[Event "Esports World Cup B 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2026.08.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8. a4
Bb7 9. axb5 a6 10. bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qxc4 Bd5 12. Qc3 c5 13. Be3 Ne4 14. Qe1 Nb4 15.
Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Qc1 Nd5 17. Nc3 Ndxc3 18. bxc3 Qa5 19. c4 Rc8 20. Qa1 Qxa1 21.
Rxa1 Nd6 22. dxc5 Nxc4 23. Bd4 Bd5 24. Rc1 Bxc5 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Bf1 f5 27. Ne5
Rc7 28. f4 Kf8 29. h3 h6 30. e3 Nxe5 31. Rxc7 Nf3+ 32. Kf2 Nd2 33. Bd3 Kg8 34.
g4 g6 35. g5 hxg5 36. fxg5 Nf3 37. h4 Nxh4 38. Be2 e5 39. Rc5 Be4 40. Rxe5 Kf8
41. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Esports World Cup B 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack, Marshall variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2093596"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2026.08.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. c5 Bc7 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Be3 h6 14. Ne2 Bh7 15. Bf4
Qc8 16. Bxc7 Qxc7 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. f3 Ng5 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qd3+
Kg8 22. Nf4 Qc7 23. Qd2 Qd7 24. h4 Nh7 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Re1 Nf8 27. Rxe8 Qxe8
28. Kf2 Qe7 29. g3 Qf6 30. Qe3 Qf5 31. Qd3 Qf6 32. b4 Ne6 33. Nxe6 Qxe6 34. Qe2
Qf5 35. b5 cxb5 36. Qxb5 Qc2+ 37. Qe2 Qa4 38. Ke3 Qe8+ 39. Kf2 Qa4 40. Ke3 b6
41. cxb6 axb6 42. Qb2 Qa5 43. Kf4 Qa7 44. Qe2 Qc7+ 45. Qe5 Qc1+ 46. Kg4 Qc8+ 47.
Kf4 Qc1+ 48. Kg4 g6 49. f4 Qd1+ 50. Kh3 Qh1+ 51. Kg4 f5+ 0-1

[Event "Esports World Cup B 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Lazavik, Denis"]
[Black "Movahed, Sina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "13515110"]
[BlackFideId "42520835"]
[EventDate "2026.08.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8. a4 b4
9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Nxc4 Be4 11. Qd2 c5 12. dxc5 Na6 13. Nfe5 Nxc5 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8
15. Be3 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rdc8 17. Rfd1 Kf8 18. Na5 Ke8 19. Nec6 Nd5 20. Bd4 Bf8 21.
f3 Nb3 22. Nxb3 Rxc6 23. Rac1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Kd7 25. e4 Nc7 26. Kf2 f6 27. Ke2 e5
28. Be3 Ne6 29. f4 Bd6 30. f5 Nd8 31. g4 a6 32. Na5 Rc8 33. Rxc8 Kxc8 34. Kd3
Bc7 35. Nb3 Nb7 36. Nc5 a5 37. Nxb7 Kxb7 38. Kc4 Kc6 39. Bc5 Bd8 40. h4 Kd7 41.
Kd5 Bc7 42. b3 Bd8 43. h5 Bc7 44. Bf8 Bb6 45. Bxg7 Ke7 46. Bh6 1-0

[Event "Esports World Cup B 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "24133795"]
[EventDate "2026.08.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qe2 Be6 11. Rfd1 Qc7 12. Bb3 b5 13. Bg5 Ne8 14. Bd5 Bxg5 15.
Nxg5 Qd7 16. a4 b4 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qb7 20. c3 h6 21. Ne4 f5
22. Ng3 a5 23. Qb5 Qxb5 24. axb5 bxc3 25. bxc3 g6 26. f4 Nf6 27. fxe5 dxe5 28.
d6 Nd7 29. Nf1 Rfc8 30. Rdc1 Rc5 31. c4 Nb6 32. Nd2 a4 33. Kf2 Rd8 34. Ra3 Rxd6
35. Ke2 Kf7 36. Rd3 Ke6 37. Rxd6+ Kxd6 38. Kd3 Rc8 39. Kc3 Kc5 40. g4 Rd8 41.
gxf5 gxf5 42. Rf1 Rxd2 43. Kxd2 Nxc4+ 44. Kc3 Nd6 45. b6 Kxb6 46. Kb4 Kc6 47.
