Travadon,Loic (2401) – Lavrencic,Matic (2446) [B12]
First Saturday 2025 February – GM Budapest, Hotel GOLDENPARK (4.4), 04.02.2025
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.c4 e6 5.Nc3 Ne7 6.Nge2 [6.a3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 Nd7 8.Nge2 Nb6 9.Bb3 Qd7 10.Ng3 Bg6 11.h4 h6 12.Be3 Nf5 13.h5 Bh7 14.Nxf5 Bxf5 15.Qe2 Be7 16.Rd1 Rg8 17.g4 Bh7 18.f4 0–0–0 19.a4 Bb4 20.Kf2 Kb8 21.Qf3 Ba5 22.f5 Qe7 23.Ne2 Nd5 24.Bc1 f6 25.Nf4 exf5 26.gxf5 fxe5 27.Ne6 Rd6 28.dxe5 Rxe6 29.Bxd5 cxd5 30.fxe6 Rf8 31.Bf4 Be4 32.Qg4 Bxh1 33.Rxh1 Bd2 0:1, Karthikeyan Murali 2578 – Berkes Ferenc 2648, Moscow Aeroflot op-A 16th, 2017] 6…h6 [6…Nd7 7.Ng3 Bg6 8.h4 h6 9.h5 Bh7 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 cxd5 12.Bd3 Bb4+ 13.Bd2 Bxd2+ 14.Qxd2 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 Qa5+ 16.Qd2 Qa6 17.Ne2 Rc8 18.Rh3 0–0 19.Ra3 Qb6 20.Rb3 Qa6 21.Ra3 Qb6 22.Rb3 Qa6 23.Ra3 Mastrovasilis Dimitros 2574 – Roiz Michael 2652, EU-ch 11th Rijeka, 2010] 7.Ng3 Bh7 [7…Bg6 8.Be3 Nd7 9.Rc1 Nf5 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Bd3 Nxe3 12.fxe3 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Be7 14.0–0 1/2, Mastrovasilis Dimitros 2563 – Berkes Ferenc 2645, SRB-chT Subotica, 2008] 8.Bd3 Bxd3 9.Qxd3 dxc4 10.Qxc4 Nd7 11.Qe2 Nb6 12.Be3 Ned5 13.0–0 Qd7 14.Nce4 0–0–0 15.Nc5 [15.Nh5 Kb8 16.Rfc1²] 15…Qc7 [15…Bxc5?! 16.dxc5 Nxe3 17.fxe3 Nd5 18.Ne4±] 16.Nge4 Nd7 17.f4 Nxc5 18.dxc5 f5 19.Nd6+ Bxd6?! [19…Kb8 20.b4 g5²] 20.exd6 Qf7?! [20…Qd7! 21.Rae1 Rde8 22.Qd2 g5²] 21.Bd4± Rhg8 22.Rae1 [22.b4!? Nxb4 23.Rab1 Nd5 24.Rb3 Rd7 25.Ra3 Kb8 26.Rb1 Ka8²] 22…Rde8 23.b4! Nxb4? [23…Qd7 24.a4 g5 25.fxg5 Rxg5 26.b5±] 24.Rb1+- Nd5 25.Be5 Rd8? [25…g5 26.Rf3!; 25…Qd7 26.Rb3 Kb8 27.Rfb1 Ka8 28.Rxb7 Qxb7 29.Rxb7 Kxb7 30.Qh5+-]
26.d7+! Rxd7 27.Qa6! Kd8 28.Qxa7 Ke7 29.Rxb7 Rgd8 30.Rfb1 Kf8 31.Rxd7 Qxd7 [31…Rxd7 32.Qa8+ Ke7 33.Qxc6+-] 32.Rb7 1–0
