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Shakhriyar Mamedyarov vs Aleksandar Indjic 44th Olympiad 2022, Chennai IND, rd 11, Aug-09 English Opening: Symmetrical. Four Knights Variation (A35) · 1-0 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 a6 5. b3 e6 6. Bb2 d5 7. cd5 ed5 8. Rc1 d4 9. Na4 Ne4 10. Bd3 f5 11. O-O Bd6 12. ed4 cd4 13. Rc6 bc6 14. Bc4 c5 15. d3 Nf6 16. Re1 Kf8 17. b4 cb4 18. Bd4 Rb8 19. Nc5 Qc7 20. Ne6 Be6 21. Re6 Re8 22. Ng5 h6 23. Re8 Ke8 24. Ne6 Qb7 25. Qa4 Ke7 26. Ng7 Qc8 27. Qa5 Re8 28. Kf1 Ne4 29. Nf5 Kd7 30. Qa4 Kd8 31. Bb6 Bc7 32. de4

Gillan Bwalya vs Magnus Carlsen 44th Olympiad 2022, Chennai IND, rd 5, Aug-02 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation. Saemisch Deferred (E51) · 0-1 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Bc3 7. bc3 c5 8. Bd3 dc4 9. Bc4 Qc7 10. Nd2 Nc6 11. O-O Rd8 12. f4 Nd5 13. Bd5 ed5 14. Qh5 cd4 15. cd4 Ne7 16. Nf3 Bf5 17. Bd2 f6 18. Nh4 Be4 19. f5 Rac8 20. Bb4 a5 21. Be7 Qe7 22. Rf4 Rc3 23. Re1 Qa3 24. Rg4 Rc1 25. Rc1 Qe3 26. Kf1 Bd3#

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Anton Smirnov vs Magnus Carlsen Chennai Chess Olympiad 2022 | Round 6 B00 KP Nimzovich defense 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 5.h3 Bg7 6.Be3 O-O 7.Qd2 a6 8.Bd3 e5 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 dxe5 11.O-O-O b5 12.g4 c6 13.f3 Be6 14.h4 Qa5 15.a3 Rfb8 16.Bc5 h5 17.Bd6 Rb7 18.Kb1 Rd8 19.Bb4 Qc7 20.Ne2 Rd7 21.Bc5 hxg4 22.Ng3 gxf3 23.h5 Qd8 24.hxg6 fxg6 25.Qg5 Kf7 26.Nf5 Nxe4 27.Nh6+ Bxh6 28.Qxh6 Bf5 29.Ka2 Qg8 30.Bxe4 Bxe4 31.Rde1 Kf6+ 32.b3 Rh7 33.Qe3 Rxh1 34.Rxh1 Qd5 35.Kb2 Rd7 36.Rh8 Bf5 37.Rf8+ Rf7 38.Re8 Qe4 39.Qd2 Kg7 40.Bf2 Qe2

Alexey Shirov vs Grzegorz Toczek 44th Olympiad 2022, Chennai IND, rd 1, Jul-29 Philidor Defense: General (C41) · 1-0 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. g4 Ng4 6. Rg1 Ngf6 7. Bc4 h6 8. de5 de5 9. Be3 c6 10. Qd3 b5 11. Bb3 Qa5 12. O-O-O Ba6 13. Nd2 Rd8 14. Qf1 c5 15. Nd5 c4 16. Nc4 bc4 17. Bc4 Bb7 18. Bd2 Qc5 19. Bb4 Qc8 20. Ba5 Nd5 21. Bd5 Ba6 22. Qh3 Nb6 23. Qh5 Rd7 24. Qe5 Re7 25. Qd4 Nd5 26. Qa4 Qd7 27. Rd5

Prin Laohawirapap vs Yuriy Kuzubov 44th Olympiad 2022, Chennai IND, rd 1, Jul-29 Russian Game: Nimzowitsch Attack (C42) · 0-1 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Ne5 d6 4. Nf3 Ne4 5. Nc3 Nc3 6. dc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O c6 10. c4 a6 11. Bf4 Nc5 12. Bd3 b5 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Rhe1 bc4 15. Bc4 d5 16. Bf1 Bf6 17. f3 Na4 18. Be5 Be5 19. Re5 Qb8 20. Qe3 Qb2 21. Kd2 Rfe8 22. Re1 Re5 23. Qe5 Qb4 24. Kc1 f6

Magnus Carlsen vs Ivan Saric SuperUnited Croatia 2022, Zagreb CRO, rd 9, Jul-23 King's Indian Defense: Normal. King's Knight Variation (E60) · 1-0 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O dc4 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4 b5 9. Qe2 Na6 10. Rd1 Nb4 11. a4 Bd7 12. Ne5 a6 13. Bf4 Be8 14. d5 Nh5 15. dc6 Nf4 16. gf4 Qc8 17. Nd7 Nd3 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. ab5 Bd7 20. cd7 Qd7 21. ba6 Ra7 22. e5 Qe6 23. b3 Nc5 24. Qe3 Nb3 25. Qa7 Na1 26. Ra1