Kxa4 Kd5 48. Kb3 f4 49. Kc3 Ke4 50. Kd2 Kf5 51. Ke2 Ne4 52. Ra1 h5 53. Ra5 h4
54. Ra8 Ng5 55. Ra5 h3 56. Kf2 Ne4+ 57. Ke2 Nf6 58. Ra3 Kg4 59. Ra8 e4 60. Rf8
Kg5 61. Rh8 f3+ 62. Ke3 Kf5 63. Rxh3 Ng4+ 64. Kd2 e3+ 65. Ke1 Kf4 66. Rh4 Kg5
67. Rh8 Ne5 68. Rg8+ Kf4 69. Rf8+ Ke4 70. Re8 Kd4 71. Rd8+ Kc3 72. Rc8+ Kd3 73.
Rd8+ Ke4 74. Re8 Kf5 75. Rf8+ Kg6 76. Re8 Kf6 77. Kd1 Kf5 78. h4 Ng4 79. h5 Kf4
80. Ke1 Kg3 81. Rg8 Kf4 82. Rxg4+ Kxg4 83. h6 Kg3 84. h7 Kg2 85. h8=Q f2+ 86.
Ke2 f1=Q+ 87. Kxe3 Qf3+ 88. Kd4 Qg4+ 89. Kd5 Kg3 90. Qe5+ Qf4 91. Qxf4+ Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Esports World Cup B 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence, Gruenfeld variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2026.08.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 a5 8. O-O
Nfd7 9. Nb1 e5 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Be3 Na6 12. d5 Nf8 13. h3 Ng6 14. b4 Nf4 15. Qd2
Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 f5 17. Rab1 Rf8 18. c5 axb4 19. axb4 fxe4 20. Nd2 Bf5 21. Rfd1
Kh8 22. Nc4 dxc5 23. d6 cxd6 24. bxc5 d5 25. Nxd5 Nxc5 26. Ndb6 Nd3 27. Nxa8
Qxa8 28. Nd2 Qa6 29. Kh2 b5 30. Nf1 b4 31. Ng3 Bg6 32. Qg4 Qc8 33. Qe2 Qe6 34.
Rd2 b3 35. Qd1 b2 36. f3 Bb4 37. Rdxb2 Nxb2 38. Rxb2 Bc3 39. Rb3 Bd4 40. fxe4
Qf6 41. Bxd4 exd4 42. Rf3 Qe7 43. Rxf8+ Qxf8 44. Qxd4 h6 45. Qe5 Kh7 46. Ne2 Qa8
47. Ng3 Qc6 48. h4 Qd7 49. Qf4 Qe7 50. h5 Be8 51. Nf5 Qe6 52. g4 Bc6 53. Qc7 Bd7
54. Qc3 Qf7 55. Qe5 Qf6 56. Qxf6 gxf6 57. Ne3 Kg7 58. Kg3 Bc6 59. Kf4 Bd7 60.
Nf5+ Kh7 61. Ne7 Kg7 62. Nd5 Kf7 63. Ne3 Kg7 64. Nf5+ Kh7 65. Ke3 Ba4 66. Kd2
Bb5 67. Ke3 Ba4 68. Ke2 Bb5+ 69. Kf3 Ba4 70. Ne3 Kg7 71. Kf4 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Esports World Cup B 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Movahed, Sina"]
[Black "Lazavik, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Schmidt variation"]
[WhiteFideId "42520835"]
[BlackFideId "13515110"]
[EventDate "2026.08.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Qe2 d5 7. exd5+ Be7
8. dxc6 O-O 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Qc4 Nd5 11. Bd3 Re8+ 12. Kf1 a5 13. Bd2 Nxc3 14. Bxc3
Ba6 15. Qd4 Bxd3+ 16. cxd3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qd5 18. Qc4 Qd6 19. g3 Rab8 20. Kg2
Rxb2 21. Rhe1 Rd8 22. Re3 Rb4 23. Qc3 h6 24. Rae1 Qd5+ 25. Rf3 Rb6 26. Re5 Qxc6
27. Qxc6 Rxc6 28. Rxa5 Rcd6 29. Ra3 g5 30. h3 Kg7 31. Rc3 R8d7 32. a3 f6 33. Re3
Kg6 34. Kf3 h5 35. Ke2 Rb6 36. Re4 Rb2+ 37. Ke3 Ra2 38. g4 hxg4 39. hxg4 Rh7 40.
f3 Rd7 41. a4 Rh7 42. Rec4 Re7+ 43. Kd4 Re5 44. Rc2 c5+ 45. Rxc5 Rxa4+ 46. R2c4
Rxc5 47. Rxa4 Rc1 48. Ra5 Kf7 49. Ke4 Rf1 50. d4 Rd1 51. Kf5 Rxd4 52. Ra7+ Kf8
53. Kg6 f5 54. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Esports World Cup B 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "2093596"]
[EventDate "2026.08.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. c4 e5 8.
Qd3 f5 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Bg5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Qxe4 Qg4 13. Qxg4 Bxg4 14. a4
Rc8 15. Nd2 Be6 16. b3 d5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. O-O Bb4 19. Rac1 O-O 20. Nc4 Bxc4
21. bxc4 Rc6 22. Rfd1 Rfc8 23. Rd7 Rxc4 24. Rxc4 Rxc4 25. Rxb7 Bc3 26. Rb3 Bd4
27. Ra3 Rc2 28. Be3 Bxe3 29. fxe3 Kf7 30. Rb3 Ra2 31. Rb7+ Kf6 32. Rb6+ Kf5 33.
Rxa6 Ke4 34. Ra5 g5 35. h3 h5 36. Kh2 h4 37. Kg1 Ra1+ 38. Kf2 Ra3 39. Ra8 Ra2+
40. Kg1 Kxe3 41. a5 Ra1+ 42. Kh2 e4 43. a6 Ke2 44. a7 e3 45. g3 Ra2 46. gxh4
Kf3+ 47. Kg1 e2 48. Re8 Rxa7 49. Kh2 Ra4 0-1

[Event "Esports World Cup B 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line"]
[WhiteFideId "24133795"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2026.08.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Re8 8.
