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Carlsen,Magnus (2840) – Iturrizaga Bonelli,Eduardo (2592) [E11]
World Rapid 2025 Doha QAT (3.1), 26.12.2025
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 0–0 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 d6 7.Be2 Nfd7 8.Nf1 c5 9.Ng3 cxd4 10.Nxd4 a6 11.0–0 Nc6 12.Be3 Nf6 13.b4 Bd7 14.Rc1 Rc8 15.f4 Re8 16.Nb3 Bf8 17.c5 e5 18.cxd6 exf4 19.Bxf4 Nxe4 20.Nxe4 Rxe4 21.Nc5 Rd4 22.Qb3 Be8 23.Nxb7 Qb6 24.Nc5 Bxd6 25.Bxd6 Rxd6 26.Bxa6 Ra8 27.Bc4 Ne5 28.Rce1 Nxc4 29.Qxc4 Rf6 30.Rxf6 Qxf6 31.a4 h6 32.b5 Rd8 33.Qe4 Qc3 34.Qe3 Qb4 35.h3 Rc8 36.Rc1 Bxb5 37.axb5 Qxb5 38.Kh2 Qb8+ 39.Qg3 Qa8 40.Rc3 Rc6 41.Rb3 Rxc5 42.Rb8+ Rc8 43.Rxa8 Rxa8 44.Qe3 Rc8 45.g4 Ra8 46.h4 Rc8 47.Kg3 Ra8 48.Kf3 Rb8 49.Qe7 Ra8 50.g5 h5 51.Ke4 Ra4+ 52.Kd5 Ra5+ 53.Kc6 Ra6+ 54.Kb7 Re6 55.Qd8+ Kh7 56.Qd3+ g6 57.Kc7 Kg8 58.Kd7 Re5 59.Qc3 Re2 60.Qc8+ Kg7

61.Qc4 1–0
Yu,Yangyi (2717) – Kadric,Denis (2543) [A41]
World Rapid 2025 Doha QAT (3.7), 26.12.2025
1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.Qb3 b6 6.g3 Bg7 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.Qd1 0–0 9.d5 Na5 10.Nd4 Bd7 11.b3 Rc8 12.0–0 c5 13.dxc6 Nxc6 14.Bb2 a6 15.Nc2 Qc7 16.Rc1 Qb8 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.Bxg7 Ne3 19.Nxe3 Kxg7 20.Qd2 f6 21.Nd5 Be6 22.Qe3 Bxd5 23.cxd5 Ne5 24.f4 Nf7 25.Rc6 Rxc6 26.dxc6 Qc7 27.Rc1 Re8 28.Qe6 b5 29.Bd5 Rf8 30.Qd7 Rc8 31.Kg2 Nd8 32.Qg4 f5 33.Qf3 e6 34.Qc3+ Kg8 35.Bf3 d5 36.Qf6 Qd6 37.h4 Rxc6 38.Rxc6 Nxc6 39.h5 gxh5 40.Qg5+ Kf8 41.Qf6+ Kg8 42.Bxh5 Qe7 43.Qc3 Qd6 44.Qf6 Qe7 45.Qc3 Qd6 46.Be8 Ne7

47.Qf6 Nc6 48.Bf7+ 1–0
Petrov,Nikita (2578) – Gukesh,D (2754) [E48]
World Rapid 2025 Doha QAT (3.22), 26.12.2025
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0–0 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 Bd6 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.h3 e5 10.Qc2 a6 11.0–0 Bd7 12.Rd1 exd4 13.exd4 Qc8 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 Bf5 16.Qh4 Ne7 17.Be3 Bc2 18.Rd2 Nf5 19.Qg4 Nxe3 20.Qxc8 Raxc8 21.fxe3 Bg6 22.Rf1 c5 23.Bd5 cxd4 24.Bxb7 Rb8 25.Bc6 d3 26.Nh4 Bc5 27.Rf3 Rfd8 28.Nxg6 hxg6 29.b4 Ba7 30.Kf1 Rbc8 31.Bb7 Rc1+ 32.Kf2 Rd6 33.Be4 Rc3 34.a4

