[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "16.02.2023"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[ECO "A57"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 e6 6. Nc3 exd5 7. Nxd5 Be7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. b3 Nxd5 10. Qxd5 Qb6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Qf5 axb5 13. Bd3 g6 14. Qe5
f6 15. Qxe7 Rf7 16. Qe8+ Rf8 17. Qe7 Rf7 18. Qe8+ Rf8 19. Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "16.02.2023"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[ECO "A07"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4 Bd7 8.
Qxc4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Rc8 10. Nc3 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qh4 Bc6 13. Rd1 Qb6 14.
Bxc6+ Rxc6 15. Bh6 Bf8 16. Rd3 Nd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Be3 Qxb2 19. Bd4 Qb4
20. Rb3 Qe7 21. Qxe7+ Kxe7 22. Rxb7+ Ke6 23. Rb8 h5 24. Rab1 h4 25. Kg2 Kf5
26. Kf3 hxg3 27. hxg3 Rc4 28. e3 Rc2 29. R1b5 Kg6 30. Rxd5 Rxa2 31. Rdd8
Rh2 32. Rxf8 Raxf2+ 33. Ke4 f6 34. Rb7 a6 35. Ra8 Ra2 36. Raa7 Rh7 37. Kf3
Ra5 38. Rb6 Rg5 39. Kg2 a5 40. e4 Rg4 41. Kf3 Rg5 42. Be3 Re5 43. Bf4 Rc5
44. e5 Rh8 45. Rba6 Rd8 46. exf6 gxf6 47. Rxa5 Rc3+ 48. Kg4 1-0

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "16.02.2023"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[ECO "D31"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Ne2 e5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. cxd5 Nxe5 11. e4 f5 12. O-O Nxd3 13. Qxd3 fxe4 14.
Qxe4 cxd5 15. Qd3 Bf5 16. Qg3 Nc6 17. Be3 Qe8 18. Rad1 Qf7 19. Rd2 Rad8 20.
Rfd1 Rd7 21. Nd4 Bg6 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. c4 Bh5 24. f3 Re8 25. Bf2 Bg6 26.
cxd5 cxd5 27. h3 h6 28. Rc1 Kh7 29. Bd4 Bf5 30. Kh2 Re6 31. Rc8 Re8 32.
Rxe8 Qxe8 33. Rb2 Qg6 34. Qe5 Bd3 35. a4 Bc4 36. a5 Qf7 37. Rb8 Re7 38. Qg3
Rb7 39. Rc8 a6 40. Qd6 Qe7 41. Qc6 Qf7 42. Qd6 Qe7 43. Qxe7 Rxe7 44. g4 Rf7
45. Kg3 g5 46. Rh8+ Kg6 47. Re8 Kh7 48. Re6 Bb5 49. Be5 Rd7 50. Bd4 Rf7 51.
Re3 Kg6 52. Re5 Bc4 53. Re6+ Kh7 54. Re3 Kg6 55. h4 gxh4+ 56. Kxh4 Rf4 57.
Be5 d4 58. Ra3 Rf7 59. Bxd4 Bd5 60. Kg3 h5 61. Rc3 hxg4 62. fxg4 Rd7 63.
Be3 Kf6 64. Rc1 Ke6 65. Bb6 Rf7 66. Re1+ Kd6 67. Kh4 Be6 68. Kg5 Rf3 69.
Rd1+ Kc6 70. Rc1+ Kd5 71. Rc5+ Kd6 72. Rc2 Kd5 73. Rd2+ Kc6 74. Re2 Kd7 75.
Rd2+ Kc6 76. Rc2+ Kd5 77. Bc7 Rf8 78. Rd2+ Kc4 79. Rd6 Rg8+ 80. Kf6 Bxg4
81. Rxa6 Rc8 82. Ra7 Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "16.02.2023"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[ECO "A20"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 e4 4. d5 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. Nh3 Nf6 7. Nc3 cxd5 8.
Nf4 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 dxc4 10. e3 Nc6 11. g4 h6 12. Bxc4 d6 13. Rg1 Bd7 14. Nd5
Nxd5 15. Qxd5 O-O-O 16. Qxf7 Qxf7 17. Bxf7 Ne5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Bd5 Bc6
20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Rc1 Rd6 22. Ke2 Rhd8 23. Rc2 g5 24. Rgc1 Kb7 25. b3 Rd5
26. Ke1 R8d6 27. Rc4 Rd3 28. R1c2 Rd1+ 29. Ke2 Rh1 30. Rxe4 Rd5 31. Rec4
Rd6 32. Rb4+ Kc7 33. Rb5 Re6 34. Ra5 Rxh2 35. Rxa7+ Kb6 36. Rf7 e4 37. a4
Rh1 38. b4 Ra1 39. a5+ Kb5 40. Rb7+ Ka4 41. Rb6 Rd6 42. Rd2 Rxd2+ 43. Kxd2
c5 44. bxc5 Kxa5 45. Kc3 Ra2 46. Rf6 Ra4 47. Rb6 Ra2 48. Rb2 Rxb2 49. Kxb2
Kb5 50. Kb3 1-0

