[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kersten, Uwe"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2169"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4615646"]
[BlackFideId "24651516"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Qa5+ 7. Nd2 e6 8. Nf3
Nh6 9. O-O Nf5 10. c4 Be7 11. g3 O-O 12. Rd1 Rd8 13. Qe2 Qa6 14. b3 c5 15. dxc5
Nc6 16. Bb2 Bxc5 17. Kf1 Nb4 18. Ng5 dxc4 19. Nxc4 Qc6 20. Ne4 Nd5 21. Qf3 Nde3+
22. Nxe3 Bxe3 23. Kg2 Qc2 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Ba3 Rd3 26. Qxh5 Rd4 0-1

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kollars, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Starosta, Martyna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12909572"]
[BlackFideId "21818754"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. O-O d5 8.
Nd2 Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. e5 Nd7 11. c4 a5 12. Nf3 Ba6 13. Qc2 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15.
Rad1 Qb6 16. h4 Nc5 17. Bf1 Rab8 18. b3 a4 19. Rb1 axb3 20. axb3 Ne4 21. Be3 Qb7
22. Ra1 Ra8 23. h5 Bb4 24. Rec1 Reb8 25. Bd3 Bc5 26. Bxe4 Bxe3 27. fxe3 dxe4 28.
Qxe4 c5 29. Qf4 Qxb3 30. Ng5 Qb7 31. Rcb1 Qxb1+ 32. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 33. Kh2 Rb7 34.
h6 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.02"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Wu, Kaige"]
[Black "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2172"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "B54"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Prins (Moscow) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8625417"]
[BlackFideId "24650684"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 Be6 7. c4 Nbd7 8. Be3
Rc8 9. Nc3 Bxc4 10. Bxc4 Rxc4 11. Bxa7 b6 12. Rc1 d5 13. Nxd5 Rxc1 14. Nxf6+
gxf6 15. Qxc1 Nc5 16. Qc4 Qc7 17. Qb5+ Nd7 18. Qa4 Bd6 19. O-O Ke7 20. Rc1 Qb7
21. Rc6 Ra8 22. Qb5 Rxa7 23. Qd5 Qb8 24. a3 Nc5 25. Nd2 Ne6 26. Rc1 Bc5+ 27. Kh1
Rd7 28. Qc4 Rxd2 29. b4 Qg8 30. g3 Qg5 31. Rf1 Qh5 32. h4 Qg6 33. g4 Qh6 34. h5
Qf4 0-1

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.02"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Turel, Tugrul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "5002150"]
[BlackFideId "26338408"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. d4 O-O 8. Be2 b6
9. O-O Bb7 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. bxc4 c5 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5 Qe7 14. e4 Ne5 15. Re1
Nfg4 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Be2 Ng6 18. g3 Be5 19. Bf1 f5 20. exf5 Qf6 21. Qc2 Ne7
22. Ne4 Qxf5 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Nxc5 Qc7 25. d6 Qxc5 26. Qxc5 bxc5 27. dxe7 Rfe8
28. Bc4+ Kh8 29. Bb5 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.02"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Nezhyvenko, Mykhailo"]
[Black "Engel, Luis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2169"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "34139885"]
[BlackFideId "12961523"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. a5 Bg7 7. O-O a6 8. Be2
O-O 9. h3 b5 10. axb6 Bb7 11. d3 Qxb6 12. Bd2 Bc6 13. b3 Ne8 14. Ra2 Nc7 15. Na4
Qb7 16. Bc3 e5 17. Nb2 Nb5 18. Bd2 Nb6 19. Nc4 Nxc4 20. bxc4 Nc7 21. Qc1 Ne6 22.
Bh6 f5 23. Bxg7 Nf4 24. Qxf4 exf4 25. Bxf8 fxe4 26. Bxd6 exf3 27. Bxf3 Bxf3 28.
gxf3 Qxf3 29. Kh2 Re8 30. Raa1 Re2 31. Bxc5 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.02"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Dinanath, Hrdya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2167"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "13702661"]
[BlackFideId "1087991"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 c5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Be3 Qc7 14. O-O-O
Bb7 15. f3 Nd5 16. Bd4 e5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bc3 Be6 19. Qa3 e4 20. fxe4 Qc6 21.
Rd4 Bg4 22. Qd6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Bxe2 24. h3 Rfe8 25. e5 Bh5 26. Rf1 Bg6 27. Rf4
Rac8 28. Rd7 a6 29. Rd6 a5 30. a4 Rc5 31. Bd4 Rc7 32. Rd5 Ra8 33. Bb6 Rc6 34.
Rxa5 Rb8 35. Bd4 h6 36. Rb5 Rd8 37. a5 Bd3 38. Rb6 Rc7 39. Rd6 Ra8 40. Bc3 Rb7
41. b4 Rb5 42. Rd7 Rf8 43. a6 Rb6 44. Rd6 Rb5 45. e6 fxe6 46. Rxf8+ Kxf8 47.
Rxd3 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.02"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Arsenie, Cristian Marc"]
[Black "Vogel, Roven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2167"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[ECO "B46"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1345923"]
[BlackFideId "12908088"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 Qc7 7. Be3 Nf6 8. f4
d6 9. Qf3 Be7 10. O-O-O h5 11. Be2 Bd7 12. Kb1 Rb8 13. h3 h4 14. g4 hxg3 15.
Qxg3 g6 16. f5 gxf5 17. exf5 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 e5 19. Rd2 Bxf5 20. Rf1 Rxh3 21. Qg2
Be6 22. Bg5 Rxc3 23. Bxf6 Rc5 24. Bh5 Rc8 25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. Rdf2 Kf8 27. Qg6
R5c7 28. Qh6+ Ke8 29. Rxf7 Bxf7 30. Rxf7 Qxf7 31. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.02"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Xiao, Tong(QD)"]
[Black "Darrigrand, Mathieu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2164"]
[ECO "B45"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8622388"]
[BlackFideId "45172056"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bc5 6. Nb3 Bb6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg3
h5 9. h3 h4 10. Bh2 Nf6 11. Qd2 d6 12. O-O-O Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Nb5 O-O 15.
Nxd4 exd4 16. Qxd4 Be6 17. Bxd6 Re8 18. e5 Nd7 19. Kb1 Qa5 20. a3 Rac8 21. Bd3
Rc6 22. Qxh4 g6 23. Qd4 Rec8 24. h4 Rb6 25. h5 Nc5 26. hxg6 fxg6 27. Qh4 Rxb2+
28. Kxb2 Qb6+ 29. Ka1 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.02"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Aravindhan, Achyuth"]
[Black "Gavrilescu, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "1084216"]
[BlackFideId "1227190"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Nc6 8. O-O
Be6 9. f4 exf4 10. Nxf4 Ne5 11. Ncd5 Bxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 g6 14. Be3 Bg7
15. Be2 O-O 16. c4 Re8 17. Bd4 Qh4 18. Bf2 Qf4 19. Rc1 Nd7 20. b4 a5 21. bxa5
Be5 22. g3 Qg5 23. Rb1 Nc5 24. Qc2 Rxa5 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. Rxb7 Bxg3 27. hxg3
Qxg3+ 28. Kh1 Re3 29. Rb3 Rxa2 30. Qxa2 Rxb3 31. Qa8+ Kg7 32. Qa1+ Kh6 33. Qc1+
g5 34. Rf6+ Kg7 35. Rf2 Qxf2 36. Qxg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.02"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Liu, Yan"]
[Black "Berikkyzy Alanna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2162"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8608962"]
[BlackFideId "13780719"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nf3 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. b3
Bg7 9. Nc2 h5 10. h4 Ng4 11. Bd2 O-O 12. O-O a6 13. Rc1 Rb8 14. Ne3 Nce5 15.
Ncd5 Bc6 16. Nxg4 Nxg4 17. Bg5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Nf6 19. Qd2 b5 20. Rfd1 Ng4 21. Bh3
Nf6 22. Be3 Kh7 23. b4 bxc4 24. Rxc4 d5 25. Rc6 e6 26. Bg2 Ra8 27. Rdc1 Ng4 28.
Bc5 Re8 29. f4 Qd7 30. Bb6 Rf8 31. Rc7 Qb5 32. Bc5 Kg8 33. e3 Rfc8 34. Bf1 Qe8
35. Rxc8 Qxc8 36. a4 Qb7 37. a5 Bf8 38. Bb6 Bd6 39. b5 axb5 40. Bxb5 Qe7 41. a6
Kh7 42. Qe2 e5 43. Bc6 Rc8 44. a7 Bc7 45. Bc5 Bd6 46. a8=Q Rxa8 47. Bxd6 Qxd6
48. Bxa8 Qa3 49. Rc8 Nxe3 50. fxe5 Nf5 51. Bxd5 Qxg3+ 52. Bg2 Qxh4 53. Qf2 Qa4
54. Rc1 Kg7 55. Re1 Qb3 56. Kh2 Nh6 57. Bh3 Qb8 58. Qf6+ Kh7 59. Rf1 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.02"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Reuter, Julian-Frank"]
[Black "Malek, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2162"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "16256182"]
[BlackFideId "21864080"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Bd6 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 Nc6 7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4
e5 9. d5 Na5 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. e4 b6 12. Nbd2 Ba6 13. Bb2 c6 14. Rfc1 Rac8 15. Bh3
cxd5 16. Bxc8 Rxc8 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Qa4 Nf6 19. c5 Bxc5 20. Bxe5 Bb7 21. Re1
Qe6 22. Rad1 Bc6 23. Qh4 Qf5 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Ne4 Kg7 26. Nd4 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Re8
28. Re3 Nb7 29. Qf4 Qg6 30. h4 Re5 31. g4 Rh5 32. Qxf6+ Qxf6 33. Nxf6 Rxh4 34.
Nh5+ Kg8 35. f3 f5 36. Re7 Kf8 37. Rxh7 Bxf3 38. Rdd7 Rxg4+ 39. Kf2 Bc6 40.
Rdf7+ 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.02"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Black "Scholz, Benedict"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "620084"]
[BlackFideId "16274350"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d3 e5 6. Bg5 Nge7 7. h4 h6 8. Bxe7
Nxe7 9. Bc4 a6 10. a4 d6 11. h5 g5 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Nf1 Rb8 14. Ne3 Bd7 15. Ncd5
b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Bd5 Be6 19. Qf3 Kh8 20. g4 Bxd5 21. Nxd5 Qb7
22. O-O Ra8 23. Qf5 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Qc8 25. Ra7 c4 26. Rc7 Qxf5 27. gxf5 cxd3 28.
cxd3 f6 29. Rb7 Ra8 30. Rxb5 Ra1+ 31. Kg2 Rd1 32. Rb8+ Kh7 33. b4 Rxd3 34. b5
Rd4 35. b6 Rxe4 36. b7 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.02"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Wolter, Detlev"]
[Black "Klimkowski, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2156"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4632974"]
[BlackFideId "21856222"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Bd6 5. e3 O-O 6. Nc3 c6 7. d4 Ne4 8. Nxe4
dxe4 9. Nd2 f5 10. Qc2 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. a3 a5 13. Nb1 Bd7 14. Nc3 Bc6 15.
Ne2 Qe7 16. Nd4 e5 17. Nxc6 Nxc6 18. g3 Rad8 19. Be2 f4 20. Qxe4 fxe3 21. fxe3
Bb4+ 0-1

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.02"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Mardov, Dimitar"]
[Black "Maenken, Merlin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2157"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "30919495"]
[BlackFideId "34618961"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. c4 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ndb4 8.
Nxc6 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Nxc6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. b3 e5 12. Ba3 c5 13. Nd2 Bb7 14. f3
Be7 15. Kc2 O-O 16. Rhd1 Rfd8 17. Nc4 e4 18. f4 Kf8 19. Bb2 Ba6 20. Bc3 Rxd1 21.
Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Be5 Bxc4 24. bxc4 Bb6 25. f5 g6 26. g4 h5 27. fxg6
fxg6 28. gxh5 gxh5 29. Kd2 Kf7 30. Ke3 Ke6 31. Kxe4 Bd8 32. a4 a6 33. Bb8 Be7
34. Kf4 Bd8 35. e4 Be7 36. e5 Bh4 37. Bd6 Bf2 38. Kg5 h4 39. Kg4 Bg1 40. h3 Bf2
41. Kf4 Bd4 42. Ke4 Bf2 43. Bf8 Bd4 44. Bg7 Bf2 45. Bh8 Bg3 46. Bf6 Be1 47. Kf4
Bg3+ 48. Kg4 Bxe5 49. Bxh4 Bd4 50. Bg3 Be3 51. h4 Bd4 52. h5 Bf6 53. Bb8 Be7 54.
Kf4 Bf6 55. Ke4 Bg7 56. Bf4 Bh8 57. Be3 Kd6 58. Kf5 Kc6 59. Bg5 Bg7 60. h6 Bxh6
61. Bxh6 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.02"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Sommer, Justus"]
[Black "Deuer, Marius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Forgacs variation"]
[WhiteFideId "16245008"]
[BlackFideId "16236432"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Bd6 7. Qe2+ Be7
8. Be3 O-O 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bb3 a5 11. a3 a4 12. Ba2 b4 13. axb4 Bxb4 14. Qc4 Qa5
15. c3 Bd6 16. d5 c5 17. Qd3 a3 18. b3 Bg4 19. Nf3 c4 20. bxc4 Nd7 21. Kd2 g6
22. Qd4 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Rfb8 24. Rb1 Bc5 25. Qe4 Bxe3+ 26. fxe3 Rb2+ 27. Rxb2 axb2
28. Bb1 Rc8 29. f4 Nb6 30. Bd3 Qa2 31. Rb1 f5 32. Qh1 Nxc4+ 33. Ke2 Na3 34. d6
Nxb1 35. Bxb1 Qa6+ 0-1

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.02"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Zwirs, Nico"]
[Black "Frank, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "1036432"]
[BlackFideId "1752383"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Nbd2 Nbd7 5. b3 g6 6. Bb2 Bg7 7. c4 cxd4 8. Bxd4
O-O 9. Qc2 e5 10. Bb2 d4 11. exd4 exd4 12. O-O-O Ng4 13. Ne4 f5 14. Ng3 Nc5 15.
Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Qf6 17. h3 Ne5 18. Qb2 Nxf3 19. gxf3 Be6 20. Be2 a5 21. Rd6
Qe7 22. Qe5 Rac8 23. Rhd1 f4 24. Ne4 Rf5 25. Qd4 h6 26. Bd3 Nxd3+ 27. Rxd3 b5
28. c5 Kf7 29. Kb2 b4 30. Ra6 Rd5 31. Rxe6 Rxd4 32. Rxe7+ 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.02"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Winkler, Yonathan"]
[Black "Materia, Marco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B56"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "16266080"]
[BlackFideId "45150451"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qd2 Be6 10. Nd5 a5 11. Bb6 Qd7 12. Bb5 Bd8 13. Bxa5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Bxa5
15. Nxa5 Rxa5 16. dxc6 Qc7 17. c4 d5 18. cxb7 e4 19. O-O dxc4 20. a4 Qb6+ 21.
Kh1 exf3 22. gxf3 Ra7 23. Rac1 Rd8 24. Qg5 h6 25. Qg3 Rxb7 26. Rxc4 Re7 27. Rg1
g6 28. Qh4 Kg7 29. Rc6 Qd4 30. Qxd4 Rxd4 31. Rgc1 Rb4 32. Rc7 Rxc7 33. Rxc7 Nd5
34. Rd7 Nf4 35. b3 Rxb3 36. Rxf7+ Kxf7 37. Bc4+ Ke7 38. Bxb3 g5 39. Bc4 h5 40.
Kg1 Kd6 41. a5 Ng6 42. Bf7 Nf4 43. Kf2 Kc5 44. a6 Kb6 45. Bc4 Ng6 46. Ke3 Ne5
47. Be2 Ng6 48. Ke4 Nf4 49. Bc4 Ng6 50. Bf1 Ka7 51. h3 Nh4 52. Be2 Kb6 53. Ke5
Nxf3+ 54. Bxf3 g4 55. Bxg4 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Rebentisch, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[Variation "Agincourt variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24651516"]
[BlackFideId "16202627"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4
Bb7 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O a6 11. Ne2 Re8 12. Ng3 Ne4 13. Qc2 Ndf6 14. Nf5 Bf8 15.
Rac1 c5 16. Qb1 Rc8 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Qa1 Qd7 19. Ng3 Qe6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Bxe4
Qxa1 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Rxa1 d4 24. Nd2 dxe3 25. fxe3 f6 26. Nc4 Rcd8 27. Rfd1
Kg6 28. Kf2 Be7 29. Ne2 Rh8 30. h3 Kf7 31. Rac1 g5 32. Ng3 Ke6 33. e4 Rh4 34.
Ke3 Bc6 35. Rd3 Bb7 36. Rcd1 Rxd3+ 37. Rxd3 Bc6 38. Rd1 Bb7 39. Nd2 Bd6 40. Nf5
Bf4+ 41. Kf3 Rh7 42. Nc4 Bc7 43. Nb2 Be5 44. Na4 Rc7 45. Rc1 Bd6 46. b4 c4 47.
Nxd6 Kxd6 48. Nc5 Bc6 49. Rxc4 f5 50. Ke3 Re7 51. Rd4+ Ke5 52. Nd3+ Ke6 53.
exf5+ Kxf5+ 54. Kf2 Bb5 55. a3 Rc7 56. Nc5 Re7 57. a4 Be2 58. Rd5+ Kg6 59. Rd6+
Kf7 60. Nxa6 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.03"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ngo, Quang Thai"]
[Black "Kollars, Dmitrij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "12403768"]
[BlackFideId "12909572"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 Bg7 6. c4 f5 7. Nc3 d6 8. e3
Nd7 9. Qc2 Nf6 10. Bd3 e6 11. Nge2 Bd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rab1 Qd8 14. h3 Qe7 15.
Rfd1 Kh8 16. b4 cxb4 17. Rxb4 b6 18. Nd4 Rfc8 19. Qb3 Ne8 20. Nce2 Nc7 21. Qa3
Rg8 22. Rbb1 Be5 23. Nf3 Bf6 24. dxe6 fxe6 25. e4 Bc6 26. Bc2 Bxe4 27. Bxe4 fxe4
28. Nd2 Qg7 29. g3 d5 30. Nf1 d4 31. Qd6 d3 32. Nc1 Be5 33. Qc6 Qg6 34. Re1 d2
35. Nxd2 Bxg3 36. Nxe4 Be5+ 37. Kf1 Rac8 38. Nd3 Nd5 39. cxd5 Qg2+ 40. Ke2 Qxe4+
41. Kd2 Bf4+ 0-1

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.03"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Black "Coenen, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line"]
[WhiteFideId "24650684"]
[BlackFideId "4697367"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Bd3
c6 9. Nge2 a5 10. O-O Na6 11. Rc1 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Na4 Qb4 15.
Qc2 Qd6 16. a3 Nc7 17. Nb6 Ra7 18. Qc5 Qxc5 19. dxc5 Nf6 20. Nd4 Na8 21. Na4 g6
22. Rfe1 Nc7 23. f3 Ne6 24. g4 Nd7 25. Kf2 Ne5 26. Be2 Nf8 27. h3 Ned7 28. h4
Ne6 29. Nxe6 Rxe6 30. g5 h5 31. Rcd1 Re8 32. Bd3 Ne5 33. e4 dxe4 34. Bxe4 Ra8
35. Nb6 Rb8 36. Kg3 Be6 37. Bc2 Bd5 38. Nxd5 cxd5 39. Rxd5 Nc4 40. Rxe8+ Rxe8
41. Bb3 Ne3 42. Rd7 Nf5+ 43. Kf4 Re7 44. Rxe7 Nxe7 45. Ke5 Nf5 46. Bd5 Kf8 47.
Bxb7 Ke7 48. b4 axb4 49. axb4 Nxh4 50. b5 Nf5 51. b6 h4 52. Be4 Kd8 53. Bxf5
gxf5 54. Kd6 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.03"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Weidemann, Jakob"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "16255470"]
[BlackFideId "5002150"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a5 7. Re1 Be6 8. Bb5
O-O 9. h3 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. Nf1 Ng6 12. Ng3 c6 13. Ba4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15.
d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Qc7 17. Bc2 Ndf4 18. Qf3 Rae8 19. Nh5 Nxh5 20. Qxh5 Bb8 21. Nf3
Bd5 22. Be3 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Qh2+ 24. Kf1 Qh1+ 25. Ke2 Nf4+ 26. Kd2 Qxg2 27. Qxg2
Nxg2 28. Rg1 Nxe3 29. fxe3 Re5 30. Raf1 Rd8+ 31. Ke2 Rde8 32. e4 Rb5 33. b3 Rc5
34. c4 b5 35. Bd3 b4 36. Kd2 Be5 37. Rf3 g6 38. Kc2 Ra8 39. Rgf1 f6 40. Kb1 a4
41. bxa4 Rxa4 42. Bc2 Ra7 43. Rd1 Kg7 44. Bb3 h5 45. Rfd3 g5 46. Rd7+ Rxd7 47.
Rxd7+ Kh6 48. Rd8 g4 49. Rh8+ Kg7 50. Rxh5 g3 51. Rh4 Bb8 0-1

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.03"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Engel, Luis"]
[Black "Scholz, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Adams attack"]
[WhiteFideId "12961523"]
[BlackFideId "4617150"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4
exf4 9. Bxf4 Nc6 10. Qe2 Be7 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. g4 Rc8 13. g5 Nd7 14. h4 Nce5 15.
Bh3 Qc4 16. Qe3 b5 17. Kb1 O-O 18. Nd4 Bxh3 19. Qxh3 Rfe8 20. h5 Nb6 21. g6 Bf6
22. Nf5 Qb4 23. a3 Qc5 24. Nxd6 fxg6 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Qh8# 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.03"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Yu, Zechen"]
[Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "8649138"]
[BlackFideId "13702661"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 e5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. a4 Qe7 8. Na3
Nf6 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. a5 O-O 11. d3 Rd8 12. Qe2 Nf8 13. Be3 f6 14. Rad1 Be6 15.
Nfd2 Bf7 16. c3 Ne6 17. Nf1 Qc7 18. h4 b5 19. axb6 axb6 20. h5 b5 21. Na3 Nf4
22. Qc2 Qd6 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. d4 Re8 26. Nh2 c4 27. Qd2 g5 28. Nc2
Bg6 29. f3 Rad8 30. Qf2 f5 31. e5 Qd7 32. Rc1 c5 33. Nf1 cxd4 34. cxd4 Bf8 35.
Red1 b4 36. Qd2 Qb7 37. Qe2 Bf7 38. g3 Qb6 39. Qf2 Re6 40. Ne1 Rh6 41. gxf4 gxf4
42. Ng2 Qg6 43. Nd2 Rh3 44. Kf1 c3 45. Nxf4 Rh1+ 46. Ke2 Qa6+ 47. Ke3 Rxd1 48.
Rxd1 Qb6 49. Nb1 Bc5 50. Ne2 f4+ 51. Kxf4 Qh6+ 52. Kg3 c2 53. Rg1 Be7 54. Nbc3
bxc3 55. bxc3 Be6 56. Qh2 Qxh2+ 57. Kxh2+ Kf7 58. Rc1 Bf5 59. Kg3 Ba3 60. Ra1
Bd3 61. Nf4 Bc4 0-1

