[Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[GameId "2190541780613239"]
[EventDate "2025.06.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. d3 d6 6. h3 Na5 7. Bb3 {C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo.} a6 8. O-O h6 9. d4 Nxb3 10. axb3 exd4 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. Be3 Bb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Re8 13. Qf3 Qe7 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Qe4 16. Qxe4 Rxe4 17. Rad1 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Rxd4 19. Bxd4 {½-½ Polo Casares,O-Vega Gomez,F Burgas op 10th 2001 (5)}) 13. Na2 Bc5 14. b4 Bb6 15. Nc3 Re8 16. Qf3 Bd7 17. Rfe1 a5 18. b5 Bc5 19. Rad1 a4 20. Bf4 (20. Nf5 $14 Bb4 21. Bd4 Bxf5 22. exf5 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1) 20... a3 (20... c6 $11) 21. bxa3 $14 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Rxa3 {[#]} 23. b6 Re6 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 24. Re3 Ne8 25. bxc7 Qxc7 26. Red3 Qc5 {[%cal Oa3c3] [#]} 27. Rd5 Qc4 28. R5d4 (28. Bxd6 $2 Rxd6 29. Rxd6 Nxd6 $19) 28... Qc5 {[%cal Oa3c3] and ...Rxc3! would now be decisive} 29. Rd5 Qc4 30. R5d4 (30. Bxd6 $2 {too greedy.} Rxd6 31. Rxd6 Nxd6 $19) {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09 (flawless) /Black=0.09 (flawless)} 30... Qc5 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.19"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[GameId "2190544560106001"]
[EventDate "2025.06.19"]

1. d4 d6 {[%cal Bd7d6,Bd6d5][%mdl 32]} 2. e4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. c3 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7e5,Be5d3][%mdl 32]} 5. Nf3 d5 6. dxe5 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems.} dxe4 7. exf6 exf3 8. fxg7 {The position is equal.} Bxg7 {[#] ...Qe7+ is the strong threat.} 9. Qxf3 {0-0 would now be deadly.} Ne5 {[%csl LRd3,LRf3]} 10. Bb5+ Bd7 $1 (10... c6 11. Qg3 Bg4 12. O-O $14) 11. Qxb7 $146 {[%mdl 8192]} (11. Qe2 $11 {and White is okay.}) ({Predecessor:} 11. Qe2 c6 12. O-O cxb5 13. f4 O-O 14. fxe5 Re8 15. Bf4 Qb6+ 16. Rf2 Qc5 17. Nd2 Bxe5 {1-0 Lupulescu,C (2606)-Mansour,S (2232) Olympiad-43 Batumi 2018 (4.15)}) 11... O-O $19 12. Bxd7 Nd3+ {[%csl Ob2,Oc1,Oe1,Of2][%mdl 64] [#] Zwischenzug, Double Attack} 13. Kf1 Qxd7 14. Na3 Rfe8 15. Be3 {[%cal Ob7b5]} Rab8 {[%mdl 64] Skewer, Deflection} 16. Qf3 Rxb2 17. Nc4 Rc2 18. Rd1 Qa4 (18... Rxa2 $2 19. g3 $19) (18... Rxc3 19. Nb2 $15) (18... Bxc3 19. h4 $17) (18... Qe6 19. Rxd3 Qxc4 (19... Rxa2 20. Kg1 $15) 20. Qd5 Qxd5 (20... Rxc3 21. Qxc4 Rxc4 22. g3 $11) (20... Qxa2 21. g3 $15) (20... Qg4 $2 21. Qf3 $19) 21. Rxd5 Rxe3 (21... Bxc3 22. g3 $15) 22. fxe3 $19) 19. Nd2 (19. Qg4 h5 (19... Rxc3 20. Bh6 $17) 20. Qf3 Qxc4 $19) 19... Rxa2 ({Don't take} 19... Bxc3 20. Qg3+ Kh8 21. Qf3 $19) (19... Nb2 $2 20. Rb1 $19) 20. h3 Ra1 (20... Bxc3 21. Kg1 Rxe3 22. fxe3 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Bxd2 24. Kh2 $19) 21. Ke2 {[%cal Oe2d3]} Nf4+ {Black is clearly winning.} ({Less strong is} 21... Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Nf4+ (22... Nb2 23. Rc1 $15) 23. Ke1 $17) 22. Qxf4 Qxf4 23. Rxa1 Bxc3 24. Rxa7 Qg5 25. Nc4 Qb5 26. Kd3 {White did not feel at home in the position after the opening. Artfully played by Erigaisi.   Weighted Error Value: White=0.53/Black=0.06 (flawless)} Qb3 0-1

[Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.19"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[GameId "2190547279608729"]
[EventDate "2025.06.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Qa5 {B76: Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack, 9 g4 and 9 0-0-0.} 10. h4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Be6 $1 12. g4 {[%cal Oh4h5]} Rac8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... h5 13. gxh5 Nxh5 14. Rg1 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Bxb3 16. cxb3 Rac8 17. b4 Qe5 18. Rd1 Nf4 19. Qxe5 dxe5 {0-1 Borge,N (2387)-Chatalbashev,B (2475) DEN-ch Svendborg 2023 (2)}) 13. g5 (13. h5 $1 $14) 13... Nh5 $15 14. Bxg7 Nxg7 15. Qd2 Rc7 16. Nd5 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 e6 19. Bb3 f5 (19... Nh5 $15) 20. Rad1 $11 {The position is equal.} fxe4 21. fxe4 Kf7 $1 22. Ke3 Ke7 23. Rd2 Rc5 {[#] White must now prevent ...Re5.} 24. Rf2 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nh5 {[%cal Oh7h6]} 26. c3 Rc8 27. Bd1 Rf8+ 28. Ke3 Nf4 29. Rh2 e5 30. h5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08 (flawless) /Black=0.04 (flawless)} gxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.19"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[GameId "2190549230628002"]
[EventDate "2025.06.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 d6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 9. Nbd2 Bb6 10. a4 Be6 {The position is equal.} 11. b3 d5 12. Bb5 Ne7 13. exd5 Nfxd5 14. Qc2 {[%cal Oc1a3]} Ng6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} (14... c6 $5 15. Bc4 $8 Ng6 $11) ({Predecessor:} 14... c6 15. Bc4 Ng6 16. d4 Ndf4 17. dxe5 Nh4 18. Bf1 Bd5 19. Re4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Nxf3+ 21. Nxf3 {½-½ Ulasevich,S (2527)-Kovacs,A (2486) WC-2020-S-00001 LSS email}) 15. d4 $1 (15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 Nxc3 $15 (16... c6 17. Bc4 $11)) (15. Ba3 c6 16. Bc4 Re8 $15) 15... Ndf4 $1 16. dxe5 Nh4 17. Bf1 Bd5 $1 {[#] Prevents Qe4} 18. Re4 $1 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Nhg6 20. Bc4 {[%cal Od2f1][%mdl 1024] Wards off Qd5. Strongly threatening Nf1!. White has compensation.} c6 {[#]} 21. h4 $2 Qd7 $1 $19 {and ...Qg4 would now be decisive} 22. g3 (22. Nd4 $142 Qg4 23. g3 (23. Ba3 Nxe5 24. Bxf8 Bxd4 $19)) 22... Nd5 $2 (22... Qg4 23. Nd4 $17) ({Better is} 22... Nh3+ $19 23. Kg2 Nxf2) 23. Ba3 $2 (23. h5 $1 $15 Nge7 (23... Nxc3 24. Qc2 $11) (23... Ngf4 24. gxf4 Qg4+ 25. Kf1 $16) 24. Bb2 (24. Bd3 f5 $17)) 23... Rfe8 24. Bd6 Qh3 (24... Nxc3 $2 25. Qxg6 Nd5 26. Qd3 $18 (26. Bxd5 cxd5 27. Qd3 Qc6 $18)) 25. Nf1 Nxc3 26. Qd3 {[#]} (26. Qxg6 $2 Ne2+ 27. Bxe2 fxg6 $19) 26... Nd5 27. Bxd5 cxd5 28. Qxd5 Qd7 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black attacks with force.} 29. N1d2 Qg4 30. Ne4 Nf4 (30... Qxf3 $2 31. Nf6+ $18 (31. Qxb7 $2 Bxf2+ 32. Nxf2 Qxb7 $19)) 31. Qxb7 Nh3+ $2 (31... Qxf3 $2 32. Nf6+ (32. Qxb6 $2 Qg2#) 32... gxf6 33. Qxf3 $18) (31... Rac8 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc8c2]} 32. Rf1 Ne2+ (32... Qxf3 $2 33. Nf6+ {[%csl Of3][%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} gxf6 34. Qxf3 $18) 33. Kh2 Rc2 (33... Qxf3 $2 34. Nf6+ $18)) 32. Kg2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32. Kf1 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 32... Nf4+ 33. Kg1 {[%cal Oa1e1] [#]} Rac8 $1 (33... Qxf3 $2 34. Nf6+ (34. Qxb6 $2 Qg2#) 34... gxf6 35. Qxf3 $18) 34. Nh2 $2 {[#]} (34. Rf1 Rc2 (34... Qxf3 $2 35. Nf6+ {[%csl Of3][%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} gxf6 36. Qxf3 $18) 35. Nh2) 34... Bxf2+ $1 {[%csl Og1,Og3][%mdl 576] Double Attack. Black is clearly winning.} 35. Kh1 {[#]} Qe2 (35... Qh3 $2 36. Nxf2 Qxg3 37. e6 Qxf2 (37... fxe6 $2 38. Rg1 $18) 38. exf7+ Kh7 39. fxe8=N $18 (39. fxe8=B Rxe8 40. Rg1 Nh5 $18)) 36. Nxf2 ({Much worse is} 36. gxf4 Bd4 37. Ng3 Qe3 $19) 36... Qxf2 37. Rf1 Qe2 {[%cal Oc8c2] ( -> ...Rc2!)} 38. Qf3 (38. gxf4 {is a self mate.} Rc2) 38... Rc2 39. Qxe2 Nxe2 40. Kg2 Rec8 41. b4 axb4 42. Bxb4 {Superbly played by Sindarov!   Weighted Error Value: White=0.45/Black=0.19 (very precise)} Nf4+ 0-1

[Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.19"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[GameId "2190553624047183"]
[EventDate "2025.06.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O h6 {C44: Ponziani Opening and Scotch Gambit.} 7. h3 O-O 8. Nc3 a5 {The position is equal.} 9. Kh2 Be6 10. Nd2 d5 11. f4 exf4 12. gxf4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Nd4 (13... Re8 $11) 14. Nb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. e5 Nd5 15. Nde4 Bb6 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. c3 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Ne6 19. Qg4 Kh8 20. f5 {0-1 De Boer,E (2384)-Paravyan,D (2608) Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Jul Early Chess.com INT blitz 2024 (6)}) 14... Nxb3 15. axb3 c6 $1 16. Qe2 Re8 (16... Qd4 $2 17. e5 $16) 17. Bf3 (17. e5 $14) 17... Nd7 $11 (17... Qd4 $6 18. Rd1 Qf2+ 19. Qxf2 Bxf2 20. e5 $16) 18. Bd2 f5 (18... Qh4 {looks sharper.} 19. Qg2 f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Ne4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Bb4) 19. e5 Nf8 20. Na4 Ba7 21. Be3 Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Bf7 (22... Qe7 $11 {remains equal.}) 23. Be2 (23. Nb6 $16) 23... b5 $1 24. Rad1 Qe7 25. Nc5 Rad8 26. Rg1 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Ne6 (27... g5 $11) 28. Nxe6 $14 Bxe6 29. Rd6 Bd5 30. Bxb5 {[%cal Oc2c4][%mdl 64] Deflection} cxb5 (30... Qxd6 $2 31. exd6 Rxe3 32. d7 $18) (30... Rd8 $16 31. Rxd8+ (31. Bxc6 $2 Rxd6 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 32. Qc5 {[%mdl 64] Pin} Bxc6 $19) 31... Qxd8) 31. Rxd5 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR. White is a pawn up.} Rc8 {[#]} (31... Qb7 $142 32. Qd2 a4) 32. c3 $1 $18 {[%cal Bc2c3,Bc3c4][%mdl 32]} ({Stronger than} 32. Rxb5 Rxc2+ 33. Kg3 Qd8 $11) 32... a4 33. Rxb5 a3 34. bxa3 Qxa3 35. Qd2 {Wards off Qb2} Qa1 {[#]} (35... Kh7 $142 36. Qc2 Kg8) 36. e6 $1 {[%cal Be5e6,Be6e7][%mdl 32]} Qf1 37. c4 {White is clearly winning.} Ra8 {and ...Ra1 would now be decisive} 38. e7 Kh7 39. Rxf5 {and Rf8 should not be overlooked} Qb1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09 (flawless) /Black=0.35} 40. Rd5 1-0

[Event "UzChess Cup Challengers"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.19"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Sivuk, Vitaly"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[GameId "2190557532774353"]
[EventDate "2025.06.19"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Bd7 8. Qe2 b5 {8...b5 has lost popularity.} 9. b3 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.} cxb3 10. axb3 Bd6 {Prevents Ne5} 11. Bb2 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation. White is slightly better.} Nb4 12. Ne5 {Wards off Bc6} Rb8 13. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3a2,Ba2b4][%mdl 32]} O-O 14. Na2 {White has more active pieces.} Nbd5 $146 (14... Nfd5 $14) ({Predecessor:} 14... Nxa2 15. Rxa2 Rb6 16. Rfa1 Qc8 17. Nd3 b4 18. Qc2 Bb5 19. Nc5 Rd8 20. Na4 Rb8 21. Nc5 Rb6 22. Na4 Rb8 23. Nc5 {½-½ Jaracz,P (2543)-Babula,V (2515) Bundesliga 1011 Germany 2010 (4.7)}) 15. e4 Nb6 {[%cal Bd5b6,Bb6c4,Bc4b2][%mdl 32]} 16. Nd3 Be7 17. Nab4 a5 18. Rxa5 Nc4 19. Ra7 (19. bxc4 $6 bxc4 20. Bc3 cxd3 21. Nxd3 Bb5 $14) 19... Nxb2 20. Qxb2 Ra8 21. Rfa1 Rxa7 22. Rxa7 Qb8 23. Qa1 Rd8 24. e5 Nd5 25. Nxd5 (25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Qa5 (26. Nxd5 Bf8 $16) 26... Bf8 27. Rxc7 (27. Nxd5 Bc6 $14) 27... Bh3 $18) 25... exd5 26. Bxd5 Bc8 27. Ra8 Qb6 28. b4 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 29. Nc5 h4 30. Qb1 g6 {[%cal Bg7g6,Bg6g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 31. Qe4 Kg7 32. Qf3 (32. gxh4 Bf5 33. Qf3 Rxa8 34. Bxa8 Qa7 $11) 32... f5 33. gxh4 {[%cal Oa8c8] [#] Threatens to win with Rxc8!.} Bxh4 (33... c6 $142 34. Bxc6 Qc7) 34. Kf1 Rh8 35. Qc3 g5 36. Bg2 g4 37. d5 f4 {[%cal Bf5f4,Bf4f3][%mdl 32]} 38. Be4 f3 39. Qe3 (39. e6+ Bf6 40. Qd3 Qd6 41. Bxf3 (41. Qxb5 {is a self mate.} Qxh2) 41... gxf3 42. Qxf3 Bg5 $16 (42... Qxh2 $2 43. Qg4+ Kh6 44. Ra3 $18)) 39... Be7 {[#]} 40. Rxc8 $1 {[%cal Oe3f4] Threatening mate with Qf4!.} Rxc8 (40... Rxh2 41. Kg1) 41. Ne6+ Kf7 42. Qf4+ {White mates.} Ke8 43. Qxg4 Bxb4 44. Bg6+ Kd7 {Black got outplayed after the opening. Ingenious play by Sivuk!   Weighted Error Value: White=0.13 (very precise) /Black=0.57} 45. Nc5+ {[%csl Od7][%mdl 64] Discovered Attack (Double check)} 1-0

[Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[GameId "2192720733863614"]
[EventDate "2025.06.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} b5 6. e5 {D24: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3.} Nd5 {[#]} 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8. Be2 {White is slightly better.} Nc6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. O-O Qd7 12. Qb1 O-O 13. Ne4 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rab8 14. Rd1 Nb4 15. Nc5 Qc6 16. Rc1 a5 17. b3 Bxc5 18. dxc5 N6d5 19. Rxc4 Nxe3 20. fxe3 {1-0 Loegler,H (1964)-Bruce,R (2001) W-ch WS/H/952 email ICCF email 2023}) 14. Rd1 Rfd8 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5 Nd5 17. Bxc4 Qe7 {White must now prevent ...Nxe3.} 18. Qc1 a5 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20. Rxd5 exd5 21. Qc3 Bc8 {Black is weak on the dark squares} 22. Re1 Bd7 23. Bd2 a4 24. Nd4 {Inhibits Qe6.} Qh4 (24... Nxd4 $16 25. Qxd4 Qe6) 25. e6 $1 $18 fxe6 26. Nxe6 Bxe6 27. Rxe6 Qg4 28. Re1 (28. Qe3 $142 Qd1+ 29. Be1 (29. Qe1 Qxe1+ 30. Bxe1 Nd4 $16)) 28... Qg6 (28... Rb8 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 29. h3 d4 {[#]} (29... Rf8 $16) 30. Qf3 $2 (30. Qc4+ $1 $18 Qf7 31. Qb5) 30... Rf8 $14 31. Qd5+ Qf7 $1 32. Qe6 {Active counter play! The position is equal.} (32. Qxf7+ {simplifies} Kxf7 33. Bf4 a3 34. bxa3 Ra8 35. Re2) 32... Nd8 $1 33. Qxf7+ Kxf7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN. White is a pawn up.} 34. b4 {Hoping for Re4.} axb3 $1 35. axb3 Ne6 36. Kf1 Ra8 {[%cal Oa8a2]} 37. Re5 Ra2 38. Ke1 c6 39. f4 d3 40. Re3 Ra1+ (40... Nxf4 $2 41. Rf3 $18) 41. Kf2 Ra2 42. Ke1 {Blacks defense is rewarded with a draw.   Weighted Error Value: White=0.16 (very precise) /Black=0.11 (very precise)} Ra1+ (42... Nxf4 $2 {perishes.} 43. Rf3 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.20"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[GameId "2192724498096323"]
[EventDate "2025.06.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 h6 4. h3 c5 5. e3 d5 6. Be2 $146 {A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems.} ({Predecessor:} 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. c3 Bd6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. e4 {0-1 Abdurakhmanov,M (2396)-Savchenko,B (2479) Tashkent Al Beruniy m-B 2nd 2025 (4.2)}) 6... Qb6 7. b3 {Active counter play!} Bd6 8. Be5 Nbd7 (8... Bxe5 {feels stronger.} 9. dxe5 Ne4) 9. O-O $11 Qc7 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. c4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 a6 13. Be2 O-O 14. Nbd2 cxd4 (14... b5 $142) 15. Nc4 Qc7 {[#]} 16. Qxd4 b5 17. Nce5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bb7 19. Rfc1 Qe7 20. Qc5 Qxc5 21. Rxc5 Rfc8 {Repels Rc7} 22. Rac1 Rxc5 23. Rxc5 {[%cal Oe5f7]} Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 25. Bf3 Kf8 26. Kf1 Ke7 27. Ke2 Nd7 28. Nc6+ Kd6 29. Na7 Kc7 30. Nxc8 Kxc8 {KB-KN} 31. Kd3 Kc7 32. Kd4 a5 33. a3 Kd6 34. Be2 e5+ 35. Kc3 Kc5 36. b4+ axb4+ 37. axb4+ Kc6 38. Bh5 g6 39. Bf3+ Kd6 40. Be2 Kc6 41. f4 Nf6 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Nd5+.} 42. fxe5 Nd5+ 43. Kb3 Nxe3 44. Bf3+ Kd7 $1 45. Kc3 Ke6 $1 46. Kd4 {The position is equal.} Nc2+ 47. Kc5 Kxe5 48. Kxb5 f5 49. Kc5 Nxb4 50. Kxb4 {Kc4 is the strong threat. KB-K3P} Kf4 $1 51. Kc5 g5 52. g4 fxg4 $1 53. Bxg4 Kg3 54. Kd5 h5 $1 55. Bd7 g4 56. Bxg4 hxg4 57. hxg4 {An uneventful encounter.   Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0.03 (flawless)} Kxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.20"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[GameId "2192729789448708"]
[EventDate "2025.06.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. a3 b5 8. Nxc6 Qxc6 {B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2.} 9. h4 Nf6 10. h5 {White wants to play h6.} h6 11. e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. f3 Bb7 12. Qd3 Rc8 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. O-O-O Qxd3 16. Bxd3 Bc5 17. Rhe1 Bxe3+ 18. Rxe3 {Â½-Â½ Fiedorek,M (2315)-Wojdak,J (2217) POL-chT 1st League Darlowo 2024 (3.21)}) 11... Ne4 12. Bd4 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 {aiming for Rh4.} Qe4+ 14. Qe2 Bb7 {[%cal Bc8b7,Bb7e4,Be4c6][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} 15. Qxe4 Bxe4 16. O-O-O Be7 {Wards off Rh4} 17. Rd4 Bc6 18. Rh3 O-O {[%cal Bh8f8,Bf8f6,Bf6f3][%mdl 32]} 19. Bb4 Bxb4 20. axb4 f6 21. exf6 Rxf6 22. f3 e5 23. Rg4 {[#]} e4 $1 {[%cal Re4f3]} 24. Rhg3 g5 {[%cal Re4f3]} 25. hxg6 exf3 26. gxf3 Rxf3 27. Rg1 Kg7 28. Bd3 Re8 {Dodges Re1} 29. Kd2 Rf6 30. Rd4 Re7 31. b3 Rf2+ 32. Kc3 Rf6 33. Kd2 Rf2+ 34. Kc3 Rf6 {Not much happened in this game.   Weighted Error Value: White=0.02 (flawless) /Black=0.02 (flawless)} 35. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.20"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Black "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[GameId "2192732351914796"]
[EventDate "2025.06.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. Nh4 Bd7 5. Bg2 c5 6. c4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} e6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Bc6 7. cxd5 Bxd5 8. Nf3 e6 9. O-O Nc6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bg5 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 {Â½-Â½ Sousa,C-Trani,F (2199) EM/M/155 corr ICCF email 2001}) 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3 {White has an edge.} Bc6 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. e4 Bc6 (10... Bc4 $14) 11. d5 $1 $16 Bb5 12. e5 (12. a4 $16 Ba6 13. Be3) 12... exd5 $11 13. Bxd5 Qd7 {White should prevent ...Nc6.} 14. Be3 Nc6 15. Be4 $1 Nxe5 16. Qxd7+ Kxd7 17. Bxb7 Nd3+ 18. Kd2 (18. Kf1 $1 $15 Rb8 (18... Nxb2+ 19. Kg2 $11) 19. Bf3) 18... Rb8 $1 $17 19. Bd5 (19. a4 $17 Bc4 (19... Rxb7 20. axb5 Nxb2 21. Rhc1 $11) 20. b3 Bxb3 21. Ba6) 19... Nxb2 $2 (19... g6 $19 20. b3 Kc7 (20... Bg7 21. Rad1 $17)) 20. Rhc1 ({Better is} 20. Rab1 $1 $15 Bc4 21. Bxc4 Nxc4+ 22. Kd3 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Nxe3 24. fxe3) 20... Be7 (20... g6 $17 21. Bxf7 Rb6 22. Bxc5 Bxc5 (22... Rf6 23. Rab1 $15) 23. Rxc5 Rf8) 21. Rab1 {[#]} (21. Bxc5 $15 Nd3 22. Bxe7 (22. Bxa7 Bb4+ 23. Ke3 Rbe8+ 24. Kf3 Ne1+ 25. Rxe1 Rxe1 $17) 22... Kxe7 (22... Nxc1 23. Bc5 $11) 23. Rcb1) 21... Bc4 $1 $19 22. Be4 Rhd8 (22... Bxa2 23. Ra1 Nc4+ 24. Ke1 Bxh4 (24... Nxe3 25. Rxa2 Bxh4 26. Rxa7+ Kd6 27. fxe3 $11) 25. Rxa2 Nxe3 26. Rxa7+ Kd6 27. fxe3 $11) (22... Rhe8 $1 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Bd8.} 23. Bf5+ Kc6 24. Be4+ Kd7) 23. Nf3 (23. Ke1 $17 Bd3 (23... Bxa2 24. Ra1 $17) 24. Rxb2 Bxe4 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. Bxc5) 23... Ke6+ (23... Bxa2 $19 24. Ra1 Ke8+ 25. Ke1 Bd5 26. Bxd5 Nd3+ (26... Rxd5 27. Ke2 $17) 27. Kf1 Rxd5) 24. Kc2 $17 f5 $1 {Really sharp!} 25. Ng5+ Bxg5 26. Bxg5 Na4 {Black is more active.} 27. Bxd8 Rxd8 28. Bc6 Bd3+ {[%mdl 64] Skewer} 29. Kb3 {[#]} Rb8+ $1 30. Kxa4 Rxb1 ({Black should try} 30... Bxb1 $19 31. Bb5 Bxa2 32. Rxc5 Bd5) 31. Rxc5 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rb2 (31... Kd6 $17 32. Rc3 Rb2 33. Rxd3+ Kxc6) 32. Bd5+ $1 $15 Kd6 33. Ra5 Rxf2 34. Bb3 {Hoping for Rd5+.} Ke7 (34... Rxh2 35. Rd5+ (35. Rxa7 $2 g5 $19) 35... Ke7 36. Rxd3 $16) 35. Rxa7+ Kf6 36. Rf7+ Kg6 37. Rd7 Be4 38. Kb4 Rxh2 39. a4 Rb2 (39... Rg2 $17 40. a5 Rxg3) 40. Re7 Kf6 41. Re6+ Kg5 {This move loses the game for White.} 42. Re5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42. Re7 $17) 42... Bc2 $19 43. Re3 {[#]} f4 $1 ({Inferior is} 43... Kg4 44. a5 g5 45. Ka3 Rxb3+ 46. Rxb3 Bxb3 47. Kxb3 $11) 44. Rc3 Rxb3+ {Black mates.} 45. Rxb3 Bxb3 46. gxf4+ Kxf4 47. Kxb3 {Ingenious play by Yakubboev!   Weighted Error Value: White=0.47/Black=0.19 (very precise)} Ke5 0-1

[Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.21"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[GameId "2192736925238410"]
[EventDate "2025.06.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 {[%cal Bc2c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} e6 3. Nf3 h6 4. a3 d5 5. Nc3 c6 6. c5 {E10: Blumenfeld Gambit.} Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} 7. g3 $146 {[#]} (7. b4 {is superior.}) ({Predecessor:} 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. b4 a6 10. Bb2 Nh7 11. e4 f5 12. e5 Ng5 13. Nd2 {1-0 Wruck,W-Redlinski,R POL-chT4 Kujawsko Pomorskie 1011 Poland 2010 (9.47)}) 7... e5 $1 8. dxe5 Ne4 9. Qc2 Ndxc5 (9... Bxc5 $6 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. e6 fxe6 12. Qxe4 $14) 10. Nd4 {[%cal Bf3d4,Bd4c6,Bc6e5][%mdl 32] Prevents Bf5} Qe7 (10... f6 $11 11. Bg2 fxe5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nxe4 dxe4) 11. f4 $14 f6 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bg2 $1 (13. Nxc6 Qc5 14. Qxc5 Bxc5 $15) 13... fxe5 14. fxe5 ({Worse is} 14. Nxc6 Qc7 $17) 14... Qxe5 {[#]} 15. Nxc6 Qf6 {aiming for ...Qf2+.} 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Qxe4+ Qe6 18. Ne5 Bd6 19. Qg6+ (19. Qa4+ {seems wilder.} Kf8 20. Rf1+ Kg8 21. Nf7) 19... Qxg6 20. Nxg6 Rg8 {[#]} 21. Bf4 (21. Rf1 $1 $16) 21... Kf7 $1 $11 22. Bxd6 Kxg6 23. Rf1 Bf5 24. Rd1 Rgd8 25. Rf4 Rac8 26. h4 {[%cal Oh4h5] Threatens to win with h5+!.} Be6 {The position is equal.} 27. Re4 Re8 28. Bb4 Bc4 29. Rdd4 Bb5 30. Kf2 Rxe4 31. Rxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB. White is a pawn up.} Re8 32. Rg4+ Kh7 33. e3 Bc6 34. Rd4 Re6 35. Ke2 h5 36. Kd3 Bb5+ 37. Kd2 Bc6 38. Bc5 a6 39. Kd3 Bb5+ 40. Kd2 Bc6 41. Rd8 Kg6 42. Bd4 Re8 43. Rd6+ Kf7 44. Kc3 Re6 45. Rd8 Re8 46. Rd6 Re6 47. Rxe6 Kxe6 48. Bxg7 Kf5 49. Kd4 Bf3 50. Be5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05 (flawless) /Black=0.06 (flawless)} Bg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.21"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[GameId "2192741621753335"]
[EventDate "2025.06.19"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 a6 3. g3 b5 4. b3 c5 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. cxb5 $146 {A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6.} ({Predecessor:} 6. Bg2 e6 7. cxb5 axb5 8. Nxb5 Qb6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. O-O d5 11. d3 Be7 12. Na4 {0-1 Spence,D (2250)-Merry,A (2210) Hinckley e2e4 op Hinckley Island 2012 (6)}) 6... axb5 7. Nxb5 e5 8. Bb2 {White is better.} d6 9. Bg2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. d3 Nc6 12. a4 Qd7 13. Nd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e3,Be3f5][%mdl 32]} Rab8 14. Nc4 {White is more active.} Ba6 $1 15. f4 exf4 16. Rxf4 d5 17. Ne3 Bxb5 18. axb5 Nd4 19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. Nf5 (20. Rxd4 Bc5 (20... Rxb5 21. Rda4 $11) 21. Nc2 Qxb5 $17 (21... Bxd4+ 22. Nxd4 Qg4 23. Ra4 $11) (21... Rxb5 22. e3 $17)) 20... Rxb5 21. Ra6 {[%cal Od1c1]} Rfb8 22. Bf3 Rxb3 {...Rb1 is the strong threat.} 23. Kg2 {[%cal Od1a1]} Ra3 24. Rc6 {[%mdl 1088] Decoy. White has compensation.} Rc3 (24... Qxc6 $2 25. Nxe7+ Kh8 26. Nxc6 $18) 25. Ra6 (25. Nxe7+ Qxe7 26. Ra6 Ra3 27. Rxa3 Qxa3 28. Qg1) 25... Ra3 {Prevents Qa4} 26. Rc6 {[%cal Od1g1][%mdl 64] Decoy} Rc3 {[#]} (26... Qxc6 $2 27. Nxe7+ Kh8 28. Nxc6 $18) 27. Qa4 {[#]} Bd6 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Nxd6 Qxc6 (28... Rxc6 $17 29. Nf5 Re8 30. Nxd4 Rc5) 29. Qxd4 $11 {[#]} Rxd3 $1 30. Qxd3 Qxd6 31. Rd4 Rd8 32. e4 {The position is equal.} g6 33. exd5 Nd7 34. Qe3 Ne5 35. Be2 Rc8 36. Rd2 Ra8 37. Qd4 Ra5 38. Qe4 h5 39. Qd4 Kh7 40. Qe4 Kg7 41. Qd4 f6 42. Qb2 Ra7 (42... Rxd5 $2 43. Qb7+ Qd7 44. Qxd5 $18) 43. Qd4 Ra5 44. Qb2 Ra4 (44... Rxd5 $2 {too greedy.} 45. Qb7+ Qd7 46. Qxd5 $18) 45. Qb7+ Kh6 46. Qc8 h4 ({Avoid the trap} 46... Qb4 $2 47. Qh8+ Kg5 48. h4+ $18) 47. Qe6 Qb4 48. Qxf6 $1 {Black must now prevent Qh8+.} Qxd2 49. Qh8+ Kg5 50. Qxe5+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} Kh6 51. Qh8+ Kg5 52. gxh4+ Rxh4 53. Qd8+ {[%mdl 64] Skewer} Kf5 54. Qxh4 Qxe2+ 55. Qf2+ Qxf2+ 56. Kxf2 {White threatens Kf3 and mate. KPP-KP. White is a pawn up.} Ke5 57. h4 Kxd5 58. h5 gxh5 59. Kg3 h4+ {A fantastic game!   Weighted Error Value: White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.06 (flawless)} 60. Kxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.21"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[GameId "2192748406601438"]
[EventDate "2025.06.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Bc2 O-O 11. Nbd2 Nxf2 12. Rxf2 f6 {[#]} 13. Nf1 $1 {C82: Open Ruy Lopez: 9 c3 without 9...Be7.} Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 fxe5 15. Kg1 {and Ng5 would now be decisive. White is slightly better.} Qd6 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Qe1 Bf5 $1 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 19. Rd1 h6 {Inhibits Bg5.} 20. Bf2 e4 21. Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21. Bg3 exf3 22. Bxd6 f2+ 23. Qxf2 Rxf2 24. Kxf2 Rxd6 25. Ne3 d4 26. cxd4 Nxd4 27. b4 {0-1 Fromm,M (2472)-Gallo Garcia,K (2356) Wch U20 60th Mexico City 2023 (8)}) 21... Nxd4 22. cxd4 Rdf8 23. Rd2 Qb4 $1 {[%cal Of5f2] [#] And now ...Rxf2! would win.} 24. a3 Qb3 25. h3 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} R5f7 $1 26. Ng3 Rf6 27. Kh2 ({White should play} 27. Nf1 $11) 27... a5 28. Nh5 Rf5 29. Ng3 R5f6 30. Nh5 Rf5 31. Ng3 R5f6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09 (flawless) /Black=0.06 (flawless)} 32. Nh5 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.21"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[GameId "2192750545303681"]
[EventDate "2025.06.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Bb3 Na5 9. f4 Qc7 10. g4 {B88: Sicilian: Sozin Attack.} d5 {And now ...Bb4 would win.} 11. exd5 $146 (11. e5 $142 $1 Nd7 12. O-O) ({Predecessor:} 11. e5 Nd7 12. O-O Nc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. Qf3 Qc7 15. Rae1 Bb4 16. f5 Nc5 17. Ncb5 axb5 18. Nxb5 {1-0 Vaisman,V-Mititelu,G ROM-ch37 Final Bucharest 1973}) 11... Bb4 {[%csl LRc3,LRd5]} 12. dxe6 {Black has an edge.} Nxb3 (12... Bxc3+ {keeps more tension.} 13. bxc3 Nxb3 14. cxb3 Qxc3+ 15. Kf2 O-O) 13. cxb3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qxc3+ 15. Kf2 Bxe6 (15... Nd5 $6 16. Re1 O-O (16... Bxe6 $2 17. Rc1 $18) 17. exf7+ (17. Rc1 Qa5 $16) 17... Rxf7 18. f5 $16) 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Rc1 {Dancing on a razor blade.} Qb2+ 18. Kf3 Rd8 {Against Qd6} 19. Qc2 Qxc2 20. Rxc2 Nd5 {Prevents Bb6} 21. Re1 {[%cal Oe3b6]} O-O 22. h4 Rc8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 24. Bd4 Kf7 25. Re5 Ne7 26. Rc5 Rxc5 27. Bxc5 {KB-KN} Nc6 28. Ke4 g6 29. Bb6 h5 30. gxh5 gxh5 31. f5 Ne7 32. fxe6+ Kxe6 33. Bf2 Nd5 34. Be1 b6 {[%cal Bb7b6,Bb6b5][%mdl 32]} 35. Bd2 b5 36. Ba5 Ne7 {Black is now going downhill.} 37. Kf4 $1 Nc6 38. Bc3 a5 $2 (38... b4 39. Ba1 Ne7) 39. Kg5 $1 $18 a4 {[#]} 40. b4 (40. Kxh5 b4 41. Be1 axb3 42. axb3 Kf7 $11) 40... Ne7 41. Kxh5 Nd5 42. Bd2 Kf5 43. a3 Nb6 44. Kh6 Nc4 45. Bc3 Nxa3 46. h5 {[%cal Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} Nb1 47. Ba1 Nd2 48. Kg7 Ne4 49. h6 Ng5 50. Bb2 Ne6+ 51. Kg8 Ng5 52. Bc1 {Strongly threatening Bxg5.} a3 {[%cal Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32] [#]} 53. Bxg5 $1 (53. Bxa3 Kg6 $11) 53... a2 {[#]} {Weighted Error Value: White=0.02 (flawless) /Black=0.77} 54. Bf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 1-0

[Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.21"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"]
[Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[GameId "2192755711404486"]
[EventDate "2025.06.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Bc5 $1 {[%mdl 4] now scores much better than the old 7...Be7.} 8. Be3 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and MÃ¶ller Defences.} Bxe3 9. fxe3 O-O 10. Nc3 {White has an edge.} d6 11. a3 Ne7 {[%cal Bc6e7,Be7g8,Bg8f6,Bf6g4][%mdl 32]} 12. Nh4 {[%cal Of1f6]} Kh8 {[#]} 13. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 14. Qh5 $146 {[%cal Oa1f1]} ({Predecessor:} 14. Qf3 f5 15. Nxf5 Nxf5 16. Qxf5 Bc8 17. Qh5 f6 18. Bd5 Rb8 19. Rf1 Bd7 20. Ne2 Qe8 21. Qxe8 Rc8 22. Qxf8+ Rxf8 23. Ng3 {0-1 Sapenov,D (2389)-Makhnev,D (2519) Dubai Police op-A 2024 (1)}) 14... Bc8 {[#]} 15. Rf1 $1 {White has more active pieces.} Be6 {[#]} 16. Rxf6 (16. Nd5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd5f6]} Rg8 17. Nxf6) 16... Ng8 $11 {The position is equal.} 17. Rf3 Nf6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 18. Qh6 Ng4 19. Qh5 Nf6 20. Qh6 Ng4 21. Qh5 {Threatens to win with Bxe6.} {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.04 (flawless)} Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.22"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R."]
[Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[GameId "2192757124856633"]
[EventDate "2025.06.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qd3 Nbd7 6. Bf4 {D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6.} a6 7. e4 dxc4 8. Qxc4 {White is slightly better.} b5 9. Qe2 (9. Qxc6 Ra7 $11) 9... b4 $146 (9... Qa5 $14) ({Predecessor:} 9... Qa5 10. Nd2 Qb6 11. a4 Bb4 12. Be3 O-O 13. f3 Qb8 14. Qf2 e5 15. Be2 Bd6 {Â½-Â½ Rangel Garcia,R (2252)-Vertiz Gutierrez,P (2346) WZ-ch01 email ICCF email 2018}) 10. Na4 $16 Bb7 11. Rc1 (11. Rd1 $16) 11... Be7 $1 $14 12. Nd2 {White is more active.} (12. Qc2 $14 {deserves consideration.}) 12... c5 13. Nxc5 $16 Nxc5 14. dxc5 Rc8 15. Be3 (15. c6 $1 $16) 15... Nxe4 $2 (15... Nd7 $11) 16. Nxe4 $18 Bxe4 {[#]} 17. Qg4 $1 (17. Qxa6 O-O $11) 17... Bb7 18. Qxb4 (18. Qxg7 Bf6 19. Qg3 Bxb2 $15) (18. Rd1 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd1d8]} Qa5 19. Qxg7) 18... Qc7 $14 19. f3 O-O 20. Be2 a5 21. Qa3 Bc6 22. O-O Bf6 23. Rc2 a4 24. Rb1 Qe5 25. Qc3 Qf5 26. Qd3 Qe5 27. Qc3 Qf5 {[#]} ({Black should play} 27... Qh5 28. Qe1 Rfd8) 28. Qd3 ({Better is} 28. Bd3 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd3f5]}) 28... Qe5 29. Qd2 Rfd8 30. Qc1 {White stays focused until the end.} Qh5 $2 (30... Ra8 $16) 31. b4 $18 {And now b5 would win.} axb3 32. axb3 {[%cal Ba2b3,Bb3b4,Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Be5 33. h3 Qg6 34. b4 Qg3 35. b5 Bd5 36. Kf1 f5 37. Bg1 {Prevents Qh2.} Be4 {[#]} 38. b6 $1 Bf4 39. Qb2 Be5 40. Qb3 Bxc2 41. Qxc2 Kh8 42. c6 {[%cal Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} Qf4 43. Qc1 {White is clearly winning.} Qa4 44. c7 Rg8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13 (very precise) /Black=0.29 (precise)} 45. Qc5 1-0

[Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.22"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[GameId "2192761347316864"]
[EventDate "2025.06.19"]