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "16.02.2023"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Keymer,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[ECO "E04"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O b5 7. a4 Bb7 8.
Ne5 a6 9. b3 cxb3 10. Qxb3 Qxd4 11. Bb2 Qb4 12. Qc2 Qc5 13. Qd3 Be7 14. Nd2
Nd5 15. Rfc1 Qb6 16. Nec4 bxc4 17. Nxc4 Nb4 18. Qb1 Qc5 19. Bxg7 Rg8 20.
Qxh7 Rxg7 21. Qxg7 Nd7 22. Qh8+ Bf8 23. a5 Rb8 24. Rab1 Bc8 25. Rb2 Qg5 26.
Rd2 Nd5 27. e4 Qh6 28. Qa1 N5f6 29. Nd6+ Bxd6 30. Rxd6 c5 31. Rb1 Rb4 32.
Rxb4 cxb4 33. Rc6 Kd8 34. Qb2 Ng4 35. h3 Qf6 36. Rc2 Qxb2 37. Rxb2 Nge5 38.
Rxb4 Nc6 39. Ra4 e5 40. f3 Ke7 41. Bf1 Nc5 42. Ra3 Be6 43. h4 Nd4 44. Kf2
Bb3 45. Ra1 Bc2 46. g4 Kf6 47. Kg3 Kg6 48. Re1 Ncb3 49. Bxa6 Nxa5 50. f4
exf4+ 51. Kxf4 Ne6+ 52. Ke3 Nb3 53. Bc4 Nbd4 54. Rf1 Ba4 55. g5 Bb5 56.
Rf6+ Kg7 57. Bxb5 Nxb5 58. h5 Nf8 59. Rc6 Ne6 60. g6 Nbc7 61. gxf7 Kxf7 62.
e5 Nd5+ 63. Ke4 Ne7 64. Rd6 Nc8 65. Rd1 Ne7 66. Rf1+ Kg7 67. h6+ Kg8 68.
Rf6 Ng5+ 69. Kf4 Nh7 70. Rd6 Kf7 71. Kg4 Ke8 72. Kh5 Kf7 73. Ra6 Nf8 74.
Rb6 Nh7 75. Rd6 Nf8 76. Kg5 Nh7+ 77. Kg4 Nf8 78. Ra6 Nh7 79. Kf4 Nf8 80.
Ke4 Ne6 81. Ra7 Ng5+ 82. Kf4 Nh7 83. Ra6 Nf8 84. Kg5 Nh7+ 85. Kh5 Nf8 86.
Rf6+ Kg8 87. Rf1 Nc6 88. Rf5 Nd7 89. e6 Nf8 90. Rc5 Ne7 91. Rc7 Nd5 92.
Rg7+ Kh8 93. e7 Nxe7 94. Rxe7 Kg8 95. Kg5 Nh7+ 96. Kf5 Nf8 97. Rg7+ Kh8 98.
Rf7 Kg8 99. Kf6 Nh7+ 100. Kg6 Nf8+ 101. Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "17.02.2023"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[ECO "E42"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. a3 Nxc3
8. Nxc3 Ba5 9. dxc5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Nd7 12. c6 Ne5 13. a4
Nxc6 14. a5 e5 15. e4 Be6 16. Be3 O-O 17. Kc2 Rac8 18. Kb2 Rfd8 19. Be2 f6
20. Rhd1 Rxd1 21. Bxd1 Kf7 22. Be2 Ke7 23. h4 a6 24. Bc5+ Ke8 25. g3 Nd8
26. Bb4 Nc6 27. Bc5 Nd8 28. Bb4 Nc6 29. Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "17.02.2023"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[ECO "E46"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 b6 6. Bd3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nf3 Re8 9. Rc1 Bf8 10. O-O Bb7 11. Ne5 c5 12. f4 Nc6 13. Ne2 Ne4 14. Ng3
Nxd2 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. Qxf7+ Kh8 18. Ng6+ Kh7 19. Nh5 Re6 20.
f5 Nxf1 21. Rxf1 Qg5 22. Qxe6 Qxh5 23. Rf3 cxd4 24. Qf7 Bd6 25. Nf8+ Rxf8
26. Qxh5+ Kg8 27. f6 Ne5 28. Rf5 g6 29. Qg5 dxe3 30. Rxe5 Kf7 31. Rxe3 Bc5
32. b4 Bxe3+ 33. Qxe3 Re8 34. Qc3 Bc8 35. a4 Bf5 36. h3 Rd8 37. Qd4 Be6 38.
g4 Rc8 39. g5 Rc1+ 40. Kf2 Rc2+ 41. Kg3 1-0

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "17.02.2023"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[ECO "A15"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. f4 Bd6 7. Nf3 Bc7
8. d3 e5 9. fxe5 Ng4 10. Bf4 Qe7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Rf1 b6 13. e6 Bxe6 14. h3
Nf6 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bxc7 Qxc7 18. Qe3 Nh5 19. Rg1 Rae8 20.
O-O-O Qd6 21. Qe4 Nf6 22. Qg6 e5 23. g4 Re6 24. Rgf1 e4 25. g5 Nh7 26.
Rxf8+ Nxf8 27. Qf5 exd3 28. Rxd3 Qe7 29. gxh6 Rxh6 30. Rf3 Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "17.02.2023"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[ECO "C42"]

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. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxf5 Qxf5 13. bxc3 b6 14.
Nh4 Qd7 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. g3 Be7 17. Rxe7 Qxe7 18. Ba3 Qd7 19. Bxf8 Kxf8
20. Re1 Nc6 21. Qa3+ Kg8 22. Ng2 h6 23. h4 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Qd6 Qe6
26. Qc7 b5 27. h5 b4 28. Nf4 Qe8 29. cxb4 Nxd4 30. Kf1 Ne6 31. Qxa7 Nxf4
32. gxf4 Qb5+ 33. Kg2 Qxb4 34. Qa8+ Kh7 35. Qxd5 Qxf4 36. Qd3+ Kg8 37. Qd8+
Kh7 38. Qd3+ Kg8 39. Qd8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "17.02.2023"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[ECO "C53"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. b4 Bb6 7. a4 a5 8. b5
Ne7 9. O-O Ng6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bb3 c6 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. Bg5 d5 14. Bxf6 Qxf6
15. exd5 Bg4 16. Ne3 Bh5 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. bxc6 e4 19. dxe4 Nh4 20. Nd5 Qh6
21. Re1 Bxh2+ 22. Kf1 Ra7 23. Qd3 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Qxc6 25. f4 Qh6 26. f5 Rb7
27. Rab1 Rfb8 28. Bc2 Qg5 29. Rxb7 Rxb7 30. e5 Rb2 31. Ne7+ Qxe7 32. f6 1-0

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "18.02.2023"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "B76"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, Yugoslav attack, 7...O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. g4 h5 10. g5 Ne8 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Nb3 Bxc3 13. Nxa5 Bxd2+ 14. Bxd2 f6
15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. gxf6 Nxf6 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Bc4+ Kh7 19. Bg5 Kg7 20. Rhg1 a5 21.
Rg2 Nd7 22. Rdg1 Ba6 23. Bb3 Nf8 24. Bd2 Bc8 25. a4 e5 26. Bc3 Be6 27. Rd2 Bxb3
28. cxb3 Re6 29. Rgd1 Rd8 30. f4 g5 31. f5 1-0

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "18.02.2023"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "3.e4"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "46616543"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nd7 7. Bxc4 Ngf6 8.
f3 O-O 9. Be2 Ne5 10. Be3 Qe7 11. O-O c5 12. Nc2 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Be6 14. Na3 Rfd8
15. Qc2 a6 16. c4 Nc6 17. Qb2 Nd4 18. Rfd1 Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Nd7 21.
Qb2 b5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Nxb5 Rxa2 24. Qc3 h6 25. Nc7 Kh7 26. Bf2 c4 27. Qd4 Nf8
28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. Qxd5 Qe6 30. Rc1 Qxd5 31. exd5 Rd2 32. h4 Rxd5 33. Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "18.02.2023"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Marini variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qd6 8.
g3 Qg6 9. d3 Be7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Rb8 12. a4 b6 13. Nd2 Na5 14. Bb2 Bb7 15.
Bxb7 Rxb7 16. c4 Nc6 17. Nf3 Bd6 18. a5 bxa5 19. c5 Bxc5 20. Bxe5 Bb6 21. Rfc1
Nb4 22. Qc4 c5 23. Bf4 Re8 24. Be3 Rbe7 25. Nd2 Qh5 26. Re1 Nd5 27. Nf1 h6 28.
Rac1 Nf6 29. Qa4 Ng4 30. Rc4 f5 31. Qa2 Qf7 32. Ra4 Qxa2 33. Rxa2 c4 34. dxc4
Nxe3 35. Nxe3 Bxe3 36. fxe3 Rxe3 37. Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "18.02.2023"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "1170546"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Qxc4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. e4 Rc8 12. Qe2 Qa5 13. Rd1 Rfd8 14. Bd2 Qb6 15.
Be3 Qa5 16. Nd2 Be8 17. Nb3 Qb4 18. f4 Nd7 19. e5 Nb6 20. Bf2 a5 21. Be1 a4 22.
Nd5 Qc4 23. Qxc4 Nxc4 24. Nxe7+ Nxe7 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Na5 Nxa5 27. Bxa5 Ra8 28.
Bb4 Nd5 29. Bd2 Rc8 30. Rc1 Rxc1+ 31. Bxc1 Bc6 32. Bd2 h5 33. Kf2 Kf8 34. h3 Ke8
35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 Kd7 37. Bf1 Nc7 38. Bd3 Bd5 39. a3 Bb3 40. f5 Bd1 41. Kg3
Nd5 42. Kh4 f6 43. exf6 gxf6 44. fxe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "18.02.2023"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "12940690"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. Bd2
O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Re1 Rb8 11. a3 Re8 12. Nc3 Bf8 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Ne7 15.
Bb3 c5 16. a4 Bb7 17. Nh4 Qc7 18. axb5 axb5 19. Qg4 Qc8 20. Qg3 c4 21. dxc4 bxc4
22. Ba4 Bc6 23. Bxh6 Rxb2 24. Bc1 Rb7 25. Bg5 Bxa4 26. Rxa4 Qc6 27. Ra5 Qc7 28.
Ra6 Nc6 29. c3 Rb3 30. Nf5 Nd4 31. Bf6 Ne6 32. Rxd6 Rxc3 33. Qxc3 Bxd6 34. Qg3
Bf8 35. Bxe5 Qd7 36. Kh2 Qb7 37. Qg4 Rd8 38. Rc1 Qa7 39. Rc2 Qc5 40. Nh6+ Kh7
41. Nxf7 Re8 42. f4 Kg8 43. Qg6 1-0