Nge2 Nbd7 9. O-O Nf8 10. Qc2 c6 11. h3 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rae1 g6 14. a3 Bd7
15. b4 a5 16. Rb1 axb4 17. axb4 Qh4 18. Kh2 Ne6 19. Ng1 Qe7 20. b5 c5 21. dxc5
Qxc5 22. Nf3 Rec8 23. Rfc1 Ra3 24. Rb3 Rxb3 25. Qxb3 d4 26. exd4 Nxd4 27. Nxd4
Qxd4 28. Ne2 Qxf2 29. Rxc8+ Bxc8 30. Qd5 Nf4 31. Nxf4 Qxf4+ 32. Kh1 Qc1+ 33. Kh2
Qc7+ 34. Kh1 b6 35. Qd4 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Qc7+ 37. Kg1 Bb7 38. Be2 Qc1+ 39. Kf2 Qc7
40. Bf3 Bxf3 41. Kxf3 h5 42. Qd5 Qc3+ 43. Ke4 Qb4+ 44. Kd3 Qb1+ 45. Kc3 Qe1+ 46.
Kb3 Qf2 47. Kc3 h4 48. Kd3 Kh7 49. Kc3 Kh6 50. Qc6 Qe3+ 51. Kc2 f5 52. Kb2 Kg5
53. Kc2 Qe4+ 54. Kc3 Qe1+ 55. Kc2 Qe3 56. Kd1 Kf4 57. Qd6+ Ke4 58. Qxg6 Qd3+ 59.
Ke1 Qxb5 60. Qe6+ Kf4 61. Kf2 Qc5+ 62. Kf1 Qc1+ 63. Kf2 Qd2+ 64. Kf1 Qd3+ 65.
Kf2 Qd4+ 66. Kf1 b5 67. Qe7 Kg3 68. Qg5+ Kh2 69. Qxf5 b4 70. Qb5 Qg1+ 71. Ke2
Qxg2+ 72. Kd1 Qf3+ 73. Kc2 b3+ 74. Kb2 Kxh3 75. Qd7+ Kh2 76. Qd6+ Qg3 77. Qe6 h3
78. Qf7 Kg1 79. Qxb3 Qxb3+ 80. Ka1 Qc4 0-1

[Event "Esports World Cup B 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.12"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Movahed, Sina"]
[Black "Lazavik, Denis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "four knights (Tarrasch) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "42520835"]
[BlackFideId "13515110"]
[EventDate "2026.08.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nd5 h6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Bb6 12. g4 Rb8 13. g5 Nb4 14. gxh6 Nxd5
15. Rg1 g6 16. exd5 Bb7 17. Ne5 Bxd5 18. Bg5 Qe8 19. h7+ Kg7 20. Qg4 Rh8 21.
O-O-O Rxh7 22. Rde1 Qe6 23. Qf4 Bxa2 24. d5 Bxd5 25. Ng4 Qd6 26. Bf6+ Kg8 27.
Be5 Qc6+ 28. Kb1 Rh3 29. Nf6+ Kf8 30. Rxg6 Rh8 31. Nxd7+ Qxd7 32. Rg3 Rh7 33.
Qg5 Be4+ 34. Ka1 Bg6 35. Bc3 b4 36. Bxb4+ Kg8 37. Qf6 Bd4 0-1

[Event "Esports World Cup B 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.12"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack, Marshall variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2093596"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2026.08.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. c5 Bc7 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Be3 h6 14. Ne2 Qc8 15. Nh4
Bh7 16. f3 Nf6 17. Bxh7+ Nxh7 18. Qd3 Nd7 19. Nf5 Ndf8 20. Bf4 Ng6 21. Bxc7 Qxc7
22. Nd6 Re6 23. f4 Ngf8 24. Ng3 Nf6 25. Ngf5 Qd7 26. Qg3 Nh5 27. Qg4 g6 28.
Nxh6+ Kg7 29. Nhf5+ Kg8 30. Qh4 f6 31. Ng3 Nxg3 32. Qxg3 f5 33. h4 Qg7 34. Qf2
b6 35. h5 bxc5 36. dxc5 Rb8 37. b3 Rb4 38. hxg6 Qxg6 39. Qd2 a5 40. Rxe6 Nxe6
41. Re1 Nxf4 42. Re8+ Kh7 43. Re7+ Kg8 44. Re8+ Kh7 45. a3 Qg5 46. Kf1 Rxb3 47.
Rh8+ Kxh8 48. Nf7+ Kg7 49. Nxg5 Rb2 50. Qxb2+ 1-0

[Event "Esports World Cup B 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.12"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "2093596"]
[EventDate "2026.08.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. Bg5 d6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. Nc3 Na5 13. Nxb5 Nxb3 14. cxb3 Qb8
15. Nc3 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qc2 Qa7 18. b4 c6 19. b5 cxb5 20. Nxb5 Qa6 21. Nc3
Rc8 22. Qb3 Bc6 23. h3 Bd8 24. d4 Qa5 25. dxe5 dxe5 26. Rd1 Bb6 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28.
