[Event "Esports World Cup PI 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "East Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5072786"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2026.08.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Nb5 Na6 6. e3 O-O 7. h3 Ne4 8. Nd2
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 c6 10. Na3 Nc7 11. Be2 Re8 12. O-O e5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Rxe5
15. c4 Qe7 16. Rfd1 Bf5 17. cxd5 Rxd5 18. Qc3 Rad8 19. Nc4 Be4 20. a3 h5 21.
Rxd5 Nxd5 22. Qe1 Qg5 23. Bf1 Nf6 24. f3 Bd5 25. h4 Qh6 26. Rd1 Qf8 27. Qc3 Qe7
28. e4 Bxc4 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. Bxc4 Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Nd7 32. e5 Nf8 33. Qe3 Qd8 34.
Kg3 Qe7 35. f4 a6 36. Qd4 Ne6 37. Bxe6 Qxe6 38. Kh2 Kg7 39. b4 b5 40. Kg1 Kg8
41. Qd8+ Kg7 42. Qd4 Kg8 43. g3 Qb3 44. Kf2 Qa2+ 45. Kg1 Qxa3 46. Kf2 Qa2+ 47.
Kg1 Qe6 48. Qb6 Qd5 49. Qxa6 Qd4+ 50. Kg2 Qxb4 51. Qxc6 Qb3 52. Qe8+ Kg7 53. Qd8
b4 54. e6 Qa2+ 55. Kg1 Qa1+ 56. Kg2 Qa2+ 57. Kg1 Qxe6 58. Qc8 Qxc8 0-1

[Event "Esports World Cup PI 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "12539929"]
[EventDate "2026.08.11"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O Nd7 5. c4 dxc4 6. Na3 Nb6 7. Ne5 f6 8.
Nexc4 e5 9. d3 h5 10. h4 Be6 11. Bd2 Bxa3 12. bxa3 Nxc4 13. dxc4 Ne7 14. Qc2 Qc7
15. Rab1 Rb8 16. Rfd1 O-O 17. Bf3 Bf7 18. c5 Rfd8 19. Be1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21.
Rb1 Rd7 22. a4 Qd8 23. e4 Kh7 24. a5 a6 25. Be2 Qg8 26. a3 Qd8 27. Kh2 Kg8 28.
Kg1 Kh8 29. Kh2 Kg8 30. Kg1 Kh8 31. Kh2 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Esports World Cup PI 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "14120828"]
[EventDate "2026.08.11"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. d5 Na6 7. Nc3 Nc5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 e6 10. e4 d6 11. Qc2 a5 12. h3 Re8 13. Be3 exd5 14. exd5 Nfe4 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Rad1 Nc5 17. Nd4 a4 18. Kh2 Qd7 19. h4 Re7 20. b4 axb3 21. axb3
Rae8 22. Bh3 f5 23. b4 Ne4 24. Ne6 Bc3 25. Re2 Bxb4 26. Bd4 Rxe6 27. dxe6 Rxe6
28. Ba1 Qe7 29. Bg2 c5 30. Rd3 g5 31. Qb2 gxh4 32. Qh8+ Kf7 33. Rf3 hxg3+ 34.
Rxg3 Nxg3 35. Qxh7+ Ke8 36. Rxe6 Qxe6 37. Bxb7 Ne4 38. Kg2 Qe7 39. Qg8+ Qf8 40.
Qe6+ Qe7 41. Qc8+ Qd8 42. Qxf5 Qg5+ 43. Qxg5 Nxg5 44. Bd5 Ke7 45. Kg3 Bd2 46.
Kg4 Ne6 47. Kf5 Nd4+ 48. Ke4 Nb3 49. Bb2 Bg5 50. Bc3 Bf6 51. Be1 Nd4 52. f4 b5
53. cxb5 Nxb5 54. Kf5 Nd4+ 55. Kg6 Ne6 56. Bd2 Nc7 57. Bf3 c4 58. Ba5 Ne6 59.
Bd2 c3 60. Bc1 Nd4 61. Be4 Ne2 62. Ba3 Nxf4+ 63. Kf5 Ne6 64. Bd3 c2 65. Kg4 Nd4
66. Bb2 Nb3 67. Bxc2 Bxb2 68. Bxb3 Kf6 69. Kf3 Be5 70. Ke2 Ke7 71. Kd3 Kd7 72.
Ke4 Kc7 73. Bd5 Kb6 74. Kf5 Ka5 75. Ke6 Kb4 76. Kd7 Kc5 77. Ke6 Kd4 78. Bc6 Kc5
79. Bd5 Kb4 80. Be4 Kc3 81. Kd5 Kd2 82. Bf5 Ke3 83. Be6 Kf2 84. Bg8 Kg3 85. Bf7
Bf4 86. Be6 Kf3 87. Bd7 Ke3 88. Bc8 Be5 89. Be6 Kf3 90. Bc8 Kg3 91. Bb7 Kh4 92.
Bc6 Kg5 93. Bb5 Kf6 94. Bc4 Ke7 95. Bd3 Kd8 96. Be4 Bf4 97. Bf5 Bg3 98. Be4 Bh2
99. Bd3 Kc7 100. Be2 Kb6 101. Bf3 Ka5 102. Be4 Kb4 103. Bf5 Kc3 104. Be6 Kd2
105. Bf7 Ke3 106. Be8 Kf4 107. Bd7 Kg5 108. Bc6 Kf6 109. Bb7 Ke7 110. Bc6 Kd8
111. Bb5 Kc7 112. Bd3 Bg3 113. Be4 Bf4 114. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Esports World Cup PI 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "5...Nd7"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "8603405"]
[EventDate "2026.08.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. b3 Bd6
9. Bb2 O-O 10. a4 c5 11. a5 bxa5 12. Nb5 Bb8 13. Bc3 a4 14. Rxa4 a6 15. Ba5 Qe7
16. Nc3 Rc8 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bc4 Bc6 20. Ra2 Nf6 21. Qe2 Bd6 22.
Rd1 Qb7 23. Be1 Bb5 24. h3 Nd5 25. Bxb5 axb5 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Rc1 Rc8 28. Rc2
h6 29. Qd3 Qa6 30. dxc5 Rxc5 31. Rxc5 Bxc5 32. Qc2 Bd6 33. Qe2 Bc5 34. Qc2 Be7
35. Qd3 Bf6 36. Bd2 g5 37. g3 Ne7 38. Bc3 Bxc3 39. Qxc3 Qc6 40. Qf6 Ng6 41. Nd4
Qd5 42. Qf3 Qxf3 43. Nxf3 e5 44. g4 Kf8 45. Nd2 Ke7 46. Ne4 Kd7 47. Kf1 Kc6 48.
Ke2 Ne7 49. Kd3 Kd5 50. b4 Nc6 51. Nc3+ Ke6 52. Nxb5 Nxb4+ 53. Ke4 Nd5 54. Kd3
Nb4+ 55. Ke4 Nd5 56. Kd3 Nb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Esports World Cup PI 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "C71"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence, Three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14120828"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2026.08.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bb3 Na5 7. d4 exd4 8. Qxd4
Bb7 9. Bg5 Ne7 10. Nd5 f6 11. Bxf6 Nxb3 12. axb3 gxf6 13. Nxf6+ Kf7 14. Ng5+ Kg6
15. h4 h5 16. f4 Qc8 17. Ne8 Qxe8 18. Qxh8 Bg7 19. Qh7+ Kf6 20. e5+ dxe5 21.
fxe5+ Kxe5 22. Qxg7+ Kd6 23. O-O-O+ Nd5 24. Rhe1 Qf8 25. Re6+ Kc5 26. Qd4# 1-0