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "19.02.2023"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[ECO "D39"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. e5 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. exf6 Qxg5 11. fxg7 Qxg7 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Bxc4 Rd8
14. Qe3 Bd7 15. O-O-O Nc6 16. Bb3 Rac8 17. Kb2 a5 18. h4 Kh8 19. h5 Qe5 20.
Qf3 Nxd4 21. cxd4 Qg5 22. Qxf7 a4 23. Bxe6 Bxe6 24. Qxe6 Re8 25. Qd6 Re2+
26. Ka1 Rcc2 27. Qf8+ Qg8 28. Qf6+ Qg7 29. Qd8+ Qg8 30. Qf6+ Qg7 31. Qd8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "19.02.2023"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[ECO "E10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8.
Qc2 Nbd7 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14.
e4 Rc8 15. Nc3 d4 16. Rxd4 Qc7 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. h4 h6 19. h5 Bc5 20. R4d2
Bf8 21. Rd4 Bc5 22. R4d2 Bf8 23. a4 Nb8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26. Nb5
Bxb5 27. axb5 Bc5 28. Qd2 Qxd2 29. Bxd2 Bd4 30. Bc3 Bxc3 31. bxc3 Nd7 32.
f4 Nc5 33. Kf2 Na4 34. c4 Nc5 35. Ke3 Nd7 36. Bf1 Kf8 37. Bd3 Ke7 38. Bc2
Kf8 39. Kd4 Ke7 40. Ke3 Kf8 41. Kf3 Ke7 42. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "19.02.2023"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[ECO "B90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8.
Be3 Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. Qd3 Nc5 11. Nxc5 dxc5 12. Qe2 Be7 13. Bg2 O-O 14. O-O
Qb6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bd7 17. b4 Qxb4 18. d6 Bg5 19. Bxg5 Bb5 20. c3
Qa4 21. Qxe5 Bxf1 22. Bxh6 gxh6 23. Rxf1 Rae8 24. Qxc5 Re6 25. Bd5 Rg6 26.
Rb1 h5 27. d7 Qxd7 28. Be4 hxg4 29. Bxg6 fxg6 30. Qc4+ Qf7 31. Qxf7+ Rxf7
32. hxg4 b5 33. Kg2 Rc7 34. Rd1 Rxc3 35. Rd6 Kf7 36. Rxa6 b4 37. g5 b3 38.
axb3 Rxb3 39. Rf6+ Kg7 40. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "19.02.2023"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[ECO "B30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O cxd4
8. cxd4 Be7 9. Nc3 Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd8 11. Bf4 Nd5 12. Bg3 O-O 13. Rc1 Bd7 14.
Nd6 Bxd6 15. Bxd6 Nce7 16. Ba3 Re8 17. Ne5 Ng6 18. Qd2 Ngf4 19. Bf3 Bb5 20.
Rfd1 Qf6 21. Bd6 Rad8 22. Ng4 Qf5 23. Bxf4 Qxf4 24. Ne3 Bc6 25. Nxd5 Qxd2
26. Rxd2 Bxd5 27. Rc7 Kf8 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. g4 Re7 30. Rdc2 Ke8 31. Kg2
Rxc7 32. Rxc7 Rd7 33. Rc8+ Rd8 34. Rc3 Rd6 35. h4 Kd7 36. Ra3 Rb6 37. Rxa7
Rxb2 38. Kf3 Ke6 39. Ra8 h6 40. Ke3 Rc2 41. Re8+ Kd6 42. h5 Rc3+ 43. Kf4
Rd3 44. Rg8 Rxd4+ 45. Kf5 Rd2 46. f4 d4 47. Rxg7 Ke7 48. Ke4 Rxa2 49. Rg8
Rd2 50. Rb8 Kf6 51. Rxb7 Re2+ 52. Kxd4 Rg2 53. Rb6+ Kg7 54. g5 hxg5 55. h6+
Kh7 56. fxg5 Rxg5 57. Rf6 Rg6 58. Rxf7+ Kxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "19.02.2023"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[ECO "A45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. b4 a5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8.
Qb3 Nh5 9. Ne2 Nxf4 10. Nxf4 g6 11. a4 Bg7 12. Ra2 O-O 13. O-O Ne5 14. Bxd7
Qxd7 15. Rd1 Qc6 16. Nd3 Nxd3 17. Rxd3 Rfc8 18. Nd2 axb4 19. cxb4 b6 20.
cxb6 Qxb6 21. b5 Rc1+ 22. Nf1 Qa5 23. Rd1 Rc3 24. Qb1 Rc4 25. Rd3 Rb8 26.
Rb3 Rxa4 27. Rxa4 Qxa4 28. g3 Rb6 29. h4 h5 30. Kg2 Bf6 31. Nd2 Kg7 32. Qd3
Bxh4 33. gxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "21.02.2023"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[ECO "C67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. a4 Be7 7. Nc3 a6
8. Bf1 e4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Rxe4 d5 11. Re1 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Be2 O-O 14.
d4 Re8 15. Ne5 Bxe2 16. Rxe2 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qd7 18. Qd3 Rad8 19. b3 Qe6 20.
Bd2 Qg6 21. f4 f5 22. b4 Qe6 23. c3 c5 24. bxc5 Bxc5+ 25. Be3 Bxe3+ 26.
Qxe3 Rc8 27. Rb1 Qc6 28. Qd4 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Kh2 Red8 31. Re3 Qc4 32.
Rg3 Qxd4 33. cxd4 Rc4 34. Rxb5 Rxd4 35. Rb7 g6 36. Ra3 Rxf4 37. Raa7 Re4
38. Rg7+ Kf8 39. Raf7+ Ke8 40. Rxh7 Rh4 41. Re7+ Kf8 42. Rhf7+ Kg8 43. Rg7+
Kh8 44. Rxg6 d4 45. Rd6 Rc8 46. Rf7 Rf4 47. e6 Kg8 48. Rdd7 1-0