33…f5 35.Bb7 Rc7 36.Bxa6 Rxa6 0–1
Alexakis,Dimitris (2544) – Niemann,Hans Moke (2725) [B54]
World Rapid 2025 Doha QAT (3.37), 26.12.2025
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 e5 6.Nb3 Nc6 7.c4 a5 8.Be3 a4 9.N3d2 Be7 10.Nc3 Qa5 11.Be2 0–0 12.0–0 Nd4 13.Ndb1 Be6 14.Na3 Nxe2+ 15.Qxe2 Rfc8 16.Rfc1 h6 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.cxd5 Bd7 19.Qd2 Qa6 20.Rxc8+ Rxc8 21.Rc1 Rxc1+ 22.Qxc1 Bd8 23.Kf2 Bh4+ 24.g3 Bd8 25.Qc4 b5 26.Qd3 Qb7 27.Nc2 b4 28.Qc4 Ba5 29.Qd3 Bb5 30.Qd2 Qc8 31.g4

31…b3 32.Qxa5 Qxc2+ 33.Kg3 bxa2 0–1
Maksimovic,Bojan (2533) – Berend,Fred (2213) [A45]
World Rapid 2025 Doha QAT (3.78), 26.12.2025
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.h4 c6 4.Nd2 d5 5.Nxe4 dxe4 6.e3 h6 7.Bf4 Nd7 8.Ne2 Qa5+ 9.c3 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Ng3 Ng6 12.Nxe4 Nxf4 13.exf4 Qc7 14.Qf3 Bf5 15.0–0–0 Be7 16.g4 Bxe4 17.Qxe4 0–0 18.Bd3 f5 19.Qc4+ Kh8 20.Bxf5 b5 21.Qe4 Bd6 22.Kb1 Rad8 23.Rhe1 Bxf4 24.Rxd8 Rxd8

25.Qe8+ 1–0
Musovic,Armin (2190) – Al-Kuwari,Hamad (1809) [C00]
World Rapid 2025 Doha QAT (3.122), 26.12.2025
1.e4 e6 2.Qe2 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 d5 6.d3 Nf6 7.0–0 0–0 8.Re1 b5 9.Nbd2 b4 10.Nf1 dxe4 11.dxe4 e5 12.c3 a5 13.Rd1 Qc7 14.Bg5 Ba6 15.Qe1 h6 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Ne3 Ne7 18.Rac1 Bb7 19.Ng4 Qc6 20.Nfxe5 Bxe5 21.Nxe5 Qe6 22.Nd7 Rfc8 23.Qe3 Qxa2 24.Nxc5 Bc6 25.cxb4 axb4 26.Qd4 Rd8 27.Qxb4 Rdb8 28.Qd4 Rxb2 29.Nd3 Rd2 30.Rxd2 Qxd2 31.Qc3 Qa2

32.Nb4 1–0
Anton Guijarro,David (2646) – Carlsen,Magnus (2840) [A05]
World Rapid 2025 Doha QAT (4.1), 26.12.2025
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 d6 3.d4 g6 4.Bb2 Bg7 5.g3 b5 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.Qd3 a6 8.0–0 Nbd7 9.Nfd2 Bxg2 10.Kxg2 0–0 11.c4 e5 12.cxb5 exd4 13.Bxd4 axb5 14.Qxb5 c5 15.Bb2 d5 16.Nc3 Rb8 17.Qa4 d4 18.Nce4 Nxe4 19.Nxe4 Re8 20.f3 Nb6 21.Qa5 c4 22.bxc4 Nxc4 23.Qxd8 Rbxd8 24.Bc1 f5 25.Nf2 Rxe2 26.Rd1 d3 27.Rb1 d2 28.Kf1

28…Rde8 0–1
Hakobyan,Aram (2613) – Erigaisi,Arjun (2775) [B40]
World Rapid 2025 Doha QAT (4.3), 26.12.2025
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qd1 Nf6 6.Bd3 d5 7.exd5 exd5 8.0–0 Bc5 9.Nc3 h6 10.Re1+ Be6 11.h3 0–0 12.a3 a6 13.Bf4 Nh5 14.Bh2 Qf6 15.Qd2 Rfe8 16.Re2 Rad8 17.Rae1 Rf8 18.Bc7 Rd7 19.Bh2 Rdd8 20.Bc7 Rc8 21.Bh2 Rfd8 22.Kh1 b5 23.Ne5 Nd4 24.Ng4 Qh4 25.Re5 Bd6 26.Nxh6+ gxh6 27.Rxh5 Qxh5 28.Bxd6 Bxh3 29.Qf4 Rxd6 30.Qxd6 Nf3 31.Bg6 fxg6 32.Qxd5+ Qxd5 33.Nxd5

