[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Rapid"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "10.07.2024"]
[Round "1R"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[EventDate "2024.07.10"]
[ECO "B51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Ne5 9. Bb3 Bd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. Qe2 Be7 14.
O-O-O Qa5 15. g4 O-O 16. g5 Nd7 17. h4 Nc5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. f5 b5 20. f6
Bd8 21. fxg7 Kxg7 22. Qh5 c4 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. h5 Qc7 25. g6 fxg6 26. hxg6
Qf4+ 27. Qxf4 Rxf4 28. gxh7+ Kh8 29. Ba2 b4 30. Rd6 Rc8 31. Bxc4 bxc3 32.
Bxa6 Bg5 33. Kb1 Bxe4 34. Bxc8 Bxh1 35. Bxe6 Rb4 36. b3 Rf4 37. Bc4 Kxh7
38. Bd3+ Be4 39. Rd4 Bxd3 40. Rxf4 Bxc2+ 41. Kxc2 Bxf4 42. Kxc3 Kg7 43. Kc4
Kf7 44. a5 Ke7 45. Kb5 Kd7 46. b4 Kc7 47. Ka6 Be3 48. b5 Kb8 49. b6 Bf2 50.
Kb5 Bg1 51. Kc6 Bf2 52. a6 Bxb6 53. Kxb6 Ka8 54. a7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Rapid"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "10.07.2024"]
[Round "1R"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vidit, Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[EventDate "2024.07.10"]
[ECO "A08"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Be3 d4 7. Bf4 O-O 8.
c3 Nc6 9. Ne5 Nd5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Qc1 Rb8 13. c4 Nc7 14. b3
a5 15. Bh6 Ne6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nd2 Bd7 18. Nf3 Qc7 19. e3 a4 20. bxa4 Rb4
21. Re1 Rxa4 22. exd4 cxd4 23. h4 Qd6 24. Re4 Rfa8 25. h5 Rxa2 26. Rxa2
Rxa2 27. hxg6 fxg6 28. Qe1 Kf8 29. Bh3 Ng7 30. Rxd4 Qa3 31. Rxd7 Ra1 32.
Rd8+ Ne8 33. Bd7 Rxe1+ 34. Nxe1 Qa7 35. Bxc6 Qc7 36. Rxe8+ Kg7 37. Bb5 h5
38. Nf3 Qd6 39. d4 Qf6 40. Kg2 g5 41. c5 h4 42. Bd7 e6 43. Bxe6 g4 44. Rg8+
Kh6 45. Bxg4 hxg3 46. Kxg3 Qf7 47. Rg5 1-0

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Rapid"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "10.07.2024"]
[Round "1R"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[EventDate "2024.07.10"]
[ECO "D70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 10. Kb1 a6 11. d5 Na5 12. Bd4 e5 13. Bf2 Nac4 14. Qc2
Bh6 15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Rd3 Bd7 17. Nge2 b5 18. h4 b4 19. Na4 Bb5 20. h5 Bg5
21. Nc5 a5 22. hxg6 Qxg6 23. f4 exf4 24. Rdh3 f3 25. Nd4 Nd2+ 26. Ka1 fxg2
27. Rg1 Bf1 28. Be3 Bxe3 29. Rxe3 Nc4 30. Re2 Ne5 31. Rexg2 Bxg2 32. Rxg2
Ng4 33. Nd7 h5 34. Nxf8 Rxf8 35. Nf5 Re8 36. Rg1 Kh7 37. Rc1 Nf6 38. Qxc7
Rxe4 39. Ne7 Qg5 40. Qc2 Qe5 41. d6 Qxd6 42. Nc6 Qd5 43. Rd1 Qc4 44. Qxc4
Rxc4 45. Nxa5 Rf4 46. Nc6 h4 47. a4 bxa3 48. b4 Ne4 49. Rh1 Nc3 50. Rc1 Nd5
51. b5 Rf2 52. Rc4 Kg7 53. Nb4 Nxb4 54. Rxb4 h3 55. b6 h2 56. Rb1 Rb2 57.
Rh1 f5 58. b7 Rxb7 59. Rxh2 Kf6 0-1

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Rapid"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "10.07.2024"]
[Round "1R"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[EventDate "2024.07.10"]
[ECO "B51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Ba4 Ngf6 5. O-O e6 6. d3 Be7 7. c4 O-O 8.
Nc3 a6 9. Qe2 b5 10. cxb5 Nb6 11. Bc2 axb5 12. Nxb5 Ba6 13. Nc3 d5 14. Rd1
Qc7 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 Bb7 19. Bg3 Bxe4 20.
Bxc7 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Nd5 22. Be5 Nb4 23. Bb3 Rfd8 24. Bc4 Nc6 25. Bc3 Nd4 26.
Kg2 Ne2 27. a4 Nxc3 28. bxc3 Bf6 29. Ra3 Ra5 30. Bb5 Rd5 31. Rb1 Rg5+ 32.
Kh1 Rh5 33. Kg2 Be5 34. h3 Rg5+ 35. Kh1 Rh5 36. Kg2 Rg5+ 37. Kh1 Rh5 38.
Kg2 Rg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Rapid"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "10.07.2024"]
[Round "1R"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[EventDate "2024.07.10"]
[ECO "B31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Qc7 6. a4 a5 7. e5 Nh6 8.
O-O Nf5 9. c3 b6 10. Qe2 Ba6 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. Bf4 Ng7 13. Bh6 Ne6 14. Bxf8
Kxf8 15. Qe3 Kg7 16. Na3 Rd5 17. h4 h6 18. Rd2 Rd7 19. Rad1 b5 20. d4 bxa4
21. dxc5 Rhd8 22. Nd4 Nxc5 23. h5 Nb3 24. hxg6 Nxd4 25. Rxd4 fxg6 26. e6
Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Rxd4 28. Qxd4+ Kg8 29. Qd7 Qd6 30. Qe8+ Kg7 31. Qf7+ Kh8 32.
Qxg6 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Qd6+ 34. g3 Bd3 35. Qxh6+ Kg8 36. Qg5+ Kh7 37. Qh5+ Kg7
38. Qg4+ Kf6 39. Nc4 Qxe6 40. Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Rapid"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "10.07.2024"]
[Round "2R"]
[White "Vidit, Gujrathi"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[EventDate "2024.07.10"]
[ECO "C02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Nf5 9. Be3 Nxe3 10. fxe3 g6 11. Bd3 Bh6 12. Qe2 f6 13. exf6 O-O 14. b5
e5 15. bxc6 e4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Ne5 Qb3 18. cxb7 Bxb7 19. Ng4 Bg5 20. Nd2
Qe6 21. Qc4 Bd5 22. Qc7 Bh4+ 23. g3 Bxf6 24. Nxf6+ Rxf6 25. Rb1 Qa6 26. Qc5
Be6 27. d5 Rc8 28. Qd4 Bg4 0-1

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Rapid"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "10.07.2024"]
[Round "2R"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[EventDate "2024.07.10"]
[ECO "B89"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Bd7
8. Qe2 a6 9. Bb3 b5 10. a3 Na5 11. f4 e5 12. Nf3 Nxb3 13. cxb3 Qb8 14. O-O
Be7 15. b4 O-O 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Bc5 Bxc5+ 18. bxc5 b4 19. Nd5 Bb5 20.
Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Qe3 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Kh8 23. Nh4 Rg8 24. Qf3 Qd8 25. axb4 Rb8
26. Rd1 Qe7 27. Nf5 Qb7 28. Ne3 Rg6 29. Nd5 a5 30. Rc1 Rc8 31. h4 axb4 32.
h5 Rh6 33. Qf5 Rc6 34. Ne3 Qc8 35. g4 Qf8 36. Kf2 Rxc5 37. Rxc5 Qxc5 38.
Qd7 f5 39. Qd8+ Kg7 40. Ke2 Rf6 41. h6+ Kg6 42. Qg8+ Kxh6 43. g5+ Kh5 44.
gxf6 1-0

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Rapid"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "10.07.2024"]
[Round "2R"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[EventDate "2024.07.10"]
[ECO "B33"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5
8. exd5 Nb8 9. c4 Be7 10. c5 O-O 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. Nxd6 Qa5+ 13. b4 Qxb4+ 14.
Qd2 Qxc5 15. Nxb7 Qd4 16. Bb2 Qb6 17. Na5 Bb5 18. Bc3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Bb4 20.
Qd2 Bxa5 21. Bxa5 Qb5 22. Rc1 Nd7 23. d6 e4 24. a4 Qa6 25. Qd5 Rab8 26. Bd2
Rfc8 27. Rxc8+ Rxc8 28. Qxe4 Qxd6 29. Be3 Qa6 30. Qd5 Nb6 31. Qb5 Qxa4 32.
Qxa4 Nxa4 33. Kd2 Nb6 34. Kd3 Kf8 35. Ra1 Rd8+ 36. Ke4 Rd7 37. g4 f6 38. h4
Kf7 39. h5 Nc8 40. Bc5 Rc7 41. Be3 Rd7 42. Bc5 Rc7 43. Be3 Re7+ 44. Kf3 Ke6
45. Ra6+ Kf7 46. Rc6 Nb6 47. Bxb6 axb6 48. Rxb6 h6 49. Kf4 Rc7 50. Rb5 Rd7
51. Kf5 Rc7 52. f4 Ra7 53. Rc5 Rb7 54. Ra5 Rc7 55. Rb5 Ra7 56. Rd5 Rb7 57.
Rc5 Ra7 58. Rd5 Rb7 59. Rc5 Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Rapid"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "10.07.2024"]
[Round "2R"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[EventDate "2024.07.10"]
[ECO "C78"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
d4 Bb6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Bc2 Ng4 12. a4 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Bd7 14. b4
Nc6 15. a5 Ba7 16. Bb3 Qe7 17. Kh1 Nd8 18. Qc2 Rc8 19. Rae1 c5 20. bxc5
dxc5 21. Nxe5 cxd4 22. exd4 Bxd4 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. Nf3 Bxc3 25. Rd1 Qe7 26.
Rd3 b4 27. Qd1 Rc7 28. Rd6 Nc6 29. Rd5 Nd8 30. h3 Ne6 31. Ne5 Bxe5 32. Rxe5
Qd8 33. Rd5 Qe7 34. Rd6 Ng5 35. Rxa6 h6 36. Bd5 Nxe4 37. Qe1 Nf6 38. Qxe7
Rxe7 39. Bf3 Ne4 40. Rc1 f5 41. Rb6 Ra7 42. a6 Rf6 43. Rxb4 Raxa6 44. Bxe4
fxe4 45. Rxe4 Rae6 46. Rxe6 Rxe6 47. Kh2 Kh7 48. Kh1 Kg8 49. Kh2 Kh7 50.
Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Rapid"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "10.07.2024"]
[Round "2R"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[EventDate "2024.07.10"]
[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. c3 d4 14. d3
O-O 15. Bd2 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Bg5 17. Rad1 Bxd2 18. Rxd2 Qd6 19. Rde2 Rad8 20.
c4 Qb4 21. h4 Qxa4 22. g4 Qb4 23. Bg2 Qd6 24. g5 Rd7 25. h5 h6 26. Qf5 Re7
27. gxh6 Rxe2 28. h7+ Kh8 29. Rxe2 Qh6 30. Bxc6 bxc6 31. Re7 Qxh7 32. Qf3
Qh6 33. Rxc7 Qg5+ 34. Kf1 Kg8 35. Rxc6 Rb8 36. Rc7 Rxb2 37. Qxf7+ Kh7 38.
Qg6+ Qxg6 39. hxg6+ Kxg6 40. Rc6+ Kf5 41. Rxa6 Rd2 42. Ra3 Kg4 43. Ke1 Rb2
44. Ra7 g5 45. Rf7 Rb1+ 46. Kd2 Rb2+ 47. Kc1 Rb3 48. Kc2 Ra3 49. Rf6 Kh3
50. Rf5 g4 51. Rf4 Ra2+ 52. Kb3 Rd2 53. c5 Rxd3+ 54. Kc4 Rd2 55. Rxd4 Rxf2
56. Rd8 g3 57. Rh8+ Kg4 58. Rg8+ Kh3 59. Rh8+ Kg4 60. Rg8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Rapid"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "10.07.2024"]
[Round "3R"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[EventDate "2024.07.10"]
[ECO "E60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
Ne5 O-O 9. O-O Bf5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Na4 Nd7 12. Be3 Qa5 13. Rc1 Rfc8 14.
b3 h5 15. Qe1 Qb5 16. Qd2 a5 17. Rfd1 Qb4 18. Rc3 e5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Bd4
Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Rab8 23. Kf1 Kg7 24. Rd1 Nb6 25. Nc5 Nd7 26.
Na4 Nb6 27. Nb2 a4 28. Rdc1 axb3 29. axb3 c5 30. Rxc5 Rxc5 31. Rxc5 Nd7 32.
Rxd5 Rxb3 33. Rd2 Be6 34. Nd1 Rb1 35. Bd5 Bh3+ 36. Bg2 Bf5 37. f3 Bc2 38.
Rxc2 Rxd1+ 39. Kf2 Nf6 40. h4 Nd5 41. Bh3 Rh1 42. Bc8 Rh2+ 43. Kg1 Ne3 44.
Kxh2 Nxc2 45. Kg2 f5 46. Kf2 Kf6 47. Ba6 Nb4 48. Bc4 Ke5 49. Ke3 Nc6 50.
f4+ Kf6 51. Bd5 Nb8 52. Bc4 Nd7 53. Bb5 Nf8 54. Kd4 Nh7 55. Bd3 Ke6 56.
Bc4+ Ke7 57. Bd3 Nf6 58. Bc2 Kd6 59. Bb3 Ke7 60. Bd5 Ng4 61. Bf3 Nh6 62.
Ke5 Nf7+ 63. Kd5 Kf6 64. Kc6 Ke7 65. e4 fxe4 66. Bxe4 Kf6 67. Kd7 Nh6 68.
Ke8 Ng4 69. Kf8 Ne3 70. Bd3 Nf5 71. Bxf5 gxf5 72. Kg8 Kg6 73. Kf8 Kf6 74.
Kg8 Kg6 75. Kf8 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Rapid"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "10.07.2024"]
[Round "3R"]
[White "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[EventDate "2024.07.10"]
[ECO "B50"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 O-O 7. c3 a6 8. a4
Nc6 9. Nbd2 Rb8 10. Bb3 b5 11. axb5 axb5 12. d4 e5 13. Bd5 Rb6 14. dxc5
dxc5 15. Nf1 Qc7 16. Ne3 Bd7 17. Bb3 Bd6 18. Bc2 Ne7 19. c4 Ng6 20. b3 Re8
21. Bb2 Bf8 22. Ra2 Bc6 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 e4 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. Rxe4
Rxe4 27. Bxe4 bxc4 28. Bxg6 cxb3 29. Bxf7+ Qxf7 30. Qxb3 Rf5 31. Rd2 h6 32.
h3 Bd6 33. Qd3 Qa7 34. g3 Rf8 35. Kg2 Qf7 36. Nh2 Be5 37. Nf3 Bd6 38. Rc2
Qf5 39. Qd1 Qe4 40. Rc3 Rf5 41. Re3 Rxd5 42. Qb3 c4 43. Qa4 Qf5 44. Qxc4
Qf7 45. Re8+ Bf8 46. Rc8 Rf5 47. Qxf7+ Kxf7 48. Rc7+ Kg8 49. Nd4 Rf6 50. h4
h5 51. Nf3 g6 52. Ng5 Bh6 53. Nf3 Re6 54. Rd7 Re8 55. Ng1 Re6 56. f4 Bg7
57. Rd5 Kh7 58. Kf3 Ra6 59. Rd3 Bf6 60. Nh3 Kg7 61. Nf2 Be7 62. Rd7 Kf7 63.
Nd3 Ke6 64. Rb7 Ra3 65. Ke4 Ra4+ 66. Ke3 Ra3 67. Rb5 Bf6 68. Ke4 Ra4+ 69.
Kf3 Ra3 70. Ke3 Bg7 71. Rg5 Kf7 72. Ke4 Ra4+ 73. Ke3 Ra3 74. Rd5 Ke6 75.
Rb5 Bf6 76. Ke2 Ra2+ 77. Kf3 Ra3 78. Ke3 Bg7 79. Ke4 Ra4+ 80. Rb4 Rxb4+ 81.
Nxb4 Bc3 82. Nd3 Kf6 83. Nc1 Be1 84. Ne2 Ba5 85. Kf3 Be1 86. Nd4 Ba5 87.
Nc2 Bc3 88. Ne3 Be1 89. Nc4 Bc3 90. Nb6 Be1 91. Nd5+ Ke6 92. Ne3 Kf6 93.
Nc2 Bc3 94. Ke4 Ba5 95. Nd4 Be1 96. Kf3 Bc3 97. Nc2 Ba5 98. g4 hxg4+ 99.
Kxg4 Bd8 100. Ne3 Kf7 101. Nc4 Kg7 102. Ne5 Bf6 103. Nf3 Be7 104. Nd2 Bb4
105. Nc4 Be7 106. Ne3 Kf7 107. Ng2 Bf6 108. Ne1 Be7 109. Nf3 Kg7 110. Ng5
Bb4 111. Nf3 Be7 112. Ne5 Bf6 113. h5 gxh5+ 114. Kxh5 Bxe5 115. fxe5 Kf7
116. e6+ Kxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Rapid"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "10.07.2024"]
[Round "3R"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Vidit, Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[EventDate "2024.07.10"]
[ECO "A07"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Bg2 Nb4 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 Nc2 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. e4 dxe4 10. Qxc2 exf3 11. Qxf5 fxg2 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Qf3 c6 14.
d5 Rd8 15. Bg5 Kf8 16. dxc6 Qxc6 17. Bxe7+ Nxe7 18. Rad1 Re8 19. Qf4 f6 20.
Qb4 a5 21. Qxa5 Kf7 22. Ne4 b6 23. Qh5+ g6 24. Qf3 Nd5 25. Qb3 Re5 26. Nc3
Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Rd8 28. Rd1 Ke6 29. Kxg2 b5 30. Nxd5 Rxd5 31. Kf3 Ke5 32.
Qxd5+ Qxd5+ 33. Rxd5+ Kxd5 34. Ke3 Kc4 35. g4 h6 36. Ke4 b4 37. h4 1-0

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Rapid"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "10.07.2024"]
[Round "3R"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[EventDate "2024.07.10"]
[ECO "E48"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nf3 Re8
8. O-O Bd6 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. a3 Bg4 11. Nh4 a6 12. f3 Be6 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14.
Bxf5 Ne7 15. Bh3 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Rd1 Ba7 18. Kh1 Nc6 19. Qb3 d4 20.
Ne2 Na5 21. Qc2 Qd5 22. e4 Qb3 23. Qxb3 Nxb3 24. Rb1 Rad8 25. Bg5 d3 26.
Nc1 Nxc1 27. Rbxc1 h6 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Rc7 d2 30. Bd7 Re5 31. Rxd2 Rc5 32.
Rxc5 Bxc5 33. Rd5 Be3 34. a4 Kf8 35. Be6 Rxd5 36. Bxd5 b6 37. g3 a5 38. Kg2
Kg7 39. f4 Kf8 40. Kf3 Bg1 41. h4 Kg7 42. g4 Bc5 43. Bc4 Bd6 44. Ke3 Bc5+
45. Ke2 Bd6 46. Kf3 Bc7 47. b3 Bd6 48. h5 Bc7 49. f5 Kf8 50. Ke3 Be5 51.
Kd3 Ke7 52. Bd5 Bh2 53. Kc4 Bg1 54. Kb5 Be3 55. Kc6 Bd4 56. Kc7 Be3 57. Kb7
Bd4 58. Kc6 Be3 59. Bc4 Bd4 60. Bd5 Be3 61. Bc4 Bd4 62. Bd5 Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Rapid"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "10.07.2024"]
[Round "3R"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[EventDate "2024.07.10"]
[ECO "D10"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5
8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. Nf3 Bb4 12. O-O O-O 13. Bg5 h6 14.
Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Qxe4 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rxc3 19. d5 exd5
20. Qd4 Rc8 21. Qxa7 b6 22. Rfc1 Ra8 23. Qc7 Nc4 24. Qxd8 Rfxd8 25. Ne5 b5
26. Rd1 f6 27. Nd3 Bg4 28. Rdc1 d4 29. exd4 Rxd4 30. Nc5 Rd5 31. Ne4 Kg7
32. Nc3 Rd2 33. Nxb5 Rdxa2 34. Rxa2 Rxa2 35. h3 Be6 36. Nd4 Bf7 37. Nf5+
Kg6 38. Ne7+ Kg7 39. Nf5+ Kg6 40. Ne7+ Kg7 41. Nf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Rapid"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "11.07.2024"]
[Round "4R"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[EventDate "2024.07.10"]
[ECO "C50"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a5 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 O-O 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Ba7 11. Na3 g4 12. Bh4 Kg7 13. h3 gxf3 14. Qxf3
Be6 15. Bd5 Qe7 16. d4 Bd7 17. Nc2 Nxd5 18. Qg3+ Kh7 19. exd5 f6 20. dxc6
Bxc6 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Nd4 Bd7 23. Qd3+ Kh8 24. Nf5 Qh7 25. g4 h5 26. Rad1
Be6 27. Kg2 Qg6 28. f3 Kh7 29. Qe4 Bb6 30. c4 Rad8 31. Ng3 hxg4 32. hxg4
Qxe4 33. Nxe4 Rxd1 34. Rxd1 Kg6 35. c5 Ba7 36. b3 f5 37. gxf5+ Bxf5 38. Bf2
Be6 39. Bg3 Kf5 40. Rh1 Bf7 41. Rh7 Kg6 42. Rh4 Bd5 43. Rg4+ Kf7 44. Bxe5
Bxe4 45. Rf4+ Ke8 46. Rxf8+ Kxf8 47. fxe4 Bxc5 48. Bxc7 a4 49. bxa4 Ke7 50.
Kf3 Kd7 51. Bf4 Ke6 52. Ke2 Kd7 53. Kd3 Kc6 54. Kc4 Bb6 55. Be5 Bd8 56. Bd4
Bc7 57. Bc3 b6 58. Bd4 Bg3 59. Kd3 Bc7 60. Ke2 Kd7 61. Kf3 Ke6 62. Be3 Bd8
63. Bf4 Kd7 64. Kg4 Ke6 65. Bg3 Be7 66. Bc7 Bc5 67. a5 bxa5 68. Bxa5 Ba3
69. Bc3 Bd6 70. a4 Kd7 71. Kf5 Kc6 72. Be5 Bb4 73. Bd4 Bd6 74. Be3 Kb7 75.
Bf4 Bb4 76. e5 1-0

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Rapid"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "11.07.2024"]
[Round "4R"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[EventDate "2024.07.10"]
[ECO "E25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5
8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Nc7 10. Kf2 O-O 11. Be3 Nca6 12. a4 Nxc5 13. Qd6 b6 14.
Bb5 Ba6 15. Ne2 Bxb5 16. Bxc5 bxc5 17. Qxc5 Nd7 18. axb5 Nxc5 19. Rxa5 Nd3+
20. Kg3 f5 21. exf5 exf5 22. Nf4 Nxf4 23. Kxf4 Rac8 24. Rxa7 Rc4+ 25. Kg3
f4+ 26. Kg4 Rxc3 27. Rd1 Rc2 28. Kh3 Rc5 29. Rdd7 Rg5 30. b6 h6 31. b7 Kh7
32. g4 1-0

