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    GM Alireza FIROUZJA
    of France

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      — — Alireza Firouzja was born on June 18, 2003, in Babol, Iran. He began playing chess at the age of eight and quickly rose through the ranks of the international chess community. In 2019, he moved to France and began representing the French Chess Federation in July 2021. He is currently based in Chartres and is a naturalized French citizen. — — His career is marked by rapid progression. Firouzja won the Iranian Chess Championship at age 12 in 2016 and earned the Grandmaster title at age 14 in 2018. One of his most significant professional milestones occurred in November 2021, when he became the youngest player in history to reach a FIDE rating of 2800. He achieved this at 18 years and 5 months, surpassing the previous record held by Magnus Carlsen. — — In terms of major tournament achievements, Firouzja won the individual silver medal at the World Rapid Chess Championship in 2019. In 2021, he secured first place at the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament, which qualified him for the 2022 Candidates Tournament. In 2022, he won the Sinquefield Cup and the overall Grand Chess Tour. He has participated in two consecutive Candidates Tournaments in 2022 and 2024. — — His playing style is characterized by intense tactical awareness, creativity, and a preference for complex, sharp positions. He is widely considered one of the strongest speed chess players in the world, often excelling in blitz and bullet formats where his calculation speed and intuition are most effective. — — Regarding his opening repertoire, Firouzja is primarily an 1.e4 player with the white pieces, often choosing the Ruy Lopez or the Italian Game. With the black pieces, he is known for his proficiency in the Sicilian Defense, particularly the Najdorf Variation, and the King's Indian Defense. While Firouzja is famous for experimenting with unconventional and creative openings in online blitz and bullet games to unsettle his opponents, 1.b4 is not a primary or frequent choice in his classical tournament games. In professional settings, he typically adheres to more theoretically established mainlines, though he maintains a reputation for being unpredictable and versatile. — — Note created April 2026. (AI) 
      

(2026-05-01)
(All annotations below by Fritz)
(Games' source: b2b4.eu, lichess.org, chess.com, The Week in Chess, chessworld.net, net-chess.com)





[Event "Titled Tue"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Abdrlauf, Elham"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]