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "21.02.2023"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[ECO "D26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O Be7 7. Qe2 b5 8.
Bd3 Nbd7 9. a4 Bb7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. b3 c5 12. Bb2 cxd4 13. Bxd4 bxa4 14.
bxa4 a5 15. Bb5 Bb4 16. Nc4 Qe7 17. Ne1 Nc5 18. Rd1 Nd5 19. Qb2 Rfc8 20.
Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Nd3 Rc7 22. Rc1 Qf6 23. Nxb4 axb4 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25. Rb1 Ba6
26. Nd2 Bxb5 27. axb5 Ra4 28. Nb3 Nc3 29. b6 Rc6 30. b7 Rb6 31. Rb2 Ra7 32.
Nc5 Ra5 33. Nd3 Rab5 34. Rc1 Rxb7 35. Kf1 Nd5 36. e4 Nc3 37. f3 Rd7 38.
Nxb4 Na4 39. Rb3 Rdb7 40. Rc8+ Kg7 41. f4 Rxb4 42. Rg3+ Kh6 43. Rh3+ Kg7
44. Rg3+ Kh6 45. Rh3+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "21.02.2023"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[ECO "E49"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4
8. Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Be2 b6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. O-O Nc6 13. c4 Rfd8 14.
Rc1 Na5 15. Nd2 Rac8 16. Re1 h6 17. Bd3 Qe7 18. Qe2 Nc6 19. Nf3 Na5 20. Nd2
Nc6 21. Nf3 Na5 22. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "21.02.2023"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[ECO "E48"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Re8
8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qb3 Bd6 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Nc5 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13. Qh5+
Kg8 14. dxc5 Re5 15. Qf3 Rxc5 16. Ng3 Bd7 17. e4 Qh4 18. Bd2 Rb5 19. Bc3
Re8 20. Rae1 Rg5 21. e5 Bc6 22. Qd3 Bc5 23. b4 Bb6 24. b5 Re6 25. Ne4 Rxg2+
26. Kxg2 Rg6+ 27. Kh1 Rh6 28. h3 Bxb5 29. Qf3 Bd7 30. e6 Bxe6 31. Rg1 Qxh3+
32. Qxh3 Rxh3+ 33. Kg2 Rh5 34. Kf3 Rf5+ 35. Ke2 g6 36. Rh1 Kf8 37. Bf6 Ke8
38. Rh8+ Kd7 39. Rd8+ Kc6 40. Bd4 Bxd4 41. Rxd4 b6 42. a3 Kb7 43. Rc1 Rh5
44. Ke3 a5 45. f3 Rb5 46. Rc3 Rh5 47. Rd1 a4 48. Rd4 Ra5 49. Rb4 Re5 50.
Kf2 c6 51. Nc5+ Kc7 52. Nxe6+ 1-0

