[Event "GCT Finals 2025"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2025.09.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2025.09.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bd6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qd3 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Nh4 g6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Rac1 Re8 13. Nf3 Ne4 14. Bf4 c5 15.
Rfd1 Rc8 16. Qb1 Bf6 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Nd2 cxd4 19. Nxe4 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Bxe4 21.
Bxe4 Nc5 22. Bf3 d3 23. Rd1 a5 24. exd3 Bd4 25. Kg2 Qf6 26. Qc2 Bxb2 27. Bg5
Qxg5 28. Qxb2 Qd8 29. Qb5 Kg7 30. h4 h5 31. Qc4 Qd6 32. d4 Ne4 33. a4 Nf6 34. d5
Rd8 35. Qc6 Ng4 36. Re1 Qb4 37. Re4 Qd2 38. Re2 Qd4 39. Rc2 Ne5 40. Qc3 Nxf3 41.
Kxf3 Rxd5 42. Qxd4+ Rxd4 43. Rc6 Rb4 44. Kg2 Kf8 45. f3 Ke7 46. Kh3 f6 47. Kg2
g5 48. Kh3 gxh4 49. g4 hxg4+ 50. fxg4 Kf7 51. Rd6 Ke7 52. Rc6 Rxa4 53. Rxb6 Rb4
54. Ra6 a4 55. Ra5 Rb3+ 56. Kxh4 a3 57. Ra6 Rf3 58. g5 fxg5+ 59. Kxg5 Kd7 60.
Kg4 Rb3 61. Kf4 Kc7 62. Ke4 Kb7 63. Ra4 Rh3 64. Kd5 Rh5+ 65. Kd6 Rh6+ 66. Kc5
Ra6 67. Rb4+ Kc7 68. Rb1 Rc6+ 69. Kd4 Rb6 70. Ra1 a2 71. Rxa2 Rc6 72. Ra3 Kd6
73. Rc3 Rxc3 74. Kxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Finals 2025"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2025.09.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2025.09.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. a3 cxd4 8. Nb5
Bc5 9. h4 h5 10. Rh3 g6 11. Nbxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Be7 13. g3 Nc5 14. c3 Bd7 15.
Bd3 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 Qb6 17. Rh2 a5 18. a4 Qa6 19. Qxa6 Rxa6 20. b3 Bc5 21. Be3
Be7 22. Bc1 Bc5 23. Ba3 Bxd4 24. cxd4 Rc6 25. Kd2 f5 26. Rc1 Rxc1 27. Kxc1 Bc6
28. Rc2 Kd7 29. Kb2 b6 30. Bd6 Rc8 31. Rc3 Bb7 32. Rc2 Rxc2+ 33. Kxc2 Bc8 34.
Bf8 Bb7 35. Bd6 Bc8 36. Bf8 Bb7 37. Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Finals 2025"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2025.09.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2025.09.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Qd5 7. Qh4 Qf5 8.
Bc4 Be6 9. O-O Bxc4 10. Qxc4 e6 11. b4 Nd7 12. Bb2 Be7 13. Rae1 O-O 14. Ne5 Rad8
15. d3 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 Qg6 17. Qb3 Bf6 18. Rc5 Be7 19. Re5 Bf6 20. Rc5 Be7 21. Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Finals 2025"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2025.09.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "A39"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, main line with d4"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2025.09.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d4 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Be3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qc4 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. b3 Qa6 14. Rc1
Qxa2 15. Bxc6 Rb8 16. Rc2 Qxb3 17. Bd5 Qb5 18. Bxa7 Bh3 19. Bxb8 Bxf1 20. Kxf1
Qxb8 21. Kg2 e6 22. Bf3 Qd8 23. Rd2 Qf6 24. Rc2 Qd8 25. Rd2 Qf6 26. Rc2 Qd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Finals 2025"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2025.09.30"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2025.09.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h6 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. h5 c5 8. c3 Nc6
9. Ne2 Rc8 10. a3 Qa5 11. O-O Nge7 12. Nd2 Qa6 13. Qxa6 bxa6 14. b4 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Rc7 16. Bb2 Nc8 17. Rac1 Nb6 18. Nf4 Be7 19. Nd3 O-O 20. Rc2 Rfc8 21. Rfc1
Bd8 22. Kf1 Kf8 23. g4 a5 24. b5 Nb8 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Rxc7 Bxc7 27. Nc5 Bd8 28.
a4 N8d7 29. Ke2 Ke8 30. f4 Be7 31. Ndb3 Nc4 32. Bc3 Ndb6 33. f5 Bxc5 34. Nxc5
Ke7 35. Be1 exf5 36. gxf5 Nb2 37. Bxa5 N2xa4 38. Bb4 Ke8 39. Nxa4 Nxa4 40. e6
Nb6 41. Bc5 Nc8 42. Kf3 Nb6 43. Kf4 f6 44. Ke3 Nc8 45. Kd3 Nb6 46. Kc3 Nc4 47.
