[Event "Freestyle WCh KO 5-8 2026"]
[Site "Wangels GER"]
[Date "2026.02.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[WhiteFideId "2093596"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rknrbbnq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKNRBBNQ w DAda - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2026.02.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. g3 g6 3. f4 d6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. c3 Bd7 6. d3 Nb6 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. fxe5
dxe5 9. Bf2 Bc6 10. Nb3 a5 11. Qf1 a4 12. Nc5 Nd7 13. Ng5 O-O 14. Bh3 Nxc5 15.
Bxc5 Bf6 16. Nf3 b6 17. Ba3 Bb7 18. Qe2 c5 19. O-O Nc6 20. b3 Qg7 21. Rab1 Bc8
22. Bxc8 Rfxc8 23. Bc1 axb3 24. Rxb3 Bd8 25. Ng5 f6 26. Ne6 Qf7 27. Nxd8 Nxd8
28. Rxb6 Rxa2 29. Qg4 1-0

[Event "Freestyle WCh KO 5-8 2026"]
[Site "Wangels GER"]
[Date "2026.02.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "14205483"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rknrbbnq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKNRBBNQ w DAda - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2026.02.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. f4 d5 2. g4 g6 3. Nf3 Nd6 4. Nb3 Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 Ba4 7. d3 Nd7 8. Bg2 c6
9. Bg3 O-O 10. Qh2 Rfe8 11. O-O Bxb3 12. axb3 h5 13. Ne5 Red8 14. Nxd7 Rxd7 15.
Bf3 hxg4 16. hxg4 Qxh2+ 17. Bxh2 a6 18. e4 dxe4 19. dxe4 Nb5 20. Rad1 Rad8 21.
e5 e6 22. Kf2 Rd2+ 23. Ke1 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 Bf8 25. Bc2 Nc7 26. Ke2 Be7 27. Bg1
Nd5 28. c4 Nc7 29. Bb6 Rd7 30. Be3 Bf8 31. Rh1 Bg7 32. Bc5 Ne8 33. Ke3 Bf8 34.
Bxf8 Kxf8 35. Rh8+ Ke7 36. Rh7 Kd8 37. Rh8 a5 38. Rh1 Nc7 39. Rh8+ Ke7 40. Rh7
Kd8 41. f5 exf5 42. gxf5 gxf5 43. Bxf5 Re7 44. Kf4 Na6 45. Rh8+ Kc7 46. Rh3 Nc5
47. Re3 Ne6+ 48. Bxe6 fxe6 49. Ke4 Rh7 50. Kd4 Rh2 51. Kc3 Kb6 52. Rd3 Re2 53.
Rd7 Re3+ 54. Kc2 Rxe5 55. Re7 Re3 56. Rd7 Re2+ 57. Kc3 Re3+ 58. Kc2 e5 59. Re7
Re2+ 60. Kc3 Re3+ 61. Kc2 e4 62. Re5 Re2+ 63. Kc3 e3 64. Re7 Re1 65. b4 a4 66.
Kd3 e2 67. Kc2 Ka6 68. Re8 Ka7 69. Re7 Kb8 70. Kd3 Rd1+ 71. Kxe2 Rd4 72. b5 cxb5
73. cxb5 Ka7 74. Ke3 Rb4 75. Kd3 Rxb2 76. Re4 Ra2 77. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Freestyle WCh KO 5-8 2026"]
[Site "Wangels GER"]
[Date "2026.02.14"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2093596"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nbrnbkrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBRNBKRQ w GCgc - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2026.02.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. b4 c5 2. bxc5 Rxc5 3. Nb3 Rh5 4. g3 d5 5. c4 Bd7 6. h4 dxc4 7. Rxc4 Nb6 8.
Rc5 g5 9. f4 Ne6 10. Qxb7 Bd6 11. Ra5 Nd8 12. Qg2 Ne6 13. Qf3 g4 14. Qc3 Rxa5
15. Qxa5 Qf6 16. Bf2 Nxf4 17. gxf4 Qxf4 18. Qxa7 g3 19. Qxb6 Qxh4 20. Qd8+ Be8
21. Bf5 Kg7 22. Bxg3 Bxg3 23. Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "Freestyle WCh KO 5-8 2026"]
[Site "Wangels GER"]
[Date "2026.02.14"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[WhiteFideId "14205483"]
[BlackFideId "35009192"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nbrnbkrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBRNBKRQ w GCgc - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2026.02.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. h4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Rxc4 Nb6 4. Rc1 c5 5. h5 g6 6. Nc3 f5 7. f3 Ne6 8. Nc2
Be5 9. Ne3 Bc6 10. hxg6 hxg6 11. Qxh8 Rxh8 12. b3 Rd8 13. g4 f4 14. Ned1 Bd4 15.
