[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Cap St Georges CYP"]
[Date "2026.03.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Mark Crowther"]
[ECO "A13"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d4 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O Bc5 6. e3 {[%cal Ob2b4] A13: English Opening: 1...e6.} Nge7 {[%cal Bg8e7,Be7f5,Bf5d4][%mdl 32]} 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. b4 {The position is equal.} Bxb4 9. exd4 {[#]} O-O 10. Qb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bb2 c6 11. Qb3 Ba5 12. Nc3 Nf5 13. Ne2 Bxd2 14. Rfd1 Bg5 15. a4 Bf6 16. a5 {1-0 Strybuk,A (2437)-Svane,R (2624) Titled Tuesday intern op 07th Jan Early Chess.com INT blitz 2025 (11)}) 10... Ba5 {[%cal Oe7f5]} 11. Nc3 Nf5 12. Ba3 Re8 13. d5 Nd4 14. Qa4 b6 15. Rae1 Bd7 16. Qd1 c5 17. Bb2 Rb8 18. a4 a6 {Wards off Nb5} 19. dxe6 Bxe6 20. Nd5 Qd6 {Caruana wondered if black was even being ambitious here.} (20... b5 {should lead to complete equality one way or another.} 21. axb5 axb5 22. cxb5 Bxd5 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Bxd5 Ne2+ 25. Kg2 Qxb5) 21. Bxd4 cxd4 22. Re4 Bxd5 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Bxd5 Bb4 25. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} a5 26. d3 Qf6 27. Kg2 Qe5 28. Qf3 Qf6 29. Qg4 {Black shouldn't have any trouble holding here if he finds the right plan, but instead he drifts into trouble.} Bc5 (29... g6 $1 {is a very clean way to hold.} 30. h5 Qf5 31. Qxd4 Bc5 32. Qc3 Re2) 30. h5 h6 31. Rh1 Qg5 32. Qd1 Qe7 (32... Qf6) 33. Bc6 Rc8 34. Re1 {Now white has taken over the e-file there's real trouble.} Qc7 35. Bd5 Kf8 36. Qg4 Rd8 37. Qe4 Kg8 38. Qf5 Qd7 39. Qf3 Rf8 40. Re5 {[%cal Be1e5,Be5f5,Bf5f3][%mdl 32]} Bd6 41. Rf5 Qe7 42. Qg4 Be5 {[%cal Bd6e5,Be5f6,Bf6g5][%mdl 32]} 43. Rf3 Bf6 44. Rf4 Qd8 45. Be4 Re8 46. Rf5 Qd7 47. Qf4 Bg5 48. Qf3 Qc7 {[#]} 49. Rxf7 $3 {[%mdl 512] Winning another pawn which is good but there's still work to do.} Qxf7 50. Bd5 {[%mdl 64] Pin} Re6 {aiming for ...Qxf3+.} 51. Qg4 {[%csl Od4,Oe6,Og5][%mdl 64]} Kf8 52. Bxe6 $18 {[%mdl 4096]} Qe8 53. Bd7 Qa8+ 54. Kg1 Bf6 55. Qe6 Qd8 56. Bc6 Qe7 57. Qc8+ Qd8 58. Qb7 Be5 59. Bd5 Qc7 60. Qa8+ Ke7 61. Qg8 Kd6 62. Be4 Ke7 $2 {[%eval 442,17] [%wdl 1000,0,0]} (62... Kc5 {[%eval 222,21] [%wdl 1000,0,0] would have set new problems.} 63. Qe8 Kb4 64. Qb5+ Ka3) 63. Bg6 Bf6 64. Qf7+ Kd6 65. Qd5+ Ke7 66. Bf5 {Dodges Qd7} Be5 $2 {[%eval 899,14] [%wdl 1000,0,0]} (66... Kf8 {[%eval 351,24] [%wdl 1000,0,0]} 67. Kg2 Be5) 67. f4 (67. Qe6+ Kd8 68. f4 {wins.}) 67... Bf6 68. Kg2 Qd6 69. Qb7+ Kf8 70. Kf3 Qe7 71. Qe4 Qxe4+ 72. dxe4 {KB-KB. White is a pawn up.} Be7 73. e5 Bb4 74. Bd3 Be1 75. g4 Ke7 76. Ke4 Bg3 77. f5 (77. g5 $1) 77... Kd7 78. Kd5 {[%cal Og4g5]} (78. g5 hxg5 79. c5 bxc5 80. f6 gxf6 81. h6 c4 82. Bxc4 Bxe5 83. Kd5 d3 84. Bxd3 g4 85. h7 g3 86. Bf5+ Kd8 87. h8=Q+) 78... Bh4 79. f6 $2 {[%eval 70,21] [%wdl 123,877,0] Suddenly white isn't winning anymore.} (79. Kxd4 $18 {[%eval 493,19] [%wdl 1000,0,0]} Ke7 80. Kd5) 79... gxf6 $14 80. e6+ Ke7 $2 {[%eval 571,17] [%wdl 1000,0,0][%mdl 8192]} (80... Kc7 $16 {[%eval 81,20] [%wdl 217,783,0] Almost immediately after he moved Nakamura realised this move must be better and he was right, this holds.}) 81. Kc6 $1 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Kxe6 82. Kxb6 Be1 83. c5 {A very hard battle.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Cap St Georges CYP"]
