ Kd8 43. Ra8+ Ke7 44. Ra7+ Kf6 45. Ra6 Nxc4 46. Ke2 Re3+ 47. Kd1 Rxc3 48. Ke2 Ke5 49. Ra7 Kf6 50. Ra6 Re3+ 51. Kd1 Re5 52. Kc2 Ne3+ 53. Kc3 Nxf5 54. gxf5 Rxd5 55. Kc4 Rd4+ 56. Kc3 Kxf5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 15th Aug Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hambleton, A.."]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2023.08.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. e4 c5 6. d5 Qe7 7. Be2 exd5 8. exd5 Qe4 9. Qxe4+ Nxe4 10. Bd2 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 O-O 13. Kd2 d6 14. Bd3 Nd7 15. f4 $146 ({RR} 15. Nf3 f6 16. a4 Ne5 17. Nxe5 fxe5 18. f3 Rb8 19. Rhb1 Rb7 20. a5 bxa5 21. Rxb7 Bxb7 22. Rxa5 Ra8 23. Bf5 Kf7 24. Bd7 Ke7 25. Bc6 Bxc6 26. dxc6 a6 27. Ke3 Kd8 28. Ke4 Kc7 29. Kd5 e4 {Nguyen,A (2465)-Munkhgal,G (2435) Singapore 2018 ½-½ (33)}) 15... Nf6 16. Ne2 Ba6 17. Ng3 g6 18. a4 Rfb8 19. Rhb1 Bc8 20. Ne4 Ne8 21. h3 Bf5 22. g4 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Nf6 24. Bf3 h6 25. a5 bxa5 26. Rxb8+ Rxb8 27. Rxa5 Rb2+ 28. Ke3 Rc2 29. Kd3 Rh2 30. Rxa7 Rxh3 31. Ke2 Rh2+ 32. Ke3 Kf8 33. Ra8+ Ke7 34. Ra7+ Nd7 35. Be4 Rh3+ 36. Bf3 g5 37. fxg5 hxg5 38. Kf2 Kd8 39. Ra8+ Kc7 40. Ra7+ Kc8 41. Be4 Ne5 42. Bf5+ Kd8 43. Ra8+ Ke7 44. Ra7+ Kf6 45. Ra6 Nxc4 46. Ke2 Re3+ 47. Kd1 Rxc3 48. Ke2 Ke5 49. Ra7 Kf6 50. Ra6 Re3+ 51. Kd1 Re5 52. Kc2 Ne3+ 53. Kc3 Nxf5 54. gxf5 Rxd5 55. Kc4 Rd4+ 56. Kc3 Kxf5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 12th Mar Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hayrapetyan, Ho"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 c5 7. Rc1 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. cxd5 g5 10. Bg3 Qxd5 11. e3 Qxa2 12. Bd3 Qxb2 13. O-O Bxc3 14. Rc2 Qb4 15. Nb5 e5 16. Rxc3 Nc6 17. f4 gxf4 $146 ({RR} 17... exf4 18. exf4 Nd5 19. Rb3 Qe7 20. Re1 Qf6 21. fxg5 hxg5 22. Nd6 Rd8 23. Qh5 Nf4 24. Bxf4 gxf4 25. Bc4 Be6 26. Bxe6 Rxd6 27. Qg4+ Kf8 28. Bf5 Nd4 29. Bh7 Qg7 30. Qxg7+ Kxg7 31. Rxb7 Kxh7 32. Rxf7+ {Aditya,M (2588)-Suleymanli,A (2609) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (45)}) 18. Be1 Qe7 19. exf4 Nd5 20. Rf3 exf4 21. Bc2 Nxc3 22. Bxc3 Bf5 23. Bxf5 Qc5+ 24. Nd4 Rad8 25. Rxf4 Qxc3 26. Qg4+ Kh8 27. Qh4 Qe3+ 28. Kf1 Rd6 29. Be6 Rxe6 30. Nxe6 Qxe6 31. Rf6 Qe5 32. Rxh6+ Kg8 33. Rh5 Qa1+ 34. Kf2 Qd4+ 35. Qxd4 Nxd4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 12th Mar Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hayrapetyan, Ho"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 c5 7. Rc1 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. cxd5 g5 10. Bg3 Qxd5 11. e3 Qxa2 12. Bd3 Qxb2 13. O-O Bxc3 14. Rc2 Qb4 15. Nb5 e5 16. Rxc3 Nc6 17. f4 gxf4 $146 ({RR} 17... exf4 18. exf4 Nd5 19. Rb3 Qe7 20. Re1 Qf6 21. fxg5 hxg5 22. Nd6 Rd8 23. Qh5 Nf4 24. Bxf4 gxf4 25. Bc4 Be6 26. Bxe6 Rxd6 27. Qg4+ Kf8 28. Bf5 Nd4 29. Bh7 Qg7 30. Qxg7+ Kxg7 31. Rxb7 Kxh7 32. Rxf7+ {Aditya,M (2588)-Suleymanli,A (2609) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (45)}) 18. Be1 Qe7 19. exf4 Nd5 20. Rf3 exf4 21. Bc2 Nxc3 22. Bxc3 Bf5 23. Bxf5 Qc5+ 24. Nd4 Rad8 25. Rxf4 Qxc3 26. Qg4+ Kh8 27. Qh4 Qe3+ 28. Kf1 Rd6 29. Be6 Rxe6 30. Nxe6 Qxe6 31. Rf6 Qe5 32. Rxh6+ Kg8 33. Rh5 Qa1+ 34. Kf2 Qd4+ 35. Qxd4 Nxd4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 12th Mar Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hayrapetyan, Ho"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 c5 7. Rc1 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. cxd5 g5 10. Bg3 Qxd5 11. e3 Qxa2 12. Bd3 Qxb2 13. O-O Bxc3 14. Rc2 Qb4 15. Nb5 e5 16. Rxc3 Nc6 17. f4 gxf4 $146 ({RR} 17... exf4 18. exf4 Nd5 19. Rb3 Qe7 20. Re1 Qf6 21. fxg5 hxg5 22. Nd6 Rd8 23. Qh5 Nf4 24. Bxf4 gxf4 25. Bc4 Be6 26. Bxe6 Rxd6 27. Qg4+ Kf8 28. Bf5 Nd4 29. Bh7 Qg7 30. Qxg7+ Kxg7 31. Rxb7 Kxh7 32. Rxf7+ {Aditya,M (2588)-Suleymanli,A (2609) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (45)}) 18. Be1 Qe7 19. exf4 Nd5 20. Rf3 exf4 21. Bc2 Nxc3 22. Bxc3 Bf5 23. Bxf5 Qc5+ 24. Nd4 Rad8 25. Rxf4 Qxc3 26. Qg4+ Kh8 27. Qh4 Qe3+ 28. Kf1 Rd6 29. Be6 Rxe6 30. Nxe6 Qxe6 31. Rf6 Qe5 32. Rxh6+ Kg8 33. Rh5 Qa1+ 34. Kf2 Qd4+ 35. Qxd4 Nxd4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 26th Mar Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Indjic, A.."]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2024.03.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. e4 c5 6. d5 Qe7 7. Nge2 exd5 8. exd5 O-O 9. Bd2 Re8 10. f3 d6 11. O-O-O Nbd7 12. Ng3 Ne5 ({RR} 12... Qd8 13. Bd3 Ne5 14. Rhe1 a6 15. a3 Ba5 16. f4 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 Bg4 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Re1 Qd7 20. h3 Bh5 21. Nxh5 Nxh5 22. g4 Nf6 23. g5 Nh5 24. f5 Re8 25. Re4 Rxe4 26. Nxe4 Qxf5 27. Nf6+ {Tang,A (2538)-Firouzja,A (2759) Chess.com INT 2021 1-0}) 13. Re1 Qf8 $146 ({RR} 13... Qd8 14. h3 Bd7 15. f4 Ng6 16. Bd3 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 b5 18. Nxb5 Bxb5 19. cxb5 Qa5 20. a3 Bxd2+ 21. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 22. Kxd2 Nxf4 23. Nf5 Kf8 24. Bc4 Rd8 25. a4 N4xd5 26. a5 g6 27. Nh6 Rb8 28. Rf1 {Schekachikhin,M (2406)-Baskin,R (2390) Chess.com INT 2020 0-1 (42)}) 14. Bg5 Nfd7 15. Nf5 h6 16. Bd2 Nf6 17. f4 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Neg4 19. Be2 Nf2 20. Rhf1 N2e4 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Bxb4 cxb4 23. Bd3 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Re8 25. Rxe8 Qxe8 26. Kd2 Qd8 27. Qh3 Nd7 28. Qe3 Kf8 29. g3 Qf6 30. Kc2 Nc5 31. Be2 a5 32. Kc1 a4 33. Qd2 Qe7 34. Bd1 a3 35. bxa3 bxa3 36. Qc3 Qe4 37. Qxa3 Qxc4+ 38. Bc2 Qxd5 39. Qa7 Qb7 40. Qxb7 Nxb7 41. Kd2 Ke7 42. Kc3 Nc5 43. Kc4 Kd7 44. Kd5 Kc7 45. g4 b5 46. g5 hxg5 47. fxg5 Nd7 48. h4 g6 49. Bb3 Nc5 50. Bc2 Kd7 51. a3 Ne6 52. Ke4 Kc6 53. Kf3 Nd4+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 26th Mar Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Indjic, A.."]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2024.03.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. e4 c5 6. d5 Qe7 7. Nge2 exd5 8. exd5 O-O 9. Bd2 Re8 10. f3 d6 11. O-O-O Nbd7 12. Ng3 Ne5 ({RR} 12... Qd8 13. Bd3 Ne5 14. Rhe1 a6 15. a3 Ba5 16. f4 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 Bg4 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Re1 Qd7 20. h3 Bh5 21. Nxh5 Nxh5 22. g4 Nf6 23. g5 Nh5 24. f5 Re8 25. Re4 Rxe4 26. Nxe4 Qxf5 27. Nf6+ {Tang,A (2538)-Firouzja,A (2759) Chess.com INT 2021 1-0}) 13. Re1 Qf8 $146 ({RR} 13... Qd8 14. h3 Bd7 15. f4 Ng6 16. Bd3 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 b5 18. Nxb5 Bxb5 19. cxb5 Qa5 20. a3 Bxd2+ 21. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 22. Kxd2 Nxf4 23. Nf5 Kf8 24. Bc4 Rd8 25. a4 N4xd5 26. a5 g6 27. Nh6 Rb8 28. Rf1 {Schekachikhin,M (2406)-Baskin,R (2390) Chess.com INT 2020 0-1 (42)}) 14. Bg5 Nfd7 15. Nf5 h6 16. Bd2 Nf6 17. f4 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Neg4 19. Be2 Nf2 20. Rhf1 N2e4 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Bxb4 cxb4 23. Bd3 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Re8 25. Rxe8 Qxe8 26. Kd2 Qd8 27. Qh3 Nd7 28. Qe3 Kf8 29. g3 Qf6 30. Kc2 Nc5 31. Be2 a5 32. Kc1 a4 33. Qd2 Qe7 34. Bd1 a3 35. bxa3 bxa3 36. Qc3 Qe4 37. Qxa3 Qxc4+ 38. Bc2 Qxd5 39. Qa7 Qb7 40. Qxb7 Nxb7 41. Kd2 Ke7 42. Kc3 Nc5 43. Kc4 Kd7 44. Kd5 Kc7 45. g4 b5 46. g5 hxg5 47. fxg5 Nd7 48. h4 g6 49. Bb3 Nc5 50. Bc2 Kd7 51. a3 Ne6 52. Ke4 Kc6 53. Kf3 Nd4+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 26th Mar Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Indjic, A.."]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2024.03.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. e4 c5 6. d5 Qe7 7. Nge2 exd5 8. exd5 O-O 9. Bd2 Re8 10. f3 d6 11. O-O-O Nbd7 12. Ng3 Ne5 ({RR} 12... Qd8 13. Bd3 Ne5 14. Rhe1 a6 15. a3 Ba5 16. f4 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 Bg4 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Re1 Qd7 20. h3 Bh5 21. Nxh5 Nxh5 22. g4 Nf6 23. g5 Nh5 24. f5 Re8 25. Re4 Rxe4 26. Nxe4 Qxf5 27. Nf6+ {Tang,A (2538)-Firouzja,A (2759) Chess.com INT 2021 1-0}) 13. Re1 Qf8 $146 ({RR} 13... Qd8 14. h3 Bd7 15. f4 Ng6 16. Bd3 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 b5 18. Nxb5 Bxb5 19. cxb5 Qa5 20. a3 Bxd2+ 21. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 22. Kxd2 Nxf4 23. Nf5 Kf8 24. Bc4 Rd8 25. a4 N4xd5 26. a5 g6 27. Nh6 Rb8 28. Rf1 {Schekachikhin,M (2406)-Baskin,R (2390) Chess.com INT 2020 0-1 (42)}) 14. Bg5 Nfd7 15. Nf5 h6 16. Bd2 Nf6 17. f4 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Neg4 19. Be2 Nf2 20. Rhf1 N2e4 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Bxb4 cxb4 23. Bd3 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Re8 25. Rxe8 Qxe8 26. Kd2 Qd8 27. Qh3 Nd7 28. Qe3 Kf8 29. g3 Qf6 30. Kc2 Nc5 31. Be2 a5 32. Kc1 a4 33. Qd2 Qe7 34. Bd1 a3 35. bxa3 bxa3 36. Qc3 Qe4 37. Qxa3 Qxc4+ 38. Bc2 Qxd5 39. Qa7 Qb7 40. Qxb7 Nxb7 41. Kd2 Ke7 42. Kc3 Nc5 43. Kc4 Kd7 44. Kd5 Kc7 45. g4 b5 46. g5 hxg5 47. fxg5 Nd7 48. h4 g6 49. Bb3 Nc5 50. Bc2 Kd7 51. a3 Ne6 52. Ke4 Kc6 53. Kf3 Nd4+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 2nd Jan Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lagarde, Max"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2024.01.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. d5 d6 9. e4 Nbd7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Ne5 $146 ({RR} 11... exd5 12. exd5 Qc7 13. a3 Ba5 14. Qd2 a6 15. Ng3 b5 16. Nf5 bxc4 17. Bc2 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Bxd5 19. Qg3 g6 20. Ne7+ Kh8 21. Qf4 Kg7 22. Bxf6+ Nxf6 23. Qxf6+ Kxf6 24. Nxd5+ {1-0 (24) Hoi,C (2430)-Rossen,C (2165) Copenhagen 1998}) 12. f4 Ng6 13. Bg3 exd5 14. cxd5 a6 15. h3 b5 16. Kh1 Re8 17. Qc2 c4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 2nd Jan Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lagarde, Max"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2024.01.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. d5 d6 9. e4 Nbd7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Ne5 $146 ({RR} 11... exd5 12. exd5 Qc7 13. a3 Ba5 14. Qd2 a6 15. Ng3 b5 16. Nf5 bxc4 17. Bc2 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Bxd5 19. Qg3 g6 20. Ne7+ Kh8 21. Qf4 Kg7 22. Bxf6+ Nxf6 23. Qxf6+ Kxf6 24. Nxd5+ {1-0 (24) Hoi,C (2430)-Rossen,C (2165) Copenhagen 1998}) 12. f4 Ng6 13. Bg3 exd5 14. cxd5 a6 15. h3 b5 16. Kh1 Re8 17. Qc2 c4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 2nd Jan Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lagarde, Max"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2024.01.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. d5 d6 9. e4 Nbd7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Ne5 $146 ({RR} 11... exd5 12. exd5 Qc7 13. a3 Ba5 14. Qd2 a6 15. Ng3 b5 16. Nf5 bxc4 17. Bc2 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Bxd5 19. Qg3 g6 20. Ne7+ Kh8 21. Qf4 Kg7 22. Bxf6+ Nxf6 23. Qxf6+ Kxf6 24. Nxd5+ {1-0 (24) Hoi,C (2430)-Rossen,C (2165) Copenhagen 1998}) 12. f4 Ng6 13. Bg3 exd5 14. cxd5 a6 15. h3 b5 16. Kh1 Re8 17. Qc2 c4 0-1