Bxa7 Nd6 48. b6 Kd8 49. Bb8 Nxf5 50. b7 Ne7 51. Bd6 Nc6 52. Kd3 Ke8 53. Ke3 1-0

[Event "GCT Finals 2025"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2025.09.30"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Petrosian system, Stein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2025.09.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6
9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bd2 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. h3 Nf6 13. g4 fxg4 14. hxg4 Nxg4 15. Be3
Nxe3 16. fxe3 e4 17. Nd4 Na6 18. Qd2 Nc5 19. O-O-O Kh8 20. Rdg1 Bf5 21. Kb1 Qe7
22. Bd1 Bh7 23. Rh2 Rg8 24. Rgh1 Raf8 25. Na4 Nd3 26. Ne6 Rf6 27. Qxa5 c6 28.
Nc3 Ne5 29. Be2 Rxe6 30. dxe6 Qxe6 31. Qc7 Nxc4 32. Bxc4 Qxc4 33. Qxd6 Rf8 34.
Rd2 b5 35. Ne2 Rf6 36. Qa3 Rf2 37. Qa8+ Rf8 38. Qa7 Rf7 39. Qb8+ Rf8 40. Qd6 Rf6
41. Qe7 Rf7 42. Qd6 Rf6 43. Qe7 Rf7 44. Qd6 Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Finals 2025"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2025.09.30"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2025.09.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bg4 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O Re8 11. Qc2 c6 12. Nd2 a5 13. a4 Nh5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15.
Rae1 Be6 16. f4 Nb6 17. Nb3 Nf6 18. f5 Bc8 19. e4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Rd8 21. Nbc5
Nbd7 22. Qc3 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Qd6 24. Nxd7 Bxd7 25. f6 Re8 26. Rh4 Re6 27. fxg7 Rf6
28. Re1 Qb4 29. Qc1 Kxg7 30. h3 Re8 31. Rxe8 Bxe8 32. Rg4+ Kf8 33. Bh7 Bd7 34.
Rg8+ Ke7 35. Qe3+ Re6 36. Qf4 Re1+ 37. Kf2 Re6 38. Kg1 Re1+ 39. Kf2 Re6 40. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Finals 2025"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2025.09.30"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2025.09.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Re8 7. Re1 Bf8 8. a4
d6 9. c3 Be6 10. b4 a5 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. b5 Nb8 13. d4 Nbd7 14. Bb2 g6 15. Qc2
Bg7 16. Rad1 Qe8 17. h3 h6 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Nc4 Nc5 20. Ba3 Bf8 21. g3 b6 22.
Kg2 Ncd7 23. Bc1 Nc5 24. Ba3 Ncd7 25. Bc1 Nc5 26. Ba3 Ncd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Finals 2025"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2025.09.30"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan (Lasker/Sveshnikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2025.09.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nb8 9. c4 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. Nc3 f5 13. f3 Nd7 14. Kh1 Kh8 15.
a3 Bg5 16. b4 Bxc1 17. Rxc1 Qg5 18. Qe1 e4 19. f4 Qe7 20. Qe3 a5 21. Be2 Nf6 22.
c5 Bd7 23. Qd4 axb4 24. axb4 e3 25. Rfe1 Rfc8 26. cxd6 Qxd6 27. Bf3 b5 28. Ne2
Re8 29. Rc3 Ra2 30. Qc5 Ra6 31. Kg1 h6 32. h3 Ne4 33. Qxd6 Nxd6 34. Ng3 Ra4 35.
Rcxe3 Rxe3 36. Rxe3 Rxb4 37. Re7 Bc8 38. Nh5 Rc4 39. Rxg7 b4 40. Ra7 Kg8 41.
Nf6+ Kf8 42. Bh5 b3 43. Nh7+ Kg8 44. Nf6+ Kf8 45. Nh7+ Kg8 46. Nf6+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Finals 2025"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2025.09.30"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Semi-Averbakh system"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2025.09.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. d5 Ne5 8. Nf3
Nfg4 9. Bg5 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 f6 12. Bd2 Ne5 13. Be2 c6 14. O-O Bd7
15. f4 Nf7 16. Be3 b6 17. a4 Rc8 18. Ra3 Re8 19. a5 c5 20. axb6 axb6 21. Qb1 Qc7
22. Rb3 Rb8 23. Bd3 Kg7 24. Rf2 Rb7 25. Rfb2 Reb8 26. Be2 Ba4 27. Ra3 Bd7 28. h3
Qd8 29. Ra6 Qc7 30. Kh2 Qd8 31. Bf2 Qc7 32. Bg3 Qd8 33. Qf1 Qe8 34. Ra1 Qc8 35.
