[Event "31st Sigeman & Co 2026"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2026.05.07"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Woodward, Andy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "30953499"]
[EventDate "2026.05.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 Nc6 ({Relevant:} 5... d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. a4 c5 9. Ba3 Qa5 10. Qc2 Rd8 11. Bxc5 Na6 12. Be7 Rxd4 13. Nf3 Rd7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nd2 Qc7 16. a5 Rb8 17. O-O b5 18. axb6 axb6 19. Ne4 Kg7 20. g4 Nc5 21. Ng3 Qe5 22. Rad1 b5 23. f4 Qe3+ 24. Kh1 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 Nd7 26. Bc6 Rb6 27. Nh5+ Kh8 28. Rf3 Qc5 29. Bxd7 Rd6 30. Qe1 Bb7 31. e4 Rxd7 32. Nxf6 Rd3 33. Qh4 Kg7 34. Rxd3 cxd3 35. Nh5+ {1-0 Erigaisi,A (2782)-Gukesh,D (2787) Norway Chess 13th Stavanger 2025 (2)}) 6. e4 {[%eval -22,21] [%wdl 9,942,49]} (6. Nf3 $142 {[%eval 16,18] [%wdl 38,950,12]}) 6... Bxc3+ $11 7. bxc3 d6 {[#]} 8. g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Ne2 e5 9. O-O b6 10. Ba3 Ba6 11. Qa4 Na5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bxf8 Qxf8 14. Rfd1 Bxc4 15. Nc1 Qc5 16. Nd3 Qe7 17. Nb4 Qc5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Rd8 20. Qb4 Qd6 21. Rab1 Nd7 22. a3 Re8 23. c4 Nc5 24. Qc3 e4 25. Re1 f5 26. Rbc1 Nd3 27. Qxd3 exd3 28. Rxe8+ Kf7 29. Re3 d2 30. Rd1 Nxc4 31. Rc3 Qe5 32. Bf1 Qxc3 {0-1 Goltseva,E (2284)-Xiong,J (2688) Titled Tuesday intern op 21st Jun Early Chess.com INT blitz 2022 (1)}) 8... Na5 9. h4 Nxc4 10. h5 Nd7 11. Qd3 b5 12. a4 (12. Nh3) 12... Ba6 13. g5 {[%eval -101,19] [%wdl 0,489,511] Black is much better but obviously this attack is quite frightening.} (13. Nf3 $15 {[%eval -46,19] [%wdl 1,923,76]}) 13... c5 $17 14. axb5 Bxb5 15. Ne2 Rb8 16. Qh3 $2 {[%eval -174,15] [%wdl 0,27,973] Black is winning.} (16. h6 $17 {[%eval -96,18] [%wdl 0,543,457]} Nce5 17. Qd2 Nd3+ 18. Kf1) 16... Na5 $1 $19 17. Be3 Nb3 18. Ra3 Bxe2 19. Kxe2 cxd4 20. cxd4 Qc7 21. Kf3 f5 22. gxf6 Rxf6+ 23. Kg4 e5 24. d5 {[%eval -215,17] [%wdl 0,1,999]} (24. dxe5 $142 {[%eval -170,19] [%wdl 0,16,984]} Nxe5+ 25. Kg3) 24... Nd4 25. Kg3 Nc5 26. Kh2 Nc2 {[%eval -47,21] [%wdl 0,956,44]} (26... Rbf8 $17 {[%eval -133,19] [%wdl 0,131,869]} 27. f4 Ncb3) 27. Bxc5 $1 $15 dxc5 28. Rc3 Rxf2 {[%eval -3,24] [%wdl 2,996,2] White is finally back equal.} (28... Nd4 $17 {[%eval -72,20] [%wdl 0,854,146]} 29. Rhc1 Rb5 (29... Rxf2 30. Rxc5 Qd6 31. Rc7 $17)) 29. Rc1 Nd4 30. Rxc5 (30. h6 Qb6 31. Rxc5 Qxh6 32. Rc8+) 30... Qd6 $36 31. Rc8+ Rxc8 32. Rxc8+ Rf8 33. Qc3 Qf6 34. Rxf8+ Qxf8 $11 35. Qc7 $1 Qf4+ 36. Kh3 $2 {[%eval -365,13] [%wdl 0,0,1000] A mistake that should lose.