[Event "Titled Tue 25th Apr Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.04.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gukesh, D.."]
[Black "Azarov, S.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E26"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2023.04.25"]

1. d4 {Tisdall,Jonathan D} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 d6 8. Ne2 e5 9. O-O O-O 10. d5 Ne7 11. e4 ({RR} 11. Ng3 Re8 ({RR} 11... Ne8 12. e4 Ng6 13. Be3 Nf6 14. Nf5 Re8 15. g3 Bxf5 16. exf5 Nf8 17. f3 e4 18. fxe4 Nxe4 19. Qg4 Nf6 20. Qf4 N8d7 21. Rae1 Ne5 22. Bc2 Qa5 23. Bd2 Qa6 24. a4 Rf8 25. Re2 Qxc4 26. Qxc4) 12. Qc2 Kh8 ({RR} 12... b6) 13. f4 exf4 14. exf4 Ng6 15. f5 Ne5 16. Bg5 Qc7 ({RR} 16... Nxd3 17. Qxd3 h6 18. Bh4 Qe7 19. Qd2) 17. a4 ({RR} 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rae1 Rg8 19. Qd2) 17... b6 18. Rf4 Ba6 19. Be2 Ned7 20. Rh4 Re5 21. Bd3 Rae8 22. Qd2 Qb8 23. Rf1 Rg8 24. Rf3 Rge8 25. Qf4 Re1+ {Jussupow,A (2630)-Larsen,B (2515) Bad Homburg 1998 CBM 066 [Tisdall,Jonathan D] 1-0 (56)}) ({RR} 11. Qc2 e4 12. Bxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Bf5 14. Qf3 ({RR} 14. Qf4 Bd3 15. Re1 f5) ({RR} 14. Qh4 Bd3 15. Re1 Ng6) 14... Bd3) 11... Ne8 12. f4 f5 13. Ng3 Nf6 $146 ({RR} 13... fxe4 14. Bxe4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Nf6 16. Bc2 Ng6 17. Bg5 Ne5 18. Nh5 Bg4 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qc2+ Kh8 22. Nf4 Qe7 23. Rae1 Qh7 24. Qb3 b6 25. h3 Bd7 26. Re3 Rg8 27. Kh2 Rg7 28. Qd1 {Manukyan,S (2211)-Brancaleoni,M (2180) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (32)}) 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. exf5 e4 16. Be2 Bd7 17. Bg5 Qa5 18. d6 Nc6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nxe4 Rae8 21. Rf4 Kh8 22. Bd3 Ne5 23. Qh5 Rf7 24. Rh4 Qd8 25. Re1 Rg8 26. Ng3 Be8 27. Rxe5 fxe5 28. f6 Qd7 29. Qxe5 Rgf8 30. Rxh7+ Rxh7 31. f7+ Rg7 32. Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 25th Apr Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.04.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gukesh, D.."]
[Black "Azarov, S.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E27"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2023.04.25"]

1. d4 {Tisdall,Jonathan D} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 d6 8. Ne2 e5 9. O-O O-O 10. d5 Ne7 11. e4 ({RR} 11. Ng3 Re8 ({RR} 11... Ne8 12. e4 Ng6 13. Be3 Nf6 14. Nf5 Re8 15. g3 Bxf5 16. exf5 Nf8 17. f3 e4 18. fxe4 Nxe4 19. Qg4 Nf6 20. Qf4 N8d7 21. Rae1 Ne5 22. Bc2 Qa5 23. Bd2 Qa6 24. a4 Rf8 25. Re2 Qxc4 26. Qxc4) 12. Qc2 Kh8 ({RR} 12... b6) 13. f4 exf4 14. exf4 Ng6 15. f5 Ne5 16. Bg5 Qc7 ({RR} 16... Nxd3 17. Qxd3 h6 18. Bh4 Qe7 19. Qd2) 17. a4 ({RR} 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rae1 Rg8 19. Qd2) 17... b6 18. Rf4 Ba6 19. Be2 Ned7 20. Rh4 Re5 21. Bd3 Rae8 22. Qd2 Qb8 23. Rf1 Rg8 24. Rf3 Rge8 25. Qf4 Re1+ {Jussupow,A (2630)-Larsen,B (2515) Bad Homburg 1998 CBM 066 [Tisdall,Jonathan D] 1-0 (56)}) ({RR} 11. Qc2 e4 12. Bxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Bf5 14. Qf3 ({RR} 14. Qf4 Bd3 15. Re1 f5) ({RR} 14. Qh4 Bd3 15. Re1 Ng6) 14... Bd3) 11... Ne8 12. f4 f5 13. Ng3 Nf6 $146 ({RR} 13... fxe4 14. Bxe4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Nf6 16. Bc2 Ng6 17. Bg5 Ne5 18. Nh5 Bg4 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qc2+ Kh8 22. Nf4 Qe7 23. Rae1 Qh7 24. Qb3 b6 25. h3 Bd7 26. Re3 Rg8 27. Kh2 Rg7 28. Qd1 {Manukyan,S (2211)-Brancaleoni,M (2180) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (32)}) 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. exf5 e4 16. Be2 Bd7 17. Bg5 Qa5 18. d6 Nc6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nxe4 Rae8 21. Rf4 Kh8 22. Bd3 Ne5 23. Qh5 Rf7 24. Rh4 Qd8 25. Re1 Rg8 26. Ng3 Be8 27. Rxe5 fxe5 28. f6 Qd7 29. Qxe5 Rgf8 30. Rxh7+ Rxh7 31. f7+ Rg7 32. Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "Superbet ROM Classic 2024"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "2024.06.26"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Gukesh, D.."]
[Black "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2024.06.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 c5 6. d5 d6 ({RR} 6... exd5 7. cxd5 d6 8. Nge2 Re8 9. Nf4 Nbd7 10. Be2 a6 11. O-O Ne5 12. a3 Ba5 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Na2 b5 15. Bxa5 Qxa5 16. Nh5 Nxh5 17. Bxh5 Qb6 18. Nc3 a5 19. Qc2 b4 20. Ne4 Bb5 21. Rad1 {Goryachkina,A (2608)-Muzychuk,A (2534) Struga 2021 ½-½ (48)}) 7. Bd3 exd5 8. cxd5 Nbd7 $146 ({RR} 8... Qe7 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne4 11. Ne2 Nd7 12. Bxe4 Qxe4 13. O-O Nb6 14. Nf4 Na4 15. Qc1 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Re8 17. Rfe1 b5 18. f3 Qe5 19. Qxe5 Rxe5 20. e4 f6 21. b4 c4 22. a4 bxa4 23. Rxa4 {Abdukhakimov,A (1791)-Sharifov,M (2097) Moscow 2022 1-0 (54)}) ({RR} 8... h6 9. Nge2 Nbd7 10. f4 Nb6 11. e4 Bg4 12. O-O Re8 13. Rf3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nfd7 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Qe7 17. Bc2 Qh4 18. Kg2 f5 19. Qd3 c4 20. Qd4 Nf6 21. Rg1 fxe4 22. fxe4 Nbxd5 23. Bd2 {Selinga,J (2023)-Tkhoruk,R (1965) Biel SUI 2024 1-0}) 9. Nge2 Ne5 10. Bc2 Rb8 11. O-O b5 12. a3 Ba5 13. h3 Re8 14. Ng3 Nc4 15. Bc1 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qa5 17. Rb1 Qxc3 18. Rb3 Qe5 19. e4 h5 20. Bd3 Bd7 21. f4 Qd4+ 22. Kh1 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. Nxe4 Qxe4 25. Re1 Qh7 26. Re7 Rd8 27. a4 Kf8 28. Qe2 Nb6 29. axb5 Nxd5 30. Re4 Qf5 31. Ra4 Re8 32. Qd1 Nb4 33. Rxa7 Bxb5 34. Qxd6+ Kg8 35. Kh2 Bd3 36. Rc3 Rc8 37. Be3 Nd5 38. Rxc5 Rxc5 39. Qxc5 Be4 40. Ra4 Kh7 41. Ra2 Qg6 42. Bc1 Nf6 43. Qf2 Nd5 44. Qg3 Qxg3+ 45. Kxg3 Ne7 46. Kh4 Bd5 47. Rd2 g6 48. Kg5 Be6 49. Bb2 Ng8 50. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Superbet ROM Classic 2024"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "2024.06.26"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Gukesh, D.."]
[Black "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2024.06.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 c5 6. d5 d6 ({RR} 6... exd5 7. cxd5 d6 8. Nge2 Re8 9. Nf4 Nbd7 10. Be2 a6 11. O-O Ne5 12. a3 Ba5 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Na2 b5 15. Bxa5 Qxa5 16. Nh5 Nxh5 17. Bxh5 Qb6 18. Nc3 a5 19. Qc2 b4 20. Ne4 Bb5 21. Rad1 {Goryachkina,A (2608)-Muzychuk,A (2534) Struga 2021 ½-½ (48)}) 7. Bd3 exd5 8. cxd5 Nbd7 $146 ({RR} 8... Qe7 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne4 11. Ne2 Nd7 12. Bxe4 Qxe4 13. O-O Nb6 14. Nf4 Na4 15. Qc1 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Re8 17. Rfe1 b5 18. f3 Qe5 19. Qxe5 Rxe5 20. e4 f6 21. b4 c4 22. a4 bxa4 23. Rxa4 {Abdukhakimov,A (1791)-Sharifov,M (2097) Moscow 2022 1-0 (54)}) ({RR} 8... h6 9. Nge2 Nbd7 10. f4 Nb6 11. e4 Bg4 12. O-O Re8 13. Rf3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nfd7 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Qe7 17. Bc2 Qh4 18. Kg2 f5 19. Qd3 c4 20. Qd4 Nf6 21. Rg1 fxe4 22. fxe4 Nbxd5 23. Bd2 {Selinga,J (2023)-Tkhoruk,R (1965) Biel SUI 2024 1-0}) 9. Nge2 Ne5 10. Bc2 Rb8 11. O-O b5 12. a3 Ba5 13. h3 Re8 14. Ng3 Nc4 15. Bc1 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qa5 17. Rb1 Qxc3 18. Rb3 Qe5 19. e4 h5 20. Bd3 Bd7 21. f4 Qd4+ 22. Kh1 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. Nxe4 Qxe4 25. Re1 Qh7 26. Re7 Rd8 27. a4 Kf8 28. Qe2 Nb6 29. axb5 Nxd5 30. Re4 Qf5 31. Ra4 Re8 32. Qd1 Nb4 33. Rxa7 Bxb5 34. Qxd6+ Kg8 35. Kh2 Bd3 36. Rc3 Rc8 37. Be3 Nd5 38. Rxc5 Rxc5 39. Qxc5 Be4 40. Ra4 Kh7 41. Ra2 Qg6 42. Bc1 Nf6 43. Qf2 Nd5 44. Qg3 Qxg3+ 45. Kxg3 Ne7 46. Kh4 Bd5 47. Rd2 g6 48. Kg5 Be6 49. Bb2 Ng8 50. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Superbet ROM Classic 2024"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "2024.07.04"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Gukesh, D.."]
[Black "Giri, A.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2024.06.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. f4 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Ng3 Ne7 14. e4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Qc3 16. Ra2 Qxd4+ 17. Kh1 Rad8 18. Rd2 Qe3 19. Rf3 Qc5 20. Bb2 Ng6 21. h3 Rfe8 $146 ({RR} 21... Nh5 22. f5 exf5 23. Nxh5 fxe4 24. Rg3 Rxd3 25. Rdxd3 exd3 26. Bxg7 Rc8 27. Rxd3 Bxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Qxh5 29. Qxh5 Nf4+ 30. Kf3 Nxh5 31. Be5 f6 32. Bb2 Rc2 33. Kg4 Rxb2 34. Kxh5 a5 35. Kh6 a4 36. h4 {Le Marec,S (2172)-Iniyan,P (2523) Cappelle la Grande FRA 2025 0-1 (53)}) 22. Rc2 Qe7 23. Qe1 Nh4 24. Re3 Rc8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Bf1 h6 27. Qd2 Rd8 28. Qe1 Rc8 29. Qd2 Rd8 30. Qe1 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet ROM Classic 2024"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "2024.07.04"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Gukesh, D.."]
[Black "Giri, A.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2024.06.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. f4 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Ng3 Ne7 14. e4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Qc3 16. Ra2 Qxd4+ 17. Kh1 Rad8 18. Rd2 Qe3 19. Rf3 Qc5 20. Bb2 Ng6 21. h3 Rfe8 $146 ({RR} 21... Nh5 22. f5 exf5 23. Nxh5 fxe4 24. Rg3 Rxd3 25. Rdxd3 exd3 26. Bxg7 Rc8 27. Rxd3 Bxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Qxh5 29. Qxh5 Nf4+ 30. Kf3 Nxh5 31. Be5 f6 32. Bb2 Rc2 33. Kg4 Rxb2 34. Kxh5 a5 35. Kh6 a4 36. h4 {Le Marec,S (2172)-Iniyan,P (2523) Cappelle la Grande FRA 2025 0-1 (53)}) 22. Rc2 Qe7 23. Qe1 Nh4 24. Re3 Rc8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Bf1 h6 27. Qd2 Rd8 28. Qe1 Rc8 29. Qd2 Rd8 30. Qe1 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Prague Masters 2024"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2024.03.06"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Gukesh, D.."]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2024.02.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d6 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 h6 9. Bh4 Re8 ({RR} 9... g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. e3 Qf6 13. Bd3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 e5 15. d5 Nb8 16. e4 Nd7 17. exf5 Nc5 18. O-O-O Nxd3+ 19. Qxd3 Bxf5 20. Qe3 Bh7 21. b3 b5 22. c5 b4 23. a4 e4 24. Nd4 {Grandelius,N (2653)-Dubov,D (2693) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (65)}) ({RR} 9... g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Qd3 d5 12. e3 h5 13. h3 Nxg3 14. fxg3 Qd6 15. Kf2 dxc4 16. Qxc4 g4 17. hxg4 hxg4 18. Nd2 e5 19. Ne4 Qg6 20. d5 Na5 21. Qc2 Bf5 22. Bd3 Rad8 23. Nf6+ Qxf6 24. Bxf5 {Volkov,M (2333)-Vlassov,N (2299) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (47)}) 10. O-O-O $146 ({RR} 10. Rd1 g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Qc2 f5 13. e3 Qf6 14. Bd3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Bd7 16. Nd2 e5 17. d5 e4 18. dxc6 exd3 19. Qc3 Qxc3 20. bxc3 bxc6 21. Rxh6 Kg7 22. Rh5 Kg6 23. Rh1 Be6 24. f3 Rab8 {Maiorov,N (2446)-Juhasz,A (2380) Chess.com INT 2021 0-1 (54)}) 10... Bd7 11. e3 e5 12. Qc2 a6 13. Bd3 g5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Rxe5 16. f4 Rc5 17. b4 Rc6 18. fxg5 Ng4 19. Bh7+ Kf8 20. Rhf1 Qe7 21. g6 f6 22. h3 d5 23. hxg4 Rxc4 24. Rxf6+ Ke8 25. g7 Rxc2+ 26. Bxc2 Qxg7 27. Bg6+ 1-0

[Event "6th Prague Masters 2024"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2024.03.06"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Gukesh, D.."]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2024.02.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d6 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 h6 9. Bh4 Re8 ({RR} 9... g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. e3 Qf6 13. Bd3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 e5 15. d5 Nb8 16. e4 Nd7 17. exf5 Nc5 18. O-O-O Nxd3+ 19. Qxd3 Bxf5 20. Qe3 Bh7 21. b3 b5 22. c5 b4 23. a4 e4 24. Nd4 {Grandelius,N (2653)-Dubov,D (2693) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (65)}) ({RR} 9... g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Qd3 d5 12. e3 h5 13. h3 Nxg3 14. fxg3 Qd6 15. Kf2 dxc4 16. Qxc4 g4 17. hxg4 hxg4 18. Nd2 e5 19. Ne4 Qg6 20. d5 Na5 21. Qc2 Bf5 22. Bd3 Rad8 23. Nf6+ Qxf6 24. Bxf5 {Volkov,M (2333)-Vlassov,N (2299) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (47)}) 10. O-O-O $146 ({RR} 10. Rd1 g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Qc2 f5 13. e3 Qf6 14. Bd3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Bd7 16. Nd2 e5 17. d5 e4 18. dxc6 exd3 19. Qc3 Qxc3 20. bxc3 bxc6 21. Rxh6 Kg7 22. Rh5 Kg6 23. Rh1 Be6 24. f3 Rab8 {Maiorov,N (2446)-Juhasz,A (2380) Chess.com INT 2021 0-1 (54)}) 10... Bd7 11. e3 e5 12. Qc2 a6 13. Bd3 g5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Rxe5 16. f4 Rc5 17. b4 Rc6 18. fxg5 Ng4 19. Bh7+ Kf8 20. Rhf1 Qe7 21. g6 f6 22. h3 d5 23. hxg4 Rxc4 24. Rxf6+ Ke8 25. g7 Rxc2+ 26. Bxc2 Qxg7 27. Bg6+ 1-0

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2025.01.22"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Gukesh, D.."]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2025.01.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 d5 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Be2 b6 ({RR} 8... Re8 9. O-O Bd6 10. Rad1 h6 11. Bc1 Qe7 12. Rfe1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 e5 14. e4 Nb6 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Bf1 Ng4 18. g3 Qh5 19. f4 Nf6 20. f5 Nbd7 21. Qg2 g5 22. Be2 g4 23. Rd6 {Artemiev,V (2701)-Grischuk,A (2745) chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (33)}) 9. O-O a5 $146 ({RR} 9... Bb7 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Bxd2 12. dxc6 Bxc6 13. Qxc6 Bb4 14. Rac1 Qe7 15. Rfd1 Bd6 16. e4 Bf4 17. Rc2 Nf6 18. g3 Bh6 19. d5 exd5 20. exd5 Rad8 21. d6 Qe6 22. Bc4 Qf5 23. Bd3 Qe6 24. Bc4 {Heberla,B (2517)-Tytynnik,A (2221) Warsaw POL 2025 1-0 (33)}) 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. Be1 Ba6 13. Bd3 h6 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Nd2 f5 16. f3 exf3 17. Nxf3 c5 18. Rd1 cxd4 19. Rxd4 Qe8 20. Bg3 e5 21. Rd6 Rc8 22. Rfd1 f4 23. exf4 exf4 24. Bf2 Rf7 25. R1d4 Bb7 26. Qd1 Bc6 27. b4 axb4 28. axb4 Qe7 29. Qd3 Nf6 30. Rxf4 Be4 31. Qd4 Bxf3 32. Rxf3 Qe2 33. Rd8+ Rxd8 34. Qxd8+ Rf8 35. Qd3 Qxd3 36. Rxd3 Rc8 37. Rd4 Kf7 38. Kf1 Ra8 39. Ke2 Ra4 40. Be1 Ke6 41. Bd2 h5 42. Kd3 Ng4 43. Kc3 Nf6 44. Kb3 Ra1 45. Bc3 Rb1+ 46. Kc2 Rf1 47. Rd2 Ne8 48. Kb3 g6 49. Bd4 Rb1+ 50. Ka4 Rc1 51. Bxb6 Rxc4 52. Kb5 Rc1 53. Bc5 Nf6 54. Rd6+ Kf5 55. Kc6 Ng4 56. Rd2 Ke6 57. Rd6+ Kf5 58. b5 Ne5+ 59. Kd5 Nd3 60. Rc6 Nf4+ 61. Kd6 Rd1+ 62. Kc7 Nd5+ 63. Kc8 Rc1 64. Kd7 Rc2 65. Bd6 Rxg2 66. Rc5 Ke4 67. Ke6 Rd2 68. h4 Nb6 69. Rc6 Nd5 70. b6 Nxb6 71. Rxb6 Kf3 72. Be7 1-0

[Event "6th Prague Masters 2024"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2024.03.06"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Gukesh, D.."]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2024.02.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d6 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 h6 9. Bh4 Re8 ({RR} 9... g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. e3 Qf6 13. Bd3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 e5 15. d5 Nb8 16. e4 Nd7 17. exf5 Nc5 18. O-O-O Nxd3+ 19. Qxd3 Bxf5 20. Qe3 Bh7 21. b3 b5 22. c5 b4 23. a4 e4 24. Nd4 {Grandelius,N (2653)-Dubov,D (2693) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (65)}) ({RR} 9... g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Qd3 d5 12. e3 h5 13. h3 Nxg3 14. fxg3 Qd6 15. Kf2 dxc4 16. Qxc4 g4 17. hxg4 hxg4 18. Nd2 e5 19. Ne4 Qg6 20. d5 Na5 21. Qc2 Bf5 22. Bd3 Rad8 23. Nf6+ Qxf6 24. Bxf5 {Volkov,M (2333)-Vlassov,N (2299) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (47)}) 10. O-O-O $146 ({RR} 10. Rd1 g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Qc2 f5 13. e3 Qf6 14. Bd3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Bd7 16. Nd2 e5 17. d5 e4 18. dxc6 exd3 19. Qc3 Qxc3 20. bxc3 bxc6 21. Rxh6 Kg7 22. Rh5 Kg6 23. Rh1 Be6 24. f3 Rab8 {Maiorov,N (2446)-Juhasz,A (2380) Chess.com INT 2021 0-1 (54)}) 10... Bd7 11. e3 e5 12. Qc2 a6 13. Bd3 g5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Rxe5 16. f4 Rc5 17. b4 Rc6 18. fxg5 Ng4 19. Bh7+ Kf8 20. Rhf1 Qe7 21. g6 f6 22. h3 d5 23. hxg4 Rxc4 24. Rxf6+ Ke8 25. g7 Rxc2+ 26. Bxc2 Qxg7 27. Bg6+ 1-0

[Event "87th Tata Steel Masters 2025"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2025.01.22"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Chessbase - Stockfish 17"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{[%evp 13,143,0,7,8,2,0,31,31,24,16,31,8,18,0,14,7,5,8,9,12,9,12,8,5,13,4,7,12,22,13,18,0,92,72,86,82,87,86,87,87,82,83,90,99,79,66,122,20,130,130,127,135,141,141,150,147,148,129,164,154,158,160,156,185,172,173,194,167,175,141,185,188,194,194,250,239,279,203,231,224,225,236,250,251,278,276,283,267,260,277,271,272,302,299,646,353,685,679,635,566,625,0,594,274,272,256,293,293,318,318,293,293,264,170,309,316,297,299,377,375,351,289,289,296,876,938,881,550,5398,5398,5277,5197]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 d5 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Be2 b6 $146 (8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. O-O e5 11. h3 exd4 12. exd4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nbd5 14. Bg5 Qa5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Rfe1 Bb4 17. Red1 f6 18. Bd2 Be6 19. Bc4 Bxd2 20. Rxd2 Bf7 21. Re1 Rae8 22. Rde2 Rxe2 23. Rxe2 {Stangl,M (2435)-Gabriel,C (2365) Altensteig 1990 ½-½ (33)}) (8... Re8 9. O-O Bd6 10. Rad1 h6 11. Bc1 Qe7 12. Rfe1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 e5 14. e4 Nb6 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Bf1 Ng4 18. g3 Qh5 19. f4 Nf6 20. f5 Nbd7 21. Qg2 g5 22. Be2 g4 23. Rd6 {Artemiev,V (2701)-Grischuk,A (2745) chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (33)}) (8... Qe7 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. Rac1 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 e4 13. Ne5 Nb6 14. Be2 Nbd5 15. Bd2 Bf5 16. Qc5 Qe6 17. b4 Rfc8 18. Rfe1 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. b5 cxb5 21. Qxb5 Qxb5 22. Bxb5 Be6 23. Ba5 {Kania,A (2275)-Dusi,V Toscolano 1996 1-0 (66)}) (8... Ba5 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bc7 11. Rad1 e5 12. h3 exd4 13. exd4 Nb6 14. Bb3 Qd6 15. Rfe1 Nbd5 16. Bg5 Be6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Ne5 Nd5 20. Ne4 Qe7 21. g3 Rf5 22. h4 Bxe5 23. dxe5 {Inocencio,E (2265)-Shipman,W (2365) Alexandria 1996 ½-½ (31)}) ({RR} 8... Re8 9. O-O Bd6 10. Rad1 h6 11. Bc1 Qe7 12. Rfe1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 e5 14. e4 Nb6 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Bf1 Ng4 18. g3 Qh5 19. f4 Nf6 20. f5 Nbd7 21. Qg2 g5 22. Be2 g4 23. Rd6 {Artemiev,V (2701)-Grischuk,A (2745) chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (33)}) 9. O-O {[%cal Bc3d5]} a5 $146 ({RR} 9... Bb7 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Bxd2 12. dxc6 Bxc6 13. Qxc6 Bb4 14. Rac1 Qe7 15. Rfd1 Bd6 16. e4 Bf4 17. Rc2 Nf6 18. g3 Bh6 19. d5 exd5 20. exd5 Rad8 21. d6 Qe6 22. Bc4 Qf5 23. Bd3 Qe6 24. Bc4 {Heberla,B (2517)-Tytynnik,A (2221) Warsaw POL 2025 1-0 (33)}) 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. Be1 Ba6 13. Bd3 h6 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Nd2 f5 16. f3 exf3 17. Nxf3 c5 18. Rd1 {[%cal Ba1d1,Bd1d4,Bd4d6][%mdl 32]} cxd4 19. Rxd4 (19. exd4 Rc8 20. d5 e5 $17 (20... Bxc4 21. dxe6 Bxf1 22. Qf2) (20... Rxc4 21. Bc3 $15)) 19... Qe8 20. Bg3 e5 21. Rd6 Rc8 22. Rfd1 f4 (22... Rxc4 $6 23. Qd2 Bc8 24. Qd5+ (24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Qxd7 Bxd7 $16) 24... Qf7 25. Qxf7+ (25. Rxd7 Bxd7 26. Qxf7+ Rxf7) (25. Bxe5 Qxd5 26. R1xd5 Nxe5) (25. Nxe5 Qxd5 26. R1xd5 Nxe5 $14) 25... Rxf7 26. Bxe5 $14 (26. Nxe5 Nxe5 27. Bxe5 Re7)) (22... Rf7 {keeps the balance.}) 23. exf4 $16 (23. Rxd7 fxg3 24. hxg3 Rxc4) 23... exf4 24. Bf2 (24. Rxd7 fxg3 25. hxg3 Bb5 $17) 24... Rf7 25. R1d4 {White has more active pieces.} (25. Bxb6 Nxb6 26. Rxb6 Bxc4 $17) 25... Bb7 26. Qd1 Bc6 27. b4 axb4 (27... Ne5 $2 28. Rd8 Rxd8 29. Rxd8 Nxc4 (29... Nxf3+ $2 30. gxf3 $18) 30. Rxe8+ $18) 28. axb4 Qe7 29. Qd3 $6 {Inaccuracy. b5 was best.} (29. b5) 29... Nf6 (29... Nf8 $14) 30. Rxf4 $6 {Inaccuracy. h3 was best.} (30. b5 $16 Ba8 31. Rxb6 (31. Rxf4 Ne4 $16)) (30. h3 Be4 31. Qd1 Ba8 32. Rxb6 Ne4 33. Bh4 Qe8 34. Qe1 Rd7 35. c5 Rxd4) 30... Be4 $6 {Inaccuracy. Ne8 was best.} (30... Ne8 31. Rxf7 Qxd6) 31. Qd4 Bxf3 32. Rxf3 {[%cal Bf2h4]} Qe2 $6 {Inaccuracy. Qe4 was best.} (32... Qe4 33. Re3) 33. Rd8+ $1 (33. Rxb6 $2 Rd7 34. Re3 (34. Rd6 $2 Rxc4 35. Kh1 Rxd4 $19) 34... Qxf2+ (34... Qxc4 35. Qxc4+ Rxc4 36. h3) 35. Kxf2 Rxd4 $19) (33. Qxb6 $6 Rxc4 34. Qe3 Qxe3 35. Bxe3 Rxb4) 33... Rxd8 34. Qxd8+ Rf8 35. Qd3 (35. Qxb6 $2 Qd1+ $19 (35... Qxc4 36. h3 $16)) 35... Qxd3 36. Rxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN. White is a pawn up.} Rc8 37. Rd4 (37. Bxb6 Rxc4 38. Rb3 Nd5 $16) 37... Kf7 38. Kf1 Ra8 39. Ke2 Ra4 40. Be1 Ke6 41. Bd2 h5 42. Kd3 Ng4 $6 {Inaccuracy. Ra2 was best.} (42... Ra2 43. Rd8 Ke7 44. Rh8 Kf7 45. h3 g6 46. Rd8 Ke7 47. Rd4 Ke6 48. g3) 43. Kc3 Nf6 (43... Nxh2 44. Kb3 Ra8) 44. Kb3 $18 Ra1 45. Bc3 Rb1+ 46. Kc2 Rf1 47. Rd2 Ne8 48. Kb3 g6 49. Bd4 Rb1+ 50. Ka4 Rc1 51. Bxb6 Rxc4 52. Kb5 Rc1 53. Bc5 {Prevents Nd6+.} Nf6 $2 (53... Nc7+ 54. Ka4 (54. Kc6 Na6 $18) 54... Ra1+ 55. Kb3 Rb1+ 56. Ka2 Re1) 54. Rd6+ Kf5 $6 {Inaccuracy. Ke5 was best.} (54... Ke5 55. Rc6 (55. Kc6 Rc2 56. h4 Ne4 57. Rxg6 Kf5 58. Rg7 Kf4 59. Kd5 Rd2+ 60. Ke6) 55... Rd1) 55. Kc6 Ng4 56. Rd2 (56. b5 Ne5+ 57. Kd5 Rb1 $16) 56... Ke6 57. Rd6+ Kf5 58. b5 $2 {Mistake. Rd5+ was best.} (58. Rd5+ Kf4 (58... Ke4 59. b5 Rb1 60. b6 Rxb6+ 61. Bxb6 Nxh2 62. Rd4+ Kf5 63. Rd8 Ng4) 59. b5) 58... Ne5+ 59. Kd5 Nd3 {[#]} 60. Rc6 $1 Nf4+ 61. Kd6 Rd1+ 62. Kc7 Nd5+ 63. Kc8 $6 {Inaccuracy. Kd7 was best. aiming for b6.} (63. Kd7 g5 64. Rd6 Ke5 65. g3 Rd2 66. h4 gxh4 67. gxh4 Rh2 68. Re6+ Kf5) 63... Rc1 $6 {Inaccuracy. Rd2 was best.} (63... Rd2 64. Rd6 Ke5 (64... Ke4 65. Kd7 g5 66. Kc6 Ne7+ 67. Kb7 Rxg2 68. Rd4+ Ke5 69. Rd1)) 64. Kd7 Rc2 65. Bd6 Rxg2 {[#]} 66. Rc5 $1 Ke4 67. Ke6 $6 {Inaccuracy. Rc1 was best.} (67. Rc1) 67... Rd2 68. h4 Nb6 $4 {Blunder. Rd4 was best.} (68... Rd4 69. Rc6 Rd2 (69... Nf4+ 70. Kf7 Nd5 71. Kxg6 Rd1 72. Kxh5 Rb1 73. Rc5 Kd4 74. Kg6)) 69. Rc6 Nd5 70. b6 Nxb6 71. Rxb6 Kf3 72. Be7 {1-0 White wins. Precisão Stockfish 17: Brancas 95% pretas 92% Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 9.6% Pretas 89.5%} 1-0