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.03"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Herrmann, Jakob"]
[Black "Xiao, Tong(QD)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2283"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[ECO "E01"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "16287169"]
[BlackFideId "8622388"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Nf3 a5 7. a3 Be7 8. b3 b6
9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nc4 Nc5 15.
Ne3 Ne4 16. Nf5 Bc5 17. e3 Qg5 18. Nh4 Rfe8 19. Qc2 Qe7 20. Nf5 Qe6 21. Bxe4
dxe4 22. b4 Qxf5 23. bxc5 Ba6 24. Rfe1 Bd3 25. Qc3 b5 26. Rad1 h5 27. h4 Re6 28.
Rd2 Qh3 29. Rxd3 exd3 30. Qxd3 Rg6 31. Rd1 b4 32. axb4 axb4 33. Qe4 Rb8 34. Rd4
Qg4 35. Qd3 Qf3 36. Qb3 Rg4 37. e6 Rxd4 38. Bxd4 fxe6 39. Qxe6+ Qf7 40. Qe5 b3
41. f4 Re8 42. Qg5 Kh7 43. Bxg7 Qg6 0-1

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.03"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Golis, Wiktor"]
[Black "Liu, Yan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "21055874"]
[BlackFideId "8608962"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nd5 O-O 6. e3 Nxd5 7. cxd5 Ne7 8. a3
Ba5 9. Ne2 d6 10. O-O Bg4 11. Re1 Qd7 12. b4 Bb6 13. Bb2 a5 14. d4 f6 15. Qd3
axb4 16. axb4 Bf5 17. Qc4 Kh8 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Nc3 Bg6 20. Qb5 Qxb5 21. Nxb5
Rad8 22. Red1 Bh5 23. Rd2 c6 24. Nc3 cxd5 25. Nxd5 Bf7 26. Rad1 Nxd5 27. Bxd5
Bh5 28. Re1 Bf3 29. e4 f5 30. Rc2 fxe4 31. Bxe4 Bd1 32. Rc5 Bxc5 33. bxc5 Bf3
34. Bxf3 Rxf3 35. Bxe5 Rf7 36. Bf4 Kg8 37. Be3 Rfd7 38. Kg2 Ra8 39. Rc1 Ra6 40.
Rc4 Kf7 41. Rh4 Kg6 42. Rg4+ Kf5 43. Rh4 g6 44. Rb4 Ke6 45. h4 Kd5 46. h5 gxh5
47. Rh4 Re6 48. Rxh5+ Re5 49. Rh1 h5 50. Rd1+ Kc6 51. Rb1 Ree7 52. Kf3 Rf7+ 53.
Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.03"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Chassard, Cedric"]
[Black "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "16243536"]
[BlackFideId "620084"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O a5 7. Nc3 c6 8. Re1
Nbd7 9. Nd2 Re8 10. e4 e5 11. exd5 exd4 12. Ne2 cxd5 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Qc2 Bg4
15. Nf1 Rc8 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Bd2 Nb4 18. Bxb4 axb4 19. Qd2 Qd7 20. Nb3 Nxb3 21.
axb3 Qxd2 22. Nxd2 b5 23. Bf1 Bf6 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Bxb5 Rd8 26. Nc4 Bf3 27.
Re1 Kf8 28. Kf1 g5 29. Ne5 Bxe5 30. Rxe5 Rd1+ 31. Re1 Bg2+ 32. Ke2 Bf3+ 33. Kf1
Bg2+ 34. Ke2 Bf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.03"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Klimkowski, Jan"]
[Black "Michalczak, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2248"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "21856222"]
[BlackFideId "4622634"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. d3 d6 7. e5 dxe5 8. Na3
Rb8 9. Nc4 f6 10. b3 Be6 11. Nfd2 Nh6 12. Ba3 O-O 13. Bxc5 Rb7 14. f4 Qd5 15. b4
Bg4 16. Qe1 exf4 17. Rxf4 e5 18. Rf1 Rd8 19. h3 Bf5 20. Qh4 g5 21. Qf2 Bg6 22.
Bxa7 Rxb4 23. Bb6 Rb8 24. a3 Rb5 25. a4 Rb4 26. a5 f5 27. a6 e4 28. a7 Ra8 29.
Rab1 Rxb1 30. Rxb1 exd3 31. cxd3 f4 32. Bc5 Qd8 33. Bd6 Nf5 34. Rb8 Rxb8 35.
axb8=Q Qxb8 36. Bxb8 Bd4 37. Ne5 Bxf2+ 38. Kxf2 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.03"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Fuhrmann, Bahne"]
[Black "Mardov, Dimitar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "16244842"]
[BlackFideId "30919495"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8.
e3 O-O 9. Qb3 b6 10. Bd3 Be6 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. f4 Ng4 13. Nxg4 Bxg4 14. h3 Be6
15. g4 Nf6 16. Qc2 c5 17. g5 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bd5 20. dxc5 Bxe4 21.
Qxe4 Qxc5 22. Kf2 Rae8 23. Qf3 f6 24. gxf6 Rxf6 25. Rac1 Qa5 26. Rhd1 Qxa2 27.
Qd5+ Qxd5 28. Rxd5 Rfe6 29. Rc3 R8e7 30. b4 Rh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.03"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Deuer, Marius"]
[Black "Poeck, Ole"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "16236432"]
[BlackFideId "4682742"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Qa5+ 7. Nbd2 Ba3 8. Bxa3
Qxa3 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O c5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ne5 cxd4 13. exd4 Qb2 14. Ndf3 Ne4
15. Qc1 Qxc1 16. Raxc1 f6 17. Ng4 Nb6 18. Ne3 Nd6 19. a4 a5 20. Rc5 Be6 21. Rfc1
Rfc8 22. Nd2 Nd7 23. Rc7 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 Nb6 25. h4 Rd8 26. Rc5 Ne4 27. Bxe4 dxe4
28. Rb5 Nc8 29. d5 b6 30. dxe6 Rxd2 31. Nc4 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Kf8 33. Nxb6 Nxb6 34.
Rxb6 Ke7 35. Rb7+ Kxe6 36. Rxg7 h5 37. Rb7 Rd3 38. Rb5 f5 39. Rxa5 Rxb3 40. Rb5
Ra3 41. a5 Kf6 42. Rb6+ Ke5 43. a6 Ra2 44. Kh3 f4 45. Rb5+ Kd4 46. Rxh5 e3 47.
fxe3+ fxe3 48. Rh6 Kd5 49. Kg3 Ke4 50. Re6+ Kd3 51. h5 Ra1 52. h6 e2 53. h7 Rxa6
54. Rxe2 Rg6+ 55. Kf2 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.03"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Albert, Markus"]
[Black "Zwirs, Nico"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Dunst (Sleipner, Heinrichsen) opening"]
[WhiteFideId "16292626"]
[BlackFideId "1036432"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 d4 3. Nce2 e5 4. Ng3 Be6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Nf3 f6 7. O-O Qd7 8. Bb5
Nge7 9. d3 O-O-O 10. a3 h5 11. c3 dxc3 12. bxc3 a6 13. Bxc6 Nxc6 14. Ne1 h4 15.
Ne2 h3 16. g3 Bc4 17. Be3 Bxd3 18. f3 Bc4 19. Qc2 Na5 20. Rf2 Bb3 21. Qb2 Ba4
22. Rb1 Qc6 23. Nc1 Nc4 0-1

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.03"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Kamp, Adrian"]
[Black "Peyrer, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "16222466"]
[BlackFideId "1640879"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qd7 5. d6 Qxd6 6. Ngf3 Qd5 7. Be2 cxd4 8.
Bc4 Qd6 9. O-O Nf6 10. Nb3 Nc6 11. Nbxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Be7 13. Re1 O-O 14. b3
Rd8 15. Be3 e5 16. Nb5 Qb8 17. Qe2 a6 18. Nc3 b5 19. Bd3 Qc7 20. Ne4 Nd5 21. Ng5
h6 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Bxh6 Nf6 25. Qg6 Bd6 26. Re3 Qf7 27. Qg5 Rf8
28. Rg3 Bg4 29. Bf5 Nh5 30. Rxg4 Qxf5 31. Qh4 Bc5 32. Rf1 Rad8 33. h3 Bxf2+ 34.
Rxf2 Qxf2+ 35. Qxf2 Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.03"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Nitish, Belurkar"]
[Black "Voicu-Jagodzinsky, Carmen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "5084768"]
[BlackFideId "1206729"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 c4 7. Bc2 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Qe2 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Na3 Qe6 12. Qd1 O-O 13. b3 cxb3 14. axb3 Qf6 15.
d4 h6 16. Re1 Rd8 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. bxc4 b6 19. Qe2 Bf5 20. Ba4 Rac8 21. Ba3 e6
22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Ne5 Rc7 24. g4 Qg5 25. Bc1 Qh4 26. gxf5 exf5 27. Qf3 Qf6 28.
Kg2 g5 29. h3 f4 30. Ba3 Rdc8 31. Qd5 h5 32. Bd6 f3+ 33. Nxf3 Rxc4 34. Rxa7 Rxc3
35. Nxg5 Rc2 36. Qxf7+ Qxf7 37. Nxf7 Bxd4 38. Nh6+ Kh8 39. Be5+ Bxe5 40. Rxe5
Rf8 41. Nf7+ Kg7 42. Nd6+ Kg6 43. Re6+ 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.03"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Stricker, Florian"]
[Black "Rathanvel, V S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "12976385"]
[BlackFideId "25002112"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 g6 6. b3 Bh6 7. f4 f5 8. Bb2
Nf6 9. Nf3 e5 10. g3 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. fxg5 Bg4 14. Bc4 Qb6
15. Be2 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 d5 17. O-O-O O-O-O 18. Rhf1 e3 19. Rf6 d4 20. Qc4 Rd7 21.
Kb1 Rhd8 22. Re6 Kb8 23. a3 Na5 24. Rxb6 Nxc4 25. Rf6 Nxb2 26. Kxb2 e4 0-1

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.03"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Chen, Qi b"]
[Black "Riemland, Arnold"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2124"]
[ECO "B45"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8614733"]
[BlackFideId "16286375"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. a3 d5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Bb7 12. Be3 O-O-O+ 13. Ke2 Ba6+
14. Kf3 Kb7 15. Rad1 Be7 16. Rxd8 Rxd8 17. c3 Bc4 18. b3 Bd5 19. c4 f5 20. cxd5
fxe4+ 21. Kxe4 exd5+ 22. Kd3 c5 23. Rc1 Rc8 24. a4 d4 25. Bd2 Kc6 26. Kc4 Bd6
27. Re1 Rf8 28. f3 a6 29. h4 Rf6 30. Re4 g6 31. f4 h5 32. g3 Kd7 33. Ba5 Re6 34.
Kd5 Rxe4 35. Kxe4 Ke6 36. Bb6 Be7 37. Ba5 Bd6 38. Bb6 Bf8 39. Ba5 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Besou, Hussain"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights, 3...Bg4"]
[WhiteFideId "16269950"]
[BlackFideId "24651516"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4
dxe4 9. Qe3 O-O 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Nd7 12. c3 a5 13. a4 Nf6 14. Qc2 Nd5 15.
g3 Bg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. h4 Qf6 18. Bd3 g6 19. Rfe1 Rac8 20. Rad1 Kg7 21. Be4
Rfd8 22. Qb3 Qe7 23. Kg2 Nf6 24. Bf3 Qc7 25. h5 b6 26. Qc4 c5 27. dxc5 Qxc5 28.
Qxc5 bxc5 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Be2 Ne8 31. Kf3 Nd6 32. Rd2 Kf6 33. Red1 Ke7 34. Bb5
Rb8 35. c4 Rbc8 36. g4 g5 37. Ke3 Rb8 38. Rd3 f6 39. b3 Rb7 40. Rh1 Nf7 41. Rxd8
Kxd8 42. Rd1+ Ke7 43. f3 Nd6 44. Rd2 Rb8 45. Rh2 Nf7 46. Rb2 Ne5 47. Rh2 Rd8 48.
Rh7+ Nf7 49. Rh1 Rh8 50. Rd1 Ne5 51. Ke4 Rh2 52. Re1 Rd2 53. Ke3 Rd3+ 54. Ke2
Rxf3 55. Rh1 Rxb3 0-1

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kollars, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Parvanyan, Ashot"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12909572"]
[BlackFideId "13307550"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Ne2 Qb6
9. Qc1 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Kf2 f6 12. Kg1 a5 13. a4 g5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Nxg5 Ng4
16. h3 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Bxg5 18. fxg5 cxd4 19. cxd4 e5 20. Rd1 Bf5 21. Kh2 Rae8 22.
Qc3 Be4 23. Rg1 Rf2 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Nd4 Nf3+ 26. Nxf3 Bxf3 27. Re1 Rxe1 28.
Qxe1 Qd6+ 29. Kh1 Qg3 30. Qe6+ Kg7 31. Qd7+ Kg8 32. Qc8+ Kg7 33. Qxb7+ Kg8 34.
Qc8+ Kg7 35. Qd7+ Kg8 36. Qe6+ Kg7 37. Qh6+ Kg8 38. Qe6+ Kg7 39. Qh6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.04"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Paltrinieri, Nicholas"]
[Black "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "828262"]
[BlackFideId "24650684"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 b6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 d5 8. e5 d4
9. d3 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Qd5 11. c4 Qd7 12. g3 h5 13. Bg2 Ng6 14. h4 Be7 15. a3 a5 16.
Ne4 Ncxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Rxe5 g6 21. Rb1 Qc6 22.
Bd2 a4 23. b4 axb3 24. Rxb3 Kf8 25. Qf1 Kg7 26. Re1 Rhb8 27. Reb1 Rxb3 28. Rxb3
Qf3 29. Qb1 g5 30. Bxg5 Bxg5 31. hxg5 h4 32. Qf1 Rh8 33. g4 h3 34. Kh2 Rh4 35.
Rb2 Rxg4 36. Qxh3 Qf4+ 37. Qg3 Rxg3 38. fxg3 Qc1 39. Ra2 Qb1 0-1

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.04"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Ahmadinia, Ebrahim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "5002150"]
[BlackFideId "12501891"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. b3 Ne4
9. Bb2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Nd7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 e6 13. a4 Re8 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. g3
f5 16. Qe2 Nf6 17. Rfd1 Ne4 18. Be1 Bf8 19. Bg2 a6 20. b4 Qd7 21. f3 Nf6 22. g4
dxc4 23. Qxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.04"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Sargsyan, Anna M."]
[Black "Engel, Luis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[ECO "B67"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...a6 defence, 8...Bd7"]
[WhiteFideId "13308130"]
[BlackFideId "12961523"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. Kb1 Be7 10. f3 b5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qxd6 Qxd6 14.
Rxd6 Rc8 15. Rd1 Bb7 16. Ne2 g5 17. Nc1 Ke7 18. b4 g4 19. Nb3 gxf3 20. gxf3 Rc7
21. Bd3 Be5 22. a3 Rc3 23. Rhf1 Bf4 24. Nc5 Bc6 25. Nb3 Be8 26. h3 h5 27. Kb2
Rc8 28. Nd4 Rg8 29. Ne2 Be3 30. f4 Rg2 31. Rf3 Bb6 32. f5 h4 33. Rf4 Bc7 34.
Rxh4 Be5+ 35. Kc1 Rd8 36. Kd2 Bf6 37. Rg4 Rh2 38. h4 Bxh4 39. fxe6 fxe6 40. Rg7+
Kf6 41. Rdg1 Bc6 42. R7g4 Ke5 43. Kc3 Bf6 44. Rf1 Rh6 45. Kb3 Kd6 46. Nf4 Be8
47. Ng6 Bd4 48. Rf8 Kc7 49. e5 Ba1 50. Ka2 Rh1 51. Nf4 Bd7 52. Rxd8 Kxd8 53. Be4
Rf1 54. Bd3 Re1 55. Ng2 Rc1 56. Re4 Bc6 57. Re1 Rxe1 58. Nxe1 Bc3 59. a4 Bxe1
60. axb5 axb5 61. Kb3 Bg3 62. c4 bxc4+ 63. Kxc4 Bxe5 64. b5 Bd5+ 65. Kc5 Kd7 66.
b6 Bd6+ 67. Kb5 Bb7 68. Be2 Bg3 69. Bg4 Kd6 70. Bh5 e5 71. Bg4 e4 72. Kc4 Ke5
73. Bh5 Bf2 74. Kc3 Bxb6 75. Kd2 e3+ 76. Ke1 Kf4 77. Be2 Bd8 78. Bd3 Bf3 79. Ba6
Bh4+ 80. Kf1 Bf2 81. Bb5 Kg3 0-1

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.04"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Otsuka, Shou"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "13702661"]
[BlackFideId "7004702"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O a5 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
Be6 9. Bb3 h6 10. Nf1 Bxb3 11. axb3 Re8 12. Ng3 d5 13. Qe2 Qd7 14. Nh4 Bf8 15.
Qf3 Qe6 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 Nxd5 18. Ne4 b6 19. g4 f6 20. Nf5 Kf7 21. Kf1 g6
22. Nh4 Be7 23. Nf3 Rh8 24. Ng3 Bd6 25. Bd2 Rad8 26. Ra4 Bc5 27. h4 Nde7 28. Ke2
b5 29. Re4 g5 30. Be3 Bb6 31. h5 Rd7 32. Bxb6 cxb6 33. d4 exd4 34. Nxd4 Nxd4+
35. Rxd4 Rxd4 36. cxd4 f5 37. gxf5 Rc8 38. Kd3 Nd5 39. Re5 Rd8 40. Ne2 Rd7 41.
Re6 Rc7 42. Kd2 b4 43. Nc1 Re7 44. Rxh6 Re4 45. Rh7+ Kf6 46. Ne2 Ne7 47. Rh6+
Kf7 48. Kd3 Rh4 49. Ng3 Rf4 50. Rxb6 Nxf5 51. Ne4 g4 52. h6 Kg8 53. Rf6 Rf3+ 54.
Kc4 Rf4 55. Kd5 Ne7+ 56. Ke5 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.04"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Xiao, Tong(QD)"]
[Black "Mainka, Romuald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[ECO "B46"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8622388"]
[BlackFideId "4600258"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. a3 Qc7 8. f4
d6 9. Qf3 e5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. Bf4 dxe5 13. Bd2 Bc5 14. h3 Nf6 15.
Na4 Be7 16. Bc4 O-O 17. O-O-O a5 18. Qe2 Rb8 19. Rhf1 Bd7 20. Rf3 c5 21. Nc3 Bc6
22. Rdf1 Kh8 23. b3 a4 24. g4 axb3 25. cxb3 Rbd8 26. h4 Rd4 27. Be3 Qa5 28. Kb2
Rfd8 29. g5 Nh5 30. Nd5 Bxd5 31. exd5 Bd6 32. Rxf7 Nf4 33. Qc2 Ra8 34. Ra1 Qb6
35. h5 Qd8 36. a4 Qe8 37. Qf5 Qd8 38. h6 g6 39. Rxh7+ 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.04"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Sydykov, Bayastan"]
[Black "Klimkowski, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Cozio defence deferred"]
[WhiteFideId "13829610"]
[BlackFideId "21856222"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. Nc3 Ng6 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 Nxd4 8.
Nxd4 exd4 9. Qxd4 Bb7 10. a4 c5 11. Qe3 c4 12. Ba2 Bb4 13. O-O O-O 14. b3 Qf6
15. Bd2 Qf4 16. Qd4 Qg4 17. h3 Qh5 18. bxc4 Nh4 19. Qd3 bxa4 20. Nd5 Bc5 21. Qg3
Bxd5 22. cxd5 Ng6 23. d6 Bd4 24. c3 Be5 25. f4 Bxd6 26. Bd5 Rac8 27. Rxa4 Qe2
28. Qe1 Nxf4 29. Bxf4 Qxe1 30. Rxe1 Bxf4 31. Rf1 Be3+ 32. Kh2 Rxc3 33. Rf3 g5
34. Rxa6 Bf4+ 35. Kg1 Rc1+ 36. Kf2 Rc2+ 37. Kg1 Kg7 38. Ra8 Rxa8 39. Bxa8 h5 40.
h4 f6 41. g3 Bc7 42. hxg5 fxg5 43. Bd5 Bb6+ 44. Kh1 d6 45. Rf5 Bd8 46. e5 dxe5
47. Rxe5 Rc5 48. Kg2 Kf6 49. Re6+ Kf5 50. Rd6 Bc7 51. Be6+ Ke4 52. Rd2 Rc3 53.
Re2+ Kd4 54. Rd2+ Ke3 55. Rf2 g4 56. Bf7 Rc5 57. Bg6 Rg5 58. Bf7 Be5 59. Be6 Bd6
60. Rf5 Rxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.04"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Radzimski, Antoni"]
[Black "Deuer, Marius"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "21052476"]
[BlackFideId "16236432"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Bc2 Qa5 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14.
Bd3 b6 15. Kd2 Bb7 16. Rhc1 Rac8 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. Rc1 Rxc1 19. Kxc1 Kf8 20. Kd2
Ke7 21. Kc3 h6 22. h4 Kd6 23. Nd2 f6 24. f3 Nc6 25. Nc4+ Kd7 26. Ne3 Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.04"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Zwirs, Nico"]
[Black "Soumya, Swaminathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Sveshnikov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1036432"]
[BlackFideId "5016193"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3
b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3 Be6 15.
Bd3 f5 16. Qh5 e4 17. Bc2 Kh8 18. Nf4 Qe8 19. Qxe8 Raxe8 20. Bb3 Bd7 21. O-O-O
Be5 22. g3 Na5 23. Ned5 Rb8 24. Bc2 Nc4 25. Bb3 Na5 26. Bc2 Nc4 27. Bb3 Na5 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.04"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Peyrer, Konstantin"]
[Black "Georgiadis, Anastasios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Yugoslav variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1640879"]
[BlackFideId "25870173"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. exf3 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. b3
O-O 9. c4 a5 10. Nc3 Na6 11. d4 Rb8 12. Be3 b5 13. c5 Nd7 14. a4 b4 15. Ne2 f5
16. Nc1 Nc7 17. Nd3 g6 18. Ra2 Bf6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Bg5 21. f4 Be7 22. Bf3
Ne8 23. g4 Ng7 24. Qd3 Bh4 25. Rg2 Ra8 26. g5 Qe8 27. Qe2 Kh8 28. Bf2 Bxf2+ 29.
Kxf2 Rg8 30. Ke3 Qf7 31. Rfg1 Nh5 32. Qf2 Ra7 33. Qh4 Raa8 34. Bxh5 gxh5 35. Kf3
Qg6 36. Qf2 Rg7 37. Kg3 h4+ 38. Kxh4 h5 39. Kg3 Rh7 40. Kf3 Raa7 41. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.04"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Menzel, Maximilian"]
[Black "Nitish, Belurkar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[ECO "A62"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "fianchetto variation"]
[WhiteFideId "34617280"]
[BlackFideId "5084768"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Re8 11. Bf4 h6 12. h3 g5 13. Bd2 Bf5 14. Ne1 Nbd7 15. Nc2
Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bc3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qf6 19. Qd2 Bg6 20. Ne3 b5 21. Ng4 Qg7
22. e4 Nb6 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rxa8 Rd8 25. Rb8 Rxb8 26. Rd1 Ra8 27. Rb1 Nc4 28.
Qe2 Qxc3 29. Rxb5 Ra1+ 30. Kh2 h5 31. Ne3 Qc1 32. Nf1 h4 33. Rb8+ Kg7 34. Qg4
hxg3+ 35. Qxg3 Qf4 36. Ne3 Nxe3 37. fxe3 Qxg3+ 38. Kxg3 Kf6 39. Rd8 Ke7 40. Rc8
Ra3 41. h4 gxh4+ 42. Kxh4 Rxe3 43. Rc7+ Kf6 44. Rd7 Bxe4 45. Bf1 Ke5 46. Rxf7
Bxd5 47. Rf8 Be6 48. Bg2 d5 49. Re8 c4 50. Ra8 c3 51. Ra3 Bf5 0-1

