[Event "UzChess Cup Challengers"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2026.06.08"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Black "Abdisalimov, Abdimalik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "C26"]
[Opening "Vienna"]
[Variation "Falkbeer variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30901561"]
[BlackFideId "14206323"]
[EventDate "2026.06.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. O-O-O Re8 8.
Nge2 d6 9. Bg5 Re5 10. Bh4 Rh5 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. f4 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Qe6 14. Kb1
Ra5 15. Nc1 Qf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. g4 Bxg4 18. Rg1 Rg5 19. Rxd6 Rg6 20. Rd3 Re8
21. Rdg3 Bc8 22. Bd3 Kh8 23. Ne2 f5 24. exf5 Rf6 25. Nc3 Nb4 26. Be4 c6 27. a3
Na6 28. b4 Nc7 29. Rd1 Nb5 30. Nxb5 cxb5 31. Rd5 Rh6 32. Re5 Rf8 33. h3 Rh4 34.
Rf3 a6 35. Re7 b6 36. Ra7 Rh5 37. Ra8 Rg8 38. Rd3 Bxf5 39. Rxg8+ Kxg8 40. Rd5
Bg6 41. f5 Rxh3 42. fxg6 hxg6 43. Rd6 Rxa3 44. Bd5 Kg7 45. Rd7 Kh6 46. Rxf7 Re3
47. Rf6 Re5 48. Bb7 1-0

[Event "UzChess Cup Challengers"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2026.06.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Nimzovich variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1226380"]
[BlackFideId "14112906"]
[EventDate "2026.06.08"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. a3 Bc5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Be3 Bg4
9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd4 11. Na4 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Qd7 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. h3 O-O 15.
O-O Qe6 16. a4 Ra6 17. Rfb1 Rfa8 18. Qd1 Qc8 19. a5 Nd7 20. Rc1 Qd8 21. axb6
Nxb6 22. Rxa6 Rxa6 23. c5 Nc8 24. d4 exd4 25. Qxd4 Qe8 26. Qd3 dxc5 27. bxc5 Re6
28. f3 h6 29. Qd5 c6 30. Qb3 Re7 31. Rd1 Rd7 32. Kf2 Na7 33. Rd3 Qd8 34. Rxd7
Qxd7 35. f4 Nb5 36. Qc2 f6 37. f5 Qc7 38. Qc4+ Kh7 39. Qe6 Nc3 40. Bd2 Na4 41.
Be3 Nc3 42. Kf3 Qd8 43. Qd6 Qe8 44. Qd3 Nb5 45. Bf4 Kh8 46. Qe3 Qd7 47. Kg3 Kh7
48. Kf2 Qd1 49. e5 fxe5 50. Qxe5 Qc2+ 51. Kg3 Nc3 52. Be3 Ne4+ 53. Kh2 Nf6 54.
Bd4 Qd3 55. Qf4 Ne4 56. Bb2 Qc2 57. Ba1 Qb1 58. Be5 Qe1 59. f6 Nxf6 60. Qf5+ Kh8
61. Bxf6 gxf6 62. Qxf6+ Kh7 63. Qf7+ Kh8 64. Qf4 Qe6 65. Qb8+ Kg7 66. Qxb7+ Kg6
67. Qc7 Qe4 68. Qd6+ Kg7 69. Qg3+ Kh7 70. Qc3 h5 71. Qf6 h4 72. Qg5 Qe1 73. Qf4
Kg6 74. Qd6+ Kg5 75. Qd8+ Kg6 76. Qc7 Kg5 77. Qg7+ Kf5 78. Qg4+ Ke5 79. Qg6 Kd5
80. Qd6+ Kc4 81. Qxc6 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "UzChess Cup Challengers"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2026.06.08"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13402129"]
[BlackFideId "14210495"]
[EventDate "2026.06.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 e6 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 Nxe4 6. Rxe4 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8.
Nc3 Qd8 9. d4 Be7 10. Bf4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 f5 12. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 fxe4 14. Nxe7
Kxe7 15. Bd6+ Kf7 16. Be5 b6 17. Nxe4 Rg8 18. Rd3 Ke7 19. Bd6+ Kf7 20. Be5 Ke7
21. h4 Bb7 22. Bd6+ Ke8 23. Ng5 Bd5 24. Ra3 h6 25. Nh3 Kd7 26. Be5 g5 27. hxg5
hxg5 28. Rg3 Rac8 29. c3 g4 30. Nf4 Bxa2 31. Nh5 Kc6 32. Nf6 Rg6 33. Rd3 Rf8 34.
