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Magnus Carlsen derrotó a Javokhir Sindarov por 2-0 en las semifinales del Freestyle Chess Grand Slam 2025, demostrando su dominio a pesar de haber disputado partidas previas muy reñidas —y en ocasiones perdidas— contra el joven talento uzbeko. Sindarov, destacado por los analistas por su excepcional habilidad táctica y su impresionante actuación en el Torneo de Candidatos, es considerado una estrella emergente que recientemente derrotó a Gukesh D., ganándose así los elogios de Garry Kasparov.

Detalles clave del enfrentamiento:

Resultados recientes: Si bien Sindarov ha logrado vencer a Magnus en partidas específicas —como en la fase de todos contra todos del Freestyle Chess Grand Slam 2025—, Carlsen demostró su dominio en los duelos de eliminación directa, imponiéndose por 2-0 en las semifinales.

Análisis de estilo: Sindarov es considerado excepcionalmente fuerte en posiciones tácticas complejas. En sus partidas, ha exhibido un juego creativo y de alto nivel, como la realización de sacrificios de peones en busca de actividad en el ajedrez Freestyle.

Relevancia: Sindarov es reconocido como un aspirante serio que, tras una sólida actuación en el Torneo de Candidatos 2025/2026, ha suscitado debates sobre su capacidad para desafiar a la élite de jugadores consagrados, como Carlsen.

Actualizado 09/12/2026

[Event "Freestyle Weissenhaus RR"] [Site "Wangels GER"] [Date "2025.02.07"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Magnus Carlsen"] [Black "Javokhir Sindarov"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2833"] [BlackElo "2700"] [Variant "chess 960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rbbknrqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBBKNRQN w FAfa - 0 1"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2025.02.07"] 1. f3 f5 2. d4 d6 3. Nd3 Nf6 4. Ng3 Ng6 5. a4 a5 6. e4 fxe4 7. fxe4 Ba7 8. h3 e5 9. Be3 exd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 Be6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Nf5 Nge5 14. Nf4 Bc4 15. Rf2 g6 16. Ne3 g5 17. Nfd5 Rxf2 18. Kxf2 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nc5 20. Ra3 Qg6 21. Qd1 Qe4 22. c4 Qf4+ 23. Kg1 O-O-O 24. Bxh7 Kb8 25. Rc3 Re8 26. Bc2 Ned3 27. Bxd3 Qxe3+ 28. Kh2 Qf4+ 29. Kh1 Qf2 30. Rc1 g4 31. Qf1 Nxd3 32. Qxd3 gxh3 33. Qxh3 Qd4 0-1 [Event "Freestyle Weissenhaus KO"] [Site "Wangels GER"] [Date "2025.02.13"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Javokhir Sindarov"] [Black "Magnus Carlsen"] [Result "0-1"] [Variant "chess 960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "bqrkrbnn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BQRKRBNN w ECec - 0 1"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2025.02.