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.04"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Rathanvel, V S"]
[Black "Engel, Bruno"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2192"]
[ECO "B57"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Sozin, not Scheveningen"]
[WhiteFideId "25002112"]
[BlackFideId "34609008"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 Bd7 7. Be3 e6 8. Qe2
a6 9. a4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 Qa5 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. a5 Be8 14. Bb6 Qb8 15. Rf2
Nd7 16. Na4 Bd8 17. f5 exf5 18. exf5 Nce5 19. Bd5 Nf6 20. Nc3 Bc6 21. Bxd8 Nxd5
22. Nxd5 Qxd8 23. Nb6 Rb8 24. f6 gxf6 25. Nd4 Kh8 26. Raf1 Rg8 27. Nxc6 bxc6 28.
Rxf6 Qe7 29. Nc4 Rbd8 30. Nxe5 Qxe5 31. Qxe5 dxe5 32. Rxf7 Rd5 33. Rc7 Rd2 34.
Rf2 Rd1+ 35. Rf1 Rd2 36. g3 Re8 37. Rff7 Rxc2 38. Rxh7+ Kg8 39. Rcg7+ Kf8 40.
Rc7 Kg8 41. Rcg7+ Kf8 42. Rd7 Kg8 43. Rhg7+ Kh8 44. Rge7 Rb8 45. b4 Rb2 46. Rxe5
R2xb4 47. Kg2 Rb2+ 48. Kh3 R2b7 49. Rxb7 Rxb7 50. Re8+ Kg7 51. Ra8 Rc7 52. Rxa6
c5 53. Rb6 c4 54. a6 c3 55. Rb1 Kf6 56. Rc1 Ke5 57. a7 Rxa7 58. Rxc3 Rh7+ 59.
Kg2 Kf5 60. Rf3+ Kg6 61. h4 Ra7 62. Kh3 Ra4 63. Rf4 Ra1 64. Kg4 Ra5 65. Rb4 Ra6
66. h5+ Kh6 67. Kh4 Rc6 68. g4 Rc7 69. Rb6+ Kh7 70. Rf6 Ra7 71. h6 Re7 72. Kh5
Kg8 73. g5 Ra7 74. Rb6 Ra8 75. Rb5 Kh8 76. g6 Rf8 77. g7+ Kh7 78. gxf8=B 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.04"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Dau Khuong Duy"]
[Black "Panjer, Sidney"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2197"]
[ECO "C64"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "classical defence, 4.c3"]
[WhiteFideId "12424722"]
[BlackFideId "16207041"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Nd5 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8.
Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 a6 10. Bc4 Nb6 11. Bb3 d6 12. Qf4 O-O 13. O-O Be6 14. Nc3 Bxb3
15. axb3 dxe5 16. dxe5 Nd5 17. Qe4 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qe7 19. h4 h6 20. Rfe1 Rad8 21.
h5 Rfe8 22. Re3 Qe6 23. Rae1 Qxb3 24. c4 Qb4 25. Rb1 Qc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.04"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Arsenie, Cristian Marc"]
[Black "Gloeckler, Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2167"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "1345923"]
[BlackFideId "34608966"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

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 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 Nh5 13. Kb1 Nb6 14. Na5 Rc8 15.
Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bf5 17. Nc6 Qd7 18. h4 Ng3 19. Rh2 Nxf1 20. Rxf1 Rfe8 21. b3
Bf8 22. h5 Rxc6 23. dxc6 Qxc6 24. f4 g6 25. h6 Rc8 26. Qd1 a5 27. Bc1 a4 28. Bb2
Qc5 29. Rd2 a3 30. Ba1 Be7 31. Re1 Qc7 32. Qe2 Qc6 33. Qg2 Qc7 34. fxe5 d5 35.
Ree2 Bb4 36. Qxd5 Bxd2 37. Qxd2 Qb6 38. Bd4 Rxc2 39. Qxc2 Qxd4 40. Kc1 Qa1+ 0-1

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.04"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Gavrilescu, David"]
[Black "Burcu, Cagatay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2256"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1227190"]
[BlackFideId "6310630"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 Bg4 4. Be2 e6 5. O-O Ne7 6. d4 c5 7. c3 Nec6 8. Be3 Nd7
9. Nbd2 Be7 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne1 O-O 13. f4 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. dxc5
d4 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. Bd3 Nxc5 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Ndf3 Nxf3+ 20. Nxf3 b6 21. Qe2
Qd3 22. Rae1 Qxe2 23. Rxe2 Nd3 24. b3 Bc3 25. Ng5 e5 26. Rc2 Nxf4 27. Bxf4 Bd4+
28. Kg2 Rxf4 29. Rxf4 exf4 30. Ne6 Be5 31. Kf3 Re8 32. Rc6 Bb8 33. h4 Be5 34. a4
Bf6 35. Nxf4 Bxh4 36. Rxg6 Bf6 37. g5 Bd4 38. Rc6 Be5 39. Nd5 Bb8 40. Kg4 Kf8
41. Kf5 Kf7 42. g6+ Kg8 43. Rc8 Kf8 44. Rxe8+ Kxe8 45. Ke6 Bg3 46. b4 b5 47. a5
Be1 48. a6 Kf8 49. Kd7 Bd2 50. Nc7 Bxb4 51. Nxb5 Bc5 52. Nc7 Be3 53. Ne6+ Kg8
54. Kc6 Bf2 55. Kb7 Be3 56. Nd8 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.04"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Liu, Yan"]
[Black "Chassard, Cedric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line"]
[WhiteFideId "8608962"]
[BlackFideId "16243536"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be6 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. h3
Be7 9. Nge2 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qc2 g6 12. O-O-O Ng7 13. f3 f5 14. Kb1 O-O-O
15. Nf4 Nf6 16. g4 Kb8 17. Rde1 Bc8 18. Qh2 Qd6 19. Bc2 Rhe8 20. Nd3 Qxh2 21.
Rxh2 Re7 22. Kc1 g5 23. Rg2 Rg8 24. Kd2 h5 25. Ne5 hxg4 26. hxg4 fxg4 27. fxg4
Nd7 28. Nf3 Ne8 29. e4 Ndf6 30. Ne5 dxe4 31. Nxe4 Nxe4+ 32. Bxe4 Kc7 33. Rf2 Nd6
34. Bd3 Rd8 35. Ree2 Be6 36. b3 Bd5 37. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.05"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Xiao, Tong(QD)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[ECO "E28"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24651516"]
[BlackFideId "8622388"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Ne2 c5 8. Ng3
Nc6 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. e4 Na5 12. f4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bxc4 14. Bxc4 Nxc4 15.
f5 h6 16. Rb1 e5 17. d5 Rc8 18. Nh5 Na5 19. Qf3 Kh7 20. Qh3 Nxh5 21. Qxh5 f6 22.
Qg6+ Kg8 23. Bxh6 Rf7 24. Rf3 Kf8 25. Bd2 Nc4 26. Be1 Ke7 27. Rc3 Qd7 28. Qh5 b5
29. a4 a6 30. axb5 axb5 31. Rcb3 Rb8 32. Ra1 Rff8 33. Rg3 Rf7 34. Bf2 b4 35. Ra7
Rb7 36. Ra8 b3 37. Rxg7 Rxg7 38. Qh8 Rf7 39. Bh4 Rb8 40. Bxf6+ Rxf6 41. Qg7+ Kd8
42. Rxb8+ Kc7 43. Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Black "Nitish, Belurkar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "24650684"]
[BlackFideId "5084768"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

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. d5 Nf6 14. Qf4
exd5 15. Rad1 Bb7 16. exd5 Rc8 17. d6 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qd7 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. a4
Rcd8 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Bb5 Nd7 23. Qc1 a6 24. Bxa6 Ne5 25. Qc7 Nxf3+ 26. Kh1
Ng5 27. Bb7 Ne6 28. Qc6 Qxc6+ 29. Bxc6 Kf8 30. Kg2 Nc5 31. f4 Rc8 32. Bb5 Ne4
33. d7 Rd8 34. f5 Nc3 35. Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.05"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Engel, Luis"]
[Black "Rathanvel, V S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "12961523"]
[BlackFideId "25002112"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h4 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be2
b5 9. a4 b4 10. Nd5 Bb7 11. Nxe7 Qxe7 12. f3 d5 13. Be3 dxe4 14. Bc5 Qc7 15. Bd6
Qb6 16. Bxe5 O-O 17. a5 Qe6 18. f4 Nbd7 19. Nd4 Qd5 20. Nf5 Qc5 21. Qd4 Qxc2 22.
Qxb4 Nxe5 23. fxe5 Nd5 24. Qxb7 Nf4 25. Nd4 Nd3+ 26. Kf1 Qd2 27. Qxe4 Nc5 28.
Qd5 Ne6 29. Rd1 Qxb2 30. Qb3 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.05"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Gloeckler, Christian"]
[Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "34608966"]
[BlackFideId "13702661"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. b3 e6 4. Bb2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 d4 8. O-O
Be7 9. Na3 O-O 10. Nc4 Bf5 11. e3 dxe3 12. dxe3 Be4 13. Nh4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 b5 15.
Na3 a6 16. Nf5 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 Rfd8 18. Nc2 Kf8 19. g4 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. g5 Ne8 23. f4 g6 24. Ng3 Ke7 25. Ne4 Bb6 26. Kf3 Ke6 27. h4 Ne7
28. Nc3 f5 29. gxf6 Nxf6 30. e4 Nc6 31. Nb1 Bd8 32. Nd2 Nh5 33. Kg4 Bf6 34. e5
Be7 35. f5+ gxf5+ 36. Kxh5 Nxe5 37. Ne1 Ng6 38. Ng2 Kd5 39. Ne3+ Ke6 40. Ng2 Kd5
41. Ne3+ Ke6 42. Nf3 f4 43. Nf1 Kf5 44. N1d2 Nf8 45. Kh6 Kg4 46. h5 Nd7 47. Nh2+
Kh3 48. Ndf1 Nf6 49. Nf3 Kg4 50. Ne5+ Kf5 51. Kg7 Nxh5+ 52. Kxh7 Bf6 53. Nd3 c4
54. Nxf4 Nxf4 55. Bxf6 Kxf6 56. bxc4 b4 57. Nd2 Ne6 58. Nb3 Ke5 59. Kg6 Nd4 60.
Nc5 a5 61. Nd3+ Ke4 62. Nc5+ Ke5 63. Nd3+ Kd6 64. Kg5 Ne2 65. Kf5 Nc3 66. Nc1 a4
67. Kf4 Kc5 68. Ke3 Nxa2 69. Nxa2 b3 70. Nc1 Kxc4 71. Kd2 a3 72. Nxb3 Kxb3 73.
Kc1 a2 0-1

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.05"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Dahl, Christoph"]
[Black "Kollars, Dmitrij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "E48"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3 d5"]
[WhiteFideId "16240235"]
[BlackFideId "12909572"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. a3 Bd6 8. Qc2
c6 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O b6 11. b4 Qc7 12. h3 Ba6 13. f3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Qe7 15. Bd2
Nbd7 16. Rae1 a5 17. b5 c5 18. a4 Rac8 19. Qf5 Qe6 20. Qg5 cxd4 21. Nxd4 Qe5 22.
Nf5 g6 23. Nh6+ Kg7 24. f4 Qe6 25. g4 Kf8 26. Re2 Bb4 27. f5 Qe5 28. Nxd5 Qxd5
29. Bxb4+ axb4 30. Qh4 Qd3 31. fxg6 Qxg6 32. Ref2 Rxe3 33. g5 Re4 34. Qg3 Rc5
35. Nxf7 Kxf7 36. Rxf6+ Nxf6 37. Rxf6+ Qxf6 38. gxf6 Kxf6 39. Qd6+ Kf5 40. a5 b3
41. Qf8+ Ke5 42. axb6 Rc1+ 43. Kg2 Rc2+ 44. Kg3 Rc3+ 45. Kg2 b2 46. Qe7+ Kd4 47.
Qf6+ Kc4 48. Qc6+ Kd3 49. Qd5+ Rd4 50. Qf5+ Kc4 51. Qe6+ Kb4 52. Qe1 Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.05"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Svanda, Ondrej"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "359670"]
[BlackFideId "5002150"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 Qc7 4. exd5 cxd5 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. g3 Bb4 8. Bg2
dxc4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Bf4 Qa5 12. dxc4 Nc6 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Nb5 h6
15. Bc7 b6 16. Qd6 a6 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Rac8 19. c5 Ne8 20. Qxb6 Qxb6 21.
Bxb6 Bc6 22. Rab1 Nf6 23. Rb3 Nd5 24. Rfb1 Bb5 25. Bxd5 exd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.05"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Ahmadinia, Ebrahim"]
[Black "Gavrilescu, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12501891"]
[BlackFideId "1227190"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Qd3 g6 7. c4 Bg7 8. Nc3
Nf6 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Nd4 Qb6 13. Be3 Qxb2 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 Nd7 16. Rfb1 Nc5 17. Rxb2 Nxd3 18. Rxb7 Rfc8 19. Rd1 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.05"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Falkevall, Axel"]
[Black "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1735560"]
[BlackFideId "620084"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. a3 Bd7 8. Bd3
Be7 9. O-O Bc6 10. Bc2 Nd7 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Nf1 O-O 14. Ng3 dxe5 15.
dxe5 g6 16. Bh6 Rfd8 17. Qd4 Qb6 18. Qxb6 N7xb6 19. Rac1 Ba4 20. Bxa4 Nxa4 21.
Re2 Ndb6 22. Rxc8 Nxc8 23. h4 Ncb6 24. Ne4 Rc8 25. Bg5 Bf8 26. Rd2 h6 27. Nf6+
Kg7 28. Bf4 Be7 29. Ng4 h5 30. Ne3 Rc1+ 31. Kh2 Nc5 32. Bg5 Kf8 33. Rd4 Ncd7 34.
Bh6+ Ke8 35. Nf5 Rc2 36. Ng7+ Kd8 37. Rf4 Rxf2 38. Rxf7 Nc4 39. b3 Ncxe5 40.
Nxe5 Nxe5 41. Rxf2 Ng4+ 42. Kg1 Nxf2 43. Kxf2 Kd7 44. Kf3 Bxh4 45. Be3 b6 46.
Bd4 Ke7 47. g4 hxg4+ 48. Kxg4 Be1 49. Kf4 Kf7 50. a4 Bb4 51. Kg5 Bd2+ 52. Kg4
Bb4 53. Kg5 Be7+ 54. Kg4 Bc5 55. Be5 Bf8 56. Nh5 gxh5+ 57. Kxh5 Bb4 58. Kg4 Ke7
59. Kf3 Kd7 60. Ke4 Bd6 61. Bd4 Kc6 62. Bb2 a6 63. Bd4 Bc7 64. Be3 b5 65. Bf2
Ba5 66. Be3 Bc3 67. Bf2 Bb4 68. Be3 Bc5 69. Bd2 Kd6 70. Bf4+ Kc6 71. Bd2 Ba3 72.
Be3 Kd6 73. Bd4 Kc6 74. Be3 Bd6 75. Bf2 Bc5 76. Be1 Bg1 77. Ke5 Kd7 78. Bd2 Bh2+
79. Ke4 Ke7 80. Bg5+ Kf7 81. Bd2 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.05"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Klimkowski, Jan"]
[Black "Radzimski, Antoni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "21856222"]
[BlackFideId "21052476"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 a6 7. c3 d6 8. Nbd2
Ba7 9. O-O g5 10. Bg3 Qe7 11. Kh1 Bg4 12. b4 Nh5 13. a4 Nd8 14. Qb3 Ne6 15. d4
exd4 16. cxd4 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 g4 18. d5 Nd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Rad1 Bg7 21. Be2
Nxg3+ 22. Qxg3 Qxe4 23. Qxg4 Qxg4 24. Bxg4 O-O 25. Rc1 Rfe8 26. Rxc7 Re4 27. Bh5
Rxb4 28. Bxf7+ Kh8 29. g3 Rxa4 30. Rxb7 a5 31. Rb6 Rd8 32. Rfb1 Bd4 33. Rb7 Bxf2
34. Bg6 Rg4 35. Rh7+ Kg8 36. Bd3 Bd4 37. Rxh6 Be5 38. Bf5 Rg5 39. g4 Ra8 40. h4
Rxf5 41. gxf5 a4 42. f6 a3 43. Rg1+ 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.05"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Soumya, Swaminathan"]
[Black "Mardov, Dimitar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Potter variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5016193"]
[BlackFideId "30919495"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Qf6 7. Qe2 Nge7 8.
h4 d6 9. Bg5 Qe6 10. a4 a6 11. a5 Ba7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. g3 f6 14. Bf4 Qf7 15.
Bg2 Be6 16. Nd5 Ne5 17. Kb1 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bg4 19. f3 Bd7 20. Be3 Bb5 21. Qf2
Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Rfe8 23. Qc3 Nc4 24. Bh3 f5 25. Rhe1 c5 26. dxc6 Bxc6 27. Nd4 Bd7
28. b3 Ne5 29. Qc7 f4 30. Bxd7 Qxd7 31. Qxd7 Nxd7 32. gxf4 Nf6 33. Ne6 Nh5 34.
f5 Ng3 35. f6 gxf6 36. Rxd6 Nf5 37. Rd7 Nxh4 38. Rg1+ Kh8 39. Rh1 Rxe6 40. Rxh4
Rae8 41. Rhxh7+ Kg8 42. Rdg7+ Kf8 43. Rxb7 Kg8 44. Rbg7+ Kf8 45. Ra7 Kg8 46.
Rhf7 Re2 47. Rxf6 Rc8 48. Kb2 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.05"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Deuer, Marius"]
[Black "Sydykov, Bayastan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence, Gruenfeld variation"]
[WhiteFideId "16236432"]
[BlackFideId "13829610"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. e3 a5 8. Qc2
O-O 9. b3 Nb8 10. Bb2 b6 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. e4 h6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. e5 Ne8 15. O-O
c5 16. Rfe1 Nc7 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Nd4 Ne6 19. N2f3 Nd7 20. Qd2 Re8 21. Nxe6 fxe6
22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Rxa1 24. Bxa1 Be7 25. Nd4 Qa8 26. Bg6 Rc8 27. Qf4 Rf8 28.
Qg4 Bxb4 29. Qxe6+ Kh8 30. Rb1 Bc8 31. Bc2 Rd8 32. Qg6 Nf8 33. Qxb6 Ba5 34. Qb3
Bc7 35. Qe3 Re8 36. f4 Bd7 37. h3 Qa7 38. Kh1 Bb6 39. Qd3 Rc8 40. e6 Be8 41. Nf5
Bg6 42. e7 Ne6 43. Qxd5 Nxf4 44. Qe5 Nh5 45. Nxg7 Bc7 46. Qxc7 Rxc7 47. Nxh5+
Qxa1 48. Rxa1 Bxh5 49. Ra6 Rxc2 50. Rxh6+ Kg7 51. Rxh5 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.05"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Choukri, Adel"]
[Black "Zwirs, Nico"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Adams attack"]
[WhiteFideId "9000399"]
[BlackFideId "1036432"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Nfd7 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. h4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 b5 13. g5 Qa5 14. h5 b4 15. h6
gxh6 16. Nb1 hxg5 17. f4 Bb7 18. Rg1 Rfc8 19. f5 Qe5 20. Bxg5 Bxg5+ 21. Rxg5+
Kf8 22. Qxd6+ Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Ke7 24. Rd4 e5 25. Rxb4 Rc7 26. Nc3 Nf6 27. Bd3 h5
28. Rb6 h4 29. Rxf6 Kxf6 30. Rh5 Rcc8 31. Rxh4 Rh8 32. Rxh8 Rxh8 33. b4 Ke7 34.
Kb2 Kd6 35. a4 f6 36. Kb3 Rh3 37. a5 Rg3 38. Kc4 Bc6 39. b5 axb5+ 40. Nxb5+
Bxb5+ 41. Kxb5 Rg8 42. a6 Rb8+ 43. Ka5 Kc5 44. a7 Rb1 45. Ka6 Rb6+ 46. Ka5 Rb1
47. Ka6 Rb6+ 48. Ka5 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.05"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Panjer, Sidney"]
[Black "Peyrer, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2197"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E91"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Kazakh variation"]
[WhiteFideId "16207041"]
[BlackFideId "1640879"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Re1
Bg4 9. Be3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 c6 12. Rad1 Nd7 13. Nf3 Qe7 14. Qd2 Ne5
15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Qd7 Qb4 17. Rd2 Rfe8 18. Red1 Bf8 19. Qd3 Nc5 20. Qe2 a5 21.
g3 a4 22. a3 Qb3 23. Kg2 Ne6 24. Rd7 Re7 25. Rxe7 Bxe7 26. Rd7 Re8 27. Qd1 Qxb2
28. Nxa4 Qxa3 29. Rxb7 Nd4 30. Bxd4 exd4 31. Qxd4 Qxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.05"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Chen, Qi b"]
[Black "Winkler, Yonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "8614733"]
[BlackFideId "16266080"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d3 Nc6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. a4 b6
9. Re1 d4 10. e5 Nd5 11. h4 Re8 12. h5 f6 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Nbd2 e5 15. Ne4 Bg4
16. h6 g6 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Bg5 Rc8 19. Qf1 Qd6 20. Nd2 Nd7 21. Nc4 Qf8 22. f4
Nb4 23. Qf2 exf4 24. Bxf4 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Be4 Nf6 27. Bd6 Nxe4 28. Qxf8+
Rxf8 29. Rxe4 Bf3 30. Re7 Rf5 31. Ne5 Rxe5 32. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.05"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Georgiadis, Anastasios"]
[Black "Dau Khuong Duy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "modern variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25870173"]
[BlackFideId "12424722"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e4 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nd4 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.
O-O c5 9. d3 g6 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Nd5 Bg7 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Qd2 O-O 14. c3 dxc3
15. Bxc3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Rfe8 17. Rad1 b6 18. d4 Rxe4 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Qxc5 dxc5
21. Rxd7 Re2 22. h3 Rxa2 23. Re1 Rf8 24. Ree7 Rb2 25. Rxa7 Rxb3 26. Rac7 Rc3 27.
Re5 c4 28. Rec5 Kg7 29. Rxc4 Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.05"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Parvanyan, Ashot"]
[Black "He, Chenglu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "1956"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "13307550"]
[BlackFideId "8620440"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bc3
dxc4 9. a4 Qc7 10. Ne5 b6 11. Na3 Bb7 12. Naxc4 Rd8 13. a5 Na6 14. axb6 axb6 15.
Qb3 c5 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Qxb6 Rdb8 18. Nc6 Qxb6 19. Nxb6 Rxb6 20. Nxe7+ Kf8 21.
dxc5 Rb5 22. Nc6 Nd5 23. Be5 f6 24. Bd6+ Kf7 25. e4 Ndb4 26. Nxb4 Rxb4 27. Ra2
Nc7 28. Rxa8 Nxa8 29. Ra1 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.05"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Michalczak, Thomas"]
[Black "Liu, Yan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2248"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "4622634"]
[BlackFideId "8608962"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Na3 Bg7 6. Bc4 Qe4+ 7. Be2 Nf6 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Bb5 Qf5 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Rxe7 Be6 13. d4 Rfd8 14. Qa4
Bd5 15. Re5 Qc8 16. Qd1 cxd4 17. cxd4 Ne4 18. Ng5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qf5 0-1