[Event "85th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2023.01.22"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Gukesh, D.."]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E50"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2023.01.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 h6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 c5 6. Bd3 O-O ({RR} 6... cxd4 7. exd4 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. h3 Nc6 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Re1 Bd7 14. a3 Rfe8 15. Qd2 Rac8 16. b4 a6 17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 18. Re1 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Qc7 20. Qe3 Be6 21. Ne2 {Giri,A (2754)-Narayanan,S (2677) Samarkand UZB 2023 ½-½ (54)}) 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5 exd5 $146 ({RR} 8... cxd4 9. exd4 Nxd5 10. Bc2 Nc6 11. Qd3 f5 12. Bb3 Kh8 13. Re1 b6 14. a3 Bd6 15. Bd2 Bb7 16. Rxe6 Nf4 17. Bxf4 Bxf4 18. Rae1 Na5 19. Ba2 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qxd4 21. Ne2 Qxb2 22. Nxf4 Qxa2 23. Ng6+ {Andreikin,D (2729)-Rastbod,A (2256) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (34)}) 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b3 Nc6 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Rc1 Bb6 14. Be2 Rc8 15. Na4 Bc7 16. Nc5 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Be5 18. Qd2 Qe7 19. Nd3 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Rfd8 21. Rfd1 g5 22. b4 a6 23. a4 Qd6 24. b5 Ne7 25. a5 axb5 26. Qxb5 Nc6 27. Ra1 Rc7 28. g3 d4 29. Nb2 Nd5 30. Nc4 Qe6 31. exd4 Nc3 32. Qb6 Nxd1 33. Qxc7 Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Qxf2+ 35. Bg2 Rxd4 36. Qxb7 Rxc4 37. Rxd1 Rc2 38. Rg1 Nd4 39. Kh1 Nf5 40. Qb8+ Kg7 41. a6 Ra2 42. Qe5+ Kg6 43. g4 Ne3 44. Be4+ f5 45. Qd6+ Kf7 46. gxf5 g4 47. Qe6+ Kf8 48. Qf6+ Kg8 49. Bd5+ 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters Play-In"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.03.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gukesh, D.."]
[Black "Mareco, S.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2023.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 Re8 7. Rc1 a5 $146 ({RR} 7... c5 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nc6 11. Bc3 e5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bc4 Be6 14. O-O Nxc3 15. Rxc3 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Rad8 17. Rd2 Rxd2 {½-½ (17) Harsha,B (2602)-Robson,R (2704) Sharjah UAE 2023}) ({RR} 7... a6 8. c5 Nc6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne4 11. Qc2 e5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nxc5 14. b4 Ne4 15. Bb2 c6 16. Bd3 Bf5 17. f3 Qh4+ 18. Ke2 Qf2+ 19. Kd1 Qxe3 20. Rf1 Ng3 21. hxg3 Bxd3 22. Qf2 {Bluebaum,M (2663)-Carlsen,M (2852) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (31)}) ({RR} 7... c5 8. a3 cxd4 9. axb4 dxc3 10. Bxc3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bd3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 h6 14. Qc2 Nf6 15. Rd1 Qb6 16. O-O a5 17. Ne5 Bd7 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Rxd7 f5 21. Bg6 Red8 22. Rxd8+ {Garrido,D (2230)-Nielsen-Refs,K (2096) chess.com INT 2024 1-0}) 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O c6 10. a3 Bf8 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qc2 Bd6 13. Rfe1 Nf8 14. h3 Bd7 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 h6 18. d5 c5 19. a4 b5 20. axb5 Bxb5 21. Bc3 a4 22. Nd2 Qh4 23. Bf3 Ng6 24. Ne4 Bf8 25. d6 Ne5 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. Nc3 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Rb8 29. Nxb5 Rxb5 30. d7 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters Play-In"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.03.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gukesh, D.."]
[Black "Mareco, S.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2023.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 Re8 7. Rc1 a5 $146 ({RR} 7... c5 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nc6 11. Bc3 e5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bc4 Be6 14. O-O Nxc3 15. Rxc3 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Rad8 17. Rd2 Rxd2 {½-½ (17) Harsha,B (2602)-Robson,R (2704) Sharjah UAE 2023}) ({RR} 7... a6 8. c5 Nc6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne4 11. Qc2 e5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nxc5 14. b4 Ne4 15. Bb2 c6 16. Bd3 Bf5 17. f3 Qh4+ 18. Ke2 Qf2+ 19. Kd1 Qxe3 20. Rf1 Ng3 21. hxg3 Bxd3 22. Qf2 {Bluebaum,M (2663)-Carlsen,M (2852) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (31)}) ({RR} 7... c5 8. a3 cxd4 9. axb4 dxc3 10. Bxc3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bd3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 h6 14. Qc2 Nf6 15. Rd1 Qb6 16. O-O a5 17. Ne5 Bd7 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Rxd7 f5 21. Bg6 Red8 22. Rxd8+ {Garrido,D (2230)-Nielsen-Refs,K (2096) chess.com INT 2024 1-0}) 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O c6 10. a3 Bf8 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qc2 Bd6 13. Rfe1 Nf8 14. h3 Bd7 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 h6 18. d5 c5 19. a4 b5 20. axb5 Bxb5 21. Bc3 a4 22. Nd2 Qh4 23. Bf3 Ng6 24. Ne4 Bf8 25. d6 Ne5 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. Nc3 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Rb8 29. Nxb5 Rxb5 30. d7 1-0

[Event "Airthings Masters Div 1 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.02.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gukesh, D.."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E29"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2023.02.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Ne2 b6 9. e4 Ne8 10. h4 e5 ({RR} 10... Ba6 11. h5 Na5 12. h6 g6 13. Ng3 Bxc4 14. e5 d5 15. Ne2 Rc8 16. Nf4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nb3 18. Rb1 Nxd4 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qxd4 Qe7 21. Be3 Nc7 22. f3 Qxa3 23. Kf2 Qe7 24. Nh3 Nb5 25. Qg4 {Herman,M (2383)-Vasquez Schroeder,R (2446) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (55)}) 11. h5 $146 ({RR} 11. d5 Na5 12. f4 Nd6 13. f5 Ba6 14. g4 Bxc4 15. Bxc4 Naxc4 16. Ng3 b5 17. Qf3 b4 18. cxb4 cxb4 19. g5 b3 20. Qxb3 Qa5+ 21. Qb4 Qxb4+ 22. axb4 Rfb8 23. Ra4 Nb6 24. Ra6 Nbc4 25. Ra4 Nb6 {Wei Yi (2722)-Lu Shanglei (2597) Shaoxing CHN 2023 ½-½}) 11... d6 12. h6 g6 13. Be3 Na5 14. Ng3 Ba6 15. Qe2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nb3 17. Rb1 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Qb2 Rc8 20. Qxd4 Qf6 21. Ne2 Qxd4 22. Nxd4 Nf6 23. Kd2 Bxc4 24. f3 d5 25. e5 Bxd3 26. Kxd3 Nd7 27. f4 Rc4 28. Rhc1 Rfc8 29. Ne2 f6 30. exf6 Kf7 31. Rxc4 Rxc4 32. Ke3 Nc5 33. Rd1 Ra4 34. Rxd5 Rxa3+ 35. Kd4 Rd3+ 36. Kc4 Rxd5 37. Kxd5 Kxf6 38. g4 a5 39. Nd4 a4 40. g5+ Kf7 41. Nb5 Ne6 42. Ke5 Nc7 43. Nc3 a3 44. f5 gxf5 45. Kxf5 b5 46. Na2 Na6 47. Nc1 b4 48. Ke5 Nc5 0-1

[Event "Airthings Masters Div 1 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.02.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gukesh, D.."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E29"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2023.02.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Ne2 b6 9. e4 Ne8 10. h4 e5 ({RR} 10... Ba6 11. h5 Na5 12. h6 g6 13. Ng3 Bxc4 14. e5 d5 15. Ne2 Rc8 16. Nf4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nb3 18. Rb1 Nxd4 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qxd4 Qe7 21. Be3 Nc7 22. f3 Qxa3 23. Kf2 Qe7 24. Nh3 Nb5 25. Qg4 {Herman,M (2383)-Vasquez Schroeder,R (2446) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (55)}) 11. h5 $146 ({RR} 11. d5 Na5 12. f4 Nd6 13. f5 Ba6 14. g4 Bxc4 15. Bxc4 Naxc4 16. Ng3 b5 17. Qf3 b4 18. cxb4 cxb4 19. g5 b3 20. Qxb3 Qa5+ 21. Qb4 Qxb4+ 22. axb4 Rfb8 23. Ra4 Nb6 24. Ra6 Nbc4 25. Ra4 Nb6 {Wei Yi (2722)-Lu Shanglei (2597) Shaoxing CHN 2023 ½-½}) 11... d6 12. h6 g6 13. Be3 Na5 14. Ng3 Ba6 15. Qe2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nb3 17. Rb1 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Qb2 Rc8 20. Qxd4 Qf6 21. Ne2 Qxd4 22. Nxd4 Nf6 23. Kd2 Bxc4 24. f3 d5 25. e5 Bxd3 26. Kxd3 Nd7 27. f4 Rc4 28. Rhc1 Rfc8 29. Ne2 f6 30. exf6 Kf7 31. Rxc4 Rxc4 32. Ke3 Nc5 33. Rd1 Ra4 34. Rxd5 Rxa3+ 35. Kd4 Rd3+ 36. Kc4 Rxd5 37. Kxd5 Kxf6 38. g4 a5 39. Nd4 a4 40. g5+ Kf7 41. Nb5 Ne6 42. Ke5 Nc7 43. Nc3 a3 44. f5 gxf5 45. Kxf5 b5 46. Na2 Na6 47. Nc1 b4 48. Ke5 Nc5 0-1

[Event "86th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2024.01.27"]
[Round "12.5"]
[White "Gukesh, D.."]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2024.01.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 d6 8. e3 h6 9. Bh4 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nbd7 12. O-O Re8 $146 ({RR} 12... Qe7 13. Rfd1 Rfe8 14. a3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qe4 16. c4 Qxd3 17. Rxd3 Ne4 18. Bg3 Rab8 19. Nd2 Nxg3 20. hxg3 b5 21. cxb5 Rxb5 22. Nc4 Ne5 23. Nxd6 Rb6 24. Nxe8 Nxd3 25. d6 Kf8 26. d7 Rb8 27. Nd6 {Esipenko,A (2695)-Martirosyan,H (2635) chess.com INT 2025 0-1}) 13. Ne2 a6 14. Qf5 c4 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. a3 Ba5 17. Ng3 Qe7 18. Qh3 Rc5 19. Nf5 Qf8 20. Rfd1 Bd8 21. Rd4 b5 22. Bg3 Ne5 23. Rcd1 Nh7 24. Bf4 Ng5 25. Qg3 Ngxf3+ 26. gxf3 Kh7 27. Qh3 Be7 28. Re4 Rd8 29. Kg2 a5 30. Rdd4 c3 31. bxc3 Rxc3 32. Rxe5 dxe5 33. Bxe5 f6 34. d6 Bxd6 35. Bxd6 Qf7 36. Rg4 Rg8 37. Bf4 Qf8 38. Bd6 Qf7 39. Bf4 Qf8 40. Bd6 Qf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "86th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2024.01.27"]
[Round "12.5"]
[White "Gukesh, D.."]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2024.01.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 d6 8. e3 h6 9. Bh4 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nbd7 12. O-O Re8 $146 ({RR} 12... Qe7 13. Rfd1 Rfe8 14. a3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qe4 16. c4 Qxd3 17. Rxd3 Ne4 18. Bg3 Rab8 19. Nd2 Nxg3 20. hxg3 b5 21. cxb5 Rxb5 22. Nc4 Ne5 23. Nxd6 Rb6 24. Nxe8 Nxd3 25. d6 Kf8 26. d7 Rb8 27. Nd6 {Esipenko,A (2695)-Martirosyan,H (2635) chess.com INT 2025 0-1}) 13. Ne2 a6 14. Qf5 c4 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. a3 Ba5 17. Ng3 Qe7 18. Qh3 Rc5 19. Nf5 Qf8 20. Rfd1 Bd8 21. Rd4 b5 22. Bg3 Ne5 23. Rcd1 Nh7 24. Bf4 Ng5 25. Qg3 Ngxf3+ 26. gxf3 Kh7 27. Qh3 Be7 28. Re4 Rd8 29. Kg2 a5 30. Rdd4 c3 31. bxc3 Rxc3 32. Rxe5 dxe5 33. Bxe5 f6 34. d6 Bxd6 35. Bxd6 Qf7 36. Rg4 Rg8 37. Bf4 Qf8 38. Bd6 Qf7 39. Bf4 Qf8 40. Bd6 Qf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik Kvika op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2022.04.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2022.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[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 b6 9. b4 c5 10. bxc5 bxc5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nf3 $146 ({RR} 12. Nge2 Nbd7 13. O-O Ne5 14. Bb2 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Rb8 16. Rab1 Qd6 17. Qd2 Ba6 18. Rfd1 Bxa3 19. Bxa3 Qxa3 20. Ra1 Qd6 21. Nf4 Rfd8 22. Qd4 Qb6 23. Qxb6 Rxb6 24. Ncxd5 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Rbd6 26. Ne7+ Kf8 {So,W (2751)-Sarana,A (2686) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (53)}) 12... Re8 13. O-O Bg4 14. Rd1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Bd6 16. Bb2 Be5 17. Bb5 Nbd7 18. Nxd5 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Re5 20. Bxd7 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 Nxd5 22. Bh3 Nb6 23. Qe5 Qd2 24. f4 Qe2 25. Rc1 Qd3 26. Qc3 Rd8 27. Qc7 h6 28. Qxa7 Nd5 29. Bf1 Qg6+ 30. Bg2 Nc3 31. Rf1 Qd3 32. a4 Rd6 33. a5 Rg6 34. Kh1 Kh7 35. Qd4 Qf5 36. Qe5 Qg4 37. Rg1 Nd1 38. Qf5 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Kvika op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2022.04.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2022.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[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 b6 9. b4 c5 10. bxc5 bxc5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nf3 $146 ({RR} 12. Nge2 Nbd7 13. O-O Ne5 14. Bb2 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Rb8 16. Rab1 Qd6 17. Qd2 Ba6 18. Rfd1 Bxa3 19. Bxa3 Qxa3 20. Ra1 Qd6 21. Nf4 Rfd8 22. Qd4 Qb6 23. Qxb6 Rxb6 24. Ncxd5 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Rbd6 26. Ne7+ Kf8 {So,W (2751)-Sarana,A (2686) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (53)}) 12... Re8 13. O-O Bg4 14. Rd1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Bd6 16. Bb2 Be5 17. Bb5 Nbd7 18. Nxd5 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Re5 20. Bxd7 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 Nxd5 22. Bh3 Nb6 23. Qe5 Qd2 24. f4 Qe2 25. Rc1 Qd3 26. Qc3 Rd8 27. Qc7 h6 28. Qxa7 Nd5 29. Bf1 Qg6+ 30. Bg2 Nc3 31. Rf1 Qd3 32. a4 Rd6 33. a5 Rg6 34. Kh1 Kh7 35. Qd4 Qf5 36. Qe5 Qg4 37. Rg1 Nd1 38. Qf5 0-1

[Event "86th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2024.01.27"]
[Round "12.5"]
[White "Gukesh, D.."]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2024.01.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 d6 8. e3 h6 9. Bh4 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nbd7 12. O-O Re8 $146 ({RR} 12... Qe7 13. Rfd1 Rfe8 14. a3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qe4 16. c4 Qxd3 17. Rxd3 Ne4 18. Bg3 Rab8 19. Nd2 Nxg3 20. hxg3 b5 21. cxb5 Rxb5 22. Nc4 Ne5 23. Nxd6 Rb6 24. Nxe8 Nxd3 25. d6 Kf8 26. d7 Rb8 27. Nd6 {Esipenko,A (2695)-Martirosyan,H (2635) chess.com INT 2025 0-1}) 13. Ne2 a6 14. Qf5 c4 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. a3 Ba5 17. Ng3 Qe7 18. Qh3 Rc5 19. Nf5 Qf8 20. Rfd1 Bd8 21. Rd4 b5 22. Bg3 Ne5 23. Rcd1 Nh7 24. Bf4 Ng5 25. Qg3 Ngxf3+ 26. gxf3 Kh7 27. Qh3 Be7 28. Re4 Rd8 29. Kg2 a5 30. Rdd4 c3 31. bxc3 Rxc3 32. Rxe5 dxe5 33. Bxe5 f6 34. d6 Bxd6 35. Bxd6 Qf7 36. Rg4 Rg8 37. Bf4 Qf8 38. Bd6 Qf7 39. Bf4 Qf8 40. Bd6 Qf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Junior Speed"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.06.15"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Gukesh, D.."]
[Black "Pranav, V.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2023.06.13"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 {ChessBase II} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. a3 Bd6 8. Nge2 b6 $146 ({RR} 8... Nbd7 9. f3 c5 10. O-O b6 11. g4 Bb7 12. Ng3 g6 13. Bd2 a6 14. Qe2 b5 15. Qg2 Nb6 16. Rae1 Nc4 17. Bc1 b4 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Nd1 a5 20. f4 Qc7 21. g5 Ne4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Nf2 {Gyorkos,L (2365)-Tischbierek,R (2450) Balatonbereny 1984 EXT 2013 [ChessBase II] 0-1 (45)}) ({RR} 8... Re8 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} 8... c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O Nc6 11. b4 Bd6 12. h3 Be6 13. Bb2 Qd7 14. Nf4 d4 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. exd4 Nxd4 17. Bxh7+ Nxh7 18. Qxd4 Be5 19. Qe3 Rac8 20. Rac1 Rfe8 21. Ba1 Qb3 22. Nb5 Qxe3 23. fxe3 {Pratama,C (2070)-Leiva,G (2387) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (42)}) 9. f3 Bb7 10. O-O Re8 11. Ng3 Nbd7 12. Bd2 c5 13. Nce2 a6 14. Rc1 Bf8 15. Qe1 Rc8 16. Qf2 g6 17. Bc3 Bh6 18. Nf4 Nf8 19. Rfe1 Qd6 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. b4 Rxe3 22. Rxe3 Bxf4 23. bxc5 Qxc5 24. Bd2 Bxe3 25. Bxe3 Qxa3 26. Rxc8 Bxc8 27. Qc2 Bd7 28. Bd4 Ne8 29. Bb2 Qb4 30. Qe2 Qb6+ 31. Kh1 Ne6 32. Bxa6 d4 33. Bc4 Nd6 34. Ba2 Qa7 35. Bxe6 Bxe6 36. Qe5 Nc4 37. Qxd4 Qxd4 38. Bxd4 f5 39. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Junior Speed"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.06.15"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Gukesh, D.."]
[Black "Pranav, V.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2023.06.13"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 {ChessBase II} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. a3 Bd6 8. Nge2 b6 $146 ({RR} 8... Nbd7 9. f3 c5 10. O-O b6 11. g4 Bb7 12. Ng3 g6 13. Bd2 a6 14. Qe2 b5 15. Qg2 Nb6 16. Rae1 Nc4 17. Bc1 b4 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Nd1 a5 20. f4 Qc7 21. g5 Ne4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Nf2 {Gyorkos,L (2365)-Tischbierek,R (2450) Balatonbereny 1984 EXT 2013 [ChessBase II] 0-1 (45)}) ({RR} 8... Re8 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} 8... c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O Nc6 11. b4 Bd6 12. h3 Be6 13. Bb2 Qd7 14. Nf4 d4 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. exd4 Nxd4 17. Bxh7+ Nxh7 18. Qxd4 Be5 19. Qe3 Rac8 20. Rac1 Rfe8 21. Ba1 Qb3 22. Nb5 Qxe3 23. fxe3 {Pratama,C (2070)-Leiva,G (2387) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (42)}) 9. f3 Bb7 10. O-O Re8 11. Ng3 Nbd7 12. Bd2 c5 13. Nce2 a6 14. Rc1 Bf8 15. Qe1 Rc8 16. Qf2 g6 17. Bc3 Bh6 18. Nf4 Nf8 19. Rfe1 Qd6 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. b4 Rxe3 22. Rxe3 Bxf4 23. bxc5 Qxc5 24. Bd2 Bxe3 25. Bxe3 Qxa3 26. Rxc8 Bxc8 27. Qc2 Bd7 28. Bd4 Ne8 29. Bb2 Qb4 30. Qe2 Qb6+ 31. Kh1 Ne6 32. Bxa6 d4 33. Bc4 Nd6 34. Ba2 Qa7 35. Bxe6 Bxe6 36. Qe5 Nc4 37. Qxd4 Qxd4 38. Bxd4 f5 39. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch 58th"]
[Site "Kanpur"]
[Date "2022.02.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Black "Sammed Jaykumar, Shete"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E28"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2022.02.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 O-O 6. e3 d6 7. Bd3 e5 8. Ne2 Re8 ({RR} 8... Nbd7 9. O-O Re8 10. Ng3 c5 11. f3 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. c4 Nc3 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qd3+ Kg8 16. Qxc3 cxd4 17. exd4 exd4 18. Qxd4 Ne5 19. Bb2 Qxd4+ 20. Bxd4 Nxc4 21. Nh5 Nd2 22. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 {Ipatov,A (2613)-Ghaem Maghami,E (2582) Dubai 2014 1-0}) 9. O-O Nc6 10. f3 ({RR} 10. Ng3 h6 11. f3 b6 12. Ne4 Ba6 13. c5 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 dxc5 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. dxc5 Rad8 17. Qe4 Qe6 18. cxb6 cxb6 19. a4 f5 20. Qc2 Na5 21. e4 f4 22. g3 g5 23. gxf4 gxf4 24. Kh1 Kh7 {Manukyan,S (2233)-Tabatabaei,M (2669) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (35)}) 10... b6 $146 ({RR} 10... h6 11. e4 Ne7 12. f4 c5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. d5 Ng6 15. Ng3 b5 16. h3 bxc4 17. Bxc4 Rb8 18. Qd3 Qd6 19. Qf3 Rb6 20. Nh5 Qe7 21. Be3 Bd7 22. Rab1 Nh4 23. Nxf6+ Rxf6 24. Qe2 Rc8 25. Rb7 {De Greif,B-Ortega,R Havana 1963 1-0 (39)}) 11. e4 h6 12. Be3 Na5 13. Ng3 Ba6 14. Qe2 Qd7 15. Nf5 Kh7 16. f4 Ng8 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Rf3 Re6 19. Raf1 Rf8 20. d5 Rg6 21. Nh4 Rg4 22. g3 c5 23. h3 Rxh4 24. gxh4 f6 25. Rg3 Qf7 26. Kh2 Ne7 27. Rfg1 Rg8 28. h5 Nb7 29. a4 Nd6 30. a5 Qf8 31. Qa2 Bc8 32. axb6 axb6 33. Qa7 Qd8 34. Rb1 f5 35. Qxb6 f4 36. Rg6 Nb7 37. Bxf4 exf4 38. e5 Bf5 39. Bxf5 Nxf5 40. Qxb7 Qh4 41. d6 Qxh5 42. Rg4 Kh8 43. Qe4 Ne3 44. Rxf4 Qe2+ 45. Kg1 Qd2 46. Rf2 1-0

