[Event "WR Chess Masters 2024"]
[Site "Londra"]
[Date "14.10.2024"]
[Round "O1"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Sivanandan, Bodhana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation, Steinitz counter-gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "497592"]
[EventDate "2024.10.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb5 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. c4
Bd7 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rfd1 Qc8 12. Bxc4 a6 13. Rac1 b5 14. Bd3 Be7 15.
Ne5 Rd8 16. Ne4 Nd5 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Rf8 19. Bb1 f5 20. e4 fxe4 21. Qxe4
Rf5 22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. Qh8+ Kf7 26. Qh5+ Kf8 27. Bg6
Rxg5 28. Qxg5 Qd8 29. Qc5+ Qe7 30. Qxc6 Rd8 31. g3 Qf6 32. Qc5+ Kg8 33. Qh5 Qd4
34. Qh7+ Kf8 35. Qh8+ Ke7 36. Rc7+ Kf6 37. Qxg7+ Kg5 38. h4+ Kg4 39. Be4+ Qxg7
40. Rxg7+ Kh5 41. Rh7+ Kg4 42. Kg2 Rd2 43. Rg7+ Kh5 44. Kh3 Rxf2 45. Rh7# 1-0

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2024"]
[Site "Londra"]
[Date "14.10.2024"]
[Round "O1"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Tartakower (Nimzovich) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "4128125"]
[EventDate "2024.10.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 h5 8.
Nf3 h4 9. h3 Be6 10. O-O Qd7 11. Re1 Kf8 12. Nd2 Bc7 13. Ne4 b6 14. Qf3 Qd5 15.
b3 Qh5 16. Qe3 Nd7 17. Ba3+ Kg8 18. c4 f5 19. Ng5 f4 20. Qf3 Qxf3 21. Nxf3 Nf6
22. Ng5 Bd7 23. Re7 Rh5 24. Nxf7 Re8 25. Bg6 Ra5 26. Nh6+ gxh6 27. Bxe8 Bxe8 28.
Bb4 Bd8 29. Rb7 Rg5 30. Rb8 Bc7 31. Rc8 f3 32. g4 hxg3 33. Rf1 g2 34. Re1 Rh5
35. Re3 Bh2+ 36. Kxh2 Rxh3+ 37. Kxh3 g1=Q 38. Rcxe8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2024"]
[Site "Londra"]
[Date "14.10.2024"]
[Round "O1"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Vaishali, Rameshbabu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Euwe variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "5091756"]
[EventDate "2024.10.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 f6 7. O-O fxe5 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Qc7 10. Re1 O-O-O 11. Bf1 Ne7 12. c4 Kb8 13. Nc3 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nf5
15. Be3 Be7 16. Qg4 h5 17. Qg6 Nh4 18. Qf7 Bc8 19. Nb5 Qc6 20. Bf1 Nf5 21. Nd6
Rdf8 22. Qg6 Nxd6 23. exd6 Bxd6 24. Rac1 Qc7 25. h3 Rf6 26. Qd3 Rd8 27. Qc2 Rf5
28. Bd3 Re5 29. Be4 g5 30. Bd2 c4 31. Qxc4 Rc5 32. Qe2 Bh2+ 33. Kh1 Bf4 34. Bxf4
gxf4 35. Rxc5 Qxc5 36. Bf3 h4 37. Kg1 Rd4 38. a3 a5 39. Qe5+ Qxe5 40. Rxe5 b6
41. Re4 Rxe4 42. Bxe4 Kc7 43. g3 fxg3 44. fxg3 Kd6 45. gxh4 Ke5 46. h5 Kf6 47.
h6 e5 48. h7 Kg7 49. Kg2 Bd7 50. Kg3 Be6 51. h4 Bb3 52. Kg4 b5 53. h5 b4 54.
axb4 axb4 55. h6+ Kh8 56. Kg5 Bd1 57. Kf6 b3 58. Kxe5 Bg4 59. Kd4 Bd7 60. Kc3
Bf5 61. Bd3 Be4 62. Bc4 Kxh7 63. Bd3 Bxd3 64. Kxd3 Kxh6 65. Kc3 Kg6 66. Kxb3 Kf6
67. Kc4 Ke6 68. Kc5 Kd7 69. Kb6 Kc8 70. b4 Kb8 71. b5 1-0