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. a4 c6 4. b4 Qc7 5. Qb3 Ng6 6. Rb1 d5 7. Ng3 O-O-O 8. Bd3 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nf4 10. Nxf6 gxf6 11. Bf5+ Kb8 12. g3 Nd5 13. O-O Nxb4 14. d4 c5 15. dxe5 b6 16. Rfd1 Qc6 17. exf6 Bb7 18. Bg4 c4 19. Qc3 a5 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Qe5+ Ka7 22. Qf5 Bc5 23. Bc3 Nxc2 24. Rc1 Ne3 25. fxe3 Bxe3+ 26. Kg2 Bxc1 27. Kh3 Rd3 28. Bd4 Qd5 0-1 [Event "Freestyle Weissenhaus KO"] [Site "Wangels GER"] [Date "2025.02.14"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Magnus Carlsen"] [Black "Javokhir Sindarov"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2833"] [BlackElo "2700"] [Variant "chess 960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rkqbrnbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKQBRNBN w EAea - 0 1"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2025.02.09"] 1. d4 d6 2. e4 e5 3. d5 f5 4. f3 f4 5. c4 c5 6. Nf2 Ba5 7. Nd2 Nd7 8. Nd3 Qc7 9. a3 Bxd2 10. Qxd2 Bf7 11. g3 g5 12. b4 b6 13. Ba4 O-O 14. h4 Bg6 15. gxf4 gxf4 16. Qg2 Nf6 17. Bc6 Rab8 18. Ka2 Nf7 19. Rab1 Kh8 20. Rb3 Nd8 21. Bb5 Bh5 22. Qb2 cxb4 23. Nxf4 a6 24. Bxa6 Ra8 25. Bb5 Rxa3+ 26. Rxa3 bxa3 27. Qc3 Be8 28. Bxe8 Nxe8 29. Ne2 Nf6 30. Rb1 Nd7 31. f4 Nb7 32. Nd4 Ndc5 33. fxe5 dxe5 34. Ne6 Nxe6 35. Bxb6 Qd6 36. dxe6 Nc5 37. Bxc5 Qxc5 38. Rb5 Rf2+ 39. Ka1 Rf1+ 40. Rb1 Rf8 41. h5 Kg7 42. Rb7+ 1-0 [Event "Freestyle Grand Slam Finals"] [Site "Grootbos RSA"] [Date "2025.12.08"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Javokhir Sindarov"] [Black "Magnus Carlsen"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2726"] [BlackElo "2840"] [Variant "chess 960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rbbnqknr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBBNQKNR w HAha - 0 1"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2025.12.08"] 1. e4 e5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qb5+ 4. Qe2 Qxd5 5. Ne3 Qd7 6. Nf3 c5 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 cxd4 9. Nf5 Nc6 10. b3 Nge7 11. Ba3 Qd8 12. N3xd4 Bxf5 13. Nxf5 g6 14. Nxe7 Nxe7 15. Be4 Bd6 16. Rd1 Bxa3 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Bxb7 Nf5 19. O-O O-O 20. Be4 Nd4 21. Qc4 Rfe8 22. Bd5 Ne2+ 23. Kh1 Re7 24. Bxf7+ Kg7 25. Bd5 a5 26. g3 Bb4 27. Kg2 Rd6 28. Rd1 Nc3 29. Rd3 Nxd5 30. Rxd5 Rde6 31. Rd3 1-0 [Event "Freestyle Grand Slam KO"] [Site "Grootbos RSA"] [Date "2025.12.10"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Javokhir Sindarov"] [Black "Magnus Carlsen"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2726"] [BlackElo "2840"] [Variant "chess 960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "nbnqrkbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBNQRKBR w HEhe - 0 1"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2025.12.09"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 