[Event "30th Sigeman & Co 2025"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2025.05.25"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[ECO "A45"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[GameId "2181465770618920"]
[EventDate "2025.05.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c6 ({Relevant:} 2... c5 3. d5 b5 4. e4 Nxe4 5. Qf3 Qa5+ 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. a4 Bb7 8. Qg3 Nh5 9. Qf3 Nxf4 10. Qxf4 Bxd5 11. Ngf3 Qb4 12. Qxb4 cxb4 13. axb5 e6 14. Bc4 Bb7 15. O-O Be7 16. Be2 O-O 17. Ra4 Rc8 18. Bd3 Bc5 19. Rfa1 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 d5 21. Nd2 Nd7 22. Nb3 Bb6 23. Rxb4 Ne5 24. Nd4 Nxd3 25. cxd3 a5 26. Rba4 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Rab8 28. g3 Rxb5 29. Ra2 g6 30. Rda4 Rc1+ 31. Kg2 Rd1 32. R4a3 {0-1 Praggnanandhaa,R (2758)-Duda,J (2739) Warsaw Superbet Blitz 2025 (6)}) 3. Nc3 Qa5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 3... d5 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bxf5 exf5 8. O-O O-O 9. Ne2 g6 10. h3 Nbd7 11. c3 Be7 12. a4 Ne4 13. Ne5 Re8 14. f3 Nd6 15. b3 Nf8 16. Bh2 Bg5 17. Nf4 f6 18. Ned3 Rxe3 19. Nc5 Qe7 20. Qd2 Re8 21. Ncd3 Nd7 22. Rae1 Kf7 23. a5 Nb5 24. Rxe3 Qxe3+ 25. Qxe3 Rxe3 26. Kf2 Bxf4 27. Nxf4 Rxc3 28. Re1 Nxd4 29. Bg1 Rxb3 30. Kg3 Rb4 31. h4 Ne5 32. Rd1 Nb5 33. Ne2 {0-1 Rego,P (2339)-Osmak,I (2471) Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Aug Late Chess.com INT blitz 2024 (7)}) 4. a3 (4. Bd2) 4... d6 5. b4 Qc7 6. e4 e5 7. Bg3 Be7 {Black has equalised.} (7... Nbd7) 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. h3 a5 (9... O-O) 10. Bd3 exd4 11. Nxd4 axb4 12. axb4 Rxa1 13. Qxa1 Ne5 14. O-O Qb6 15. Na4 Qa7 {Now white has an initiative.} (15... Qxb4 16. Rb1 Qa5 17. Nb6 Qxa1 18. Rxa1 O-O $11) 16. b5 Nh5 $6 (16... Nxd3) 17. b6 Qb8 (17... Qa8) 18. Bh2 g5 $4 {A terrible move, white is winning now.} (18... O-O 19. Be2 Nf6 $16) 19. Nc5 $1 $18 Bxh3 20. gxh3 (20. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 21. Qa7) 20... dxc5 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Nxc6 $2 {And now Ivanchuk is right back in the game.} (22. Qa8+ Bd8 23. Nxc6 $1 $18) 22... Qxa1 $16 23. Rxa1 Kd7 24. Na5 Ra8 25. Bb5+ {and here Ivanchuk lost on time.} 1-0

[Event "8th Sharjah Masters 2025"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2025.05.25"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aditya, Mittal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[GameId "2181467910335469"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. Be2 c5 4. d4 Nc6 5. dxc5 e6 6. a3 a5 7. c4 Bxc5 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O {D40: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 e3.} dxc4 10. Bxc4 h6 11. b3 {The position is equal.} e5 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Bb2 Rd8 $146 (13... e4 14. Nd2 Bf5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Rad8 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qc3 f6 19. Qxa5 Rd5 {0-1 Terry,R (2520)-Krzyzanowski,M (2512) Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Aug Early Chess.com INT blitz 2023 (3)}) 14. Nd2 Be6 15. h3 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Bd6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Nc4 Be7 {[%cal Oa5a4]} 19. Nb6 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Nb4 {[%csl Ob6,Oc3][%mdl 64]} 21. axb4 Qxb6 22. Qf5 {[%csl Bc8,Be5]} Re8 {[%cal Bc8e8,Be8e6,Be6c6,Bc6c1,Bc1b1,Bb1b3,Bb3a3,Ba3a2,Ba2c2][%mdl 32]} 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Bxb4 25. Bxe5 Qc6 26. Rd7 Qe6 27. Qxe6 Rxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 28. Bd4 Rc6 29. g4 Rc1+ 30. Kg2 Rb1 31. Rxb7 Rxb3 32. Ra7 Ra3 33. h4 Ra2 34. Kf1 Rc2 35. g5 hxg5 36. hxg5 Rc1+ 37. Kg2 {[%cal Og5g6]} Bc5 $1 38. Rxa5 Bxd4 39. exd4 {KR-KR. White is a pawn up.} Rc3 40. f3 Rd3 41. Rd5 Kf8 42. Kg3 Ke7 43. Kf4 Rd1 44. Kf5 g6+ 45. Ke5 Re1+ 46. Kf4 Rd1 47. Ke3 Re1+ 48. Kf2 Rd1 49. Ke2 Ra1 50. Rb5 Ra3 51. Kf2 Rd3 52. Rb4 Ke6 53. Ke2 Ra3 54. Rb5 Ke7 55. Rb7+ Ke8 56. Rc7 Rb3 57. Kf2 Rd3 58. Rc4 Ke7 59. Kg3 Kd6 60. Kf4 Rd1 61. Ra4 Kd5 62. Ra5+ Ke6 63. Ra6+ {This move loses the game for Black.} Ke7 $2 {[%eval 823,19] [%wdl 1000,0,0][%mdl 8192]} (63... Kd5 $16 {[%eval 76,22] [%wdl 199,801,0]}) 64. Ke5 $18 Re1+ 65. Kd5 Rf1 66. Ra7+ Kf8 67. Ra3 Rg1 68. f4 Rf1 69. Ke4 Re1+ 70. Re3 Rf1 71. Ke5 Ke7 72. d5 Rd1 73. Re4 Rd2 74. Re1 Rd3 75. Ra1 {Ra7+ would now be deadly.} Re3+ 76. Kd4 Rb3 77. Ra7+ Kd6 78. Kc4 (78. Rxf7 Rb4+ 79. Kc3 Re4 $18) 78... Re3 79. Rxf7 Re4+ 80. Kd3 Ra4 81. f5 {[%cal Bf4f5,Bf5g6][%mdl 32]} Kxd5 82. fxg6 Ra3+ 83. Ke2 Ke6 $2 {[%eval 8308,21] [%wdl 1000,0,0]} (83... Rg3 {[%eval 259,21] [%wdl 1000,0,0]} 84. Rf5+ Ke6) 84. Rf8 Ra7 85. Kf3 Rg7 86. Rf6+ Ke7 87. Kg4 Rg8 88. Kf5 Rg7 89. Rb6 Kf8 {[#]} 90. Rb8+ $1 ({Worse is} 90. Kf6 Rf7+ 91. Ke6 Rf1 $11) 90... Ke7 91. Ra8 1-0