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2024"]
[Site "Londra"]
[Date "14.10.2024"]
[Round "O1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Royal, Shreyas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open, 6.d4"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "448869"]
[EventDate "2024.10.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 Be7 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3
d5 9. dxe5 Nc5 10. Rd1 Nxb3 11. cxb3 Bf5 12. Be3 O-O 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Qd2 d4 15.
Bxd4 Bg4 16. Qf4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qd7 18. Qe4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Qe6 20. Rad1 f6 21.
exf6 Qxf6 22. Nd5 Qg5+ 23. Qg4 Qxg4+ 24. fxg4 Bd6 25. Kg2 Rae8 26. R4d2 h5 27.
h3 Re4 28. f3 Re6 29. Rc2 hxg4 30. fxg4 c6 31. Nc3 Rfe8 32. Rdd2 Bb4 33. a3 Bxc3
34. Rxc3 b4 35. axb4 Re4 36. Rxc6 Rxb4 37. Rc3 Rbe4 38. Kf3 Re1 39. Rd6 R1e2 40.
Rxa6 Rxb2 41. Rb6 Re1 42. Kf4 Rh1 43. Kg5 Kh7 44. Rc7 Rxh3 45. b4 Rd3 46. Rh6+
Kg8 47. Rg6 Rd5+ 48. Kh4 Rxb4 49. Rcxg7+ Kh8 50. Ra7 Rb1 51. Rh6+ Kg8 52. Rc6
Rh1+ 53. Kg3 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2024"]
[Site "Londra"]
[Date "14.10.2024"]
[Round "O1"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"]
[Black "Bologan, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "E26"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "13900048"]
[EventDate "2024.10.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 b6 8. e4
e5 9. d5 Na5 10. f4 d6 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Nf3 Qe7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3
Nd7 16. O-O h5 17. Be2 Nb7 18. d6 Nxd6 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Qd5 Bb7 21. Qxe5 Rh6
22. Qg7 Rg6 23. Qh8+ Kd7 24. Qxh5 Qxe4 25. Bg4+ f5 26. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2024"]
[Site "Londra"]
[Date "14.10.2024"]
[Round "O1"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "12539929"]
[BlackFideId "35093487"]
[EventDate "2024.10.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

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 9. Be2 h6 10. Bh4 Nc6 11. Qd3 Qb6 12. O-O Rd8 13. Rfd1 Be6 14. h3 a6 15.
a3 g5 16. Bg3 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 Qxb2 19. Re1 Bd5 20. Qg4 Be6 21. Qh5
Qg7 22. Bc7 Rd7 23. Bb6 Bd8 24. Bd4 Bf6 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. h4 gxh4 27. Bc4 h3 28.
Bxe6 Qxe6 29. Qxh3 Qxh3 30. gxh3 Re8 31. Red1 Red8 32. Rxd7 Rxd7 33. Rb1 b5 34.
Rc1 Rd6 35. Nh4 Ne5 36. Rc8+ Kh7 37. Rc5 Re6 38. Kg2 Nc4 39. a4 Rb6 40. Rc7 Kg8
41. Nf5 Nd2 42. Rd7 Nc4 43. Rd4 Na5 44. Rb4 Nc6 45. Rh4 b4 46. Nxh6+ Kg7 47.
Nf5+ Kg8 48. a5 Rb5 49. Rg4+ Kf8 50. Nd6 Rd5 51. Nc4 b3 52. e4 Rd4 53. e5 Rxc4
54. Rxc4 b2 55. Rxc6 b1=Q 56. Rf6 Qe4+ 57. Kg1 Qe1+ 58. Kg2 Qxa5 59. f4 Qd5+ 60.
Kg3 a5 61. Kg4 a4 62. Ra6 Qe6+ 0-1

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2024"]
[Site "Londra"]
[Date "14.10.2024"]
[Round "O1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "C83"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open, classical defence"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "14205483"]
[EventDate "2024.10.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

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 Be7 10. Bf4 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Nc5 12. Bc2 d4 13. Ne4 dxc3 14. bxc3 Rd8 15.
Qb1 Bd5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. e6 fxe6 18. Bxh7 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Ne7 20. Qc2 Bd6 21.
Rad1 Qc6 22. Bg6+ Kf8 23. Kg2 Rh4 24. Be4 Qc5 25. Bg3 Rh6 26. Rd3 Kf7 27. Qd2
Rdh8 28. Rxd6 cxd6 29. Bxd6 Qh5 30. Bg3 Nd5 31. h4 Rd8 32. Rc1 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2024"]
[Site "Londra"]
[Date "14.10.2024"]
[Round "O1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2900084"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2024.10.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. Nbd2 a5 8. h3
dxe4 9. dxe4 Qe7 10. a4 Na7 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. Qc2 Bc6 13. Re1 Nc8 14. Bd3 Nb6 15.
b3 Rfd8 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 h6 18. Nh4 Bd7 19. Ng6 Qe8 20. Qe2 c6 21. Nh4 Be6
22. Nf3 Nd7 23. Rb1 Bxc4 24. Qxc4 Qe7 25. Bd2 Nb6 26. Qe2 Rd7 27. Red1 Rad8 28.
c4 Bb4 29. Be3 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Nd7 32. Kf1 b6 33. Bc1 Nc5 34. Qc2
Qd6 35. Be3 Nxe4 36. Bxb6 f5 37. Be3 f4 38. Bb6 Nc3 39. Qd2 Nd5 40. c5 Qg6 41.
Qd1 e4 42. Qc2 Qf6 43. Qxe4 Qa1+ 0-1