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "13702661"]
[BlackFideId "24651516"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 cxd5 7. d4 Nc6 8.
Nc3 f5 9. g4 g6 10. gxf5 gxf5 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. Bf4 Bh6 14. Bxh6
Nxh6 15. e3 Rg8 16. Ke2 Ke7 17. Rhg1 Rxg1 18. Rxg1 Kf6 19. a3 Na5 20. Kd3 Rc8
21. Rc1 Nc6 22. Kd2 Ne7 23. Rg1 Rg8 24. Rg3 Ng4 25. Ke2 Rg7 26. e4 dxe4 27. Bxg4
fxg4 28. Nxe4+ Kf5 29. f3 h5 30. Nf2 Rg5 31. fxg4+ hxg4 32. h3 gxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.06"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Kollars, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Engel, Luis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "12909572"]
[BlackFideId "12961523"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. d3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Be3
Bc5 9. Bxc5 Nxc5 10. Qa3 a5 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Rac1 Nfd7 13. Nh4 Bg4 14. d4 Ne4
15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Rfe1 Nf6 17. h3 Bh5 18. g4 Bg6 19. e3 Qd8 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21.
Qb3 Qe7 22. Red1 Nh7 23. d5 Qh4 24. Qxb7 cxd5 25. cxd5 Rab8 26. Qc7 Rxb2 27. Rc2
Rxc2 28. Qxc2 exd5 29. Rxd5 Ng5 30. Rxa5 f5 31. gxf5 gxf5 32. Qc6 Nxh3+ 33. Bxh3
Qxh3 34. Ra8 Qg4+ 35. Kh2 Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.06"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Chen, Qi b"]
[Black "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "8614733"]
[BlackFideId "24650684"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. h3 h6
9. Re1 Re8 10. Nbd2 Bf8 11. Nf1 b5 12. Bc2 d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Ng3 Be6 15. Be3
Rad8 16. Qe2 Qd7 17. Bd2 Bd5 18. b4 Qe6 19. a4 Bb3 20. Bxb3 Qxb3 21. axb5 axb5
22. Ne4 Nh7 23. d4 Qd5 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Rxe5 26. Bf4 Re6 27. f3 Qc6 28.
Qa2 Nf6 29. Nxf6+ Rxf6 30. Be5 Re6 31. Qf2 Rde8 32. Bd4 Qd5 33. Rxe6 Rxe6 34.
Kh1 Bd6 35. Re1 h5 36. Rxe6 Qxe6 37. Qe3 Qxe3 38. Bxe3 Be5 39. Bd2 Bg3 40. Kg1
f5 41. Kf1 Kf7 42. Ke2 Ke6 43. Kd3 Kd5 44. Be3 g6 45. Bd4 Bf4 46. Bf2 c6 47. Bd4
Bd6 48. Bf2 Be7 49. Bd4 Bf8 50. Bf6 c5 51. bxc5 Bxc5 52. Bh4 Bb6 53. Be1 Bc7 54.
Bf2 Be5 55. Be3 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.06"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Nitish, Belurkar"]
[Black "Klimkowski, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5084768"]
[BlackFideId "21856222"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 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. h4 b5 14. h5 h6
15. g4 Bb7 16. Bd3 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Rhg1 Qb8 19. Qxb8 Rfxb8 20. e5 Nd5 21.
Nxd5 Bxd5 22. g5 Kf8 23. Rg3 Ke7 24. gxh6 gxh6 25. Rdg1 Rh8 26. Kd2 Rac8 27. Rg7
Bc4 28. Bg6 Rcf8 29. Be4 d6 30. f4 b4 31. Ke3 a5 32. R1g6 d5 33. Bd3 Bxd3 34.
cxd3 Rc8 35. Rf6 Rhf8 36. Rxh6 Rc2 37. f5 d4+ 38. Kf3 exf5 39. Ra6 Rxb2 40. h6
Rh2 41. h7 Rh8 42. Rf6 Rf8 43. Kf4 a4 44. Kxf5 b3 45. axb3 axb3 46. Rb6 Rh5+ 47.
Kf4 Rh8 48. Rb7+ Ke6 49. Rgxf7 Rh4+ 50. Kg5 Rh3 51. Rf6+ Kd5 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.06"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Parvanyan, Ashot"]
[Black "Deuer, Marius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "13307550"]
[BlackFideId "16236432"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nd7 3. d4 Nb6 4. a4 a5 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. Qd3 e6 8. e4 c6
9. Bg2 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Be7 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. g5 Bb4+ 15. c3
Bd6 16. Nxd6+ Qxd6 17. Qg3 Qd7 18. Qe5 f6 19. Qc5 Nd5 20. O-O Nge7 21. Bd2 fxg5
22. Bxg5 Rh5 23. h4 Nf5 24. Bf3 b6 25. Qc4 Rh7 26. h5 gxh5 27. Rfe1 Kf7 28. Re5
Kg6 29. Bd2 Rf8 30. Rae1 Rf6 31. Qe2 Kf7 32. Bxh5+ Rxh5 33. Qxh5+ Rg6+ 34. Kf1
Nf6 35. Qh3 Nd5 36. R1e4 Nf6 37. Re1 Nd5 38. R5e4 e5 39. Qf3 exd4 40. Re5 Rf6
41. Qh5+ g6 42. Qh7+ Ng7 43. c4 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.06"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Soumya, Swaminathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense)"]
[WhiteFideId "5002150"]
[BlackFideId "5016193"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. h3 Re8 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O e5
9. d5 Nb8 10. e4 a5 11. Be3 Na6 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. a3 Nfd7 14. b4 Nd3 15. Qb3 f5
16. Nb5 f4 17. Ba7 Nf8 18. Qxd3 Bd7 19. c5 Bxb5 20. Qxb5 Rxa7 21. cxd6 cxd6 22.
Nc4 Re7 23. Qb6 Qxb6 24. Nxb6 Rc7 25. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1 axb4 27. axb4 fxg3 28.
fxg3 Ra3 29. Kh2 Rb3 30. Nc8 Bh6 31. Rc7 Rxb4 32. Nxd6 b6 33. h4 Be3 34. Ne8 Bc5
35. d6 Rd4 36. Nf6+ Kh8 37. d7 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.06"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Xiao, Tong(QD)"]
[Black "Korchynskyi, Mykola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8622388"]
[BlackFideId "34138005"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. c4 Nbc6 8. dxc5 d4
9. Qb3 Qd7 10. Rd1 Ng6 11. Nc3 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Nd5 Kf7 14. Qb5 exd5 15.
cxd5 Nce5 16. Nxd4 Qxb5 17. Bxb5 Bg4 18. f3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Bxc5 20. Kf2 Rhd8 21.
Ba4 Nh4 22. Be3 Rg8 23. Rg1 Bxd4 24. Bxd4 Nexf3 25. Rxg8 Rxg8 26. Bc3 Rg2+ 27.
Ke3 Ne5 28. Rf1 Nc4+ 29. Kd4 Nd6 30. Kd3 f5 31. Bd7 Ke7 32. Be6 Rxh2 33. a3 Rh3+
34. Kc2 Ng2 35. Kb1 Rh4 36. Bb4 a5 37. Bxa5 Nf4 38. Re1 Nxe6 39. Rxe6+ Kd7 40.
Bb4 Nc4 41. b3 Rh1+ 42. Kc2 Rh2+ 43. Kc3 Nd2 44. Re7+ Kc8 45. Rf7 Ne4+ 46. Kd4
Ng5 47. Rxf5 h6 48. Rf8+ Kd7 49. Rg8 Rf2 50. Rg6 Rf4+ 51. Kc5 Rf6 52. Rxf6 Ne4+
53. Kb6 Nxf6 54. Kxb7 Nxd5 55. Be1 Nc7 56. a4 Ne6 57. a5 Nd8+ 58. Kb6 Kc8 59.
Bg3 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.06"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Gavrilescu, David"]
[Black "Svanda, Ondrej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack, Gurgenidze variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1227190"]
[BlackFideId "359670"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 e5 6. b4 Nxb4 7. Bb2 a6 8. a3
axb5 9. axb4 Rxa1 10. Bxa1 d6 11. bxc5 Ne7 12. cxd6 Qxd6 13. Nc3 b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5
15. exd5 Qxd5 16. Bxe5 O-O 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. d3 Be6 19. Qa1+ f6 20. Qb2 Qd6 21.
Re4 b3 22. cxb3 Bd5 23. Re3 Bxf3 24. Rxf3 Re8 25. g4 Qc6 26. Kg2 Re5 27. Qd4 h5
28. h3 h4 29. Qc4 Rc5 30. Qe4 Re5 31. Qxc6 bxc6 32. d4 Rd5 33. Rd3 f5 34. gxf5
Rxf5 35. Rc3 Rf4 36. Rc4 Rf6 37. f3 Kf7 38. Kf2 Ke7 39. Ke3 Kd6 40. Rc5 Kd7 41.
d5 cxd5 42. Rxd5+ Ke7 43. b4 Ra6 44. Kf4 Ra3 45. Kg4 Kf6 46. f4 Rc3 47. Rd6+ Kf7
48. Rb6 Rc4 49. Kg5 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.06"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Liu, Yan"]
[Black "Otsuka, Shou"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "8608962"]
[BlackFideId "7004702"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 a5 7. Qc2 Nc6 8. Bf4
Nb4 9. Qc1 dxc4 10. Na3 b6 11. Nxc4 Ba6 12. Rd1 Nbd5 13. Nfe5 Qe8 14. e4 Nxf4
15. Qxf4 Bb7 16. Ng4 Nxg4 17. Qxg4 Qb5 18. Qe2 Rad8 19. Qc2 Qa6 20. Ne5 Bd6 21.
Nc6 Bxc6 22. Qxc6 e5 23. Qc2 Qc8 24. b3 exd4 25. Rxd4 Bc5 26. Rxd8 Qxd8 27. Rd1
Bd4 28. Bf1 Qf6 29. Kg2 Rd8 30. Bc4 Bc5 31. Rxd8+ Qxd8 32. e5 Qa8+ 33. f3 Qd8
34. Qf5 Qe8 35. a4 g6 36. Qe4 Kg7 37. h4 Qd7 38. Qf4 Qe7 39. h5 gxh5 40. Qf5 Bd4
41. f4 f6 42. Bd3 Kh6 43. e6 Bc5 44. Be2 h4 45. g4 Kg7 46. Bd3 Kf8 47. Kh3 c6
48. Bc4 Kg7 49. Bd3 Kf8 50. Kxh4 Qg7 51. Kg3 Qg6 52. Qxc5+ bxc5 53. Bxg6 hxg6
54. f5 g5 55. Kf3 c4 56. bxc4 Ke8 57. Ke3 Ke7 58. Ke4 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.06"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Malek, Jan"]
[Black "Falkevall, Axel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "21864080"]
[BlackFideId "1735560"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 c5 7. Rc1 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. e3 d5 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 bxc6 13. Bd3 Nd5 14. Na4 e5
15. Bg3 f6 16. Ke2 Be6 17. a3 Be7 18. e4 Nb6 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. Rxc6 Kf7 21. f3
Rfb8 22. Bf2 b5 23. Rc7 Kf8 24. Ba7 Rc8 25. Rhc1 b4 26. a4 Rxc7 27. Rxc7 Bd6 28.
Rc6 Rxa7 29. Rxd6 Bb3 30. Ra6 Rxa6 31. Bxa6 Bxa4 32. Kd3 Bb3 33. Bb7 Ke7 34. Bd5
Bxd5 35. exd5 Kd6 36. Kc4 f5 37. Kxb4 Kxd5 38. Kc3 Kc5 39. h4 g6 40. b3 g5 41.
b4+ Kd5 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. Kd3 f4 44. b5 e4+ 45. fxe4+ Kc5 46. e5 Kxb5 47. Ke4
Kc6 48. Kf5 Kd5 49. e6 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.06"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Black "Moeller, Maurin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Euwe variation"]
[WhiteFideId "620084"]
[BlackFideId "16265696"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

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. Bd3 Rc8 12. Bd2 f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. Bg5 Rf8 15.
Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Re1 Kh8 17. Qd2 Nh4 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Qf6 20. Ne1 Be8 21. Qe3
Rc6 22. Bb5 Rb6 23. Bxe8 Rxe8 24. Nd3 Nf5 25. Qf4 Nd6 26. b3 Rc6 27. Rae1 Kg8
28. Qg4 Rc3 29. Nf4 Rc2 30. f3 Rxa2 31. Nh5 Qf7 32. Nxg7 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.06"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Zwirs, Nico"]
[Black "Herrmann, Jakob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2283"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1036432"]
[BlackFideId "16287169"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Qa5+ 7. Nd2 Qa6 8. c4
e6 9. Ngf3 Nh6 10. O-O Nf5 11. b3 Nd7 12. a4 Bb4 13. Ba3 Bxa3 14. Rxa3 O-O 15.
Qc3 c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. cxd5 Rac8 18. d6 f6 19. b4 Nd7 20. Qb3 Rfe8 21. Ne4 Qc4
22. Qb1 fxe5 23. Rc3 Qd5 24. Rd1 Nd4 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. Rf3 Ne5 27. Rg3 Rf8 28.
Rg5 d3 29. Qb2 Qxe4 30. Qxe5 Qxe5 31. Rxe5 Rf4 32. Rxd3 Rxh4 33. g3 Rxb4 34.
Rxe6 Rd8 35. a5 Rb5 36. Re7 Rxa5 37. d7 Kf8 38. Rde3 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.06"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Peyrer, Konstantin"]
[Black "Choukri, Adel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "1640879"]
[BlackFideId "9000399"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 e6 5. a3 Be7 6. e3 Ne4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O d6 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. f4 c5 14. dxc5 dxc5 15.
Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.06"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Rathanvel, V S"]
[Black "Georgiadis, Anastasios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25002112"]
[BlackFideId "25870173"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O-O Qb6 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Rxd4
a6 15. g3 b5 16. a4 bxa4 17. Nxa4 Bb7 18. Be2 Bc6 19. b3 a5 20. Kd2 f6 21. Bg4
Rae8 22. exf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.06"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Dau Khuong Duy"]
[Black "Gallas, Noel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2184"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12424722"]
[BlackFideId "16216059"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. dxc5 Qa5 10. O-O-O b6 11. cxb6 Nxb6 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bd7 14. h4 Rfc8
15. f5 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. f6 Bf8 18. Rh3 Rb8 19. b3 Rbb4 20. Rd3 Rc8 21. Rg3
g6 22. h5 Rcc4 23. hxg6 Rxd4 24. gxh7+ Kxh7 25. Qxd4 Rxd4 26. Rh1+ Bh6+ 27. Kb2 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.06"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Yu, Zechen"]
[Black "Gschnitzer, Adrian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "8649138"]
[BlackFideId "1270337"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Qc7 7. c3 d6 8. h3
Nf6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Nc3 c5 12. d5 Nd7 13. Be3 Rb8 14. Qc2 Qa5 15.
Rac1 Ba6 16. Qd2 Rfc8 17. Bf4 Qc7 18. Rc2 Rb4 19. Bh6 Bh8 20. Rec1 Qb7 21. b3 c4
22. Ne2 Nc5 23. bxc4 Nxe4 24. Qd3 Nc5 25. Qe3 e5 26. dxe6 fxe6 27. Ng5 e5 28.
Ng3 Bg7 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. N3e4 Qe7 31. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.06"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Panjer, Sidney"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2197"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "13300016"]
[BlackFideId "16207041"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 e5 9. c3 Qd3 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bf1 Qd8 12. b4 a6 13. a4 Ne8 14. Bb2 f6 15.
Bc4 Qd7 16. Nb3 Kh8 17. Qxd7 Bxd7 18. Nh4 Nd8 19. Nf5 Nd6 20. Nxd6 Bxd6 21. f3
Nf7 22. Kg2 g5 23. h3 h5 24. Red1 g4 25. fxg4 hxg4 26. h4 Bc6 27. Bd5 Bxd5 28.
Rxd5 f5 29. exf5 Nh6 30. c4 Nxf5 31. Re1 Bxb4 32. Rexe5 Ng7 33. Rd7 Rg8 34. Rh5# 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.07"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Parvanyan, Ashot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Petrosian system, Stein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24651516"]
[BlackFideId "13307550"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. h3 Na6
9. Bg5 Nc5 10. Qc2 c6 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rac1 h6 14. Be3 cxd5 15. cxd5
Nh5 16. Nc4 Nf4 17. Nxd6 Bxh3 18. Nxc8 Nxg2 19. Qd2 Qh4 20. Ne7+ Kh7 21. Bf3 Nf4
22. Ne2 Ncd3 23. Bxf4 Nxf4 24. Nxf4 exf4 25. d6 Qg5+ 26. Kh2 Bxf1 27. Rxf1 Bd4
28. Qxd4 Qh4+ 29. Kg2 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.07"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Engel, Luis"]
[Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, Polugaievsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12961523"]
[BlackFideId "13702661"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Qg4
Qf6 9. Bg5 Qg6 10. Qh4 Nge7 11. Re1 Ne5 12. Be2 f6 13. Bh5 fxg5 14. Bxg6+ N7xg6
15. Qxg5 O-O 16. Rf1 b5 17. N1d2 Rb8 18. Nc1 b4 19. Kh1 Rb5 20. Qg3 Nf4 21. Nf3
Neg6 22. Nd3 Bb8 23. Nxf4 Nxf4 24. Rad1 Nh5 25. Qh4 Rf4 26. Qd8+ Rf8 27. Rxd7
Nf6 28. Qxf8+ Kxf8 29. Rd8+ Ke7 30. Rxc8 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.07"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Nitish, Belurkar"]
[Black "Xiao, Tong(QD)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[ECO "B60"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Larsen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5084768"]
[BlackFideId "8622388"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 Bxc6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. Bb5 e6 10. Qd3 Qb6 11. f4 O-O-O 12. O-O-O h5 13. Kb1 Kb8 14. f5 d5
15. fxe6 fxe6 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Bc4 Ba3 18. Na4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Qb4 20. Qxe6 Qxa4
21. bxa3 Qb5+ 22. Qb3 Qe2 23. Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.07"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Zwirs, Nico"]
[Black "Kollars, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "1036432"]
[BlackFideId "12909572"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. a4 g6 7. a5 a6 8. Re1 Bg7
9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 Qe8 11. Be3 Kh7 12. Qb1 Bd7 13. b4 Nh5 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Qd1 Nf6
16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. c3 Qe7 18. d4 Rae8 19. d5 Nd8 20. Bd3 f5 21. c4 Nf7 22. Ra3
Bf6 23. c5 Ng5 24. Nxg5+ Bxg5 25. Bxg5 Qxg5 26. Qc1 Qh4 27. Qc2 Re7 28. Rc3 Ref7
29. cxd6 cxd6 30. exf5 gxf5 31. Rc7 Kg8 32. Bf1 Qg5 33. Qc3 Bb5 34. Bxb5 axb5
35. Rxf7 Rxf7 36. Qc1 f4 37. Qc8+ Kh7 38. f3 Rg7 39. Re2 Qg6 40. Qc2 Re7 41. Qc8
Rg7 42. Qc2 h5 43. Kf1 Rf7 44. Qc3 Qf5 45. Kg1 Rg7 46. Qc2 Kg6 47. Qc3 Kh6 48.
Kh1 Kh7 49. Kh2 Qg6 50. Kg1 Kh6 51. Qc8 Kh7 52. Qc3 Re7 53. Kh1 Qf5 54. Kg1 Kg6
55. Kf1 e4 56. fxe4 Rxe4 57. Rxe4 Qxe4 58. Qh8 Qxd5 59. Qe8+ Kg5 60. Qe7+ Kf5
61. Qh7+ Ke6 62. Qh6+ Kd7 63. Qxf4 Kc7 64. Qc1+ Kb8 65. Qf4 Kc7 66. Qc1+ Kd7 67.
Qf4 Qe6 68. Kf2 Qa2+ 69. Kg3 Qg8+ 70. Kf2 Qa2+ 71. Kg3 Qc4 72. Kf3 h4 73. Qe4 d5
74. Qf5+ Kc7 75. Qe5+ Kd7 76. Qf5+ Kd8 77. Qf6+ Kc8 78. Qf8+ Kc7 79. Qe7+ Kb8
80. Qd8+ Ka7 81. Qb6+ Ka8 82. Qd8+ Ka7 83. Qb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.07"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Black "Dau Khuong Duy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[ECO "A67"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24650684"]
[BlackFideId "12424722"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+
Nfd7 9. a4 O-O 10. Nf3 Na6 11. O-O Nb4 12. h3 a6 13. Bc4 Nb6 14. Be2 a5 15. Kh1
h6 16. Be3 Kh7 17. Qd2 Re8 18. f5 gxf5 19. Nh2 Qe7 20. Rf2 fxe4 21. Raf1 f5 22.
Rxf5 Bxf5 23. Rxf5 Qd7 24. Rh5 Re5 25. Rxe5 dxe5 26. d6 Qf7 27. Ng4 Nc4 28. Bxc4
Qxc4 29. Bxh6 Qd3 30. Nxe4 Qb1+ 31. Kh2 Qxe4 32. Bxg7 Qf4+ 33. Qxf4 exf4 34. Be5
Kg6 35. Bxf4 Kf5 36. Bg3 Nd5 37. Ne5 Nb6 38. b3 Ke6 39. Nd3 c4 40. bxc4 Nxa4 41.
h4 Rc8 42. h5 Nc5 43. Nf4+ Kxd6 44. Ng6+ Ke6 45. Be5 Ne4 46. h6 Nf6 47. Kh3 Rg8
48. Bxf6 Kxf6 49. h7 Ra8 50. h8=Q+ Rxh8+ 51. Nxh8 a4 0-1