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Rapid"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "11.07.2024"]
[Round "4R"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[EventDate "2024.07.10"]
[ECO "B30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. e5 d5 5. Bb5 Ng8 6. d4 e6 7. c3 Bd7 8.
Ba4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nge7 10. Nc3 Ng6 11. h4 h6 12. h5 Nge7 13. Bc2 Rc8 14. O-O
Na5 15. Bd3 Qb6 16. Rb1 a6 17. Be3 Nc4 18. Qe2 Qa5 19. Nd2 b5 20. Nb3 Qd8
21. Nc5 Nc6 22. b4 Bxc5 23. bxc5 Qh4 24. g3 Qh3 25. a4 Ne7 26. axb5 axb5
27. Nxb5 Bxb5 28. Rxb5 O-O 29. Rc1 Nxe3 30. Qxe3 Qxh5 31. Kg2 f5 32. exf6
Rxf6 33. Rh1 Qf7 34. Rb2 Rf8 35. f4 Nc6 36. Rb6 Ne7 37. Re1 Ra8 38. Re2 Qh5
39. Qe5 Nf5 40. Bxf5 Rxf5 41. Qxe6+ Kh7 42. Rb1 Ra3 43. Rh1 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Rapid"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "11.07.2024"]
[Round "4R"]
[White "Vidit, Gujrathi"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[EventDate "2024.07.10"]
[ECO "C65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Ba4 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. c3 Ne7 8.
Nbd2 Ng6 9. h3 a5 10. d4 Ba7 11. Re1 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. Bc2 c6 14. e5 Nh5
15. Nf1 Nhf4 16. Bxf4 Nxf4 17. Qd2 Ne6 18. Ng3 f6 19. Bf5 g6 20. Bxe6+ Bxe6
21. Qh6 Qe7 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Re3 Qg7 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. Rae1 Bg8 26. Ra3
Bb6 27. Rb3 Ra6 28. a4 Re6 29. Rxe6 Bxe6 30. Ne2 Kf6 31. g4 Bc8 32. Re3 Bc7
33. Kg2 Be6 34. b3 Ra8 35. Ne1 h5 36. f3 Re8 37. Nd3 Bf7 38. Kf2 Rxe3 39.
Kxe3 g5 40. Nc5 b6 41. Nd3 Bd6 42. Nc3 Bg6 43. Ke2 Ke6 44. Ke3 Bh2 45. Ne2
Kf6 46. Kd2 hxg4 47. hxg4 Ke6 48. Nc3 Kd6 49. Ne2 Bh7 50. Nf2 Ke6 51. Nh3
Kf6 52. Nf2 c5 53. Nd3 Bd6 54. Nc3 Ke6 55. Nb5 cxd4 56. Nxd4+ Kd7 57. Nb5
Bc5 58. Kc3 Be3 59. Ne5+ Ke6 60. Nd3 Bc5 61. Nc7+ Kd6 62. Nb5+ Ke6 63. Nc7+
Kd6 64. Nb5+ Kd7 65. Kd2 Be7 66. Ke3 Bf6 67. Kd2 Bg6 68. Ke3 Kc6 69. Na7+
Kd7 70. Nb5 Bf7 71. Nd4 Bg8 72. f4 gxf4+ 73. Nxf4 Kd6 74. Nf5+ Kc6 75. Nd4+
Kc5 76. Nd3+ Kd6 77. Nf5+ Ke6 78. b4 axb4 79. Nxb4 Bh7 80. Nc6 Bg6 81. Kd3
Be8 82. Ncd4+ Ke5 83. Nb5 Bd7 84. Nc3 Bg5 85. Nb5 Bf6 86. Nc3 Bg5 87. Nb5
Be8 88. Nfd6 Bg6+ 89. Nf5 Be7 90. Nbd4 Bc5 91. Ne2 Bh7 92. Nc3 Bg6 93. Ne2
Be8 94. Nc3 Bd7 95. Nb5 Kf4 96. Nc3 Be6 97. Nd4 Bf7 98. Nf5 Bg6 99. Ke2 d4
100. Nb5 d3+ 101. Kd2 Kxg4 102. Ne3+ Kf4 103. Nd5+ Ke5 104. Nbc3 Kd4 105.
Nf4 Bf5 106. Nb5+ Kc4 107. Ng2 Bb4+ 108. Ke3 d2 109. Kf4 Bc5 110. Nd6+
Bxd6+ 111. Kxf5 Bc5 0-1

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Rapid"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "11.07.2024"]
[Round "4R"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[EventDate "2024.07.10"]
[ECO "B30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ng6 7. Be3 Be7
8. c3 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. g3 Bb7 13. a4 c5 14.
Nd2 Ne5 15. a5 f5 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Bxe4 18. Bxe6+ Kf8 19. f3 Bd3 20.
Rfd1 b5 21. a6 c4 22. Re1 g5 23. Ra5 Rd6 24. Bf2 Rb8 25. g4 fxg4 26. Bxg4
Bd8 27. Bg3 Rf6 28. Bxb8 Bxa5 29. Bxa7 Rxa6 30. Bc5+ Kf7 31. Re7+ Kg6 32.
Rb7 Bd8 33. Bd7 Ra1+ 34. Kg2 Re1 35. Bxb5 Re2+ 36. Bf2 g4 37. Kg3 h5 38.
fxg4 h4+ 39. Kf3 Re6 40. Bd7 Be4+ 41. Ke3 Re5 42. Rb5 Bg5+ 43. Kd4 Re7 44.
Rb6+ Kf7 45. Be6+ Rxe6 46. Rxe6 Kxe6 47. Kxe4 h3 48. Be3 1-0

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Rapid"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "11.12.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2024.07.10"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. e3 a6 4. b3 Bb7 5. c4 b4 6. Bb2 g6 7. Bxf6 exf6 8. Bg2
Bg7 9. d4 f5 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 a5 12. axb4 axb4 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Nbd2 c5 15.
Qc2 Qa5 16. Rd1 Na6 17. h4 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nc5 20. N2f3 Ra8 21. Ne1
Qa3 22. Rb1 Qa6 23. Nd3 Qb7+ 24. Kg1 Ne4 25. Nb5 Bc3 26. Rd1 d5 27. Nf4 dxc4
28. bxc4 Qc6 29. Qe2 Bg7 30. Nd5 Qc5 31. Nd4 (31. Qc2 h5 32. Qb3 Bf8 33. Kg2
Ra6) 31... Bf8 32. g4 (32. Rb1 h5 33. Qc2 Ra3 34. Nb5) 32... fxg4 33. Qxg4 Nc3
34. Nxc3 bxc3 35. Qe2 Ra4 36. Rc1 Rxc4 37. h5 Qg5+ 38. Kf1 Rxd4 0-1

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Rapid"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "11.07.2024"]
[Round "5R"]
[White "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Black "Vidit, Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[EventDate "2024.07.10"]
[ECO "C44"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 a5 8. c4
h6 9. Nc3 Nh7 10. Kh2 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Be3 Qd7 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. Nh4
Qxd3 15. Bd5+ Kh8 16. Qe1 g5 17. Rd1 Qxf1 18. Qxf1 gxh4 19. Qe2 hxg3+ 20.
fxg3 e4 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Qh5 Rf6 23. g4 Bg6 24. Qxc5 Ng5 25. h4 Nf3+ 26.
Kg3 Re8 27. Qe3 Bh7 28. Ne2 Ne5 29. Qc5 Rf3+ 30. Kg2 Nxg4 31. Rd7 Rg8 32.
Qd4+ Nf6+ 33. Kh2 e3 34. Re7 Rf2+ 35. Kh1 Rf1+ 36. Kh2 c5 37. Qc3 Rf2+ 38.
Kh1 Rf1+ 39. Kh2 Rf2+ 40. Kh1 Rf1+ 41. Kh2 Rf2+ 42. Kh1 Rf1+ 43. Kh2 Rf2+
44. Kh1 Rf1+ 45. Kh2 Rf2+ 46. Kh1 Rf1+ 47. Kh2 Rf2+ 48. Kh1 Rf1+ 49. Kh2
Rf2+ 50. Kh1 Rf1+ 51. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Rapid"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "11.07.2024"]
[Round "5R"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[EventDate "2024.07.10"]
[ECO "D35"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8.
Bg3 Ne4 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 h5 11. f3 h4 12. Be5 Nf6 13. h3 Nc6 14. Bb5
O-O 15. Bh2 Qe7 16. Kf2 Bf5 17. Ne2 Na5 18. Re1 c6 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3
Nc4 21. g3 Rfe8 22. gxh4 Nb2 23. Qd2 Nc4 24. Qd3 Nb2 25. Qd2 Nc4 26. Qd3
Nb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Rapid"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "11.07.2024"]
[Round "5R"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[EventDate "2024.07.10"]
[ECO "D02"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Qxd5 6. Nc3 Qxd4 7. Nxd4
a6 8. g3 e5 9. Nb3 Nc6 10. Bg2 a5 11. O-O a4 12. Nd2 Be6 13. Nb5 Rc8 14. b3
axb3 15. axb3 Bb4 16. Nc4 O-O 17. Ba3 Bxa3 18. Rxa3 Nd4 19. Nxd4 exd4 20.
Bxb7 Rc7 21. Bg2 Bxc4 22. Rc1 Re7 23. Rxc4 Rxe2 24. Rxd4 h5 25. h3 Re1+ 26.
Kh2 Re2 27. Rf4 Rb2 28. b4 Rb8 29. Ra8 Rxa8 30. Bxa8 Ne8 31. Kg2 Kf8 32.
Rd4 Ke7 33. Bc6 Nd6 34. g4 hxg4 35. hxg4 Ke6 36. Kf3 g5 37. Ke3 f5 38. Kf3
fxg4+ 39. Kxg4 Rxf2 40. Kxg5 Ke5 41. Rd5+ Ke6 42. Rd1 Nf7+ 43. Kg4 Ne5+ 44.
Kg3 Nxc6 45. Kxf2 Nxb4 46. Ke3 Nd5+ 47. Kd4 Nf6 48. Re1+ Kd6 49. Re5 Nd7
50. Ra5 Ke6 51. Ra1 Nf6 52. Re1+ Kd6 53. Re2 Nd7 54. Ke4 Nc5+ 55. Kf5 Kd5
56. Rd2+ Kc4 57. Rd8 Nb7 58. Rd7 Nc5 59. Rd1 Nd3 60. Rxd3 Kxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Rapid"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "11.07.2024"]
[Round "5R"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[EventDate "2024.07.10"]
[ECO "B92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 Nc6 10. f3 b5 11. a4 bxa4 12. Rxa4 Bd7 13. Be3 Qb8 14. Rxa6
Rxa6 15. Bxa6 Nb4 16. Bf1 Rc8 17. Nc1 Be6 18. Bf2 h6 19. Qe2 Nc6 20. Qb5
Nd4 21. Qxb8 Rxb8 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Nb5 Bd7 24. Nxd4 Rxb2 25. Ncb3 Bd8 26.
Ra1 Bb6 27. Kh1 g5 28. Bd3 h5 29. g3 Bh3 30. Bf1 g4 31. Bxh3 gxh3 32. Rd1
Nd7 33. Nf5 Rxc2 34. Nbd4 Rf2 35. Nc6 Kh7 36. Nxd6 Rxf3 37. Nc4 Bc7 38. Nd4
Rc3 39. Ne2 Rxc4 40. Rxd7 Rc2 41. Ng1 Rc1 42. Rxf7+ Kg6 43. Rxc7 Rxc7 44.
Nxh3 Rc2 45. Kg1 Kf6 46. Nf2 Ke5 47. Kg2 Rc3 48. Nh3 Kxe4 49. Nf4 h4 50.
Kh3 hxg3 51. hxg3 Rxg3+ 52. Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Rapid"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "11.07.2024"]
[Round "6R"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[EventDate "2024.07.10"]
[ECO "B30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. e5 Nxb5 6. Nxb5 Nd5 7. O-O a6
8. c4 Nb4 9. Nc3 d6 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. d4 cxd4 12. Ne4 Qc6 13. Re1 Bg4 14.
Bf4 O-O-O 15. Neg5 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Qf6 17. Bg3 d3 18. Re5 Nc6 19. Rd5 Qxb2
20. Rxd8+ Nxd8 21. Ne5 f6 22. Nxd3 Qd4 23. Rb1 e5 24. Qb3 Be7 25. Rd1 Qe4
26. f3 Qc6 27. Bf2 Ne6 28. Nb4 Bxb4 29. Qxb4 Rd8 30. Rb1 Rd7 31. Bb6 Qd6
32. Qb3 Qd3 33. Qb4 Qd2 34. Qb3 Nf4 35. Bf2 Ne2+ 36. Kh1 Nd4 37. Qa3 Ne6
38. Bg1 Qd3 39. Qb2 Kd8 40. c5 Ke7 41. Qb6 Nd8 42. Rb3 Qd5 43. Qa7 Kf7 44.
Qa8 h6 45. h3 Kg6 46. Qc8 Qc6 47. Qb8 Qc7 48. Qa8 Rd1 49. Qa7 Qa5 50. c6
Nxc6 51. Qe3 Qd5 52. Rxb7 Nd4 53. Rb2 Nf5 54. Qf2 Rf1 55. Qc2 Qd4 0-1

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Rapid"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "11.07.2024"]
[Round "6R"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[EventDate "2024.07.10"]
[ECO "B50"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. O-O a6 6. Bb3 Na5 7. e5 Nxb3 8.
axb3 dxe5 9. Nxe5 e6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Qf3 O-O 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Nd7 14.
Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Bg3 Ra7 16. Na4 Qd8 17. Bb8 Ra8 18. Qg3 b5 19. Bc7 Qe8 20.
Nb6 Ra7 21. Bb8 Rb7 22. Be5 f6 23. Nxc8 Qxc8 24. Bf4 Kh8 25. Rxa6 e5 26.
Be3 c4 27. Qg6 Bc5 28. Bxc5 Qxc5 29. Qe4 Rc7 30. bxc4 bxc4 31. Ra8 Rxa8 32.
Qxa8+ Rc8 33. Qb7 cxd3 34. cxd3 Qc2 35. b4 Rd8 36. b5 Qxd3 37. h3 Qd6 38.
Rc1 Qb8 39. Qa6 e4 40. b6 e3 41. fxe3 Qe5 42. Qe2 Rb8 43. Rb1 Qe4 44. Rb3
Qd5 45. Qc2 Qd7 46. Qc7 Qd1+ 47. Kh2 Re8 48. Ra3 Kh7 49. Ra7 1-0

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Rapid"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "11.07.2024"]
[Round "6R"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[EventDate "2024.07.10"]
[ECO "A20"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Qb6 6. e3 d5 7. Nc3 Bg4 8.
Qb3 Na6 9. cxd5 Qxb3 10. axb3 cxd5 11. O-O Nb4 12. Ncb5 Kd7 13. f3 exf3 14.
Nxf3 Nd3 15. Ra4 Bc5 16. Nc3 Be6 17. Nd4 a5 18. Bf3 Bb4 19. Be2 Nc5 20. Ra1
h5 21. d3 Bg4 22. Bxg4+ hxg4 23. Na4 Nxa4 24. bxa4 Rh5 25. b3 Bc3 26. Ra2
Bxd4 27. exd4 Rc8 28. Bd2 b6 29. b4 axb4 30. Bxb4 Rhh8 31. Bd2 Rc6 32. Rb2
Ra8 33. Rb4 Re8 34. Rf2 Ree6 35. Rb5 Rc2 36. a5 bxa5 37. Rxa5 Rb6 38. Ra7+
Ke6 39. Kg2 Rbb2 40. Ra6+ Kd7 41. Ra7+ Ke6 42. Ra6+ Kd7 43. Ra7+ Kc6 44.
Be3 Rxf2+ 45. Bxf2 Nd7 46. Ra8 Kd6 47. Rh8 g5 48. Kf1 f6 49. Be1 Nb8 50. h4
gxh3 51. Rxh3 Nc6 52. g4 Rb3 53. Bf2 Nb4 54. Ke2 Rb2+ 55. Ke1 Ra2 56. Rf3
Ke6 57. Re3+ Kf7 58. Rh3 Kg6 59. Rf3 Nc2+ 60. Kd1 Nb4 61. Ke1 Nc6 62. Rf5
Ne7 63. Rf3 Ng8 64. Rg3 Nh6 65. Kf1 f5 66. gxf5+ Nxf5 67. Rg2 Ra1+ 68. Ke2
Ra2+ 69. Kf1 Kh5 70. Rh2+ Nh4 71. Rh3 Kg4 72. Re3 Ra1+ 73. Ke2 Ra2+ 74. Kf1
Ra1+ 75. Ke2 Ng6 76. Bg3 Ra2+ 77. Kf1 Ra4 78. Be5 Nh4 79. Rg3+ Kf5 80. Rh3
Ng6 81. Re3 Nf4 82. Kg1 g4 83. Kf1 Ra1+ 84. Kf2 Ra2+ 85. Kf1 Ra1+ 86. Kf2
Nh3+ 87. Kg2 Ng5 88. Bg3 Ra2+ 89. Kf1 Nf3 90. Re8 Ra1+ 91. Kf2 Ra4 92. Rf8+
Ke6 93. Re8+ Kd7 94. Rg8 Rxd4 95. Ke3 Ra4 96. Bf4 Nd4 97. Rxg4 Ne6 98. Rh4
Nxf4 99. Rxf4 Rxf4 100. Kxf4 Ke6 101. d4 Kf6 102. Kg4 Kg6 103. Kf4 Kf6 
104. Kg4 Kg6 105. Kf4 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Rapid"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "11.07.2024"]
[Round "6R"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[EventDate "2024.07.10"]
[ECO "B90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 h6 8.
Bg2 Be7 9. b3 Bd7 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. Nce2 Qa5+ 12. Bc3 Qc7 13. Qd2 Nxd4 14.
Bxd4 e5 15. Bb2 Bc6 16. Ng3 g6 17. c4 Nd7 18. Nf1 Nc5 19. Ne3 Bg5 20. Qc2
Bxe3 21. fxe3 b5 22. O-O b4 23. Rf6 Qe7 24. Raf1 O-O 25. Qd2 Rad8 26. Qxb4
Bxe4 27. Qd2 a5 28. Ba3 Kg7 29. Qf2 Bxg2 30. Qxg2 Qxf6 31. Rxf6 Kxf6 32.
Qd5 Rfe8 33. Bb2 Ke7 34. Bc3 Ra8 35. Bxe5 dxe5 36. Qxc5+ Kf6 37. Kf2 Kg7
38. Qb5 e4 39. c5 Re5 40. Qd7 Ree8 41. Qd4+ Kg8 42. a3 Rad8 43. Qa4 Rd2+
44. Kg3 Re6 45. Qc4 Rc6 46. b4 axb4 47. axb4 g5 48. Qxe4 Re6 49. Qa8+ Kh7
50. Qa3 Rf6 51. Qc3 Rff2 52. Qe5 f6 53. Qe4+ Kg7 54. h4 gxh4+ 55. Kxh4 Rh2+
56. Kg3 h5 57. gxh5 Rxh5 58. c6 Re5 59. Qf4 Rc2 60. Kf3 Rxc6 61. Qg4+ Kf8
62. Qd7 Rce6 63. Qd4 Rxe3+ 64. Qxe3 Rxe3+ 65. Kxe3 Ke7 66. b5 Kd6 67. Kf4
Kc5 68. Kf5 Kxb5 69. Kxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Rapid"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "11.07.2024"]
[Round "6R"]
[White "Vidit, Gujrathi"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[EventDate "2024.07.10"]
[ECO "E06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8.
a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Rd1 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Nc3 a5 14. Ne5
Bxg2 15. Kxg2 c6 16. Qb3 Qc7 17. e3 Bb4 18. Rac1 Nd7 19. Nd3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3
Nf6 21. Qb3 Rfd8 22. Nc5 b6 23. Nd3 Rac8 24. f3 Nd5 25. Kf2 Ne7 26. Nf4 Nd5
27. Nd3 Ne7 28. Nf4 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Rapid"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "12.07.2024"]
[Round "7R"]
[White "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[EventDate "2024.07.10"]
[ECO "D38"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 dxc4
8. Bxc4 Bd6 9. Qc2 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Be2 c6 12. Nd4 Qe7 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14.
Qxf5 Rad8 15. O-O Bc7 16. Rfd1 Nd3 17. Bxd3 g6 18. Qf3 Rxd3 19. Qe2 Rfd8
20. Be1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rxd1 22. Nxd1 h5 23. b3 Nd5 24. g3 Be5 25. Nb2 Bf6
26. Nc4 b5 27. Na5 Qc5 28. Kg2 Kg7 29. h4 a6 30. e4 Nc3 31. Qc2 b4 32. Nc4
a5 33. a4 Bd4 34. Qd3 Na2 35. Qc2 Nc3 36. f3 Nd5 37. Bf2 Nb6 38. Bxd4+ Qxd4
39. Nxa5 c5 40. Qf2 Qc3 41. Qe2 c4 42. bxc4 Nxa4 43. c5 Nxc5 44. Qc4 Nd3
45. Kh3 Qa1 46. Kh2 Qb2+ 47. Kh1 Ne5 48. Qf1 b3 49. Qd1 Qc2 50. Qd4 b2 0-1

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Rapid"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "12.07.2024"]
[Round "7R"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[EventDate "2024.07.10"]
[ECO "A06"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. O-O c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Bc4 Nf6 14.
Qe2 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxc4 16. Rxc4 Qd7 17. Rfc1 Rc5 18. b4 Rxc4 19. Qxc4 Nd5
20. Nc6 Bf6 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. b5 h5 23. h3 Ra8 24. Qe2 Qb7 25. Qf3 Re8 26.
e4 a6 27. a4 axb5 28. axb5 Qa8 29. e5 Nd5 30. Qxh5 Qa4 31. Qe2 Ra8 32. g3
Qb3 33. Nd4 Qb4 34. Nf3 g6 35. Ng5 Qa3 36. Qd2 Kg7 37. Ne4 Qf3 38. Re1 Ra3
39. Nd6 Rd3 40. Qg5 Nc3 41. Qf6+ Qxf6 42. Ne8+ Kf8 43. Nxf6 Nxb5 44. Rb1
Nd4 45. Rxb6 Nf3+ 46. Kg2 Nxe5 47. Rb8+ Kg7 48. Ne8+ Kh6 49. Nf6 Kg7 50.
Ne8+ Kh6 51. Nf6 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Rapid"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "12.07.2024"]
[Round "7R"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[EventDate "2024.07.10"]
[ECO "B90"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8.
Be3 Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. Qd2 b5 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Kb1 Nb6 13. h4 b4 14. Qf2
bxc3 15. Bxb6 Qc8 16. bxc3 Qxc3 17. Ba5 Qc6 18. Rg1 Be7 19. Rd3 Nd7 20. Qd2
Nc5 21. Qc3 Bxh4 22. f4 Rc8 23. Nxc5 Qxc5 24. Qxc5 Rxc5 25. Bb4 Rb5 26. Rb3
Bxb3 27. Bxb5+ axb5 28. cxb3 exf4 29. Bxd6 g5 30. Rd1 f6 31. a4 bxa4 32.
bxa4 Kf7 33. a5 Bf2 34. Kc2 Be3 35. Kd3 h5 36. gxh5 g4 37. a6 g3 38. a7
Bxa7 39. Bxf4 g2 40. Bh2 Rxh5 41. Bg1 Rh1 0-1