33…Bxg2+ 34.Kxg2 Nxe1+ 35.Kf1 Rxc2 0–1
Kadric,Denis (2543) – Caruana,Fabiano (2795) [C53]
World Rapid 2025 Doha QAT (4.19), 26.12.2025
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 a6 8.a4 Ba7 9.Nbd2 Kf8 10.h3 g5 11.Bg3 Nh5 12.Qe2 Qf6 13.Nf1 Ne7 14.d4 Ng6 15.Ne3 Nhf4 16.Qd2

16…Nxg2+ 17.Nxg2 Qxf3 0–1
Sarana,Alexey (2673) – Adhiban,Baskaran (2557) [D31]
World Rapid 2025 Doha QAT (4.34), 26.12.2025
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 Qd5 8.e3 b5 9.Qc2 Nf6 10.b3 0–0 11.bxc4 bxc4 12.Be2 Ba6 13.0–0 Rab8 14.Rfc1 Rb6 15.Be1 e5 16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.Nxe5 Qxe5 18.Bc3 Qg5 19.Bf3 h6 20.Rd1 Bb7 21.Bxb7 Rxb7 22.Rd4 Nd5 23.h4 Qh5 24.Rxc4 Nxc3 25.Qxc3 Rfb8 26.Rc1 Rb2 27.a4 c6 28.Qd3 Qd5 29.Rd4 Qe5 30.g3 R2b6 31.Rd7 R6b7 32.Rxb7 Rxb7 33.Rxc6 g6 34.Qd8+ Kh7 35.Rc8 Qg7 36.Kg2 h5 37.Rc7 Qb2

38.Qe7 Rxc7 39.Qxc7 Qa2 40.Qxa7 Qd5+ 41.Kh2 Qf3 42.e4 g5 43.Qe3 1–0
Indjic,Aleksandar (2635) – Nikitenko,Mihail (2476) [D43]
World Rapid 2025 Doha QAT (4.69), 26.12.2025
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 c6 5.Qd3 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Be7 7.g4 h6 8.Rg1 Qa5 9.Bd2 Qa6 10.Qc2 dxc4 11.e4 b5 12.h4 Nb6 13.g5 hxg5 14.Nxg5 b4 15.Nd1 Rxh4 16.e5 Nfd5

17.Nxf7 Qa4 18.Qg6 Kd7 19.Nd6 Rxd4 20.Bg5 Kc7 21.Bxe7 Nxe7 22.Qxg7 Qc2 23.Qxe7+ Bd7

24.Nb5+ cxb5 25.Qc5+ Bc6 26.Qxd4 Rd8 27.Rg7+ Kc8 28.Ne3 1–0
Balakrishnan,Praveen (2507) – Petrov,Nikita (2578) [C70]
World Rapid 2025 Doha QAT (4.86), 26.12.2025
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Bc5 5.c3 Nge7 6.0–0 Ng6 7.d4 Ba7 8.Re1 0–0 9.Be3 d6 10.h3 h6 11.Nbd2 exd4 12.cxd4 Nce7 13.Nf1 c6 14.Ng3 d5 15.e5 f6 16.Bc2 fxe5 17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.dxe5 d4 19.Bc1 Be6 20.Qd3 Nf5 21.b4 Qd7 22.Ne4 b5 23.Nd6 Bb8 24.Nxf5 Bxf5 25.Bb3+ Kh8 26.Qd2 Ba7 27.Bb2 Rad8 28.e6 Qe7 29.Rad1 Kh7 30.Re5 Bg6 31.Kh1 Bb8 32.Ree1 Bf4 33.Qe2 d3 34.Qf1

34…d2 35.Re2 Bd3 36.g3 Be3 37.Bc2 Bxc2 38.Rxe3 Bxd1 39.Qxd1 Rxf2 40.Kg1 Rdf8 41.Rd3 Qxe6 42.Rxd2 Rf1+ 43.Qxf1 Rxf1+ 44.Kxf1 Qxh3+ 45.Rg2 Qh1+ 46.Kf2 Qb1 47.Ke3 0–1
Bharath,Subramaniyam H (2576) – Musovic,Armin (2190) [B12]
World Rapid 2025 Doha QAT (4.101), 26.12.2025
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 Nc6 5.f4 Nh6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be3 d4 8.Bf2 e6 9.Nbd2 Bxc5 10.Bd3 Bb4 11.Be2 Qa5 12.a3 Be7 13.Nxd4 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Qd5 15.Nf3 Qe4 16.0–0 0–0–0 17.c3 Nf5 18.Bd3 Nxd4 19.Bxe4 Nxf3+ 20.Bxf3 Rxd1 21.Raxd1 Bf5

