[Event "12th Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.08.20"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Gukesh, D.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[GameId "2213058009953842"]
[EventDate "2025.08.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 {[%cal Bc2c3,Bc3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 a6 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. h3 cxd4 10. cxd4 c5 $1 11. d5 $1 b5 $1 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Bf4 {White has an edge.} c4 14. Be5 {Black is weak on the dark squares} e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Bd6 {[%cal Oa2a4]} Re8 17. a4 Qb6 $146 {[#]} (17... Bf8 $11 18. Bxf8 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 (19. Rexd1 Rxf8 20. axb5 axb5 $11) 19... Rxf8) ({Predecessor:} 17... Bf8 18. Bxf8 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 Rxf8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Nxb5 Bxe4 22. Nd2 Bd3 23. Nd6 Ra4 24. Rxe6 {½-½ Fleetwood,D (2570)-Gusan,B (2555) W-ch40 q02 email ICCF email 2020}) 18. axb5 (18. e5 $1 $16 {[%cal Re5f6]} Nd5 19. Ng5) 18... axb5 $14 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. e5 Ne8 21. Bb4 Rd8 22. Qe2 Qc6 23. Rd1 (23. Qe3 $1 $14 {might be stronger.}) 23... Rxd1+ $11 {The position is equal.} 24. Nxd1 Nc7 25. Bd6 Ne8 26. Bb4 Qc7 27. Nc3 Bxf3 {[%mdl 64] [#] Remove Defender} 28. Qxf3 Qxe5 29. g3 Nc7 {Against Qa8+} 30. Qc6 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32]} 31. Kg2 {Black must now prevent Bd6.} Nd5 32. Qxb5 h4 33. Qxc4 hxg3 {Hoping for ...Qf5.} 34. Nxd5 exd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQB-KQB} 35. Qc8+ Kh7 36. Qg4 g5 37. Bc3 d4 38. Qxd4 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} Qxd4 39. Bxd4 Bxd4 40. Kxg3 {KB-K3P} Kg6 41. f4 gxf4+ 42. Kxf4 Bxb2 43. h4 Bf6 44. Ke4 Bxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.08.20"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[GameId "2213070327531322"]
[EventDate "2025.08.18"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. e4 d6 4. d4 c5 5. Nge2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5. d5 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O 8. Ne2 Re8 9. O-O exd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Ng3 {1-0 Kazimierski,T (2050)-Turoczi,P (2033) LSS SA-2021-0-00761 LSS email}) 5... cxd4 6. Nxd4 {[#] A13: English Opening: 1...e6.} Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 {White is slightly better.} Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 (10. Na4 {might be stronger.