[Event "IND-ch 58th"]
[Site "Kanpur"]
[Date "2022.02.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Black "Sammed Jaykumar, Shete"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E28"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2022.02.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 O-O 6. e3 d6 7. Bd3 e5 8. Ne2 Re8 ({RR} 8... Nbd7 9. O-O Re8 10. Ng3 c5 11. f3 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. c4 Nc3 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qd3+ Kg8 16. Qxc3 cxd4 17. exd4 exd4 18. Qxd4 Ne5 19. Bb2 Qxd4+ 20. Bxd4 Nxc4 21. Nh5 Nd2 22. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 {Ipatov,A (2613)-Ghaem Maghami,E (2582) Dubai 2014 1-0}) 9. O-O Nc6 10. f3 ({RR} 10. Ng3 h6 11. f3 b6 12. Ne4 Ba6 13. c5 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 dxc5 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. dxc5 Rad8 17. Qe4 Qe6 18. cxb6 cxb6 19. a4 f5 20. Qc2 Na5 21. e4 f4 22. g3 g5 23. gxf4 gxf4 24. Kh1 Kh7 {Manukyan,S (2233)-Tabatabaei,M (2669) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (35)}) 10... b6 $146 ({RR} 10... h6 11. e4 Ne7 12. f4 c5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. d5 Ng6 15. Ng3 b5 16. h3 bxc4 17. Bxc4 Rb8 18. Qd3 Qd6 19. Qf3 Rb6 20. Nh5 Qe7 21. Be3 Bd7 22. Rab1 Nh4 23. Nxf6+ Rxf6 24. Qe2 Rc8 25. Rb7 {De Greif,B-Ortega,R Havana 1963 1-0 (39)}) 11. e4 h6 12. Be3 Na5 13. Ng3 Ba6 14. Qe2 Qd7 15. Nf5 Kh7 16. f4 Ng8 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Rf3 Re6 19. Raf1 Rf8 20. d5 Rg6 21. Nh4 Rg4 22. g3 c5 23. h3 Rxh4 24. gxh4 f6 25. Rg3 Qf7 26. Kh2 Ne7 27. Rfg1 Rg8 28. h5 Nb7 29. a4 Nd6 30. a5 Qf8 31. Qa2 Bc8 32. axb6 axb6 33. Qa7 Qd8 34. Rb1 f5 35. Qxb6 f4 36. Rg6 Nb7 37. Bxf4 exf4 38. e5 Bf5 39. Bxf5 Nxf5 40. Qxb7 Qh4 41. d6 Qxh5 42. Rg4 Kh8 43. Qe4 Ne3 44. Rxf4 Qe2+ 45. Kg1 Qd2 46. Rf2 1-0

[Event "11th Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.28"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Gukesh, D.."]
[Black "So, W.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2024.08.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. Bd2 Nxc5 7. e3 Bxc3 $146 ({RR} 7... O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 d5 12. Ne5 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 Rfd8 15. b4 Nce4 16. Bd4 Nd6 17. Be2 Nf5 18. Bb2 h6 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Bxd1 {½-½ (21) Uljianova,N (2028)-Aseeva,A (1807) Perm 2011}) ({RR} 7... O-O 8. Be2 a5 9. O-O b6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Nfe4 12. Be1 a4 13. Nd4 Ba6 14. f3 Nd6 15. Rc1 e5 16. Nb5 Nf5 17. Bf2 Bxb5 18. cxb5 Nb3 19. Rc3 d5 20. e4 Nfd4 21. exd5 Nxe2+ 22. Qxe2 {Mamedov,R (2624)-Goganov,A (2517) Plovdiv 2012 1-0 (72)}) ({RR} 7... O-O 8. Be2 d5 9. cxd5 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Nxd5 11. Bd4 Ne4 12. O-O b6 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Bd3 Nb4 15. Bb1 Rc8 16. Qb3 Na6 17. Rfd1 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Nac5 19. Qa3 a5 20. b4 axb4 21. Qxb4 Qd6 22. Bxe4 {Chelly,Y (2039)-Hernandez,A (2043) chess.com INT 2025 1-0}) 8. Bxc3 Nce4 9. Bb4 d6 10. Be2 Qb6 11. Ba3 O-O 12. O-O e5 13. Nd2 Rd8 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qc2 Bf5 16. Bd3 d5 17. Rad1 Rac8 18. Qb1 Bg4 19. cxd5 Bxd1 20. Bxe4 Be2 21. Re1 Bc4 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Bf5 Bxd5 24. Bxc8 Rxc8 25. Rd1 Qc6 26. f3 Qb6 27. Re1 Bxa2 28. Qxa2 Rc1 29. Rxc1 Qxe3+ 30. Kf1 Qd3+ 31. Ke1 Qe3+ 32. Kd1 Qd3+ 33. Ke1 Qe3+ 34. Kd1 Qd3+ 35. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.08.28"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Gukesh, D.."]
[Black "So, W.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2024.08.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. Bd2 Nxc5 7. e3 Bxc3 $146 ({RR} 7... O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 d5 12. Ne5 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 Rfd8 15. b4 Nce4 16. Bd4 Nd6 17. Be2 Nf5 18. Bb2 h6 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Bxd1 {½-½ (21) Uljianova,N (2028)-Aseeva,A (1807) Perm 2011}) ({RR} 7... O-O 8. Be2 a5 9. O-O b6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Nfe4 12. Be1 a4 13. Nd4 Ba6 14. f3 Nd6 15. Rc1 e5 16. Nb5 Nf5 17. Bf2 Bxb5 18. cxb5 Nb3 19. Rc3 d5 20. e4 Nfd4 21. exd5 Nxe2+ 22. Qxe2 {Mamedov,R (2624)-Goganov,A (2517) Plovdiv 2012 1-0 (72)}) ({RR} 7... O-O 8. Be2 d5 9. cxd5 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Nxd5 11. Bd4 Ne4 12. O-O b6 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Bd3 Nb4 15. Bb1 Rc8 16. Qb3 Na6 17. Rfd1 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Nac5 19. Qa3 a5 20. b4 axb4 21. Qxb4 Qd6 22. Bxe4 {Chelly,Y (2039)-Hernandez,A (2043) chess.com INT 2025 1-0}) 8. Bxc3 Nce4 9. Bb4 d6 10. Be2 Qb6 11. Ba3 O-O 12. O-O e5 13. Nd2 Rd8 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qc2 Bf5 16. Bd3 d5 17. Rad1 Rac8 18. Qb1 Bg4 19. cxd5 Bxd1 20. Bxe4 Be2 21. Re1 Bc4 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Bf5 Bxd5 24. Bxc8 Rxc8 25. Rd1 Qc6 26. f3 Qb6 27. Re1 Bxa2 28. Qxa2 Rc1 29. Rxc1 Qxe3+ 30. Kf1 Qd3+ 31. Ke1 Qe3+ 32. Kd1 Qd3+ 33. Ke1 Qe3+ 34. Kd1 Qd3+ 35. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hillerod 100th Ann op"]
[Site "Hillerod"]
[Date "2020.02.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Black "Zeng, Chongsheng"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 c5 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Rc1 d6 9. Nf3 Nc6 ({RR} 9... Qe7 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Be4 Nd7 14. O-O Nf6 15. Qc2 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 f6 17. Rd1 Be6 18. Rcd3 Rad8 19. h3 b6 20. Qc6 Bxc4 21. Rd7 Qe8 22. Qc7 Rxd7 23. Rxd7 Rf7 24. Rxf7 {Omarsson,J (2030)-Birkisson,B (2128) Blonduos ISL 2025 ½-½ (65)}) 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 $146 ({RR} 12. exd4 e5 13. Be4 Bg4 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Qb1 h6 16. O-O Qc7 17. Re1 Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Rcc1 Be6 20. c5 Rfd8 21. Qd3 Rac8 22. b4 b6 23. c6 Ra8 24. b5 a6 25. a4 axb5 26. axb5 Ra4 {Goganov,A (2557)-Ter Sahakyan,S (2607) Tsaghkadzor 2021 1-0 (35)}) 12... d5 13. Qc2 g6 14. Nf3 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Qe7 16. O-O Rd8 17. b4 Bd7 18. Bd3 Rac8 19. Rc1 Qd6 20. Be4 f5 21. Rd1 Qb8 22. Bd3 Ne5 23. Be2 Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Rxc3 25. Qxc3 Bc6 26. Qb3 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Bxf3 28. Qxf3 Qc7 29. g3 Kf7 30. h4 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hillerod 100th Ann op"]
[Site "Hillerod"]
[Date "2020.02.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Black "Zeng, Chongsheng"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 c5 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Rc1 d6 9. Nf3 Nc6 ({RR} 9... Qe7 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Be4 Nd7 14. O-O Nf6 15. Qc2 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 f6 17. Rd1 Be6 18. Rcd3 Rad8 19. h3 b6 20. Qc6 Bxc4 21. Rd7 Qe8 22. Qc7 Rxd7 23. Rxd7 Rf7 24. Rxf7 {Omarsson,J (2030)-Birkisson,B (2128) Blonduos ISL 2025 ½-½ (65)}) 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 $146 ({RR} 12. exd4 e5 13. Be4 Bg4 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Qb1 h6 16. O-O Qc7 17. Re1 Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Rcc1 Be6 20. c5 Rfd8 21. Qd3 Rac8 22. b4 b6 23. c6 Ra8 24. b5 a6 25. a4 axb5 26. axb5 Ra4 {Goganov,A (2557)-Ter Sahakyan,S (2607) Tsaghkadzor 2021 1-0 (35)}) 12... d5 13. Qc2 g6 14. Nf3 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Qe7 16. O-O Rd8 17. b4 Bd7 18. Bd3 Rac8 19. Rc1 Qd6 20. Be4 f5 21. Rd1 Qb8 22. Bd3 Ne5 23. Be2 Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Rxc3 25. Qxc3 Bc6 26. Qb3 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Bxf3 28. Qxf3 Qc7 29. g3 Kf7 30. h4 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2024"]
[Site "Toronto, Canada"]
[Date "2024.04.18"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Black "Gukesh D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Stockfish 16.1"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 h6 5. Nf3 (5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Nc6 7. f3 d5 8. e3 O-O 9. Nh3 Re8 10. Nf2 e5 11. dxe5 Rxe5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Qd3 Nxe3 14. Qxd8+ Nxd8 15. Bxe3 Rxe3+ 16. Kd2 Re7 17. Bd3 Ne6 18. Rhe1 Bd7 19. Rad1 Ba4) (5. e4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e5 Ne4 8. Bd3 c5 9. Nge2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. O-O Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bc5 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Rae1 Nc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Re3 Re8 18. Rfe1 a5 19. Qd2 Ra7) 5... c5 6. dxc5 (6. e3 b6 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 10. Qxc3 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. Nd2 Bb7 13. Bf3 Nc6 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Bxe4 d5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Rd1 Nb4 18. Qe2 Qh4 19. Bf3 Ba6 20. Qd2 Rxf3) 6... Na6 $146 (6... Nc6 7. a3 Bxc5 8. b4 Nd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. Bb2 a6 11. e3 Ba7 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O-O Ng4 14. h3 Bxe3+ 15. fxe3 Nxe3 16. Qd2 Nxd1 17. Rxd1 Qg5 18. Ne4 Qxd2+ 19. Rxd2 f5 20. Nd6 b6 21. Be2 {Abdalla,U (1354)-Ruvieri,V (1067) Florianopolis BRA 2024 1-0 (34)}) 7. g3 Nxc5 8. Bg2 {The position is equal.} Nce4 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bc5 11. e4 $146 ({RR} 11. Nd4 O-O 12. Rb1 d6 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Rd1 Rb8 16. f4 b6 17. e4 e5 18. fxe5 Ng4 19. Bf4 Nxe5 20. Rd5 f6 21. Rbd1 Be6 22. Bxe5 fxe5 23. Rd6 Rf6 24. R1d2 Rbf8 25. h4 Qf7 {Ivanisevic,I (2527)-Maurizzi,M (2605) Darfo Boario Terme ITA 2025 0-1 (38)}) 11... Nh7 12. e5 Rb8 13. Nd2 {Threatening Qa4.} b6 14. Ne4 Bb7 15. h4 Qc7 16. Rd1 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 O-O 18. Bf4 Rfd8 19. Rd2 Nf8 (19... g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 20. hxg5 hxg5) 20. h5 b5 21. cxb5 Rxb5 22. Bf1 Rb6 23. Rad1 Rdb8 24. a4 Rb3 25. Rd3 Ra3 26. Rf3 Qc6 27. Qxc6 $1 dxc6 28. Rfd3 Rxa4 29. Bg2 Ra2 $6 {Inaccuracy. g5 was best.} (29... g5 {keeps more tension.} 30. Bd2 Ra2 31. Bxc6 Rc8 32. Bb5 a6) 30. R1d2 $6 {Inaccuracy. R3d2 was best.} (30. R3d2 {keeps the balance.} Ra3 31. Rc2) 30... Rxd2 (30... Ra1+ $17 31. Rd1 Rbb1 32. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 33. Kh2 Bxf2 34. Bxc6 Bb6) 31. Rxd2 $15 Rc8 32. Be4 a5 33. Bc2 g5 34. hxg6 $1 Nxg6 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. Ba4 Ne7 37. c4 $6 {Inaccuracy. Ra2 was best.} (37. Ra2 Ng6 38. Re2 Rb8 39. Ra2 Bb6 40. Rb2 c5 41. Rb5 Nxf4+ 42. gxf4 h5 43. Kf3 c4) 37... Rb8 38. Ra2 Bb4 39. Kf3 Rd8 40. Be3 $6 {[#] Inaccuracy. Ke4 was best.} (40. Ke4) 40... Rd3 $1 41. Ke2 (41. Kg4) 41... Rc3 $19 42. c5 (42. Ra1 Nf5 43. Bf4) 42... Nd5 (42... Bxc5 43. Bd2 $15) 43. Rc2 Rxc2+ 44. Bxc2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KBB-KBN} a4 $1 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 544]} 45. Kd3 $6 {Inaccuracy. Bc1 was best.} (45. Bc1 h5 46. f4 Bxc5 47. Kf3 a3 48. Bb3 Nc3 49. Bd2 Nb5 50. Bc4 Nd4+ 51. Ke4 Nf5) (45. Bxa4 Nc3+) 45... a3 46. Bb3 Kg6 $6 {Inaccuracy. Nxe3 was best.} (46... Nxe3 47. Kxe3 Bxc5+ 48. Ke2 f6 49. g4 fxe5 50. f3 e4 51. Bxe6 (51. fxe4 Kf6 52. Bc4) 51... Kf6 52. Bg8 Kg5 53. Be6) 47. Bd4 $6 {Inaccuracy. Kc4 was best.} (47. Kc4 Be1 48. Bc2+ Kg7 49. Kb3 Nb4 50. Be4 a2 51. Kb2 Bc3+ 52. Kxc3 a1=Q+ 53. Kxb4 Qb2+) 47... Kg5 48. Kc4 Be1 49. Kd3 Kg4 50. Bd1+ Kg5 51. Bb3 Kf5 52. Kc4 Ke4 53. Bd1 {and the idea f3+ leaves White hopeful.} a2 {Strongly threatening ...Bc3!Black is clearly winning.} 54. f3+ Kf5 55. Bc2+ Kg5 56. Bb3 Bxg3 57. Bxa2 h5 {Precisão Chessbase: Brancas 61% Pretas 87%. Precisão Lichess.org: Brancas 93% Pretas 96%. Precisão Chess. com Brancas 90.4% Pretas 95.6%} 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 2025"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2025.05.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Erigaisi Arjun"]
[Black "Gukesh D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Rafael Leitao"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. a3 $5 {White usually develops the knight to f3 first and only then thinks about attacking the bishop. The move in the game has already been played at a high level, but it allows Arjun to demonstrate his well-known creativity early on.} Bxc3+ {The natural reply.} (6... Be7 {can also be played, with a Catalan position with the pawn on a3, which should probably be useful for White.}) 7. bxc3 dxc4 {Black simply captures the pawn, certainly a critical choice. Other plans are also possible.} (7... c6 {with the idea of …b6-Ba6 and capturing with the c-pawn if White exchanges on d5.}) (7... c5 {goes for immediate tension in the center. Giving the level of opening preparation by Arjun, he certainly has all these options carefully studied. He played his first moves very quickly, showing confidence.}) 8. a4 $5 {This is almost a new move. White prepares to develop the bishop to a3.} (8. Nf3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qxc4 e5 {was fine for Black in Carlsen-Niemann, Sinquefield Cup Saint Louis 2022.}) ({RR} 8. Nf3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qxc4 e5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Rfd1 Be6 14. Rxd8 Bxc4 15. Rxa8 Rxa8 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Kf1 Rd8 18. Ke1 Na5 19. Rd1 Rc8 20. Nd2 Be6 21. c4 Bxc4 22. Nxc4 Rxc4 {Carlsen,M (2861)-Niemann,H (2688) Saint Louis 2022 0-1 (57)}) 8... c5 (8... Nc6 {is another possible idea, going with the knight to a5, protecting the extra pawn on c4. White will try to prove compensation with the pair of bishops and the strong center.}) ({RR} 8... Re8 9. Nf3 c5 10. Ne5 Qa5 11. Qd2 Qa6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. f4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nd5 15. e4 Ne7 16. Qc3 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Ng6 18. h4 Bd7 19. h5 Nh8 20. a5 b6 21. h6 Rec8 22. Qf3 Be8 23. Bg5 {Bronstein,O (2443)-Cieslak,P (2442) Ceske Budejovice CZE 2025 ½-½ (57)}) 9. Ba3 $146 {A novelty. In a previous game 9.a5 had been played. I suppose the main idea is to prevent the queen from using this square, but the move seems too slow.} (9. a5 $2) ({RR} 9. a5 Na6 10. Nf3 Nd5 11. Bb2 Bd7 12. e4 Ne7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Ne5 Bb5 15. d5 Qd6 16. Ng4 exd5 17. exd5 Rcd8 18. Ne3 Nc7 19. Qh5 Ncxd5 20. Rfd1 Bc6 21. Nxc4 Qc7 22. Nd2 b6 23. c4 Nb4 {Lekic,D (2425)-Lirindzakis,T (2235) Anogia 2015 1-0 (32)}) 9... Qa5 $1 {An excellent move, attacking the pawn on c3 and starting counterplay. Naturally, White had foreseen this move in his preparations and continued playing quickly.} 10. Qc2 Rd8 {Although this is an acceptable move, I believe this position is a good time for anyone looking for an improvement in Black's opening play.} (10... Re8 $5 {The rook doesn't capture on d4 now, but helps to advance the center after} 11. Bxc5 e5 {With the opening of the e-file and the idea of Bf5, sacrificing the bishop to take on c3, it looks like Black has plenty of activity.}) 11. Bxc5 Na6 {Although not a mistake, I don't like this move so much. It seems to me that Black has some practical problems after White's next move.} (11... Nc6 {is a possible alternative:} 12. Bxc6 (12. Nf3 Ne4 $1) 12... bxc6 {This looks better for White, but the computer is not a bit afraid.}) (11... Nd5 {is also a good move.} 12. Nf3 (12. Bxd5 exd5 {is better for Black.}) 12... Na6 13. Ba3 Qxc3+ 14. Qxc3 Nxc3 15. Nd2 {with compensation for the pawn - Black should be careful here.}) 12. Be7 $1 Rxd4 13. Nf3 Rd7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nd2 {Despite being down a pawn, White has compensation thanks to Black's weakened structure and the strong bishop on g2.} Qc7 {Protecting the pawn on c7, but doing so with the rook had its merits.} (15... Rc7 {The queen stands well on a5 and the bishop can be developed quickly to d7. This also prevents the move White plays in the game.}) 16. a5 $5 {Gaining space on the queenside and preparing the attack on the c4-pawn with Ra4 later.} Rb8 {Necessary in order to push the b-pawn.} 17. O-O (17. Ra4 $5 b5 (17... Nc5 {is also possible, but White has some initiative after} 18. Rxc4 Qxa5 19. O-O) 18. axb6 Qxb6 {with ideas of playing Qb2 and saving the day.}) 17... b5 18. axb6 axb6 19. Ne4 Kg7 20. g4 $1 {An important move to develop White's initiative. The idea is to play Ng3-h5.} Nc5 21. Ng3 Qe5 $1 {The queen comes to protect the king. Gukesh is defending well, but he is already low on time and the position is dangerous.} 22. Rad1 (22. Kh1 {is also interesting, preparing f2-f4 without Black having the check on e3. A possible continuation is} Kh8 23. f4 Qc7 24. f5 {with a complicated fight. Black should now play} Bb7 $1) 22... b5 $1 {This not only protects the c4-pawn but also prepares timely counterplay with b5-b4.} 23. f4 Qe3+ 24. Kh1 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 (25. Rxd1 {Taking with the rook is also possible.} Bb7 26. Bxb7 Nxb7 {Despite how good this looks, White is unable to achieve a winning position.} 27. Nh5+ Kf8 28. Nxf6 (28. Qxh7 Ke7 {Black is also saving the game here.}) 28... Nc5 $1 {There's no decisive continuation for White.}) 25... Nd7 $7 {The only way to protect the pawn on f6.} 26. Bc6 {An interesting idea to remove the important defender. The game becomes chaotic - somehow this always happens in Arjun's games.} (26. f5 {is also dangerous for Black, planning to open the f-file. After} Kh8 $1 {it seems that Black has enough defensive resources, but it still looks very dangerous.}) 26... Rb6 $2 {A miscalculation that leads to a losing position.} (26... b4 $5 {is my favorite move.} 27. cxb4 (27. Bxd7 $2 {loses to} Bb7+) (27. Rf3 Qa7) 27... Rxb4 {The position is insanely complicated. A possible line is} 28. Nh5+ Kh8 29. Qd6 Qb6 {It looks very scary for Black, but the computer shows the typical equal evaluation.}) 27. Nh5+ $1 {The only refutation to Black's previous move.} (27. Bxd7 $4 {loses after} Bb7+ 28. Rf3 Bxf3+ 29. exf3 Qd3 $1) (27. Rf3 $2 Qc5 28. Bxd7 Rd6 29. Nh5+ Kf8 $1 {Now the king can go to the optimal square.}) 27... Kh8 (27... Kf8 $2 {This move can now be met by the deadly} 28. Qd6+) 28. Rf3 Qc5 29. Bxd7 Rd6 30. Qe1 $1 {Accurate play.} (30. Qc2 $2 {is tempting, but backfires:} Bb7 31. Nxf6 $2 Rd3 $1 {a devastating blow that decides the game.}) 30... Bb7 (30... Rxd7 {White wins easily with either 31.Nxf6 or 31.Qh4.} 31. Nxf6 (31. Qh4)) 31. e4 $1 {The queen on e1 protects the pawn and is ready to go to h4.} Rxd7 32. Nxf6 Rd3 33. Qh4 Kg7 34. Rxd3 $6 {This doesn't spoil the win, but there's a cleaner way to finish the game.} (34. g5 $4 {prepares a checkmate, but Black is faster:} Bxe4 $1 35. Nxe4 Rd1+ 36. Kg2 Rg1+ 37. Kh3 Qf5+ {with mate next.}) (34. f5 $1 {is an elegant solution. Now the g5-square becomes available for the queen.} Rd1+ (34... Rxf3 35. Nh5+ Kg8 36. Qg5+ Kf8 37. Qd8#) 35. Kg2 Qg1+ 36. Kh3 {The white king has a good shelter, while the same cannot be said about the black one.}) 34... cxd3 35. Nh5+ Kg8 36. Qd8+ Qf8 37. Qxd3 $6 (37. Nf6+ Kg7 38. Qd4 $1 {is better. After} d2 39. Kg2 d1=Q 40. Nh5+ Kg8 41. Qxd1 Bxe4+ 42. Kg3 {material is equal, but Black is unable to cope with the formidable queen and knight battery.}) 37... f5 $1 {Gukesh fights like a lion to survive.} 38. Qd7 Bxe4+ 39. Kg1 Bd5 40. gxf5 $2 {A mistake that allows an amazing idea for Black.} (40. Qxb5 $1 {is the right move. In case of} fxg4 {White wins with} 41. c4 $1 Be4 42. Qe5 $1 {attacking the bishop and the e6-pawn. After} Bf5 43. c5 $1 {the c-pawn decides the game.}) 40... Qc5+ 41. Kf1 Bc4+ 42. Kg2 Qd5+ $1 {Black finds a miracle escape with this move.} 43. Qxd5 (43. Kf2 {isn't enough for a win:} Qxd7 44. Nf6+ Kf7 45. Nxd7 exf5 46. Ke3 Ke7 {White can still maneuver the knight, but the bishop is able to control everything.}) 43... exd5 44. Kf3 d4 $1 {It's truly impressive how Gukesh managed to achieve a drawn position even though he was on the brink of a precipice. Tenacity in defense is one of the big differences between a strong player and an elite player. That said, the game isn't over yet.} 45. cxd4 b4 {The b-file is there to save Black.} 46. Ke3 Kf7 47. Ng3 Ke7 {The king starts going in the wrong direction.} (47... Kf6 $2 48. Ne4+) (47... Ba2 48. Kd3 (48. Ne4 b3 $1) 48... Kf6 {Black can wait with the king on f6 and there's no winning plan for White.}) 48. Kd2 Kd6 $2 (48... Kf6 $1 {The right place for the king. White can win a piece, but I think it's a draw after} 49. Ne4+ Kxf5 50. Nd6+ Kxf4 51. Nxc4 Ke4 {The d-pawn falls.} 52. Na5 Kxd4 53. Nb3+ Ke4 54. Ke2 Kf4 55. Kf2 Kg4 {and I don't see a winning plan for White.}) 49. Ne4+ {White is winning again.} Kd5 50. Ke3 b3 (50... Ba2 {If Black waits, White can force the pawn to go to b3:} 51. Nc5 Kd6 52. Nd3 b3 {After this the king goes to c3.} 53. Kd2 {with an easy win.}) 51. f6 $2 {With both players in time trouble, adventures are always possible. White should go with the king to c3 and this is possible with both 51.Nc3 and 51.Nf6.} (51. Nc3+ Kd6 52. Nd1 Ke7 53. Kd2 {The king goes to c3 and the knight to e3.}) (51. Nf6+ Kd6 52. Kd2 $1 b2 (52... Ke7 53. Ng4) 53. Kc2 Bd3+ 54. Kxb2 Bxf5 55. Kc3 Ke6 56. Nh5 {with a technical win.}) 51... Ke6 52. f5+ Kd7 53. Kd2 b2 54. Nc5+ Ke8 55. Kc2 Kf7 56. Kxb2 Bf1 $2 {A blunder when the draw was close.} (56... Kxf6 $2 {loses to} 57. Ne4+ {when the pawn cannot be captured.}) (56... Bd5 {prepares to capture the pawn without any knight tricks. Both pawns on the f-file will fall.} 57. Nd7 Be4 {with a draw.}) 57. Ne4 Bg2 58. Ng3 Kxf6 59. h4 $1 {Everything is protected and White is able to keep a two pawn advantage, which is too much.} Bd5 60. Kc3 Ke7 61. Kd3 Kd6 62. Ne4+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 2025"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2025.05.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar"]
[Black "Gukesh D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Rafael Leitao"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:0"]