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Rapid"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "12.07.2024"]
[Round "7R"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[EventDate "2024.07.10"]
[ECO "E01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. O-O Bc5
8. Nxd4 O-O 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. Nb3 Bd6 12. Qd5 Nc6 13. Rd1 Be7 14.
Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Rxd8+ Bxd8 16. Be3 Bb6 17. Bxb6 axb6 18. Bd5 Ne7 19. Bc4 Bd7
20. Rd1 Ba4 21. Kf1 g6 22. Rc1 Nf5 23. Ke1 Nd6 24. Nd2 Bc6 25. Bb3 Kf8 26.
Nc4 Nxc4 27. Bxc4 b5 28. Bb3 Ke7 29. h4 h6 30. Kd2 g5 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. c4
Rd8+ 33. Ke1 bxc4 34. Rxc4 f5 35. Bc2 Kf6 36. g4 f4 37. Be4 Bxe4 38. Rxe4
Ra8 39. a4 b5 40. axb5 Ra1+ 41. Kd2 Rb1 42. Rc4 Rxb5 43. Kd3 Rb2 44. Rc6+
Kf7 45. Rc7+ Ke6 46. Rg7 Kf6 47. Rc7 Ke6 48. Rg7 Kf6 49. Rc7 Ke6 50. Rg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Rapid"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "12.07.2024"]
[Round "7R"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Vidit, Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[EventDate "2024.07.10"]
[ECO "C00"]

1. c4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d4
O-O 8. Nf3 Nb6 9. h3 Nbxd5 10. O-O Bf5 11. Re1 c6 12. Bc4 Bb4 13. Bd2 Bxc3
14. bxc3 Ne4 15. Rc1 Re8 16. Bb3 Qc7 17. Ne5 Rad8 18. c4 Nxd2 19. cxd5 Nxb3
20. Qxb3 Bg6 21. Re3 Rb8 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. Nxc6 Kh8 24. d5 h6 25. Qa3 Rxe3
26. Qxe3 Rc8 27. Rd1 a6 28. Qe7 Qf4 29. d6 Qa4 30. Re1 Qxc6 31. d7 Kh7 32.
dxc8=Q Qxc8 33. Qe3 Qc4 34. a3 Qc2 35. Rc1 Qb2 36. Rc5 Qb1+ 37. Kh2 Qb2 38.
Ra5 Qb8+ 39. f4 Qc8 40. Qc5 Qb7 41. f5 Bh5 42. f6 gxf6 43. Qd6 Be2 44. Rf5
Bc4 45. Rxf6 Be6 46. Qf4 1-0

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Rapid"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "12.07.2024"]
[Round "8R"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[EventDate "2024.07.10"]
[ECO "A08"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Re1 b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 a5 11. h4 b4 12. N1h2 Qc7 13. Bf4 a4 14. a3 bxa3
15. bxa3 Ba6 16. h5 h6 17. Qd2 Rfc8 18. Ng4 Qd8 19. c4 dxc4 20. Bxh6 c3 21.
Qf4 Bxd3 22. Ng5 Qf8 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 24. Qf3 gxh6 25. Nxf7 c4 26. Ngxh6+ Kh7
27. Qxc6 Nc5 28. g4 Rc8 29. Qg2 Qg7 30. Rac1 Rf8 31. Rxc3 Bg5 32. f4 Bxh6
33. Nxh6 Rxf4 34. g5 Qa7 35. Kh2 Ne4 36. Ng4 Rxg4 37. Qxg4 Qf2+ 38. Kh3
Qxe1 39. g6+ Kg7 40. h6+ Kxh6 41. Qf4+ Ng5+ 42. Kg2 Be4+ 0-1

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Rapid"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "12.07.2024"]
[Round "8R"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[EventDate "2024.07.10"]
[ECO "B54"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bc4 e6 6. Bd3 g6 7. c4 Bg7 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Bg5 dxc4 12. Bxc4 h6 13. Bh4 Qc7 14.
Bb3 Qb6 15. Rc1 Nc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qd6 Rd8 18. Qe5 Re8 19. Qd6 Rd8 20.
Qe7 Rd7 21. Qe5 g5 22. Bg3 Ba6 23. Rfe1 Re8 24. Qf5 Qd8 25. h3 Bd3 26. Qf3
Bg6 27. Qxc6 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Kh7 29. Qc5 Nh5 30. Be5 Nf4 31. Bc4 Bxe5 32.
Qxe5 Qc7 33. Qxc7 Rxc7 34. Bf1 Kg7 35. Rd1 Bf5 36. f3 h5 37. h4 gxh4 38.
Rd4 Ng6 39. Rd5 Ne7 40. Rd4 Ng6 41. Kf2 Be6 42. Bd3 Ne5 43. Be2 Rb7 44.
Rxh4 Rxb2 45. Rxh5 Nd3+ 46. Ke3 Nc1 47. Ra5 Rc2 48. Ra3 Nxe2 49. Nxe2 Rxa2
50. Rc3 a5 51. g4 a4 52. Nd4 Rb2 53. Rc7 Rb6 54. Ra7 Bb3 55. f4 Bd1 56. g5
Kg6 57. Kd2 Rd6 58. Ke3 Rb6 59. Kd2 Rd6 60. Ke3 Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Rapid"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "12.07.2024"]
[Round "8R"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[EventDate "2024.07.10"]
[ECO "B90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qd3 Nbd7 7. g3 b6 8.
Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O e6 10. a4 Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. h3 Rfe8 14. g4 Nc5
15. Qe3 e5 16. Nf5 Ne6 17. Ne2 Nd7 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. Rad1 Ndf8 20. Qc3 Ng6
21. Rd2 Qd8 22. Rfd1 Rd7 23. Qe3 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ng3 Ra2 26. Bc3 Nef4
27. Nf5 Nxg2 28. Kxg2 d5 29. exd5 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Bxd5+ 31. Kh2 Rxc2 32. Bxe5
f6 33. Bg3 h6 34. Qa7 1-0

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Rapid"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "12.07.2024"]
[Round "8R"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Vidit, Gujrathi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[EventDate "2024.07.10"]
[ECO "A00"]

1. Nc3 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. O-O-O+ Ke7 9. e4 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Ba5 12. f3 Be6 13. Ne2
Rhd8 14. Nd4 Bb6 15. Bf2 Rd7 16. Be2 Rad8 17. Nxe6 Rxd1+ 18. Bxd1 fxe6 19.
Bxb6 axb6 20. h4 e5 21. hxg5 hxg5 22. Be2 b5 23. a3 b6 24. Bd3 Kf7 25. Kd2
Kg6 26. g3 Nh5 27. Rg1 Rh8 28. Ke3 Nf6 29. c4 bxc4 30. Bxc4 Rh2 31. Be6
Rxb2 32. f4 Ne8 33. fxe5 Ng7 34. Bg8 c5 35. Rf1 g4 36. e6 Rb3+ 37. Ke2 Rf3
38. Rd1 Kf6 39. Rh1 Nxe6 40. Rh6+ Kg7 41. Rxe6 Kxg8 42. Rg6+ Kf7 43. Rc6
Rxg3 44. Rxc7+ Ke6 45. Rc6+ Ke5 46. Rxb6 Rxa3 47. Rg6 Kf4 48. Kf1 Kf3 0-1

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Rapid"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "12.07.2024"]
[Round "8R"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[EventDate "2024.07.10"]
[ECO "C50"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. h3 d6 6. a4 a6 7. c3 O-O 8.
Nbd2 Re8 9. Nf1 d5 10. exd5 e4 11. dxe4 Nxe4 12. Be3 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Rxe5 14.
Qe2 Nd6 15. Bxc5 Rxe2+ 16. Bxe2 Ne4 17. Be3 Bf5 18. Rd1 Qd7 19. Bd4 Qxa4
20. Ne3 Bg6 21. O-O Re8 22. Ra1 Qd7 23. Rfe1 h6 24. Rad1 Nd6 25. c4 a5 26.
Rc1 Nf5 27. Bg4 h5 28. Nxf5 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Bxf5 30. Bxh5 b5 31. cxb5 Qxd5
32. Re8+ Kh7 33. Bc3 Qxb5 34. Bxf7 Qd7 35. Bg8+ Kh6 36. Re5 a4 37. Rd5 Qe8
38. Rxf5 Qxg8 39. Rc5 Qd8 40. Be5 Qe7 41. Rc6+ Kg5 42. f4+ Kf5 43. Rxc7 Qb4
44. Rxg7 Ke4 45. Kh2 Qe1 46. Rg3 Kf5 47. h4 Qe2 48. Rg5+ Ke4 49. h5 Qe1 50.
Rg3 Qd1 51. h6 Qd7 52. Rh3 Qh7 53. Rh4 Kf5 54. Bg7 Ke4 55. Kg3 Kf5 56. Rh5+
Kg6 57. Kg4 Kf7 58. Rf5+ Ke6 59. Rf6+ Ke7 60. f5 Qg8 61. Kg5 Qd5 62. Kg6
Qxg2+ 63. Kh7 Qd5 64. Rf8 Kd7 65. Kh8 Qb3 66. h7 Qc4 67. f6 Ke6 68. Kg8 1-0

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Rapid"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "12.07.2024"]
[Round "9R"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[EventDate "2024.07.10"]
[ECO "A06"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Bd6 5. Bb2 c5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O b6 9. d4 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Ne5 cxd4 12. exd4 Nbd7 13. Ndf3 Rc8 14.
Rc1 Rxc1 15. Qxc1 a6 16. Qg5 Nf8 17. Rc1 Ne6 18. Qh4 Qe7 19. Rc2 Ba3 20.
Bxa3 Qxa3 21. Ng4 Ne4 22. Ne3 Qb4 23. Nf5 Qf8 24. Bf1 g6 25. Nh6+ Kg7 26.
Ng4 h5 27. Ne3 Qb4 28. g4 Rh8 29. g5 Rf8 30. Bh3 Nxd4 31. Nxd4 Qxd4 32. Rc7
Qa1+ 33. Nf1 Ba8 34. Qf4 Kg8 35. Ra7 Qe1 36. Re7 Nxf2 37. Re3 d4 38. Qxd4
Nxh3+ 39. Rxh3 Qe2 40. Rg3 Rc8 41. h4 Rc1 42. Qf4 Rd1 43. a4 Bd5 44. Qf2
Qe4 45. Rh3 Bc6 46. Qh2 Qf5 0-1

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Rapid"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "12.07.2024"]
[Round "9R"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[EventDate "2024.07.10"]
[ECO "E45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 d5 8.
cxd5 Bxf1 9. Kxf1 exd5 10. g4 O-O 11. g5 Ne4 12. Nfxd5 Bxg5 13. Nxe4 Qxd5
14. Qf3 Nd7 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Rg1 Qb5+ 17. Qe2 Qf5 18. Qg4 Qb5+ 19. Qe2 Qf5
20. Qg4 Qb5+ 21. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Rapid"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "12.07.2024"]
[Round "9R"]
[White "Vidit, Gujrathi"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[EventDate "2024.07.10"]
[ECO "B90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be6
8. f4 exf4 9. Nxf4 Nc6 10. O-O Ne5 11. Kh1 Be7 12. Be3 O-O 13. a4 Qd7 14.
Bd4 Rae8 15. Qe1 Nc6 16. Bg1 Bd8 17. Qg3 Kh8 18. Rad1 Bg4 19. Rd2 Nh5 20.
Nxh5 Bxh5 21. Bc4 Ne5 22. Bb3 Qc6 23. Bd5 Qc8 24. Bd4 Bg6 25. Rdf2 f6 26.
Ne2 Nc6 27. Rf4 Ne7 28. Rxf6 Rxf6 29. Bxf6 Nxd5 30. Bxd8 Qxd8 0-1

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Rapid"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "12.07.2024"]
[Round "9R"]
[White "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[EventDate "2024.07.10"]
[ECO "B91"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8.
Bg2 b5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 Bb7 11. Qd3 O-O 12. Be3 Qc7 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nxa4
Rfc8 15. Nec3 Qc4 16. Rfc1 Rab8 17. Bf1 Qe6 18. Rd1 h5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20.
exd5 Qg4 21. c3 e4 22. Qe2 Qf5 23. Bd4 Ne5 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Qxa6 Bd8 26.
Qe2 Nxd5 27. Rac1 Nf6 28. b5 d5 29. c4 Ra8 30. Nb2 d4 31. Nd3 Qf5 32. Nf4
d3 33. Qe3 Ng4 34. Qd4 Be7 35. Bh3 Bc5 36. Bxg4 Qxg4 37. Qxe4 Ra2 38. Rxd3
Rxf2 39. Kh1 g6 40. h3 Qg5 41. Rcd1 Kh7 42. Qd5 Qe7 43. Rf3 Rxf3 44. Qxf3
Re8 45. Nd5 Qe2 46. Qxf7+ Kh6 47. Qf4+ g5 48. Qf6+ Kh7 49. Nc3 Qe3 50. Qf7+
Kh6 51. Qf6+ Kh7 52. Qf7+ Kh6 53. Rf1 Bd4 54. Nd5 Qxg3 55. Rf6+ Bxf6 56.
Qxf6+ Kh7 57. Qf7+ Kh6 58. Qxe8 Qxh3+ 59. Kg1 Qg4+ 60. Kf2 Qh4+ 61. Kf3
Qh1+ 62. Ke2 Qg2+ 63. Kd3 Qf3+ 64. Ne3 h4 65. Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Rapid"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "12.07.2024"]
[Round "9R"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[EventDate "2024.07.10"]
[ECO "C78"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
d4 Bb6 9. a4 Bb7 10. Re1 Ne7 11. a5 Ba7 12. Be3 exd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4
c5 15. Qe3 O-O 16. Nbd2 Nc6 17. Qf4 Nxa5 18. Bc2 Nc6 19. Nf1 Qc7 20. Ng3
Ne7 21. e5 dxe5 22. Nxe5 Rae8 23. Nd3 Qc6 24. Qf3 Qxf3 25. gxf3 c4 26. Nc5
Bxf3 27. Re3 Bg4 28. Rxa6 Ned5 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Nge4 Bf3 31. Kf1 h6 32.
Nd6 Rb8 33. Nf5 Bg4 34. Nd4 b4 35. f3 bxc3 36. bxc3 Ne3+ 37. Ke2 Nxc2 38.
fxg4 Nxd4+ 39. cxd4 Rd8 40. h3 Rxd4 41. Ra4 Nd5 42. Kf3 Rf4+ 43. Kg3 g5 44.
Ra8+ Kh7 45. Rc8 c3 46. Nd3 Rd4 47. Nf2 Kg7 48. Rc5 Kf6 49. Kf3 Ke5 50. Rc6
Rd2 51. Rxh6 Rxf2+ 52. Kxf2 c2 0-1

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "13.07.2024"]
[Round "1B"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "D74"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[ePGN "0.1;DGT LiveChess/2.2.6"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nc6
8. Re1 Nb6 9. e3 e5 10. dxe5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Nc3 c6
14. e4 Be6 15. f4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Na4 17. Bd2 Rfd8 18. Be1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Bxa2
20. Ra1 Bb3 21. Rb1 Bc2 22. Rxb7 Nc5 23. Rb2 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Nxe4 25. c4 a5
26. Ra2 a4 27. Kg2 c5 28. Kf3 f5 29. Ra3 Kf7 30. g4 Nd6 31. Ra2 fxg4+ 32.
Kxg4 Nxc4 33. Bf2 Ra5 34. Be1 Ra6 35. Bf2 h5+ 36. Kf3 Ke6 37. Bxc5 Kd5 38.
Bb4 Kd4 39. f5 Ne5+ 40. Kg3 gxf5 41. Ba3 Nd3 42. Kh4 f4 43. Bf8 f3 44. Bg7+
Ke3 0-1

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "13.07.2024"]
[Round "1B"]
[White "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. Ne2
e6 8. Nd2 cxd4 9. exd4 Rc8 10. O-O f5 11. a4 Nf6 12. Nf3 Bd6 13. Nc1 O-O
14. Nd3 Kh8 15. Nfe5 Rc7 16. f3 Rg8 17. Kh1 Nh5 18. g4 Ng7 19. Qd2 Qh4 20.
g5 Qxd4 21. c3 Qh4 22. Rg1 Nh5 23. f4 Nxf4 24. Nf3 Qh5 25. Nde5 Ng6 26. Qd4
Rg7 27. Rg2 Nxe5 28. Nxe5 Bc5 29. Qf4 Rc8 30. Nd7 Be7 31. Rag1 Rcg8 32. Qd4
h6 33. gxh6 Qxh6 34. Ne5 Kh7 35. Nxf7 Rxg2 36. Rxg2 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "13.07.2024"]
[Round "1B"]
[White "Vidit, Gujrathi"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nc5 7. Nc3 a6
8. Nb3 Nxd3+ 9. Qxd3 e6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 e5 13. O-O-O Be6 14.
h4 g4 15. h5 Be7 16. Bh4 Nh7 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Qe3 Nf6 19. f4 gxf3 20. gxf3
Rc8 21. f4 Ng4 22. Qg3 Rg8 23. fxe5 Nxe5 24. Qf4 Rg5 25. Rhf1 Rxh5 26. Nd5+
Bxd5 27. Rxd5 Qg8 28. Qf6+ Ke8 29. Qxd6 Qg5+ 30. Kb1 Qe7 31. Qb6 Nc4 32.
Qd4 Rxd5 33. exd5 Qe5 34. Qxe5+ Nxe5 35. Nd2 Ke7 36. b3 b5 37. Rh1 Rd8 38.
c4 bxc4 39. bxc4 Rc8 40. Rh4 h5 41. Kc2 Rh8 42. Kc3 Ng6 43. Rh2 h4 44. Kd4
h3 45. Ne4 Rh4 46. c5 f5 47. c6 Rxe4+ 48. Kc5 Re3 49. d6+ Ke6 50. d7 Rc3+
51. Kb4 Rd3 52. Re2+ Ne5 53. Rxe5+ Kxe5 54. c7 Rxd7 55. c8=Q Rd4+ 56. Kc3
Rh4 57. Qc5+ Kf4 58. Qd4+ Kg5 59. Qd8+ Kg4 60. Qg8+ Kf3 61. Qg5 Rf4 62.
Qh5+ Kg3 63. Qg5+ Kf3 64. Qh5+ Kg3 65. Qg5+ Kf3 66. Qh5+ Kg3 67. Qg5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "13.07.2024"]
[Round "1B"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "14508150"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O e6 5. c4 d4 6. d3 Be7 7. e3 Nc6 8.
exd4 cxd4 9. Re1 Nd7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Be5 Bf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nbd2 Nc5 14.
Ne4 Nxe4 15. Rxe4 e5 16. Re1 Bf5 17. a3 a5 18. Nh4 Bd7 19. Qd2 a4 20. h3
Rfe8 21. Re2 g5 22. Nf3 g4 23. Qg5+ Qg6 24. hxg4 Bxg4 25. Qxg6+ hxg6 26.
Rae1 Kg7 27. Rd2 f6 28. Nh2 Bd7 29. Rde2 Rab8 30. f4 b5 31. c5 b4 32. Bxc6
Bxc6 33. fxe5 f5 34. e6 bxa3 35. bxa3 Rb3 36. g4 Rxd3 37. gxf5 gxf5 38. Nf1
Kf6 39. e7 Rg8+ 40. Kh2 Rh8+ 41. Kg1 Rh1+ 42. Kf2 Rf3+ 43. Kg2 Rfxf1+ 0-1

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "13.07.2024"]
[Round "1B"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. e4 c5 6. d5 Qe7 7. Be2 exd5 8.
exd5 Qe4 9. Qd2 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 O-O 11. Nf3 d6 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. O-O Nxd5 14.
cxd5 Qxe2 15. Rfe1 Qb5 16. Be7 Re8 17. Ng5 Qb4 18. Qf3 Nf6 19. a3 Qd2 20.
Re2 Qxd5 21. Bxf6 Bb7 22. Qxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Bc3 f6 25. Nh3 Bb3
26. Re1 Rd8 27. Re3 Bf7 28. Re7 d5 29. Rxa7 d4 30. Bd2 Re8 31. f3 h6 32.
Kf2 Bc4 33. Ng1 Re6 34. h4 h5 35. a4 Bd3 36. Rc7 c4 37. Rd7 Re8 38. Rxd4
Ra8 39. b3 Bc2 40. Rxc4 Bxb3 41. Rb4 Bxa4 42. Rxb6 Bd7 43. Rb2 Be6 44. Ne2
Bf7 45. Nf4 Rc8 46. Be3 1-0