Raahul,V S (2389) – Ernst,Robert (2380) [D17]
First Saturday 2025 February – GM Budapest, Hotel GOLDENPARK (4.3), 04.02.2025
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 g5 [11…f6 12.0–0 g5 13.Nxe5 gxf4 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.a5 a6 16.Qa4 Bd6 17.Rad1 0–0–0 18.Rd4 Qc7 19.Rc1 fxg3 20.hxg3 Be5 21.Nd5 Qf7 22.Rxc6+ Kb8 23.Rb6 Be6 24.Nb4 Bxd4 25.Rxb7+ Qxb7 26.Bxb7 Rd6 27.Bf3 Kc8 28.Nxa6 Kd8 29.Nb4 Bd7 30.Bc6 Bc5 31.Bxd7 Rxd7 32.a6 Ke7 33.Nc6+ Kd6 34.b4 Bb6 35.b5 Re8 36.Qb4+ Kd5 37.e3 Re4 38.Qd2+ Ke6 39.Qa2+ 1:0, Basso Pier Luigi 2516 – Sharma Dinesh Kumar 2276, Ferreira do Alentejo open 1st, 2018] 12.Ne3 gxf4 13.Nxf5 0–0–0 [13…fxg3 14.hxg3 0–0–0 15.Qc2 Kb8 16.0–0–0 a5 17.f4 Ng4 18.e3 h5 19.Bf3 Bc5 20.Bxg4 hxg4 21.Rxh8 Rxh8 22.Ne4 Bb6 23.Qd2 Re8 24.Ned6 Re6 25.e4 Nc5 26.Qc2 Na6 27.e5 Nb4 28.Qc4 Ka7 29.Rh1 Qd8 30.Rh7 Bc7 31.Rxf7 Qh8 32.Nh4 Rxd6 33.exd6 Bxd6 34.Rd7 Qf6 35.Kb1 Ka8 36.Qg8+ Ka7 37.Qc8 1:0, Edouard Romain 2638 – Kaufman Raymond 2201, Quebec open, 2018] 14.Qc2 Nc5 [14…Kb8 15.0–0 fxg3 16.hxg3 h5 17.Rfc1 Nf6 18.Ne4 Nd5 19.a5 a6 20.Nc5 h4 21.Nxh4 Rxh4 22.gxh4 Ng4 23.Nxa6+ bxa6 24.Qxc6 Qh2+ 25.Kf1 Qxh4 26.Kg1 Qxf2+ 27.Kh1 Qh4+ 28.Kg1 Qh2+ 0:1, Kashlinskaja Alina 2462 – Girya Olga 2446, BL GER Women, 2017] 15.0–0 fxg3 [15…a5 16.gxf4 Nc4 17.Rfd1 Rg8 18.Rxd8+ Qxd8 19.Ng3 Qf6 20.Rd1 h5 21.b3 Na3 22.Qd2 Qe7 23.Nb5 Nxb3 24.Bh3+ Rg4 25.Qd3 cxb5 26.Qxb3 Kb8 27.Bxg4 hxg4 28.axb5 1:0, Wang Hao 2707 – Prathamesh Sunil Mokal 2393, Al Ain open 4th, 2015] 16.hxg3 a5!?= [16…Ne6 17.Rfd1 Kb8=] 17.Rfd1 h5!? [17…Rxd1+ 18.Rxd1 Kb8=] 18.e3 Kb8 19.Rd4 [19.Ne4 Nxe4 20.Bxe4 Bb4=] 19…Ne6 20.Rxd8+ Qxd8 21.Rd1 Qf6 22.f4?! [22.Nh4=] 22…Ng4µ 23.Qe4 [23.Rd7 Nc5µ] 23…Bb4 24.Nd6? [24.Bf3 Ka8!µ]
