Chess

[Event “SuperUnited Blitz 2022”]
[Site “Zagreb CRO”]
[Date “2022.07.24”]
[Round “18.5”]
[White “Saric, Ivan”]
[Black “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2680”]
[BlackElo “2864”]
[ECO “C87”]
[Opening “Ruy Lopez”]
[Variation “closed, Averbach variation”]
[WhiteFideId “14508150”]
[BlackFideId “1503014”]
[EventDate “2022.07.23”]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. h3
Nd7 9. d4 Bf6 10. Be3 b5 11. Bc2 exd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Bb3 c5 14. a3 Nc6 15. Nc3
c4 16. Bc2 g6 17. Nd5 Bg7 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bf4 Ndb8 20. b3 cxb3 21. Bxb3 Kh8 22.
Rc1 Ra7 23. Qd2 Be6 24. Ba2 Bg8 25. Rc2 Ne7 26. Qb4 Rd7 27. Nxe7 Qxe7 28. Bxg8
Rxg8 29. d5 Re8 30. Nd4 f5 31. Ne6 fxe4 32. Rxe4 Qf6 33. Bxd6 Qf5 34. Nxg7 Qxe4
35. Nxe8 Qxe8 36. Qd4+ Kg8 37. Bb4 h5 38. Bc3 Kh7 39. Re2 Qg8 40. Qf6 Rf7 41.
Re7 Rxe7 42. Qxe7+ Kh6 43. Bd2+ g5 44. h4 Qxd5 45. Bxg5+ Kg6 46. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event “SuperUnited Blitz 2022”]
[Site “Zagreb CRO”]
[Date “2022.07.24”]
[Round “18.4”]
[White “Firouzja, Alireza”]
[Black “Van Foreest, Jorden”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2793”]
[BlackElo “2678”]
[ECO “D12”]
[Opening “QGD Slav”]
[Variation “4.e3 Bf5”]
[WhiteFideId “12573981”]
[BlackFideId “1039784”]
[EventDate “2022.07.23”]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qb6
9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qxb3 11. axb3 Bb4 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Be2 O-O-O 14. Kc2 g5
15. h3 Bd6 16. Be1 Nh5 17. Bd3 Bg3 18. Bd2 Bc7 19. Ne2 Ng3 20. Nxg3 Bxg3 21.
Rhf1 Nf6 22. Bc3 Nh5 23. Rd2 Bc7 24. Ra1 a6 25. Rf2 f5 26. e4 Nf4 27. Bf1 dxe4
28. fxe4 fxe4 29. g3 e3 30. Rh2 Nh5 31. Re2 Nxg3 32. Rxe3 Rdf8 33. Bd3 Rxh3 34.
Rxe6 Rh2+ 35. Kb1 Rf1+ 36. Ka2 Rxa1+ 37. Kxa1 Rh1+ 38. Ka2 Rd1 39. Bc2 Rc1 40.
Bb1 g4 41. Re8+ Kd7 42. Rg8 Ne2 43. Rxg7+ Kc8 44. Rg8+ Kd7 45. Bd2 Rf1 46. Rg7+
Kc8 47. Rg8+ Kd7 48. Rxg4 Bf4 49. Rg7+ Kc8 50. Bd3 Bxd2 51. Bxe2 Rf2 52. Re7 Kd8
53. Re4 Bb4 54. Kb1 Bd6 55. Kc2 Rf4 56. Kd3 Rxe4 57. Kxe4 c5 58. Kd5 Be7 59.
dxc5 a5 60. c6 Kc7 61. cxb7 Kxb7 62. c5 Kc7 63. Kc4 Bf6 64. Kb5 Bd4 65. Bf3 Be3
66. b4 axb4 67. Kxb4 Kb8 68. Kb5 Ka7 69. b4 Bd2 70. Kc4 Be1 71. Kb5 Bd2 72. Ka4
Be3 73. Kb3 Bd2 74. Kc4 Be1 75. b5 Bf2 76. Kd5 Kb8 77. Kc6 Bg3 78. b6 Bh4 79.