exd5 Qc5 29. Rf1 Re8 30. Qa4 Rd8 31. Nxe5 Qxd5 32. Nf3 Qc5 33. Qe4 Qb5 34. Qc2
Rb8 35. b3 Bc5 36. Rb1 Bf8 37. Qe4 Qb6 38. g3 Bc5 39. Qc2 Bb4 40. Kg2 Qb7 41.
Rd1 Bf8 42. Rd3 Rc8 43. Rc3 Rb8 44. h4 Qd5 45. Qd3 Qb7 46. Qc4 Re8 47. Qc6 Qb8
48. Rd3 Re6 49. Qd5 Rd6 50. Qc4 Rf6 51. Re3 Qb7 52. Qe4 Qb5 53. Nd4 Qc5 54. Rf3
Rd6 55. Qe8 Qd5 56. Nf5 Rd7 57. h5 Rb7 58. b4 Qd7 59. Qxd7 Rxd7 60. Rb3 Rd5 61.
Ne3 Rb5 62. Nc2 Be7 63. g4 Kf8 64. f4 f5 65. Nd4 Rxb4 66. Rxb4 Bxb4 67. Nxf5 Kf7
68. Kf3 Bd2 69. Ke4 Bc1 70. Nd4 Bd2 71. Ne2 Kf6 72. Nd4 Bc1 73. Nb3 Bb2 74. Nc5
Bc1 75. Nd3 Bd2 76. Nb2 Bc3 77. Nc4 Bb4 78. Ne3 Bd2 79. Nd5+ Kf7 80. Kf5 Bc1 81.
Nb6 Ba3 82. Nc4 Bc1 83. Ne5+ Kg8 84. Nd3 Bd2 85. Kg6 Kf8 86. f5 Bc3 87. Nf4 Kg8
88. Nd5 Bd2 89. f6 gxf6 90. Nxf6+ Kh8 91. Ne4 Bf4 92. Nc5 1-0

[Event "Esports World Cup B 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.12"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Lazavik, Denis"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "D03"]
[Opening "Torre attack (Tartakower variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "13515110"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2026.08.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Bd3 b6 7. c3 Bb7 8. Qe2
Ne4 9. Bf4 O-O 10. O-O Bd6 11. Rfe1 Re8 12. Bxd6 cxd6 13. a4 a6 14. Rac1 e5 15.
Bb1 Nef6 16. h3 Rc8 17. Qd1 e4 18. Nh2 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qe2 Bc6 21. f3 Nb6
22. b3 exf3 23. Nhxf3 Ne4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Nh2 d5 26. b4 Re6 27. Nb3 Rg6 28.
Nc5 Nc4 29. Ng4 Qg5 30. Ne5 Nxe5 31. dxe5 Qxe5 32. Rf1 h6 33. Qd2 Rd8 34. Ra1
Bd7 35. Kh1 Qh5 36. Nxd7 Rxd7 37. Ra8+ Kh7 38. Rf8 Ra6 39. Qe1 Ra2 40. Qg3 Qg6
41. Qxg6+ Kxg6 42. Re1 Rc2 43. Rc8 Ra7 44. Rc6+ f6 45. Rc5 Raa2 46. Rg1 Re2 47.
Rxd5 Rxe3 48. Rxb5 Rxc3 49. Rb7 Rb2 50. b5 Rcc2 51. b6 e3 52. Re7 Rc3 53. b7
Rcb3 54. Re1 Rxb7 55. Rxb7 Rxb7 56. Rxe3 Rb1+ 57. Kh2 Rb7 58. Rg3+ Kf7 59. Rf3
Rc7 60. g4 Kg6 61. Kg3 h5 62. Rb3 Rc5 63. Ra3 Kg5 64. Rb3 h4+ 65. Kf3 Ra5 66.