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "13.07.2024"]
[Round "2B"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Vidit, Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[ePGN "0.1;DGT LiveChess/2.2.6"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[WhiteClock "00:00:21"]
[BlackClock "00:00:07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. a4 d6 6. a5 a6 7. c3 h6 8. O-O
O-O 9. h3 Ba7 10. Be3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bxa7 Rxa7 13. Nbd2 Nf4 14. Ne4
b5 15. Ba2 Nxd3 16. Qe2 Nf4 17. Qe3 Ra8 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Qc5 Qxc5 20. Nxc5
Re8 21. Rfe1 b4 22. g3 Nxh3+ 23. Kg2 Rb8 24. Bd5 Ne7 25. Rxe5 bxc3 26. bxc3
Kf8 27. Rde1 Rb2 28. Nd3 Rb5 29. Bc4 Rxe5 30. Ndxe5 f6 31. Nd3 Ng5 32. Nxg5
hxg5 33. Nb4 Bb7+ 34. Kf1 Ra8 35. Re6 Bc8 36. Re1 c5 37. Nd3 Nc6 38. Bd5
Bh3+ 39. Kg1 Rd8 40. c4 Ne7 41. Nxc5 Nxd5 42. cxd5 Rxd5 43. Nxa6 Rxa5 44.
Nb4 Kf7 45. Nc2 Bf5 46. Nd4 Bd7 47. Nc2 g4 48. Ne3 Ra4 49. Rc1 Bb5 50. Kg2
Be2 51. Kg1 Bf3 52. Kf1 Ra8 53. Ke1 Ra2 54. Rc2 Ra1+ 55. Kd2 g5 56. Rc1 Ra7
57. Rc5 Rd7+ 58. Kc1 Kg6 59. Rb5 Rd4 60. Rb6 Rd7 61. Rb2 Rc7+ 62. Rc2 Rh7
63. Kd2 Rh2 64. Kd3 Rh1 65. Kd4 Ra1 66. Rb2 Ra4+ 67. Kc3 Ra6 68. Kd4 Rd6+
69. Kc5 Rd3 70. Kc4 Rd7 71. Kc5 Rd8 72. Kc4 Rc8+ 73. Kd4 Rc6 74. Nc4 Re6
75. Ne3 f5 76. Nc4 Kf6 77. Rb6 Rxb6 78. Nxb6 f4 79. Nc4 Kf5 80. Nd6+ Ke6
81. Nc4 Be2 82. Nd2 Kf5 83. Ne4 Bf3 84. Nd6+ Ke6 85. Nc4 Bb7 86. Nd2 Ba8
87. Nc4 Bc6 88. Nd2 Bb7 89. Nc4 Bc6 90. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "13.07.2024"]
[Round "2B"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "A38"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "14508150"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O
8. O-O d6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc6 Rb8 11. Bg2 Qa5 12. Nb5 Bd7 13. Bd2 Qd8 14.
Nxa7 Rxb2 15. Bc3 Rb8 16. Qd3 Qb6 17. Nb5 d5 18. a4 dxc4 19. Qxc4 Rfc8 20.
Qd3 Bxb5 21. axb5 Qxb5 22. Qxb5 Rxb5 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Ra8 Rxa8 25. Bxa8
Ra5 26. Bf3 Ra1 27. Rxa1 Bxa1 28. Kf1 Kf8 29. Kg1 Kg8 30. Kf1 Kf8 31. Kg1
Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "13.07.2024"]
[Round "2B"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Qa5+ 7. b4 Qxb4+
8. Nd2 e6 9. Rb1 Qe7 10. c4 Qd7 11. Ne2 Na6 12. O-O Be7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14.
Nf3 Nh6 15. Ng3 Ng4 16. Bg5 Nb4 17. Qb3 f6 18. Bd2 Nc6 19. exf6 gxf6 20.
Qxb7 Qxb7 21. Rxb7 Nd8 22. Rb3 Bd6 23. Ne2 Rc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 Rh7
26. Ba3 Bc7 27. g3 Nc6 28. Bc5 Kd8 29. Ne1 Nh6 30. Nd3 Nf5 31. Ra3 a5 32.
Kf1 Kd7 33. Rb3 e5 34. dxe5 fxe5 35. Rb5 Ke6 36. a4 Rf7 37. Ke1 Nd6 38.
Bxd6 Bxd6 39. Rb6 Nb4 40. Nc5+ Ke7 41. Rb7+ Ke8 42. Rxf7 Kxf7 43. Nb3 Nd3+
44. Kf1 Bb4 45. Nec1 Nb2 46. f3 Nxa4 47. Nd3 Kf6 48. g4 hxg4 49. fxg4 Nc3
50. Nxb4 axb4 51. Kf2 d4 52. Kg3 d3 53. Kf2 e4 54. Ke3 Ke5 55. h5 Nd5+ 56.
Kd2 Nb6 57. h6 Nc4+ 58. Ke1 Kf6 59. Nc5 d2+ 60. Ke2 e3 61. g5+ Kg6 62. Nd3
b3 63. Nf4+ Kh7 64. Nd3 b2 0-1

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "13.07.2024"]
[Round "2B"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tarrasch defence"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "46616543"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 a6 7. a4 Nc6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. exd4 O-O 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Ne5 b6 13. Bg5 Bb7 14.
Rac1 Nbd5 15. Bd3 g6 16. Re1 Nh5 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Qe3 Nf6 19. Qg5 Kg7 20.
Rcd1 Rc8 21. h4 h6 22. Qg3 Qd6 23. Qh3 Qb4 24. Re2 Rcd8 25. Bc4 Nf5 26.
Red2 h5 27. b3 Qa5 28. Rd3 Qb4 29. R3d2 Qe7 30. g3 Rd6 31. Qf1 Rfd8 32.
Bxa6 Nxd4 33. Bxb7 Qxb7 34. Rd3 Ng4 35. f4 Nf5 36. Rxd6 Rxd6 37. Rxd6 Nxd6
38. Nxg4 hxg4 39. Qd3 Nf5 40. Ne4 Qc6 41. Kf2 Qb7 42. Qc3+ Kf8 43. Qb4+ Kg7
44. a5 Qc6 45. axb6 Qc2+ 46. Nd2 Qd3 47. b7 Qxg3+ 48. Ke2 Qg2+ 49. Kd3 Qd5+
50. Kc3 Qc6+ 51. Kb2 g3 52. b8=Q g2 53. Qe5+ f6 54. Qe1 Qd7 55. Nf3 Qd3 56.
Qb7+ Kh6 57. Qa8 Kh5 58. Ng1 Qd4+ 59. Ka2 Ne3 60. Qf3+ Ng4 61. Qxg2 Qa7+
62. Kb1 f5 63. Ne2 Qe3 64. Ng3+ 1-0

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "13.07.2024"]
[Round "2B"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5
Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. Bf4 Be6 11. Ne4 Rd8 12. c3 Be7 13. h3 h5
14. Rfe1 c5 15. Nfg5 Rh6 16. g3 Rg6 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 18. Kh2 c4 19. Re2 Rd3
20. Rae1 b5 21. a3 Kd7 22. Bg5 Kc6 23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. Ng5 g6 25. Kg2 Ng7 26.
e6 f6 27. Nf3 Rd6 28. a4 a6 29. axb5+ axb5 30. g4 hxg4 31. hxg4 Kb6 32. Nh4
g5 33. Ng6 Rexe6 34. Nf8 Rxe2 35. Rxe2 Rd8 36. Nh7 Rd6 37. Nf8 Rd8 38. Nh7
Rd6 39. Nf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "13.07.2024"]
[Round "3B"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "3.Nf3"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[ePGN "0.1;DGT LiveChess/2.2.6"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Nh4 Bxh4 13. gxh4 Ndf6 14.
f3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qc7 16. e4 Bg6 17. f4 h6 18. c4 Rad8 19. e5 Nh5 20. Qe3 f6
21. Ba3 Rf7 22. d5 fxe5 23. dxe6 Rxf4 24. e7 Re8 25. Rad1 Rxh4 26. Bd6 Qc8
27. Qxe5 Nf4 28. Qxf4 Rxf4 29. Bxf4 Qg4 30. Bd6 Qxc4 31. Bh3 Kh7 32. Bd7
Qxa2 33. Bg3 Qc4 34. Bxe8 Bxe8 35. Rd8 Qc5+ 36. Bf2 Qg5+ 37. Bg3 Qc5+ 38.
Bf2 Qh5 39. Bg3 c5 40. Re5 Qg6 41. Rxc5 Qb1+ 42. Kf2 Qb6 43. Rd5 Qf6+ 44.
Kg1 Qxe7 45. Rc7 Qe4 46. Rdd7 0-1

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "13.07.2024"]
[Round "3B"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Adams attack"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Be3 Be6 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. g4 h6 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. Nd5 Nf8 13. Kb1 Ng6 14. Bd3
Nd7 15. Nxe7 Qxe7 16. Qg3 Qh4 17. Be2 Qxg3 18. fxg3 Ke7 19. Bd2 Nf6 20. Bf3
Rhd8 21. g5 hxg5 22. Bxg5 Nf8 23. Rh2 Nh7 24. Be3 d5 25. exd5 Bxd5 26. Be2
Nf8 27. Bd3 Ne6 28. Re1 e4 29. Bf1 Nd7 30. Rf2 Ne5 31. Nd2 Nf3 32. Nxf3
exf3 33. Bd3 f6 34. h4 Kf8 35. Bf5 Re8 36. b3 Rcd8 37. Bg6 Re7 38. Rd1 Be4
39. Rxd8+ Nxd8 40. Bxe4 Rxe4 41. Rxf3 Nc6 42. Bf4 Ke7 43. h5 Re1+ 44. Kb2
Rh1 45. Re3+ Kf7 46. Rd3 Ke6 47. g4 Rh4 48. Re3+ Kf7 49. Rd3 Rxg4 50. Bd2
Ke6 51. Re3+ Kf5 52. Re8 Rg2 53. h6 gxh6 54. Bxh6 Nd4 55. Rc8 b5 56. Be3
Nf3 57. Rc6 b4 58. a3 bxa3+ 59. Kxa3 Ne5 60. Rxa6 Rxc2 61. Bd4 Ke4 62. Rxf6
Kxd4 63. Rd6+ Kc5 64. Rh6 Re2 65. Rh5 Kd4 66. Rh4+ Kc3 67. Rh8 Nc6 68. Rc8
Re6 69. Ka4 Kd3 70. b4 Na7 71. Rc5 Kd4 72. Ka5 Nc6+ 73. Kb5 Ne5 74. Ka4 Re8
75. Kb3 Rh8 76. Rc7 Rh3+ 77. Ka4 Nc4 78. Kb5 Rh5+ 79. Rc5 Rxc5+ 80. bxc5
Ne5 81. c6 Nxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "13.07.2024"]
[Round "3B"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "C17"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance, 5.a3"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "14508150"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8.
bxa5 dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. a6 O-O-O
14. Qd3 d4 15. axb7+ Kb8 16. Bg3 Nf5 17. Be2 Nce7 18. a4 Bc6 19. O-O Rg4
20. Qd1 Rdg8 21. Bd3 Nd5 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. e6 f4 24. exf7 Qxf7 25. Ne5 Qe6
26. Nxg4 Qxg4 27. Qxd4 fxg3 28. Qe5+ Nc7 29. fxg3 Qe4 30. Qxe4 Bxe4 31.
Rfe1 Bg6 32. Re5 Rd8 33. Rc5 Rd2 34. Rxc3 Be4 35. Re1 Nd5 36. Rb3 Rd4 37.
h4 Nf6 38. a5 a6 39. Rf1 Rd6 40. g4 Bxb7 41. g5 Ng4 42. Rfb1 Rd7 43. g6 Kc8
44. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "13.07.2024"]
[Round "3B"]
[White "Vidit, Gujrathi"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6
8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 dxc4 10. O-O Qe7 11. Bxc4 Na5 12. Be2 Bxc3 13. bxc3 b6 14.
Qb4 Qd6 15. Rfd1 Bb7 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Ne5 c5 18. Qb2 Rc7 19. Nd3 cxd4 20.
cxd4 Rfc8 21. h3 Nc4 22. Qb4 Qd8 23. Qe1 Qg5 24. Nf4 b5 25. Kh2 a5 26. a3
e5 27. dxe5 Qxe5 28. Qc3 Qe7 29. a4 Nxe3 30. Qxe3 Qxe3 31. fxe3 Rxc1 32.
Rxc1 Rxc1 33. Bxb5 Bc6 34. Bxc6 Rxc6 35. Nd5 Rc4 0-1

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "13.07.2024"]
[Round "3B"]
[White "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. c3 O-O 8.
Re1 b6 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. Nf1 b5 11. Bc2 e5 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. e5 Ne4
15. Ne3 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Nf5 Bc5 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qg4 g6 20. Bg5
gxf5 21. Qh4 f6 22. Bxf6 Qe8 23. Rac1 Bb6 24. e6 Qg6 0-1

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "13.07.2024"]
[Round "4B"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[ePGN "0.1;DGT LiveChess/2.2.6"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. d4 O-O 8.
d5 a6 9. Be2 Na5 10. b4 cxb4 11. cxb4 Nxe4 12. Nd4 Qb6 13. Nc2 Bxa1 14. Be3
Qc7 15. Nxa1 Nc4 16. Qc2 Bf5 17. Qxc4 Qxc4 18. Bxc4 Rfc8 19. Bb3 a5 20. g4
Bxg4 21. f3 Bh3 22. fxe4 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 axb4 24. Ke2 Rxa2+ 25. Bxa2 Ra8 26.
Bb3 Rxa1 27. Nd2 f6 28. Bd4 Rc1 29. Bb2 Rc8 30. Nf3 Kf7 31. Nd4 h5 32. Nc2
g5 33. Nxb4 h4 34. Kf3 Kg6 35. Nd3 Ra8 36. h3 Ra5 37. Bd1 Ra2 38. Ke3 Ra8
39. Bg4 Ra4 40. Bf5+ Kf7 41. Kd2 Rc4 42. Nf2 Rc5 43. Ng4 Rc4 44. Ne3 Rc5
45. Kd3 Ke8 46. Bc3 Rb5 47. Kc2 Rb6 48. Nc4 Ra6 49. Na5 Rb6 50. Bg4 Rb5 51.
Nb3 1-0

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "13.07.2024"]
[Round "4B"]
[White "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Black "Vidit, Gujrathi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Opening "Four knights game"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 Bb4 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Ne2 Re8 8.
c4 Bc5 9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 Bd7 11. a3 a5 12. Bc2 Rb8 13. Re1 b5 14. cxb5 Rxb5
15. d4 Ba7 16. Bd3 Rb8 17. Qc2 Nh5 18. Rac1 Bb6 19. Bc4 Qf6 20. dxe5 Nxe5
21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Qc3 Be6 23. Bxe6 Rxe6 24. Rcd1 Rbe8 25. Rd5 h6 26. Red1
Qe7 27. Rb5 Qxa3 0-1

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "13.07.2024"]
[Round "4B"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, four knights system"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. d4 O-O 8.
dxc5 dxc5 9. Bf4 Qb6 10. Na4 Qb4 11. Qb3 Ne4 12. Rfd1 Be6 13. Ne1 f5 14.
Qxb4 cxb4 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. f3 Nd6 17. b3 Nd4 18. Kf1 b5 19. cxb5 N6xb5 20.
Rc5 Nc3 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Nxc3 bxc3 23. Rc1 Bd7 24. Kf2 Bb5 25. Bf1 e5 26.
Be3 Bf8 27. Nc2 Bc5 28. f4 Ne6 29. Bxc5 Nxc5 30. fxe5 Rd8 31. Ne3 Rd2 32.
Ke1 Rxa2 33. Rxc3 Ra1+ 34. Nd1 Ne4 35. Rc7 a5 36. Bg2 a4 37. Bxe4 fxe4 38.
bxa4 Bxa4 39. Rc8+ Kf7 40. Rd8 e3 41. Rd6 Ke7 42. g4 g5 43. h3 h6 44. Rd4
Bb3 45. Rd3 Bc2 46. Rd6 Rb1 47. Rd4 Ke6 48. Rd8 Kxe5 49. Re8+ Kf4 0-1

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "13.07.2024"]
[Round "4B"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Bc4 d6
8. Nd2 c6 9. c3 Bb6 10. Bb3 a5 11. Nf3 O-O 12. h3 h6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bc2 d5
15. exd5 Qxd5 16. Be3 Bc7 17. d4 e4 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Bd4 Qf4
21. Qc1 Qxc1 22. Raxc1 Bf5 23. f3 Rad8 24. Rcd1 Bg6 25. Bxf6 Rxd1 26. Rxd1
gxf6 27. fxe4 Bxe4 28. Bxe4 Rxe4 29. Kf2 a4 30. b3 Kg7 31. Kf3 f5 32. Rd7
b5 33. Rc7 Re6 34. c4 axb3 35. axb3 bxc4 36. bxc4 Kf6 37. c5 Kg6 38. h4 Kf6
39. g3 Kg6 40. Rc8 Kf6 41. Rc7 Kg6 42. Rc8 Kf6 43. Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "13.07.2024"]
[Round "4B"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E93"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Petrosian system, main line"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "14508150"]
[WhiteClock "00:00:15"]
[BlackClock "00:00:00"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Nd2 Nf4 12. O-O Nf6 13. Re1 a5 14. Nf1
Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 h5 16. f3 h4 17. Bf2 Nh5 18. h3 Nf4 19. Qd2 f5 20. exf5 Bxf5
21. Ne3 Bg6 22. Ng4 b6 23. Ne4 a4 24. Rac1 Bf5 25. Rc3 Qe7 26. Be3 Bxe4 27.
fxe4 Qd7 28. Bf2 Rf7 29. Ra3 Rff8 30. Ra1 Rfb8 31. Rc1 Qe8 32. Ne3 Qg6 33.
Nf5 Bf6 34. Qd1 Kh7 35. Qg4 Rg8 36. Kh2 Qh5 37. Qxh5+ Nxh5 38. Ne3 Nf4 39.
Ng4 Be7 40. Be3 Rgb8 41. Rc2 Kg6 42. Kg1 Bd8 43. Kf2 Be7 44. Ke1 Rf8 45.
Rf2 Rfb8 46. Rc3 Bd8 47. Bd2 b5 48. c5 b4 49. Rcf3 b3 50. a3 Rb5 51. Bb4
Be7 52. cxd6 Bxd6 53. Bc3 Re8 54. Kd1 Rc5 55. Rd2 Rc4 56. Re3 Re7 57. Re1
Rxc3 58. bxc3 Bxa3 59. Ne3 Bd6 60. Kc1 a3 61. Kb1 Re8 62. Nf5 Rb8 63. Re3
b2 64. Rd1 Nxg2 65. Rf3 Nf4 66. c4 Kf6 67. Nxd6 cxd6 68. Rxa3 g4 69. hxg4
h3 70. Ra2 Rc8 71. Ra6 Rxc4 72. Rxd6+ Kg5 73. Kxb2 Rxe4 74. Rd8 Kxg4 75. d6
h2 76. d7 Ne6 77. Re8 Rd4 78. Rh1 Rxd7 79. Rxe6 Rd2+ 80. Kc3 Rf2 81. Kd3
Kh3 82. Rh6+ Kg3 83. Ke3 Rf3+ 84. Ke4 Rf2 85. Kxe5 Re2+ 86. Kd4 Ra2 87.
Rg6+ Kf3 88. Rg8 Ra4+ 89. Kc3 Ra2 90. Rf1+ Ke2 91. Rgf8 Ra3+ 92. Kb2 Rh3
93. Rh1 Ke3 94. Kc2 Ke2 95. Rf7 Rh4 96. Kc3 Ke3 97. Rf8 Rh6 98. Kc4 Rh5 99.
Rf7 Rh4+ 100. Kd5 Rh5+ 101. Ke6 Rh4 102. Ke5 Rh5+ 103. Rf5 Rh8 104. Kf6 Ke4
1-0

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "13.07.2024"]
[Round "5B"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[ePGN "0.1;DGT LiveChess/2.2.6"]
[WhiteFideId "14508150"]
[BlackFideId "46616543"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Nd7 11. e6 fxe6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 g6 14. Nc3
Nxd4 15. Qd1 Bg7 16. Bh6 Bf6 17. Rc1 Qb6 18. Be3 O-O 19. Na4 Qa7 20. Rc7
Rfd8 21. Nc5 Nxc5 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Nd7 24. Qg4 Qb6 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26.
Rxe6 Rd6 27. Rxe7 Rf8 28. Re2 Rdf6 29. Qg3 Kg7 30. Qe5 Qd6 31. Qd4 Kg8 32.
g3 Qb6 33. Qxd5+ R8f7 34. Qd2 Rf3 35. Qd1 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "13.07.2024"]
[Round "5B"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
a3 a6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. b4 Nd7 12. Bd3 Qb6 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Qf2
Qxf2+ 15. Kxf2 f6 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Rhe1 Ng4+ 18. Kg3 Nf6 19. Kh4 Bd7 20.
Rad1 Ne8 21. Kg3 Nf6 22. Kf2 Ng4+ 23. Kg1 Rxf4 24. h3 Rxf3 25. gxf3 Nge5
26. Kg2 Rf8 27. Rf1 Nd4 28. Bxh7+ Kxh7 29. Rxd4 Rc8 30. Re1 Ng6 31. Ne4
Rxc2+ 32. Kg3 Ne7 33. Ng5+ Kg6 34. Rg4 Nf5+ 35. Kf4 Kf6 36. Nh7+ Kf7 37.
Ke5 d4 38. Ng5+ Ke7 39. Ne4 b6 40. Ng3 d3 41. Nxf5+ exf5 42. Rxg7+ Kd8 43.
Rd1 Bb5 44. Kxf5 Ra2 45. Ke5 Rxa3 46. Kd6 Ke8 47. Re7+ Kf8 48. Rc1 1-0

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "13.07.2024"]
[Round "5B"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 a5 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Nf1 a4 10. h3 Bd7 11. Bb5 Ne7 12. Bxd7 Nxd7 13. d4 Bb6 14. Qc2
exd4 15. Nxd4 d5 16. Ng3 Re8 17. Be3 dxe4 18. Qxe4 Nf6 19. Qxb7 Nfd5 20.
Nc6 Nxc6 21. Bxb6 Qd7 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Bc5 Rb8 24. Qa6 Rxb2 25. Qa8+ Kh7
26. Qxa4 Nxc3 27. Qc4 Rc2 28. Qb3 Ne2+ 29. Nxe2 Rxe2 30. a4 Qf5 31. Be3 Na5
32. Qd1 Rc2 33. Rc1 Rxc1 34. Qxc1 c6 35. Bb6 Nb3 36. Qd1 Qe6 37. a5 c5 38.
Qc2+ g6 39. Qa2 c4 40. a6 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Nd2 42. g4 Qe2 43. Qa1 Nf3+ 44. Kg3
Ng5 45. Qh1 Ne4+ 46. Kh2 Nxf2 47. Bxf2 Qxf2+ 48. Qg2 Qf4+ 49. Qg3 Qd2+ 50.
Qg2 Qd6+ 0-1

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "13.07.2024"]
[Round "5B"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Opovcensky variation"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Bf3 Na5 12. Nxa5 Qxa5 13. Qd2 Rfc8 14.
Rad1 Kf8 15. Bg5 Rc6 16. h3 Rac8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Bg4 g6 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20.
Nd5 Qd8 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. c3 b5 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Rd3 Rf8 25. Qd2 Rd8 26.
Rf3 Qe7 27. Rd1 d5 28. Rd3 Rcd6 29. Qe3 Kg7 30. Qc5 Qd7 31. h4 Qc6 32. Qe3
dxe4 33. Rxd6 Rxd6 34. Rxd6 Qxd6 35. Qxe4 Qd5 36. Qe3 Qxa2 37. Qxe5+ Kf7
38. b4 h5 39. Qc7+ Kf6 40. Qd8+ Kf7 41. Qd7+ Kf6 42. Qe8 e5 43. Qf8+ Qf7
44. Qh8+ Kf5 45. f3 e4 46. fxe4+ Kxe4 47. Qd4+ Kf5 48. Qf2+ Ke6 49. Qa2+
Ke7 50. Qxa6 Qf5 51. Qa7+ Ke8 52. Qd4 Kf7 53. Kh2 Ke8 54. Kg3 Qe6 55. Kf3
Kf7 56. Qe4 Qb3 57. Qd3 Kf6 58. Ke3 Kg7 59. Kd4 Qf7 60. Kc5 Qe7+ 61. Kxb5
Qxh4 62. Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "13.07.2024"]
[Round "5B"]
[White "Vidit, Gujrathi"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Yusupov-Rubinstein system"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O d5 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8.
c4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 a6 10. Qe2 dxc4 11. bxc4 c5 12. Rfd1 cxd4 13. exd4 Qc7 14.
h3 Rfe8 15. Nd2 Nf8 16. Nde4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Rac8 18. Rac1 Ng6 19. Bxb7 Qxb7
20. g3 Red8 21. Ne4 Bf8 22. Qf3 Qd7 23. h4 f5 24. Ng5 h6 25. Nh3 Bd6 26.
Re1 Qf7 27. Re2 Nf8 28. a4 Re8 29. Kg2 Nh7 30. Nf4 Bxf4 31. Qxf4 Nf6 32. f3
Qd7 33. d5 exd5 34. Rxe8+ Nxe8 35. Rd1 Qxa4 36. Rd2 Qxc4 37. Qxf5 d4 38.
Bxd4 Rd8 39. Qe5 Nf6 40. g4 Qd5 41. Qf4 Qc4 42. g5 hxg5 43. hxg5 Nh5 44.
Qe4 Qf7 45. Kf2 Re8 46. Be5 Qe6 47. Re2 b5 48. Qg4 g6 49. Qd4 Ng7 50. Re4
Nf5 51. Qa7 Qa2+ 52. Re2 Qd5 53. f4 Qh1 54. Qxa6 Qh2+ 55. Ke1 Qg1+ 56. Kd2
Rd8+ 57. Kc3 0-1