Nd7 Rf5 35. Bf4 Rg7 36. Ne5+ Kb7 37. Rd4 Rh5 38. b4 b5 39. Rd8 Rgh7 40. Kf1 Rh1+
41. Ke2 Ra1 42. Kd2 Rhh1 43. Nd7 Rad1+ 44. Kc2 Bb1+ 45. Kb3 e5 46. Bxe5 Bf5 47.
Nc5+ Kc6 48. Rxd1 Rxd1 49. Bd4 Rd2 50. Be3 Re2 51. g3 Bg6 52. c4 Bf7 53. Kc3
Bxc4 54. Ne4 a6 55. Nf6 Be6 56. Kd3 Rb2 57. Bd2 Bf5+ 58. Ke3 Rb3+ 59. Kf4 Rf3+
60. Kg5 Rxf2 61. Be3 Rf3 62. Bf4 Be6 63. Nxg4 Bxg4 64. Kxg4 Rb3 65. Bd2 Rd3 66.
Be1 a5 0-1

[Event "UzChess Cup Challengers"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2026.06.08"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Muradli, Mahammad"]
[Black "Aditya, Mittal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "13409301"]
[BlackFideId "35042025"]
[EventDate "2026.06.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 a5 12. Bg5 Qb4 13. Bxf6 Qxb2 14. O-O
gxf6 15. Rfc1 Qb6 16. Qxc4 Ba6 17. Qa4 Rfd8 18. e3 Bd3 19. Qd1 Bg6 20. Qf3 Kg7
21. h4 h5 22. Ne2 Ra6 23. Nf4 e5 24. Nxg6 fxg6 25. dxe5 fxe5 26. Qe4 Qd6 27. Rc2
c6 28. Qa4 Qb4 29. Rc4 Qxa4 30. Rxa4 Rd2 31. Rc4 Rb6 32. Rc5 Rbb2 33. Rf1 Rxa2
34. Rxc6 a4 35. Rc7+ Kh6 36. Ra7 Rd6 37. Re7 a3 38. Rc1 Rb2 39. Rcc7 g5 40. e4
gxh4 41. gxh4 a2 42. Rh7+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "UzChess Cup Challengers"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2026.06.08"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Atabayev, Saparmyrat"]
[Black "Vakhidov, Jakhongir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "B36"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, Maroczy bind"]
[WhiteFideId "14000571"]
[BlackFideId "14201801"]
[EventDate "2026.06.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Nd5 Qxd2+
15. Kxd2 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bd7 17. a4 Bb2 18. Rc4 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8
21. Rb1 Be5 22. b4 f5 23. exf5 Bc3+ 24. Kd1 Bxf5 25. Rc1 Bxb4 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27.
Bxb5 Kf7 28. Bd4 Bc5 29. Bc3 Bg1 30. h3 Bh2 31. Ke2 Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "UzChess Cup Challengers"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2026.06.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Abdisalimov, Abdimalik"]
[Black "Vakhidov, Jakhongir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Hungarian variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14206323"]
[BlackFideId "14201801"]
[EventDate "2026.06.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 Bg4 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. O-O c4 8. b3
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. bxc4 dxc4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qd5 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Re1 Nc5
15. d4 cxd3 16. Qe3 O-O-O 17. Ba3 e5 18. Nd2 Bd6 19. Rab1 Rd7 20. c4 Qd4 21. Qf3
Rf8 22. Qxc6+ Rc7 23. Qd5 Qxd5 24. cxd5 Rf4 25. Rec1 Ra4 26. Nc4 Rxa3 27. Nxa3
d2 28. Rd1 Ne4 29. Nb5 Rc2 30. Nxd6+ Nxd6 31. f3 Nc4 32. Kf2 Nb2 33. a3 Nxd1+
34. Rxd1 Kd7 35. Ke2 Kd6 36. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 37. Kxd2 Kxd5 38. Kc3 g5 39. Kd3 a5 40.
a4 Kc5 41. Kc3 Kd5 42. Kd3 Kc5 43. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "UzChess Cup Challengers"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2026.06.09"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Aditya, Mittal"]
[Black "Atabayev, Saparmyrat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 5...c6"]
[WhiteFideId "35042025"]
[BlackFideId "14000571"]
[EventDate "2026.06.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nf3
h6 9. Bf4 O-O 10. g4 Ne4 11. h4 Re8 12. g5 h5 13. g6 fxg6 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qb3+
Kh8 16. Bxe4 Bb4+ 17. Qxb4 Rxe4 18. Ng5 Qe8 19. Nxe4 Qxe4 20. Ke2 Nf6 21. f3 Bg4
22. fxg4 Nd5 23. Qd6 Re8 24. Rae1 Nxf4+ 25. Kd2 Qd3+ 26. Kc1 Ne2+ 27. Rxe2 Qxe2
28. Qxg6 Qxe3+ 29. Kb1 hxg4 30. Qxg4 Qe4+ 31. Qxe4 Rxe4 32. Rd1 Rxh4 33. d5 cxd5
34. Rxd5 a6 35. Kc2 Kh7 36. Kc3 Rf4 37. b4 Rf3+ 38. Kc2 Rf7 39. a4 Kh6 40. Kd3
g5 41. b5 axb5 42. Rxb5 Re7 43. a5 Kh5 44. Rb1 g4 45. Kd4 g3 46. Rh1+ Kg4 47.
Rh8 g2 48. Rg8+ Kf3 49. Rf8+ Kg3 50. Rg8+ Kf2 51. Rf8+ Kg1 0-1

[Event "UzChess Cup Challengers"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2026.06.09"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid"]
[Black "Muradli, Mahammad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "14210495"]
[BlackFideId "13409301"]
[EventDate "2026.06.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Rg8 10. Na3 g5 11. Nc2 g4 12. hxg4 Nxg4 13. Qh3 e6 14. f3 Nge5 15.
d4 Qh4 16. Kh2 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Qf2+ 18. Bg2 Qxc2 19. Be3 Rg6 20. d5 Ne5 21. Rf1
Qxb2 22. Rab1 Qe2 23. Rbe1 Qxa2 24. Rf2 Qb3 25. Ree2 Qxc3 26. dxe6 fxe6 27. Bd2
Qa1 28. Qxh7 O-O-O 29. Rf1 Qd4 30. Kh1 Bg7 0-1

[Event "UzChess Cup Challengers"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2026.06.09"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14112906"]
[BlackFideId "13402129"]
[EventDate "2026.06.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8.
Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Rxe8+ Nxe8 12. c3 d5 13. Nd2 c6 14. Nf3 g6
15. Bf4 Ng7 16. Bd3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Qe2 Qe8 19. Re1 Qxe2 20. Rxe2 h5 21.
Kf1 Kf8 22. h3 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Kxe8 24. g4 hxg4 25. hxg4 Ng7 26. Be5 Ke7 27. Ke2
Bxe5 28. Nxe5 Ne6 29. Ke3 g5 30. f3 f6 31. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "UzChess Cup Challengers"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2026.06.09"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Black "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch game"]
[WhiteFideId "30901561"]
[BlackFideId "1226380"]
[EventDate "2026.06.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 bxc6 7. Nd2 Qxf3
8. gxf3 Nf6 9. Nb3 Be7 10. Na5 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Rb8 13. Kc3 Rb6 14.
b4 d6 15. Nb3 O-O 16. a4 Re8 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. b5 c5 19. Nb3 c6 20. Rg1 cxb5 21.
axb5 Bxb5 22. Bxb5 Rxb5 23. Rxa7 Kf8 24. Rd1 Re6 25. Na5 Ne8 26. Nc4 Rb8 27. h4
Rd8 28. h5 Rf6 29. Rd3 Re6 30. Rd1 Rf6 31. Rd3 Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "UzChess Cup Challengers"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2026.06.10"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Black "Abdisalimov, Abdimalik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "1226380"]
[BlackFideId "14206323"]
[EventDate "2026.06.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c3 e6 4. Bf4 Bd6 5. e3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Bxf4 7. exf4 b6 8. Ne5
c5 9. h4 Qd6 10. a3 Ne4 11. Bd3 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 f6 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. O-O e5 15. dxe5
fxe5 16. Be4 Be6 17. Ng5 Rxf4 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. g3 Rf6 20. Ne4 Nd4 21. cxd4 dxe4
22. Bxe4 Rd8 23. d5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25. Qe2 Qf3 26. Rae1 Rd5 27. Qc2 Qf5 28.
Qe2 Qf3 29. Qc2 Qf5 30. Qa4 Kh7 31. Qe4 Rd2 32. b4 c4 33. Qe3 c3 34. Qxc3 Rxf2
35. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 36. Kh1 Qf3+ 37. Qxf3 Rxf3 38. Kg2 Rxa3 39. Rxe5 a5 40. bxa5 Rxa5
41. Re6 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "UzChess Cup Challengers"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2026.06.10"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[ECO "B67"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...a6 defence, 8...Bd7"]
[WhiteFideId "13402129"]
[BlackFideId "30901561"]
[EventDate "2026.06.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. Kb1 Be7 10. f3 Qc7 11. h4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 h6 13. Be3 h5 14. Qd2 b5
15. Bf4 b4 16. Ne2 Rc8 17. Ng3 e5 18. Bg5 a5 19. Ba6 Ra8 20. Be2 Rc8 21. Nf1 Be6
22. Ne3 O-O 23. g4 hxg4 24. Rhg1 Rfd8 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. fxg4 Bxh4 27. Nf5 Bxf5
28. gxf5 Bf6 29. Bb5 d5 30. exd5 e4 31. Bc6 Qe5 32. Qc1 a4 33. Bxa4 Rxd5 34.
Rdf1 e3 35. Re1 e2 36. Bb3 Rd7 0-1

[Event "UzChess Cup Challengers"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2026.06.10"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Muradli, Mahammad"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "13409301"]
[BlackFideId "14112906"]
[EventDate "2026.06.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Qc2 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3
c5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. O-O Rc8 12. Qb1 c4 13. Ne5 Re8 14. Bg5 a6 15. f4
b5 16. Bf3 Nb8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. a3 Qd6 19. g4 Nd7 20. Qf5 Rcd8 21. g5 g6 22.
Qg4 Bg7 23. h4 Nf8 24. h5 Bxe5 25. fxe5 Qd7 26. Qh4 a5 27. Bg4 Qe7 28. Nxb5 Bc6
29. Nc3 Rb8 30. Rd2 Rb6 31. Rdf2 Reb8 32. Rxf7 Qxf7 33. Rxf7 Kxf7 34. Qf2+ Ke8
35. Qf6 Bd7 36. Bxd7+ Nxd7 37. Qh8+ Nf8 38. Nxd5 Rxb2 39. Nf6+ Kf7 40. Qg8+ Ke7
41. d5 Rb1+ 42. Kf2 R8b2+ 43. Kf3 1-0

[Event "UzChess Cup Challengers"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2026.06.10"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Atabayev, Saparmyrat"]
[Black "Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "14000571"]
[BlackFideId "14210495"]
[EventDate "2026.06.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qc1 cxd4 7. exd4 Bf5 8. Nh4
Be4 9. Nd2 e6 10. Nhf3 Bg6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Nd7 13. Bg3 Be7 14. a4 a6 15.