[Event "Chessable Masters Div 1 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Lazavik, Denis"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2024.02.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. exd4 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bc2 Be7 11. Qd3 g6 12. a3 ({RR} 12. Qg3 Bd6 13. Qf3 Qf6 14. Qxf6 Nxf6 15. Rd1 Nb4 16. Bb3 Nbd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. bxc3 b6 20. Be3 Ba6 21. c4 Rac8 22. Rac1 Ba3 23. Rc2 Rfd8 24. Bf4 Rd7 25. h4 Bd6 26. Be3 Be7 {Sjugirov,S (2663)-Sarana,A (2649) Sochi 2021 0-1 (58)}) 12... b6 ({RR} 12... Bf6 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Ne4 Bg7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rad1 b6 17. Ba4 Bd7 18. Qg3 Qb8 19. Nd6 Rd8 20. Nf4 Nxf4 21. Qxf4 f6 22. Rc1 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Bxa4 24. Qxa4 Qxd6 25. g3 Qe7 26. Rc6 Rd6 27. Rfc1 {Vogel,R (2545)-Goncharov,V (2077) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (59)}) 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Qf3 $146 ({RR} 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. Rfe1 Rc8 16. Qg3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bf6 18. Nf4 Nxd4 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. cxd4 {½-½ (20) Schipkov,B (2345)-Siklosi,Z (2390) Kecskemet 1993}) 14... Bb7 15. Be4 Na5 16. Rac1 Bg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Rc7 Re7 20. Rxe7 Qxe7 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Rd8 23. Qb5 Qe4 24. Rd1 Rc8 25. Nc3 Qc2 26. Re1 Qd2 27. Re8+ Rxe8 28. Qxe8+ Kg7 29. Qe5+ Kg8 30. h4 Nc4 31. Qf6 Qxb2 32. Nd5 Qb1+ 33. Kh2 Qe4 34. Ne7+ Kf8 35. Nc6 Kg8 36. Nxa7 Nxa3 37. Nc8 Nc4 38. d5 b5 39. d6 Qe5+ 40. Qxe5 Nxe5 41. Nb6 b4 42. f4 Ng4+ 43. Kg3 Nf6 44. d7 Nxd7 45. Nxd7 b3 46. Nf6+ Kg7 47. Ne4 b2 48. Nc3 Kf6 49. Kf3 h5 50. Ke4 Ke6 51. f5+ Kf6 52. Kf4 gxf5 53. g3 Ke6 54. Nb1 Kf6 55. Nc3 Ke6 56. Kg5 Ke5 57. Kxh5 Kd4 58. Nb1 Kd3 59. Kg5 Kc2 60. Na3+ Kb3 61. Nb1 Kc2 62. h5 Kxb1 63. h6 Ka2 64. h7 b1=Q 65. h8=Q Qe4 66. Qc3 Qg4+ 67. Kf6 Qg6+ 68. Ke7 Qe6+ 69. Kf8 Kb1 70. Qc7 Kb2 71. Qe7 Qg6 72. Qe5+ Kc2 73. Ke7 Kd3 74. Qf4 Qe6+ 75. Kf8 Qg6 76. Ke7 Qe6+ 77. Kf8 Qg6 78. Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters Div 1 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Lazavik, Denis"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2024.02.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. exd4 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bc2 Be7 11. Qd3 g6 12. a3 ({RR} 12. Qg3 Bd6 13. Qf3 Qf6 14. Qxf6 Nxf6 15. Rd1 Nb4 16. Bb3 Nbd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. bxc3 b6 20. Be3 Ba6 21. c4 Rac8 22. Rac1 Ba3 23. Rc2 Rfd8 24. Bf4 Rd7 25. h4 Bd6 26. Be3 Be7 {Sjugirov,S (2663)-Sarana,A (2649) Sochi 2021 0-1 (58)}) 12... b6 ({RR} 12... Bf6 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Ne4 Bg7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rad1 b6 17. Ba4 Bd7 18. Qg3 Qb8 19. Nd6 Rd8 20. Nf4 Nxf4 21. Qxf4 f6 22. Rc1 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Bxa4 24. Qxa4 Qxd6 25. g3 Qe7 26. Rc6 Rd6 27. Rfc1 {Vogel,R (2545)-Goncharov,V (2077) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (59)}) 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Qf3 $146 ({RR} 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. Rfe1 Rc8 16. Qg3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bf6 18. Nf4 Nxd4 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. cxd4 {½-½ (20) Schipkov,B (2345)-Siklosi,Z (2390) Kecskemet 1993}) 14... Bb7 15. Be4 Na5 16. Rac1 Bg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Rc7 Re7 20. Rxe7 Qxe7 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Rd8 23. Qb5 Qe4 24. Rd1 Rc8 25. Nc3 Qc2 26. Re1 Qd2 27. Re8+ Rxe8 28. Qxe8+ Kg7 29. Qe5+ Kg8 30. h4 Nc4 31. Qf6 Qxb2 32. Nd5 Qb1+ 33. Kh2 Qe4 34. Ne7+ Kf8 35. Nc6 Kg8 36. Nxa7 Nxa3 37. Nc8 Nc4 38. d5 b5 39. d6 Qe5+ 40. Qxe5 Nxe5 41. Nb6 b4 42. f4 Ng4+ 43. Kg3 Nf6 44. d7 Nxd7 45. Nxd7 b3 46. Nf6+ Kg7 47. Ne4 b2 48. Nc3 Kf6 49. Kf3 h5 50. Ke4 Ke6 51. f5+ Kf6 52. Kf4 gxf5 53. g3 Ke6 54. Nb1 Kf6 55. Nc3 Ke6 56. Kg5 Ke5 57. Kxh5 Kd4 58. Nb1 Kd3 59. Kg5 Kc2 60. Na3+ Kb3 61. Nb1 Kc2 62. h5 Kxb1 63. h6 Ka2 64. h7 b1=Q 65. h8=Q Qe4 66. Qc3 Qg4+ 67. Kf6 Qg6+ 68. Ke7 Qe6+ 69. Kf8 Kb1 70. Qc7 Kb2 71. Qe7 Qg6 72. Qe5+ Kc2 73. Ke7 Kd3 74. Qf4 Qe6+ 75. Kf8 Qg6 76. Ke7 Qe6+ 77. Kf8 Qg6 78. Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters Div 1 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Lazavik, Denis"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2024.02.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. exd4 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bc2 Be7 11. Qd3 g6 12. a3 ({RR} 12. Qg3 Bd6 13. Qf3 Qf6 14. Qxf6 Nxf6 15. Rd1 Nb4 16. Bb3 Nbd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. bxc3 b6 20. Be3 Ba6 21. c4 Rac8 22. Rac1 Ba3 23. Rc2 Rfd8 24. Bf4 Rd7 25. h4 Bd6 26. Be3 Be7 {Sjugirov,S (2663)-Sarana,A (2649) Sochi 2021 0-1 (58)}) 12... b6 ({RR} 12... Bf6 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Ne4 Bg7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rad1 b6 17. Ba4 Bd7 18. Qg3 Qb8 19. Nd6 Rd8 20. Nf4 Nxf4 21. Qxf4 f6 22. Rc1 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Bxa4 24. Qxa4 Qxd6 25. g3 Qe7 26. Rc6 Rd6 27. Rfc1 {Vogel,R (2545)-Goncharov,V (2077) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (59)}) 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Qf3 $146 ({RR} 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. Rfe1 Rc8 16. Qg3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bf6 18. Nf4 Nxd4 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. cxd4 {½-½ (20) Schipkov,B (2345)-Siklosi,Z (2390) Kecskemet 1993}) 14... Bb7 15. Be4 Na5 16. Rac1 Bg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Rc7 Re7 20. Rxe7 Qxe7 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Rd8 23. Qb5 Qe4 24. Rd1 Rc8 25. Nc3 Qc2 26. Re1 Qd2 27. Re8+ Rxe8 28. Qxe8+ Kg7 29. Qe5+ Kg8 30. h4 Nc4 31. Qf6 Qxb2 32. Nd5 Qb1+ 33. Kh2 Qe4 34. Ne7+ Kf8 35. Nc6 Kg8 36. Nxa7 Nxa3 37. Nc8 Nc4 38. d5 b5 39. d6 Qe5+ 40. Qxe5 Nxe5 41. Nb6 b4 42. f4 Ng4+ 43. Kg3 Nf6 44. d7 Nxd7 45. Nxd7 b3 46. Nf6+ Kg7 47. Ne4 b2 48. Nc3 Kf6 49. Kf3 h5 50. Ke4 Ke6 51. f5+ Kf6 52. Kf4 gxf5 53. g3 Ke6 54. Nb1 Kf6 55. Nc3 Ke6 56. Kg5 Ke5 57. Kxh5 Kd4 58. Nb1 Kd3 59. Kg5 Kc2 60. Na3+ Kb3 61. Nb1 Kc2 62. h5 Kxb1 63. h6 Ka2 64. h7 b1=Q 65. h8=Q Qe4 66. Qc3 Qg4+ 67. Kf6 Qg6+ 68. Ke7 Qe6+ 69. Kf8 Kb1 70. Qc7 Kb2 71. Qe7 Qg6 72. Qe5+ Kc2 73. Ke7 Kd3 74. Qf4 Qe6+ 75. Kf8 Qg6 76. Ke7 Qe6+ 77. Kf8 Qg6 78. Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet Classic"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2022.05.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "2022.