[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Herbrig, Alexander"]
[Black "Vavulin, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[WhiteFideId "12952044"]
[BlackFideId "4169530"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. Bf4 c5 4. d5 Qa5 5. d6 Nf6 6. Qd2 Nc6 7. dxe7 d5 8. e4 d4
9. Nd5 Qxd2+ 10. Kxd2 Nxe4+ 11. Ke1 Be6 12. Nc7+ Kxe7 13. Nxa8 Rxa8 14. Bd3 Nd6
15. b3 Nb4 16. Ne2 b5 17. Rd1 Bd5 18. a3 Nxd3+ 19. Rxd3 Bxg2 20. Rg1 Be4 21. Rd2
Kd7 22. Ng3 Bd5 23. Bxd6 Kxd6 24. Nf5+ gxf5 25. Rxg7 Rh8 26. b4 h5 27. Rg5 Be6
28. h4 Kd5 29. bxc5 Kxc5 30. Rd1 Kc4 31. Kd2 a5 32. Rdg1 Rh6 33. Rg8 a4 34. Rb8
Bd7 35. Rd8 Bc6 36. Rb1 Rg6 37. Rb4+ Kc5 38. Rbxd4 Be4 39. Ke3 Rg4 40. Rc8+ Kb6
41. Rb8+ Kc6 42. c4 Rxh4 43. cxb5+ Kc7 44. Rg8 Kb6 45. Rb4 Rh1 46. Rb8+ Kc7 47.
Rf8 Bd5 48. b6+ Kb7 49. Kd4 Bb3 50. Ke5 h4 51. Rd8 Re1+ 52. Kf6 Re6+ 53. Kg5
Rxb6 54. Rxb6+ Kxb6 55. Kxh4 Kc5 56. Rc8+ Kd4 57. Kg5 Bc4 58. Kf4 Kc3 59. Ke3
Kb3 60. Kd4 Be6 61. Rc3+ Kb2 62. Rf3 Bb3 63. Rxf5 Kxa3 64. Kc3 Ka2 65. f4 Kb1
66. Re5 Ka2 67. f5 Ka3 68. Re1 Ka2 69. Rg1 Bd5 70. Re1 Bb3 71. Rf1 Bd5 72. Kb4
Bb3 73. Rf2+ Kb1 74. Kc3 Bd5 75. Rd2 Bb3 76. Re2 Bd5 77. Re1+ Ka2 78. f6 Bb3 79.
Re2+ Ka3 80. Rf2 Bd5 81. Rh2 Bb3 82. Rd2 Be6 83. Rd1 Ka2 84. Rc1 Bb3 85. Kb4 Kb2
86. Rc7 Ka2 87. Rc6 Kb2 88. Ra6 Kc2 89. Rd6 Kb2 90. Rd8 Bc2 91. Ra8 Bd1 92. Ra6
Bc2 93. Ra7 Bb3 94. Rxf7 Bxf7 95. Kxa4 Kc3 96. Ka3 Kd4 97. Kb2 Ke5 98. Ka1 Kxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kunin, Vitaly"]
[Black "Polster, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Steinitz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4128737"]
[BlackFideId "12965081"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. g3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bg2 Qe6+ 6. Kf1 Nc6 7. h3 Bh5 8. d3
Qd7 9. Na3 Nf6 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Bg5 h5 13. Nh4 Bh7 14. a4 e6 15. a5
Rc8 16. Kg1 Be7 17. gxh5 Bg8 18. Qd2 Rxh5 19. Bf4 Qd8 20. Nf3 Nd5 21. Bg3 f6 22.
h4 e5 23. Bh3 Rb8 24. Bg4 Rh6 25. h5 Bh7 26. Nh4 Nd4 27. Re1 Kf8 28. Qd1 Nf4 29.
Bxf4 exf4 30. c3 f5 31. cxd4 Bxh4 32. Bf3 cxd4 33. Qb3 Bg8 34. Rxh4 Qg5+ 35. Rg4
fxg4 36. Qb4+ Kf7 37. Bd5+ Kf6 38. Qe7+ Kf5 39. Qe5# 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.17"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Zackrisson, Peter"]
[Black "Poetsch, Hagen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[ECO "A62"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "fianchetto variation"]
[WhiteFideId "16282078"]
[BlackFideId "24615137"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 Bf5 11. Nh4 Bg4 12. Qd2 b5 13. Rfe1 a6 14. a3 Bc8 15. h3
Nh5 16. Bh6 Nd7 17. Bxg7 Nxg7 18. b4 Qe7 19. Nf3 Bb7 20. e4 Rac8 21. Re3 Nb6 22.
Bf1 cxb4 23. axb4 Nc4 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. Qb2 Qd7 26. Kh2 Bc8 27. g4 h5 28. Nd2
Rc7 29. g5 h4 30. Rae1 Nh5 31. Ne2 Qd8 32. f4 f6 33. gxf6 Qxf6 34. Qxf6 Nxf6 35.
Nd4 Rf7 36. N4f3 Nh5 37. Nxh4 Rxf4 38. Ng2 Rf2 39. R1e2 Rxe2 40. Rxe2 Bb7 41.
Nh4 Bxd5 42. Nxg6 Nf6 43. Kg3 Kf7 44. Nf4 Nxe4+ 45. Nxe4 Bxe4 46. Rd2 Kf6 47.
Kf2 Ke5 48. Nd3+ Kf5 49. Nc1 Rc8 50. Ne2 Ke5 51. Ke3 d5 52. Ra2 d4+ 53. Kd2 Bb7
54. Nc1 Kd5 55. Nb3 Rg8 56. Ra1 Rg2+ 57. Kd3 Bc8 58. h4 Bf5# 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.17"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Gloeckler, Christian"]
[Black "Pfrommer, Christoph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2272"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Tartakower (fantasy) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "34608966"]
[BlackFideId "4603290"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 Qb6 4. Nc3 dxe4 5. fxe4 e5 6. Nf3 exd4 7. Nxd4 h5 8. Be2
Bg4 9. Bxg4 hxg4 10. Qd3 Nd7 11. Bf4 Nc5 12. Qc4 Qa6 13. Qxa6 Nxa6 14. O-O-O
O-O-O 15. Nf5 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Nc5 17. Bd6 Bxd6 18. Nxd6+ Kc7 19. b4 Ne6 20. Nxf7
Rxh2 21. Rd2 g3 22. e5 Nf4 23. Ne2 Rh1+ 24. Kb2 Nxe2 25. Rxe2 Rf1 26. e6 Ne7 27.
Rd2 Rf2 28. Rd7+ Kb6 29. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.17"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Lippert, Daniel"]
[Black "Krastev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2227"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open, 6.d4"]
[WhiteFideId "16261895"]
[BlackFideId "12989983"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 Be7 7. Re1 b5 8. Rxe4
d5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Rxe5 bxa4 11. Qe2 Be6 12. f4 Kf8 13. f5 Bd7 14. Nc3 c6 15.
Nxa4 f6 16. Re3 Bxf5 17. Bd2 Ra7 18. a3 Kf7 19. Bb4 Re8 20. c3 Be4 21. Rf1 a5
22. Bc5 Rb7 23. Qa6 Qa8 24. Qxa8 Rxa8 25. Bxe7 Kxe7 26. Rf2 Kd6 27. Nc5 Re7 28.
a4 Rb8 29. b3 f5 30. Rb2 g5 31. Rh3 f4 32. Rh5 Rg8 33. b4 axb4 34. cxb4 Bf5 35.
h4 Re1+ 36. Kf2 Rd1 37. Rh6+ Ke7 38. Re2+ Kf7 39. Rxc6 gxh4 40. Nb7 Bg4 41. Nd6+
Kg6 42. Ne8+ Kg5 43. Re5+ Bf5 44. Nd6 Rf8 45. Rxd5 Rd2+ 46. Kg1 Kg4 47. Rcc5 h3
48. Nxf5 hxg2 49. Nh6+ Kf3 50. Rc1 Rf6 51. Rh5 Ke4 52. Ng4 Rg6 53. Nf2+ Ke3 54.
Re5+ Kxd4 55. Re4+ Kd5 56. Rxf4 Ra2 57. a5 Ke5 58. Rh4 h6 59. Rh5+ Kd6 60. Rhc5
Rg5 61. Ne4+ 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.17"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Black "Maier, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2226"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "3.e4"]
[WhiteFideId "4600088"]
[BlackFideId "4617061"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nc6 4. d5 Ne5 5. Bf4 Ng6 6. Bg3 e5 7. Bxc4 a6 8. Nc3
Bd6 9. h4 b5 10. Be2 b4 11. Na4 Nf6 12. h5 Nf4 13. Bf3 Bd7 14. b3 Bb5 15. Nb2 h6
16. Rc1 O-O 17. Nc4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 f5 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Bf3 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.17"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Voicu-Jagodzinsky, Carmen"]
[Black "Hagner, Bennet"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "1206729"]
[BlackFideId "16224477"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Be2 Qc7 11. O-O Be7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. Bxb6 Qxb6+
15. Kh1 h4 16. Qa5 Qa7 17. f4 b5 18. Rae1 O-O 19. Bf3 Rac8 20. Qd2 Qc7 21. Rf2
Rfe8 22. Rfe2 Bf8 23. c3 a5 24. Nc1 h3 25. gxh3 Qc4 26. fxe5 dxe5 27. Rg2 b4 28.
Reg1 Qh4 29. Ne2 g6 30. Ng3 e4 31. Be2 Re5 32. c4 Bc5 33. Rf1 e3 34. Qd3 Rce8
35. Nf5 Qe4 36. Qxe4 Nxe4 37. Nh6+ Kg7 38. Ng4 R5e7 39. Rf3 f5 40. Nxe3 Bxe3 41.
Rxe3 Nf2+ 42. Rxf2 Rxe3 43. Bf3 Rc8 44. Be2 Kf6 45. Bf1 a4 46. Rd2 Ke7 47. Kg1
Kd6 48. Rg2 Rg8 49. Kf2 Rxh3 50. Ke2 g5 51. Kd2 g4 52. Re2 Rh6 53. Kd3 g3 54. h3
Kc5 55. Bg2 f4 56. b3 a3 57. Bf3 Rhg6 58. Re1 g2 59. Rg1 Rg3 60. Ke2 Rxh3 61. d6
Kxd6 62. Bd5 Rgg3 63. Kf2 Rh1 64. Rxh1 gxh1=N+ 65. Bxh1 Rxb3 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.17"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Garner, Isaac"]
[Black "Ollenberger, Roland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "16239261"]
[BlackFideId "24608440"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 O-O 7. e3 c6 8. Bd3
Re8 9. Qc2 Bg4 10. Ne5 Bh5 11. Bg5 Bg6 12. Nxg6 fxg6 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Rae1 Bd6
15. f3 Qc7 16. g3 Nf8 17. e4 dxe4 18. fxe4 Qb6 19. Qb3+ Qxb3 20. axb3 Be7 21.
Bc4+ Kh8 22. Kg2 h6 23. Be3 Bb4 24. Bxh6 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Rxe4 26. Bc1 Rae8 27.
Rxe4 Nxe4 28. Bf7 Re7 29. Ba3 c5 30. dxc5 Nf6 31. Bc4 Rc7 32. c6 N8h7 33. cxb7
Rxb7 34. h4 Ng4 35. Bc5 Ne5 36. Re1 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.17"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Steffens, Olaf"]
[Black "Braun, Georg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Polish"]
[Variation "Outflank variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4630564"]
[BlackFideId "24629383"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. b4 c6 2. e3 d5 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. c4 Bg4 5. Nf3 e6 6. b5 Nbd7 7. Nc3 Bd6 8. Be2
O-O 9. h3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 e5 11. d4 exd4 12. Qxd4 Be5 13. Qd2 Nb6 14. c5 Nbd7 15.
f4 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 dxe4 18. Rd1 Qa5+ 19. Kf1 Rfd8 20. Rg1 g6 21. Rg5
Qc7 22. h4 h6 23. Rg1 Nxc5 24. h5 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Rd8 26. Be2 Qd6 27. hxg6 f6 28.
g7 Nd3 29. Qb3+ Qd5 30. Qc3 Qe6 31. Bd1 Nxf4 32. Bb3 Nd5 33. Qc5 a6 34. a4 h5
35. Bc4 h4 36. Kg2 Kxg7 37. bxa6 bxa6 38. Kh2+ Kh7 39. Qa7+ Rd7 40. Qxa6 Qe5+
41. Kh1 Qf5 42. Bf1 Qxf2 43. Qxc6 Rg7 44. Bg2 f5 45. Qe8 Nf6 46. Qf8 h3 47. Qxf6
hxg2+ 48. Kh2 Qg3# 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.17"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Kuegel, Tobias"]
[Black "Hoppstaedter, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Mieses opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4636295"]
[BlackFideId "16243625"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. d4 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 dxc4 11. Qxc4 e5 12. h3 Re8 13. Re1 exd4 14. Nxd4 Ne5 15.
Qe2 Ng6 16. Nf5 Be5 17. Bg5 h6 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qg4 Rad8 21. h4
Qf4 22. Qxf4 Nxf4 23. Nd6 Re7 24. g3 Ng6 25. f4 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Red7 27. e5 f6 28.
Rb1 fxe5 29. Nxb7 Rb8 30. Nc5 Rxb1 31. Rxb1 Rd5 32. Rb8+ Kf7 33. Rb7+ Ne7 34.
Nb3 Rd3 35. fxe5 Rxg3+ 36. Kf2 Rxc3 37. Nd4 Rc4 38. Ke3 Ke8 39. Rxa7 Ng6 40. Nf5
Rc1 41. e6 Kd8 42. Rd7+ Ke8 43. Nd6+ Kf8 44. e7+ 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.17"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Philipp, Mathias"]
[Black "Spitzl, Vinzent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2159"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, Botvinnik system reversed"]
[WhiteFideId "12958883"]
[BlackFideId "12901253"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. e3 O-O 8. d4
exd4 9. exd4 d6 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Bf4 Be6 12. Qa4 Qa5 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. Bd6 Rfe8
15. Bxc5 Bxc4 16. Rfd1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 b6 18. Bb4 Rac8 19. Nd2 Bd5 20. Ne4 Bxe4
21. Bxe4 Nec6 22. Bd3 Rc7 23. Bb5 Re6 24. Bd6 Rc8 25. Bb4 Re5 26. Ba6 Rce8 27.
Rd7 Nxb4 28. cxb4 Nc6 29. Bc4 R8e7 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. a3 Ne5 32. Bb5 Nf3+ 33. Kg2
Ne1+ 34. Kh3 Nc2 35. Ra2 Nd4 36. Ba6 Rc7 37. Rd2 Nc2 38. Rd3 f5 39. f4 Kf7 40.
Bb5 Ne1 41. Re3 Nc2 42. Rd3 Re7 43. Rc3 Ne3 44. Be2 Kg7 45. Bf3 h6 46. g4 fxg4+
47. Bxg4 Nd5 48. Rf3 Kf6 49. Kg3 h5 50. Bh3 Ne3 51. Bf1 Nxf1+ 52. Rxf1 Rd7 53.
Rf3 Rd4 54. Re3 Rd2 55. h3 Ra2 56. Kf3 a5 57. bxa5 bxa5 58. Rb3 a4 59. Rc3 Ke6
60. Rc6+ Kf5 61. Rc5+ Ke6 62. Rc6+ Kd5 63. Rxg6 Rxa3+ 64. Kg2 h4 65. Rh6 Rg3+
66. Kh2 a3 67. Rxh4 Rg8 68. Rh5+ Kc4 69. Ra5 Kb3 70. h4 a2 71. Kh3 Rg1 72. h5
a1=Q 73. Rxa1 Rxa1 74. Kg4 Kc4 75. h6 Kd5 76. Kf5 Rh1 77. Kg6 Ke6 78. Kg7 Rg1+
79. Kf8 Rh1 80. Kg7 Ke7 81. h7 Rg1+ 82. Kh6 Kf7 83. h8=N+ Kf6 84. Kh7 Rg7+ 85.
Kh6 Rg4 86. Kh7 Rxf4 87. Kg8 Rg4+ 88. Kf8 Rg7 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.17"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Besou, Hussain"]
[Black "Manucharyan, Andriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "16269950"]
[BlackFideId "16260910"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Ne2
O-O 9. c3 a5 10. Ng3 Qb6 11. Qd2 f6 12. a3 a4 13. Bd3 Na5 14. Qc2 f5 15. O-O Nb3
16. Rae1 Qc7 17. Qf2 Nb6 18. Ne2 Bd7 19. h3 Be8 20. g4 Bg6 21. gxf5 Bxf5 22.
Bxf5 Rxf5 23. Ng3 Rff8 24. dxc5 Bxc5 25. Bxc5 Qxc5 26. Nd4 Nxd4 27. cxd4 Qe7 28.
Kh2 g6 29. Ne2 Nc4 30. Nc3 Qd7 31. Na2 Qb5 32. Nb4 Rf5 33. Qe2 Raf8 34. Kg3 Qb6
35. Rd1 g5 36. fxg5 Rxf1 37. Rxf1 Rxf1 38. Qxf1 Qxd4 39. Qf6 Qxe5+ 40. Qxe5 Nxe5
41. Kf4 Nc4 42. Nd3 b6 43. h4 Kf7 44. h5 Kg7 45. Kg4 e5 46. Kf5 e4 47. Nf4 Kf7
48. g6+ hxg6+ 49. hxg6+ Kg7 50. Nxd5 e3 51. Nf4 Nxb2 52. Kg5 Kg8 53. Kh6 e2 54.
Nxe2 Nc4 55. Nc3 Nd6 56. Nxa4 Nc4 57. Nc3 Ne3 58. Ne4 Ng4+ 59. Kg5 Ne5 60. Nd6
Nd7 61. a4 Kf8 62. Nf5 Ke8 63. Ne3 Kf8 64. Nd5 Kg7 65. Kf5 Kf8 66. Nf4 Nc5 67.
Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.17"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Sauer, Tim"]
[Black "Zuferi, Enis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "16265726"]
[BlackFideId "24692530"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Bd6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 c6 7. d4 O-O 8. O-O
Ne4 9. Ne5 f5 10. Nd2 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Bc5 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Qc1 Qb6 14. e3 Bd7 15.
Ba3 Rf5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. cxd5 Qxc1 18. Raxc1 cxd5 19. Rc7 Bc6 20. Bh3 Rxe5 21.
f4 exf3 22. Rxf3 Rf8 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Kf2 Rh5 25. Bxe6 Rxh2+ 26. Kf1 g6 27.
Bc8 Rxa2 28. Bxb7 Bb5+ 29. Kg1 Re2 30. Bxd5 Rxe3 31. Rf7+ Ke8 32. Rxh7 Rxg3+ 33.
Kf2 Rg5 34. Be4 a6 35. Rg7 Rg4 36. Kf3 Be2+ 37. Ke3 Bd1 38. b4 Kf8 39. Ra7 Be2
40. Bxg6 Rxg6 41. Kxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.17"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Miller, Eduard"]
[Black "Saglam, Buelent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "24687022"]
[BlackFideId "24694827"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. c4 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 Nc7 7. d3 e5 8. Nd2
Be6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Nc4 f6 12. Be3 Nd5 13. Rc1 Rb8 14. b3 Be7 15.
Qa5 O-O 16. Bxc5 Nxc3 17. Bxe7 Nxe2 18. Kxe2 Qxe7 19. Ne3 Rb5 20. Qa4 Qd7 21.
Rc3 Qd4 22. Rxc6 Qxa4 23. bxa4 Rb2+ 24. Kf3 Bc8 25. Nd5 Bb7 26. Rd6 Rb6 27. Rd7
Bc6 28. Rd6 Bb7 29. Rd7 Bc6 30. Rd6 Ba8 31. Rd7 Rf7 32. Rd8+ Rf8 33. Rd7 Ra6 34.
Ke3 Bxd5 35. Rxd5 Rxa4 36. Rc1 g6 37. Rc2 Rf7 38. Rb5 Rd7 39. Rb3 Kf7 40. a3
Rad4 41. Rc4 Rxc4 42. dxc4 Ke6 43. Rb5 f5 44. Ra5 e4 45. Ra6+ Ke5 46. f4+ exf3
47. Ra5+ Kd6 48. Kxf3 Rc7 49. h4 Ke6 50. c5 Ke5 51. Ke3 Re7 52. Kf3 Kd5 53. h5
Rc7 54. h6 Ke5 55. c6+ Kf6 56. Rc5 Ke6 57. Ra5 Kd6 58. Ra6 Kc5 59. a4 Kd5 60.
Kf4 Rf7 61. Kg5 Ke5 62. Ra5+ Kd6 63. c7 Rxc7 64. Kf6 Rb7 65. Ra6+ Kd5 66. a5 Rd7
67. Kg5 Rf7 68. Kf4 Re7 69. Rf6 Re4+ 70. Kf3 Re7 71. Rf8 Ke5 72. Rb8 Kf6 73. a6
Re6 74. Rb7 Rxa6 75. Rxh7 Kg5 76. Rh8 Ra3+ 77. Kf2 a5 78. g4 fxg4 79. Kg2 a4 80.