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Outros planos também são possíveis.} (7... c6 {Com a ideia de …b6-Ba6 e capturar com o peão de c caso as Brancas troquem em d5.}) (7... c5 {opta por criar tensão imediata no centro. Dado o nível de preparação nas aberturas do Arjun, ele certamente tem todas essas opções cuidadosamente estudadas. Jogou seus primeiros lances muito rapidamente, demonstrando confiança.}) 8. a4 $5 {Esse lance é quase uma novidade. As Brancas se preparam para desenvolver o bispo em a3.} (8. Nf3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qxc4 e5 {foi bom para as Negras em Carlsen-Niemann, Sinquefield Cup Saint Louis 2022.}) ({RR} 8. Nf3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qxc4 e5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Rfd1 Be6 14. Rxd8 Bxc4 15. Rxa8 Rxa8 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Kf1 Rd8 18. Ke1 Na5 19. Rd1 Rc8 20. Nd2 Be6 21. c4 Bxc4 22. Nxc4 Rxc4 {Carlsen,M (2861)-Niemann,H (2688) Saint Louis 2022 0-1 (57)}) 8... c5 (8... Nc6 {é outra ideia possível, levando o cavalo para a5, protegendo o peão extra em c4. As Brancas tentarão provar a compensação com o par de bispos e o centro forte.}) ({RR} 8... Re8 9. Nf3 c5 10. Ne5 Qa5 11. Qd2 Qa6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. f4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nd5 15. e4 Ne7 16. Qc3 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Ng6 18. h4 Bd7 19. h5 Nh8 20. a5 b6 21. h6 Rec8 22. Qf3 Be8 23. Bg5 {Bronstein,O (2443)-Cieslak,P (2442) Ceske Budejovice CZE 2025 ½-½ (57)}) 9. Ba3 $146 {Uma novidade. Em uma partida anterior, havia sido jogado 9.a5. Suponho que a ideia principal seja evitar que a dama use essa casa, mas o lance parece lento demais.} (9. a5 $2) ({RR} 9. a5 Na6 10. Nf3 Nd5 11. Bb2 Bd7 12. e4 Ne7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Ne5 Bb5 15. d5 Qd6 16. Ng4 exd5 17. exd5 Rcd8 18. Ne3 Nc7 19. Qh5 Ncxd5 20. Rfd1 Bc6 21. Nxc4 Qc7 22. Nd2 b6 23. c4 Nb4 {Lekic,D (2425)-Lirindzakis,T (2235) Anogia 2015 1-0 (32)}) 9... Qa5 $1 {Um lance excelente, atacando o peão em c3 e iniciando o contra-jogo. Naturalmente, as Brancas haviam previsto esse lance em sua preparação e continuaram jogando rapidamente.} 10. Qc2 Rd8 {Embora este seja um lance aceitável, acredito que esta posição seja um bom momento para quem busca uma melhoria na condução da abertura de Negras.} (10... Re8 $5 {A torre não captura em d4 agora, mas ajuda a avançar no centro depois de} 11. Bxc5 e5 {com a abertura da coluna 'e' e a ideia de Bf5, sacrificando o bispo para capturar em c3, parece que as Negras têm bastante atividade.}) 11. Bxc5 Na6 {Embora não seja um erro, não gosto muito deste lance. Me parece que as Negras terão alguns problemas práticos após o próximo lance das Brancas.} (11... Nc6 {é uma alternativa possível:} 12. Bxc6 (12. Nf3 Ne4 $1) 12... bxc6 {Isso parece melhor para as Brancas, mas o computador não demonstra nenhum receio.}) (11... Nd5 {também é um bom lance.} 12. Nf3 (12. Bxd5 exd5 {é melhor para as Negras.}) 12... Na6 13. Ba3 Qxc3+ 14. Qxc3 Nxc3 15. Nd2 {com compensação pelo peão - as Negras devem ter cuidado aqui.}) 12. Be7 $1 Rxd4 13. Nf3 Rd7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nd2 {Apesar de estar com um peão a menos, as Brancas têm compensação graças à estrutura enfraquecida das Negras e ao forte bispo em g2.} Qc7 {Protegendo o peão em c7, mas fazer isso com a torre tinha seus méritos.} (15... Rc7 {A dama está bem posicionada em a5 e o bispo pode ser desenvolvido rapidamente em d7. Isso também previne o lance que as Brancas jogam na partida.}) 16. a5 $5 {Ganhando espaço na ala da dama e preparando o ataque ao peão de c4 com Ta4 mais tarde.} Rb8 {Necessário para avançar o peão de b.} 17. O-O (17. Ra4 $5 b5 (17... Nc5 {também é possível, mas as Brancas têm alguma iniciativa depois de} 18. Rxc4 Qxa5 19. O-O) 18. axb6 Qxb6 {com ideias de jogar Db2 e salvar o dia.}) 17... b5 18. axb6 axb6 19. Ne4 Kg7 20. g4 $1 {Um lance importante para desenvolver a iniciativa das Brancas. A ideia é jogar Cg3-h5.} Nc5 21. Ng3 Qe5 $1 {A dama vem para proteger o rei. Gukesh está se defendendo bem, mas já está com pouco tempo e a posição é perigosa.} 22. Rad1 (22. Kh1 {também é interessante, preparando f2-f4 sem que as Negras tenham o xeque em e3. Uma continuação possível é} Kh8 23. f4 Qc7 24. f5 {com uma luta complicada. As Negras agora deveriam jogar} Bb7 $1) 22... b5 $1 {Isso não só protege o peão de c4, mas também prepara um contra-ataque oportuno com b5-b4.} 23. f4 Qe3+ 24. Kh1 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 (25. Rxd1 {Capturar com a torre também é possível.} Bb7 26. Bxb7 Nxb7 {Apesar de sua boa aparência, as Brancas não conseguem alcançar uma posição ganha.} 27. Nh5+ Kf8 28. Nxf6 (28. Qxh7 Ke7 {As Negras também estão salvando a partida aqui.}) 28... Nc5 $1 {Quando não há continuação decisiva para as Brancas.}) 25... Nd7 $7 {A única maneira de proteger o peão em f6.} 26. Bc6 {Uma ideia interessante para eliminar o defensor importante. A partida se torna caótica — de algum modo, isso sempre acontece nas partidas do Arjun.} (26. f5 {também é perigoso para as Negras, que planeja abrir a coluna f. Depois de} Kh8 $1 {parece que as Negras têm recursos defensivos suficientes, mas a posição ainda parece muito perigosa.}) 26... Rb6 $2 {Um erro de cálculo que leva a uma posição perdida.} (26... b4 $5 {é meu lance favorito.} 27. cxb4 (27. Bxd7 $2 {perde para} Bb7+) (27. Rf3 Qa7) 27... Rxb4 {A posição é extremamente complicada. Uma possível linha é} 28. Nh5+ Kh8 29. Qd6 Qb6 {Parece muito assustador para as Negras, mas o computador mostra a típica avaliação de igualdade.}) 27. Nh5+ $1 {A única refutação ao lance anterior das Negras.} (27. Bxd7 $4 {perde após} Bb7+ 28. Rf3 Bxf3+ 29. exf3 Qd3 $1) (27. Rf3 $2 Qc5 28. Bxd7 Rd6 29. Nh5+ Kf8 $1 {Agora o rei pode ir para a casa ideal.}) 27... Kh8 (27... Kf8 $2 {Este lance agora pode ser respondido pelo mortal} 28. Qd6+) 28. Rf3 Qc5 29. Bxd7 Rd6 30. Qe1 $1 {Jogo preciso.} (30. Qc2 $2 {é tentador, mas sai pela culatra:} Bb7 31. Nxf6 $2 Rd3 $1 {um golpe devastador que decide a partida.}) 30... Bb7 (30... Rxd7 {As Brancas vencem facilmente com 31.Cxf6 ou 31.Dh4.} 31. Nxf6 (31. Qh4)) 31. e4 $1 {A dama em e1 protege o peão e está pronta para ir para h4.} Rxd7 32. Nxf6 Rd3 33. Qh4 Kg7 34. Rxd3 $6 {Isso não estraga a vitória, mas há uma forma mais limpa de finalizar a partida.} (34. g5 $4 {prepara um xeque-mate, mas as Negras são mais rápidas:} Bxe4 $1 35. Nxe4 Rd1+ 36. Kg2 Rg1+ 37. Kh3 Qf5+ {com xeque-mate em seguida.}) (34. f5 $1 {é uma solução elegante. Agora a casa g5 fica disponível para a dama.} Rd1+ (34... Rxf3 35. Nh5+ Kg8 36. Qg5+ Kf8 37. Qd8#) 35. Kg2 Qg1+ 36. Kh3 {O rei branco tem um bom abrigo, enquanto o mesmo não pode ser dito do rei negro.}) 34... cxd3 35. Nh5+ Kg8 36. Qd8+ Qf8 37. Qxd3 $6 (37. Nf6+ Kg7 38. Qd4 $1 {é melhor. Depois de} d2 39. Kg2 d1=Q 40. Nh5+ Kg8 41. Qxd1 Bxe4+ 42. Kg3 {o material está igual, mas as Negras não conseguem lidar com a formidável bateria da dama e do cavalo.}) 37... f5 $1 {Gukesh luta como um leão para sobreviver.} 38. Qd7 Bxe4+ 39. Kg1 Bd5 40. gxf5 $2 {Um erro que permite uma ideia incrível para as Negras.} (40. Qxb5 $1 {é o lance certo. Em caso de} fxg4 {as Brancas vencem com} 41. c4 $1 Be4 42. Qe5 $1 {atacando o bispo e o peão de e6. Depois de} Bf5 43. c5 $1 {o peão de c decide a partida.}) 40... Qc5+ 41. Kf1 Bc4+ 42. Kg2 Qd5+ $1 {As Negras encontram uma fuga milagrosa com esse lance.} 43. Qxd5 (43. Kf2 {não é suficiente para uma vitória:} Qxd7 44. Nf6+ Kf7 45. Nxd7 exf5 46. Ke3 Ke7 {As Brancas ainda podem manobrar o cavalo, mas o bispo consegue controlar tudo.}) 43... exd5 44. Kf3 d4 $1 {É realmente impressionante como Gukesh conseguiu alcançar uma posição de empate mesmo estando à beira do abismo. A tenacidade na defesa é uma das grandes diferenças entre um jogador forte e um jogador de elite. Dito isso, a partida ainda não acabou.} 45. cxd4 b4 {A coluna b está lá para salvar as Negras.} 46. Ke3 Kf7 47. Ng3 Ke7 {O rei começa a ir na direção errada.} (47... Kf6 $2 48. Ne4+) (47... Ba2 48. Kd3 (48. Ne4 b3 $1) 48... Kf6 {As Negras podem esperar com o rei em f6 e não há plano vencedor para as Brancas.}) 48. Kd2 Kd6 $2 (48... Kf6 $1 {O lugar certo para o rei. As Brancas podem ganhar uma peça, mas acho que é empate após} 49. Ne4+ Kxf5 50. Nd6+ Kxf4 51. Nxc4 Ke4 {O peão de d cai.} 52. Na5 Kxd4 53. Nb3+ Ke4 54. Ke2 Kf4 55. Kf2 Kg4 {e não vejo um plano vencedor para as Brancas.}) 49. Ne4+ {As Brancas estão ganhas de novo.} Kd5 50. Ke3 b3 (50... Ba2 {Se as Negras esperarem, as Brancas podem forçar o peão a ir para b3:} 51. Nc5 Kd6 52. Nd3 b3 {Depois disso o rei vai para c3.} 53. Kd2 {com uma vitória fácil.}) 51. f6 $2 {Com ambos os jogadores no apuro de tempo, aventuras são sempre possíveis. As Brancas devem ir com o rei para c3, e isso é possível tanto com 51.Cc3 quanto com 51.Cf6.} (51. Nc3+ Kd6 52. Nd1 Ke7 53. Kd2 {O rei vai para c3 e o cavalo para e3.}) (51. Nf6+ Kd6 52. Kd2 $1 b2 (52... Ke7 53. Ng4) 53. Kc2 Bd3+ 54. Kxb2 Bxf5 55. Kc3 Ke6 56. Nh5 {com uma vitória técnica.}) 51... Ke6 52. f5+ Kd7 53. Kd2 b2 54. Nc5+ Ke8 55. Kc2 Kf7 56. Kxb2 Bf1 $2 {Um erro quando o empate estava perto.} (56... Kxf6 $2 {perde para} 57. Ne4+ {quando o peão não pode ser capturado.}) (56... Bd5 {Prepara para capturar o peão sem nenhum truque de cavalo. Ambos os peões na coluna f vão cair.} 57. Nd7 Be4 {com um empate.}) 57. Ne4 Bg2 58. Ng3 Kxf6 59. h4 $1 {Tudo está protegido e as Brancas conseguem manter uma vantagem de dois peões, que é demais.} Bd5 60. Kc3 Ke7 61. Kd3 Kd6 62. Ne4+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2024"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2024.04.18"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Abasov, N.."]
[Black "Gukesh, D.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2024.04.04"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 h6 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. g3 Nxc5 8. Bg2 Nce4 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bc5 11. e4 $146 ({RR} 11. Nd4 O-O 12. Rb1 d6 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Rd1 Rb8 16. f4 b6 17. e4 e5 18. fxe5 Ng4 19. Bf4 Nxe5 20. Rd5 f6 21. Rbd1 Be6 22. Bxe5 fxe5 23. Rd6 Rf6 24. R1d2 Rbf8 25. h4 Qf7 {Ivanisevic,I (2527)-Maurizzi,M (2605) Darfo Boario Terme ITA 2025 0-1 (38)}) 11... Nh7 12. e5 Rb8 13. Nd2 b6 14. Ne4 Bb7 15. h4 Qc7 16. Rd1 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 O-O 18. Bf4 Rfd8 19. Rd2 Nf8 20. h5 b5 21. cxb5 Rxb5 22. Bf1 Rb6 23. Rad1 Rdb8 24. a4 Rb3 25. Rd3 Ra3 26. Rf3 Qc6 27. Qxc6 dxc6 28. Rfd3 Rxa4 29. Bg2 Ra2 30. R1d2 Rxd2 31. Rxd2 Rc8 32. Be4 a5 33. Bc2 g5 34. hxg6 Nxg6 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. Ba4 Ne7 37. c4 Rb8 38. Ra2 Bb4 39. Kf3 Rd8 40. Be3 Rd3 41. Ke2 Rc3 42. c5 Nd5 43. Rc2 Rxc2+ 44. Bxc2 a4 45. Kd3 a3 46. Bb3 Kg6 47. Bd4 Kg5 48. Kc4 Be1 49. Kd3 Kg4 50. Bd1+ Kg5 51. Bb3 Kf5 52. Kc4 Ke4 53. Bd1 a2 54. f3+ Kf5 55. Bc2+ Kg5 56. Bb3 Bxg3 57. Bxa2 h5 0-1

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2024"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2024.04.18"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Abasov, N.."]
[Black "Gukesh, D.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2024.04.04"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 h6 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. g3 Nxc5 8. Bg2 Nce4 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bc5 11. e4 $146 ({RR} 11. Nd4 O-O 12. Rb1 d6 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Rd1 Rb8 16. f4 b6 17. e4 e5 18. fxe5 Ng4 19. Bf4 Nxe5 20. Rd5 f6 21. Rbd1 Be6 22. Bxe5 fxe5 23. Rd6 Rf6 24. R1d2 Rbf8 25. h4 Qf7 {Ivanisevic,I (2527)-Maurizzi,M (2605) Darfo Boario Terme ITA 2025 0-1 (38)}) 11... Nh7 12. e5 Rb8 13. Nd2 b6 14. Ne4 Bb7 15. h4 Qc7 16. Rd1 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 O-O 18. Bf4 Rfd8 19. Rd2 Nf8 20. h5 b5 21. cxb5 Rxb5 22. Bf1 Rb6 23. Rad1 Rdb8 24. a4 Rb3 25. Rd3 Ra3 26. Rf3 Qc6 27. Qxc6 dxc6 28. Rfd3 Rxa4 29. Bg2 Ra2 30. R1d2 Rxd2 31. Rxd2 Rc8 32. Be4 a5 33. Bc2 g5 34. hxg6 Nxg6 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. Ba4 Ne7 37. c4 Rb8 38. Ra2 Bb4 39. Kf3 Rd8 40. Be3 Rd3 41. Ke2 Rc3 42. c5 Nd5 43. Rc2 Rxc2+ 44. Bxc2 a4 45. Kd3 a3 46. Bb3 Kg6 47. Bd4 Kg5 48. Kc4 Be1 49. Kd3 Kg4 50. Bd1+ Kg5 51. Bb3 Kf5 52. Kc4 Ke4 53. Bd1 a2 54. f3+ Kf5 55. Bc2+ Kg5 56. Bb3 Bxg3 57. Bxa2 h5 0-1

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2024"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2024.04.18"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Abasov, N.."]
[Black "Gukesh, D.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2024.04.04"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 h6 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. g3 Nxc5 8. Bg2 Nce4 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bc5 11. e4 $146 ({RR} 11. Nd4 O-O 12. Rb1 d6 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Rd1 Rb8 16. f4 b6 17. e4 e5 18. fxe5 Ng4 19. Bf4 Nxe5 20. Rd5 f6 21. Rbd1 Be6 22. Bxe5 fxe5 23. Rd6 Rf6 24. R1d2 Rbf8 25. h4 Qf7 {Ivanisevic,I (2527)-Maurizzi,M (2605) Darfo Boario Terme ITA 2025 0-1 (38)}) 11... Nh7 12. e5 Rb8 13. Nd2 b6 14. Ne4 Bb7 15. h4 Qc7 16. Rd1 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 O-O 18. Bf4 Rfd8 19. Rd2 Nf8 20. h5 b5 21. cxb5 Rxb5 22. Bf1 Rb6 23. Rad1 Rdb8 24. a4 Rb3 25. Rd3 Ra3 26. Rf3 Qc6 27. Qxc6 dxc6 28. Rfd3 Rxa4 29. Bg2 Ra2 30. R1d2 Rxd2 31. Rxd2 Rc8 32. Be4 a5 33. Bc2 g5 34. hxg6 Nxg6 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. Ba4 Ne7 37. c4 Rb8 38. Ra2 Bb4 39. Kf3 Rd8 40. Be3 Rd3 41. Ke2 Rc3 42. c5 Nd5 43. Rc2 Rxc2+ 44. Bxc2 a4 45. Kd3 a3 46. Bb3 Kg6 47. Bd4 Kg5 48. Kc4 Be1 49. Kd3 Kg4 50. Bd1+ Kg5 51. Bb3 Kf5 52. Kc4 Ke4 53. Bd1 a2 54. f3+ Kf5 55. Bc2+ Kg5 56. Bb3 Bxg3 57. Bxa2 h5 0-1

[Event "Airthings Masters Play-In"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cardoso Cardoso, Jose Gabriel"]
[Black "Gukesh, D.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. e3 Bb7 8. Nf3 d6 9. b4 Nbd7 10. Bb2 a5 11. Be2 Ne4 12. Qc2 ({RR} 12. Qb3 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1+ 14. Bxa1 b5 15. O-O bxc4 16. Qxc4 Nb6 17. Qc2 f5 18. Rc1 Nd5 19. Bb2 Rf7 20. b5 h6 21. Ra1 Ndf6 22. Nd2 Nxd2 23. Qxd2 Ne4 24. Qd3 Rf6 25. Qc2 Rg6 26. Bf3 Qb8 {Gelfand,B (2720)-Jakovenko,D (2709) Sochi 2008 ½-½ (42)}) 12... f5 ({RR} 12... c5 13. bxc5 bxc5 14. O-O cxd4 15. exd4 Qc7 16. Bd3 Nef6 17. Qe2 Rfc8 18. Rfc1 Rab8 19. Rab1 Ba6 20. h3 h6 21. Nd2 Rb7 22. Bc3 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 e5 24. Qe3 exd4 25. Bxd4 Ne5 26. Bf1 Nfd7 27. Qg3 {Donchenko,A (2615)-Deuer,M (2479) Munich GER 2025 1-0 (33)}) 13. O-O Rf6 $146 ({RR} 13... Qe7 14. d5 Ndf6 15. Nd4 exd5 16. f3 Ng5 17. Nxf5 Qe6 18. h4 Nf7 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. e4 Bb3 21. Nd4 Bxc2 22. Nxe6 c5 23. Nxf8 Kxf8 24. Bc4 Nd7 25. Rfc1 Ba4 26. Bd5 Ra7 27. Bc3 Nfe5 28. bxa5 {Kilgus,G (2418)-Horvath,A (2528) Zalakaros 2013 1-0 (43)}) 14. d5 Rg6 15. dxe6 Nf8 16. c5 dxc5 17. bxc5 Nxc5 18. Qxf5 Nfxe6 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. Kh1 Rf8 21. Qe5 Qf7 22. Qh5 Ne4 23. Be5 Qe7 24. Bg3 Nc3 25. Nh4 Rg5 26. Rc1 Rxh5 27. Bxh5 Ne4 28. Be2 N6c5 29. Nf3 Nxg3+ 30. hxg3 Ne4 31. Kg1 Nxg3 32. Bc4+ Kh8 33. fxg3 Qxe3+ 34. Kh2 Bxf3 35. Rce1 Qc5 0-1

[Event "Airthings Masters Play-In"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cardoso Cardoso, Jose Gabriel"]
[Black "Gukesh, D.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. e3 Bb7 8. Nf3 d6 9. b4 Nbd7 10. Bb2 a5 11. Be2 Ne4 12. Qc2 ({RR} 12. Qb3 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1+ 14. Bxa1 b5 15. O-O bxc4 16. Qxc4 Nb6 17. Qc2 f5 18. Rc1 Nd5 19. Bb2 Rf7 20. b5 h6 21. Ra1 Ndf6 22. Nd2 Nxd2 23. Qxd2 Ne4 24. Qd3 Rf6 25. Qc2 Rg6 26. Bf3 Qb8 {Gelfand,B (2720)-Jakovenko,D (2709) Sochi 2008 ½-½ (42)}) 12... f5 ({RR} 12... c5 13. bxc5 bxc5 14. O-O cxd4 15. exd4 Qc7 16. Bd3 Nef6 17. Qe2 Rfc8 18. Rfc1 Rab8 19. Rab1 Ba6 20. h3 h6 21. Nd2 Rb7 22. Bc3 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 e5 24. Qe3 exd4 25. Bxd4 Ne5 26. Bf1 Nfd7 27. Qg3 {Donchenko,A (2615)-Deuer,M (2479) Munich GER 2025 1-0 (33)}) 13. O-O Rf6 $146 ({RR} 13... Qe7 14. d5 Ndf6 15. Nd4 exd5 16. f3 Ng5 17. Nxf5 Qe6 18. h4 Nf7 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. e4 Bb3 21. Nd4 Bxc2 22. Nxe6 c5 23. Nxf8 Kxf8 24. Bc4 Nd7 25. Rfc1 Ba4 26. Bd5 Ra7 27. Bc3 Nfe5 28. bxa5 {Kilgus,G (2418)-Horvath,A (2528) Zalakaros 2013 1-0 (43)}) 14. d5 Rg6 15. dxe6 Nf8 16. c5 dxc5 17. bxc5 Nxc5 18. Qxf5 Nfxe6 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. Kh1 Rf8 21. Qe5 Qf7 22. Qh5 Ne4 23. Be5 Qe7 24. Bg3 Nc3 25. Nh4 Rg5 26. Rc1 Rxh5 27. Bxh5 Ne4 28. Be2 N6c5 29. Nf3 Nxg3+ 30. hxg3 Ne4 31. Kg1 Nxg3 32. Bc4+ Kh8 33. fxg3 Qxe3+ 34. Kh2 Bxf3 35. Rce1 Qc5 0-1

[Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2022"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.12.06"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Carlsen, M.."]
[Black "Gukesh, D.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2859"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2022.11.23"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O b6 $146 ({RR} 9... Qc7 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Bb2 e5 12. Rc1 b6 13. c4 cxd4 14. exd4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Rd8 16. Nb5 Qc5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Bf3 Rb8 19. Nxa7 Bb7 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. Nb5 Rbb8 22. Qg4+ Kh8 23. Rc3 Ne5 24. Qf5 {Moranda,K-Bursa,R Krynica 1998 1-0 (41)}) ({RR} 9... Qc7 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. a4 b6 12. Ba3 Rd8 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. e4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Rxd4 17. Bd5 Qd7 18. Bb2 Rxa4 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qg4+ Kf8 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Qf4 Qxe4 23. Qxf6 Kg8 24. Rc3 {Taboas Rodriguez,D (2360)-Xu,Y (2495) chess.com INT 2024 1-0}) 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. e4 Nbd7 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ng5 h6 14. Ne4 f6 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Qg4+ Kh8 17. Qg6 Bb7 18. Qxh6+ Kg8 19. Qg6+ Kh8 20. Rad1 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Rd3 1-0

[Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2022"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.12.06"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Carlsen, M.."]
[Black "Gukesh, D.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2859"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2022.11.23"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a4 $146 ({RR} 5. a3 Bxc3+ {½-½ (5) Kopta,P (2220)-Smejkal,L (2185) Frymburk 2000}) ({RR} 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Nf3 e5 8. Be2 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. O-O Nc6 11. Be3 Bf8 12. f3 g6 13. Qd2 Bg7 14. Rfd1 Nd7 15. Rab1 Nde5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. c5 Bf8 18. b4 Be6 19. cxd6 Bxd6 {Caruana,F (2798)-Mitrabha,G (2518) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (33)}) ({RR} 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Nf3 c5 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Bg4 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O a6 12. a4 Rb8 13. Nd2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Re8 15. a5 Bf8 16. f3 b5 17. axb6 Nxb6 18. Qd3 a5 19. Nc4 Nxc4 {Ten Hacken,J (2020)-Joentausta,H (2097) Prague CZE 2025 1-0 (47)}) 5... d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. Bd2 Nc6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Ba6 Bxa6 15. Qxa6 Nb4 16. Qe2 Nd3 17. Be1 Nxe1 18. Nxe1 Bb4 19. Nb5 Bxe1 20. Qxe1 Ne4 21. Rac1 h6 22. Nd4 Qf6 23. b4 Rac8 24. f3 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Nd6 26. Nc6 Rd7 27. Qd2 Qg5 28. Rc2 Qd5 29. Qxd5 exd5 30. Kf2 Kf8 31. b5 Ke8 32. Nb4 Nc4 33. Nxd5 Rxd5 34. Rxc4 Rd2+ 35. Kg3 Ra2 36. f4 Kd7 37. Kf3 h5 38. h3 h4 39. f5 Kd6 40. Rxh4 Ke5 41. Rf4 Ra1 42. g4 Rf1+ 43. Kg3 Re1 44. Kf2 Rh1 45. Rc4 Rxh3 46. Rc7 1-0

[Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2022"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.12.06"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Carlsen, M.."]
[Black "Gukesh, D.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2859"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2022.11.23"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O b6 $146 ({RR} 9... Qc7 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Bb2 e5 12. Rc1 b6 13. c4 cxd4 14. exd4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Rd8 16. Nb5 Qc5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Bf3 Rb8 19. Nxa7 Bb7 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. Nb5 Rbb8 22. Qg4+ Kh8 23. Rc3 Ne5 24. Qf5 {Moranda,K-Bursa,R Krynica 1998 1-0 (41)}) ({RR} 9... Qc7 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. a4 b6 12. Ba3 Rd8 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. e4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Rxd4 17. Bd5 Qd7 18. Bb2 Rxa4 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qg4+ Kf8 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Qf4 Qxe4 23. Qxf6 Kg8 24. Rc3 {Taboas Rodriguez,D (2360)-Xu,Y (2495) chess.com INT 2024 1-0}) 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. e4 Nbd7 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ng5 h6 14. Ne4 f6 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Qg4+ Kh8 17. Qg6 Bb7 18. Qxh6+ Kg8 19. Qg6+ Kh8 20. Rad1 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Rd3 1-0

[Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2022"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.12.06"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Carlsen, M.."]
[Black "Gukesh, D.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2859"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2022.11.23"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a4 $146 ({RR} 5. a3 Bxc3+ {½-½ (5) Kopta,P (2220)-Smejkal,L (2185) Frymburk 2000}) ({RR} 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Nf3 e5 8. Be2 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. O-O Nc6 11. Be3 Bf8 12. f3 g6 13. Qd2 Bg7 14. Rfd1 Nd7 15. Rab1 Nde5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. c5 Bf8 18. b4 Be6 19. cxd6 Bxd6 {Caruana,F (2798)-Mitrabha,G (2518) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (33)}) ({RR} 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Nf3 c5 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Bg4 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O a6 12. a4 Rb8 13. Nd2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Re8 15. a5 Bf8 16. f3 b5 17. axb6 Nxb6 18. Qd3 a5 19. Nc4 Nxc4 {Ten Hacken,J (2020)-Joentausta,H (2097) Prague CZE 2025 1-0 (47)}) 5... d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. Bd2 Nc6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Ba6 Bxa6 15. Qxa6 Nb4 16. Qe2 Nd3 17. Be1 Nxe1 18. Nxe1 Bb4 19. Nb5 Bxe1 20. Qxe1 Ne4 21. Rac1 h6 22. Nd4 Qf6 23. b4 Rac8 24. f3 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Nd6 26. Nc6 Rd7 27. Qd2 Qg5 28. Rc2 Qd5 29. Qxd5 exd5 30. Kf2 Kf8 31. b5 Ke8 32. Nb4 Nc4 33. Nxd5 Rxd5 34. Rxc4 Rd2+ 35. Kg3 Ra2 36. f4 Kd7 37. Kf3 h5 38. h3 h4 39. f5 Kd6 40. Rxh4 Ke5 41. Rf4 Ra1 42. g4 Rf1+ 43. Kg3 Re1 44. Kf2 Rh1 45. Rc4 Rxh3 46. Rc7 1-0

[Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2022"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.12.06"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Carlsen, M.."]
[Black "Gukesh, D.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2859"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2022.11.23"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Bb2 ({RR} 9. a4 Re8 10. cxd5 exd5 11. dxc5 Ne4 12. Bd3 h6 13. Ba3 Qa5 14. O-O Nxc5 15. Bb5 Ne4 16. c4 a6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Rfc1 Bd7 20. Bb2 Rac8 21. Qd1 Rxc1 22. Qxc1 Rc8 23. Qd1 Qb4 {Carlsen,M (2863)-Giri,A (2764) chess24.com INT 2020 1-0 (46)}) 9... b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. c4 $146 ({RR} 11. Bd3 c4 12. Be2 Re8 13. O-O Ne4 14. Nd2 Bf5 15. Qd1 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Na5 17. f3 Nb3 18. Qd1 Nxa1 19. Bxa1 Rxe3 20. f4 Qe7 21. Bf3 Be4 22. Bg4 f5 23. Qc1 Bd3 24. Bf3 Bxf1 25. Bxd5+ Kh8 {Ferraz,M (1998)-Jing,A (2254) chess.com INT 2025 0-1}) 11... Bg4 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Bc4 Qh5 14. Ne5 Rac8 15. Nxg4 Qxg4 16. d5 Na5 17. Be2 Qg6 18. Bd3 Qh6 19. Bf5 Rcd8 20. e4 Nb7 21. f3 Nd6 22. Bh3 Nh5 23. g3 f5 24. e5 Nb5 25. Rd1 Rfe8 26. Kf2 Nd4 27. Bxd4 cxd4 28. Rde1 Rc8 29. Qxf5 Rc3 30. Rhf1 d3 31. Kg2 d2 32. Rd1 Re3 33. d6 R3xe5 34. d7 Re2+ 35. Kh1 Rd8 36. Qd5+ Kh8 37. Qf5 Nf6 38. f4 1-0

[Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2022"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.12.06"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Carlsen, M.."]
[Black "Gukesh, D.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2859"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2022.11.23"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Bb2 ({RR} 9. a4 Re8 10. cxd5 exd5 11. dxc5 Ne4 12. Bd3 h6 13. Ba3 Qa5 14. O-O Nxc5 15. Bb5 Ne4 16. c4 a6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Rfc1 Bd7 20. Bb2 Rac8 21. Qd1 Rxc1 22. Qxc1 Rc8 23. Qd1 Qb4 {Carlsen,M (2863)-Giri,A (2764) chess24.com INT 2020 1-0 (46)}) 9... b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. c4 $146 ({RR} 11. Bd3 c4 12. Be2 Re8 13. O-O Ne4 14. Nd2 Bf5 15. Qd1 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Na5 17. f3 Nb3 18. Qd1 Nxa1 19. Bxa1 Rxe3 20. f4 Qe7 21. Bf3 Be4 22. Bg4 f5 23. Qc1 Bd3 24. Bf3 Bxf1 25. Bxd5+ Kh8 {Ferraz,M (1998)-Jing,A (2254) chess.com INT 2025 0-1}) 11... Bg4 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Bc4 Qh5 14. Ne5 Rac8 15. Nxg4 Qxg4 16. d5 Na5 17. Be2 Qg6 18. Bd3 Qh6 19. Bf5 Rcd8 20. e4 Nb7 21. f3 Nd6 22. Bh3 Nh5 23. g3 f5 24. e5 Nb5 25. Rd1 Rfe8 26. Kf2 Nd4 27. Bxd4 cxd4 28. Rde1 Rc8 29. Qxf5 Rc3 30. Rhf1 d3 31. Kg2 d2 32. Rd1 Re3 33. d6 R3xe5 34. d7 Re2+ 35. Kh1 Rd8 36. Qd5+ Kh8 37. Qf5 Nf6 38. f4 1-0

[Event "86th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2024.01.24"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexa"]
[Black "Gukesh, D.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2024.01.13"]

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 Nbd7 11. f3 c5 ({RR} 11... Nf8 12. O-O-O b5 13. e4 b4 14. axb4 Bxb4 15. e5 N6d7 16. Na4 Rb8 17. Qxc6 Bxd2+ 18. Rxd2 Bb7 19. Qd6 Re6 20. Qa3 Ba6 21. Bc2 Bxe2 22. Rxe2 Ra6 23. Qd3 Qa5 24. e6 fxe6 25. Rhe1 Rc6 26. Nc3 {So,W (2776)-Anand,V (2751) Warsaw 2022 0-1}) 12. h4 Nb6 13. g4 Nc4 $146 ({RR} 13... Kh8 14. O-O-O Bd7 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Ka2 Be6 17. Ka1 Qe7 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Nf4 Bxa3 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Bb5 Red8 22. bxa3 d4 23. Qb3 dxc3 24. Bxc3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Nfd5 26. Bb2 Qxh4 27. e4 Nf4 28. Qe3 {Tamas,C (2106)-Kilic,E (2459) Eforie Nord ROU 2025 0-1 (46)}) 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. d5 Rb8 16. h5 b5 17. g5 Nd7 18. f4 Bf8 19. h6 g6 20. Rd1 Nb6 21. Kf2 b4 22. Ne4 Bf5 23. N2g3 Rxe4 24. Nxe4 Qe7 25. Nf6+ Qxf6 26. e4 Qd4+ 27. Kf3 Qxd5 28. Bxb4 Bxe4+ 29. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 30. Kxe4 cxb4 31. axb4 Bxb4 32. Rd4 Bc5 33. Rd2 Bb4 34. Rd4 Bc5 35. Rd2 f5+ 36. gxf6 Kf7 37. Ra1 Rb7 38. Rd8 Kxf6 39. Ra6 Re7+ 40. Kf3 Kf7 41. Rh8 Ke6 42. Ra8 Bd4 43. R8xa7 Rxa7 44. Rxa7 Nc8 45. Rc7 Nd6 46. Rxh7 Nf7 47. Rg7 Bxg7 48. hxg7 Nh6 49. Ke4 Kd6 50. Kd4 Nf5+ 51. Kxc4 Nxg7 52. Kd4 Nf5+ 53. Ke4 Ke6 54. b4 Ne7 55. Kf3 Kf5 56. b5 Nd5 57. Kg3 Nxf4 0-1

[Event "86th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2024.01.24"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexa"]
[Black "Gukesh, D.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2024.01.13"]

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 Nbd7 11. f3 c5 ({RR} 11... Nf8 12. O-O-O b5 13. e4 b4 14. axb4 Bxb4 15. e5 N6d7 16. Na4 Rb8 17. Qxc6 Bxd2+ 18. Rxd2 Bb7 19. Qd6 Re6 20. Qa3 Ba6 21. Bc2 Bxe2 22. Rxe2 Ra6 23. Qd3 Qa5 24. e6 fxe6 25. Rhe1 Rc6 26. Nc3 {So,W (2776)-Anand,V (2751) Warsaw 2022 0-1}) 12. h4 Nb6 13. g4 Nc4 $146 ({RR} 13... Kh8 14. O-O-O Bd7 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Ka2 Be6 17. Ka1 Qe7 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Nf4 Bxa3 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Bb5 Red8 22. bxa3 d4 23. Qb3 dxc3 24. Bxc3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Nfd5 26. Bb2 Qxh4 27. e4 Nf4 28. Qe3 {Tamas,C (2106)-Kilic,E (2459) Eforie Nord ROU 2025 0-1 (46)}) 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. d5 Rb8 16. h5 b5 17. g5 Nd7 18. f4 Bf8 19. h6 g6 20. Rd1 Nb6 21. Kf2 b4 22. Ne4 Bf5 23. N2g3 Rxe4 24. Nxe4 Qe7 25. Nf6+ Qxf6 26. e4 Qd4+ 27. Kf3 Qxd5 28. Bxb4 Bxe4+ 29. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 30. Kxe4 cxb4 31. axb4 Bxb4 32. Rd4 Bc5 33. Rd2 Bb4 34. Rd4 Bc5 35. Rd2 f5+ 36. gxf6 Kf7 37. Ra1 Rb7 38. Rd8 Kxf6 39. Ra6 Re7+ 40. Kf3 Kf7 41. Rh8 Ke6 42. Ra8 Bd4 43. R8xa7 Rxa7 44. Rxa7 Nc8 45. Rc7 Nd6 46. Rxh7 Nf7 47. Rg7 Bxg7 48. hxg7 Nh6 49. Ke4 Kd6 50. Kd4 Nf5+ 51. Kxc4 Nxg7 52. Kd4 Nf5+ 53. Ke4 Ke6 54. b4 Ne7 55. Kf3 Kf5 56. b5 Nd5 57. Kg3 Nxf4 0-1

[Event "86th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2024.01.24"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexa"]
[Black "Gukesh, D.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2024.01.13"]

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 Nbd7 11. f3 c5 ({RR} 11... Nf8 12. O-O-O b5 13. e4 b4 14. axb4 Bxb4 15. e5 N6d7 16. Na4 Rb8 17. Qxc6 Bxd2+ 18. Rxd2 Bb7 19. Qd6 Re6 20. Qa3 Ba6 21. Bc2 Bxe2 22. Rxe2 Ra6 23. Qd3 Qa5 24. e6 fxe6 25. Rhe1 Rc6 26. Nc3 {So,W (2776)-Anand,V (2751) Warsaw 2022 0-1}) 12. h4 Nb6 13. g4 Nc4 $146 ({RR} 13... Kh8 14. O-O-O Bd7 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Ka2 Be6 17. Ka1 Qe7 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Nf4 Bxa3 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Bb5 Red8 22. bxa3 d4 23. Qb3 dxc3 24. Bxc3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Nfd5 26. Bb2 Qxh4 27. e4 Nf4 28. Qe3 {Tamas,C (2106)-Kilic,E (2459) Eforie Nord ROU 2025 0-1 (46)}) 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. d5 Rb8 16. h5 b5 17. g5 Nd7 18. f4 Bf8 19. h6 g6 20. Rd1 Nb6 21. Kf2 b4 22. Ne4 Bf5 23. N2g3 Rxe4 24. Nxe4 Qe7 25. Nf6+ Qxf6 26. e4 Qd4+ 27. Kf3 Qxd5 28. Bxb4 Bxe4+ 29. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 30. Kxe4 cxb4 31. axb4 Bxb4 32. Rd4 Bc5 33. Rd2 Bb4 34. Rd4 Bc5 35. Rd2 f5+ 36. gxf6 Kf7 37. Ra1 Rb7 38. Rd8 Kxf6 39. Ra6 Re7+ 40. Kf3 Kf7 41. Rh8 Ke6 42. Ra8 Bd4 43. R8xa7 Rxa7 44. Rxa7 Nc8 45. Rc7 Nd6 46. Rxh7 Nf7 47. Rg7 Bxg7 48. hxg7 Nh6 49. Ke4 Kd6 50. Kd4 Nf5+ 51. Kxc4 Nxg7 52. Kd4 Nf5+ 53. Ke4 Ke6 54. b4 Ne7 55. Kf3 Kf5 56. b5 Nd5 57. Kg3 Nxf4 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv Round Table U21 op"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2021.09.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2021.09.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Giri,Anish} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Rc1 c5 9. dxc5 ({RR} 9. Be2 c4 10. O-O ({RR} 10. b3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 b5 12. a4 a6) 10... a6 11. Ne5 b5 12. a4 Qb6 13. Qc2 Nc6 14. Bf3 Ne7 15. b3 Bf5 16. Qb2 Rab8 17. axb5 axb5 18. g4 ({RR} 18. bxc4 bxc4 19. Ne2) 18... Nxg4 19. Nxg4 Bxg4 20. Nxd5 ({RR} 20. Bxg4 Qg6 21. f3 f5) 20... Bxf3 ({RR} 20... Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Qg6 22. Kh1) 21. Nxb6 Rxb6 22. Rfd1 Rg6+ 23. Kf1 Bd6 {Gupta,A (2628)-Giri,A (2774) Chess.com INT 2021 CBM 204 Extra [Giri,Anish] 0-1 (34)}) ({RR} 9. a3 Ba5 10. b4 cxb4 11. Nb5 Na6 12. axb4 Bxb4 13. Qa4 Qe7 14. Bd3 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Ne5 Bxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Bb7 18. Rc3 Rfd8 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. Rxc6 Nc5 21. Qc4 h6 22. Ke2 Nd3 23. Rc7 Qf6 {Maghsoodloo,P (2701)-Gukesh,D (2614) Warsaw 2021 0-1}) 9... bxc5 10. Na4 ({RR} 10. a3 Ba5 11. Bd3 d4 12. exd4 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Re8+ 14. Kf1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Bg4 16. Be2 Bxe2+ 17. Nxe2 Qe7 18. Nd4 Nbd7 19. h4 Ne5 20. Rh3 Neg4 21. Qf3 Rac8 22. Nf5 Qe6 23. Re1 Qa6+ 24. Kg1 Rxe1+ {Mattenberger,M (2286)-Gabrielian,A (2419) chess.com INT 2025 0-1}) 10... Bxd2+ 11. Nxd2 d4 $146 ({RR} 11... c4 12. b3 Bb7 13. Be2 Bc6 14. bxc4 d4 15. Bf3 dxe3 16. fxe3 Qe8 17. Bxc6 Qxe3+ 18. Qe2 Qxe2+ 19. Kxe2 Nxc6 20. Rhe1 Rad8 21. Nf3 Nb4 22. Rb1 Nd3 23. Red1 Rfe8+ 24. Kf1 Ng4 25. Kg1 Ne3 26. Rd2 {Krasteva,B (2305)-Petrosyan,M (2625) Veliko Gradiste 2021 0-1 (52)}) 12. Be2 dxe3 13. fxe3 Nbd7 14. O-O Qe7 15. Qb3 Bb7 16. Rf5 Rfd8 17. Nf1 Be4 18. Rf4 Rab8 19. Qa3 Nd5 20. Rf2 Nb4 21. Bc4 Bg6 22. Rd2 Rdc8 23. Rcd1 Ne5 24. Qc3 h5 25. a3 h4 26. h3 Nbc6 27. Ba6 Re8 28. Nxc5 Bh5 29. Be2 Bxe2 30. Rxe2 Rbc8 31. Ne4 Red8 32. Rxd8+ Rxd8 33. Rd2 Rb8 34. Qc2 Na5 35. Nd6 Qe6 36. Qc7 Nac6 37. b4 a6 38. Rf2 Rd8 39. Ne4 Rd1 40. Qb7 Qc4 41. Qc8+ Rd8 42. Qf5 g6 43. Nf6+ Kg7 44. Qg5 Rh8 45. Rf4 Qe6 46. Nd2 Ne7 47. e4 Qd6 48. Rf1 N5c6 49. Kh1 Qe5 50. Qg4 Qc3 51. Qf4 Nd8 52. Ng4 Rh5 53. Qd6 Ndc6 54. Nf3 Nc8 55. Qf4 N8e7 56. Ng5 f5 57. exf5 gxf5 58. Ne6+ Kg8 59. Nh6+ Kh7 60. Ng5+ Kg6 61. Nxf5 Nd5 62. Nxh4+ Kh6 63. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "13th Norway Chess 2025"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2025.05.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Gukesh, D.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2025.05.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. a3 ({Relevant:} 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Be7 9. e4 Na5 10. Be3 Nb3 11. Rb1 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. Qe2 b6 15. Rfd1 Qe8 16. Qxc4 Ba6 17. Qd4 Rd8 18. Qe3 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Na4 20. e5 Nxc3 21. exf6 Qa4 22. Rd2 Nd5 23. Qd4 Qxd4 24. Nxd4 Nxf6 25. Nc6 Bc4 26. Nxa7 Bd5 27. Rc2 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Rb8 29. Kf3 Kf8 30. Rc8+ Rxc8 31. Nxc8 Nd5 32. Ke4 f6 33. Nd6 g6 34. f4 Ke7 35. Nb5 Kd7 {1-0 Robson,R (2689)-Dominguez Perez,L (2741) Champions Showdown Kings blitz Saint Louis 2025 (1.3)}) 6... Bxc3+ {6...Bxc3+ is better than 6...Be7.} 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. a4 $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line.} ({RR} 8. Nf3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qxc4 e5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Rfd1 Be6 14. Rxd8 Bxc4 15. Rxa8 Rxa8 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Kf1 Rd8 18. Ke1 Na5 19. Rd1 Rc8 20. Nd2 Be6 21. c4 Bxc4 22. Nxc4 Rxc4 {Carlsen,M (2861)-Niemann,H (2688) Saint Louis 2022 0-1 (57)}) ({RR} 8. Qa4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. f3 Qd7 11. e4 Bb5 12. Qa2 Qc6 13. a4 Bc4 14. Qd2 Qa6 15. Ne2 c5 16. Ba3 Nbd7 17. Kf2 Rfd8 18. Qe3 Rac8 19. Rhe1 b6 20. Kg1 Qa5 21. Bb2 Nb8 22. g4 Nc6 {Lovrinovic,C (2062)-Bacrot,E (2633) Austria AUT 2025 0-1 (47)}) ({RR} 8. Nf3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qxc4 e5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Rfd1 Be6 14. Rxd8 Bxc4 15. Rxa8 Rxa8 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Kf1 Rd8 18. Ke1 Na5 19. Rd1 Rc8 20. Nd2 Be6 21. c4 Bxc4 22. Nxc4 Rxc4 {Carlsen,M (2861)-Niemann,H (2688) Saint Louis 2022 0-1 (57)}) 8... c5 $1 {[#]} ({RR} 8... Re8 9. Nf3 c5 10. Ne5 Qa5 11. Qd2 Qa6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. f4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nd5 15. e4 Ne7 16. Qc3 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Ng6 18. h4 Bd7 19. h5 Nh8 20. a5 b6 21. h6 Rec8 22. Qf3 Be8 23. Bg5 {Bronstein,O (2443)-Cieslak,P (2442) Ceske Budejovice CZE 2025 ½-½ (57)}) ({RR} 8... Re8 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. Ne5 Bc6 11. Nxc6 Nxc6 12. a5 Nd5 13. Qd2 b6 14. e4 Nxa5 15. Rxa5 bxa5 16. exd5 exd5+ 17. Kf1 Qd7 18. h4 Rab8 19. Bf3 a4 20. Kg2 Rb3 21. Bd1 Qe7 22. Bxb3 axb3 23. Qe3 {Erigaisi,A (2782)-Fernandez,D (2484) London ENG 2025 1-0 (51)}) 9. Ba3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. a5 Na6 10. Nf3 Nd5 11. Bb2 Bd7 12. e4 Ne7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Ne5 Bb5 15. d5 Qd6 16. Ng4 exd5 17. exd5 Rcd8 18. Ne3 Nc7 19. Qh5 Ncxd5 20. Rfd1 Bc6 21. Nxc4 Qc7 22. Nd2 b6 23. c4 Nb4 24. Ne4 f6 25. axb6 axb6 26. Qe2 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Nxf6+ gxf6 30. Qe6+ Kf8 31. Qxf6+ Ke8 32. Qh8+ {1-0 Lekic,D (2425)-Lirindzakis,T (2235) Anogia op 4th 2015 (9)}) ({RR} 9. a5 Na6 10. Nf3 Nd5 11. Bb2 Bd7 12. e4 Ne7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Ne5 Bb5 15. d5 Qd6 16. Ng4 exd5 17. exd5 Rcd8 18. Ne3 Nc7 19. Qh5 Ncxd5 20. Rfd1 Bc6 21. Nxc4 Qc7 22. Nd2 b6 23. c4 Nb4 {Lekic,D (2425)-Lirindzakis,T (2235) Anogia 2015 1-0 (32)}) ({RR} 9. a5 Na6 10. Nf3 Nd5 11. Bb2 Bd7 12. e4 Ne7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Ne5 Bb5 15. d5 Qd6 16. Ng4 exd5 17. exd5 Rcd8 18. Ne3 Nc7 19. Qh5 Ncxd5 20. Rfd1 Bc6 21. Nxc4 Qc7 22. Nd2 b6 23. c4 Nb4 {Lekic,D (2425)-Lirindzakis,T (2235) Anogia 2015 1-0 (32)}) 9... Qa5 10. Qc2 Rd8 11. Bxc5 Na6 12. Be7 Rxd4 13. Nf3 Rd7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nd2 Qc7 16. a5 Rb8 17. O-O b5 18. axb6 axb6 19. Ne4 Kg7 20. g4 Nc5 21. Ng3 Qe5 22. Rad1 b5 23. f4 Qe3+ 24. Kh1 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 Nd7 26. Bc6 Rb6 $4 {The losing mistake.} (26... b4 27. cxb4 Rxb4 $11) 27. Nh5+ $1 $18 Kh8 28. Rf3 Qc5 29. Bxd7 Rd6 30. Qe1 Bb7 31. e4 Rxd7 (31... f5 32. gxf5 Rxd7 $18) 32. Nxf6 $18 Rd3 33. Qh4 $3 Kg7 34. Rxd3 $2 (34. f5 Qc8 35. Qg5+ $18) 34... cxd3 $16 35. Nh5+ Kg8 36. Qd8+ Qf8 37. Qxd3 $2 (37. Nf6+ Kg7 38. Qd4 $18) 37... f5 $18 38. Qd7 Bxe4+ 39. Kg1 Bd5 40. gxf5 $4 (40. Qxb5 Qa8 41. Nf6+ $18) 40... Qc5+ 41. Kf1 Bc4+ 42. Kg2 Qd5+ 43. Qxd5 exd5 44. Kf3 d4 45. cxd4 b4 46. Ke3 Kf7 47. Ng3 Ke7 48. Kd2 Kd6 49. Ne4+ Kd5 50. Ke3 b3 $6 (50... Kc6 51. Nf6 Kd6 $18) 51. f6 $4 (51. Nc3+ Kd6 52. Kd2 $18) 51... Ke6 $11 52. f5+ $1 Kd7 53. Kd2 b2 54. Nc5+ Ke8 55. Kc2 Kf7 56. Kxb2 Bf1 $2 (56... Bd5 57. Nd7 Be4 $16) 57. Ne4 $18 Bg2 58. Ng3 Kxf6 59. h4 Bd5 60. Kc3 Ke7 61. Kd3 Kd6 62. Ne4+ 1-0