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Tiebreak "Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 208"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. g3 Nxc5 8. Bg2 Nce4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Nd4 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bf4 Qc5 14. Rac1 ({RR} 14. Rfb1 b6 15. Rb5 Qxc3 16. Qxc3 Nxc3 17. Rb3 Nce4 18. a4 Bd7 19. a5 Rfc8 20. axb6 axb6 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Rxb6 Ra1+ 23. Bf1 h6 24. Nc2 Ra2 25. Nb4 Ra1 26. Nc2 Ra2 27. Nb4 Ra1 28. Nc2 {½-½ (28) Mamedyarov,S (2759)-Tari,A (2654) Stavanger 2022}) 14... Bd7 15. Nb3 Qe7 16. c4 Rac8 $146 ({RR} 16... Rfe8 17. Qd3 Be6 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. f3 Bxb3 20. axb3 Nc5 21. Qc4 Ne6 22. Bd2 b5 23. Qc3 Rad8 24. e4 Nd4 25. Rf2 Qd7 26. Be3 Rc8 27. Qb2 Rxc1+ 28. Qxc1 Ne6 29. Rd2 Rc8 30. Qa1 Qc7 31. e5 {Nikolov,M (2559)-Svetushkin,D (2528) Paleochora 2019 1-0 (38)}) 17. Qd3 dxc4 18. Rxc4 Rxc4 19. Qxc4 Rc8 20. Qd3 Nc3 21. Nd4 Qb4 22. Bf3 Bh3 23. Ra1 h6 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. Qxf5 Re8 26. Be3 Qb2 27. Re1 Qxa2 28. Qc5 Nfe4 29. Qxa7 Qxa7 30. Bxa7 b5 31. Bd4 Rd8 32. e3 b4 33. Rc1 Nd2 34. Bxc3 bxc3 35. Bg4 Ne4 36. Bf5 Nd6 37. Bh3 Ne4 38. Bf5 Nd6 39. Bd3 Rc8 40. Kf1 f5 41. Ke2 Kf7 42. Kd1 Kf6 43. Ra1 Ne4 44. f3 Nf2+ 45. Kc2 Nxd3 46. Kxd3 Ke5 47. Kc2 Rc7 48. Ra3 Rb7 49. Rxc3 Ra7 50. Rc6 Ra2+ 51. Kd3 Ra3+ 52. Ke2 Ra2+ 53. Kf1 Rxh2 54. Rg6 h5 55. Rxg7 Kf6 56. Rg8 Kf7 57. Rh8 Kg7 58. Kg1 Re2 59. Re8 Kf7 60. Re5 Kf6 61. f4 Kg6 62. Re8 Kg7 63. Re6 Ra2 64. Re7+ Kg6 65. Re6+ Kg7 66. e4 fxe4 67. Rxe4 Kf6 68. Re5 Kg6 69. Rg5+ Kh6 70. Kf1 Rb2 71. Re5 Kg6 72. Re2 Rb4 73. Rh2 Rb3 74. Kg2 Rb2+ 75. Kh3 Rb1 76. Ra2 Rh1+ 77. Kg2 Rb1 78. Ra6+ Kg7 79. Ra3 Kg6 80. Kf3 Rf1+ 81. Kg2 Rb1 82. Ra6+ Kg7 83. Re6 Ra1 84. Kf2 Rb1 85. Re1 Rb2+ 86. Kf3 Kf6 87. Re5 Kg6 88. Re6+ Kg7 89. f5 Rb4 90. Re4 Rb6 91. Rh4 Kh6 92. Kf4 Rb4+ 93. Ke5 Rb5+ 94. Kf4 Rb4+ 95. Ke5 Rb5+ 96. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet Classic"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2022.05.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "2022.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Tiebreak "Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 208"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. g3 Nxc5 8. Bg2 Nce4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Nd4 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bf4 Qc5 14. Rac1 ({RR} 14. Rfb1 b6 15. Rb5 Qxc3 16. Qxc3 Nxc3 17. Rb3 Nce4 18. a4 Bd7 19. a5 Rfc8 20. axb6 axb6 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Rxb6 Ra1+ 23. Bf1 h6 24. Nc2 Ra2 25. Nb4 Ra1 26. Nc2 Ra2 27. Nb4 Ra1 28. Nc2 {½-½ (28) Mamedyarov,S (2759)-Tari,A (2654) Stavanger 2022}) 14... Bd7 15. Nb3 Qe7 16. c4 Rac8 $146 ({RR} 16... Rfe8 17. Qd3 Be6 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. f3 Bxb3 20. axb3 Nc5 21. Qc4 Ne6 22. Bd2 b5 23. Qc3 Rad8 24. e4 Nd4 25. Rf2 Qd7 26. Be3 Rc8 27. Qb2 Rxc1+ 28. Qxc1 Ne6 29. Rd2 Rc8 30. Qa1 Qc7 31. e5 {Nikolov,M (2559)-Svetushkin,D (2528) Paleochora 2019 1-0 (38)}) 17. Qd3 dxc4 18. Rxc4 Rxc4 19. Qxc4 Rc8 20. Qd3 Nc3 21. Nd4 Qb4 22. Bf3 Bh3 23. Ra1 h6 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. Qxf5 Re8 26. Be3 Qb2 27. Re1 Qxa2 28. Qc5 Nfe4 29. Qxa7 Qxa7 30. Bxa7 b5 31. Bd4 Rd8 32. e3 b4 33. Rc1 Nd2 34. Bxc3 bxc3 35. Bg4 Ne4 36. Bf5 Nd6 37. Bh3 Ne4 38. Bf5 Nd6 39. Bd3 Rc8 40. Kf1 f5 41. Ke2 Kf7 42. Kd1 Kf6 43. Ra1 Ne4 44. f3 Nf2+ 45. Kc2 Nxd3 46. Kxd3 Ke5 47. Kc2 Rc7 48. Ra3 Rb7 49. Rxc3 Ra7 50. Rc6 Ra2+ 51. Kd3 Ra3+ 52. Ke2 Ra2+ 53. Kf1 Rxh2 54. Rg6 h5 55. Rxg7 Kf6 56. Rg8 Kf7 57. Rh8 Kg7 58. Kg1 Re2 59. Re8 Kf7 60. Re5 Kf6 61. f4 Kg6 62. Re8 Kg7 63. Re6 Ra2 64. Re7+ Kg6 65. Re6+ Kg7 66. e4 fxe4 67. Rxe4 Kf6 68. Re5 Kg6 69. Rg5+ Kh6 70. Kf1 Rb2 71. Re5 Kg6 72. Re2 Rb4 73. Rh2 Rb3 74. Kg2 Rb2+ 75. Kh3 Rb1 76. Ra2 Rh1+ 77. Kg2 Rb1 78. Ra6+ Kg7 79. Ra3 Kg6 80. Kf3 Rf1+ 81. Kg2 Rb1 82. Ra6+ Kg7 83. Re6 Ra1 84. Kf2 Rb1 85. Re1 Rb2+ 86. Kf3 Kf6 87. Re5 Kg6 88. Re6+ Kg7 89. f5 Rb4 90. Re4 Rb6 91. Rh4 Kh6 92. Kf4 Rb4+ 93. Ke5 Rb5+ 94. Kf4 Rb4+ 95. Ke5 Rb5+ 96. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "SpeedChess Final 2024"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2024.09.06"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2024.09.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. Nf4 d5 ({RR} 8... d6 9. d5 e5 10. Nh5 Nxh5 11. Qxh5 Nd7 12. Bd3 g6 13. Qe2 c6 14. b4 f5 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. e4 f4 17. f3 Nf6 18. O-O Bd7 19. Be1 g5 20. Nd5 Kh8 21. Kh1 g4 22. Bc3 g3 23. c5 {Abdusattorov,N (2727)-Caruana,F (2794) Toronto CAN 2023 0-1 (46)}) 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nfxd5 $146 ({RR} 10. Qf3 c6 11. Ncxd5 cxd5 12. Bd3 Ba6 13. Bc2 Nd7 14. Qh3 Nf6 15. g4 Rc8 16. Rc1 g6 17. Qg2 Ne4 18. h4 e5 19. dxe5 Nxd2 20. Kxd2 d4 21. Be4 dxe3+ 22. Kxe3 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bxh4 24. Nd5 Bb7 {Hurme,H (2212)-Tuovinen,J (2116) Helsinki 2001 1-0 (41)}) 10... exd5 11. Bd3 c6 12. O-O Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Qa4 Qc8 15. Rfc1 Qb7 16. Ne2 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Qd1 Rac8 19. Rc2 Ne4 20. Rac1 Bf6 21. Bb4 Rxc2 22. Qxc2 Re8 23. b3 a5 24. Be1 h6 25. Qc6 Qxc6 26. Rxc6 Re6 27. Rc8+ Kh7 28. Nf4 Rd6 29. f3 Nc5 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Ne6 32. Nd3 Rd7 33. Rc6 Ra7 34. Kf1 Ra3 35. Nf2 Rxe3 36. Ng4 Rb3 37. Nxf6+ gxf6 38. Rxb6 d4 39. Rd6 Kg6 40. Bd2 h5 41. h4 f5 42. Ke2 Kf6 43. Rd5 Rxb4 44. Rxf5+ Kxf5 45. Bxb4 Nf4+ 46. Kf1 Ng6 47. g3 Ke6 48. Ke2 f5 49. Kf2 Kd5 50. g4 fxg4 51. fxg4 hxg4 52. h5 Ne5 53. Kg3 Ke4 54. h6 Nf7 55. h7 Kf5 56. Bc5 Kg6 57. Bxd4 Kxh7 58. Kxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bullet Chess Winners 2024"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.06.13"]
[Round "6.17"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E50"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2024.06.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 c6 ({RR} 7... Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. Rb1 c6 10. b4 a6 11. a4 Re8 12. Qb3 Ne4 13. Ne2 b5 14. a5 Nf8 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Rxe5 17. Bb2 Rg5 18. f4 Rg6 19. f5 Rg5 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Rbd1 Qc7 22. Ng3 {Cori,J (2652)-Tabatabaei,M (2638) Chess.com INT 2020 1-0 (45)}) 8. O-O ({RR} 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. O-O Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. f4 d4 12. exd4 Qxd4+ 13. Kh1 Nf2+ 14. Rxf2 Qxf2 15. Ne4 Qh4 16. Be3 Bg4 17. Qf1 Rad8 18. Bxa7 Rd7 19. Nc5 Rd5 20. Nxb7 Rd7 21. Bf2 Qe7 22. Nd6 Bxd6 {Ernst,R (2340)-Grigoriants,S (2542) chess.com INT 2025 0-1}) 8... Bd6 $146 ({RR} 8... Bg4 9. Be2 Bd6 10. Ne5 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nfd7 13. f4 Qb6 14. Kh1 Nc5 15. Ng3 Nbd7 16. b3 Rfd8 17. Bb2 Ne4 18. Nf5 g6 19. Nh6+ Kg7 20. Ng4 h5 21. e6+ f6 22. exd7 hxg4 23. Qxg4 {Manukyan,S (2216)-Rustamov,R (2283) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (53)}) 9. Ne2 Re8 10. Ng3 Ne4 11. Nd2 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Nd7 13. b3 Nf6 14. Re1 g6 15. Bb2 Bf8 16. Qc2 h5 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bg7 20. Rad1 Be6 21. d5 cxd5 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Bf3 Rc8 24. Qd2 Qf6 25. Re3 b6 26. Rd3 Red8 27. Rd4 Rc5 28. b4 Rc7 29. a3 Rdc8 30. Bxd5 Rc2 31. Qf4 Qxf4 32. Rxf4 Bxd5 33. Rxd5 R8c7 34. Rd3 R2c3 35. Rfd4 Rc1+ 36. Rd1 Rxd1+ 37. Rxd1 Rc3 38. a4 Rc4 39. Rb1 a5 40. bxa5 bxa5 41. Ra1 g5 42. f3 g4 43. Kf2 Rc2+ 44. Kg1 Kg6 45. Rb1 Ra2 46. Rb6+ f6 47. Rb5 Rxa4 48. Kf2 Ra2+ 49. Kg1 a4 50. Ra5 gxf3 51. gxf3 a3 52. Kf1 Kf7 53. Ra6 Ke7 54. f4 Kd7 55. f5 Kc7 56. Rxf6 Rb2 57. Ra6 a2 58. f6 Rb1+ 59. Kg2 a1=Q 60. Rxa1 Rxa1 0-1