a5 Qc6 16. Be2 O-O 17. O-O b5 18. axb6 Qxb6 19. Nf3 h6 20. Qd2 a5 21. Ra4 Ra7
22. Rfa1 Rfa8 23. Bd1 Qb7 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 f6 26. Bf4 Be8 27. R4a2 a4 28.
Bc2 Bf8 29. h4 Bb5 30. h5 Qc6 31. Re1 Bc4 32. Raa1 Rb7 33. Qd1 Bb3 34. Bxb3 Rxb3
35. Qg4 f5 36. Qg6 Qe8 37. Qxe8 Rxe8 38. Rxa4 Rxb2 39. Ra7 Rb6 40. Re3 Re7 41.
Ra8 Kf7 42. Rg3 Reb7 43. Be5 Rc6 44. Kh2 Rd7 45. Rb8 Ra7 46. Rd8 Rb7 47. Ra8 Rd7
48. Rb8 Ra7 49. Rb3 Rca6 50. Rg6 Rc6 51. g4 fxg4 52. Rxg4 Kg8 53. Kg2 Bd6 54. f4
Bxe5 55. fxe5 Rf7 56. Rg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "UzChess Cup Challengers"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2026.06.10"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Vakhidov, Jakhongir"]
[Black "Aditya, Mittal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "14201801"]
[BlackFideId "35042025"]
[EventDate "2026.06.08"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng5 c6 5. Ngxe4 Nxe4 6. Nxe4 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8.
Ng3 Nc6 9. d4 Bd6 10. e3 h5 11. Ne2 Qf6 12. Nc3 Qg6 13. Bd2 Bf5 14. Nb5 Bb8 15.
Rc1 O-O 16. g3 a6 17. Nc3 Nb4 18. Qb3 Bd6 19. a3 Bc2 20. Rxc2 Nxc2+ 21. Ke2 Rfe8
22. Kf3 h4 23. Qxd5 Rad8 24. Bc4 b5 25. Qxf7+ Qxf7+ 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7 27. Ne4 hxg3
28. hxg3 Bf8 29. Ba5 Rd5 30. Bb6 Rf5+ 31. Kg4 Kg6 0-1

[Event "UzChess Cup Challengers"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2026.06.10"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Abdisalimov, Abdimalik"]
[Black "Aditya, Mittal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14206323"]
[BlackFideId "35042025"]
[EventDate "2026.06.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Nd7 7. c3 h6 8. d4
Bd6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. N2f3 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Nd3
15. Rf1 Re8 16. Qc2 c5 17. c4 Nb4 18. Qb1 Qf6 19. b3 Nd3 20. Bg5 hxg5 21. Qxd3
Rad8 22. Qc2 Re6 23. Rae1 Rde8 24. Re2 Qf4 25. Rfe1 g4 26. hxg4 Qxg4 27. e5 Rg6
28. g3 Qxf3 29. exd6 Rxg3+ 30. fxg3 Qxg3+ 31. Kf1 Qf3+ 32. Kg1 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "UzChess Cup Challengers"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2026.06.10"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid"]
[Black "Vakhidov, Jakhongir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Hungarian variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14210495"]
[BlackFideId "14201801"]
[EventDate "2026.06.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 c4 6. Qc2 a6 7. b3 cxb3 8. Qxb3
dxe4 9. Ne5 Be6 10. Qxb7 Qd5 11. Qxd5 Bxd5 12. Na3 f6 13. Nec4 Nd7 14. Ne3 e6
15. Nac2 Bc5 16. d4 exd3 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Bxd3 Ne5 19. Be2 Ne7 20. Be3 Bxe3 21.
Nxe3 Kf7 22. f4 Nd7 23. Bf3 Nb6 24. Rb1 Rab8 25. Rb3 Kg7 26. Kf2 Na4 27. Ra3
Nxc3 28. Rxc3 d4 29. Rc7 dxe3+ 30. Kxe3 Rhe8 31. Re1 Kf8 32. Kf2 Rb4 33. g3 Ra4
34. Re2 Ra3 35. Rd2 h5 36. Bd1 Nf5 37. Bb3 Re7 38. Rd8+ Kg7 39. Rg8+ Kh6 40.
Rxe7 Nxe7 41. Rf8 Nf5 42. Rxf6 Nd4 43. Bd5 Ra5 44. Be4 Rxa2+ 45. Ke3 Nc2+ 46.
Kd2 Nb4+ 47. Kc3 a5 48. Rxg6+ Kh7 49. Rg5+ Kh6 50. h4 Re2 51. Bf5 Rf2 52. Kb3
Na2 53. Kc4 Nc1 54. Kd5 Ne2 55. Ke5 Rf3 56. Kf6 Rxg3 57. Bg6 1-0

[Event "UzChess Cup Challengers"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2026.06.10"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Atabayev, Saparmyrat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14112906"]
[BlackFideId "14000571"]
[EventDate "2026.06.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. Rc1 Rd8 10. Be2 Bf8 11. O-O Ne7 12. Rfd1 Ng6 13. Bd3 c6 14. c5 Nh4 15.
Ne5 Bd7 16. Qc2 Be8 17. h3 g6 18. Ne2 Bg7 19. f4 Qe7 20. Kh2 Nf5 21. Qd2 h5 22.