Bf2 Kg7 16. Be4 Bxc3 17. Nxc3 Rxd2 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Ne4 Rxa2 20. Nxc5 Nxc5 21.
Bd4+ Kg8 22. Bxh8 Nxb3 23. Rxc6 Kxh8 24. Rxg6 Ra1+ 25. Kf2 Rxg1 26. Kxg1 Nc5 27.
Kf2 e6 28. Rf6 a5 29. Rf7 a4 30. Ra7 Nbd7 31. Ke1 Kg7 32. Kd2 Kf6 33. Kc3 Ke5
34. Kb4 Kd6 35. Ra5 e5 36. Ra8 Nb6 37. Rd8+ Kc6 38. g5 Nd5+ 39. Kc4 Ne3+ 40. Kb4
Ne6 41. Rg8 Nd5+ 42. Kxa4 Ne7 43. Rh8 Kd5 44. Rh5 Nd4 45. Rh2 Ke6 46. Kb4 Kf5
47. Kc5 Kxg5 48. Kd6 Ng6 49. Kd5 Kf5 50. Rh5+ Kf6 51. Rh2 Nf5 52. Ke4 Ng3+ 53.
Kd3 Nf5 54. Rh1 Ngh4 55. Ra1 Ng3 56. e3 Nxf3 57. exf4 exf4 58. Ra4 Ne5+ 59. Kc2
Kf5 60. Rxf4+ Kxf4 61. Kc3 Ke4 62. Kc2 Ke3 63. Kc3 Ne4+ 64. Kc2 Nc6 65. Kb1 Kd3
66. Kb2 Nd4 67. Kc1 Nf2 68. Kb2 Kc4 69. Kc1 Kc3 70. Kb1 Nd3 71. Ka2 Nb5 72. Kb1
Kd2 73. Ka2 Kc2 74. Ka1 Kb3 75. Kb1 Nd4 76. Ka1 Nc2+ 77. Kb1 Na3+ 78. Ka1 Kc2
79. Ka2 Nc4 80. Ka1 Nc5 81. Ka2 Ne4 82. Ka1 Ned2 83. Ka2 Kc3 84. Ka1 Na5 85. Ka2
Ndc4 86. Kb1 Kd2 87. Ka2 Kc1 88. Ka1 Kc2 89. Ka2 Nc6 90. Ka1 Nd4 91. Ka2 Nb5 92.
Ka1 Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Freestyle WCh KO 5-8 2026"]
[Site "Wangels GER"]
[Date "2026.02.14"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2093596"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrbbqnkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRBBQNKR w HBhb - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2026.02.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 e5 3. Nb3 Nb6 4. c3 Ng6 5. Ng3 O-O 6. O-O h6 7. Bc2 Bg5 8. Nf5
Bd7 9. Bxg5 hxg5 10. Qd2 Qd8 11. g3 Qf6 12. f3 Rbd8 13. Na5 Bc8 14. d5 Bxf5 15.
exf5 Ne7 16. Nxb7 Rb8 17. Na5 Nbxd5 18. c4 Nb6 19. g4 Qh6 20. h4 gxh4 21. Qxh6
gxh6 22. Kf2 d5 23. b3 dxc4 24. bxc4 Nd7 25. Nb7 Kg7 26. Rfd1 Nf6 27. Re1 Nc8
28. c5 Nb6 29. cxb6 Rxb7 30. bxa7 Rxa7 31. Bb3 e4 32. Rh1 exf3 33. Kxf3 Rd8 34.