Rc3 g6 67. Rb3 Ra2 68. Rb5+ f5 69. gxf5 gxf5 70. Rb8 Ra3+ 71. Kg2 Ra2+ 72. Kf3
Rh2 73. Rg8+ Kf6 74. Rf8+ Kg6 75. Rg8+ Kf7 76. Rh8 Rxh3+ 77. Kf4 Kg6 78. Rg8+
Kf6 79. Rf8+ Kg6 80. Rg8+ Kf6 81. Rf8+ Kg7 82. Rxf5 Kg6 83. Rg5+ Kf6 84. Rg4 Rh1
85. Kf3 Kf5 86. Rf4+ Kg5 87. Rg4+ Kh5 88. Rd4 Ra1 89. Kg2 Ra2+ 90. Kh3 Ra3+ 91.
Kg2 Rg3+ 92. Kh2 Re3 93. Rd5+ Kg4 94. Rd4+ Kg5 95. Rd5+ Kg6 96. Rd4 Re2+ 97. Kh3
Re3+ 98. Kxh4 Re1 99. Kg3 Kf5 100. Rf4+ Ke5 101. Rf3 Rg1+ 102. Kf2 Rg7 103. Re3+
Kd4 104. Rf3 Rh7 105. Rg3 Rh2+ 106. Rg2 Rh4 107. Rg3 Re4 108. Kf3 Re3+ 109. Kg2
Re8 110. Kh3 Ke4 111. Kg2 Rh8 112. Kf2 Rh2+ 113. Rg2 Rh4 114. Rg3 Rf4+ 115. Kg1
Rf5 116. Kg2 Rd5 117. Kh3 Kf4 118. Rg4+ Ke3 119. Rg3+ Ke2 120. Rg2+ Kf1 121. Rg3
Rd4 122. Rg4 Rd8 123. Rg3 Kf2 124. Kg4 Rg8+ 0-1

[Event "Esports World Cup B 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Lazavik, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange, Rubinstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "13515110"]
[EventDate "2026.08.12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 g6 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. O-O
e6 9. h3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Re1 h5 12. Na3 a6 13. Nc2 Kf8 14. Ne3 Kg7 15. Ne5
Qc7 16. Nf3 b5 17. a4 b4 18. c4 dxc4 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Nxc4 Rad8 21. Nce5 Nxe5
22. Rxe5 Ne4 23. Rc1 Qd6 24. Qb3 Rc8 25. Re1 Rhd8 26. h4 Rc7 27. g3 Rdc8 28. Re2
Rc4 29. Kg2 Rxd4 30. Nxd4 Qxe5 31. Qxb4 Qd5 32. Nf3 Rc4 33. Qb3 Nc5 34. Qe3 Nxa4
35. Rd2 Qe4 36. b3 Rc3 37. Qxe4 fxe4 38. Ng5 e3 39. fxe3 Nb6 40. Ra2 Rxb3 41.
Rxa6 Nc4 42. e4 Rb2+ 43. Kg1 Ne5 44. Ra7 Rb5 45. Kg2 Rb6 46. Kg1 Kf6 47. Nh7+
Kg7 48. Ng5 Rb2 49. Kf1 Kg8 50. Ra8+ Kg7 51. Ra7 Rb1+ 52. Kg2 Rb2+ 53. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Esports World Cup B 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2093596"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2026.08.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. c3 O-O 7. Bg5 Be7 8. h3 d6
9. Nbd2 h6 10. Be3 b5 11. Bc2 d5 12. O-O d4 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Bf4 Nb4 15. a3
Nxc2 16. Qxc2 c5 17. Nb3 Nd7 18. Ne5 Qb6 19. Rac1 Qf6 20. Nxd7 Bxd7 21. Bg3 Rac8
22. Nd2 c4 23. Nf3 Bxh3 24. e5 Qc6 25. dxc4 bxc4 26. Qd1 Bg4 27. Nxd4 Bxd1 28.
Nxc6 Rxc6 29. Rfxd1 c3 30. Rxc3 Rxc3 31. bxc3 Rc8 32. e6 fxe6 33. Be5 Rc5 34.
Bd6 Bxd6 35. Rxd6 Rxc3 36. Rxa6 Kf7 37. Kf1 Rc2 38. Rb6 Ra2 39. Rb3 h5 40. Rf3+
Ke7 41. Rh3 Kf6 42. Rf3+ Ke7 43. Rb3 Kf6 44. Ke1 h4 45. Kf1 g5 46. f3 Kf5 47.
Kg1 e5 48. Re3 g4 49. fxg4+ Kxg4 50. Rxe5 Rxa3 51. Kh2 h3 52. Re4+ Kf5 53. Rb4
hxg2 54. Kxg2 Ra2+ 55. Kf3 Ra3+ 56. Ke2 Ra2+ 57. Kd3 Ra3+ 58. Kc4 Rf3 59. Kb5
Kg5 60. Rc4 Rf5+ 61. Rc5 Rxc5+ 62. Kxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Esports World Cup B 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.13"]
[Round "51.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Charousek (Petrosian) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2026.08.12"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 Nf6 7. e3 Nh5 8. Be5
Nd7 9. Be2 Nxe5 10. dxe5 g6 11. Bxh5 gxh5 12. O-O-O Qd7 13. e4 Qg4 14. Nf3 dxe4
15. Nxe4 Bf5 16. Rhe1 O-O 17. h3 Qf4+ 18. Re3 Kh8 19. g3 Qh6 20. Nd4 Bxh3 21. f4
Bg4 22. Rh1 Rad8 23. Nf3 Qg6 24. Neg5 Qxc2+ 25. Kxc2 Bc5 26. Rc3 Bf2 27. Nd2
Bf5+ 28. Kc1 Bg6 29. Nge4 Bd4 30. Rb3 b6 31. Nf6 a5 32. a4 b5 33. axb5 a4 34.