f6 3. f3 e5 4. c3 Bf7 5. Bf2 O-O 6. O-O Nab6 7. Nd3 d5 8. dxe5 fxe5 9. Nc2 dxe4 10. fxe4 Nd6 11. Na3 Nd7 12. Nc5 Nf6 13. Bh4 a5 14. Kh1 Ba7 15. b4 b5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nc2 Bxc5 18. bxc5 Nc4 19. Qg4+ Kh8 20. Ne3 Be6 21. Qh4 Qd2 22. Nxc4 Bxc4 23. Rd1 Qg5 24. Qxg5 fxg5 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Kg1 g4 27. a3 Rf4 28. Bc2 a4 29. Re1 Kg7 30. Bd1 h5 31. g3 Rf8 32. h3 Rd8 33. hxg4 Rd3 34. Kf2 Rxc3 35. Re3 Rc1 36. Bf3 Rc2+ 37. Ke1 hxg4 38. Bd1 Ra2 39. Bxg4 Bb3 40. Bd7 Ra1+ 41. Kf2 Rxa3 42. Bxc6 Ra2+ 43. Ke1 Rc2 44. Bxb5 Rxc5 45. Be2 Rc1+ 46. Kd2 Rc2+ 47. Kd3 a3 48. Bd1 a2 49. Bxc2 Bxc2+ 0-1 [Event "Freestyle Grand Slam KO"] [Site "Grootbos RSA"] [Date "2025.12.10"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Magnus Carlsen"] [Black "Javokhir Sindarov"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2840"] [BlackElo "2726"] [Variant "chess 960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rqnbnkbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RQNBNKBR w HAha - 0 1"] [PlyCount "146"] [EventDate "2025.12.09"] 1. c3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. e4 f6 4. Ncd3 dxe4 5. Nc5 Nb6 6. Qxe4 Qc8 7. Bb3 Nd5 8. h4 Nd6 9. Qf3 b6 10. Ncd3 a5 11. Bh2 a4 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Kg1 Be6 14. Nf4 Nxf4 15. Bxf4 Nxb2 16. Nd3 Bd5 17. Qg3 Nxd3 18. Bxd3 b5 19. h5 Qd7 20. a3 e6 21. Rh4 O-O 22. Rg4 f5 23. Rg5 Bxg5 24. Bxg5 Qe8 25. Be2 Ra7 26. Bf4 Rd7 27. h6 Rf6 28. Bg5 Rf8 29. Bf4 Qg6 30. Qh3 gxh6 31. Bh5 Qf6 32. Be5 Qd8 33. Re1 Rg7 34. Bxg7 Kxg7 35. Bf3 Rf6 36. Bxd5 Qxd5 37. Re5 Qb3 38. Rc5 Rg6 39. Qf3 Qxa3 40. Rxc6 Qc1+ 41. Kh2 Rg4 42. g3 Qe1 43. d5 Qe4 44. Rc7+ Kf6 45. Qxe4 Rxe4 46. d6 Re2 47. Kg2 Rd2 48. Rc6 Ke5 49. Rb6 Rxd6 50. f4+ Kd5 51. Rxb5+ Kc6 52. Ra5 Rd2+ 53. Kf3 Ra2 54. c4 a3 55. c5 h5 56. Ke3 Kd5 57. Kf3 h6 58. Ke3 Ra1 59. Kf2 a2 60. Kg2 h4 61. gxh4 h5 62. Kh2 Rf1 63. Rxa2 Rxf4 64. Kg3 Rg4+ 65. Kh3 Kxc5 66. Ra8 e5 67. Rh8 f4 68. Rxh5 Rg3+ 69. Kh2 Kd4 70. Rf5 Ke4 71. Rf6 Kf3 72. h5 Rg5 73. h6 e4 0-1 [Event "Freestyle Grand Slam KO"] [Site "Grootbos RSA"] [Date "2025.12.10"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Javokhir Sindarov"] [Black "Magnus Carlsen"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2726"] [BlackElo "2840"] [Variant "chess 960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "nrbnkbrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRBNKBRQ w GBgb - 0 1"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2025.12.09"] 1. d4 g6 2. Nb3 e5 3. d5 d6 4. e4 f5 5. c4 Nb6 6. Nc3 a6 7. h4 Nf7 8. Be2 Bd7 9. f3 h5 10. Rf1 Na4 11. Nxa4 Bxa4 12. Qg1 Bh6 13. Bxh6 Qxh6 14. Nd2 g5 15. Bd3 fxe4 16. Nxe4 gxh4 17. Qa7 Rc8 18. Qf2 Bd7 19. Qxh4 Qe3+ 20. Be2 Rxg2 21. Rf2 Rxf2 22. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Ke7 24. Rh1 Rh8 25. Bf1 Bf5 26. Ng3 Bg6 27. Rh4 Kf6 28. b4 Kg5 29. Rh1 h4 30. Ne2 a5 31. b5 b6 32. Bh3 Kf6 33. Nc3 Ng5 34. Bg4 Bd3 35. a4 Bxc4 36. Rc1 h3 37. Kg3 Bd3 38. Nd1 0-1 [Event "Freestyle Grand Slam KO"] [Site "Grootbos RSA"] [Date "2025.12.10"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Magnus Carlsen"] [Black "Javokhir Sindarov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2840"] [BlackElo "2726"] [Variant "chess 960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "nbbnqrkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBBNQRKR w HFhf - 0 1"] [PlyCount "130"] [EventDate "2025.12.09"] 1. d4 e5 2. d5 c6 3. c4 Nb6 4. Ne3 d6 5. Nb3 f5 6. f4 e4 7. g4 fxg4 8. Qg3 a5 9. f5 Ba7 10. Nxg4 Nxc4+ 11. Kg2 h5 12. Nh6+ Rxh6 13. Bxh6 Qe5 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Qxe5 dxe5 16. Bxd2 cxd5 17. a4 Bxf5 18. Ba2 Be6 19. Rxf8+ Kxf8 20. Bxa5 Nc6 21. Bc3 Ke7 22. b4 Nd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. a5 Kd6 25. Rc1 Bd7 26. Rd1 Ba4 27. Rc1 Bb5 28. Kf1 Bd7 29. Rb1 Bc3 30. Bb3 Bb5 31. Kf2 g5 32. e3 d4 33. Bf7 Bd2 34. Rb3 h4 35. Bg6 Bc4 36. Ra3 Bc1 37. Ra1 Bxe3+ 38. Ke1 Bd3 39. b5 Bxb5 40. Bxe4 d3 41. Bxb7 Bd4 42. Ra2 Bc3+ 43. Kd1 Bc4 44. Ra3 Bb4 45. a6 Bxa3 46. a7 Bb4 47. a8=Q Bb3+ 48. Kc1 d2+ 49. Kb2 d1=Q 50. Qd8+ Kc5 51. Qe7+ Kb5 52. Qe8+ Ka5 53. Qa8+ Kb6 54. Qa6+ Kc5 55. Qa7+ Kd6 56. Qb6+ Kd7 57. Bc6+ Kc8 58. Bb7+ Kd7 59. Bc6+ Ke7 60. Qxb4+ Ke6 61. Qxb3+ Qxb3+ 62. Kxb3 Kf5 63. Kc3 Kg4 64. Bg2 Kf4 65. Kd3 g4 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Blitz Championship"] [Site "Doha QAT"] [Date "2025.12.29"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Magnus Carlsen"] [Black "Javokhir Sindarov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2840"] [BlackElo "2726"] [PlyCount "161"] [EventDate "2025.12.29"] [EventType "blitz"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. c3 Bb6 6. d3 h6 7. a4 Nf6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. h3 a5 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bb5 Na7 12. Bc4 Nc6 13. Bb5 Na7 14. d4 Nxb5 15. axb5 Re8 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxh3 18. Ndc4 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 Be6 20. Nxb6 cxb6 21. Rd4 Bb3 22. Bf4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 f6 24. Rae1 fxe5 25. Bxe5 Bd5 26. R4e3 Bc4 27. Bd4 Bxb5 28. Re7 g5 29. Rg7+ Kf8 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Rxb7 Bc6 32. Rxb6 Re6 33. b3 Kf7 34. Ra6 Bd5 35. Ra7+ Re7 36. Rxa5 Bxb3 37. Kh2 Re6 38. Ra7+ Re7 39. Ra8 Re8 40. Ra3 Bc4 41. Ra4 Bd3 42. Rb4 Re6 43. c4 Be4 44. c5 h5 45. Rb8 h4 46. Be3 g4 47. Bg5 g3+ 48. fxg3 hxg3+ 49. Kxg3 Rg6 50. Kf4 Bxg2 51. Rb4 Re6 52. Rd4 Bc6 53. Kf5 Bb5 54. Bf4 Rf6+ 55. Kg5 Rg6+ 56. Kf5 Rf6+ 57. Ke4 Bc6+ 