Kf2 Rf3+ 81. Kg2 Rf4 82. Kh2 Rb4 83. Kg2 Kh5 84. Kh2 g5 85. Kg2 Rb2+ 86. Kg3 a3
87. Rh7 Rb3+ 88. Kg2 g3 89. Rh8 Kg6 90. Kh3 Rc3 91. Kg2 Rd3 92. Kh3 Rb3 93. Kg2
g4 94. h7 Kg7 95. Rg8+ Kxh7 96. Rxg4 Kh6 97. Kh3 Rc3 98. Rg8 Rb3 99. Rg4 Rb5
100. Ra4 Rb3 101. Rg4 Kh5 102. Rg8 Rc3 103. Rg7 Rb3 104. Rg8 Rc3 105. Rg7 Kh6
106. Rg8 Kh7 107. Rg4 Kh6 108. Rg8 Rd3 109. Rg4 Kh5 110. Rg8 Rf3 111. Rg7 Rf1
112. Ra7 Rf3 113. Rg7 Kh6 114. Rg8 Rc3 115. Rg4 Rb3 116. Rg8 Rb2 117. Kxg3 a2
118. Ra8 Kg5 119. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.17"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Grossmann, Piet"]
[Black "Koepke, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2063"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[ECO "B57"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Sozin, not Scheveningen"]
[WhiteFideId "16234359"]
[BlackFideId "4655737"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Bd7 7. Be3 e6 8. f3
a6 9. Qe2 b5 10. Bb3 Na5 11. g4 Be7 12. g5 Nh5 13. f4 g6 14. O-O-O b4 15. Na4
O-O 16. Kb1 Nxb3 17. axb3 Qc7 18. Qd2 Qb7 19. Ne2 Bxa4 20. bxa4 Qxe4 21. b3 Rfc8
22. Ng3 Nxg3 23. hxg3 e5 24. Rhe1 Rc3 25. Bd4 Qxd4 26. Qxd4 exd4 27. Rxe7 Rac8
28. Rxd4 Rxg3 29. Rxb4 Rg1+ 30. Kb2 Rg2 31. Rc4 Rxc4 32. bxc4 Rf2 33. Rd7 Rxf4
34. Rxd6 Rxc4 35. Rxa6 h5 36. gxh6 Kh7 37. Ra7 Kxh6 38. Rxf7 Rxa4 39. Kc3 g5 40.
Kd3 Kh5 41. Ke3 Rc4 42. Kf3 Rc3+ 43. Kg2 Rxc2+ 44. Kg1 Kh4 45. Ra7 g4 46. Ra3
Rb2 47. Rc3 Re2 48. Ra3 Kg5 49. Ra5+ Kf4 50. Ra4+ Kf3 51. Ra3+ Re3 52. Rxe3+
Kxe3 53. Kg2 Kf4 54. Kf2 g3+ 55. Kg2 Kg4 56. Kg1 Kf3 57. Kf1 g2+ 58. Kg1 Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.17"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Kocharin, Timur"]
[Black "Mueller, Thorsten"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "16240936"]
[BlackFideId "4653319"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. h4 Qb6 10. h5 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc5 13. O-O-O Bxd4 14. Qxd4 b4 15.
Ne2 Qa5 16. Kb1 Rb8 17. Rh3 Nc5 18. g4 Bd7 19. f5 Ne4 20. Bg2 Bb5 21. Nc1 Ng5
22. Re3 h6 23. f6 O-O 24. Qd2 Rfc8 25. Nb3 Qd8 26. fxg7 Kxg7 27. Nd4 Bc4 28. b3
Bb5 29. Qxb4 Be2 30. Qxb8 Rxb8 31. Rxe2 Qc7 32. Rd3 Rc8 33. a3 Qb6 34. Kb2 Rc4
35. c3 a5 36. Kc2 Rc8 37. a4 Qc5 38. Kb2 Rb8 39. Rde3 Rb7 40. Rf2 Qc4 41. Ka2
Qc5 42. Rf4 Rc7 43. Kb2 Qb6 44. Kc2 Qc5 45. Kb2 Qb6 46. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Garner, Isaac"]
[Black "Kunin, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[WhiteFideId "16239261"]
[BlackFideId "4128737"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. a3 Re8 11. b4 Bf8 12. Bb2 a6 13. e3 Bg4 14. h3 Bf5 15. Qb3
a5 16. b5 a4 17. Qd1 Na5 18. Nxa4 Nc4 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Nd4 Be4 21. Nc3 Bxg2 22.
Kxg2 Qd8 23. Nc2 Qa5 24. Nb4 Rxe3 25. Nbxd5 Re6 26. a4 Rc8 27. Qd4 Ne5 28. Rac1
Rc4 29. Qd1 h6 30. Qb3 Rc8 31. Ne4 Ree8 32. Rfd1 Kh8 33. Ne3 Ra8 34. Rd4 Qb6 35.
Rcd1 Nc6 36. R4d3 Rxe4 37. Nd5 Qa7 38. bxc6 bxc6 39. Nc3 Rb4 40. Qa2 Rb7 41. Qc4
Qc5 42. Qxc5 Bxc5 43. Rd8+ Rxd8 44. Rxd8+ Kh7 45. Rc8 Rb6 46. g4 Ra6 47. h4 Bb4
48. Ne4 Rxa4 49. h5 Ba3 50. Kf3 Rc4 51. Rc7 Kg8 52. Rc8+ Kh7 53. Rc7 Kg8 54.
Rc8+ Bf8 55. Ke3 c5 56. f3 Rd4 57. Ng3 Rd5 58. Nf5 Re5+ 59. Kd3 g6 60. f4 Rd5+
61. Ke4 Rd7 62. hxg6 fxg6 63. Nxh6+ Kg7 64. Kf3 Rd3+ 65. Kg2 Bd6 66. g5 Rc3 67.
Rd8 Bxf4 68. Rd7+ Kh8 69. Rd8+ Kg7 70. Rd7+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Poetsch, Hagen"]
[Black "Kuegel, Tobias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "24615137"]
[BlackFideId "4636295"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. c4 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Re1
c5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bb7 11. e4 Nb4 12. Nc3 N8c6 13. Be3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Ba6 15.
e5 Nd3 16. Re4 f5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qc2 Rad8 20. Rd1 Nc5 21. Rf4
Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Qe5 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Qd2 Ke7 25. b4 Na4 26. Nd1 Qe2 27. Qg5+
Kf7 28. Qf4+ Ke7 29. Qc7+ Kf6 30. Qd8+ Kf7 31. Qd7+ Kf6 32. h3 Bb5 33. Qd8+ Kf7
34. Qc7+ Kf8 35. Qf4+ Ke7 36. Ne3 Qxa2 37. Qg5+ Kf7 38. Qxb5 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.18"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Braun, Georg"]
[Black "Gloeckler, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "24629383"]
[BlackFideId "34608966"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. a3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 b6 7. Nbd2 Bb7 8. Bd3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 cxd4 11. exd4 Ne4 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Qe2 f5 14. Ndc4 Nf6
15. f4 exf3 16. Nxf3 Ne4 17. Nce5 Bf6 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. c4 Rad8 20. a4 g5 21. Nd3
g4 22. Nfe5 Qe7 23. Qe3 Qd6 24. b4 Bg5 25. Qe1 h5 26. Nf4 h4 27. d5 exd5 28.
cxd5 g3 29. hxg3 Qh6 30. Ng4 Qh7 31. Ne6 Qh5 32. Nxg5 Qxg5 33. Nf2 Nxf2 34. Qxf2
hxg3 35. Qf4 Qxf4 36. Rxf4 Rxd5 37. Rxd5 Bxd5 38. Be5 Rc8 39. Rxf5 Rc1+ 40. Rf1
Rc2 41. Rd1 Be4 42. Re1 Bb7 43. Rd1 Kf8 44. Kf1 Rf2+ 45. Ke1 Rxg2 46. Rd7 Bf3
47. Bxg3 Rxg3 48. Rxa7 Rg6 49. b5 Bd5 50. Kd2 Ke8 51. Kc3 Rg4 52. a5 bxa5 53.
Rxa5 Kd7 54. Ra6 Kc7 55. Rh6 Rc4+ 56. Kd3 Rb4 57. Rf6 Rxb5 58. Kd4 Bc6 59. Rf7+
Kb6 60. Rf2 Rb4+ 61. Ke5 Re4+ 62. Kd6 Rd4+ 63. Ke5 Rd5+ 64. Ke4 Kc5 65. Rc2+ Kd6
66. Rf2 Ke6 67. Ke3 Ra5 68. Rh2 Ra4 69. Rh6+ Kd5 70. Rh5+ Kd6 71. Rh6+ Kc5 72.
Rh5+ Bd5 73. Rh2 Re4+ 74. Kd3 Rf4 75. Rc2+ Kd6 76. Rh2 Be4+ 77. Kd4 Bf5+ 78. Ke3
Rb4 79. Ra2 Be6 80. Ra5 Bd5 81. Ra7 Ke5 82. Re7+ Be6 83. Re8 Rb3+ 84. Ke2 Kd5
85. Kf2 Bf5 86. Re3 Rb4 87. Kf3 Be4+ 88. Kf4 Rb1 89. Ra3 Rf1+ 90. Kg5 Ke5 91.
Ra5+ Bd5 92. Rb5 Rg1+ 93. Kh5 Rg8 94. Ra5 Ke4 95. Kh6 Rg3 96. Rb5 Ke5 97. Kh5
Ke4 98. Kh6 Be6 99. Rg5 Ra3 100. Rb5 Kf4 101. Kg6 Ra6 102. Rb4+ Bc4+ 103. Kg7
Rc6 104. Ra4 Ke5 105. Ra1 Rc7+ 106. Kg6 Bd3+ 107. Kg5 Rg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.18"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Spitzl, Vinzent"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Euwe variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12901253"]
[BlackFideId "4600088"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Nc2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd2 Rc8 12. Bd3 f6 13. Bxf5 exf5 14. Re1 Be8 15.
Bc3 Bh5 16. Qd2 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qe8 18. f4 Qh5 19. Qd1 Qg4+ 20. Qxg4 fxg4 21. Ne3
fxe5 22. Nxd5 e4 23. Rxe4 Bd6 24. Rae1 h5 25. Ne3 Rxf4 26. Nc4 Rxe4 27. Rxe4 Bf8
28. d5 Nd8 29. Ne3 Nf7 30. Rc4 Rxc4 31. Nxc4 b5 32. Ne5 Ng5 33. Kg2 a6 34. f3
gxf3+ 35. Nxf3 Ne4 36. Bd4 g5 37. h3 Bd6 38. Be3 g4 39. hxg4 hxg4 40. Nd4 Nf6
41. Nf5 Nxd5 42. Nh6+ Kg7 43. Nxg4 Nxe3+ 44. Nxe3 Kf6 45. Kf3 Ke5 46. Nc2 Kd5
47. b3 Bc5 48. Ke2 Ke4 49. Kd2 a5 50. a4 bxa4 51. bxa4 Bb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.18"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Hagner, Bennet"]
[Black "Besou, Hussain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, Saemisch variation"]
[WhiteFideId "16224477"]
[BlackFideId "16269950"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. h3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Bd6 9. Bxd6 Nxd6 10. e3 O-O 11. Bd3 g6 12. Rc1 Nf6 13. g4 Qe7 14. Ne2 Nfe4 15.
Nf4 f5 16. g5 Nxg5 17. Nxg5 Qxg5 18. h4 Qf6 19. Ke2 Re8 20. Qa4 Bd7 21. Rcg1
Rad8 22. Qxa7 Ra8 23. Qb6 Rxa2 24. Kf3 Ne4 25. Qxb7 Qd6 26. Ra1 Rxa1 27. Rxa1
Qe7 28. Ke2 Nxf2 29. Kxf2 Qxe3+ 30. Kg2 Qd2+ 31. Kh1 Qxf4 32. Qxd7 Qxh4+ 33. Kg2
Qg4+ 34. Kh2 Qf4+ 35. Kg2 Qd2+ 36. Kh1 Qh6+ 37. Kg2 Qg5+ 38. Kf1 Qf4+ 39. Kg2
Qg4+ 40. Kh2 Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.18"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Vavulin, Maxim"]
[Black "Lippert, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2227"]
[ECO "B89"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Sozin, 7.Be3"]
[WhiteFideId "4169530"]
[BlackFideId "16261895"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Bd7 8. Bb3
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Be7 10. g4 O-O 11. g5 Ng4 12. h4 b5 13. Rg1 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 a5 15. a4
bxa4 16. Nxa4 Rb8 17. O-O-O Bxa4 18. Bxa4 Rb4 19. Rd4 Qb6 20. Rgd1 d5 21. Rxb4
Qxb4 22. Bc6 Rb8 23. Qd4 Qxd4 24. Rxd4 Bc5 25. Rd2 dxe4 26. Bxe4 g6 27. c3 Kf8
28. Bc6 Rb6 29. Be4 Ke7 30. Kc2 Rd6 31. Re2 f6 32. Kb3 Bb6 33. Kc4 Bd8 34. Kc5
Bb6+ 35. Kb5 Bc7 36. f3 Rb6+ 37. Kc5 Rb8 38. Bd5 Be5 39. Ba2 Bd6+ 40. Kc6 Be5
41. f4 Rc8+ 42. Kb7 Rb8+ 43. Ka7 Bxf4 44. Rxe6+ Kd7 45. gxf6 Rxb2 46. f7 Bh6 47.
Bd5 a4 48. Ra6 Rc2 49. c4 Rh2 50. Ka8 Bf8 51. Ra7+ Kd6 52. Kb7 Rxh4 53. Ra8 Be7
54. Rxa4 Kc5 55. Kc7 Rh2 56. Kd7 Bf8 57. Ra8 Bh6 58. Rc8+ Kd4 59. Be6 Ra2 60. c5
Ra7+ 61. Kd6 Bf4+ 62. Kc6 Bh6 63. Kb6 Ra1 64. c6 Ke5 65. Bc4 Be3+ 66. Kc7 Bh6
67. Kd7 Ra7+ 68. c7 Kd4 69. Be6 Kc5 70. f8=Q+ Bxf8 71. Rxf8 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.18"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Zuferi, Enis"]
[Black "Herbrig, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "24692530"]
[BlackFideId "12952044"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 Bc5 7. Bf4 O-O 8.
Bc7 Qe7 9. Bd6 Bxd6 10. Qxd6 Qd8 11. O-O-O a6 12. Nd4 Ne7 13. a4 Ne8 14. Qb4 d6
15. e5 d5 16. Bd3 a5 17. Qa3 Nc7 18. h4 Nc6 19. Nf3 Nb4 20. h5 Bd7 21. h6 g6 22.
Be2 Rb8 23. Nb5 Nc6 24. Kb1 Nxb5 25. axb5 Na7 26. Nd4 b6 27. f4 Rc8 28. Qd6 Rc5
29. f5 Nc8 30. Qb8 exf5 31. Bf3 Be6 32. Nc6 Qd7 33. c4 Rxc4 34. Rc1 Rxc1+ 35.
Rxc1 g5 36. Nd4 Qa7 37. Qxa7 Nxa7 38. Rc7 Nc8 39. Bh5 f4 40. Nxe6 fxe6 41. Bg4 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.18"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Koepke, Christian"]
[Black "Sauer, Tim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "4655737"]
[BlackFideId "16265726"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Na3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. Nc4 Nbd7 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. O-O O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Bf4 Qc6 13. Nba5 Qb5 14. Nb3 Qc6
15. Bd6 Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Nxd6 Rd8 18. Rfd1 Rb8 19. Rd2 Kf8 20. Rad1 Ke7
21. Na5 Rf8 22. Bxa6 Nc5 23. Be2 Ra8 24. b4 Nce4 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. Rd3 b6 27.
Nc6+ Kf6 28. Rf3+ Kg5 29. h4+ Kh6 30. Ne5 f5 31. Bc4 Bb7 32. Rd7 Rab8 33. Re3
Bc8 34. Re7 Nd6 35. Bxe6 Bb7 36. Rd3 Ne8 37. Nd7 Be4 38. Rd4 Rb7 39. f3 Bc6 40.
Bb3 Rh8 41. Re6+ 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.18"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Saglam, Buelent"]
[Black "Kocharin, Timur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2114"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[ECO "A33"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24694827"]
[BlackFideId "16240936"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. f3 d5 8. exd5
exd5 9. Qe2+ Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O-O Re8 12. Qd2 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 dxc4 14. Qf4
Qa5 15. Bxc4 Bd7 16. Rxd7 Nxd7 17. Bxf7+ Kh8 18. Bxe8 Rxe8 19. Qf7 Nf6 20. Bd4
Qd8 21. Rd1 Rf8 22. Qe6 Qc7 23. Be5 Qc5 24. Bd4 Qc7 25. Bxa7 Bb4 26. Qb6 Qf4+
27. Rd2 Bxc3 28. bxc3 Re8 29. Qd4 Qxh2 30. Qd6 Qh1+ 31. Kb2 Qe1 32. Bf2 Qf1 33.
Bd4 Qb5+ 34. Qb4 Qg5 35. Rc2 Nd7 36. a4 Qd5 37. Qb5 Qe6 38. Rd2 b6 39. Bxg7+
Kxg7 40. Qxd7+ 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.18"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Krastev, Alexander"]
[Black "Grossmann, Piet"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2063"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French defence"]
[WhiteFideId "12989983"]
[BlackFideId "16234359"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 Bd7 4. c3 c5 5. g3 Qb6 6. Bg2 Bb5 7. d3 Qa6 8. Bf1 Nd7
9. a4 Bc6 10. d4 Qb6 11. a5 Qc7 12. Bd3 c4 13. Bc2 h6 14. h4 Bb5 15. h5 Be7 16.
Nh4 O-O-O 17. Qg4 Bf8 18. f4 Ne7 19. O-O Nc6 20. Kh2 Be7 21. f5 Ncxe5 22. dxe5
Nxe5 23. Qh3 d4 24. Bf4 Bxh4 25. gxh4 d3 26. Bd1 Bc6 27. Nd2 g5 28. hxg6 fxg6
29. Nxc4 Bg2 30. Qxg2 Qxc4 31. Bxe5 gxf5 32. Ra4 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.18"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Polster, Christian"]
[Black "Ollenberger, Roland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "12965081"]
[BlackFideId "24608440"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 e5 6. O-O Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. Nd2
Nd4 9. Nc4 Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Bg5 Ne8 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. f4 f6 14. Ne3 Nc7 15. f5
Bf7 16. Ncd5 Qd8 17. c3 Nc6 18. Bf3 Nxd5 19. exd5 Ne7 20. Be4 b5 21. Rf2 Qb6 22.
Qf3 Rac8 23. c4 Rb8 24. g4 bxc4 25. dxc4 Qa6 26. Qd1 Rb6 27. h4 Qb7 28. Qc2 Rb8
29. Rb1 Qa6 30. b3 Qb7 31. g5 Kh8 32. Qe2 a5 33. g6 Be8 34. gxh7 Kxh7 35. Rg2
Ng8 36. Kh2 a4 37. Bc2 axb3 38. axb3 Ra8 39. Rbg1 Ra7 40. Rg6 Ra2 41. Qh5+ Nh6
42. Rxh6+ gxh6 43. Qxe8 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.18"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Hoppstaedter, Daniel"]
[Black "Zackrisson, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense)"]
[WhiteFideId "16243625"]
[BlackFideId "16282078"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. d3 h6 7. O-O e5 8. Rb1 a5
9. a3 Re8 10. e4 Bg4 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Qd2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Kh7 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4
Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Ne2 Nd7 18. Bg2 Ra4 19. Bh3 Qe7 20. f4 Rea8 21. Kg2 Ra3
22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. f5 Be5 24. fxg6+ fxg6 25. Rf2 Ra2 26. Rb2 Ra1 27. Nc1 Kg7 28.
Ra2 R8xa2 29. Nxa2 Qg4 30. b5 h5 31. Qe2 c5 32. bxc6 Qxe2 33. Rxe2 bxc6 34. Nb4
c5 35. Nc2 Rd1 36. Ne1 Kh6 37. Kf2 h4 38. Kg2 Kh5 39. Kh3 g5 40. g4+ Kg6 41. Kg2
Bf4 42. Kh3 Kf6 43. Kg2 Ke6 44. Kh3 Kd7 45. Kg2 Kc6 46. Kh3 Kb6 47. Kg2 Ka5 48.
Kh3 Kb4 49. Kg2 Kb3 50. Kh3 Rd2 51. Rxd2 Bxd2 52. Nf3 Bf4 53. Nxh4 gxh4 54. Kxh4
Bxh2 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.18"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Pfrommer, Christoph"]
[Black "Steffens, Olaf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2272"]
[BlackElo "2184"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Polish defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4603290"]
[BlackFideId "4630564"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 b5 2. e4 a6 3. Bd3 e6 4. Ne2 c5 5. c3 Bb7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nd2 Nc6 8. a3 Qb6
9. Nf3 c4 10. Bc2 Na5 11. Ng3 Be7 12. Re1 h5 13. Bg5 Ng4 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. Qd2
f6 16. h3 Nh6 17. Nxh5 Nf7 18. Ng3 Nb3 19. Bxb3 cxb3 20. Qd1 g5 21. Nh2 d5 22.
Qxb3 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Qc6 24. f3 g4 25. Nxg4 f5 26. Nc5 Qd5 27. Qxd5 Bxd5 28. Ne3
Bxf3 29. Nxf5+ Kf6 30. Ng3 Ng5 31. Nge4+ Nxe4 32. Nxe4+ Kf5 33. gxf3 Kf4 34. Kh2
Rh5 35. Nd2 Rah8 36. Re4+ Kf5 37. Re5+ Kf4 38. Rxh5 Rxh5 39. Re1 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.18"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Maier, Alexander"]
[Black "Philipp, Mathias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2226"]
[BlackElo "2159"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4617061"]
[BlackFideId "12958883"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 d6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Qh5 Nc6
8. Ne2 Rg8 9. O-O Rg5 10. Qf3 f5 11. Nbc3 O-O-O 12. exf5 Rxf5 13. Qh3 h6 14. Ng3
Rf4 15. Qxd7+ Kxd7 16. Nce2 Rg4 17. f3 Rg8 18. Rad1 e6 19. Nh5 Kc7 20. f4 d5 21.
c3 f5 22. d3 b5 23. Rfe1 Rg6 24. Kf1 b4 25. Rc1 a5 26. d4 Kb6 27. Rc2 bxc3 28.
dxc5+ Bxc5 29. Nxc3 Ba3 30. Na4+ Kb7 31. Nc5+ Bxc5 32. Rxc5 Kb6 33. Rc2 Rd6 34.
a3 Nd4 35. Rb2 Rc6 36. a4 Nc2 37. Re2 Nb4 38. Rbd2 Rc3 39. Rd1 Kc5 40. Rde1 Nd3
41. Rb1 Kb4 42. Rd2 Nc1 43. Ng3 Rg4 44. Rd1 Rxf4+ 45. Kg1 Nxb3 46. Ne2 Re4 47.
Nxc3 Kxc3 48. Rf1 d4 49. Rf3+ Re3 50. Rxe3+ dxe3 51. Re1 Kd2 52. Rb1 Nc1 53.
Rb2+ Kd1 54. Rb6 Nd3 55. Rd6 Kd2 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.18"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Manucharyan, Andriy"]
[Black "Voicu-Jagodzinsky, Carmen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[ECO "A62"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "fianchetto variation"]
[WhiteFideId "16260910"]
[BlackFideId "1206729"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 h6 11. Qc1 g5 12. Be3 Bf5 13. h4 g4 14. Nd2 Rxe3 15. fxe3
Bg6 16. Nc4 Qe7 17. e4 Nh5 18. Kh2 Nd7 19. a4 Nb6 20. Nxb6 Be5 21. Rf4 Bxf4 22.
gxf4 Qxh4+ 23. Kg1 axb6 24. f5 Kg7 25. fxg6 fxg6 26. Qe3 g3 27. Bf3 Rf8 28. Kf1
g5 29. Ke1 g4 30. Kd2 gxf3 31. exf3 Qh2+ 32. Ne2 Nf4 33. Re1 g2 34. Ng1 Qh5 35.