Rf3 Bxb2+ 35. Kxb2 Rxd2+ 36. Ka3 Rfd8 37. bxc6 Bf5 38. Rxh5 Bb1 39. f5 Ra2+ 40.
Kb4 Rb2+ 41. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Esports World Cup B 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.13"]
[Round "51.1"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Movahed, Sina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "semi-Slav, Marshall gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "24133795"]
[BlackFideId "42520835"]
[EventDate "2026.08.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8.
Ne2 Na6 9. Ba5 b6 10. Qd6 Bd7 11. Bc3 Nf6 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Ng3 Qh4 14. Qa3
Kb7 15. Rd4 Qg5+ 16. f4 Qc5 17. b4 Qe7 18. Be2 Bc8 19. Rhd1 Rxd4 20. Rxd4 Rd8
21. Rxd8 Qxd8 22. Bf3 Qd3 23. Kb2 Bd7 24. Qb3 Nc7 25. Ne2 Ne4 26. Bxg7 Qd2+ 27.
Ka3 Nd6 28. Be5 Kc8 29. Bxd6 Qxd6 30. Kb2 Qd2+ 31. Kb1 e5 32. fxe5 Bf5+ 33. Ka1
Qe1+ 34. Kb2 Ne6 35. Qc3 Qb1+ 36. Ka3 c5 37. Bd5 cxb4+ 38. Qxb4 Qd3+ 39. Nc3 Nc5
40. Qb2 Be6 41. Qc1 Qd4 42. Qc2 Nd3 43. Kb3 Bf5 44. Qd1 Qc5 45. a3 Qe3 46. Bxf7
Nc5+ 47. Kb4 a5+ 48. Kb5 Bd7+ 49. Qxd7+ Nxd7 50. Nd5 Qc5+ 51. Ka6 Qxc4+ 52. Ka7
Qc5 53. Ne7+ Qxe7 54. Bd5 Qc5 55. Bb7+ Kc7 56. e6 b5+ 57. Ka8 Qb6 58. exd7 Qxb7# 0-1

[Event "Esports World Cup B 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.13"]
[Round "51.2"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2026.08.12"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bb2
Nc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bf6 12. Qd2 Nf4 13. gxf4 Qxd2 14. Nxd2
Bxb2 15. Rab1 Bf6 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Rfd1 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. Nd6 Be7 20. Nxb7
Bxb7 21. Bxb7 Rd8 22. Ba6 Ba3 23. Bd3 Rd4 24. Rd1 Rxf4 25. Bc4 Kf8 26. Rd7 Bc5
27. e3 Rf5 28. Rb7 a5 29. Kg2 h5 30. h3 g5 31. Be2 h4 32. Bf3 Bb4 33. Bh5 Be1
34. f3 Bb4 35. Kf1 Be7 36. Ke2 Rc5 37. Kd3 Rd5+ 38. Kc2 Rc5+ 39. Kd3 Rd5+ 40.
Ke2 Rc5 41. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Esports World Cup B 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.13"]
[Round "51.2"]
[White "Movahed, Sina"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "42520835"]
[BlackFideId "24133795"]
[EventDate "2026.08.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. d3 e6 8. f5
gxf5 9. exf5 d5 10. Bb5 Nf6 11. O-O Qc7 12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Ng5 Qe7
15. Re1 Bd7 16. Bf4 O-O 17. Be5 d4 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Nce4 Qg6 20. Qe2 Bc6 21.
Nf3 Rf4 22. Ng3 Bd5 23. Rf1 Raf8 24. Nd2 Bh6 25. Nde4 c4 26. Kh1 cxd3 27. cxd3
e5 28. Rxf4 Bxf4 29. Rf1 Bxa2 30. Nh5 Bd5 31. Nxf4 exf4 32. h3 b6 33. Rf3 Qf5
34. Kh2 Qe5 35. Kg1 Bxe4 36. dxe4 Rd8 37. Rd3 a5 38. Qf3 b5 39. Kh1 a4 40. Rd2
Kh8 41. Qd3 b4 42. Qa6 b3 43. Qxa4 Qxe4 44. Qa6 Qe1+ 45. Kh2 Qg3+ 46. Kh1 Re8
47. Qf6+ Kg8 48. Rd1 d3 49. Qd4 Re1+ 50. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 51. Kh2 Qg3+ 52. Kh1 Qe1+
53. Kh2 d2 54. Qd8+ Kf7 55. Qd7+ Kf6 56. Qd6+ Kf5 57. Qd5+ Qe5 58. Qd3+ Kf6 59.
Qxd2 f3+ 60. Kg1 Qc5+ 61. Kh2 Qc7+ 62. Kg1 Qc5+ 63. Kh2 fxg2 64. Qf4+ Ke6 65.
Qg4+ Kd6 66. Kxg2 Qc2+ 67. Kg3 Qxb2 68. Qb4+ Kd5 69. Qb5+ Kd4 70. Qb4+ Kd3 71.