1. e4 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. b4
cxb4 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. c4 bxc3 7. Nxc3 Qa5 8. Rb1 e6 9. Bd2 Nf6 10. Bb5
Qd8 {last book move} 11. Ne5 Bd7 12. Qa4 Bd6 (12... Qc7 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qa6
$15) 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bxc6 O-O 15. Bxd7 Nxd7 16. Qc6 Nb6 17. O-O Rc8 18. Qe4
Rc4 19. Nb5 Bb8 20. Bf4 (20. Bb4 Re8 21. Bc5 Nd5 $11) 20... Bxf4 $15 21. Qxf4
a6 22. Nd6 Nd5 (22... Ra4 23. Nb7 Nd5 24. Qd2 $15 (24. Nxd8 $143 Nxf4 25. Nc6
Rxa2 $17)) 23. Qe5 Rc2 24. Rb7 Rxa2 (24... Ne7 25. Rfb1 $15) 25. Nxf7 $11 Qf6 (
25... Rxf7 $2 26. Qxe6 Qf8 27. Qxd5 $18) 26. Qxf6 gxf6 27. Nh6+ Kh8 28. Nf7+
Kg7 (28... Kg8 29. Nh6+ Kh8 30. h3 $11) 29. Ng5+ Kg6 30. Nxe6 Re8 31. Rd7 (31.
f4 Ne3 32. f5+ Kh6 $16) 31... Nb6 (31... Rxe6 32. Rxd5 a5 33. g3 $11) 32. Nf4+
$14 Kf5 33. Rb7 Nc4 (33... Kxf4 34. Rxb6 Ke4 35. Rd6 $14) 34. g3 $16 Rd8 (34...
Nd2 35. Rd1 h6 36. Rc7 Nf3+ 37. Kg2 $18) 35. d5 Nd2 36. Rd1 Ne4 $2 (36... h6
$142 $18) 37. Rf1 $4 (37. Rxh7 $142 Ng5 38. Rh5 $18) 37... Nd2 $16 38. Rd1 Ne4
39. Rxh7 Nxf2 (39... Ng5 40. Rh5 Rd6 $18) 40. Rf1 Ng4 (40... Ne4 41. g4+ $1
Kxg4 $18) 41. Rh5+ (41. Ne6+ $142 Ke4 42. Nxd8 Kxd5 43. Rd7+ Ke5 44. h3 $18)
41... Ke4 42. Re1+ Kf3 43. Rf1+ Rf2 $4 (43... Ke4 44. Ne6 Rg8 45. Re1+ Kd3 $18)
44. Rxf2+ $18 Nxf2 45. Ne6 (45. Rf5 $142 Nd3 46. Nxd3+ Ke4 47. Rxf6 Kxd3 48.
Rxa6 Rxd5 49. h4 $18) 45... Rb8 $4 (45... Nh3+ $142 46. Rxh3 Rxd5 47. g4+ Kxg4
48. Rg3+ Kf5 $18) 46. Rf5+ Ke4 47. Rxf2 (47. Kxf2 $143 Rb2+ 48. Ke1 Kxf5 $19)
47... Kxd5 48. Rxf6 (48. Nc7+ Ke5 $18) 48... Ke5 49. Rh6 a5 50. Rh5+ (50. Nc5
$142 Kd4 51. Na4 $18) 50... Kxe6 51. Rxa5 Rb2 (51... Rb1+ 52. Kg2 $18) 52. Ra3
(52. h4 Kf6 $18) 52... Kf5 53. Rf3+ Kg4 54. Rf4+ Kg5 55. Rf2 Rb4 56. Kg2 Ra4
57. h3 Rb4 58. Re2 Ra4 59. Kf2 (59. Kf3 Kf5 $18) 59... Rb4 (59... Ra3 60. Re3
Ra1 61. h4+ Kf5 62. Kf3 $18) 60. Kf3 Rb3+ 61. Re3 Rb5 62. h4+ Kh5 63. Kf4 Rb1
64. Re5+ Kh6 65. Rf5 (65. Re6+ Kg7 $18) 65... Kg6 (65... Rb4+ 66. Kf3 $18) 66.
Kg4 {White prepares the advance h5} (66. h5+ Kh6 $18) 66... Rb4+ 67. Rf4 Rb6
68. h5+ Kh6 69. Kh4 Rb1 70. Rf6+ Kg7 71. Rg6+ Kh7 72. g4 Rb5 73. Rf6 Rc5 74.
Rf5 Rc7 75. Kg5 Rg7+ 76. Kf4 Ra7 77. Rf6 Ra4+ 78. Kg5 {White intends h6} Ra5+
79. Rf5 Ra7 80. h6 Kg8 81. Kh5 Rb7 82. g5 Ra7 (82... Rb1 $18) 83. Rd5 Ra8 (
83... Ra1 84. Rd8+ Kf7 85. g6+ Kf6 86. Rf8+ Ke7 $18) 84. Rd7 (84. g6 $142 Kh8
85. h7 $18) 84... Rb8 (84... Ra5 85. Rg7+ Kh8 86. Re7 $18) 85. Re7 (85. g6 Rb5+
86. Kg4 Rb8 $18) 85... Ra8 (85... Rb5 86. Kg6 Rb6+ 87. Kf5 $18) 86. Kg6 (86. g6
$5 Ra5+ 87. Kg4 Ra8 $18) 86... Ra6+ (86... Rf8 87. Rb7 Ra8 88. Rb5 $18) 87. Kf5
Ra5+ (87... Ra1 $18) 88. Kf6 Ra6+ (88... Ra8 89. g6 Kh8 90. Rd7 Re8 91. Rd3 Rg8
92. Kg5 Re8 93. h7 Ra8 94. Kh6 Rg8 95. hxg8=R+ Kxg8 96. Rd8#) 89. Re6 Ra8 90.
g6 Rf8+ 91. Ke7 (91. Kg5 Rd8 92. h7+ Kh8 93. Kh6 Rg8 94. hxg8=R+ Kxg8 95. Re8#)
91... Ra8 (91... Rf2 $18) 92. Rd6 Ra7+ (92... Kh8 93. Rd8+ Rxd8 94. Kxd8 Kg8
95. Ke7 Kh8 96. g7+ Kh7 97. Kf7 Kxh6 98. g8=Q Kh5 99. Qg3 Kh6 100. Qg6#) 93.
Rd7 (93. Rd7 Ra8 94. Rd8+ Rxd8 95. Kxd8 Kf8 96. Kd7 Kg8 97. Ke7 Kh8 98. g7+ Kh7
99. Kf7 Kxh6 100. g8=Q Kh5 101. Qg3 Kh6 102. Qg6#) (93. Kf6 Ra8 94. h7+ Kh8 95.
Kg5 Rb8 96. Kh6 Rg8 97. hxg8=R+ Kxg8 98. Rd8#) 1-0