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.07"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Chen, Qi b"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "5002150"]
[BlackFideId "8614733"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 f5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. b4 Nf6 6. d3 O-O 7. Nf3 a6 8. O-O Qe8
9. Rb1 h6 10. a4 Nc6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Nb8 13. Qc2 Bd8 14. e4 Qh5 15. Rb3
Nd7 16. exf5 Qxf5 17. Nh4 Qf7 18. f4 exf4 19. Rxf4 Qe8 20. Re4 Qh5 21. d4 Nf6
22. Re1 g5 23. Ng6 Rf7 24. Rf3 Bg4 25. Rf2 Bd7 26. Ne5 dxe5 27. dxe5 Ng4 28.
Rxf7 Qxf7 29. e6 Qg7 30. exd7 Qd4+ 31. Be3 Nxe3 32. Qg6+ Qg7 33. Qe8+ Qf8 34.
Rxe3 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.07"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Gavrilescu, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13300016"]
[BlackFideId "1227190"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bd6 5. d4 b6 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bb7 8. Qe2
Nbd7 9. e4 e5 10. d5 a6 11. a4 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. g3 Bb4 14. Na2 Bc5 15. Rd1
Ng4 16. b4 Bxf2+ 17. Kg2 Ndf6 18. h3 Bd4 19. Rb1 Nf2 20. Rxd4 exd4 21. Qxf2 b5
22. Bd3 Nxe4 23. Qxd4 Qxd5 24. Qxd5 Bxd5 25. Bxe4 Bxe4 26. Rb2 Rad8 27. Rd2
Rxd2+ 28. Bxd2 Rd8 29. Be3 bxa4 30. Kf2 a3 31. Nc1 Bd5 32. Nd4 a2 33. Nc2 Be6
34. Ke2 f6 35. Bd2 Kf7 36. Bc3 Bc4+ 37. Ke1 Rd6 38. Nd4 Rd5 39. Nc2 Rf5 0-1

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.07"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Gloeckler, Christian"]
[Black "Liu, Yan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "34608966"]
[BlackFideId "8608962"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4
Nc6 9. Be2 Bg4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O a6 12. Rc1 Ba7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nh4 Bg6 15.
Nxg6 hxg6 16. Bf3 d4 17. exd4 Bxd4 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Na4 Bxb2 20. Nxb2 Qa5 21.
Nc4 Qb5 22. Qf3 a5 23. Nb2 Nd5 24. Rc4 Nb4 25. a3 Nd5 26. Rfc1 Rab8 27. Rxc6
Qxb3 28. Qxb3 Rxb3 29. Nc4 Nf4 30. Rc2 Re8 31. Kh2 f6 32. g3 Re2 33. Nd6 Rxc2
34. Rxc2 Ne6 35. Rc8+ Nf8 36. Nc4 Rc3 37. h4 Kh7 38. Kg2 g5 39. hxg5 fxg5 40.
Nd6 Rd3 41. Nf7 Nd7 42. Nxg5+ Kg6 43. Nh3 Rxa3 44. Rc7 Ne5 45. Nf4+ Kf6 46. Nh5+
Kg6 47. Nxg7 Ra2 48. Ne6 Nd3 49. Nf4+ Nxf4+ 50. gxf4 Kf5 51. Kg3 a4 52. Rc5+ Kf6
53. Ra5 a3 54. Ra6+ Kf5 55. Kf3 Ra1 56. Ra8 Rh1 57. Ra5+ Kf6 58. Kg2 Ra1 59. Kg3
Rg1+ 60. Kf3 Rh1 61. Kg2 Ra1 62. Kh2 Rf1 63. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.07"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Wang, Tongsen"]
[Black "Malek, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "8608067"]
[BlackFideId "21864080"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 Bd7 5. Bd3 Bc6 6. Qe2 Nbd7 7. Bc2 e6 8. d4
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. c4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qb6 12. Rd1 Rac8 13. Nc3 a6 14. Rb1 Ne5 15.
Be3 Qb4 16. f4 Nxc4 17. a3 Nxa3 18. Na2 Qc4 19. Bd3 Qxa2 20. Ra1 Qxa1 21. Rxa1
Nb5 22. Nxc6 Rxc6 23. Bxb5 axb5 24. Qxb5 Rc7 25. Bb6 Rc2 26. Ba5 d5 27. Qb3 Bc5+
28. Kh1 Rf2 29. Bb4 Bxb4 30. Qxb4 dxe4 31. Qxb7 e3 32. Ra8 g6 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34.
Qb8+ Kg7 35. Qe5 e2 36. Kh2 h5 37. Kg3 e1=Q 38. Qxe1 Rxb2 39. Qe5 Rd2 40. Kf3
Rd3+ 41. Ke2 Rd5 42. Qc3 Rf5 43. g4 hxg4 44. hxg4 Rxf4 45. g5 e5 46. gxf6+ Kxf6
47. Ke3 Rd4 48. Kf3 Rf4+ 49. Ke3 Kf5 50. Qc2+ Kg5 51. Qg2+ Rg4 52. Qd5 f6 53.
Qd8 Rf4 54. Qd5 Rd4 55. Qg2+ Rg4 56. Qd5 Rh4 57. Qg2+ Kh6 58. Qc6 f5 59. Qf6 Rf4
60. Qh8+ Kg5 61. Qd8+ Kh5 62. Qd1+ Kh6 63. Qh1+ Kg5 64. Qg2+ Rg4 65. Qd5 Rd4 66.
Qg2+ Kh5 67. Qh1+ Rh4 68. Qd1+ Kh6 69. Qd8 Re4+ 70. Kf3 Rf4+ 71. Kg3 Rg4+ 72.
Kf2 Re4 73. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.07"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Ahmadinia, Ebrahim"]
[Black "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12501891"]
[BlackFideId "620084"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 h6 8. Nc3
a6 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. a3 Re8 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Ng3 Rxe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.07"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Klimkowski, Jan"]
[Black "Jin, Yueheng"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "21856222"]
[BlackFideId "8616868"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Nd7 7. c3 O-O 8. d4
Bd6 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 Qe7 11. Nbd2 a5 12. Qc2 Qf7 13. Bg3 Re8 14. Rfe1 a4 15. b3
exd4 16. cxd4 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Nb6 18. bxa4 Rxa4 19. e5 Bd7 20. Ne4 Bg4 21. exf6
Qc4 22. Neg5 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.07"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Deuer, Marius"]
[Black "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, Uhlmann (Szabo) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "16236432"]
[BlackFideId "13301918"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Nh4 Bc8 8. O-O
e5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. d5 Nb8 11. c5 Na6 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. a4 Bd7 14. Nd2 Qe7 15. Nc4
Rfc8 16. b3 Ne8 17. Ba3 f5 18. e4 Nc5 19. Re1 Nxa4 20. Nxa4 Bxa4 21. exf5 Rxc4
22. fxg6 hxg6 23. bxa4 Qd7 24. a5 Qa4 25. Qb1 Qc2 26. Qxb7 Rac8 27. Bh3 R8c7 28.
Qb8 Kf7 29. Qd8 R4c5 30. Bxc5 Qxc5 31. Bd7 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.07"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Materia, Marco"]
[Black "Sydykov, Bayastan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "45150451"]
[BlackFideId "13829610"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. Rd1 Bb7
9. Nc3 Na6 10. a3 Rc8 11. b4 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. b5 Nc7 14. a4 h6 15. Ne1 Ba8
16. e3 Bd6 17. a5 Qe7 18. Bb2 Rb8 19. Na4 Rfd8 20. Rab1 Nd7 21. Ba1 Be5 22. cxd5
exd5 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. Qxc5 Qxc5 25. Nxc5 Rxb5 26. Rxb5 Nxb5 27. Ned3 Nc4 28. a6
Nc3 29. Ra1 Rb8 30. h4 Rb5 31. Kh2 Ne4 32. Nxe4 dxe4 33. Nf4 Ne5 34. Kg1 Rb2 35.
h5 Bc6 36. Rc1 Ra2 37. Bf1 Ra5 38. Rb1 Kf8 39. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.07"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Borne, Felix"]
[Black "Peyrer, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "551039915"]
[BlackFideId "1640879"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. b3 b6 6. Bb2 Bb7 7. Rc1 a6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Ne2 c5 10. g3 Bd6 11. Bg2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. Nh4 Re8 14. d4 Bf8 15.
dxc5 bxc5 16. Nf4 Ne5 17. Nf3 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Ne4 19. Rfd1 Qd6 20. Rd3 Red8 21.
Rcd1 d4 22. exd4 c4 23. bxc4 Rxc4 24. Qe2 f5 25. Rb3 Bd5 26. Ba3 Qc6 27. Nxd5
Qxd5 28. Bxf8 Rxf8 29. Re3 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 Qxd4 31. Bxe4 fxe4 32. Qxa6 Qd1+ 33.
Kg2 Qd5 34. Qe2 Ra8 35. a3 Ra4 36. Qc2 Rd4 37. Qc8+ Kf7 38. Qc7+ Kg8 39. Qc8+
Kf7 40. Qc7+ Kg8 41. Qb8+ Kf7 42. Qa7+ Kg8 43. a4 h6 44. a5 Kh7 45. a6 Ra4 46.
Qb7 Qxb7 47. axb7 Rb4 48. Rxe4 Rxb7 49. g4 g5 50. Kg3 Rb3+ 51. Re3 Rb1 52. f3
Rg1+ 53. Kf2 Ra1 54. Re2 h5 55. gxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.07"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Soumya, Swaminathan"]
[Black "Rathanvel, V S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5016193"]
[BlackFideId "25002112"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 Qc7 4. exd5 cxd5 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. g3 Bb4 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bf4 Qc5 12. dxc4 Qxc4 13. Ne5 Qa6 14. Qb3 Nd5
15. Bc1 Nd7 16. Re1 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Bd7 18. c4 Ba4 19. Qd3 Rad8 20. Ba3 Nb6 21.
Qc3 Qxc4 22. Qa5 Rfe8 23. Qxa7 Qc3 24. Ree1 Qxa3 25. Qxb6 Rd2 26. Bxb7 Rxa2 27.
Rxa2 Qxa2 28. Bc6 Bxc6 29. Qxc6 Rd8 30. h4 h6 31. Qf3 Rd5 32. Rc1 Rf5 33. Qe3
Qd5 34. Rc8+ Kh7 35. Rc3 Qd1+ 36. Kg2 Qd5+ 37. Kg1 Qd1+ 38. Kg2 g5 39. hxg5 Qd5+
40. f3 hxg5 41. Qd3 Kg7 42. g4 Re5 43. Qxd5 exd5 44. Kf2 Kf6 45. Ra3 Re7 46. Ra5
Ke5 47. Ke3 Rb7 48. Ra3 f6 49. Ra6 Rb3+ 50. Ke2 d4 51. Ra5+ Kf4 52. Rf5+ Kg3 53.
f4 gxf4 54. g5 f3+ 55. Kd2 fxg5 56. Rxg5+ Kf2 57. Rg4 Re3 58. Rxd4 Re8 59. Rd7
Kf1 60. Rd6 f2 61. Rg6 Rd8+ 62. Kc3 Rd5 63. Kc4 Rd1 64. Kc3 Ke2 0-1

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.07"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "Gschnitzer, Adrian"]
[Black "Radzimski, Antoni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "1270337"]
[BlackFideId "21052476"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6
9. Re1 O-O 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. a4 Re8 12. d5 Na5 13. Ba2 bxa4 14. Qxa4 Bc8 15. Bxf6
gxf6 16. Nh4 Qd7 17. Qd1 Qg4 18. Qxg4+ Bxg4 19. Nd2 Bd7 20. Bc4 Nxc4 21. Nxc4 a5
22. Nf5 Reb8 23. Ra2 Bb5 24. Nxb6 Rxb6 25. b4 Rba6 26. Rea1 axb4 27. Rxa6 Rxa6
28. Rxa6 Bxa6 29. cxb4 Kf8 30. f3 Ke8 31. Kf2 Kd7 32. Kg3 c6 33. dxc6+ Kxc6 34.
Kh4 Bc4 35. Kh5 Be6 36. b5+ Kd7 37. Ne3 f5 38. exf5 Ba2 39. Kh6 d5 40. Kxh7 d4
41. Nf1 Bb1 42. g4 Bd3 43. Nd2 Be2 44. Kg7 d3 45. Kxf7 Bxf3 46. Nxf3 e4 47. Nd2
e3 48. Nc4 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.07"]
[Round "6.17"]
[White "Dahl, Christoph"]
[Black "Labruyere, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 5...c6"]
[WhiteFideId "16240235"]
[BlackFideId "1059505"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Rd1 a5 11. h4 h5 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. Rh3 a4 14. Nge2 Bd6 15.
Rf3 Rg8 16. Kf1 b5 17. Nf4 b4 18. Nce2 Rb8 19. Rc1 Rb6 20. Rg3 Nf8 21. b3 Rh8
22. Nxg6 fxg6 23. Nf4 Bxf4 24. exf4 axb3 25. axb3 f5 26. Ra1 Rb7 27. Ra8+ Kf7
28. Rc8 Re7 29. Re3 Rg8 30. Rxe7+ Kxe7 31. g3 Kf7 32. Rxc6 Nd7 33. Rd6 Nf6 34.
Rb6 Ra8 35. f3 Ra1+ 36. Kf2 Rd1 37. Be2 Rb1 38. Rxb4 Ne8 39. Rb6 Ng7 40. Bb5 Ne6
41. Be8+ Ke7 42. Bxg6 Nxd4 43. Ke3 Nxb3 44. Bxf5 Rb2 45. Re6+ Kf7 46. Rd6 d4+
47. Kd3 Nc1+ 48. Kxd4 Ne2+ 49. Ke5 Rb5+ 50. Rd5 Rxd5+ 51. Kxd5 Nxg3 52. Bd3 Nh1
53. Kd4 Nf2 54. Ke3 Nd1+ 55. Kd2 Nf2 56. Ke2 Nh3 57. Ke3 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.08"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Engel, Luis"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Caro-Kann defensive system"]
[WhiteFideId "12961523"]
[BlackFideId "24651516"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Be2 Re8 8. d4
Nbd7 9. Qc2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. a4 a5 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. e4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15.
Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe3 c5 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Rfe1 Ne4 19. Bd3 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Bxe5 21. Bxe5
Qxe5 22. Bxe4 Qxe4 23. Qxe4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Rad8 25. Red4 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 Kf8 27.
Rd7 Re7 28. Rd8+ Re8 29. Rd6 Rb8 30. Rd7 Ke8 31. Ra7 Rd8 32. g3 Rd3 33. Rb7 Rxb3
34. c5 Rb4 35. cxb6 g6 36. Kg2 Kf8 37. Rb8+ Ke7 38. b7 e5 39. Kf3 h5 40. h3 Kf6
41. g4 hxg4+ 42. hxg4 Kg5 43. Re8 Rb3+ 44. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.08"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Dau Khuong Duy"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12424722"]
[BlackFideId "5002150"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Nd7 7. Bc4 Nf6 8.
Ne5 e6 9. Qe2 b5 10. Bb3 Qc7 11. d4 Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. c3 c5 14. Re1 a6 15. Bg5
Bb7 16. dxc5 Bxe5 17. Qxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.08"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Gavrilescu, David"]
[Black "Nitish, Belurkar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "1227190"]
[BlackFideId "5084768"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Qe2 f6 7. O-O Nb6 8. Bb5
Bd6 9. a4 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. a5 Nd7 12. d4 O-O 13. Nbd2 exd4 14. Nxd4 Ne5 15.
Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Qc4+ Kh8 17. Qxc6 Rb8 18. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.08"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Kollars, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Gschnitzer, Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "12909572"]
[BlackFideId "1270337"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Nbd7 10. Ng3 Nc5 11. f4 b5 12. a3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Be6 14. Nd5 exf4 15.
Bxf4 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bc8 17. Rae1 f5 18. Ne2 g5 19. Nd4 Bf6 20. Nc6 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.08"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Wang, Tongsen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 5...c6"]
[WhiteFideId "13702661"]
[BlackFideId "8608067"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. h3
Nf8 9. Nf3 Ne6 10. Bh4 g6 11. Qc2 Ng7 12. g4 Be6 13. O-O-O Nd7 14. Bg3 Qa5 15.
Kb1 O-O 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 b5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. f4 Rac8 20. f5 Bd7 21. Rhf1
Bh4 22. e4 Qb4 23. Be2 Qe7 24. e5 Qg5 25. Qd3 Kh8 26. Qf3 gxf5 27. gxf5 Rg8 28.
Bd3 Qg3 29. Qh5 Qg5 30. Qe2 Qh6 31. Rf3 Rg7 32. Rdf1 Rcg8 33. Qd1 Rg3 34. Ne2
Rxf3 35. Rxf3 Qh5 36. Qf1 Qh6 37. Kc2 a5 38. Rf4 Qh5 39. Rf3 Qg5 40. Rf4 Qh5 41.
Qh1 Rg5 42. Qf1 Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.08"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Xiao, Tong(QD)"]
[Black "Gloeckler, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "8622388"]
[BlackFideId "34608966"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 Nbd7 7. g4 h6 8. a4
Ne5 9. h3 g5 10. f4 gxf4 11. Bxf4 Ng6 12. Be3 b6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bg7 15.
Nd4 Bb7 16. Bg2 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 e5 18. Qb4 Qh4+ 19. Bf2 Qe7 20. Be4 Nf4 21. c4 O-O
22. Qxb6 Rab8 23. Qe3 Bc8 24. b3 Qb7 25. Rb1 f5 26. gxf5 Bxf5 27. Rg1+ Kh8 28.
Bxf5 Rxf5 29. Kd2 Rbf8 30. Bg3 Qh7 31. Rbf1 Ng6 32. Rxf5 Rxf5 33. Kc3 Qg7 34.
Kb2 Rg5 35. Be1 Nf4 36. Rxg5 hxg5 37. Bb4 Qh6 38. Ka3 Nxh3 39. c5 a5 40. Bxa5
Nf4 41. c6 Nxd5 42. Qf3 Ne7 43. c7 Kg8 44. Qg4 Qf8 45. Qe6+ Kg7 46. Qxe7+ 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.08"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Liu, Yan"]
[Black "Dahl, Christoph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "8608962"]
[BlackFideId "16240235"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nf3 e4 5. Ng5 Bxf2+ 6. Kxf2 Ng4+ 7. Kg1 Qxg5 8.
Bxe4 Qc5+ 9. d4 Qxc4 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. Bf3 Nc6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Rc1 Qb4 14. Qd2 d6
15. d5 Ne5 16. Ne4 Qxd2 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Bxd2 c5 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Kf2 Be6 21.
b3 a5 22. Rhd1 d5 23. Be3 Rfb8 24. Bc5 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.08"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Malek, Jan"]
[Black "Ahmadinia, Ebrahim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "21864080"]
[BlackFideId "12501891"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. b3 Bd6 8. Bb2
Qe7 9. Ne5 c5 10. Bd3 h6 11. O-O O-O 12. f4 b6 13. e4 Bb7 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Nxd7
Nxd7 16. e5 Bb8 17. Nf3 Rc8 18. Qe2 f6 19. Nh4 Nf8 20. Nf5 Qf7 21. exf6 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.08"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Black "Thiemann, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "1955"]
[ECO "A67"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "620084"]
[BlackFideId "34625380"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+
Nfd7 9. a4 O-O 10. Nf3 Na6 11. O-O Nb4 12. Be3 a6 13. Be2 Nf6 14. Nd2 Re8 15.
Bf2 Rb8 16. Bh4 b6 17. Kh1 Qc7 18. Ra3 Bd7 19. g4 h6 20. g5 hxg5 21. Bxg5 b5 22.
axb5 Bxb5 23. f5 Nh7 24. Bh4 g5 25. Bg3 Bf6 26. Nc4 Bxc4 27. Bxc4 Rb6 28. Re1
Be5 29. Na4 Rbb8 30. h4 Qe7 31. hxg5 Nxg5 32. Qh5 f6 33. Nxc5 Nc2 34. Bxe5 Qxe5
35. Nd7 Qxb2 36. Qg6+ Kh8 37. Nxf6 Re7 38. Rh3+ Nxh3 39. Qh6+ Rh7 40. Qxh7# 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.08"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Rathanvel, V S"]
[Black "Klimkowski, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Cozio defence deferred"]
[WhiteFideId "25002112"]
[BlackFideId "21856222"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. c3 f6 6. d4 d5 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 exd4 10. O-O Qd6 11. exd5 Qxd5 12. Qxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14.
cxd4 c5 15. Re1+ Kf7 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Nb3 Bb6 18. Bd2 a5 19. Rec1 Nb4 20. Bxb4
axb4 21. Rc4 Ra4 22. Nc5 Ra7 23. Nd7 Ba5 24. a3 bxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.08"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Farokhi, Keyvan"]
[Black "Deuer, Marius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights, 3...Bg4"]
[WhiteFideId "12998630"]
[BlackFideId "16236432"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. g3 d4 7. Nb1 h5 8. d3 h4
9. Nd2 Ne7 10. gxh4 Rxh4 11. Nc4 Ng6 12. Rg1 Bb4+ 13. Kd1 Rh8 14. Rxg6 fxg6 15.
Qg4 Nd7 16. a3 Be7 17. Qxg6+ Kf8 18. Qxe6 Qe8 19. Nd6 Qh5+ 20. Be2 Nc5 21. Qxe7+
Kxe7 22. Bxh5 Rxh5 23. Nf5+ Kf7 24. Nxd4 Rxh3 25. Ke2 Rh1 26. Nf5 Ne6 27. b3 g6
28. Ne3 Nd4+ 29. Kd2 Rh2 30. Nd1 g5 31. Bb2 c5 32. b4 b6 33. Rc1 g4 34. Ke3 g3
35. fxg3 Nxc2+ 36. Kf4 Ne1 37. Ke3 Rd8 38. Rc3 c4 39. d4 Nc2+ 40. Kf4 Nxd4 0-1