[Event "13th Norway Chess 2025"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2025.05.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Gukesh, D.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Chessbase"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2025.05.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. a4 ({RR} 8. Nf3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qxc4 e5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Rfd1 Be6 14. Rxd8 Bxc4 15. Rxa8 Rxa8 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Kf1 Rd8 18. Ke1 Na5 19. Rd1 Rc8 20. Nd2 Be6 21. c4 Bxc4 22. Nxc4 Rxc4 {Carlsen,M (2861)-Niemann,H (2688) Saint Louis 2022 0-1 (57)}) ({RR} 8. Qa4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. f3 Qd7 11. e4 Bb5 12. Qa2 Qc6 13. a4 Bc4 14. Qd2 Qa6 15. Ne2 c5 16. Ba3 Nbd7 17. Kf2 Rfd8 18. Qe3 Rac8 19. Rhe1 b6 20. Kg1 Qa5 21. Bb2 Nb8 22. g4 Nc6 {Lovrinovic,C (2062)-Bacrot,E (2633) Austria AUT 2025 0-1 (47)}) ({RR} 8. Nf3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qxc4 e5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Rfd1 Be6 14. Rxd8 Bxc4 15. Rxa8 Rxa8 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Kf1 Rd8 18. Ke1 Na5 19. Rd1 Rc8 20. Nd2 Be6 21. c4 Bxc4 22. Nxc4 Rxc4 {Carlsen,M (2861)-Niemann,H (2688) Saint Louis 2022 0-1 (57)}) 8... c5 ({RR} 8... Re8 9. Nf3 c5 10. Ne5 Qa5 11. Qd2 Qa6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. f4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nd5 15. e4 Ne7 16. Qc3 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Ng6 18. h4 Bd7 19. h5 Nh8 20. a5 b6 21. h6 Rec8 22. Qf3 Be8 23. Bg5 {Bronstein,O (2443)-Cieslak,P (2442) Ceske Budejovice CZE 2025 ½-½ (57)}) ({RR} 8... Re8 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. Ne5 Bc6 11. Nxc6 Nxc6 12. a5 Nd5 13. Qd2 b6 14. e4 Nxa5 15. Rxa5 bxa5 16. exd5 exd5+ 17. Kf1 Qd7 18. h4 Rab8 19. Bf3 a4 20. Kg2 Rb3 21. Bd1 Qe7 22. Bxb3 axb3 23. Qe3 {Erigaisi,A (2782)-Fernandez,D (2484) London ENG 2025 1-0 (51)}) 9. Ba3 $146 ({RR} 9. a5 Na6 10. Nf3 Nd5 11. Bb2 Bd7 12. e4 Ne7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Ne5 Bb5 15. d5 Qd6 16. Ng4 exd5 17. exd5 Rcd8 18. Ne3 Nc7 19. Qh5 Ncxd5 20. Rfd1 Bc6 21. Nxc4 Qc7 22. Nd2 b6 23. c4 Nb4 {Lekic,D (2425)-Lirindzakis,T (2235) Anogia 2015 1-0 (32)}) ({RR} 9. a5 Na6 10. Nf3 Nd5 11. Bb2 Bd7 12. e4 Ne7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Ne5 Bb5 15. d5 Qd6 16. Ng4 exd5 17. exd5 Rcd8 18. Ne3 Nc7 19. Qh5 Ncxd5 20. Rfd1 Bc6 21. Nxc4 Qc7 22. Nd2 b6 23. c4 Nb4 {Lekic,D (2425)-Lirindzakis,T (2235) Anogia 2015 1-0 (32)}) 9... Qa5 10. Qc2 Rd8 11. Bxc5 Na6 12. Be7 Rxd4 13. Nf3 Rd7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nd2 Qc7 16. a5 Rb8 17. O-O b5 18. axb6 axb6 19. Ne4 Kg7 20. g4 Nc5 21. Ng3 Qe5 22. Rad1 b5 23. f4 Qe3+ 24. Kh1 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 Nd7 26. Bc6 Rb6 27. Nh5+ Kh8 28. Rf3 Qc5 29. Bxd7 Rd6 30. Qe1 Bb7 31. e4 Rxd7 32. Nxf6 Rd3 33. Qh4 Kg7 34. Rxd3 cxd3 35. Nh5+ Kg8 36. Qd8+ Qf8 37. Qxd3 f5 38. Qd7 Bxe4+ 39. Kg1 Bd5 40. gxf5 Qc5+ 41. Kf1 Bc4+ 42. Kg2 Qd5+ 43. Qxd5 exd5 44. Kf3 d4 45. cxd4 b4 46. Ke3 Kf7 47. Ng3 Ke7 48. Kd2 Kd6 49. Ne4+ Kd5 50. Ke3 b3 51. f6 Ke6 52. f5+ Kd7 53. Kd2 b2 54. Nc5+ Ke8 55. Kc2 Kf7 56. Kxb2 Bf1 57. Ne4 Bg2 58. Ng3 Kxf6 59. h4 Bd5 60. Kc3 Ke7 61. Kd3 Kd6 62. Ne4+ 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv Round Table U21 op"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2021.09.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2021.09.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Giri,Anish} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Rc1 c5 9. dxc5 ({RR} 9. Be2 c4 10. O-O ({RR} 10. b3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 b5 12. a4 a6) 10... a6 11. Ne5 b5 12. a4 Qb6 13. Qc2 Nc6 14. Bf3 Ne7 15. b3 Bf5 16. Qb2 Rab8 17. axb5 axb5 18. g4 ({RR} 18. bxc4 bxc4 19. Ne2) 18... Nxg4 19. Nxg4 Bxg4 20. Nxd5 ({RR} 20. Bxg4 Qg6 21. f3 f5) 20... Bxf3 ({RR} 20... Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Qg6 22. Kh1) 21. Nxb6 Rxb6 22. Rfd1 Rg6+ 23. Kf1 Bd6 {Gupta,A (2628)-Giri,A (2774) Chess.com INT 2021 CBM 204 Extra [Giri,Anish] 0-1 (34)}) ({RR} 9. a3 Ba5 10. b4 cxb4 11. Nb5 Na6 12. axb4 Bxb4 13. Qa4 Qe7 14. Bd3 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Ne5 Bxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Bb7 18. Rc3 Rfd8 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. Rxc6 Nc5 21. Qc4 h6 22. Ke2 Nd3 23. Rc7 Qf6 {Maghsoodloo,P (2701)-Gukesh,D (2614) Warsaw 2021 0-1}) 9... bxc5 10. Na4 ({RR} 10. a3 Ba5 11. Bd3 d4 12. exd4 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Re8+ 14. Kf1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Bg4 16. Be2 Bxe2+ 17. Nxe2 Qe7 18. Nd4 Nbd7 19. h4 Ne5 20. Rh3 Neg4 21. Qf3 Rac8 22. Nf5 Qe6 23. Re1 Qa6+ 24. Kg1 Rxe1+ {Mattenberger,M (2286)-Gabrielian,A (2419) chess.com INT 2025 0-1}) 10... Bxd2+ 11. Nxd2 d4 $146 ({RR} 11... c4 12. b3 Bb7 13. Be2 Bc6 14. bxc4 d4 15. Bf3 dxe3 16. fxe3 Qe8 17. Bxc6 Qxe3+ 18. Qe2 Qxe2+ 19. Kxe2 Nxc6 20. Rhe1 Rad8 21. Nf3 Nb4 22. Rb1 Nd3 23. Red1 Rfe8+ 24. Kf1 Ng4 25. Kg1 Ne3 26. Rd2 {Krasteva,B (2305)-Petrosyan,M (2625) Veliko Gradiste 2021 0-1 (52)}) 12. Be2 dxe3 13. fxe3 Nbd7 14. O-O Qe7 15. Qb3 Bb7 16. Rf5 Rfd8 17. Nf1 Be4 18. Rf4 Rab8 19. Qa3 Nd5 20. Rf2 Nb4 21. Bc4 Bg6 22. Rd2 Rdc8 23. Rcd1 Ne5 24. Qc3 h5 25. a3 h4 26. h3 Nbc6 27. Ba6 Re8 28. Nxc5 Bh5 29. Be2 Bxe2 30. Rxe2 Rbc8 31. Ne4 Red8 32. Rxd8+ Rxd8 33. Rd2 Rb8 34. Qc2 Na5 35. Nd6 Qe6 36. Qc7 Nac6 37. b4 a6 38. Rf2 Rd8 39. Ne4 Rd1 40. Qb7 Qc4 41. Qc8+ Rd8 42. Qf5 g6 43. Nf6+ Kg7 44. Qg5 Rh8 45. Rf4 Qe6 46. Nd2 Ne7 47. e4 Qd6 48. Rf1 N5c6 49. Kh1 Qe5 50. Qg4 Qc3 51. Qf4 Nd8 52. Ng4 Rh5 53. Qd6 Ndc6 54. Nf3 Nc8 55. Qf4 N8e7 56. Ng5 f5 57. exf5 gxf5 58. Ne6+ Kg8 59. Nh6+ Kh7 60. Ng5+ Kg6 61. Nxf5 Nd5 62. Nxh4+ Kh6 63. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "13th Norway Chess 2025"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2025.05.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Gukesh, D.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2025.05.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. a3 ({Relevant:} 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Be7 9. e4 Na5 10. Be3 Nb3 11. Rb1 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. Qe2 b6 15. Rfd1 Qe8 16. Qxc4 Ba6 17. Qd4 Rd8 18. Qe3 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Na4 20. e5 Nxc3 21. exf6 Qa4 22. Rd2 Nd5 23. Qd4 Qxd4 24. Nxd4 Nxf6 25. Nc6 Bc4 26. Nxa7 Bd5 27. Rc2 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Rb8 29. Kf3 Kf8 30. Rc8+ Rxc8 31. Nxc8 Nd5 32. Ke4 f6 33. Nd6 g6 34. f4 Ke7 35. Nb5 Kd7 {1-0 Robson,R (2689)-Dominguez Perez,L (2741) Champions Showdown Kings blitz Saint Louis 2025 (1.3)}) 6... Bxc3+ {6...Bxc3+ is better than 6...Be7.} 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. a4 $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line.} ({RR} 8. Nf3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qxc4 e5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Rfd1 Be6 14. Rxd8 Bxc4 15. Rxa8 Rxa8 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Kf1 Rd8 18. Ke1 Na5 19. Rd1 Rc8 20. Nd2 Be6 21. c4 Bxc4 22. Nxc4 Rxc4 {Carlsen,M (2861)-Niemann,H (2688) Saint Louis 2022 0-1 (57)}) ({RR} 8. Qa4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. f3 Qd7 11. e4 Bb5 12. Qa2 Qc6 13. a4 Bc4 14. Qd2 Qa6 15. Ne2 c5 16. Ba3 Nbd7 17. Kf2 Rfd8 18. Qe3 Rac8 19. Rhe1 b6 20. Kg1 Qa5 21. Bb2 Nb8 22. g4 Nc6 {Lovrinovic,C (2062)-Bacrot,E (2633) Austria AUT 2025 0-1 (47)}) ({RR} 8. Nf3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qxc4 e5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Rfd1 Be6 14. Rxd8 Bxc4 15. Rxa8 Rxa8 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Kf1 Rd8 18. Ke1 Na5 19. Rd1 Rc8 20. Nd2 Be6 21. c4 Bxc4 22. Nxc4 Rxc4 {Carlsen,M (2861)-Niemann,H (2688) Saint Louis 2022 0-1 (57)}) 8... c5 $1 {[#]} ({RR} 8... Re8 9. Nf3 c5 10. Ne5 Qa5 11. Qd2 Qa6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. f4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nd5 15. e4 Ne7 16. Qc3 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Ng6 18. h4 Bd7 19. h5 Nh8 20. a5 b6 21. h6 Rec8 22. Qf3 Be8 23. Bg5 {Bronstein,O (2443)-Cieslak,P (2442) Ceske Budejovice CZE 2025 ½-½ (57)}) ({RR} 8... Re8 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. Ne5 Bc6 11. Nxc6 Nxc6 12. a5 Nd5 13. Qd2 b6 14. e4 Nxa5 15. Rxa5 bxa5 16. exd5 exd5+ 17. Kf1 Qd7 18. h4 Rab8 19. Bf3 a4 20. Kg2 Rb3 21. Bd1 Qe7 22. Bxb3 axb3 23. Qe3 {Erigaisi,A (2782)-Fernandez,D (2484) London ENG 2025 1-0 (51)}) 9. Ba3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. a5 Na6 10. Nf3 Nd5 11. Bb2 Bd7 12. e4 Ne7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Ne5 Bb5 15. d5 Qd6 16. Ng4 exd5 17. exd5 Rcd8 18. Ne3 Nc7 19. Qh5 Ncxd5 20. Rfd1 Bc6 21. Nxc4 Qc7 22. Nd2 b6 23. c4 Nb4 24. Ne4 f6 25. axb6 axb6 26. Qe2 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Nxf6+ gxf6 30. Qe6+ Kf8 31. Qxf6+ Ke8 32. Qh8+ {1-0 Lekic,D (2425)-Lirindzakis,T (2235) Anogia op 4th 2015 (9)}) ({RR} 9. a5 Na6 10. Nf3 Nd5 11. Bb2 Bd7 12. e4 Ne7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Ne5 Bb5 15. d5 Qd6 16. Ng4 exd5 17. exd5 Rcd8 18. Ne3 Nc7 19. Qh5 Ncxd5 20. Rfd1 Bc6 21. Nxc4 Qc7 22. Nd2 b6 23. c4 Nb4 {Lekic,D (2425)-Lirindzakis,T (2235) Anogia 2015 1-0 (32)}) ({RR} 9. a5 Na6 10. Nf3 Nd5 11. Bb2 Bd7 12. e4 Ne7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Ne5 Bb5 15. d5 Qd6 16. Ng4 exd5 17. exd5 Rcd8 18. Ne3 Nc7 19. Qh5 Ncxd5 20. Rfd1 Bc6 21. Nxc4 Qc7 22. Nd2 b6 23. c4 Nb4 {Lekic,D (2425)-Lirindzakis,T (2235) Anogia 2015 1-0 (32)}) 9... Qa5 10. Qc2 Rd8 11. Bxc5 Na6 12. Be7 Rxd4 13. Nf3 Rd7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nd2 Qc7 16. a5 Rb8 17. O-O b5 18. axb6 axb6 19. Ne4 Kg7 20. g4 Nc5 21. Ng3 Qe5 22. Rad1 b5 23. f4 Qe3+ 24. Kh1 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 Nd7 26. Bc6 Rb6 $4 {The losing mistake.} (26... b4 27. cxb4 Rxb4 $11) 27. Nh5+ $1 $18 Kh8 28. Rf3 Qc5 29. Bxd7 Rd6 30. Qe1 Bb7 31. e4 Rxd7 (31... f5 32. gxf5 Rxd7 $18) 32. Nxf6 $18 Rd3 33. Qh4 $3 Kg7 34. Rxd3 $2 (34. f5 Qc8 35. Qg5+ $18) 34... cxd3 $16 35. Nh5+ Kg8 36. Qd8+ Qf8 37. Qxd3 $2 (37. Nf6+ Kg7 38. Qd4 $18) 37... f5 $18 38. Qd7 Bxe4+ 39. Kg1 Bd5 40. gxf5 $4 (40. Qxb5 Qa8 41. Nf6+ $18) 40... Qc5+ 41. Kf1 Bc4+ 42. Kg2 Qd5+ 43. Qxd5 exd5 44. Kf3 d4 45. cxd4 b4 46. Ke3 Kf7 47. Ng3 Ke7 48. Kd2 Kd6 49. Ne4+ Kd5 50. Ke3 b3 $6 (50... Kc6 51. Nf6 Kd6 $18) 51. f6 $4 (51. Nc3+ Kd6 52. Kd2 $18) 51... Ke6 $11 52. f5+ $1 Kd7 53. Kd2 b2 54. Nc5+ Ke8 55. Kc2 Kf7 56. Kxb2 Bf1 $2 (56... Bd5 57. Nd7 Be4 $16) 57. Ne4 $18 Bg2 58. Ng3 Kxf6 59. h4 Bd5 60. Kc3 Ke7 61. Kd3 Kd6 62. Ne4+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2021.11.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2021.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 b6 7. a3 Bd6 ({RR} 7... Be7 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. Rc1 Ba6 10. Qa4 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Bc3 Ne4 13. Be5 Bxc4 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. Qxc4 Nf6 16. O-O Nbd7 17. Bc3 Nb6 18. Qe2 Qd5 19. Rfd1 Qe6 20. Ba5 Rfd8 21. Nd2 Rd7 22. Nf3 {Nakamura,H (2745)-Duda,J (2730) Chess.com INT 2019 0-1}) 8. Rc1 ({RR} 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nb5 Ne4 11. Rc1 c5 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. O-O Rac8 15. Bc3 Rfe8 16. Rfe1 h6 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Bxe4 Rxe4 19. Qd1 Qg6 20. h3 d4 21. exd4 cxd4 22. Rxe4 Bxe4 {Drazic,S (2246)-Radovic,L (2317) Senta SRB 2025 ½-½ (52)}) 8... a6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. cxd5 $146 ({RR} 10. O-O Nbd7 11. b4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Qe2 {½-½ (15) Piesik,P (2407)-Pacher,M (2437) Slovakia 2019}) 10... exd5 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Ne2 Qe7 13. Ng3 g6 14. Bb4 c5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Bc3 Rfd8 17. Re1 a5 18. Qa4 c4 19. Bb1 Nc5 20. Qd1 Nb3 21. Rc2 Ne4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Nd4 Nc5 24. Qg4 Nd3 25. Rf1 Ne5 26. Qe2 Nf3+ 27. Nxf3 exf3 28. Qxc4 fxg2 29. Re1 Bf3 30. Ba2 Rac8 31. Qa4 Rc5 32. Rd2 Bc6 33. Qg4 Bxh2+ 34. Kxh2 Rxd2 35. Bxd2 Rh5+ 36. Kg3 Rg5 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2021.11.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2021.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 b6 7. a3 Bd6 ({RR} 7... Be7 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. Rc1 Ba6 10. Qa4 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Bc3 Ne4 13. Be5 Bxc4 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. Qxc4 Nf6 16. O-O Nbd7 17. Bc3 Nb6 18. Qe2 Qd5 19. Rfd1 Qe6 20. Ba5 Rfd8 21. Nd2 Rd7 22. Nf3 {Nakamura,H (2745)-Duda,J (2730) Chess.com INT 2019 0-1}) 8. Rc1 ({RR} 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nb5 Ne4 11. Rc1 c5 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. O-O Rac8 15. Bc3 Rfe8 16. Rfe1 h6 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Bxe4 Rxe4 19. Qd1 Qg6 20. h3 d4 21. exd4 cxd4 22. Rxe4 Bxe4 {Drazic,S (2246)-Radovic,L (2317) Senta SRB 2025 ½-½ (52)}) 8... a6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. cxd5 $146 ({RR} 10. O-O Nbd7 11. b4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Qe2 {½-½ (15) Piesik,P (2407)-Pacher,M (2437) Slovakia 2019}) 10... exd5 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Ne2 Qe7 13. Ng3 g6 14. Bb4 c5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Bc3 Rfd8 17. Re1 a5 18. Qa4 c4 19. Bb1 Nc5 20. Qd1 Nb3 21. Rc2 Ne4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Nd4 Nc5 24. Qg4 Nd3 25. Rf1 Ne5 26. Qe2 Nf3+ 27. Nxf3 exf3 28. Qxc4 fxg2 29. Re1 Bf3 30. Ba2 Rac8 31. Qa4 Rc5 32. Rd2 Bc6 33. Qg4 Bxh2+ 34. Kxh2 Rxd2 35. Bxd2 Rh5+ 36. Kg3 Rg5 0-1

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf GER"]
[Date "2023.02.16"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Giri, A.."]
[Black "Gukesh, D.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c6 7. Bd3 O-O ({RR} 7... Qc7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. a4 Ba6 11. Ba3 Rd8 12. Rc1 c5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. Qe2 c4 16. Nd2 Re8 17. f3 Qc6 18. e4 Qxa4 19. Ra1 Qc6 20. e5 Nc7 21. Qd1 Nd7 22. f4 {Salem,A (2690)-Maghsoodloo,P (2706) Dubai 2021 0-1 (59)}) 8. Ne2 e5 $146 ({RR} 8... b6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. f3 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qd3 Nc7 13. O-O Nd7 14. e4 dxe4 15. fxe4 Nc5 16. Qf3 Nb3 17. Bf4 Nxa1 18. Rxa1 Nb5 19. a4 Nd6 20. Ng3 Nc4 21. Nh5 Qh4 22. g3 Qh3 23. Bg5 {Gonzalez,F (2021)-Melikhov,E (2269) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (32)}) ({RR} 8... b6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. f3 Ba6 11. O-O Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nc6 13. e4 h6 14. e5 Nh7 15. f4 f5 16. g4 Ne7 17. h3 Rf7 18. a4 Kh8 19. Kh2 Qd7 20. Ba3 Rg8 21. a5 bxa5 22. Bc5 g5 23. Rxa5 {Wojtaszek,R (2655)-Bartel,M (2601) Krakow POL 2025 1-0 (41)}) 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 bxc6 23. c4 Bh5 24. f3 Re8 25. Bf2 Bg6 26. cxd5 cxd5 27. h3 h6 28. Rc1 Kh7 29. Bd4 Bf5 30. Kh2 Re6 31. Rc8 Re8 32. Rxe8 Qxe8 33. Rb2 Qg6 34. Qe5 Bd3 35. a4 Bc4 36. a5 Qf7 37. Rb8 Re7 38. Qg3 Rb7 39. Rc8 a6 40. Qd6 Qe7 41. Qc6 Qf7 42. Qd6 Qe7 43. Qxe7 Rxe7 44. g4 Rf7 45. Kg3 g5 46. Rh8+ Kg6 47. Re8 Kh7 48. Re6 Bb5 49. Be5 Rd7 50. Bd4 Rf7 51. Re3 Kg6 52. Re5 Bc4 53. Re6+ Kh7 54. Re3 Kg6 55. h4 gxh4+ 56. Kxh4 Rf4 57. Be5 d4 58. Ra3 Rf7 59. Bxd4 Bd5 60. Kg3 h5 61. Rc3 hxg4 62. fxg4 Rd7 63. Be3 Kf6 64. Rc1 Ke6 65. Bb6 Rf7 66. Re1+ Kd6 67. Kh4 Be6 68. Kg5 Rf3 69. Rd1+ Kc6 70. Rc1+ Kd5 71. Rc5+ Kd6 72. Rc2 Kd5 73. Rd2+ Kc6 74. Re2 Kd7 75. Rd2+ Kc6 76. Rc2+ Kd5 77. Bc7 Rf8 78. Rd2+ Kc4 79. Rd6 Rg8+ 80. Kf6 Bxg4 81. Rxa6 Rc8 82. Ra7 Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Delhi op 19th"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2022.03.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E28"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2022.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 e5 8. Ne2 e4 9. Bb1 Be6 10. Ng3 Bxc4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 ({RR} 11... Nbd7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Bd3 b5 14. O-O d5 15. a4 a6 16. Ba3 Re8 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Qc2 Qd7 19. h3 h6 20. Rfe1 Rab8 21. Rab1 Qc6 22. Bb4 Rb7 23. a5 Rb5 24. f3 Re6 25. Re2 Rb8 26. Rbe1 {Manukyan,S (2216)-Bok,B (2621) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (34)}) 12. Bxe4 Nc6 $146 ({RR} 12... d5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nd7 15. O-O f5 16. c4 Nb6 17. cxd5 Qxd5 18. Bd2 c5 19. Bc3 c4 20. Qc2 Rae8 21. Rae1 Rf6 22. Bb4 Rg6 23. f3 Rge6 24. e4 Qxd4+ 25. Kh1 fxe4 26. fxe4 h6 27. Rf4 {Quinn,D (1987)-Weber,S (2197) Helsingor 2018 0-1}) 13. Bd3 Na5 14. Rb1 d5 15. O-O b6 16. f3 f5 17. Rb2 Qd7 18. Re2 Rae8 19. Rfe1 b5 20. e4 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 fxe4 22. fxe4 dxe4 23. Rxe4 Qf5 24. h3 Nc4 25. Qe2 Rxe4 26. Qxe4 Qxe4 27. Rxe4 Kf7 28. Kf2 c6 29. Rh4 h6 30. Rg4 a5 31. h4 Ke6+ 32. Ke2 Rf7 33. Rg6+ Kd5 34. g3 a4 35. h5 Re7+ 36. Kd1 Na5 37. Bf4 Nc4 38. Bc1 c5 39. dxc5 Kxc5 40. Ra6 Ne3+ 41. Ke2 Ng4+ 42. Kf3 Ne5+ 43. Ke4 Kc4 44. Kf5 Kxc3 45. Rb6 Nc4 46. Rb8 Kc2 47. Bf4 Nxa3 48. Kg6 Kb3 49. g4 Re4 50. Kf5 Rxf4+ 51. Kxf4 b4 52. Rb7 Nc4 53. Rxg7 a3 54. Re7 a2 55. Re1 Ka3 56. g5 hxg5+ 57. Kxg5 b3 58. h6 b2 0-1

[Event "IND-ch 58th"]
[Site "Kanpur"]
[Date "2022.03.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2022.02.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nc6 6. f3 b6 7. e4 d6 8. Bd3 Na5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bf2 Rg8 $146 ({RR} 11... Ba6 12. h4 Rg8 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Ne2 Qe7 15. c5 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. Qa6 Kd8 19. c6 Nf8 20. Ng3 Qe8 21. Nh5 Qxc6 22. Qd3 Nd7 23. Be3 Kc8 24. Qa6+ Qb7 25. Qxb7+ Kxb7 26. g4 {Derjabin,I (2333)-Grachev,A (2402) Moscow RUS 2024 0-1 (46)}) 12. Ne2 Ba6 13. O-O Qd7 14. d5 c5 15. dxc6 Nxc6 16. Nd4 Ne5 17. Nb5 Ke7 18. a4 Rgc8 19. Be2 Nxc4 20. Nd4 Nb2 21. Qc2 Bxe2 22. Qxe2 Nxa4 23. e5 Ne8 24. f4 Nxc3 25. Qh5 dxe5 26. fxe5 Kd8 27. Be3 Rc7 28. Nf3 Nd5 29. Rfd1 Rb8 30. Qxh6 Kc8 31. Bxg5 Kb7 32. h4 Qb5 33. Kh1 Rbc8 34. h5 Qb4 35. Rd4 Qb2 36. Rda4 a5 37. R4a2 Qb3 38. Bd2 Ra8 39. Ra3 Qc2 40. Qg5 f6 41. Qg4 fxe5 42. Qxe6 Nef6 43. Rc1 Qh7 44. Rxc7+ Qxc7 45. Qxe5 Qxe5 46. Nxe5 Nxh5 47. g4 Nhf6 48. g5 Ne4 49. Nf3 Nxd2 50. Nxd2 b5 51. Rd3 Nf4 52. Rf3 Nd5 53. Rf5 Kc6 54. Nb3 a4 55. Nd4+ Kc5 56. Nxb5 Kxb5 57. Rxd5+ Kc4 58. Rd7 a3 59. Rc7+ Kb3 60. Rb7+ Kc2 61. Rc7+ Kd2 62. Rd7+ Ke2 63. Re7+ Kf2 64. Rf7+ Kg3 0-1

[Event "IND-ch 58th"]
[Site "Kanpur"]
[Date "2022.03.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2022.02.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nc6 6. f3 b6 7. e4 d6 8. Bd3 Na5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bf2 Rg8 $146 ({RR} 11... Ba6 12. h4 Rg8 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Ne2 Qe7 15. c5 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. Qa6 Kd8 19. c6 Nf8 20. Ng3 Qe8 21. Nh5 Qxc6 22. Qd3 Nd7 23. Be3 Kc8 24. Qa6+ Qb7 25. Qxb7+ Kxb7 26. g4 {Derjabin,I (2333)-Grachev,A (2402) Moscow RUS 2024 0-1 (46)}) 12. Ne2 Ba6 13. O-O Qd7 14. d5 c5 15. dxc6 Nxc6 16. Nd4 Ne5 17. Nb5 Ke7 18. a4 Rgc8 19. Be2 Nxc4 20. Nd4 Nb2 21. Qc2 Bxe2 22. Qxe2 Nxa4 23. e5 Ne8 24. f4 Nxc3 25. Qh5 dxe5 26. fxe5 Kd8 27. Be3 Rc7 28. Nf3 Nd5 29. Rfd1 Rb8 30. Qxh6 Kc8 31. Bxg5 Kb7 32. h4 Qb5 33. Kh1 Rbc8 34. h5 Qb4 35. Rd4 Qb2 36. Rda4 a5 37. R4a2 Qb3 38. Bd2 Ra8 39. Ra3 Qc2 40. Qg5 f6 41. Qg4 fxe5 42. Qxe6 Nef6 43. Rc1 Qh7 44. Rxc7+ Qxc7 45. Qxe5 Qxe5 46. Nxe5 Nxh5 47. g4 Nhf6 48. g5 Ne4 49. Nf3 Nxd2 50. Nxd2 b5 51. Rd3 Nf4 52. Rf3 Nd5 53. Rf5 Kc6 54. Nb3 a4 55. Nd4+ Kc5 56. Nxb5 Kxb5 57. Rxd5+ Kc4 58. Rd7 a3 59. Rc7+ Kb3 60. Rb7+ Kc2 61. Rc7+ Kd2 62. Rd7+ Ke2 63. Re7+ Kf2 64. Rf7+ Kg3 0-1