Kc2 Qe5 36. Ne2 Kh7 37. Rg1 h5 38. Qf2 Nh3 39. Qxg2 Nxg1 40. Nxg1 Rg8 41. Qh1
Qg5 42. Ne2 Kh6 43. Qh2 Rg6 44. Qf2 Kg7 45. f4 Qg2 46. Qe3 h4 47. Kb1 h3 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.18"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Mueller, Thorsten"]
[Black "Miller, Eduard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "London system"]
[WhiteFideId "4653319"]
[BlackFideId "24687022"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. h3 e5 8. Bh2
Qe7 9. Re1 a6 10. Bf1 b6 11. c3 Bb7 12. a4 Rae8 13. Na3 h6 14. Nc4 e4 15. Nfd2
Nh7 16. Qb3 Kh8 17. Qa3 f5 18. b4 Nb8 19. b5 a5 20. Nxa5 bxa5 21. Nc4 g5 22.
Nxa5 Ba8 23. Nc4 f4 24. a5 Nd7 25. b6 d5 26. Nd2 cxb6 27. axb6 Qxa3 28. Rxa3
Nxb6 29. Rb1 Nd7 30. Ra7 Bc6 31. c4 Ra8 32. Rba1 fxe3 33. fxe3 Nhf6 34. Bd6 Rfc8
35. c5 Bf8 36. Rxa8 Rxa8 37. Rxa8 Bxa8 38. Bc7 Bc6 39. Nb3 Ba4 40. Na5 Ne8 41.
Bg3 Kg8 42. Ba6 Kf7 43. Bc8 Nxc5 44. dxc5 Bxc5 45. Bf2 Bb4 46. Nb7 Ke7 47. h4
Bd7 48. Bxd7 Kxd7 49. hxg5 hxg5 50. Bg3 Kc8 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.19"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kunin, Vitaly"]
[Black "Poetsch, Hagen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[WhiteFideId "4128737"]
[BlackFideId "24615137"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. e4 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. Rd1 Nb6 10. Qb3 Nfd7 11. Be3 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Qc7 13. Be2 e5 14. Be3 Nc5
15. Qc2 Nca4 16. Bd2 Be6 17. O-O f6 18. Rc1 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 Rac8 20. Qb1 Qb8 21.
h3 Na4 22. Bd2 b5 23. b3 Nc5 24. Be3 Na6 25. a4 Nc7 26. axb5 Nxb5 27. Bc4 Bxc4
28. bxc4 Nd6 29. Qa2 Nf7 30. c5 Rc7 31. Rfd1 Rfc8 32. Rd5 Kf8 33. h4 Nd8 34. h5
Ne6 35. Nxe5 fxe5 36. Rxe5 Nxc5 37. Rf5+ Ke8 38. Qg8+ Kd7 39. Rd5+ Kc6 40.
Rdxc5+ 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.19"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Spitzl, Vinzent"]
[Black "Vavulin, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "12901253"]
[BlackFideId "4169530"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nc3 Nb6 8. Bb3 a5
9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Ne4 Qd8 11. a4 O-O 12. h3 Na6 13. c3 Nd5 14. Re1 b6 15. Bd2
Nac7 16. Ng3 Bb7 17. Qe2 e6 18. Bg5 Bf6 19. Bh6 Bg7 20. Bg5 Qc8 21. Qd2 Ba6 22.
h4 f6 23. Bh6 Qd7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Ne4 Qe7 26. c4 Nb4 27. c5 Nd3 28. cxb6 Nd5
29. Nc5 Nxe1 30. Rxe1 e5 31. Qc1 Nf4 32. Qxf4 Qxc5 33. Qxf6+ Kxf6 34. dxc5 Rfe8
35. Ng5 Bd3 36. Nf7 e4 37. Nd6 Re7 38. Rc1 Ke5 39. Bd1 Kd4 40. Bg4 Re5 41. Nb7
Re7 42. Nd6 Ba6 43. Bf5 Re5 44. Bxe4 Rxe4 45. Nxe4 Kxe4 46. Rd1 Bd3 47. f3+ Ke3
48. Kh2 h5 49. Kg3 Rf8 50. f4 Kd4 51. Kf3 Kc4 52. b3+ Kc3 53. Ke3 Re8+ 54. Kf2
Re2+ 55. Kf3 Kc2 56. b7 Re8 57. Re1 Rb8 58. Re6 Rxb7 59. Rxc6 Rxb3 60. Rd6 Bf5+
61. Kf2 Rc3 62. c6 Kb3 63. g4 hxg4 64. h5 gxh5 65. Rd5 g3+ 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.19"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Gloeckler, Christian"]
[Black "Zuferi, Enis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "34608966"]
[BlackFideId "24692530"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Qe2 Na5 12. Bb3 Nxb3 13. axb3 Nd7 14. Qd2 Rc8 15.
Rad1 Rc6 16. b4 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Bc4 18. Rfe1 h6 19. Nf3 Qc7 20. Re3 Nf6 21. b3 Be6
22. b5 Rc5 23. bxa6 bxa6 24. Ne1 Rc6 25. Ne2 Rb8 26. c4 Rcb6 27. Qc2 Qb7 28. Nc1
a5 29. h3 Qa6 30. c5 dxc5 31. Qxc5 Rb5 32. Qc2 Qb7 33. Ned3 Nxe4 34. Rde1 Nf6
35. Nxe5 Bxb3 36. Nxb3 Rxb3 37. Rxb3 Qxb3 38. Qxb3 Rxb3 39. Ra1 Ne4 40. f3 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.19"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Black "Koepke, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[WhiteFideId "4600088"]
[BlackFideId "4655737"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Nc3 a6 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bg5 c6 8. Bd3
O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bh4 a5 12. a3 Na6 13. h3 Nc7 14. O-O Ne6 15. f3
Ng5 16. f4 Ne6 17. Rf3 Nf8 18. Raf1 Be7 19. Bf2 Bd7 20. Ng3 N8h7 21. Nf5 Bf8 22.
Bh4 g6 23. Ng3 Be7 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Nge2 Bf8 26. Kh1 b5 27. Ng3 b4 28. axb4
axb4 29. Na4 b3 30. Qxb3 Ne4 31. Bxe4 dxe4 32. R3f2 Qh4 33. Ne2 Reb8 34. Qc2 Ra5
35. Nc5 Bf5 36. Kh2 Bd6 37. Ng3 Bxc5 38. dxc5 Qe7 39. Rc1 Rbb5 40. Qd2 Rxc5 41.
Rxc5 Rxc5 42. Qb4 Kf8 43. Rd2 Rd5 44. Qc3 Qc5 45. Rxd5 Qxc3 46. Rd8+ Ke7 47.
bxc3 Kxd8 48. Nxf5 gxf5 49. Kg3 Ke7 50. Kh4 Kd6 51. Kh5 Kc5 52. Kxh6 Kc4 53. h4
Kd3 54. Kg5 Kxe3 55. h5 Kd3 56. h6 e3 57. h7 e2 58. h8=Q e1=Q 59. Qh3+ Kc4 60.
Qxf5 Qg3+ 61. Kf6 Qxg2 62. Kxf7 Kxc3 63. Qc5+ Kd3 64. f5 Qg5 65. Qd6+ Ke4 66. f6
c5 67. Qe6+ Kd4 68. Ke8 Qg6+ 69. Kd7 c4 70. f7 Qh7 71. Kc6 Qh1+ 72. Kb6 Qb1+ 73.
Kc7 Qh7 74. Qf6+ Ke3 75. Kb6 Qb1+ 76. Kc5 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.19"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Miller, Eduard"]
[Black "Hagner, Bennet"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "24687022"]
[BlackFideId "16224477"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Be7 4. O-O a5 5. a4 Nf6 6. d3 O-O 7. Na3 h6 8. c3 Nbd7
9. Nd4 Re8 10. e4 Bf8 11. exd5 exd5 12. h3 Nc5 13. g4 c6 14. Nac2 Nfd7 15. f4
Qc7 16. Qf3 b6 17. Rf2 Ba6 18. Bf1 Nb7 19. g5 hxg5 20. Rg2 Nd6 21. Rxg5 c5 22.
Nb5 Nxb5 23. axb5 Bxb5 24. Ne3 Nf6 25. Bg2 Bxd3 26. Nxd5 Nxd5 27. Qxd3 Re1+ 28.
Kh2 Nxf4 29. Qg3 Bd6 30. Bxa8 Nh5 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.19"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Besou, Hussain"]
[Black "Garner, Isaac"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[ECO "E48"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3 d5"]
[WhiteFideId "16269950"]
[BlackFideId "16239261"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Be7 8. Nf3
c5 9. O-O a6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Bc2 b5 12. e4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Qd3 Qc7 15.
Bg5 Rd8 16. Qe2 Bb7 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Bb1 Qb8 19. h3 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Bh4
Qf4 22. Bg3 Qd2 23. Qxd2 Rxd2 24. b4 Rd4 25. f3 Rdc4 26. Ne2 a5 27. Bd3 Rxc1 28.
Rxc1 axb4 29. Rxc8+ Bxc8 30. axb4 Bxb4 31. Bxb5 Bd7 32. Bxd7 Nxd7 33. Bf2 Bc5
34. Bxc5 Nxc5 35. Kf2 Kf8 36. Ke3 Ke7 37. h4 Nd7 38. Kd4 Kd6 39. Nc3 f6 40. Nb5+
Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.19"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Saglam, Buelent"]
[Black "Braun, Georg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2114"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "A61"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "Nimzovich (knight's tour) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24694827"]
[BlackFideId "24629383"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nd2 Nbd7 8. e4
Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Re1 Rb8 12. a4 g5 13. Bb5 a6 14. Bxd7 Nxd7 15.
Nc4 Nf8 16. Qh5 h6 17. h4 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Na5 Bd7 20. hxg5 Ra8 21. Nb3 Rxa1
22. Nxa1 hxg5 23. Bxg5 Qa5 24. Bd2 b4 25. Nb3 Qa6 26. Nd1 Qd3 27. Re3 Qc2 28.
Qe2 Ba4 29. Qf3 Bxb3 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.19"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Voicu-Jagodzinsky, Carmen"]
[Black "Krastev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[ECO "B83"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Scheveningen, 6.Be2"]
[WhiteFideId "1206729"]
[BlackFideId "12989983"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. f4
e5 9. Nb3 b6 10. Bf3 Bb7 11. Nd5 Nbd7 12. Re1 Rc8 13. c3 Re8 14. Qd3 Bf8 15. Qf1
Bxd5 16. exd5 e4 17. Be2 Nxd5 18. Ba6 Rc7 19. Nd4 Qa8 20. Bd2 Nb8 21. Bb5 Rd8
22. Rad1 a6 23. Ba4 Nf6 24. f5 b5 25. Bb3 d5 26. g4 Nc6 27. g5 Ne8 28. Bf4 Nxd4
29. cxd4 Rc6 30. Rc1 Qc8 31. Bg3 Qd7 32. Rxc6 Qxc6 33. Rc1 Qd7 34. Rc2 Nd6 35.
g6 Nxf5 36. Rc7 Qe6 37. Rxf7 hxg6 38. Rb7 Nxd4 39. Bd1 e3 40. Qf4 e2 41. Qxd4
Bc5 42. Rxg7+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.19"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Kuegel, Tobias"]
[Black "Pfrommer, Christoph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2272"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Gunsberg variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4636295"]
[BlackFideId "4603290"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a3 d5 5. Bb5 d4 6. Ne2 Bd6 7. d3 O-O 8. O-O
Nh5 9. c3 dxc3 10. Nxc3 h6 11. h3 Nf6 12. Be3 Bd7 13. d4 Re8 14. d5 Ne7 15. Bxd7
Qxd7 16. Nh4 b5 17. Qf3 Kh7 18. Ne2 Rf8 19. Ng3 Nfg8 20. Qg4 Qe8 21. Ngf5 g6 22.
Nxd6 cxd6 23. f4 f5 24. Qg3 fxe4 25. fxe5 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Nxd5 27. exd6 Nxe3 28.
Qxe3 Qe6 29. Qf4 Kg7 30. Rc1 Rd8 31. Rc7+ Rd7 32. Rxd7+ Qxd7 33. Qg3 g5 34. Qe5+
Nf6 35. Nf5+ Kg6 36. Ne7+ Kf7 37. Nf5 Kg6 38. g4 h5 39. gxh5+ Nxh5 40. Ne7+ Kf7
41. Qd5+ Kf6 42. Ng8+ Kg6 43. Qxe4+ Kg7 44. Qe7+ Qxe7 45. Nxe7 Kf7 46. Nc6 Ke6
47. Nxa7 b4 48. Nb5 Nf4 49. a4 Nd3 50. a5 Nxb2 51. a6 Nc4 52. a7 Nb6 53. Kf2 b3
54. Nd4+ Kxd6 55. Nxb3 Kc7 56. Nc5 Na8 57. Ne6+ Kb7 58. Nxg5 Nc7 59. h4 Nd5 60.
Kf3 Nf6 61. Ne4 Ng8 62. Kf4 Kxa7 63. Kg5 Kb7 64. h5 Kc7 65. Nf6 Ne7 66. h6 Nc6
67. h7 Ne5 68. Kf5 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.19"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Lippert, Daniel"]
[Black "Polster, Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2227"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "16261895"]
[BlackFideId "12965081"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nbd2 h6 8. Nb3
Bh7 9. a4 a5 10. Bd2 Nf5 11. Kh1 Be7 12. Bd3 O-O 13. Qb1 Bg6 14. Nc1 c5 15. c3
Nh4 16. Nxh4 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Bxh4 18. Ne2 Ra6 19. Nf4 Bg5 20. Qg3 f5 21. dxc5 Nxc5
22. b4 Ne4 23. Qd3 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 Rc6 25. g3 Qc7 26. Ra3 Rc8 27. Re1 b6 28. bxa5
bxa5 29. Re3 Bxf4 30. gxf4 Rc4 31. Rg3 Qc6 32. f3 Rxc3 33. Rxc3 Qxc3 34. Qf2
Qc1+ 35. Rg1 Qxf4 36. Qe2 Rc1 37. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 38. Kg2 Qc4 39. Qd1 d4 40. Qb1 d3
41. Qb8+ Kh7 42. Qd6 Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.19"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Zackrisson, Peter"]
[Black "Philipp, Mathias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2159"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "16282078"]
[BlackFideId "12958883"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. c5 Qc7 8. Bf4 Qc8
9. Nh4 Nbd7 10. Nxf5 exf5 11. Qc2 g6 12. b4 b6 13. e3 a5 14. b5 bxc5 15. bxc6
Qxc6 16. Bb5 Qe6 17. Be5 Be7 18. Bxd7+ Kxd7 19. Qa4+ Qc6 20. dxc5 Qxa4 21. Nxa4
Ke6 22. Bd4 Rac8 23. Ke2 Rc6 24. Rab1 Rhc8 25. Rb5 Nd7 26. Rc1 Bd8 27. Rc2 h5
28. Rcb2 Be7 29. Nb6 R8c7 30. Nxd7 Kxd7 31. Rc2 Ra7 32. Kd3 f6 33. Kc3 Bd8 34.
Kb3 Bc7 35. Ka4 Kc8 36. Bc3 Ra8 37. Rd2 Kd7 38. Rxd5+ Ke6 39. Rd3 Bd8 40. Kb3
a4+ 41. Kc4 h4 42. Rb7 hxg3 43. hxg3 Rac8 44. Bb4 Be7 45. Rd5 R8c7 46. Rxc7 Rxc7
47. Ba5 Rc8 48. Bb6 Rh8 49. Rd2 Rh1 50. Kb5 a3 51. c6 Rb1+ 52. Ka6 Bd6 53. c7
Bxc7 54. Bxc7 Rb2 55. Ba5 g5 56. Bc3 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.19"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Kocharin, Timur"]
[Black "Grossmann, Piet"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2063"]
[ECO "A18"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Mikenas-Carls variation"]
[WhiteFideId "16240936"]
[BlackFideId "16234359"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 d4 6. exf6 dxc3 7. Bb5+ c6 8.
Qe2+ Be6 9. Bc4 Qxf6 10. dxc3 Be7 11. Bxe6 Qxe6 12. Qxe6 fxe6 13. Nf3 Nd7 14.
Ke2 O-O-O 15. Be3 Bf6 16. a4 Kb8 17. Rhd1 Nb6 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. Nd2 Rd5 20. Ne4
Be7 21. c4 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Kc7 23. b3 Rf8 24. Rd3 Rf4 25. Ke3 Rh4 26. h3 Rh5 27.
Ke2 Re5 28. Kf3 Rf5+ 29. Ke3 Rh5 30. Rd1 Rf5 31. g4 Rf8 32. f3 Ra8 33. Rd3 Ra5
34. Nc3 Re5+ 35. Kf4 Ra5 36. Ne4 h6 37. Ke3 Ra8 38. Ng3 Rf8 39. Ke4 Bd6 40. Ne2
Kd7 41. h4 Ke7 42. h5 Rd8 43. Nf4 Bxf4 44. Rxd8 Kxd8 45. Kxf4 c5 46. Ke5 Ke7 47.
f4 Kd7 48. g5 Ke7 49. gxh6 gxh6 50. f5 exf5 51. Kxf5 Kf7 52. Ke5 Ke7 53. Kd5 Kd7
54. a5 bxa5 55. Kxc5 Kc7 56. Kb5 b6 57. c5 bxc5 58. Kxc5 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.19"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Sauer, Tim"]
[Black "Maier, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "2226"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game, Chigorin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "16265726"]
[BlackFideId "4617061"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 Bg4 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 Bb4 7. Ne5 Nxe5 8.
Bxe5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 f6 10. Bg3 Ne7 11. Qb3 b6 12. e3 O-O 13. c4 c5 14. cxd5 Kh8
15. f3 Nxd5 16. e4 Be6 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Bc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 b5 20. Qd3 Qa5+ 21.
Kf2 Rad8 22. d5 Qb6 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.19"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Ollenberger, Roland"]
[Black "Hoppstaedter, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Tartakower (Nimzovich) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24608440"]
[BlackFideId "16243625"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Qc2 Re8+ 9. Ne2 h5 10. O-O h4 11. h3 Nd7 12. Bf4 Nf8 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Rae1 g6
15. Qd2 Kg7 16. Qf4 Qxf4 17. Nxf4 Rxe1 18. Rxe1 Ne6 19. Nxe6+ Bxe6 20. a3 f5 21.
Re5 Kf6 22. f4 Rg8 23. Kf2 Ke7 24. a4 Kd6 25. a5 b6 26. b4 b5 27. Be2 f6 28. Re3
Bd5 29. Bd3 Be6 30. Bc2 Rh8 31. Bd1 Bd5 32. g3 hxg3+ 33. Rxg3 g5 34. fxg5 f4 35.
Rg4 fxg5 36. Rxg5 Rxh3 37. Rg6+ Ke7 38. Rg7+ Kf6 39. Rxa7 Rh2+ 40. Ke1 f3 41.
Ra8 f2+ 42. Kf1 Rh1+ 43. Kxf2 Rxd1 44. a6 Ke7 45. Ra7+ Kd6 46. Rb7 Ra1 47. a7
Bh1 48. Ke3 Kd5 49. Rh7 Bg2 50. Rh2 Bf1 51. Rh1 Ra3 52. Rxf1 Rxc3+ 53. Kd2 Ra3
54. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.19"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Steffens, Olaf"]
[Black "Manucharyan, Andriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Battambang opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4630564"]
[BlackFideId "16260910"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. a3 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d3 d5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. g3 Bd6 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
Re8 9. Nh4 dxe4 10. Nf5 Bf8 11. dxe4 Qc7 12. Qf3 g6 13. Nh6+ Kg7 14. Bg5 Be7 15.
Rad1 Nc5 16. h4 Be6 17. b4 Ncd7 18. Nd5 cxd5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 f6 21. Rfd1
Rf8 22. Be3 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 Rad8 24. Qxb7 Qxb7 25. Bxb7 f5 26. Bg5 Bxg5 27. hxg5
Nb6 28. Re1 Rfe8 29. c4 Nxc4 30. Rc1 Rd4 31. Ba6 Re6 32. Bxc4 Rc6 33. Re1 Rdxc4
34. Rxe5 Kf8 35. Rb5 Rc7 36. Kg2 Rc3 37. a4 R3c6 38. Rd5 Rc4 39. Rb5 Re4 40.
Rb8+ Re8 41. Rb5 Ke7 42. g4 f4 43. Kf3 Rf8 44. Ke4 Kd6 45. Rd5+ Kc6 46. Re5 Kb7
47. a5 Ka6 48. Re6+ Kb5 49. Rf6 Rc4+ 50. Kf3 Rxf6 51. gxf6 Kxb4 52. Nf7 Rc8 53.
Nd6 Rf8 54. g5 Kxa5 55. Kxf4 Kb4 56. Ke5 a5 57. Ke6 a4 58. Ke7 Ra8 59. f7 a3 60.
Ne8 Ra7+ 61. Ke6 Rxf7 62. Kxf7 a2 63. Kg7 a1=Q+ 64. Kxh7 Qe5 65. Nf6 Qxg5 66.
Kg7 Qf5 67. f4 Kc5 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.19"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Herbrig, Alexander"]
[Black "Mueller, Thorsten"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[ECO "D47"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Meran, Wade variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12952044"]
[BlackFideId "4653319"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 Be7 14. Re1 Rc8 15. Qg4
g6 16. Bh6 Qa5 17. b3 a6 18. Rad1 Nc5 19. Nxc5 Rxc5 20. Be4 Qb6 21. Ne2 f5 22.
exf6 Nxf6 23. Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.19"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Vavulin, Maxim"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "C03"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch"]
[WhiteFideId "4169530"]
[BlackFideId "4600088"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nd7 4. Ngf3 g6 5. g3 Ne7 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe2
c5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. c4 N5b6 11. Nb3 cxd4 12. Nbxd4 Ne5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bf4 Nbxc4
15. Rfd1 Qa5 16. Nb3 Qa6 17. Bxe5 fxe5 18. Nfd2 Nb6 19. Qxa6 bxa6 20. Bxa8 Nxa8
21. Nc5 Nb6 22. Nde4 Kf7 23. Rd6 Ke7 24. Rc1 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Kxd8 26. Nd6 Bd7 27.
Ndb7+ Ke7 28. Nxd7 Kxd7 29. Nc5+ Kd6 30. Nxa6 e4 31. b3 Nd5 32. Rc4 e3 33. Kf1
exf2 34. Kxf2 h5 35. Kf3 Nc3 36. a4 Nb1 37. Ke2 Nc3+ 38. Kd3 Nd1 39. Rc2 Bh6 40.
