[Event "Esports World Cup B 2025"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2025.07.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "25092340"]
[EventDate "2025.07.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O c5 8. Bb2
cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Rad1 Bf8 13. Ne5 dxc4 14. bxc4 g6
15. f4 Bg7 16. Nb5 Bf8 17. a4 a6 18. Nc3 Bg7 19. a5 bxa5 20. c5 Qc7 21. Bc4 Rad8
22. Bxa6 Nxe5 23. fxe5 Nd5 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Ne4 Qc6 26. h4 Rb8 27. Bc1 a4 28.
h5 Rf8 29. Qg4 a3 30. Bxa3 Rb3 31. Bc1 Ne7 32. h6 Bh8 33. Nd6 Qd5 34. Qe4 f6 35.
exf6 Rxf6 36. Rfe1 Qxe4 37. Rxe4 Nd5 38. Bg5 Rf8 39. Rxe6 Rb4 40. Kh2 Rxd4 41.
Rc1 Rg4 42. Be3 Nxe3 43. Rxe3 Bd4 44. Re4 Rxe4 45. Nxe4 Rf4 46. Nd2 Be5 47. Kh3
Rf5 48. Nf3 Bc7 49. c6 Rh5+ 50. Kg4 Rxh6 51. Rd1 Rh5 52. Rd7 Bb6 53. Rb7 Ba5 54.
Ng5 Rh1 55. Rb8+ Kg7 56. Rb7+ Kg8 57. Ne4 h5+ 58. Kg5 Rc1 59. Nf6+ Kf8 60. Kxg6 1-0

[Event "Esports World Cup B 2025"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2025.07.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2025.07.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. Re1 Nc6 11. d5 Nb8 12. Nbd2 Nd6 13. Bf1 Nd7 14. Nb3 h6 15.
Bf4 Re8 16. Rc1 Bg6 17. Na5 Rb8 18. Nd4 Bf8 19. Rxe8 Nxe8 20. Nb5 Nd6 21. Rxc7
a6 22. Bxd6 Bxd6 23. Nxb7 Rxb7 24. Rxb7 axb5 25. Rxb5 Ne5 26. a4 Qg5 27. g3 Qf5
28. Be2 Qc8 29. a5 Be4 30. a6 Bc5 31. Qa4 Nf3+ 32. Bxf3 Bxf3 33. Qf4 Bxf2+ 34.
Kxf2 Qc2+ 35. Kxf3 Qd3+ 36. Qe3 Qxb5 37. a7 Qf1+ 38. Ke4 Qc4+ 39. Ke5 Qc7+ 40.
d6 Qa5+ 41. Ke4 Qa4+ 42. Kd5 Qb5+ 43. Qc5 Qb7+ 44. Kc4 Qa6+ 45. Kb4 Qb7+ 46. Ka5 1-0

[Event "Esports World Cup B 2025"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2025.07.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2025.07.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Bf5 4. g3 h6 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. Nbd2
c6 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. e4 Bh7 11. Qe2 a5 12. a4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Qc7 14. Nd4 Rfd8 15.
Rad1 Bb4 16. h3 e5 17. Nf5 Nf8 18. Rf1 b5 19. Nf3 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Re8 21. Ba1 Qb8
22. Kh1 Bc5 23. Bc3 bxa4 24. bxa4 Bxf2 25. Nxe5 Bxf5 26. Qxf2 Nxe4 27. Bxe4
Bxe4+ 28. Nf3 Qc8 29. Kh2 Qf5 30. Rf1 Bxf3 31. Qxf3 Qxf3 32. Rxf3 Re2+ 33. Kg1
Rxc2 34. Bxa5 Ra2 35. Rf4 Ne6 36. Rc4 Ng5 37. h4 Nf3+ 38. Kf1 Nd2+ 39. Bxd2 Rxd2
40. Rxc6 Ra2 41. Rc4 h5 42. Ke1 f6 43. Kd1 Kf7 44. Kc1 Ke6 45. Kb1 Ra3 46. g4
hxg4 47. Rxg4 Kf5 48. Rc4 g5 49. Kb2 Re3 50. hxg5 fxg5 51. a5 Re6 52. Rc5+ Kf4
53. Rc4+ Kf5 54. Kc3 g4 55. Rc5+ Kf4 56. Kb4 g3 57. Rc1 g2 58. Kb5 Kf3 59. a6
Rxa6 60. Kxa6 Kf2 61. Rc2+ Kf3 62. Rxg2 Kxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Esports World Cup B 2025"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2025.07.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "25092340"]
[BlackFideId "35009192"]
[EventDate "2025.07.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. e3 d5 4. Qc2 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d4 O-O 7. Be2 Bg4 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Qb3 b6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e6 12. O-O Nc6 13. Bd2 Rc8 14. Rfc1 Na5 15.