[Event "New Delhi op 19th"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2022.03.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E28"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2022.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 e5 8. Ne2 e4 9. Bb1 Be6 10. Ng3 Bxc4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 ({RR} 11... Nbd7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Bd3 b5 14. O-O d5 15. a4 a6 16. Ba3 Re8 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Qc2 Qd7 19. h3 h6 20. Rfe1 Rab8 21. Rab1 Qc6 22. Bb4 Rb7 23. a5 Rb5 24. f3 Re6 25. Re2 Rb8 26. Rbe1 {Manukyan,S (2216)-Bok,B (2621) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (34)}) 12. Bxe4 Nc6 $146 ({RR} 12... d5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nd7 15. O-O f5 16. c4 Nb6 17. cxd5 Qxd5 18. Bd2 c5 19. Bc3 c4 20. Qc2 Rae8 21. Rae1 Rf6 22. Bb4 Rg6 23. f3 Rge6 24. e4 Qxd4+ 25. Kh1 fxe4 26. fxe4 h6 27. Rf4 {Quinn,D (1987)-Weber,S (2197) Helsingor 2018 0-1}) 13. Bd3 Na5 14. Rb1 d5 15. O-O b6 16. f3 f5 17. Rb2 Qd7 18. Re2 Rae8 19. Rfe1 b5 20. e4 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 fxe4 22. fxe4 dxe4 23. Rxe4 Qf5 24. h3 Nc4 25. Qe2 Rxe4 26. Qxe4 Qxe4 27. Rxe4 Kf7 28. Kf2 c6 29. Rh4 h6 30. Rg4 a5 31. h4 Ke6+ 32. Ke2 Rf7 33. Rg6+ Kd5 34. g3 a4 35. h5 Re7+ 36. Kd1 Na5 37. Bf4 Nc4 38. Bc1 c5 39. dxc5 Kxc5 40. Ra6 Ne3+ 41. Ke2 Ng4+ 42. Kf3 Ne5+ 43. Ke4 Kc4 44. Kf5 Kxc3 45. Rb6 Nc4 46. Rb8 Kc2 47. Bf4 Nxa3 48. Kg6 Kb3 49. g4 Re4 50. Kf5 Rxf4+ 51. Kxf4 b4 52. Rb7 Nc4 53. Rxg7 a3 54. Re7 a2 55. Re1 Ka3 56. g5 hxg5+ 57. Kxg5 b3 58. h6 b2 0-1

[Event "85th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2023.01.29"]
[Round "13.7"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Gukesh, D.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2023.01.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Re8 9. O-O Bd6 10. Re1 ({RR} 10. a3 c5 11. Rc1 c4 12. Bb1 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Qa4 Nbd7 15. Nh4 a6 16. Qc2 Ne4 17. Nf5 Bf3 18. Ng3 Bxg3 19. fxg3 Bh5 20. Nxd5 Be2 21. Rf4 Ndc5 22. dxc5 Bd3 23. Qd1 Qxd5 24. Be1 Qxc5 {Nakamura,H (2768)-So,W (2761) Saint Louis USA 2023 0-1 (62)}) ({RR} 10. Nb5 Bf8 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. f4 c5 13. Be1 Nbd7 14. Bh4 Be7 15. Bf5 Nf8 16. g4 a6 17. Nc3 Ne4 18. g5 Qc7 19. Rc1 Rad8 20. Rf3 Ng6 21. Rh3 Bd6 22. Qh5 Nxc3 23. Rxc3 Bxe5 24. fxe5 Bc8 {Witczak,B (2037)-Kowalski,W (2071) Warsaw POL 2025 1-0 (60)}) 10... Bg4 $146 ({RR} 10... Bb7 11. Qc2 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. e4 c4 14. Bf1 dxe4 15. Ng5 Nbd7 16. Ncxe4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Qh4+ 19. Kg1 Bxe4 20. Qxc4 Nb6 21. Qb5 Re6 22. Qg5 Qxg5 23. Bxg5 h6 24. Be3 Rae8 25. Rac1 {Getman,T (2216)-Kleymenova,V (2057) Moscow RUS 2023 1-0 (43)}) 11. h3 Bh5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nbd7 14. Bg5 Qc8 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Be4 Rb8 18. Qd3 Bg6 19. Nh4 Qe6 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Qc3 Qd7 22. Qc4 Kg7 23. Bc6 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Qf5 25. g3 Rh8 26. h4 Qg4 27. Re4 Qh3 28. Qf1 Qc8 29. Qe2 f5 30. Re8 Rxe8 31. Qxe8 Qxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "85th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2023.01.29"]
[Round "13.7"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Gukesh, D.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2023.01.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Re8 9. O-O Bd6 10. Re1 ({RR} 10. a3 c5 11. Rc1 c4 12. Bb1 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Qa4 Nbd7 15. Nh4 a6 16. Qc2 Ne4 17. Nf5 Bf3 18. Ng3 Bxg3 19. fxg3 Bh5 20. Nxd5 Be2 21. Rf4 Ndc5 22. dxc5 Bd3 23. Qd1 Qxd5 24. Be1 Qxc5 {Nakamura,H (2768)-So,W (2761) Saint Louis USA 2023 0-1 (62)}) ({RR} 10. Nb5 Bf8 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. f4 c5 13. Be1 Nbd7 14. Bh4 Be7 15. Bf5 Nf8 16. g4 a6 17. Nc3 Ne4 18. g5 Qc7 19. Rc1 Rad8 20. Rf3 Ng6 21. Rh3 Bd6 22. Qh5 Nxc3 23. Rxc3 Bxe5 24. fxe5 Bc8 {Witczak,B (2037)-Kowalski,W (2071) Warsaw POL 2025 1-0 (60)}) 10... Bg4 $146 ({RR} 10... Bb7 11. Qc2 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. e4 c4 14. Bf1 dxe4 15. Ng5 Nbd7 16. Ncxe4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Qh4+ 19. Kg1 Bxe4 20. Qxc4 Nb6 21. Qb5 Re6 22. Qg5 Qxg5 23. Bxg5 h6 24. Be3 Rae8 25. Rac1 {Getman,T (2216)-Kleymenova,V (2057) Moscow RUS 2023 1-0 (43)}) 11. h3 Bh5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nbd7 14. Bg5 Qc8 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Be4 Rb8 18. Qd3 Bg6 19. Nh4 Qe6 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Qc3 Qd7 22. Qc4 Kg7 23. Bc6 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Qf5 25. g3 Rh8 26. h4 Qg4 27. Re4 Qh3 28. Qf1 Qc8 29. Qe2 f5 30. Re8 Rxe8 31. Qxe8 Qxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga Tech op-A"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2021.08.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2021.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. Bd2 b6 7. Rc1 Bb7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O a6 11. a4 ({RR} 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. f4 Ne4 13. Be1 Ndf6 14. Bh4 Qe8 15. Qf3 c5 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. g4 Rd8 18. Rcd1 g6 19. g5 Nh5 20. Be2 f6 21. gxf6 Nxf6 22. Qg2 Qe7 23. Bf3 Kh8 24. Kh1 Qe6 25. a3 Rg8 {Giri,A (2764)-Radjabov,T (2765) chess24.com INT 2020 ½-½ (32)}) 11... Qe7 $146 ({RR} 11... Re8 12. Na2 Bd6 13. a5 c5 14. axb6 c4 15. Bc2 a5 16. b3 Nxb6 17. Nc3 Ne4 18. bxc4 Nxc4 19. Bxe4 Re6 20. Bxd5 Nxd2 21. Nxd2 Bxh2+ {0-1 (21) Boldoo,E (2371)-Batchuluun,T (2536) Chinggis City 2022}) 12. Na2 Bd6 13. a5 Ne4 14. axb6 cxb6 15. Qb3 b5 16. Ba5 Rfc8 17. h3 h5 18. Bb4 g5 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Nc3 g4 21. hxg4 hxg4 22. Nh4 Ndf6 23. Qd1 Qe6 24. Ne2 g3 25. fxg3 Nxg3 26. Rf3 Nxe2+ 27. Bxe2 Kf8 28. Bd3 Ne4 29. Nf5 Qf6 30. Bxe4 dxe4 31. Rf4 Rxc1 32. Qxc1 Rc8 33. Qe1 Ke8 34. Qg3 Kd7 35. Nh4 Qe6 36. Qg5 Rc1+ 37. Kh2 Qd6 38. Nf5 Qe6 39. Nh6 Kc7 40. Rf6 Qd5 41. Qf4+ Kc8 42. Rf5 Qe6 43. Nxf7 Rc7 44. Rf6 Qe7 45. Nd6+ Kb8 46. Rf8+ Bc8 47. Nxc8 Qh7+ 48. Kg1 Kb7 49. Rf7 Rxf7 50. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "Riga Tech op-A"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2021.08.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2021.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. Bd2 b6 7. Rc1 Bb7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O a6 11. a4 ({RR} 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. f4 Ne4 13. Be1 Ndf6 14. Bh4 Qe8 15. Qf3 c5 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. g4 Rd8 18. Rcd1 g6 19. g5 Nh5 20. Be2 f6 21. gxf6 Nxf6 22. Qg2 Qe7 23. Bf3 Kh8 24. Kh1 Qe6 25. a3 Rg8 {Giri,A (2764)-Radjabov,T (2765) chess24.com INT 2020 ½-½ (32)}) 11... Qe7 $146 ({RR} 11... Re8 12. Na2 Bd6 13. a5 c5 14. axb6 c4 15. Bc2 a5 16. b3 Nxb6 17. Nc3 Ne4 18. bxc4 Nxc4 19. Bxe4 Re6 20. Bxd5 Nxd2 21. Nxd2 Bxh2+ {0-1 (21) Boldoo,E (2371)-Batchuluun,T (2536) Chinggis City 2022}) 12. Na2 Bd6 13. a5 Ne4 14. axb6 cxb6 15. Qb3 b5 16. Ba5 Rfc8 17. h3 h5 18. Bb4 g5 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Nc3 g4 21. hxg4 hxg4 22. Nh4 Ndf6 23. Qd1 Qe6 24. Ne2 g3 25. fxg3 Nxg3 26. Rf3 Nxe2+ 27. Bxe2 Kf8 28. Bd3 Ne4 29. Nf5 Qf6 30. Bxe4 dxe4 31. Rf4 Rxc1 32. Qxc1 Rc8 33. Qe1 Ke8 34. Qg3 Kd7 35. Nh4 Qe6 36. Qg5 Rc1+ 37. Kh2 Qd6 38. Nf5 Qe6 39. Nh6 Kc7 40. Rf6 Qd5 41. Qf4+ Kc8 42. Rf5 Qe6 43. Nxf7 Rc7 44. Rf6 Qe7 45. Nd6+ Kb8 46. Rf8+ Bc8 47. Nxc8 Qh7+ 48. Kg1 Kb7 49. Rf7 Rxf7 50. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "Chennai GMs 2023"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2023.12.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Gukesh, D.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2023.12.15"]

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 Nbd7 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Re8 14. Be3 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 Qc7 17. Qb5 Nf6 18. Rc1 Qb7 19. Rdd1 Bf8 20. a4 ({RR} 20. Bg5 a6 21. Qc6 Qxc6 22. Rxc6 Ne4 23. Be3 b5 24. Nd4 Nf6 25. h3 Nd5 26. Nc2 Re6 27. Rxe6 fxe6 28. Bd4 Rc8 29. Ne1 Be7 30. g3 Bf6 {½-½ (30) Sjugirov,S (2635)-Wang Hao (2701) Aktobe KAZ 2025}) 20... Rac8 $146 ({RR} 20... Rad8 21. a5 Rd5 22. a6 Qa8 23. Rxd5 Nxd5 24. Bd4 Nf4 25. Kf1 Rc8 26. Rc4 Rxc4 27. Qxc4 Qd5 28. Qxd5 Nxd5 29. Ne5 Nc7 30. Nc6 Nxa6 31. Nxa7 Bc5 32. Bxc5 Nxc5 33. Ke2 Kf8 34. Kd2 Ke8 35. Nc8 {Euwe,M-Unzicker,W Dortmund 1957 ½-½ (50)}) 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22. h3 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Bd4 Nd5 25. Qc4 Nc7 26. g3 Ne6 27. Bc3 Nc5 28. Bd4 Qd7 29. Bxc5 Bxc5 30. b4 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chennai GMs 2023"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2023.12.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Gukesh, D.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2023.12.15"]

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 Nbd7 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Re8 14. Be3 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 Qc7 17. Qb5 Nf6 18. Rc1 Qb7 19. Rdd1 Bf8 20. a4 ({RR} 20. Bg5 a6 21. Qc6 Qxc6 22. Rxc6 Ne4 23. Be3 b5 24. Nd4 Nf6 25. h3 Nd5 26. Nc2 Re6 27. Rxe6 fxe6 28. Bd4 Rc8 29. Ne1 Be7 30. g3 Bf6 {½-½ (30) Sjugirov,S (2635)-Wang Hao (2701) Aktobe KAZ 2025}) 20... Rac8 $146 ({RR} 20... Rad8 21. a5 Rd5 22. a6 Qa8 23. Rxd5 Nxd5 24. Bd4 Nf4 25. Kf1 Rc8 26. Rc4 Rxc4 27. Qxc4 Qd5 28. Qxd5 Nxd5 29. Ne5 Nc7 30. Nc6 Nxa6 31. Nxa7 Bc5 32. Bxc5 Nxc5 33. Ke2 Kf8 34. Kd2 Ke8 35. Nc8 {Euwe,M-Unzicker,W Dortmund 1957 ½-½ (50)}) 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22. h3 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Bd4 Nd5 25. Qc4 Nc7 26. g3 Ne6 27. Bc3 Nc5 28. Bd4 Qd7 29. Bxc5 Bxc5 30. b4 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Guimaraes op"]
[Site "Guimaraes"]
[Date "2021.08.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mirzoev, Emil"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2021.08.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. b4 a5 ({RR} 7... c6 8. Bb2 b6 9. c5 a5 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O Ba6 12. Ne1 e5 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. b5 exd4 15. bxa6 dxc3 16. Bxc3 Nxc5 17. Qe2 Qa8 18. Rb1 Nfe4 19. Bd4 b5 20. a7 Ne6 21. Nf3 Bxa3 22. Qc2 {Caruana,F (2766)-Carlsen,M (2859) chess.com INT 2022 ½-½ (72)}) ({RR} 7... b6 8. Bb2 Bb7 9. c5 Nc6 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O a5 12. b5 Na7 13. c6 Bc8 14. a4 Bd6 15. Ne5 h6 16. f4 Nh7 17. Qh5 Qe7 18. Rf3 Nf6 19. Qh4 Bxe5 20. fxe5 Nh7 21. Qh5 Ng5 22. Rg3 {Taboas Rodriguez,D (2360)-Clarke,A (1842) chess.com INT 2024 1-0}) 8. b5 b6 ({RR} 8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. O-O c6 11. bxc6 Nxc6 12. e4 Bb7 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. Ba2 Na7 15. d5 exd5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Nxd5 Bc5 18. Nf4 Ba6 19. Qe1 Ng5 20. Nxg5 Qxg5 21. Qe4 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Nb5 23. e6 {Korobov,A (2688)-Gukesh,D (2563) Chess.com INT 2020 1-0}) 9. cxd5 $146 ({RR} 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ne5 Bd6 14. f4 Nb8 15. Rf3 Ne4 16. Rh3 g6 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bc4 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qe7 20. e6 f6 21. a4 c5 22. f5 g5 23. Rh6 Rcd8 {Muha,M (2261)-Skuhala,J (2331) Croatia 2017 1-0}) 9... exd5 10. Bd3 c5 11. bxc6 Nxc6 12. O-O Bg4 13. Qb3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Bd6 15. Nb5 Bb8 16. f4 Qd7 17. f3 Ne7 18. Qc2 Nf5 19. Bxf5 Qxb5 20. Rb1 Qa6 21. Qc6 Ba7 22. a4 Qc4 23. Qb5 Qxb5 24. Rxb5 g6 25. Bh3 Rfe8 26. Rf2 Re7 27. Rc2 Rd8 28. Rb3 Ne8 29. Rbc3 Nd6 30. Rc7 Rxc7 31. Rxc7 Bb8 32. Rc6 f5 33. Rxb6 Rc8 34. Rb1 Nc4 35. Bf1 Bd6 36. Kf2 Bb4 37. Ra1 Nb6 38. Ba3 Rc2+ 39. Kg3 Nc4 40. Bxb4 axb4 41. a5 b3 42. Bd3 Rd2 43. Bf1 b2 44. Rb1 Nxa5 45. e4 Nc4 0-1

[Event "Guimaraes op"]
[Site "Guimaraes"]
[Date "2021.08.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mirzoev, Emil"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2021.08.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. b4 a5 ({RR} 7... c6 8. Bb2 b6 9. c5 a5 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O Ba6 12. Ne1 e5 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. b5 exd4 15. bxa6 dxc3 16. Bxc3 Nxc5 17. Qe2 Qa8 18. Rb1 Nfe4 19. Bd4 b5 20. a7 Ne6 21. Nf3 Bxa3 22. Qc2 {Caruana,F (2766)-Carlsen,M (2859) chess.com INT 2022 ½-½ (72)}) ({RR} 7... b6 8. Bb2 Bb7 9. c5 Nc6 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O a5 12. b5 Na7 13. c6 Bc8 14. a4 Bd6 15. Ne5 h6 16. f4 Nh7 17. Qh5 Qe7 18. Rf3 Nf6 19. Qh4 Bxe5 20. fxe5 Nh7 21. Qh5 Ng5 22. Rg3 {Taboas Rodriguez,D (2360)-Clarke,A (1842) chess.com INT 2024 1-0}) 8. b5 b6 ({RR} 8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. O-O c6 11. bxc6 Nxc6 12. e4 Bb7 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. Ba2 Na7 15. d5 exd5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Nxd5 Bc5 18. Nf4 Ba6 19. Qe1 Ng5 20. Nxg5 Qxg5 21. Qe4 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Nb5 23. e6 {Korobov,A (2688)-Gukesh,D (2563) Chess.com INT 2020 1-0}) 9. cxd5 $146 ({RR} 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ne5 Bd6 14. f4 Nb8 15. Rf3 Ne4 16. Rh3 g6 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bc4 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qe7 20. e6 f6 21. a4 c5 22. f5 g5 23. Rh6 Rcd8 {Muha,M (2261)-Skuhala,J (2331) Croatia 2017 1-0}) 9... exd5 10. Bd3 c5 11. bxc6 Nxc6 12. O-O Bg4 13. Qb3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Bd6 15. Nb5 Bb8 16. f4 Qd7 17. f3 Ne7 18. Qc2 Nf5 19. Bxf5 Qxb5 20. Rb1 Qa6 21. Qc6 Ba7 22. a4 Qc4 23. Qb5 Qxb5 24. Rxb5 g6 25. Bh3 Rfe8 26. Rf2 Re7 27. Rc2 Rd8 28. Rb3 Ne8 29. Rbc3 Nd6 30. Rc7 Rxc7 31. Rxc7 Bb8 32. Rc6 f5 33. Rxb6 Rc8 34. Rb1 Nc4 35. Bf1 Bd6 36. Kf2 Bb4 37. Ra1 Nb6 38. Ba3 Rc2+ 39. Kg3 Nc4 40. Bxb4 axb4 41. a5 b3 42. Bd3 Rd2 43. Bf1 b2 44. Rb1 Nxa5 45. e4 Nc4 0-1

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2024"]
[Site "Toronto, Canada"]
[Date "2024.04.21"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gukesh, D.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Stockfish 16,1"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 Be7 6. Nc3 c5 7. a3 O-O 8. O-O a6 (8... Nc6 9. d5 exd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Be6 12. Qxd8 Rfxd8 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Bd2 Bf6 15. Bc3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Rd3 17. c4 Rad8 18. Rfc1 a6 19. h3 Na5 20. Rab1 R8d7 21. Ne5 Re7 22. Nxd3 e5 23. Nxc5 {Thobie,P (1216)-Gilles,F (1637) Europe-Echecs INT 2021 1-0}) 9. Qe2 ({RR} 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b4 Be7 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. Bb2 b5 13. Bb3 Bb7 14. Rfd1 Qb6 15. e4 Rfd8 16. Rd3 Qc7 17. Re1 Nb6 18. e5 Nfd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Rc1 Qb7 22. Qe4 a5 23. bxa5 Rxa5 {Hertog,A (1909)-Shepherd,T (1945) England ENG 2025 1-0 (38)}) 9... b5 10. Ba2 $146 (10. Bd3 c4 11. Bc2 Nc6 12. b3 cxb3 13. Bxb3 Na5 14. Ba2 Bb7 15. Bb2 Rc8 16. Rac1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Rxc4 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Qd5 21. Qxd5 exd5 22. Rxc4 dxc4 23. d5 Rc8 24. Rc1 a5 {Lopes Pereira,E (1837)-Reis,A (2032) Fortaleza 2014 0-1 (33)}) ({RR} 10. Bd3 c4 11. Bc2 Nc6 12. b3 cxb3 13. Bxb3 Na5 14. Ba2 Bb7 15. Bb2 Rc8 16. Rac1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Rxc4 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Qd5 21. Qxd5 exd5 22. Rxc4 dxc4 23. d5 Rc8 24. Rc1 a5 {Lopes Pereira,E (1837)-Reis,A (2032) Fortaleza 2014 0-1 (33)}) 10... cxd4 {[#] Hoping for ...b4.} 11. exd4 b4 12. Ne4 bxa3 13. bxa3 Bb7 14. Nc3 Nd5 15. Bd2 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Nd7 17. Bb1 Rc8 18. Bd2 Nf6 19. Bd3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qxd4 21. Rfd1 Qa4 22. Qb7 Bc5 {Threatens to win with ...Ng4.} (22... Bxa3 $2 23. Qf3 $18) 23. Be1 a5 24. Qb5 Qxb5 25. Bxb5 Bb6 26. Rac1 Nd5 27. Kf1 Rfd8 28. a4 Kf8 29. g3 Ke7 30. Ke2 f5 31. Rc4 Rxc4 32. Bxc4 Nb4 33. Rb1 Bc5 34. Rc1 Nc6 35. Bc3 g5 36. Bb5 {The position is equal.} Ba3 37. Rc2 Nd4+ 38. Bxd4 $1 Rxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 39. Rc7+ Kf6 40. Rxh7 Bb4 41. Bd3 e5 42. f3 e4 43. fxe4 fxe4 44. Bb5 Be7 45. h4 gxh4 46. gxh4 Rb4 47. Rh5 Kg7 48. Bd7 Rd4 49. Be8 Bd8 50. Rf5 Bxh4 51. Rxa5 Kf6 52. Ra8 Bg5 53. Bh5 Rd2+ 54. Kf1 Ra2 55. a5 Ra1+ 56. Kg2 Ra2+ 57. Kf1 Ra1+ 58. Ke2 Ra2+ 59. Kd1 Rd2+ 60. Ke1 Rd5 61. Ke2 Bd2 62. a6 Rxh5 {KRB-KR} 63. a7 {[#] Threatening mate with Rf8+.} Ra5 64. Rf8+ Ke5 65. a8=Q Rxa8 66. Rxa8 {KR-KB} e3 67. Ra4 Kd5 68. Kd3 Kc5 69. Re4 Kd5 70. Rxe3 Bxe3 71. Kxe3 {Precisão Chessbase: Brancas 92% Pretas 94%. Precisão Lichess.org: Brancas 98% Pretas 98%. Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 98.2% Pretas 98.3%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2024"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2024.04.21"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Gukesh, D.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2024.04.04"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 Be7 6. Nc3 c5 7. a3 O-O 8. O-O a6 9. Qe2 ({RR} 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b4 Be7 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. Bb2 b5 13. Bb3 Bb7 14. Rfd1 Qb6 15. e4 Rfd8 16. Rd3 Qc7 17. Re1 Nb6 18. e5 Nfd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Rc1 Qb7 22. Qe4 a5 23. bxa5 Rxa5 {Hertog,A (1909)-Shepherd,T (1945) England ENG 2025 1-0 (38)}) 9... b5 10. Ba2 $146 ({RR} 10. Bd3 c4 11. Bc2 Nc6 12. b3 cxb3 13. Bxb3 Na5 14. Ba2 Bb7 15. Bb2 Rc8 16. Rac1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Rxc4 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Qd5 21. Qxd5 exd5 22. Rxc4 dxc4 23. d5 Rc8 24. Rc1 a5 {Lopes Pereira,E (1837)-Reis,A (2032) Fortaleza 2014 0-1 (33)}) 10... cxd4 11. exd4 b4 12. Ne4 bxa3 13. bxa3 Bb7 14. Nc3 Nd5 15. Bd2 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Nd7 17. Bb1 Rc8 18. Bd2 Nf6 19. Bd3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qxd4 21. Rfd1 Qa4 22. Qb7 Bc5 23. Be1 a5 24. Qb5 Qxb5 25. Bxb5 Bb6 26. Rac1 Nd5 27. Kf1 Rfd8 28. a4 Kf8 29. g3 Ke7 30. Ke2 f5 31. Rc4 Rxc4 32. Bxc4 Nb4 33. Rb1 Bc5 34. Rc1 Nc6 35. Bc3 g5 36. Bb5 Ba3 37. Rc2 Nd4+ 38. Bxd4 Rxd4 39. Rc7+ Kf6 40. Rxh7 Bb4 41. Bd3 e5 42. f3 e4 43. fxe4 fxe4 44. Bb5 Be7 45. h4 gxh4 46. gxh4 Rb4 47. Rh5 Kg7 48. Bd7 Rd4 49. Be8 Bd8 50. Rf5 Bxh4 51. Rxa5 Kf6 52. Ra8 Bg5 53. Bh5 Rd2+ 54. Kf1 Ra2 55. a5 Ra1+ 56. Kg2 Ra2+ 57. Kf1 Ra1+ 58. Ke2 Ra2+ 59. Kd1 Rd2+ 60. Ke1 Rd5 61. Ke2 Bd2 62. a6 Rxh5 63. a7 Ra5 64. Rf8+ Ke5 65. a8=Q Rxa8 66. Rxa8 e3 67. Ra4 Kd5 68. Kd3 Kc5 69. Re4 Kd5 70. Rxe3 Bxe3 71. Kxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2024"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2024.04.21"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Gukesh, D.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2024.04.04"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 Be7 6. Nc3 c5 7. a3 O-O 8. O-O a6 9. Qe2 ({RR} 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b4 Be7 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. Bb2 b5 13. Bb3 Bb7 14. Rfd1 Qb6 15. e4 Rfd8 16. Rd3 Qc7 17. Re1 Nb6 18. e5 Nfd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Rc1 Qb7 22. Qe4 a5 23. bxa5 Rxa5 {Hertog,A (1909)-Shepherd,T (1945) England ENG 2025 1-0 (38)}) 9... b5 10. Ba2 $146 ({RR} 10. Bd3 c4 11. Bc2 Nc6 12. b3 cxb3 13. Bxb3 Na5 14. Ba2 Bb7 15. Bb2 Rc8 16. Rac1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Rxc4 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Qd5 21. Qxd5 exd5 22. Rxc4 dxc4 23. d5 Rc8 24. Rc1 a5 {Lopes Pereira,E (1837)-Reis,A (2032) Fortaleza 2014 0-1 (33)}) 10... cxd4 11. exd4 b4 12. Ne4 bxa3 13. bxa3 Bb7 14. Nc3 Nd5 15. Bd2 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Nd7 17. Bb1 Rc8 18. Bd2 Nf6 19. Bd3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qxd4 21. Rfd1 Qa4 22. Qb7 Bc5 23. Be1 a5 24. Qb5 Qxb5 25. Bxb5 Bb6 26. Rac1 Nd5 27. Kf1 Rfd8 28. a4 Kf8 29. g3 Ke7 30. Ke2 f5 31. Rc4 Rxc4 32. Bxc4 Nb4 33. Rb1 Bc5 34. Rc1 Nc6 35. Bc3 g5 36. Bb5 Ba3 37. Rc2 Nd4+ 38. Bxd4 Rxd4 39. Rc7+ Kf6 40. Rxh7 Bb4 41. Bd3 e5 42. f3 e4 43. fxe4 fxe4 44. Bb5 Be7 45. h4 gxh4 46. gxh4 Rb4 47. Rh5 Kg7 48. Bd7 Rd4 49. Be8 Bd8 50. Rf5 Bxh4 51. Rxa5 Kf6 52. Ra8 Bg5 53. Bh5 Rd2+ 54. Kf1 Ra2 55. a5 Ra1+ 56. Kg2 Ra2+ 57. Kf1 Ra1+ 58. Ke2 Ra2+ 59. Kd1 Rd2+ 60. Ke1 Rd5 61. Ke2 Bd2 62. a6 Rxh5 63. a7 Ra5 64. Rf8+ Ke5 65. a8=Q Rxa8 66. Rxa8 e3 67. Ra4 Kd5 68. Kd3 Kc5 69. Re4 Kd5 70. Rxe3 Bxe3 71. Kxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Junior Speed"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.06.13"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Ohanyan, Emin"]
[Black "Gukesh, D.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2023.06.13"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. e3 d6 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Qe7 9. Be2 e5 10. O-O Ne4 $146 ({RR} 10... h6 11. Qc2 Bg4 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. h3 Bh5 14. b4 Bg6 15. Qb2 e4 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 a5 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. c5 Ne8 20. Bc4 axb4 21. axb4 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Bf5 23. Qd4 h5 24. Bd5 c6 25. Bb3 {Ghimoyan,N (2168)-Bazyrtsyrenov,K (2284) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (70)}) 11. Be1 exd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. f3 Nc5 14. Bf2 a5 15. b3 Rfe8 16. Re1 Qf6 17. Bf1 Nxd4 18. exd4 Rxe1 19. Bxe1 Nxb3 20. Rb1 a4 21. Bf2 Re8 22. Rb2 c5 23. Rxb3 axb3 24. Qxb3 cxd4 25. Qxb7 Bf5 26. Qc6 Rf8 27. a4 d3 28. Qd5 Bg6 29. a5 Qa1 30. h4 h5 31. Bb6 Qe1 32. Bf2 d2 0-1