Rab1 Qc7 36. Bd3 Re8 37. Rf2 Qd8 38. Bc2 e5 39. dxe6 Bxe6 40. Rd1 Qe7 41. f5 Bd7
42. Rfd2 Bc6 43. Bxd6 Nxd6 44. Rxd6 Bxe4 45. Bxe4 Qxe4 46. fxg6 Qe5+ 47. Kh1
hxg6 48. Qf3 Rbb8 49. R1d5 Qe1+ 50. Kh2 Re6 51. Rd7+ Re7 52. R5d6 Qe5+ 53. Qg3
Qxg3+ 54. Kxg3 Kf7 55. Rxe7+ Kxe7 56. Rc6 Rd8 57. Rxb6 Rd3+ 58. Kf4 Rxc3 59.
Rb7+ Ke6 60. Rb6+ Kf7 61. Rb7+ Kf8 62. Ke4 Rxc4+ 63. Kd5 Rc2 64. g4 c4 65. Ke6
Rf2 66. Rc7 Rf4 67. h4 Rxg4 68. Kxf6 Rf4+ 69. Kxg6 Rxh4 70. Kf5 Rh5+ 71. Ke4 Rh6
72. Rxc4 Rh4+ 73. Kd5 Rxc4 74. Kxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Finals 2025"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2025.09.30"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2025.09.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. b4 a5 6. c3 axb4 7. cxb4 b6 8. Bb5+
Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 10. a4 bxc5 11. b5 Bd6 12. Bb2 Qb8 13. O-O O-O 14. Nbd2 c4
15. Qc2 Rc8 16. Bc3 Nc5 17. Rfb1 Nfe4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Nd4 Bxh2+ 20. Kf1 Be5
21. Nc6 Rxc6 22. bxc6 Nb3 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Ra2 Na5 25. Rb5 Qd6 26. Qd2 Qxd2 27.
Rxd2 Nxc6 28. Rd6 Ne7 29. Rdb6 f5 30. Rb8+ Rxb8 31. Rxb8+ Kf7 32. a5 Nc6 33.
Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "GCT Finals 2025"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2025.09.30"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2025.09.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. c3 Bb6 8. h3
Ne7 9. Re1 Ng6 10. a4 c6 11. Bb3 Re8 12. Nf1 d5 13. Bg5 dxe4 14. dxe4 h6 15.
Qxd8 Bxd8 16. Bd2 a5 17. Ng3 Bb6 18. Rad1 Be6 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Be3 Bxe3 21.
Rxe3 Nf8 22. Red3 g6 23. Nd2 N8d7 24. Nb3 Re7 25. f3 Kg7 26. Ne2 Nb6 27. Nc5 Nc4
28. b3 Nb2 29. Rd8 Rxd8 30. Rxd8 b6 31. Nd3 Nxd3 32. Rxd3 Rd7 33. Nc1 Kf8 34.
Kf2 Ke7 35. Ke3 Ra7 36. Rd2 Nd7 37. Nd3 f6 38. Ra2 Kd6 39. b4 Ra8 40. h4 h5 41.
g4 Rh8 42. Rh2 Ra8 43. Ra2 Rh8 44. Rh2 Ra8 45. Ra2 Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Finals 2025"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2025.09.30"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2025.09.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. c3 a6 8.
Bf1 Nc6 9. a4 Bc5 10. b4 Ba7 11. b5 Ne5 12. cxd4 Bxd4 13. Ra3 Qf6 14. Rae3 axb5
15. Bxb5 O-O 16. Ba3 Rd8 17. Nc3 b6 18. Qe2 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Bb7 20. Rf1 Qg5 21.
Bd6 Bc6 22. h4 Qg3 23. d4 Nf3+ 24. Qxf3 Qxd6 25. Qxf7+ Kh8 26. e5 Qa3 27. Bxc6
dxc6 28. Nd1 Re8 29. Qc7 Qxa4 30. Qxb6 Qc2 31. Qb2 Ra2 32. Qxc2 Rxc2 33. Nf2 Re2
34. Rc1 Rc8 35. Rc3 h6 36. Nh3 Rb2 37. Nf4 Kg8 38. Nxe6 Kf7 39. Nf4 Ke7 40. h5
Rb7 41. Kf2 Rbc7 42. Kf3 Kd7 43. Ke4 c5 44. d5 Rb7 45. Kf5 c4 46. e6+ Kd6 47. e4
Rb3 48. e5+ Kc5 49. Rc1 Rf8+ 50. Ke4 c3 51. Nd3+ Kc4 52. e7 Ra8 53. d6 Rb7 54.