}) 10... e5 (10... Bc5 $142) 11. Na4 $11 Ba5 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. a3 c5 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. Nc3 Bxc3 (15... h6 $14) 16. Qxc3 $16 Be6 17. f3 (17. b4 $16) 17... Rfc8 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Rd2 h6 20. Bc2 Qc6 (20... Rd8 $14) 21. Rbd1 Rd8 {[%cal Bc8d8,Bd8d7,Bd7b7][%mdl 32]} 22. b3 Rd7 23. h4 (23. h3 $16) 23... Rbd8 (23... Qb6 $14) 24. b4 (24. g4 $16) 24... cxb4 $11 25. Qxb4 Qxc4 26. Qxc4 Bxc4 27. Ba4 Rb7 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. Rxd6 Nh5 30. Rc6 Be6 31. Rc5 Rb1+ 32. Rc1 Rb7 33. Bd1 Rb2 34. Kh2 Nf4 35. Rc2 Rb1 36. Rd2 a6 37. g3 Bb3 $1 38. gxf4 Bxd1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 39. Kg3 exf4+ 40. Kxf4 Bb3 41. Bd4 Rd1 42. Rxd1 Bxd1 43. Bc3 Be2 44. Bd4 Bd1 45. Bc3 Be2 46. Bd4 Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.08.20"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[GameId "2213085378275389"]
[EventDate "2025.08.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. g3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Rc1 d6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 11. d5 {E21: Nimzo-Indian: 4 Nf3.} Nxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 13. e4 {The position is equal.} a5 14. Nd2 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} ({Predecessor:} 14. b3 Nc5 15. Nh4 Re8 16. Nf5 Bc8 17. Ne3 Bd7 18. h4 b5 19. cxb5 Bxb5 20. Re1 {1-0 Narayanan,S (2658)-Blohberger,F (2503) Wch Blitz Warsaw 2021 (14)}) 14... c6 15. Re1 cxd5 16. cxd5 Nc5 17. Qe2 f5 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Ne4 Qe7 $6 (19... Bc8 $11) 20. Qb5 $6 (20. Qd1 $14) 20... Qc7 (20... Raf8 $11) 21. b3 Raf8 $2 (21... Rff8 $14) 22. a3 $6 (22. Bh3 $16) 22... Qd8 (22... Bxd5 $2 23. Nxc5 (23. Nf6+ R5xf6 24. Bxd5+ Kh8 $14) 23... Bxg2 24. Ne4 $18) (22... Qe7 $1 $14) 23. Nxc5 $16 dxc5 {[#]} 24. Rc2 Qd6 25. Rd2 Kh8 (25... R5f7 $16) 26. Be4 (26. Qc4 $18) 26... R5f6 27. Bg2 {White is more active.} Rf5 (27... h6 $16) 28. Re3 ({Better is} 28. Qc4 $18) 28... h6 (28... R5f7 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 29. a4 $18 Qf6 {[%cal Rf5f2]} 30. Ree2 Qd6 31. h4 R5f6 (31... R5f7 $16 32. Re3 Re7) 32. Qd3 Bc8 {[%cal Bb7c8,Bc8a6,Ba6c4][%mdl 32]} 33. Qe4 Ba6 34. Re3 c4 35. bxc4 (35. Qxe5 Qxe5 36. Rxe5 cxb3 $16) 35... Qb4 36. Qc2 Qxc4 37. Qxc4 {White is clearly winning because the d-pawn is just too powerful.} (37. Rxe5 Qb4 38. Qb2 Qxb2 39. Rxb2 Bc8 $16) 37... Bxc4 38. d6 {[%cal Bd5d6,Bd6d7][%mdl 32]} (38. Rxe5 Rd6 39. Rd4 Rc8 $16) 38... Rd8 39. d7 ({Weaker is} 39. Rxe5 Rfxd6 40. Rxd6 Rxd6 $11) 39... Kg8 40. Rxe5 Kf7 {Prevents Re8} 41. Rd4 Ba2 42. Re2 Bb3 43. Re3 Ba2 44. Bf1 Kf8 45. Bb5 Re6 46. Rd2 1-0