22.Bxb7+ Kc7 23.Bf3 h5 24.b4 g5 25.Rd4 gxf4 26.Rfd1 Rd8 27.Bxh5 Rxd4 28.Rxd4 f6 29.exf6 Bxf6 30.Rxf4 Kd6 31.c4 Bb2 32.Rf3 Be4 33.Rh3 Ke5 34.c5 Kd4 35.Bf3 Bf5 36.g4 Bd3 37.c6 Ba6 38.c7 Ke5 39.b5 Bd4+ 40.Kg2 1–0
Makhnev,Denis (2532) – Sarana,Alexey (2673) [E04]
World Rapid 2025 Doha QAT (5.19), 26.12.2025
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.0–0 Rb8 7.Qc2 b5 8.b3 Nb4 9.Qb2 cxb3 10.axb3 Bb7 11.Rxa7 Be7 12.Bd2 0–0 13.Rc1 Ra8 14.Rxa8 Bxa8 15.Na3 Qb8 16.Nc2 Nxc2 17.Qxc2 Ba3 18.Ra1 Be4 19.Qd1 Bd6 20.Qc1 Qb7 21.Ra5 Qd5 22.Bg5 Nd7 23.Bf4 Qxb3 24.Bxd6 cxd6 25.Ra7 Bxf3 26.Bxf3 Nf6 27.Rb7 d5 28.Qc5 g5 29.h3 h5 30.Qc1 Nh7 31.Bxh5 Qc4 32.Qb2 Nf6 33.Bf3 Ra8 34.Rxb5 Ra2 35.Rb8+ Kg7 36.Qb1 Ne4 37.Rb4 Qc3 38.Qxa2 Qe1+ 39.Kh2 Qxf2+ 40.Bg2 Qxg3+ 41.Kg1

41…Qe1+ 42.Kh2 Qxb4 43.Bxe4 dxe4 44.d5 Qd6+ 0–1
Petrov,Nikita (2578) – Firouzja,Alireza (2762) [E60]
World Rapid 2025 Doha QAT (5.26), 26.12.2025
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c5 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Bd2 Qxc5 7.Rc1 0–0 8.Bg2 Nc6 9.b3 Ng4 10.Ne4 Qa3 11.h3 Nf6 12.Nc3 a6 13.Nf3 Rd8 14.e4 d6 15.0–0 Be6 16.Rc2 Rac8 17.Qe2 Qc5 18.Be3 Qa5 19.Bd2 Nb4 20.Rcc1 Nxa2 21.Nd5 Nxc1 22.Rxc1 Qa3 23.Nxe7+ Kh8 24.Nxc8 Rxc8 25.Nd4 Nd7 26.Be3 Nc5 27.Rb1 Bd7 28.Qd2 Kg8 29.Kh2 Re8 30.f3 a5 31.Bf4 Be5 32.Be3 Qb4 33.Qc2 h5 34.h4 Qb6 35.Ne2 Qd8 36.Bg5 f6 37.Be3 f5 38.f4 Bg7 39.Bxc5 dxc5 40.e5 Qc8 41.Nc3 Be6 42.Rd1 Bf8 43.Bd5 Kg7 44.Bxe6 Rxe6 45.Qd2 Qc6 46.Qd5 Re7 47.Na4 Rc7 48.Qxc6 bxc6 49.Kg2 Rb7 50.Rd3 Kf7 51.Kf3 Be7 52.Ke2 Ke6 53.Kd2 Rb8 54.Ke2 Rb7 55.Kf3 Rb8