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "13.07.2024"]
[Round "6B"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, kingside fianchetto"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[ePGN "0.1;DGT LiveChess/2.2.6"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nd5 e4 7. Nh4 Re8 8.
O-O d6 9. d3 exd3 10. Qxd3 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Ne5 12. Qc2 Bc5 13. Bd2 Bg4 14.
Bc3 Qd7 15. b4 Bb6 16. Rac1 Re7 17. e3 a5 18. bxa5 Bxa5 19. Bd4 Ng6 20.
Nxg6 fxg6 21. Qb2 b6 22. Rc4 Rf8 23. Rfc1 b5 24. Rc6 Qf5 25. f4 Bh3 26.
Bxh3 Qxh3 27. Qxb5 Bd2 28. Rxc7 Bxe3+ 29. Bxe3 Rxe3 30. Qb2 Rxg3+ 31. hxg3
Qxg3+ 32. Qg2 Qxf4 33. R7c2 h6 34. Rf1 Qe3+ 35. Kh1 Re8 36. Qxg6 Qh3+ 37.
Kg1 Re5 38. Rc8+ Qxc8 39. Kh2 Qd8 40. Rf4 Qe7 41. Qg4 Re2+ 42. Kh3 Re3+ 43.
Kh2 Re5 44. a4 Rxd5 45. Qc8+ Kh7 46. Qc2+ g6 47. Qf2 Rh5+ 48. Kg3 Rg5+ 49.
Kh2 Rh5+ 50. Kg2 Kg7 51. Qd4+ Re5 52. a5 Qb7+ 53. Kh2 h5 54. Rf2 Qc6 55.
Ra2 Kh7 56. a6 Re1 57. Rg2 Qc1 58. Qf2 Rh1+ 59. Kg3 Qc3+ 60. Kf4 Qe5+ 61.
Kf3 Qf5+ 62. Ke3 Qc5+ 63. Kf4 Qe5+ 64. Kf3 Qd5+ 65. Kf4 Qc4+ 66. Kg5 Rf1
67. Qa7+ Rf7 68. Qxf7+ Qxf7 0-1

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "13.07.2024"]
[Round "6B"]
[White "Vidit, Gujrathi"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "14508150"]
[WhiteClock "00:00:14"]
[BlackClock "00:00:00"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. c4 Nc5
8. Nc3 Nxd3+ 9. Qxd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 a6 13. Rfd1 Bd7 14.
Rac1 Rc8 15. h3 Qc7 16. b3 Rfd8 17. Bg3 Qa5 18. a4 Nh5 19. Bh2 Qg5 20. Nf3
Nf4 21. Nxg5 Nxd3 22. Rxd3 hxg5 23. Rcd1 Bc6 24. Bxd6 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 Rxd6
26. Rxd6 Kf8 27. f3 Ke7 28. Rd2 a5 29. Kf2 Kf6 30. Ke3 Ke5 31. Ne2 f5 32.
exf5 exf5 33. Nd4 Be8 34. Re2 Kf6 35. Kd3 Bd7 36. Kc3 g4 37. fxg4 fxg4 38.
Rf2+ Kg6 39. hxg4 Bxg4 40. Nb5 Re8 41. Kd4 Bd1 42. Rb2 Kg5 43. Nd6 Re7 44.
Ne4+ Kf4 45. Rf2+ Kg4 46. Rb2 g5 47. Nf2+ Kg3 48. Ne4+ Kf4 49. Nc3 Rd7+ 50.
Nd5+ Kg3 51. Ke5 g4 52. c5 Rd8 53. Nc3 Re8+ 54. Kd6 Bf3 55. gxf3 gxf3 56.
Nd1 Rd8+ 57. Kc7 Rxd1 58. Kxb7 f2 59. Rxf2 Kxf2 60. c6 Rb1 61. c7 Rxb3+ 62.
Kc6 Rc3+ 63. Kb7 Rb3+ 64. Ka6 Rc3 65. Kxa5 Rxc7 66. Kb6 Rc1 67. a5 Rb1+ 68.
Kc6 Ra1 69. Kb6 Ke3 70. a6 Kd4 71. a7 Kd5 72. Kb7 Rxa7+ 73. Kxa7 Ke5
1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "13.07.2024"]
[Round "6B"]
[White "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation, Steinitz counter-gambit"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[WhiteClock "00:00:10"]
[BlackClock "00:00:06"]
[ReferenceTime "B/2024-07-13T17:45:00.797+02:00"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Nd2 cxd4 6. exd4 Bf5 7. Qb3 Qc8
8. Ngf3 e6 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 h6 12. a4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14.
Nd2 Bg6 15. Rfe1 a6 16. Qd1 Na5 17. b4 Nc6 18. a5 Na7 19. Rc1 Nb5 20. Qb3
Qc6 21. Nf3 Bd6 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Rac8 24. Be3 Rfd8 25. Bb6 Re8 26.
Red1 Be4 27. f3 Nxc3 28. Bf1 Bf5 29. Bd4 Qa4 30. Rxc3 Qxb3 31. Rxb3 Bc2 32.
Rbb1 Bxb1 33. Rxb1 Rc2 34. Bc5 Rc8 35. Bd3 Rc3 36. Rd1 g5 37. Kf2 Ra3 38.
Rd2 Kg7 39. Ke3 f6 40. Kd4 Ra1 41. Re2 Rd1 42. Kc3 f5 43. Bc2 Rh1 44. Kb2
Kf7 45. Bb3 h5 46. Rd2 Rg8 47. Bd6 g4 48. fxg4 hxg4 49. hxg4 Rxg4 50. Bd1
Rc4 51. Be2 Rc8 52. Bf3 Rhc1 53. Bc5 Re1 54. Rd4 Rxe5 55. Rh4 Kg6 56. Bd6
Re1 57. Bf4 Rc4 58. Rh6+ Kg7 59. Bd2 Rf1 60. Rxe6 Rf2 61. Re2 Rxe2 62. Bxe2
Rc8 63. Bf3 Rd8 64. Kc3 Kf6 65. Kd4 Ke6 66. Bf4 Rd7 67. g3 Rd8 68. Bg2 Rd7
69. Bf3 Rd8 70. Bd1 Rd7 71. Bb3 Rd8 72. Kc5 Rd7 73. Ba2 Rd8 74. Kb6 Rd7 75.
Bc7 Ke7 76. Kxb7 d4 77. b5 axb5 78. a6 d3 79. Bb3 1-0

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "13.07.2024"]
[Round "6B"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+
Nfxd7 8. d4 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Nbd2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qa5 12. Qb3 Qb4 13. Qd3
a6 14. Rfc1 Rfc8 15. a3 Qb5 16. Qxb5 axb5 17. Kf1 f5 18. Ke2 Nf6 19. Kd3 h6
20. h3 Kf7 21. Rc3 b4 22. Rb3 fxe4+ 23. Nxe4 Nd5 24. Ke2 Na5 25. Rd3 Nc4
26. Rb1 bxa3 27. bxa3 b6 28. Rbb3 Ra5 29. Nc3 Ndxe3 30. fxe3 Rxa3 31. Rxa3
Nxa3 32. Nd2 Nc4 33. Nd5 Nxd2 34. Rxd2 b5 35. Rb2 e5 36. Rxb5 exd4 37. Rb7+
Kf8 38. Nf4 Kg8 39. Ne6 Bf6 40. exd4 Rc2+ 41. Kf3 d5 42. Rd7 Rc6 43. Nf4
Bxd4 44. Nxd5 Bf6 45. g3 Kf8 46. Rb7 Ra6 47. h4 h5 48. Rb3 Be5 49. Re3 Bb8
50. Rc3 Kf7 51. Nb4 Rb6 52. Nc6 Bd6 53. Na5 Rb5 54. Nc4 Be7 55. Rd3 Rc5 56.
Ne3 Ke6 57. Ng2 g5 58. hxg5 Bxg5 59. Rb3 Rf5+ 60. Ke4 Re5+ 61. Kf3 Rf5+ 62.
Ke4 Re5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "13.07.2024"]
[Round "6B"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian defence"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 e6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Bg5 a6 8. a4 h6
9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 exd5 11. cxd5 Nbd7 12. Nge2 h5 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Ng3 c4
15. Be2 Rb8 16. O-O b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bh6 Nc5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Bd1 Nd3
21. Bc2 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 h4 23. Nf5+ Bxf5 24. Bxd3 Bd7 25. Be2 Nh5 26. Rfd1
Ng3+ 27. hxg3 hxg3 28. Qd4+ Qxd4 29. Rxd4 Rh8+ 30. Kg1 Rh4 31. Bd1 Rbh8 32.
Kf1 Rh1+ 33. Ke2 R8h2 34. f4 Rxg2+ 35. Kf3 Rxb2 36. Ne2 Rxe2 0-1

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "13.07.2024"]
[Round "7B"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[ePGN "0.1;DGT LiveChess/2.2.6"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "46616543"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8.
h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. d3 Be7 11. a4 O-O 12. Na3 b5 13. Bf4 Rb8 14. axb5
axb5 15. Nc2 Qd7 16. d4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Rfc8 18. d5 Ne5 19. Qb3 exd5 20. Rad1
Ng6 21. Bh2 dxe4 22. Nd4 Rc5 23. Rc1 Qc8 24. Rxc5 Qxc5 25. Nxb5 h5 26. Qa4
Ne5 27. b4 Qc6 28. Qa7 Ned7 29. Nd4 Qd5 30. Nc2 Qd2 31. Re2 Qc1 32. Qd4 Rc8
33. Ne3 Bd8 34. Bxd6 Bb6 35. Qd2 Qa3 36. Re1 g6 37. Nc4 e3 38. fxe3 Qa7 39.
Nxb6 Qxb6 40. Qd4 Qb7 41. Bf4 Re8 42. b5 Re4 43. Qd6 Nd5 44. Rd1 N7f6 45.
Bg5 Re6 46. Qc5 Kh7 47. Bxf6 Nxf6 48. Bc4 Re7 49. Rf1 Rc7 50. Qd4 Ne8 51.
Bd5 Qxb5 52. Bxf7 Ng7 53. Qf6 Qd3 54. Rf3 Rc1+ 55. Kh2 Qb1 56. e4 Rh1+ 57.
Kg3 Qe1+ 58. Kf4 Qd2+ 59. Kg3 h4+ 60. Kxh4 Qh6+ 61. Kg4 Re1 62. Qf4 Qh5+
63. Kg3 g5 64. Bxh5 Nxh5+ 65. Kg4 Nxf4 66. Kxg5 Nxg2 67. Rf7+ Kg8 68. Rf2
Rxe4 69. Rxg2 Kh7 70. Rg4 Rxg4+ 71. hxg4 Kg7 72. Kh5 Kh7 73. g5 Kg7 74. g6
Kg8 75. Kh6 Kh8 76. g7+ Kg8 77. Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "13.07.2024"]
[Round "7B"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Cozio defence deferred"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. c3 Ng6 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+
8. Nc3 d5 9. exd5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qxd5 11. Bb3 Qe4+ 12. Kf1 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3
14. gxf3 Qe7 15. h4 Nxh4 16. d5 Ne5 17. Qe2 Nhg6 18. f4 Nd7 19. Qxe7+ Nxe7
20. Ba3 Nf5 21. Re1+ Kd8 22. c4 b6 23. Bb2 f6 24. Rg1 g6 25. Rh1 Nd6 26.
Re6 h5 27. Ba3 Re8 28. Bxd6 cxd6 29. Rxd6 Ke7 30. Re6+ Kf7 31. f5 gxf5 32.
Rd6 Ke7 33. Rc6 Rac8 34. Rxc8 Rxc8 35. Rxh5 Ne5 36. Rh4 Kd6 37. Rf4 Kc5 38.
Rxf5 Nxc4 39. Bxc4 Kxc4 40. Rxf6 Kc5 41. Ke2 Kxd5 42. Kd3 Kc5 43. f4 a5 44.
Re6 b5 45. f5 Kb4 46. f6 Ka3 47. Re2 b4 48. f7 Rf8 49. Rf2 a4 50. Kc4 b3
51. axb3 axb3 52. Rf6 Ka2 53. Ra6+ Kb1 54. Kxb3 Rxf7 55. Ra3 Rf3+ 56. Kb4
Rxa3 57. Kxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "13.07.2024"]
[Round "7B"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "14508150"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Rg1 b5 9. g4 Bb7 10. Qd3 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 O-O 13. g5 Nd7 14. O-O-O
a5 15. Nd2 Qc7 16. Kb1 Rfc8 17. Ne4 a4 18. Bh3 Ba6 19. Qd2 b3 20. cxb3 axb3
21. axb3 Qb7 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. gxf6 Qxb3 24. Rxg7+ Kh8 25. Rxh7+ Kxh7 26.
Bf5+ Kh8 27. Ba7 Qxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Nxf6 29. Qd2 Ng8 30. Qe3 Rc4 31. Qh3+ Kg7
32. Be3 Bc8 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Bd3 Rg4 35. Qh8 Bd7 36. Kc2 Ke7 37. h3 Rg1 38.
Qh4+ Ke8 39. Qb4 Ke7 40. Qb7 Rc8+ 41. Kd2 Nf6 42. h4 Rgc1 43. Bg5 Rd8 44.
Kxc1 1-0

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "13.07.2024"]
[Round "7B"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vidit, Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a6 8.
Nbd2 Ba7 9. a4 O-O 10. h3 g5 11. Nxg5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 Kg7 13. Qf3 Rh8 14. Nf1
Kg6 15. h4 Bg4 16. Qg3 Qd7 17. f3 Rag8 18. fxg4 Qxg4 19. Rh3 Rg7 20. Qf3
Qxf3 21. Rxf3 Ng4 22. g3 f6 23. Bd2 Re7 24. b4 Nd8 25. b5 a5 26. Ke2 Ne6
27. Bxe6 Rxe6 28. c4 Bd4 29. Rc1 b6 30. Rf5 Rh5 31. Rxh5 Kxh5 32. Bc3 f5
33. exf5 Rf6 34. Bxd4 exd4 35. Nd2 Ne3 36. Rg1 Kg4 37. Ne4 Rf7 38. f6 d5
39. cxd5 Nxd5 40. Rf1 Nc3+ 41. Nxc3 dxc3 42. Kd1 Kxg3 43. h5 1-0

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "13.07.2024"]
[Round "7B"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Bd6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8.
Nc3 a6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Ne2 Re8 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. d4 Ne4 14. Nf4
Qe7 15. Nd3 Rcd8 16. b4 b5 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. Qc2 Nb6 19. Nxe4 Qxe4 20. Qxe4
dxe4 21. Nd2 f5 22. a3 Bb7 23. f3 exf3 24. Bxf3 Bxf3 25. Rxf3 Nd5 26. Re1
g6 27. h3 h5 28. Kf2 Re6 29. e4 fxe4 30. Rxe4 Rde8 31. Rxe6 Rxe6 32. Bc1
Nf6 33. Rd3 Ne4+ 34. Nxe4 Rxe4 35. Kf3 Re1 36. Bf4 Kf7 37. Bxd6 cxd6 38.
Rc3 Ra1 39. Ke4 Ke6 40. d5+ Kf6 41. Rc6 Rxa3 42. Rxd6+ Kf7 43. Kf4 Rd3 44.
h4 Kg7 45. Rd7+ Kf6 46. Rd6+ Kf7 47. Rxa6 Rxd5 48. Ke4 Rf5 49. Rb6 Kg7 50.
Rb7+ Kf6 51. Rb6+ Kg7 52. Rc6 Kf7 53. Rc7+ Ke6 54. Rc6+ Kf7 55. Rb6 Kg7 56.
Rc6 Kf7 57. Rb6 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "13.07.2024"]
[Round "8B"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[ePGN "0.1;DGT LiveChess/2.2.6"]
[WhiteFideId "14508150"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1
Nf5 8. Nf3 d5 9. d4 O-O 10. c3 Re8 11. Bd3 Bd6 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Nbd2 Nce7
14. Qc2 g6 15. Nf1 f6 16. Bd2 Qf7 17. Re1 c6 18. a4 Ng7 19. Ne3 Bd7 20. h3
Re8 21. Ng4 Nef5 22. Rxe8+ Bxe8 23. Bxf5 Nxf5 24. Nh4 Qe6 25. Nxf5 gxf5 26.
Nh6+ Kf8 27. Qxf5 Qxf5 28. Nxf5 Bc7 29. g4 Bg6 30. Kg2 Kf7 31. Kf3 Ke6 32.
Bf4 Bxf4 33. Kxf4 Bxf5 34. gxf5+ Kf7 35. a5 Kg7 36. Kg4 Kh6 37. b3 b5 38.
a6 Kg7 39. Kh5 Kf7 40. Kh4 Kg7 41. Kg4 Kh6 42. f4 Kg7 43. Kf3 Kh6 44. Kg4
Kg7 45. Kf3 Kh6 46. Kg4 Kg7 47. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "13.07.2024"]
[Round "8B"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, kingside fianchetto"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O
8. d3 h6 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Bd2 Qd6 11. Bc3 Rd8 12. a3 a5 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Rc1
Bb6 15. Qa4 Bd5 16. Nc4 Qe6 17. Nxb6 cxb6 18. Qb5 Na7 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20. Qb3
Re8 21. a4 Nc8 22. Bd2 e4 23. Bf4 exd3 24. exd3 Qf5 25. Rfd1 b5 26. Rc7
bxa4 27. Qxb7 g5 28. Be3 Nd6 29. Qc6 Rxd3 30. Ra1 Re6 31. Qxa4 Rexe3 32.
fxe3 Rd2 33. Rf1 Qh3 34. Rf2 Rxf2 35. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 36. Kf1 Qh1+ 37. Ke2 Qg2+
38. Kd3 Qxb2 39. Qxa5 Qb1+ 40. Rc2 Qf1+ 41. Re2 Nf5 42. Qe5 Qf3 43. Rb2
Qd1+ 44. Kc3 Qc1+ 45. Kd3 Qd1+ 46. Rd2 Qf1+ 47. Kc2 Qc4+ 48. Kb2 Qb4+ 49.
Kc1 Qa3+ 50. Kd1 Qb3+ 51. Ke2 Qc4+ 52. Kf2 Ng7 53. Qf6 Qe6 54. Rd8+ Kh7 55.
Qxe6 Nxe6 56. Ra8 h5 57. Kf3 Kg6 58. Ke4 Nc5+ 59. Kd5 Ne6 60. Ke5 Ng7 61.
Rh8 f6+ 62. Ke4 Nf5 63. Kf3 Nd6 64. Ra8 Nc4 65. Ke4 Nd6+ 66. Kf3 Nf7 67.
Rb8 Kf5 68. Rb5+ Ne5+ 69. Kf2 Ke4 70. Rb4+ Kf5 71. Ra4 Nd3+ 72. Ke2 Ne5 73.
Ra6 Ng6 74. e4+ Kxe4 75. Rxf6 Ne5 76. Rh6 h4 77. gxh4 gxh4 78. Rxh4+ Kd5
79. Rh5 Ke4 80. Rh8 Kd4 81. Ra8 Ke4 82. Ra4+ Kd5 83. Ke3 Nc4+ 84. Kf4 Kd4
85. Ra8 Kd5 86. Rd8+ Nd6 87. Rxd6+ Kxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "13.07.2024"]
[Round "8B"]
[White "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 e6 5. Nd2 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8.
f4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bd7 10. a3 h6 11. Ngf3 g5 12. g3 gxf4 13. exf4 h5 14. Qe2
Rc8 15. h4 Rg8 16. Rg1 Qc7 17. b4 Ne7 18. Qe5 Qc3 19. Ke2 Ng4 20. Qxh5 Nf5
21. Ne5 Nxd4+ 0-1

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "13.07.2024"]
[Round "8B"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "B54"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bc4 e6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6
8. O-O Be7 9. c4 e5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be3 Be6 12. Qe2 a5 13. Rfd1 Qb8 14. b3
h6 15. h3 Rd8 16. Rac1 Nd7 17. Qd2 Nc5 18. Be2 Qb4 19. Qc2 Bg5 20. Bxg5
hxg5 21. Rb1 a4 22. bxa4 Qa5 23. Qc1 Nxa4 24. Nxa4 Qxa4 25. Rb2 Qa3 26. Rd3
Qa5 27. Qxg5 Qe1+ 28. Kh2 Rab8 29. Rg3 g6 30. Bh5 Qxe4 31. Re2 Qf4 32. Qe7
Rd7 33. Qg5 Qxg5 34. Rxg5 Bxc4 35. Rc2 Bd5 36. Rg3 Ra7 37. a3 Rb3 38. Rxb3
Bxb3 39. Rc3 gxh5 40. Rxb3 d5 41. Rb6 Rxa3 42. Rxc6 Kg7 43. Rd6 d4 44. g4
hxg4 45. hxg4 f6 46. f4 Rf3 47. fxe5 fxe5 48. Kg2 Rf4 49. g5 Rg4+ 50. Kf3
Rxg5 51. Ke4 Kf7 52. Ra6 Rg6 53. Ra7+ Kf6 54. Ra6+ Kg5 55. Ra8 Re6 56. Rf8
Kg6 57. Rf1 Kg7 58. Rf2 Rf6 59. Ra2 Re6 60. Rf2 Re7 61. Rf5 Kg6 62. Rf1 Rf7
63. Rg1+ Kf6 64. Ra1 Re7 65. Ra6+ Re6 66. Ra8 Rd6 67. Rf8+ Ke6 68. Re8+ Kd7
69. Rh8 d3 70. Rh1 d2 71. Rd1 Kc6 72. Kxe5 Kc5 73. Ke4 Kc4 0-1