[Event "SpeedChess Final 2024"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2024.09.06"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2024.09.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Qc2 c5 11. dxc5 Nc6 12. b4 a5 $146 ({RR} 12... f5 13. Bd6 Nxd6 14. cxd6 Qxd6 15. e3 d4 16. Rd1 Qe5 17. Nf3 Qf6 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 e5 20. Rd1 f4 21. Qc3 Bg4 22. f3 Bh5 23. Be2 g4 24. exf4 Qh4+ 25. g3 Qe7 26. fxg4 exf4 27. gxh5 {Chylewski,P (2285)-Belenkaya,D (2180) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (39)}) 13. b5 Qf6 14. Rd1 Nd4 15. Qd3 Nf5 16. Nf3 Nfxg3 17. hxg3 g4 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Qxd5 Re8 20. Rh4 Qc3+ 21. Nd2 Nxf2 22. Rb1 Qxg3 23. Qh5 Ne4+ 24. Kd1 Rd8 25. Rb2 Qe3 26. Qxh6 Nf2+ 27. Kc1 Qc3+ 28. Kb1 Bf5+ 29. e4 Bg6 30. Bc4 Rd6 31. cxd6 1-0

[Event "SpeedChess Final 2024"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2024.09.06"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2024.09.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. Nf4 d5 ({RR} 8... d6 9. d5 e5 10. Nh5 Nxh5 11. Qxh5 Nd7 12. Bd3 g6 13. Qe2 c6 14. b4 f5 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. e4 f4 17. f3 Nf6 18. O-O Bd7 19. Be1 g5 20. Nd5 Kh8 21. Kh1 g4 22. Bc3 g3 23. c5 {Abdusattorov,N (2727)-Caruana,F (2794) Toronto CAN 2023 0-1 (46)}) 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nfxd5 $146 ({RR} 10. Qf3 c6 11. Ncxd5 cxd5 12. Bd3 Ba6 13. Bc2 Nd7 14. Qh3 Nf6 15. g4 Rc8 16. Rc1 g6 17. Qg2 Ne4 18. h4 e5 19. dxe5 Nxd2 20. Kxd2 d4 21. Be4 dxe3+ 22. Kxe3 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bxh4 24. Nd5 Bb7 {Hurme,H (2212)-Tuovinen,J (2116) Helsinki 2001 1-0 (41)}) 10... exd5 11. Bd3 c6 12. O-O Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Qa4 Qc8 15. Rfc1 Qb7 16. Ne2 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Qd1 Rac8 19. Rc2 Ne4 20. Rac1 Bf6 21. Bb4 Rxc2 22. Qxc2 Re8 23. b3 a5 24. Be1 h6 25. Qc6 Qxc6 26. Rxc6 Re6 27. Rc8+ Kh7 28. Nf4 Rd6 29. f3 Nc5 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Ne6 32. Nd3 Rd7 33. Rc6 Ra7 34. Kf1 Ra3 35. Nf2 Rxe3 36. Ng4 Rb3 37. Nxf6+ gxf6 38. Rxb6 d4 39. Rd6 Kg6 40. Bd2 h5 41. h4 f5 42. Ke2 Kf6 43. Rd5 Rxb4 44. Rxf5+ Kxf5 45. Bxb4 Nf4+ 46. Kf1 Ng6 47. g3 Ke6 48. Ke2 f5 49. Kf2 Kd5 50. g4 fxg4 51. fxg4 hxg4 52. h5 Ne5 53. Kg3 Ke4 54. h6 Nf7 55. h7 Kf5 56. Bc5 Kg6 57. Bxd4 Kxh7 58. Kxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bullet Chess Winners 2024"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.06.13"]
[Round "6.17"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2024.06.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 c6 ({RR} 7... Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. Rb1 c6 10. b4 a6 11. a4 Re8 12. Qb3 Ne4 13. Ne2 b5 14. a5 Nf8 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Rxe5 17. Bb2 Rg5 18. f4 Rg6 19. f5 Rg5 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Rbd1 Qc7 22. Ng3 {Cori,J (2652)-Tabatabaei,M (2638) Chess.com INT 2020 1-0 (45)}) 8. O-O ({RR} 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. O-O Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. f4 d4 12. exd4 Qxd4+ 13. Kh1 Nf2+ 14. Rxf2 Qxf2 15. Ne4 Qh4 16. Be3 Bg4 17. Qf1 Rad8 18. Bxa7 Rd7 19. Nc5 Rd5 20. Nxb7 Rd7 21. Bf2 Qe7 22. Nd6 Bxd6 {Ernst,R (2340)-Grigoriants,S (2542) chess.com INT 2025 0-1}) 8... Bd6 $146 ({RR} 8... Bg4 9. Be2 Bd6 10. Ne5 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nfd7 13. f4 Qb6 14. Kh1 Nc5 15. Ng3 Nbd7 16. b3 Rfd8 17. Bb2 Ne4 18. Nf5 g6 19. Nh6+ Kg7 20. Ng4 h5 21. e6+ f6 22. exd7 hxg4 23. Qxg4 {Manukyan,S (2216)-Rustamov,R (2283) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (53)}) 9. Ne2 Re8 10. Ng3 Ne4 11. Nd2 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Nd7 13. b3 Nf6 14. Re1 g6 15. Bb2 Bf8 16. Qc2 h5 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bg7 20. Rad1 Be6 21. d5 cxd5 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Bf3 Rc8 24. Qd2 Qf6 25. Re3 b6 26. Rd3 Red8 27. Rd4 Rc5 28. b4 Rc7 29. a3 Rdc8 30. Bxd5 Rc2 31. Qf4 Qxf4 32. Rxf4 Bxd5 33. Rxd5 R8c7 34. Rd3 R2c3 35. Rfd4 Rc1+ 36. Rd1 Rxd1+ 37. Rxd1 Rc3 38. a4 Rc4 39. Rb1 a5 40. bxa5 bxa5 41. Ra1 g5 42. f3 g4 43. Kf2 Rc2+ 44. Kg1 Kg6 45. Rb1 Ra2 46. Rb6+ f6 47. Rb5 Rxa4 48. Kf2 Ra2+ 49. Kg1 a4 50. Ra5 gxf3 51. gxf3 a3 52. Kf1 Kf7 53. Ra6 Ke7 54. f4 Kd7 55. f5 Kc7 56. Rxf6 Rb2 57. Ra6 a2 58. f6 Rb1+ 59. Kg2 a1=Q 60. Rxa1 Rxa1 0-1