Qc2 b5 16. Qd3 Nc4 17. Nxb5 Qb6 18. Na3 Qxb2 19. Nxc4 Rxc4 20. Rcb1 Qc2 21. Qxc2
Rxc2 22. Bb4 Rfc8 23. Bd1 R2c6 24. Ba4 Rb6 25. Bc5 Rxb1+ 26. Rxb1 Ne4 27. Bd7
Rd8 28. Rb7 a6 29. f3 Nd2 30. Kf2 Nc4 31. Ke2 Bf8 32. Rc7 Rb8 33. Rc8 Rxc8 34.
Bxc8 a5 35. Ba6 Nd6 36. Bb6 a4 37. Bc5 f6 38. g4 Kf7 39. Kd3 e5 40. Kc3 Ke6 41.
Kb4 Bh6 42. dxe5 fxe5 43. Kxa4 Kd7 44. Kb3 Kc6 45. Ba7 Nb7 46. Bxb7+ Kxb7 47.
Bc5 Kc6 48. Kb4 Bg5 49. a4 Bh4 50. Bf8 Be1+ 51. Kb3 Bd2 52. e4 d4 53. Kc4 h5 54.
gxh5 gxh5 55. Bb4 Bf4 56. Kd3 Kb6 57. Bd2 Bg3 58. Kc4 Kc6 59. a5 h4 60. Bg5 Bf2
61. Be7 Bg3 62. Bf6 Kb7 63. Be7 Ka6 64. Bb4 Bf4 65. Kd3 Kb5 66. Be1 Bg5 67. Ke2
Bd8 68. Kd3 Bg5 69. f4 Bxf4 70. Bxh4 Kxa5 71. Bf6 Kb6 72. h4 Kc6 73. h5 Kd7 74.
Bg7 Ke6 75. h6 Kf7 76. Bh8 Kg6 77. Bg7 Kh7 78. Ke2 Kg6 79. Kf3 Kh7 80. Bf6 d3
81. Be7 d2 82. Bc5 d1=Q+ 83. Kf2 Qh5 0-1

[Event "Esports World Cup B 2025"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2025.07.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "35009192"]
[EventDate "2025.07.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 a6 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Rb3 Qe7
15. Rxb7 Rc8 16. O-O Qd8 17. Rfb1 Qa5 18. f5 Bc5 19. R1b3 exf5 20. h4 Be6 21.
Kh2 O-O 22. h5 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Rc4 24. Qb6 Qxb6 25. R7xb6 d4 26. Ne2 Rxc2 27. Rb2
Rxb2 28. Rxb2 d3 29. Nf4 Bc4 30. Kg3 Rd8 31. Rd2 Bxa2 0-1

[Event "Esports World Cup B 2025"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2025.07.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "E17"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "old main line, 6.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2025.07.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. Nc3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Qc8 11. b3 Nc6 12. Rd1 Rd8 13. Bb2 Qb7 14. e4 Rac8
15. Qe2 Ne5 16. f4 Ng6 17. Nf3 b5 18. cxb5 Bb4 19. Rac1 Bxc3 20. Bxc3 Nxe4 21.
Bd4 h5 22. a4 h4 23. Qe3 Nd6 24. Bxa7 Nf5 25. Qf2 hxg3 26. hxg3 e5 27. Kh2 exf4
28. gxf4 Nh6 29. Kg3 Qe4 30. Ng5 Qf5 31. Qf3 Ne5 32. Qe4 Qg4+ 33. Kf2 Qh4+ 34.
Kf1 Ng6 35. Bf2 Qh5 36. Qf3 Ng4 37. Qh3 Qxh3+ 38. Nxh3 Rb8 39. Ba7 Rb7 40. Bd4
Ne7 41. Re1 Nf5 42. Bg1 d5 43. b6 d4 44. a5 d3 45. a6 Rbd7 46. Rc7 d2 47. Rxd7
Ng3+ 48. Kg2 dxe1=Q 49. Rxd8+ Kh7 50. Ng5+ Kg6 51. Nf3 Qe2+ 52. Kxg3 Nh6 53. Rd5
Qxa6 54. Rg5+ Kh7 55. b4 f5 56. Rh5 Kg6 57. Rg5+ Kh7 58. Rh5 Qb5 59. Rh2 Kg8 60.