Rg1 Nh6 23. Qe1 f5 24. g3 Kh7 25. Rg2 Nf7 26. g4 Nxe5 27. fxe5 Bh6 28. Nf4 Bf7
29. Qf2 Rg8 30. Rcg1 hxg4 31. hxg4 Bxf4+ 32. exf4 Kg7 33. Kg3 Rh8 34. Kf3 fxg4+
35. Rxg4 Rh6 36. Ke3 Rah8 37. Kd2 Rh2 38. R1g2 Rxg2 39. Qxg2 Rh4 40. Rg3 Rxf4
41. Ke3 Qh4 42. Bxg6 Kf8 43. Rh3 Qg4 44. Qxg4 Rxg4 45. Bd3 Kg7 46. Rf3 Bh5 47.
Rf6 Rg3+ 48. Kd2 Bg6 49. Bxg6 Rxg6 50. Rf3 Rg2+ 51. Kc3 Rg1 52. b4 Rg4 53. a4 a6
54. b5 a5 55. Kd3 Rg1 56. bxc6 bxc6 57. Kc3 Rg4 58. Rf1 Rg3+ 59. Kc2 Rg2+ 60.
Kd3 Rg3+ 61. Kd2 Rg4 62. Ke3 Rg3+ 63. Ke2 Rg4 64. Rf6 Rxd4 65. Rxe6 Rxa4 66.
Rxc6 Rc4 67. Kd3 a4 68. Ra6 Kf7 69. e6+ Ke7 70. Ke3 Rxc5 71. Kd4 Rc1 72. Kxd5
Rd1+ 73. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "UzChess Cup Challengers"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2026.06.10"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Black "Muradli, Mahammad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "E91"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Kazakh variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30901561"]
[BlackFideId "13409301"]
[EventDate "2026.06.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Qc2 Bg4 10. Rd1 Qe8 11. Rb1 Nc5 12. Be3 Nfd7 13. Nb5 Ne6 14. Ng5 Bxe2
15. Qxe2 Nxg5 16. Bxg5 Qc8 17. Be3 a6 18. Nc3 c6 19. Rd3 f5 20. Rbd1 Rf7 21. f3
Nf8 22. Na4 fxe4 23. fxe4 Qe8 24. Nb6 Rb8 25. c5 Ne6 26. Nc4 Rf8 27. Nd6 Qe7 28.
Re1 h5 29. b4 Kh7 30. Rdd1 Rbd8 31. a4 b5 32. Ra1 Bh6 33. axb5 Bxe3+ 34. Qxe3
axb5 35. Ra2 Ra8 36. Rxa8 Rxa8 37. Rf1 Rf8 38. Rxf8 Qxf8 39. g3 h4 40. gxh4 Nf4
41. Qb3 Qa8 42. h3 Qg8 43. Qa3 Qg7 44. Kh2 Qe7 45. Qb3 Kg7 46. Qa2 Qd7 47. Qb3
Qe7 48. Qa2 Qd7 49. Qb3 Kh7 50. Qa3 Kh6 51. Qb3 Kg7 52. Qc3 Qe6 53. Qa3 Kh6 54.
Qg3 Qa2+ 55. Kh1 Qb1+ 56. Kh2 Qb2+ 57. Kh1 Qb1+ 58. Kh2 Qc2+ 59. Kh1 Qc1+ 60.
Kh2 Qc2+ 61. Kh1 Qd1+ 62. Kh2 Qd2+ 63. Kh1 Qd1+ 64. Kh2 Qe2+ 65. Kh1 Kg7 66.
Ne8+ Kf8 67. Nd6 Qd1+ 68. Kh2 Qd2+ 69. Kh1 Qd1+ 70. Kh2 Qd2+ 71. Kh1 Qxb4 72.
Qg5 Qe1+ 73. Kh2 Qe2+ 74. Kh1 Qe1+ 75. Kh2 Qf2+ 76. Kh1 Qf1+ 77. Kh2 Qxh3+ 78.
Kg1 Qe3+ 79. Kh2 Qe2+ 80. Kh1 Qe1+ 81. Kh2 Qe2+ 82. Kh1 Qf1+ 83. Kh2 Qf2+ 84.
Kh1 Qf3+ 85. Kh2 Qh3+ 86. Kg1 Qd7 87. Qf6+ Kg8 88. Kf2 Qa7 89. Kf3 Qa3+ 90. Kg4
Qg3+ 91. Kxg3 Nh5+ 92. Kf3 Nxf6 93. Nb7 Nd7 94. Na5 Nb8 95. Kg4 b4 96. h5 gxh5+
97. Kxh5 Nd7 98. Kg6 Nxc5 99. Kf6 Nb7 100. Nxc6 b3 101. Ne7+ Kh7 102. Nd5 Nc5 0-1

[Event "UzChess Cup Challengers"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2026.06.10"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "1226380"]
[BlackFideId "13402129"]
[EventDate "2026.06.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. a3 O-O 6. Nc3 a6 7. h3 d6 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 Be6 10. Nd2 Nd4 11. Ne2 b5 12. Ba2 Bxa2 13. Rxa2 Ne6 14. a4 Re8 15. O-O
g5 16. Bg3 Nh5 17. Kh1 Kh7 18. Bh2 Nhf4 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Bxf4
gxf4 22. Nc3 c6 23. Qh5 Qa7 24. Qf5+ Kg7 25. Qg4+ Kh7 26. Qf5+ Kg7 27. Qg4+ Kh7
28. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "UzChess Cup Challengers"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2026.06.11"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Abdisalimov, Abdimalik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "13402129"]
[BlackFideId "14206323"]
[EventDate "2026.06.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. O-O a6 6. a4 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Bg6
9. Ne1 e6 10. f4 d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. Ba2 h6 13. Nc3 Be7 14. Ng2 Nb4 15. Bb1 O-O
16. f5 Bh7 17. Ne2 Re8 18. c3 Nc6 19. Bf4 Qd7 20. Ba2 d4 21. Ng3 Rad8 22. Qb3
Kh8 23. Rae1 Bg8 24. Re2 Bf8 25. Rfe1 Rxe2 26. Rxe2 dxc3 27. bxc3 Qxd3 28. Qxb7
Qd1+ 29. Kh2 Qxa4 30. Bc7 Re8 31. Rxe8 Nxe8 32. Bf4 Qxa2 33. Qxc6 Nf6 34. Bxh6
Nh7 35. Bc1 f6 36. Qe4 Bd6 37. Bf4 Bxf4 38. Qxf4 Bd5 39. Qf1 Ng5 40. h4 Ne4 41.