e6 Rb6 55. Ne5+ Kc5 1-0

[Event "GCT Finals 2025"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2025.09.30"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "E70"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Kramer system"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2025.09.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nge2 O-O 6. Ng3 a5 7. Be2 e5 8. d5 Na6
9. h4 h5 10. Bg5 Qe8 11. Nf1 Nc5 12. Nd2 Bd7 13. f3 Nh7 14. Be3 f5 15. Nb3 b6
16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. a4 Nf6 18. Bd3 Rb8 19. b3 Rb4 20. Nb5 fxe4 21. Bxe4 Nxe4 22.
fxe4 c6 23. dxc6 Bxc6 24. Qc2 Rf4 25. Nc3 Rg4 26. O-O-O Qb8 27. Kb2 Rxc4 28. Rd2
Bxe4 29. Qd1 Rxc3 30. Kxc3 d5 31. Rxd5 Bxd5 32. Qxd5+ Kh7 33. Qxc5 Rxg2 34. Rd1
e4+ 35. Rd4 Qg3 0-1

[Event "GCT Finals 2025"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2025.09.30"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2025.09.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 e6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Nxf6+ Bxf6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6
8. Nf3 O-O 9. Qe2 c5 10. O-O-O cxd4 11. Rxd4 Nc6 12. Rd2 e5 13. Qe3 Bf5 14. Bc4
Rac8 15. Bb3 Rfd8 16. Rhd1 Rxd2 17. Rxd2 h6 18. h3 g5 19. a3 Kg7 20. Ba4 e4 21.
Bxc6 bxc6 22. Nd4 Bg6 23. Nb3 Rc7 24. Nc5 Re7 25. Nd7 Qf4 26. Qxa7 e3 27. fxe3
Rxe3 28. Qd4+ Qxd4 29. Rxd4 Re1+ 30. Kd2 Rg1 31. a4 Rxg2+ 32. Kc3 Rxc2+ 33. Kb3
c5 34. Rc4 Rh2 35. Rc3 Bf5 36. Nxc5 Rxh3 37. a5 Rh1 38. a6 Ra1 39. Na4 Bd7 40.
Nb6 Be6+ 41. Kb4 Rxa6 42. Kb5 Ra2 43. b4 h5 44. Kc6 h4 0-1

[Event "GCT Finals 2025"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2025.09.30"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "King's pawn opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2025.09.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 Nc6 4. c3 e5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. d5 Ne7 7. h3 Bd7 8. c4 h6
9. Nc3 g5 10. Be3 Ng6 11. g3 c6 12. Qb3 Be7 13. O-O-O g4 14. hxg4 Nxg4 15. c5
Nxe3 16. fxe3 Bg4 17. Rdf1 dxc5 18. Qxb7 O-O 19. Qxc6 Rc8 20. Qa6 c4 21. Bxc4
Bb4 22. Kb1 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Kg7 24. Nxe5 Qg5 25. Nxg6 fxg6 26. Qxa7+ Kh8 27. Qd4+
Kh7 28. Qa7+ Kh8 29. Qd4+ Kh7 30. Qa7+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Finals 2025"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2025.10.01"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2025.09.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bg4 8. Qc2
O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Nf3 Ne8 11. Bg3 Bd6 12. Ne5 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bd3 Bxg3 15.
fxg3 Qg5 16. Qf2 Nd6 17. O-O Rae8 18. Rac1 Bd7 19. Nd1 Re6 20. Qe1 Rfe8 21. Rf3
R6e7 22. Qf2 h5 23. b4 g6 24. Rf4 Re6 25. b5 cxb5 26. Rxc7 Qd8 27. Rxa7 R8e7 28.
Rf6 Kg7 29. Rxe6 Bxe6 30. Rxe7 Qxe7 31. Qb2 Bf5 32. Bxb5 Nxb5 33. Qxb5 Bc2 34.
Qe2 Bxd1 35. Qxd1 Qxe3+ 36. Kh2 f5 37. a4 f4 38. gxf4 Qxf4+ 39. Kh1 g5 40. a5 g4
41. a6 gxh3 42. gxh3 Qe4+ 43. Kh2 Qf4+ 44. Kg2 Qe4+ 45. Qf3 Qxd4 46. Qf2 Qa4 47.
a7 h4 48. Qe3 Kf6 49. Qc3+ Kg6 50. Qc5 Qe4+ 51. Kf2 d4 52. Qc1 Kh7 53. Qc7+ Kh6
54. Qd6+ Kh7 55. Qc7+ Kh6 56. Qb6+ Kg7 57. Qa5 Qe3+ 58. Kf1 Qxh3+ 59. Ke1 Qe3+
60. Kd1 Qf3+ 61. Kc1 Qa8 62. Qc7+ Kh6 63. Qb8 Qc6+ 64. Kb1 Qe4+ 65. Kb2 Qe2+ 66.
Ka3 Qd3+ 67. Kb4 Qc3+ 68. Kb5 Qb3+ 69. Kc5 Qc2+ 70. Kd5 Qg2+ 71. Ke5 Qg5+ 72.