[Event "12th Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.08.20"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[GameId "2213099359004917"]
[EventDate "2025.08.18"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4.} 12. Bxd4 {[%cal Of4f5]} (12. Qxd4 a6 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Rxb7 Rc8 $17) 12... a6 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 {White is slightly better.} 14. Rb3 Qe7 15. Rxb7 Qd8 16. O-O Qc8 $1 {16...Qc8 scores better than 16...Rc8.} 17. Rb3 Qc4 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less charted territory.} (17... Bc5 $14) 18. Nd1 $1 $16 {[%cal Bc3d1,Bd1e3,Be3d5][%mdl 32]} Bc5 (18... Bb5 $6 19. Rf2 $11) 19. c3 (19. Bxc5 $6 Qxc5+ 20. Ne3 O-O $11) 19... Be7 (19... Bb5 20. Ne3 Bxd4 21. cxd4) 20. Ne3 Qc8 21. f5 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} exf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21... Bg5 22. Qf2 Bb5 23. Re1 h5 24. Qg3 Bh6 25. Qf3 Qd7 26. a4 Bxa4 27. Rb6 Bc6 28. fxe6 Bxe3+ 29. Rxe3 Qxe6 {1-0 Stefansson,H (2471)-Fus,J (2455) Przeworsk 2024 (2)}) 22. Nxd5 Bd8 {[#] Black is weak on the dark squares} 23. e6 {White has more active pieces.} fxe6 (23... Bxe6 $5 24. Qe3 (24. Bxg7 Rg8 $15) 24... O-O $11) 24. Bxg7 Rg8 25. Nf6+ (25. Bd4 $5 Bc6 (25... exd5 $2 26. Re1+ Be7 27. Qe3 $18) 26. c4 $14) 25... Bxf6 26. Bxf6 Bc6 27. g3 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is up to no good.} Rg6 28. Be5 {With the idea Rfb1.} Bb5 29. Re1 Qc5+ 30. Bd4 Rd8 {[%cal Ob5c6]} 31. Qf4 Qd5 {...Bc6 would now be deadly.} 32. Re5 {Really sharp!} Qc4 33. Rb2 {[%cal Ob2d2]} Rd5 (33... Rg4 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 34. Qf2 (34. Qxf5 Rdxd4 35. Rxe6+ Kd8 $11) 34... Re4 35. Rxe4 (35. Qxf5 $2 Rxe5 36. Qb1 Re2 $19) 35... fxe4) 34. Rxd5 (34. Qxf5 $2 Rxe5 35. Qf2 Rf5 36. Rxb5 axb5 $19) 34... Qxd5 35. Qb8+ Qd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35... Kf7 $16 {is a better chance.}) 36. Qe5 $18 Qg5 37. Rb1 {Repels Qc1+} f4 {[%cal Bf5f4,Bf4g3][%mdl 32]} 38. Qb8+ Ke7 (38... Qd8 {is a better defense.} 39. Qxf4 Qg5 40. Qb8+ (40. Qc7 Qe7 $18) 40... Qd8) 39. Qc7+ Ke8 40. Qb8+ (40. Qxh7 fxg3 41. h4 Qf5 $11) 40... Ke7 (40... Qd8 $142 41. Qxf4 Qg5 42. Qb8+ (42. Qc7 Qe7 $18) 42... Qd8) 41. Qc7+ Ke8 42. c4 (42. Qxh7 fxg3 43. h4 Qf5 $11) 42... fxg3 43. Qc8+ (43. cxb5 gxh2+ 44. Kf2 Qd2+ (44... axb5 45. Qc6+ Kf7 46. Qf3+ Ke8 47. Qc6+ Kf7 48. Ke2 $11) 45. Kf3 Qd3+ (45... Qxd4 $2 46. Qc6+ Ke7 47. Qc7+ Kf6 48. a4 $19) 46. Be3 Qd5+ (46... Qxb1 47. Qc8+ Kf7 48. Qc7+ Kg8 49. Qd8+ Kg7 50. Qe7+ Kg8 51. Qd8+ Kg7 52. Qe7+ Kg8 53. Qd8+ $11) 47. Ke2 Rg2+ (47... h1=B 