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "13.07.2024"]
[Round "8B"]
[White "Vidit, Gujrathi"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nb3 g6
8. c4 Bg7 9. Nc3 Ne5 10. Be2 Be6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Rc1 Nfg4 14.
Bg5 Qc5 15. Bh4 Nf6 16. O-O Rac8 17. b3 Qa5 18. h3 Nc6 19. f4 Nd7 20. Ndb1
Rfe8 21. Kh1 f5 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Bg4 Nc5 24. Bxf5 gxf5 25. a3 Ne4 26. Nxe4
fxe4 27. Qg4 Rf8 28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Qxe4 Qh5 30. Bg3 Nd4 31. Qd3 b5 32. cxb5
Qxb5 33. Qxb5 Nxb5 34. a4 Nd4 35. Bf2 Nxb3 36. Rxc8 Rxc8 37. Bxa7 Ra8 38.
Be3 Rxa4 39. Nd2 Na5 40. Nf3 Kg8 41. g3 Nc4 42. Bf2 Ra3 43. Kg2 Ra2 44. Re1
d5 45. Kf1 Bf6 46. g4 Kf7 47. Re2 Ra3 48. Kg2 Ra4 49. h4 Nd6 50. Bg3 Ne4
51. g5 Bg7 52. f5 Ra3 53. Bf4 Ra4 54. h5 Nc5 55. Be5 Bf8 56. g6+ Kg8 57.
Kh3 Ne4 58. Rc2 Rc4 59. Ra2 Rc8 60. Kg4 Rc4 61. Kh3 Rc8 62. Ra5 Nc5 63. Ng5
hxg6 64. fxg6 Nd7 65. Rxd5 Nb6 66. Rb5 Nc4 67. Bf4 Rc6 68. Rb8 e5 69. Bg3
Kg7 70. Rb7+ Kg8 71. Rb8 Kg7 72. Kg4 Rf6 73. Rb7+ Kg8 74. Ne4 Ne3+ 75. Kh3
Rf5 76. Bh4 Nd5 77. Bg5 Rf1 78. Kg4 Rg1+ 79. Kf5 Rf1+ 80. Ke6 Nf4+ 81. Bxf4
1-0

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "13.07.2024"]
[Round "9B"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Vidit, Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[ePGN "0.1;DGT LiveChess/2.2.6"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 Nc7 7. O-O e5
8. e3 Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. b3 Bf5 11. Ne4 Qd7 12. Bb2 f6 13. Rc1 b6 14. Nh4
Bg4 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Bxc6 Bxd1 17. Bxd7 Be2 18. b4 Rad8 19. Ba4 Bxf1 20.
Kxf1 Bd6 21. Nf5 Ne8 22. a3 g6 23. Bb3+ Kh8 24. Nxd6 Nxd6 25. Rc6 Rfe8 26.
Ke2 Re7 27. a4 Kg7 28. f4 e4 29. dxe4 Nxe4 30. Rc2 Nd6 31. g4 h6 32. h4 Ne4
33. g5 hxg5 34. hxg5 Red7 35. gxf6+ Nxf6 36. Be6 Re7 37. Rc6 Rf8 38. Bd5
Ree8 39. Kf3 Rd8 40. e4 Rd7 41. a5 bxa5 42. bxa5 Rdd8 43. a6 Rb8 44. Be5
Rb1 45. Bc4 Rc1 46. Ke2 Rc2+ 47. Kd3 Rc1 48. Kd2 Rh1 49. Bd5 Rh2+ 50. Kd3
Rh3+ 51. Kc4 Ra3 52. Bd6 Nxd5 1-0

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "13.07.2024"]
[Round "9B"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, 3...Bd7"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e5 6. d3 Nge7 7. h4 Ng8 8.
Nd5 Be7 9. Rb1 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Nh2 h6 14.
f4 d5 15. fxe5 Qxe5 16. Nf3 Qe7 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Bf4 Bf5 19. Rc1 Rfe8 20.
Re1 Qb7 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. b3 d4 23. Qd2 Ng4 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Nxe1 Qe7 26.
Nf3 f6 27. Qe1 Qd8 28. Qe2 g5 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Bg3 Kf7 31. Nh2 Nh6 32. Nf3
Kg6 33. Be1 a5 34. a3 Ng4 35. b4 cxb4 36. axb4 a4 37. b5 a3 38. Bb4 Qa8 39.
Qa2 Qe8 40. Qxa3 Qe3+ 41. Kh1 Qe2 42. Qc1 Ne3 43. Qd2 Qf1+ 44. Kh2 Bxd3 45.
b6 Be4 46. Bd6 Bxf3 47. gxf3 Qxf3 48. Qb2 d3 49. b7 d2 50. Qxd2 Nf1+ 51.
Kg1 Nxd2 52. b8=Q Qf1+ 53. Kh2 Qe2+ 54. Kh1 Qe4+ 55. Kg1 Nxc4 56. Qg8+ Kh5
57. Qf7+ Kg4 58. Qxf6 Qe1+ 1-0

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "13.07.2024"]
[Round "9B"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Opening "Bishop's opening"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 O-O 5. h3 c6 6. Qf3 b5 7. Bb3 a5 8. a3
d6 9. Nge2 Be6 10. Ng3 Nbd7 11. Nf5 Bxb3 12. cxb3 Re8 13. Bg5 Re6 14. O-O
Nf8 15. Ne2 h6 16. Bd2 Ng6 17. Rac1 Rc8 18. Neg3 Bb6 19. Kh1 d5 20. Rc2
dxe4 21. dxe4 Bd4 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 c5 24. bxc5 Rxc5 25. Rfc1 Rxc2 26.
Rxc2 Qd7 27. Bb4 Rc6 28. Rd2 Rc4 29. Bc3 Kh7 30. Ne2 Qc6 31. Nexd4 exd4 32.
Rxd4 Nxe4 33. Ne3 Rxd4 34. Bxd4 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Qc7+ 36. g3 Ng5 37. Qf5 Qc6
38. Bc3 Nf3+ 39. Kh1 b4 40. Qxf7 bxc3 41. bxc3 Ng5+ 42. Qd5 Qxc3 43. h4 Nh3
44. Qg2 Qe1+ 45. Kh2 Nxf2 46. h5 Qxe3 47. hxg6+ Kxg6 48. Qc6+ Kh7 49. Qd5
Ng4+ 50. Kh3 Ne5 0-1

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "13.07.2024"]
[Round "9B"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E24"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch variation"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "14508150"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. f3 Nc6 7. e4 Ba6 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Na5 10. e5 g5 11. Bf2 Nh5 12. h4 Qe7 13. hxg5 Qxg5 14. Nh3
Qg8 15. g4 Ng7 16. Nf4 h5 17. gxh5 Nf5 18. Rg1 Qh7 19. Bd3 Bxc4 20. Bxc4
Nxc4 21. Qd3 Qh6 22. Rg4 d5 23. Nxd5 O-O-O 24. Qxc4 Rxd5 25. Ke2 Qxh5 26.
Rag1 Kb7 27. Qd3 Rdd8 28. Qe4+ Kb8 29. a4 a5 30. c4 Qh2 31. R4g2 Qh6 32. d5
Qf8 33. d6 Nxd6 34. exd6 Qxd6 35. Be3 Qa3 36. Qc2 Rh5 37. Rg8 Rh2+ 38. Bf2
Rxg8 39. Rxg8+ Ka7 40. c5 Qxc5 41. Qxc5 bxc5 42. Rg7 Kb7 43. Rxf7 c4 44.
Rf4 c3 45. Rc4 1-0

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "13.07.2024"]
[Round "9B"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "4...e6"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "46616543"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O Be7 7. Qe2 b5 8.
Bd3 Nbd7 9. a4 b4 10. e4 c5 11. d5 exd5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4
Nb6 15. a5 Nd5 16. Rd1 Be6 17. Nbd2 Nc7 18. Qe1 O-O 19. Ne4 Qe8 20. Bg5 h6
21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Rac1 c4 23. Nd6 c3 24. bxc3 bxc3 25. Qxc3 Nb5 26. Qc5
Rfb8 27. h3 Nxd6 28. exd6 Qd8 29. Nd4 Bd7 30. Qc7 Ba4 31. Nc6 Bxc6 32. Rxc6
Qg5 33. d7 Rd8 34. Qb6 Kh7 35. Qb3 Qh5 36. Qc2+ g6 37. Rc5 Qh4 38. Rc8 Qe7
39. Rxa8 Rxa8 40. Qc8 Qd8 41. Qxa8 1-0

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "14.07.2024"]
[Round "10B"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[ECO "C22"]
[Opening "Centre game"]
[Variation "Berger variation"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[ePGN "0.1;DGT LiveChess/2.2.6"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. O-O-O
Re8 8. Bc4 d6 9. Nf3 Be6 10. Bxe6 Rxe6 11. Ng5 Re8 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 h6
14. h4 a5 15. f4 Qe7 16. Qg3 Rad8 17. Kb1 b5 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Rd5 Nd4 20.
Qd3 c5 21. e5 Qg6 22. e6 hxg5 23. f5 Qh6 24. c3 fxe6 25. fxe6 Nxe6 26. g3
Qh7 27. Rf5 Rf8 28. g4 Rxf5 29. gxf5 Nf4 30. Qxb5 Qxf5+ 31. Ka1 g4 32. Qxa5
Rf8 33. Rg1 Ne2 34. Re1 Qf2 35. Rd1 g3 36. Qa6 g2 37. Qc4+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "14.07.2024"]
[Round "10B"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "46616543"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. e5 Nxb5 6. Nxb5 Nd5 7. O-O a6
8. c4 Nb4 9. Nc3 d6 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Ne4 Qd3 12. Nxc5 Qxc4 13. d4 Qc2 14.
Qe1 Nd5 15. Bd2 e6 16. Rc1 Qxb2 17. Qe5 f6 18. Qh5+ g6 19. Qh3 Bxc5 20.
Rxc5 Kf7 21. Rfc1 Qb6 22. g4 Qd8 23. g5 e5 24. Qh4 b6 25. Rc6 e4 26. Rxf6+
Nxf6 27. Ne5+ Ke6 28. Qh3+ Ke7 29. gxf6+ Kxf6 30. Rc6+ Ke7 31. Bb4+ 1-0

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "14.07.2024"]
[Round "10B"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vidit, Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1
Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Bf4 d5
14. Bd3 g6 15. Nd2 Ng7 16. Qe2 c6 17. Re1 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Nf3 Ng7 20.
Be5 Ne6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Ne5 Re8 23. Ng4 Qd8 24. Qe5 Ng7 25. Qxe8+ Nxe8
26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Nf6+ Kf8 28. Nxe8 Kxe8 29. f4 f5 30. Kf2 Ke7 31. Ke2 Kd6
32. b4 b5 33. Kd2 Kd7 34. Ke2 Ke7 35. Kf2 Kf7 36. Ke2 Ke7 37. Kf2 Kf7 38.
Ke2 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "14.07.2024"]
[Round "10B"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Opovcensky variation"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "14508150"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. a4 Qc7 12. a5 Rfc8 13. h3 h6 14. Bf3 b5
15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Na5 Rab8 17. Qd2 Nc4 18. Nxc4 Bxc4 19. Reb1 a5 20. Qe1
Bd8 21. Nd1 d5 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. c3 Qd6 25. Qe2 Bc7 26. c4
Nxe3 27. Nxe3 e4 28. g3 Bb6 29. Rd1 Qe6 30. Nd5 Qxh3 31. Nxb6 Rxb6 32. Rxa5
Re8 33. Rh5 Rxb2 34. Qxb2 Qxh5 35. Re1 e3 36. Rxe3 Rxe3 37. fxe3 Qf3 38.
Qb8+ Kh7 39. Qf4 Qd1+ 40. Kg2 Qc2+ 41. Kf3 f5 42. Qd4 Qc1 43. Kf4 Qf1+ 44.
Ke5 Kg6 45. c5 Qf3 46. Qf4 Qh5 1-0

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "14.07.2024"]
[Round "10B"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 d6 6. O-O a5 7. Re1 O-O 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Ba7 11. Na3 Bg4 12. Nc2 Bh5 13. a3 Re8 14. b4 Qd7
15. Bb5 Bg6 16. bxa5 Qc8 17. a6 Rd8 18. axb7 Qxb7 19. a4 Ne7 20. Bc4 c6 21.
a5 Nh5 22. Ne3 Qc7 23. Ng4 Nxg3 24. hxg3 Kg7 25. Bb3 h5 26. Ngh2 f6 27. d4
c5 28. dxe5 dxe5 29. Qe2 c4 30. Bxc4 Qc6 31. Nf1 Rac8 32. N3d2 g4 33. Rab1
Rc7 34. a6 Nc8 35. Bd5 Qxc3 36. Rb7 Nd6 37. Rxc7+ Qxc7 38. Ne3 Rb8 39. Nec4
Nb5 40. Qd3 Qc5 41. Ne3 Nd4 42. Qc4 Rb2 43. Qxc5 Bxc5 44. Ndc4 Rb4 45. Kh2
Be8 46. Rc1 Ba7 47. Nd6 Bd7 48. Rc7 1-0

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "14.07.2024"]
[Round "11B"]
[White "Vidit, Gujrathi"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[ePGN "0.1;DGT LiveChess/2.2.6"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8.
Ne2 Qb6 9. Rb1 Be7 10. c3 f6 11. Bf2 O-O 12. a3 a5 13. Ng3 fxe5 14. fxe5
cxd4 15. cxd4 a4 16. Bd3 Qa5+ 17. Ke2 Rf7 18. h4 Nf8 19. h5 h6 20. Be3 Bd7
21. Rf1 Qb6 22. Rf2 Na5 23. Kf1 Bb5 24. Ne2 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 Nc4 26. Kg1 Nh7
27. Bc1 Raf8 28. b3 axb3 29. Qxb3 Qa5 30. Qc3 Ng5 31. Qxa5 Nxa5 32. Bxg5
Bxg5 33. Rff1 Be3+ 34. Kh2 Rf5 35. Ng3 Bf4 36. Kh3 Bxg3 37. Kxg3 Rxh5 38.
Rb6 Nc6 39. Rfb1 Ra8 40. R1b3 Rf5 41. Rxb7 Na5 42. Rb8+ Rf8 43. Rxa8 Rxa8
44. Rb6 Kf7 45. a4 Nc4 46. Rb7+ Kg6 47. Nh4+ Kh7 48. Rb4 Ra6 49. Nf3 Nb6
50. Nd2 Nxa4 51. Nb3 Nc3 52. Nc5 Rc6 53. Kf3 Kg6 54. Rb3 Ne4 55. Nxe4 dxe4+
56. Kxe4 Kf7 57. Rb7+ Kf8 58. g4 Ra6 59. Rd7 Rb6 60. Ra7 Rc6 61. Rb7 Ra6
62. Rc7 Rb6 63. Rd7 Ra6 64. Rb7 Rc6 65. Ra7 Rb6 66. Kd3 Rc6 67. Rb7 Rc1 68.
Rb6 Kf7 69. Rb7+ Kf8 70. Rb6 Kf7 71. Rb7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "14.07.2024"]
[Round "11B"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "14508150"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Rg1 h5 9. h3 Be6 10. g4 hxg4 11. hxg4 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14.
Qxd5 Bxd5 15. O-O-O Bf3 16. Rd3 Nd7 17. Bd2 Be4 18. Re3 Bd5 19. Bd3 Bg5 20.
Ree1 Bxd2+ 21. Nxd2 O-O-O 22. g5 Kc7 23. Bc4 Bxc4 24. Nxc4 Rde8 25. Rg3 Re6
26. Rc3 Rc6 27. Nxe5 Rxc3 28. bxc3 Re8 29. Nd3 Rxe1+ 30. Nxe1 Nc5 31. f4
Ne4 32. Kb2 Kd6 33. Nd3 Kd5 34. Kb3 f6 35. gxf6 gxf6 36. Kb4 b6 37. c4+ Kd4
38. a4 Nd6 39. a5 bxa5+ 40. Kxa5 Nxc4+ 41. Kxa6 Ne3 42. Nb4 Ke4 43. Kb5
Kxf4 44. c4 Nxc4 45. Kxc4 Ke4 46. Nd5 f5 47. Kc5 f4 48. Nxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "14.07.2024"]
[Round "11B"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Adams attack"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. Qf3 O-O 10. O-O-O b5 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bc8 13. Kb1 f5 14.
Bd2 Nd7 15. Na5 Nf6 16. Nc6 Qe8 17. c4 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Kh8 19. Bb4 Ne4 20.
Qa3 a5 21. f3 Bd7 22. Be1 Nc5 23. Bf2 Bf6 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. Qxc5 e4 26.
Rhe1 Qg6 27. Re2 exf3 28. gxf3 f4+ 29. Bd3 Qh5 30. Be4 a4 31. a3 Bxc6 32.
Qxc6 Rab8 33. d6 Qe5 34. Rdd2 Rfc8 35. Qd5 Qc3 36. d7 Rd8 37. Rc2 Qb3 38.
Qf5 Qg8 39. Bc6 Bxb2 40. Rxb2 Qc4 41. Re8+ Rxe8 42. dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 43. Bxe8
Qf1+ 44. Ka2 Qc4+ 45. Ka1 1-0

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "14.07.2024"]
[Round "11B"]
[White "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Konstantinopolsky opening"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O Nge7 6. c4 d6 7. h3 O-O 8.
Nc3 h6 9. d3 f5 10. Nd5 a5 11. Rb1 g5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Be3 Nxd5 14. cxd5
Nb4 15. h4 Bg4 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. a3 Na6 18. Re1 Qf6 19. Bxg5 Qf5 20. Be7
Rf7 21. Re3 Bh6 22. Re4 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Qxf3 24. Rg4+ Kh7 25. Qxf3 Rxf3 26.
Kg2 Rf7 27. Bg5 Bxg5 28. Rxg5 Rf6 29. f4 exf4 30. gxf4 Rg6 31. Kf3 Rxg5 32.
fxg5 Kg6 33. Kg4 Re8 34. Rf1 Re5 35. Rf6+ Kg7 36. Re6 Rxd5 37. Kh5 Rxd3 38.
Re7+ Kf8 39. Rd7 Ke8 40. Rg7 d5 41. g6 Rg3 42. Rh7 d4 43. Kh6 d3 44. Rf7 d2
45. Rf1 Nc5 46. Rd1 Nb3 47. g7 Kf7 48. Rf1+ Ke6 49. Kh7 Ke5 50. Rf3 Rg1 51.
Rd3 Ke4 52. Rd8 Ke3 0-1

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "14.07.2024"]
[Round "11B"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 c5 4. e3 b6 5. c3 Bb7 6. Ngf3 Be7 7. Bd3 d5 8.
Ne5 Nfd7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. f4 O-O 11. Qh5 Nf6 12. Qh4 Re8 13. g4 Nc6 14. g5
Nxe5 15. fxe5 Ne4 16. Rg1 g6 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 b5 20.
O-O-O Rac8 21. Kb1 cxd4 22. cxd4 Rc7 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Kxc1 Rc8+ 25. Kb1 a5
26. h4 a4 27. Qd3 Qb7 28. e4 Qc7 29. a3 Qc4 30. Rd1 Qxd3+ 31. Rxd3 Rc4 32.
b3 axb3 33. Kb2 Kf8 34. Rxb3 Rxd4 35. Rxb5 Rxe4 36. Kb3 Ke8 37. a4 Kd7 38.
Rc5 Rxh4 39. a5 h6 40. gxh6 Rxh6 41. a6 Rh1 42. Kb4 Ra1 43. Kb5 g5 44. Kb6
g4 45. Rc3 Rb1+ 46. Ka5 Ra1+ 47. Kb6 Rb1+ 48. Ka5 Ra1+ 49. Kb5 Rb1+ 50. Ka5
1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "14.07.2024"]
[Round "12B"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[ePGN "0.1;DGT LiveChess/2.2.6"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. g3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Qb5 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Be3 e4 13. dxe4 Qxb2 14.
Qxb2 Bxb2 15. Ra2 Bc3 16. Rc2 Ba5 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. e5 Nxe5 19. Bxb7 Rab8 20.
Bg2 Bb6 21. h3 c5 22. Nf3 Nxf3+ 23. Bxf3 Bxh3 24. Rfc1 Rxe3 25. fxe3 c4 26.
Rxc4 Bxe3+ 27. Kh2 Be6 28. R1c2 Bxc4 29. Rxc4 Bb6 30. Bd5 Rd8 31. e4 Re8
32. g4 Kg7 33. Kg3 h6 34. a4 Re7 35. Rc1 Bc7+ 36. Kf3 Kf6 37. Rb1 Bb6 38.
Rb5 Rc7 39. a5 Rc3+ 40. Ke2 Bd4 41. Rb7 Kg5 42. Bxf7 Re3+ 43. Kd2 Rxe4 44.
Kd3 Rxg4 45. Rb4 Rf4 46. Bb3 Bg1 47. Rxf4 Kxf4 48. Bf7 g5 49. Bh5 g4 50.
Ke2 Bc5 51. a6 Kg3 52. Kf1 Kh3 53. Bf7 g3 54. Bd5 h5 55. Be4 h4 56. Bd5 Kh2
0-1

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "14.07.2024"]
[Round "12B"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, 9.h3"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
c3 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. a3 Bf8 12. Ba2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nxe4 14. Rxe4
Rxe4 15. Ng5 d5 16. Nc3 Rxd4 17. Qh5 h6 18. Nxf7 Qe8 19. Nxd5 Rc4 20. Nxh6+
Kh8 21. Nf7+ Kg8 22. Nxc7 Qe1+ 23. Kh2 Qxf2 24. Bb1 Rc2 25. Bxc2 Qxc2 26.
Qd5 Nd8 27. Nh6+ Kh7 28. Qf5+ Qxf5 29. Nxf5 Rc8 30. Bf4 g5 31. Bg3 Kg6 32.
Rf1 Be4 33. Nd6 Bxd6 34. Bxd6 Nf7 35. Bg3 Nh6 36. Nxa6 Nf5 37. Re1 Bb7 38.
Nb4 Rd8 39. Re6+ Kh5 40. Be1 g4 41. Re5 Kg5 42. Rxb5 Be4 43. hxg4 Kxg4 44.
Kg1 Ne3 45. Kf2 Nd1+ 46. Kf1 Nxb2 47. Re5 Bd3+ 48. Nxd3 Nxd3 49. Re4+ Kf5
50. Re3 Ne5 51. a4 Ng4 52. Ra3 Ke4 53. Ke2 Ne5 54. a5 Rg8 55. g3 Nc4 56.
Ra4 Kd5 57. a6 Re8+ 58. Kf1 Nb2 59. Ra1 Kc6 60. Bf2 Nd3 61. Ra3 Ne5 62. Kg2
Nc4 63. Rc3 Kd5 64. a7 Ra8 65. Rb3 1-0

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "14.07.2024"]
[Round "12B"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "14508150"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. d3 O-O 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
Nbd2 e5 9. a3 Ne8 10. b4 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. bxc5 dxc5 14. Re1
Nd6 15. Nf1 h6 16. Bh4 e4 17. N3d2 Be6 18. Ng3 Bxc3 19. Rc1 Bd4 20. Bh5 Ne5
21. Ne2 Bb2 22. Nf4 Bf7 23. Bxf7+ Qxf7 24. Rxc5 Nxd3 25. Nxd3 exd3 26. Qf3
Ne4 27. Nxe4 fxe4 28. Qg4+ Kh8 29. Rxe4 d2 30. Qd1 Rad8 31. Re2 Qb3 0-1