Re2 e5 41. b4 e4+ 42. Kd4 Bg7+ 43. Kc4 e3 44. Nc5 Ke5 45. Re1 Nb2+ 46. Kb3 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.19"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Hagner, Bennet"]
[Black "Kunin, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "Improved Hanham variation"]
[WhiteFideId "16224477"]
[BlackFideId "4128737"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. h3 c6 6. g4 h6 7. Be3 Be7 8. a4 Qa5
9. Nd2 Qc7 10. Bc4 exd4 11. Bxd4 Ne5 12. Bb3 g5 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. O-O-O a6 15.
Rhf1 b5 16. f4 gxf4 17. Rxf4 Be6 18. Qf2 Nfd7 19. h4 Rg8 20. Rf1 O-O-O 21. Bxe6
fxe6 22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. Qg3 d5 24. exd5 exd5 25. Qh3 Kb7 26. Nb3 b4 27. Ne2 c5
28. Kb1 Rd7 29. Rf5 c4 30. Nbd4 b3 31. cxb3 Ka8 32. g5 Bd6 33. gxh6 Rb8 34. Qg2
cxb3 35. Qxd5+ Ka7 36. Rc1 Qb7 37. Rxe5 Bxe5 38. Qxe5 Ka8 39. Ne6 Qb4 40. Nc3
Re7 41. Qd5+ Ka7 42. Nd4 Rb6 43. Nc6+ Rxc6 44. Qxc6 Qxh4 45. Nd5 Qe4+ 46. Ka1
Rb7 47. Nc7 Qxc6 48. Rxc6 Rb4 49. Rxa6+ Kb7 50. Nd5 Rh4 51. Rb6+ Ka7 52. Rxb3
Rxh6 53. Ka2 Rh5 54. Nc3 Ka6 55. Rb5 Rh3 56. Rg5 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.19"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Braun, Georg"]
[Black "Garner, Isaac"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Tartakower (Nimzovich) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24629383"]
[BlackFideId "16239261"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Be3 Bd6 7. Bd3 Na6 8.
a3 O-O 9. Ne2 Re8 10. O-O Nc7 11. c4 f5 12. Qd2 h6 13. Bf4 Qf6 14. Rfe1 Bd7 15.
Rad1 Rad8 16. Bb1 Bc8 17. Ng3 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Ne6 20. Qxf5 Qxf5 21.
Nxf5 Kf8 22. d5 cxd5 23. cxd5 Rxd5 24. Rc1 Bd7 25. Ne3 Rc5 26. Rxc5 Nxc5 27. Kf1
Be6 28. Bc2 Nb3 29. Ke2 Nd4+ 30. Kd3 Nxc2 31. Kxc2 Ke7 32. Kd3 Kd6 33. Kd4 g6
34. h4 Bb3 35. Ng4 h5 36. Ne3 Ke6 37. g3 Ba2 38. Ke4 Bb1+ 39. Kd4 Ba2 40. b4 Bb3
41. f4 Ba4 42. Kc4 Bd7 43. Kd4 Bc6 44. Kc5 Bf3 45. a4 Be4 46. a5 Bf3 47. Kd4 Bc6
48. Nc4 Bb5 49. Ne3 Bc6 50. Kc5 Be4 51. Nc4 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.19"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Poetsch, Hagen"]
[Black "Besou, Hussain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Schmidt variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24615137"]
[BlackFideId "16269950"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. exd5 cxd5
8. O-O Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Qb3 Rb8 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Qc2 Be6 14. Rd1
Qc8 15. Nb5 c5 16. b3 Qb7 17. Bf4 Rbd8 18. Nc7 Bg4 19. f3 Bh5 20. Bc4 Rxd1+ 21.
Rxd1 Rd8 22. Re1 Bf8 23. Qc3 h6 24. Qa5 Rd7 25. Na6 Nd5 26. Bg3 Qb6 27. Qxb6
Nxb6 28. Bb5 Rd8 29. Bf2 Rd2 30. a4 Rc2 31. g4 Bg6 32. Re8 f5 33. Rb8 Rc1+ 34.
Kg2 Rc2 35. Kg1 Rc1+ 36. Kg2 Rc2 37. Bd3 Rc3 38. Bxf5 Bxf5 39. gxf5 Kf7 40. Rb7+
Kf6 41. Bh4+ g5 42. fxg6+ Kxg6 43. Be7 Bxe7 44. Rxe7 Rxb3 45. Nxc5 Rb2+ 46. Kg3
a5 47. Nd3 Rb3 48. Nf4+ Kf5 49. Rh7 Nc4 50. Rxh6 Ne5 51. Rh5+ Kf6 52. Nd5+ Ke6
53. Nc7+ Kf6 54. Ne8+ Ke6 55. Ng7+ Kd6 56. Rf5 Rb4 57. h4 Rxa4 58. h5 Ra1 59. h6
Rh1 60. Rf6+ Kd5 61. Kg2 Rh4 62. Nf5 Rh5 63. Ng3 Rh4 64. Nf5 Rh5 65. Ng3 Rh4 66.
Ra6 Nc6 67. Nf5 Rh5 68. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.19"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Polster, Christian"]
[Black "Gloeckler, Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12965081"]
[BlackFideId "34608966"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. h3 Nc6 6. Qe3 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Rd1 b6 10. e5 Ne8 11. Nc3 Bf5 12. g4 Bd7 13. exd6 Nxd6 14. Nd5 Be6 15.
Qa3 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 Qc8 17. Rd1 h5 18. Qa4 hxg4 19. hxg4 Qe6 20. Bf1 Rac8 21. Ng5
Qf6 22. c3 Ne5 23. Be2 Nec4 24. Qc2 Qe5 25. Nf3 Qc5 26. Bg5 Rc7 27. Rac1 b5 28.
Bh4 Bh6 29. Rb1 e5 30. Bf6 e4 31. Nd4 e3 32. Nb3 exf2+ 33. Kh1 Qc6+ 34. Kh2 Ne3
35. Bc4 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.19"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Krastev, Alexander"]
[Black "Zackrisson, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "12989983"]
[BlackFideId "16282078"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. a5 a6 7. Bc4 e6 8. d4 cxd4
9. Qxd4 Qc7 10. O-O Bg7 11. Be2 O-O 12. Rd1 Nc5 13. Qxd6 Qxd6 14. Rxd6 Nfxe4 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Rb6 Re8 17. Be3 Nf6 18. Bc4 Nd7 19. Rb3 Bf8 20. Rd1 Nc5 21. Ra3
Be7 22. h3 Kg7 23. Bd4+ Kg8 24. Be3 Kg7 25. g4 Bf8 26. Bd4+ Kg8 27. Re3 Rd8 28.
b4 Nd7 29. Red3 Re8 30. Bc3 b5 31. Bb3 Bb7 32. Ng5 Nb8 33. f4 h6 34. Nf3 Bxf3
35. Rxf3 Nc6 36. f5 Bxb4 37. fxe6 fxe6 38. Bxb4 Nxb4 39. Rd6 Rad8 40. Rxd8 Rxd8
41. Rf6 Kg7 42. Rxe6 Rc8 43. h4 Rc6 44. Re2 Kf6 45. Kf2 Rd6 46. Re8 Nc6 47. Rf8+
Kg7 48. Rf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.19"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Zuferi, Enis"]
[Black "Kuegel, Tobias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24692530"]
[BlackFideId "4636295"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. h4 b6 10. h5 h6 11. Rh3 Nd7 12. Rg3 Kh8 13. Qd2 cxd4 14. cxd4 Bb7 15.
Bd3 Rc8 16. Kf1 Nf6 17. Qe3 Rc3 18. Rb3 Qc8 19. Rxc3 Qxc3 20. Bd2 Qa3 21. Bc1
Qc3 22. Bd2 Qa1+ 23. Ke2 Qxa2 24. Rxg7 Kxg7 25. Qxh6+ Kg8 26. Qg5+ Kh8 27. Qh6+
Kg8 28. Qg5+ Kh8 29. e5 Ng8 30. Qg4 Bxf3+ 31. gxf3 Bb4 32. Qe4 Qxd2+ 33. Kf1
Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.19"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Kocharin, Timur"]
[Black "Spitzl, Vinzent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line"]
[WhiteFideId "16240936"]
[BlackFideId "12901253"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. a3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Be7 11. Bd3 c6 12. Qc2 Be6 13. Nge2 Nd7 14. Bf5 Bxf5 15.
Qxf5 Nf6 16. O-O-O Qd7 17. Qd3 O-O-O 18. f3 h5 19. Rhf1 Qe6 20. e4 h4 21. e5 Nh5
22. f4 gxf4 23. gxf4 f5 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. f5 Qd6 26. Kb1 Rhg8 27. Qf3 Ng3 28.
Rfe1 Rde8 29. Nf4 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Bxd4 31. Ng6 Kb8 32. Re6 Qc7 33. Re7 Qd6 34. Re6
Qc7 35. Re7 Qd6 36. Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.19"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Sauer, Tim"]
[Black "Miller, Eduard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Carls' Bremen system"]
[WhiteFideId "16265726"]
[BlackFideId "24687022"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. d3
Nbd7 9. Rb1 h5 10. b4 h4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 a5 13. a3 Nb6 14. Qc2 h3 15. Bh1
axb4 16. axb4 Bd7 17. e4 Na4 18. Be3 Bb5 19. Rfc1 Qd7 20. Bf3 Rec8 21. Qd1 c6
22. dxc6 Rxc6 23. Rxc6 bxc6 24. Qb3 Kh7 25. Rd1 f5 26. exf5 Qxf5 27. Be4 Qg4 28.
f3 Qd7 29. f4 d5 30. Bf3 exf4 31. Bxf4 Nb2 32. Rb1 Nxd3 33. Be3 Ne5 34. Nd4
Nxf3+ 35. Nxf3 Qf5 36. Bf4 Ra3 37. Ng5+ Kg8 38. Qd1 Bd4+ 39. Kh1 Be2 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.19"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Koepke, Christian"]
[Black "Herbrig, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Scotch, 4...exd4"]
[WhiteFideId "4655737"]
[BlackFideId "12952044"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 10. Bxc3 dxe4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Bxe4 Ba6 13. c4 Rad8 14. Qa4
c5 15. b3 Rd4 16. Rae1 g6 17. Bc6 Bc8 18. Bd5 Qg5 19. Qc6 Bf5 20. Qxc5 Rd2 21.
Re3 Rxa2 22. Qxc7 Qf6 23. h3 h5 24. b4 Qd4 25. Re8 Qf6 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Qf4
Kg7 28. c5 Rc2 29. Rc1 Rxc1+ 30. Qxc1 Qd4 31. Qc4 Qa1+ 32. Kh2 Qe5+ 33. f4 Qe3
34. h4 Qf2 35. Qc3+ Kg8 36. Qe5 Qxh4+ 37. Kg1 Qd8 38. c6 Bc8 39. c7 Qd7 40. b5
Kf8 41. Bc6 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.19"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Pfrommer, Christoph"]
[Black "Saglam, Buelent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2272"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "4603290"]
[BlackFideId "24694827"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 f5 5. Be2 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Nbd7 8. Ba3 Bb8
9. Ng5 Ng4 10. Bxg4 Qxg5 11. Bh5+ g6 12. Be2 Qh6 13. g3 Nf6 14. Nd2 Qg7 15. Nf3
g5 16. Bd3 h5 17. Re1 h4 18. Kf1 hxg3 19. hxg3 f4 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 fxg3 22.
Qf3 Nd7 23. Qxg3 Qxe5 24. Kg2 Qxg3+ 25. Kxg3 Ne5 26. Be2 Nf7 27. Rh1 Nh6 28. Kg2
e5 29. Bb2 Bf5 30. Bxe5 Rh7 31. cxd5 Nf7 32. Rxh7 Bxh7 33. Bf6 Be4+ 34. Kg3 Bxd5
35. Bg4 Kf8 36. f3 Re8 37. e4 Be6 38. Bh5 a5 39. Rb1 b5 40. Rc1 Rc8 41. Rc5 Bd7
42. Bg4 Ke8 43. e5 Bxg4 44. Kxg4 Nd8 45. Bxd8 Kxd8 46. Kxg5 Kd7 47. Kf5 Rf8+ 48.
Ke4 Ra8 49. a4 Rb8 50. axb5 cxb5 51. f4 a4 52. bxa4 bxa4 53. Ra5 Rb4+ 54. Kf5
Kc6 55. e6 Kd6 56. Ra6+ Ke7 57. Ra7+ Kd6 58. e7 Rb8 59. Kf6 Rh8 60. Kg7 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.19"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Manucharyan, Andriy"]
[Black "Lippert, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2227"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "16260910"]
[BlackFideId "16261895"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Ne4 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. Nd2
f5 9. Be2 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Rf6 12. f4 Rh6 13. Nf1 Nf6 14. a4 Qe7 15. c5
Bc7 16. b4 Nd5 17. b5 Bd7 18. Qb3 g5 19. fxg5 Qxg5 20. Bc4 Bxh2+ 21. Nxh2 Rxh2
22. Kxh2 Qh4+ 23. Kg1 Qxe1+ 24. Kh2 Kf7 25. Bb2 Qxe3 26. Bxd5 Qf4+ 27. Qg3 Qxg3+
28. Kxg3 exd5 29. Rh1 Kg6 30. bxc6 Bxc6 31. a5 Re8 32. Bc1 e3 33. Kf3 e2 34. Bd2
h5 35. g3 a6 36. Kf2 Bb5 37. Be1 Bc4 38. Kf3 Re4 39. Rh4 Kg5 40. Bd2+ f4 41. Rh1
Kg6 42. gxf4 Rxd4 43. Be1 Rd1 44. Kf2 d4 45. Rh4 Bb5 46. f5+ Kg5 47. f6 d3 48.
f7 d2 49. Rh1 dxe1=Q+ 50. Rxe1 Rd8 51. Rg1+ Kh4 52. Rh1+ Kg5 53. Rg1+ Kh4 54.
Rh1+ Kg4 55. Rg1+ Kh3 56. Rh1+ Kg4 57. Rg1+ Kh4 58. Rh1+ Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.19"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Philipp, Mathias"]
[Black "Voicu-Jagodzinsky, Carmen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2159"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "12958883"]
[BlackFideId "1206729"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8.
Re1 O-O 9. d4 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. a4 Qc7 12. Na3 Rad8 13. Qb3 h6 14. Nc4 Rfe8
15. a5 Qc6 16. Qa4 Qe6 17. Ne3 Nb8 18. h3 Nc6 19. Qc4 Qc8 20. Nd2 Ne7 21. f3 Nh5
22. b4 Nf4 23. Nb3 cxb4 24. cxb4 Qxc4 25. Nxc4 Nd3 26. Rd1 Nxb4 27. Ba3 Nec6 28.
Bxb4 Nxb4 29. Nc5 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Rc8 31. Rb1 Bf8 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.19"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Grossmann, Piet"]
[Black "Ollenberger, Roland"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2063"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[ECO "B77"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, Yugoslav attack, 9.Bc4"]
[WhiteFideId "16234359"]
[BlackFideId "24608440"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Bc4
Nc6 9. Qd2 Nd7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Qe2 Nxb3+ 13. cxb3 d5 14. Kb1 e5
15. Nc2 d4 16. Bc1 Qe7 17. Nb5 Be6 18. Ne1 a5 19. Nd3 a4 20. Bd2 axb3 21. Bb4
Qd8 22. Na3 bxa2+ 23. Ka1 Re8 24. Nc5 Na4 25. h4 Nxc5 26. Bxc5 Qa5 27. Nb5 Rec8
28. b4 Qa6 29. h5 b6 30. Be7 Bc4 31. Qf2 Qxb5 32. hxg6 fxg6 33. Qh4 h6 34. Bf6
Qxb4 35. Rc1 Bd3 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.19"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Maier, Alexander"]
[Black "Steffens, Olaf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2226"]
[BlackElo "2184"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "KP"]
[Variation "Nimzovich defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4617061"]
[BlackFideId "4630564"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. Ne2 f6 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. Ng3
e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Qxd5 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 Qa6+ 12. Ke3 Ng4+ 13. Kd4 c5+ 14. Kxe4
Qg6+ 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.19"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Hoppstaedter, Daniel"]
[Black "Mueller, Thorsten"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "16243625"]
[BlackFideId "4653319"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Nf3
a6 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ne4 11. Qxd5 Nxc3 12. Qxd7+ Kxd7 13. bxc3 e6 14. f3 Bc2
15. a4 Kc6 16. Kd2 Bg6 17. e4 Rd8+ 18. Kc2 Bc5 19. Bd3 Rd7 20. Rhd1 Rhd8 21. Bg5
Rc8 22. h3 h6 23. Bh4 Be3 24. Bg3 Rdc7 25. Rab1 Rd7 26. Re1 Bc5 27. Rbd1 Rcd8
28. Bh4 Rc8 29. f4 Bh7 30. g4 Kb6 31. Rb1+ Ka7 32. Rb3 Rcc7 33. Re2 Rc6 34. f5
b6 35. Rd2 Be3 36. Rd1 Bf4 37. a5 Bxe5 38. axb6+ Kb8 39. Bxa6 g5 40. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.20"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Hagner, Bennet"]
[Black "Vavulin, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "16224477"]
[BlackFideId "4169530"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. a4 g6 7. a5 Bg7 8. a6 b6 9.
c3 O-O 10. Re1 Rb8 11. Na3 Na5 12. Ba2 b5 13. Nc2 c5 14. b4 Nc6 15. Be3 Ng4 16.
Qd2 Nxe3 17. Nxe3 Rb6 18. Nd5 Rb8 19. Bb3 Ne7 20. Reb1 Kh7 21. Qe3 f5 22. h3 Be6
23. Nxe7 Qxe7 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. bxc5 dxc5 26. Re1 Rfe8 27. Bd5 Rb6 28. Be4 Bc8
29. d4 cxd4 30. cxd4 Re6 31. d5 Rd6 32. Rec1 Red8 33. Rc6 Bf5 34. Rac1 R8d7 35.
h4 Qf7 36. Rxd6 Rxd6 37. Rc6 Rd8 38. h5 g5 39. d6 Rd7 40. Qd3 Bxe4 41. Qxe4+ Kg8
42. Rc8+ Bf8 43. Nxe5 Qe6 44. Qg6+ Qxg6 45. Nxg6 Rxd6 46. Rxf8+ Kg7 47. Rb8 Rxa6
48. Rxb5 Ra1+ 49. Kh2 a5 50. Ne7 a4 51. Nf5+ Kf6 52. Nxh6 a3 53. Ng4+ Ke6 54.
Rxg5 a2 55. Ra5 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.20"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Gloeckler, Christian"]
[Black "Poetsch, Hagen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[ECO "B41"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan variation"]
[WhiteFideId "34608966"]
[BlackFideId "24615137"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Qd3 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qg3 Qxg3 10. hxg3 d5 11. g4 Bb4 12. Bd2 d4 13. g5 Nd7 14. Nd1 Bxd2+
15. Kxd2 e5 16. g3 Nc5 17. Rh4 O-O 18. b4 Ne6 19. f4 a5 20. Nf2 axb4 21. Rah1
Re8 22. Rxh7 Kf8 23. R1h4 exf4 24. gxf4 Ba6 25. Bf3 Bb5 26. Nh3 Ra3 27. Bh1 Ke7
28. f5 Rxh3 29. f6+ gxf6 30. gxf6+ Kd8 31. Rxh3 Ng5 32. Kc1 Bc4 33. Kb2 Kd7 34.
a3 bxa3+ 35. Kxa3 c5 36. Bg2 Nxh3 37. Rxh3 Rg8 38. Bh1 Rg5 39. Kb2 Ke6 40. Ra3
Kxf6 41. Ra5 Be2 42. Ra1 c4 43. Re1 c3+ 44. Kb3 Rb5+ 45. Ka4 Bc4 46. e5+ Rxe5
47. Rd1 d3 48. Kb4 dxc2 49. Rc1 Bd5 50. Bxd5 Rxd5 51. Rxc2 Ke5 52. Kc4 Rd2 53.
Rxc3 Ke4 54. Rc1 Re2 55. Rd1 Rc2+ 56. Kb3 Rc6 57. Re1+ Kd3 58. Rd1+ Ke3 59. Re1+
Kf2 60. Re7 f5 61. Rf7 Rc5 62. Kb4 Re5 63. Kc3 Ke3 64. Kc2 Rd5 65. Re7+ Kf3 66.
Kc3 f4 67. Kc4 Rd8 68. Kc3 Kf2 69. Kc2 f3 70. Rf7 Ke2 71. Re7+ Kf1 72. Rf7 f2
73. Rg7 Rd5 74. Rg8 Ke2 75. Re8+ Kf3 76. Rf8+ Ke3 77. Rf7 Rd4 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.20"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Kuegel, Tobias"]
[Black "Braun, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "4636295"]
[BlackFideId "24629383"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. e3 c5 5. dxc5 e6 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. c4 dxc4 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Qxc4 f5 12. Nc3 Bd7 13. Rfd1 Rad8 14. Qf4 f6
15. Na4 Bc8 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Rdc1 Qe7 18. Bb5 e5 19. Bc4+ Kh8 20. Qh6 e4 21.
Nd4 Nxd4 22. exd4 Rxd4 23. Bb3 Rfd8 24. g3 a5 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 27.
Bxd1 Be6 28. Qd2 Bxa2 29. Qxa5 Be6 30. Be2 Kg7 31. Qb6 Qd7 32. Qc5 Bd5 33. Bb5
Bc6 34. Be2 Bd5 35. Bb5 Bc6 36. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.20"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Kunin, Vitaly"]
[Black "Koepke, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[ECO "B54"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Prins (Moscow) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4128737"]
[BlackFideId "4655737"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 d4 8. c3 Nc6
9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Nxe4 11. Bxb4 Qh4+ 12. g3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Qxh1 14. Bc5 Bh3
15. N1d2 O-O-O 16. Qc2 Bxf1 17. O-O-O Kb8 18. Rxf1 Qg2 19. dxe5 Qxg3 20. Bd6+
Ka8 21. Nc5 Qf4 22. Re1 Qg3 23. Rd1 Nxe5 24. Nxb7 Rd7 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26. Nc5 Rc8
27. b4 Qa1+ 28. Nb1 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Qxa2 30. Qd4 Qe6 31. Nc3 Qc6 32. Kb2 a5 33.