Qe1 Qc2 42. Qe2 Qxe2 43. Nxe2 a5 44. Ne3 Bb3 45. Nc1 c4 46. Nd5 a4 47. Kg2 a3
48. Kf3 Nc5 49. Nb4 Bd1+ 50. Ke3 Bxg4 51. Nc2 Bxf5 52. Nxa3 Be6 53. Ne2 Nd7 54.
Nf4 Bf7 55. Nb5 Ne5 56. Nd6 Bg8 57. Ke4 Kh7 58. h5 Nf7 59. Nxc4 Ng5+ 60. Kd3 Ne6
61. Nxe6 Bxe6 62. Nd6 Kh6 63. c4 Kxh5 64. c5 Bd7 65. Ke4 g5 66. Kd5 f5 67. c6
Bxc6+ 68. Kxc6 f4 69. Kd5 f3 70. Ke4 f2 71. Nf5 Kg4 72. Ne3+ Kg3 73. Nf1+ Kg2
74. Ne3+ Kg1 75. Kf3 g4+ 76. Kxg4 f1=Q 77. Nxf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "UzChess Cup Challengers"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2026.06.11"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Muradli, Mahammad"]
[Black "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "13409301"]
[BlackFideId "1226380"]
[EventDate "2026.06.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Nb3 Be4 14. Qc3 Nd5
15. Qa5 c5 16. Qxa6 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 c4 18. Nd2 Bb4 19. Ne4 Nc7 20. Qb6 Rb8 21. Qc6
Nd5 22. Nc5 Ne7 23. Qe4 Bxc5 24. dxc5 Qc7 25. b4 cxb3 26. axb3 Qxc5 27. Rfc1 Qb6
28. Qb4 Nf5 29. Rc5 Rfc8 30. Rac1 Rxc5 31. Rxc5 g6 32. e3 h5 33. Be4 Kh7 34. Rc6
Qd8 35. Kg2 Kg8 36. h3 Rb6 37. Qc5 Rb8 38. b4 Qf8 39. g4 hxg4 40. hxg4 Ng7 41.
Qe5 Rc8 42. Rxc8 Qxc8 43. Qxb5 f5 44. Bf3 fxg4 45. Bxg4 Nf5 46. e4 Qa8 47. Qe5
Kf7 48. b5 Qb7 49. b6 Qxb6 50. exf5 gxf5 51. Bh5+ Ke7 52. Qg7+ Kd6 53. Be8 Qa6
54. Qd4+ Ke7 55. Qd7+ Kf6 56. Kg3 Qa3+ 57. Kg2 Qf8 58. Qd8+ Ke5 59. Qc7+ Kf6 60.
Qd8+ Ke5 61. Qb8+ Kf6 62. Qb2+ Ke7 63. Bh5 Qh6 64. Qb4+ Kf6 65. Qh4+ Ke5 66. Kf3
Qc1 67. Qg3+ Kf6 68. Qg6+ Ke5 69. Qg7+ Kd6 70. Qd4+ Ke7 71. Qh4+ Kd7 72. Kg2 Qa1
73. Qg5 Qd4 74. Bf3 Qc3 75. Bd1 Qd4 76. Bf3 Qc3 77. Qg3 Qd4 78. Bh5 Qe4+ 79. Kh2
Qd4 80. Kh3 Qa1 81. Qf3 Qb2 82. Qd3+ Ke7 83. Qe3 Qh8 84. Kh4 Qb2 85. Qc5+ Kd7
86. Kg5 Qg7+ 87. Bg6 Qh8 88. Qa7+ Kd6 89. Qb6+ Kd7 90. f4 Qa8 91. Qd4+ Ke7 92.
Qf6+ Kd7 93. Qd4+ Ke7 94. Qg7+ Kd6 95. Qe5+ Kd7 96. Bf7 Qd8+ 97. Qf6 Qb6 98.
