Monthly Archives: January 2026
Game by FabriceWantiez
11:59, January 16, 2026 by FabriceWantiez
[Event "Open Intl de Cappelle-la-Grande 31e"]
[Site "Cappelle"]
[Date "2015.03.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wantiez, Fabrice"]
[Black "Gabrielian, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Wantiez,Fabrice"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2015.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O a6 (6... c6 $142) (6... Bg4 $142) 7. h3 (7. a4 b6 8. Re1 Bb7 9. Bf1 e6 10. Bf4 Nbd7 (10... Nc6 11. d5 exd5 12. exd5 Nb4 13. Bc4 Re8 14. Qd2 Rxe1+ 15. Rxe1 Qd7 16. Bg5 c5 17. dxc6 Qxc6 18. Bb3 Re8 19. Rd1 d5 20. Qf4 a5 21. Nd4 Nh5 22. Nxc6 Nxf4 23. Nxb4 axb4 24. Nb5 Ne6 25. Nd6 $16 {Kiselev,S-Losev,D/Moscow op2/1995/}) 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Bh6 Qe7 13. h3 Qf8 14. Bxg7 Qxg7 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. e5 Nh5 17. Nh2 Qf8 18. Qe3 Ng7 19. g4 f6 20. exd6 cxd6 21. d5 e5 22. Na2 f5 23. Nb4 Rc8 24. Nxa6 Rxc2 25. Nb4 Rc5 26. Bb5 Qf7 27. Bc6 Bc8 28. Nd3 Rc4 29. b3 Re4 30. Qd2 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Rf8 32. b4 e4 33. Nf4 Ne5 34. g5 Nh5 35. Rd1 Qe7 36. h4 Nxf4 37. Qxf4 Nd3 38. Qe3 Nxb4 39. Qxb6 Nd3 40. Bb5 Nc5 41. a5 e3 42. Re1 f4 43. a6 Qe5 44. Nf3 Qe4 45. Be2 Bxa6 46. Nh2 exf2+ 47. Kxf2 Qe3+ 48. Kf1 Qh3+ {0-1 (48) Malakhov,V (2689)-Topalov,V (2777) Villarrobledo 2008}) 7... b5 8. a3 $6 (8. e5 Ne8 $146 (8... dxe5 $2 9. dxe5 Qxd1 (9... Nfd7 10. Bf4 Nc5 (10... Nc6 11. Qe1) 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Nc6 14. Ng5 h6 15. Be3 hxg5 16. Bxc5 Bxe5 17. Nd5 e6 18. Ne7+ Nxe7 19. Bxe7 Bb7 20. b3 Bc6 21. Bxg5 f6 22. Be3 Kf7 23. Bc5 Ke8 24. Bd3 Kf7 25. Bf1 Bd6 26. Be3 g5 27. g3 Ke7 28. Bg2 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Re8 30. c4 bxc4 31. bxc4 Rb8 32. Rd3 c5 33. Ra3 Rb6 34. Ra5 Rc6 35. Kf3 Kf7 36. g4 Ke7 37. Ke4 Rb6 38. f3 Rc6 39. Bf2 Kf7 40. h4 gxh4 41. Bxh4 Bc7 42. Ra3 Kg6 43. Rb3 Rd6 44. Rd3 f5+ 45. gxf5+ exf5+ 46. Ke3 Rxd3+ 47. Kxd3 Kf7 48. Ke3 Ke6 49. Bg5 Bd6 50. Bf4 Bxf4+ 51. Kxf4 Kf6 52. a3 a5 53. a4 Ke6 54. Ke3 Ke5 55. f4+ {½-½ (55) Suba,M (2535)-Berebora,F (2390) Benasque 1997}) 10. Rxd1 $16 {d5}) (8... Nfd7 $142 $5 9. Bf4 (9. Re1 $5 $14) 9... Nc6 10. exd6 cxd6 11. Qd2 Nf6 12. Bh6 Bb7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. a4 b4 15. Na2 a5 16. c4 bxc3 17. bxc3 e5 18. Rab1 Qe7 19. Rfe1 e4 20. Bb5 Qc7 21. Nh4 Ne7 22. c4 h6 23. f4 d5 24. c5 Nh7 25. Rf1 Bc8 $15 {Vonthron,H-Borik,O/BL 9091/1990/}) 9. Bf4 Nd7 (9... Bb7 10. Qd2 $14) 10. Qd2 Nb6 11. a3 c6 12. Rfe1 Bf5 13. Bh6 Nc7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Bf1 $14 f6 16. exf6+ exf6 17. Ne4 Qd7 18. b3 Be6 $6 19. Qa5 $1 Rfb8 20. Rac1 Bf7 21. h4 $5 h5 22. g3 Be6 23. c4 $16 Bg4 24. Re3 Nc8 25. Rce1 Ra7 26. d5 $1 Ne8 27. Nd4 cxd5 28. cxd5 Qc7 29. Qxc7+ $18 Nxc7 $8 30. Nc6 Rbb7 31. Nxa7 Rxa7 32. Bg2 Kf7 33. Rc3 Ne8 34. Nd2 Ne7 35. Nf1 a5 36. Ne3 Bd7 37. Rec1 f5 38. Bf3 Ng8 39. Ng2 $1 Ngf6 40. Nf4 Ne4 41. R3c2 Nc5 42. Rb1 Nf6 43. b4 axb4 44. axb4 Nce4 45. Kg2 Ng4 46. Rbb2 Ne5 47. Be2 Ra3 48. Ra2 Rb3 49. Rcb2 Rc3 50. Ra7 Ke8 51. Rb7 Nc4 52. Ra2 {1-0 (52) Andersson,U (2630)-Hort,V (2550) Prague 1996 CBM 054 [Stohl,I]} (52. Ra2 Na3 53. Ne6 $18)) 8... Bb7 9. d5 c6 10. dxc6 Nxc6 (10... Bxc6 11. e5) 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Re1 (12. Bd3 Na5 13. Qe2 Nc4 14. Nd1 Nh5 15. Bc1 Qc7 16. c3 Nb6 17. Re1 e5 18. g4 Nf6 19. Bg5 d5 20. Nd2 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Nfd5 22. Ne3 f5 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. gxf5 gxf5 25. Ng3 e4 26. Bc2 Kh8 27. Qh5 Be5 28. Qh4 Rg8 29. Kf1 Rg6 30. Nxf5 Rcg8 31. Nh6 Rxg5 32. Nxg8 Qc4+ 33. Re2 Nf4 34. Rae1 Qxg8 {0-1 (34) Sandler,L (2412)-Johansen,D (2494) Ballarat 2000}) 12... Na5 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Qb6 15. Bf3 (15. Bd3 $6 Nc4) 15... Nc4 16. Nxc4 bxc4 17. Bxb7 (17. Rxe7 Bxf3 (17... Rfd8 18. Rxb7 $1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Qe6 20. Nd5 $18) 18. Qxf3 Qxb2 19. Rd1 $11) 17... Qxb7 18. Be5 Rfd8 19. Qe2 Rd7 20. Rad1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 $2 (21. Nxd1 $11) 21... Qxb2 22. Nd5 Qb7 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Qe4 Qa7 25. Re1 $6 (25. Nxf6+ exf6 26. Rd6 $44) 25... Kf8 26. Re3 Qc5 27. Nxf6 exf6 28. Rc3 Kg7 29. g3 Qe5 30. Qf3 Qe6 31. Kh2 Rc5 32. Re3 Rf5 33. Qe2 Qd6 34. Kg1 Qd4 35. Qe1 a5 36. Qc3 Qc5 37. Kg2 h5 38. h4 a4 39. Kg1 Qd5 40. f4 (40. Re7 $5 Rf3 41. Qb4) 40... Qc5 41. Kf2 Rd5 42. Ke2 $2 (42. Kf1 $19) 42... Rd4 (42... Rd6 $1) 43. Kf2 $2 (43. Kf1 $19) 43... Rd1 44. Qb4 Qd4 45. Qc3 Qc5 46. Qb4 Qd5 47. Re1 Rd2+ 48. Re2 Qd4+ 49. Kf3 Rxc2 0-1
Game by Unknown
20:04, January 16, 2026 by Unknown
[Round "2"]
[White "TS]
[Black "MK"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2029"]
[BlackElo "2071"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2026.01.16"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. O-O Bd7 8. Re1
Nge7 9. h4 h5 10. Nbd2 g6 11. Nb3 dxc3 12. bxc3 Nf5 13. Bxf5 gxf5 14. Ng5 Be7
15. Bf4 Na5 16. Nd4 Rc8 17. Rb1 Qc5 18. Re3 Nc4 19. Rg3 b6 20. Qe2 b5 1/2-1/2
Game by Unknown
01:28, January 17, 2026 by Unknown
[Event "Partida amistosa IA vs IA"]
[Site "Chat"]
[Date "2026.01.16"]
[Round "-"]
[White "ChatGPT"]
[Black "Gemini"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Gemini"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. Nd1 Ne8 14. h4 a5 15. Bh3 a4 16. h5 axb3 17. axb3 Ra1#
0-1
Game by Unknown
18:56, January 19, 2026 by Unknown
[Event "Casual Game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org"]
[Date "1/19/2026, 1:55:28 PM"]
[White "Anonymous"]
[Black "Anonymous"]