Ke4 Qg2+ 73. Ke5 Qg5+ 74. Kd6 Qg6+ 75. Kc7 Qf7+ 76. Kc6 Qf3+ 77. Kb5 Qb3+ 78.
Kc5 Qc2+ 79. Kxd4 Qd2+ 80. Ke4 Qc2+ 81. Kf3 Qd1+ 82. Kf4 Qd4+ 83. Kf5 Qd3+ 84.
Ke6 Qg6+ 85. Ke7 Qg7+ 86. Ke8 Qg8+ 87. Ke7 Qg7+ 88. Ke8 Qg8+ 89. Ke7 Qg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Finals 2025"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2025.10.01"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "B44"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Szen (`anti-Taimanov') variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2025.09.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Nd4
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Nxd5
Qxd5 15. Qxd5 cxd5 16. Be3 Bf6 17. Rad1 Bxb2 18. Bf3 Be6 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5
Rfd8 21. Rfd1 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 h6 23. Kf1 Rc8 24. Ke2 Rc6 25. Rc5 Rd6 26. Rc4 Bf6
27. g4 Rd5 28. a4 h5 29. h3 hxg4 30. hxg4 Kf8 31. f4 Ke8 32. Kf3 Kd7 33. Ke4 Rd6
34. f5 Rc6 35. Rb4 Be7 36. Rb7+ Rc7 37. Rxc7+ Kxc7 38. Kd5 Kd7 39. Bc5 Bd8 40.
Bd4 g6 41. Bc5 gxf5 42. gxf5 Bc7 43. Bd4 Bd8 44. Bc5 Bc7 45. Bd4 Bd8 46. Bc5 Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Finals 2025"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2025.10.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2025.09.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 c5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. exd6 Qc6 13. f3 c4 14. Qd4 Qb6
15. Qxb6 Nxb6 16. Be3 O-O 17. Bxb6 axb6 18. Bxc4 Rfc8 19. Bd3 Ba6 20. Rac1 Bxd3
21. cxd3 Kf8 22. Rc7 Ke8 23. Rfc1 Rcb8 24. a3 b5 25. R7c3 Kd8 26. Rb3 b4 27.
Rxb4 Rxb4 28. axb4 Ra6 29. Kf2 Rxd6 30. Ke3 Rb6 31. Kd2 Rxb4 32. Kc3 Rb6 33. Ra1
Rc6+ 34. Kd2 Rb6 35. Kc3 Rc6+ 36. Kd2 Rb6 37. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Finals 2025"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2025.10.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2025.09.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
e3 O-O 9. Rd1 Be6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Qxd5 14. Rxd5
Bxb2 15. Be2 Rad8 16. Rb5 Bc3+ 17. Kf1 b6 18. g4 Bb4 19. Kg2 Bc5 20. Rbb1 Rd6
21. Rhc1 h6 22. h4 Re8 23. Rd1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rc1 g6 26. Bb5 Rd6 27. a4
Kg7 28. Kf1 Re6 29. Nd2 Ne5 30. Be2 Bb4 31. Nb3 Rc6 32. Rd1 Rd6 33. Rb1 a5 34.
Rc1 Rc6 35. Rxc6 Nxc6 36. Kg2 Bc3 37. Bb5 Nd8 38. Nc1 Nb7 39. Ne2 Bf6 40. h5 Nd6
41. Bd3 g5 42. f4 Bb2 43. fxg5 hxg5 44. Kf3 Kh6 45. e4 f6 46. Ke3 Nf7 47. Nd4
Bc1+ 48. Kf2 Ne5 49. Be2 Ba3 50. Nb5 Bc5+ 51. Kg3 Nf7 52. Nc3 Ne5 53. Nd5 Kg7
54. Bb5 Nf7 55. Kh3 Nd6 56. Bd3 Bd4 57. Kg2 Nf7 58. Ba6 Ne5 59. Bc8 Nc4 60. Bd7
Bc5 61. Nc7 Kh6 62. Be6 Nb2 63. Bb3 Nd3 64. Bc4 Ne5 65. Be6 Nd3 66. Bc4 Ne5 67.