Bxe6+ Qxe6 99. Qxf5 1-0

[Event "UzChess Cup Challengers"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2026.06.11"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Atabayev, Saparmyrat"]
[Black "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[ECO "B67"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...a6 defence, 8...Bd7"]
[WhiteFideId "14000571"]
[BlackFideId "30901561"]
[EventDate "2026.06.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bc6 11. h4 h6 12. Be3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5
Qxd5 15. Bc4 Qxd4 16. Bxd4 O-O-O 17. h5 Rg8 18. c3 Be7 19. Bd3 Kc7 20. Bh7 Rh8
21. Be5+ Kc8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Be4 Bxe4 24. fxe4 Bg5+ 25. Kc2 f6 26. Bd4 Rg8
27. Rf1 Kd7 28. Kd3 Ke7 29. Ke2 Rc8 30. g4 Kf7 31. Rf3 Bc1 32. b3 e5 33. Bf2 g6
34. Rd3 gxh5 35. gxh5 Ke6 36. c4 f5 37. Rd1 Bg5 38. Kf3 Rf8 39. Bg3 Bf4 40. Be1
Bg5 41. Rd6+ Kxd6 42. Bb4+ Ke6 43. Bxf8 Kf6 44. b4 Bc1 45. a4 Ba3 46. exf5 Kxf5
47. c5 e4+ 48. Ke2 Bc1 49. b5 axb5 50. a5 Bb2 51. Bxh6 Bd4 52. Be3 Be5 53. c6
bxc6 54. a6 Bb8 55. Kd2 c5 56. Bxc5 b4 57. Be3 1-0

[Event "UzChess Cup Challengers"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2026.06.11"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Vakhidov, Jakhongir"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "14201801"]
[BlackFideId "14112906"]
[EventDate "2026.06.08"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nd5 a5 6. e3 O-O 7. Ne2 Nxd5 8. cxd5
Ne7 9. a3 Bd6 10. d4 exd4 11. Qxd4 c6 12. Bd2 c5 13. Qd3 b5 14. Qxb5 Ba6 15. Qb3
Re8 16. Qc2 Ng6 17. Bc3 Be5 18. O-O Qf6 19. Rfe1 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Ne5 21. Nf4 d6
22. h4 a4 23. Qc2 Bc4 24. Reb1 Reb8 25. Qe4 Rb3 26. Bf1 Bxf1 27. Kxf1 h6 28. Kg2
Rab8 29. h5 c4 30. Qc2 Qg5 31. Qe4 Rxb2 32. Rxb2 Rxb2 33. Rc1 Qg4 34. Rxc4 f5
35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. Qxe5 dxe5 0-1

[Event "UzChess Cup Challengers"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2026.06.11"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Aditya, Mittal"]
[Black "Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "35042025"]
[BlackFideId "14210495"]
[EventDate "2026.06.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. O-O Bd6 7. d4 Ne7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. h3 Nf5 12. Bf4 h6 13. a4 a6 14. Bd3 Qf6
15. a5 Ba7 16. Ra4 Bd7 17. Bc2 Rad8 18. Qd3 g6 19. Qd2 Nh4 20. Nxh4 Qxh4 21. Nc1
d4 22. Bxh6 Ne5 23. Bg5 Qh5 24. Bd1 Qh8 25. Bxd8 Bxa4 26. Be7 Re8 27. Bxa4 Rxe7
28. cxd4 Nc4 29. Qb4 Rc7 30. Nb3 Bxd4 31. Re1 Qh4 32. Nxd4 Qxd4 33. b3 Qd2 34.
Re8+ Kh7 35. Qxd2 Nxd2 36. f4 f5 37. Rd8 Rc1+ 38. Kf2 Ne4+ 39. Ke3 Nc5 40. Rc8
g5 41. fxg5 f4+ 42. Ke2 Rc3 43. Be8 Re3+ 44. Kd1 Ne4 45. g6+ Kh6 46. Bf7 Rg3 47.
Rc4 Nc3+ 48. Kd2 Nb1+ 49. Kc1 Nc3 50. Kc2 Nb5 51. Rxf4 Rxg2+ 52. Kd3 Rg3+ 53.
Kc4 Rxh3 54. Kc5 Rh5+ 55. Kb6 Nc3 56. Rg4 Kg7 57. b4 Rb5+ 58. Ka7 Nd1 59. Be8
Re5 60. Bd7 Ne3 61. Rd4 Re7 62. Bc8 Nc2 63. Rf4 Re3 64. Rc4 Na3 65. Rc7+ Kxg6
66. Rxb7 Nb5+ 67. Kxa6 Nd4 68. b5 Kf6 69. Kb6 Ra3 70. a6 Ne2 71. a7 Nc3 72. Rb8
Nd5+ 73. Kb7 1-0

[Event "UzChess Cup Challengers"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2026.06.12"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Abdisalimov, Abdimalik"]
[Black "Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14206323"]
[BlackFideId "14210495"]
[EventDate "2026.06.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Ne2 O-O 7. Nec3 e5 8. g4 h5 9.
h3 Nh7 10. h4 Bf6 11. g5 Bg7 12. Qd2 Na6 13. Qg2 Bd7 14. Be3 Nc7 15. Nd2 a6 16.
f4 Qe7 17. f5 gxf5 18. Be2 f4 19. Bf2 b5 20. b3 bxc4 21. bxc4 Rfb8 22. Bxh5 Rb2
23. Nd1 Rb6 24. Bg4 Kh8 25. Rc1 Rg8 26. Rg1 Rbb8 27. Kf1 f6 28. Bxd7 Qxd7 29.
Qf3 Rgc8 30. g6 Nf8 31. h5 Kg8 32. Bh4 Ne8 33. Qd3 Bh6 34. Rc2 Ng7 35. Qf3 Qa4
36. Nb3 Rb4 37. Bxf6 Rcb8 38. Bxg7 Kxg7 39. Qh3 Rxc4 40. Qf5 Rb7 41. Rxc4 Qxc4+
42. Kg2 Re7 43. Nf2 Qc3 44. Rh1 Nd7 45. Rh3 Qc2 46. Na5 Nf6 47. Nc6 Re8 48. Rb3
Rf8 49. Rb7+ Kg8 50. g7 f3+ 51. Qxf3 Bxg7 52. Ne7+ Kh7 53. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "UzChess Cup Challengers"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2026.06.12"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Aditya, Mittal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "14112906"]
[BlackFideId "35042025"]
[EventDate "2026.06.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
e3 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Qd3 h6 11. Bh4 Qb6 12. O-O Rd8 13. Qb5 Qxb5 14. Nxb5 g5
15. Bg3 Ne4 16. Bc7 Re8 17. h3 Be6 18. Bh2 Rac8 19. Rad1 Red8 20. Nfd4 Bd7 21.
Bf3 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Bf6 23. Rd3 Rc4 24. Rfd1 Rdc8 25. g4 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27.