[Event "SpeedChess Final 2024"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2024.09.06"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2024.09.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Qc2 c5 11. dxc5 Nc6 12. b4 a5 $146 ({RR} 12... f5 13. Bd6 Nxd6 14. cxd6 Qxd6 15. e3 d4 16. Rd1 Qe5 17. Nf3 Qf6 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 e5 20. Rd1 f4 21. Qc3 Bg4 22. f3 Bh5 23. Be2 g4 24. exf4 Qh4+ 25. g3 Qe7 26. fxg4 exf4 27. gxh5 {Chylewski,P (2285)-Belenkaya,D (2180) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (39)}) 13. b5 Qf6 14. Rd1 Nd4 15. Qd3 Nf5 16. Nf3 Nfxg3 17. hxg3 g4 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Qxd5 Re8 20. Rh4 Qc3+ 21. Nd2 Nxf2 22. Rb1 Qxg3 23. Qh5 Ne4+ 24. Kd1 Rd8 25. Rb2 Qe3 26. Qxh6 Nf2+ 27. Kc1 Qc3+ 28. Kb1 Bf5+ 29. e4 Bg6 30. Bc4 Rd6 31. cxd6 1-0

[Event "AI Cup Div 1 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.27"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, I.."]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rd1 h6 12. Rd3 ({RR} 12. Bf4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nd5 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. Rac1 Nd7 16. Bb5 Bc6 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. c4 N5f6 19. Bc3 Rfe8 20. h3 Rac8 21. Bb2 Rc7 22. Rc3 Qa4 23. Rdc1 Rec8 24. Ra3 Qb4 25. Rb3 Qa4 26. Ra3 Qb4 {Caruana,F (2835)-So,W (2770) Lichess.org INT 2020 ½-½}) 12... Nc6 13. Ne5 Ne7 ({RR} 13... Nxd4 14. Qe3 Bc5 15. b4 Nc2 16. Qe2 Qc7 17. Nb5 Bxf2+ 18. Kf1 Qb8 19. Qxc2 Qxe5 20. Nd6 {0-1 (20) Araujo Sanchez,J (2247)-Elias Reyes,J (2497) Medellin COL 2025}) 14. a3 $146 ({RR} 14. Rg3 Nf5 15. Nxf7 Rxf7 16. Qxe6 Qe7 17. Qxe7 Bxe7 18. Rd3 Rd8 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Be3 Nd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. a3 g5 23. h3 Nh4 24. f3 Nf5 25. Bf2 Bd6 26. Rc1 h5 27. Rdd1 Rg8 28. Rf1 h4 {Iniyan,P (2516)-Sadhwani,R (2616) chess24.com INT 2022 0-1 (52)}) 14... Bxc3 15. bxc3 Rc8 16. Rh3 Nf5 17. Bd2 Ne4 18. Re1 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Rxc4 20. Nxc4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qd5+ 22. Kg1 Qxc4 23. Re5 Rd8 24. Qe2 Qxe2 25. Rxe2 Ne7 26. Rc2 Nc6 27. Rh4 Rd5 28. c4 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Nxd4 30. c5 bxc5 31. Rxc5 e5 32. Ra5 e4 33. Rxa7 Nf3+ 34. Kg2 Nh4+ 35. Kh1 f5 36. a4 Kf8 37. a5 f4 38. Rb7 1-0