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2024"]
[Site "Toronto, Canada"]
[Date "2024.04.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Stockfish 16.1 - GM Daniel King"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 15,66,-21,-19,-44,-39,-32,-34,-48,-47,-53,-52,-40,-54,-83,-80,-83,0,0,0,-133,-22,-37,-26,-151,-132,-119,-10,-96,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-154,-151,-220,-216,-200,-217,-254,-244,-214,-216,-297,-263,-423,-408,-496,-491,-519,-520] Com uma catalã, o jovem de 18 anos Praggnanandhaa (que na verdade é nove meses mais velho que Gukesh) sacrificou destemidamente dois peões antes do movimento 15 - além disso, ele ofereceu mais um sacrifício no movimento 16, que Gukesh compreensivelmente rejeitou.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Be7 9. e4 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3.} a6 10. Be3 b5 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Rad1 Na5 13. d5 exd5 14. e5 $146 (14. exd5 Nb3 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bd6 17. Rfe1 Re8 18. Qc2 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Bf8 20. Re5 Nd7 21. Rh5 g6 22. Rh4 Bc5 23. a4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Qf6 25. Qd2 Nc5 26. Qe3 Qb6 27. d6 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Ne6 {Metpally,J (2125)-Li,Z (2388) Irving USA 2019 0-1 (67)}) (14. Nh4 Bd6 15. Nf5 Re8 16. exd5 Bc8 17. Nd4 Bg4 18. f3 Bd7 19. Qf2 h6 20. Rfe1 Re7 21. g4 Qf8 22. g5 hxg5 23. Bxg5 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Nh7 25. Be3 Nb7 26. Ne4 Nc5 27. Qh4 Nd3 28. Rb1 Re8 {Chatalbashev,B (2536) -Schandorff,L (2458) Svendborg DEN 2021 0-1 (51)}) 14... Ne8 $1 15. e6 {As máquinas dão vantagem ao preto após este lance. Mas dado o fato de Pragg ter feito todos os seus lances bem rápidos até este ponto, fazia sentido para Gukesh escolher f5 em vez de c6 que também era jogável.} f5 $146 (15... fxe6 $17 16. Bf4 c6) (15... c6 16. exf7+ Rxf7 17. Ne5 Rf5 18. Bd4 Bd6 19. Bh3 Rf6 20. Nd7 Rh6 21. Rfe1 Nb3 {0-1 (34) Hunger,H (2402)-Laurenc, P (2415) ICCF email 2014}) ({RR} 15... f6 16. Nh4 c6 17. Be4 g6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Qg4 g5 20. Qf5 dxe4 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Bb6 Ng7 23. Qxe4 c5 24. Qb1 Nb3 25. Bxd8 Nd2 26. Bxe7 Nxb1 27. Rxb1 Re8 28. Bxc5 Nxe6 29. Bb6 g4 30. Re1 {Sai Agni Jeevitesh,J (2309)-Lau,L (2239) Budapest HUN 2025 ½-½}) 16. Ne5 $36 {[%cal Rg2d5][%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Nf6 {Pragg tem 1 hora e 50 minutos contra os 40 minutos de Gukesh. No entanto, a rejeição do preto ao terceiro sacrifício do peão fez Pragg pensar pela primeira vez no lance 17 - em uma posição incrivelmente complexa! Naturalmente, ambos os jogadores fizeram imprecisões na luta que se seguiu. Pragg estava em baixa, mas tinha um cavalo em f7, e no lance 23 ele aumentou ainda mais a pressão sobre seu compatriota ao ceder seu bispo de casas brancas por dois peões centrais.} 17. Qc2 $2 {Erro. Mais preciso seria:.} (17. Rfe1 c6) (17. Nf7 Qc8 18. Bg5) 17... c6 $6 (17... c5 $17 {visando...d4.} 18. Nd7 d4 19. Nxf8 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qxf8 21. Qxf5 dxc3 22. bxc3 Nc6) 18. Qxf5 Qe8 19. Nf7 $2 {Mistake. Rfe1 was best.} (19. Rfe1 $1 Nb3) 19... Bc8 20. Rfe1 Nb7 $6 {Inaccuracy. Rxf7 was best.} (20... Rxf7 21. exf7+) (20... Nb3 $17 21. Bg5 Nc5 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Nxd5 cxd5 24. Qxd5 Bxe6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 25. Qxc5 Qxf7 26. Rxe6 Rac8) 21. Bg5 $6 {Inaccuracy. Rxd5 was best.} (21. Rxd5) (21. Nxd5 cxd5 22. Bxd5) 21... Ra7 $6 {Inaccuracy. Nc5 was best.} (21... Nc5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc5e6] ...Nxe6 is the strong threat.} 22. Bxf6 Bxe6 $1 (22... Bxf6 23. Nxd5 cxd5 24. Qxd5 Bxe6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 25. Qxc5 Rc8 26. Nh6+ gxh6) 23. Nh6+ {[#]} Kh8 $1 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Qe5 Rae8 26. Nxd5 cxd5 27. Bxd5 Nd3 28. Qxe6) 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Bxd5 $1 {Strongly threatening Be4.} cxd5 24. Nxd5 {Pragg tinha 11 minutos contra 14 de Gukesh com 16 lances antes de chegar ao controle de tempo.} Be7 {A máquina avalia a posição como uniforme, já que as brancas podem implicitamente oferecer um empate por repetição com 25.Nh6+ Caso o preto, não aceitando o sacrifício jogando 25...Kh8 26.Nf7+ etc. Caso 25...gxh6 26.Qg4+ Bg5 h4, uma posição mais gerenciável apareceria no quadro, uma que ainda poderia ir para qualquer lado} (24... Bxb2 $5 25. Qc2 Bxa3) 25. Qg4 $2 {Erro. Insistindo no ataque.} (25. Nh6+ $1 gxh6 26. Qg4+ Bg5 27. Qd4 (27. f4) 27... Nd8 28. Qxa7 Nxe6 29. h4 $1 {[%cal Rh4g5]} Bd8 30. Nb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6c8]} Bc7 31. Nxc8 Qxc8) 25... Nd8 $17 {colocando mais um peça na oitava fila mas aumentado a defesa do ponto de vista de Black.} 26. Nxd8 (26. Qd4 $17 Nxe6 27. Qxa7 Rxf7 28. Qb6) 26... Bxd8 $19 {e o preto é simplesmente se defende.  Deixando o  difícil caminho de criar ameaças de mate contra o monarca em g8. Gukesh passou a liberar suas peças uma a uma até forçar seu compatriota a jogar a toalha na jogada 33. O jogo foi uma luta tensa entre dois dos jogadores mais corajosos e criativos do circuito!} 27. Qd4 Rb7 28. Re4 Bf6 (28... Bxe6 29. Rde1 $15) 29. Qe3 {next e7 is good for White.} Be7 (29... Bxb2 30. e7 $15) 30. h4 $6 {Inaccuracy. Rd2 was best.} (30. Rd2 Kh8 31. Re5 Bd6 32. Re4 Qh5 $2 (32... Qc6 $19 33. e7 Re8) 33. e7 Re8 34. Nf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6h5]} gxf6 35. Rxd6) 30... Qc6 {White must now prevent ...Bc5.} 31. h5 $2 {Mistake. Qe2 was best.} (31. Qe2 Rf5) (31. Re5 {era necessário}) 31... Bc5 32. Qg5 $6 {Era melhor seguir este plano:} (32. Qe1 Rxf2 33. Kh1 Rf5 34. Nf4 Rxf4 35. gxf4 Bxe6 36. Kh2 Bd7 37. Kg3 Bf8 38. Red4 Be8) 32... Bxe6 33. h6 Rxf2 {Precisão Chessbase: Brancas 47% Pretas 74%. Precisão Lichess.org: Brancas 87% Pretas 93%. Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 81.7% Pretas 89.6%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2024"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2024.04.05"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R.."]
[Black "Gukesh, D.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2024.04.04"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Be7 9. e4 a6 10. Be3 b5 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Rad1 Na5 13. d5 exd5 14. e5 Ne8 15. e6 f5 $146 ({RR} 15... f6 16. Nh4 c6 17. Be4 g6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Qg4 g5 20. Qf5 dxe4 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Bb6 Ng7 23. Qxe4 c5 24. Qb1 Nb3 25. Bxd8 Nd2 26. Bxe7 Nxb1 27. Rxb1 Re8 28. Bxc5 Nxe6 29. Bb6 g4 30. Re1 {Sai Agni Jeevitesh,J (2309)-Lau,L (2239) Budapest HUN 2025 ½-½}) 16. Ne5 Nf6 17. Qc2 c6 18. Qxf5 Qe8 19. Nf7 Bc8 20. Rfe1 Nb7 21. Bg5 Ra7 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Nxd5 Be7 25. Qg4 Nd8 26. Nxd8 Bxd8 27. Qd4 Rb7 28. Re4 Bf6 29. Qe3 Be7 30. h4 Qc6 31. h5 Bc5 32. Qg5 Bxe6 33. h6 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2024"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2024.04.05"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R.."]
[Black "Gukesh, D.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2024.04.04"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Be7 9. e4 a6 10. Be3 b5 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Rad1 Na5 13. d5 exd5 14. e5 Ne8 15. e6 f5 $146 ({RR} 15... f6 16. Nh4 c6 17. Be4 g6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Qg4 g5 20. Qf5 dxe4 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Bb6 Ng7 23. Qxe4 c5 24. Qb1 Nb3 25. Bxd8 Nd2 26. Bxe7 Nxb1 27. Rxb1 Re8 28. Bxc5 Nxe6 29. Bb6 g4 30. Re1 {Sai Agni Jeevitesh,J (2309)-Lau,L (2239) Budapest HUN 2025 ½-½}) 16. Ne5 Nf6 17. Qc2 c6 18. Qxf5 Qe8 19. Nf7 Bc8 20. Rfe1 Nb7 21. Bg5 Ra7 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Nxd5 Be7 25. Qg4 Nd8 26. Nxd8 Bxd8 27. Qd4 Rb7 28. Re4 Bf6 29. Qe3 Be7 30. h4 Qc6 31. h5 Bc5 32. Qg5 Bxe6 33. h6 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "Sitges Sunway op 6th"]
[Site "Sitges"]
[Date "2019.12.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Real de Azua, Ernesto"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2019.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 b6 9. Ne2 Ba6 10. O-O Re8 11. f3 c5 12. Ng3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nc6 14. Bb2 c4 15. Qe2 h5 16. Rae1 h4 17. Nf5 Ne7 18. Nxe7+ ({RR} 18. Nxh4 g5 19. e4 gxh4 20. Bc1 Qd7 21. Bg5 Nh7 22. Bxh4 Ng6 23. Bg3 f6 24. Qc2 dxe4 25. fxe4 Kg7 26. Re3 Re7 27. Qe2 Rae8 28. h4 Qc6 29. e5 fxe5 30. h5 exd4 31. Rxe7+ Rxe7 32. Qf2 Ne5 {Navara,D (2727)-Aleksandrov,A (2593) Wroclaw 2014 ½-½ (38)}) ({RR} 18. Qc2 Nxf5 19. Qxf5 Qc8 20. Qc2 Qc6 21. Qf2 h3 22. gxh3 Re6 23. Kh1 Rae8 24. Rg1 Nd7 25. Rg5 Rh6 26. Qg2 g6 27. e4 dxe4 28. fxe4 Nf6 29. e5 Qxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Nd5 31. Bc1 Re6 32. Rg3 Rh5 {Arias Diaz,M (1984)-Aguilar,A (2281) Santiago CHI 2025 0-1 (69)}) 18... Qxe7 19. Qf2 h3 20. g4 Nh7 $146 ({RR} 20... b5 21. Bc1 a5 22. g5 Nh7 23. e4 Nxg5 24. Qg3 f6 25. Bxg5 fxg5 26. exd5 Qxa3 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Kf8 30. Qe6 Qc1+ 31. Kf2 Qd2+ 32. Kf1 Qg2+ 33. Ke1 Qh1+ 34. Ke2 Qxh2+ 35. Kd1 {Lagno,K (2536)-Koneru,H (2614) Rostov on Don 2011 ½-½ (48)}) 21. e4 dxe4 22. fxe4 Rac8 23. Bc1 Rc6 24. Qf3 Rg6 25. e5 Nf6 26. g5 Nh7 27. Qxh3 Nxg5 28. Bxg5 Rxg5+ 29. Kh1 Qxa3 30. Qf3 Qe7 31. d5 Rxe5 32. Rxe5 Qxe5 33. Qxf7+ Kh7 34. Qf3 Qe4 35. Qxe4+ Rxe4 36. d6 Re8 37. Rf7 Rd8 38. Rxa7 Rxd6 39. Rc7 Rd1+ 40. Kg2 Rd2+ 41. Kg1 b5 42. Rc5 Rb2 43. h4 Kg6 44. Kf1 Kh6 45. Rd5 Kh7 46. Rc5 Kg6 47. Rd5 Kh6 48. Rc5 g6 49. Rd5 Rb3 50. Kg2 Rxc3 51. Rxb5 Rd3 52. Rc5 c3 53. Kh2 Rd2+ 54. Kg3 c2 55. Rc7 Rd3+ 56. Kg4 Rd2 57. Kg3 Re2 58. Kg4 Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet ROM Classic 2024"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "2024.07.05"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "So, W.."]
[Black "Gukesh, D.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2024.06.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Bb7 10. O-O Qe7 ({RR} 10... c5 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. c4 Rfd8 14. Qe2 Be4 15. Rfd1 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 cxd4 17. exd4 Rac8 18. Rac1 Qb7 19. Qb3 Rc7 20. Nd2 Rdc8 21. Nf1 Nh5 22. Re1 Nf4 23. Qg3 Ng6 24. Qb3 Nf4 25. Qg3 {Zhang,P (2570)-Ni,H (2704) China 2015 1-0 (61)}) 11. a4 $146 ({RR} 11. Bb2 c5 12. Ba2 Nc6 13. Qd2 Ba6 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Qe1 Rd7 17. c4 Rcd8 18. Qc3 Qf8 19. Qc2 Qe7 20. Qc3 Qf8 21. Qc2 Qe7 22. Bb1 h6 23. Rd2 Kf8 24. Rcd1 Bb7 25. d5 exd5 {Davtyan,D (1907)-Hallaeva,B (2073) Poti 2017 1-0 (55)}) 11... c5 12. a5 Qc7 13. axb6 axb6 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15. Qe2 Nbd7 16. Bb2 Bc6 17. Ra1 Qb7 18. Ba6 Qc7 19. Bd3 Qb7 20. Ba6 Qc7 21. Bd3 Qb7 22. Ba6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet ROM Classic 2024"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "2024.07.05"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "So, W.."]
[Black "Gukesh, D.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2024.06.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Bb7 10. O-O Qe7 ({RR} 10... c5 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. c4 Rfd8 14. Qe2 Be4 15. Rfd1 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 cxd4 17. exd4 Rac8 18. Rac1 Qb7 19. Qb3 Rc7 20. Nd2 Rdc8 21. Nf1 Nh5 22. Re1 Nf4 23. Qg3 Ng6 24. Qb3 Nf4 25. Qg3 {Zhang,P (2570)-Ni,H (2704) China 2015 1-0 (61)}) 11. a4 $146 ({RR} 11. Bb2 c5 12. Ba2 Nc6 13. Qd2 Ba6 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Qe1 Rd7 17. c4 Rcd8 18. Qc3 Qf8 19. Qc2 Qe7 20. Qc3 Qf8 21. Qc2 Qe7 22. Bb1 h6 23. Rd2 Kf8 24. Rcd1 Bb7 25. d5 exd5 {Davtyan,D (1907)-Hallaeva,B (2073) Poti 2017 1-0 (55)}) 11... c5 12. a5 Qc7 13. axb6 axb6 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15. Qe2 Nbd7 16. Bb2 Bc6 17. Ra1 Qb7 18. Ba6 Qc7 19. Bd3 Qb7 20. Ba6 Qc7 21. Bd3 Qb7 22. Ba6 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2023"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.12"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, M.."]
[Black "Gukesh, D.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E40"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2023.09.04"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. Bd2 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. Rc1 Ba6 8. cxd5 ({RR} 8. Qb3 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Nc6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. cxd5 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 exd5 15. Rxc5 Rab8 16. Qc3 d4 17. exd4 Nd8 18. g3 Ne6 19. Rc4 Qg6 20. d5 Ng5 21. Nxg5 Qxg5 22. Rd4 Rfc8 {Le,Q (2728)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2792) Chess.com INT 2022 ½-½ (54)}) 8... Bxf1 9. Kxf1 exd5 10. Ne2 $146 ({RR} 10. Qb3 Be7 11. g3 c6 12. Kg2 Bd6 13. Rhe1 Re8 14. Qc2 Qe7 15. Ng1 Nbd7 16. Nge2 h5 17. f3 Nf8 18. Nd1 Rac8 19. Nf2 c5 20. Nc3 Qd7 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. Rcd1 Ng6 23. Bc1 d4 24. Nce4 Nxe4 {Salinas Herrera,P (2486)-Lazavik,D (2544) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (58)}) ({RR} 10. g3 c6 11. Kg2 Re8 12. Ne5 c5 13. Qf3 Re6 14. Rhd1 cxd4 15. exd4 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 Nbd7 17. Nc6 Qe8 18. Bf4 Ne4 19. Rc2 Rf6 20. h4 h6 21. Rdc1 Qe6 22. Qe3 Re8 23. f3 Nd6 24. Qxe6 Rfxe6 {Nihal,S (2693)-Niemann,H (2736) Endgame.AI INT 2025 1-0 (37)}) 10... Bd6 11. g3 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Kg2 Nbd7 14. Bc3 Qe7 15. Qd3 Rfe8 16. Rhd1 Rac8 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Nc3 c4 19. Qf5 g6 20. Qg5 Rc5 21. Nxd5 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 h6 23. Qxh6 Nxd5 24. Rd1 Nf6 25. Rd4 Qf8 26. Qxf8+ Bxf8 27. Rxc4 Rd8 28. Nd4 Rd5 29. b3 a5 30. h3 Bc5 31. Kf3 Kg7 32. h4 Nd7 33. Ke4 Re5+ 34. Kd3 Bb6 35. Rc6 a4 36. b4 Rd5 37. f4 Bxd4 38. exd4 Kf8 39. Kc4 Rf5 40. b5 Ke7 41. b6 Ra5 42. b7 a3 43. Rc7 1-0

[Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2023"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.12"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, M.."]
[Black "Gukesh, D.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2023.09.04"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. Bd2 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. Rc1 Ba6 8. cxd5 ({RR} 8. Qb3 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Nc6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. cxd5 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 exd5 15. Rxc5 Rab8 16. Qc3 d4 17. exd4 Nd8 18. g3 Ne6 19. Rc4 Qg6 20. d5 Ng5 21. Nxg5 Qxg5 22. Rd4 Rfc8 {Le,Q (2728)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2792) Chess.com INT 2022 ½-½ (54)}) 8... Bxf1 9. Kxf1 exd5 10. Ne2 $146 ({RR} 10. Qb3 Be7 11. g3 c6 12. Kg2 Bd6 13. Rhe1 Re8 14. Qc2 Qe7 15. Ng1 Nbd7 16. Nge2 h5 17. f3 Nf8 18. Nd1 Rac8 19. Nf2 c5 20. Nc3 Qd7 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. Rcd1 Ng6 23. Bc1 d4 24. Nce4 Nxe4 {Salinas Herrera,P (2486)-Lazavik,D (2544) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (58)}) ({RR} 10. g3 c6 11. Kg2 Re8 12. Ne5 c5 13. Qf3 Re6 14. Rhd1 cxd4 15. exd4 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 Nbd7 17. Nc6 Qe8 18. Bf4 Ne4 19. Rc2 Rf6 20. h4 h6 21. Rdc1 Qe6 22. Qe3 Re8 23. f3 Nd6 24. Qxe6 Rfxe6 {Nihal,S (2693)-Niemann,H (2736) Endgame.AI INT 2025 1-0 (37)}) 10... Bd6 11. g3 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Kg2 Nbd7 14. Bc3 Qe7 15. Qd3 Rfe8 16. Rhd1 Rac8 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Nc3 c4 19. Qf5 g6 20. Qg5 Rc5 21. Nxd5 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 h6 23. Qxh6 Nxd5 24. Rd1 Nf6 25. Rd4 Qf8 26. Qxf8+ Bxf8 27. Rxc4 Rd8 28. Nd4 Rd5 29. b3 a5 30. h3 Bc5 31. Kf3 Kg7 32. h4 Nd7 33. Ke4 Re5+ 34. Kd3 Bb6 35. Rc6 a4 36. b4 Rd5 37. f4 Bxd4 38. exd4 Kf8 39. Kc4 Rf5 40. b5 Ke7 41. b6 Ra5 42. b7 a3 43. Rc7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.08.12"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Gukesh, D.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2023.07.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. e3 c5 9. dxc5 Be6 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. c6 ({RR} 11. Be2 Qa5 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qxc5 14. Nd4 Rac8 15. Rfc1 Ne4 16. c4 Nb6 17. f3 Ng5 18. cxd5 Qxc2 19. Nxc2 {½-½ (19) Mamedyarov,S (2767)-Anand,V (2751) Baku 2021}) ({RR} 11. Nd4 Rc8 12. c6 Nc5 13. cxb7 Nxb7 14. Bd3 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Nc5 16. O-O Bd7 17. Rfc1 g5 18. Bg3 Nce4 19. c4 Qe7 20. Rab1 h5 21. Nf3 dxc4 22. Bxe4 Qxe4 23. Qc3 Nd5 24. Qa5 f6 25. Qxa7 Bf5 {Xie,K (2419)-Lou Yiping (2464) Ji'an CHN 2025 ½-½}) 11... bxc6 12. Be2 Qa5 $146 ({RR} 12... Rc8 13. O-O Nc5 14. Rac1 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Nce4 16. Qa3 c5 17. b4 cxb4 18. Qxb4 Qb6 19. Qa3 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Nd4 Rxc1+ 22. Qxc1 g5 23. Bg3 Nxg3 24. hxg3 Qa5 25. a3 Ne4 26. Bd3 Qd2 27. Qxd2 {Merario Alarcon,A (2412)-Gordon,S (2504) Caleta 2020 0-1 (47)}) 13. O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ne4 15. Rfc1 c5 16. c4 Rab8 17. Ne1 Qa3 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Qd3 Qxd3 20. Bxd3 g5 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Bg3 Rb7 23. f3 Bg6 24. Rd1 Rc8 25. e4 c4 26. Nc2 c3 27. Rd6 Nf8 28. Rc1 f5 29. Rd4 Ne6 30. Rb4 Rd7 31. Ne3 fxe4 32. fxe4 Rd3 33. Bf2 Nf4 34. Rc2 Rd2 35. h3 Nd3 36. Rxd2 cxd2 37. Rd4 Rc1+ 38. Kh2 Nxf2 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.08.12"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Gukesh, D.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2023.07.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. e3 c5 9. dxc5 Be6 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. c6 ({RR} 11. Be2 Qa5 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qxc5 14. Nd4 Rac8 15. Rfc1 Ne4 16. c4 Nb6 17. f3 Ng5 18. cxd5 Qxc2 19. Nxc2 {½-½ (19) Mamedyarov,S (2767)-Anand,V (2751) Baku 2021}) ({RR} 11. Nd4 Rc8 12. c6 Nc5 13. cxb7 Nxb7 14. Bd3 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Nc5 16. O-O Bd7 17. Rfc1 g5 18. Bg3 Nce4 19. c4 Qe7 20. Rab1 h5 21. Nf3 dxc4 22. Bxe4 Qxe4 23. Qc3 Nd5 24. Qa5 f6 25. Qxa7 Bf5 {Xie,K (2419)-Lou Yiping (2464) Ji'an CHN 2025 ½-½}) 11... bxc6 12. Be2 Qa5 $146 ({RR} 12... Rc8 13. O-O Nc5 14. Rac1 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Nce4 16. Qa3 c5 17. b4 cxb4 18. Qxb4 Qb6 19. Qa3 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Nd4 Rxc1+ 22. Qxc1 g5 23. Bg3 Nxg3 24. hxg3 Qa5 25. a3 Ne4 26. Bd3 Qd2 27. Qxd2 {Merario Alarcon,A (2412)-Gordon,S (2504) Caleta 2020 0-1 (47)}) 13. O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ne4 15. Rfc1 c5 16. c4 Rab8 17. Ne1 Qa3 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Qd3 Qxd3 20. Bxd3 g5 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Bg3 Rb7 23. f3 Bg6 24. Rd1 Rc8 25. e4 c4 26. Nc2 c3 27. Rd6 Nf8 28. Rc1 f5 29. Rd4 Ne6 30. Rb4 Rd7 31. Ne3 fxe4 32. fxe4 Rd3 33. Bf2 Nf4 34. Rc2 Rd2 35. h3 Nd3 36. Rxd2 cxd2 37. Rd4 Rc1+ 38. Kh2 Nxf2 0-1