Rxd4 Be6 28. Kg2 Rc2 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. a3 Rc8 32. Rd4 Rc4 33. Rd2
Kg6 34. Be5 h5 35. Rd6 hxg4 36. hxg4 Rc6 37. Rxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "UzChess Cup Challengers"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2026.06.12"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Black "Vakhidov, Jakhongir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "B25"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 6.f4 e5 (Botvinnik)"]
[WhiteFideId "30901561"]
[BlackFideId "14201801"]
[EventDate "2026.06.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O Nd4
9. f5 gxf5 10. exf5 Ndxf5 11. Ng5 Nh6 12. Nd5 O-O 13. Qh5 f5 14. Nxh7 Kxh7 15.
Bg5 Qe8 16. Nf6+ Bxf6 17. Qxh6+ Kg8 18. Bxf6 Kf7 19. Bg7 Ng8 20. Bd5+ Ke7 21.
Bxf8+ Qxf8 22. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "UzChess Cup Challengers"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2026.06.12"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Black "Atabayev, Saparmyrat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1226380"]
[BlackFideId "14000571"]
[EventDate "2026.06.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Ba4 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. c3 Ne7 8. h3
Ng6 9. Re1 Bb6 10. d4 d5 11. exd5 exd4 12. c4 Bd7 13. Bg5 c6 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15.
Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nbd2 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. c5 Ba5 19. Ne4 Qe7 20. Nc3 Qxc5 21. Qxd4
Qb6 22. Rab1 Bb4 23. Re4 c5 24. Qc4 Bxc3 25. Qxc3 Rad8 26. Rbe1 Rd5 27. b3 Rfd8
28. h4 Qb5 29. Qc4 a6 30. g3 Qc6 31. R4e3 Rf5 32. Qg4 Qf6 33. Re8+ Rxe8 34.
Rxe8+ Nf8 35. Nd2 g6 36. Qe2 Kg7 37. Ne4 Qa1+ 38. Kg2 Re5 39. Rxe5 Qxe5 40. Qd3
Ne6 41. Nd2 Qb2 42. Ne4 Qxa2 43. Qc3+ Kg8 44. Nf6+ Kf8 45. Nd5 Kg8 46. Ne7+ Kf8
47. Nxg6+ fxg6 48. Qf6+ Kg8 49. Qxe6+ Kg7 50. Qe7+ Kg8 51. Qf6 Qc2 52. Qxa6 Qe4+
53. Kh2 Qf5 54. Qa8+ Kg7 55. Kg2 h5 56. Qb7+ Kg8 57. Qf3 Qe6 58. Qa8+ Kg7 59.
Qa7+ Kg8 60. Qb8+ Kg7 61. Qc7+ Kg8 62. Qb7 Qf5 63. Qf3 Qe6 64. Qd3 Kh7 65. Qc4
Qf5 66. Kf1 Qb1+ 67. Kg2 Qf5 68. Qf4 Qe6 69. Qe3 Qd5+ 70. Qf3 Qd7 71. Kg1 Qe6
72. Qb7+ Kg8 73. Kf1 Qe5 74. Qc8+ Kg7 75. Qd7+ Kg8 76. Qd3 Kg7 77. Qe3 Qf5 78.
Qc3+ Kh7 79. Ke2 Qd5 80. Ke1 Qd6 81. Ke2 Qd5 82. Qf3 Qd7 83. Qd3 Qf7 84. Ke3 Qf6
85. Qd5 Qc3+ 86. Ke2 Qc2+ 87. Kf3 Qc3+ 88. Kg2 Kg7 89. Qb7+ Kg8 90. Qe4 Kg7 91.
Qe7+ Kg8 92. Qe3 Qc2 93. Qe8+ Kg7 94. Qe7+ Kg8 95. Qd8+ Kg7 96. Qc7+ Kg8 97. Qc6
Qf5 98. Qa8+ Kg7 99. Qb7+ Kg8 100. Qf3 Qe6 101. Qd3 Kh7 102. Kf1 Qe7 103. Qe3
Qf7 104. Ke2 Qd5 105. Qc3 Qe4+ 106. Kd2 Qd5+ 107. Kc1 Qh1+ 108. Kc2 Qe4+ 109.
Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "UzChess Cup Challengers"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2026.06.12"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Muradli, Mahammad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "B99"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 7...Be7 main line"]
[WhiteFideId "13402129"]
[BlackFideId "13409301"]
[EventDate "2026.06.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Bd3 b5 11. Rhe1 Bb7 12. Qg3 b4 13. Nd5 exd5 14. e5 dxe5
15. fxe5 Nh5 16. Qh4 Bxg5+ 17. Qxg5 g6 18. e6 Nc5 19. exf7+ Kxf7 20. Rf1+ Kg8
21. Nf5 Ne6 22. Ne7+ Kg7 23. Nf5+ Kg8 24. Ne7+ Kg7 25. Nf5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