Be2 Nd7 68. Bb5 Ne5 69. Be2 Nd7 70. Bb5 Ne5 71. Be2 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Finals 2025"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2025.10.03"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Sveshnikov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2025.09.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Nf6 8. Bg5
b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bg7 13. Qd2 O-O 14. c3 Kh8 15.
Nc2 fxe4 16. Bxe4 f5 17. Nf4 Bd7 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. Ne6 Qf6 20. Nxf8 Bh6 21. Ne3
Rxf8 22. Rad1 Rd8 23. Nd5 Qe6 24. f4 a5 25. b3 a4 26. bxa4 bxa4 27. c4 Bg7 28.
Qe3 Rg8 29. Qh3 Bd7 30. Kh1 h6 31. Rb1 exf4 32. Rbe1 Be5 33. Rxf4 Kh7 34. Qd3
Rg5 35. Rf3 Qf7 36. h3 Be6 37. Ref1 Kh8 38. Qe2 Qg7 39. Rb1 Rg3 40. Qf2 Rxf3 41.
gxf3 Qf7 42. f4 Bg7 43. Qf3 Qa7 44. Re1 Qf7 45. Kh2 Kh7 46. Re2 Kh8 47. Rg2 Kh7
48. h4 Kh8 49. h5 Qa7 50. Qe3 Qf7 51. Qf3 Qa7 52. Qg3 Bxd5 53. cxd5 Qd4 54. a3
Kg8 55. Qxg7+ Qxg7 56. Rxg7+ Kxg7 57. Kg3 Kf7 58. Kf3 Ke7 59. Ke3 Kd7 60. Kd4
Kc7 61. Kc4 Kb6 62. Kb4 1-0

[Event "GCT Finals 2025"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2025.10.03"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Miles variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2025.09.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. d4 e6 4. Bf4 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nh5 8. Be4
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bc2 Nxf4 11. exf4 Nc6 12. O-O Qd6 13. Re1 O-O 14. Nf1 Qxf4
15. Ne3 Bb4 16. Nxd5 Qd6 17. Nc3 Rae8 18. Ne4 Qh6 19. Re3 Bd6 20. Qe2 Nxd4 21.
Qd1 Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 Qxh2+ 23. Kf1 Ba6+ 24. Ke1 Qg1+ 25. Kd2 Bb4+ 0-1

[Event "GCT Finals 2025"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2025.10.03"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2025.09.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bg4 8. Qc2
O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Bd3 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nge2 Rc8 14. O-O Qb6 15.
Nf4 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Qxb2 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ncxd5 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Qxa2 20. Nxf6+ gxf6
21. Qd4 Qe6 22. Qxa7 b5 23. Rb1 Qf5 24. Qa5 Rc5 25. Rb4 Rfc8 26. Kh2 Qe5+ 27. g3
Rc2 28. Qa6 R2c6 29. Qb7 R6c7 30. Qf3 Rc4 31. Rfb1 R8c5 32. Rxc4 Rxc4 33. Rd1
Kg7 34. Rd7 Qe6 35. Rb7 Qc6 36. Qxc6 Rxc6 37. Rxb5 Rc2 38. Kg2 Ra2 39. g4 Ra1
40. Kg3 Ra2 41. Rf5 Kg6 42. Rf4 Rb2 43. Rc4 Ra2 44. Rc8 Kg7 45. Re8 Rb2 46. f3
Rb1 47. h4 Rg1+ 48. Kf4 Rh1 49. h5 Ra1 50. Rb8 Ra4+ 51. e4 Ra3 52. Rb5 Rc3 53.
Kg3 Ra3 54. Rb1 Rc3 55. Re1 Ra3 56. Kf4 Rb3 57. Re3 Rb5 58. Rd3 Ra5 59. Re3 Rb5
60. e5 fxe5+ 61. Rxe5 Rb3 62. Ra5 Rb4+ 63. Kf5 Rb3 64. f4 Rh3 65. Ra1 Rh2 66.
Ke4 Re2+ 67. Kf3 Rb2 68. Ra3 Rb5 69. Kg3 Rc5 70. Kh4 Rc4 71. Rf3 Kf6 72. Kg3 Rc5
73. Re3 Kg7 74. Re5 Rc3+ 75. Kh4 Rf3 76. Re4 f6 77. f5 Ra3 78. Re7+ Kg8 79. Re1
Kf7 80. Rg1 Ke7 81. Rg3 Ra4 82. Rb3 Kf7 83. Kg3 Kg7 84. Kf3 Rc4 85. Rb7+ Kg8 86.