[Event "Esports World Cup PI 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "5072786"]
[EventDate "2026.08.11"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. a3 b5
9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. Nd4 Qb6 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15.
Qd4 Bb7 16. Bd3 Ne4 17. Ne2 f5 18. Qe3 Qc7 19. Nd4 Rae8 20. Rae1 g5 21. h3 Kh8
22. Nf3 gxf4 23. Qxf4 Rg8 24. Kh2 Rg7 25. Rg1 Reg8 26. Nd4 Qe7 27. Be2 Bc8 28.
Bf3 b4 29. a4 Bd7 30. b3 Rg6 31. Re3 Qg7 32. Re2 Ng5 33. Rf1 a5 34. Rfe1 Qh6 35.
Rf1 Bc8 36. Rff2 Qg7 37. Re1 Ba6 38. Nb5 Ne4 39. Bxe4 dxe4 40. Rg1 Bxb5 41. axb5
Qe7 42. g4 fxg4 43. Rg3 Rg5 44. Qxe4 h5 45. b6 Qg7 46. b7 Rxe5 47. Qd4 Rb5 48.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 49. hxg4 h4 50. Re3 Rxb7 51. Rxe6 Rc7 52. Rf5 Rgc8 53. Kh3 Rxc2 54.
Kxh4 R8c6 55. Re7+ Kg6 56. Rff7 Rh2+ 57. Kg3 Rh8 58. Rg7+ Kf6 59. Rgf7+ Kg6 60.
Rg7+ Kh6 61. Kh4 Rg6 62. g5+ Rxg5 63. Rxg5 Rf8 64. Re6+ Kh7 65. Re7+ Kh6 66.
Re6+ Kh7 67. Re7+ Rf7 68. Rxf7+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Esports World Cup PI 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "12539929"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2026.08.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 b6 4. Bg5 Bb7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e4 d6 8.
Bb5+ Nd7 9. Qe2 a6 10. Bd3 c5 11. a4 Qc7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfe1 g6 14. Nf1 Bg7 15.
Ng3 Rfc8 16. h3 cxd4 17. cxd4 e5 18. d5 Bh6 19. Nf1 Nc5 20. Ne3 a5 21. Bb5 Ba6
22. Bxa6 Nxa6 23. Nd1 Qc4 24. Nc3 Qxe2 25. Rxe2 Rc4 26. Nb5 Rd8 27. Ra3 Nc5 28.
Nc3 Nd3 29. Ne1 Nxe1 30. Rxe1 Bd2 31. Re2 Bxc3 32. bxc3 Rdc8 33. Re3 f5 34. f3
fxe4 35. fxe4 Rf8 36. Rb3 Rb8 37. Ra3 Rf8 38. Rb3 Rb8 39. Ra3 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Esports World Cup PI 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Kaufmann attack"]
[WhiteFideId "8603405"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2026.08.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 Be7 6. d4 d5 7. Bd3 Bb4+ 8. Kf1
c6 9. h4 h6 10. Qb3 Ba5 11. Qa3 Bc7 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bd6 14. c5 Bc7 15. Bd2
O-O 16. Re1 Re8 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. g3 Bg4 19. Kg2 Nd7 20. Re1 Qd8 21. Nh2 Be6
22. Qc1 b6 23. Bxh6 gxh6 24. Qxh6 Nf8 25. Nf3 Qd7 26. Qg5+ Kh8 27. Ne5 Bxe5 28.
Qxe5+ Kg8 29. Qg5+ Kh8 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Re5 1-0