Bd4 Nf7 61. Rc2 Nd6 62. Kg2 Qd5 63. Bg1 Qe4 64. Rd2 Nf7 65. Rd4 Qc6 66. Bf2 Qxb6
67. Rd5 Qg6+ 68. Kf1 Qc6 69. Rd3 Qe4 70. Rb3 Qxf4 71. Nd4 Qc1+ 72. Kg2 Qg5+ 73.
Kf1 Qc1+ 74. Kg2 Qc4 75. b5 Qd5+ 76. Kf1 Nd6 77. Ke2 Qe4+ 78. Kd2 Nc4+ 79. Kc3
Na5 80. Kb4 Nxb3 81. Kxb3 Qb1+ 82. Kc4 Qf1+ 83. Kc5 Qxf2 84. b6 Qg2 0-1

[Event "Esports World Cup B 2025"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2025.07.29"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "D80"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "Stockholm variation"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2025.07.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. cxd5 Nxg5 6. h4 Ne4 7. Nxe4 Qxd5 8.
Nc3 Qd6 9. h5 Bg7 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. h6 Bf6 12. e3 O-O 13. Qb3 Nd7 14. Ne4 Qb6 15.
Rc1 c6 16. Bc4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 e6 18. Ke2 Qxb3 19. Bxb3 Be7 20. f4 Rfd8 21. Kf3
Nf6 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. Rxc5 Kf8 24. Bc2 Nd5 25. Be4 Ke7 26. b4 a6 27. Rb1 Nb6 28.
Bc2 Nd7 29. Rc3 f5 30. a4 Nf6 31. Rc5 Nd7 32. Rc3 Nf6 33. Bd3 Rd6 34. Rc5 Nd7
35. Rc2 Nb6 36. Ra2 Nd5 37. Rb3 Nf6 38. Ra1 Ng4 39. Rh1 Nf6 40. Rc1 Nd5 41. Rb2
Rd7 42. Rc5 Nb6 43. Bc2 Rd6 44. Bb3 Nd7 45. Rc1 Nf6 46. Ke2 Nd7 47. Kd3 Nb6 48.
Ra1 Rdd8 49. Bd1 Nd5 50. Bf3 Rd7 51. Kc2 Nb6 52. Kb3 Kf6 53. Rg1 Nc8 54. Rc2 Nd6
55. Rh1 Ke7 56. Rc5 Rad8 57. Rc2 Ra8 58. Be2 Ne4 59. Bd3 Nd6 60. Rc5 Nf7 61. b5
cxb5 62. axb5 Nd6 63. Ra1 Rb8 64. bxa6 bxa6+ 65. Kc3 Rb6 66. f3 Ra7 67. Kd2 Kd7
68. e4 Nb7 69. Rc2 a5 70. d5 exd5 71. exf5 gxf5 72. Bxf5+ Kd6 73. Rg1 Nc5 74.
Rg7 Rbb7 75. Rg8 a4 76. Rd8+ Kc6 77. Be6 Rc7 78. f5 a3 79. Bxd5+ Kb5 80. Rb8+
Ka5 81. Rc3 Ka4 82. f6 Nd7 83. Rxc7 Rxc7 84. Ra8+ Kb4 85. f7 Kc5 86. Be6 Kb4 87.