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2024"]
[Site "Londra"]
[Date "14.10.2024"]
[Round "O2"]
[White "Sivanandan, Bodhana"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2088"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "497592"]
[BlackFideId "35009192"]
[EventDate "2024.10.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. a3 Bb7 7. f3 Nd7 8. Bd3 a6
9. a4 Ngf6 10. Nge2 e5 11. O-O O-O 12. axb5 axb5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15.
Qxh6 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Nfg4 18. fxg4 Nxg4 19. Qh4 Nf2+ 20. Kg1 Nxd3+
21. Kf1 Nxb2 22. Qf2 Qxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Ra8 24. Rxa8+ Bxa8 25. g3 Kg7 26. Ng1 b4 27.
Nb1 Nc4 28. Nf3 Na3 29. Nbd2 Nxc2 30. Ke2 c5 31. Kd3 Na3 32. h4 d5 33. exd5 Bxd5
34. Ne5 c4+ 35. Nexc4 Nxc4 36. Nxc4 Bxc4+ 37. Kxc4 Kf6 38. Kxb4 Kf5 39. Kc5 Kg4
40. Kd6 Kxg3 41. Ke5 Kxh4 42. Kf6 g5 43. Kxf7 g4 44. Kg7 g3 45. Kxh7 g2 46. Kh6
g1=Q 47. Kh7 Kh5 48. Kh8 Kg6 49. Kg8 Qf2 50. Kh8 Qf8# 0-1

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2024"]
[Site "Londra"]
[Date "14.10.2024"]
[Round "O2"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[Variation "Pseudo-Austrian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4128125"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2024.10.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. e5 Nh6 8. O-O O-O
9. a4 c5 10. dxc5 b4 11. Be4 Ra7 12. Bxb7 Rxb7 13. Qd5 Rd7 14. Ne4 dxe5 15. Qc4
exf4 16. Bxf4 Nf5 17. a5 Bxb2 18. Rab1 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Nc6 20. Qxa6 Qa8 21. Qe2 Bg7
22. Nfd2 Qxa5 23. Qf3 Ncd4 24. Qh3 Ne6 25. Nc4 Qb5 26. Nb6 Rd4 27. Ng5 Nxg5 28.
Bxg5 Qxc5 29. Na4 Qxc2 30. Qb3 Qxb3 31. Rxb3 Rc8 32. g3 Rc2 0-1

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2024"]
[Site "Londra"]
[Date "14.10.2024"]
[Round "O2"]
[White "Vaishali, Rameshbabu"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[Variation "Italian four knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5091756"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2024.10.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 d6 7. Be3 Be6 8. O-O
Bxc4 9. dxc4 Bb4 10. Nd5 Nd7 11. Ne1 Bxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne7 13. a5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 O-O
15. Qb4 Qc8 16. Ra3 f5 17. exf5 Nf6 18. c4 Qxf5 19. Qxb7 Qd7 20. Qb4 Rab8 21.
Qd2 Qf5 22. h3 Ne4 23. Qc2 h5 24. Rb3 Rxb3 25. Qxb3 g5 26. Qd3 g4 27. h4 Rb8 28.
b3 Ng3 29. Rd1 Qxd3 30. Rxd3 e4 31. Rd2 Nf5 32. Rb2 Nxh4 33. b4 Nf5 34. b5 Nxe3
35. fxe3 axb5 36. cxb5 g3 37. b6 cxb6 38. axb6 Kf7 39. b7 Kf6 40. Rb6 Ke5 41.
Rb5 h4 42. Kf1 Kf5 43. Rb4 Ke5 44. Rb5 Kf5 45. Rb4 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2024"]
[Site "Londra"]
[Date "14.10.2024"]
[Round "O2"]
[White "Royal, Shreyas"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D17"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Krause attack"]
[WhiteFideId "448869"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2024.10.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8.
Ne5 a5 9. g3 e6 10. Bg2 Bb4 11. O-O O-O 12. e3 h6 13. Qe2 Bh7 14. Rd1 Nfd7 15.
Nd3 Qe7 16. e4 e5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Be3 Nc8 20. Rac1 Qe6 21. f4
Re8 22. e5 Ne7 23. Ne4 Nd5 24. Bc5 Rad8 25. Bxb4 Nxb4 26. Nd6 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Qxd6
28. exd6 Rxe2 29. d7 Rd2 30. Re1 Be4 31. Rxe4 Rxd7 32. Re8+ Kh7 33. Be4+ g6 34.
f5 Rd1+ 35. Kf2 gxf5 36. Ke2 Ra1 37. Bxf5+ Kg7 38. Rb8 Rxa4 39. Rxb7 Ra2 40. Be6
Rxb2+ 41. Kf3 Kf6 42. Bc4 Ke5 43. Bxf7 Rxh2 44. Ra7 Kf6 45. Be8 Ra2 46. Kg4 a4
47. Rh7 a3 48. Rxh6+ Ke7 49. Bxc6 Re2 50. Bb5 Re1 51. Rh8 Kf6 52. Bc4 Re4+ 53.
Kh5 Rxc4 54. Ra8 a2 55. g4 Rc1 56. g5+ Ke6 0-1

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2024"]
[Site "Londra"]
[Date "14.10.2024"]
[Round "O2"]
[White "Bologan, Victor"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor's defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13900048"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2024.10.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Bd7 9. h3 Re8 10. g4 Nc6 11. Nde2 h6 12. Ng3 Rb8 13. Be3 b5 14. Qd2 Kh7 15. g5
b4 16. Nce2 Ng8 17. gxh6 Nxh6 18. f4 f5 19. e5 dxe5 20. Rad1 Nd4 21. fxe5 Nxe2+
22. Nxe2 Bb5 23. Qxb4 Qc8 24. Qd2 Qa6 25. Rfe1 Rbd8 26. Qxd8 Rxd8 27. Rxd8 Bxe2
28. e6 Qxe6 29. Kf2 Qe7 30. Rd2 Bb5 0-1