Be4 Be7 80. Kb5 Bf6 81. Bg2 Be7 82. c6 Bd8 83. Bh3 Ka8 84. c7 1-0

[Event “SuperUnited Blitz 2022”]
[Site “Zagreb CRO”]
[Date “2022.07.24”]
[Round “18.3”]
[White “Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar”]
[Black “Topalov, Veselin”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2759”]
[BlackElo “2728”]
[ECO “D35”]
[Opening “QGD”]
[Variation “exchange variation”]
[WhiteFideId “13401319”]
[BlackFideId “2900084”]
[EventDate “2022.07.23”]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Rfe1
Rc8 15. Bb3 Re8 16. d5 exd5 17. Nd4 g6 18. Nb5 Nc5 19. e5 Ne4 20. Qf4 Qd7 21.
Nxa7 Ra8 22. Rxe4 Rxa7 23. h4 Ra5 24. Re3 Qe7 25. h5 Rc5 26. h6 Rd8 27. Rf3 Bc8
28. Qb4 Qc7 29. Qh4 Rc6 30. Bxd5 Bf5 31. Qxd8+ 1-0

[Event “SuperUnited Blitz 2022”]
[Site “Zagreb CRO”]
[Date “2022.07.24”]
[Round “18.2”]
[White “Nepomniachtchi, Ian”]
[Black “So, Wesley”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2766”]
[BlackElo “2773”]
[ECO “A15”]
[Opening “English, 1…Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense)”]
[WhiteFideId “4168119”]
[BlackFideId “5202213”]
[EventDate “2022.07.23”]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 g6 7. h4 Bg7 8. h5
Bf5 9. h6 Bf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nh2 Nb6 12. Ne4 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Qd7 14. Bg2 c4 15.
Nf3 Rfd8 16. Qc2 Rac8 17. Qe4 Qd5 18. Qxd5 Nxd5 19. Rb1 Ncb4 20. a3 Na2 21. e3
a5 22. d4 c3 23. e4 cxb2 24. Bxb2 Ndc3 25. e5 Nxb1 26. exf6 Nbc3 27. fxe7 Re8
28. Re1 Na4 29. d5 Nxb2 30. d6 Nd3 31. Re3 Nc5 32. Ne5 b5 33. Bd5 Nc1 34. Bxf7+
Kh8 35. Bxe8 Rxe8 36. d7 1-0

[Event “SuperUnited Blitz 2022”]
[Site “Zagreb CRO”]
[Date “2022.07.24”]
[Round “18.1”]
[White “Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime”]
[Black “Dominguez Perez, Leinier”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2760”]
[BlackElo “2754”]
[ECO “C42”]
[Opening “Petrov”]
[Variation “classical attack, Jaenisch variation”]
[WhiteFideId “623539”]
[BlackFideId “3503240”]
[EventDate “2022.07.23”]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Re1 Rfe8
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Bf1 Bd6 17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 18. c4 Qe4 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20. Qd2 Qc2 21.
Qf4 h6 22. h3 Qb2 23. Rd1 Bc2 24. Qd2 Qb3 25. Rc1 Be4 26. Rc3 Qb6 27. Re3 Re7
28. Qe1 Bxf3 29. Rxe7 Nxe7 30. Qxe7 Bh5 31. Bd3 Bg6 32. Bxg6 fxg6 33. Qe4 Kh7
34. h4 h5 35. g4 Qa5 36. c5 dxc5 37. d5 Qa6 38. gxh5 Qf6 39. Kf1 Kh6 40. hxg6
Qxg6 41. Qe3+ Kh7 42. Qxc5 Qd3+ 43. Ke1 b6 44. Qc6 Qe4+ 45. Kd2 Qd4+ 46. Kc1
Qa1+ 47. Kc2 Qa2+ 48. Kd3 Qb3+ 49. Ke4 Qb1+ 50. Ke5 Qb2+ 51. Kd6 Qxa3+ 52. Kc7
Qe7+ 53. Kb8 Qd8+ 54. Kxa7 b5 55. d6 b4 56. Qe4+ Kh6 57. Qxb4 Qd7+ 58. Kb6 Qd8+
59. Kc5 Qc8+ 60. Kd4 Qg4+ 61. Kc3 Qf3+ 62. Kc2 Qf5+ 63. Kc1 Qd5 64. Qd2+ 1-0

[Event “SuperUnited Blitz 2022”]
[Site “Zagreb CRO”]
[Date “2022.07.24”]
[Round “17.5”]
[White “Dominguez Perez, Leinier”]
[Black “Saric, Ivan”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2754”]
[BlackElo “2680”]
[ECO “B56”]
[Opening “Sicilian”]
[WhiteFideId “3503240”]
[BlackFideId “14508150”]
[EventDate “2022.07.23”]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. h3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. a3 Be6 10. Ba2 h6 11. O-O Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Rc8 13. Qd3 a6 14. Rd1 Qc7 15.