[Date "2026.03.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Mark Crowther"]
[ECO "B23"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 {Most likely Giri did not want to see this surprise.} g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. a4 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. Bc4 e6 9. d3 {[%cal Of4f5]} Nge7 10. f5 {[#]} exf5 11. Qe1 Be6 12. exf5 gxf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bxc4 13. dxc4 Qd7 14. Nd5 gxf5 15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Nf6+ Kd8 17. Nxd7 Kxd7 18. Rd1 Rae8 19. Ne5+ Nxe5 20. Qxe5 Nc8 21. Qxf5+ {1-0 Weeramantry,S (2047)-Lundstrom,B (1883) Denver op 2019 (2)}) 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qxe6 Qd7 15. Qc4 O-O-O 16. Bg5 Rde8 17. Rae1 Ng6 18. Nd5 Kb8 19. Nf6 Bxf6 20. Bxf6 Rhf8 21. Bc3 f4 {Maybe the start of trouble.} (21... Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. h3 Rxe1+ 24. Bxe1 {would hold.}) 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Re1 Rf8 24. Qe6 {White is more active.} Qxe6 25. Rxe6 Kc7 26. Ng5 {[%cal Oe6g6]} Kd7 27. Re4 Rf5 28. Nxh7 {This knight is out of play but if it returns black will be in a lot of trouble.} d5 29. Re2 d4 30. Be1 Nce5 31. Re4 $36 {[%mdl 2048]} Ng4 32. h3 {[%cal Bh2h3,Bh3h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} Ne3 33. c3 Nd5 (33... dxc3 $1 {is a counter intuitive move that would hold.}) 34. h4 ({Stronger than} 34. cxd4 Rh5 35. dxc5 Rxh7 $17) 34... dxc3 35. bxc3 Rh5 36. Ng5 Nf6 $2 {[%eval 373,16] [%wdl 1000,0,0] Black cannot hold the game after this.} (36... b6 $16 {[%eval 127,21] [%wdl 853,147,0]}) (36... b5) 37. Re6 $18 Rxg5 38. Rxf6 {[%mdl 4096]} Rg4 {[%cal Og6e5] [#]} 39. h5 $1 Ne5 {[%cal Od7e7]} 40. h6 Nf3+ 41. Kf1 Nxe1 42. Kxe1 Rxg2 43. Rxf4 Rh2 44. Rf6 Rh3 45. Kd2 Rh2+ 46. Ke3 Rh3+ 47. Ke4 c4 48. dxc4 Rxc3 49. Kf5 Ke7 50. Rb6 Rxc4 51. h7 1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Cap St Georges CYP"]
[Date "2026.03.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Wei Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Mark Crowther"]
[ECO "D41"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 O-O {D50: Queen's Gambit Declined: Dutch-Peruvian Gambit.} 9. Rd1 {[%cal Og5f6]} Be6 10. Bb5 h6 11. Bh4 a6 12. Ba4 Nc6 13. Qd3 Ne4 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nd4 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Rc8 17. Qd2 Bg4 18. f3 Bd7 19. Bb3 Qb6 20. O-O Rfd8 21. Qf2 Bb5 22. Nxb5 Qxb5 23. e4 a5 24. Rd2 a4 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26. Rfd1 Rc5 {½-½ Piorun,K (2655)-Nguyen,T (2577) POL-chT Ekstraliga Legnica 2021 (7.1)}) 15... Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Rc8 17. Qe5 Rc4 {The position is equal.} 18. Bb3 Re4 19. Qc3 Bg4 20. Rd2 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qd7 {[%cal Of8c8] and ...Rc8! would now be decisive} 22. fxe4 Qg4+ 23. Kh1 Qf3+ 24. Kg1 Qg4+ 25. Kh1 Qf3+ 26. Kg1 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Cap St Georges CYP"]