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.08"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Parvanyan, Ashot"]
[Black "Zwirs, Nico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "13307550"]
[BlackFideId "1036432"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b6 8. Bg5
c6 9. Nbd2 b5 10. b3 cxb3 11. Nxb3 a5 12. e4 Bb7 13. Nc5 Ra7 14. e5 Nd5 15. h4
Nd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Ng5 g6 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. h5 c5 20. Qxc5 Ba8 21. Ne4 Rc8
22. Qa3 Qe7 23. Qf3 b4 24. Rac1 Rac7 25. Rc5 Rxc5 26. dxc5 Kg7 27. Rc1 h6 28.
Qg4 Nc3 29. Nd6 Rxc5 30. Bxa8 Rxe5 31. Nc4 Rxh5 32. Bf3 Rc5 33. Re1 Rg5 34. Qd4+
Qf6 35. Ne5 Nxa2 36. Bc6 Nc3 37. Be8 Nd5 38. Kf1 Rxg3 39. Bxf7 Rh3 40. Re4 Rh1+
41. Kg2 Rh5 42. Bxe6 Ne7 43. Rf4 Nf5 44. Qd7+ Kf8 45. Qc8+ Ke7 46. Nc6+ Kd6 47.
Qd7+ Kc5 48. Rc4+ Kb5 49. Qb7+ 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.08"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Sargsyan, Anna M."]
[Black "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13308130"]
[BlackFideId "24650684"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Na6 6. b3 Bf5 7. Nxf6+ gxf6 8.
Bb2 h5 9. Bxf6 Rh6 10. Bc3 Bxc2 11. d3 Re6 12. Ne5 Bg7 13. f4 Nb4 14. d4 Nd3+
15. Kd2 Nxe5 16. Kxc2 Ng4 17. Qd2 Qd6 18. Kb2 Re4 19. h3 Rxd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 21.
Kb1 Nf2 22. Rh2 Qg6+ 23. Kc1 O-O-O 24. g4 hxg4 25. Rxf2 Bxa1 26. Qc2 Qe6 27. Re2
Qd6 28. Re4 Qa3+ 0-1

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.08"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Malinowsky, Levi"]
[Black "Materia, Marco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "16253094"]
[BlackFideId "45150451"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2
Ne5 9. h3 b5 10. O-O Bb7 11. Re1 Nf6 12. Bf4 d6 13. Bg3 g5 14. f4 gxf4 15. Bxf4
Be7 16. Rb1 Nfd7 17. a4 b4 18. Nce2 h5 19. gxh5 Rxh5 20. c3 Ng6 21. Bg3 Bh4 22.
Nf3 Nde5 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. cxb4 Rg5 25. Kh2 Nf4 26. Bf3 Bxg3+ 27. Nxg3 Ke7 28.
Rc1 Qb6 29. Qc2 Rc8 30. Qd2 Rh8 31. Nh5 Rgxh5 32. Bxh5 Rxh5 33. Rc3 Kf8 34. Rd1
Bxe4 35. Qd6+ Qxd6 36. Rxd6 Nd5 37. Rc4 Bd3 38. Rc5 Nxb4 39. Rc7 e4 40. Rdd7 Rf5 0-1

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.08"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "Peyrer, Konstantin"]
[Black "Golis, Wiktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "1640879"]
[BlackFideId "21055874"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8. Be2
Nc6 9. Be3 Be7 10. a3 Bb7 11. Qc2 Na5 12. O-O O-O 13. Rad1 Qd7 14. Nc3 Rab8 15.
Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Nc6 17. Qd2 Ne7 18. Bg4 Rfe8 19. f4 Na4 20. Bxe7 Nxc3 21. bxc3
Qxe7 22. f5 exf5 23. Bxf5 Bd5 24. Bc2 Rb6 25. Rde1 Reb8 26. Qf2 Rb2 27. Re2 g6
28. h4 Ra2 29. Qg3 Rbb2 30. Rff2 Be4 31. Rxe4 Rxc2 32. Rxc2 Rxc2 33. e6 fxe6 34.
h5 Qf7 35. Rf4 Rxc3 36. Qg5 Qe8 37. h6 Qb8 38. Qf6 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.08"]
[Round "7.16"]
[White "Chen, Qi b"]
[Black "Borne, Felix"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "8614733"]
[BlackFideId "551039915"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. a4 O-O 8. Qe1 e6
9. h3 Ne8 10. c3 f5 11. Be3 Nf6 12. Nbd2 b6 13. Rd1 Bb7 14. Kh2 Ne7 15. Qh4 h6
16. e5 Nfd5 17. exd6 Qxd6 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Kh1 Nxe3 20. Nxe3 Rad8 21. Rde1 e5 22.
fxe5 f4 23. Nc4 g5 24. Qf2 Nf5 25. d4 cxd4 26. Nxd4 Ng3+ 27. Kg1 Ne4 28. Qf3 Nd2
29. Qd3 Nxf1 30. Rxf1 Rfe8 31. Qg6 Qf7 32. Qxf7+ Kxf7 33. Bh5+ Kf8 34. Bxe8 Rxe8
35. Nd6 Re7 36. N4f5 Rxe5 37. Nxg7 Ba6 38. Ngf5 Bd3 39. Nxh6 Re6 40. Nhf5 Rf6
41. Re1 Bxf5 42. Re8+ Kg7 43. Nxf5+ Rxf5 44. Re7+ Kf6 45. Rxa7 Re5 46. Ra6 Re6
47. Kf2 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.08"]
[Round "7.17"]
[White "Sydykov, Bayastan"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Euwe variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13829610"]
[BlackFideId "13300016"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

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 Nb4 10. Nxb4 Bxb4+ 11. Kf1 Be7 12. g3 Qb6 13. Kg2 h5 14. Bd3 h4 15.
a4 h3+ 16. Kf1 a5 17. Be2 Rc8 18. Rg1 f6 19. g4 Nh4 20. Nxh4 Rxh4 21. Rg3 fxe5
22. dxe5 Qc7 23. Bf4 g5 24. Rc3 Bc6 25. Bg3 Rh8 26. Qd4 Bd8 27. Kg1 Qb6 28. Qd3
Qb4 29. Bf3 Kd7 30. Rb3 Qc5 31. Rc3 Qb6 32. Rb3 Qa7 33. Be2 Qc5 34. Qd2 Qa7 35.
Bf1 Be7 36. Rf3 Rcf8 37. Rxf8 Rxf8 38. Bxh3 Rf3 39. Bg2 Rb3 40. Bf1 Qb6 41. Ra2
Rb4 42. Be2 d4 43. Bd1 Bd5 44. Ra1 Rxb2 45. Qd3 Qb4 46. Be2 Rb3 47. Qd1 Bc5 48.
Bd3 Kc7 49. Bb5 Bf3 50. Qc2 Qc3 51. Qh7+ Kb6 52. Rf1 d3 53. Qd7 d2 54. Qxe6+ Ka7
55. Qe8 Qc1 56. e6 d1=Q 57. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.09"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Kollars, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Charousek (Petrosian) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24651516"]
[BlackFideId "12909572"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. a3
Ngf6 9. h3 h6 10. g4 Bh7 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 a5 13. Rg1 b5 14. g5 hxg5 15.
Nxg5 Nf8 16. Ne2 Nh5 17. Nf3 Ne6 18. Ne5 Nhxf4 19. Nxf4 Nxf4 20. exf4 Bf6 21.
O-O-O Qd6 22. Kb1 Rc8 23. Rc1 Rc7 24. Rg3 Kf8 25. Qd2 a4 26. Rgc3 Bxe5 27. fxe5
Qe6 28. Qg5 Qe7 29. Qg3 Rh6 30. f4 Qe6 31. Qg4 Qxg4 32. hxg4 Rh4 33. Rg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.09"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Engel, Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "5002150"]
[BlackFideId "12961523"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
h5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. f4 b5 11. f5 Bc4 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. Nd2 Rb8 14. Nxc4 Nxe4 15.
Nxe4 Qh4+ 16. Nf2 Qxc4 17. b3 Qc3+ 18. Bd2 Qc6 19. O-O d5 20. c4 d4 21. Qe2 Bd6
22. Rae1 Kf8 23. Ne4 f6 24. Qf3 Bb4 25. Bxb4+ Rxb4 26. Rc1 a5 27. a3 Rb8 28. c5
Ke7 29. Rfe1 Qd5 30. c6 Rxb3 31. Qd1 Nb6 32. Rc5 Qf7 33. Rxa5 Ra8 34. Rxa8 Nxa8
35. Qc2 Nc7 36. Qc5+ Kd8 37. Qd6+ Ke8 38. Nc5 Rb2 39. Nd7 Nd5 40. Nxe5 fxe5 41.
Rxe5+ Ne7 42. Qd7+ Kf8 43. Qd8+ Qe8 44. c7 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.09"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Deuer, Marius"]
[Black "Xiao, Tong(QD)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[ECO "E44"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Fischer variation, 5.Ne2"]
[WhiteFideId "16236432"]
[BlackFideId "8622388"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Ne2 Ne4 6. Bd2 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 Bb7 8. a3
Be7 9. Nf4 c6 10. Bd3 Na6 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe2 d6 13. Qh5 g6 14. Nxg6 fxg6 15.
Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qxg6+ Kh8 17. Qh6+ Kg8 18. Qg6+ Kh8 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. Qg6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.09"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Dau Khuong Duy"]
[Black "Gavrilescu, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Adams attack"]
[WhiteFideId "12424722"]
[BlackFideId "1227190"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qf3
Be7 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. g4 g6 11. g5 Nh5 12. h4 h6 13. gxh6 Bxh4 14. O-O-O Be7 15.
Nd5 Bf8 16. Bh3 Bxh3 17. Rxh3 Bxh6 18. Bxh6 Rxh6 19. Qe3 Rh7 20. Qc3 Kf8 21. Qb4
Kg7 22. Qxd6 Qg5+ 23. f4 Qg4 24. Rdh1 Rah8 25. Nc5 Nxc5 26. Qxe5+ Kg8 27. Rxh5
Rxh5 28. Nf6+ Kf8 29. Nxg4 Rxh1+ 30. Kd2 b6 31. b4 Ne6 32. f5 gxf5 33. exf5 Nd8
34. Qd6+ Kg7 35. Qf6+ Kh7 36. Qg5 Rf8 37. Nf6+ Kh8 38. Nh5 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.09"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Nitish, Belurkar"]
[Black "Malek, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, Alekhine (Maroczy) gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "5084768"]
[BlackFideId "21864080"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Ne2 Ne7 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 Bb6 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 a5
9. Rb1 axb4 10. axb4 Nbc6 11. exd5 exd5 12. Ng3 Nf5 13. Nxf5 Bxf5 14. Bb5 Qd6
15. O-O Rfd8 16. Ne2 Ra2 17. Rfc1 h6 18. Bd3 Qf6 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 20. Qd1 Ne7 21.
Ng3 Qg6 22. Ra1 Rda8 23. Rxa2 Rxa2 24. c3 Qc6 25. h4 Qd7 26. h5 c6 27. Bf4 Qe6
28. Qd3 Ra8 29. Qd2 Nf5 30. Re1 Qd7 31. Qd3 Nxg3 32. Qxg3 Kh8 33. Be5 f6 34. Bd6
Re8 35. Rxe8+ Qxe8 36. Qg6 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Qxf2 38. Qe8+ Kh7 39. Qg6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.09"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Black "Parvanyan, Ashot"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[ECO "E65"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, Yugoslav, 7.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "620084"]
[BlackFideId "13307550"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Be3 b6 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Bh6 Qe8 13. g4 Nf6 14. h3 Rd8 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qe3 Nd4 17. Qe5 Nc6 18. Qg3 Qd7 19. Rad1 Qc8 20. Ne5 Rxd1 21. Rxd1
Rd8 22. Nxc6 Rxd1+ 23. Nxd1 Bxc6 24. Qe5 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Qb7+ 26. f3 h6 27. Ne3
Kh7 28. Kf2 Qd7 29. h4 Ne8 30. h5 Qd6 31. hxg6+ fxg6 32. Qd5 Qxd5 33. Nxd5 e6
34. Ne7 Nd6 35. b3 Kg7 36. e4 Kf7 37. Nc6 Nc8 38. f4 Kf6 39. Kg3 a5 40. Kh4 Kg7
41. Kg3 Kf6 42. Kf3 Kf7 43. g5 h5 44. a4 Nd6 45. Ne5+ Kg7 46. Nd7 Nc8 47. Kg3
Nd6 48. Kf3 Nc8 49. Kg2 Kf7 50. Kh3 Nd6 51. Nxb6 Nxe4 52. Nd7 Nf2+ 53. Kg3 Nd3
54. Ne5+ Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.09"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Black "Wang, Tongsen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[WhiteFideId "24650684"]
[BlackFideId "8608067"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. Bd3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 c5 11. Rfd1 Ne4 12. cxd5 exd5 13. dxc5 Nexc5 14. Nf1 Nxd3
15. Qxd3 Nc5 16. Qf5 Qd6 17. Ng3 g6 18. Qh3 f6 19. Rac1 Qe6 20. Qh6 Rf7 21. Qf4
Bd6 22. Qd4 Qe8 23. Ne2 Ne4 24. Nf4 Rd8 25. Qd3 Nc5 26. Qd2 Ne4 27. Qd3 Nc5 28.
Qd2 Ne4 29. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.09"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Dahl, Christoph"]
[Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Semi-Averbakh system"]
[WhiteFideId "16240235"]
[BlackFideId "13702661"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. h3 exd5
9. exd5 Re8 10. Qc2 Qa5 11. Bd2 Bf5 12. Qb3 Na6 13. g4 Bd3 14. Kf1 Rxe2 15.
Ngxe2 Re8 16. Re1 Qb4 17. Kg2 Bxc4 18. Qc2 Nxd5 19. Nf4 Nxf4+ 20. Bxf4 Rd8 21.
Bg5 Rc8 22. Qd2 d5 23. a3 Qb6 24. Re7 Nc7 25. Qf4 f6 26. Rhe1 d4 27. Bh6 Bf7 28.
Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Na4 Qc6+ 30. Qf3 Nd5 31. Rxf7+ Kxf7 32. Kg1 b5 33. Re5 Ne7 34.
Qb3+ c4 0-1

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.09"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Paltrinieri, Nicholas"]
[Black "Liu, Yan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover variation"]
[WhiteFideId "828262"]
[BlackFideId "8608962"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. c4 Nf6 8.
Nc3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Qd3 Ng4 12. h3 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bh6 Re8
15. Rac1 Qa5 16. Qb1 Qb4 17. Nd5 Qxb2 18. Nc7 Qxb1 19. Rxb1 Bxe4 20. Nxa8 Rxa8
21. Rb5 f5 22. Be3 b6 23. Rxe5 dxe5 24. Rd7 f4 25. Bd2 Kf7 26. Bb4 Rc8 27. Rxa7
Rxc4 28. Bxe7 Ke6 29. Bd8 b5 30. Re7+ Kd6 31. f3 Rc8 32. Rxh7 Rxd8 33. fxe4 Ra8
34. Rh6 Rxa2 35. Rxg6+ Kc5 36. Re6 b4 37. Rxe5+ Kc4 38. Re8 b3 39. Rb8 b2 40. h4
Ra1+ 41. Kf2 b1=Q 42. Rxb1 Rxb1 43. Kf3 Rf1+ 44. Kg4 Kd4 45. Kf5 Ke3 46. e5 Rf2 0-1