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2024"]
[Site "Londra"]
[Date "14.10.2024"]
[Round "O2"]
[White "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "35093487"]
[BlackFideId "12539929"]
[EventDate "2024.10.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 h6 5. e4 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. exd5 b5 8. cxb5
O-O 9. Bc4 a6 10. Ne2 axb5 11. Bxb5 Nxd5 12. O-O Bxc3 13. Nxc3 Nb4 14. Qd1 d5
15. a3 d4 16. Ne4 Qd5 17. Nxc5 N4c6 18. b4 Nxb4 19. Bb2 N4c6 20. Rc1 Rd8 21. a4
Ra7 22. Qb3 Qh5 23. Qg3 Bf5 24. Nb3 Qg6 25. Nxd4 Rxd4 26. Bxd4 Qxg3 27. fxg3
Nxd4 28. Rcd1 Nbc6 29. Bxc6 Nxc6 30. Rxf5 Rxa4 31. h3 Nd4 32. Rf2 g5 33. Rb2 Kg7
34. Kh2 Ne6 35. Rb7 Ra8 36. Rf1 Rf8 37. Re7 Nd4 38. h4 Nc6 39. Re4 f6 40. Kh3
Ne5 41. g4 gxh4 42. Kxh4 Rb8 43. Ra4 Ng6+ 44. Kh5 Rb7 45. Rf5 Ne7 46. Rfa5 Nc6
47. Ra6 Rb1 48. Kh4 Rh1+ 49. Kg3 Rc1 50. Rb6 Rc3+ 51. Kh4 Rc1 52. Rb7+ Kg6 53.
Ra8 Rh1+ 54. Kg3 h5 55. Rg8+ Kh6 56. Rh8+ Kg6 57. gxh5+ Rxh5 58. Rxh5 Kxh5 59.
Rb6 1-0

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2024"]
[Site "Londra"]
[Date "14.10.2024"]
[Round "O2"]
[White "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "modern exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14205483"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2024.10.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Bb5+ Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Qc2 Qa5 12. a4 Rd8 13. Ba3 cxd4 14. cxd4
Bg4 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. h3 Be6 18. Bxe7 Bb3 19. Qc5 Qxc5 20. Bxc5 a5
21. Rfc1 Rd2 22. Be3 Rc2 23. Rcb1 Be6 24. Rb7 Rc4 25. f3 Kg7 26. h4 h5 27. Bf4
Rb4 28. Rc7 Bb3 29. Be5+ Kg8 30. Ra3 Bxa4 31. Bf6 Bb5 32. Rxa5 Ra4 33. Rxa4 Bxa4
34. Kh2 Bb5 35. Kg3 Re8 36. Kf4 Ba6 37. Kg5 Rc8 38. Ra7 Bc4 39. Kh6 Be6 40. Bg7
c5 41. Ra6 Bc4 42. Rd6 Be6 43. Rd2 Re8 44. Bf6 Kf8 45. Kg5 Kg8 46. Kh6 Kf8 47.
Kg5 Kg8 48. g4 hxg4 49. fxg4 Kh7 50. Rh2 Rg8 51. Kf4 Kh6 52. Rh1 c4 53. Rh2 Bd7
54. Rd2 Be6 55. Rh2 Bd7 56. Rd2 Be6 57. Rh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2024"]
[Site "Londra"]
[Date "14.10.2024"]
[Round "O2"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "2900084"]
[EventDate "2024.10.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Ne4 7. e3 e6 8. Nxe4
dxe4 9. Nd2 Bb4 10. a3 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 O-O 12. Rc1 Ne7 13. Be2 Nd5 14. Bg3 Bd7
15. O-O Bc6 16. Qc2 Qd7 17. Rfe1 Ne7 18. Qc5 Rfc8 19. Qd6 Qe8 20. Qf4 h6 21. h4
Bd5 22. h5 Rc6 23. Rxc6 Qxc6 24. Qd6 Qe8 25. Rc1 Rd8 26. Qf4 Bc6 27. Qg4 Nf5 28.
Rc5 b6 29. Rc3 Bd5 30. Rc7 Rc8 31. Bb5 Qd8 32. Rxa7 Qg5 33. Qxg5 Rc1+ 34. Kh2
hxg5 35. Be8 Nh6 36. Bd6 Rf1 37. Be7 Rxf2 38. Bxg5 Rf5 39. Bxh6 Rxh5+ 40. Kg1
Rxh6 41. Ra6 e5 42. dxe5 Bc6 43. Bxc6 Rxc6 44. Ra4 Rc1+ 45. Kh2 Rc2 46. Rb4 Re2
47. Kg3 g5 48. Rxb6 Rxe3+ 49. Kf2 Rd3 50. a4 Rd2+ 51. Ke3 Rxg2 52. a5 Rg1 53.
Kxe4 1-0