Kb3 axb4 34. N3e4 f5 35. Qa1+ Kb8 36. Qe5+ Ka8 37. Qxf5 g6 38. Qe5 Rd8 39. Ne6
Rd3+ 40. Kb2 Rxf3 41. Nd4 Qa6 42. Qe8+ Ka7 43. Qd7+ Qb7 44. Nb5+ Kb8 45. Qe8+
Qc8 46. Qe5+ Ka8 47. Nc7+ Kb8 48. Nd5+ Ka7 49. Qd4+ Kb8 50. Nd6 Qc6 51. Qh8+ Ka7
52. Nc8+ Kb7 53. Qxh7+ Kxc8 54. Ne7+ Kb7 55. Nxc6+ Kxc6 56. Qh1 Kd5 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.20"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Garner, Isaac"]
[Black "Krastev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "16239261"]
[BlackFideId "12989983"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bd3 Nb4 6. Bb5+ c6 7. Ba4 Bd6 8. c3
Na6 9. Bc2 Ne7 10. O-O Bg4 11. Re1 Qd7 12. Qd3 f6 13. a4 Nc7 14. b3 Kf7 15. c4
Ne6 16. Nc3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Ng6 18. cxd5 Nef4 19. Qf5 Qxf5 20. Bxf5 Nh4 21. Be6+
Nxe6 22. dxe6+ Ke7 23. Re3 Rad8 24. Bb2 Nf5 25. Rd3 Kxe6 26. d5+ cxd5 27. Re1+
Kf7 28. Nxd5 Rhe8 29. Rxe8 Kxe8 30. Kg2 Bb8 31. Ba3 Kf7 32. h3 Rd7 33. Kf1 Ke6
34. Nb4 Rxd3 35. Nxd3 Kd5 36. Nb4+ Kd4 37. Bb2+ Kc5 38. Nd3+ Kd5 39. Nb4+ Ke6
40. Nd3 Bd6 41. Ke2 Kd5 42. Kd2 Nd4 43. Bxd4 Kxd4 44. Kc2 g5 45. Nc1 Bc5 46. Kd2
h5 47. Ne2+ Ke5 48. Nc1 Bb6 49. Ke2 Kd4 50. Kd2 Ba5+ 51. Kc2 h4 52. Ne2+ Kd5 53.
Kd3 f5 54. Nd4 g4 55. fxg4 fxg4 56. hxg4 h3 57. Ne2 Bc7 58. f4 h2 59. Ng3 Bxf4
60. Nh1 a5 61. Nf2 Bg5 62. Nh1 Ke5 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.20"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Black "Miller, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[ECO "A57"]
[Opening "Benko gambit half accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "4600088"]
[BlackFideId "24687022"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 e6 6. Nc3 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 exd5 8. Qxd5
Nc6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Nxc6 dxc6 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Bf4 Rd4 14. g3 Rb4
15. b3 Rxb6 16. Bg2 a5 17. O-O Be6 18. Bc7 Rb4 19. Be5 Ra6 20. Bc3 Rbb6 21. Rfb1
c4 22. bxc4 Bxc4 23. Rxb6 Rxb6 24. Bxa5 Ra6 25. Bd2 Bf6 26. Rc1 Bb5 27. Rc2 Ba4
28. Rc4 Bb5 29. Rc2 Ba4 30. Rc5 Bb5 31. Bc1 Rxa2 32. Bxc6 Ba6 33. Bf3 Kf8 34.
Kf1 Bd4 35. Rd5 Bb6 36. Bd2 Bb7 37. Bb4+ Kg8 38. Re5 Ra1+ 39. Kg2 Bxf3+ 40. Kxf3
h6 41. h4 Rb1 42. Bd6 Rd1 43. Re8+ Kh7 44. Bf4 Rd5 45. e3 h5 46. Rb8 Bd8 47. e4
Rd7 48. e5 Rd1 49. Ke4 Re1+ 50. Be3 Ba5 51. Kf5 Re2 52. Rb7 Be1 53. Rxf7 Bxf2
54. Bf4 Bd4 55. Rd7 Bc3 56. Rd3 Bb4 57. Kg5 Kg8 58. Kxh5 Kf7 59. Rd7+ Be7 60.
Bg5 Rxe5 61. Rxe7+ Rxe7 62. Bxe7 Kxe7 63. Kg6 Kf8 64. Kh7 Kf7 65. g4 Kf6 66. g5+ 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.20"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Zackrisson, Peter"]
[Black "Zuferi, Enis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[ECO "B96"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 7.f4"]
[WhiteFideId "16282078"]
[BlackFideId "24692530"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4
Qb6 9. a3 Nc6 10. Bf2 Qa5 11. Bd3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Be3 Be7 14. h3 exf4 15.
Bxf4 Be6 16. O-O O-O 17. Qd2 Qh5 18. Ne2 d5 19. Ng3 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 Qh4 21. Nf5
Bxf5 22. exf5 Rfe8 23. Bh2 Nh5 24. Rf3 Re7 25. Bf1 Qe4 26. Rd1 Rd8 27. Bd3 Qh4
28. Qa5 b6 29. Qxa6 Rde8 30. Bf1 Re1 31. Qd3 Rxd1 32. Qxd1 Re1 33. Qd3 Bf2 34.
g4 Ng3+ 35. Kg2 Nxf1 36. Bf4 d4 37. Rxf2 Ne3+ 38. Kf3 Qxh3+ 39. Ke4 Nxg4+ 40.
Kxd4 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.20"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Spitzl, Vinzent"]
[Black "Polster, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Mieses opening"]
[WhiteFideId "12901253"]
[BlackFideId "12965081"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d3 g6 2. f4 d5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nh6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d4 7. c3 c5 8. e4 dxe3
9. Bxe3 Qc7 10. Nbd2 Ng4 11. Qe2 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 b6 13. f5 Nc6 14. fxg6 hxg6 15.
Rf2 Bb7 16. Raf1 Rad8 17. Ng5 Ne5 18. Qf4 Bf6 19. Bxb7 Bxg5 20. Qxg5 f6 21. Qh6
Qxb7 22. Nc4 Rd5 23. Nxe5 Rxe5 24. Qxg6+ Kh8 25. Rf4 Re2 26. Rh4# 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.20"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Besou, Hussain"]
[Black "Pfrommer, Christoph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2272"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, 9.h3"]
[WhiteFideId "16269950"]
[BlackFideId "4603290"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bd7 10. d4 a5 11. Nbd2 a4 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 h6 15. Be3
Na5 16. b3 axb3 17. axb3 c5 18. d5 Qc7 19. Nh2 c4 20. b4 Nb3 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22.
Bxb3 cxb3 23. Qxb3 Ra4 24. f4 exf4 25. Bxf4 Qa7+ 26. Be3 Qa6 27. Qd1 Be7 28. Nf3
Ra2 29. Nd4 Ne8 30. Ndf5 Bf6 31. Rf1 Bxf5 32. Nxf5 Bxc3 33. Qg4 Kf8 34. Nxh6 Ra1
35. Nf5 Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 Qa1+ 37. Ke2 Qe1+ 38. Kf3 Qd1+ 39. Kf2 Qe1+ 40. Kf3 Qd1+
41. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.20"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Voicu-Jagodzinsky, Carmen"]
[Black "Kocharin, Timur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "1206729"]
[BlackFideId "16240936"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. e3 g6 5. h3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. c4
Nbd7 9. Bh2 Ne4 10. Qc2 e5 11. d5 f5 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 a5 14. Rac1 Qe7 15.
b3 Kh8 16. a3 e4 17. Nb1 Ne5 18. Nc3 g5 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Rae8 21. Nb5 f4 22.
Bh5 Ng6 23. Rfd1 Bc8 24. c5 bxc5 25. bxc5 Be5 26. cxd6 cxd6 27. Bxg6 hxg6 28.
Qxe4 Bf5 29. Qf3 Qd7 30. exf4 gxf4 31. Nd4 Qg7 32. Nxf5 Rxf5 33. Qd3 Qf7 34. Re1
f3 35. Bxe5+ Rfxe5 36. Rxe5 Rxe5 37. Qxf3 Qxf3 38. gxf3 Rxd5 39. Rc7 Rg5+ 40.
Kf1 Rh5 41. Rd7 Rxh3 42. Rxd6 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.20"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Herbrig, Alexander"]
[Black "Manucharyan, Andriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "12952044"]
[BlackFideId "16260910"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. cxd5
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd5 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. e4 Rc8 13. Qd3 Bc5 14. exd5 Bxd4
15. Bc3 Bxf2+ 16. Kh1 Bc5 17. Nd2 exd5 18. Bxd5 Bc6 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. Ne5 Bxd5+
21. Qxd5 Bb4 22. Rf1 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Nc6 24. Nd7 Nd8 25. Rae1 Ne6 26. Rxf7 Qc6 27.
Qxc6 Rxc6 28. Re7 Nf8 29. R1e3 Ng6 30. R7e4 Rac8 31. h4 Rxc3 32. Rxc3 Rxc3 33.
h5 Nf8 34. Re8 Rf3 35. Rb8 Rf7 36. Nxf8 Rxf8 37. Rxb7 Rf2 38. Rb8+ Kf7 39. Rb7+
Kf6 40. Rb6+ Kf7 41. Rb7+ Kf6 42. Rb6+ Kg5 43. Rb5+ Rf5 44. a4 Kg4 45. h6 gxh6
46. Kg2 h5 47. Rb7 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.20"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Lippert, Daniel"]
[Black "Sauer, Tim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2227"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[ECO "B34"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, modern variation"]
[WhiteFideId "16261895"]
[BlackFideId "16265726"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
e5 Ng8 9. Bd4 Qa5 10. f4 f6 11. Qd2 fxe5 12. fxe5 c5 13. Bf2 Bxe5 14. Nd5 Qxd2+
15. Kxd2 Bb7 16. Re1 Bd6 17. Bc4 Rb8 18. Bh4 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Bf4+ 20. Kd3 g5 21.
Bf2 Nf6 22. Bb3 Rc8 23. h3 d5 24. c4 d4 25. Re6 Kf7 26. Ra6 Bb8 27. Rf1 Rhf8 28.
Bd1 Kg7 29. Bf3 h5 30. b4 cxb4 31. Bxd4 e5 32. Bxa7 Rfd8+ 33. Ke2 e4 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.20"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Saglam, Buelent"]
[Black "Hoppstaedter, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2114"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24694827"]
[BlackFideId "16243625"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4 Bg6 5. Ne2 e6 6. Nf4 Be4 7. f3 Qh4+ 8. Ke2 h5
9. Bg2 Bh7 10. Nxh5 c5 11. c3 Nc6 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Qa4 Kd8 14. Na3 c4 15. Bf2
Bd3+ 16. Ke1 Qg5 17. h4 Qh6 18. Bf1 Qh7 19. Rd1 Be4 20. Be2 Bg6 21. Nf4 Nge7 22.
h5 Qg8 23. Bh4 Bh7 24. Bg5 Kd7 25. b3 f6 26. exf6 gxf6 27. Bxf6 Qf7 28. Bxh8
Qxf4 29. bxc4 Qe3 30. Qb3 Bh6 31. cxd5 Nxd5 32. Nc4 Qxc3+ 33. Qxc3 Nxc3 34. Ne5+
Nxe5 35. Bxe5 Nxd1 36. Bxd1 Bc2 37. f4 Bf8 38. Bxc2 Rxc2 39. Rh3 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.20"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Ollenberger, Roland"]
[Black "Philipp, Mathias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2159"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "24608440"]
[BlackFideId "12958883"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 Bg4 6. Ne2 e6 7. h3 Bf5 8. Bd2
Qb6 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O-O 11. a3 c5 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 Bxb4 14. Rb1 Qa5
15. Nb5 a6 16. Na7+ Kc7 17. Bf4+ Bd6 18. Bd2 Qa3 19. Ra1 Qb2 20. Ra2 Bxc2 21.
Ba5+ b6 22. Qd2 Qxa2 23. Bxa2 Be4 24. Nc3 Kb7 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. Qc2 bxa5 27. Nc6 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.20"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Steffens, Olaf"]
[Black "Grossmann, Piet"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[BlackElo "2063"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Chigorin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4630564"]
[BlackFideId "16234359"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Bf4 Bb4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. dxc5 Nbd7 7. Ne2 Nxc5 8. a3
Nxd3+ 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. O-O-O Bxf4 11. exf4 O-O 12. f3 Qa5 13. h4 b6 14. h5 Ba6
15. Qe3 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 Rfc8 17. h6 Qc5 18. Nd4 g6 19. g4 Nd7 20. Kb1 b5 21. Qd2
Nb6 22. f5 e5 23. Nb3 Qc7 24. fxg6 fxg6 25. f4 exf4 26. Nd4 Nc4 27. Qc3 Ne3 28.
Nc6 Qb7 29. Qe5 Rxc6 30. Rxd5 Qc7 31. Qd4 Rc4 32. Qf6 Nxd5 33. Qe6+ Qf7 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.20"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Mueller, Thorsten"]
[Black "Maier, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "2226"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "4653319"]
[BlackFideId "4617061"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 Nd7 5. c3 e5 6. Bg3 Qe7 7. Be2 Nh6 8. h3 O-O
9. Na3 a6 10. Nc4 Nf5 11. Bh2 e4 12. Nfd2 Re8 13. a4 Bh6 14. g4 Nh4 15. Bg3 Ng2+
16. Kf1 Nh4 17. Qc2 Bg5 18. Na5 Nf6 19. c4 c5 20. Nab3 a5 21. Nb1 b6 22. Nc3 Bb7
23. d5 Rad8 24. Nd2 Bc8 25. Ra3 h5 26. Qd1 Kg7 27. Rb3 hxg4 28. hxg4 Rh8 29.
Rxb6 Nf5 30. Kg2 Nxg3 31. Kxg3 Rxh1 32. Qxh1 Rh8 33. Qg1 Qe5+ 34. Kg2 Rh4 35.
Kf1 Bxg4 36. Bxg4 Rxg4 37. Qh1 Rh4 38. Qg2 Rh2 39. Qg1 Bxe3 40. fxe3 Rxd2 41.
Ke1 Rh2 42. Ne2 Qh5 43. Ng3 Qh3 44. Nf5+ Kh7 45. Qg5 Rh1+ 46. Kd2 Qh2+ 47. Kc3
Rc1+ 48. Kb3 Qc2+ 49. Ka2 Qxa4# 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.21"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Poetsch, Hagen"]
[Black "Hagner, Bennet"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[ECO "B91"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Zagreb (fianchetto) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24615137"]
[BlackFideId "16224477"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Nh4
O-O 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. exf5 e4 12. g4 d5 13. g5 Ne8 14. Qxd5 Bxg5 15.
Qxd8 Bxd8 16. Be3 Nf6 17. Nxe4 Nd5 18. Bc5 Ba5+ 19. Kf1 Rfd8 20. Nd6 Bb4 21.
Bxd5 Bxc5 22. Bxf7+ Kf8 23. Nxb7 Kxf7 24. Nxc5 Rd2 25. Rc1 Nb4 26. a3 Rxc2 27.
Kg2 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Nd5 29. Rd1 Ne7 30. Rd7 a5 31. Rb7 Rd8 32. Ra7 Rb8 33. b3 Rb5
34. Rc7 Rb6 35. Rb7 Rd6 36. Ra7 Rd5 37. Rxa5 Nxf5 38. Nb7 Ke6 39. Nc5+ Ke5 40.
b4 Kf4 41. Ra7 Nh4+ 42. Kf1 Nf5 43. Rd7 Rxd7 44. Nxd7 Ke4 45. a4 Nd6 46. Ke2 Kd4
47. b5 Nc4 48. b6 Na5 49. Nf8 Kc5 50. Nxh7 Kxb6 51. Ng5 Nc4 52. Ne6 g6 53. f4
Nb2 54. Kf3 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.21"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Vavulin, Maxim"]
[Black "Kuegel, Tobias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov's defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4169530"]
[BlackFideId "4636295"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bg2 e4 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Ng5
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Bg4 10. Nxe4 O-O-O 11. f3 Rhe8 12. Be3 Nxe4 13. fxe4 Qh5 14. Qd2
f5 15. O-O fxe4 16. Rf4 exd3 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. cxd3 Bf5 19. d4 Re4 20. Raf1 Rxf4
21. Bxf4 Bh3 22. Rb1 Re8 23. Qb2 Kd7 24. Qb7 Rc8 25. Qb3 g5 26. d5 gxf4 27.
dxc6+ Ke7 28. Re1+ Kf8 29. Re4 Qc5+ 30. Kh1 Qxc6 31. Qb4+ Kg8 32. Kg1 Qb6+ 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.21"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Braun, Georg"]
[Black "Kunin, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "B36"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, Maroczy bind"]
[WhiteFideId "24629383"]
[BlackFideId "4128737"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. f3 Nxd4 8. Qxd4
Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Nd7 12. b3 Nc5 13. Be2 a6 14. O-O Qa5 15.
Rfd1 Rfc8 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Rc2 Rab8 18. Rdc1 a5 19. Nc3 f5 20. Bd3 a4 21. Rb1
axb3 22. axb3 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 fxe4 24. fxe4 Ra8 25. Bd4 Bxd4+ 26. Qxd4 Rc6 27. Nd5
b5 28. Rf1 bxc4 29. bxc4 Rac8 30. h3 Rc5 31. Kh2 Bf7 32. Qd3 Bxd5 33. exd5 Qd7
34. Qe4 Rf8 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. Rf2+ Kg8 37. Re2 Rc7 38. Qd4 Qf5 39. Re4 Rb7 40.
Rf4 Qc8 41. Qe3 Rc7 42. Qe2 Qd7 43. Re4 Qf5 44. Qe3 Rb7 45. Rxe7 Rxe7 46. Qxe7
Qf4+ 47. Kg1 Qc1+ 48. Kf2 Qf4+ 49. Kg1 Qc1+ 50. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.21"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Krastev, Alexander"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "C19"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance, poisoned pawn variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12989983"]
[BlackFideId "4600088"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7
Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Rb1 Qxe5+ 11. Ne2 Nbc6 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Bb2 Qf5 14. Qxf5
Ndxf5 15. h4 Nc6 16. Rd1 Ke7 17. h5 f6 18. Nf4 Kf7 19. h6 Rh8 20. h7 d4 21. g4
Nfe7 22. Bc4 b5 23. Ba2 Ng6 24. Nxg6 Kxg6 25. Bxd4 Bb7 26. Be3 Rae8 27. Rd7 Re7
28. Bxe6 Rxd7 29. Bxd7 Nd4 30. Bxd4 Bxh1 31. Bf5+ Kf7 32. g5 Re8+ 33. Kf1 Be4
34. Bxe4 Rxe4 35. h8=Q 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.21"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Zuferi, Enis"]
[Black "Spitzl, Vinzent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Opovcensky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24692530"]
[BlackFideId "12901253"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. h4
Be6 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nc6 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Nd4 Qa5 14. Nf5 Bxf5
15. exf5 b5 16. Kb1 Qc7 17. a3 O-O 18. g4 d5 19. g5 Ne4 20. Qxd5 Nxc3+ 21. bxc3
Qxc3 22. Qxe5 Qxc2+ 23. Ka1 Bxa3 24. Rd2 Qa4 25. Ra2 Rfe8 26. Bd1 Qb4 27. Bd2
Rxe5 28. Bxb4 Rc1# 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.21"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Besou, Hussain"]
[Black "Gloeckler, Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "16269950"]
[BlackFideId "34608966"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 e5 7. Nb3 h5 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Be7 11. f4 Rc8 12. Bd3 b5 13. Kb1 O-O 14. f5 Bc4 15.
Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Qe2 Qb6 17. Nd2 Rc7 18. Nxc4 bxc4 19. Bxc4 Rb8 20. Bb3 a5 21. Qd3
Rxc3 22. Qxc3 a4 23. Qd3 axb3 24. cxb3 d5 25. exd5 Bc5 26. Rge1 Bd4 27. Qc4 Rd8
28. Qc6 Qb8 29. h3 h4 30. Rc1 Nxd5 31. Rc4 Ne3 32. Rcc1 Qb4 33. Re2 Nxf5 34. Rc4
Qb8 35. Qf3 g6 36. a3 Kg7 37. Ka2 Ng3 38. Re1 e4 39. Qg4 Bf6 40. Rc2 Rd3 41. b4
Qe5 42. Qc8 Nf5 43. Qc5 Rd5 44. Qc4 e3 45. Qc3 Qe4 46. Qc8 Rd8 47. Qc5 Nd4 48.
Rcc1 e2 49. Qc4 Rd6 50. b5 Qxg2 51. a4 Re6 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.21"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Pfrommer, Christoph"]
[Black "Garner, Isaac"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2272"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[ECO "A47"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4603290"]
[BlackFideId "16239261"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 d5 6. b3 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Bb2 Bxd2 11. Qxd2 e5 12. Nf5 dxc4 13. bxc4 e4 14. Qc3 exd3
15. Rad1 Be4 16. Rxd3 Bxd3 17. Rd1 Bxf5 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.21"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Miller, Eduard"]
[Black "Voicu-Jagodzinsky, Carmen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, French variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24687022"]
[BlackFideId "1206729"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 Bb7 11. h4 Qc7 12. Bf4 Rfc8 13. Ne3 Qd8 14. c4 d4 15. Ng4
Rab8 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Nxh6+ Kf8 19. Qg4 Ncxe5 20. Qxe6 gxh6 21.
Bxh6+ Ke8 22. Qg8+ Nf8 23. Rxe5 Kd7 24. Rae1 Bxg2 25. Qg4+ Kc6 26. Rxe7 bxc4 27.
dxc4 Bd5 28. Bxf8 Bxc4 29. Qg6+ Kb5 30. a4+ Kb4 31. Bh6 d3 32. Bd2+ Kb3 33. Qg4
Qd4 34. Qd1+ Ka2 35. Qa1+ Kb3 36. Rc1 Qxb2 37. Rc3+ 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.21"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Koepke, Christian"]
[Black "Saglam, Buelent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, Alekhine (Maroczy) gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "4655737"]
[BlackFideId "24694827"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Ne2 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxe4 6. a3 Be7 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8.