[Date "2026.03.29"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Mark Crowther"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[GameId "2293114739450203"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 O-O 7. e3 c5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O c4 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.} 10. Bc2 Nh5 {Threatens to win with ...Nxf4.} 11. Be5 f6 {White has an edge.} 12. Bg3 $146 (12. Ng5 {feels hotter.} g6 13. Nxh7 fxe5 14. Bxg6 Nf6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Qh5) ({Predecessor:} 12. Ng5 g6 13. Nxh7 fxe5 14. Nxf8 Bxf8 15. dxe5 Be6 16. Bxg6 Ng7 17. f4 Bc5 18. f5 Bxe3+ {1-0 Olafsson,H (2510)-Einarsson,H (2215) Reykjavik op 1988 (9)}) 12... f5 13. Be5 Be6 14. b3 Qa5 15. Ne2 b5 16. Nf4 Nxf4 17. exf4 Qd8 18. Re1 {[%cal Oe5g7] and Bxg7! would now be decisive} Qd7 19. Re3 Rae8 20. h4 h6 21. g3 a6 22. Kg2 Bf7 23. Qd2 Bb4 24. Qe2 Bh5 25. a4 {Black has won the opening battle and is better. But he completely loses the thread over the next few moves.} Ba5 (25... Be7) 26. axb5 axb5 27. Bd1 Bxf3+ $2 {A really strange decision.} 28. Qxf3 {White wants to play bxc4.} Bb6 $6 (28... Bd2 $5 29. bxc4 (29. Re2 c3 $11) 29... Bxe3 (29... dxc4 30. Re2 $17) 30. cxd5 Nxe5 (30... Nxd4 31. Qxe3 Qxd5+ 32. Kh2 $17) 31. dxe5 Bd4 $19) 29. Ra6 Nxd4 30. Qh5 Rxe5 $1 31. Rxe5 Qc6 $2 {[%eval 338,16] [%wdl 1000,0,0][%mdl 8192] It's got difficult and this loses.} (31... Bc7 $16 {[%eval 80,21] [%wdl 228,772,0]} 32. Re3 b4) 32. bxc4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} bxc4 33. Ba4 Qc5 {White is clearly winning.} 34. Qg6 {Prevents Nc6.} Ba7 35. Re8 Rxe8 36. Qxe8+ Kh7 37. Qg6+ Kg8 38. Bd7 c3 39. Qe8+ Kh7 40. Qg6+ Kg8 {[#]} 41. Re6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Women Candidates"]
[Site "Cap St Georges CYP"]
[Date "2026.03.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Zhu, Jiner"]
[Black "Tan, Zhongyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Mark Crowther"]
[ECO "C55"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3d5,Bd5e3][%mdl 32]} d6 7. a4 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack.} Na5 8. Ba2 c5 {8...Nc6 might become the main line.} 9. Bg5 {White has an edge.} Nc6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 g6 12. c3 Bg7 13. Qd2 Bg4 14. Ng5 $1 $146 {A very nasty opening surprise.} ({Predecessor:} 14. Qe3 Rc8 15. h3 Be6 16. Rfc1 Ne7 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. b4 b6 20. a5 {0-1 Firouzja,A (2763)-So,W (2747) Wch Blitz Final New York 2024 (1.4)}) 14... h6 {[#] Against f4} (14... Kh8) 15. f4 {[%cal Og5f7]} (15. h3 {was also interesting.}) 15... Kh8 {Played after a long thought, black is now worse but didn't want to get into critical lines.