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2024"]
[Site "Londra"]
[Date "14.10.2024"]
[Round "O3"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Schmidt variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4128125"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2024.10.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. exd5 cxd5
8. O-O Be7 9. c4 d4 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Qc2 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. b4 Be7 14. a3 c5
15. b5 Bg5 16. a4 a5 17. Be4 Rb8 18. Ra3 Rb6 19. Nd2 Bxd2 20. Qxd2 Bb7 21. Bc2
Re6 22. Rg3 Rfe8 23. Bd3 Kf8 24. h3 Be4 25. Rb1 Qb6 26. Kh2 Bxd3 27. Qxd3 g6 28.
Rb3 Kg7 29. Qf3 Rf6 30. Qd5 Rxf2 31. Rbf3 Rxf3 32. Rxf3 Qc7+ 33. Kg1 Re7 34. h4
Rd7 35. Qe4 Qd6 36. Qd3 h5 37. Rf1 Re7 38. Rb1 Re3 39. Qd2 Qb6 40. Qf2 Re6 41.
Qf4 d3 42. Rd1 Rd6 43. Qe5+ Kg8 44. Qe8+ Kg7 45. Qe5+ Kg8 46. Qe8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2024"]
[Site "Londra"]
[Date "14.10.2024"]
[Round "O3"]
[White "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "14205483"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2024.10.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Nc6 8. O-O
Be6 9. f4 exf4 10. Nxf4 Ne5 11. b3 Be7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Qe1 Nfd7 14. Ncd5 Rc8 15.
Rd1 Rc6 16. Kh1 Bg5 17. c4 Re8 18. h3 Bxf4 19. Nxf4 Qg5 20. Bb1 Nc5 21. Qf2 Qe7
22. Qg3 h6 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Rcc8 25. Rf5 Ncd7 26. Rdf1 f6 27. R5f2 Rc7 28.
a4 b5 29. cxb5 axb5 30. axb5 Rb7 31. Bf5 Rxb5 32. Bxd7 Nxd7 33. Bxf6 Nxf6 34.
Rxf6 Rxd5 35. Rf7 Qg5 36. Qf3 Rde5 37. b4 Kh7 38. Rf4 Re3 39. Qc6 Qe5 40. Qc2+
Kg8 41. Qg6 Qe6 42. Rf6 Qe4 43. Qf7+ Kh7 44. R6f3 Rxf3 45. Rxf3 Re7 46. Qb3 Qe1+
47. Kh2 Qe5+ 48. Kh1 Qe1+ 49. Kh2 Qe5+ 50. Rg3 h5 51. Qd3+ Kh8 52. h4 Qf4 53.
Kh3 Re1 54. Kh2 Qxh4+ 55. Rh3 Qf4+ 56. Qg3 Qxg3+ 57. Rxg3 Re5 0-1

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2024"]
[Site "Londra"]
[Date "15.10.2024"]
[Round "Q1"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "35009192"]
[EventDate "2024.10.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 h6 8. Qd2 g5
9. dxc5 gxf4 10. Bxf4 Nxc5 11. Bd3 Qb6 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Kb1 O-O-O
15. Bb5 Be8 16. a3 Nd7 17. Rhe1 a6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Bf2 Kb7 20. Nd4 Qc7 21. Nb3
Rg8 22. g3 Rc8 23. Re2 Rg6 24. Qf4 c5 25. h4 h5 26. Rde1 Nb6 27. Qf3 Rg4 28. Be3
Nc4 29. Bf4 Bc6 30. Qd3 Nxa3+ 31. bxa3 c4 32. Qd4 cxb3 33. cxb3 Bxa3 34. Ra2 Be7
35. Rc1 Bd7 36. Qd3 Qb6 37. Qh7 Bb4 38. Ne2 Rgg8 39. Qxf7 Qb5 40. Nd4 Qd3+ 41.
Rac2 Rgd8 42. Bg5 Ka8 43. Bxd8 Rxd8 44. Nxe6 Qxb3+ 45. Rb2 Qd3+ 46. Rcc2 Rc8 47.
Qxd7 Rxc2 48. Rxc2 Qb3+ 49. Rb2 Qd3+ 50. Ka1 Qa3+ 51. Kb1 Qd3+ 52. Rc2 Qb3+ 53.
Rb2 Qd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2024"]
[Site "Londra"]
[Date "15.10.2024"]
[Round "Q1"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2024.10.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 b5 6. O-O e6 7. Ne5 Bb7 8. b3
cxb3 9. axb3 Be7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Nd2 a5 12. Qc2 Nd5 13. Ne4 Nb4 14. Qc3 f6 15.
Nd3 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 f5 17. Nd2 Na6 18. Qe3 Rf6 19. Nf3 Nb4 20. Rfc1 Nd5 21. Qd2
Bd6 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Rf7 24. Bd4 Nb4 25. Qb2 Rd7 26. Be3 Nd5 27. Bc5 b4 28.
Bd6 Nc3 29. Rxc3 bxc3 30. Qxc3 c5 31. Qxc5 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 Rb7 33. Ra3 Qe8 34. Qc3
Qb5 35. b4 Rba7 36. Qb3 Kf7 37. bxa5 Qxb3 38. Rxb3 Rxa5 39. Kf3 Ra4 40. Bc5 Rc4
41. Bd6 Ra7 42. Rb8 Rc3+ 43. Kg2 Rc2 44. Kf3 h6 45. h3 Rc3+ 46. Kg2 Ra2 47. Rf8+
Kg6 48. Re8 Rxe2 49. Rxe6+ Kh7 50. Bb8 Ra3 51. Re7 Raa2 52. Ba7 Rxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2024"]
[Site "Londra"]
[Date "15.10.2024"]
[Round "Q1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2024.10.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. c3
Nbc6 9. O-O a6 10. f4 Rc8 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nd2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Qd7 14. Nb3 Nc6 15.
Bb6 Be7 16. Rc1 O-O 17. c4 Be4 18. Nd2 Bg6 19. Nb3 Be4 20. Nd2 Bg6 21. Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2024"]
[Site "Londra"]
[Date "15.10.2024"]
[Round "Q1"]
[White "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[WhiteFideId "35093487"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2024.10.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