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "14.07.2024"]
[Round "12B"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vidit, Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 h6 4. d3 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Bxd2 d5
8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Nb6 10. Rc1 Re8 11. Qc2 c6 12. Nf3 Bf5 13. e4 Bg4 14.
O-O N8d7 15. b4 Nf8 16. Bc3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Ne6 18. Bg2 Nd4 19. Qa2 Na4 20.
Ba1 a5 21. bxa5 Rxa5 22. f4 exf4 23. Rxf4 Ne6 24. Rf3 Nac5 25. Rcf1 Re7 26.
Kh1 Nxd3 27. Bc3 Ra8 28. Qc4 Ndc5 29. Bb4 b6 30. e5 Qd4 31. Qe2 Rd8 32.
R3f2 Rc7 33. Qh5 Rdd7 34. Rd2 Qc4 35. Rxd7 Rxd7 36. Qf5 Nd4 37. Qg4 Qe6 38.
Qxe6 Ncxe6 39. Bd6 Ra7 40. Rb1 b5 41. Be4 c5 42. Ra1 Ra4 43. Bd5 Nc2 44.
Ra2 Ncd4 45. Kg2 c4 46. Rb2 c3 47. Rb1 c2 48. Rc1 Ra7 49. Kf2 Ra4 50. Ke3
g5 51. Bb4 Ra7 52. Bxe6 Nxe6 53. Rxc2 Rd7 54. Bd6 Ra7 55. Rc8+ Kg7 56. Rb8
Nc7 57. Ke4 h5 58. Kf5 Ne6 59. Ke4 Ra4+ 60. Bb4 Nc5+ 61. Kf5 Ne6 62. Be7
Nd4+ 63. Kxg5 Ne6+ 64. Kxh5 f5 65. exf6+ Kf7 66. Rb7 Ra8 67. Kg4 Kg6 68. h4
Rg8 69. h5+ Kh6+ 70. Kf5 Nd4+ 71. Ke4 Rg4+ 72. Kd5 Nf5 73. Bc5 1-0

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "14.07.2024"]
[Round "12B"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "46616543"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6
8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 a5 13. g3 Bg5 14. h4
Bh6 15. Qd3 O-O 16. Nce3 Nd4 17. O-O-O Bg4 18. Rd2 Bf3 19. Rg1 b3 20. a3 f5
21. exf5 Bxd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 23. Kxd2 Rxf5 24. f4 Rf8 25. Bg2 Ra7 26. Be4
g6 27. Kc1 Ne6 28. Qxb3 Nc5 29. Qc2 Rb7 30. Kb1 Rb3 31. Ka2 Qd7 32. h5 Qg7
33. Nc3 Rfb8 34. Bd5+ Kh8 35. Nb5 a4 36. hxg6 Nd3 37. Rb1 Qxg6 38. Qd2 e4
39. g4 e3 40. Qh2 e2 41. f5 Qf6 42. Qxe2 Rxb2+ 43. Qxb2 Nxb2 44. Rxb2 Re8
45. Nc7 Rc8 46. Ne6 Qc3 47. g5 Kg8 48. f6 Kf7 49. Nf4+ Kf8 50. Ne6+ Ke8 51.
Ng7+ Kd8 52. Ne6+ Ke8 53. Ng7+ Kf8 54. Ne6+ Ke8 55. Ng7+ Kf8 56. Ne6+ Ke8
57. Ng7+ Kf8 58. Ne6+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "14.07.2024"]
[Round "13B"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[ePGN "0.1;DGT LiveChess/2.2.6"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. a4 Nc6 8.
O-O Qc7 9. Bb3 Be7 10. Be3 Na5 11. f4 O-O 12. Qf3 e5 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5
Nxb3 15. cxb3 Rac8 16. Rad1 Rfe8 17. g4 exf4 18. Bxf4 h6 19. Kh1 Bf8 20. g5
hxg5 21. Bxg5 Nh7 22. Be3 Qc6 23. Nd5 Re5 24. Rc1 Qe8 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. Bd4
Ng5 27. Qg2 Rxf5 28. Rxf5 Qxf5 29. h4 Qe4 30. Qxe4 Nxe4 31. b4 f5 32. Kg2
Kf7 33. h5 g6 34. hxg6+ Kxg6 35. Kf3 Nd2+ 36. Ke2 Nc4 37. b3 Ne5 38. Bb6
Kf7 39. Be3 Ke6 40. Nf4+ Kd7 41. Nd5 Nc6 42. Kf3 Ne7 43. Nb6+ Ke6 44. Bd2
d5 45. b5 axb5 46. axb5 Ng6 47. Na4 Ne5+ 48. Ke2 d4 49. Bf4 Nd7 50. Nb2 Nc5
51. b4 Ne4 52. Kd3 Kd5 53. Na4 Bxb4 54. Nb6+ Ke6 55. Na8 Bd6 56. Bxd6 Nxd6
57. Kxd4 Nxb5+ 58. Ke3 Nc3 59. Nc7+ Ke5 60. Kd3 Nd5 61. Nb5 f4 62. Na3 f3
63. Nc4+ Kf4 64. Nd6 b6 65. Kd2 Kg3 0-1

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "14.07.2024"]
[Round "13B"]
[White "Vidit, Gujrathi"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "46616543"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 b6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bb2 Nbd7 7. g3 dxc4 8.
bxc4 Nc5 9. d4 Nce4 10. Qa4+ Qd7 11. Qxd7+ Nxd7 12. Bg2 Bb4 13. Rc1 O-O-O
14. Ke2 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 c5 16. Bb2 Ndf6 17. Ne5 Rhf8 18. f3 Nd6 19. dxc5 bxc5
20. Ba3 Nd7 21. Nxd7 Rxd7 22. Bxc5 Rfd8 23. Rhd1 Nxc4 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Ke1
Na5 26. Bxa7+ Nc6 27. f4 Kc7 28. a4 Rd3 29. a5 Ra3 30. Bb6+ Kd7 31. Rc2 f5
32. Kf2 Rb3 33. Rd2+ Ke8 34. Bf3 g6 35. h3 Ke7 36. g4 Ke8 37. Rd6 Rb2+ 38.
Kg3 Rc2 39. Rxe6+ Kd7 40. gxf5 gxf5 41. Rh6 1-0

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "14.07.2024"]
[Round "13B"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Adams attack"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Be3 Be6 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Nc5 Rc8 12. g4 Nfd7 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14.
g5 Rxc3 15. bxc3 Qc7 16. Qg4 Qxc3 17. Qxe6 Nc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Rd3 Rf8
20. Rb3 Rxf2 21. Bd3 Kf8 22. h4 a5 23. Kb1 a4 24. Rb5 Qc6 25. a3 Bd8 26.
Rf1 Rxf1+ 27. Bxf1 g6 28. Bd3 Kg7 29. Ra5 Qc3 30. Rb5 Qe1+ 31. Ka2 Qxh4 32.
Rxb6 1-0

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "14.07.2024"]
[Round "13B"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "C17"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance, 5.a3"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bb6 8.
Nf3 Nc6 9. Bd3 Nge7 10. O-O Ng6 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. Nd6+ Kf8 13. Bf4 Bc7 14.
Nb5 Bb6 15. Nd6 Bc7 16. Nb5 Bb6 17. Re1 a6 18. Nd6 Bc7 19. Bg3 Nxe5 20.
Nxe5 Bxd6 21. Qxd4 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 b5 23. Re3 Kg8 24. Rc3 f6 25. Rc7 Bd7 26.
h4 Rc8 27. Ra7 Ra8 28. Rc7 Rc8 29. Ra7 Ra8 30. Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "14.07.2024"]
[Round "13B"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Moeller defence"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "14508150"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
a4 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. d3 Na5 11. Bc2 b4 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Re1 Rb8 14. Nf1 Re8
15. Ng3 Bg6 16. d4 Ba7 17. cxb4 Nc6 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Qxd8 Rexd8 20. b5
axb5 21. axb5 Nd4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Ne2 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Nxe4 25. Nxd4 Rxd4
26. f3 Nd6 27. Rxe5 Rd1+ 28. Kf2 h6 29. Re1 Rd5 30. Bf4 Rdxb5 31. Be5 R8b7
32. Rac1 Kh7 33. Re2 Ne8 34. g4 Kg6 35. h4 h5 36. Rc6+ f6 37. Bc3 Nd6 38.
Re7 Rd5 39. Rcxc7 Rxc7 40. Rxc7 Nb5 41. Rc4 Nxc3 42. bxc3 Rd2+ 43. Kg3 Rd3
44. Kf4 Rd1 45. Rc7 Rh1 46. gxh5+ Kh6 47. Kg3 Rg1+ 48. Kf2 Rh1 49. c4 Rxh4
50. Rc8 Kh7 51. c5 Rxh5 52. Ke3 Rd5 53. c6 Kg6 54. Ke4 Rd6 55. f4 Kf7 56.
c7 Rc6 57. Kd5 Rc1 58. Kd6 Rd1+ 59. Kc6 Rc1+ 60. Kd6 Rd1+ 61. Kc5 Rc1+ 62.
Kb6 Rb1+ 63. Kc6 Rc1+ 64. Kd6 Rd1+ 65. Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "14.07.2024"]
[Round "14B"]
[White "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[ePGN "0.1;DGT LiveChess/2.2.6"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[BlackFideId "14508150"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. b3 Ne4 7. d4 O-O 8.
Bb2 a5 9. Nc3 Bf5 10. e3 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Be4 12. Bh3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 e6 14. Qe2
Nd7 15. Rfc1 Nf6 16. Bg2 Ne8 17. b4 axb4 18. Bxb4 Nd6 19. cxd5 exd5 20. a4
Re8 21. Qc2 h5 22. a5 Nc4 23. a6 b5 24. Bc5 Bf8 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. e4 dxe4
27. Bxe4 Qb6 28. a7 Re7 29. Rab1 Qxd4 30. Bxc6 Raxa7 31. Rxb5 Ne5 32. Rd1
Ra1 33. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 34. Rb1 Qd4 35. Bg2 Kg7 36. Rd1 Qb6 37. Qc3 Qf6 38. h3
h4 39. gxh4 Qxh4 40. Rd8 Qf6 41. Ra8 Rd7 42. Qe1 Nd3 43. Qf1 Nf4 44. Ra3
Rd2 45. Rf3 Qe5 46. Kh1 Re2 47. Rxf4 Re1 48. Rf3 Rxf1+ 49. Bxf1 Qe1 50. Kg1
f5 51. Re3 Qd2 52. Rd3 Qb2 53. Rf3 Kf6 54. Kg2 Qd4 55. Kg1 Qd5 56. Re3 Qc5
57. Rf3 Kg5 58. Rg3+ Kf6 59. Rf3 Qb6 60. Ra3 Qc5 61. Rf3 Kg5 62. Rg3+ Kf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "14.07.2024"]
[Round "14B"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bd7 5. d3 Nc6 6. O-O e6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
h3 h6 9. Nbd2 g5 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 g4 12. hxg4 Nxg4 13. d5 exd5 14. exd5
Nxe3 15. fxe3 Nb4 16. Nd4 Bg5 17. Nc4 O-O 18. Qb3 Nxd5 19. Bf3 Nf6 20. Nxd6
Qe7 21. N4f5 Qe5 22. Qc3 Qxc3 23. bxc3 Rab8 24. Rad1 Be6 25. c4 b6 26. Bd5
Rbd8 27. e4 Ng4 28. Rd3 Ne5 29. Rh3 Kh7 30. Nb5 Nxc4 31. Nc7 Nd2 32. Bxe6
Nxf1 33. Kxf1 Rd1+ 34. Ke2 Rd2+ 35. Ke1 Rc2 36. Bxf7 Rxf7 37. Ne6 Kg6 38.
g4 Kf6 39. Ned4 Rxa2 40. Nc6 Rc7 41. e5+ Ke6 42. Nfd4+ Kd5 43. Nb4+ Kxd4
44. Nxa2 Kxe5 45. Nb4 Rc4 46. Nd3+ Kd5 47. Nf2 a5 48. Rb3 Kc6 49. Nd3 Bf6
0-1

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "14.07.2024"]
[Round "14B"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Be2 e4 7. dxe4 Nxe4 8.
Qc2 Qe7 9. Ra2 d6 10. b4 Bf5 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Rfe8 13. Bb2 Bxb2 14. Rxb2
a5 15. b5 Ne5 16. Nd4 Nxd3 17. Nxf5 Qe5 18. Ra2 Ndxf2 19. Ng3 Nxg3 20. Rxf2
Nf5 21. Nc3 Nxe3 22. Qd2 Nxc4 23. Qd3 Qe1+ 24. Rf1 Qe3+ 25. Qxe3 Nxe3 26.
Rc1 Re5 27. Rd2 Rae8 28. b6 Nc4 29. Rd4 Nxb6 30. Kf2 Rf5+ 31. Kg1 Rc5 32.
Kf2 h5 33. h3 Kg7 34. Rc2 Ree5 35. Rc1 g5 0-1

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "14.07.2024"]
[Round "14B"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 Bb4 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Ne4
8. Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Ndf6 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 c5 12. c4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5
14. Be2 b6 15. Rfd1 Bd7 16. Nb3 Rc8 17. Bd6 Bf5 18. Qxf5 Qxd6 19. cxd5 Nce4
20. Bf3 g6 21. Qf4 Qxf4 22. exf4 Rfd8 23. Rd3 h5 24. Re1 Nc3 25. d6 Nxa2
26. h3 Nb4 27. Rd2 Rc3 28. Re3 Rxe3 29. fxe3 Ne8 30. Nd4 Rxd6 31. Rd1 Nc7
32. Rc1 Ne6 33. Nxe6 Rxe6 34. Rc3 h4 35. g3 hxg3 36. Kg2 a5 37. Kxg3 Na6
38. Bd5 Nc5 39. Kf3 Rd6 40. e4 Kg7 41. Ba8 Rd3+ 42. Rxd3 Nxd3 43. Ke3 Nb4
44. Kd4 a4 45. Kc3 a3 46. f5 g5 47. e5 Nd3 48. f6+ Kf8 49. Kb3 Nxe5 50.
Kxa3 Nd7 51. Kb4 Nxf6 52. Kb5 Nd7 53. Bg2 Ke7 54. Kc6 f5 55. Bf1 Ne5+ 56.
Kxb6 Kd6 57. Kb5 Kd5 58. Kb4 Kd4 59. Kb3 f4 60. Kc2 Ke3 61. Kc3 f3 62. Ba6
f2 0-1

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "14.07.2024"]
[Round "14B"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Vidit, Gujrathi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "C34"]
[Opening "King's knight's gambit"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 g5 5. d5 Nce7 6. Nxg5 Ng6 7. Nf3 Bg7
8. Nc3 d6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. O-O N8e7 12. Ne2 Be5 13. Ned4
O-O-O 14. a4 Rhg8 15. Kh1 Rg7 16. Qd3 Rdg8 17. Rf2 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Kb8 19.
Bd2 f5 20. Bc3 fxe4 21. Qxe4 Rf7 22. Ng5 Qf5 23. Qe6 Qxe6 24. dxe6 Rf5 25.
Nxh7 Ne5 26. Raf1 Nd5 27. e7 Re8 28. g4 Nxg4 29. Re2 Nge3 30. Rg1 b6 31.
Rg5 Rf7 32. Rh5 Rexe7 33. Ng5 Rf5 34. Rh8+ Kb7 35. Nf3 Nxc3 36. bxc3 Rc5
37. Rf8 Re4 38. h4 Rxa4 39. Kh2 Re4 40. Kh3 Rxc3 41. h5 Rc5 42. Rh8 Re7 43.
Nh4 Rg7 44. Ng6 Rxh5+ 45. Rxh5 Rxg6 46. Rf2 Rg3+ 47. Kh4 Rg4+ 48. Kh3 Rg1
49. Rh7 Rh1+ 50. Rh2 Rxh2+ 51. Kxh2 Nxc2 0-1

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "14.07.2024"]
[Round "15B"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[ePGN "0.1;DGT LiveChess/2.2.6"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. c3 Bb6 6. a4 a6 7. b4 h6 8. h3
Nge7 9. Nbd2 Ng6 10. Nf1 O-O 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Qb3 Bxc4 13. Qxc4 Nce7 14. O-O
Qd7 15. Be3 d5 16. Qb3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Rad8 18. Rad1 dxe4 19. dxe4 Qe6 20.
Qxe6 fxe6 21. h4 Nc6 22. h5 Nh8 23. b5 axb5 24. axb5 Na7 25. Nxe5 Rxf1+ 26.
Rxf1 Nxb5 27. c4 Nd6 28. c5 Ndf7 29. Nf3 Ng5 30. Rb1 Rb8 31. Ne5 b6 32. Nc6
Rb7 33. Rb4 Nhf7 34. Ne2 e5 35. Nc1 Ne6 36. Nd3 Kf8 37. Rb5 Ke8 38. Kf2
Nfg5 39. Rb4 Nf7 40. Kf3 Ned8 41. Nxd8 Nxd8 42. cxb6 cxb6 43. Nxe5 b5 44.
Kg4 Nf7 45. Nf3 Ke7 46. Nd4 Nd6 47. e5 Nc4 48. Kf4 Na3 49. Rb3 b4 50. Nc6+
Ke6 51. Rxb4 Rxb4+ 52. Nxb4 Nc4 53. Nd3 Kd5 54. e4+ Kd4 55. Ne1 Kc5 56. Nf3
Kc6 57. Nd4+ Kd7 58. Nf5 1-0

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "14.07.2024"]
[Round "15B"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Vidit, Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "14508150"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. e4 Be7 6. c3 d6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bg4 9. d5 Nd4 10. Be3 Nxe4 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Qxd4 Nf6 13. Nc3 O-O 14.
Rfe1 Re8 15. a4 a6 16. h3 Bf5 17. g4 Bg6 18. Nd2 Nd7 19. f4 Bf6 20. Rxe8+
Qxe8 21. Qf2 h5 22. g5 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Bf5 24. Nc4 Qf8 25. a5 Nc5 26. Rd1 Re8
27. Re1 Rc8 28. Bf1 g6 29. Qd4 Nd7 30. h4 Rc7 31. Kf2 Nc5 32. Nxd6 Bd7 33.
Qf6 Ba4 34. f5 Nd7 35. Qe7 Qxe7 36. Rxe7 gxf5 37. Bd3 Rxc3 38. Bxf5 Nf8 39.
Nxf7 Rc4 40. Nh6+ Kh8 41. g6 Nxg6 42. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "14.07.2024"]
[Round "15B"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "46616543"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. h3 a6 7. Bf1 Rg8 8.
d3 h6 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 e6 12. Nd2 g5 13. g3 Qc7 14. Re1 h5
15. Bg2 h4 16. Qf3 Be7 17. Qxb7 Qxb7 18. Bxb7 Ra7 19. Bg2 g4 20. hxg4 Nxg4
21. Ne4 f5 22. Nc3 hxg3 23. fxg3 Bf6 24. Bf3 Bd4+ 25. Kg2 Ne5 26. Bh5+ Kd8
27. Ne2 Bc6+ 28. Kf1 Rh7 29. Nf4 Rxg3 30. Nxe6+ Kc8 31. Nxd4 Rxh5 32. Nxc6
Nxc6 33. Kf2 Rg4 34. c3 Rh2+ 35. Kf3 Rh3+ 36. Kf2 Kd7 37. Be3 Rh2+ 38. Kf1
Ne5 39. Bxc5 Nf3 40. Re2 Rh1+ 41. Kf2 Rxa1 42. Kxf3 Rxa2 43. Re7+ Kc6 44.
Ba3 Ra1 45. Rf7 Rf1+ 46. Ke2 Rgg1 47. d4 Rf4 1-0

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "14.07.2024"]
[Round "15B"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti v Dutch"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 e6 8.
Re1 Nc6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Nd4 Nxc4 11. Nxe6 Bxe6 12. dxe6 c6 13. e4 fxe4 14.
Nxe4 d5 15. Ng5 Qe7 16. b3 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Rb1 Rad8 19. Qc2 Nd6 20.
Bxe4 Qxe6 21. Bf4 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Qd5 23. Rbe1 Rd7 24. h4 c5 25. Be5 b6 26.
Bxg7 Rxg7 27. Re7 Rgf7 28. Rxf7 Rxf7 29. Re8+ Rf8 30. Re7 Rf7 31. Re8+ Rf8
32. Re7 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "14.07.2024"]
[Round "15B"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer (Nimzovich) variation"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 c6 6. Ne2 Ne7 7. Ng3 Nd7
8. O-O O-O 9. Nce2 Re8 10. Nf4 g6 11. Qf3 Nf8 12. c3 Bd6 13. Bd2 Be6 14.
Rae1 Nc8 15. Ngh5 gxh5 16. Nxh5 Ng6 17. Nf6+ Kg7 18. Bg5 Be7 19. Rxe6 fxe6
20. Bh6+ Kh8 21. Nxh7 Rg8 22. Qh5 Qe8 23. Nf6 Nf4 24. Bg7+ Kxg7 25. Nxe8+
Kf8 26. Qh6+ Kxe8 27. Qxf4 Nd6 28. Qe5 Kd7 29. Re1 Rae8 30. Qxe6+ Kd8 31.
Bf5 Nxf5 32. Qxf5 1-0

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "14.07.2024"]
[Round "16B"]
[White "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[ePGN "0.1;DGT LiveChess/2.2.6"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. d3 Qd7 8.
Be3 Bh3 9. d4 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nf6 12. f3 h5 13. h4 Rc8 14. b3
O-O 15. Rc1 Rfd8 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. Rfd1 a6 18. a4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Bh6 20. Be3
Bxe3 21. Qxe3 Qe6 22. Qd4 Rg8 23. Qf4 Rc5 24. e4 g5 25. hxg5 Rcxg5 26. Ne2
Nd7 27. Rh1 Nc5 28. Qe3 Qg6 29. Rh3 e5 30. Rch1 Ne6 31. Kf2 f5 32. exf5
Rxf5 33. g4 Rg5 34. Rxh5+ Kg7 35. Qd2 Rxh5 36. Rxh5 Rd8 37. Ng3 Nf4 38.
Nf5+ Kf7 39. Rh6 Qg5 40. Kf1 d5 41. Qb4 Ne6 42. Qxb7+ Kg8 43. Qh7+ Kf8 44.
Qh8+ Kf7 45. Rh7+ Kg6 46. Rg7+ Kf6 47. Rg8+ Ng7 1-0