Nxe4 f5 9. N4c3 c6 10. Qd3 Nd7 11. g3 Nf6 12. Bg2 Qc7 13. Nf4 Nd5 14. Ncxd5 cxd5
15. O-O Bg5 16. Nh5 Bd7 17. h4 Be7 18. Ng7+ Kd8 19. Nh5 Rc8 20. c3 a6 21. Qe3
Qd6 22. b3 Rc7 23. Rfc1 b5 24. Nf4 Kc8 25. Nd3 Kb8 26. Ne5 Be8 27. a4 bxa4 28.
c4 Rb7 29. c5 Qc7 30. bxa4 f6 31. Nd3 Qc6 32. Rcb1 Bd7 33. Nb4 Qc8 34. Bxd5 exd5
35. Qxe7 Ka7 36. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.21"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Ollenberger, Roland"]
[Black "Kocharin, Timur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 2...Nc6"]
[WhiteFideId "24608440"]
[BlackFideId "16240936"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 a6 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. d3 Bc5 10. O-O Ne7 11. Ng3 O-O 12. Qh5 Rc8 13. a4 b4 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bd2
Kh8 16. Kh1 Qc7 17. Rac1 Qb6 18. f4 g6 19. Qh4 f5 20. Rce1 Rce8 21. Rf3 Nc6 22.
exf5 gxf5 23. Qh6 Rf7 24. Ne2 Na5 25. Rg3 Nxb3 26. cxb3 Bd5 27. Ng1 Rg8 28.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 29. Nh3 Bf8 30. Qh5 h6 31. Kg1 Rg7 32. g3 Bb7 33. Rc1 Qd6 34. Nf2 Qd5
35. Kf1 Qg2+ 36. Ke2 Rg4 37. Be1 Bf3+ 38. Kd2 Qf1 39. Kc2 Rxg3 40. Qh4 Qe2+ 41.
Kb1 Rg1 42. Ka2 Bc6 43. Bxb4 Rxc1 44. Qd8 Rg1 45. Qxf8+ Kh7 46. Nh3 Qh5 47. Nxg1
Qg6 48. Ne2 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.21"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Sauer, Tim"]
[Black "Zackrisson, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[ECO "E71"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Makagonov system (5.h3)"]
[WhiteFideId "16265726"]
[BlackFideId "16282078"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. g4 Nc5
9. f3 c6 10. h4 cxd5 11. cxd5 h5 12. g5 Ne8 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. Rc1 Qa5 15. Rb1 Na6
16. a3 f5 17. gxf6 Bxf6 18. Kf2 Rc8 19. Kg3 Bd8 20. Bh3 Nf6 21. Ra1 Qc7 22. Bxd7
Qxd7 23. Nh3 Nc5 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. Ng5 Ne8 26. Ne6 Rf6 27. Qe3 b6 28. Rhg1 Ng7
29. Rad1 Nxe6 30. dxe6 Qxe6 31. Nd5 Rf4 32. Kf2 Rf7 33. Qh6 Rg7 34. Ne3 Bxh4+
35. Ke2 Rcc7 36. Rd5 Rcf7 37. Nc4 Rxf3 38. Kxf3 Qh3+ 39. Ke2 Qh2+ 40. Kd3 Qxg1
41. Qd2 Qb1+ 42. Qc2 Qxc2+ 43. Kxc2 Bg3 44. Nxe5 Bxe5 45. Rxe5 h4 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.21"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Polster, Christian"]
[Black "Herbrig, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "12965081"]
[BlackFideId "12952044"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g6 7. Re1 Bg7 8. b4 O-O
9. a4 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Qb3 Qd7 12. a5 Nh5 13. b5 Ne7 14. Na3 g5 15. Qd1 Nf4
16. Bxf4 Rxf4 17. d4 Ng6 18. Re2 Raf8 19. Ne1 exd4 20. cxd4 Qf7 21. Raa2 Rh4 22.
g3 Rh3 23. Re3 h5 24. Rc2 g4 25. Rec3 Qf6 26. Rxc7 Qxd4 27. Qxd4 Bxd4 28. Nc4 h4
29. Kg2 d5 30. exd5 exd5 31. Ne3 Bxe3 32. fxe3 hxg3 33. hxg3 Ne5 34. Rxb7 Nc4
35. Re2 Nd6 36. Rxa7 Nxb5 37. Rd7 Nc3 38. Rf2 Rh2+ 39. Kxh2 Rxf2+ 40. Ng2 Ra2
41. Ra7 Ne4 42. Kg1 Ra1+ 43. Kh2 Nd2 44. Nf4 Nf1+ 45. Kg2 Nxe3+ 46. Kf2 d4 47.
Rd7 Ra2+ 48. Kg1 Nf5 49. Nh5 Rxa5 50. Nf6+ Kf8 51. Nh7+ Kg8 52. Nf6+ Kf8 53.
Nh7+ Kg8 54. Nf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.21"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Manucharyan, Andriy"]
[Black "Hoppstaedter, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "16260910"]
[BlackFideId "16243625"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Ne4 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Bb2 f5 8. Be2 Bd6
9. O-O Qf6 10. Ne1 O-O 11. Ndf3 f4 12. exf4 Bxf4 13. Nd3 Bh6 14. Nfe5 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 Qd8 16. Qc2 b6 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Bc1 Bxc1 19. Raxc1 Ba6 20. Qc6 Qe7 21. Nf4
Rac8 22. Nxd5 Qf7 23. Ne7+ Qxe7 24. Qxe4 Bb7 25. Qe3 Bd5 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Rc1
Qb7 28. f3 Rc7 29. Kf2 Qc8 30. Ba6 Rc2+ 31. Kg3 Qc7 32. Rxc2 Qxc2 33. Qe2 Qc1
34. h4 g5 35. hxg5 Qxg5+ 36. Kf2 Qh4+ 37. Ke3 Qg5+ 38. Kd3 Qf5+ 39. Kc3 Qb1 40.
Bc4 Qc1+ 41. Kb4 Bc6 42. Bb5 Qc5+ 43. Ka4 a6 44. Bxc6 Qa5# 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.21"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Maier, Alexander"]
[Black "Lippert, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2226"]
[BlackElo "2227"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4617061"]
[BlackFideId "16261895"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Nc6 7. f4 d6 8. exd6
Bh6 9. g3 O-O 10. Nf3 exd6 11. c4 Re8+ 12. Kf2 Be6 13. Bg2 d5 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15.
Re1 Be4 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nd4 18. c3 Nf5 19. Qf3 Qc7 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. c4
Bg7 22. Kg1 h5 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Nd4 25. Bxd4 cxd4 26. Nd3 Re8 27. Re1 Rxe1+
28. Nxe1 Qa5 29. Qe2 Qc3 30. Nd3 a5 31. f5 gxf5 32. Nf4 h4 33. Kg2 hxg3 34. hxg3
Qb4 35. Nd5 Qd6 36. Qf3 Qe5 37. Qxf5 Qe2+ 38. Qf2 Qe4+ 39. Qf3 Qc2+ 40. Kh3 Qh7+
41. Kg2 Qc2+ 42. Kh3 Qh7+ 43. Kg2 Qc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.21"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Grossmann, Piet"]
[Black "Philipp, Mathias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2063"]
[BlackElo "2159"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Stoltz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "16234359"]
[BlackFideId "12958883"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
O-O 9. O-O b5 10. Be2 a6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. e4 e5 13. h3 Re8 14. a3 Bb7 15. dxe5
Nxe5 16. Nd4 Ng6 17. Nf5 Bh2+ 18. Kh1 Be5 19. Bf3 Rad8 20. Be3 Nf4 21. Rac1 c5
22. g3 Ne6 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Qc8 25. Kh2 c4 26. Bb6 Bc7 27. Bxc7 Nxc7 28.
Bg4 Qa8 29. d6 Nd5 30. Qd2 f6 31. d7 Rxd7 32. Nh6+ gxh6 33. Bxd7 Re7 34. Bf5 Qe8
35. Re1 Qc6 36. f3 Kg7 37. Rxe7+ Nxe7 38. Be4 Qc7 39. Bxb7 Qxb7 40. Re1 Nf5 41.
Re4 h5 42. Qd8 Qc6 43. g4 Qc5 44. Re2 Ne3 45. Qd7+ Kf8 46. Qe6 Nd5 47. gxh5 Qd4
48. Qe8+ Kg7 49. Rg2+ Kh6 50. Rg6+ hxg6 51. Qxg6# 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.21"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "Mueller, Thorsten"]
[Black "Steffens, Olaf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "2184"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4653319"]
[BlackFideId "4630564"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d5 Nb8 4. Bf4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Qd2 c6 7. e4 Nf6 8. Bh6
Bxh6 9. Qxh6 Qb6 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Bc4 Ng4 12. Qg7 Rf8 13. Rhe1 Nge5 14. Nxe5
Nxe5 15. Bb3 Qxf2 16. Rf1 Qxg2 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Qxh7 Qh3 19. Qg7 Bg4 20. Rde1
Kd7 21. Bxf7 Rh8 22. Rd1 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 Qh6+ 24. Qxh6 Rxh6 25. Bb3 Rxh2 26. Ba4
Kc7 27. b4 a6 28. Bb3 Rah8 29. Kb2 g5 30. Rg1 g4 31. Be6 R8h4 32. a4 Rh6 33. Bb3
Rh1 34. Rg2 R6h2 35. Rg3 Rh3 36. Rg2 R1h2 37. Rg1 Kd7 38. b5 axb5 39. axb5 cxb5
40. Nxb5 Rh1 41. Rg2 R1h2 42. Rg1 Nd3+ 43. Ka3 Rh1 44. Rxh1 Rxh1 45. cxd3 g3 46.
Nd4 g2 47. Be6+ Kc7 48. Nf3 Rf1 49. Bh3 Rxf3 50. Bxg2 Rxd3+ 51. Kb4 Rg3 52. Bh1
e5 53. Kb5 Kd7 54. Kb4 Ke6 55. Kc4 Kf6 56. Kd5 Kg5 57. Kxd6 Kf4 58. Kd5 Rg1 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.21"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Krastev, Alexander"]
[Black "Poetsch, Hagen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, 3...Bd7"]
[WhiteFideId "12989983"]
[BlackFideId "24615137"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O e6 6. c4 Ngf6 7. Nc3 Ne5 8.
d3 Be7 9. Ne1 O-O 10. f4 Nc6 11. g4 Nd7 12. f5 Nde5 13. Be3 Nd4 14. Ng2 Bg5 15.
Bf2 h5 16. gxh5 Ndf3+ 17. Kh1 Nd2 18. Bg3 Nxf1 19. Qxf1 Bh6 20. Bh4 Bg5 21. Bg3
Bh6 22. Bh4 Bg5 23. Bg3 Bh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.21"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Kuegel, Tobias"]
[Black "Hagner, Bennet"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4636295"]
[BlackFideId "16224477"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bg5 a6 7. e5 Nc6 8. Qa4
dxe5 9. Nxe5 Qc7 10. Nxc6 Bd7 11. O-O-O Bxc6 12. Bb5 Rc8 13. Bxc6+ Qxc6 14.
Qxc6+ Rxc6 15. Ne4 Nd5 16. Nc3 h6 17. Bd2 Nf6 18. Rhe1 Bc5 19. f3 Ke7 20. Ne4
Nd5 21. Nc3 Rd8 22. Nxd5+ Rxd5 23. Be3 Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 Bd6 25. h3 Bg3 26. Re2 h5
27. a4 b5 28. axb5 axb5 29. Rd2 Be5 30. Rd3 Bxb2 31. Rb3 Rd6+ 32. Ke2 Bd4 33.
Rxb5 Bxe3 34. Kxe3 g6 35. h4 Rd1 36. g3 Rg1 37. Kf2 Rc1 38. Rc5 Kd6 39. Rc8 e5
40. Ke3 Ke6 41. f4 exf4+ 42. Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.21"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Kunin, Vitaly"]
[Black "Gloeckler, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "4128737"]
[BlackFideId "34608966"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Be2 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qe3 Nd7 14. e5
Qe7 15. Nd2 Bd5 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Rfd8 18. Rac1 Nf8 19. h4 Rac8 20. h5 Rxc1
21. Rxc1 Qb4 22. Rd1 h6 23. f4 Qb2 24. Bc4 b5 25. Bb3 a5 26. Qc2 Qa3 27. Qf2 Kh8
28. f5 a4 29. Bc2 Qxa2 30. f6 Nh7 31. fxg7+ Kxg7 32. Rd2 Qa1+ 33. Kh2 Rf8 34.
Qf4 Qc3 35. d5 Qc4 36. Qf2 Qg4 37. dxe6 Qxh5+ 38. Kg1 Qxe5 39. Re2 Qf6 40. Qa7
Qa1+ 41. Kh2 Nf6 42. e7 Re8 43. Qc5 a3 44. Bb3 Ng8 45. Re5 Qb1 46. Re3 Nxe7 47.
Qe5+ Kh7 48. Qf6 Qg6 49. Bc2 Qxc2 50. Qxf7+ Kh8 51. Qxe8+ Ng8 52. Qe5+ Kh7 53.
Rxa3 Qf2 54. Rf3 Qh4+ 55. Kg1 Qc4 56. Rc3 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.21"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Spitzl, Vinzent"]
[Black "Braun, Georg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "12901253"]
[BlackFideId "24629383"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. h4 h6 6. d3 Rb8 7. Bf4 d6 8. Qd2 e6
9. O-O e5 10. Bg3 Nf6 11. a3 O-O 12. Nd5 Nh5 13. c3 Kh7 14. b4 Bg4 15. Nh2 Be6
16. Qe2 b6 17. Ne3 Bd7 18. Bb3 Qe8 19. Bd1 Be6 20. Qe1 Nxg3 21. fxg3 f5 22. g4
f4 23. Nd5 Qd7 24. Bf3 Ne7 25. Rb1 Rbc8 26. c4 Nc6 27. b5 Nd4 28. a4 Qd8 29. Qf2
Bxd5 30. exd5 Bf6 31. g5 hxg5 32. h5 gxh5 33. Bxh5 Kg7 34. Nf3 Nf5 35. Bg4 Ng3
36. Rfe1 Rh8 37. Qc2 Ra8 38. Kf2 a6 39. a5 axb5 40. axb6 b4 41. b7 Rb8 42. d4
cxd4 43. Rxb4 Qc7 44. c5 Qxc5 45. Rc4 d3+ 46. Rxc5 dxc2 47. Rc7+ Kg6 48. Nd2 Rh7
49. Rxc2 Rhxb7 50. Nc4 e4 51. Rd1 Rb1 52. Nxd6 Rxd1 53. Bxd1 Bd4+ 54. Ke1 Rh8
55. Rc6 Rh1+ 56. Kd2 e3+ 57. Kc2 Kg7 58. Nb5 Bf6 59. Re6 Rg1 60. Bf3 g4 61. Bxg4
Rxg2+ 62. Kd3 Rd2+ 63. Kc4 Kg6 64. d6 Kg5 65. Bf3 Nf5 66. Kc5 Rc2+ 67. Kd5 Nh4
68. Be4 Rd2+ 69. Kc6 e2 70. Bd5 Ng6 71. d7 Ne7+ 72. Kb7 Rxd5 73. Nd6 e1=Q 74.
Rxe1 Rxd6 75. Kc7 Nf5 76. Rg1+ Kh6 77. Rh1+ Kg6 78. Rf1 Rd4 79. Rg1+ Ng3 80. Rb1
Kf5 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.21"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Zackrisson, Peter"]
[Black "Vavulin, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "16282078"]
[BlackFideId "4169530"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. O-O-O Bb7 7. h4 h6 8. f3 Nd7
9. g4 Rc8 10. Nh3 Ngf6 11. g5 hxg5 12. Nxg5 c5 13. e5 cxd4 14. e6 fxe6 15. Bxd4
e5 16. Be3 Qa5 17. Kb1 Nf8 18. Bd3 d5 19. Qg2 b4 20. Bxg6+ Nxg6 21. Ne6 Kf7 22.
Ng5+ Kg8 23. Ne6 Kf7 24. Ng5+ Ke8 25. Ne6 Nf8 26. Nxg7+ Kf7 27. Nf5 bxc3 28.
Qg7+ Ke6 29. Qxh8 Kxf5 30. Qg7 cxb2 31. Qxe7 Qc3 32. Rh2 Rc7 33. Qxf8 Qxe3 34.
Rg2 Ke6 35. Rg6 Qxf3 36. Qg8+ Kf5 37. Rxf6+ Kxf6 38. Rg1 Rf7 39. Qg6+ Ke7 40.
Qb6 d4 41. h5 d3 42. Qc5+ Ke6 43. Rg6+ Kf5 44. Kxb2 d2 45. Qc4 Bd5 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.21"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Black "Ollenberger, Roland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence, Nimzovich variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4600088"]
[BlackFideId "24608440"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Bxd2 8.
Qxd2 d6 9. d5 Nb8 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Rac1 Rb8 13. e3 Bd7 14. Nd4 Ne5
15. b3 a6 16. f4 Nf7 17. e4 b5 18. Qe2 b4 19. Nd1 c5 20. Nf3 Bc6 21. Nf2 Qb7 22.
Rfe1 Rbe8 23. Rcd1 h6 24. Nh4 Rd8 25. e5 dxe5 26. Bxc6 Qxc6 27. Ng6 Rfe8 28.
Rxd8 Nxd8 29. Nxe5 Qc7 30. Nfd3 Nb7 31. g4 Nd6 32. Qf3 Rd8 33. Qc6 Qxc6 34. Nxc6
Rd7 35. Nb8 Rd8 36. Nxa6 Nxc4 37. Naxc5 Nd2 38. Rxe6 Nxg4 39. Kg2 Rd4 40. Re2
Nb1 41. Re8+ Kf7 42. Rb8 Ne3+ 43. Kf3 Nc2 44. Ne5+ Kf6 45. Rb7 Nd2+ 46. Ke2 Rxf4
47. Kxd2 Rf2+ 48. Kc1 Rg2 49. Ncd3 Ne3 50. Rf7+ Ke6 51. Nf4+ 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.21"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Garner, Isaac"]
[Black "Miller, Eduard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Petrosian system, Stein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "16239261"]
[BlackFideId "24687022"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. h3 Na6
9. Bg5 Qe8 10. g4 Nd7 11. Rg1 Ndc5 12. h4 Kh8 13. Be3 f5 14. gxf5 gxf5 15. Ng5
Rf6 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Bg4 Nd3+ 18. Ke2 Nac5 19. Bxf5 Rxf5 20. Kf1 Bh6 21. Qe2
Qe7 22. Rd1 Nf4 23. Qg4 Raf8 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. Nce4 Ng6 26. Nxh7 Qxh7 27. Qxg6
Be3 28. Qxh7+ Kxh7 29. Rg2 Rf4 30. Ng5+ Kh6 31. Ke2 Bd4 32. Rf1 Rxh4 33. b3 b6
34. f3 Rg8 35. Nf7+ Kh7 36. Ng5+ Kh6 37. Nf7+ Kh7 38. Ng5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.21"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Zuferi, Enis"]
[Black "Koepke, Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Janowski variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24692530"]
[BlackFideId "4655737"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. a3 c6 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4
Nf6 9. Nxd6+ Qxd6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Ne2 Bg4 12. O-O Bxe2 13. Bxe2 Nbd7 14. Qb3 Nd5
15. Bd2 Rfe8 16. Bf3 Nf8 17. Rad1 Ne6 18. Bc1 Re7 19. g3 Rd8 20. Bg2 h6 21. Qc2
Nf6 22. Qc4 Red7 23. Rfe1 Re7 24. h3 Nd5 25. Bd2 Qd7 26. Ba5 Rde8 27. Re5 Ng5
28. Kh2 Rxe5 29. dxe5 Rxe5 30. f4 Re4 31. Qf1 Ra4 32. fxg5 Rxa5 33. gxh6 Qe6 34.
hxg7 Ne3 35. Rd8+ Kxg7 36. Qd3 Re5 37. Bf3 Nf5 38. Qd2 Ne3 39. Qd3 Qf6 40. Rd6
Qxf3 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.21"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Voicu-Jagodzinsky, Carmen"]
[Black "Besou, Hussain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "1206729"]
[BlackFideId "16269950"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. c3 Nh5 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bh4 g6
9. a3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Be7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Bd7 13. Rc1 Be8 14. b4 g5 15. Bg3
Nxg3 16. hxg3 g4 17. Nh2 f5 18. Nxg4 fxg4 19. Qxg4+ Kh8 20. b5 Nb8 21. Qh3 Rf7
22. Qxe6 Nd7 23. Qxd5 Bxa3 24. Ra1 Bf8 25. Nf3 Rg7 26. Rfc1 Qb6 27. Nh4 Nf6 28.
Qc4 Ng4 29. Nf5 Rf7 30. Rc2 Qg6 31. f3 Nh6 32. g4 Nxf5 33. Bxf5 Qh6 34. f4 a6
35. Qd5 Re7 36. bxa6 Rxa6 37. Rxa6 Qxa6 38. Kf2 Qh6 39. Qa5 Qh4+ 40. Kf3 Qh1 41.
Kf2 Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.21"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Kocharin, Timur"]
[Black "Sauer, Tim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Hungarian variation"]
[WhiteFideId "16240936"]
[BlackFideId "16265726"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Bg7 6. Na3 cxd4 7. Nb5 Na6 8.
Nbxd4 Nf6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxa6 bxa6 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Rfe8 13. Ne5 Rad8 14.
Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Be3 Nc5 16. Qc2 e5 17. Nb3 Nd3 18. Red1 e4 19. Bxa7 Bh6 20. Bd4
Qf5 21. Be3 Bxe3 22. fxe3 Qg4 23. Nd4 f5 24. Rf1 Qg5 25. Qd2 Ne5 26. Qe2 Nd3 27.
g3 Rc8 28. Kg2 Ne5 29. Rae1 Qh6 30. h3 Nd3 31. Rd1 Qg5 32. Nb3 Rf8 33. Kh2 Ne5
34. Rd5 Nf3+ 35. Kg2 h5 36. Nd4 h4 37. g4 Nxd4 38. cxd4 Rc6 39. b4 Rc3 40. Rf4
Rb8 41. Rc5 Rd3 42. Rxe4 Ra3 43. Qc4+ Kh8 44. Qe6 Rf8 45. Rf4 Qf6 46. Qxf6+ Rxf6
47. gxf5 Rxe3 48. Rxh4+ Kg7 49. Rg4 Re2+ 50. Kg3 Rxa2 51. Rc7+ Kh6 52. Rxg6+
Rxg6+ 53. fxg6 Rb2 54. g7 Kh7 55. d5 Rb3+ 56. Kf2 Rd3 57. Rd7 Rxh3 58. d6 Rd3
59. Ke2 Rd5 60. Ke3 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.21"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Herbrig, Alexander"]
[Black "Grossmann, Piet"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2063"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "12952044"]
[BlackFideId "16234359"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Na3 Bxa3 8.
bxa3 Bd7 9. a4 Bc6 10. Ba3 Re8 11. Qc2 a5 12. Rac1 Nbd7 13. Qxc4 Nb6 14. Qc2 Rc8
15. Qd2 Be4 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Ne4 18. Qd3 Nd6 19. Qb3 Nf5 20. e3 Qd5+ 21.
Kg1 Qe4 22. Qc2 Qxc2 23. Rxc2 Nxa4 24. Rb1 Nd6 25. Nc4 Nxc4 26. Rxc4 Nb6 27. Rc5
Nd7 28. Rc2 b6 29. Rbc1 c5 30. dxc5 Nxc5 31. Bxc5 Rxc5 32. Rxc5 bxc5 33. Rxc5
Ra8 34. Kf1 Kf8 35. Ke2 Ke8 36. a4 Kd7 37. Kd3 Kd6 38. Kd4 f6 39. f4 f5 40. Rb5
Ra6 41. Rb7 h5 42. Rxg7 Rb6 43. Rh7 Rb4+ 44. Kd3 Rxa4 45. Rxh5 Ra3+ 46. Kd4 Ra4+
47. Kd3 Ra3+ 48. Ke2 Ra1 49. Rh8 a4 50. Kf3 a3 51. Ra8 Ke7 52. h3 a2 53. Kg2 Kf6
54. Ra6 Kf7 55. h4 Kg7 56. Kh2 Kh7 57. Kg2 Kg7 58. g4 fxg4 59. e4 Re1 60. Rxa2
Rxe4 61. Kg3 e5 62. Ra7+ Kg8 63. Ra8+ Kg7 64. Ra7+ Kg8 65. Kxg4 Rxf4+ 66. Kg5
Rf1 67. Re7 Re1 68. Kg6 Rg1+ 69. Kh6 Re1 70. h5 e4 71. Kg6 Rg1+ 72. Kf5 Rf1+ 73.