[Event "1st Aftab Cup Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Doroodian, Mahyar"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 b3 4. cxb3 Nc6 5. Nc3 (5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bb2 Bg7
8. Be2 e6 9. O-O Nge7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. d5 exd5 12. exd5 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14.
Bc4 a6 15. a4 Bf5 16. Nc3 Qc7 17. f3 Rad8 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. fxe4 Kh8 {
chaos999-dante456/kurnik 2014/1-0 (31)}) 5... g6 $146 (5... d6 6. Nf3 (6. Bb2
Nf6 7. Nf3 e6 8. d4 Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Qe2 h6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Rfe1 Rc8 13. Rad1
a6 14. b4 b5 15. Qd2 Rb8 16. Qf4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 e5 18. Qe3 Ng4 19. Qe2 exd4 20.
Nd5 Be6 {
Nesterenko,K-Lopez Rayo,S (1630)/World Cadets Championship U8 2016/1-0 (52)})
6... Nf6 7. Bb5 g6 8. Nd4 Bd7 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Bb2 Bg7 12. Qe2
O-O 13. O-O Rb8 14. b4 a5 15. Qc4 Qb6 16. Na4 Qb5 17. Qc2 axb4 18. axb4 Qxb4
19. d3 c5 20. Rfb1 {hhzk878-mriwakura (1775)/kurnik 2012/0-1 (36)}) 6. d4 Bg7
7. Nf3 d6 8. h3 e6 (8... Nf6 9. Bd3 $14) 9. Be3 Nge7 10. Be2 h6 (10... d5 11.
e5 $14) 11. Rc1 O-O (11... d5 12. Bd3 $14) 12. Qd2 $16 Na5 (12... g5 13. O-O
$16) 13. Rb1 (13. Bxh6 Nxb3 14. Qe3 Nxc1 15. Qxc1 Bd7 $17) 13... Kh7 14. b4
Nac6 15. Rc1 (15. O-O a6 $16) 15... f5 16. exf5 (16. O-O $5 $16) 16... Nxf5 $14
{Increasing the pressure on the isolated pawn on d4} 17. O-O d5 (17... e5 18.
dxe5 dxe5 19. Bd3 $14) 18. Rfd1 Bd7 19. Bf1 (19. Bd3 a6 $14 (19... Bxd4 $2 20.
Bxf5 (20. Nxd4 $6 Ncxd4 21. Bxd4 Nxd4 22. Bxg6+ Kxg6 23. Qxd4 Qf6 $14) 20...
Bxe3 21. Bxg6+ (21. Qxe3 $6 Rxf5 22. b5 Na5 $11) 21... Kxg6 22. Qxe3 $18 (22.
fxe3 $6 Qf6 $16)) (19... Nfxd4 $143 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Bxg6+ Kxg6 22. Qc2+ Kg7
23. Rxd4 Nxd4 24. Bxd4+ Rf6 25. Rd1 $14)) 19... Qe7 (19... Nxe3 20. Qxe3 a5 21.
b5 Rxf3 22. Qxf3 Nxd4 23. Qe3 $11) 20. Ne2 a6 21. Nf4 Rac8 22. Bd3 Be8 23. Re1
Bf7 (23... Kg8 24. h4 $14) 24. Rc5 $16 Qf6 (24... Qd6 25. Rec1 $16) 25. Bxf5 (
25. Rec1 $5 $16) 25... exf5 $14 26. Nxd5 $4 (26. h4 $142 $14) 26... Bxd5 $19 (
26... Bxd5 27. Rxd5 f4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Akobian, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]

1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} d5 2. Bb2 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6.
Qxf3 e6 7. a3 Be7 8. c4 O-O 9. Nc3 Nbd7 {last book move} 10. cxd5 (10. d4 Re8
$11) 10... cxd5 11. Na4 a5 12. b5 Rc8 13. Bd3 (13. Qg3 Re8 $15) 13... Nc5 (
13... Qc7 $5 $15) 14. Nxc5 $11 Rxc5 15. O-O Nd7 (15... Qd6 16. Rfc1 $11) 16.
Rac1 Bf6 (16... Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Qf4 $11) 17. Bxf6 $14 Qxf6
18. Qxf6 gxf6 (18... Nxf6 $4 19. Rxc5 b6 20. Rc7 $18) 19. f4 Rfc8 20. Rxc5 Rxc5
21. Kf2 h6 (21... e5 22. Be2 $11) 22. Ke2 b6 (22... e5 23. Bf5 Nb6 24. Rb1 $11)
23. g4 Kf8 24. Rb1 Ke7 25. h4 Rc8 26. Rg1 Nc5 27. Bc2 Ne4 28. Bd3 Kd6 (28...
Nd6 29. Kd1 $11) 29. h5 Nc5 30. Bb1 Ne4 (30... Nb3 $11) 31. Rg2 (31. Rd1 Ke7
$11) 31... Rg8 (31... Rc1 32. Bxe4 dxe4 33. Kf2 $17) 32. Kf3 (32. Bd3 $5 $11)
32... f5 $15 33. g5 hxg5 34. fxg5 Nxg5+ 35. Ke2 f6 36. Rh2 Rh8 37. Bd3 Ke7 38.
Rh1 Ne4 39. Bxe4 (39. Ke1 Rh6 $15) 39... fxe4 $17 40. h6 Kf7 41. h7 (41. Rc1
Rxh6 42. Rc7+ Kg6 $17) 41... Kg6 42. Rc1 Rxh7 43. Rc6 Kf5 44. Rxb6 Rh2+ (44...
d4 45. exd4 Rh2+ 46. Kd1 $17) 45. Kd1 Ke5 (45... d4 46. Ra6 d3 47. Kc1 Rh1+ 48.
Kb2 $17) 46. Ra6 $15 d4 47. Rxa5 d3 48. Kc1 Rh1+ (48... Kd5 49. b6+ Kc6 $17)
49. Kb2 $11 Rd1 $4 (49... Kd5 50. b6+ Kc6 51. Ra4 $15) 50. b6+ Kd6 51. Rb5
Rxd2+ 52. Kb3 Rd1 (52... Rd1 53. Ka4 Rg1 $18) 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Bok, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]