} (36. Kh1 $17 {[%eval -78,16] [%wdl 0,809,191]}) 36... Qe3+ $2 {[%eval -72,15] [%wdl 0,858,142]} (36... g5 $1 $19 {[%eval -365,13] [%wdl 0,0,1000]} 37. hxg6 Qh6+ (37... hxg6 38. Qb8+ Kh7 39. Qxa7+ Kh6 40. Qa8 $11) 38. Kg3 Qxg6+ 39. Kh2 Qh6+ 40. Bh3 Qd2+ 41. Kh1 Qe1+ 42. Kg2 Qxe4+ 43. Kg3 Qxd5) 37. Kh2 $17 Qf4+ $1 38. Kh3 $2 {[%eval -372,16] [%wdl 0,0,1000] Again back to the lost position.} (38. Kh1 $17 {[%eval -73,17] [%wdl 0,848,152]}) 38... g5 $1 $19 {Woodward finds it.} 39. hxg6 Qh6+ 40. Kg3 Qf4+ 41. Kh3 Qh6+ 42. Kg3 Qxg6+ 43. Kh2 Qh6+ 44. Kg1 Qc1+ $3 45. Qxc1 Ne2+ 46. Kf2 Nxc1 {An interesting endgame, so long as black gets his knight into play he ought to win.} 47. Ke3 Kf7 48. Kd2 Nb3+ 49. Kc3 Nd4 50. Kb4 Ke7 51. Ka5 h5 52. Ka6 h4 $2 {[%eval -16,20] [%wdl 0,996,4] A pity for Woodward. His King needs to get to c5 before pushing the h-pawn.} (52... Kd6 $19 {[%eval -570,17] [%wdl 0,0,1000]} 53. Kxa7 Kc5 54. Ka6 h4 55. Kb7 Nb5 56. Ka6 Nc3 57. Ka5 Nd1 58. Ka6 Kd6 59. Kb5 Nf2) 53. Kxa7 $11 Kd6 54. Kb6 Nc2 {[%eval -47,15] [%wdl 0,970,30]} (54... Ne2 $11 {[%eval 0,36] [%wdl 1,998,1]} 55. Kb5 h3 56. Bxh3 Nc3+ 57. Kc4 Nxe4) 55. Kb5 $1 $15 Ne3 56. Bf3 h3 57. Kb4 $1 Nc2+ 58. Kc3 Nd4 (58... Ne1 $5 59. Bh1 $8 Ke7 $16) 59. Bh1 Ne2+ 60. Kd2 Nd4 (60... Ng3 $5 61. Bf3 $8 h2 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st Sigeman & Co 2026"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2026.05.07"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "1039784"]
[EventDate "2026.05.01"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. e3 O-O 9. cxd5 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd5 11. Be2 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nc6 14. Rhc1 Rd8 15. Rc5 (15. Ke1 Bf5 16. Rc5 Rac8 17. Rac1 Bf8 18. R5c3 e5 19. Bg5 Re8 20. a3 exd4 21. exd4 Bg7 22. Be3 Rcd8 23. Rd1 Be4 24. Rcc1 h6 25. Kf1 Bd5 26. h3 Bf8 27. Rc3 a6 28. Rdc1 Ne7 29. Ne5 Nf5 30. Bf3 Bg7 31. Bxd5 Rxd5 32. Rc8 Rdd8 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34. Nf3 Nxd4 35. Nxd4 Bxd4 36. Bxh6 b5 37. Rc6 a5 38. Bg5 Re8 39. Bd2 Ra8 40. Ke2 Bb2 41. Rb6 Bxa3 42. Rxb5 a4 43. Bc3 Bf8 44. h4 a3 {0-1 Radjabov,T (2646)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2745) Wch Blitz op Doha 2025 (10)}) 15... Bf5 {[#]} 16. Rb5 $146 {[%eval -29,19] [%wdl 0,989,11]} (16. Rac1 $142 {[%eval 9,21] [%wdl 3,996,1]}) (16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Kxd3 