Rxh4 Rd3+ 35. Kg2 Rd4 36. Rc1 h5 37. Rc3 hxg4 38. Rc2 Rd7 39. Rh1 Ra5 40. Rhc1
Rxf5 41. Rxc7 Rd2+ 42. Kg1 Nh5 43. R7c5 Ng3 44. Rxf5 Nxf5 45. Rc7 Nh6 46. a4 Rb2
47. Rb7 Kf6 48. Bd5 Rd2 49. Rb5 Nf5 50. Bxf7 Nd4 51. Be8 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "Freestyle WCh KO 5-8 2026"]
[Site "Wangels GER"]
[Date "2026.02.14"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[WhiteFideId "14205483"]
[BlackFideId "35009192"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrbbqnkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRBBQNKR w HBhb - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2026.02.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 e5 2. Qa5 d6 3. dxe5 dxe5 4. Qxa7 Nb6 5. Qxb8 Qa4 6. Bg5 Bxg5 7. Qxc7 Qxa2
8. Rc1 Bxc1 9. Nb3 Bh6 10. Qxb6 Qb1 11. Qc5 Qxd1 12. Qxc8 Qxe2 13. h4 g6 14. Ng3
Qe1+ 15. Kh2 Qb4 16. Rd1 Kg7 17. Rd8 Qxh4+ 18. Kg1 Be3 19. Nh1 Bb6 20. Re8 Qe4
21. Kf1 h5 22. Re7 Nh7 23. Qxb7 Qc4+ 24. Kg1 Rd8 25. Rd7 Rxd7 26. Qxd7 Qxc2 27.
Qb5 Qd1+ 28. Kh2 Bc7 29. Qc4 Bd6 30. Nc5 Nf6 31. Ne4 Ng4+ 32. Kg3 Be7 0-1

[Event "Freestyle WCh KO 5-8 2026"]
[Site "Wangels GER"]
[Date "2026.02.14"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[WhiteFideId "2093596"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brnbknqr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRNBKNQR w HBhb - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2026.02.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. b3 b5 2. f3 Ne6 3. e4 c5 4. Ne3 f6 5. Qf2 Qf7 6. Ne2 Nd6 7. O-O Bb6 8. c4 O-O
9. d3 f5 10. Be5 fxe4 11. fxe4 Qxf2+ 12. Rxf2 Rxf2 13. Kxf2 Bc7 14. Bxd6 exd6
15. Nc3 bxc4 16. dxc4 Ba5 17. Ned5 Rf8+ 18. Bf3 a6 19. Rd1 g6 20. Ne2 Kg7 21.
Ndc3 Bc7 22. Ke3 Bc6 23. e5 dxe5 24. Bxc6 dxc6 25. Rd7+ Rf7 26. Rxf7+ Kxf7 27.
Ne4 a5 28. Nc1 h5 29. Nd3 g5 30. h3 Ke7 31. g4 h4 32. Kf3 Bd6 33. Ke3 Kd7 34.
Nf6+ Ke7 35. Ne4 Kd7 36. Nf6+ Ke7 37. Ne4 Kd7 38. Nf6+ Ke7 39. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Freestyle WCh KO 5-8 2026"]
[Site "Wangels GER"]
[Date "2026.02.14"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "14205483"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brnbknqr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRNBKNQR w HBhb - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2026.02.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. b3 f6 2. f3 b6 3. e4 c5 4. Ne3 Bc7 5. Qf2 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Bxd4 Ne7 8. c4
Nfg6 9. O-O Qf7 10. Bc2 O-O 11. Nd3 a6 12. Qd2 Rfd8 13. Kh1 Kh8 14. b4 Nf4 15.
e5 Nxd3 16. exf6 Ne5 17. fxe7 Qxe7 18. f4 Nc6 19. Bc3 Qh4 20. Rf3 Ne7 21. Rg3
Rg8 22. Rg4 Qh6 23. Qf2 1-0

[Event "Freestyle WCh KO 5-8 2026"]
[Site "Wangels GER"]
[Date "2026.02.15"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "2093596"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rqnkbbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RQNKBBNR w HAha - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2026.02.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c3 Nf6 3. f3 Nd6 4. g4 c5 5. Bg3 Qc8 6. e3 cxd4 7. Bxd6 exd6 8. exd4
g6 9. h4 Ba4+ 10. b3 Bd7 11. Nce2 Bg7 12. Qd3 O-O 13. Nh3 Re8 14. Nef4 Nxg4 15.
fxg4 Bxg4+ 16. Be2 Bh6 17. Ng5 f6 18. Nxh7 Bxe2+ 19. Nxe2 Kxh7 20. h5 Qg4 21.