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "14.07.2024"]
[Round "16B"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qd3 Nbd7 7. g3 g6 8.
Bg2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Qc7 11. Rd1 b5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne5 14. Qe2
Bb7 15. b3 Rfe8 16. Be3 Qc3 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Kh2 Nd7 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. dxc6
Nb8 21. a4 bxa4 22. bxa4 Qa5 23. c4 Nxc6 24. c5 Qxa4 25. cxd6 exd6 26. Rxd6
Nb4 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Qg4 Rf8 29. Bc5 a5 30. Rb6 Rd8 31. Be7 Re8 32. Rb7
Qc2 33. Qf3 Qc4 34. Bd6 h5 35. h4 Be5 36. Rc7 Qxh4+ 37. Bh3 Qf6 38. Qxf6
Bxf6 39. Bf1 Be5 40. Bxe5 Rxe5 41. Bc4 Rf5 42. Kg2 Kg7 43. Ra7 Nc2 44. Bb3
Nd4 45. Bc4 Nf3 46. Be2 Nd4 47. Bd3 Rf6 48. Rxa5 Rd6 49. Bc4 Nf5 50. Ra7
Rf6 51. Bd3 Nh6 52. Be2 Rd6 53. Bf3 Nf5 54. Be4 Nd4 55. Rb7 Ne6 56. Bf3 Ng5
57. Ra7 Kh6 58. Be2 Rd2 59. Bf3 f5 60. Ra4 Nf7 61. Ra5 Rd4 62. Rd5 Rb4 63.
Ra5 Ng5 64. Bd5 f4 65. Ra6 Rd4 66. Bc6 fxg3 67. fxg3 Rd2+ 68. Kf1 Rd6 69.
Bb5 Rd8 70. Kg2 Ne4 71. Kf3 Nd6 72. Bd3 Rf8+ 73. Kg2 Rf6 74. Rb6 g5 75. Ra6
g4 76. Rb6 Kg7 77. Ra6 Nf7 78. Rxf6 Kxf6 79. Bb5 Nh6 80. Be8 Kg5 81. Ba4
Nf5 82. Be8 Ng7 83. Ba4 Kf6 84. Bb3 Ne6 85. Ba4 Ke7 86. Bc2 Kf6 87. Ba4 Nc5
88. Be8 Kg5 89. Bf7 Ne4 90. Be8 Nd6 91. Ba4 Kf5 92. Bc2+ Ne4 93. Ba4 Ke5
94. Be8 Nf6 95. Bf7 Kd4 96. Bg6 Ke3 97. Bf7 Ne4 98. Bxh5 Nxg3 99. Bxg4
1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "14.07.2024"]
[Round "16B"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "wing gambit deferred"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "14508150"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. b4 cxb4 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Be7
8. O-O O-O 9. Bb2 Qc7 10. Nd2 a5 11. f4 a4 12. Ndf3 Na6 13. Ng5 a3 14. Bd4
Bc5 15. Bc4 Rd8 16. Bxf7+ Kf8 17. Bd5 Nxd5 18. Bxc5+ Qxc5+ 19. Kh1 h6 20.
Qh5 Qc7 21. exd5 Rxd5 22. Qg6 Rd6 23. Qh7 hxg5 24. fxg5+ 1-0

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "14.07.2024"]
[Round "16B"]
[White "Vidit, Gujrathi"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qc2 Nc6 9. a3 b6 10. h4 Nc7 11. Bd3 f5 12. g4 Bb7 13. Rg1 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4
15. Ne2 dxe3 16. dxe3 Bf6 17. gxf5 Rc8 18. Rd1 Kh8 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4
Qe7 21. Nd4 Rcd8 22. Ke2 Qe8 23. fxe6 Bxd4 24. e7 Qb5+ 25. Ke1 Bxb2 26.
exd8=Q Bc3+ 27. Qd2 Qxb3 28. Qe7 Ne6 29. Ke2 Bxd2 30. Rxd2 Qc4+ 31. Ke1
Qc1+ 32. Rd1 Qc3+ 33. Kf1 Qc2 34. Kg2 0-1

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "14.07.2024"]
[Round "16B"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "wing gambit deferred"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. b4 cxb4 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. a3 bxa3 8.
h3 O-O 9. Rxa3 Nc6 10. Re1 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nc3 Bd7 13. Rb3 Qc7 14. Ba3
Nh5 15. Qa1 Nf4 16. Reb1 b6 17. Bb5 Bxh3 18. gxh3 Nxh3+ 19. Kh2 Nxf2 20.
Kg3 f5 21. Ng5 Nxe4+ 22. Ncxe4 fxe4 23. Qc3 Nf5+ 24. Kh2 Qe7 25. Ne6 e3 26.
Qe1 e4 27. Bb2 Bxb2 28. R1xb2 Qf6 29. c3 Qe5+ 30. Kg1 Rf6 31. Ra3 Qxd5 32.
Nc7 Qc5 33. Nxa8 Qxa3 34. Bc4+ Kf8 35. Rb4 Qa5 36. Nc7 Qe5 37. Nd5 Rf7 38.
Rb2 Kg7 39. Rg2 b5 40. Bb3 Rb7 41. Nxe3 Qc5 42. Re2 d5 43. Kh1 Nxe3 44.
Rxe3 a5 45. Qd2 Rd7 46. Rh3 a4 47. Qh6+ Kg8 48. Ba2 Qc6 49. Qg5 Qe6 50. Rh5
Kg7 51. Bxd5 Qd6 52. Qh6+ Kh8 53. Qg5 e3 54. Qxe3 gxh5 55. Qd4+ Rg7 56. Qe4
Qf8 57. Qe2 a3 58. Qe5 Qf1+ 59. Kh2 Qg1+ 60. Kh3 Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "14.07.2024"]
[Round "17B"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[ePGN "0.1;DGT LiveChess/2.2.6"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "14508150"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. O-O a6 6. a4 Bg4 7. Nbd2 e6 8.
Re1 Be7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Bb3 d5 11. c3 O-O 12. Qe2 b5 13. Bc2 Qb6 14. g4 Bg6
15. Nh4 dxe4 16. dxe4 c4 17. Ndf3 Nd7 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. e5 Nc5 20. Be3 Qc7
21. Bf4 Rad8 22. axb5 axb5 23. Red1 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. h4 Rxd1+ 26.
Qxd1 Qd8 27. Qxd8+ Bxd8 28. Be3 Nd7 29. Nd4 Ndxe5 30. Be4 Nxd4 31. Bxd4 Nd3
32. b4 Bxh4 33. Bc6 Be7 34. Bxb5 Nxb4 35. cxb4 Bxb4 36. Bxc4 Bd6 37. Kg2
Kf8 38. Kf3 Bb4 39. Ke2 Bd6 40. Bb3 Bb4 41. Kd3 Bd6 42. Kc4 Bc7 43. Kb5 Bf4
44. Kc6 Bg5 45. Kd7 Bh4 46. Bc5+ Kg8 47. Ke8 Bg5 48. Be3 Bh4 49. g5 1-0

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "14.07.2024"]
[Round "17B"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, Larsen system"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. d4 Bf5 8.
Ne1 e5 9. d5 cxd5 10. Nxd5 Nc6 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Nc2 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 Qb6 14.
Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Rb1 Ne7 16. Bg2 Nf5 17. Qd3 h5 18. Be4 Ne7 19. Ne3 Kg7 20. h4
a5 21. a3 a4 22. b4 axb3 23. Rxb3 Qc5 24. Bxb7 Ra7 25. Be4 Rd8 26. Rd1 Ra4
27. Kg2 Rd7 28. Qc3 Rda7 29. Qd3 Nc8 30. Ra1 Nb6 31. Rb4 Qd4 32. Rxa4 Rxa4
33. Rb1 Ra7 34. Qxd4 exd4 35. Rxb6 dxe3 36. f4 Rxa3 37. Rxd6 Be7 38. Rd7
Kf8 39. Bd5 Rc3 40. Kf3 Rc1 41. Rc7 Rc3 42. Ke4 Rc1 43. Kxe3 Rc3+ 44. Kf2
f5 45. Bf3 Bf6 46. Ke1 Bd4 47. Kd2 Ra3 48. c5 Bf2 49. c6 Bxg3 50. Rd7 Bxf4+
51. Kc2 Ra5 52. Kd3 Rc5 53. Kd4 Rc1 54. Bd5 Bg3 55. e3 Ke8 56. Bf7+ Kf8 57.
Bxg6 Rxc6 58. Bxf5 Bxh4 59. Rh7 Bf6+ 60. Kd5 Ra6 61. Rxh5 Ra5+ 62. Ke4 Ra4+
63. Kf3 Ra5 64. Kf4 Ra4+ 65. e4 Ra5 66. Rh7 Ra1 67. Rb7 Rf1+ 68. Ke3 Re1+
69. Kd3 Rd1+ 70. Kc4 Be5 71. Bg6 Rd6 72. Bf5 Rd1 73. Rh7 Rd2 74. Kc5 Rd1
75. Be6 Bg7 76. Bd5 Ra1 77. Kd6 Ra6+ 78. Bc6 Ra5 79. Rh3 Bf6 80. Rf3 Kg7
81. Bd5 Ra6+ 82. Kd7 Ra7+ 83. Ke6 Ra6+ 84. Kf5 Bd4 85. e5 Rh6 86. Rg3+ Kf8
87. Rg8+ Ke7 88. Rg5 Ba1 89. Bc4 Rh4 90. Bd5 Rh7 91. Bg8 Rh1 92. Bc4 Rh7
93. Bd5 Bb2 94. Kf4 Rh4+ 95. Kf5 Rh7 96. e6 Bf6 97. Kg6 Rg7+ 98. Kh6 Rxg5
0-1

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "14.07.2024"]
[Round "17B"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Cozio defence deferred"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "46616543"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. c3 Ng6 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+
8. Nc3 d5 9. O-O dxe4 10. Nxe4 O-O 11. d5 Nce7 12. Bb3 h6 13. a3 Bd6 14.
Re1 Nf5 15. Bd2 Bf4 16. Rc1 Nd6 17. Bxf4 Nxf4 18. Qd2 Nh5 19. Qc3 Bf5 20.
Ng3 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Rc8 22. Re3 Re8 23. Rce1 Rxe3 24. Rxe3 Qf6 25. Qxf6 gxf6
26. Nd4 Bd7 27. Rc3 Kf8 28. f3 Ke7 29. Kf2 Nb5 30. Re3+ Kd6 31. Ne2 Re8 32.
a4 Na7 33. Rc3 b5 34. axb5 Nxb5 35. Rc4 c5 36. dxc6 Bxc6 37. Rh4 Bd5 38.
Bxd5 Kxd5 39. Rxh6 Nd6 40. Nf4+ Ke5 41. Rh1 Rb8 42. Re1+ Kf5 43. Rd1 Rxb2+
44. Kg1 Nc4 45. Rd5+ Ne5 46. Ra5 Rb6 47. Kf2 Kg5 48. Nd3 Rb5 49. Rxb5 axb5
50. f4+ Kf5 51. fxe5 fxe5 52. Nc5 b4 53. Kf3 f6 54. g4+ Kg6 55. Kf2 f5 56.
gxf5+ Kxf5 57. Kf3 Kg5 58. Ne4+ Kh4 59. Nd2 b3 60. Nxb3 e4+ 61. Kf4 1-0

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "14.07.2024"]
[Round "17B"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 e5 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8.
a3 b5 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 cxd4 11. Bxb5 Bb7 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Nxd4 Bb7 14.
Re1 Re8 15. f3 Bf8 16. N2b3 Qb6 17. Kh1 Rac8 18. Bd2 Nd7 19. Ba5 Qa6 20.
Bc3 d5 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Qd2 Ne5 23. Rad1 Qg6 24. Na5 Ba8 25. Qc2 Qa6 26.
Nab3 Rcd8 27. Bb4 Rc8 28. Qe2 Qxe2 29. Rxe2 Bxb4 30. axb4 f6 31. Kg1 Rb8
32. b5 Bd5 33. Na5 Red8 34. Red2 Nc4 35. Nxc4 Bxc4 36. Nf5 Rxd2 37. Rxd2
Bxb5 38. h4 h5 39. Kh2 Be8 40. Kg3 Kh7 41. Nd6 Bg6 42. Nc4 Rb4 43. Ne3 a5
44. Nd5 Rb5 45. Nc3 Rb7 46. Rd5 Rxb2 47. Rxa5 Rc2 48. Nd1 Rd2 49. Ne3 Re2
50. Nd1 Rd2 51. Ne3 Re2 52. Nd1 Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "14.07.2024"]
[Round "17B"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Vidit, Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a6 8.
Nbd2 Ba7 9. O-O O-O 10. b4 g5 11. Bg3 Ne7 12. d4 Ng6 13. dxe5 Nh5 14. exd6
Nxg3 15. hxg3 Qxd6 16. Nd4 Bxd4 17. cxd4 Qxd4 18. Rc1 Kg7 19. Bb3 c6 20.
Nc4 Rd8 21. Qf3 Be6 22. Rcd1 Qf6 23. Qxf6+ Kxf6 24. Nd6 Rab8 25. f4 gxf4
26. gxf4 Ke7 27. e5 h5 28. Rd4 Rg8 29. Kh2 b6 30. f5 Bxb3 31. fxg6 Bd5 32.
g7 Ke6 33. Nf5 Kxe5 34. Rh4 Be6 35. Ne7 Kd6 36. Nxg8 Rxg8 37. Rxh5 Rxg7 38.
Rf2 Rg4 39. Rd2+ Bd5 40. a3 Rc4 41. Rf5 Ke6 42. Rdf2 Ke7 43. Re2+ Be6 44.
Rf3 c5 45. bxc5 Rxc5 46. Kg3 b5 47. Rd2 a5 48. Rb2 Bc4 49. Re3+ Kf6 50. Kf2
Rd5 51. Rc2 a4 52. Kg3 Kg6 53. Rf2 Kg7 54. Rf4 Rd2 55. Kh3 Be6+ 56. g4 Bc4
57. Kh4 Rd6 58. Kg3 Rd2 59. Rf5 Rb2 60. Rg5+ Kf8 61. Rc5 Kg7 62. Kf4 Rf2+
63. Rf3 Re2 64. g5 Re1 65. Rg3 Rf1+ 66. Ke5 Re1+ 67. Kd6 Re6+ 68. Kc7 Re7+
69. Kb6 Re6+ 70. Rc6 Re7 71. g6 fxg6 72. Rcxg6+ Kf8 73. Rc6 Ke8 74. Rh3 Rf7
75. Re3+ Kd8 76. Rd6+ Rd7 77. Rh6 Rf7 78. Re4 Kd7 79. Re1 Rg7 80. Re5 Rf7
81. Kc5 Kc7 82. Kb4 Kb7 83. Ka5 Kc7 84. Rc5+ Kd7 85. Kb6 Ke7 86. Rhc6 Kf8
87. Rg5 Re7 88. Rf5+ Kg7 89. Rf3 Rf7 90. Re3 Rf6 91. Kc5 Rxc6+ 92. Kxc6 Kf6
93. Kc5 Kf7 94. Kd6 Bb3 95. Re4 Bc4 96. Re5 Kf6 97. Rc5 Be2 98. Rc2 Bc4 99.
Rf2+ Kg5 100. Ke5 Kg4 101. Rf4+ Kg3 102. Ke4 Bd5+ 103. Ke3 Bc4 104. Rd4 Bb3
105. Rf4 Bc4 106. Re4 Bb3 107. Re5 Bc4 108. Rg5+ Kh4 109. Kf4 Kh3 110. Kf3
Kh4 111. Rc5 Bd3 112. Ke3 Bc4 113. Kf4 Kh3 114. Rg5 Kh4 115. Rg4+ Kh5 116.
Rg1 Bd3 117. Rg5+ Kh4 118. Rg7 Kh5 119. Ke5 Bc4 120. Kd4 Kh6 121. Rg1 Kh5
122. Kc5 Kh6 123. Kb4 Kh5 124. Rg2 Kh4 125. Rg7 Kh5 126. Kc5 Kh6 127. Rg1
Kh5 128. Kd4 Kh4 129. Ke4 Kh5 130. Kf5 Kh4 131. Rg5 Bd3+ 132. Kf4 Bc4 133.
Re5 Kh3 134. Kf3 Kh4 135. Rc5 Bd3 136. Kf4 Bc4 137. Rc6 Kh3 138. Rg6 Bf1
139. Rg4 Bc4 140. Rg7 Kh2 141. Kf3 Bf1 142. Rg3 Bc4 143. Kf2 Bb3 144. Rg5
Kh3 145. Rxb5 Kg4 146. Ke3 Bd1 147. Rd5 Bb3 148. Re5 Bc2 149. Rc5 Bb3 150.
Ke4 Kg3 151. Rc3+ Kg4 152. Rc7 Kg3 153. Rg7+ Kf2 154. Kd3 Kf3 155. Re7 Kf4
156. Kd4 Kf5 157. Re5+ Kf4 158. Re1 Kf5 159. Re7 Kf4 160. Re8 Kf5 161. Re1
Bc2 162. Kc3 Bb3 163. Kb4 Kf6 164. Kc5 Kf5 165. Kd6 Kf4 166. Re5 Bc2 167.
Kd5 Bb3+ 168. Kd4 Bc2 169. Re2 Bb3 170. Rf2+ Kg4 171. Rf8 Kg5 172. Kc3 Kg6
173. Kb4 Kg5 174. Kb5 Kg6 175. Rf4 Kg5 176. Rxa4 Bxa4+ 177. Kxa4 Kf6 178.
Kb5 Ke7 179. Kc6 Kd8 180. Kb7 1-0

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "14.07.2024"]
[Round "18B"]
[White "Vidit, Gujrathi"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "3.g3"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[ePGN "0.1;DGT LiveChess/2.2.6"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 O-O 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. O-O Bf5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Be3 c5 13. Rc1 Rb8 14. Na4
c4 15. b3 cxb3 16. axb3 Nf6 17. Nc5 Ne4 18. h3 h5 19. Bf4 Rb5 20. Nxe4 dxe4
21. e3 Qb6 22. Rc3 Be6 23. Bxe4 Bxh3 24. Re1 Bf5 25. Bg2 e5 26. Bxe5 Bxe5
27. dxe5 Rd8 28. Qa1 Ra5 29. Qb2 Rxe5 30. Rc6 Qb4 31. Qc3 Qxc3 32. Rxc3 Rb5
33. Ra1 Be6 34. Rxa7 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Rd2 36. Kg1 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Rd2 38. Kg1 Rd1+
1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "14.07.2024"]
[Round "18B"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Qe7 7. Nbd2 a5
8. Nc4 Nd7 9. Be3 f6 10. c3 O-O 11. Re1 b6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Qb3 a4 14. Qc2
Qf7 15. Nfd2 Be7 16. b3 axb3 17. axb3 Bb7 18. Nf3 exd4 19. cxd4 c5 20. d5
f5 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Nfe5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Qf6 24. Nc6 fxe4 25. Qxe4 Bd6 26.
h4 h6 27. Bd2 Rf8 28. Re2 Ba6 29. Qe6+ Qxe6 30. Rxe6 Bd3 31. Bc3 Bc2 32. b4
Bb3 33. bxc5 Bxc5 34. Re2 Bxd5 35. Ne7+ Bxe7 36. Rxe7 Rf7 37. Rxf7 Kxf7 38.
Be5 c5 39. Bc7 b5 40. Bd6 c4 41. Bb4 Ke6 42. f3 g6 43. Kf2 Bb7 44. Ke3 Kd5
45. Bf8 h5 46. Bb4 Bc8 47. Kd2 Bf5 48. Kc3 Bd3 49. Be7 Be2 50. Bd8 Kd6 51.
Kb4 Kc6 52. Kc3 Bf1 53. g4 Be2 54. gxh5 gxh5 55. f4 Bg4 56. Bg5 Bf5 57. Kb4
Be6 58. Kc3 Kc5 59. Be7+ Kd5 60. Bg5 Bf5 61. Be7 Ke4 62. Bg5 Be6 63. Bh6
Bd7 64. Bg5 Bc8 65. Bh6 Bd7 66. Bg5 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "14.07.2024"]
[Round "18B"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "A62"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "fianchetto variation"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 Bf5 11. Nh4 Bc8 12. Re1 Ng4 13. Nf3 Nd7 14. Bg5
Qb6 15. Qc1 Nde5 16. h3 Nxf3+ 17. exf3 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Nf6 19. Qe7 Nd7 20.
Qe8+ Nf8 21. Re1 Qxb2 22. Ne4 Qd4 23. Nxd6 Qxd5 24. Nxc8 Rxc8 25. Qxc8 Qxg5
26. f4 Qh5 27. Qxb7 Bd4 28. Bd5 Qf5 29. Kg2 h5 30. h4 a5 31. a4 Kg7 32. Bc4
Kh6 33. Qxf7 Qxf7 34. Bxf7 Nd7 35. Re6 Kg7 36. Be8 Nf6 37. Bb5 Ng4 38. Bd3
Nxf2 39. Bxg6 Nd1 40. Bxh5 Nb2 41. Rg6+ Kh8 42. Ra6 Bc3 43. Bg6 Nxa4 44. h5
Kg7 45. Bc2 Nb2 46. h6+ Kf7 47. h7 Nc4 48. Bd3 Ne3+ 49. Kf3 Bd4 50. h8=Q
1-0

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "14.07.2024"]
[Round "18B"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "14508150"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O a6 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 Be7 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. Bxd7 Bxd7 12. Rad1 Rfd8 13. Rfe1 Rac8
14. e5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Ba4 16. Nxa4 Rxd4 17. Rxd4 Qa5 18. Nc3 Bb4 19. Bd2 Rd8
20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Nf3 Qd3 22. a3 Bxc3 23. Bxc3 Qxc4 24. Rc1 h6 25. Bd2 Qb3
26. Bc3 Nd5 27. Bd4 f6 28. Nd2 Qd3 29. Nf3 e5 30. Ba7 Qb3 31. h4 Qxb2 32.
Rc8+ Kh7 33. h5 Qb1+ 34. Kh2 Qf5 35. Rd8 Qxh5+ 36. Kg1 Nf4 37. Be3 Nxg2 38.
Kxg2 Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "GCT 2024 Croazia - Blitz"]
[Site "Zagabria"]
[Date "14.07.2024"]
[Round "18B"]
[White "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "D13"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2024.07.13"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 e6
8. e3 Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O f5 11. Ne5 Nf6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 Bd6 14.
f4 a5 15. Na4 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Qe2 Qa8 18. Rc2 Ne4 19. Nc3 Nxd2 20.
Qxd2 a4 21. Ne2 Rc8 22. Rfc1 Qb7 23. Nc3 h6 24. Nd1 Qb5 25. Qe2 Qxe2 26.
Rxe2 c5 27. dxc5 Rxc5 28. Rxc5 Bxc5 29. Rc2 Be7 30. Kf2 Bf6 31. Ke2 Rb6 32.
Kd2 d4 33. exd4 Rb4 34. Nf2 Rxd4+ 35. Nd3 g5 36. g3 Rd6 37. b3 axb3 38.
axb3 Bd4 39. b4 Bg1 40. h4 g4 41. b5 Rd5 42. Rc6 Rxb5 43. Rxe6 Bh2 44. Rxh6
Bxg3 45. h5 Rd5 46. Ke2 Bh2 47. Re6 Kh7 48. Re5 Rxe5+ 49. fxe5 Kh6 50. e6
Bd6 51. Nf4 Kg5 52. Nd5 Kxh5 53. e7 Bxe7 54. Nxe7 f4 55. Nd5 Kg5 56. Nxf4
Kxf4 57. Kf2 g3+ 58. Kg2 Kg4 59. Kg1 Kf3 60. Kf1 g2+ 61. Kg1 Kg3 1/2-1/2