Ra1 Rfd8 16. Be3 Na5 17. Nd2 b5 18. Rac1 Qb7 19. Nf1 Nc4 20. Rb1 a5 21. Nd5 Nxd5
22. Qxd5 Qb8 23. Qd3 b4 24. axb4 Qxb4 25. b3 Na3 26. Bd2 Qc5 27. Rbc1 d5 28.
exd5 Rxd5 29. Qe4 Rcd8 30. Be3 Qd6 31. Rxd5 Qxd5 32. Qa4 Rc8 33. c4 Qb7 34. Qxa5
Qxb3 35. Qxe5 Bf8 36. Nd2 Qd3 37. c5 Nc2 38. Nf1 Nxe3 39. Nxe3 Qd2 40. Rc2 Qe1+
41. Kh2 Qa5 42. Nf5 Rxc5 43. Rxc5 Qxc5 44. Qxc5 Bxc5 45. f3 Bf8 46. Kh1 g6 47.
Ng3 h5 48. Ne2 Bd6 49. g4 hxg4 50. hxg4 Kg7 51. Kg2 Kf6 52. f4 Ke6 53. Kf3 Kd5
54. Nc3+ Ke6 55. Ne2 Kd5 56. Nc3+ Ke6 57. Ne2 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event “SuperUnited Blitz 2022”]
[Site “Zagreb CRO”]
[Date “2022.07.24”]
[Round “17.4”]
[White “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Black “Firouzja, Alireza”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2864”]
[BlackElo “2793”]
[ECO “D37”]
[Opening “QGD”]
[Variation “4.Nf3”]
[WhiteFideId “1503014”]
[BlackFideId “12573981”]
[EventDate “2022.07.23”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. Nxb5 Nxe4 7. Qa4 Nd7 8.
Qxc4 Bd6 9. Nxd6+ Nxd6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. Bg5 Qc8 12. Rc1 Nf5 13. Qxc7 Qxc7 14.
Rxc7 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nxd4 16. Be3 Ne5 17. Bg2 Rd8 18. Rxa7 Nd3+ 19. Kd2 Nf4 20.
Bxd4 e5 21. Bf1 Rxd4+ 22. Kc2 O-O 23. Rc7 Ne6 24. Rc4 Rd6 25. Rc3 Rfd8 26. Bc4
Rd2+ 27. Kb1 Nd4 28. Rf1 Rb8 29. b3 g5 30. h3 Kg7 31. Rd3 Rxd3 32. Bxd3 Nxf3 33.
Kb2 e4 34. Be2 f5 35. Rd1 h5 36. Rd5 Kf6 37. a4 h4 38. a5 g4 39. hxg4 fxg4 40.
a6 h3 41. Bf1 Ng5 42. Kc3 e3 43. fxe3 g3 44. Rd4 Kf5 45. Rf4+ Ke5 46. Bxh3 Nxh3
47. Rg4 Nf2 48. Rg7 Kf6 49. Rxg3 Ne4+ 50. Kc4 Nxg3 51. b4 Ne4 52. Kd5 Rxb4 53.
Kc6 Ra4 54. Kb6 Nd6 0-1

[Event “SuperUnited Blitz 2022”]
[Site “Zagreb CRO”]
[Date “2022.07.24”]
[Round “17.3”]
[White “Van Foreest, Jorden”]
[Black “Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2678”]
[BlackElo “2759”]
[ECO “C53”]
[Opening “Giuoco Piano”]
[WhiteFideId “1039784”]
[BlackFideId “13401319”]
[EventDate “2022.07.23”]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1
Bg4 9. Nbd2 Nb6 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bb3 Kh8 12. Ne4 Nd7 13. Ng3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 f5 15.