[Event "Esports World Cup PI 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.11"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "East Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5072786"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2026.08.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Nb5 Na6 6. e3 O-O 7. h3 Ne4 8. Nd2
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 c6 10. Nc3 Nb8 11. O-O-O b5 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. e4 b4 14. Ne2 Qb6 15.
h4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Nf6 17. Bf3 h5 18. Be5 a5 19. Nf4 a4 20. Qe3 Bf5 21. Bxf6 exf6
22. Be4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 b3 24. a3 f5 25. Qd3 bxc2 26. Qxc2 Bxd4 27. Rd2 Rfb8 28.
Rhd1 c5 29. Nd5 Qb7 30. Ne3 Qe7 31. Nc4 Qxh4 32. f3 Rb3 33. Rd3 Rb7 34. Qe2 Rab8
35. R3d2 Re7 36. Qd3 Rb3 37. Qc2 Reb7 38. Re2 Qf6 39. g4 hxg4 40. fxg4 Bxb2+ 41.
Nxb2 Rxb2 42. Qxb2 Rxb2 43. Rxb2 fxg4 44. Rc2 Qa1+ 45. Kd2 Qxa3 46. Rdc1 Qb4+
47. Ke2 Qe4+ 48. Kf2 Qf3+ 49. Kg1 Qg3+ 50. Kh1 Qf3+ 51. Kg1 Qg3+ 52. Kf1 Qf3+
53. Ke1 Qe3+ 54. Kd1 Qd3+ 55. Rd2 Qf1+ 56. Kc2 Qc4+ 57. Kb2 Qb4+ 58. Kc2 Qb3# 0-1

[Event "Esports World Cup PI 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.11"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "12539929"]
[EventDate "2026.08.11"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5
Bxd5 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. d4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. Qc2 Nbd7 14. Qb1 Rac8
15. Ng5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Ba3 17. Bxa3 Qxa3 18. Rfd1 h6 19. Nge4 Qb4 20. Qd3 a5 21.
Qf3 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Ne5 23. Qf4 Ng6 24. Qe3 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Ne7 26. Rc4 Nd5 27. Nf6+
Nxf6 28. Rxb4 axb4 29. Qxb6 Ra8 30. Qxb4 Rxa2 31. Qd4 Nd5 32. e4 Nf6 33. b4 e5
34. Qc4 Rb2 35. Kf3 h5 36. h3 Rb1 37. b5 Kh7 38. Qc6 Rb3+ 39. Kg2 Rb4 40. b6
Nxe4 41. b7 Nd6 42. Qxd6 Rxb7 43. Qxe5 g6 44. f4 Kg8 45. f5 Kh7 46. f6 Ra7 47.
Qe7 1-0

[Event "Esports World Cup PI 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2026.08.11"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. O-O Re8 8. d5
c6 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Nd4 Bb7 11. c4 Qb6 12. Nc3 Nc5 13. Rb1 a5 14. Ba1 Rad8 15.
a3 e5 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 exd4 18. bxc5 Qa7 19. Qxd4 Nd5 20. Nb5 Qxa1 21. Qxa1
Bxa1 22. Nxd6 Nc3 23. Rxb7 Nxe2+ 24. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Esports World Cup PI 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "St. George defence"]
[WhiteFideId "8603405"]
[BlackFideId "14120828"]
[EventDate "2026.08.11"]

1. e4 a6 2. d4 e6 3. Bd3 d5 4. e5 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bd7 7. O-O Nh6 8. a3 cxd4
9. cxd4 Nf5 10. Bc2 Qb6 11. Bxf5 exf5 12. Nc3 Be6 13. b4 Be7 14. Na4 Qb5 15. Nc5
O-O 16. Bg5 Bxc5 17. bxc5 Na5 18. Rb1 Qd7 19. Qd3 h6 20. Bd2 Nc4 21. Rb3 Rfb8
22. Rfb1 f4 23. Qc3 Bf5 24. Re1 g5 25. h4 Qe7 26. e6 fxe6 27. Ne5 Nxe5 28. Rxe5
Rc8 29. Qb2 b5 30. cxb6 Rc2 31. Qb1 Qf7 32. Qd1 Rb8 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. g4 fxg3
35. Rxg3 Rxb6 36. Rxg5+ 1-0