Rac8 18. Rb5 b6 19. a4 f6 20. Ke2 Na5 21. Ra2 Rc1 22. e4 Rc4 23. Kd3 e5 24. Bd2 Rdxd4+ 25. Nxd4 Rxd4+ 26. Kc2 Nc4 27. Bc3 Rxe4 28. Kd3 Rh4 29. g3 f5 {1-0 Fedoseev,V (2690)-Erdos,V (2599) Dubai bin Rashid Cup Blitz 2021 (2)}) 16... e5 17. Nxe5 (17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 (18. Nxe5 a6 $15) 18... Bxe5 19. Nxe5 Rd6 $17) 17... Nxd4 18. exd4 Rxd4+ 19. Ke3 Re4+ 20. Kf3 g5 21. Bxg5 (21. Bg3 $2 Re8 22. h3 h5 $19) 21... Rxe5 22. Rxe5 Bxe5 23. Rc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 $11 25. Ke4 Bc7 26. Bc4 Kg7 27. h4 b5 28. Bd5 a5 29. Be3 h5 30. Bc5 Kf6 31. a3 Bf5+ 32. Ke3 Bd7 33. Bf3 Bg4 34. Bc6 b4 35. axb4 axb4 36. f3 Be6 37. Bxb4 Bg3 38. Ba5 Kg7 39. Bd8 f6 40. Ke4 Bxh4 41. Be8 f5+ 42. Ke5 Bxd8 43. Kxe6 f4 44. Bxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st Sigeman & Co 2026"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2026.05.07"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2840"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "44599790"]
[EventDate "2026.05.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 dxc4 4. e4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Qxd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. Be3 Nxd4 (8... Nf6 9. f3 e6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. Nb3 Ne5 13. Be2 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Na5 Rfc8 16. Rac1 Bd8 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. f4 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Nc6 20. Bb5 Nb4 21. a3 a6 22. Bd7 Nd3 23. Rc2 e5 24. f5 Be7 25. b4 a5 26. Bb5 Ne1 27. Rc1 axb4 28. a4 b3 29. Rxe1 b2 30. Kf1 Rc8 31. Ke2 Rc2+ 32. Kd3 Rxg2 33. Rb1 Rxh2 34. Kc4 h5 35. Bb6 h4 36. Kb3 h3 37. Ka2 Bg5 38. Rg1 {0-1 Riazantsev,A (2710)-Jaracz,P (2542) EU-ch rapid Warsaw 2011 (4)}) 9. Bxd4 e6 {[#]} 10. f3 $146 (10. Nc3 Ne7 11. Nb5 Nc6 12. Nc7+ Kd8 13. Nxa8 Nxd4 14. O-O-O Nc6 15. a3 Bc5 16. b4 Bxf2 17. Rhf1 Be3+ 18. Kb1 Ke7 19. Nc7 Ne5 20. Bb5 Bc8 21. Rfe1 Bg5 22. Be2 Bd7 23. Nb5 a6 24. Nc3 Rc8 {½-½ Gyimesi,Z (2596)-Beikert,G (2444) BL2-Sued 0203 Germany 2002 (2.1)}) 10... Ne7 11. Kf2 Nc6 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Nd2 Ne5 14. Be2 Bc5 $1 {Carlsen praised this as being alert and avoidiing much of the poison in the position.