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "21.02.2023"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[ECO "C42"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7
8. Nc3 O-O 9. Ne5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. cxd3 Nd7 12. Qb3 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qd7
14. d4 b6 15. f4 f5 16. a4 Qe6 17. Ba3 Bxa3 18. Rxa3 c6 19. Ra2 Rfd8 20. h3
Rd7 21. Rb1 Rad8 22. Qd1 Kf8 23. Kh2 Ke8 24. Rc2 Rc8 25. Rbc1 g6 26. Qf3
Kd8 27. c4 dxc4 28. Rxc4 Rd5 29. g4 Rc7 30. gxf5 gxf5 31. Qc3 Qh6 32. Qf3
Qe6 33. Qc3 Qh6 34. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "22.02.2023"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[ECO "E47"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O d5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. a3 c4 10. Bxh7+ Nxh7 11. axb4 Nxb4 12. b3 a5 13. bxc4 dxc4 14.
Rb1 Ra6 15. e4 Re8 16. d5 Bd7 17. Qd2 b5 18. Ba3 Nf6 19. Ng3 Ng4 20. Bxb4
axb4 21. Rxb4 Nxh2 22. Kxh2 Qh4+ 23. Kg1 Rh6 24. Rfb1 Bg4 25. Qxh6 Qxh6 26.
Nxb5 Rc8 27. R4b2 Rb8 28. Nf1 Rb6 29. Ne3 Qh5 30. d6 Bd7 31. Nd5 Rxb5 32.
Rxb5 Bxb5 33. Rxb5 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Qh5+ 35. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "22.02.2023"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[ECO "A20"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Na6 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. Qd1 d5 8.
cxd5 Qxd5 9. O-O Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Ke7 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Nd4 Rad8 13. Be3 Ng4 14.
Nxe6 Rxd1+ 15. Nxd1 fxe6 16. Bg5+ Nf6 17. Nc3 Rd8 18. Rd1 Bd4 19. e3 Bxc3
20. Rxd8 Kxd8 21. bxc3 Nc5 22. Kf1 e5 23. f4 Kd7 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Bh3+ Kd6
26. Bf5 h6 27. Ke2 a5 28. h4 b5 29. g4 b4 30. cxb4 axb4 31. g5 fxg5 32.
fxg5 hxg5 33. hxg5 e4 34. Kd2 Ke5 35. Bc8 Na4 36. Bd7 Nc5 37. Bc8 Na4 38.
Bd7 Nc5 39. Bxc6 Kf5 40. Kc2 Kxg5 41. Bxe4 Nxe4 42. Kb3 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "22.02.2023"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[ECO "A21"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bd2 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 e4 8.
dxe4 Nxe4 9. Rc1 Re8 10. e3 Nc6 11. Be2 Bg4 12. O-O a5 13. b3 Nxc3 14. Rxc3
Qf6 15. Qd2 Qg6 16. Nh4 Qh5 17. Bxg4 Qxg4 18. Nf3 Ne5 19. Nd4 a4 20. f3 Qd7
21. b4 c5 22. Nc2 Rac8 23. Rb1 Qe6 24. Qe2 b6 25. e4 f5 26. bxc5 bxc5 27.
exf5 Qxf5 28. Rd1 Rb8 29. Ne3 Qg6 30. Nd5 Nc6 31. Re3 Nd4 32. Qf2 Rxe3 33.
Qxe3 Qc2 34. Re1 Qxc4 35. Qe4 Qc2 36. Qe7 Qd2 37. Qe4 Qc2 38. Qe7 Qd2 39.
Qe4 Rf8 40. Nb6 h6 41. Nd7 Rf7 42. Kf1 Rxd7 43. Qe8+ Kh7 44. Qxd7 Qd3+ 45.
Kf2 c4 46. Qxa4 c3 47. Qd1 Qc4 48. Ke3 Nf5+ 49. Kf2 d5 50. Qc2 g6 51. Kg1
h5 52. a4 Qc5+ 53. Kh1 d4 54. Qd3 h4 55. g4 hxg3 56. hxg3 Nxg3+ 57. Kg2 Nf5
58. Kf2 Qc7 59. Ke2 Qh2+ 60. Kd1 Qa2 61. Qc2 Qa1+ 62. Ke2 Qa3 63. Kd3 Kg7
64. Re5 Qd6 65. f4 Qa6+ 66. Rb5 Nd6 67. Kxd4 Nxb5+ 68. axb5 Qxb5 69. Qxc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "22.02.2023"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[ECO "E36"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 O-O 7. cxd5 Ne4
8. Qc2 exd5 9. Bf4 Bf5 10. Qxc7 Qxc7 11. Bxc7 Rc8 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. f3 Nf6
14. g4 Nxd4 15. Rd1 Ne6 16. gxf5 Nxf4 17. e3 N4h5 18. Ne2 Rc2 19. Rd2 Rxd2
20. Kxd2 Ne8 21. Nd4 Nhf6 22. Bd3 Rc8 23. Re1 Nd7 24. Bb1 Nd6 25. Ba2 Nf6
26. Ke2 Kf8 27. Kf2 Ke7 28. Kg3 Rc5 29. Rd1 Nh5+ 30. Kf2 Nf6 31. Bb3 Nb5
32. Ne2 Nd6 33. Nc3 Nxf5 34. Nxd5+ Nxd5 35. Rxd5 Rxd5 36. Bxd5 b6 37. f4
Nh6 38. h3 f6 39. e4 Nf7 40. Kf3 g6 41. h4 Nd6 42. Ke3 h6 43. Kf3 Ne8 44.
Bg8 Ng7 45. Bc4 g5 46. hxg5 hxg5 47. fxg5 fxg5 48. e5 Nf5 49. Bd5 Kd7 50.
Ba2 Ne7 51. Kg4 Nc6 52. Kf5 g4 53. Be6+ Kd8 54. Kf6 g3 55. Bh3 Ne7 56. b4
Nd5+ 57. Kf7 Ne7 58. b5 Nd5 59. Bg2 Ne7 60. Ke6 Nc8 61. Be4 Kc7 62. Bf3 Kd8
63. Bg2 Kc7 64. Kf7 Kd8 65. a4 Ne7 66. Ke6 Nc8 67. Kf5 Ne7+ 68. Kf6 Kd7 69.
Be4 Kd8 70. Ke6 Nc8 71. Kf7 Ne7 72. Bg2 Kd7 73. Bh3+ Kd8 74. e6 Nd5 75. Bg2
Ne7 76. Kf6 Ng8+ 77. Kg7 Ke7 78. Kxg8 Kxe6 79. Bf1 Kd6 80. Kf7 Kc5 81. Ke6
Kb4 82. Kd5 Kxa4 83. Kc6 Ka5 84. Kb7 g2 85. Bxg2 Kxb5 86. Kxa7 Ka5 87. Bf1
b5 88. Bxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "22.02.2023"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[ECO "C84"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
a4 Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Re1 h6 12. Nbd2 Bf8 13. Nf1 b4 14. a5 Rb8
15. Ne3 Rb5 16. Ba4 Rxa5 17. Nc4 Rc5 18. Be3 Rb5 19. Bxb5 axb5 20. Ncd2 d5
21. Qc2 bxc3 22. bxc3 b4 23. Ba7 bxc3 24. Qxc3 d4 25. Qb3 Bb4 26. Rec1 Bc3
27. Rxc3 dxc3 28. Qxc3 Qe7 29. Bc5 Qe6 30. h3 Bc8 31. Be3 Bb7 32. Qb2 Bc8
33. Ra3 Nd7 34. Qb5 Nf8 35. Kh2 f6 36. Nb3 Qd6 37. Nc5 Ne6 38. Nh4 Nxc5 39.
Bxc5 Qd7 40. Nf5 Nd8 41. Qc4+ Qe6 42. Ne7+ Kh7 43. Nd5 c6 44. Nb6 Qxc4 45.
Nxc4 Nb7 46. Be3 Be6 47. Nb6 Re7 48. Kg3 Kg6 49. Kf3 Kf7 50. Ke2 h5 51. Rc3
Nd8 52. Na4 Bc8 53. Rb3 Ne6 54. Rb6 Rc7 55. Nc5 Nxc5 56. Bxc5 Bd7 57. Rb8
Be6 58. h4 Rc8 59. Rb7+ Kg8 60. Ke3 Ra8 61. Re7 Bb3 62. Rc7 Ba4 63. f3 Bb5
64. g4 hxg4 65. fxg4 Re8 66. Rd7 Kh7 67. Kf3 Ba4 68. h5 Kg8 69. Kg3 Bb3 70.
Kh4 Be6 71. Rd6 Kf7 72. g5 fxg5+ 73. Kxg5 Rb8 74. Rxc6 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "23.02.2023"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[ECO "D37"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb4+ 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. O-O Be7 13. Qb3 Bf6 14.
a3 Qe7 15. Rac1 Be6 16. Qb5 Rac8 17. Rc2 a6 18. Qb6 Qd7 19. Nb3 Bd8 20. Qc5
Be7 21. Qb6 Bd8 22. Qc5 Be7 23. Qb6 g5 24. Bg3 Bd8 25. Qc5 Be7 26. Qb6 f5
27. f3 Bd8 28. Qc5 Be7 29. Qb6 Bd8 30. Qc5 f4 31. exf4 gxf4 32. Bf2 Be7 33.
Qb6 Bd8 34. Qc5 Bf6 35. Rfc1 Qg7 36. Qd6 Rce8 37. Re1 Ne5 38. Nd4 Bh3 39.
Bf1 Nf7 40. Qxd5 Rxe1 41. Bxe1 Bxd4+ 42. Kh1 Bc8 43. Bc4 Re8 44. Bb4 Qf6
45. Bd3 Bc3 46. Bxc3 Qxc3 47. g4 Qf6 48. Rc7 Re1+ 49. Kg2 Be6 50. Qh5 Qxb2+
51. Kh3 h6 52. Qg6+ Qg7 53. Kh4 Rh1 0-1

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "23.02.2023"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[ECO "E10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8.
Qc2 Nbd7 9. b3 b6 10. Nc3 Ba6 11. e4 dxc4 12. Rfe1 e5 13. Ne2 Ng4 14. bxc4
exd4 15. Nexd4 Nde5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bc3 Bc5 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. f4 Nxc4 20.
Kh1 Rad8 21. Nf5 f6 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. Qe2 g6 24. Nh6+ Kg7 25. Ng4 Bd4 26.
Rd1 c5 27. Qf3 h5 28. Nf2 Ne3 29. Rd2 Qc7 30. Bxd4 cxd4 31. Rxd4 Qc3 32.
Rd7+ Rf7 33. Rxf7+ Kxf7 34. h4 Bc4 35. Bh3 f5 36. Kh2 Qd2 0-1