[Event "Esports World Cup PI 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2026.08.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. Qe2 Nd7 8.
Nb3 Bb6 9. Ng5 Nf8 10. Nxe6 Nxe6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nd2 Qd7 13. a4 f6 14. Nc4 Bc5
15. Bd2 b5 16. Ne3 Nd4 17. Qd1 Rfd8 18. h3 Kh8 19. Qg4 b4 20. b3 Qf7 21. Rac1
Qg6 22. Kh1 Qxg4 23. hxg4 Ne2 24. Rce1 Bxe3 25. Bxe3 Nd4 26. Bxd4 Rxd4 27. g3 c5
28. Kg2 Kg8 29. Re3 Rad8 30. f4 c4 31. bxc4 b3 32. cxb3 Rxd3 33. Rxd3 Rxd3 34.
fxe5 Rxb3 35. exf6 Rb4 36. e5 Rxc4 37. Rd1 gxf6 38. exf6 Rxg4 39. Rd7 Rxa4 40.
Rg7+ Kf8 41. Rxh7 Ra6 42. Rxc7 Rxf6 43. Rxa7 Rb6 44. Kh3 Kg8 45. Kh4 Rb5 46. g4
Rc5 47. g5 Rc6 48. Kh5 Rd6 49. Kg4 Rb6 50. Kf5 Rb5+ 51. Kg6 Rb6+ 52. Kh5 Rc6 53.
Re7 Rb6 54. Kg4 Rc6 55. Kf5 Rb6 56. Re6 Rxe6 57. Kxe6 Kg7 58. Kf5 Kf7 59. g6+
Kg7 60. Kg5 Kg8 61. Kf6 Kf8 62. g7+ Kg8 63. Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Esports World Cup PI 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Opening "Four knights game"]
[WhiteFideId "14120828"]
[BlackFideId "8603405"]
[EventDate "2026.08.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. h3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Nxd5 6. exd5 e4 7. Nh2 Ne5 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. f4 exf3 11. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Qh4 13. d4 Bd6 14. Bg4 b6
15. Qd3 Re1 16. Bd2 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 h5 18. Bf5 Ba6 19. c4 Re8 20. Rf1 Re7 21. Rf3
Re8 22. Bxd7 Re4 23. g3 Qe7 24. Bf5 Rxd4 25. Qe3 Qxe3+ 26. Bxe3 Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "Esports World Cup PI 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.11"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Capablanca variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "8603405"]
[EventDate "2026.08.11"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Be7 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8.
Bg2 Be6 9. O-O Qd7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qa4 Rad8 12. Rfc1 Bd5 13. Bc5 Bxf3 14. Bxf3
Bxc5 15. Rxc5 Nd4 16. Qxd7 Nxf3+ 17. exf3 Rxd7 18. Rxe5 Rfd8 19. Rc1 c6 20. Rc3
Kf8 21. Re3 Rd4 22. f4 a5 23. Kf1 a4 24. Ke2 Rb4 25. Rc2 Rd5 26. Re4 Rdb5 27.
Rxb4 Rxb4 28. Kd2 Rb5 29. Kc1 Rd5 30. Rc3 Ke7 31. Kc2 Kd6 32. Rc4 b5 33. Re4 Kd7
34. Re5 Rd6 35. Rh5 h6 36. Re5 f6 37. Re4 Rd5 38. d4 f5 39. Re5 Rxd4 40. Rxf5
Rc4+ 41. Kd3 Rb4 42. Kc2 Rc4+ 43. Kb1 Rd4 44. Rf7+ Ke6 45. Rxg7 Rd1+ 46. Kc2 Rf1
47. Rg6+ Kd5 48. Rxh6 Rxf2+ 49. Kc3 Rf3+ 50. Kb4 Rf2 51. Kc3 Rf3+ 52. Kb4 Rf2
53. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Esports World Cup PI 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.11"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Opening "Bishop's opening"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "8603405"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2026.08.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 O-O 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Be6 10. Bb3 Nb8 11. d4 Nbd7 12. Re1 Re8 13. Qd3 Nf8 14. dxe5 dxe5
15. Qb5 Ng6 16. Rad1 Qc8 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. g3 c6 19. Qc5 Qc7 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21.
Rd3 Qb6 22. Qa3 Rad8 23. Red1 Rxd3 24. cxd3 c5 25. Nd2 Rd8 26. Nc4 Qb5 27. Qxa7
Rxd3 28. Qb8+ Nf8 29. Rxd3 Qb1+ 30. Kg2 Qxd3 31. Nd6 h5 32. Qc7 Kh8 33. Qe7 Nh7
34. Qd8+ Kg7 35. Ne8+ Kf7 36. Qxd3 1-0