[Result "*"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[Termination "?"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 Bg7 5. Nbd2 f5 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nxd2 8. Qxd2 Qe8 9. O-O d6 10. e4 f4 11. Bc4+ Kh8 12. Ne1 Nc6 13. d5 Ne5 14. Be2 h6 15. f3 g5 16. Bf2 Qg6 17. Nd3 h5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bd4 Qf6 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Qc3 g4 22. fxg4 hxg4 23. Qxc7 Rg8 24. Rad1 f3 25. Bc4 g3 26. Rxf3 gxh2+ 27. Kh1 Qg5 28. Rf2 Bg4 29. Be2 Rac8 30. Qxb7 Rxc2 31. Qa6 Bf3 32. Kxh2 Bxg2 33. Kg1 Bf3+ *
Game by Unknown
20:43, January 19, 2026 by Unknown
[Round "3"]
[White "TS"]
[Black "RM"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2029"]
[BlackElo "1893"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2026.01.19"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. f4 Qa5 7. Bd2 Rb8 8.
Rb1 Ba6 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. O-O Nf6 11. Qe1 O-O 12. Qh4 c4 13. d4 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15.
Ng5 Nxg5 16. fxg5 c5 17. Be3 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxe5 19. Rf3 e6 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21.
Rh3 Qg7 22. b3 cxb3 23. cxb3 Rbc8 24. Nd1 f6 25. Ne3 fxg5 26. Qa4 Qb2 27. Qxa6
Qxb1+ 28. Nf1 Rxf1+ 0-1
Game by Roland Marquis
21:50, January 21, 2026 by Roland Marquis
[Event "REM"]
[Site "Riehen, Basel SUI"]
[Date "2026.01.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Marquis, Roland"]
[Black "Berweger, Ivo"]
[Result "0-1"]
1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.c4 c6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O Nc6 8.Nc3
O-O 9.a3 a6 10.b4 d4 11.exd4 Nxd4 12.Bb2 Ng4 13.h3 Nxf3+ 14.Kh1 Nxd2 15.
Bxg4 Nxf1 16.Qxf1 Bxg4 17.hxg4 Qd2 18.Qc1 Qf2 9.Rb1 Qh4+ 20.
Kg1 Bd4+ 0-1
Game by Jeremy Prince
16:22, January 22, 2026 by Jeremy Prince
[Event "Evanston Tri Level"]
[Site "Evanston, IL"]
[Date "2026.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bosko Borjanovic"]
[Black "Jeremy Prince"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "1931"]
[BlackElo "1627"]
[Opening "French Defense: Tarrasch, Exchange"]
[Link "https://www.chess.com/analysis"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Ng3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
O-O c5 9. c3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nb6 11. Qe2 Nbd5 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. Rac1 Qb6 14. Bc3 Nf4
15. Qd2 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Bb5 17. Qd2 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Nd5 19. Re1 Rac8 20. Ne5 Rfd8
21. Ba5 Bb4 22. Bxb4 Qxb4 23. Qe2 Qxd4 24. Qh5 g6 25. Qh6 Qf4 26. Qh3 Qd2 27.
Rf1 Qxb2 28. Nd3 Qg7 29. Ne4 Nf6 30. Nec5 b6 31. Nb3 Rc3 32. Nbc1 Nd5 33. Qh4
Nf6 34. Ne5 Rd5 35. Qb4 Rc8 36. Nf3 Rdc5 37. Nb3 Nd5 38. Qa3 R5c7 39. g3 Qc3 40.