0-1

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2024"]
[Site "Londra"]
[Date "15.10.2024"]
[Round "Q2"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open Berlin defence, Showalter variation"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2024.10.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Ba4 e4 7. Re1 Be7 8. Ne5
O-O 9. Nc3 f5 10. Bf4 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nf7 12. Bb3 Kh8 13. Bxf7 Rxf7 14. Qh5 Kg8
15. Nd5 d6 16. Rad1 Be6 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. exd6 cxd6 19. Rxd6 Rd8 20. Red1 Rxd6
21. Rxd6 Rf8 22. Qd1 Re8 23. Qd4 a6 24. c4 Qf7 25. b3 Re7 26. Rd8+ Re8 27. Be5
g5 28. h4 gxh4 29. Qd2 f4 30. Bxf4 Qe7 31. Rxe8+ Qxe8 32. Bh6 Qe7 33. Qf4 Bd7
34. Bg5 Qe6 35. Bxh4 e3 36. f3 e2 37. Be1 Qb6+ 38. Kh2 Qg6 39. Qd2 Qe6 40. Kg1
b5 41. c5 a5 42. Kf2 b4 43. Qg5+ Kf7 44. Qf4+ Kg6 45. Qg3+ Kf6 46. Qc7 Qd5 47.
Qxa5 Qd4+ 48. Kxe2 Qe5+ 49. Kf1 Bf5 50. Qxb4 Bd3+ 51. Kf2 1-0

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2024"]
[Site "Londra"]
[Date "15.10.2024"]
[Round "Q2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2024.10.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bd3 Nb4 6. Bb5+ c6 7. Ba4 a5 8. a3
Na6 9. c3 Bd6 10. O-O Ne7 11. Bc2 Bf5 12. Bxf5 Nxf5 13. Re1+ Ne7 14. b3 O-O 15.
c4 h6 16. Nc3 Ng6 17. Qd3 Nc7 18. g3 Re8 19. Bd2 Rxe1+ 20. Bxe1 Be7 21. Bd2 Bf6
22. Re1 Nf8 23. Ne2 Nfe6 24. c5 a4 25. b4 Nb5 26. Bc1 b6 27. Be3 bxc5 28. bxc5
Ng5 29. Nxg5 Bxg5 30. Bxg5 hxg5 31. Rb1 Qe8 32. Rb2 g6 33. Kg2 Kg7 34. Ra2 Qe6
35. Nc3 Nxc3 36. Qxc3 Qe4+ 37. f3 Qb1 38. Re2 Rb8 39. Qd2 Qf5 40. Re5 Qf6 41.
Rxg5 Rb3 42. f4 Rxa3 43. Re5 Rb3 44. Qa2 Rb4 45. Qd2 Rb3 46. Qa2 Rb4 47. Qd2 Rc4
48. Qd3 Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2024"]
[Site "Londra"]
[Date "15.10.2024"]
[Round "Q2"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2024.10.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 c5 6. dxc5 Bg7 7. Qc1 O-O 8. e4
Nb4 9. a3 Nd3+ 10. Bxd3 Qxd3 11. Nge2 Nd7 12. Be3 Qc4 13. O-O Nxc5 14. Nd5 Qxe2
15. Qxc5 b6 16. Qxe7 Qxb2 17. Bf4 Be6 18. Rab1 Qd4 19. Rb4 Qd3 20. Nc7 Bc4 21.
Rxc4 Qxc4 22. Nxa8 Rxa8 23. Rd1 Bf8 24. Qf6 Qb3 25. Rf1 Qe6 26. Qxe6 fxe6 27. a4
Rc8 28. Rc1 Rxc1+ 29. Bxc1 a6 30. Kf1 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2024"]
[Site "Londra"]
[Date "15.10.2024"]
[Round "Q2"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "35093487"]
[EventDate "2024.10.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 dxe4 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ng5 Be6 10. Nxe6+ fxe6 11. Bg5 Nc6 12. O-O-O+ Kc7 13. Bc4 Re8 14.
Rhe1 Bb4 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rxe4 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nd8 18. Rde1 Kd6 19. Rd1+ Kc7 20.
Rde1 Kd6 21. Rd1+ Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2024"]
[Site "Londra"]
[Date "15.10.2024"]
[Round "Q3"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch game"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2024.10.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Ne2 Bc5 6. Nf4 d6 7. Nc3 Nge7 8.
Be2 Bb4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Rb1 Qe5 12. Bd3 a6 13. c4 f5 14. exf5 Qf6
15. g4 g6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Ne5 18. f4 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 gxf5 20. g5 Qg6 21. Bb2
Bd7 22. Qc3 c5 23. Rf3 h5 24. Rh3 Kf7 25. Rxh5 Rg8 26. Kf2 1-0