[Event "Esports World Cup PI 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.11"]
[Round "51.1"]
[White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "5072786"]
[BlackFideId "12539929"]
[EventDate "2026.08.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. a4 b4 12. Nb1 cxd4 13. exd4 Bd6 14. Nbd2 Qc7 15.
Nc4 O-O 16. Nfe5 Nd5 17. Qe4 f5 18. Qe2 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 a5 21. Bd2
Rfc8 22. Rac1 Qb6 23. Bb5 Bc6 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. h3 Rac8 26. Rxc6 Rxc6 27. Qd3 h6
28. g4 fxg4 29. hxg4 Qc7 30. Qg6 Qf7 31. Qe4 h5 32. Kg2 hxg4 33. Qxg4 Rc2 34.
Rc1 b3 35. Qe4 Qb7 36. Rxc2 bxc2 37. Kf3 Qb3+ 38. Kg2 Qxb2 39. Qg6 Nc7 40. Qg5
Qb7+ 41. Kh2 Qf3 42. Qd8+ Qf8 43. Qd4 Nd5 44. Kg2 Qf5 45. Qc4 Nb4 46. Qc7 Qe4+
47. Kg3 Qd3+ 48. Be3 Qg6+ 49. Kh2 Qf5 50. Qd8+ Kh7 51. Qh4+ Kg6 52. Qd4 Nd3 53.
f4 Ne1 54. Kg3 Nd3 55. Qc4 Nb4 56. Kf3 Qh3+ 57. Ke2 Qg2+ 58. Ke1 Kf5 59. Bd2
Qe4+ 60. Qxe4+ Kxe4 61. Ke2 Nd3 62. f5 c1=Q 63. Bxc1 Nxc1+ 64. Kd2 Kxf5 65. Kxc1
Kxe5 66. Kd2 Kd5 67. Ke2 Kc4 68. Kf2 Kb4 69. Kg3 Kxa4 70. Kg4 Kb4 71. Kf4 a4 72.
Ke5 a3 73. Kxe6 a2 74. Kf7 a1=Q 75. Kg6 Qf6+ 76. Kh7 g5 77. Kg8 Qe7 78. Kh8 Kc5
79. Kg8 Kd6 80. Kh8 Ke6 81. Kg8 Kf6 82. Kh8 Qg7# 0-1

[Event "Esports World Cup PI 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.11"]
[Round "51.1"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Charousek (Petrosian) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2026.08.11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be2
Nc6 9. O-O Be6 10. h3 h6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. a3 a6 14. Qd3 Qe7 15. Ne5
Rfd8 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 17. Na4 Ne4 18. b4 Bd6 19. Rxc6 bxc6 20. Bxd6 Rxd6 21. Qxa6
Bxh3 22. gxh3 Rg6+ 23. Kh2 Kh7 24. Qc8 Nd6 25. Qa6 Qg5 26. Bf3 Ne4 27. Qe2 f5
28. Nc5 h5 29. Nd3 d4 30. Nf4 Rh6 31. Rg1 Qh4 32. Qc2 Nd6 33. Rg2 g5 34. Qxc6 g4
35. Qd7+ Kh8 36. Bd5 Qf6 37. Rg1 Qe5 38. Rc1 dxe3 39. Rc8+ Nxc8 40. Qxc8+ Kg7
41. Qg8+ Kf6 42. Qd8+ Kg7 43. Qg5+ Kh7 44. Qg8# 1-0

[Event "Esports World Cup PI 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.11"]
[Round "51.2"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2026.08.11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. Qc2 h6 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bf4 O-O 9. e3 c6 10. h3 Re8 11. Bd3 Nf8 12. O-O Bd6 13. Ne5 Be6 14. Bh2 Rc8 15.
f4 c5 16. Kh1 cxd4 17. exd4 Bb4 18. f5 Bd7 19. Qb3 Qa5 20. Rac1 b6 21. a3 Bxc3
22. bxc3 Qa4 23. Qb2 Re7 24. c4 dxc4 25. Bxc4 Rd8 26. Nxf7 Kh7 27. Nxd8 Re3 28.
Ne6 Nxe6 29. fxe6 Bxe6 30. Bxe6 Rxe6 31. Qc2+ Qxc2 32. Rxc2 Nd5 33. Rcc1 Re3 34.
Be5 Kg6 35. Rc6+ 1-0