½–½
Aronian,Levon (2729) – Oro,Faustino (2503) [C77]
World Rapid 2025 Doha QAT (5.52), 26.12.2025
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.Bg5 d6 8.c3 Bb6 9.Nbd2 Qe7 10.0–0 Bd7 11.Re1 0–0 12.Nf1 h6 13.Bh4 g5 14.Bg3 Rae8 15.Ne3 Bxe3 16.Rxe3 Kg7 17.Nd2 h5 18.f3 h4 19.Bf2 Nd8 20.Nf1 Ne6 21.Re1 Nf4 22.Ne3 Rh8 23.d4 Be6 24.a4 c5 25.Bxe6 fxe6 26.d5 Kg6 27.axb5 axb5 28.dxe6 Qxe6 29.Ra6 Rd8 30.Nf5 c4 31.Qd2 Rh7 32.Be3 Rhd7 33.Bxf4 exf4 34.Nd4 Qe5 35.Nc6 Qc5+ 36.Qf2 Qxf2+ 37.Kxf2 Re8 38.e5 Nd5 39.e6 Rb7 40.Nd4 Ne3 41.Rxd6 b4 42.cxb4 Rxb4 43.Re2 Rxb2 44.Rxb2 Nd1+ 45.Ke2 Nxb2 46.e7+ Kf7 47.Nf5 Nd3 48.Rh6 Ne5 49.Nd6+ Kxe7 50.Nxe8 Nf7 51.Rc6 Kxe8 52.Rxc4 Ke7 53.Rc6 Ne5 54.Rh6 Nf7 55.Rg6 Kd7 56.Kd2 h3 57.gxh3 Ne5 58.Rg7+ Ke6 59.Ke2 Kf6 60.Rg8 Kf5 61.Rb8 Ng6 62.Rb5+ Ne5 63.Rxe5+ Kxe5 64.Kd3 Kd5

65.h4 gxh4 66.h3 Ke5 67.Kc4 Ke6 68.Kd4 Kf5 1–0
Maksimovic,Bojan (2533) – Ibrahimli,Murad (2438) [D03]
World Rapid 2025 Doha QAT (5.71), 26.12.2025
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5 Ne4 4.Bh4 h5 5.h3 f6 6.Nfd2 Nd6 7.f3 Nc6 8.Bf2 e5 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Nc3 Be6 11.e4 dxe4 12.Ndxe4 h4 13.Nxd6+ Qxd6 14.Qxd6 Bxd6 15.Nb5 Nf7 16.Nxd6+ Nxd6 17.0–0–0 Kf7 18.Bd3 b6 19.Rhe1 Rae8 20.b3 g5 21.c4 c5 22.Kb2 Bf5 23.Bf1 Rxe1 24.Bxe1 Ke6 25.a3 Rc8 26.Bc3 Rd8 27.Be1 Nb7 28.Rxd8 Nxd8 29.Kc3 Kd7 30.b4 Ne6 31.Bf2 Bg6 32.g3 hxg3 33.Bxg3 Bh5 34.Bd3 Nf4 35.Bf5+ Ke7 36.Bxf4 gxf4 37.Bg4 Bg6 38.h4 f5 39.Bh3 Kf6 40.Kb3 Be8 41.Bf1 Bc6 42.Be2 Kg6 43.b5 Bb7 44.Kc3

44…Kh5 45.Kd2 Kxh4 46.Bd3 Bxf3 47.Bxf5 Kg3 0–1
Musovic,Armin (2190) – Yakubboev,Nodirbek (2691) [A00]
World Rapid 2025 Doha QAT (5.107), 26.12.2025
1.a3 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d3 d4 4.Ne4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nd5 6.c4 dxc3 7.Nxc3 g6 8.e4 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Bg7 10.d4 0–0 11.Bb5 Na5 12.0–0 c5 13.h3 a6 14.Ba4 b5 15.Bc2 Bb7 16.Rb1 Nc4 17.Bd3 Nb6 18.Bg5 h6 19.Be3 Na4 20.Qd2 Qa5 21.c4 Qxd2 22.Bxd2 cxd4 23.cxb5 axb5 24.Rb4 Nc5 25.Bxb5 e5 26.Bc4 Bxe4 27.Rb5 Rfc8 28.Re1 Bxf3 29.gxf3 Rxa3 30.Rc1 Bf8 31.Bb4

31…Nd3 32.Bxf7+ Kxf7 33.Rb7+ Kf6 34.Rxc8 Bxb4 35.Rc6+ Kg5 36.Rbb6 Ra1+ 37.Kh2 Bd2 38.Rxg6+ Kh5 39.h4 Bf4+ 40.Kh3 Nxf2+ 41.Kg2 Ra2 42.Rgd6 Ng4+ 0–1



















































































































































































































































