[Event "AI Cup Div 1 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.27"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, I.."]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rd1 h6 12. Rd3 ({RR} 12. Bf4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nd5 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. Rac1 Nd7 16. Bb5 Bc6 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. c4 N5f6 19. Bc3 Rfe8 20. h3 Rac8 21. Bb2 Rc7 22. Rc3 Qa4 23. Rdc1 Rec8 24. Ra3 Qb4 25. Rb3 Qa4 26. Ra3 Qb4 {Caruana,F (2835)-So,W (2770) Lichess.org INT 2020 ½-½}) 12... Nc6 13. Ne5 Ne7 ({RR} 13... Nxd4 14. Qe3 Bc5 15. b4 Nc2 16. Qe2 Qc7 17. Nb5 Bxf2+ 18. Kf1 Qb8 19. Qxc2 Qxe5 20. Nd6 {0-1 (20) Araujo Sanchez,J (2247)-Elias Reyes,J (2497) Medellin COL 2025}) 14. a3 $146 ({RR} 14. Rg3 Nf5 15. Nxf7 Rxf7 16. Qxe6 Qe7 17. Qxe7 Bxe7 18. Rd3 Rd8 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Be3 Nd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. a3 g5 23. h3 Nh4 24. f3 Nf5 25. Bf2 Bd6 26. Rc1 h5 27. Rdd1 Rg8 28. Rf1 h4 {Iniyan,P (2516)-Sadhwani,R (2616) chess24.com INT 2022 0-1 (52)}) 14... Bxc3 15. bxc3 Rc8 16. Rh3 Nf5 17. Bd2 Ne4 18. Re1 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Rxc4 20. Nxc4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qd5+ 22. Kg1 Qxc4 23. Re5 Rd8 24. Qe2 Qxe2 25. Rxe2 Ne7 26. Rc2 Nc6 27. Rh4 Rd5 28. c4 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Nxd4 30. c5 bxc5 31. Rxc5 e5 32. Ra5 e4 33. Rxa7 Nf3+ 34. Kg2 Nh4+ 35. Kh1 f5 36. a4 Kf8 37. a5 f4 38. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 21st Jan Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.01.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nguyen, Quoc Hy"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2025.01.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Bb7 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qg4+ Kh8 16. Qh4 Qd8 17. d5 $146 ({RR} 17. Rfd1 f5 18. Qf4 Qf6 19. Bf1 Rg8 20. Rd3 Rac8 21. a4 Ba6 {½-½ (21) Volke,K (2475)-Antonio,R (2500) Biel 1993}) ({RR} 17. Bb3 Rg8 18. f3 Rc8 19. c4 f5 20. Qf2 Qd6 21. Rfd1 Rg6 22. Rd2 Qf4 23. d5 Rcg8 24. Rad1 e5 25. Kh1 Rh6 26. Qg1 Rg5 27. Rf2 Qg3 28. f4 Rgh5 29. h3 exf4 30. Qf1 Rxh3+ 31. gxh3 Rxh3+ {Hagen,A (2143)-Evenshaug,A (2252) Norway NOR 2025 ½-½ (40)}) ({RR} 17. Bd3 f5 18. Qf4 Qf6 19. f3 Rac8 20. Rac1 Rg8 21. Rc2 Rg6 22. Kh1 Rh6 23. h3 Rh4 24. Qh2 Rg8 25. Qc7 Ba8 26. Qxa7 Qh6 27. Qc7 f4 28. Qe5+ f6 29. Qxe6 Rg3 30. Qe8+ Kg7 31. Qe7+ Kh8 {Davidsdottir,N (1479)-Bjornes,L (1957) Reykjavik 2013 ½-½ (34)}) 17... Rg8 18. Rad1 f5 19. Qd4+ f6 20. f3 e5 21. Qd3 Qd6 22. Kh1 Rg5 23. f4 exf4 24. Qf3 Rag8 25. Rd2 Qc5 26. Qxf4 Rg4 27. Qxf5 Qxc4 28. Qxf6+ R4g7 29. h3 Bxd5 30. Rf4 Qc6 31. Qe5 Bxg2+ 32. Kh2 Bxh3 33. Rf7 Qh6 34. Rxg7 Bc8+ 35. Kg3 Qxg7+ 0-1

[Event "15th Rouen Open 2023"]
[Site "Rouen FRA"]
[Date "2023.12.28"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Peng, Li Min"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2023.12.26"]

1. d4 {Yermolinsky,Alex} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. g3 Re8 ({RR} 6... b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. b3 Qe7 10. Bb2 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Ne4 12. Qc2 f5 13. Rad1 Rae8 ({RR} 13... c5 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Rxd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 cxd4 17. Rxd4 e5 18. Rd2 Nc5) 14. d5 exd5 15. cxd5 Ndf6 16. Bxf6 Rxf6 ({RR} 16... Qxf6 17. Nd4 Bxd5 18. Qxc7) 17. Rd4 Rf7 18. e3 a5 19. a3 Ba6 20. Rc1 g5 21. Rdd1 {Shankland,S (2666)-Caruana,F (2817) Saint Louis 2017 CBM 178 [Yermolinsky,Alex ] ½-½ (37)} ({RR} 21. b4)) 7. a3 ({RR} 7. Bg2 e5 8. O-O e4 9. Ng5 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 h6 11. Nh3 Bf5 12. f3 Nbd7 13. Nf2 c6 14. Bf4 d5 15. c5 Nf8 16. Be5 exf3 17. exf3 N6d7 18. Bd6 Qf6 19. Rfe1 Ne6 20. Rad1 b6 21. cxb6 axb6 {Sagita,C (2332)-Zhigalko,S (2572) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (66)}) 7... Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 a5 $146 ({RR} 8... Qe7 9. Bg2 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. O-O Nc6 12. b4 Bg4 13. Re1 Rad8 14. Be3 Qd7 15. Ra2 Ne4 16. Qa1 Bh3 17. Bh1 h6 18. Nd2 Nf6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Nd4 21. Rd2 c6 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Bf3 {Jonsson,M (2244)-Rozentalis,E (2510) Sweden 2018 0-1 (56)}) 9. b3 Nc6 10. Bg2 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. O-O Bf5 14. b4 e4 15. Nh4 Bd7 16. c5 Qe6 17. Rad1 axb4 18. axb4 Ra4 19. f3 e3 20. f4 Nxb4 21. Rd4 Na2 22. Qc2 Rxd4 23. Bxd4 Nb4 24. Qb2 Nc6 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Rd1 Bc8 27. Bf3 Kg7 28. Qc3 Qa2 29. Kg2 Qa5 30. Qxa5 Nxa5 31. Rd3 Nc4 32. Rc3 Nd2 33. h3 f5 34. g4 c6 35. Ra3 h6 36. Ra8 Kf8 37. Ra3 fxg4 38. hxg4 Kg7 39. Rd3 Rg8 40. Rxe3 Kf6 41. Rd3 Ne4 42. Bxe4 Rxg4+ 43. Kf3 Rxh4 44. Rd8 Be6 45. Rb8 Rh3+ 46. Kf2 Rb3 47. Rh8 Bf5 48. Bxf5 Kxf5 49. Rxh6 Kxf4 50. Rd6 Ke5 51. e3 Rb5 52. Rd7 Ke6 53. Rc7 f5 54. Kf3 Kd5 55. Rf7 Kxc5 56. Rxf5+ Kc4 57. Rf7 Rb1 58. Rf4+ Kc3 59. Ke4 b5 60. Rf6 c5 61. Kd5 c4 62. e4 Kb3 63. e5 Re1 64. Rb6 b4 65. e6 c3 66. Kc5 Re5+ 67. Kd4 c2 68. Kxe5 c1=Q 69. Rd6 Qg5+ 70. Kd4 Kc2 71. Kc4 b3 72. Rd5 Qe3 0-1

[Event "15th Rouen Open 2023"]
[Site "Rouen FRA"]
[Date "2023.12.28"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Peng, Li Min"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2023.12.26"]

1. d4 {Yermolinsky,Alex} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. g3 Re8 ({RR} 6... b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. b3 Qe7 10. Bb2 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Ne4 12. Qc2 f5 13. Rad1 Rae8 ({RR} 13... c5 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Rxd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 cxd4 17. Rxd4 e5 18. Rd2 Nc5) 14. d5 exd5 15. cxd5 Ndf6 16. Bxf6 Rxf6 ({RR} 16... Qxf6 17. Nd4 Bxd5 18. Qxc7) 17. Rd4 Rf7 18. e3 a5 19. a3 Ba6 20. Rc1 g5 21. Rdd1 {Shankland,S (2666)-Caruana,F (2817) Saint Louis 2017 CBM 178 [Yermolinsky,Alex ] ½-½ (37)} ({RR} 21. b4)) 7. a3 ({RR} 7. Bg2 e5 8. O-O e4 9. Ng5 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 h6 11. Nh3 Bf5 12. f3 Nbd7 13. Nf2 c6 14. Bf4 d5 15. c5 Nf8 16. Be5 exf3 17. exf3 N6d7 18. Bd6 Qf6 19. Rfe1 Ne6 20. Rad1 b6 21. cxb6 axb6 {Sagita,C (2332)-Zhigalko,S (2572) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (66)}) 7... Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 a5 $146 ({RR} 8... Qe7 9. Bg2 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. O-O Nc6 12. b4 Bg4 13. Re1 Rad8 14. Be3 Qd7 15. Ra2 Ne4 16. Qa1 Bh3 17. Bh1 h6 18. Nd2 Nf6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Nd4 21. Rd2 c6 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Bf3 {Jonsson,M (2244)-Rozentalis,E (2510) Sweden 2018 0-1 (56)}) 9. b3 Nc6 10. Bg2 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. O-O Bf5 14. b4 e4 15. Nh4 Bd7 16. c5 Qe6 17. Rad1 axb4 18. axb4 Ra4 19. f3 e3 20. f4 Nxb4 21. Rd4 Na2 22. Qc2 Rxd4 23. Bxd4 Nb4 24. Qb2 Nc6 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Rd1 Bc8 27. Bf3 Kg7 28. Qc3 Qa2 29. Kg2 Qa5 30. Qxa5 Nxa5 31. Rd3 Nc4 32. Rc3 Nd2 33. h3 f5 34. g4 c6 35. Ra3 h6 36. Ra8 Kf8 37. Ra3 fxg4 38. hxg4 Kg7 39. Rd3 Rg8 40. Rxe3 Kf6 41. Rd3 Ne4 42. Bxe4 Rxg4+ 43. Kf3 Rxh4 44. Rd8 Be6 45. Rb8 Rh3+ 46. Kf2 Rb3 47. Rh8 Bf5 48. Bxf5 Kxf5 49. Rxh6 Kxf4 50. Rd6 Ke5 51. e3 Rb5 52. Rd7 Ke6 53. Rc7 f5 54. Kf3 Kd5 55. Rf7 Kxc5 56. Rxf5+ Kc4 57. Rf7 Rb1 58. Rf4+ Kc3 59. Ke4 b5 60. Rf6 c5 61. Kd5 c4 62. e4 Kb3 63. e5 Re1 64. Rb6 b4 65. e6 c3 66. Kc5 Re5+ 67. Kd4 c2 68. Kxe5 c1=Q 69. Rd6 Qg5+ 70. Kd4 Kc2 71. Kc4 b3 72. Rd5 Qe3 0-1