Qb5+ Kc2 72. Qe2+ Kb1 73. Qe1+ Qc1 74. Qb4 Qc2 75. Kh4 Kb2 76. Qe1 Qc1 77. Qe5+
Qc3 78. Qe7 Qd4+ 79. Kh5 Kc2 80. Kh6 Qd3 81. Qf6 b2 82. Qf2+ Kb1 83. Qg1+ Kc2
84. Qa7 Qd2+ 85. Kxh7 Qc3 86. Qf2+ Qd2 87. Qf5+ Qd3 88. Kh8 b1=Q 89. Kg7 Qb2+
90. Qf6 Qf5 91. Kg8 Qfxf6 0-1

[Event "Esports World Cup B 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.13"]
[Round "51.3"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Movahed, Sina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Stoltz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24133795"]
[BlackFideId "42520835"]
[EventDate "2026.08.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. e4 Qc7 12. Qe2 Ne5 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Nb5 Qxc4
15. Qxc4 Nxc4 16. Bxd6 Nxd6 17. Nxd6 Ne8 18. Rfd1 b6 19. Ne5 Nxd6 20. Rxd6 Bb7
21. f3 f6 22. Nc4 Rac8 23. Ne3 Rfd8 24. Rad1 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Rc1+ 26. Kf2 Bc8 27.
Rd8+ Kf7 28. b3 b5 29. h4 a5 30. h5 Ke7 31. Rg8 Kf7 32. Rd8 Ke7 33. Rd2 Bd7 34.
h6 gxh6 35. Ng4 h5 36. Nxf6 Kxf6 37. Rxd7 Rc2+ 38. Kg3 Rxa2 39. Rb7 b4 40. Rxh7
Ke5 41. Rxh5+ Kd4 42. f4 Kxe4 43. Re5+ Kd4 44. Rxe6 Ra3 45. f5 Rxb3+ 46. Kh4 Rb1
47. f6 b3 48. Kg5 Rf1 49. Rb6 Kc3 50. Rc6+ Kd3 51. Rb6 Kc3 52. Rc6+ Kd3 53. Rb6
Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Esports World Cup B 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.13"]
[Round "52.1"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Movahed, Sina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2093596"]
[BlackFideId "42520835"]
[EventDate "2026.08.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 b6 7. Bd3 Ba6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Nc3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. d5 exd5 13. Qxd5 Na6 14. Rd1 Qc7
15. Bg5 Rae8 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Bf4 Nb8 18. Ng5 Qc6 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Qd3 Qg6 21. Bg3
Nc6 22. f4 f5 23. Nd6 Bxd6 24. Qxd6 Rf7 25. Qxg6 hxg6 26. Rd6 g5 27. fxg5 f4 28.
g6 Rff8 29. Bf2 Nxe5 30. Bd4 Nc6 31. Rxd7 Nxd4 32. Rxd4 Re6 33. Rf1 Rxg6 34.
Rfxf4 Rxf4 35. Rxf4 Rc6 36. Ra4 a5 37. Ra3 Kf7 38. Kf2 Ke6 39. Ke3 Kd5 40. Kd3
Rh6 41. Ra4 Rxh2 42. Rg4 Rh1 43. Rg5+ Kc6 44. Kc2 b5 45. Rxg7 Rg1 46. Rg5 Kb6
47. Kb2 Kc6 48. Kb3 Rb1+ 49. Kc2 Rg1 50. c4 bxc4 51. Kc3 Rc1+ 52. Kd4 Kb6 53.
Rf5 c3 54. Kd3 c2 55. Rf2 Rg1 56. Rxc2 Kb5 57. Ke4 a4 58. Kf3 a3 59. g4 Kb4 60.
Kf4 Rf1+ 61. Kg3 Rg1+ 62. Kh3 Rb1 63. g5 Rb2 64. Rg2 Rb1 65. g6 Rf1 66. g7 1-0

[Event "Esports World Cup B 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.13"]
[Round "52.1"]
[White "Lazavik, Denis"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "13515110"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2026.08.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Rd1 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Nxc4 a5 14. Nfe5 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 c6 16. e4 Qc7 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. Qe2 Nd7 19. Nf3 Nb6 20. b3 Nxc4 21.