} 15. Bxc5 Rxc5 16. Rhc1 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Nc6 18. e5 Ke7 19. f4 Rc8 20. a3 f6 21. exf6+ gxf6 22. Rc3 Nd4 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 $11 24. Bd3 h6 25. Ke3 Nc6 26. Nf3 b6 27. g4 e5 28. h3 Kd6 29. Nd2 exf4+ 30. Kxf4 Ne5 31. Bf5 Bb7 32. Bc2 Bg2 33. Kg3 Bd5 34. Kf4 Bg2 35. h4 Ke7 36. b3 Bh3 {[%eval 51,21] [%wdl 38,962,0]} (36... Bc6 $11 {[%eval 1,28] [%wdl 2,997,1]}) 37. Bf5 Bg2 38. Ne4 Bxe4 39. Bxe4 Nf7 40. Bd5 Nd6 41. a4 Kd7 {Not exactly bad but Carlsen said that had he found a5 he would probably have struggled to find anyhing testing.} (41... a5) 42. b4 Nc8 43. Ke4 Ne7 44. Kd4 f5 45. g5 hxg5 46. hxg5 Kd6 47. Bb7 {[%eval 0,44] [%wdl 1,998,1]} (47. Bh1 $1 $14 {[%eval 42,22] [%wdl 21,979,0]}) 47... Ng6 48. Kc4 Nf8 49. Bc8 Ne6 50. g6 Ke7 $2 {[%eval 480,16] [%wdl 1000,0,0] With time trouble and down to one saving move Erdogmus finally cracks.} (50... f4 $11 {[%eval 0,42] [%wdl 1,998,1]}) 51. Kb5 $1 $18 f4 52. Ka6 f3 53. Kxa7 (53. Bxe6 $2 Kxe6 54. g7 Kf7 $19) 53... b5 54. g7 Nxg7 55. axb5 f2 56. Bh3 Ne6 57. b6 Nd4 58. b7 Nc6+ 59. Ka8 1-0

[Event "31st Sigeman & Co 2026"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2026.05.07"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Zhu, Jiner"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[WhiteFideId "1710400"]
[BlackFideId "8608059"]
[EventDate "2026.05.01"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Bxd2+ (3... c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nge7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Nc3 d6 8. O-O h6 9. a3 Ba5 10. Rb1 Be6 11. Qa4 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 a5 13. e3 Qd7 14. Qd1 a4 15. Re1 Bh3 16. Bxh3 Qxh3 17. d4 e4 18. Nh4 Ng6 19. Ng2 Nd8 20. Nf4 Qf5 21. dxc5 Ne5 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Nd5 Kh8 24. Nb6 Ra5 25. Qd6 Ne6 26. Nd7 Rd8 27. Qxe5 Rxc5 28. Qxf5 Rxf5 29. Red1 Ng5 30. Kg2 Nf3 31. c5 Rc8 32. Rbc1 Rc7 33. Rc4 {1-0 Topalov,V (2717)-Firouzja,A (2757) Warsaw Superbet Blitz 2025 (2)}) 4. Qxd2 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Re8 8. Nf3 {[#]} c6 $146 (8... Nc6 9. O-O Nd4 10. Nh4 c6 11. f4 exf4 12. Rxf4 Ne6 13. Rff1 Ng4 14. Rae1 Ng5 15. e3 Ne5 16. b3 Nh3+ 17. Kh1 Bg4 18. d4 Ng6 19. Nf5 Ne7 20. e4 Nxf5 21. exf5 Rxe1 22. Qxe1 Qd7 23. f6 Re8 24. Qd2 Qe6 25. Ne4 h6 26. d5 {1-0 Kokarev,D (2611)-Lobanov,S (2516) Cheliabinsk Panchenko Memorial op-A 2020 (4)}) 9. e4 a6 10. O-O b5 11. a3 Be6 12. Ng5 Qb6 {[%eval 36,17] [%wdl 53,945,2]} (12... Bg4 $11 {[%eval -10,20] [%wdl 7,976,17]}) 13. b4 Nbd7 14. Nxe6 Rxe6 15. Rab1 Ree8 16. a4 Nf8 17. axb5 axb5 18. cxb5 cxb5 19. Qe3 Qb8 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Ng6 22. Rfc1 Ne7 23. Be4 f5 24. Bf3 Qa7 25. Rc3 Qxe3 26. fxe3 Rec8 27. Rbc1 Rxc3 28. Rxc3 $11 Kf8 29. e4 Ra4 30. Rb3 Ra2 {[%eval 0,24] [%wdl 2,996,2]} (30... g5 $15 {[%eval -56,18] [%wdl 0,945,55]} 31. exf5 Nxf5) 31. Bg2 Kf7 32. Bf1 {[%eval -53,20] [%wdl 0,955,45]} (32. Rc3 $11 {[%eval -11,23] [%wdl 1,996,3]}) 32... Kf6 33. Rc3 Rb2 34. Rc7 Rxb4 35. Rd7 fxe4 36. dxe4 Rxe4 37. Rxd6+ Kf7 38. Rd7 Kf6 39. Rd6+ Kg5 40. Bxb5 Nf5 41. Ra6 Rd4 42. Be2 g6 43. Ra5 Rd2 44. Bf3 Nd4 45. Bg2 Rd1+ 46. Kf2 Rd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st Sigeman & Co TB"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2026.05.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2840"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2026.05.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Qd3 b6 $146 {[%eval 36,20] [%wdl 80,915,5]} (7... c5 $11 {[%eval -1,19] [%wdl 20,958,22]}) (7... c6 8. Nf3 b6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 c5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Rfd1 Nxc3 14. Bxc3) 8. cxd5 $14 Nxd5 9. Nf3 {[%eval 11,19] [%wdl 26,963,11]} (9. Be4 $14 {[%eval 52,19] [%wdl 123,875,2]}) 9... Bb7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. O-O Nd7 12. Bf4 c5 13. b3 {[%eval -22,19] [%wdl 3,973,24]} (13. Rfd1 {[%eval 15,21] [%wdl 18,978,4]}) 13... Re8 14. h4 h6 15. Rfd1 a5 16. a4 Ba6 17. Qc2 Rc8 18. Qb2 Nf6 19. Bh3 Ra8 {[%eval 0,19] [%wdl 9,982,9]} (19... c4 $15 {[%eval -64,18] [%wdl 0,848,152]}) 20. Be5 Bf8 21. Rac1 Ne4 22. dxc5 $1 bxc5 23. Bf5 Nf6 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Qxf6 gxf6 26. Rxd5 Bxe2 27. Nd2 Red8 28. Be4 Rxd5 29. Bxd5 Rd8 30. Ne4 f5 31. Nc3 Ba6 32. Bc4 Bb7 33. Rd1 Rd4 34. Kf1 f4 35. Rxd4 cxd4 $11 36. Nb5 fxg3 37. fxg3 Bc5 38. Ke2 Be4 39. Bd3 f5 40. Nc7 Kf7 41. Na6 $2 {[%eval -459,14] [%wdl 0,0,1000] The losing move.} (41. Bc4+ $1 $15 {[%eval -43,19] [%wdl 0,977,23]} Kg6 42. Ne6) 41... Bd6 $19 42. g4 {[%eval -708,11] [%wdl 0,0,1000]} (42. Kd2 $142 {[%eval -441,18] [%wdl 0,0,1000]} Ke6 (42... Bxg3 $2 43. Nc5 $17) 43. Bb5) 42... Bxd3+ 43. Kxd3 fxg4 44. Kxd4 Kg6 45. Ke3 Kh5 46. Kd4 0-1

[Event "31st Sigeman & Co TB"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2026.05.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2840"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "35009192"]