Ke2 Rc2+ 88. Ke3 Rc3+ 89. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Esports World Cup B 2025"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2025.07.30"]
[Round "51.1"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Benko's opening"]
[WhiteFideId "25092340"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2025.07.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. g3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Qa4 Nd7 4. cxd5 Nb6 5. Qb3 cxd5 6. a4 Nf6 7. Nf3 Nc4 8. Bg2
e6 9. O-O Be7 10. d3 Na5 11. Qd1 O-O 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. Na3 b6 14. Qb1 a5 15. Rc1
Bb7 16. Nb5 Rc8 17. Bf4 h6 18. Qa2 Bc5 19. d4 Bb4 20. Qb3 Ne4 21. Rc2 g5 22. Be3
f5 23. Nd2 Nd6 24. Nxd6 Bxd6 25. Nf3 Nb4 26. Rxc8 Bxc8 27. Rc1 Ba6 28. Qd1 Na2
29. Rc2 Nb4 30. Rc1 Na2 31. Ra1 Nb4 32. Bd2 Qf6 33. Bxb4 Bxb4 34. Rc1 Rc8 35.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 36. Qc2 Qd8 37. g4 Kg7 38. Ne5 Bd6 39. gxf5 exf5 40. Qc6 Qc7 41. Qxd5
Qc1+ 42. Bf1 Qc7 43. e3 Bb7 44. Qe6 Bxe5 45. dxe5 Qc6 46. Qxc6 Bxc6 47. Bb5 Bd5
48. f4 Kf7 49. Bd7 Be4 50. Kf2 Ke7 51. Bb5 Bc2 52. Ke2 Be4 53. Bc4 Bc2 54. b3
Be4 55. Kf2 Bc2 56. Kg3 Be4 57. fxg5 hxg5 58. h4 gxh4+ 59. Kxh4 Bc2 60. Kg5 Be4
61. Kf4 Bc2 62. Bd5 Bd3 63. Kf3 Bc2 64. Kf2 Bd1 65. Ke1 Bc2 66. Kd2 Bb1 67. Kc3
Kd7 68. Kc4 Bc2 69. Kb5 Kc7 70. e6 Bd3+ 71. Bc4 Be4 72. e7 Bc6+ 73. Ka6 Be8 74.
Bb5 Bxb5+ 75. Kxb5 Kd7 76. Kxb6 1-0

[Event "Esports World Cup B 2025"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2025.07.30"]
[Round "51.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "KP"]
[Variation "Nimzovich defence"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "25092340"]
[EventDate "2025.07.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Bb5 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Qf3 O-O 10. h3 Re8 11. Bf4 c5 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 d5 14. Rfe1 c6
15. Re2 Bf8 16. Rae1 Qd7 17. Bg5 Rxe2 18. Rxe2 Re8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. b3 Bd6 21.
g3 Re7 22. Kg2 Qe8 23. Rxe7 Qxe7 24. Ne2 Qe5 25. c4 d4 26. Kf1 Bf8 27. Nc1 Qc7
28. Nd3 Qa5 29. Qg4+ Kh8 30. Qe2 Bd6 31. Kg2 Qc3 32. Kf3 a5 33. Qd1 a4 34. Kg4
Kg7 35. Kh5 axb3 36. axb3 Qa5 37. Qc1 Kg8 38. h4 Qa2 39. Qb2 Qa6 40. g4 Qa8 41.
Qe2 Qb8 42. g5 fxg5 43. f6 Qc8 44. Qf3 Qe6 45. hxg5 Bf8 46. Kh4 Qc8 47. Ne5 Qe6
48. Nd3 Qc8 49. Qe4 Qb8 50. Ne5 Qxb3 51. Nd7 Qb7 52. Qe8 Qxd7 53. Qxd7 h6 54.
gxh6 Bxh6 55. Kh5 Bf8 56. f4 d3 57. Qxd3 Kh8 58. Qd8 Kg8 59. Qe8 Kh7 60. f5 Kg8
61. Qxc6 Kh7 62. Qd7 Kg8 63. Qd3 Kh7 64. Qg3 Bh6 65. Qg4 Bf8 66. Kh4 Bh6 67. Kg3
Bf8 68. Kf3 Bh6 69. Ke4 Bf8 70. Kd5 Kh6 71. Qh5+ Kxh5 72. Kc6 Kg5 73. Kd7 Kxf6
74. Kc6 Kxf5 75. Kc7 Ke4 76. Kb7 Kd4 77. Kb6 Kxc4 0-1

[Event "Esports World Cup B 2025"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2025.07.30"]
[Round "52.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Classical defence deferred"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "25092340"]
[EventDate "2025.07.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Bc5 5. c3 Nge7 6. O-O Ng6 7. d4 Ba7 8. Bg5
f6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Re1 d6 11. Nbd2 Kh8 12. Bb3 Qe8 13. h3 Nd8 14. Nf1 Ne6 15. Ng3
Nef4 16. Qd2 Bd7 17. Nf5 Rd8 18. Rad1 Bb8 19. d5 Nh5 20. Kh2 Ngf4 21. g4 g6 22.