bxc4 b6 22. h4 Bb4 23. h5 Rac8 24. Rd3 Qe7 25. Rcd1 Qe8 26. Qc2 Be7 27. Qb3 Rb8
28. Ne5 Bd6 29. Ng4 Bb4 30. Qc2 Rb7 31. Ne5 Bd6 32. Ng4 Bb4 33. Ne5 Bd6 34. Ng4
f5 35. exf5 exf5 36. Re3 Qxh5 37. Ne5 Bxe5 38. Rxe5 Rf7 39. d5 Qg4 40. f3 Qg6
41. Rde1 cxd5 42. cxd5 Qf6 43. f4 Qd6 44. Rd1 Qg6 45. Rde1 h5 46. Re6 Rf6 47.
Rxf6 Qxf6 48. Re5 Rf8 49. Qd3 h4 50. d6 Rd8 51. d7 Qc6+ 52. Qd5+ Qxd5+ 53. Rxd5
hxg3 54. Kxg3 g6 55. Rd6 Kf7 56. Kh4 Rh8+ 57. Kg3 Rd8 58. Kh4 Rh8+ 59. Kg3 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Esports World Cup B 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.13"]
[Round "52.2"]
[White "Movahed, Sina"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Rubinstein counter-gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "42520835"]
[BlackFideId "2093596"]
[EventDate "2026.08.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxe5 Nxb5 6. Nxb5 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
O-O d5 9. d3 Re8 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Bd2 Be6 12. Re1 Bf8 13. Qf3 Nb4 14. Rac1 f6
15. Ng4 Nc6 16. Qg3 Kh8 17. Bf4 Qd7 18. h3 Nd4 19. Bxc7 h5 20. Ne3 Rac8 21. Bf4
g5 22. Bxg5 fxg5 23. Qxg5 Qg7 24. Qxh5+ Kg8 25. Ne4 Bf7 26. Qd1 Bg6 27. c3 Bxe4
28. dxe4 Ne6 29. Nf5 Qh7 30. Qg4+ Kh8 31. Rcd1 Bc5 32. h4 Rg8 33. Qf3 Rcf8 34.
Rd5 Rf7 35. g3 Qg6 36. Kf1 Bf8 37. Red1 Nc5 38. Qe3 Qg4 39. Nh6 Bxh6 40. Qxh6+
Rh7 41. Qf6+ Rhg7 42. R1d4 Ne6 43. Rd3 Rf8 44. Qe5 Kg8 45. Ke1 Qh3 46. Ke2 Rxf2+
47. Kxf2 Rf7+ 48. Ke3 Qf1 49. Rd8+ Nf8 50. Kd4 Qf2+ 51. Kc4 Qxb2 52. Qg5+ Kh7
53. Qh5+ Kg7 54. Qe5+ Kh7 55. Kd4 Qb6+ 56. Kc4 Rc7+ 57. Qxc7+ Qxc7+ 58. Kb3 Qb6+
59. Kc2 Qf2+ 60. Rd2 Qf3 61. R2d4 Ne6 62. R8d7+ Kg6 63. R4d6 Qxe4+ 64. Kb2 Kf5
65. Rd5+ Kf6 66. R5d6 Qe2+ 67. Kb3 Qb5+ 68. Kc2 Ke5 69. Rd5+ Qxd5 70. Rxd5+ Kxd5
71. Kd3 Nc5+ 72. Ke3 Ke5 73. g4 Na4 74. c4 Nb2 75. c5 Na4 76. h5 Nxc5 77. h6 Kf6
78. g5+ Kg6 79. Kf4 Ne6+ 80. Ke5 Nxg5 81. h7 Nxh7 82. Kd6 Nf6 83. Kc7 b5 84. Kb7
b4 85. Kxa7 Nd5 86. Ka6 Nc3 87. Ka5 Nxa2 88. Ka4 b3 89. Kxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Esports World Cup B 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.13"]
[Round "52.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Lazavik, Denis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "13515110"]
[EventDate "2026.08.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. h3 h6 7. Re1 d6 8. c3 a6
9. Nbd2 Ba7 10. Bb3 Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Ba4 b5 13. Bc2 d5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Ng3
Qd7 16. Nh4 Bc5 17. Nhf5 Bf8 18. a4 Rad8 19. Bd2 b4 20. a5 b3 21. Bxb3 Bxb3 22.
Qxb3 Qxd3 23. Be3 Qd5 24. Qa4 Qe6 25. Rad1 Rd5 26. Rxd5 Nxd5 27. Bc1 Rd8 28. Rd1
Rd7 29. Ne3 Nf4 30. Rxd7 Qxd7 31. Ng4 Nd3 32. Bxh6 Nxb2 33. Qe4 Qe6 34. Bc1 Nc4
35. Nf5 N6xa5 36. h4 Nd6 37. Nxd6 cxd6 38. Ne3 Nb3 39. Bb2 Nc5 40. Qa8 Qb3 41.
Nd5 f6 42. h5 Qd1+ 43. Kh2 Qxh5+ 44. Kg1 Qd1+ 45. Kh2 Qb3 46. c4 Qxb2 47. Ne7+
Kf7 48. Nc6 Qxf2 49. Nd8+ Kg8 50. Qd5+ Kh7 51. Qf7 Qh4+ 52. Kg1 e4 53. Qxf8 e3
54. Qe8 Qf2+ 55. Kh2 Qf4+ 56. Kg1 Qe5 57. Qxe5 dxe5 58. Nc6 Kg6 59. Kf1 Kf5 60.
Ke2 Ke4 61. Nb4 a5 62. Nc2 a4 63. Nxe3 a3 64. Nc2 a2 65. Na1 Kd4 66. Kd2 Kxc4
67. Kc2 e4 68. Kc1 Nb3+ 0-1