[Event "Esports World Cup PI 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.11"]
[Round "51.2"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "12539929"]
[BlackFideId "5072786"]
[EventDate "2026.08.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Bb4 8.
Nd2 c6 9. e3 Nf8 10. Bd3 Ng6 11. Bg3 O-O 12. O-O Bd6 13. Qc2 Ng4 14. Nf3 Bxg3
15. hxg3 f5 16. Ne2 a5 17. Nf4 Qf6 18. b3 Bd7 19. a3 Ne7 20. b4 g5 21. Ne2 Nc8
22. Qc3 axb4 23. axb4 Nd6 24. Ne5 Be6 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Ra1 Rf8 27. Ra7 Ne4 28.
Bxe4 fxe4 29. Nxg4 Bxg4 30. Qe1 b5 31. Ra6 h5 32. Nc3 Qe6 33. Qa1 h4 34. Ra8 h3
35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. gxh3 Bxh3 37. Qa8+ Kg7 38. Qd8 Kg6 39. Ne2 Qf7 40. Qh8 Bg4
41. Nc3 Be6 42. Qe5 Bd7 43. Qd6+ Kh5 44. Qe5 Kg4 45. Qh8 Bf5 46. Ne2 Bh7 47. Kf1
Qh5 48. Ng1 Qf7 49. Kg2 Kh5 50. Qc8 Qf6 51. Qh3+ Kg6 52. Qd7 Kh6 53. Kf1 Bf5 54.
Qe8 Bg4 55. Kg2 Kg7 56. Kf1 Qd6 57. Kg2 Qf6 58. Kf1 Qd6 59. Kg2 Bf5 60. Qh5 Qe7
61. Nh3 Bxh3+ 62. Kxh3 Qe6+ 63. Kg2 Qf6 64. Qe8 Qf3+ 65. Kg1 Qd1+ 66. Kg2 Qf3+
67. Kg1 Qe2 68. Kg2 Qc4 69. Qe7+ Kg6 70. Qe8+ Kg7 71. Qe7+ Kg6 72. Qe8+ Kf5 73.
Qf7+ Kg4 74. Qe6+ Kh5 75. Qf7+ Kh6 76. Qf6+ Kh7 77. Qf7+ Kh6 78. Qf6+ Kh7 79.
Qf7+ Kh8 80. Qf8+ Kh7 81. Qf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Esports World Cup PI 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.11"]
[Round "51.3"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2026.08.11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 h6 5. e3 c5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Bxd7+ Nbxd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Qb3 cxd4 11. exd4 Nb6 12. a4 O-O 13. a5 Nc4 14. Qxb7
Rb8 15. Qxa7 Bb4 16. Bf4 Ra8 17. Qb7 Bxa5 18. Na4 Nh5 19. Be5 f6 20. Bg3 Rf7 21.
Qc6 Nxg3 22. hxg3 Rb8 23. Nc5 Rb6 24. Qa4 Rxb2 25. Rfb1 Rxb1+ 26. Rxb1 Bb6 27.
Qc6 Bxc5 28. dxc5 Ne5 29. Qe6 Qd7 30. Rb8+ Kh7 31. Qa6 Qf5 32. Qa8 Nxf3+ 33.
gxf3 Qxf3 34. Rh8+ Kg6 35. c6 d4 36. Qe8 d3 37. Rf8 Qd5 38. Rxf7 Qxf7 39. Qe4+
f5 40. Qxd3 Qe7 41. Qc4 Qc7 42. Qe6+ Kg5 43. Qd7 Qb6 44. c7 Qb1+ 45. Kh2 Qb2 46.
Qe7+ Kh5 47. Qc5 1-0

[Event "Esports World Cup PI 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.11"]
[Round "52.1"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto without c4"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2026.08.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. a4 a5 8. e4 e5
9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 exd4 11. Nxd4 c6 12. Qd2 Nc5 13. Rfe1 Qb6 14. h3 Bd7 15. Rad1
Re7 16. Qf4 Ne8 17. Nf3 Be6 18. e5 d5 19. Ba3 Nc7 20. Ne2 Rae8 21. Ned4 Bc8 22.
Qd2 Ne4 23. Qe3 Rd7 24. c4 Rdd8 25. cxd5 cxd5 26. Rc1 Bd7 27. Rc2 Na6 28. Rd1
Nb4 29. Rcc1 Rc8 30. Bf1 h6 31. Bb2 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 Ng5 33. Nxg5 Rxe5 34. Qd2 Rxg5
35. Bg2 Re5 36. Nc2 Re7 37. Bxg7 Kxg7 38. Nxb4 axb4 39. Qxd5 Qf6 40. Qd2 b6 41.
Rc4 b5 42. axb5 Bxb5 43. Rxb4 Re2 44. Qd4 Qxd4 45. Rxd4 Re1+ 46. Kh2 Re2 47. Rb4
Bd7 48. Kg1 Re1+ 49. Kh2 Re2 50. Rf4 g5 51. Rf3 Be6 52. Bf1 Rb2 53. Bc4 Bxc4 54.
bxc4 Rc2 55. Kg2 Rxc4 56. Re3 Rc6 57. Rd3 Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Esports World Cup PI 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.11"]
[Round "52.1"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "3.e4"]
[WhiteFideId "12539929"]
[BlackFideId "14120828"]
[EventDate "2026.08.11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 b5 4. a4 c6 5. axb5 cxb5 6. Nc3 a6 7. Nxb5 axb5 8.
Rxa8 Bb7 9. Ra1 e6 10. Ne2 Bxe4 11. Nc3 Bb4 12. Be2 Nf6 13. O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3
O-O 15. Bg5 Nbd7 16. Bf3 Qb6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Qc2 Nf6 20. Ra3 Nd5
21. Rfa1 g6 22. Ra6 Qb8 23. R6a5 Qb6 24. g3 Rc8 25. Ra6 Qb8 26. Ra7 b4 27. cxb4
c3 28. R7a4 Qb6 29. Ra8 Rxa8 30. Rxa8+ Kg7 31. Qe4 Qxb4 32. Rc8 Nf6 33. Qd3 Nd5
34. Qe4 Nf6 35. Qd3 Nd5 36. Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Esports World Cup PI 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.11"]
[Round "52.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Opening "Four knights game"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2026.08.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. a4 a6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. Bd2 Rb8 11. Re1 Re8 12. exd5 Rxe1+ 13. Qxe1 cxd5 14. h3 h6
15. Rd1 Bd6 16. b3 c6 17. Ne2 c5 18. Bf4 Bb7 19. Qd2 Qe7 20. Ng3 Bc8 21. Bf5
Bxf4 22. Qxf4 Rb4 23. c4 Bxf5 24. Nxf5 Qe2 25. Rc1 Qe6 26. Kh2 d4 27. Qf3 Qe5+
28. Kg1 h5 29. Ng3 g6 30. Kf1 Kg7 31. Re1 Qb8 32. Qc6 Qb6 33. Qxb6 Rxb6 34. Rb1
h4 35. a5 Rb8 36. Ne2 Ne4 37. Re1 Nd2+ 38. Kg1 Re8 0-1