[EventDate "2026.05.07"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O e6 7. a4 (7. Re1 a6 8. a4 b6 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Qd2 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 e5 13. Be3 exd4 14. Bxd4 Re8 15. Bc4 c6 16. Bb3 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Bxa8 19. f3 b4 20. Nd1 c5 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. c3 Rb8 23. Bd5 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 bxc3 25. bxc3 h5 26. Qd3 Ra8 27. Rf1 Ra2 28. f4 Qe6 29. f5 gxf5 30. exf5 Qe2 31. Qxe2 Rxe2 32. Rf2 Re1+ 33. Rf1 Re4 34. Rf3 Be5 35. g3 Kg7 36. Kf2 Ra4 {0-1 Tabatabaei,M (2655)-Carlsen,M (2837) Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Jul Late Chess.com INT blitz 2025 (10)}) 7... Nc6 8. a5 {[#]} Rb8 $146 (8... a6 9. Be3 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nd2 Ne8 12. Na4 f5 13. f3 Kh8 14. c4 Ng8 15. c5 Bh6 16. Qb3 Bxe3+ 17. Qxe3 Ngf6 18. Qc3 Bd7 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Nb6 Rb8 21. f4 exf4 22. Rxf4 Ng7 23. Raf1 Bb5 24. Bxb5 axb5 25. exf5 g5 26. Rb4 Qe7 27. Rxb5 Rbe8 28. Rb3 Ngh5 29. g3 Kg8 30. Qf3 g4 31. Qd1 Ng7 32. Ndc4 Qc7 33. Kg2 Re4 34. Rc3 Qe7 35. Rc2 h5 36. Qd3 h4 37. Rcf2 h3+ 38. Kg1 {1-0 Narciso Dublan,M (2505)-Tjiam,D (2377) Figueres op 14th 2013 (7)}) 9. h3 h6 10. Be3 b6 11. a6 Ne7 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. Bd3 c6 {[%eval 161,19] [%wdl 912,88,0] Carlsen is quite a bit better here.} (13... Ne8 $16 {[%eval 119,20] [%wdl 675,325,0]} 14. Rfe1 f5) 14. Ne2 {[%eval 92,19] [%wdl 419,580,1]} (14. Bf4 $18 {[%eval 161,19] [%wdl 912,88,0]}) 14... b5 15. Ng3 Rb6 16. b3 Qc7 17. c4 bxc4 18. bxc4 c5 19. d5 $6 {[%eval 29,19] [%wdl 54,941,5]} (19. dxc5 $16 {[%eval 127,17] [%wdl 751,249,0]} dxc5 20. Bf4) 19... e5 {[%eval 65,20] [%wdl 196,803,1]} (19... Nd7 $11 {[%eval 29,19] [%wdl 54,941,5]}) 20. Nh2 {[%eval 26,20] [%wdl 46,948,6]} (20. Qa5 $14 {[%eval 65,20] [%wdl 196,803,1]}) 20... Bxa6 {[%eval 62,20] [%wdl 170,829,1]} (20... Rxa6 $11 {[%eval 26,20] [%wdl 46,948,6]} 21. Rxa6 Bxa6) 21. f4 {[%eval -35,17] [%wdl 4,935,61]} (21. Ra3 $14 {[%eval 62,20] [%wdl 170,829,1]}) 21... exf4 $15 22. Bxf4 Nd7 23. Ra2 Ne5 24. Bxe5 {[%eval -90,17] [%wdl 0,614,386]} (24. Nf3 $1 $11 {[%eval -30,21] [%wdl 3,953,44]} Nxf3+ (24... Bxc4 25. Bxe5 Bxa2 26. Bxg7 $16) (24... Nxc4 25. Qe2 $16) 25. Rxf3) 24... Bxe5 $17 {The position has turned.} 25. Ng4 {[%eval -143,19] [%wdl 0,102,898]} Bd4+ 26. Kh1 Ng8 27. e5 {[%eval -219,15] [%wdl 0,2,998]} (27. Nf5 $17 {[%eval -148,19] [%wdl 0,79,921]} gxf5 28. Rxf5) 27... dxe5 $19 28. Ne4 {[%eval -342,16] [%wdl 0,0,1000]} (28. Ne2 {[%eval -216,18] [%wdl 0,3,997]}) 28... f5 29. Nxh6 Nxh6 30. Ng5+ Kg7 31. Ne6+ Rxe6 $1 32. dxe6 Bc8 33. Qg5 Bxe6 34. Ra6 Rf6 35. Rb1 e4 36. Be2 Nf7 37. Qd2 Bc8 38. Rxf6 Bxf6 39. Qd5 Bd4 0-1