d4 exd4 16. Bf4 dxc3 17. bxc3 g5 18. Bc1 g4 19. Qd5 Qh4 20. Qxd7 Qxg3 21. Be3
Qd6 22. Rad1 Qxd7 23. Rxd7 Rae8 24. Rxc7 f4 25. Bxc5 Rxe1+ 26. Kh2 Rf5 27. Rc8+
Kg7 28. Rg8+ Kh6 29. Bf8+ Rxf8 30. Rxf8 gxh3 31. gxh3 Rc1 32. Rxf4 Rxc3 33. Rf7
Na5 34. Bd5 Kg6 35. Rd7 h6 36. Be4+ Kf6 37. Bxb7 Nxb7 38. Rxb7 Ra3 39. Rb2 Kf5
40. Kg2 Kf4 41. Rc2 a5 42. Rc5 Rxa2 43. Rh5 a4 44. Rxh6 Kg5 45. Ra6 a3 46. Ra5+
Kg6 47. Kg3 Ra1 48. Kf4 a2 49. Ra6+ Kg7 50. Kf5 Rh1 51. Ra7+ Kf8 52. Rxa2 Rxh3
53. Kg5 Rf3 54. Kg6 Ke7 55. Re2+ Kf8 56. Re5 Rxf2 57. Rf5+ Rxf5 58. Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event “SuperUnited Blitz 2022”]
[Site “Zagreb CRO”]
[Date “2022.07.24”]
[Round “17.2”]
[White “Topalov, Veselin”]
[Black “Nepomniachtchi, Ian”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2728”]
[BlackElo “2766”]
[ECO “C42”]
[Opening “Petrov”]
[Variation “classical attack, close variation”]
[WhiteFideId “2900084”]
[BlackFideId “4168119”]
[EventDate “2022.07.23”]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 d5 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. c4 h6 12. Bh4 Bf4 13. h3 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Bh5 15.
Re1 Re8 16. g4 Rxe1+ 17. Nxe1 Bg6 18. Qf3 Bd6 19. Qxb7 Bxd3 20. Nxd3 Nb6 21.
Nxb6 axb6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qc6 Kg7 24. a4 h5 25. b4 hxg4 26. hxg4 Qh8 27. Qf3
Qh2+ 28. Kf1 Rh8 29. Ke2 c5 30. bxc5 bxc5 31. dxc5 Be5 32. Rb1 Bd4 33. Qe4 Bc3
34. c6 Qd6 35. Rc1 Ba5 36. Rh1 Rxh1 37. Qxh1 Qe6+ 38. Kf1 Qc4 39. Qf3 Qxa4 40.
Kg2 Bc7 41. Nc1 Qc2 42. Ne2 Be5 43. Ng3 Bxg3 44. Kxg3 Qc4 45. Kh4 Qc2 46. Kg3
Qc1 47. Qe4 Qg1+ 48. Kf3 Qh1+ 49. Kf4 Qc1+ 50. Kf3 Qc3+ 51. Ke2 Qc5 52. Kd3 Qa3+
53. Kd4 Qa5 54. f3 Qb5 55. Qd5 Qb4+ 56. Qc4 Qd6+ 57. Kc3 Qa3+ 58. Kc2 Qxf3 59.
c7 Qf2+ 60. Kb3 Qb6+ 61. Kc3 Qe3+ 62. Kc2 Qf2+ 63. Kb1 Qg1+ 64. Kb2 Qb6+ 65. Ka2
Qa7+ 66. Kb3 Qb6+ 67. Ka4 Qa7+ 68. Kb3 Qb6+ 69. Kc3 Qe3+ 70. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event “SuperUnited Blitz 2022”]
[Site “Zagreb CRO”]
[Date “2022.07.24”]
[Round “17.1”]
[White “So, Wesley”]
[Black “Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2773”]
[BlackElo “2760”]
[ECO “D85”]
[Opening “Gruenfeld”]
[Variation “modern exchange variation”]
[WhiteFideId “5202213”]
[BlackFideId “623539”]
[EventDate “2022.07.23”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Rxb7 Bxf3 14.
Bxf3 Bxd4 15. e5 Na6 16. Rxe7 Rad8 17. e6 fxe6 18. Qe1 Nc5 19. Bc3 Nd3 20. Bxd4
Nxe1 21. Rg7+ Kh8 22. Rd7+ Kg8 23. Rg7+ Kh8 24. Rd7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2