Qxg6+ Qxg6 22. hxg6+ Kxg6 23. Rh2 Re4 24. Kc2 Rae8 25. Rg1+ Bg5 26. Rgg2 R8e7
27. Kd1 a5 28. Ke1 Re3 29. Kf1 Rf3+ 30. Rf2 Rd3 31. Rh8 Kg7 32. Rfh2 Kg6 33.
Rg8+ Kf5 34. Rf2+ Ke6 35. Rd8 Rh7 36. Kg2 Rg7 37. Kh2 Rd2 38. Kh3 Be3 39. Re8+
Re7 40. Rxe7+ Kxe7 41. Rh2 Rxa2 42. Kg4 Kd7 43. Rh7+ Kc6 44. Ng3 Bd2 45. Nf5
Bxc3 46. Ne7+ Kb5 47. Nf5 b6 48. Rb7 Rd2 49. Rd7 Bxd4 50. Rxd6 Be5 51. Re6 Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "Freestyle WCh KO 5-8 2026"]
[Site "Wangels GER"]
[Date "2026.02.15"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[WhiteFideId "14205483"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rqnkbbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RQNKBBNR w HAha - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2026.02.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c3 e6 3. Nd3 b6 4. f3 c5 5. e4 c4 6. Bg3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Nxd6 8. Nf2 b5
9. a3 a5 10. e5 Nf5 11. f4 f6 12. Qc1 b4 13. Nf3 bxc3 14. bxc3 Ba4+ 15. Ke1 h5
16. g3 Nge7 17. Bh3 O-O 18. Kf1 Qb3 19. Kg2 Qc2 20. Qxc2 Bxc2 21. Rhe1 Kf7 22.
Ra2 Ba4 23. Rae2 Ra6 24. Rb2 Rc8 25. Bxf5 Nxf5 26. h3 Ra7 27. g4 Ne7 28. gxh5
Rh8 29. Rb6 Bd7 30. Reb1 Rxh5 31. Rb8 Ba4 32. R1b2 Nf5 33. Kh2 Re7 34. Ra8 Bb3
35. Rxa5 Rh8 36. Re2 Rb8 37. Ra6 Rbb7 38. exf6 gxf6 39. h4 Ng7 40. Ra8 Re8 41.
Rxe8 Nxe8 42. Ng4 Bd1 43. Rf2 Rb3 44. f5 Rxc3 45. fxe6+ Kxe6 46. Kg2 Ng7 47. Rf1
Rc2+ 48. Kh3 Bxf3 49. Rxf3 Nh5 50. Re3+ Kf7 51. Rf3 Rb2 52. Ne3 Rb3 53. Kg2 Ke6
54. Nd1 Rb1 55. Re3+ Kf5 56. Nc3 Nf4+ 57. Kf3 Rf1+ 58. Kg3 Rg1+ 59. Kf2 Rh1 60.
Rf3 Kg4 61. Rg3+ Kf5 62. Rf3 Kg4 63. Rg3+ Kxh4 64. Rg8 Rc1 65. Nb5 c3 66. Nd6 c2
67. Nf5+ Kh5 68. Rc8 Nd3+ 69. Ke3 Re1+ 70. Kxd3 c1=Q 71. Rxc1 Rxc1 72. Ne3 Kg5
73. Nxd5 Ra1 74. Ne3 Rxa3+ 75. Ke4 Ra8 76. d5 f5+ 77. Kd4 Kf6 78. Nc4 Ra1 79.
Nb2 Re1 80. Nd3 Re4+ 81. Kc3 Ke7 82. Nc5 Rh4 83. Ne6 Kd6 84. Nd4 Rf4 0-1

[Event "Freestyle WCh KO 5-8 2026"]
[Site "Wangels GER"]
[Date "2026.02.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[WhiteFideId "2093596"]
[BlackFideId "35009192"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bqnrknrb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BQNRKNRB w GDgd - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2026.02.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. c4 b5 2. c5 e5 3. b4 g6 4. Nb3 Ne6 5. d4 Ne7 6. dxe5 Nc6 7. g3 Nxb4 8. Bxa8
Qxa8 9. Ne3 a5 10. f4 Nc6 11. O-O Qa7 12. Qd3 a4 13. Nd4 Qxc5 14. Qxb5 Ncxd4 15.