[Event "Esports World Cup PI 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.11"]
[Round "52.2"]
[White "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14120828"]
[BlackFideId "12539929"]
[EventDate "2026.08.11"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Ng3 h5 6. h3 h4 7. N3e2 Bf5 8. Nf3
Ne4 9. Nc3 e6 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. c3 Qd5 12. Nd2 Bg6 13. Qb3 Nd7 14. Nc4 O-O-O 15.
Ne3 Qxb3 16. axb3 a6 17. Nc4 e5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Re8 20. Ra5 Bd6 21. Bf4
Bc7 22. Rc5 Be4 23. Be2 Bxg2 24. Rg1 Bxh3 25. Rxg7 Be6 26. Bc4 h3 27. Bh2 Bxc4
28. bxc4 Bb6 29. b4 Bxc5 30. bxc5 Reg8 31. Rxf7 Rg2 32. e6 Rxh2 33. e7 Re8 0-1

[Event "Esports World Cup PI 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.11"]
[Round "53.1"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "12539929"]
[EventDate "2026.08.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. Qxc4 h6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 Qe7 11. O-O Rd8 12. Rfd1 a6 13. Rac1 Bxc3 14. Qxc3
Bd7 15. a3 Be8 16. e3 Rac8 17. Ne1 Rb8 18. Nd3 Rdc8 19. Nc5 Nd8 20. e4 a5 21. d5
Ra8 22. dxe6 Nxe6 23. Nxb7 c5 24. Nd6 Rd8 25. Nf5 Qc7 26. Rd5 Qb6 27. Rcd1 Rab8
28. R1d2 Kh7 29. h4 a4 30. Bf1 Bc6 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Rxd8 Qxd8 33. f3 Qd1 34.
Kf2 f6 35. Ne3 Qa1 36. e5 fxe5 37. Qxe5 Nd4 38. Bd3+ Kg8 39. Qb8+ Kf7 40. Bc4+
Ke7 41. Nd5+ Bxd5 42. Bxd5 Qc1 43. Qc7+ Ke8 44. Bc6+ Kf8 45. Qd8+ Kf7 46. Bd5+
Kg6 47. Qe8+ Kf6 48. Qd8+ Kf5 49. Qd7+ Kf6 50. Qd6+ Kf5 51. g4# 1-0

[Event "Esports World Cup PI 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.11"]
[Round "53.2"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Charousek (Petrosian) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12539929"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2026.08.11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nge2
Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O d4 11. exd4 Nxd4 12. Rc1 Nxe2+ 13. Bxe2 Qe7 14. Bf3 Be6
15. Re1 Rad8 16. Qe2 Bb6 17. a3 h6 18. h3 Rd7 19. Be5 Rfd8 20. Bf4 Bd4 21. Nb5
Bb6 22. b4 Nd5 23. Bg3 Qg5 24. Qe5 Qxe5 25. Bxe5 a5 26. bxa5 Bxa5 27. Red1 Ne7
28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Nd6 Nc6 30. Bxc6 bxc6 31. Rxc6 Ra7 32. Bd4 Ra8 33. Rc1 Bd8 34.
Bc5 Bf6 35. Rb1 Be5 36. Ne4 Bf5 37. Re1 Bb2 38. Nd6 Be6 39. Re3 Ra6 40. Bb4 Rc6
41. Re1 Rc2 42. Rd1 Be5 43. Ne4 Ra2 44. Nc5 Bc4 45. g4 h5 46. Kg2 hxg4 47. hxg4
f6 48. Rd8+ Kf7 49. Rd7+ Kg6 50. Nd3 Bb8 51. Bf8 Bxd3 52. Rxd3 Kf7 53. Bb4 Be5
54. Rd7+ Kg8 55. Kf3 Ra1 56. Ke4 Re1+ 57. Bxe1 1-0