58. Kd3 Rf5 59. Kc4 Rf6 60. Kb4 Rf5 61. Bd6 Ke6 62. Ka5 Rf1 63. Bg3 Bd5 64. Kb6 Rb1+ 65. Kc7 Rb7+ 66. Kc8 Rg7 67. Bd6 Bb7+ 68. Kb8 Bc6 69. Bc7 Bd5 70. Rh4 Kd7 71. Bd6 Kc6 72. Rb4 Rg8+ 73. Ka7 Rg7+ 74. Ka6 Rg1 75. Rb6+ Kd7 76. Be5 Bc6 77. Rb2 Bd5 78. Kb6 Re1 79. Bd6 Re3 80. Rb4 Rb3 81. Rxb3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Freestyle World Championship"] [Site "Wangels GER"] [Date "2026.02.13"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Magnus Carlsen"] [Black "Javokhir Sindarov"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2840"] [BlackElo "2726"] [Variant "chess 960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "nrkbqrbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKBQRBN w FBfb - 0 1"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2026.02.13"] 1. f4 Nb6 2. Nb3 f5 3. Bd4 g5 4. Bxh8 Bxb3 5. axb3 Rxh8 6. fxg5 e6 7. h4 h6 8. gxh6 Rxh6 9. g3 d5 10. Nf2 Nd7 11. e3 c6 12. h5 Rh8 13. Nd3 Nf6 14. Nf4 Rh7 15. Rh1 Bc7 16. Ng6 O-O-O 17. d3 Kb8 18. Bf3 e5 19. O-O-O e4 20. dxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Qxe4 22. Kb1 Qg4 23. Rh4 Qg5 24. Nf4 Rg8 25. Rh3 Qg4 26. Qh1 Re8 27. Rh4 Qg5 28. Qf3 a6 29. Rdh1 Rh6 30. g4 Bb6 31. Ng2 fxg4 32. Rxg4 Qe5 33. Rg6 Rh7 34. h6 Ka7 35. Qf4 Bxe3 36. Qxe5 Rxe5 37. Nxe3 Rxe3 38. b4 Kb6 39. Rh5 Ka7 40. c3 Rf3 41. Kc2 Re3 42. Rh2 Rf3 43. Kd2 Kb6 44. Ke2 Rf4 45. Rg7 Rxg7 46. hxg7 Rg4 47. Rh7 Kb5 48. Kf3 Rg1 49. b3 d4 50. g8=Q 1-0 [Event "Freestyle Weissenhaus RR"] [Site "Wangels GER"] [Date "2025.02.07"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Magnus Carlsen"] [Black "Javokhir Sindarov"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2833"] [BlackElo "2700"] [Variant "chess 960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rbbknrqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBBKNRQN w FAfa - 0 1"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2025.02.07"] 1. f3 f5 2. d4 d6 3. Nd3 Nf6 4. Ng3 Ng6 5. a4 a5 6. e4 fxe4 7. fxe4 Ba7 8. h3 e5 9. Be3 exd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 Be6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Nf5 Nge5 14. Nf4 Bc4 15. Rf2 g6 16. Ne3 g5 17. Nfd5 Rxf2 18. Kxf2 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nc5 20. Ra3 Qg6 21. Qd1 Qe4 22. c4 Qf4+ 23. Kg1 O-O-O 24. Bxh7 Kb8 25. Rc3 Re8 26. Bc2 Ned3 27. Bxd3 Qxe3+ 28. Kh2 Qf4+ 29. Kh1 Qf2 30. Rc1 g4 31. Qf1 Nxd3 32. Qxd3 gxh3 33. Qxh3 Qd4 0-1 [Event "Tech Mahindra GCL Group 2026"] [Site "Bengaluru"] [Date "2026.09.07"] [Round "11.1"] [White "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2778"] [BlackElo "2823"] [Annotator "Stockfish 18 (13m)"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 