} (15... Bd7 16. Nh3) (15... hxg5 16. f5 $1) 16. Ne3 {[%csl Bf7,Bg4]} hxg5 {[#]} 17. f5 (17. Nxg4 exf4 18. Qd1 Be5 $17) 17... gxf5 18. exf5 Bh5 19. g4 e4 20. dxe4 Ne5 21. h3 $2 {[%eval 2,23] [%wdl 6,989,5] After winning the opening battle this throws away the advantage.} (21. gxh5 $16 {[%eval 108,20] [%wdl 599,401,0] Threatens to win with Rad1.} g4 22. Nc4 Nf3+ 23. Rxf3 gxf3 24. Qf4) 21... Bg6 $11 {The position is equal.} 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Kg2 Qd7 (23... Rxf1 {simplifies} 24. Rxf1 a6 25. Bd5 Qe7) 24. Nc4 Rf4 25. Rxf4 (25. Nxd6 $2 Rd8 26. Rxf4 gxf4 $19) 25... gxf4 26. Qxf4 {Counterplay Black} Qxa4 27. Nxe5 $1 (27. Nxd6 $2 {loses.} Rf8 28. Qd2 c4 $19) 27... dxe5 28. Qg5 Qxe4+ 29. Kg1 c4 30. Qh4+ Kg8 31. Re1 Qf4 32. Rf1 Qe3+ 33. Qf2 Qxf2+ 34. Rxf2 {[%mdl 4096]} Rc8 35. Bb1 Bh6 36. Re2 Kf7 37. Rxe5 Rd8 38. Ba2 Rd1+ 39. Kf2 Rd2+ 40. Ke1 Rxb2 41. Bxc4+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women Candidates"]
[Site "Cap St Georges CYP"]
[Date "2026.03.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Mark Crowther"]
[ECO "C84"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9. a3 Bg4 {9...Na5 is the hot move.} 10. Be3 Qd7 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves.} 11. h3 {11.Nd5 is vanishing.} Be6 12. Nd5 Bd8 {White is slightly better.} 13. Nxf6+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. a4 b4 14. Qd2 Bxd5 15. exd5 Ne7 16. Qxb4 Nexd5 17. Qb7 Nxe3 18. Qxa8 Nxf1 19. Kxf1 {1-0 Bacrot,E (2692)-Michalik,P (2554) Bundesliga 1718 Germany 2017 (1.6)}) 13... Bxf6 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. Rc1 d5 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. c4 bxc4 18. Rxc4 Rfd8 $6 {[%eval 137,15] [%wdl 887,113,0]} (18... Nd8 $1 $14 {[%eval 46,17] [%wdl 47,953,0]}) 19. Qc2 $16 Ne7 {[#]} 20. d4 (20. Rxc7 $6 Qxd3 21. Qxd3 Rxd3 $11) 20... Ng6 21. Rc5 (21. Rxc7 $6 exd4 22. Rd1 d3 $15) 21... Qe6 {[%cal Re5d4]} 22. Re1 (22. Rxc7 exd4 23. Bd2 d3 $11) 22... Qd6 $2 {[%eval 234,17] [%wdl 999,1,0] Now black is lost.} (22... e4 $16 {[%eval 121,21] [%wdl 765,235,0]} 23. Bg5 Re8 24. Bxf6 (24. Rxc7 $2 Qd5 $18) 24... gxf6) 23. dxe5 $18 (23. Rxc7 exd4 24. Rd1 Qb6 $11) 23... Nxe5 {[%eval 388,17] [%wdl 1000,0,0]} (23... Bxe5 {[%eval 244,19] [%wdl 1000,0,0] was worth a try.} 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Rxc7 (25. Bf4 Nf3+ 26. gxf3 Qxf4 $14) 25... h6) 24. Nxe5 $2 {[%eval 42,21] [%wdl 31,969,0] The win isn't even that difficult.} ({Not} 24. Rxc7 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Bxb2 $14) (24. Rxe5 $18 {[%eval 388,17] [%wdl 1000,0,0] just wins.} Bxe5 25. Bc5) 24... Bxe5 $14 25. b4 Re8 $1 26. Rd1 Qf6 27. Rcd5 h6 28. Bd4 Bxd4 29. R5xd4 Rad8 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096]} 31. Re1 Qd6 32. Qc3 Kh7 33. Qc4 Rd7 34. Qe4+ Kg8 35. Qe8+ Kh7 36. Qe4+ Kg8 37. Qe5 Qd3 38. h4 Kh7 39. Qe8 h5 40. Qe5 Qd5 41. Qxd5 Rxd5 {KR-KR} 42. Rc1 a5 43. Rxc7 axb4 44. axb4 {[%cal Oc7c1]} Rd1+ 45. Kh2 Rd4 {[%csl Bb4,Bh4]} 46. g3 (46. Rxf7 Rxh4+ 47. Kg3 Rxb4) 46... Rxb4 47. Rxf7 Kh6 48. Kg2 Rb3 49. Rd7 Ra3 50. Rd6+ Kh7 51. Kf1 Ra2 52. Ke1 g6 53. Rd7+ Kh6 54. Rf7 Rb2 55. Kf1 Ra2 56. Kg2 Ra3 57. Re7 Rb3 58. Re3 Rb2 59. Re7 Rb3 60. Rd7 Ra3 61. f3 Ra2+ 62. Kh3 Ra3 63. Rf7 Rb3 64. g4 hxg4+ 65. Kxg4 {The position is equal.} Rb5 66. Re7 Ra5 67. Re3 Rb5 68. Re4 Ra5 69. f4 Ra1 70. Re6 Rg1+ 71. Kh3 Rf1 72. Kg3 Kg7 73. Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women Candidates"]