[Event "15th Rouen Open 2023"]
[Site "Rouen FRA"]
[Date "2023.12.28"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Peng, Li Min"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2023.12.26"]

1. d4 {Yermolinsky,Alex} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. g3 Re8 ({RR} 6... b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. b3 Qe7 10. Bb2 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Ne4 12. Qc2 f5 13. Rad1 Rae8 ({RR} 13... c5 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Rxd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 cxd4 17. Rxd4 e5 18. Rd2 Nc5) 14. d5 exd5 15. cxd5 Ndf6 16. Bxf6 Rxf6 ({RR} 16... Qxf6 17. Nd4 Bxd5 18. Qxc7) 17. Rd4 Rf7 18. e3 a5 19. a3 Ba6 20. Rc1 g5 21. Rdd1 {Shankland,S (2666)-Caruana,F (2817) Saint Louis 2017 CBM 178 [Yermolinsky,Alex ] ½-½ (37)} ({RR} 21. b4)) 7. a3 ({RR} 7. Bg2 e5 8. O-O e4 9. Ng5 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 h6 11. Nh3 Bf5 12. f3 Nbd7 13. Nf2 c6 14. Bf4 d5 15. c5 Nf8 16. Be5 exf3 17. exf3 N6d7 18. Bd6 Qf6 19. Rfe1 Ne6 20. Rad1 b6 21. cxb6 axb6 {Sagita,C (2332)-Zhigalko,S (2572) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (66)}) 7... Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 a5 $146 ({RR} 8... Qe7 9. Bg2 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. O-O Nc6 12. b4 Bg4 13. Re1 Rad8 14. Be3 Qd7 15. Ra2 Ne4 16. Qa1 Bh3 17. Bh1 h6 18. Nd2 Nf6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Nd4 21. Rd2 c6 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Bf3 {Jonsson,M (2244)-Rozentalis,E (2510) Sweden 2018 0-1 (56)}) 9. b3 Nc6 10. Bg2 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. O-O Bf5 14. b4 e4 15. Nh4 Bd7 16. c5 Qe6 17. Rad1 axb4 18. axb4 Ra4 19. f3 e3 20. f4 Nxb4 21. Rd4 Na2 22. Qc2 Rxd4 23. Bxd4 Nb4 24. Qb2 Nc6 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Rd1 Bc8 27. Bf3 Kg7 28. Qc3 Qa2 29. Kg2 Qa5 30. Qxa5 Nxa5 31. Rd3 Nc4 32. Rc3 Nd2 33. h3 f5 34. g4 c6 35. Ra3 h6 36. Ra8 Kf8 37. Ra3 fxg4 38. hxg4 Kg7 39. Rd3 Rg8 40. Rxe3 Kf6 41. Rd3 Ne4 42. Bxe4 Rxg4+ 43. Kf3 Rxh4 44. Rd8 Be6 45. Rb8 Rh3+ 46. Kf2 Rb3 47. Rh8 Bf5 48. Bxf5 Kxf5 49. Rxh6 Kxf4 50. Rd6 Ke5 51. e3 Rb5 52. Rd7 Ke6 53. Rc7 f5 54. Kf3 Kd5 55. Rf7 Kxc5 56. Rxf5+ Kc4 57. Rf7 Rb1 58. Rf4+ Kc3 59. Ke4 b5 60. Rf6 c5 61. Kd5 c4 62. e4 Kb3 63. e5 Re1 64. Rb6 b4 65. e6 c3 66. Kc5 Re5+ 67. Kd4 c2 68. Kxe5 c1=Q 69. Rd6 Qg5+ 70. Kd4 Kc2 71. Kc4 b3 72. Rd5 Qe3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 19th Nov Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.11.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sarana, A.."]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2024.11.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. e4 Ng6 12. Re1 a6 13. Bf1 Bd7 14. Nd2 Bc5 $146 ({RR} 14... b5 15. b4 c5 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Nb3 Rc8 18. f3 Ba8 19. Bd2 Qe7 20. Rc1 Rfd8 21. Qc2 Nf4 22. Be3 Ne6 23. Qf2 h6 24. Re2 Qe8 25. Rec2 Bb7 26. Ne2 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Rc8 28. Nec1 Rxc2 29. Qxc2 {Koelle,T (2437)-Fedorchuk,S (2582) Germany GER 2025 ½-½ (40)}) 15. Nb3 Ba7 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Ng4 18. Rg3 Qh4 19. h3 Nf6 20. Nc5 Bc8 21. Re3 b6 22. Nd3 h5 23. Rc1 Bd7 24. Qf3 Qg5 25. Ne2 Rfc8 26. Qg3 Qxg3 27. Nxg3 h4 28. Ne2 c5 29. f4 Re8 30. f5 Nf4 31. Nc3 Nxd3 32. Bxd3 b5 33. b4 c4 34. Bc2 a5 35. Kf2 axb4 36. axb4 Kf8 37. Ke2 Ra3 38. Kd2 Rea8 39. Ree1 Ke7 40. Rg1 Nh5 41. Rb1 Nf4 42. Bd1 Kd6 43. g3 Nxh3 44. Rg2 Rxc3 45. Kxc3 Ng5 46. gxh4 Nxe4+ 47. Kb2 Bxf5 48. Bc2 g6 49. Rbg1 c3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 19th Nov Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.11.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sarana, A.."]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2024.11.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. e4 Ng6 12. Re1 a6 13. Bf1 Bd7 14. Nd2 Bc5 $146 ({RR} 14... b5 15. b4 c5 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Nb3 Rc8 18. f3 Ba8 19. Bd2 Qe7 20. Rc1 Rfd8 21. Qc2 Nf4 22. Be3 Ne6 23. Qf2 h6 24. Re2 Qe8 25. Rec2 Bb7 26. Ne2 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Rc8 28. Nec1 Rxc2 29. Qxc2 {Koelle,T (2437)-Fedorchuk,S (2582) Germany GER 2025 ½-½ (40)}) 15. Nb3 Ba7 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Ng4 18. Rg3 Qh4 19. h3 Nf6 20. Nc5 Bc8 21. Re3 b6 22. Nd3 h5 23. Rc1 Bd7 24. Qf3 Qg5 25. Ne2 Rfc8 26. Qg3 Qxg3 27. Nxg3 h4 28. Ne2 c5 29. f4 Re8 30. f5 Nf4 31. Nc3 Nxd3 32. Bxd3 b5 33. b4 c4 34. Bc2 a5 35. Kf2 axb4 36. axb4 Kf8 37. Ke2 Ra3 38. Kd2 Rea8 39. Ree1 Ke7 40. Rg1 Nh5 41. Rb1 Nf4 42. Bd1 Kd6 43. g3 Nxh3 44. Rg2 Rxc3 45. Kxc3 Ng5 46. gxh4 Nxe4+ 47. Kb2 Bxf5 48. Bc2 g6 49. Rbg1 c3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 9th Jan Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ter Sahakyan, S.."]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2024.01.09"]