Marc Esserman vs Thomas J Bartell USA 2009, ICC INT, rd 4, Sep-21 Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit. Accepted Scheveningen Formation (B21) · 1-0 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cd4 3. c3 dc3 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. Rd1 e5 10. Be3 O-O 11. Rac1 Bd7 12. a3 a6 13. b4 b5 14. Bb3 Be6 15. Nd5 Bd5 16. ed5 Nb8 17. Ne5 de5 18. d6 Bd6 19. Bc5 Bc5 20. Rd8 Bf2 21. Qf2 Rd8 22. g4 a5 23. g5 Nfd7 24. Qf7 Kh8 25. Qe7 Rf8 26. Qf8 Nf8 27. Rc8

Marc Esserman vs Vadim Martirosov Harvard Open 2008 (blitz), Harvard University, rd 3, Oct-11 Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit. Accepted Kan Formation (B21) · 1-0 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cd4 3. c3 dc3 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bc4 d6 7. O-O b5 8. Bb3 Ra7 9. Be3 Rd7 10. Nd4 Nf6 11. f4 Bb7 12. f5 e5 13. Ne6 fe6 14. fe6 Rc7 15. Bb6 Be7 16. Rc1 O-O 17. Bc7 Qc7 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Ne7 Qe7 20. Rc7 Qc7 21. e7 d5 22. Bd5 Bd5 23. Qd5 Rf7 24. Qd8 Qd8 25. ed8Q

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Marc Esserman vs D Gukesh Cannes Chess Festival 2017, rd 1, Feb-20 Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit. Accepted Paulsen Formation (B21) · 1-0 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cd4 3. c3 dc3 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 a6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Bg5 f6 9. Be3 Ng6 10. Bb3 b5 11. Nd5 ed5 12. ed5 Nce5 13. d6 Bb7 14. Ne5 fe5 15. f4 ef4 16. Re1 fe3 17. Re3 Be7 18. Qd4 Qb8 19. de7 Qa7 20. Bf7 Kf7 21. e8Q Rhe8 22. Rf1 Kg8 23. Re8 Re8 24. Qa7 Bc6 25. Qa6 h6 26. Qa5 Re2 27. Rf2 Re6 28. Qc3 Re4 29. Qd2 Ne5 30. Re2 Nc4 31. Qd1 Rf4 32. Re8 Kf7 33. Qh5 g6 34. Qe2

Arni H Kristjansson vs Michael Spooner Hong Kong-Iceland 2002 (correspondence), ICCF Email, rd 2 Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit. Accepted Paulsen Formation (B21) 1-0 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cd4 3. c3 dc3 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. O-O d6 8. Qe2 Be7 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Bf4 Nf6 11. Rac1 O-O 12. Bb3 Qb8 13. h3 b5 14. e5 de5 15. Ne5 Ne5 16. Be5 Qb7 17. Bc2 Qa7 18. Ne4 Nd5 19. Bb3 Bb7 20. Bd5 ed5 21. Rc7 Bd8 22. Qg4 g6 23. Nf6 Bf6 24. Bf6 Qb6 25. Qf4

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Hikaru Nakamura vs Alireza Firouzja FIDE Candidates 2022, Madrid ESP Sicilian DefenceB90 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Bc4 Be6 9.Nd5 Rc8 10.Nxf6+ gxf6 11.Bb3 Ne7 12.0–0 Bxb3 13.axb3 d5 14.exd5 Qxd5 15.Qe2 Nf5 16.Rfd1 Qc6 17.c4 Bg7 18.Rd5 0–0 19.Rad1 Rfe8 20.h3 b5 21.c5 Bf8 22.b4 Nd4 23.Nxd4 Qxd5 24.Nf5 Qe4 25.Qh5 Red8 26.Ra1 Rc6 27.Bh6 Kh8 28.Ra3 Qxb4 29.Bxf8 Rxf8 30.Qh6 Rg8 31.Rg3 Rxg3 32.fxg3 1–0

Game description Magnus Carlsen vs Vladislav Artemiev Aimchess US Rapid 2021, chess24.com INT, rd 3, Sep-05 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Opocensky Variation (B92) 1-0 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 g6 7. g4 h6 8. Be3 Bg7 9. f3 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. O-O-O b4 13. Nc6 Bc6 14. ab4 Qb8 15. Nd5 Bd5 16. ed5 a5 17. b5 a4 18. Bd4 O-O 19. Kb1 a3 20. b3 Qc8 21. c4 a2 22. Ka1 Re8 23. Rhe1 e5 24. de6 Re6 25. Bd3 d5 26. Qb2 dc4 27. Bc4 Re1 28. Re1 Qd8 29. h4 g5 30. hg5 hg5 31. f4 gf4 32. g5 Qd4 33. Qd4 Ng4 34. Bf7 Kf8 35. Re8 Re8 36. Qg7 Kg7 37. Be8 f3 38. b6 Ne3 39. b7 Nc2 40. Ka2 Nb4 41. Ka3 Na6 42. Bb5 Nb8 43. Bd3 Nd7 44. Kb4 f2 45. Kb5 Kf7 46. b4 Ke6 47. Ka6 Kd6 48. Ka7 Kc7 49. g6