9,113,74,77,36,64,35,65,50,59,36,60,34,67,43,55,12,26,11,33,1,9,1,9,-8,10,-1,-2,-9,18,-1,18,0,9,-9,-4,-50,12,-1,16,-1,1,-1,12,-1,1,-64,-5,-21,-9,-30,-23,-35,-17,-34,-19,-49,-25,-51,-35,-81,-71,-80,-78,-83,-38,-109,-65,-118,-59,-109,-67,-155,-141,-261,-18,-34,-17,-35,-8,-147,-1,-8,-4,-9,0,-470,-1,-37,-15,-13,1,0,1,0,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} {B30: Defensa Siciliana} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f6 $146 (3... e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 Ng6 (5... a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qc7 9. c4 Bb4 10. Re2 O-O 11. a3 Bd6 12. Nf3 Ne5 13. Nbd2 Ng6 14. b4 b6 15. Bb2 Bb7 16. Nb3 Bf4 17. Qd4 f6 18. c5 bxc5 19. Nxc5 Bc6 20. Rd1 {Reinhart,E (2303)-Eugene,F (2507) Chartres FRA 2026 0-1 (65)}) 6. c3 Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Bxe7 Ngxe7 12. h3 Bf5 13. Nc3 Rc8 14. Qb3 Na5 15. Qb4 Ng6 16. Bf1 Nf4 17. Re3 a6 18. a4 {Giri,A (2764)-Caruana,F (2792) Saint Louis USA 2026 ½-½ (92)}) (3... g6 4. O-O (4. Bxc6 bxc6 (4... dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 e5 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. Be3 b6 9. Qd2 h6 10. Nh2 g5 11. Nf1 f5 12. exf5 Nxf5 13. Ng3 Qc7 14. O-O-O Be6 15. Nxf5 Bxf5 16. f3 O-O-O 17. Qe2 Qd7 18. Kb1 Be6 19. Bc1 {Estrada Nieto,J (2253)-Lopez de Nava Hernandez,C (2023) Mexico City 2022 1-0 (43)}) 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Qc7 7. c3 Nf6 8. e5 Nd5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 f5 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Qg4 O-O 14. Ne4 Bg7 15. Qh4 Rf5 16. Ng3 Rxf3 17. gxf3 Rf8 18. c4 Nf4 {Bologan,V (2574)-Tabatabaei,M (2639) Chess.com INT 2021 1-0}) 4... Bg7 5. Re1 e5 (5... Qc7 6. a4 e6 7. c3 a6 8. Bf1 Nge7 9. Na3 O-O 10. Nc2 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. d4 cxd4 13. Ncxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bd7 15. Nf3 {½-½ (15) Martinez Morales,G (2098)-Ramirez Toledo,A (1810) Mexico City 2022}) 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Qe7 8. Nbd2 Nh6 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 Rd8 11. bxc5 Qxc5 12. a4 f6 13. Ba3 Qb6 14. Be7 Re8 15. Nc4 Qa6 16. Bb4 Be6 17. Nfd2 b6 18. a5 {Droin,A (2503)-Moussard,J (2613) Chartres FRA 2026 1-0 (40)}) (3... Na5 4. c3 a6 5. Be2 b5 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb7 8. d5 Nf6 9. Nbd2 e6 10. O-O Bc5 11. Bd3 O-O 12. d6 Nh5 13. e5 f5 14. Re1 Nf4 15. Bf1 Qb6 16. b4 Bxf2+ 17. Kh1 Nc6 18. Nb3 {Weetik,V (2423)-Siva,M (2349) Chess.com INT 2022 0-1}) 4. O-O a6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. a4 (6. e5 $16) 6... e5 $14 7. a5 c4 8. d4 cxd3 9. cxd3 Ne7 10. Be3 Ng6 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. d4 (12. Qc2 $14) 12... exd4 $11 13. Nxd4 c5 $1 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Gc6c5]} 14. Nf3 Qxe4 15. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3a4,Ba4b6]} Be6 16. Qb6 (16. Nxe4 Bxb3 17. Bxc5 (17. Nxc5 Bd5 $11) 17... Bd5 18. Bxf8 Kxf8) 16... Qc6 17. Qxc6+ bxc6 18. Na4 c4 19. Rfc1 Rb8 20. Nb6 c5 21. Nd2 {[%cal Oc1d1]} Ne5 22. Bf4 (22. Rc3 $11) 22... Bd6 (22... Rd8 $1 $15 23. Rc3 (23. Nbxc4 $2 Nxc4 24. Nxc4 Rd4 $19) 23... Kf7) 23. Ne4 Be7 (23... Nf3+ 24. gxf3 Bxf4 25. Rd1 $14) 24. Bxe5 fxe5 25. Re1 {[%cal Oh2h4]} O-O 26. Nd2 {[%csl LRc4,LRe5]} Bf6 27. Re2 (27. Ne4 $11) 27... Rfd8 {[%csl Yd8,Ge4][%cal Yf8d8,Ge5e4]} (27... e4 $1 $15 28. Nxe4 Bd4) 28. Ndxc4 e4 29. h3 Rd4 30. Rc1 Rbd8 $1 {[%csl Gd8][%cal Gb8d8]} 31. Ne3 Be7 32. Nbc4 h5 33. Ne5 Rd2 34. Rc2 (34. Rxd2 $15 Rxd2 35. N3c4) 34... Rxe2 $17 35. Rxe2 Bf6 36. N5c4 Rd3 (36... Rd4 $17 37. Rc2 Kf7) 37. Rc2 (37. Nd2 $1 $15) 37... Bd4 {[%csl Yd4,Gf7][%cal Yf6d4,Gg8f7]} (37... Kf7 $1 $17 38. Nd2 Rd4) 38. Kf1 (38. Nd2 $15) 38... Rb3 (38... Bd7 $1 $17 39. Ke1 Kf8) 39. Ke2 {[#]} (39. Nd6 $15) 39... Bd7 (39... Rb5 $1 $17 40. h4 g6) 40. Nd2 (40. Nd6 $15) 40... Bb5+ (40... Rxb2 $6 41. Rxb2 Bxb2 42. Nxe4 $11) 41. Kd1 (41. Ke1 $17 Rb4 (41... Rxb2 42. Rxb2 Bxb2 43. Nxe4 $15) 42. Nec4) 41... Rxb2 $2 {[%csl Rb2,Gd3][%cal Rb3b2,Gb3d3]} (41... Rd3 $19 42. Kc1 Bxe3 43. fxe3 Rxe3 44. Rxc5 g6 (44... Re1+ 45. Kc2 $11)) 42. Rxb2 $11 Bxb2 43. Nxe4 $19 Ba3 44. Nd5 (44. Nc2 $11 Bd3 45. Nxa3 Bxe4 46. f3) 44... Ba4+ (44... Bf1 $17 45. Ne3 Bd3) 45. Kd2 $11 Kf7 46. Ng5+ Kg6 47. f4 {[#]} (47. Ne6 $11) 47... Bb5 $2 {[%csl Gb3,Rb5][%cal Ra4b5,Ga4b3]} (47... Bb3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb3d5]} 48. Nc7 Bb4+ 49. Ke3 Bxa5 50. Nxa6 Bd5) 48. g4 (48. Nf3 $11) 48... hxg4 49. hxg4 c4 50. Nf3 Bd6 51. Ne5+ Kh7 52. Kc3 g5 53. Nxc4 (53. Nf7 Bxf4 54. Kd4 Kg7 $17) 53... Bxc4 54. Kxc4 gxf4 55. Kd3 Kh6 56. Ke4 Kg5 57. Kf3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tech Mahindra GCL Group 2026"] [Site "Bengaluru"] [Date "2026.09.11"] [Round "26.1"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2823"] [BlackElo "2778"] [Annotator "Mosaico Ajedrecístico"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 14,71,43,14,34,8,25,5,20,9,18,1,1,-5,38,26,44,27,122,97,279,249,320,289,319,216,449,427,468,442,464,419,526,462,524,451,518,462,530,483,518,432,530,495,532,441,735,623,726,627,649,540,415,675,711,673,692,655,687,596]} {C78: Ruy Lopez: Defensa Archangelsk & Möller} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Bc5 8. Nc3 O-O (8... h6 9. Be3 d6 10. Bxc5 dxc5 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5 O-O (12... Na5 $11) 13. Ne3 $16 a5 14. Kh1 Bc8 15. Rg1 (15. Bc4 $16) 15... Ng4 $14 16. Qd2 Re8 17. Raf1 (17. Bd5 $16 Ra6 18. Bc4) 17... Nxe3 $1 $14 18. fxe3 Be6 19. g4 (19. Qe2 $14) 19... g5 (19... c4 $1 $11 20. Bxc4 Bxc4) 20. h4 (20. Bxe6 $142 $1 Rxe6 21. b3) 20... Kg7 (20... Bxb3 $16 21. cxb3 Qe7) 21. Rf2 (21. Bxe6 $18 Rxe6 22. Rg3) 21... f6 $16 22. Nh2 (22. Bxe6 $16 Rxe6 23. b3) 22... c4 (22... Bxb3 $1 $14 23. cxb3 Qd6) 23. Bxc4 {Aronian,L (2782)-Dubov,D (2714) Chess.com INT 2021 1-0 (66)}) 9. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3a4]} d6 $146 (9... Nd4 10. Nxd4 (10. Nxe5 $14 Nxb3 11. cxb3) 10... exd4 (10... Bxd4 $11 11. Ne2 Bb6) 11. Ne2 $14 d5 (11... Qe7 $14) 12. e5 $16 Ng4 13. c3 $1 {[%cal Rc3d4]} dxc3 14. d4 cxb2 15. Bxb2 Bb6 16. h3 (16. Bc2 $16) 16... Nh6 $14 17. Nf4 (17. Qd3 $16) 17... Nf5 $14 18. Qd3 (18. g3 $14) 18... Nh4 (18... Qg5 $11 19. g3 c6) 19. Qg3 (19. Rae1 $1 $14) 19... Nf5 $11 20. Qd3 Nh4 21. Rae1 Ng6 22. Ne2 (22. Nh5 $1 $14) 22... a5 (22... f6 $15 23. h4 fxe5) 23. f4 $11 {[%cal Og1h2]} b4 {[#]} (23... c6 $11) 24. Kh2 {Kovalev,V (2523)-Petkov,M (2411) Almaty 2022 1-0 (49)} (24. axb4 $1 $16 axb4 25. Rf2)) (9... h6 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Ba2 (11. Nxe5 $14 Nxb3 12. cxb3) 11... Re8 $11 12. Re1 c6 13. Bxd4 Bxd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Ne2 d5 16. f3 c5 17. Ng3 dxe4 18. fxe4 Bc8 19. e5 Nd5 20. Qf3 Be6 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. Qxf5 c4 $1 23. dxc4 Ne3 24. Qe4 {De Silva,L (2131)-Senevirathne,S (1660) Nugegoda 2021 1-0 (49)}) 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Ne7 12. a4 (12. Nh4 {[%cal Of1f6]} Ng6 13. Nf5 d5 $2 (13... Bc8 $14) 14. exd5 Nxd5 $2 (14... Kh8 $16 15. Qf3 a5) 15. Qf3 $2 (15. Bxd5 $18 Bxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. h4) 15... Nxc3 $2 (15... c6 $16) 16. Qxb7 $18 Na4 17. Qc6 (17. Qf3 $142) 17... Rb8 18. Qxa6 (18. Qf3 $18) 18... Nc5 (18... Nxb2 $16 19. Rf2 Na4) 19. Qc6 $18 Nxb3 20. cxb3 Qxd3 21. b4 {[%cal Oa1c1]} Qb3 (21... Rfd8 $16) 22. Rf2 {[%cal Oh2h4]} Rbd8 $2 (22... Rfd8 23. Rc1 Rd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 25. Rf1 Qd8) 23. Qxb5 $18 e4 (23... Rfe8 $142 24. h3 Rb8) 24. Qc5 Rfe8 25. Qxc7 Rd3 (25... Ne5 $142 26. Ne7+ Kf8) 26. Raf1 $18 Qd5 {Bellahcene,B (2493)-Pichon,E (2393) Chartres FRA 2026 1-0 (48)}) 12... c6 13. Nh4 {[%cal Of1f6]} Ng6 (13... Kh8 $11) 14. Nf5 $14 b4 15. Ne2 d5 (15... a5 $11) 16. Neg3 $16 c5 $2 {[%csl Ga5,Rc5][%cal Rc6c5,Ga6a5] [#]} (16... a5 $16) 17. Qf3 $1 $18 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Of5g7,Gd1f3]} c4 18. dxc4 {[%cal Bd3c4,Bc4c5,Bc5d6]} dxe4 19. Qf2 Ng4 $2 {[%csl Gc7,Rg4][%cal Rf6g4,Gd8c7]} (19... Qc7 20. Nxg7 {[%csl Of6]} Ng4) 20. Qe2 Qg5 21. c5 Rad8 22. Rae1 h5 23. Nd6 Rxd6 24. cxd6 Qh4 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rh4h2]} 25. h3 Qxg3 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rg3h2]} 26. hxg4 Nh4 27. Kh1 (27. gxh5 Nf3+ 28. Rxf3 exf3 $19) 27... Nf3 28. gxf3 exf3 29. Qf2 Qh3+ (29... Qg2+ $142 30. Qxg2 fxg2+ 31. Kh2 gxf1=B (31... gxf1=R $2 {loses.} 32. Rxf1 Bc8 33. gxh5 $18)) 30. Kg1 Rd8 31. Qh2 Qxg4+ 32. Kf2 Qg2+ 33. Qxg2 fxg2 34. Rg1 Rxd6 35. e4 Rd4 36. Rxg2 1-0