1. c4 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d5,Bd5b4][%mdl 32]} 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 {[%cal Of3e5]} Bc5 $1 {[%mdl 4] is now more promising than 6...Nb6. A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3.} 7. Qc2 {[%cal Of3e5]} Ndb4 8. Qa4 {[%cal Oa2a3] [#] Strongly threatening a3!.} Bd7 9. O-O Nd4 10. Qd1 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Nc6 12. Rb1 $146 {[%cal Ob2b4]} ({Predecessor:} 12. d3 O-O 13. Be3 Nd4 14. Bxb7 Rb8 15. Bg2 Rxb2 16. Rb1 Qb8 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Nd5 {1-0 Nepomniachtchi,I (2784)-Giri,A (2764) Carlsen Inv Prelim chess24.com INT rapid 2020 (3.2)}) 12... Rb8 13. d3 O-O 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Ne7 16. b4 c6 17. Qd2 Bh3 18. Rfc1 b6 19. Nd1 Rc8 20. e4 Be6 21. Rc2 Qd7 22. Rbc1 Rc7 23. Nf2 Rfc8 24. Kg2 f6 25. h3 c5 26. bxc5 Rxc5 27. Rxc5 Rxc5 28. Rxc5 bxc5 29. Qa5 c4 30. dxc4 $1 Bxc4 31. Bg4 Nc6 {[#]} 32. Qc5 Be6 33. Bxe6+ Qxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQN-KQN} 34. Nd1 a6 35. Nc3 h5 36. Qd5 Kf7 37. Kf2 Ne7 38. Qb3 Qxb3 39. axb3 {KN-KN} Nc6 40. Na4 Ke7 41. Ke3 Kd6 42. Kd3 Nd4 (42... a5 $1 $15 43. Kc4 Nd4) 43. b4 {The position is equal.} Kc6 {And now ...Kb5 would win.} 44. Nc3 Nb5 45. Nd5 Nd6 46. Ne7+ Kb5 47. Nd5 Ne8 48. Kc3 Nd6 49. Kd3 Ne8 50. Kc3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0.04 (flawless)} Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.22"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[GameId "2192765795515722"]
[EventDate "2025.06.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} Re8 7. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3,Bg3h2][%mdl 32]} h6 8. Bh4 {White has an edge.} Be7 9. Bg3 {[%cal Ob5c6]} d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Nbd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Ba4 Bf8 12. Nbd2 g6 13. Re1 Bg7 14. Nf1 a5 15. Bb3 Nb8 16. a4 Na6 17. Ne3 {1-0 Smirin,I (2594)-Michalik,P (2556) Olympiad-43 Batumi 2018 (7.5)}) 11... Nh5 12. Bh2 Bg5 13. Nxg5 Qxg5 14. Nf3 Qf6 15. Re1 a6 16. Bc4 Nf4 17. d4 Rad8 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Qc1 Qf6 {[%cal Od7h3]} 20. Qe3 Ne7 21. Bf1 Ng6 22. Kh2 (22. Rad1 {feels stronger.}) 22... exd4 $11 23. cxd4 {[#]} c5 $1 24. Qd2 (24. e5 cxd4) 24... Bc6 (24... cxd4 {with more complications.} 25. Nxd4 Re7 26. Bc4 Rc8) 25. d5 Bb5 26. Bxb5 axb5 27. a3 Ra8 {...Ra4 poses a challenge} 28. Re3 {[#]} b4 $1 29. Rae1 (29. g3 bxa3) 29... bxa3 30. Rxa3 Rxa3 31. bxa3 b5 32. Qe3 (32. Qa5 $11) 32... Qb2 (32... Qf4+ {simplifies} 33. Qxf4 Nxf4 34. Re3 Kf8) 33. Re2 Qb1 34. Nd2 Qa1 35. Re1 Qe5+ 36. g3 Qb2 (36... Ra8 $15) 37. Rb1 Qc2 38. Rxb5 c4 {[%cal Bc5c4,Bc4c3,Bc3c2][%mdl 32] ...c3 is the strong threat.} 39. Kg2 c3 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 40. Nf3 Rc8 ({Much worse is} 40... Qxe4 $6 41. Qxe4 (41. Qxc3 Ne5 $11) 41... Rxe4 42. Rb8+ Kh7 43. Rc8 $14) 41. Qe1 {Prevents Qd1.} Qd3 42. Rb1 $1 c2 {[%csl LRa3,LRb1]} 43. Rc1 Qxa3 {The position is equal.} 44. Qd2 Qa4 45. Qe2 Rc4 46. Qd2 Rc5 47. Qe2 Rc4 48. Qd2 f6 49. Ne1 {[%cal Bf3e1,Be1c2,Bc2e3][%mdl 32]} Rxe4 50. Nxc2 Rc4 51. Ne3 Rxc1 52. Qxc1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQN-KQN} Qe4+ 53. Kg1 Ne5 54. Qc8+ Kf7 55. Qe6+ Kg6 56. Qxd6 Nf3+ 57. Kg2 Ng5+ 58. Kh2 Nf3+ 59. Kg2 Ng5+ 60. Kh2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05 (flawless) /Black=0.05 (flawless)} Nf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.22"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[GameId "2192771544133264"]
[EventDate "2025.06.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 {7.Nb3 is more advanced technology.} h5 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} 8. g3 Be7 {8...Nbd7 is vanishing.} 9. Bg2 b5 {White has an edge.} 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Ra7 12. Be3 Rb7 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Nc3 Nf6 15. a3 a5 16. b4 Be6 17. O-O O-O 18. Kh2 $146 (18. Rfd1 $11) ({Predecessor:} 18. Nd5 axb4 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. axb4 Qc8 21. h4 Qc6 22. c3 Rbb8 23. Rfd1 Rfc8 24. Qd3 {Â½-Â½ Johnson,B (2531)-Moser,R (2407) SUI-ch35 B email ICCF email 2020}) 18... axb4 19. axb4 Qc7 20. Rfc1 Rc8 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Bd7 23. Ra6 Qc4 24. Bc5 dxc5 {[%cal Bd6c5,Bc5b4,Bb4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32]} 25. d6 e4 $1 26. dxe7 Be8 27. Qd8 (27. Qg5 $11 cxb4 28. Re1 (28. Qxh5 Rxe7 29. Qg5 Qc5 $17) 28... Qxc2 29. Qf5) 27... Rbb8 (27... cxb4 $15 28. Bxe4 Rd7) 28. Qd6 cxb4 {and ...b3 should not be overlooked} 29. Qe5 Qc7 {The position is equal.} 30. Qxe4 {[%cal Oc1d1]} b3 31. Ra3 b2 {[%mdl 64] [#] Deflection} 32. Rb1 Rb6 33. Ra8 Re6 34. Rxc8 Qxc8 35. Qd4 Qxc2 (35... Rxe7 {simplifies} 36. Rxb2 Re2 37. Be4 g6) 36. Rxb2 Qc7 37. Rxb5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Promotion} Qxe7 38. Rxh5 Bc6 39. Bxc6 Rxc6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR. White is a pawn up.} 40. Re5 Re6 41. Rd5 Qf6 42. Qd2 Qf3 43. Rd8+ Kh7 44. Qc2+ g6 {( -> ...Re1)} 45. Qb2 Qf6 46. Qd2 Re4 47. Rd3 Qe5 48. Re3 Rxe3 49. Qxe3 {KQ-KQ. White is a pawn up.} Qd5 50. h4 Kg8 51. Qe8+ Kg7 52. Qe2 Kg8 53. Qe3 Kh7 54. Qf4 Kg8 55. Kg1 Kh7 56. Kh2 Kg8 57. g4 Qc5 58. Kg2 Kg7 59. Qe4 Kg8 60. Qf3 Kg7 61. Kg3 Qe5+ 62. Qf4 Qc3+ 63. Qe3 Qa1 64. f3 Qa5 65. Qd4+ Kg8 66. Qe3 Kg7 67. f4 {aiming for Qe5+.} Kh7 68. Kh3 Qd5 69. Kg3 Qa5 70. Qf3 Qe1+ 71. Kh3 Kg7 72. g5 Qe6+ 73. Kg2 Qa2+ 74. Kg3 Qb1 75. Qc3+ Kg8 {An exciting game.   Weighted Error Value: White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.06 (flawless)} 76. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.22"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[GameId "2192777730142374"]
[EventDate "2025.06.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 {The modern move.} 8. Ne5 a5 $1 9. h4 {D17: Slav Defence: 5 a4 Bf5: Lines with 6 Nh4 and 6 Ne5.} e6 10. f3 $1 h6 $1 11. e4 {White is slightly better.} Bh7 12. Be3 Nfd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Bc4 Bb4 15. Kf2 $146 (15. Qe2 {was preferable.}) ({Predecessor:} 15. g4 Qc7 16. Kf2 e5 17. d5 Bc5 18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19. Kg2 O-O 20. Rc1 Rad8 21. Qe2 {0-1 Skatchkov,V (2281)-Quintiliano Pinto,R (2469) Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Dec Chess.com INT blitz 2020 (11)}) 15... e5 16. d5 O-O 17. g4 Kh8 {[%cal Oh6h5]} 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Ne2 {[%cal Bc3e2,Be2g3,Bg3f5,Bf5e3,Be3f1][%mdl 32]} Bg8 (19... h5 $15) 20. b3 Bc5 21. Qc1 Qb6 {[%cal Oh6h5]} 22. Rd1 Rad8 {[%cal Oh6h5]} 23. Ng3 f6 24. Bxg8 Rxg8 25. Nf5 {[%cal Og4g5]} Qxb3 26. g5 (26. Bxc5 Nxc5 27. Nd6 (27. Rxd8 $2 Rxd8 28. Qxc5 Qb2+ 29. Kg3 Qxa1 $19) 27... Nd3+ (27... Nxa4 28. Rxa4 Rxd6 29. Rxd6 $11) 28. Rxd3 Qxd3 $17) 26... fxg5 27. hxg5 (27. Bxc5 $2 Nxc5 28. Rb1 (28. hxg5 $2 Nd3+ 29. Rxd3 Rxd3 $19) (28. Rxd8 $2 Rxd8 29. Kg1 Ne6 $19) 28... Qa2+ (28... Qxa4 29. Nd6 $17) 29. Kg1 Ne6 $19 (29... Nxa4 $2 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Ra1 $19) (29... Nd3 $2 30. Qd2 $19)) 27... Bxe3+ $1 28. Nxe3 Rgf8 {[#]} (28... hxg5 29. Rh1#) (28... Qf7 $1 $14) 29. gxh6 (29. Nf5 $1 $18) 29... g6 $1 $11 (29... gxh6 $2 30. Rh1 Nf6 31. Rxh6+ (31. Qxc6 Rd2+ {[%mdl 64] Deflection} 32. Kg3 Qxe3 33. Qe6 Nxe4+ 34. Kh3 Rxf3+ 35. Kg4 Qg5+ 36. Kxf3 Qf4#) 31... Nh7 32. Rb1 (32. Qxc6 Rd2+ {[%mdl 64] Deflection} 33. Kg3 Rg8+ 34. Kh3 Qxe3 $11) (32. Rxc6 Rxf3+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 33. Kxf3 Qf7+ 34. Ke2 Qh5+ 35. Kf1 Qh1+ 36. Kf2 Qh2+ 37. Kf1 Qh1+ 38. Kf2 Qh2+ 39. Kf1 Qh1+ $11) 32... Qa2+ (32... Qf7 $2 33. Nf5 $18) 33. Rb2 $18) 30. Ra3 (30. Qxc6 Qf7 31. Ng2 Qxf3+ 32. Kg1 Nb8 $15) 30... Qe6 31. Rad3 {and Kg2 would now be decisive} Qh3 $36 {[%csl LRf3,LRh6][%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 32. Nf1 {Repels Qh2+} (32. Ng2 $2 Nf6 33. Kg1 (33. Rxd8 $2 Ng4+ 34. Ke1 Qh1+ 35. Kd2 Rxd8+ 36. Kc2 Qxg2+ $19) 33... Ng4 34. fxg4 (34. Rxd8 Qh2+ 35. Kf1 Qh1+ {[%mdl 64] Deflection} 36. Ke2 Qxg2+ 37. Kd3 Rxd8+ $19) 34... Rxd3 35. Rxd3 Qxd3 36. Qxc6 Qd1+ 37. Kh2 Qxg4 $19) 32... Rf4 {[%cal Od8f8] White must now prevent ...Rdf8!. Really sharp!} 33. Ke1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (33. Qxc6 Rdf8 34. Qc3 (34. Qxd7 $2 Rxf3+ 35. Rxf3 Rxf3+ 36. Kg1 Rxf1+ {[%mdl 64] Deflection} 37. Rxf1 Qxd7 $19) (34. Rxd7 Qxf3+ 35. Kg1 Rg4+) 34... g5 $17) (33. Kg1 $11) 33... Rdf8 $1 $19 34. Kd2 (34. Rxd7 Rxf3 35. Qc5 Rxf1+ 36. Kd2 Qxd7+ 37. Kc3 R8f3+ (37... Rxd1 {leads to mate.} 38. Qxe5+ Kh7 39. Qg7+ Qxg7+ 40. hxg7 Rf2 41. Kc4 Rc2+ 42. Kb3 Rdd2 43. g8=R Kxg8 44. e5 Rc5 45. e6 Rdc2 46. e7 R5c3#) 38. Kb2 R3f2+ (38... Rxd1 39. Qxe5+ Kh7 40. Qg7+ Qxg7+ 41. hxg7 Rd2+ 42. Kc1 Rh2 43. g8=B+ Kxg8 44. e5 Rf1#)) (34. Qc4 Rxf3) 34... Rxf3 35. Rxf3 Rxf3 36. Qc4 Rf2+ ({Less strong is} 36... Qxh6+ 37. Kc2 Rf2+ 38. Rd2 $17) 37. Ke1 {[#]} Qh4 $1 {( -> ...Rh2+)} 38. Rd2 Rf4+ {[%csl Oe1][%mdl 64] Discovered Attack (Check)} 39. Kd1 Rxe4 {( -> ...Qe1+)} 40. Qf7 Re1+ 41. Kc2 Qxa4+ 42. Kb2 {Beautiful play by Maghsoodloo!   Weighted Error Value: White=0.64/Black=0.06 (flawless)} Qa1+ 0-1

[Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.23"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[GameId "2192782476403157"]
[EventDate "2025.06.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nge2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 {E48: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 d5 including 6 Ne2, but excluding 6 a3.} 10. Re1 $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line.} Nc6 11. a3 Bf8 {The position is equal.} 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Be3 g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bg4 14. Rc1 g6 15. Qd2 Bxe2 16. Bxe2 Bg7 17. Bf3 Qb6 18. Bxd5 Nxd4 19. Qb4 Qxb4 20. axb4 {Â½-Â½ Epishin,V (2643)-Christiansen,L (2559) Tan Chin Nam Cup 8th Qingdao 2002 (5)}) 14. Nf4 Bg7 15. Bb5 Qd6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Nd3 Bf5 18. Nc5 h6 19. Qf3 a5 20. Bf4 Qd8 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Qd1 Qd8 23. Qd2 g5 24. Bg3 h5 {[%cal Bh6h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32] Strongly threatening ...h4.} 25. h3 h4 26. Be5 (26. Bh2 $1 $14) 26... Bxe5 (26... f6 $11 {remains equal.} 27. Bh2 Qc8) 27. dxe5 $16 Qe7 {Repels Nb7} (27... Ra7 $16 {is a better defense.}) 28. Qd4 (28. Nb3 $1 $18) 28... Re8 29. Re1 f6 $1 30. e6 Kg7 $1 31. Re3 Kg6 $1 32. b4 axb4 33. axb4 Qd6 {Prevents f4} 34. Nd7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} (34. Rf3 Qe5 35. Qxe5 fxe5 $15) 34... Qe7 (34... Rxe6 $2 35. Rxe6 Qxe6 36. Nf8+ Kf7 37. Nxe6 $18) 35. f4 Be4 36. fxg5 Qxe6 37. Nxf6 Qe5 38. Qa7 (38. Qd1 $14 {was preferable.} Qxg5 39. Ng4) 38... Qxg5 39. Ng4 $1 $14 {Dancing on a razor blade. White is more active.} Qe7 {Prevents Qd7} 40. Qb6 {[%cal Oe3e2]} Qd6 (40... Qd7 $142) 41. Qd4 $16 Qe7 (41... Re6 $16) 42. Rc3 Rc8 (42... Qd6) 43. Ra3 $18 (43. Ne5+ Kh7 $16) 43... Qg7 {Against Ra7} 44. Qf2 Kh5 45. Ra7 Rc7 (45... Qg5 $142 46. Qf7+ Qg6) 46. Rxc7 Qxc7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQB-KQN} 47. Qf6 Bg6 48. Ne5 Be4 49. Kh2 (49. Nxc6 Qb6+ 50. Kh2 Qe3 51. Qh8+ (51. Qe5+ Kh6 $18) 51... Kg6 52. Qe8+ (52. Qxh4 d4 $18) 52... Kh6 53. Qe6+ (53. Qe5 Qf2 $14) 53... Kh7 54. Qf7+ Kh6 55. Qe6+ Kh7 56. Qe7+ Kg6 57. Qe6+ (57. Qxh4 d4 $16) 57... Kh7 $18) 49... Qb8 50. g4+ hxg3+ 51. Kxg3 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rf6h4]} Qg8+ 52. Kf4 Bh7 53. Qe7 {[%cal Oe5d7]} ({Less strong is} 53. Nxc6 Qg2 $16) 53... Bb1 54. Nxc6 Qg2 55. Qe8+ Kh6 56. Qh8+ (56. Qf8+ $142 Kh7 57. Qe7+ Kh8 58. Qh4+ Kg7 59. Qg4+ Qxg4+ 60. hxg4) 56... Bh7 57. Qf6+ Kh5 58. Qe5+ Kh6 59. Qe6+ Bg6 60. Ke5 $2 (60. Qe3 $1 $18) 60... Qe4+ $11 61. Kd6 {and b5 would now be decisive} Qxe6+ $1 62. Kxe6 {KB-KN. White is a pawn up.} Bd3 $1 63. Kxd5 {Loses the game.} Kh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (63... Bf1 $11) 64. Ne5 $18 Ba6 {[#]} 65. Ng4 $1 {White threatens Kc5 and mate.} Kh4 66. Nf2 Kg3 {[#]} 67. Kc5 $1 Kxf2 (67... Be2 68. b5) {Weighted Error Value: White=0.38/Black=0.57} 68. h4 1-0

[Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.23"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[GameId "2192789114843916"]
[EventDate "2025.06.19"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. Rb1 f6 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 Be6 11. d3 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 Qc8 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3.} 14. e3 Nf5 15. Qc2 Rd8 16. Bb2 a4 17. Rfc1 Nd6 18. Nde4 Bb3 19. Qe2 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Ba2 21. Ra1 Bd5 22. d4 $146 (22. Rc2 $14) ({Predecessor:} 22. Nc5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 c6 24. Ne4 Qd7 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. Rc3 {Â½-Â½ Kotlyar,K (2362)-Drygalov,A (2317) Urals-ch 74th Khanty-Mansiysk 2016 (7)}) 22... f5 $15 23. Nc5 e4 24. f3 exf3 25. Bxf3 c6 26. e4 fxe4 27. Bg4 Qb8 28. Nxe4 Rf8 29. Nc3 $132 {[%mdl 2048] [#] Threatens to win with Nxd5. White has counterplay} Bg5 {[%cal Be7g5,Bg5f6,Bf6d4][%mdl 32] Threatens to win with ...Re8.} 30. Nxd5 Nxd5 31. Qe6+ Kh8 32. Re1 {Wards off Be3+} Ra5 33. bxc6 bxc6 34. Bc1 Bf6 35. Bd2 (35. Qxc6 $2 {too greedy.} Bxd4+ 36. Kg2 Rc5 $19 (36... Bxa1 $2 37. Bd2 $19)) 35... Bxd4+ 36. Kh1 Ra6 37. Rab1 Qa8 38. Rf1 Re8 39. Qf5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.08 (flawless)} Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.23"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[GameId "2192792079774929"]
[EventDate "2025.06.19"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Ne2 e5 5. Nbc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nh6 7. d5 Ne7 {A42: Modern Defence: Averbakh Variation.} 8. h3 f5 $1 9. g3 O-O {White is slightly better.} 10. Qd2 Nf7 11. O-O-O ({White should play} 11. Bg2 $14) 11... c5 $146 (11... a6 $11) ({Predecessor:} 11... fxe4 12. g4 c6 13. Nxe4 cxd5 14. cxd5 b5 15. Qb4 Rb8 16. Kb1 a5 17. Qb3 b4 {1-0 Shalamberidze,A (2419)-Poley,V (2397) Agneaux St Lo IM 7th 2005 (4)}) 12. dxc6 $14 bxc6 13. c5 $1 d5 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Nxd5 Be6 (15... Nxd5 $14 16. Qxd5 Qxd5 17. Rxd5 Bb7) 16. Nec3 $16 {White is more active.} Nxd5 17. Nxd5 e4 {[#]} 18. Qc2 Rb8 $1 $14 {[#]} (18... Bxd5 19. Bc4 $16) 19. b3 {Hoping for Nf4.} Qa5 (19... Bxd5 20. Bc4 Qf6 21. Bxd5 $11) 20. Bc4 Rfe8 {Dodges Ne7+} ({Better is} 20... Ne5 $1 $14 21. Ne7+ Kf7 22. Bxe6+ Kxe7 (22... Kxe6 23. Nc6 $16)) 21. Kb1 $16 Ne5 22. Bd4 {Black cannot hold the game after this.} Kf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (22... Bxd5 $16 23. Bxd5+ Kh8) 23. Bxe5 $18 Bxe5 24. Nf4 Bxc4 (24... Bxf4 {was worth a try.} 25. gxf4 Rbd8) 25. Qxc4+ Kg7 26. Rd7+ Kh6 27. Rhd1 (27. Qf7 Rh8 28. Rc1 (28. Rxa7 Qc3) (28. Qe7 Rxb3+ 29. axb3 Qa1+ 30. Kc2 Qc3+ 31. Kd1 Bf6 $16) 28... Rb7 $16) 27... Red8 28. c6 {[%cal Bc5c6,Bc6d7][%mdl 32]} ({And not} 28. Qf7 Rxd7 29. Rxd7 Qe1+ (29... Qxc5 30. Qxh7+ Kg5 31. Qxg6#) 30. Kc2 Qxf2+ 31. Kd1 Qf3+ (31... Qxc5 32. Qxh7+ Kg5 33. Qxg6#) 32. Ne2 Bxg3 33. Qg7+ Kh5 34. Qxh7+ Kg5 35. Qe7+ Kh5 36. Qh7+ Kg5 37. Qe7+ Kh5 38. Qh7+ $11) 28... Qa3 29. R1d2 {Against Qb2+} (29. Rxd8 $2 Qb2#) 29... Rxd7 30. cxd7 e3 $2 (30... Rd8 31. Qd5 Bxf4 32. gxf4 Qb4) 31. fxe3 {White is clearly winning.} (31. d8=R $2 {perishes.} Rxd8 (31... exd2 32. Rxd2 Rb4 33. Qd3 $11) 32. Ne6 f4 $19 (32... Rxd2 33. Qh4#)) 31... Qa5 {[#]} 32. Ne6 $1 Bf6 {Prevents Qh4+} (32... Bxg3 33. d8=N) {Magnificent play by Abdusattorov!   Weighted Error Value: White=0.33/Black=0.65} 33. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.23"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[GameId "2192795114464774"]
[EventDate "2025.06.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 {[%cal Bc2c3,Bc3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Bd7 7. d4 g6 8. Re1 Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. Nbd2 exd4 {C60: Ruy Lopez: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...g6.} 11. cxd4 Nb4 $1 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 {White is slightly better.} 13. Nf1 c5 14. a3 Nc6 {[%cal Bb4c6,Bc6a5,Ba5c4][%mdl 32]} 15. d5 $1 Na5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 15... Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Rfe8 18. Qd3 Qb5 19. Qxb5 axb5 20. f3 Nxd5 21. Rd1 Nb6 22. Rxd6 {1-0 Paravyan,D (2601)-Grandelius,N (2660) ChessKid Cup Play In Chess.com INT blitz 2023 (9)}) 16. Bd2 Nc4 17. Bc3 b5 $1 18. b3 Nb6 19. Qd2 {[%cal Oa3a4]} a5 20. Ng3 (20. Bxa5 $14 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Bxa1 22. Bxb6) 20... a4 (20... b4 $142 $1 21. axb4 axb4) 21. b4 $11 Nc4 22. Qd3 Rfe8 (22... cxb4 {might be stronger.} 23. Bxb4 Nb2) 23. Nd2 (23. bxc5 $14 dxc5 24. Rad1) 23... Ne5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 24. Bxe5 (24. Qe3 $15) 24... c4 $1 $17 (24... Rxe5 $6 25. bxc5 dxc5 26. Nf3 $11) 25. Qc2 (25. Nxc4 $2 bxc4 (25... dxe5 $2 26. Nb6 $18) 26. Qxc4 Rac8 $19 (26... dxe5 27. Qc6 $17)) 25... Rxe5 (25... dxe5 $6 26. Nf3 $11) 26. Rad1 Rae8 27. Re2 R5e7 {[%cal Of6d5]} 28. Rde1 Qb7 29. Nf3 Nd7 30. Re3 (30. Nf1 $17) 30... Qb6 31. R3e2 (31. Rd1 {was called for.}) 31... h5 32. Nf1 Rc8 (32... Ne5 $19 33. Nxe5 Bxe5) 33. Ne3 Ne5 34. Nxe5 Bxe5 35. Nf1 (35. g3 $17) 35... c3 ({Black should try} 35... Qd4 $19 {White must now prevent ...Qc3.} 36. Rd1 Qc3 37. Qxc3 Bxc3) 36. Ne3 Bg7 {Black is more active.} 37. Qd3 h4 38. Kf1 Qb7 39. Rc1 Qd7 40. Rce1 Kf8 41. Rc1 Kg8 42. Rce1 Kh8 43. Rc1 Rc7 44. Rce1 Kh7 45. Rc1 Kg8 46. Rce1 Kh8 47. Rc1 Rc8 48. Rce1 Qe8 49. f3 Kg8 50. Rc1 Rec7 51. Rcc2 Kh8 52. Ke1 (52. Re1 $142) 52... Qe5 53. Kd1 (53. Qxb5 Qd4 54. Nf1 (54. Qxa4 $2 Bh6 $19) 54... Qg1 $19) (53. Ng4 $17 Qd4 54. Qxd4 Bxd4 55. e5) 53... Re7 $19 54. Ng4 Qf4 (54... Qd4 55. Qxd4 Bxd4 56. Rc1 $15) {White does not recover from this.} 55. Qxb5 $2 (55. Qe3 $17 Qxe3 56. Rxe3) 55... f5 56. Nf2 Qh2 $1 57. Nd3 fxe4 58. Rxe4 (58. Ne1 e3 59. Nd3) 58... Rxe4 {Black is clearly winning.} 59. fxe4 Qg1+ 60. Ne1 {[#]} Be5 $1 {White is weak on the dark squares} 61. Re2 {[#]} Bg3 $1 {[%cal Oc3c2] ( -> ...c2+!)} ({Inferior is} 61... c2+ 62. Rxc2 Rxc2 63. Qe8+ Kh7 64. Qe7+ (64. Kxc2 $2 {loses.} Qxe1 65. Qf7+ Bg7 $19) 64... Kg8 65. Qe8+ Kh7 66. Qe7+ Kg8 67. Qe8+ Kh7 $11) 62. Kc2 {[%cal Oe4e5]} Bxe1 63. Qd7 Rg8 64. Qxd6 {Qc5 would now be deadly.} Qf1 65. Qe5+ Kh7 66. Kd3 {[#]} c2 $1 67. Qc7+ Rg7 68. Qxc2 {A cool game by Erigaisi.   Weighted Error Value: White=0.36/Black=0.09 (flawless)} Bg3 0-1

[Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.23"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[GameId "2192802249946933"]
[EventDate "2025.06.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Bf4 Bg7 8. e3 {A61: Modern Benoni: Nf3 without early e4.} O-O 9. h3 Ne8 {outshines the older 9...Na6.} 10. Qd2 $5 {[%mdl 4] White is better. A promising side line.} Nd7 11. e4 a6 12. a4 Rb8 {[%cal Ob7b5]} 13. Be2 {White is more active.} Qe7 14. O-O $1 Nc7 15. Rfe1 b5 (15... Re8 $16) 16. axb5 $18 Nxb5 17. Nxb5 axb5 18. Ra7 b4 19. Bg5 $146 (19. Rc7 $18) ({Predecessor:} 19. Ba6 Bxa6 20. Rxa6 Nb6 21. Qc2 Rfc8 22. b3 c4 23. Be3 cxb3 24. Qxb3 Nd7 25. Ra7 {0-1 Ding,L (2458)-Gao,R (2500) Beijing zt 3.5 2009 (5)}) 19... Bf6 {Black is weak on the light squares} (19... Qxe4 $2 20. Bf1 $18) (19... f6 $16 20. Bh4 Rb7) 20. e5 $1 dxe5 (20... Bxg5 $6 21. Nxg5 Rb7 (21... Qxe5 $2 22. Bg4 $18 {[%csl Oe5][%mdl 64] Discovered Attack}) 22. exd6 Qxd6 23. Ne4 $16) 21. d6 Qd8 22. Bh6 $1 Bg7 (22... Rb7 $142 23. Rxb7 Bxb7) 23. Bc4 $1 Rb6 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Ng5 (25. Nxe5 Nxe5 26. Rxe5 Rxd6 $11) 25... Qf6 26. Ne4 Qf4 27. Qd5 Rb8 28. Rc7 (28. Nxc5 Nb6 29. Qe4 (29. g3 Qf6 $15) 29... Nxc4 $14) 28... Nb6 29. Qxc5 Nxc4 30. Qxc4 Bb7 31. Qd3 (31. Qxb4 Bxe4 (31... Bd5 32. Qc3 $16) 32. Qxe4 Qxe4 33. Rxe4 Rxb2 $14) (31. d7 $18) 31... Bxe4 $1 $14 32. Rxe4 Qf6 33. Qd5 {[%cal Oe4e3]} Rb6 $1 34. Rd7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} (34. Rxe5 Rxd6 35. Qe4 (35. Qc5 Rd1+) 35... Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Qxf2 $17) 34... Re8 35. Qc5 {White stays focused until the end.} Qf5 $2 {[#]} (35... Ra6 $14) 36. Qxb6 $2 (36. Rxb4 $2 Rxb4 $19) (36. Re1 $1 $18) 36... Qxd7 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} (36... Qxe4 $14 37. Qc5 Qd4 (37... Qb1+ 38. Kh2 $14)) 37. Re1 (37. Qxb4 Re6 $14) 37... Re6 38. Rd1 (38. Qxb4 Qxd6 39. Qxd6 Rxd6 $11) 38... b3 39. Qc5 (39. Qxb3 Rxd6 40. Rxd6 Qxd6 $11) (39. Qc7 Qxc7 40. dxc7 Rc6 $11) 39... h5 (39... g5 $142 40. g4 Re8) 40. h4 Kh7 41. Rd5 (41. Qc7 Qxc7 42. dxc7 Rc6 $11) 41... e4 42. Qd4 (42. Qc7 Qxc7 43. dxc7 Rc6 $11) 42... Re8 43. Qe3 (43. Re5 $142 {aiming for Rxe8.} Rxe5 44. Qxe5) 43... Qb7 $2 (43... Qe6 44. d7 (44. Qxb3 Rd8 $16) 44... Rd8) 44. Rc5 (44. d7 Rd8 45. Qd4 (45. Qxe4 Rxd7 46. Rxh5+ Kg7 $16) 45... Qc6 46. Qxe4 Qc1+ 47. Kh2 Qc7+ 48. f4 Rxd7 $16) 44... Rd8 {[#]} 45. Qf4 {[%cal Oc5h5]} Kg8 $2 (45... Rd7 46. Rc7 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} Qb5) 46. Qf6 Rf8 47. Rc4 Qd5 48. Rd4 Qc6 49. Qg5 Qb6 50. Rd1 (50. Rxe4 Qxd6 51. Qc1 Ra8 $11) 50... Re8 (50... Qd8 $142 51. Qf4 Qe8) 51. d7 Rd8 52. Qe7 Kg7 53. Rd6 (53. Qxe4 Qe6 54. Qd3 Qc6 $18) 53... Qa5 54. Rf6 Rf8 55. d8=Q ({Not} 55. Rxf7+ Rxf7 56. d8=Q (56. d8=B $2 {too greedy.} Qe1+ 57. Kh2 Rxe7 $19) 56... Qe1+ 57. Kh2 Rxe7 58. Qxe7+ Kh6 $14) (55. Rxg6+ $142 Kxg6 56. Qxf8 Qd2 57. Qg8+ (57. d8=B Qc1+ 58. Kh2 Qf4+ 59. Kh3 Qg4+ 60. Kh2 Qf4+ 61. Kh1 Qc1+ 62. Kh2 Qf4+ $11) 57... Kf5 58. d8=Q (58. d8=B Qc1+ 59. Kh2 Qf4+ 60. Kh3 Ke6 $18) (58. Qxf7+ Ke5 59. Qxh5+ Ke6 60. Qe8+ Kf5 61. Qf8+ Ke5 62. d8=Q Qxd8 63. Qxd8 Ke6) 58... Qxd8 59. Qxd8 Ke6 60. Qe8+ {[%mdl 64] Deflection} Kd6 61. Qxf7) 55... Qxd8 {[#]} {Magnificent play by Sindarov!   Weighted Error Value: White=0.35/Black=0.61} 56. Rxf7+ $3 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} 1-0

[Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.24"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R."]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[GameId "2192808298498265"]
[EventDate "2025.06.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nge2 a6 7. Be3 Nbd7 {[%cal Ob7b5] E81: King's Indian: SÃ¤misch: 6th move deviations (including 6 Be3 c6).} 8. Qd2 b5 $1 {[%mdl 4] now scores much better than the old 8...c5.} 9. h4 h5 $1 {White has an edge.} 10. O-O-O {[%cal Be1c1,Bc1b1,Bb1a1][%mdl 32]} e5 11. d5 Nb6 12. Bxb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Ng1 b4 13. Nb1 a5 14. Bd3 c6 15. Qf2 Rb8 16. Nd2 Ba6 17. Qe2 Na4 18. Nb3 {0-1 Debayan,R (2064)-Fedorov,A (2392) Bhubaneswar op 16th 2025 (2)}) 12... cxb6 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Kb1 b4 15. Nb5 Nxd5 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} 16. exd5 (16. Qxd5 Be6 17. Qb7 (17. Qxd6 $2 Bxa2+ 18. Kc2 Qc8+ 19. Nec3 b3+ 20. Kd2 Rd8 $17 {[%mdl 64] Pin}) 17... Qc8 18. Qxc8 (18. Qxb6 $2 Bxa2+ 19. Ka1 Bb3+ 20. Na7 Bxd1 $19) 18... Bxa2+ 19. Kc2 (19. Ka1 $2 Rfxc8 $19) 19... Rfxc8+ 20. Nec3 (20. Kd2 $2 Bb3 $19) 20... bxc3 21. Nxc3 Bf8 $17) 16... Bf5+ 17. Ka1 Ra4 18. Nc1 {[%cal Og2g4]} Qd7 $1 19. Bc4 (19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Ra5 21. Nxd6 (21. a4 Rxa4+ 22. Kb1 Ra5 $17) 21... Qxd6 $17) 19... Rc8 $1 20. Qe2 e4 $1 21. Bb3 (21. Rhe1 $11) 21... exf3 $17 22. gxf3 Ra5 {The board is on fire. Black is more active.} {This move loses the game for White.} 23. Bc4 {[#]} (23. Nd4 $17 {was the only chance.} Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Bxd4 25. Qc4) 23... Bc2 $1 $19 24. Rd2 {[#]} (24. Qxc2 Qxb5 25. Qd3 (25. Bxb5 $2 Rxc2 26. Nd3 Rxb5 $19) 25... Rxc4 $19 (25... Qxc4 $2 26. Qxc4 Rxc4 27. Nb3 $19)) (24. Rde1 Ba4) 24... Ba4 {[%cal Ra4b5]} 25. Nd4 {Strongly threatening Kb1.} Rac5 26. Nc6 Bxc6 27. Nb3 {[#]} ({But not} 27. dxc6 Qxc6 28. Rc2 Rxc4 29. Rxc4 Qxc4 $19) 27... Rxc4 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Qxc4 Bb5 {A strong pair of Bishops.} 29. Qe4 Bc4 30. Rc2 (30. Kb1 {was called for.} Qa7 31. Re1) 30... b5 {and ...Qa7 should not be overlooked. Black is clearly winning.} 31. Nc1 Re8 32. Qf4 Qa7 {[%cal Oc4a2]} (32... Bxd5 $2 33. Qxb4 Ra8 (33... Bxf3 34. Rf1 $17) 34. Re1 $19) 33. Rxc4 bxc4 34. Qxc4 {White is weak on the dark squares} b3 35. Rd1 bxa2 {[%cal Og7b2] ( -> ...Bxb2+!)} 36. Qxa2 Qf2 {[%csl LRf3,LRh4]} 37. Qb3 {Against Qc2} {Magnificent play by Rapport!   Weighted Error Value: White=0.41/Black=0.02 (flawless)} Re3 0-1

[Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.24"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[GameId "2192812251998745"]
[EventDate "2025.06.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Qa5 8. Bd3 Ne4 9. O-O Nxg5 10. Nxg5 Nf6 11. f4 {D52: Queen's Gambit Declined: Cambridge Springs Variation.} Be7 12. h3 (12. Qc2 $14) 12... O-O 13. g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qc2 h6 14. Nf3 c5 15. Qf2 cxd4 16. exd4 Bb4 17. Rac1 Be6 18. f5 Bd7 19. a3 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 {Â½-Â½ Demuth,A (2417)-Malakhatko,V (2532) Calvi Balagne 1st 2012 (5)}) 13... g6 14. Nf3 Ne8 15. Qc2 Nd6 16. Qg2 (16. Kh1 $14 {feels stronger.}) 16... Qd8 17. h4 Kh8 (17... Bxh4 18. g5 Qe7 19. Qd2 $11) 18. Kf2 h5 19. Ne5 (19. g5 $1 $15) 19... Bxg4 (19... Bxh4+ $19 {is more deadly.} 20. Ke2 hxg4 21. Nxg4 Bxg4+ 22. Qxg4 Kg7) 20. Nxg4 $17 hxg4 21. Qxg4 Qc8 (21... Bxh4+ $15 22. Ke2 Kg7) 22. Qg2 {[%cal Oh4h5]} (22. Qxc8 {simplifies} Raxc8 23. Rh1 Rg8 24. Rag1) 22... Qe6 {[%cal Od6f5]} 23. Rh1 Rae8 24. Rh3 Nf5 (24... Kg7 $15) 25. Rah1 $11 Kg7 26. Nd1 Nxh4 (26... Bf6 $11) 27. Rxh4 $16 Bxh4+ 28. Rxh4 Rh8 {[#]} (28... Qf6 $142 29. Rh3 Rh8) 29. Rxh8 ({Only move:} 29. f5 $1 $16 Qf6 30. Rf4) 29... Rxh8 $11 {The position is equal.} 30. Ke2 Qh3 31. Qxh3 Rxh3 32. Nf2 Rg3 {[%cal Bh3g3,Bg3g5,Bg5h5,Bh5h2,Bh2a2,Ba2a1,Ba1b1][%mdl 32]} 33. e4 dxe4 34. Bxe4 g5 35. fxg5 Rxg5 36. Nd3 Rh5 37. Ke3 f5 38. Bf3 Rh2 39. a4 a5 40. b3 {[#]} Kf6 $1 41. Ne5 Ra2 42. Bd1 f4+ 43. Kd3 Kg5 44. Ke4 Ra1 45. Be2 Rb1 46. Nf3+ Kf6 47. Nd2 Re1 ({Of course not} 47... Rb2 48. Kd3 $14) 48. Kf3 {[%cal Od2c4]} Ke7 49. Nc4 b5 50. axb5 (50. Nxa5 $5 Kd6 $8 51. axb5 cxb5 52. Bxb5 $11) 50... cxb5 51. Nxa5 Kd6 $1 52. Bxb5 Kd5 53. Kxf4 {Strongly threatening Nc6.} Kxd4 54. Nc6+ Kc3 55. Bc4 Rb1 56. Ke5 Rxb3 57. Bxb3 Kxb3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.15 (very precise) /Black=0.14 (very precise)} 58. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.24"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Black "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[GameId "2192817202187038"]
[EventDate "2025.06.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. O-O {7.0-0 has lost popularity.} d6 8. c3 O-O 9. Bg5 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and MÃ¶ller Defences.} h6 10. Bh4 Bb6 11. a4 {[#] And now axb5 would win. White has an edge.} Rb8 $1 12. Na3 g5 (12... b4 $11 13. Nc4 Na5) 13. Bg3 (13. Nxg5 $1 $14 hxg5 14. Bxg5) 13... Ne7 $11 14. axb5 (14. Re1 $5) 14... axb5 15. Nc2 (15. Nxb5 $6 Bg4 $16) (15. Re1 $5) 15... Ng6 16. Ne3 Bxe3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Nh5 17. d4 g4 18. Ne1 Qg5 19. Nd5 Nhf4 20. Nxb6 Rxb6 21. Nd3 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 h5 {1-0 Simon Padros,E (2161)-Gonzalez Rivera,E (2040) ESP-ch Seniors 65 Altea 2016 (4)}) 17. fxe3 Kg7 18. Ra7 Rb7 19. Ra8 Qe7 20. h3 c5 {[%cal Oc5c4]} 21. Bc2 Ra7 22. Rxa7 Qxa7 23. Qa1 Qc7 24. Nd2 Be6 25. b3 ({Better is} 25. d4) 25... Qb7 (25... g4 $142 26. h4 Nh5) 26. Qb2 (26. d4 $142) 26... Ra8 (26... g4 $17 27. hxg4 Nxg4) 27. Ra1 $1 $15 Rxa1+ (27... Rh8 $15) 28. Qxa1 $11 g4 29. hxg4 Nxg4 30. Nf1 h5 31. c4 h4 32. Be1 b4 33. Bd1 Qe7 34. Qb2 Qg5 35. Qd2 Ne7 36. Kh1 Ng8 37. Bf3 N8f6 (37... Ne7 $15) 38. Qe2 Nh5 (38... Nh7 $15) 39. Qd2 Kg6 40. Kg1 Ng7 {[%cal Oh4h3]} 41. Kh1 Kh6 42. Kg1 Nh5 43. Kh1 Kh7 44. Kg1 Kg6 45. Kh1 Kh7 46. Kg1 Nh6 (46... Kg6 {keeps more tension.} 47. Bf2 h3 48. Qe1 hxg2 49. Nh2 Nhf6) 47. Qf2 {[#]} Ng3 $1 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} 48. Nxg3 {The position is equal.} hxg3 49. Qxg3 Qxe3+ 50. Bf2 Qxd3 51. Qg5 Qxb3 {[%cal Of7f5]} 52. Be3 Ng8 {[%cal Of7f6]} 53. Qh5+ Kg7 54. Qg5+ Kh7 {[%cal Of7f6] aiming for ...f6!.} 55. Qh4+ Kg7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12 (very precise) /Black=0.11 (very precise)} 56. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.24"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "263"]
[GameId "2192822559562921"]
[EventDate "2025.06.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 {D24: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3.} Nxe4 7. O-O Nf6 8. Qa4+ {White has an edge.} Nc6 9. Ne5 Rb8 {9...Bd6 is the modern continuation.} (9... Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc3 11. Nxd8 $16) 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Rd1 $5 {[%mdl 4] Leaves trodden paths.} O-O 12. Qxa7 Bd7 {[%cal Bc8d7,Bd7c6,Bc6e4][%mdl 32]} 13. Qa4 $1 c5 14. Qc2 Bc6 15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qd6 17. Be2 $146 {Dodges Ng4. Black should prevent a4.} ({Predecessor:} 17. h3 Be4 18. Qe2 Qc6 19. f3 Bd5 20. Bg5 Qa4 21. Bd3 cxd4 22. c4 Bc6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 {0-1 Piliposyan,R (2368)-Kukhmazov,A (2498) Moscow Aeroflot op-A 2024 (4)}) 17... Be4 18. Qd2 Rfd8 19. a4 Qc6 20. f3 Bg6 21. Bb5 Qa8 {White must now prevent ...Rxb5.} 22. Ba3 {[%cal Bc1a3,Ba3e7,Be7c5][%mdl 32]} cxd4 ({Black should play} 22... c6 $14 23. Bf1 cxd4 (23... Qxa4 24. Bxc5 Qc2 25. Qxc2 $16)) 23. cxd4 $16 e5 (23... c6 $16 24. Be2 e5) 24. Qc1 $1 $18 exd4 25. Be7 $1 (25. Qxc7 Rbc8 26. Qe5 d3 $11) 25... Qa7 26. Bc5 Qa5 27. Rxd4 c6 28. Rxd8+ (28. Bxc6 $6 Rbc8 $16) 28... Rxd8 29. Bxc6 (29. Bf1 $18) 29... Rc8 (29... Rd1+ $2 30. Qxd1 Qxc5+ 31. Kh1 Qxc6 32. Qd8+ Ne8 33. a5 $18) 30. Bb5 {This pair of bishops is nice.} h6 $2 (30... Bd3 $16) 31. Qc4 Bd3 32. Qb4 Qxb4 33. Bxb4 Bxb5 34. axb5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN. White is a pawn up.} Rb8 35. Ra5 Nd7 36. Kf1 Nb6 37. Bd6 Rb7 38. Bg3 $1 Kh7 39. Bf2 Nc4 40. Ra4 Nd2+ 41. Ke1 Nxf3+ 42. gxf3 Rxb5 {KRB-KR} 43. Kf1 Kg6 44. Rg4+ Kh7 45. h4 f6 46. Rc4 h5 47. Rc7 Kg6 48. Kg2 Rb2 49. Kg3 Rb1 50. Bc5 Rb8 {Dodges Bf8} 51. Kf4 Re8 52. Rd7 Rc8 53. Bd6 Re8 54. Rb7 Rd8 55. Bc5 Rc8 56. Bb4 Re8 57. Be7 Kf7 58. Bc5+ Kg6 59. Bb4 Rc8 60. Ke4 Re8+ 61. Re7 Rb8 62. Bd6 Rb1 63. Ra7 Re1+ 64. Kd5 (64. Kf4 $16) 64... Rd1+ $11 65. Ke6 Re1+ $1 66. Kd7 (66. Kd5 $6 Rd1+ 67. Kc6 Rh1 $16) 66... Re3 67. Ra3 Re1 68. Kd8 Rh1 69. Ra4 {Hoping for Ke7.} Rh3 (69... Kf7 $11) 70. Rf4 $16 Kf7 71. Kd7 Rh1 72. Re4 (72. Bc5 $16) 72... Rh3 (72... Ra1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 73. Re7+ (73. Rf4 $16) 73... Kg8 74. Re8+ Kh7 75. Ke7 Rxf3 76. Kf7 Rd3 77. Be7 Re3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (77... Rd7 $11) 78. Rb8 $2 (78. Rd8 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd8d5] White threatens Rd5 and mate.} Re4 79. Bf8) 78... Re4 $11 79. Bf8 Ra4 80. Rb7 Rxh4 81. Bxg7 {[%cal Ob7b8]} Ra4 82. Bxf6 h4 83. Bg5 Ra6 84. Rb4 Ra7+ 85. Be7 {[%cal Rb4h4]} Ra6 86. Rxh4+ Rh6 87. Rg4 Ra6 88. Rg7+ Kh6 89. Rg8 Kh7 90. Rg5 Rb6 (90... Kh6 91. Rb5 Kh7 92. Rh5+ Rh6 93. Rg5 $16) 91. Rg7+ Kh6 92. Rg8 Kh7 {Dodges Rh8+} 93. Rg5 Ra6 ({Reject} 93... Kh6 94. Rd5 Kh7 95. Rh5+ Rh6 96. Rg5 $16) 94. Bc5 Rc6 $1 95. Bf8 Rc7+ 96. Be7 {[%cal Rg5h5]} Rc6 $1 97. Rg7+ Kh6 98. Rg4 {[%cal Rg4h4]} Kh7 99. Bf6 {[%cal Rg4h4]} Rc7+ 100. Ke6 Rc1 101. Be5 Rf1 102. Bf4 Ra1 103. Kf6 Ra6+ 104. Kf5 Ra1 105. Rh4+ Kg8 106. Be5 Ra6 107. Bf6 Ra2 108. Rh8+ Kf7 109. Rh7+ Kg8 110. Rg7+ Kf8 111. Rc7 Kg8 112. Rg7+ Kf8 113. Rb7 Kg8 114. Bd4 Ra6 115. Bb6 Ra4 116. Be3 Ra6 117. Bc5 Rc6 118. Bb4 Ra6 119. Bc3 Rc6 120. Bf6 Rc1 121. Be5 Rc6 122. Rd7 Ra6 123. Bd6 Ra1 124. Be7 Ra6 125. Bf6 Ra2 126. Ke6 Ra6+ 127. Ke7 Kh7 128. Kf7 Ra2 129. Bd4 Rc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (129... Rg2 $11) 130. Kf6+ {White mates.} Kg8 {[#]} 131. Rd8+ $1 Kh7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.14 (very precise)} 132. Kf5 1-0

[Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.24"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[GameId "2192837174881930"]
[EventDate "2025.06.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. a3 {E48: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 d5 including 6 Ne2, but excluding 6 a3.} Bd6 8. Qc2 Na6 9. Nge2 {The position is equal.} c5 10. f3 Re8 11. O-O Nc7 12. Bd2 c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... b6 13. Rad1 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. Kh1 Qc8 16. Qd3 Nc7 17. e4 dxe4 18. fxe4 cxd4 19. Nxd4 {Â½-Â½ Harikrishna,P (2701)-Le,Q (2709) Prague Masters 4th 2022 (7)}) 13. Bf5 Bxf5 14. Qxf5 b5 15. e4 {[#]} Qd7 $1 16. Qxd7 (16. Nxd5 $2 Qxf5 17. exf5 Nfxd5 $19 (17... Ncxd5 $2 18. Rfe1 $19)) 16... Nxd7 17. Bf4 (17. Nxd5 $2 {too greedy.} Nxd5 18. Rfe1 N5b6 $19) 17... Bxf4 18. Nxf4 Nb6 19. exd5 Red8 {[%cal Oa7a6]} 20. Rfe1 a6 {[%cal Rc7d5]} 21. Re5 {[%cal Be1e5,Be5f5,Bf5c5][%mdl 32]} f6 22. Rf5 Rd7 23. d6 Rxd6 24. Rc5 Ne8 25. a4 b4 26. Ne4 (26. Ncd5 $14) 26... Rxd4 $11 27. Ne6 Rd5 {Hoping for ...Rxc5.} 28. Rc6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Deflection} Nd7 (28... Rb8 $11 {was preferable.}) 29. Rxc4 $14 a5 30. Nf4 Rf5 31. Nd3 Rd5 32. Nf4 Rf5 33. Rd4 {Ng3 is the strong threat. Black is weak on the light squares. White is slightly better.} Nb6 $1 34. Ng3 Rc5 35. b3 Rac8 36. Ne4 Rf5 37. Ng3 Rfc5 38. Ne4 Rf5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05 (flawless) /Black=0.05 (flawless)} 39. Ng3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.25"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[GameId "2192840822648748"]
[EventDate "2025.06.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. a4 {[#] Threatens to win with axb5.} Bd7 {Recently 9...Bb7 got a lot of attention. C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and MÃ¶ller Defences.} 10. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32]} Rb8 11. axb5 axb5 {White has an edge.} 12. Qd3 (12. Re1 $142) 12... h6 $11 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 {[%cal Rd4e5]} Nh5 15. Na3 (15. Qxb5 $2 Nxd4 (15... exd4 16. Qd3 $11) 16. Bxf7+ Kxf7 $19) 15... O-O (15... g4 $142 $1) 16. Nxb5 Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Nxg3 17. hxg3 Qe8 18. Ba4 Ra8 19. b3 Ra5 20. Nd2 Nb8 21. Na3 Bxa4 22. bxa4 Rxa4 {1-0 Olszewski,M (2549)-Ragger,M (2572) GRE-chT Div-A 38th Peristeri 2010 (3)}) 17. Bc4 (17. dxe5 $2 {is the wrong capture.} Bxb5 18. Bc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Ng6 $19) ({White should try} 17. Na3 $1 $11) 17... Ng6 $1 $15 18. dxe5 (18. Na3 $15 {feels stronger.}) 18... Nxg3 19. hxg3 g4 $1 20. Nfd4 Nxe5 21. Qe2 h5 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 22. Na3 h4 23. Qe3 {Repels Qg5} Kg7 {Inhibits Qh6+.} 24. Be2 Rh8 25. Nc4 Nxc4 26. Bxc4 Qf6 (26... Rh5 $15) 27. Qf4 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} Rh6 (27... Qxf4 {simplifies} 28. gxf4 Rhe8 29. Rfe1 Bxd4 30. cxd4 Rxb2 31. Ra7 Bf5) 28. Qxf6+ Kxf6 29. gxh4 Rxh4 30. g3 Rh3 31. Kg2 Rbh8 32. Rh1 {Wards off Rh2+} Rxh1 33. Rxh1 Rxh1 34. Kxh1 Ke5 {[%csl LRd4,LRe4]} 35. Bxf7 Bxd4 36. cxd4+ Kxd4 {[%cal Od7c6][%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB. White is a pawn up.} 37. Kg2 Kxe4 {White must now prevent ...Bc6.} 38. Bg6+ Ke5 39. f4+ gxf3+ 40. Kxf3 c5 41. Ke3 d5 42. Bd3 Be6 43. Bf1 d4+ 44. Kd2 c4 45. Bg2 Kd6 46. Bf3 Kc5 47. Bd1 Bf7 48. Kc1 Kb4 49. Kd2 Be8 50. Kc1 Bf7 51. Kd2 Bg6 52. Kc1 c3 53. bxc3+ Kxc3 54. Be2 d3 55. Bxd3 {[%mdl 64] [#] Deflection} Kxd3 56. Kb2 Bf5 57. g4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.05 (flawless)} Bxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.25"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[GameId "2192845105832127"]
[EventDate "2025.06.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Qd3 {B47: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 f4, 6 g3 and 6 Be2.} a6 {Inhibits Ndb5.} 7. Nxc6 Qxc6 8. Bf4 $5 {[%mdl 4] White is slightly better. A promising side line.} Ne7 $146 (8... b5 $1 $14) ({Predecessor:} 8... b5 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. Be2 Ne7 11. Bf3 Ng6 12. Bg3 Rc8 13. e5 Qc7 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 {0-1 Kobalia,M (2596)-Hambleton,A (2454) Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Feb Late Chess.com INT blitz 2022 (8)}) 9. O-O-O b5 10. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Bb7 11. h5 Rd8 ({Black should play} 11... b4 12. Ne2 f6) 12. Qd4 f6 13. Bd6 {[%cal Oh5h6] White has more active pieces. The black rooks are passive.} Nc8 14. Bxf8 Rxf8 15. Rh3 Qb6 16. Qd2 Bc6 17. Re1 (17. h6 $16 g6 18. a3) 17... Qc5 {[#]} 18. Nd5 $1 {[%cal Bc3d5,Bd5b4,Bb4d3][%mdl 32]} Kf7 (18... Bb7 19. Nf4) 19. Nb4 Bb7 20. h6 g6 21. e5 Kg8 (21... fxe5 $6 22. Nd3 Qd5 23. Nxe5+ (23. Rxe5 $2 Qxa2 24. Kd1 Nb6 $19) 23... Ke8 24. Rd3 (24. Qxd5 Bxd5 25. a4 bxa4 $11) 24... Qxa2 25. Ra3 $11 (25. Nxd7 $2 Qa1#)) 22. Nd3 Qd4 23. g3 Nb6 (23... fxe5 $142 24. Rxe5 Nd6) 24. Rh4 $16 Qd5 25. b3 Rc8 26. exf6 {and Rf4 would now be decisive} Rxf6 27. c3 {This costs Black the game.} d6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27... Qd6 $16) 28. Bh3 $18 g5 29. Rh5 {[%cal Bh4h5,Bh5g5,Bg5g7][%mdl 32]} Kh8 $2 (29... Kf8 30. f4 (30. Qxg5 Rxc3+ 31. Kb2 Qxg5 $15) 30... b4 31. Nxb4 (31. Rxg5 Rxc3+ $11) 31... Qxd2+ 32. Kxd2 gxf4) 30. Rxg5 ({And not} 30. Qxg5 Rxc3+ (30... Qxg5+ 31. Rxg5 Re8 32. Rg7 $16) 31. Kb2 Qxg5 (31... Rxd3 32. Qg7#) 32. Rxg5 Rxd3 $14) 30... Rxc3+ 31. Kb2 {[%cal Bc1b2,Bb2c3,Bc3d2,Bd2e3][%mdl 32]} ({Less strong is} 31. Qxc3 Qxg5+ 32. f4 Qxh6 33. Rxe6 Nd5 $18) 31... Qxd3 32. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 33. Kxc3 Nd5+ 34. Kd2 e5 35. Rg7 Bc6 36. Rc1 Nb4 37. a3 Rxf2+ 38. Ke3 Rc2 {[#]} {An entertaining game by Abdusattorov.   Weighted Error Value: White=0.13 (very precise) /Black=0.71} 39. Be6 $1 1-0

[Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.25"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"]
[Black "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[GameId "2192848459039252"]
[EventDate "2025.06.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} Re8 7. Bg5 a6 (7... h6 8. Bh4 a6 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. h3 Bd6 11. Re1 g5 12. Bg3 Nh7 13. Nbd2 b5 14. d4 f6 15. Nb3 Qe7 16. Na5 Bd7 17. dxe5 fxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Bxh3 20. Nxc6 {1-0 Vokhidov,S (2643)-Yakubboev,N (2648) CrunchLab Masters PlayIn Chess.com INT rapid 2024 (5)}) 8. Ba4 h6 9. Bh4 b5 10. Bb3 g5 11. Bg3 d6 $1 12. Nbd2 Bb6 13. a4 Rb8 14. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. axb5 axb5 15. Qc2 Nh5 16. d4 exd4 17. e5 Nxg3 18. Qg6+ {1-0 Lutz,A (2205)-Puljek Salai,Z (2195) Dresden zt (Women) 1998 (7)}) 14... Nh7 15. Nf1 Nf8 (15... h5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 16. h3 Ng6 17. axb5 axb5 18. d4 (18. Ne3 $16) 18... Qf6 $14 {[%cal Re5d4]} 19. Ne3 Nce7 $1 (19... exd4 20. Nd5 Qg7 21. Nxb6 Rxb6 22. Nxd4 $16) 20. Ng4 (20. Qe2 $14 {is more appropriate.}) 20... Bxg4 $11 21. hxg4 Kg7 22. Qe2 exd4 23. cxd4 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 Qxd4 25. Rac1 {Repels Nc6} c5 {[%cal Bc7c5,Bc5c4,Bc4b3][%mdl 32]} 26. Red1 (26. Qf3 Nf4 (26... Qxb2 $2 27. Qxf7+ Kh8 28. e5 $18) (26... c4 27. Red1 $17) 27. Bxf4 gxf4 $17) 26... Qb4 27. Rc3 $132 {[%cal Oe2f3][%mdl 2048] White is not holding back} Nf4 28. Bxf4 gxf4 29. g5 c4 {[%cal Oh6g5]} 30. gxh6+ Kxh6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (30... Kh7 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 31. Qd2 $1 $18 {[%csl LRd6,LRf4]} Kg7 {[#] White must now prevent ...Ng6.} 32. Rg3+ {[%csl Ob4][%mdl 576] Discovered Attack} fxg3 33. Qxb4 gxf2+ 34. Kxf2 cxb3 35. Qc3+ (35. Qxd6 Ng6 36. Kg1 Rb7 $18) 35... Kg8 36. Rxd6 (36. Qxb3 Red8 37. Qb4 Ng6 38. Rxd6 Rxd6) 36... Ng6 37. Qxb3 Kg7 38. Rd7 Ne5 39. Rd5 b4 40. Qg3+ Ng6 41. Qd3 Ne5 42. Qd4 (42. Qg3+ Ng6 43. Qe3 Ne5 44. Qg3+) 42... f6 43. Qa7+ Kg6 44. Kg3 Rbc8 45. Qa4 Rg8 46. Kf2 (46. Qxb4 Kf7+ 47. Kf4 Rb8 $18) 46... Rc1 47. Qb3 {[%cal Od5e5]} (47. Qxb4 Rc2+ 48. Kf1 Rh8 $16) 47... Rgc8 {[#]} 48. Rxe5 $2 fxe5 (48... R8c2+ $1 $14 49. Kg3 fxe5 50. Qg8+ (50. Qxb4 Rd1 $18) 50... Kh6 51. Qe6+ Kh7 52. Qf5+ (52. Qxe5 Rb1 $18) 52... Kg8 53. Qg6+ (53. Qxe5 Rb1 $16) 53... Kf8 54. Qf6+ Kg8 55. Qe6+ (55. Qxe5 Rb1 $16) 55... Kh7) 49. Qxb4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRR} (49. Qe6+ $16 Kh7 50. Ke3 (50. Qxe5 R8c2+ 51. Kg3 Rb1 $16)) 49... R1c2+ ({Black should play} 49... R8c2+ $11 50. Ke3 Rxg2 51. Qd6+ Kh5 52. Qxe5+ Kg4 53. Qf5+ Kh4 54. Qf6+ Kh3 55. Qf5+ Kh2) 50. Kf3 R8c6 {Repels Qd6+} 51. Qb8 Rf6+ 52. Ke3 $1 Rf1 53. Qe8+ (53. Qxe5 Rxg2 54. Qe8+ Kg7 55. Qe7+ Kg6 $18) ({Better is} 53. Qb3 $16 Rff2 54. Qg8+ Kh6 55. Qe6+ Kg7 56. Qxe5+ Kf7 57. Qh5+ Ke6 58. Qd5+ Ke7 59. Qe5+ Kf7) 53... Kh7 $11 {The position is equal.} 54. Qe7+ (54. Qxe5 Rxg2 55. b4 Rb1 56. Qe7+ Rg7 $18) 54... Kg8 55. Qe6+ (55. Qxe5 Re1+ 56. Kd3 (56. Kf3 Rf1+ 57. Kg3 Rff2 $18) 56... Rxg2 57. Qe8+ Kh7 58. Qe7+ Kg8 $18) 55... Kh7 56. g3 {Strongly threatening Qh3+. The board is on fire.} ({Less strong is} 56. Qxe5 Rxg2 57. b4 Rb1 58. Qf5+ Kg7 59. Qd7+ Kf8 60. Qf5+ Kg7 61. Qe5+ Kf7 62. Qf5+ Kg7 $18) 56... Rb1 57. Qxe5 Rcxb2 58. Qe7+ Kg8 59. Kf4 Rb7 60. Qe8+ Kh7 61. Qh5+ Kg8 62. Qd5+ Kg7 63. e5 R1b4+ 64. Kg5 R4b6 65. Qe4 Re7 66. Qf5 {[%cal Of5f6] Intending Qf6+! and mate.} Rbe6 67. Kh4 Rxe5 {White really could win this.   Weighted Error Value: White=0.15 (very precise) /Black=0.15 (very precise)} 68. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.25"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[GameId "2192856225113072"]
[EventDate "2025.06.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Be3 Na6 {E92: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5: 7 dxe5, 7 Be3 and Petrosian System without 7...Nbd7.} 10. Nd2 c6 11. g4 Nd7 {White is better.} 12. h4 (12. a3 $142 $1) 12... Ndc5 $16 13. h5 Bd7 $146 (13... f5 $1 $14) ({Predecessor:} 13... g5 14. f3 Re8 15. Kf2 Rb8 16. a3 cxd5 17. cxd5 Bd7 18. Nb5 Qe7 19. Rc1 Rec8 {1-0 Javakhadze,Z (2454)-Popadic,D (2171) Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am Chess.com INT blitz 2020 (1)}) 14. Nb3 (14. hxg6 $16 fxg6 15. f3) 14... cxd5 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. cxd5 (16. Qxd5 $16 Bc6 17. Qd2) 16... Rc8 17. Qd2 {[#]} ({Better is} 17. hxg6 $1 $16 fxg6 18. f3) 17... b5 $1 $11 18. f3 (18. hxg6 b4) 18... b4 19. Nb5 Qb6 20. a4 bxa3 21. bxa3 {[%cal Oh5g6]} f5 (21... Bxb5 $6 22. Rb1 $16) 22. gxf5 (22. Bxh6 $2 f4 23. Nxd6 (23. Bxg7 $2 Nb3 $19) 23... Qxd6 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 $19) 22... gxf5 (22... Bxb5 $6 23. Rb1 gxf5 (23... Nxe4 $2 24. fxe4 Qd8 25. Rxb5 $18) 24. Rxb5 $14) 23. Rb1 fxe4 (23... Kh7 $15) 24. Nc3 Qd8 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. fxe4 Kh7 27. Rb7 Rf7 28. Qb2 Bf6 29. Rg1 Bg5 30. Bxg5 hxg5 31. Kd2 {[#]} (31. Rf1 $1 $11 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1) 31... Kh6 (31... g4 $1 $17 {and ...Qg5+ would now be decisive} 32. Bxg4 Qf6 33. Rxd7 (33. Bxd7 Qf2+ 34. Kd1 Qxg1+ 35. Kd2 Rf2+ {[%mdl 64] Skewer} 36. Ke3 Qg3#) 33... Qf2+ 34. Kd3 Qxb2 35. Rxf7+ Kh8 (35... Kh6 36. Rf6+ Kg7 37. Rg6+ Kh7 38. Bxc8 $11) 36. Bxc8 Qd4+ 37. Ke2 Qxg1) 32. Qb6 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing. The board is on fire. White is more active.} {This costs Black the game.} Qxb6 {[%mdl 8192]} (32... Qf8 $1 $14) 33. Rxb6 $18 Rf6 {[#]} 34. Rf1 $1 Rcf8 {[#]} 35. Rxd6 $3 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} Rxd6 36. Rxf8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB. White is a pawn up.} g4 {[%cal Bg5g4,Bg4g3,Bg3g2][%mdl 32]} 37. Rd8 Kxh5 (37... g3 $142 38. Rg8 Rb6 39. Rxg3 Rb2+ 40. Ke1 Rb1+ 41. Kd2 Rb2+) 38. Bb5 g3 39. Bxd7 {White wants to mate with Be8+.} (39. Rxd7 Rxd7 40. Be2+ (40. Bxd7 $2 {is the wrong capture.} g2 $19) 40... Kh4 $19) 39... g2 40. Be8+ {White mates.} Rg6 41. Bxg6+ Kh6 {Artfully played by Sindarov.   Weighted Error Value: White=0.12 (very precise) /Black=0.58} 42. Bf7 ({And not} 42. Rh8+ Kg7 43. Rh3 (43. Rh7+ $2 Kxg6 44. Rh8 Kg7 $19) 43... g1=Q $11) 1-0

[Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.25"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[GameId "2192860142892357"]
[EventDate "2025.06.19"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d5,Bd5b4][%mdl 32]} 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. c4 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ndb4 8. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Nxc6 10. Nc3 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog.} Bd7 11. Be3 g6 12. Kc2 {[%cal Bd1c2,Bc2b3,Bb3a3][%mdl 32]} Bf5+ 13. Kb3 Be6+ $146 ({Black should play} 13... Na5+ $11 14. Ka4 Nc4 (14... Nc6 15. Rac1 $11)) ({Predecessor:} 13... Rc8 14. Bxc6+ Rxc6 15. Bxa7 Be6+ 16. Kb4 Bg7 17. Rac1 Rc4+ 18. Kb5 O-O 19. Rhd1 Rc6 {1-0 Miles,A (2580)-Alburt,L (2530) USA-ch 1989 (10)}) 14. Ka3 $1 $14 Bf5 15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. Na4 e5+ 17. Bc5 Bxc5+ 18. Nxc5 Ke7 19. Rac1 Rhd8 20. Rhd1 (20. Nb3 $14) 20... g5 $11 21. b3 h5 22. Ka4 Rab8 23. Na6 Rb6 24. Nc5 Rbb8 25. Na6 Rb6 26. Nc5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10 (very precise) /Black=0.10 (very precise)} Rbb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.26"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R."]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[GameId "2193674869281816"]
[EventDate "2025.06.19"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Ne2 {A10: English Opening: Unusual Replies for Black.} d6 7. Nbc3 f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Nge7 8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 f5 10. O-O Kh8 11. Be3 fxe4 12. Qd2 Bf5 13. Nxe4 Ne5 {0-1 He,A (2515)-Bryakin,M (2481) Titled Tuesday intern op 26th Sep Late Chess.com INT blitz 2023 (6)}) 8. exf5 {White has an edge.} Bxf5 9. Ng3 Be6 10. Be2 {[%cal Bf1e2,Be2c4,Bc4b3][%mdl 32]} Nge7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5e3,Be3c5,Bc5a3][%mdl 32]} h6 13. Be3 {Black is on the road to losing.} d5 {[#]} (13... Kh7 $14) 14. cxd5 $1 $16 Nxd5 15. Bc4 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Bxc3 (15... Nxc3 $2 16. Bxe6+ Kh7 17. bxc3 $18) 16. bxc3 {[%cal Bb2c3,Bc3c4][%mdl 32]} Kh7 {and ...Nxe3 would now be decisive} 17. Bc5 {A strong pair of Bishops.} Rf4 (17... Re8 $16) 18. Bb3 $18 b6 (18... Rf6 {was worth a try.} 19. Re1 Nf4 (19... Nxc3 $2 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. Bxe6 $18)) 19. Ba3 {aiming for Re1.} Na5 (19... Nxc3 20. Qc2 $18 (20. Qc1 Nd4 $18)) 20. c4 Nf6 21. Qc1 Rh4 22. Re1 Qg8 (22... Bf7 $142 23. Qc3 (23. Re7 Kg7 $18) 23... Qd4) 23. Qc3 {White is clearly winning.} Qf7 {[#]} 24. Rxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxe6 25. Re1 Ne4 26. Qc2 Re8 27. f3 Qe5 {( -> ...Qd4+)} ({Much weaker is} 27... Nxb3 28. axb3 (28. fxe4 $2 {is the wrong capture.} Na5 $19) 28... Qd7 29. Nxe4 $18 (29. fxe4 Qd4+ 30. Kh1 Rf4 $18)) 28. Nxe4 ({Not} 28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. Nxe4 Nxb3 $18) 28... Qxh2+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08 (flawless) /Black=0.45} 29. Kf2 1-0

[Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.26"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[GameId "2193677392860536"]
[EventDate "2025.06.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. Be3 d6 9. N1d2 Nf6 10. O-O Bxe3 $5 {[%mdl 4] Leaves trodden paths.} 11. Qxe3 O-O 12. Rfd1 {B42: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Bd3.} Qc7 13. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nc4 b5 14. Qb6 Qxb6 15. Nxb6 Rb8 16. Nxc8 Rfxc8 17. a4 Nb4 18. axb5 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 axb5 20. Rxd6 Rxc2 {Â½-Â½ Demchenko,A (2654)-Bharath,S (2479) Chess.com Rapid Wk17 Swiss Chess.com INT 2022 (6)}) 13... Nb4 14. Nf3 {The position is equal.} e5 15. a3 Nc6 16. h3 Be6 17. Nbd2 Nh5 18. Bf1 Nf4 19. Rac1 Qe7 20. g3 Ng6 (20... Nxh3+ 21. Kh2 g5 (21... Qd7 22. c5 $16) 22. Bxh3 $14) 21. b4 Rad8 22. Bg2 h6 23. Re1 (23. Nf1 $14 {was preferable.}) 23... Rd7 24. Kh2 (24. Nf1 $14) 24... Qd8 25. Bf1 Nge7 26. b5 axb5 27. cxb5 Na5 28. Nc4 f5 {[#]} 29. Nfd2 (29. Nxa5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qxa5 30. exf5 Nxf5 31. Qd3) 29... Nxc4 $17 30. Bxc4 Bxc4 31. Rxc4 Kh8 32. Kg2 (32. Qe2 $17) 32... d5 33. exd5 Nxd5 (33... Rxd5 $17 34. Nf3 Ng6) 34. Qe2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Only move:} 34. Qxe5 $15 f4 (34... Nb6 35. Rh4 $16) 35. Ne4 (35. gxf4 $2 Re7 $19 {[%mdl 64] Skewer, Deflection})) 34... e4 $19 35. Nf1 f4 36. Qxe4 fxg3 37. fxg3 Re7 38. Qb1 {[#]} Ref7 $1 {[%cal Of7f1] White must now prevent ...Rxf1!.} 39. Kg1 (39. Kh1 Rxf1+ 40. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 41. Qxf1 Ne3 $19) 39... Qd7 $2 (39... Qf6 $19 40. h4 Qf2+ 41. Kh1 Qxe1 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} 42. Qxe1 Rxf1+ 43. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 44. Kh2 Rf2+ 45. Kh1 Ra2) {Now White is beyond hope.} 40. Qd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Wrong is} 40. Rd4 $2 Qxh3 41. Rd2 (41. Rxd5 $2 {gets mated.} Rf2) 41... Nc3 $19) (40. Rg4 $17 {was the crucial defense.}) 40... Rf3 {Black is clearly winning.} ({Less strong is} 40... Qxb5 41. Nd2 $15) 41. Qe2 Qxh3 (41... Rxa3 $2 42. Rg4 $17) 42. Rd4 Rxg3+ 43. Nxg3 Qxg3+ 44. Kh1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.71/Black=0.18 (very precise)} Rf2 0-1

[Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.26"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[GameId "2193681578620530"]
[EventDate "2025.06.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 dxc4 6. e4 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} Nb6 7. Be3 Bd7 8. Be2 {White is slightly better.} Bb4 9. O-O (9. Ne5 $14) 9... Bxc3 $1 $11 10. bxc3 Ba4 11. Qb1 Bc6 12. Nd2 {[%cal Of2f3] f3! is in the air} Na4 $1 13. Rc1 $146 (13. Bxc4 Nxc3 14. Qb4 Ncxe4 (14... Nfxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bb5 $17) 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 $17 (15... Nxe4 16. Bb5 $17)) ({Predecessor:} 13. Qc2 b5 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Rfe1 O-O 16. f3 h6 17. Qc1 a5 18. Nf1 Rfd8 19. Ng3 {0-1 Ding,L (2791)-Kramnik,V (2753) Legends of Chess Prelim chess24.com INT rapid 2020 (5.2)}) 13... b5 14. Bd1 Nb6 {[%cal Ba4b6,Bb6d7,Bd7e5,Be5d3][%mdl 32] [#]} 15. a4 $1 a6 (15... Nxa4 16. Nxc4 bxc4 17. Bxa4 $14) 16. Bc2 {[%cal Od4d5]} h6 {[#]} (16... Nxa4 17. Bxa4 bxa4 18. f3 $14) 17. d5 $1 exd5 {[%cal Rb6a4]} 18. Bc5 $1 Nbd7 19. Ba3 {A strong pair of Bishops.} Ne5 $1 (19... bxa4 $2 20. exd5 $18) 20. f4 (20. Rd1 $5) 20... Nd3 21. Bxd3 cxd3 {[%cal Bc4d3,Bd3d2][%mdl 32]} 22. e5 Nh5 23. g3 d4 {( -> ...Qd5)} (23... bxa4 $6 24. Qxd3 g6 25. Re1 $16) 24. Qb4 Nxf4 $1 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} 25. gxf4 Qh4 {( -> ...Qg4+)} 26. Nf1 $1 (26. cxd4 $2 Qg4+ 27. Kf2 Qg2+ 28. Ke3 Qe2#) 26... d2 $1 (26... bxa4 $2 27. cxd4 a5 28. Qc5 $18) 27. Rd1 O-O-O (27... bxa4 $2 28. Qc5 (28. cxd4 O-O-O $18) 28... Bf3 29. Rxd2 $18) 28. axb5 axb5 29. cxd4 g5 (29... Qxf4 30. Qxd2 Qf3 31. Bc5 $16 (31. Ng3 $2 Rxd4 32. Qe2 Rxd1+ {[%mdl 64] Deflection} 33. Rxd1 Qxa3 $19)) (29... Qg4+ $1 $11 30. Ng3 h5) 30. Qc3 $16 Bb7 {[#]} 31. Bd6 (31. Nxd2 $2 gxf4 32. Kf1 Rhg8 $19 (32... Qxh2 $2 33. Rac1 $19) (32... b4 33. Bxb4 Qxh2 34. Rdc1 $19)) (31. Be7 $142 $1 Rhg8 32. f5 (32. Rxd2 $2 gxf4+ $19 {[%csl Oe7,Og1][%mdl 64] Discovered Attack (Check)}) (32. Ng3 Rd7 $11) 32... Rxd4 33. Rxd2 Rxd2 34. Qxd2 (34. Nxd2 Qg4+ 35. Kf1 Qxf5+ 36. Ke1 Re8 $11)) 31... Rd7 {[#]} 32. f5 b4 33. Qxb4 (33. Qxd2 $16 {Threatens to win with Bc5.} cxd6 34. exd6 Rxd6 35. d5 Rxd5 (35... Bxd5 $2 36. Qe3 $18) 36. Qc1+ Kb8 37. Rxd5) 33... Qe4 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Re4g2]} 34. d5 (34. Rxd2 Rxd6 (34... cxd6 35. Rc1+ Kb8 36. Qb6 $11) 35. Rc1 (35. exd6 $2 Qh1+ 36. Kf2 Qg2+ 37. Ke1 Re8+ {[%mdl 64] Deflection} 38. Kd1 Qxf1+ 39. Kc2 Qxa1 $19) 35... Rc6 (35... Qh1+ 36. Kf2 $15) 36. Rxc6 (36. Rb1 $2 Rb6 $19) 36... Bxc6 $11) 34... Qxd5 (34... Qxf5 $2 35. Rdb1 Rxd6 36. Qxb7+ (36. exd6 Qxd5 37. d7+ Kb8 $18) 36... Kd7 37. Qb5+ (37. exd6 Kxd6 38. Nxd2 Qd7 $18) (37. Nxd2 Qxe5 38. Qb5+ Kd8 $18) 37... Ke7 38. exd6+ $18) 35. Rxd2 Qh1+ 36. Kf2 cxd6 37. Rc2+ Kb8 $1 (37... Kd8 $6 38. Qb6+ Ke8 39. Ke1 Qe4+ (39... dxe5 40. Ra8+ {[%mdl 64] Skewer}) 40. Re2 $16) 38. Rca2 {Chess con chili.} (38. exd6 $2 {loses.} Qg2+ 39. Ke3 Qxc2 $19) 38... Qg2+ ({Worse is} 38... dxe5 39. Ra8+ Kc7 40. Qa5+ (40. Rxh8 Qc6 $18) (40. Rc1+ Qc6 41. Qa5+ Kd6 42. Rd1+ Qd5 43. Qb6+ Bc6 44. Rxd5+ Kxd5 45. Ne3+ Kd6) 40... Kd6 41. Rd1+ (41. Rxh8 Qg2+ 42. Ke1 Qe4+ 43. Kf2 Qg2+ 44. Ke1 Qe4+ 45. Kf2 Qg2+ $11)) 39. Ke1 {Threatening mate with Ra8+.} Qe4+ 40. Qxe4 Bxe4 41. Ng3 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is fighting back} Bb7 {...Re8 would now be deadly.} 42. Re2 dxe5 43. Rxe5 Rdd8 44. Re7 {[%cal Oa1b1]} Rhe8 45. f6 Rxe7+ 46. fxe7 Re8 47. Nf5 Be4 48. Ra5 (48. Rd1 $5 Kc7 (48... Bxf5 49. Rd8+ Kc7 50. Rxe8 $14) 49. Rc1+ Kb8 50. Rd1 $11) 48... Bxf5 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} 49. Rxf5 Rxe7+ {An interesting game.   Weighted Error Value: White=0.10 (very precise) /Black=0.07 (flawless)} 50. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.26"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[GameId "2193688809842629"]
[EventDate "2025.06.19"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. e3 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3.} O-O 7. a3 $146 (7. d4 exd4 8. exd4 Nxd5 9. dxc5 Re8+ 10. Be2 Nf6 $15) ({Predecessor:} 7. d4 exd4 8. exd4 Re8+ 9. Ne3 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Ng4 11. Qe2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Qe7 13. Ke2 d5 {0-1 Kampik,D (1586)-Janecek,M (1789) Jesenik op-B 2023 (2)}) 7... e4 8. Nh4 (8. Ng5 $1 $11) 8... d6 (8... Ne5 $15) 9. b4 $11 Bb6 10. Bb2 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Ne5 12. Qc2 f5 13. Be2 Bd7 (13... a5 $11) 14. O-O (14. a4 $14) 14... Qe7 15. f4 exf3 $1 16. Nxf3 f4 17. gxf4 $1 Rxf4 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Kh1 Rh4 20. Rf2 Qd6 {[%cal Oa8f8]} 21. Bc4 (21. Rg1 $11) 21... Rf8 (21... Bh3 $1 $17 {White must now prevent ...Rf8.} 22. Qd3 Rf8 23. Rxf8+ Qxf8 24. d6+ (24. Bxe5 $2 Qf3+ 25. Kg1 Qg2#) 24... Kh8) 22. Raf1 $15 Rf6 23. Rf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({White should play} 23. a4 $15 Qxb4 24. Rxf6 gxf6 25. Rg1+ Kf8 26. d4) 23... Be8 $2 (23... Rxf3 24. Rxf3 h6 (24... e4 25. Rf2 $16) 25. Rg3 $11) (23... e4 $1 $19 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Rd6h2]} 24. R3f2 Bg4) 24. Qc1 $2 (24. Rf5 $11 Bf7 (24... e4 $2 25. Be5 $18) 25. Rxf6 (25. Bxe5 $2 Rxc4 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender, Decoy} 26. Qxc4 Bxd5+ 27. R1f3 Bxc4 $19) 25... gxf6 26. e4) 24... Bg6 (24... e4 25. R3f2 Bh5 26. Be2 Rxf2 27. Rxf2 Bxe2 (27... Qxd5 $2 28. Bc4 $18 {[%mdl 64] Pin}) 28. Rxe2 $11) (24... Rxf3 25. Rxf3 Bf7 (25... e4 26. Rf2 $16) 26. Qf1 Rxc4 (26... Bxd5 27. e4 $16 {[%mdl 64] Pin}) 27. Rxf7 (27. Qxc4 Bxd5 {[%csl Oc4,Of3][%mdl 64] Pin, Double Attack} 28. Qg4 Bxf3+ 29. Qxf3 Qxd2 $17) 27... Qxd5+ 28. Rf3 $15) 25. Rg3 $2 (25. Rxf6 gxf6 26. Rg1) 25... Be4+ $19 26. Kg1 {[#]} Rg6 $1 (26... Bxd5 $2 {perishes.} 27. Bxd5+ Kf8 28. Rxf6+ (28. Bxb7 Rxf1+ 29. Qxf1+ Rf4 $18) 28... gxf6 29. Bxb7 $18 (29. Rg8+ Ke7 $18)) 27. Qe1 {[%cal Ob2e5] aiming for Bxe5!.} Rh3 {Black is clearly winning.} 28. Bxe5 ({Inferior is} 28. Qf2 Rgxg3+ (28... Bxd5 29. Bxd5+ Kh8 30. Qf8+ {[%mdl 64] Back Rank} Qxf8 31. Rxf8#) 29. Qxg3 Rxg3+) 28... Qxe5 29. d6+ Bd5 30. Bxd5+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.63/Black=0.38} Qxd5 0-1

[Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.26"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[GameId "2193692089100517"]
[EventDate "2025.06.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 O-O 7. d4 Ba7 8. Re1 {White is more active. C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and MÃ¶ller Defences.} d6 $1 {The main line 8...d6 scores better than 8...b5.} 9. h3 b5 10. Bc2 {White is slightly better.} Bb7 11. Be3 exd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 {[%cal Ob4c2] [#]} 13. Nbd2 Nxc2 14. Qxc2 Qd7 15. d5 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Rac8 {[%cal Ba8c8,Bc8c6,Bc6c1][%mdl 32]} 17. Nd4 {Hoping for Rc1.} c6 $1 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Nxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Qd3 Rfe8 20. Rd1 g6 21. a3 Qd8 22. Nxc6 Rxc6 23. Nf3 Qc7 24. Ree1 Qb7 25. Qd4 {Â½-Â½ Harikrishna,P (2716)-Nihal,S (2652) Bundesliga 2122 Germany 2022 (6.4)}) 19... Rxc6 {The position is equal.} 20. Qd3 Qc7 21. Nf3 Re8 22. Rae1 g6 23. b3 Rc1 24. Qd4 Re6 25. Ng5 Re5 {[%cal Of6d5] [#]} 26. Nf3 Re6 27. Ng5 Re5 {[%cal Of6d5] Threatens to win with ...Nd5!.} 28. Nf3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.02 (flawless)} Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.27"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[GameId "2193694346562166"]
[EventDate "2025.06.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4 d6 {[#]} 7. Bb5 {B45: Sicilian Four Knights.} Bd7 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Ba4 {The position is equal.} e5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 9... d5 10. a3 Qb6 11. O-O d4 12. Ne2 c5 13. c3 Rd8 14. cxd4 Qa6 15. Bxd7+ Rxd7 16. e5 Nd5 17. Be3 Be7 18. Nc3 {Â½-Â½ Schnaider,I (2369)-Vazquez,F (2411) Santiago 2.5 Santiago de Chile 2025 (9)}) 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 (11. Bh4 $14) 11... Qxf6 $11 12. Qd3 a5 13. O-O-O Be7 $1 14. Rhf1 (14. f3 $11) 14... O-O 15. g3 Rab8 (15... Ra7 $15 {deserves consideration.}) 16. f4 Rb4 17. Qa6 (17. a3 $11 Rd4 18. Qa6) 17... exf4 {Now White is beyond hope.} 18. gxf4 $2 (18. Qxa5 $15 Rb7 19. Rxf4) 18... Rfb8 $19 19. e5 (19. Bb3 {was necessary.}) 19... Qf5 (19... dxe5 $2 20. Rxd7 Rxf4 21. Rdd1 $18 (21. Rxf4 $2 Qxf4+ 22. Rd2 Bg5 $19)) 20. exd6 Bf6 21. Bb3 Qc5 {Against Qa7} (21... Rxf4 22. Rxf4 Qxf4+ 23. Kb1 $11) 22. Rfe1 {Prevents Qe3+.} (22. Rde1 $142 Bxc3 (22... Qxd6 23. Ne4 $11) 23. bxc3 Qxc3 24. Qd3 Qa1+ 25. Kd2) 22... Bxc3 (22... Rxf4 23. Ne4 Rxe4 24. Rxe4 $11) 23. bxc3 Qxc3 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Qa1+.} (23... Rxf4 24. Rf1 Qa3+ 25. Kd2 Rxf1 (25... Qxd6+ 26. Qd3 $17) 26. Qxf1 Qxd6+ 27. Kc1 Qa3+ 28. Kb1 $17) 24. Qd3 Qa1+ 25. Kd2 Qf6 26. c3 {Against Rd4} Bf5 (26... Rxf4 27. Kc1 $19) (26... Qxf4+ 27. Qe3 Qxe3+ (27... Qxh2+ 28. Re2 $11) (27... Qxd6+ $2 28. Kc1 $18) 28. Kxe3 $15) 27. Qxf5 Rd4+ (27... Qxf5 28. cxb4 a4 (28... Rxb4 $2 29. Kc1 $19) (28... Qxf4+ $2 29. Kc2 $19) 29. Bc4 $19) 28. cxd4 {Threatening mate with Qxf6.} Qxf5 29. Kc3 Qd7 (29... Qxf4 30. d7 Kf8 (30... Qxh2 31. Re8+ Kh7 32. d8=Q $16) 31. Rf1 Rxb3+ (31... Qxh2 $2 32. d8=Q+ Rxd8 33. Rxf7+ Kg8 34. Rf2+ Kh7 35. Rxh2 $18) 32. axb3 $17) 30. Re5 Qxd6 ({Less strong is} 30... a4 31. Bxa4 Qxd6 32. Bb3 $19) 31. Rde1 Kf8 32. Kd3 Rd8 33. R1e4 Qb4 34. f5 a4 35. Bc4 Qb1+ 36. Kc3 Qc1+ 37. Kd3 Qb1+ 38. Kc3 Rb8 39. Re3 Qc1+ 40. Kd3 Qd1+ 41. Kc3 Qa1+ 42. Kd3 Qb1+ 43. Kc3 g6 44. fxg6 Qc1+ (44... fxg6 $2 45. Rf3+ Kg7 46. Rf7+ Kh8 47. Ree7 $19) (44... Qxg6 45. Re7 $11) 45. Kd3 Rb4 46. Re8+ (46. Rc5 $142 Qd1+ (46... fxg6 47. Rf3+ Ke7 48. Rf7+ Kd6 49. Rf6+ Ke7 50. Rf7+ Kd8 51. Rf8+ Ke7 52. Rf7+ $11) 47. Kc3) 46... Kg7 47. Rg8+ Kxg8 48. gxf7+ Kh7 49. f8=Q {Artfully played by Praggnanandhaa.   Weighted Error Value: White=0.62/Black=0.07 (flawless)} Qxc4+ ({Stronger than} 49... Rxc4 50. Qf7+ Kh8 51. Re8#) 0-1

[Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.27"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[GameId "2193699820870570"]
[EventDate "2025.06.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d5,Bd5b4,Bb4d3][%mdl 32]} 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 $1 Rb8 {B45: Sicilian Four Knights.} 10. Bd3 c5 11. c4 Nb4 {White is slightly better.} 12. O-O Nxd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bb7 13. Bb1 Be7 14. f5 Qxe5 15. Bf4 Qxb2 16. Bxb8 Qxa1 17. fxe6 dxe6 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. Bxd6 {1-0 Shirov,A (2661)-Bykov,E (2424) Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Apr Early Chess.com INT blitz 2024 (7)}) 13. Qxd3 Bb7 14. Rf2 (14. Bd2 $16) 14... Qc6 (14... Bxe4 $14 15. Qxe4 Be7) 15. Re2 $16 {[%cal Of4f5] White is much more active.} {Black cannot hold the game after this.} d5 (15... Qa6 $16) 16. exd6 $18 {[%cal Of4f5] Threatens to win with f5!.} Rd8 {[%cal Rf8d6]} 17. Bd2 Bxd6 {[#]} 18. Qg3 O-O 19. Bc3 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Rg3g7]} e5 20. fxe5 (20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. fxe5 Qe6 $14) (20. Nxd6 Rxd6 21. Rxe5 (21. fxe5 Rg6 $11) 21... Rg6 $16) 20... Be7 {[#]} 21. Nd6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} g6 22. Nf5 Qe6 23. Nxe7+ Qxe7 {[#]} 24. e6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} f6 25. Rf1 Bc8 {Black is weak on the dark squares} 26. Qh4 Bxe6 27. Bxf6 (27. Rxf6 Rd1+ 28. Kf2 Rf7 $16) 27... Qf7 28. Ref2 (28. Rxe6 $2 Qxe6 29. Bxd8 Qe3+ $19) 28... Rd7 29. b3 Qe8 30. Qg5 Rdf7 31. Qxc5 Qd7 32. Qg5 Qd3 33. h3 {[%cal Bh2h3,Bh3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Bc8 34. h4 Bb7 35. h5 {White is clearly winning.} a5 36. Rf5 Rg7 37. Qh6 Rff7 {An entertaining game by Vokhidov.   Weighted Error Value: White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.31} 38. R5f2 ({Not} 38. Rxa5 Bxg2 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 39. Kxg2 Qe4+ 40. Kh2 (40. Kg1 Rxf6 41. Rxf6 Qe1+ 42. Kg2 Qe4+ 43. Kh2 Qh4+ 44. Kg2 Qe4+ 45. Kf2 Qd4+ 46. Qe3 Qxf6+ 47. Ke2 Qb2+ 48. Qd2 Re7+ 49. Kd3 Rd7+ 50. Rd5 Rxd5+ 51. cxd5 Qe5 $18) 40... Rxf6 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender, Decoy} 41. Rxf6 Qh4+ 42. Kg2 Qe4+ 43. Kf2 (43. Kf1 Qb1+ 44. Ke2 Qc2+ 45. Kf3 Qd1+ 46. Kg2 Qg4+ 47. Kf2 Qd4+ 48. Qe3 Qxf6+ 49. Ke2 Qb2+ 50. Qd2 Re7+ 51. Kd3 Rd7+ 52. Rd5 Rxd5+ 53. cxd5 Qe5 $18) 43... Qc2+ 44. Kg1 (44. Kf1 Qb1+ 45. Ke2 Qc2+ 46. Kf3 Qd1+ 47. Kf2 Qd4+ 48. Qe3 Qxf6+ 49. Ke2 Qb2+ 50. Qd2 Re7+ 51. Kd3 Rd7+ 52. Rd5 Rxd5+ 53. cxd5 Qe5 $18) 44... gxh5+ 45. Rg5 (45. Kf1 Qd3+ 46. Kf2 Qc2+ 47. Kf1 Qd3+ 48. Kf2 Qc2+ 49. Ke3 Qc3+ 50. Ke4 Rg4+ 51. Kd5 Qxa5+ 52. Kc6 Qa6+ 53. Kc7 Qa7+ 54. Kc6 Qa6+ 55. Kd5 Qc8 $11) 45... Qc1+ 46. Kh2 Qxg5 47. Qxg5 Rxg5 $18) 1-0

[Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.27"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[GameId "2193703537765572"]
[EventDate "2025.06.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d5,Bd5b6][%mdl 32]} 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 $1 {[%mdl 4] is now more promising than 7.Bd2.} d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. O-O {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} O-O 10. a3 Bxd2 11. Bxd2 {White has an edge.} Nb6 {[%csl LRc4,LRd4] Excellent horsemanship.} 12. Ba2 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qe2 Nxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qd5 15. Bc3 Rae8 16. Rfe1 Qd6 17. Ng5 h6 18. Ne4 Qd8 19. Nc5 Nd5 20. Qg4 b6 {Â½-Â½ Savitha Shri,B (2329)-Alekseenko,K (2673) Sitges Sunway op-A 11th 2024 (5)}) 15. Nxd4 Qxd4 16. Qxe6+ Rf7 17. Bc3 Qd7 18. Qe4 c6 19. Rad1 Qf5 20. Qxf5 Rxf5 21. Rfe1 Nd5 22. f3 Nxc3 {The position is equal.} 23. bxc3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Raf8 24. Re7 R5f7 25. Rxf7 Rxf7 26. Rd8+ Rf8 27. Rd7 Rf7 28. Rd8+ Rf8 29. Rd7 Rf7 {A rather calm draw.   Weighted Error Value: White=0.05 (flawless) /Black=0.02 (flawless)} 30. Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.27"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[GameId "2193705548148194"]
[EventDate "2025.06.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8. Nb3 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bd7 10. Bf4 O-O-O 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Rxd8+ Kxd8 13. Rd1+ Kc8 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Rxd5 b6 16. Rd1 Ne7 {C69: Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation with 5 0-0 f6.} 17. g3 Nc6 18. Be3 Bd6 {White has an edge.} 19. f4 Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19... Rd8 20. c3 Be7 21. Rxd8+ Nxd8 22. Nd2 Nf7 23. Kf2 Kd7 24. Ke2 Ke6 25. b3 g6 {Â½-Â½ Mary,P (2545)-Kalchev,B (2292) Karastoichev Memorial email ICCF email 2011}) 20. Nd2 c4 21. Nxc4 (21. c3 $14) 21... Bb4 $11 {[#] The position is equal.} 22. e5 fxe5 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. fxe5 Rxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 25. Kf2 Bc5 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 27. c3 Rf5+ 28. Ke3 Re5+ 29. Kf3 Rf5+ 30. Ke3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04 (flawless) /Black=0.02 (flawless)} Re5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.27"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[GameId "2193707083808493"]
[EventDate "2025.06.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Qe2 {C45: Scotch Game.} d5 {6...d6 is the recent fashion.} 7. exd5+ Be7 $1 8. dxc6 O-O $1 {[#]} 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Qd3 {Qxd8 poses a challenge} Qe7+ 11. Be2 Re8 12. Be3 {[#]} Rd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bg4 13. O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3 Rad8 15. Qc4 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Nd5 17. Rfe1 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Qxe3 19. Rxe3 Rxe3 20. fxe3 Rd6 21. Rb1 g6 22. Rb3 Rxc6 23. Kf2 Kg7 {Â½-Â½ Sibajeva,M (1941)-Malicka,M (2047) EU-ch U16 Girls 28th Riga 2018 (3)}) 13. Qc4 (13. Bd4 {keeps more tension.} Bg4 14. f3 Nd5 15. Kf1) 13... Nd5 $1 {[%cal Oc8e6,Bf6d5,Bd5c3,Bc3e2][%mdl 32]} (13... Be6 $6 14. Qh4 $16) 14. O-O $1 Bxc3 15. Bc5 (15. bxc3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Qxe3+ 17. Kh1 Be6 $17) 15... Qg5 {[%cal Od5f4] And now ...Nf4! would win.} 16. h4 Qe5 17. bxc3 Nxc3 18. Bf3 {A strong pair of Bishops.} Be6 $1 19. Qb4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} a5 20. Qa3 Ne2+ 21. Kh1 Nd4 22. Rfe1 Qf5 23. Bxd4 Rxd4 24. Qe7 h6 ({Much worse is} 24... Qxc2 $6 25. Kg1 $16) 25. Qxc7 (25. Rad1 $14 Qf4 26. Kg1) 25... Rxh4+ (25... Bd5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 26. Bxd5 Rxd5) 26. Kg1 $16 Rc8 27. Qe5 Qxe5 28. Rxe5 Ra4 29. a3 (29. c4 $18) 29... Kf8 30. Rb5 (30. Rb1 $16) 30... g5 31. g3 Ke7 32. Rb7+ Kf6 33. Ra7 (33. Rb5 $1 $14) 33... h5 $11 {The position is equal.} 34. c3 {[%cal Of3e2]} Rc4 35. Rxa5 Rxc3 36. Bxh5 g4 37. Re1 {and Re4 would now be decisive} R8xc6 38. Re4 R6c4 39. Rxc4 Rxc4 40. f3 Rc3 41. fxg4 Bxg4 42. Bxg4 {White really could win this. An exciting game.   Weighted Error Value: White=0.09 (flawless) /Black=0.07 (flawless)} Rxg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "UzChess Cup Masters TB1"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[GameId "2193710994993153"]
[EventDate "2025.06.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. Nd2 {8.h4 is setting a new trend.} (8. g3 {is superior.}) 8... Nf4 {C45: Scotch Game.} 9. Qe3 Ne6 (9... Nd5 $11 10. Qe2 Nf4) 10. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Be2 Qc5 11. Qxc5 Bxc5 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Be3 d5 14. exd6 cxd6 15. O-O-O d5 16. Ng3 {0-1 Das,A (2459)-Sasikiran,K (2700) IND-chT 32nd Panaji 2012 (6)}) 10... d5 {White is slightly better.} 11. exd6 cxd6 12. O-O Qd8 ({Black should try} 12... g6 $14) 13. Nf3 {White has more active pieces.} (13. Re1 $16) 13... Be7 14. Bd2 Bd7 15. Bc3 (15. Nd4 $16) 15... O-O 16. Rad1 Bf6 17. Qd2 Re8 18. Rfe1 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Qf6 {Prevents Bf5.} 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. c4 Rad8 22. Bc2 Bc8 23. g3 (23. Ba4 $16) 23... Ba6 (23... Ng5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 24. Nxg5 (24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Nxg5 fxg5 $11) 24... fxg5) 24. b3 d5 25. cxd5 $1 cxd5 26. Bd3 Bxd3 27. Rxd3 Rd7 28. Nd4 Kg7 29. Rde3 Nxd4 30. Rxe8 {[%mdl 4096] [#] Endgame KRR-KRN} Nf3+ 31. Kf1 Nxe1 32. Kxe1 $16 {KR-KR} f5 {[%cal Bf6f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 33. Kd2 f4 34. Kd3 Kf6 35. Kd4 Kg5 (35... Rc7 $16) 36. f3 $18 fxg3 37. hxg3 h5 38. Re5+ $2 (38. Ra8 $18) 38... f5 $11 39. Re8 {[#]} (39. Rxd5 Rxd5+ 40. Kxd5 f4 41. gxf4+ Kxf4 $19) 39... Rc7 (39... f4 $11 40. Rg8+ Kh6) 40. Rg8+ Kf6 {[%cal Of5f4]} 41. f4 (41. Rf8+ $14 Ke6 42. Rh8) 41... Rc2 {The position is equal.} 42. a4 Rd2+ 43. Kc3 Rg2 44. Rg5 h4 45. gxh4 Rf2 46. h5 Rf3+ 47. Kc2 Rf2+ 48. Kd3 Rxf4 49. Rg6+ Ke5 50. h6 Rf3+ 51. Kc2 Rf2+ 52. Kd3 Rf3+ 53. Kc2 Rf2+ 54. Kd3 {and b4 would now be decisive} Rf3+ {Black defended with fortune.   Weighted Error Value: White=0.15 (very precise) /Black=0.15 (very precise)} 55. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "UzChess Cup Masters TB1"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R."]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[GameId "2193716074840330"]
[EventDate "2025.06.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bd3 e6 5. Bxf5 exf5 6. c4 {D04: Colle System.} c6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3 {White has an edge.} Qxb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... dxc4 9. Qxc4 Bd6 10. Qd3 g6 11. e4 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Nbd7 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 {0-1 Charnushevich,A (2501)-Granda Zuniga,J (2640) Nancy-A 2010 (4)}) 9. axb3 Nbd7 10. Bd2 a6 11. Ke2 Bd6 12. cxd5 cxd5 (12... Nxd5 $14 13. Nxd5 cxd5) 13. Nb5 $18 {[%mdl 64] Pin} Ne4 {[#]} 14. Ng5 Ke7 $14 {[%cal Be8e7,Be7d7,Bd7e6][%mdl 32]} 15. Nxd6 Nxd6 16. Bb4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure. White is more active.} {White leaves nothing to chance now.} Raf8 $2 ({Better is} 16... Rhc8 $14) 17. Ra5 {[%cal Ba1a5,Ba5c5,Bc5c2][%mdl 32]} Nf6 {[%cal Bd7f6,Bf6e4,Be4d6,Bd6f5][%mdl 32]} 18. Rc1 Kd7 19. Rac5 Nb5 {Inhibits Rc7+.} (19... Rc8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Rxc8 Nxc8) 20. R5c2 Re8 21. Kd3 (21. Nxf7 Nxd4+ 22. Kd3 Nxc2 23. Rxc2 Rhg8 $17) 21... Rhg8 (21... Rc8 22. Nxf7 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Re8) 22. Nxf7 $18 Ne4 {Black is weak on the dark squares} 23. f3 Ke6 24. Ne5 Ned6 25. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} g6 {[%cal Bg7g6,Bg6g5][%mdl 32]} 26. h5 g5 27. g4 fxg4 28. Nxg4 (28. fxg4 $6 Rgf8 $16) 28... Nf5 29. Ne5 h6 30. Ng4 Rg7 31. Rc8 Rgg8 {[%cal Bg7g8,Bg8e8,Be8h8,Bh8h7][%mdl 32]} 32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 33. Rc2 Rh8 34. Be1 Ng7 35. Bg3 {[#] And now Be5 would win.} Nxh5 $2 (35... Rf8 {was called for.} 36. Be5 (36. Nxh6 Rxf3 37. Bb8 Nxh5 $11) 36... Nf5) 36. Be5 {White is clearly winning.} Rh7 37. Rh2 Ng7 38. Nf6 {Prevents Ne8.} ({Less strong is} 38. Nxh6 Ne8 39. e4 Nbd6 $16) (38. Rxh6+ Rxh6 39. Nxh6 Nh5 $16) 38... Rh8 39. Nh5 Nxh5 40. Bxh8 Ng3 41. Rxh6+ {An entertaining game by Praggnanandhaa.   Weighted Error Value: White=0.17 (very precise) /Black=0.40} Kf5 1-0

[Event "UzChess Cup Masters TB1"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[GameId "2193719738044991"]
[EventDate "2025.06.27"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Bf5 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bd3 {B01: Scandinavian Defence.} (6. Ne5 $16) 6... Bxd3 $11 7. Qxd3 Nf6 8. O-O {White has an edge.} Be7 9. Bf4 c6 {Inhibits Qb5.} 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Nd7 12. Ne5 Nf6 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Rfd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Rfe1 Rad8 15. c3 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Rad1 Nd5 18. Bg3 Qa5 19. a3 Qb6 20. h3 {Â½-Â½ Kraljevic,I (2128)-Mustafic,I (2112) MNT-chT Cetinje 2010 (2)}) 14... Rad8 15. a4 Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7f8,Bf8g6][%mdl 32]} 16. Nf3 Rfe8 17. c3 Bf6 18. Bg3 (18. g4 $14) 18... h6 19. h3 Nf8 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. Bxe5 Ng6 22. Bg3 Rd7 23. Re1 {[%cal Bd1e1,Be1e4,Be4c4][%mdl 32]} Red8 24. Qc2 c5 25. dxc5 Qxc5 26. Rad1 {Repels Rd2} Qc6 27. Rxd7 Qxd7 28. Re4 Qc6 29. Qe2 Ne7 30. Bh4 Qe8 31. Rc4 Rd7 32. Bxe7 Qxe7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 33. Rc8+ Rd8 34. Qc4 Qd7 35. Rxd8+ Qxd8 {KQ-KQ} 36. b4 g5 37. a5 Qd7 38. Qc5 a6 39. c4 Kg7 ({Better is} 39... Qd2 $14) 40. b5 $1 $16 Qd1+ 41. Kh2 Qd2 $2 (41... Qd3 $16) 42. b6 $2 (42. Qe5+ $18 f6 43. Qc7+ (43. Qxe6 Qf4+ 44. Kh1 Qc1+ 45. Kh2 Qf4+ 46. Kh1 Qc1+ 47. Kh2 Qf4+ $11) 43... Kg6 44. Qxb7 Qf4+ 45. g3 Qxf2+ 46. Qg2) 42... Qf4+ $1 $14 43. Kg1 Qc1+ 44. Kh2 Qf4+ 45. g3 Qe4 46. Kg1 (46. Qb4 $1 $14) 46... Qe1+ $11 47. Kg2 Qe4+ 48. Kg1 Qe1+ 49. Kh2 Qe4 (49... Qe2 $11 {should be considered.}) 50. Qc7 (50. Qb4 $14) 50... h5 (50... e5 $11) 51. c5 (51. Qe7 $16) 51... Qf3 (51... Kg6 $1 $14) 52. Qe5+ $1 $18 f6 {[#]} 53. Qe3 (53. Qd4 $1 $16) 53... Qd5 $2 (53... Qc6 $1 $14) 54. Qc3 $2 ({White should play} 54. Qc1 $18) 54... Qc6 $14 55. Qd4 Kf7 $1 {[%cal Og5g4]} 56. Kg1 Ke7 $2 {[#]} (56... e5 $16 {was called for.} 57. Qc4+ Kf8) 57. h4 $2 (57. Qd3 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.}) 57... Qd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (57... e5 $16 58. Qc4 gxh4) 58. Qe4 f5 59. Qe5 gxh4 60. gxh4 Qd1+ 61. Kh2 {[%cal Oc5c6] aiming for c6!.} Qf3 62. Qg7+ Ke8 63. Qg3 Qxg3+ $2 (63... Qe4 $18 64. Qg6+ Kd7 65. Qxh5 Qd4) 64. Kxg3 Kd7 65. Kf4 Kc6 66. Kg5 Kb5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.34/Black=0.38} 67. c6 (67. Kg6 $142 Kxc5 68. Kxh5) 1-0