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.09"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Klimkowski, Jan"]
[Black "Papadopoulos, Ioannis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2237"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov (Bastrikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "21856222"]
[BlackFideId "12955752"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Ndb5 Qb8 8.
f4 a6 9. e5 axb5 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Nxb5 Bc5 12. c3 d5 13. a4 Bd7 14. b4 Be7 15.
Be3 Rg8 16. O-O f5 17. a5 Kf8 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Bd6 20. Qd2 Qd8 21. Qe3 Qe8
22. Qh3 Rg6 23. Qxh7 e5 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Qxe8+ Rxe8 26. fxe5 Kd8 27. Bh5 Rh6 28.
Bxf7 Bxe5 29. Bxe8 Bxh2+ 30. Kf2 Bxe8 31. g3 f4 32. gxf4 Bxf4 33. Rh1 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.09"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Materia, Marco"]
[Black "Jin, Yueheng"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "45150451"]
[BlackFideId "8616868"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Be2 Ne4 12. cxd5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 exd5 14. O-O h6
15. h3 Rd8 16. a4 Qc5 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. exd4 Qa5 19. Rb1 Bd6 20. Bd2 Qc7 21. Bd3
Bd7 22. Qd1 b6 23. Re1 Bh2+ 24. Kh1 Bf4 25. Bxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.09"]
[Round "8.12"]
[White "Otsuka, Shou"]
[Black "Peyrer, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "King's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "7004702"]
[BlackFideId "1640879"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. O-O Be7 5. d4 Nf6 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. Nxe5 dxe5 8.
Qe2 c6 9. a4 a5 10. Nd2 Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. Kh1 O-O 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Nf1 h6 15. g4
Nh7 16. Be3 Bg5 17. Bc5 Rfe8 18. Qf2 Be6 19. Bd6 Qc8 20. Be2 Bf4 21. Ng3 g6 22.
Bf1 Bd7 23. h4 Nf8 24. Ne2 Ne6 25. Ra3 Qd8 26. Nxf4 Nxf4 27. Bc5 Qc8 28. Be3 Kh7
29. Qh2 Qc7 30. Bxf4 exf4 31. Rad3 Rad8 32. Qd2 Re7 33. Qc3 Rde8 34. Qf6 Bc8 35.
Rd6 Re6 36. Qxf4 Qe7 37. Kg2 Rxd6 38. Rxd6 Be6 39. Bd3 Rd8 40. Rxd8 Qxd8 41. g5
h5 42. Qe3 Qe7 43. f4 c5 44. Kf2 Bd7 45. e5 Bxa4 46. f5 gxf5 47. Bxf5+ Kg8 48.
e6 Qd6 49. exf7+ Kxf7 50. Qf3 Qd4+ 51. Kg3 Qe5+ 52. Kh3 Kg8 53. Qe4 Qxe4 54.
Bxe4 Kf7 55. Bxb7 Bxc2 56. Kg3 Ke6 57. Kf4 c4 58. Bf3 a4 59. Be2 Bb3 60. Bxh5 c3
61. bxc3 a3 62. Bg4+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.09"]
[Round "8.13"]
[White "Sydykov, Bayastan"]
[Black "Chen, Qi b"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13829610"]
[BlackFideId "8614733"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. a3 Bb7 7. h4 h5 8. Nh3 Nd7
9. Ng5 Ngf6 10. f3 e6 11. Nd1 c5 12. c3 O-O 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. O-O Nb6 15. Qe2 Nh7
16. dxc5 dxc5 17. Nf2 Nxg5 18. hxg5 Qc7 19. f4 Qc6 20. g4 h4 21. Rad1 Rfd8 22.
Bb1 Na4 23. Kh2 Rxd1 24. Nxd1 a5 25. Qe1 c4 26. Qxh4 Nc5 27. Nf2 Nd3 28. Bxd3
cxd3 29. Rd1 Rd8 30. Qg3 b4 31. axb4 axb4 32. Bd4 Bxd4 33. cxd4 Qc2 34. Qe3 Qxb2
35. Rxd3 Ba6 36. Rb3 Qxd4 37. Qxd4 Rxd4 38. Kg3 Bb5 39. Kf3 Ba4 40. Rb2 Rc4 41.
Ke3 Bc2 42. Ra2 b3 43. Ra8+ Kg7 44. Rb8 Rc3+ 45. Kd2 Rg3 46. Ke2 Rg1 47. Nd3
Rg2+ 48. Kf3 Rd2 49. Nc5 Rd6 50. Ke3 Kh7 51. Ke2 Bd1+ 52. Ke3 Bc2 53. Ke2 Bd1+
54. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.09"]
[Round "8.14"]
[White "Georgiadis, Anastasios"]
[Black "Zwirs, Nico"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence, Gruenfeld variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25870173"]
[BlackFideId "1036432"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Bb7 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 d6 9. e3 Qe7 10. Bd3 e5 11. Bc2 Nbd7 12. d5 b5 13. b3 c6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15.
e4 O-O 16. O-O bxc4 17. bxc4 Ba6 18. Bd3 Nd7 19. Nd2 cxd5 20. exd5 Nc5 21. Nb3
Rfc8 22. Nxc5 Rxc5 23. Qa4 Bc8 24. Rae1 f5 25. f3 Bd7 26. Qb3 Rcc8 27. Rb1 Qd8
28. Qc2 g6 29. g4 fxg4 30. fxg4 Qg5 31. Kh1 Rf8 32. Bxg6 Bxg4 33. Be4 Kh8 34.
Qg2 Rxf1+ 35. Rxf1 Rg8 36. Qf2 Bh3 37. Qf6+ Rg7 38. Qf8+ Rg8 39. Qf6+ Rg7 40.
Qxg5 Rxg5 41. Rf6 Kg7 42. Rxd6 Bf1 43. c5 Rg4 44. Bf3 Rc4 45. Kg1 Bh3 46. Kf2
Rxc5 47. Be4 Rc4 48. Ke3 Rc3+ 49. Kd2 Rxa3 50. Rg6+ Kf7 51. Rxh6 Bg2 52. Bxg2
Ra2+ 53. Ke3 Rxg2 54. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.09"]
[Round "8.15"]
[White "Gschnitzer, Adrian"]
[Black "Coenen, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1270337"]
[BlackFideId "4697367"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 g6 4. e5 Bg4 5. Nbd2 Bg7 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Nxf3 d4 8. Qe2
e6 9. Qe4 Nd7 10. Qxd4 Nxe5 11. Qxd8+ Rxd8 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bd2 Ne7 14. O-O-O
Bd4 15. Be1 h5 16. c3 Bg7 17. d4 e5 18. dxe5 Rxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Bxe5 20. Bd2 Kd7 21.
Bc4 Nd5 22. Re1 Re8 23. Kc2 Bd6 24. Rd1 b5 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. Be3 Kc6 27. Bxa7
Ra8 28. Bd4 Rxa2 29. g4 hxg4 30. hxg4 Bc5 31. Bxc5 Kxc5 32. Rd3 Ra7 33. g5 Re7
34. b4+ Kd6 35. Rf3 d4 36. cxd4 Kd5 37. Re3 Ra7 38. Kd3 Ra3+ 39. Ke2 Ra7 40. Rc3
Kxd4 41. Rc5 Ke4 42. Rxb5 Ra2+ 43. Ke1 Kf4 44. Rb7 Kxg5 45. Rxf7 Rb2 46. Rb7 Kf4
47. b5 Kf3 48. b6 Rb1+ 49. Kd2 Kxf2 50. Kc2 Rb5 51. Kd3 g5 52. Kc4 Rb1 53. Rf7+
Ke3 54. b7 g4 55. Rd7 g3 56. Rd3+ Kf2 57. Rd2+ Ke3 58. Rd3+ Kf2 59. Rd2+ Ke3 60.
Rd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.09"]
[Round "8.16"]
[White "Gloeckler, Christian"]
[Black "Michalczak, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2248"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "34608966"]
[BlackFideId "4622634"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4
Nc6 9. Be2 Ne4 10. dxc5 Qa5 11. Rc1 Bf6 12. Nd4 Nxc5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. O-O Ne4
15. Qc2 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxa2 18. Rc2 Qa3 19. Ra1 Qe7 20. Qxc6 Be6
21. Qc5 Qxc5 22. Rxc5 Rfd8 23. b4 d4 24. exd4 Rxd4 25. b5 Rb4 26. Rc7 g6 27. h3
h5 28. Bf1 Kg7 29. Rcxa7 Rxa7 30. Rxa7 Rb1 31. Rc7 Bf5 32. Rc3 Bd7 33. Rc5 Bf5
34. Rd5 Be6 35. Rd4 Kf6 36. f3 Ke7 37. Kf2 Bd7 38. Rd5 Be6 39. Rc5 Kd6 40. Rc6+
Ke5 41. h4 Kd4 42. Rc2 Ke5 43. Bd3 Rb3 44. Rd2 Rb4 45. Ke3 Bd7 46. Bxg6 fxg6 47.
Rxd7 Rb3+ 48. Kf2 Rxb5 49. Rf7 Rb4 50. Kg3 Ra4 51. Rf8 Rb4 52. Kh3 Ke6 53. g3
Ke7 54. Rf4 Rb1 55. g4 hxg4+ 56. fxg4 Rh1+ 57. Kg3 Ke6 58. g5 Rg1+ 59. Kh2 Ra1
60. Rf6+ Ke5 61. Rxg6 Kf5 62. Rh6 Kg4 63. Kg2 Ra2+ 64. Kf1 Kf3 65. Ke1 Ke3 66.
Kd1 Kd3 67. Kc1 Kc3 68. Rc6+ Kd4 69. g6 Kd5 70. Rb6 Rh2 71. h5 Kc5 72. g7 Kd5 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.09"]
[Round "8.17"]
[White "Ahmadinia, Ebrahim"]
[Black "Kamp, Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "12501891"]
[BlackFideId "16222466"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. dxc5 Qxc5 7. Na3 Ng4 8.
Qe2 Bf5 9. h3 Bd3 10. Qxd3 Qxf2+ 11. Kd1 Rd8 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. hxg4 e5 14. Nc4
Bc5 15. Ng5 Kc7 16. Ne4 Rd8+ 17. Bd2 Qf4 18. Nxc5 b5 19. Kc1 Rxd2 20. Nxd2 Qe3
21. Nb3 b4 22. Kc2 bxc3 23. bxc3 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.10"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical variation, 6.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "24651516"]
[BlackFideId "5002150"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bb3
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Rc1 Na5 12. Bc2 b5 13. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.10"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Engel, Luis"]
[Black "Dau Khuong Duy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "12961523"]
[BlackFideId "12424722"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 Ng6 9. c4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Rb1 c5 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Rbd1 Bc6
15. Bc2 Rad8 16. f4 d6 17. b3 Bf6 18. Ne2 d5 19. Bxc5 dxc4 20. Qe3 cxb3 21. Bxb3
Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Ra8 23. e5 Be7 24. f5 exf5 25. e6 fxe6 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Bd4 Rf8
28. Rc1 Bd6 29. Rc3 Re8 30. Qxg6 Rxe2 31. Qxg7+ Qxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.10"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Kollars, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "12909572"]
[BlackFideId "620084"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Rc8 9. c4 g6 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. b3 Nf6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Qd2 g5 15.
Bg3 e6 16. h3 Nh5 17. Bh2 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 e5 19. Qd2 Qe7 20. Rad1 Rfd8 21. a4 Ng7
22. Kh1 Ne6 23. f3 Nd4 24. b4 Qe6 25. Qa2 Be8 26. Nd5 b5 27. cxb5 axb5 28. axb5
Rc2 29. Qb1 Rdc8 30. Ne3 R2c3 31. b6 Rb3 32. Qa1 Nxf3 33. b7 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.10"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Klimkowski, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "13702661"]
[BlackFideId "21856222"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Nf6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4+ Nbd7 8.
Qxc4 c5 9. a4 a6 10. Bf4 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Rfd1 Nd5 13. Ne1 N7f6 14. Qb3 Ra7
15. Bd2 Nb4 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. Nf3 Nc6 18. Qc4 Qa8 19. Ne4 Rd8 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21.
Bc3 Bd4 22. e3 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Rbd7 24. Rab1 Na5 25. Qf4 Rd6 26. Ng5 Qb7 27. d4
Rd5 28. Qg4 h6 29. Nf3 Nc4 30. Nd2 Nxd2 31. Rxd2 cxd4 32. cxd4 e5 33. Rdb2 b5
34. axb5 axb5 35. dxe5 Rxe5 36. Qe2 Rb8 37. Rb4 Qc6 38. h4 Rc5 39. Qf1 h5 40.
Qd1 Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.10"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Xiao, Tong(QD)"]
[Black "Peyrer, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "C79"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Steinitz defence deferred (Russian defence)"]
[WhiteFideId "8622388"]
[BlackFideId "1640879"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Bd7 7. c3 g6 8. d4 b5
9. Bc2 Bg7 10. h3 O-O 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Nf1 Nh5 13. Be3 Qe8 14. Ng3 Nxg3 15. fxg3
a5 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. g4 a4 18. g5 hxg5 19. Nxg5+ Kg8 20. Rab1 Nd8 21. d5 f6 22.
Nf3 f5 23. Bh6 f4 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Bd1 Nf7 26. Rc1 c5 27. dxc6 Bxc6 28. c4 Qb8
29. c5 Rd8 30. Qb4 Qa7 31. Kh1 Qa5 32. Qxa5 Rxa5 33. cxd6 Rxd6 34. Rc5 Bxe4 35.
Nxe5 Nxe5 36. Rxe5 Bd5 37. a3 Ra7 38. Be2 Kf6 39. Bxb5 Rb7 40. Bxa4 Rxb2 41.
R5e2 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.10"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Liu, Yan"]
[Black "Nitish, Belurkar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[ECO "A18"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Mikenas-Carls variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8608962"]
[BlackFideId "5084768"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Be7 7. d4 c5 8. Bd3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bd2 c4 11. Bc2 Nc6 12. a4 Be6 13. Rb1 O-O-O 14. Rb5 Qc7 15.
Ng5 a6 16. Rb1 Rdf8 17. f4 Qd7 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. O-O g6 20. g4 Kb8 21. f5 gxf5
22. gxf5 exf5 23. Qh5 Na5 24. Bh6 Rfg8+ 25. Kh1 Nb3 26. Qf7 Qd8 27. Bxb3 cxb3
28. Bg7 Rxg7 29. Qxg7 Rg8 30. Qf7 Rf8 31. Qe6 Qc7 32. Rxb3 Qc4 33. Rfb1 Qd3 34.
Rxb7+ Ka8 35. Ra7+ Kxa7 36. Qb6+ Ka8 37. Qb7# 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.10"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Malek, Jan"]
[Black "Deuer, Marius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Tartakower (fantasy) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "21864080"]
[BlackFideId "16236432"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 dxe4 4. fxe4 e5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. c3 Nd7 7. Be2 Bd6 8. Nbd2
Bc7 9. Nc4 Ne7 10. O-O O-O 11. Kh1 Ng6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 b5 14. Ncd2 Kh8 15.
Nxe5 Ndxe5 16. Bxg4 Nxg4 17. Qxg4 Qd6 18. Qh5 Kg8 19. Rf3 Rfe8 20. Raf1 Qe6 21.
a3 Rad8 22. Rh3 Nf8 23. Rh4 Qa2 24. Rb1 Qe6 25. Bg1 a5 26. Rh3 a4 27. Qf3 Ng6
28. Be3 Bb8 29. Rh5 Qa2 30. Qf1 Qe6 31. Rc1 Ba7 32. Rc2 Bb6 33. Bg1 Re7 34. Rh3
Qg4 35. Rd3 Red7 36. Rc1 Bc7 37. c4 bxc4 38. Rxc4 Ba5 39. Rxc6 Bxd2 40. Rxd2
Qxe4 41. Qc4+ Kh8 42. Qxa4 Nf4 43. Rc4 Qd5 44. Rc5 Qe6 45. d5 Nxd5 46. Qc4 h6
47. b4 f5 48. b5 f4 49. Rd3 Qe2 50. Qc2 Qe7 51. Rc8 Ne3 52. Rxd7 Qxd7 53. Rxd8+
Qxd8 54. Qc6 Qd1 55. b6 Nf1 56. Qc8+ Kh7 57. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.10"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Gavrilescu, David"]
[Black "Parvanyan, Ashot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Euwe variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1227190"]
[BlackFideId "13307550"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

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 Qb6 10. O-O Rc8 11. Kh1 Nb4 12. Nxb4 Bxb4 13. g4 Nh6 14. Rg1 Ng8 15.
Be3 Bf8 16. Ng5 h5 17. gxh5 Nh6 18. Bd3 Bb5 19. Bc2 Qa6 20. Rc1 Rc6 21. Re1 Bb4
22. a4 Bc4 23. b3 Bxe1 24. bxc4 Bb4 25. c5 Qa5 26. Rb1 Ke7 27. Qf3 b6 28. Rg1
Rc7 29. Nxe6 Kxe6 30. Rxg7 Kd7 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.10"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Jin, Yueheng"]
[Black "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "8616868"]
[BlackFideId "24650684"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. Nc3 g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. O-O d6
9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Qd7 12. Qd3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6+ 14. Qf3 Qxf3+
15. exf3 Rfd8 16. Rfe1 Rd7 17. Re2 Rad8 18. Rae1 e6 19. Ne4 Ne8 20. Bxg7 Kxg7
21. Rd2 d5 22. Red1 Nf6 23. Nxf6 Kxf6 24. Kf1 Ke7 25. Rc2 Rc8 26. Rcd2 Rcd8 27.
Rc2 Rc8 28. Rcd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.10"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Sargsyan, Anna M."]
[Black "Materia, Marco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13308130"]
[BlackFideId "45150451"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f3 b5 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bb7 12. g5 Nh5 13. Be5 Qxe5 14. Qxd7+
Kf8 15. Qxb7 Bxg5+ 16. Kb1 Qb8 17. Rd7 Qxb7 18. Rxb7 Bf6 19. a4 Bxc3 20. bxc3
bxa4 21. Bxa6 g5 22. Bb5 Kg7 23. c4 Rhb8 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Kb2 Nf4 26. Ra1 Ng6
27. Rxa4 Ne5 28. Kc3 Nxf3 29. Ra7 g4 30. Bd7 Kf6 31. c5 Nxh2 32. c6 g3 33. c7
Rg8 34. c8=Q Rxc8+ 35. Bxc8 g2 36. Ra1 Nf3 37. Kd3 g1=Q 38. Rxg1 Nxg1 39. Ke3
Ke5 40. c4 Kd6 41. Ba6 Nh3 42. Kf3 f6 43. Bc8 Ke5 44. Ke3 Ng5 45. Bb7 Kd6 46.
Kf4 Kc7 47. Ba6 Nf7 48. c5 Ne5 49. Be2 Kc6 0-1

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.10"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Svanda, Ondrej"]
[Black "Chen, Qi b"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[ECO "C79"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Steinitz defence deferred (Russian defence)"]
[WhiteFideId "359670"]
[BlackFideId "8614733"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Bd7 7. c3 g6 8. d4 Bg7
9. h3 O-O 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Nbd2 a5 12. Nf1 a4 13. Ng3 b5 14. Bg5 h6 15. Be3 Qe7
16. Qd2 Kh7 17. Rad1 Na5 18. b3 axb3 19. axb3 c5 20. d5 Ra6 21. Ra1 Rea8 22. Qe2
Qe8 23. Nd2 Nb7 24. Qf1 Ng8 25. Bd3 Ne7 26. Rxa6 Rxa6 27. Ra1 Qa8 28. Rb1 Qe8
29. Ra1 Qa8 30. Rb1 Qe8 31. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.10"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Rebentisch, Tom"]
[Black "Gloeckler, Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "16202627"]
[BlackFideId "34608966"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. h3
h6 9. Qd2 Be6 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Kb1 b5 12. f4 Rc8 13. g4 Qc7 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 Ne4 16. Qg2 Ng3 17. Rh2 Nxf1 18. Qxf1 O-O 19. Rg2 exf4 20. Bxf4 Nb6 21. Qd3
Qc4 22. Qxc4 Rxc4 23. Be3 Na4 24. Bd4 Bd8 25. Re2 Rc8 26. c3 Nb6 27. Bg1 Nc4 28.
Nd4 Bf6 29. Nf5 Rce8 30. Rde1 Rxe2 31. Rxe2 g6 32. Nd4 Kg7 33. Kc2 Rh8 34. b3
Ne5 35. Be3 Rc8 36. Rf2 Bg5 37. Bxg5 hxg5 38. Nf3 Nxf3 39. Rxf3 Rc5 40. Rd3 f5
41. b4 Rc4 42. Re3 fxg4 43. hxg4 Rxg4 44. Re6 Rf4 45. Rxd6 g4 46. Re6 g3 47. Re1
g2 48. Rg1 Rg4 49. a4 Kf6 50. axb5 axb5 51. Kd3 Ke5 52. Ke3 Kxd5 53. Kf3 Rg5 54.
Kf4 Rf5+ 55. Ke3 Re5+ 56. Kf3 Kc4 57. Rxg2 g5 58. Rg4+ Kxc3 59. Kf2 Kd3 60. Rg3+
Kd2 61. Rg4 Rf5+ 62. Kg2 Kc3 63. Kg3 Kb3 64. Kg2 Rf4 65. Rxg5 Kxb4 0-1

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.10"]
[Round "9.13"]
[White "Wang, Tongsen"]
[Black "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8608067"]
[BlackFideId "13301918"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Ngf3 Qxc5 7. g3 b6 8.
Nb3 Qh5 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O Be7 11. a4 O-O 12. Ne5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bxg2 14. Kxg2
Rc8 15. a5 b5 16. Be3 Nd5 17. c3 f6 18. Nd3 Nxe3+ 19. fxe3 a6 20. g4 Ra7 21. Kf3
Kf7 22. Nd4 Rc4 23. e4 Nd7 24. Rd2 Rac7 25. Rad1 b4 26. Nxe6 Kxe6 27. Nf4+ Kf7
28. Rxd7 bxc3 29. Rxc7 Rxc7 30. Nd5 c2 31. Rc1 Rc5 32. b4 Rc4 33. h4 Bxb4 34.
Nxb4 Rxb4 35. Rxc2 Rb5 36. h5 Rxa5 37. Rc7+ Kf8 38. Rc8+ Kf7 39. Rc7+ Kf8 40.
Rc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.10"]
[Round "9.14"]
[White "Vaidyanathan, Kannan"]
[Black "Ahmadinia, Ebrahim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2083"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "30987245"]
[BlackFideId "12501891"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g3 Nbd7 8. Bg2
Rc8 9. Nh4 b5 10. Qb3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bf4 Nb6 15. e3
Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. g5 Nfd7 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. O-O O-O 20. f4 c5 21. Qxb5 cxd4
22. exd4 Rc4 23. Rad1 Rfc8 24. Nc3 Qd6 25. Ne4 Qf8 26. Nc3 Rb4 27. Qe2 Nc4 28.
b3 Na3 29. Qd2 Nb6 30. Kh1 Rd8 31. d5 Nb5 32. Nxb5 Rxb5 33. d6 Nd5 34. a4 Rb6
35. Bxd5 Rbxd6 36. Qb4 exd5 37. Rd4 Qe8 38. Qd2 Re6 39. Qg2 Re2 40. Rf2 Rxf2 41.
Qxf2 Rd7 42. Kg2 Re7 43. Kf3 Qc8 44. Kg2 Qf5 45. Qd2 Rc7 46. Qd3 Rc2+ 47. Kg3
Qc8 48. Rxd5 Kh7 49. Qf3 Qe6 50. Re5 Qb6 51. Re3 Qd8 52. Rd3 Qe7 53. Qe3 Qb7 54.
Qf3 Qb4 55. Qe3 Qa3 56. Qf3 Ra2 57. Kh4 Qc1 58. Rd1 Qc5 59. Kg3 Rc2 60. Kh4 Rf2
61. Rc1 Qb6 62. a5 Qd4 63. Rd1 Qb2 64. Rb1 Rxf3 65. Rxb2 Rxf4+ 66. Kg3 Rf5 67.
Kg4 Rxa5 68. Rc2 f5+ 69. gxf6 gxf6 70. Rc7+ Kh6 71. Rb7 Ra1 72. Rc7 Rg1+ 73. Kf3
Ra1 74. Kg4 a5 75. Ra7 Ra3 76. Rb7 a4 77. bxa4 f5+ 78. Kf4 Rxh3 79. a5 Ra3 80.
Ra7 Ra4+ 81. Kg3 Kg5 82. a6 f4+ 83. Kf3 Ra3+ 84. Ke4 Kg4 85. Ra8 f3 86. a7 f2
87. Rf8 Kg3 88. Rf6 g5 89. Rf5 g4 90. Rf8 Rxa7 91. Ke3 Re7+ 92. Kd2 Kg2 93. Kd3
f1=Q+ 94. Rxf1 Kxf1 95. Kd4 g3 96. Kd5 g2 97. Kd6 Re2 98. Kd5 g1=Q 99. Kc4 Qg4+
100. Kd3 Qe4+ 101. Kc3 Rc2+ 102. Kb3 Qc4+ 103. Ka3 Ra2# 0-1