Qxc5 Nxe2+ 16. Kf2 Nxc5 17. Kxe2 d6 18. Nd5 Kd7 19. Bd4 Ne6 20. Be3 Rb8 21. Rd2
Rgd8 22. f5 gxf5 23. exd6 Kxd6 24. Nb4+ Ke5 25. Nc6+ Ke4 26. Nxd8 1-0

[Event "Freestyle WCh KO 5-8 2026"]
[Site "Wangels GER"]
[Date "2026.02.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "14205483"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bqnrknrb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BQNRKNRB w GDgd - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2026.02.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. c4 b5 2. c5 e5 3. b4 g6 4. Ne3 Ne6 5. O-O d6 6. Nb3 O-O 7. cxd6 Nf4 8. Rde1
cxd6 9. h4 Nb6 10. g3 Bxh1 11. Kxh1 Qa8+ 12. Kh2 Ne6 13. f4 Nc4 14. Nc2 exf4 15.
gxf4 Bxa1 16. Qxa1 Qd5 17. d3 Qh5 18. Kh3 Nb6 19. Ne3 Rde8 20. Ng2 f5 21. e4
fxe4 22. dxe4 d5 23. e5 Nc4 24. Qd1 Qf5+ 25. Kh2 Rd8 26. Nd4 Nxd4 27. Qxd4 Qe6
28. Ne3 Rf7 29. Rd1 Nxe3 30. Qxe3 Rc8 31. Rd4 Rc4 32. Kg3 h5 33. Rxc4 Qg4+ 34.
Kh2 Qxh4+ 35. Kg2 Qg4+ 36. Kh2 bxc4 37. e6 Re7 38. Re1 Kh7 39. Qe5 Qh4+ 40. Kg2
d4 41. Re4 d3 42. Qd6 Qg4+ 43. Kf2 Qh4+ 44. Kg2 Rg7 45. e7 d2 46. e8=N Qg4+ 47.
Kh2 Qh4+ 48. Kg2 c3 49. Nf6+ Qxf6 50. Qxf6 d1=Q 51. Re7 Qd5+ 52. Kg3 Qg8 53.
Rxg7+ Qxg7 54. Qc6 Qd4 55. Qc7+ Kh6 56. Qc8 Kg7 57. Qb7+ Kh6 58. Qa8 Qg1+ 0-1

[Event "Freestyle WCh KO 5-8 2026"]
[Site "Wangels GER"]
[Date "2026.02.15"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "14205483"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rqkbbrnn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RQKBBRNN w FAfa - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2026.02.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. c4 f5 2. d4 c5 3. dxc5 Qf4+ 4. Bd2 Qxc4+ 5. Qc2 Qxc2+ 6. Bxc2 g6 7. e4 fxe4
8. Ng3 Nf7 9. Nxe4 Ne5 10. Bc3 Bc7 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Nf3 O-O-O 13. b4 a6 14. a4
Nf6 15. Nxf6 exf6 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 Ne5 18. b6 Bb8 19. Nd4 Bf7 20. Nb5 Rde8
21. Na7+ Kd8 22. f4 Bc4 23. fxe5 Bxf1 24. Ba4 Rf7 25. c6 fxe5 26. cxb7 Bxg2 27.
Bc6 d5 28. Bd2 Ke7 29. Nc8+ Ke6 30. Bxe8 Rxb7 31. Bc6 Rf7 32. Bg5 Bf3 33. Rd3
Bh1 34. Ra3 Rf1+ 35. Kd2 e4 36. Ra7 Rb1 37. Rxh7 d4 38. Kc2 Rg1 39. Re7+ Kf5 40.
h4 Bf3 41. Re8 Kg4 42. Bxe4 Bd1+ 43. Kb2 Be2 44. Bxg6 d3 45. Kc3 Ra1 46. Bxd3
Ra3+ 47. Kb2 Rxd3 48. Rxe2 Rd5 49. Rc2 Rb5+ 50. Ka3 Be5 51. Ka4 1-0