Re7 Ra4 87. Re4 Ra3+ 88. Kf4 Kf7 89. Rb4 Ra7 90. Ke4 Rd7 91. Rd4 Re7+ 92. Kd5
Re1 93. Kd6 Re2 94. Kd7 Re1 95. Kc8 Re8+ 96. Kc7 Re1 97. Rd7+ Kg8 98. Kd6 Re2
99. Rb7 Re4 100. Ra7 Re1 101. Kd7 Re4 102. Rb7 Kf8 103. Kd6 Kg8 104. Rd7 Re1
105. Re7 Ra1 106. Rb7 Re1 107. Re7 Ra1 108. Rb7 Re1 109. Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Finals 2025"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2025.10.03"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "D39"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin, Vienna variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2025.09.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Rc1 h6 11. Bf4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bc6 13. Bd5 O-O 14. Qxb4
exd5 15. Rfd1 Re8 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. g3 g5 19. Bc7 Qd7 20. Qc5 Rad8
21. Bxd8 Rxd8 22. Rc3 b6 23. Qc7 Qe8 24. Re3 Qf8 25. Qe7 1-0

[Event "GCT Finals 2025"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2025.10.03"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Sveshnikov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2025.09.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Nf6 8. Bg5
b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bg7 13. Qh5 Rb8 14. c3 f4 15. Nc2
a5 16. b4 O-O 17. a4 bxa4 18. Rxa4 h6 19. bxa5 Nxa5 20. Ncb4 Rc8 21. Rd1 Kh8 22.
Be2 Nb3 23. Ra7 Nc5 24. Bf3 Nd7 25. h3 Rc4 26. Re1 Qg5 27. Qxg5 hxg5 28. Ra6
Rfc8 29. Rxd6 Bf8 30. Ra6 Rxc3 31. Nxc3 Bxb4 32. Rd1 Nc5 33. Rxe6 fxe6 34. Ne2
Kg7 35. Rb1 Ba5 36. Rc1 Kf6 37. g3 Bb6 38. Kg2 Rd8 39. Rb1 Rd6 40. Nc1 Ba7 41.
Ra1 Rd7 42. Ra2 Bb6 43. Rb2 Rd6 44. h4 gxh4 45. gxh4 Nd7 46. Ne2 Nf8 47. Ng1 Bd4
48. Rb7 Ng6 49. h5 Nh4+ 50. Kf1 Ra6 51. h6 Ra1+ 52. Ke2 Rxg1 53. h7 Ng6 54. Rb8
Kg7 55. Rb7+ Kh8 56. Bh5 Rg5 57. Bxg6 Rxg6 58. Kf3 Rg7 0-1

[Event "GCT Finals 2025"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2025.10.03"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "English variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2025.09.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. b3 c5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. c4 d5 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8.
Nc3 Qd8 9. Rc1 Bd7 10. Bc4 f5 11. h4 Bg7 12. h5 O-O 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. d4 cxd4
15. exd4 Rc8 16. Kf1 a6 17. Ne2 b5 18. Bd3 Be6 19. Qd2 Bd5 20. Qf4 Bxf3 21. gxf3
Nxd4 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Nxd4 Qc3 24. Bxf5 Qxd4 25. Be4 f5 26. Qg5 fxe4 27. Qxg6
Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "GCT Finals 2025"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2025.10.03"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2025.09.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qc2 c5 8.
Nc3 Qc7 9. O-O b6 10. d4 Bb7 11. Rd1 Bd6 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. Rac1 Be7 16. b4 Ne4 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Qxe4 exd5 19. Qg4+ Kh8 20. Qh5 Rg8 21.
Nd4 Rg6 22. Nc6 Qe8 23. Bxd5 Bf8 24. Qf3 Rc8 25. a3 a5 26. bxa5 bxa5 27. Nxa5
Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Bxd5 29. Qxd5 Bxa3 30. Rb1 Rg5 31. Qd2 Kg7 32. Nc4 Bc5 33. Qd3 Qe6
34. e3 Rh5 35. Nd2 Rd5 36. Qe2 Qf5 37. Rc1 Bb4 38. Nf3 Qg4 39. Rc4 1-0

[Event "GCT Finals 2025"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2025.10.03"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2025.09.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d3 c6 6. Qe2 Bg4 7. f3 Bd7 8. Bd2
e6 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. O-O b5 12. Bb3 Na6 13. a3 O-O 14. Ne5 Bd6 15. Rf3
c5 16. Rh3 Bc6 17. Rf1 Rad8 18. Be1 b4 19. Bh4 Be7 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. Ne4 Rfe8
22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. f5 Qd6 25. Qg4+ Kf8 26. fxe6 Qd4+ 27. Qxd4 Rxd4
28. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "GCT Finals 2025"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2025.10.03"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Sveshnikov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2025.09.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Nf6 8. Bg5
b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. c4 e4 15.