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "23.02.2023"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a5 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3
Be6 9. Bb5 Ba7 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Rxe3 Ne7 12. d4 c6 13. Bf1 d5 14. Nbd2 exd4 15.
Nxd4 Bd7 16. e5 Ne8 17. Bd3 c5 18. N4f3 Nc7 19. Nf1 Bf5 20. Qc2 Qd7 21. Rd1 a4
22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23. Red3 Qe6 24. Ng3 Rfd8 25. b4 axb3 26. axb3 h6 27. b4 b6 28.
bxc5 bxc5 29. Rb1 Rdb8 30. Rdd1 Nb5 31. Ne2 Ng6 32. Qd2 Nxe5 33. Qxd5 Nd4 34.
Rxb8+ Rxb8 35. Qxe6 Nexf3+ 36. gxf3 Nxe6 37. Rd2 Ra8 38. Kg2 Ra4 39. Kg3 g5 40.
Rd5 Kg7 41. Re5 Kf6 42. Re4 Ra3 43. h4 Kf5 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Kg2 Ra2 46. Kf1
Ra1+ 47. Kg2 Kf6 48. Re3 Rd1 49. Kh2 Rd2 50. Kg1 Rc2 51. Re4 Rd2 52. Re3 Kg6
53. Kf1 Ra2 54. Kg1 Ra3 55. Re4 Ra6 56. Re3 f5 57. c4 Kf6 58. Nc3 Nf4 59. Re8
Ra1+ 60. Kh2 Rf1 61. Nd5+ Nxd5 62. cxd5 Rd1 63. Re6+ Kf7 64. Re5 c4 65. d6 c3
66. Rxf5+ Ke6 67. Rc5 Rd3 68. Kg3 Kxd6 69. Rc8 Kd5 70. Kg4 Kd4 71. Rc7 Rd2 72.
Kxg5 Rxf2 73. f4 Rg2+ 74. Kh5 c2 75. f5 Ke5 76. Rc5+ Kf6 77. Kh4 Ke7 78. Kh3
Kd6 79. Rc8 Rd2 80. f6 Ke6 81. Rc6+ Rd6 82. Rxc2 Kxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "23.02.2023"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[ECO "A20"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 d6 7. Nc3 O-O
8. b3 Qe7 9. d5 Rd8 10. Rd1 cxd5 11. Bxd5 Na6 12. Bg2 e4 13. Qe3 Nb4 14.
Bxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Qxe4 16. Nxe4 b5 17. Nf3 bxc4 18. bxc4 d5 19. Nc3 d4 20.
Nd5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Bb7 22. Rxd4 Bxd5 23. Rd2 g5 24. O-O Bxf3 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8
26. exf3 Rd2 27. Ra1 a5 28. a4 Rd4 29. Kf1 Kg7 30. Ke2 Kg6 31. Ke3 Rb4 32.
Ra3 h5 33. Ra1 f6 34. Kd3 Kf5 35. Ra2 h4 36. h3 Rb3+ 37. Ke2 Rb4 38. Kd3
Rb3+ 39. Ke2 Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "23.02.2023"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[ECO "C43"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 Bc5 5. Bc4 Nxf2 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7 7.
Qd5+ Kg6 8. Qxc5 Nxh1 9. Nc3 h6 10. Qc4 d6 11. Nd5 Nc6 12. e6 Kh7 13. Qe4+
Kg8 14. e7 Qe8 15. Be3 Bd7 16. Nxc7 Qxe7 17. Qxe7 Nxe7 18. Nxa8 Kf7 19. Nc7
Rc8 20. Bxa7 Rxc7 21. Kd2 Rc4 22. Rxh1 Ra4 23. Bb8 Bc6 24. Bxd6 Bxf3 25.
Bxe7 Bxg2 26. Rg1 Bd5 27. Bc5 Rxa2 28. Ba3 g5 29. Ke3 b5 30. c3 Ke6 31. Kf2
Kf5 32. Kg3 Bc4 33. Re1 Bd3 34. h4 Kg6 35. Rh1 Kh5 36. hxg5+ Kxg5 37. Kf3
h5 38. Rd1 Bc4 39. Rg1+ Kf5 40. Kg3 Ke4 41. Rd1 Ke3 42. Rh1 Kd3 43. Kh4
Rxa3 44. Rh3+ Kc2 45. bxa3 Kb2 46. Kg5 Kxa3 47. Kf4 b4 48. cxb4+ Kxb4 49.
Rxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "24.02.2023"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[ECO "E04"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8.
Nxc4 cxd4 9. Bf4 Nd5 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Bxd6 Nde7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Qb3 Bc8
14. Nc4 e5 15. Rac1 Re8 16. Ba3 Nf5 17. e4 dxe3 18. fxe3 h5 19. Rxf5 Bxf5
20. Nd6 Be6 21. Qxb7 Qg5 22. Rc3 Nd4 23. exd4 exd4 24. Rd3 Red8 25. h4 Qg6
26. Qe4 Qxe4 27. Bxe4 Rab8 28. b3 Rb6 29. Nb7 Re8 30. Nd6 Rd8 31. Nb7 Re8
32. Nc5 Bh3 33. Rxd4 Rf6 34. Rd1 Bf5 35. Bxf5 Rxf5 36. Rd2 Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "24.02.2023"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[ECO "C42"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3
Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 a6 11. h3 Bf6 12. g4 h6 13. Bg2 O-O-O
14. b3 Kb8 15. Ng1 d5 16. Ne2 h5 17. g5 Be5 18. Nf4 Bxf4 19. Bxf4 h4 20. c4
d4 21. Qd3 Bf5 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Qd2 d3 24. Qb4+ Ka8 25. c3 g6 26. Qc5 Kb7
27. Qb4+ Kc8 28. Qa5 Kb7 29. Kb2 Rhe8 30. Rhe1 c5 31. Qxc5 Qc6 32. Qb4+ Qb6
33. Rxe8 Rxe8 34. Be3 Qxb4 35. cxb4 Bxh3 36. Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "24.02.2023"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[ECO "C53"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Ba7 8.
Re1 h6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Ne7 11. d4 Nc6 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. a5
Be6 15. Bf1 Qe7 16. Qe2 Rfd8 17. b4 Bd7 18. Nf3 c5 19. Qb2 Bc6 20. Qb1 cxb4
21. cxb4 Bd4 22. Ra2 Rac8 23. Bd2 Qe6 24. Nxd4 Rxd4 25. f3 Bb5 26. Rc2 Bxf1
27. Rxf1 Rcd8 28. Bc3 Rc4 29. Ba1 Rxc2 30. Qxc2 Ne8 31. b5 axb5 32. Qc5 f6
33. Qxb5 Nd6 34. Qb4 Rc8 35. Rd1 Rc6 36. Kh2 Kh7 37. Rd5 Qd7 38. Bc3 Qc7
39. Be1 Nc8 40. Qf8 Rd6 41. Rb5 Ne7 42. Bb4 Qc1 43. Bxd6 Qf4+ 44. Kh1 Qc1+
45. Kh2 Qf4+ 46. Kh1 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "24.02.2023"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[ECO "C50"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. O-O Ba7 7. a4 O-O 8.
h3 d6 9. Re1 h6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. b4 Ne7 13. Nf1 Ng6 14. Ra2
d5 15. Ng3 c6 16. a5 Rc8 17. c4 Rc7 18. exd5 exd5 19. c5 Re7 20. Nf5 Re6
21. N3d4 Ree8 22. Nb3 Qd7 23. Nd6 Re6 24. Rae2 Ne8 25. Nxe8 Qxe8 26. g3 Bb8
27. Re3 Qf7 28. Rf1 Rf6 29. Re2 Nh4 30. Nd2 Qg6 31. Re3 Nf5 32. Rf3 Re6 33.
Re1 Rfe8 34. Nf1 e4 35. dxe4 dxe4 36. Ra3 Nh4 37. Nh2 e3 38. Raxe3 Bxg3 39.
Ng4 Rxe3 40. Rxe3 Rxe3 41. Nxe3 Bf4+ 42. Qg4 Nf3+ 43. Kg2 Qxg4+ 44. hxg4
Ne1+ 45. Kf1 Nd3 46. Bd2 Ne5 47. Ke2 Bxe3 48. Kxe3 Nxg4+ 49. Kf4 Nxf2 50.
Ke5 h5 0-1