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.10"]
[Round "9.15"]
[White "Farokhi, Keyvan"]
[Black "Sydykov, Bayastan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Keres variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12998630"]
[BlackFideId "13829610"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Ngf6 8.
O-O Bd6 9. d3 O-O 10. Nc3 c6 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Ne5 13. Bg2 Bc5 14. Qb3 Nd3
15. Qc2 Nxc1 16. Raxc1 Qe7 17. Rfe1 Bd4 18. Kh2 Qc5 19. f4 Qh5 20. Qd1 Qxd1 21.
Rexd1 Rfd8 22. Bf3 Ne8 23. e5 g5 24. fxg5 Bxe5 25. Ne4 Nd6 26. Nc5 Bxb2 27. Rb1
Be5 28. Nxb7 Nxb7 29. Rxb7 Rxd1 30. Bxd1 Rb8 31. Rd7 Rb2+ 32. Kg1 Rxa2 33. Bb3
Ra3 34. Bxf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.10"]
[Round "9.16"]
[White "Zwirs, Nico"]
[Black "Borne, Felix"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[ECO "B63"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...Be7"]
[WhiteFideId "1036432"]
[BlackFideId "551039915"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O a6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qa5 12. Kb1 Bd7 13. Qd2 Qc5 14. f5 h5
15. Be2 O-O-O 16. Bf3 Kb8 17. Rhe1 Qe5 18. h3 Bf8 19. Ne2 h4 20. Bg4 Rc8 21. Nd4
Bh6 22. Qb4 Bf4 23. Rf1 Bg3 24. Rf3 Rhe8 25. Rfd3 Qc5 26. Qd2 Be5 27. Nf3 Ba4
28. b3 Bc6 29. Nxe5 Qxe5 30. fxe6 fxe6 31. Bf3 Bxe4 32. Bxe4 Qxe4 33. Rd4 Qg6
34. Rg4 Qf5 35. Rf4 Qg6 36. Rg4 Qf5 37. Rxh4 Rc6 38. Rf4 Qg6 39. g4 Rec8 40. Qd3
Qh6 41. Rf2 d5 42. Qf3 Qh7 43. Rdd2 e5 44. Qxd5 Qxh3 45. Rxf6 Rxf6 46. Qxe5+ Ka8
47. Qxf6 Qxg4 48. Rd8 Rxd8 49. Qxd8+ Ka7 50. Qf6 Qd1+ 51. Kb2 Qd5 52. a4 Kb8 53.
Kc3 Qa5+ 54. Kd3 Qd5+ 55. Qd4 Qf3+ 56. Kd2 Qf1 57. Kc3 Qa1+ 58. Kc4 Qf1+ 59. Kb4
Qc1 60. Qd6+ Ka7 61. c3 Qh1 62. Qc5+ Kb8 63. Qd6+ Ka7 64. Qc5+ Kb8 65. Qe5+ Ka7
66. a5 Qf1 67. c4 Qg2 68. Qd4+ Kb8 69. Qd8+ Ka7 70. Qd4+ Kb8 71. c5 Qf1 72. Qe5+
Kc8 73. Qe8+ Kc7 74. Qe5+ Kc8 75. Ka3 Qc1+ 76. Ka4 Qf1 77. Qe6+ Kc7 78. Qd6+ Kc8
79. Qe6+ Kc7 80. Qb6+ Kc8 81. c6 Qa1+ 82. Kb4 Qe1+ 83. Kc4 Qc1+ 84. Kb4 Qe1+ 85.
Kc4 Qc1+ 86. Kd3 Qd1+ 87. Kc3 Qc1+ 88. Kd3 Qd1+ 89. Kc3 Qc1+ 90. Kb4 Qe1+ 91.
Kc4 Qe4+ 92. Kc3 Qe1+ 93. Kc2 Qe2+ 94. Kb1 Qe1+ 95. Ka2 Qd2+ 96. Ka3 Qc1+ 97.
Kb4 Qe1+ 98. Ka3 Qa1+ 99. Kb4 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.10"]
[Round "9.17"]
[White "Malinowsky, Levi"]
[Black "Gschnitzer, Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "16253094"]
[BlackFideId "1270337"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Qc7 7. c3 d6 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 Nf6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be3 Rb8 12. b3 Qa5 13. Rc1 Rd8 14. h3 h6 15.
Bd2 Qa6 16. Bf4 Be6 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. d5 Bd7 19. e5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. exd6 e6
22. Ne5 g5 23. Bg3 Kg8 24. Rc7 Rb7 25. Rec1 f6 26. Rxb7 fxe5 27. Rcc7 Qxd6 28.
Qa5 a6 29. Qb6 Qxb6 30. Rxb6 Kf8 31. Rxa6 d4 32. Raa7 Ke8 33. Kf1 Bf6 34. Ke1 e4
35. a4 d3 36. Kd2 h5 37. a5 Bd4 38. Rab7 h4 39. Bd6 Bxf2 40. a6 e5 41. Bc5 Bxc5
42. Rxc5 e3+ 43. Kxd3 Bxh3+ 44. Kxe3 Bxg2 45. Rh7 Ra8 46. Rcc7 Kd8 47. Rcg7 Bc6
48. Rg8+ Be8 49. Rxe8+ 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.10"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical variation, 6.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "24651516"]
[BlackFideId "5002150"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bb3
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Rc1 Na5 12. Bc2 b5 13. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.10"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Engel, Luis"]
[Black "Dau Khuong Duy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "12961523"]
[BlackFideId "12424722"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 Ng6 9. c4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Rb1 c5 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Rbd1 Bc6
15. Bc2 Rad8 16. f4 d6 17. b3 Bf6 18. Ne2 d5 19. Bxc5 dxc4 20. Qe3 cxb3 21. Bxb3
Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Ra8 23. e5 Be7 24. f5 exf5 25. e6 fxe6 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Bd4 Rf8
28. Rc1 Bd6 29. Rc3 Re8 30. Qxg6 Rxe2 31. Qxg7+ Qxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.10"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Kollars, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "12909572"]
[BlackFideId "620084"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Rc8 9. c4 g6 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. b3 Nf6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Qd2 g5 15.
Bg3 e6 16. h3 Nh5 17. Bh2 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 e5 19. Qd2 Qe7 20. Rad1 Rfd8 21. a4 Ng7
22. Kh1 Ne6 23. f3 Nd4 24. b4 Qe6 25. Qa2 Be8 26. Nd5 b5 27. cxb5 axb5 28. axb5
Rc2 29. Qb1 Rdc8 30. Ne3 R2c3 31. b6 Rb3 32. Qa1 Nxf3 33. b7 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.10"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Klimkowski, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "13702661"]
[BlackFideId "21856222"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Nf6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4+ Nbd7 8.
Qxc4 c5 9. a4 a6 10. Bf4 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Rfd1 Nd5 13. Ne1 N7f6 14. Qb3 Ra7
15. Bd2 Nb4 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. Nf3 Nc6 18. Qc4 Qa8 19. Ne4 Rd8 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21.
Bc3 Bd4 22. e3 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Rbd7 24. Rab1 Na5 25. Qf4 Rd6 26. Ng5 Qb7 27. d4
Rd5 28. Qg4 h6 29. Nf3 Nc4 30. Nd2 Nxd2 31. Rxd2 cxd4 32. cxd4 e5 33. Rdb2 b5
34. axb5 axb5 35. dxe5 Rxe5 36. Qe2 Rb8 37. Rb4 Qc6 38. h4 Rc5 39. Qf1 h5 40.
Qd1 Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.10"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Xiao, Tong(QD)"]
[Black "Peyrer, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "C79"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Steinitz defence deferred (Russian defence)"]
[WhiteFideId "8622388"]
[BlackFideId "1640879"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Bd7 7. c3 g6 8. d4 b5
9. Bc2 Bg7 10. h3 O-O 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Nf1 Nh5 13. Be3 Qe8 14. Ng3 Nxg3 15. fxg3
a5 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. g4 a4 18. g5 hxg5 19. Nxg5+ Kg8 20. Rab1 Nd8 21. d5 f6 22.
Nf3 f5 23. Bh6 f4 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Bd1 Nf7 26. Rc1 c5 27. dxc6 Bxc6 28. c4 Qb8
29. c5 Rd8 30. Qb4 Qa7 31. Kh1 Qa5 32. Qxa5 Rxa5 33. cxd6 Rxd6 34. Rc5 Bxe4 35.
Nxe5 Nxe5 36. Rxe5 Bd5 37. a3 Ra7 38. Be2 Kf6 39. Bxb5 Rb7 40. Bxa4 Rxb2 41.
R5e2 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.10"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Liu, Yan"]
[Black "Nitish, Belurkar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[ECO "A18"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Mikenas-Carls variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8608962"]
[BlackFideId "5084768"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Be7 7. d4 c5 8. Bd3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bd2 c4 11. Bc2 Nc6 12. a4 Be6 13. Rb1 O-O-O 14. Rb5 Qc7 15.
Ng5 a6 16. Rb1 Rdf8 17. f4 Qd7 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. O-O g6 20. g4 Kb8 21. f5 gxf5
22. gxf5 exf5 23. Qh5 Na5 24. Bh6 Rfg8+ 25. Kh1 Nb3 26. Qf7 Qd8 27. Bxb3 cxb3
28. Bg7 Rxg7 29. Qxg7 Rg8 30. Qf7 Rf8 31. Qe6 Qc7 32. Rxb3 Qc4 33. Rfb1 Qd3 34.
Rxb7+ Ka8 35. Ra7+ Kxa7 36. Qb6+ Ka8 37. Qb7# 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.10"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Malek, Jan"]
[Black "Deuer, Marius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Tartakower (fantasy) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "21864080"]
[BlackFideId "16236432"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 dxe4 4. fxe4 e5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. c3 Nd7 7. Be2 Bd6 8. Nbd2
Bc7 9. Nc4 Ne7 10. O-O O-O 11. Kh1 Ng6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 b5 14. Ncd2 Kh8 15.
Nxe5 Ndxe5 16. Bxg4 Nxg4 17. Qxg4 Qd6 18. Qh5 Kg8 19. Rf3 Rfe8 20. Raf1 Qe6 21.
a3 Rad8 22. Rh3 Nf8 23. Rh4 Qa2 24. Rb1 Qe6 25. Bg1 a5 26. Rh3 a4 27. Qf3 Ng6
28. Be3 Bb8 29. Rh5 Qa2 30. Qf1 Qe6 31. Rc1 Ba7 32. Rc2 Bb6 33. Bg1 Re7 34. Rh3
Qg4 35. Rd3 Red7 36. Rc1 Bc7 37. c4 bxc4 38. Rxc4 Ba5 39. Rxc6 Bxd2 40. Rxd2
Qxe4 41. Qc4+ Kh8 42. Qxa4 Nf4 43. Rc4 Qd5 44. Rc5 Qe6 45. d5 Nxd5 46. Qc4 h6
47. b4 f5 48. b5 f4 49. Rd3 Qe2 50. Qc2 Qe7 51. Rc8 Ne3 52. Rxd7 Qxd7 53. Rxd8+
Qxd8 54. Qc6 Qd1 55. b6 Nf1 56. Qc8+ Kh7 57. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.10"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Gavrilescu, David"]
[Black "Parvanyan, Ashot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Euwe variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1227190"]
[BlackFideId "13307550"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

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 Qb6 10. O-O Rc8 11. Kh1 Nb4 12. Nxb4 Bxb4 13. g4 Nh6 14. Rg1 Ng8 15.
Be3 Bf8 16. Ng5 h5 17. gxh5 Nh6 18. Bd3 Bb5 19. Bc2 Qa6 20. Rc1 Rc6 21. Re1 Bb4
22. a4 Bc4 23. b3 Bxe1 24. bxc4 Bb4 25. c5 Qa5 26. Rb1 Ke7 27. Qf3 b6 28. Rg1
Rc7 29. Nxe6 Kxe6 30. Rxg7 Kd7 1-0

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.10"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Jin, Yueheng"]
[Black "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "8616868"]
[BlackFideId "24650684"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. Nc3 g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. O-O d6
9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Qd7 12. Qd3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6+ 14. Qf3 Qxf3+
15. exf3 Rfd8 16. Rfe1 Rd7 17. Re2 Rad8 18. Rae1 e6 19. Ne4 Ne8 20. Bxg7 Kxg7
21. Rd2 d5 22. Red1 Nf6 23. Nxf6 Kxf6 24. Kf1 Ke7 25. Rc2 Rc8 26. Rcd2 Rcd8 27.
Rc2 Rc8 28. Rcd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.10"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Sargsyan, Anna M."]
[Black "Materia, Marco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13308130"]
[BlackFideId "45150451"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f3 b5 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bb7 12. g5 Nh5 13. Be5 Qxe5 14. Qxd7+
Kf8 15. Qxb7 Bxg5+ 16. Kb1 Qb8 17. Rd7 Qxb7 18. Rxb7 Bf6 19. a4 Bxc3 20. bxc3
bxa4 21. Bxa6 g5 22. Bb5 Kg7 23. c4 Rhb8 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Kb2 Nf4 26. Ra1 Ng6
27. Rxa4 Ne5 28. Kc3 Nxf3 29. Ra7 g4 30. Bd7 Kf6 31. c5 Nxh2 32. c6 g3 33. c7
Rg8 34. c8=Q Rxc8+ 35. Bxc8 g2 36. Ra1 Nf3 37. Kd3 g1=Q 38. Rxg1 Nxg1 39. Ke3
Ke5 40. c4 Kd6 41. Ba6 Nh3 42. Kf3 f6 43. Bc8 Ke5 44. Ke3 Ng5 45. Bb7 Kd6 46.
Kf4 Kc7 47. Ba6 Nf7 48. c5 Ne5 49. Be2 Kc6 0-1

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.10"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Svanda, Ondrej"]
[Black "Chen, Qi b"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[ECO "C79"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Steinitz defence deferred (Russian defence)"]
[WhiteFideId "359670"]
[BlackFideId "8614733"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Bd7 7. c3 g6 8. d4 Bg7
9. h3 O-O 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Nbd2 a5 12. Nf1 a4 13. Ng3 b5 14. Bg5 h6 15. Be3 Qe7
16. Qd2 Kh7 17. Rad1 Na5 18. b3 axb3 19. axb3 c5 20. d5 Ra6 21. Ra1 Rea8 22. Qe2
Qe8 23. Nd2 Nb7 24. Qf1 Ng8 25. Bd3 Ne7 26. Rxa6 Rxa6 27. Ra1 Qa8 28. Rb1 Qe8
29. Ra1 Qa8 30. Rb1 Qe8 31. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.10"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Rebentisch, Tom"]
[Black "Gloeckler, Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "16202627"]
[BlackFideId "34608966"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. h3
h6 9. Qd2 Be6 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Kb1 b5 12. f4 Rc8 13. g4 Qc7 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 Ne4 16. Qg2 Ng3 17. Rh2 Nxf1 18. Qxf1 O-O 19. Rg2 exf4 20. Bxf4 Nb6 21. Qd3
Qc4 22. Qxc4 Rxc4 23. Be3 Na4 24. Bd4 Bd8 25. Re2 Rc8 26. c3 Nb6 27. Bg1 Nc4 28.
Nd4 Bf6 29. Nf5 Rce8 30. Rde1 Rxe2 31. Rxe2 g6 32. Nd4 Kg7 33. Kc2 Rh8 34. b3
Ne5 35. Be3 Rc8 36. Rf2 Bg5 37. Bxg5 hxg5 38. Nf3 Nxf3 39. Rxf3 Rc5 40. Rd3 f5
41. b4 Rc4 42. Re3 fxg4 43. hxg4 Rxg4 44. Re6 Rf4 45. Rxd6 g4 46. Re6 g3 47. Re1
g2 48. Rg1 Rg4 49. a4 Kf6 50. axb5 axb5 51. Kd3 Ke5 52. Ke3 Kxd5 53. Kf3 Rg5 54.
Kf4 Rf5+ 55. Ke3 Re5+ 56. Kf3 Kc4 57. Rxg2 g5 58. Rg4+ Kxc3 59. Kf2 Kd3 60. Rg3+
Kd2 61. Rg4 Rf5+ 62. Kg2 Kc3 63. Kg3 Kb3 64. Kg2 Rf4 65. Rxg5 Kxb4 0-1

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.10"]
[Round "9.13"]
[White "Wang, Tongsen"]
[Black "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8608067"]
[BlackFideId "13301918"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Ngf3 Qxc5 7. g3 b6 8.
Nb3 Qh5 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O Be7 11. a4 O-O 12. Ne5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bxg2 14. Kxg2
Rc8 15. a5 b5 16. Be3 Nd5 17. c3 f6 18. Nd3 Nxe3+ 19. fxe3 a6 20. g4 Ra7 21. Kf3
Kf7 22. Nd4 Rc4 23. e4 Nd7 24. Rd2 Rac7 25. Rad1 b4 26. Nxe6 Kxe6 27. Nf4+ Kf7
28. Rxd7 bxc3 29. Rxc7 Rxc7 30. Nd5 c2 31. Rc1 Rc5 32. b4 Rc4 33. h4 Bxb4 34.
Nxb4 Rxb4 35. Rxc2 Rb5 36. h5 Rxa5 37. Rc7+ Kf8 38. Rc8+ Kf7 39. Rc7+ Kf8 40.
Rc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.10"]
[Round "9.14"]
[White "Vaidyanathan, Kannan"]
[Black "Ahmadinia, Ebrahim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2083"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "30987245"]
[BlackFideId "12501891"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g3 Nbd7 8. Bg2
Rc8 9. Nh4 b5 10. Qb3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bf4 Nb6 15. e3
Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. g5 Nfd7 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. O-O O-O 20. f4 c5 21. Qxb5 cxd4
22. exd4 Rc4 23. Rad1 Rfc8 24. Nc3 Qd6 25. Ne4 Qf8 26. Nc3 Rb4 27. Qe2 Nc4 28.
b3 Na3 29. Qd2 Nb6 30. Kh1 Rd8 31. d5 Nb5 32. Nxb5 Rxb5 33. d6 Nd5 34. a4 Rb6
35. Bxd5 Rbxd6 36. Qb4 exd5 37. Rd4 Qe8 38. Qd2 Re6 39. Qg2 Re2 40. Rf2 Rxf2 41.
Qxf2 Rd7 42. Kg2 Re7 43. Kf3 Qc8 44. Kg2 Qf5 45. Qd2 Rc7 46. Qd3 Rc2+ 47. Kg3
Qc8 48. Rxd5 Kh7 49. Qf3 Qe6 50. Re5 Qb6 51. Re3 Qd8 52. Rd3 Qe7 53. Qe3 Qb7 54.
Qf3 Qb4 55. Qe3 Qa3 56. Qf3 Ra2 57. Kh4 Qc1 58. Rd1 Qc5 59. Kg3 Rc2 60. Kh4 Rf2
61. Rc1 Qb6 62. a5 Qd4 63. Rd1 Qb2 64. Rb1 Rxf3 65. Rxb2 Rxf4+ 66. Kg3 Rf5 67.
Kg4 Rxa5 68. Rc2 f5+ 69. gxf6 gxf6 70. Rc7+ Kh6 71. Rb7 Ra1 72. Rc7 Rg1+ 73. Kf3
Ra1 74. Kg4 a5 75. Ra7 Ra3 76. Rb7 a4 77. bxa4 f5+ 78. Kf4 Rxh3 79. a5 Ra3 80.
Ra7 Ra4+ 81. Kg3 Kg5 82. a6 f4+ 83. Kf3 Ra3+ 84. Ke4 Kg4 85. Ra8 f3 86. a7 f2
87. Rf8 Kg3 88. Rf6 g5 89. Rf5 g4 90. Rf8 Rxa7 91. Ke3 Re7+ 92. Kd2 Kg2 93. Kd3
f1=Q+ 94. Rxf1 Kxf1 95. Kd4 g3 96. Kd5 g2 97. Kd6 Re2 98. Kd5 g1=Q 99. Kc4 Qg4+
100. Kd3 Qe4+ 101. Kc3 Rc2+ 102. Kb3 Qc4+ 103. Ka3 Ra2# 0-1

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.10"]
[Round "9.15"]
[White "Farokhi, Keyvan"]
[Black "Sydykov, Bayastan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Keres variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12998630"]
[BlackFideId "13829610"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Ngf6 8.
O-O Bd6 9. d3 O-O 10. Nc3 c6 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Ne5 13. Bg2 Bc5 14. Qb3 Nd3
15. Qc2 Nxc1 16. Raxc1 Qe7 17. Rfe1 Bd4 18. Kh2 Qc5 19. f4 Qh5 20. Qd1 Qxd1 21.
Rexd1 Rfd8 22. Bf3 Ne8 23. e5 g5 24. fxg5 Bxe5 25. Ne4 Nd6 26. Nc5 Bxb2 27. Rb1
Be5 28. Nxb7 Nxb7 29. Rxb7 Rxd1 30. Bxd1 Rb8 31. Rd7 Rb2+ 32. Kg1 Rxa2 33. Bb3
Ra3 34. Bxf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.10"]
[Round "9.16"]
[White "Zwirs, Nico"]
[Black "Borne, Felix"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[ECO "B63"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...Be7"]
[WhiteFideId "1036432"]
[BlackFideId "551039915"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O a6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qa5 12. Kb1 Bd7 13. Qd2 Qc5 14. f5 h5
15. Be2 O-O-O 16. Bf3 Kb8 17. Rhe1 Qe5 18. h3 Bf8 19. Ne2 h4 20. Bg4 Rc8 21. Nd4
Bh6 22. Qb4 Bf4 23. Rf1 Bg3 24. Rf3 Rhe8 25. Rfd3 Qc5 26. Qd2 Be5 27. Nf3 Ba4
28. b3 Bc6 29. Nxe5 Qxe5 30. fxe6 fxe6 31. Bf3 Bxe4 32. Bxe4 Qxe4 33. Rd4 Qg6
34. Rg4 Qf5 35. Rf4 Qg6 36. Rg4 Qf5 37. Rxh4 Rc6 38. Rf4 Qg6 39. g4 Rec8 40. Qd3
Qh6 41. Rf2 d5 42. Qf3 Qh7 43. Rdd2 e5 44. Qxd5 Qxh3 45. Rxf6 Rxf6 46. Qxe5+ Ka8
47. Qxf6 Qxg4 48. Rd8 Rxd8 49. Qxd8+ Ka7 50. Qf6 Qd1+ 51. Kb2 Qd5 52. a4 Kb8 53.
Kc3 Qa5+ 54. Kd3 Qd5+ 55. Qd4 Qf3+ 56. Kd2 Qf1 57. Kc3 Qa1+ 58. Kc4 Qf1+ 59. Kb4
Qc1 60. Qd6+ Ka7 61. c3 Qh1 62. Qc5+ Kb8 63. Qd6+ Ka7 64. Qc5+ Kb8 65. Qe5+ Ka7
66. a5 Qf1 67. c4 Qg2 68. Qd4+ Kb8 69. Qd8+ Ka7 70. Qd4+ Kb8 71. c5 Qf1 72. Qe5+
Kc8 73. Qe8+ Kc7 74. Qe5+ Kc8 75. Ka3 Qc1+ 76. Ka4 Qf1 77. Qe6+ Kc7 78. Qd6+ Kc8
79. Qe6+ Kc7 80. Qb6+ Kc8 81. c6 Qa1+ 82. Kb4 Qe1+ 83. Kc4 Qc1+ 84. Kb4 Qe1+ 85.
Kc4 Qc1+ 86. Kd3 Qd1+ 87. Kc3 Qc1+ 88. Kd3 Qd1+ 89. Kc3 Qc1+ 90. Kb4 Qe1+ 91.
Kc4 Qe4+ 92. Kc3 Qe1+ 93. Kc2 Qe2+ 94. Kb1 Qe1+ 95. Ka2 Qd2+ 96. Ka3 Qc1+ 97.
Kb4 Qe1+ 98. Ka3 Qa1+ 99. Kb4 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Sparkassen Open A"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2025.08.10"]
[Round "9.17"]
[White "Malinowsky, Levi"]
[Black "Gschnitzer, Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "16253094"]
[BlackFideId "1270337"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Qc7 7. c3 d6 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 Nf6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be3 Rb8 12. b3 Qa5 13. Rc1 Rd8 14. h3 h6 15.
Bd2 Qa6 16. Bf4 Be6 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. d5 Bd7 19. e5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. exd6 e6
22. Ne5 g5 23. Bg3 Kg8 24. Rc7 Rb7 25. Rec1 f6 26. Rxb7 fxe5 27. Rcc7 Qxd6 28.
Qa5 a6 29. Qb6 Qxb6 30. Rxb6 Kf8 31. Rxa6 d4 32. Raa7 Ke8 33. Kf1 Bf6 34. Ke1 e4
35. a4 d3 36. Kd2 h5 37. a5 Bd4 38. Rab7 h4 39. Bd6 Bxf2 40. a6 e5 41. Bc5 Bxc5
42. Rxc5 e3+ 43. Kxd3 Bxh3+ 44. Kxe3 Bxg2 45. Rh7 Ra8 46. Rcc7 Kd8 47. Rcg7 Bc6
48. Rg8+ Be8 49. Rxe8+ 1-0