Ng3 Ng7 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Qxf4 Ba7 25. Kg2 Qf7 26. Nd4 Rde8 27. Bc2 Qg8 28. Qf3
Re7 29. b4 Re5 30. Kh2 h5 31. gxh5 Nxh5 32. Rg1 Qh7 33. Nxh5 Rxh5 34. Rg3 Qh6
35. Ne6 Bxe6 36. dxe6 Re5 37. Rdg1 g5 38. h4 Kg7 39. Rh3 Rh8 40. Rgg3 Qg6 41.
Kg2 Kf8 42. hxg5 Rxh3 43. Rxh3 Rxg5+ 44. Kf1 Rg1+ 45. Ke2 Rg2 46. Rh6 Qxh6 47.
Qxg2 Qh5+ 48. Kd3 Qb5+ 49. c4 Qe5 50. Bb3 Qd4+ 51. Ke2 Qb2+ 52. Kf3 Qd2 53. e7+
Kxe7 54. Qg7+ Ke8 55. c5 Qd3+ 56. Kf4 Qd2+ 57. Kf5 Qg5+ 58. Qxg5 fxg5 59. Kxg5
dxc5 60. bxc5 Bxc5 61. f4 b5 62. e5 Be3 63. Kf5 c5 64. Ke4 Bc1 65. Bd5 c4 66.
Bb7 c3 67. Bxa6 Bxf4 68. Bxb5+ Kd8 69. Bd3 Bh6 70. Kd5 Bg7 71. a4 Kc7 72. e6 Bf6
73. Bc2 Be7 74. Ke5 Kc6 75. Bb3 Kc5 76. Bd1 Kc4 77. Bc2 Kc5 78. Kf5 Kd5 79. a5
Kc5 80. Bd3 c2 81. Bxc2 Kb5 82. Kg6 Kxa5 83. Kf7 Bd6 84. Bf5 Kb6 85. Ke8 Kc5 86.
Kd7 Kd5 87. Be4+ Ke5 88. Bc6 Bc5 89. Bb7 Kf6 90. Bg2 Be7 91. Bh1 Bf8 92. Bd5 Be7
93. Bb7 Ba3 94. Bc6 Be7 95. Bf3 Ba3 96. Bg2 Be7 97. Bh3 Ba3 98. Bf1 Be7 99. Be2
Ba3 100. e7 Bxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Esports World Cup B 2025"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2025.07.30"]
[Round "52.2"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "East Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "25092340"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2025.07.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Nb5 Na6 6. e3 O-O 7. h3 Ne4 8. c3 c6
9. Na3 Nc7 10. Be2 f6 11. O-O Be6 12. c4 Bf7 13. Rc1 Ne6 14. Bh2 Qb6 15. Qc2 g5
16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Nb5 Bg6 18. Qb3 Rfd8 19. Nc7 Qxb3 20. axb3 Nxc7 21. Rxc7 e6
22. Rxb7 Bf8 23. Rc1 Rdc8 24. Rcc7 Rxc7 25. Bxc7 a5 26. Bb5 Nd6 27. Bxd6 Bxd6
28. Rb6 Rd8 29. Kf1 Bc2 30. Be2 Kf7 31. Ne1 Bg6 32. Rb7+ Kf8 33. Bd3 Rb8 34.
Rxb8+ Bxb8 35. Bxg6 hxg6 36. Nd3 Bd6 37. Ke2 Ke7 38. g4 Bb4 39. f4 gxf4 40. exf4
Bd6 41. h4 Kf7 42. Ke3 Ke7 43. Kf3 Kf7 44. g5 Bb4 45. Ke3 f5 46. Ke2 Kf8 47. Kf3
Kf7 48. Ke2 Kf8 49. Nf2 Bd6 50. Ke3 Bb4 51. Nh3 Be1 52. Ng1 Kf7 53. Nf3 Bb4 54.
Ke2 Kf8 55. Ne5 Kg7 56. Nd3 Kf7 57. Nc5 Ke7 58. Kf3 Kf7 59. Ke3 Ke7 60. Na4 Be1
61. Nc3 Bxh4 62. b4 axb4 63. Ne2 b3 64. Nc1 Be1 65. Nxb3 Bb4 66. Nc1 Bd6 67. Nd3
Kd7 68. Ne1 Bb4 69. Nf3 1-0