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "24.02.2023"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[ECO "B67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. Kb1 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be7 11. f4 Bc6 12. f5 Qa5 13. Bc4 exf5 14.
Rhf1 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qxe4+ Qe5 18. Qxb7 O-O 19. Bxf7+
Kh8 20. Rfe1 Ra7 21. Qb3 Qxb2+ 22. Qxb2 Bxb2 23. Kxb2 Raxf7 24. Rxd6 Rf2
25. Rxa6 Rxg2 26. h3 Rb8+ 27. Kc1 h5 28. Rae6 Kh7 29. R6e2 Rxe2 30. Rxe2 g5
31. c4 Rc8 32. Rc2 Kg6 33. Kd2 Kf5 34. Ke3 g4 35. hxg4+ hxg4 36. Kd4 g3 37.
c5 Rg8 38. Rg2 Ke6 39. Kc4 Kd7 40. Kb5 Kc7 41. a4 Rb8+ 42. Kc4 Rg8 43. Kd5
Rg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "25.02.2023"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[ECO "D38"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 c5 8.
Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc3
14. Rxc3 Bxc6 15. Bb5 Bd5 16. Bc4 Bc6 17. Bb5 Bd5 18. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "25.02.2023"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[ECO "E60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. h3 e5 8.
b4 exd4 9. exd4 d5 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nbd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14.
b5 a6 15. bxa6 Rxa6 16. Bg5 Qd6 17. Qd2 Be6 18. Rfe1 c6 19. Rab1 Raa8 20.
Bh6 Rfe8 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Re5 h6 23. Rbe1 f6 24. R5e4 Bf7 25. Nh2 Rxe4 26.
Rxe4 h5 27. Nf1 Rd8 28. Qe1 Rd7 29. Ne3 Nb6 30. Qc3 Nd5 31. Qe1 Nc7 32.
Bxf7 Rxf7 33. Nc2 Rd7 34. h4 Kf7 35. Qe3 Ne6 36. a3 Ng7 37. Qb3+ Qd5 38.
Qd3 Ne6 39. Nb4 Qd6 40. Qb3 Re7 41. Nc2 Kf8 42. Qe3 Ng7 43. Rxe7 Qxe7 44.
Qg3 Qe4 45. Qd6+ Kf7 46. Ne3 Qe7 47. Qb8 Qd7 48. a4 Ne6 49. Nc4 Ke7 50. Na5
Nd8 51. Qf4 Qd6 52. Qe4+ Kf7 53. Qb1 Qc7 54. Qb4 Qe7 55. Qb3+ Kg7 56. Qb6
Qe1+ 57. Kh2 Nf7 58. Nxb7 Qxf2 59. a5 Qxh4+ 60. Kg1 Qe1+ 61. Kh2 g5 62. Qc7
Qh4+ 63. Kg1 Qxd4+ 64. Kf1 Qd1+ 65. Kf2 Qd2+ 66. Kf1 g4 67. a6 Qd3+ 68. Kf2
Kg6 69. Qxc6 Ne5 70. Qc1 g3+ 71. Ke1 Qe4+ 72. Kf1 Qf5+ 73. Kg1 Qf2+ 74. Kh1
Qd4 75. Qc5 Qh4+ 76. Kg1 Nf3+ 77. Kf1 Qh1+ 78. Ke2 Qxg2+ 79. Ke3 Qf2+ 80.
Ke4 Ne5 81. Qd5 Qf3+ 82. Kd4 Nc6+ 0-1

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "25.02.2023"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[ECO "E29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nc6
8. Ne2 b6 9. e4 Ne8 10. O-O Ba6 11. Qc2 Na5 12. e5 f5 13. Nf4 Bxc4 14. Bxc4
Nxc4 15. Qa2 b5 16. a4 cxd4 17. axb5 Nxe5 18. cxd4 Ng6 19. d5 Nxf4 20. Bxf4
Nc7 21. dxe6 dxe6 22. Rfe1 Re8 23. Bxc7 Qxc7 24. Rxe6 Rxe6 25. Qxe6+ Qf7
26. Qxf7+ Kxf7 27. b6 a5 28. b7 Rb8 29. Rxa5 Rxb7 30. Rxf5+ Kg6 31. g4 Rb4
32. h3 h6 33. Kg2 Rb3 34. Re5 Kf6 35. Ra5 g5 36. f3 Kg6 37. Rd5 Rb2+ 38.
Kg3 Rb3 39. Kf2 Rb2+ 40. Kg3 Rb3 41. Rd2 Ra3 42. Kf2 Ra7 43. Rd6+ Kg7 44.
Rd3 Ra2+ 45. Kg3 Ra7 46. h4 Rf7 47. Rd5 Kg6 48. h5+ Kg7 49. Re5 Ra7 50. Kf2
Kf6 51. Rf5+ Kg7 52. Rd5 Ra2+ 53. Ke3 Ra7 54. Ke4 Rf7 55. Rd3 Rf8 56. Rc3
Rf7 57. Ke5 Kh7 58. Kd6 Rf6+ 59. Kd7 Rf7+ 60. Ke8 Kg7 61. Re3 Rf8+ 62. Kd7
Rf4 63. Re7+ Kg8 64. Re6 Kg7 65. Re3 Kg8 66. Re6 Kg7 67. Re3 Kg8 68. Ke6
Kg7 69. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "25.02.2023"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[ECO "D10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Nc6 7. Qxb7 Bd7
8. Qb3 Rb8 9. Qd1 e5 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. Be2 e4 12. Nd2 h5 13. a3 a5 14. h3 Ne7
15. Nb3 Qb6 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. a4 O-O 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. axb5 Nf5
21. Bd2 d4 22. exd4 Nxd4 23. Rc1 Qf5 24. Bxa5 Nxe2 25. Qxe2 Qxb5 26. Qxb5
Rxb5 27. Bc3 Nd5 28. O-O Nxc3 29. bxc3 Rc8 30. f3 Rbc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "25.02.2023"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[ECO "C42"]