Kg5 Rg1+ 74. Kh6 Re1 75. Rg7+ Kf8 76. Rg5 Kf7 77. Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.21"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Saglam, Buelent"]
[Black "Polster, Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2114"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "24694827"]
[BlackFideId "12965081"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Bb4 7. Qb3 c5 8.
O-O-O Bxc3 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. dxc5 Qc7 11. Be3 Ne4 12. Qc2 Ndf6 13. Nd2 Bf5 14.
Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Rxd5 Bg6 16. Qc4 Rad8 17. Rd3 b5 18. Qb4 a5 19. Qxb5 Nxf2 20. Rxd8
Rxd8 21. Bd2 Qe5 22. Qxa5 Rc8 23. Bc3 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.21"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Hoppstaedter, Daniel"]
[Black "Pfrommer, Christoph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "2272"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line"]
[WhiteFideId "16243625"]
[BlackFideId "4603290"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Re8 8. Qc2
h6 9. Bh4 c5 10. Nge2 Nc6 11. a3 cxd4 12. exd4 Be6 13. f3 Nh5 14. Bf2 Bd6 15.
O-O Nf4 16. Nxf4 Bxf4 17. Na4 Rc8 18. Nc5 Nxd4 19. Qa4 Rxc5 20. Qxd4 Bd6 21. b4
Rc8 22. Qxa7 Qc7 23. g3 Bh3 24. Rfe1 Qc3 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Qd4 Be5 27. Qxc3
Bxc3 28. Rc1 d4 29. Bb5 Ra8 30. a4 b6 31. Be1 Rd8 32. Bxc3 dxc3 33. Rxc3 Rd2 34.
Rd3 Rg2+ 35. Kf1 Rxh2+ 36. Ke1 Rb2 37. Rd6 Rxb4 38. g4 Kf8 39. Rxb6 Rb1+ 40. Kf2
Bf1 41. Rb8+ Ke7 42. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.21"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Lippert, Daniel"]
[Black "Steffens, Olaf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2227"]
[BlackElo "2184"]
[ECO "B04"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "modern, fianchetto variation"]
[WhiteFideId "16261895"]
[BlackFideId "4630564"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Ng5 d5 8. c3 f6
9. exf6 exf6 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. a4 a5 12. Na3 Be6 13. h4 Qd7 14. Bf4 Nc4 15. Bxc4
dxc4 16. Nb5 Rc8 17. h5 Kf7 18. h6 Bf8 19. Nxc7 Rxc7 20. Bxc7 Qxc7 21. d5 Bf5
22. dxc6 Bd3 23. Nd4 Bc5 24. Qf3 Re8+ 25. Kd1 Qe5 26. Qe3 Qd5 27. c7 Rxe3 28.
c8=Q Re8 29. Qc7+ Re7 30. Qxa5 b6 31. Qb5 Qxg2 32. Re1 Bxd4 33. Rxe7+ Kxe7 34.
cxd4 Qf1+ 35. Kd2 Qe2+ 36. Kc3 Qc2+ 37. Kb4 Qxb2# 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.21"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "Maier, Alexander"]
[Black "Manucharyan, Andriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2226"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4617061"]
[BlackFideId "16260910"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Qf3 Qe7+ 5. Ne2 Nc6 6. c3 Be6 7. Be3 O-O-O 8.
Nd2 Qd7 9. h3 f6 10. Nf4 Bf7 11. Bd3 Kb8 12. O-O-O Na5 13. Bc2 Ne7 14. Rhe1 Nf5
15. Qg4 Nd6 16. Qxd7 Rxd7 17. b3 g6 18. Nd3 b6 19. Kb2 Bg7 20. Bf4 Nab7 21. Re2
Re8 22. Rde1 Rxe2 23. Rxe2 Bf8 24. g4 Re7 25. Rxe7 Bxe7 26. f3 Nd8 27. a4 Ne6
28. Be3 a5 29. h4 Kb7 30. Kc1 Ne8 31. f4 Nd6 32. c4 Ng7 33. c5 Ne4 34. cxb6 cxb6
35. Nf2 Nxf2 36. Bxf2 Bd6 37. Be3 Be6 38. Bd1 Bd7 39. Bf3 Kc6 40. Nb1 Ne6 41. g5
fxg5 42. fxg5 Bg3 43. h5 Bf4 44. Bxf4 Nxf4 45. hxg6 hxg6 46. Nc3 Be6 47. Kd2 Nh3
48. Ke3 Nxg5 49. Bg2 Nf7 50. Bf1 g5 51. Bd3 Nd6 52. Ne2 Bf5 53. Bxf5 Nxf5+ 54.
Kf3 Nh6 55. Ng3 Kd6 56. Ne2 Ke6 57. Ng3 Nf5 58. Ne2 Nh6 59. Ng3 Kf6 60. Ne2 Ke7
61. Nc3 Ke6 62. Ne2 Kf5 63. Ng3+ Kg6 64. Ne2 Ng8 65. Ng3 Nf6 66. Ne2 Kh5 67. Kg3
Ne4+ 68. Kg2 Kg4 69. Ng1 Kf4 70. Nf3 Ke3 71. Ne5 Nf6 72. Nf7 g4 73. Kg3 Kxd4 74.
Kf4 Kc3 75. Ne5 d4 76. Kf5 d3 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.21"]
[Round "7.16"]
[White "Philipp, Mathias"]
[Black "Mueller, Thorsten"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2159"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[ECO "C06"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, closed variation, main line"]
[WhiteFideId "12958883"]
[BlackFideId "4653319"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ne4 14. Ne2 Rxf3
15. gxf3 Ng5 16. f4 Nf3+ 17. Kg2 e5 18. Kxf3 e4+ 19. Kg2 exd3 20. Qxd3 Qf6 21.
Ng3 Qxf4 22. Qe3 Qf7 23. f4 Bd7 24. f5 Qf6 25. Rad1 Re8 26. Qf3 Ne7 27. Qf4 Nc6
28. Rd2 Rf8 29. Qe3 Qh4 30. Rf4 Qg5 31. Rdf2 Re8 32. Qf3 Ne7 33. Rg4 Qf6 34. Nh5
Qxf5 35. Rxg7+ Kh8 36. Qxf5 Bxf5 37. Rxe7 Be4+ 38. Kh3 Rg8 39. Nf6 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.22"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Poetsch, Hagen"]
[Black "Braun, Georg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan (Lasker/Sveshnikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24615137"]
[BlackFideId "24629383"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nb8 9. Qf3 a6 10. Qa3 Be7 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Bb4 Qd7 14. Nc3 b6 15.
Qb3 Qc7 16. a4 Nd7 17. Qc4 Nc5 18. Ne4 f5 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. Bc3 a5 21. Qa2 Bg5
22. Bb5 e4 23. Qc4 Qe7 24. Qe2 f4 25. h4 Bf6 26. Bxf6 Rxf6 27. O-O-O Bf5 28. g3
Rg6 29. h5 Bg4 30. Qd2 e3 31. Qc3 Rf6 32. Rde1 Bf3 33. Rh4 fxg3 34. Rxe3 g2 35.
Rxe7 g1=Q+ 36. Qe1 Qg5+ 37. Kb1 Qxh4 38. Bd7 Qh1 39. Qxh1 Bxh1 40. h6 gxh6 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.22"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Kuegel, Tobias"]
[Black "Kunin, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights, 3...Bg4"]
[WhiteFideId "4636295"]
[BlackFideId "4128737"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 Nf6 7. Be2 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Qxd4 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Qb3 Qe7 11. O-O Qb4 12. Qg3 Nd7 13. Rd1 O-O-O 14. a4
Qa5 15. c3 h5 16. b4 h4 17. Qf3 Qf5 18. Bf4 e5 19. Be3 Qxf3 20. Bxf3 f5 21. Bxa7
Be7 22. b5 cxb5 23. axb5 e4 24. Be2 b6 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. Bxb6 Kb8 27. Bc4 Rh6
28. Be3 g5 29. Bf7 Rhd6 30. Bd4 Bf6 31. Be8 Rd8 32. Bxf6 Rxf6 33. Bc6 Kc7 34. c4
Rfd6 35. Bd5 Kb6 36. Kf1 Kc5 37. Ke2 Re8 38. Ra7 f4 39. Rg7 Re5 40. Rc7+ Kd4 41.
Ra7 g4 42. hxg4 h3 43. gxh3 f3+ 44. Kd2 Rh6 45. Rd7 Rxh3 46. Bf7+ Kc5 47. Ke3
Rh1 48. Rd5+ Rxd5 49. Bxd5 Re1+ 50. Kf4 Re2 51. Bxe4 Rxf2 52. Bxf3 Kxc4 53. b6
Rd2 54. g5 Kc5 55. b7 Rd8 56. Ke5 Re8+ 57. Kf6 Kd6 58. Kf7 Rd8 59. g6 Kc7 60. g7
Rd7+ 61. Kg6 Rd8 62. Kh7 Rd7 63. Kh8 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.22"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Hagner, Bennet"]
[Black "Krastev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "16224477"]
[BlackFideId "12989983"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 a6
9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Kb1 b5 12. Bd3 Nxd3 13. cxd3 Bd7 14. Rc1 O-O 15.
Ne2 Qxd2 16. Bxd2 Rfc8 17. Ned4 b4 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Be3 f6 21.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Kxc1 Kf7 24. Kd2 fxe5 25. fxe5 Ba4 26. g4 h6 27. h3
Bd7 28. Ke2 Bd8 29. Nf3 Bc7 30. Bc5 a5 31. Ke3 Ba4 32. b3 Bb5 33. h4 Ba6 34. Kd4
Ke8 35. g5 hxg5 36. Nxg5 Kd7 37. h5 Bd8 38. Nf7 Bc7 39. Nh8 Ke8 40. Ng6 Bd8 41.
Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.22"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Vavulin, Maxim"]
[Black "Koepke, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[ECO "B57"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Sozin, not Scheveningen"]
[WhiteFideId "4169530"]
[BlackFideId "4655737"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Bd7 7. Bb3 e6 8.
Ndb5 Qb8 9. a4 Be7 10. Bg5 a6 11. Na3 Na5 12. O-O Nxb3 13. cxb3 Bc6 14. Nc4 b5
15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Na5 Bd7 18. b4 O-O 19. Qh5 Kh8 20. Rad1 Be8 21.
Rd3 Rg8 22. Re1 Rg5 23. Qd1 Qb6 24. Ree3 Bd7 25. Rg3 Rxg3 26. Rxg3 Rg8 27. Rf3
Rg5 28. Qd3 Qc7 29. Qd4 Kg7 30. Rd3 Kg8 31. Qe3 Rg6 32. Rd1 d5 33. Qd4 Qf4 34.
Ne2 Qg4 35. Ng3 Bd6 36. exd5 Bxb4 37. Nb3 Bf8 38. d6 Qxd4 39. Rxd4 e5 40. Rd1 f5
41. Nc5 f4 42. Nxd7 fxg3 43. Nxf8 gxf2+ 44. Kxf2 Kxf8 45. d7 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.22"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Gloeckler, Christian"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Euwe variation"]
[WhiteFideId "34608966"]
[BlackFideId "4600088"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O Ng6 8. Be3
Rc8 9. dxc5 Ncxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. b4 Be7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. a4 Bf6 14. Qb3 Be8
15. Rad1 Nd7 16. Nf3 b6 17. c4 d4 18. Nxd4 bxc5 19. Nb5 Qb6 20. Rd6 Qb8 21. Rfd1
a6 22. Rxa6 Be7 23. Ra7 Rd8 24. a5 cxb4 25. Rc7 Qa8 26. Bf3 Qa6 27. Ra7 Qc8 28.
Ra8 Nb8 29. Rxd8 Qxd8 30. a6 Bxb5 31. cxb5 Qa5 32. a7 Qxb5 33. Bf4 e5 34. Qd5 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.22"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Miller, Eduard"]
[Black "Spitzl, Vinzent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "24687022"]
[BlackFideId "12901253"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 a5 6. a4 O-O 7. b3 Nc6 8. Bb2 Re8
9. Nbd2 b6 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Ba6 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nc4 Bb4 14. Qd3 b5 15. axb5
Bxb5 16. h4 h6 17. Rfd1 a4 18. bxa4 Bxa4 19. Qe4 Qe7 20. Bf1 Qc5 21. Bd3 Kf8 22.
Qh7 Ke7 23. Rxa4 Rxa4 24. Qxg7 Bc3 25. Bxc3 Nxc3 26. Bg6 Rf8 27. Qf6+ Ke8 28.
Qxe6+ 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.22"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Polster, Christian"]
[Black "Garner, Isaac"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12965081"]
[BlackFideId "16239261"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Na6 6. Nxf6+ gxf6 7. g3 Nb4 8.
Qe4 Qd5 9. Qxd5 cxd5 10. Kd1 Bg4 11. Bb5+ Kd8 12. Be2 Rc8 13. c3 Nd3 14. Rf1
Nxc1 15. Rxc1 e6 16. Nh4 h5 17. h3 Bxe2+ 18. Kxe2 f5 19. Ng2 Bh6 20. f4 Ke7 21.
d4 Bg7 22. Ne3 b5 23. a3 a5 24. Kd3 Kd7 25. Rg1 Bh6 26. Rcf1 Bf8 27. Rf3 Bd6 28.
g4 hxg4 29. hxg4 Rcg8 30. Rg2 fxg4 31. Rxg4 f5 32. Rxg8 Rxg8 33. Nd1 b4 34. axb4
axb4 35. Nf2 Rg1 36. Ke2 Rg2 37. cxb4 Bxb4 38. Rb3 Bd6 39. Kf3 Rh2 40. Nd3 Kc7
41. Rc3+ Kd8 42. Rc6 Rh3+ 43. Ke2 Rh2+ 44. Ke3 Rh3+ 45. Ke2 Rh2+ 46. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.22"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Hoppstaedter, Daniel"]
[Black "Kocharin, Timur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "16243625"]
[BlackFideId "16240936"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 d5 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. f3 Bh5 8. Nf4
Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. c3 Qc7 11. g3 Rxh2 12. Rxh2 Qxg3+ 13. Rf2 Qg1+ 14. Rf1 Qxg5
15. Nd2 Qh4+ 16. Rf2 O-O-O 17. Qe2 Nh5 18. Qe3 Nf4 19. Bf1 Rd6 20. O-O-O Re6 21.
Ne4 f5 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.22"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Ollenberger, Roland"]
[Black "Zackrisson, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "24608440"]
[BlackFideId "16282078"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
Be6 9. Bb3 Nbd7 10. h3 Rc8 11. O-O Qc7 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Ng5 Qc4 15.
Qd3 h6 16. Nf3 d5 17. exd5 exd5 18. Qg6 d4 19. Bxh6 Qf7 20. Qxf7+ Rxf7 21. Bd2
dxc3 22. Bxc3 Nd5 23. Rfd1 Nxc3 24. Rxd7 Ne2+ 25. Kf1 Rxc2 26. Re1 e4 27. Rd2
Ng3+ 28. Kg1 Rxd2 29. Nxd2 Bc5 30. Nxe4 Re7 31. Nf6+ gxf6 32. Rxe7 Bxe7 33. fxg3
Bc5+ 34. Kf1 Kf7 35. Ke2 f5 36. Kf3 Kg6 37. g4 Kg5 38. gxf5 Kxf5 39. b3 Be7 40.
g3 Bd6 41. h4 Be7 42. g4+ Ke5 43. g5 Kf5 44. Ke3 Bc5+ 45. Kd3 Bf2 46. Kc4 Bxh4
47. Kc5 Bf2+ 48. Kd6 a5 49. Kd5 b6 50. Kc4 Bc5 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.22"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Grossmann, Piet"]
[Black "Besou, Hussain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2063"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "16234359"]
[BlackFideId "16269950"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3
Be6 9. Qd2 h5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Be2 Bh4+ 13. g3 Be7 14. O-O-O a5 15.
Kb1 a4 16. Nc1 Nd7 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Nxd3 O-O 19. h4 f5 20. Bg5 Bf6 21. Nf2 Nc5
22. Nh3 a3 23. b3 e4 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Qd4 Qxd4 26. Rxd4 exf3 27. Rf1 Rae8 28.
Kc1 Re3 29. Kd2 Rfe8 30. Nf4 f2 31. b4 R3e4 32. Ne6 R8xe6 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.22"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Manucharyan, Andriy"]
[Black "Zuferi, Enis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[ECO "D91"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "5.Bg5"]
[WhiteFideId "16260910"]
[BlackFideId "24692530"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
cxd5 Qxd5 9. e3 cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Bf5 13. Qa4 Qa5 14. Qxa5
Nxa5 15. Rfc1 Rfc8 16. Nd2 Rxc1+ 17. Rxc1 Rc8 18. Rxc8+ Bxc8 19. d5 Bc3 20. Nb1
Bb4 21. Bc7 Bf5 22. a3 Bd6 23. Bxd6 exd6 24. Nc3 a6 25. e4 Bd7 26. f4 f6 27. Kf2
Kf8 28. Ke3 Ke7 29. Kd4 b5 30. Bd1 Kd8 31. Nb1 Kc7 32. Nd2 Kb6 33. e5 fxe5+ 34.
fxe5 dxe5+ 35. Kxe5 Bc8 36. Be2 Nb7 37. Ne4 a5 38. Nd6 Nxd6 39. Kxd6 b4 40. axb4
axb4 41. Bc4 Bf5 42. Bb3 Kb5 43. Ke7 Kc5 44. d6 g5 45. d7 Bxd7 46. Kxd7 Kd4 47.
Ke6 Ke3 48. Kf5 h6 49. g4 Kf3 50. Bd5+ Ke3 51. Kg6 Kf4 52. Kh5 Ke5 53. Bb3 Kf4
54. Ba2 Kf3 55. Be6 Kg2 56. Kxh6 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.22"]
[Round "8.12"]
[White "Steffens, Olaf"]
[Black "Herbrig, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4630564"]
[BlackFideId "12952044"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. b3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bb2 g6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. g3 h5 6. Nf3 Be6 7. Bg2 Qd7 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. e4 d4 10. Ne2 g5 11. d3 h4 12. a3 h3 13. Bf1 Bg4 14. Nd2 Ne5 15. f4 gxf4
16. gxf4 Ng6 17. f5 Ne5 18. Qc1 Bh6 19. Qb2 Be3 20. Ng1 Rg8 21. Be2 Bxe2 22.
Nxe2 Rg2 23. Nf1 O-O-O 24. Nxe3 dxe3 25. Rf1 Qxd3 26. cxd3 Nxd3+ 27. Kd1 Nxb2+
28. Kc2 Rxe2+ 29. Kc3 c5 30. b4 Rd3# 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.22"]
[Round "8.13"]
[White "Pfrommer, Christoph"]
[Black "Voicu-Jagodzinsky, Carmen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2272"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[ECO "A47"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4603290"]
[BlackFideId "1206729"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 d5 6. b3 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Qe7 12. a3 a5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Ne4 h6 15.
Bc4 Rac8 16. Ba6 Bxa6 17. Qxa6 Rfd8 18. h3 f5 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. Qb5 Qd7 21. Qxd7
Rxd7 22. Nd4 Nd3 23. Rab1 Nxb2 24. Rxb2 Kf7 25. Rd1 Rdc7 26. Nxf5 Rc1 27. Nd6+
Kf6 28. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 29. Kh2 Ke5 30. Nc4+ Kf6 31. a4 h5 32. e4 Nc3 33. Nxb6 Nxe4
34. h4 g5 35. Re2 Nc5 36. hxg5+ Kxg5 37. Nc4 Nxb3 38. Nxa5 Nxa5 39. Re5+ Kf4 40.
Rxa5 h4 41. Rh5 Kg4 42. Re5 Rc6 43. a5 h3 44. f3+ Kf4 45. Re4+ Kf5 46. Kxh3 e5
47. Ra4 Ra6 48. Kg3 Ke6 49. f4 exf4+ 50. Kxf4 Kf6 51. g4 Kg6 52. Ke5 Kf7 53. Kd5
Ke7 54. Kc5 Kd7 55. Kb5 Rg6 56. Rc4 Rg5+ 57. Kb6 Rg6+ 58. Kb7 Rg5 59. Rd4+ Ke6
60. a6 Ke5 61. Ra4 Rg7+ 62. Kb6 Rg6+ 63. Kb5 Kd6 64. a7 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.22"]
[Round "8.14"]
[White "Philipp, Mathias"]
[Black "Sauer, Tim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2159"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "12958883"]
[BlackFideId "16265726"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 e6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf6 8.