1. d4 {Chessbase - Stockfish 17} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nc6 6. f3 b6 7. e4 Na5 8. Bd3 ({RR} 8. c5 bxc5 9. Qa4 Nc6 10. Bb5 ({RR} 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 cxd4 12. cxd4 e5 13. Ne2 O-O 14. Rc1 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 d6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Rxc7 Rb8 20. Kd2 Rb2+ 21. Rc2 Rb1 22. Rc1 Rb2+ 23. Kc3 Ra2 24. Bc4 Rxg2) 10... cxd4 ({RR} 10... Ne7 11. dxc5 O-O 12. Be3 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. f4 a5 15. Nf3 Nb8 16. Qc2 h6) 11. Bxc6 dxc6 12. cxd4 Qd7 13. Ne2 c5 14. Qc4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Ba6 16. Qxa6 ({RR} 16. Qc5 Qd6 17. Qc6+ Qxc6 18. Nxc6 Bb5 19. Na5) 16... Qxd4 17. Qc6+ Ke7 18. Qxc7+ Nd7 19. Bg5+ f6 20. Rd1 Rhc8 21. Qg3 Qb6 22. Bf4 g6 {Van Foreest,J (2680)-Erigaisi,A (2801) Wijk aan Zee 2025 [Chessbase - Stockfish 17] ½-½ (32)} {RR} 23. Qh4 h5 24. Qf2 Ke8 25. O-O) 8... Ba6 9. Qe2 O-O $146 ({RR} 9... c5 10. e5 Ng8 11. Be3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Rc8 13. Rc1 d5 14. exd6 Qxd6 15. c5 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qd7 17. Qa6 Ne7 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Qxb6 Nc4 20. Qb3 Nxe3 21. Rxc8+ Qxc8 22. Qxe3 Nd5 23. Qd2 Qa6 24. Ne2 {Sethuraman,S (2619)-Harsha,B (2499) New Delhi 2022 0-1 (71)}) ({RR} 9... d6 10. f4 c5 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd7 13. Nf3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Rc8 15. Bg5 Qc7 16. Nd2 Nxc4 17. Rc1 b5 18. O-O Qb6 19. Qf2 O-O 20. Qh4 g6 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Rc3 h5 23. Be7 Nxe5 24. Rb1 {Lehmann,S (2191)-Kostolansky,S (2402) Chicago USA 2025 0-1 (40)}) 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. f4 Ng7 14. Nf3 f5 15. O-O g4 16. Nd2 d5 17. cxd5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 fxe4 19. Qxe4 Qxd5 20. Qg6 Qf5 21. Qxh6 Rf6 22. Qg5 Rg6 23. Qxf5 exf5 24. Rfe1 Kf7 25. c4 Rd6 26. Bf2 Ne6 27. d5 Ng7 28. Bd4 c6 29. Be5 Rd7 30. d6 Ne8 31. h3 Nxd6 32. hxg4 fxg4 33. Rac1 Nf5 34. Ne4 Rad8 35. c5 Rd3 36. cxb6 axb6 37. Bc7 Nb3 38. Bxd8 Nxc1 39. Bxb6 Nb3 40. Ng5+ Kg6 41. Re6+ Kh5 42. Rxc6 g3 43. Kf1 Rd2 44. Nf3 Ra2 45. Rf6 Nh6 46. Rf8 Ng4 47. Rh8+ Kg6 48. Rg8+ Kf5 49. Rg5+ Kxf4 50. Bc7+ Ke3 51. Bb6+ Kf4 52. Bc7+ Ke3 53. Bb6+ Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 9th Jan Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ter Sahakyan, S.."]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2024.01.09"]

1. d4 {Chessbase - Stockfish 17} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nc6 6. f3 b6 7. e4 Na5 8. Bd3 ({RR} 8. c5 bxc5 9. Qa4 Nc6 10. Bb5 ({RR} 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 cxd4 12. cxd4 e5 13. Ne2 O-O 14. Rc1 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 d6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Rxc7 Rb8 20. Kd2 Rb2+ 21. Rc2 Rb1 22. Rc1 Rb2+ 23. Kc3 Ra2 24. Bc4 Rxg2) 10... cxd4 ({RR} 10... Ne7 11. dxc5 O-O 12. Be3 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. f4 a5 15. Nf3 Nb8 16. Qc2 h6) 11. Bxc6 dxc6 12. cxd4 Qd7 13. Ne2 c5 14. Qc4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Ba6 16. Qxa6 ({RR} 16. Qc5 Qd6 17. Qc6+ Qxc6 18. Nxc6 Bb5 19. Na5) 16... Qxd4 17. Qc6+ Ke7 18. Qxc7+ Nd7 19. Bg5+ f6 20. Rd1 Rhc8 21. Qg3 Qb6 22. Bf4 g6 {Van Foreest,J (2680)-Erigaisi,A (2801) Wijk aan Zee 2025 [Chessbase - Stockfish 17] ½-½ (32)} {RR} 23. Qh4 h5 24. Qf2 Ke8 25. O-O) 8... Ba6 9. Qe2 O-O $146 ({RR} 9... c5 10. e5 Ng8 11. Be3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Rc8 13. Rc1 d5 14. exd6 Qxd6 15. c5 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qd7 17. Qa6 Ne7 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Qxb6 Nc4 20. Qb3 Nxe3 21. Rxc8+ Qxc8 22. Qxe3 Nd5 23. Qd2 Qa6 24. Ne2 {Sethuraman,S (2619)-Harsha,B (2499) New Delhi 2022 0-1 (71)}) ({RR} 9... d6 10. f4 c5 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd7 13. Nf3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Rc8 15. Bg5 Qc7 16. Nd2 Nxc4 17. Rc1 b5 18. O-O Qb6 19. Qf2 O-O 20. Qh4 g6 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Rc3 h5 23. Be7 Nxe5 24. Rb1 {Lehmann,S (2191)-Kostolansky,S (2402) Chicago USA 2025 0-1 (40)}) 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. f4 Ng7 14. Nf3 f5 15. O-O g4 16. Nd2 d5 17. cxd5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 fxe4 19. Qxe4 Qxd5 20. Qg6 Qf5 21. Qxh6 Rf6 22. Qg5 Rg6 23. Qxf5 exf5 24. Rfe1 Kf7 25. c4 Rd6 26. Bf2 Ne6 27. d5 Ng7 28. Bd4 c6 29. Be5 Rd7 30. d6 Ne8 31. h3 Nxd6 32. hxg4 fxg4 33. Rac1 Nf5 34. Ne4 Rad8 35. c5 Rd3 36. cxb6 axb6 37. Bc7 Nb3 38. Bxd8 Nxc1 39. Bxb6 Nb3 40. Ng5+ Kg6 41. Re6+ Kh5 42. Rxc6 g3 43. Kf1 Rd2 44. Nf3 Ra2 45. Rf6 Nh6 46. Rf8 Ng4 47. Rh8+ Kg6 48. Rg8+ Kf5 49. Rg5+ Kxf4 50. Bc7+ Ke3 51. Bb6+ Kf4 52. Bc7+ Ke3 53. Bb6+ Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 9th Jan Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ter Sahakyan, S.."]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2024.01.09"]

1. d4 {Chessbase - Stockfish 17} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nc6 6. f3 b6 7. e4 Na5 8. Bd3 ({RR} 8. c5 bxc5 9. Qa4 Nc6 10. Bb5 ({RR} 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 cxd4 12. cxd4 e5 13. Ne2 O-O 14. Rc1 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 d6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Rxc7 Rb8 20. Kd2 Rb2+ 21. Rc2 Rb1 22. Rc1 Rb2+ 23. Kc3 Ra2 24. Bc4 Rxg2) 10... cxd4 ({RR} 10... Ne7 11. dxc5 O-O 12. Be3 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. f4 a5 15. Nf3 Nb8 16. Qc2 h6) 11. Bxc6 dxc6 12. cxd4 Qd7 13. Ne2 c5 14. Qc4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Ba6 16. Qxa6 ({RR} 16. Qc5 Qd6 17. Qc6+ Qxc6 18. Nxc6 Bb5 19. Na5) 16... Qxd4 17. Qc6+ Ke7 18. Qxc7+ Nd7 19. Bg5+ f6 20. Rd1 Rhc8 21. Qg3 Qb6 22. Bf4 g6 {Van Foreest,J (2680)-Erigaisi,A (2801) Wijk aan Zee 2025 [Chessbase - Stockfish 17] ½-½ (32)} {RR} 23. Qh4 h5 24. Qf2 Ke8 25. O-O) 8... Ba6 9. Qe2 O-O $146 ({RR} 9... c5 10. e5 Ng8 11. Be3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Rc8 13. Rc1 d5 14. exd6 Qxd6 15. c5 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qd7 17. Qa6 Ne7 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Qxb6 Nc4 20. Qb3 Nxe3 21. Rxc8+ Qxc8 22. Qxe3 Nd5 23. Qd2 Qa6 24. Ne2 {Sethuraman,S (2619)-Harsha,B (2499) New Delhi 2022 0-1 (71)}) ({RR} 9... d6 10. f4 c5 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd7 13. Nf3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Rc8 15. Bg5 Qc7 16. Nd2 Nxc4 17. Rc1 b5 18. O-O Qb6 19. Qf2 O-O 20. Qh4 g6 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Rc3 h5 23. Be7 Nxe5 24. Rb1 {Lehmann,S (2191)-Kostolansky,S (2402) Chicago USA 2025 0-1 (40)}) 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. f4 Ng7 14. Nf3 f5 15. O-O g4 16. Nd2 d5 17. cxd5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 fxe4 19. Qxe4 Qxd5 20. Qg6 Qf5 21. Qxh6 Rf6 22. Qg5 Rg6 23. Qxf5 exf5 24. Rfe1 Kf7 25. c4 Rd6 26. Bf2 Ne6 27. d5 Ng7 28. Bd4 c6 29. Be5 Rd7 30. d6 Ne8 31. h3 Nxd6 32. hxg4 fxg4 33. Rac1 Nf5 34. Ne4 Rad8 35. c5 Rd3 36. cxb6 axb6 37. Bc7 Nb3 38. Bxd8 Nxc1 39. Bxb6 Nb3 40. Ng5+ Kg6 41. Re6+ Kh5 42. Rxc6 g3 43. Kf1 Rd2 44. Nf3 Ra2 45. Rf6 Nh6 46. Rf8 Ng4 47. Rh8+ Kg6 48. Rg8+ Kf5 49. Rg5+ Kxf4 50. Bc7+ Ke3 51. Bb6+ Kf4 52. Bc7+ Ke3 53. Bb6+ Kf4 1/2-1/2