[Event "UzChess Cup Masters TB1"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[WhiteFideId "14205483"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2025.06.27"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "UzChess Cup Masters TB1"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "209"]
[GameId "2193726339978302"]
[EventDate "2025.06.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bd6 {seems to push 6...Be7 aside. C44: Ponziani Opening and Scotch Gambit.} 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 Re8 (8... a5) 9. b4 $11 Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bb2 f5 12. c4 Nf6 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. Qc2 e4 15. dxe4 fxe4 {1-0 Rapport,R (2763)-Caruana,F (2792) Gashimov Memorial Rapid 7th Baku 2021 (3.2)}) 10. Nbd2 a6 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. h3 Bf5 13. Ng5 (13. Re1 $16) 13... Qd7 14. Kh2 Rad8 15. Nde4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bg6 17. Qd2 Bf8 18. Rfe1 Nd4 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. bxc5 {[#]} e4 21. Qc3 $14 exd3 (21... Qa4 $16 {was worth a try.}) 22. cxd3 $2 (22. Bxb7 $2 Rxe1 (22... dxc2 23. c6 $16) 23. Rxe1 c6 (23... dxc2 24. Qxd4 Qxd4 25. Bxd4 $14) 24. Qxd4 (24. Bxa6 $2 Nf3+ 25. Kg2 Nxe1+ 26. Kh2 Nf3+ 27. Kg2 Ne1+ 28. Kh2 f6 $19) 24... Qxd4 25. Bxd4 d2 $19) ({White should try} 22. Qxd4 $18 Qxd4 23. Rxe8+ (23. Bxd4 $2 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 d2 $19) 23... Rxe8 24. Bxd4 dxc2 25. Bxb7) 22... Rxe1 23. Rxe1 f6 24. Bxb7 (24. Qb4 $14) 24... Nb5 $2 (24... Qf5 $1 $11 25. Kg1 (25. Bxa6 Qxf2+ 26. Kh1 Nf3 27. Bc4+ Kh8) 25... Nf3+ 26. Bxf3 Qxf3) 25. Qc4+ Bf7 26. Qb4 (26. Qf4 $1 $18) 26... Qxd3 27. a4 (27. Bxa6 $5 Qf3 28. Qf4 $11 (28. Qxb5 $2 Qxf2+ 29. Kh1 Bd5+)) 27... Nd4 28. Re3 Qd1 29. Bxd4 Rxd4 30. Qa5 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (30. Re1 $11 {and White is okay.} Rxb4 (30... Qxa4 31. Qxa4 Rxa4 32. Re7 $11) 31. Rxd1) 30... Rd2 $1 $19 (30... Qxa4 $2 31. Qxc7 (31. Qxa6 Qxa6 32. Bxa6 Ra4 $11) 31... g6 32. Qb6 $18 (32. Re7 Qa2 $16)) 31. Kg2 Qc2 $2 (31... Bc4 $19 {[%cal Od2f2] ( -> ...Rxf2+!)} 32. Re8+ Kf7 33. Qxd2 Qxd2) 32. Rf3 (32. Qxc7 $14 Rxf2+ (32... Qxa4 $2 33. Qb8+ $18) 33. Kg1 Rf1+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 34. Kxf1 Bc4+ 35. Kg1 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Qxe3 37. Bg2) 32... h6 33. Qxc7 Qb1 $2 (33... Qxa4 $14 34. Qc8+ Kh7) 34. Re3 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks with force.} (34. Bxa6 $2 Bd5 $19) 34... Bg6 (34... Bc4 $2 35. Qc8+ (35. Re8+ Kh7 $18) 35... Kh7 36. Be4+ $18 (36. Bxa6 $2 Rxf2+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 37. Kxf2 Qf1#)) (34... Qf5 $142 35. Rf3 (35. Bxa6 $2 Qxf2+ 36. Kh1 Qh2#) 35... Bd5 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 36. Qd8+ Kf7 37. Bxd5+ (37. Bxa6 $2 Qxf3+ 38. Kh2 Qxf2#) 37... Qxd5 38. Qxd5+ Rxd5) 35. Bf3 $2 (35. Bxa6 Be4+ 36. Rf3 Bxf3+ 37. Kxf3 Qh1+ 38. Kg4 Rd4+ (38... Rxf2 $2 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40. Bd3+ f5+ 41. Bxf5+ Rxf5 42. Qxf5+ Kh8 43. Qf8+ Kh7 44. Qf3 $18) (38... Qe4+ $2 39. f4 $19)) (35. Re7 $18 Kf8 36. Bf3 (36. Rxg7 Be4+ 37. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 38. Kh2 Rxf2+ 39. Kg1 Qg2#)) 35... Qc2 $11 {[%csl LRa4,LRf2]} 36. Qb8+ Kh7 37. Kg1 Rxf2 (37... Qc1+ $11 38. Kg2 Qxc5) 38. Qb3 $14 Qd2 39. Qc3 Qa2 {[%cal Of2c2] [#]} 40. Bd5 $1 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} Qc2 41. c6 {Active counter play!} Rd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41... Qf5 $11 {and Black is okay.} 42. Qe1 Rb2) 42. Qxc2 $18 Rxc2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 43. a5 $2 ({White must play} 43. Re7 $18) 43... h5 44. Re7 (44. Bf3 $14 {deserves consideration.}) 44... Bf5 $11 45. c7 Rc5 $1 46. Bb7 Bxh3 47. Bxa6 {Bd3+ is the strong threat.} Rxa5 48. c8=Q ({Don't play} 48. c8=R $6 Bxc8 (48... Rxa6 49. Rcc7 $16) 49. Bxc8 Kh6 $16) (48. c8=B Bxc8 49. Bxc8 Kh6 $14) 48... Bxc8 49. Bxc8 {KRB-KR} Ra2 50. Be6 Rb2 51. Rc7 Kh6 52. Rc5 Re2 53. Bf7 g6 54. Kf1 Rd2 55. Be8 Rd8 56. Bb5 f5 57. Kf2 Kg5 58. Rc6 Rd4 59. Bc4 h4 60. gxh4+ Rxh4 61. Bf7 Rf4+ 62. Ke3 Re4+ 63. Kd3 Kf4 64. Bxg6 Re3+ 65. Kd2 Re5 66. Rc1 Kg5 67. Rg1+ Kf6 68. Bh5 Re4 69. Bf3 Re7 70. Kd3 Re8 71. Kd4 Re7 72. Bd5 Re8 73. Kc5 Rc8+ 74. Kd4 Re8 75. Rf1 Rd8 76. Kc5 Rc8+ 77. Kd6 Rd8+ 78. Kc6 Ke5 {White must now prevent ...Rd6+.} 79. Re1+ Kf4 80. Kc5 Kg5 81. Kd4 Rb8 82. Ke5 Rb5 83. Rg1+ Kh4 84. Kf4 {[%cal Rg1h1]} Kh5 85. Be6 Kh6 86. Bxf5 Rb6 {Against Rg6+} 87. Ke5 Kh5 88. Be6 Rb4 89. Kf6 Kh4 90. Rg8 Ra4 91. Bf5 Rb4 92. Ke5 Kh5 93. Be4 Rb6 94. Rg7 Kh6 95. Rg1 Ra6 96. Bf5 Kh5 97. Rg7 Rb6 98. Be6 Rb4 99. Rg1 Ra4 100. Bd7 Rb4 101. Bc6 Rc4 102. Be4 {Intending Kf4 and mate.} Rb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (102... Rc8 $11) 103. Kf4 {[%cal Rg1h1] White mates.} Ra4 104. Rc1 {[%cal Rc1h1]} Kh6 {[#]} {Weighted Error Value: White=0.58/Black=0.43} 105. Rc7 $1 1-0

[Event "UzChess Cup Masters TB1"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R."]
[Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[GameId "2193736997770525"]
[EventDate "2025.06.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. h3 Qe8 {E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3.} (6... e5 $14) 7. Be3 $16 e5 (7... Na6) 8. d5 (8. dxe5 $142 dxe5 9. Bc5) 8... Nh5 {White is better.} 9. Qc2 $5 {[%mdl 4] White is more active. Leaves trodden paths.} a5 $146 (9... b6 $14) ({Predecessor:} 9... f5 10. O-O-O a5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. g4 e4 13. Nd4 f4 14. gxh5 fxe3 15. fxe3 Bh6 16. Kb1 {0-1 Agdestein,S (2560)-Kanmazalp,O (2369) Riga Tech op 2nd 2012 (6)}) 10. O-O-O (10. c5 $16) 10... Na6 11. a3 (11. g3 $14) 11... Bd7 (11... f5 $1 $11) 12. Kb1 (12. Nd2 $14 {might be stronger.}) 12... f5 $1 $11 13. exf5 {[#]} gxf5 (13... Nb4 $1 $11 14. axb4 axb4) 14. g4 Nf4 (14... f4 $16 15. Bd2 (15. Ng5 Nf6 $11) 15... Nc5) 15. Bxf4 (15. Nh4 $18) 15... exf4 $16 16. Bd3 (16. Re1 Qg6 17. Nh4) 16... Nc5 17. Bxf5 (17. Rde1 $16 Qf7 18. Bxf5 Bxf5 19. gxf5) 17... Bxf5 (17... Rxf5 $14 18. gxf5 Qh5) 18. gxf5 Qh5 {[%csl LRf3,LRf5]} 19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Qxf5 21. Rg1+ Kh8 22. Rg4 f3 23. Qxf5 (23. Ne4 $16) 23... Rxf5 $14 24. Kc2 a4 25. Ne4 {Threatens to win with Nxc5.} Re8 26. Nxc5 ({White should try} 26. Kc3 $1 $14) 26... Re2+ $11 27. Rd2 dxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 28. Kd1 (28. Rxe2 $11 fxe2 29. Kd2) 28... Rfe5 $15 29. Rxe2 Rxe2 {KR-KR} 30. Rf4 Rxf2 (30... Kg7 $15 31. Rxf3 Rxb2) 31. Ke1 (31. Rf7 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 31... Rxb2 ({Better is} 31... Re2+ $19 32. Kd1 Rxb2 33. Rxf3 Kg7) 32. Rf7 $1 $11 b5 33. Rxc7 Re2+ 34. Kf1 b4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (34... bxc4 $11 35. Rxc5 Kg7) 35. d6 $1 $18 Rd2 36. d7 {Threatening mate with Rc8+.} bxa3 37. Rc8+ (37. Rxc5 a2 (37... Rxd7 $2 38. Ra5 $19) 38. d8=Q+ Rxd8 39. Kf2 a1=Q (39... a1=B $2 40. Kxf3 Ra8 41. Rg5 $19) 40. Kxf3 Rd3+ (40... Qa3+ {is a self mate.} 41. Kg4 Rd4+ 42. Kf5 Qxc5+ 43. Kf6 Re4 44. h4 Qe7+ {[%mdl 64] Skewer} 45. Kf5 Qe5#) 41. Kg4 Qd4+ 42. Kg5 Rg3+ (42... Qxc5+ 43. Kf4 a3 44. h4 h5 45. Ke4 Re3+ 46. Kf4 Qe5#) 43. Kf5 Rf3+ (43... Qxc5+ 44. Kf6 Re3 45. h4 Qe5+ 46. Kf7 Qg7#) 44. Ke6 Rf6+ (44... Qxc5 45. h4 Re3+ 46. Kf6 Qe5+ 47. Kf7 Qg7#) 45. Ke7 Qd6+ 46. Ke8 Rf8#) 37... Kg7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.28 (precise) /Black=0.50} 38. d8=Q 1-0

[Event "UzChess Cup Masters TB2"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R."]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[GameId "2193740091299488"]
[EventDate "2025.06.27"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. c4 Be7 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Qa4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} (10. Bg5 $14) 10... O-O $15 11. Rd1 d4 12. Bg5 ({White should play} 12. Bxc6 $15 Rc8 13. b3) 12... Rb8 $146 (12... Qc7 $17 13. Nb1 Rab8) ({Predecessor:} 12... Qc7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe7 Nxf2 15. Bxf8 Nxd1 16. Bxg7 Nxb2 17. Qc2 Kxg7 18. Qxb2 Rb8 {0-1 Novosel,L (2353)-Benmesbah,N (2256) Titled Tuesday intern op 14th Feb Late Chess.com INT blitz 2023 (4)}) 13. b3 (13. Bxc6 $15 Rxb2 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 (14... gxf6 15. Nd5 $15) 15. Be4) 13... Qc7 14. Bxf6 (14. Ne4 $17) 14... gxf6 $19 15. Ne4 f5 16. Nd2 e4 17. c5 Bxc5 18. Rac1 Qb6 (18... Rb5 $142 {Threatens to win with ...Ra5.} 19. Nc4 Rd8) 19. Nc4 (19. g4 $142 Rfe8 (19... fxg4 20. Nxe4 Bb4 21. Rxc6 $16) (19... d3 20. e3 $15) 20. Kh1) 19... Qb5 20. Ne5 Rbc8 (20... Qxe2 21. Re1 Qb5 22. Qxb5 Rxb5 23. a4 $17) 21. g4 Rfe8 (21... Qxe2 $2 22. Bf1 (22. Nxc6 $2 d3 $19) 22... Qb2 23. Rxc5 $16) 22. Rc2 (22. h3 $142 Kg7 (22... Qxe2 $2 23. Bf1 $18) 23. Kf1) 22... Qxa4 (22... fxg4 23. Bxe4 Bxb3 24. Qxb5 cxb5 25. axb3 Rxe5 26. Bd3 $17) 23. bxa4 Bb6 (23... Bd6 24. Nxc6 $15) 24. Nxc6 $2 (24. a5 Bxa5 25. Nc4) 24... Bd7 (24... fxg4 25. Bxe4 Bd7 26. Bd5 $11) 25. Nxd4 Rxc2 (25... Bxa4 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Nxf5 Bxd1 (27... Bxf2+ $2 28. Kxf2 e3+ 29. Kf3 $18) 28. Ne7+ Kg7 29. Nxc8 $17) 26. Nxc2 Bxa4 27. Rd2 fxg4 (27... Rc8 $19 {is more deadly.} 28. Nd4 Rc1+ (28... fxg4 29. Bxe4 Rd8 30. e3 $11) 29. Bf1 f4 (29... fxg4 30. Kg2 $17)) 28. Ne3 $17 Bxe3 29. fxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB. Black is a pawn up.} f5 30. Rd5 {Inhibits Re5.} Rf8 31. Ra5 {[%csl LRa4,LRa7]} Bd1 (31... Bd7 $15 {is superior.}) 32. Rxa7 (32. Kf2 $11) 32... Bxe2 33. Kf2 Bd3 34. Kg3 Rb8 35. h3 h5 36. hxg4 $1 hxg4 37. a4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37. Ra5 $11 {and White is okay.}) 37... Rb2 $19 {[%cal Of5f4]} 38. Ra5 {[#]} Re2 $2 (38... f4+ $1 $19 39. exf4 e3) 39. Rxf5 $11 {The position is equal.} Rxe3+ 40. Kxg4 Re1 41. Re5 e3 42. Bf3 Kg7 43. Kf4 e2 {[#]} 44. Bxe2 Bxe2 {KRB-KR} (44... Rxe2 45. Rxe2) 45. Re3 Rf1+ 46. Ke5 Bc4 47. Kd4 Bf7 48. Kc5 Ra1 49. Kb5 Kf6 50. a5 Bd5 51. a6 Kf5 52. Kb6 Kf4 53. Re7 Kf5 54. a7 Kf6 55. Re8 Ra2 56. Re1 Kf7 57. Re5 Bg2 58. Ra5 Rb2+ 59. Rb5 Rd2 60. Re5 Rd6+ 61. Kc7 Rc6+ 62. Kb8 Rb6+ 63. Kc8 Ra6 64. Kb8 Kf6 65. Rb5 Re6 66. Rb2 {Threatens to win with Rf2+.} Bd5 67. Rb5 Re8+ 68. Kc7 Bg2 69. Rb2 Bd5 70. Rb5 Ke5 71. Rxd5+ Kxd5 72. Kb7 Re7+ 73. Kb8 Rxa7 74. Kxa7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.38/Black=0.24 (precise)} Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "UzChess Cup Masters TB2"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[GameId "2193746832115675"]
[EventDate "2025.06.27"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Bf5 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bd3 {B01: Scandinavian Defence.} (6. Ne5 $14) 6... Bxd3 7. Qxd3 {aiming for d5.} Nf6 8. O-O {The position is equal.} Be7 9. Bf4 c6 {Prevents Qb5} 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Nd7 12. Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. c4 O-O 13. a3 Rfe8 14. b4 Qh5 15. Rfe1 a6 16. h3 Qg6 17. Qe2 Rac8 18. Rad1 h6 19. Bg3 Bf8 20. Nd2 Nf6 {1-0 George Micheal,K (2257)-Beulen,M (2359) Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Aug Late Chess.com INT blitz 2024 (9)}) 12... Rd8 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. a4 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Rxd6 17. c3 Rfd8 18. Rd3 g6 19. b4 Qd5 20. Re3 a5 21. bxa5 Qxa5 22. h4 b5 23. Qc2 (23. h5 $1 $11 {deserves consideration.}) 23... Ra8 $15 {[%cal Rb5a4]} 24. h5 $1 bxa4 25. h6 (25. Rh3 $15) 25... Rd7 ({Black should try} 25... Qg5 $17) 26. Re5 Rd5 {[%cal Oa4a3]} {Black continues to play with concentration.} 27. Ree1 (27. g3 $15) 27... Rh5 (27... a3 $17 28. Reb1 Rb5 29. Rxb5 Qxb5 (29... cxb5 30. Qe4 $17)) 28. Qd2 (28. Re5 $1 $15 Rxe5 29. dxe5) 28... Qc7 (28... Qd8 $19 {...Qh4 would now be deadly.} 29. Qf4 Rh4 {[%mdl 64] Deflection}) 29. Reb1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({White has to play} 29. Re5 $1 $15) 29... Qh2+ $19 30. Kf1 Rxh6 ({Less strong is} 30... a3 31. Ke2 $19) 31. Qe3 Rh5 32. Qf3 Qc7 33. g4 Rha5 34. Kg2 a3 35. Rh1 Rg5 {Black is clearly winning.} 36. Kf1 a2 37. Qe3 Rxg4 38. Qh6 f5 39. Qd2 Qb8 40. f3 Qf4 41. Qe2 Kg7 42. Rh3 Rg3 43. Rxg3 Qxg3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR. Black is 3 pawns up.} 44. Qe3 h5 {[#]} 45. c4 h4 46. d5 cxd5 47. cxd5 h3 48. Qc3+ Kh7 49. Qb2 {Against Qg2+} Qg2+ 50. Qxg2 hxg2+ 51. Kxg2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.40/Black=0.22 (precise)} exd5 0-1

[Event "UzChess Cup Masters TB2"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2025.06.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[GameId "2193751766616534"]
[EventDate "2025.06.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 d6 5. d3 a5 6. Nc3 {C44: Ponziani Opening and Scotch Gambit.} Nge7 7. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Be3 Nd4 8. Bxd4 exd4 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. c3 Bg4 11. Nfxd4 Bxd4 12. f3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 {1-0 Yang,J (2346)-Wongso,S (2207) Las Vegas National op 2025 (6)}) 7... O-O 8. Be3 {The position is equal.} Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd4 11. Qd1 c6 (11... f5 $142) 12. Kh2 a4 13. a3 Kh8 14. Ne2 Qb6 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Qxd4 17. c3 Qb6 18. Qd2 d5 (18... c5 $11) 19. exd5 $1 $16 Nxd5 20. Rae1 f6 ({Black should try} 20... Rfe8 $14) 21. Re4 $1 Rfd8 22. Rh4 (22. Qe2 $16) 22... Ne7 23. Re1 c5 24. Be4 (24. Rhe4 $14) 24... f5 $15 25. Bg2 {[%cal Od2e3]} Qf6 (25... Ng6 $1 $15 26. Rh5 Qf6) 26. Qc2 $14 (26. Bxb7 Rab8 27. Bf3 e4 28. Bxe4 (28. Be2 $2 Ng6 $17) 28... Ng6 $17 (28... fxe4 29. Rhxe4 Ng8 30. R1e2 $15)) 26... h6 {[#]} (26... Qa6 $14) 27. Rxa4 (27. Bxb7 Rab8 $14) (27. Rc4 $1 $16) 27... Rxa4 28. Qxa4 {Hoping for Qb5.} Rxd3 29. Re2 (29. Bxb7 Rd2 30. Kg2 Rxb2 $15) (29. Qa8+ $16 Kh7 30. Qxb7 (30. Bxb7 Rd2 $17)) 29... b6 $11 30. Qe8+ Kh7 31. a4 (31. h4 $11 {deserves consideration.}) 31... e4 32. Qb5 {[#]} ({White should play} 32. h4 $15 Rd6 33. Bh3 (33. f3 Ng6 $17)) 32... Ng6 $1 $17 33. a5 bxa5 34. Qxc5 h5 35. h4 (35. Bxe4 $17 fxe4 36. Qxh5+ Kg8 37. Qxa5) 35... Ne5 $19 36. Bh3 $2 (36. Re1 {was called for.}) 36... Rd1 (36... Nf3+ $142 37. Kg2 g6 38. Qc7+ Kh6 39. Qf4+ Kg7) 37. Kg2 $2 (37. Bg2 {was forced.} a4 38. c4) 37... g6 {Black is clearly winning.} 38. Qc7+ Kh6 {Strongly threatening ...Nf3.} 39. Re3 Nf3 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rd1g1]} 40. Qf4+ Kg7 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rd1g1]} 41. Rxf3 exf3+ 42. Qxf3 Qd6 43. Qb7+ {Black used his chance.   Weighted Error Value: White=0.47/Black=0.21 (precise)} Qd7 0-1