[Site "Cap St Georges CYP"]
[Date "2026.03.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Vaishali, Rameshbabu"]
[Black "Assaubayeva, Bibisara"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Mark Crowther"]
[ECO "B32"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Ne2 Nf6 6. Nbc3 Bc5 7. Ng3 d6 {[#] B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations.} 8. Na4 Bb4+ 9. c3 Ba5 {White is slightly better.} 10. Be2 a6 11. b4 Bc7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Be3 h6 14. h3 Be6 15. Qc1 b5 16. Nb2 Bb6 17. a4 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Rb8 19. axb5 axb5 {½-½ Topalov,V (2730)-Wang,H (2744) Norway Chess 10th Stavanger 2022 (7)}) 13... Be6 14. Rd1 h6 15. Be3 Rb8 (15... b5 $5 16. Nb2 $8 Rb8 $11) 16. Nb2 b5 17. a3 Ng4 18. Bxg4 Bxg4 19. Rd2 Ne7 20. c4 Be6 21. Rc1 f5 22. exf5 Nxf5 23. Nxf5 Rxf5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Rc6 {[%eval -98,19] [%wdl 0,533,467]} (25. Rdc2 $15 {[%eval -41,19] [%wdl 0,966,34]} Rb7 26. Qd2) 25... Rf7 $17 26. Qc3 Rc8 27. a4 $1 bxa4 28. Nc4 {[#]} Bd7 $6 {[%eval -43,21] [%wdl 0,965,35]} (28... Qf8 $1 $17 {[%eval -134,21] [%wdl 0,123,877]} 29. b5 Bd7 30. Nxe5 {[%mdl 64] Pin} Bxc6 (30... dxe5 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Qxc7 $15) 31. Nxc6 Qe8) 29. Nxd6 $1 $15 Bxd6 $6 {Losing the advantage.} (29... Bxc6 {is a better try.} 30. Nxc8 Qf6 31. Qc4 a3) 30. Rdxd6 Rxc6 {The position is equal.} 31. Qxc6 Bxc6 32. Rxd8+ Rf8 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 $11 {[%mdl 4096]} 34. f4 exf4 35. Bxf4 a3 36. Kf2 Kf7 37. Bc1 a2 38. Bb2 g6 39. g3 Ke6 40. Ke3 Kd5 41. Ba1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women Candidates"]
[Site "Cap St Georges CYP"]
[Date "2026.03.29"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Divya, Deshmukh"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Mark Crowther"]
[ECO "C45"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. g3 g6 9. c4 Ba6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O {C45: Scotch Game.} 12. Bh3 {[%cal Bf1h3,Bh3d7,Bd7c6][%mdl 32]} Rfe8 13. O-O Bxe5 14. Qxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. Bxd7 Nb4 17. Nc3 Bc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... c5 18. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Bb7 20. Bg4 Kf8 21. Kf1 Bc6 22. Re5 Nd3 23. Re3 Nb4 {½-½ Zampronha,W (2181)-Rodrigo da Silva,E (1964) Sao Bernardo do Campo LXSBC op 2nd 2015 (2)}) 18. Rfd1 Kf8 19. Kf1 Nd5 20. Bxc6 Bh3+ {The position is equal.} 21. Kg1 Nxc3 22. Bxa8 Nxd1 23. Rxd1 $11 {[%mdl 4096]} Re2 24. Bg2 Bf5 25. h4 Rxa2 26. b4 Rb2 27. Rd5 Rxb4 28. Rc5 Be6 29. Rxc7 Rxc4 30. Rxa7 Rc1+ 31. Kh2 Rc2 32. Kg1 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Rc2 34. Kg1 Rc1+ 35. Kh2 1/2-1/2