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. Re1 Re8 10. Qc2 Na6 11. a3 Bg4 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nac5 14.
cxd5 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Rxe5 16. Qd4 Qf6 17. Nd2 cxd5 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Rxe4
Rxe4 20. Qxe4 Qe6 21. Qxe6 Bxe6 22. Be3 a6 23. Rc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25.
f3 f6 26. Kf2 Kf7 27. Bd4 Bd7 28. Ke3 Ke6 29. Bc3 Bc6 30. Bd4 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023 - Tie Break"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "25.02.2023"]
[Round "TB1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "46616543"]
[EventDate "2023.02.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. e3
Bf5 9. Qb3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Qa3 Nc6 13. Nd2 a5 14. Nxe4 Bxe4
15. f3 Bg6 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qd7 18. O-O Ne7 19. e4 c6 20. e5 Qf5 21. Qb3 b5
22. Rac1 Rac8 23. Qa3 Ng6 24. Qxa5 h5 25. Qd2 h4 26. Bf2 f6 27. exf6 Rxf6 28. h3
Re6 29. Rfe1 Rce8 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. Be3 Nf4 32. Bxf4 gxf4 33. Re1 Rxe1+ 34. Qxe1
Qf6 35. Qd2 Qd6 36. Kf1 Kg7 37. b3 b4 38. Qe1 Qg6 39. Kg1 Qc2 40. Qxb4 Qxa2 41.
Qb7+ Kg8 42. Qb8+ Kg7 43. Qc7+ Kg8 44. Qd8+ Kg7 45. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023 - Tie Break"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "25.02.2023"]
[Round "TB2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Marini variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2023.02.25"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8.
e3 O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Bd3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qh4 12. Bb2 g6 13. d5 Na5 14. c4 b6 15.
O-O-O Nb7 16. Rdg1 Nc5 17. Bf1 f5 18. Rg3 Rae8 19. Rhg1 Rf7 20. Kb1 Kf8 21. Rh3
Qf6 22. Be2 Ke7 23. Bd1 Kd8 24. Qe2 Qe7 25. Bc2 Kc8 26. Ka2 Qd7 27. Rhg3 f4 28.
Rg4 e4 29. exf4 exf3 30. Qxf3 Kb7 31. f5 Be5 32. d6+ c6 33. Bxe5 Rxe5 34. Rd1
gxf5 35. Rg8 Qe6 36. Qc3 Rd7 37. Kb1 Ne4 38. Bxe4 fxe4 39. Qd4 Qxg8 40. Qxe5
Qxc4 41. Qg3 Qe6 42. Kb2 c5 43. Qf4 Rf7 44. Qe3 Kc6 45. Kb1 Rd7 46. Qf4 Qb3+ 0-1

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023 - Tie Break"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "25.02.2023"]
[Round "TB3"]
[White "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2023.02.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 Bf5 8. Nh4
Bg4 9. Qc2 Nh5 10. h3 Be6 11. Nf3 Nxf4 12. exf4 Bd6 13. g3 Qf6 14. Bd3 g6 15.
O-O-O Nd7 16. Ne5 Nb6 17. Kb1 O-O-O 18. Nb5 Kb8 19. Nxd6 Rxd6 20. b3 Nc8 21. h4
Rdd8 22. Rc1 Nd6 23. Rhe1 Rc8 24. Qd2 Rhd8 25. f3 Bf5 26. Bxf5 Qxf5+ 27. Ka1 Rc7
28. Nd3 Qf6 29. Re5 Nf5 30. Qf2 Qd6 31. g4 Ng7 32. Rce1 b6 33. h5 f6 34. R5e2
gxh5 35. f5 Kb7 36. Kb2 a5 37. a4 Rdd7 38. Qh2 Qxh2 39. Rxh2 hxg4 40. fxg4 h5
41. gxh5 Nxf5 42. Rf1 Nxd4 43. Rxf6 Rh7 44. h6 Rce7 45. Kc3 Ne2+ 46. Kd2 Ng3 47.
Kc2 Ne4 48. Rg6 Rhf7 49. Rhg2 Nf6 50. Rf2 Ne4 51. Rxf7 Rxf7 52. Ne5 Rf2+ 53. Kd3
Rh2 54. Rg7+ Ka6 55. h7 Nf6 56. Nxc6 b5 57. Rg6 Nxh7 58. Nd8+ Ka7 59. axb5 Nf8
60. b6+ Ka6 61. b7+ Ka7 62. Ra6+ 1-0

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023 - Tie Break"]
[Site "Dusseldorf"]
[Date "25.02.2023"]
[Round "TB4"]
[White "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2023.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Ne7 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. d4
exd4 9. Nbd2 c6 10. Bc4 b5 11. Bd3 d6 12. a4 b4 13. Nb3 Bg4 14. Be2 Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 a5 16. Nxd4 Qb6 17. c3 bxc3 18. bxc3 Bxd4 19. cxd4 Qb4+ 20. Kf1 Rb8 21. g3
Qb3 22. Kg2 Qxd1 23. Rhxd1 Kd7 24. Bg4+ Kc7 25. Rd3 h5 26. Bd1 Rb4 27. h4 f5 28.
exf5 Nxf5 29. d5 c5 30. Rf3 Nd4 31. Rxf7+ Kb6 32. Rd7 c4 33. Rxd6+ Kc5 34. Rd7
Rb2 35. Rc1 Rf8 36. Bxh5 Rfxf2+ 37. Kh3 Nf5 38. Kg4 Ne3+ 39. Kg5 Rf5+ 40. Kg6
Rg2 41. g4 Rxd5 42. Rc7+ Kd6 43. R7xc4 Nxc4 44. Rxc4 Rb2 45. g5 Rb4 46. Be2 Rxc4
47. Bxc4 Rd4 48. Bb5 Rxh4 49. Kg7 Ke7 50. g6 Rb4 51. Bc6 Rc4 52. Bb5 Rc7 53. Bd3
Ke6+ 54. Kf8 Kf6 55. Ke8 Rc1 56. Bb5 Rd1 57. Bd7 Kxg6 58. Kd8 Rc1 59. Bb5 Kf6
60. Kd7 Ke5 61. Bc6 Kd4 62. Kd6 Kc4 63. Bb5+ Kb4 64. Kd5 Rd1+ 65. Ke4 Kc3 66.
Ke5 Rd4 67. Be8 Rh4 68. Bb5 Rh5+ 69. Ke4 Rc5 70. Bd7 Kb4 71. Bb5 Rc1 72. Kd3
Rd1+ 73. Kc2 Rd8 74. Kb2 Rd2+ 75. Kc1 Kc3 76. Kb1 Rb2+ 77. Kc1 Rb4 78. Kd1 Rb2
79. Kc1 Rd2 80. Kb1 Kb3 81. Kc1 Rd8 82. Be2 Kxa4 83. Kb1 Kb3 84. Bg4 Rd6 85. Bh5
Rf6 86. Bd1+ Ka3 87. Bh5 Rb6+ 88. Kc2 Rb2+ 89. Kc1 Rb4 90. Bf7 Ka4 91. Be8+ Kb3
92. Bf7+ Kc3 0-1