48. Qc8+ Ke7 49. Qc5+ Kd7 50. Qa7+ Ke8 51. Qb8+ Ke7 52. Rxh1 $11) 48. Bf2 Qe4+ (48... axb5 $2 49. Rf1 $19) 49. Kd2 Rxf2+ (49... Qxb1 $2 50. Qc6+ Kf7 51. Qf3+ Qf5 52. Qxg2 $19) 50. Kc3 Rf3+ (50... Qxb1 51. Qc6+ Kf7 52. Qd7+ Kf6 53. Qd4+ Kg6 54. Qxf2 h1=Q 55. Qg3+ Kf6 56. Qf4+ Qf5 57. Qxf5+ exf5 58. bxa6 Qc6+ 59. Kd3 Qxa6+ 60. Kd4 Qe6 61. Kc5 f4 62. Kb4 f3 63. Kc3 f2 64. Kd2 f1=Q 65. a4 Qb3 66. a5 Qbd3#) (50... Rc2+ 51. Kb3 Rxc7 {[%csl Ob1][%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 52. Rc1 Rxc1 53. Kb2 h1=Q 54. Kb3 Qh3+ 55. Kb2 Qc3#) 51. Kd2 Qd4+ (51... Qxb1 52. Qc8+ Ke7 53. Qb7+ Kd6 54. Qb8+ Kd5 55. Qa8+ Ke5 56. Qxf3 h1=Q 57. Qe3+ Kd5 58. Qg5+ e5 59. Qg8+ Kd4 60. Qd8+ Ke4 61. Qa8+ Kf4 62. Qf8+ Qf5 63. Qxf5+ Kxf5 64. bxa6 e4 65. a4 Kf4 66. Kc3 e3 67. a7 e2 68. a8=B e1=Q+ 69. Kc4 Qe6+ 70. Kb4 Qb1+ 71. Kc3 Qeb3+ 72. Kd4 Qg1#) (51... Qd3+ $2 52. Kc1 h1=Q+ 53. Kb2 Qhxb1#) 52. Ke2 Rf2+ 53. Ke1 h1=Q#) 43... Qd8 44. Qxd8+ Kxd8 45. cxb5 gxh2+ 46. Kxh2 axb5 47. Rxb5 {[%mdl 4096]} Rg4 48. Bb2 Kc7 49. Kh3 Re4 50. Kg3 Kc6 51. Ra5 h5 52. Kf3 (52. Rxh5 Re2 $11) 52... Rc4 53. Bf6 $2 {Allowing Aronian to escape.} ({Not} 53. Rxh5 Rc2 $11) (53. a3 $18 {is the winning try.}) 53... Rc5 $16 54. Ra6+ {[%mdl 64] Skewer} Kb7 {[#]} 55. Rxe6 (55. Ra4 $1 $16) 55... Ra5 $11 {The position is equal.} 56. Bd4 {And now Rb6+ would win.} Rxa2 57. Rb6+ Kc7 58. Ke4 Ra5 59. Rh6 Kb7 60. Kd3 Ra6 61. Rxh5 Kc6 62. Ke4 Ra4 63. Rh6+ Kb5 64. Kd5 Rb4 65. Rh8 Rb3 66. Ra8 Rb4 67. Bc3 {White wants to mate with Rb8+.} Rb3 68. Rb8+ Ka4 69. Rc8 Kb5 70. Rc6 Ka4 71. Kc4 {[%cal Rc6a6]} Rb4+ $1 72. Kd3 Kb5 73. Bxb4 Kxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.08.20"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[GameId "2213127029729907"]
[EventDate "2025.08.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Qb3 c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 {The position is equal.} Nd7 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} 13. Rd1 Nf6 $1 {13...Nf6 scores better than 13...Nxc5.} 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. f3 Rfc8 16. Nb3 Ba4 17. Rd4 Bxb3 18. axb3 Rxc5 19. Kd2 Rac8 20. Bd3 Ra5 ({Don't play} 20... Rxc3 $6 21. Bc4 $16) 21. Rb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21. Bc2 g6 22. Rb1 h5 23. Ra4 Rac5 24. Rxa7 Rxc3 25. Bd3 R3c7 26. Rba1 Nd7 27. Ra8 {½-½ Harikrishna,P (2688)-Yu,Y (2717) EU-Cup 39th Vrnjacka Banja 2024 (6.3)}) 21... Rc7 22. Bc2 Kf8 23. Ra4 Rxa4 24. bxa4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nd7 25. Bb3 Rc5 26. Ba2 b6 27. Rb5 a6 28. Rb4 Ke7 29. Rd4 Nf6 30. Rb4 Nd7 31. Rd4 Nf6 32. Rb4 Nd7 {An uneventful encounter.} 1/2-1/2