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2024"]
[Site "Londra"]
[Date "15.10.2024"]
[Round "Q3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "C79"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Steinitz defence deferred (Russian defence)"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2024.10.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Bd7 7. c3 g6 8. d4 Bg7
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 Qe8 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Ng3 Nh5 13. d5 Ne7 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3
Nxg3 16. fxg3 f5 17. g4 fxe4 18. Qxe4 Kh8 19. Be3 c6 20. Bb3 c5 21. a4 Ng8 22.
g5 Ne7 23. a5 Nf5 24. Bd2 Qe7 25. Kh2 Rf7 26. Bc4 Raf8 27. Rf1 Qd8 28. Rf3 Ne7
29. Be2 Rf5 30. b4 cxb4 31. cxb4 Rxf3 32. Bxf3 Nf5 33. Rc1 Qd7 34. Bg4 Qb5 35.
Rc7 Nd4 36. Bc3 Qf1 37. Rxb7 Rf4 38. Rb8+ Bf8 39. Qe1 Qd3 40. b5 h5 41. gxh6 Kh7
42. bxa6 Bxh6 43. Rb7+ Kg8 44. a7 Rf8 45. Rb8 Nc2 46. Be6+ Kg7 47. Bxe5+ 1-0

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2024"]
[Site "Londra"]
[Date "16.10.2024"]
[Round "S1"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Taimanov (chase/wing/accelerated counterthrust) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2024.10.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 Nxb3 8. axb3
g5 9. d3 g4 10. Nfd2 Qf6 11. Nc3 c6 12. Nf1 Ne7 13. Be3 Bg7 14. Qd2 Rb8 15. Red1
Qg6 16. d4 O-O 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Bf4 h5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Qd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Be6
22. Rxa6 Ra8 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. f3 gxf3 25. gxf3 Kg7 26. Kf2 Ra1 27. Rd1 Rxd1 28.
Nxd1 f5 29. exf5 Bxf5 30. Nde3 Bg6 31. Ng3 Kf6 32. h4 Nc8 33. Ke2 Nd6 34. Kd2
Nb7 35. Kc3 Nc5 36. Kb4 Ne6 37. c3 Ke7 38. Ne4 Bxe4 39. fxe4 Kd6 40. Nf5+ Kc7
41. Ng3 Nf4 42. Ka5 Ng2 43. Nf5 Ne1 44. c4 bxc4 45. bxc4 Nf3 46. c5 Nd2 47. Ng3
Kb7 48. b4 Nb3+ 49. Ka4 Nd4 50. Nxh5 Nf3 51. Nf6 Nxh4 52. b5 Nf3 53. b6 Ng5 54.
Ka5 Ne6 55. Kb4 Ng5 56. Kc4 Ka6 57. Kd3 Ne6 58. Nd7 Kb7 59. Kc4 Ng5 60. Nxe5
Nxe4 61. Nf7 Nd2+ 62. Kb4 Kc8 63. Ne5 Kb7 64. Nc4 Ne4 65. Na5+ Ka6 66. Nxc6 Nf6
67. Ka4 Ne4 68. Nb4+ Kb7 69. Kb5 Nc3+ 70. Ka5 1-0

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2024"]
[Site "Londra"]
[Date "16.10.2024"]
[Round "S1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2024.10.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. a3 b6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb7 8. Bd3 d6
9. O-O Nd7 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Nc4 Be7 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Rc1 Rc8 15.
Qe2 Rc7 16. Nce5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qd7 18. Ng5 h6 19. Ne4 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Rd1
Qc7 22. f4 b5 23. b4 a6 24. Qf2 Nb6 25. f5 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Nc4 27. Bf4 Rd8 28. Rf1
exf5 29. e6 Bd6 30. Bxd6 Nxd6 31. Bxf5 Nxf5 32. exf7+ Qxf7 33. Qxf5 Qxf5 34.
Rxf5 Rd3 35. a4 bxa4 36. Ra5 Rd4 37. Rxa4 a5 38. Rxa5 Rxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2024"]
[Site "Londra"]
[Date "16.10.2024"]
[Round "S2"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "35009192"]
[EventDate "2024.10.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 e6 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 exd5 7. cxd5 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O
9. Qd2 a6 10. a4 Qc7 11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 Re8 13. h4 Nbd7 14. Nge2 Rb8 15. h5
Ne5 16. Ng3 Qe7 17. Be2 c4 18. a5 b5 19. axb6 Rxb6 20. Ra2 Bd7 21. O-O Reb8 22.
Rfa1 Bc8 23. Nd1 Nfd7 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. Rc1 Rb4 26. Rc2 Nc5 27. Ne3 Qf6 28. Nh5
Qe7 29. Ng3 Qf6 30. Nh5 Qe7 31. f4 Ned3 32. Nxc4 gxh5 33. Nxd6 Bg4 34. Bxd3 Nxd3
35. Rxa6 Nxb2 36. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2024"]
[Site "Londra"]
[Date "16.10.2024"]
[Round "S2"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "D87"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange, Spassky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2024.10.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 e6 11. Rc1 Qe7 12. Qd2 Rd8 13. Bg5 Bf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6
15. Rfd1 b6 16. Qe3 Bb7 17. h3 Rac8 18. e5 Qh4 19. Nf4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Nxd4 21.
Rxd4 Rxd4 22. Qxd4 b5 23. Nxe6 Qxd4 24. Nxd4 bxc4 25. Rc3 Bd5 26. Ne2 Re8 27.
Nf4 Rxe5 28. Nxd5 Rxd5 29. Rxc4 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 Rd2 31. Ra4 Rxf2 32. Rxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2024"]
[Site "Londra"]
[Date "16.10.2024"]
[Round "S3"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2024.10.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
h5 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 g6 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Kb1 Nbxd5 14. Bg5 Be7
15. Bd3 Qc7 16. Rhe1 O-O 17. h4 Nb6 18. g4 d5 19. Qh2 Rae8 20. Qxe5 Qxe5 21.
Rxe5 Bd8 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Nc5 hxg4 24. Nxb7 gxf3 25. Nxd8 Ne4 26. Nc6 f2 27.
Kc1 Ng3 28. b3 Re1 29. Bf4 Nf5 30. Bd2 Rg1 31. Rf1 d4 32. Kb2 Ne3 33. Bxe3 dxe3
34. Bxa6 Nd5 35. Nd4 Nf4 36. c3 Nh5 37. b4 Ng3 38. Rc1 Rxc1 0-1