[Event "31st Sigeman & Co TB"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2026.05.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2840"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2026.05.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Bd3 c6 9. Nge2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Re8 11. O-O a5 12. a4 {[%eval -18,19] [%wdl 8,957,35] 12.Rae1 is becoming the main line.} (12. Rac1 {[%eval 26,19] [%wdl 48,946,6]}) (12. Rae1 b5 13. f3 Ba6 14. e4 dxe4 15. fxe4 b4 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Na4 Nxe4 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Qc4 Ra7 20. Qxc6 Ndf6 21. Qb6 Qe8 22. Nc5 Nxc5 23. dxc5 Ra8 24. Rxf6 gxf6 25. Kf2 Qd8 26. Qd6 Qxd6 27. cxd6 Re6 28. Rd1 Rd8 {0-1 Nepomniachtchi,I (2729)-Duda,J (2739) Chess.com op playoffs Chess.com INT blitz 2026 (1.2)}) 12... Nh5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rae1 Ndf6 15. Nc1 {[#]} Ne4 $146 (15... Be6 16. Nb3 b6 17. f3 g6 18. Qf2 Qb4 19. Nc1 Bd7 20. N1a2 Qf8 21. h3 Qd6 22. Nc1 Ng3 23. e4 Nxf1 24. Bxf1 Nh5 25. e5 Qf8 26. f4 Ng7 27. Nd3 h5 28. Be2 Nf5 29. g4 hxg4 30. hxg4 Nh6 31. Qh4 Kg7 32. Qf6+ Kg8 33. Qh4 Qg7 34. Kg2 Kf8 35. Rh1 Ng8 36. Kf2 Re6 37. Bf3 Rae8 38. b3 g5 39. Qxg5 Rg6 40. Qh4 Rh6 41. Qg3 Rxh1 42. Bxh1 Qxg4 43. Qxg4 Bxg4 44. Bf3 Bf5 45. Ne1 {0-1 Kocharin,T (2234)-Sydykov,B (2268) Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Sep Early Chess.com INT blitz 2024 (7)}) 16. f3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 c5 18. e4 {[%eval -4,22] [%wdl 3,992,5]} (18. Qd2 $14 {[%eval 35,20] [%wdl 29,970,1]}) 18... cxd4 $11 19. exd5 Qd8 20. cxd4 {[%eval -25,18] [%wdl 1,984,15]} (20. c4 $142 {[%eval 11,18] [%wdl 7,991,2]}) 20... Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Nf6 22. Qb3 Bd7 23. Bc4 Ne8 24. Nd3 Nd6 25. Ne5 Qh4 26. Rd1 Be8 27. Bf1 Rc8 28. Qb6 Bxa4 29. Ra1 Qf4 30. h3 (30. Rxa4 Qe3+ 31. Kh1 Rc1 32. Qd8+ Kh7) (30. Nd3 $5 Qe3+ 31. Kh1 $14) 30... Be8 31. Rxa5 $2 {[%eval -340,15] [%wdl 0,0,1000] Loses.} (31. Qxd6 $2 Qxd4+ 32. Kh2 Qxa1 $19) (31. Kh1 $11 {[%eval 0,23] [%wdl 2,996,2]} Nf5 32. d6) 31... Qe3+ $19 32. Kh2 Qf4+ (32... Rc1 $1) 33. Kg1 Nf5 $2 {[%eval 0,21] [%wdl 2,996,2] Back equal.} (33... Qe3+ $19 {[%eval -287,18] [%wdl 0,0,1000]} 34. Kh2 Rc1) 34. Ra1 $2 {[%eval -438,15] [%wdl 0,0,1000]} (34. Qxb7 $2 Qxd4+ 35. Kh2 Qxe5+ $19) (34. d6 $11 {[%eval 0,21] [%wdl 2,996,2]}) 34... Qe3+ 35. Kh2 Nxd4 36. Ng4 {[%eval -729,16] [%wdl 0,0,1000]} (36. Kh1 $142 {[%eval -442,17] [%wdl 0,0,1000]} Qxe5 37. Rb1) 36... Nxf3+ $1 {wins the Queen.} 0-1