Ng5 Nf6 41. h4 h6 42. Nh3 e5 43. Qd6 Rc6 44. Qe7 R8c7 45. Qd8+ Kg7 46. Rc1 Qf3
47. Qxc7 Rxc7 48. Rxc7 Qg4 49. Kh2 Qa4 50. Rc2 Ng4+ 51. Kg1 Qe4 52. Rd2 a5 53.
Rd1 Qe2 54. Rd2 Qe4 55. Rd1 a4 56. Nc1 Qc2 57. Rf1 e4 58. Nf4 e3 59. Nfd3 exf2+
60. Kh1 Qc6# *
Game by Unknown
21:57, January 23, 2026 by Unknown
[Round "3"]
[White "TS"]
[Black "JR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2029"]
[BlackElo "1720"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2026.01.23"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 d5 6. b3 Be7 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Qe2
Qa5 9. Bd2 Qc7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rfe1 a5 12. h3 h6 13. Na4 Nd7 14. Rab1 Ba6 15.
e5 Bb5 16. Nb2 Nb6 17. a4 Ba6 18. Bxa5 Bc8 19. Bd2 f6 20. Bf4 g5 21. exf6 gxf4
22. fxe7 Qxe7 23. Ne5 Qf6 24. Kh1 Ra7 25. Rg1 Rg7 26. Rbe1 Nd7 27. Nd1 Nxe5 28.
Qxe5 Qg6 29. g4 Qg5 30. Qxg5 Rxg5 31. h4 Rg7 32. Re5 Kh7 33. f3 Rg6 34. Nf2 Rf7
35. Nh3 Rg8 36. Ra1 Rg6 37. Kg2 Kg8 38. Kf2 Kf8 39. h5 Rgf6 40. Ke2 Ke7 41. Kd2
Kd6 42. Rae1 Rg7 43. R5e2 Re7 44. Rg2 e5 45. Nf2 Rg7 46. Reg1 Ke6 47. c3 Ba6
48. Re1 Kd6 49. Reg1 Ke6 50. g5 hxg5 51. Rxg5 Rh7 52. Ng4 Rff7 53. Rxe5+ Kd6
54. Rge1 Bc8 55. Rg5 Re7 56. Rxe7 Kxe7 57. b4 c4 58. dxc4 dxc4 59. Rc5 Kd6 60.
Rxc4 Rxh5 61. Rxf4 Rh3 62. a5 Ba6 63. Rf6+ Kd5 64. Ne3+ Ke5 65. Rxc6 1-0
Game by FabriceWantiez
20:20, January 26, 2026 by FabriceWantiez
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2026.01.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Herman Jean"]
[Black "Pringot Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2026.??.??"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. O-O Bxd2 8. Qxd2 Ne4 9. Qc2 f5 10. Rd1 $6 (10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Be4 12. d5 O-O 13. Rfd1 Na6 14. Bh3 Bxf3 15. exf3 e5 16. d6 {1-0 (51) Leitao,R (2620)-Luz,E (2070) Santa Ines 2017}) (10. Nfd2 $5 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. f3 Nc6 14. d5 Nb4 15. Qa4+ $16) 10... O-O 11. d5 Qc5 12. Nd4 e5 13. b4 Qxb4 14. Nxf5 Nxf2 15. Rf1 Qc5 $2 (15... Ng4 16. d6 $2 (16. Qe4 Nf6) 16... Nc6) 16. Rxf2 g6 17. Nh6+ $6 (17. Bh3 $1 gxf5 18. Bxf5 Kh8 19. Nc3 $18) 17... Kg7 18. Ng4 Qd4 $2 (18... h5 19. e3 (19. Nc3 hxg4 $14) 19... hxg4 20. Rxf8 Qxf8 (20... Kxf8 $2 21. Qe4) 21. Nc3 Na6 22. Rf1 Qa3 $13) 19. Qc3 Qxg4 20. Qxe5+ Kg8 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Nd2 Kg8 23. Rf1 Na6 24. Ne4 d6 25. Nf6+ Kh8 26. Ne8+ dxe5 27. Rf8# 1-0