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2024"]
[Site "Londra"]
[Date "17.10.2024"]
[Round "F1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Burn variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "35009192"]
[EventDate "2024.10.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bd7 6. Nf3 Bc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
Ned2 Nbd7 9. O-O h6 10. Be3 O-O 11. c4 b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rfd1 c5 14. Ne5 cxd4
15. Bxd4 Qc7 16. Ndf3 Rad8 17. Bc2 Bc5 18. Bc3 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8
21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Ng4 Nxg4 23. Qxg4 Qg5 24. Qxg5 hxg5 25. h3 f5 26. b4 Be7 27.
f3 Kf7 28. Kf2 Bf6 29. Bd2 Bd4+ 30. Ke2 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2024"]
[Site "Londra"]
[Date "17.10.2024"]
[Round "F2"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Opovcensky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2024.10.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. h4
Be6 9. f4 g6 10. fxe5 Nfd7 11. exd6 Bxh4+ 12. Kf1 Qf6+ 13. Bf3 Bg3 14. e5 Qxe5
15. Ne4 Nc6 16. Nxg3 Qxg3 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qd4 f6 19. Bf4 Qg4 20. Bd2 Ne5 21.
Qxg4 Bxg4 22. Ba5 Rb8 23. Kf2 h5 24. Rhe1 Kd7 25. Bc7 Rb5 26. Re3 h4 27. Kg1 h3
28. gxh3 Bxh3 29. Rd1 Be6 30. a4 Rxb3 31. cxb3 Bd5 32. Rd4 g5 33. Kf1 Rh1+ 34.
Ke2 Rh2+ 35. Kd1 Bf3+ 36. Kc1 c5 37. Rc4 Nxc4 38. bxc4 Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2024"]
[Site "Londra"]
[Date "17.10.2024"]
[Round "F3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack, Marshall variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "35009192"]
[EventDate "2024.10.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bf5 12. Bg5 Qa5 13. Nh4 Be6 14. Bxe6 Qxg5
15. Nf3 Qa5 16. Bh3 Qxc3 17. Rb1 b6 18. Qe2 Qa5 19. d5 cxd5 20. Ng5 h6 21. Nxf7
Rxf7 22. Be6 Nc6 23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 24. Rb5 Qc3 25. Qh5+ Kf8 26. Rxd5 Rd8 27. Rfd1
Ne7 28. Rb5 Bc7 29. Rb3 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 Qe5 31. g3 Kg8 32. Re3 Qc5 33. Qb3+ Kh8
34. Qe6 Nf5 35. Rf3 Ne7 36. Rf8+ Kh7 37. Qe4+ Ng6 38. Re8 Be5 39. Re6 Bf6 40. h4
Qd4 41. Qf5 Qc5 42. Qb1 Qd5 43. Re1 h5 44. Rd1 Qe6 45. Qd3 Qg4 46. Kf1 Kh6 47.
Qd2+ Kh7 48. Qc2 Kh6 49. Rd5 Ne5 50. Qd2+ Kh7 51. Qc2+ Kh6 52. Rd6 Qc4+ 53. Qxc4
Nxc4 54. Rc6 Nd2+ 55. Ke1 Ne4 56. Rc4 Nc3 57. a3 b5 58. Rc6 a5 59. f3 Kh7 60.
Rc5 b4 61. axb4 axb4 62. Kd2 Kg6 63. Kd3 Nd1 64. Rb5 Bc3 65. Ke2 Nb2 66. g4 hxg4
67. fxg4 Nc4 68. Kf3 b3 69. Ke4 Nd6+ 0-1