[Event "Esports World Cup PI 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.11"]
[Round "53.3"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "12539929"]
[EventDate "2026.08.11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Qc2 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 Bd6 8. Ng3
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nge2 Rc8 14. Qb3 Bb8
15. Nd4 Qd6 16. g3 Nxd4 17. exd4 Qe6 18. Bg5 Bf3 19. Rfe1 Qf5 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21.
Re3 Rfd8 22. Bf1 Be4 23. Rd1 Qb6 24. Qxb6 axb6 25. Bg2 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Kf8 27. h4
h5 28. Kf1 Rd7 29. Ne2 Bc7 30. Rb3 Bd8 31. Nf4 g6 32. Rb5 Ra8 33. a3 Ra5 34. Rb3
Bc7 35. Ne2 Ra8 36. Rc1 Re8 37. Rb5 Re6 38. Nc3 Rc6 39. Re1 Rcd6 40. Re5 Rf6 41.
Rexd5 Re7 42. Kg2 Kg7 43. Rb3 Re1 44. Nb5 Rc6 45. Rd7 Bb8 46. Rf3 Rf6 47. Rxf6
Kxf6 48. Rd8 Bxg3 49. Kxg3 Rg1+ 50. Kf3 Rh1 51. Rd6+ Ke7 52. Rxb6 Rxh4 53. Rxb7+
Ke6 54. a4 g5 55. a5 Rh1 56. a6 Ra1 57. Na3 g4+ 58. Kf4 h4 59. a7 g3 60. a8=Q 1-0

[Event "Esports World Cup PI 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.11"]
[Round "54.1"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2026.08.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 dxe4 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ng5 Be6 10. Bb5 a6 11. Ba4 Nbd7 12. O-O Nc5 13. Rd1+ Ke7 14. Bc2
Rc8 15. Be3 h6 16. Bxc5+ Rxc5 17. Ngxe4 Rc7 18. Rac1 g6 19. Bb3 Bxb3 20. axb3
Rc6 21. Nxf6 Kxf6 22. Rd7 Kg7 23. Rxb7 Bd6 24. Re1 Rb8 25. Rxb8 Bxb8 26. Re3 Ba7
27. Rd3 Rf6 28. Nd1 Rc6 29. Kf1 Bb8 30. Ne3 Rc1+ 31. Ke2 Rb1 32. Nc4 Bxh2 33. g3
h5 34. Kf3 h4 35. gxh4 f5 36. Rd5 Kh6 37. Ra5 Rd1 38. Rxa6 Rd3+ 39. Kg2 Bf4 40.
Ra3 Rd4 41. Ra4 Rd3 42. b4 Rb3 43. b5 Bc1 44. Ra1 Bf4 45. b6 Rb4 46. b3 Rxb3 47.
Ra8 Rb4 48. Rc8 Rb3 49. Rh8+ Kg7 50. Rd8 Rb4 51. Rd4 Be5 52. Rd7+ Kf6 53. Nxe5
Kxe5 54. b7 Rb3 55. Kf1 Kf4 56. Ke2 Kg4 57. Rh7 f4 58. Rf7 f3+ 59. Kd2 Kxh4 60.
Kc2 Rb6 61. Kd3 g5 62. Ke4 g4 63. Rh7+ Kg5 64. Rg7+ Kf6 65. Rxg4 Rxb7 66. Kxf3
Rb3+ 67. Kg2 Rb5 68. Ra4 Rg5+ 69. Kf3 Rb5 70. Ke3 Kf7 71. f4 Rb3+ 72. Ke4 Rb1
73. Kf5 Re1 74. Ra7+ Kg8 75. Ra8+ Kf7 76. Ra7+ Kg8 77. Ra4 Rb1 78. Kg6 Rb6+ 79.
Kg5 Rb5+ 80. f5 Rb6 81. Ra7 Kf8 82. Rc7 Kg8 83. Rd7 Ra6 84. Rd8+ Kf7 85. Rd7+
Kg8 86. Rb7 Rc6 87. Kf4 Rc4+ 88. Ke5 Rc5+ 89. Ke6 Rc6+ 90. Ke7 Rc1 91. Rb8+ Kh7
92. f6 Re1+ 93. Kf7 Ra1 94. Rb5 Ra8 95. Ke6 Ra6+ 96. Kf7 Ra1 97. Rh5# 1-0

[Event "Esports World Cup PI 2026"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2026.08.11"]
[Round "54.2"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack, close variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2026.08.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 d5 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. Qe2+
Qe7 9. Qxe7+ Kxe7 10. Nc3 c6 11. O-O Re8 12. Re1+ Kf8 13. Rxe8+ Kxe8 14. Bg5
Nbd7 15. Re1+ Kf8 16. Ne5 Nb6 17. a3 Be7 18. h3 Be6 19. Ne2 Re8 20. Bd2 Nc4 21.
Bxc4 dxc4 22. Nf4 Bf5 23. Rc1 Ne4 24. Bb4 c5 25. dxc5 a5 26. Bxa5 Bg5 27. Nxc4
Bxf4 28. Rd1 Be6 29. Nb6 Bg5 30. Bb4 Be7 31. Nd7+ Kg8 32. f3 Nf6 33. Nb6 Bd8 34.
Kf2 Bxb6 35. cxb6 Nd7 36. Rd6 Rc8 37. c3 Ne5 38. Rd4 Nc4 39. b3 Nxb6 40. c4 Nd7
41. g4 1/2-1/2