Nc3 Qd6 9. O-O Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Rc1 Ng4 12. h3 Nxe3 13. fxe3 b6 14. a3 Bb7
15. b4 a5 16. b5 Nb8 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. Nc4 Qb8 19. Bd3 Qg3 20. Ne4 Qh4 21. Ned6
Bd5 22. e4 Bxc4 23. Nxc4 e5 24. dxe5 Bc5+ 25. Kh1 Qe7 26. Qb3 Nxe5 27. Nxe5 Qxe5
28. Rf5 Qg3 29. Rf3 Qe5 30. Rf5 Qg3 31. Rf3 Qe5 32. Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.22"]
[Round "8.15"]
[White "Saglam, Buelent"]
[Black "Maier, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2114"]
[BlackElo "2226"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[WhiteFideId "24694827"]
[BlackFideId "4617061"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 g6 2. c3 Bg7 3. Bg5 d6 4. Nd2 Nd7 5. f4 Ngf6 6. Ngf3 h6 7. Bxf6 Nxf6 8. e4
O-O 9. Bd3 e5 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 c5 12. Nef3 cxd4 13. cxd4 g5 14. e5 Nh5 15.
h3 Ng3 16. Rg1 g4 17. hxg4 Bxg4 18. Kf2 Nh5 19. Qe1 f6 20. Qe4 f5 21. Qxb7 Bxf3
22. Nxf3 Rb8 23. Qa6 Rxb2+ 24. Be2 Nf4 25. Rge1 Kh8 26. Qc4 Qa8 27. Rab1 Rxb1
28. Rxb1 Rc8 29. Qb3 Qe4 30. Rb2 Nd5 31. Qd3 Qg4 32. Bf1 h5 33. Qd2 f4 34. Rc2
Rg8 35. Kg1 Bf8 36. Rc8 Qxc8 37. Qa5 Ne3 38. e6 Qxe6 39. Qxh5+ Qh6 40. Qe5+ Bg7
41. Qe7 Bf6 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.22"]
[Round "8.16"]
[White "Mueller, Thorsten"]
[Black "Lippert, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "2227"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "4653319"]
[BlackFideId "16261895"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bg3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Qc7 8. Nbd2
Nbd7 9. c4 b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Re8 12. a4 g6 13. O-O Bxg3 14. hxg3 Qd6 15.
Bb5 c4 16. b3 cxb3 17. Qxb3 Bb7 18. Ne5 Rec8 19. Ndf3 Qe7 20. a5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5
bxa5 22. Bd7 Rcb8 23. Qa4 Ba6 24. Bc6 Bxf1 25. Bxa8 Bb5 26. Qxa5 Rxa8 27. Qxb5
a5 28. Qc6 Rb8 29. Qa6 Qa3 30. Rc8+ Rxc8 31. Qxc8+ Qf8 32. Qa6 Kg7 33. Qxa5 h5
34. Qc7 Qe8 35. Qb7 Qe6 36. Qc6 Qf5 37. f3 g5 38. Qc7 Qe6 39. Qc6 Qf5 40. Qc7
Qe6 41. Qc6 Qf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.23"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Braun, Georg"]
[Black "Hagner, Bennet"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[ECO "B46"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24629383"]
[BlackFideId "16224477"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Rae1 Re8 12. b3 Bb7 13. f4 g6 14. e5 Nd7 15.
Na4 a5 16. Be3 Ba3 17. c4 Qe7 18. Qf2 Ba6 19. Rd1 Reb8 20. Kh1 Bb7 21. h3 Rc8
22. c5 Ba6 23. Bxa6 Rxa6 24. Rd2 Rb8 25. Rc2 Raa8 26. Bd4 Rb7 27. Qe3 h5 28. g3
Kh7 29. Re1 Rb4 30. Ree2 Rab8 31. Kg2 R8b5 32. Nc3 Rb8 33. Na4 R8b5 34. Nc3 Rb7
35. Na4 Rb8 36. Re1 R8b5 37. Ree2 Rb8 38. Re1 R8b5 39. Ree2 Rb8 40. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.23"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Krastev, Alexander"]
[Black "Kuegel, Tobias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "12989983"]
[BlackFideId "4636295"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 a5 7. e4 a4 8. a3 c5
9. Re1 Nc6 10. e5 Nd7 11. Nf1 Ra6 12. h4 f6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. c3 Bd6 15. d4 cxd4
16. cxd4 Ne4 17. N1d2 Nxf2 18. Kxf2 Nxd4 19. Nf1 Nb3 20. Be3 Nxa1 21. Qxa1 e5
22. Kg1 h6 23. Qd1 Be6 24. Kh1 Qf6 25. Bg1 Kh8 26. Qe2 Bg4 27. N1h2 Bxf3 28.
Qxf3 Qxf3 29. Bxf3 e4 30. Be2 Bxg3 31. Bxa6 Bxe1 32. Bxb7 Bf2 33. Bxd5 e3 34.
Bf3 Bxg1 35. Kxg1 Rb8 36. Ng4 Rxb2 37. Nxe3 Rb3 38. Kf2 Rxa3 39. Bd5 Rd3 40. Ke2
Rd4 41. h5 a3 42. Bf7 Rf4 43. Be6 Rb4 44. Kd3 Rb2 45. Kc3 Re2 46. Kd3 a2 47.
Kxe2 a1=Q 48. Bf5 g5 49. hxg6 h5 50. Kf3 Qg1 51. Ke4 h4 52. Bg4 Kg7 53. Nf5+ Kf6
54. Kf4 Qh2+ 55. Kf3 Kxg6 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.23"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Poetsch, Hagen"]
[Black "Vavulin, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Rubinstein counter-gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "24615137"]
[BlackFideId "4169530"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 c6 6. Nxe5 d5 7. exd5 Bd6 8.
Nf3 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 O-O 10. h3 b5 11. Be2 b4 12. Nd1 cxd5 13. d4 Qb6 14. c3 Re8
15. Be3 bxc3 16. bxc3 Bc7 17. O-O Qd6 18. Qg3 Qxg3 19. fxg3 Bxg3 20. Bb5 Re6 21.
Bf4 Bxf4 22. Rxf4 Rb8 23. a4 Ba6 24. Rf2 h5 25. Bxa6 Rxa6 26. Rb2 Re8 27. Nf2
Re3 28. Rb8+ Kh7 29. Rc8 Kg6 30. Kf1 h4 31. Rc5 Rae6 32. Rd1 Nh5 33. Ng4 Ng3+
34. Kg1 Rxc3 35. Rxd5 f6 36. Nh2 Ne2+ 37. Kf1 Ng3+ 38. Kg1 Ne2+ 39. Kf1 Rc2 40.
Rc5 Ng3+ 41. Kg1 Ra2 42. Nf3 Nf5 43. Rd2 Rxa4 44. d5 Rb6 45. Rc6 Rab4 46. Ne5+
Kh5 47. Rxb6 Rxb6 48. Nc6 Nd6 49. Rd4 a6 50. Kf2 Rb2+ 51. Kf3 Rc2 52. Ra4 Rc3+
53. Ke2 Rc5 54. Nb4 Ne4 55. Kd3 Nc3 56. Ra3 Nb5 57. Rxa6 Rc3+ 58. Ke2 Rb3 59.
Nc2 Nc3+ 60. Kd2 Ne4+ 61. Ke2 Nc3+ 62. Kd2 Ne4+ 63. Ke2 Ng3+ 64. Kd2 Rb5 65. Ne3
f5 66. d6 f4 67. Nc4 Rd5+ 68. Ke1 Rd4 69. Nd2 Nf5 70. Ra5 g6 71. Nf3 Rxd6 72.
Ra8 Kh6 73. Ra4 Ne3 74. Nxh4 g5 75. Nf3 Nxg2+ 76. Kf2 Ne3 77. h4 Nd1+ 78. Ke1 g4
79. Rxf4 gxf3 80. Rxf3 Nb2 81. Ke2 Nc4 82. Rf4 Ne5 83. Re4 Ng6 84. Ke3 Kh5 85.
Rd4 Ra6 86. Rd5+ Kxh4 87. Ke4 Kg4 88. Rd4 Nf4 89. Rd8 Re6+ 90. Kd4 Re1 91. Rg8+
Kf3 92. Rf8 Re7 93. Rf6 Rd7+ 94. Kc5 Ke4 95. Kc6 Rd1 96. Rd6 Rc1+ 97. Kd7 Nd3
98. Ke7 Ra1 99. Re6+ Ne5 100. Rb6 Rh1 101. Rb2 Rh7+ 102. Ke6 Rh6+ 103. Ke7 Nc4
104. Rb4 Kd4 105. Rb5 Ne3 106. Rb1 Ke5 107. Rb5+ Nd5+ 108. Kf7 Rf6+ 109. Kg7 Rf1
110. Ra5 Kd6 111. Ra6+ Kd7 112. Kg6 Ne7+ 113. Kg5 Nc6 114. Ra4 Ke6 115. Rf4 Rg1+
116. Rg4 Ra1 117. Re4+ Ne5 118. Kf4 Rf1+ 119. Ke3 Kf5 120. Ra4 Rf3+ 121. Ke2 Rh3
122. Kd2 Nf3+ 123. Ke2 Ke5 124. Ra8 Ke4 125. Re8+ Ne5 126. Kd2 Rg3 127. Kc2 Kd4
128. Rd8+ Kc5 129. Rc8+ Nc6 130. Kd2 Kd5 131. Rh8 Ra3 132. Rh5+ Kc4 133. Rh8 Rg3
134. Rc8 Kd5 135. Rh8 Ne5 136. Ke2 Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.23"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Kunin, Vitaly"]
[Black "Miller, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto without c4"]
[WhiteFideId "4128737"]
[BlackFideId "24687022"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. a4 a5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5 Nb4
9. e4 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nd7 12. h4 e6 13. h5 Qe7 14. Nb5 Nc5 15. Kg2 c6
16. Nc3 cxd5 17. exd5 e5 18. Be3 Rac8 19. Qd2 f5 20. Rh1 Nd7 21. hxg6 hxg6 22.
Rh2 e4 23. Be2 Ne5 24. Rah1 Nf3 25. Bxf3 exf3+ 26. Kg1 Rc4 27. Rh7 Re8 28. Qd1
Qe5 29. Qxf3 Nxc2 30. Bf4 Ne1 31. Qd1 Rxf4 32. gxf4 Qxf4 33. R7h3 Bd4 34. R1h2
Qg4+ 35. Kf1 Bxc3 36. Qxg4 fxg4 37. Rxc3 Nf3 38. Rh1 Kg7 39. Kg2 Kf6 40. Re3 Rc8
41. Re6+ Kf5 42. Rxd6 Rc2 43. Rb6 Rd2 44. Rxb7 Ne5 45. Rh8 Nd3 46. Kg3 Ne1 47.
Rf8+ Kg5 48. Re7 Nf3 49. Re4 Nd4 50. Rxg4+ Kh6 51. Rf6 Nf5+ 52. Kh3 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.23"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Garner, Isaac"]
[Black "Gloeckler, Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "16239261"]
[BlackFideId "34608966"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. Rad1
Rc8 15. Bb3 h6 16. Re3 Nf6 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 Qd6 19. Nh4 Rfe8 20. Nf5 Qd7 21.
Nxh6+ gxh6 22. Rg3+ Kh7 23. Bc2+ Rxc2 24. Qxc2+ Kh8 25. Qc1 Kh7 26. Qc2+ Kh8 27.
Qc1 Kh7 28. Rh3 h5 29. Rf3 Ng4 30. Qb1+ Kg7 31. h3 Ne5 32. Rf5 h4 33. Qe4 f6 34.
Rh5 Ng6 35. Qb4 Qc7 36. d6 Qc6 37. Rhd5 Re5 38. Qb5 Re8 39. Qxc6 Bxc6 40. R5d4
Bd7 41. Rc1 a5 42. a4 Kf7 43. Rb1 Rb8 44. Rd5 Ne5 45. Rd4 Ng6 46. Rd5 Ne5 47.
Rd4 Bxh3 48. Rxh4 Bf5 49. Rb3 Nd7 50. Rf4 Be6 51. Rc3 Nc5 52. Rcf3 f5 53. g4 Rh8
54. Rg3 Rh4 55. Rgf3 Rh6 56. Re3 Rf6 57. gxf5 Rxf5 58. Rh4 Rd5 59. Rf3+ Bf5 60.
Rh7+ Kg6 61. Rh8 Ne6 62. Rg3+ Kf7 63. Rb8 Nd4 64. Rb7+ Kf6 65. Rg8 Rxd6 66. Rgb8
Be4 67. Rxb6 Bc6 68. f4 Re6 69. Rd8 Ne2+ 70. Kf2 Nxf4 71. Rc8 Nd3+ 72. Kg3 Nb4
73. Kf4 Nd5+ 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.23"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Kocharin, Timur"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "A59"]
[Opening "Benko gambit"]
[Variation "main line"]
[WhiteFideId "16240936"]
[BlackFideId "4600088"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1
d6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Kg2 O-O 11. Nf3 Na6 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. a4 Ne5 14. Qe2 Nb4 15. Nc4
Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Nc2 17. Ra2 Nb4 18. Ra3 Nc2 19. Ra2 Nb4 20. Ra3 Nc2 21. Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.23"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Spitzl, Vinzent"]
[Black "Manucharyan, Andriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "old Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "12901253"]
[BlackFideId "16260910"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O e5 6. e4 dxe4 7. dxe4 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bg4 9. c3 Nxe4 10. Re1 O-O-O 11. Na3 Nf6 12. Nc4 Nd7 13. Ng5 Bh5 14. Bd5 f6
15. Bf7 fxg5 16. Bxh5 h6 17. Bf3 Kc7 18. a4 Bd6 19. a5 Nf6 20. Be3 e4 21. Bg2
Be7 22. a6 b6 23. f3 exf3 24. Bxf3 Rhe8 25. Bf2 g4 26. Bg2 Nd7 27. Re6 Ndb8 28.
Na3 Bf8 29. Nb5+ Kd7 30. Rxe8 Kxe8 31. Bd5 Be7 32. Nc7+ Kd7 33. Ne6 Rc8 34. Rd1
Bd6 35. Nxg7 Rf8 36. Be6+ Ke7 37. Bxg4 Be5 38. Nf5+ Kf6 39. Nxh6 Nxa6 40. Be3
Kg6 41. h4 Bxg3 42. h5+ Kh7 43. Rd7+ Kh8 44. Bf5 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.23"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Besou, Hussain"]
[Black "Polster, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "16269950"]
[BlackFideId "12965081"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nge7 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Ne1 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 Nf5 12. b3 Qb6 13. Nf3 Be7 14. Bb2 O-O 15.
g4 Nh4 16. Nxh4 Bxh4 17. f4 f6 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Kh1 Rae8 20. Qd3 g6 21. Rf3 Nb4
22. Qd2 Rc8 23. Bc3 a5 24. f5 exf5 25. gxf5 Bg7 26. a3 Nc6 27. Raf1 Rxf5 28.
Rxf5 gxf5 29. Qg5 Qxb3 30. Ng3 h6 31. Qg6 Ne7 32. Qe6+ Kh8 33. Bd2 Qxa3 34. Bxh6
Rc6 35. Bxg7+ Kxg7 36. Nxf5+ Nxf5 37. Rg1+ Ng3+ 38. Rxg3+ Qxg3 39. Qd7+ Kf6 40.
hxg3 a4 41. Qxb7 Rc1+ 42. Kg2 a3 43. Qa6+ Kf5 44. Qd3+ Kg4 45. Qg6# 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.23"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Herbrig, Alexander"]
[Black "Hoppstaedter, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "12952044"]
[BlackFideId "16243625"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 e6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2
b6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Ng5 Bb7 11. Ndxe4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Be7 13. Rd1 Nf6 14. Bf4 h6 15.
c5 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 b5 17. a4 a6 18. Qb3 Qd7 19. h4 h5 20. Kh2 g6 21. Qf3 Kg7 22.
Be5+ f6 23. Bf4 Rad8 24. axb5 f5 25. Bxc6 Bxc6 26. bxc6 Qd5 27. Qxd5 Rxd5 28.
Be5+ Kh6 29. b4 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.23"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Pfrommer, Christoph"]
[Black "Ollenberger, Roland"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2272"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4603290"]
[BlackFideId "24608440"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Be2 Bg4 7. d5 Nb8 8. e4 Nd7
9. O-O Ne7 10. Ng5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 h6 12. Nh3 g5 13. Bd2 a5 14. Kh1 O-O 15. g3 f5
16. f4 exf4 17. gxf4 g4 18. Nf2 h5 19. Nd3 Ng6 20. Nb5 Re8 21. e5 dxe5 22. fxe5
Ndxe5 23. Nxe5 Rxe5 24. Qd3 c6 25. Nd4 Rxd5 26. cxd5 Qxd5+ 27. Kg1 Bxd4+ 28. Be3
Bxe3+ 29. Qxe3 f4 30. Qe2 f3 31. Qe3 Rf8 32. Rae1 Nf4 33. Qe4 Qd2 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.23"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Voicu-Jagodzinsky, Carmen"]
[Black "Grossmann, Piet"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2063"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, French variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1206729"]
[BlackFideId "16234359"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 a5 11. h4 b4 12. h5 h6 13. N1h2 a4 14. Ng4 Ba6 15. a3 bxa3
16. bxa3 Rb8 17. Bf4 c4 18. d4 c3 19. Bh3 Qb6 20. Ne3 Qa5 21. Nh2 Kh8 22. Nf3
Rb7 23. Ng4 Qb6 24. Bxh6 gxh6 25. Qc1 Nxd4 26. Qxh6+ Kg8 27. Ng5 Nf3+ 28. Nxf3
Qd8 29. Rad1 Re8 30. Qf4 Bf8 31. h6 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.23"]
[Round "9.13"]
[White "Sauer, Tim"]
[Black "Steffens, Olaf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "2184"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "16265726"]
[BlackFideId "4630564"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O d5 6. c4 Ne4 7. Qc2 c6 8. Nbd2
Nd7 9. Ne1 h5 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. f3 h4 12. fxe4 hxg3 13. hxg3 Nf6 14. Qd3 e5 15.
exf5 exd4 16. Nf3 Ng4 17. Qe4 Nf6 18. Qxd4 Bxf5 19. Qxd8+ Rxd8 20. Be3 Ng4 21.
Bxa7 c5 22. Ne5 Ne3 23. Bxb7 Rd2 24. Bc6+ Kd8 25. Rf3 Rxe2 26. Rf2 Rxf2 27. Kxf2
Ng4+ 28. Nxg4 Bxg4 29. Bb6+ Kc8 30. Re1 Bf6 31. Bxc5 Rh2+ 32. Kg1 Rxb2 33. a4
Kc7 34. Bb5 Bf3 35. Bf2 Bc3 36. Rc1 Bd2 37. Ra1 Bc3 38. Rc1 Bd2 39. Ra1 Bc3 40.
Rf1 Bd4 41. Be8 Rd2 42. Bf7 Kd6 43. a5 Be2 44. Re1 Bxc4 45. Bxd4 Bxf7 46. Bxg7
Bd5 47. Be5+ Kc6 48. Re3 Ra2 49. Rc3+ Kb5 50. Bc7 Rb2 51. Bb6 Ra2 52. Rc5+ Ka6
53. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.23"]
[Round "9.14"]
[White "Zuferi, Enis"]
[Black "Maier, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2226"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "24692530"]
[BlackFideId "4617061"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. Bg2 Nb4 5. Na3 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 Nc6 8. Qb3
Rb8 9. c4 Nf6 10. Bf4 a6 11. Rfd1 O-O 12. Ne5 Nb4 13. Rac1 dxc4 14. Naxc4 Nbd5
15. Bd2 c5 16. Ba5 Qe8 17. Nb6 cxd4 18. Rxd4 Nxb6 19. Bxb6 Rc8 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21.
Rc4 Qe8 22. Bxb7 Qb5 23. Nc6 Bd6 24. Qxb5 axb5 25. Rd4 Nd5 26. Ba7 Be7 27. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.23"]
[Round "9.15"]
[White "Lippert, Daniel"]
[Black "Philipp, Mathias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2227"]
[BlackElo "2159"]
[ECO "B38"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, Maroczy bind, 6.Be3"]
[WhiteFideId "16261895"]
[BlackFideId "12958883"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 d6 7. Nc3 Qa5 8. Qd2
Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 Nf6 11. Be2 Be6 12. O-O Rc8 13. b3 O-O 14. Kh1 Qc5
15. Qd3 a6 16. Rac1 Nd7 17. f4 f5 18. Bf3 Nf6 19. Qe2 Rc7 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. g4
Bd7 22. g5 Nh5 23. Nd5 Bh3 24. b4 Qd4 25. Rfd1 Nxf4 26. Rxd4 Nxe2 27. Bxe2 Rd7
28. Kg1 Rf5 29. Rc3 Rxg5+ 30. Rg3 Re5 31. Bd3 Be6 32. Re3 Kg7 33. Be4 b5 34.
cxb5 axb5 35. Re2 Ra7 36. Rdd2 Bg4 37. Re3 Ra4 38. Bg2 Rxe3 39. Nxe3 Rxb4 40.
Nxg4 Rxg4 41. Rb2 b4 42. Kf2 Kf6 43. Rd2 Rh4 44. Kg3 g5 45. Rf2+ Ke5 46. Re2+
Kf6 47. Rf2+ Ke5 48. Re2+ Kf6 49. Be4 e6 50. Bf3 h5 51. Re1 d5 52. Bd1 e5 53.
Bb3 Rd4 54. Rf1+ Ke6 55. Rd1 h4+ 56. Kg2 Rxd1 57. Bxd1 Kf5 58. Kf3 g4+ 59. Ke3
d4+ 60. Kd3 Kf4 61. Ba4 Kf3 62. Bc6+ Kf2 63. Kc4 Ke3 64. Kxb4 d3 65. Bd7 g3 66.
hxg3 hxg3 0-1

[Event "96th ch-GER Candidates"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2025.05.23"]
[Round "9.16"]
[White "Mueller, Thorsten"]
[Black "Saglam, Buelent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Opening "Old Benoni defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4653319"]
[BlackFideId "24694827"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. Nf3 Qa5 4. dxc5 Qxc5 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. Nb3 Qd6 7. Be3 Nbd7 8.
g3 Ng4 9. Bc1 e5 10. Bg2 a5 11. a4 Be7 12. h3 Ngf6 13. Bg5 Nf8 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15.
Nbd2 e4 16. Nd4 e3 17. N2f3 exf2+ 18. Kxf2 Rg8 19. g4 h5 20. Nb5 Qb8 21. Qxd5
hxg4 22. hxg4 Rxg4 23. Rag1 Be6 24. Qh5 Qg3+ 25. Kf1 Rxa4 26. Ne1 Qf4+ 27. Bf3
O-O-O 28. Nd3 Qe3 29. Nd4 Ra1+ 30. Kg2 Rxg1+ 31. Rxg1 Nd7 32. Kf1 Ne5 33. Rg3
Kb8 34. Qh2 Nxd3 35. exd3 Qxd3+ 36. Be2 Qb1+ 37. Kf2 Bd6 38. Qg2 Bd5 39. Qh3
Qxb2 40. Re3 a4 41. Qf5 Qb6 42. Bb5 a3 43. Re2 a2 44. Re1 Be5 0-1