24…Nxe3!–+ 25.Nxf7 [25.Qxe3 Bc5] 25…Nxd1 26.Nxd1 [26.Nxh8 Nxb2 27.Ne2 Nxa4 28.Ng6 Nc3 29.Nxc3 Bxc3–+] 26…Nc5 [26…Rg8! 27.Ne5 Bc5+ 28.Ne3 Kc7 29.Kh2 Bxe3 30.Qxe3 h4–+] 27.Qe3 [27.Qe5+ Qxe5 28.Nxe5 Nxa4] 27…Nxa4 [27…Nd7! 28.Ne5 (28.Nxh8? Bc5) 28…Nxe5 29.fxe5 Qe7–+] 28.Kh2 Rh7 29.Ne5 Re7 30.Nf2 h4 31.Nfg4 [31.Nfd3 hxg3+ 32.Kxg3 Qd6] 31…hxg3+ 32.Kxg3 Qd6! 33.Qb3 Nc5 34.Qc4 Qe6!? [34…Bd2! 35.Bf3 Ne6–+] 35.Qxe6 Rxe6 36.f5 Rd6 37.f6 Rd2 [37…Nd3 38.f7 Rd8–+] 38.f7 Ne6 39.Bh3 Rxb2 40.Nf6 Nf8 41.Nfd7+ Nxd7 42.Nxd7+ Kc7 0–1
Seres,Lajos (2296) – Girel,Joseph (2484) [E94]
First Saturday 2025 February – GM Budapest, Hotel GOLDENPARK (1.3), 01.02.2025
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0–0 6.Be2 e5 7.0–0 Qe8 8.dxe5 [8.d5 Nh5 9.g3 f5 10.exf5 gxf5 11.Nxe5 Nxg3 12.fxg3 Qxe5 13.Qc2 Na6 14.Bf4 Qf6 15.Rf2 Nc5 16.Raf1 Bd7 17.Be3 Rae8 18.Bxc5 dxc5 19.Bd3 Qd4 20.Kg2 Re3 21.Bxf5 Bxf5 22.Rxf5 Rfe8 23.R1f4 Qd3 24.Qxd3 Rxd3 25.Ne4 Rd4 26.Nxc5 Rxf4 27.Rxf4 Re2+ 28.Kh3 Rxb2 29.Ne6 h5 30.Rf5 Bc3 31.Nxc7 Rb4 32.d6 1: 0, Chernin Alexander 2580 – Cvitan Ognjen 2525, GMA open Moscow, 1989] 8…dxe5 9.Be3 b6 10.Nd5 Na6 11.Qc2 [11.Nd2 Nd7 12.Qa4 Bb7 13.b4 c6 14.Nc3 Nc7 15.Nb3 Ne6 16.Rfd1 Qe7 17.c5 Rad8 18.Ba6 Bxa6 19.Qxa6 Nd4 20.Rac1 bxc5 21.Nxc5 Nxc5 22.bxc5 Qxc5 23.Nd5 Qb5 1/2, Alvarez Pedraza Aramis 2551 – Morovic Fernandez Ivan 2577, Capablanca Mem Premier 47th, 2012] 11…c6? [11…Ng4 12.Bd2 c6²] 12.Nxf6+² Bxf6 13.c5!? [13.a3 Qe7 14.Rfd1 Nc5 15.b4 Ne6 16.c5±] 13…Nxc5 14.Bxc5 bxc5 15.Qxc5² Bg4 16.Rac1 Rb8 17.b3 [17.b4 Be7 18.Qxe5 Bxb4 19.Qf4 Bxf3 20.Bxf3²] 17…Rb6 18.Rfd1 Qb8 [18…Qe7 19.h3 Bxf3 20.Bxf3²] 19.Qd6! Kg7 20.Rxc6 Rxc6 21.Qxc6 Rc8 22.Qd5 Be6 [22…Rd8 23.Qc5 Rxd1+ 24.Bxd1 Qb6 25.b4²] 23.Qd3 Qb4 24.h3 h6 25.Nd2 Bg5 26.Nc4 Bxc4 [26…Rd8 27.Qc2 Rxd1+ 28.Qxd1 Qc3=] 27.bxc4² Qb2 28.Bg4 Rd8 29.Qb3?! Rxd1+ [29…Qxb3 30.axb3 Rxd1+ 31.Bxd1 Be7=] 30.Bxd1 Qd2= 31.Qc2 Qe1+ [31…Qxc2 32.Bxc2 Be7=] 32.Kh2 Bd2 33.Kg3 f5 34.exf5 gxf5 35.Bh5? Kf6!? [35…Be3!–+] 36.c5? [36.h4 Be3³]
36…Be3!–+ 37.Qe2 Bxf2+ 0–1