Be2 Bg7 16. Qd2 bxc4 17. Nxc4 O-O 18. Qf4 Nxd5 19. Qxf5 Ne7 20. Qh5 d5 21. Rad1
f5 22. b3 Kh8 23. g3 Qc7 24. Ne3 d4 25. Nc4 Nd5 26. Bg4 Ne7 27. Bh3 Rad8 28. Kh1
Rd5 29. Rfe1 Rc5 30. Bg2 Nd5 31. Qg5 Nc3 32. Rd2 f4 33. Qg4 f3 34. Bh3 Qc6 35.
Qe6 Qxe6 36. Bxe6 d3 37. Ne3 Ne2 38. Rdd1 Bd4 39. Bc4 Bxe3 40. fxe3 a5 41. Rf1
a4 42. Rd2 a3 43. g4 Kg7 44. Rf2 h5 45. gxh5 Rxh5 46. Bxd3 exd3 47. Rxd3 Rc5 48.
h3 Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "GCT Finals 2025"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2025.10.03"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2025.09.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. h3 Bd6 6. Bxd6 cxd6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. c3 Ne7 11. Re1 Ne4 12. a4 a5 13. c4 f5 14. Rc1 Ng6 15. cxd5
Bxd5 16. Bc4 Ne7 17. Ne5 d6 18. Nd3 g5 19. f3 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 Bxc4 21. Rxc4 Nd5
22. Rec1 Ra7 23. e4 fxe4 24. fxe4 Nf4 25. Rc8 Qf6 26. e5 dxe5 27. dxe5 Qf5 28.
Nxf4 gxf4 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Qd8+ Kg7 31. Rc8 Rf7 32. Kf2 Kg6 33. Qd4 Kh6 34.
Rc3 Qb1 35. Rf3 Qc2+ 36. Kg1 Kg7 37. Kh2 Qc5 38. Rxf4 Qxd4 39. Rxd4 Rf5 40. Rd6
Rxe5 41. Rxb6 Kf6 42. Kg3 Re2 43. b3 h5 44. Kf3 Rb2 45. g3 Kf5 46. Rb5+ e5 47.
g4+ hxg4+ 48. hxg4+ Ke6 49. Ke4 Re2+ 50. Kd3 Rg2 51. Rxa5 Rxg4 52. Rb5 Rg3+ 53.
Ke2 Kf5 54. a5 Kf4 55. a6 Rg2+ 56. Kf1 Ra2 57. Rb4+ e4 58. Ra4 Rh2 59. a7 Kf3
60. Kg1 1-0

[Event "GCT Finals 2025"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2025.10.03"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2025.09.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Nb6 8.
Nf3 Nc6 9. e4 Bc5 10. Bb5 O-O 11. O-O Bd7 12. Qe2 a6 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Be3 Qe7
15. Ne5 Rac8 16. Rac1 Bd6 17. Nf3 Nd7 18. Nd4 Nf6 19. f3 Bd7 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21.
Qf2 Ne8 22. Nb3 Bc6 23. Bb6 Bc7 24. Bxc7 Qxc7 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27.
Nxd1 Ba4 28. Nc3 Bxb3 29. axb3 h5 30. g3 Nf6 31. Kg2 Qd6 32. Qe2 Nd7 33. f4 h4
34. e5 Qb6 35. Qd1 Nf8 36. Ne4 Qc6 37. Qd3 a5 38. Kh3 hxg3 39. hxg3 Qc1 40. Ng5
Qh1+ 41. Kg4 g6 42. Nh3 Kg7 43. Qd8 Nh7 44. Qd7 b5 45. Qd3 a4 46. bxa4 bxa4 47.
Qd2 f5+ 48. Kh4 Qf3 49. Qd7+ Kf8 50. Qd8+ Kf7 51. Qd7+ Kf8 52. Qd8+ Kf7 53. Qd7+
Kf8 54. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Finals 2025"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2025.10.03"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "C72"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence, 5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2025.09.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g5 7. d4 h6 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Re1 Qf6 10. b4 g4 11. Nfd2 h5 12. Nf1 O-O-O 13. b5 axb5 14. Bxb5 h4 15.
Qa4 g3 16. Be3 Nb8 17. Nbd2 Bh6 18. Nf3 Bg4 19. Rad1 Ne7 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. hxg3
Bxe3 22. Rxe3 hxg3 23. Nxg3 Ng6 24. Rd3 Rh8 25. Nh2 Be6 26. Bc4 Nf4 27. Bxe6+
Qxe6 28. Rd2 Qh6 29. Nf3 Qb6 30. Nxe5 f6 31. Nf3 Qb1+ 32. Qd1 Qb5 33. Nd4 Qg5
34. Nde2 Ne6 35. Rd5 Qh4 1-0

