[Event "Quantbox Chennai GM 2026"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2026.07.16"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "2093596"]
[EventDate "2026.07.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Re8 8. Bd2
a6 9. Be2 Bd6 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Be2 Bb7 13. a4 b4 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15.
Qxe4 Na5 16. Qc2 Rc8 17. Rad1 f5 18. Qb1 Be4 19. Qa2 Bd5 20. Qb1 Ra8 21. Ne1 Qd7
22. Bf3 Bc4 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. Nf3 Qxa4 25. e4 Bxf1 26. Rxf1 Qb5 27. Re1 Nc4 28.
b3 Nxd2 29. Nxd2 a5 30. Nc4 Bf8 31. exf5 Qxf5 32. Qxf5 exf5 33. Ra1 Rd8 34. Kf1
Rxd4 35. Ke2 Re4+ 36. Kd2 Rd4+ 37. Ke2 Rh4 38. h3 Re4+ 39. Kd2 Bc5 40. Rxa5 Bxf2
41. Rxf5 Rd4+ 42. Ke2 Bh4 43. Rb5 Be7 44. Ne5 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Quantbox Chennai GM 2026"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2026.07.16"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "4158814"]
[EventDate "2026.07.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 O-O 7. Bd2 a5 8. h3 Be6
9. Nd5 a4 10. O-O h6 11. Re1 Re8 12. b4 axb3 13. cxb3 Bf8 14. b4 Nb8 15. Nxf6+
Qxf6 16. Bc3 Nd7 17. a4 c6 18. a5 Nb8 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. d4 Na6 21. Re3 Be7 22.
Rb1 Bf6 23. b5 Nc7 24. b6 Nb5 25. d5 Nxc3 26. Rxc3 cxd5 27. exd5 Qf5 28. Ra3 Ra6
29. Nd2 Rc8 30. Rc1 Rxc1 31. Qxc1 Bg5 32. Qc7 Bxd2 33. Qxb7 Qb1+ 34. Kh2 Bf4+
35. g3 Qc2 36. Qxa6 Qxf2+ 37. Kh1 Qe1+ 38. Kg2 Qd2+ 39. Kf1 Qd1+ 40. Kf2 Qd4+
41. Ke2 Qd2+ 42. Kf1 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Quantbox Chennai GM 2026"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2026.07.16"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Pranesh, M"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan (Lasker/Sveshnikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "35028600"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2026.07.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Ne7 9. a4 a6 10. Nc3 Ng6 11. g3 Be7 12. h4 Nf8 13. a5 Nd7 14. Be3 O-O 15.
Qd2 b5 16. axb6 Nxb6 17. Ne4 Qc7 18. c4 Bf5 19. f3 Nxc4 20. Qc3 Rfc8 21. Rc1
Nxe3 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. Rxc7 Nxd5 24. Rc6 Nb4 25. Rb6 d5 26. Nd6 Bxd6 27. Rxd6
Rb8 28. Bh3 Bxh3 29. Rxh3 Kf8 30. Rd7 Ke8 31. Rc7 Nd3+ 32. Kd2 Nxb2 33. f4 Nc4+
34. Kc2 e4 35. g4 Nd6 36. Rhc3 d4 37. R3c5 d3+ 38. Kd2 Rb2+ 39. Kc3 Rf2 40. Kb3
d2 41. Kc2 e3 42. Re5+ Kd8 43. Ree7 Rf1 44. Rcd7+ Kc8 45. Rxd6 Rc1+ 46. Kb3
d1=Q+ 47. Rxd1 Rxd1 48. Rxe3 Rd4 49. Re8+ Kd7 50. Rg8 g6 51. Rg7 Rxf4 52. Rxh7
Ke6 53. g5 a5 54. Ka3 a4 55. Kb2 Rf3 56. Ka2 Rf2+ 57. Ka3 Rf4 58. Kb2 Ke5 59.
Ka3 Kd6 60. Kb2 Rf3 61. Ka2 a3 62. Ka1 Rf2 63. h5 gxh5 64. Rxh5 Rg2 65. Rh7 Ke7
66. Rh5 Kf8 67. Rh3 Rxg5 68. Rxa3 Rb5 69. Ra6 Kg7 70. Ka2 f5 71. Ka3 f4 72. Ka4
Rf5 73. Kb3 f3 74. Ra1 f2 75. Rf1 Kg6 76. Kc3 Kg5 77. Kd3 Kg4 78. Ke2 Kg3 79.
Ra1 Kg2 0-1

[Event "Quantbox Chennai GM 2026"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2026.07.16"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Gukesh, D"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc defence"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[BlackFideId "25092340"]
[EventDate "2026.07.16"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. a4 O-O 7. h3 Nbd7 8. Nf3 e5
9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Be2 Qa5 11. O-O Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Rd8 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Be6
15. Rfe1 Qb4 16. Rab1 Re8 17. Qg5 Kg7 18. Re3 Rad8 19. b3 h6 20. Qg3 d5 21. exd5
Bf5 22. Rbe1 Rxe3 23. Rxe3 cxd5 24. Qe5 d4 25. Ne4 Qb6 26. Nxf6 Qxf6 27. Qxf6+
Kxf6 28. Re2 b6 29. Bg4 d3 30. cxd3 Bxg4 31. hxg4 Rxd3 32. Rb2 Rd1+ 33. Kh2 Rd4
34. Rc2 Rb4 35. Rc3 a5 36. Kg3 Kg5 37. f3 h5 38. gxh5 Kxh5 39. f4 f6 40. Rd3 g5
41. fxg5 fxg5 42. Kh3 Rh4+ 43. Kg3 Re4 44. Kh3 Rb4 45. Re3 Rg4 46. Rd3 Rh4+ 47.
Kg3 Rb4 1/2-1/2