1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. b5 h6 6.
Be2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. a4 c6 9. Na3 {last book move} Bh7 (9... Bg4 10. c4 $11)
10. c4 Nbd7 11. d4 Ne4 12. a5 a6 (12... Qxa5 13. bxc6 bxc6 14. Nb5 $15) 13.
bxc6 bxc6 14. c5 Bc7 15. Qa4 Rb8 16. Ra2 Bxa5 (16... Qc8 17. Ba1 $11) 17. Qxc6
$14 Bc3 18. Ba1 Rb4 (18... a5 19. Rc1 Bxa1 20. Raxa1 $11) 19. Qxa6 $16 (19.
Bxa6 $2 Nb8 20. Qa8 Ra4 $19 (20... Nxa6 21. Qxa6 Bxa1 22. Raxa1 $16 (22. Rfxa1
$143 Nc3 $15))) 19... Nb8 20. Qa8 Bxa1 21. Nc2 (21. Rfxa1 Nc3 22. Rd2 Qc7 $14)
21... Bc3 $14 22. Nxb4 Bxb4 23. Rb2 (23. Rb1 Bxc5 24. dxc5 Nc3 $14) 23... Bc3
24. Rb7 Nc6 25. Qa6 Nb8 (25... Qc8 26. Rb6 Qxa6 27. Bxa6 $14) 26. Qb5 $14 Ba5 (
26... Qc8 27. Rc1 $14) 27. Bd3 (27. Rxb8 $142 $5 Qxb8 28. Qxa5 $18) 27... Bc7 (
27... Nc3 28. Bxh7+ Kxh7 29. Qd3+ Kg8 30. Ne5 $14) 28. Ra1 $16 (28. Ra1 Nf6 29.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 30. Raa7 $18) 1-0

[Event "11th Norway Blitz"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Caruana, F."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]

1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 d5
6. c4 c5 7. Nc3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 {last book move} Nc6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. cxd5 Nb4 11.
Rc1 b6 12. Bc4 Bb7 13. Qb3 Rad8 {Can d5 get defended?} 14. d4 b5 15. dxc5 (15.
Bxb5 $5 Bxd5 16. Bc4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 $11) 15... a5 $15 16. Be2 Bxd5 17. Qc3 Qg6 (
17... Qe7 $142 18. O-O Nxa2 19. Qxa5 Nxc1 20. Rxc1 Bc6 $11) 18. Rd1 $2 (18. Qb2
Bxf3 (18... Qxg2 $2 19. Rg1 Bxf3 20. Rxg2 Bxg2 21. a3 $18) 19. gxf3 Qg2 $11)
18... Nxa2 (18... Bxf3 $142 19. Bxf3 Rxd1+ 20. Bxd1 Qxg2 $17) 19. Qxa5 $11 Ra8
20. Qd2 (20. Qxb5 $143 Nc3 21. Qd3 Nxd1 (21... Qxg2 $4 22. Rg1 Bxf3 23. Rxg2
Nxe2 24. Kf1 $18) 22. Qxg6 fxg6 23. Bxd1 Rfc8 $17) 20... Bb3 (20... Rfd8 21.
O-O (21. Bxb5 Qxg2 22. Rg1 Qxf3 $19) 21... b4 22. Bc4 $11) 21. Ra1 $14 Rfd8 (
21... Qxg2 $4 22. Rg1 Nb4 23. Rxa8 (23. Rxg2 Rxa1+ 24. Bd1 Bxd1 25. Qxd1 Nd3+
26. Kd2 Rxd1+ 27. Kxd1 Nxc5 $17) 23... Nc2+ 24. Qxc2 Qxg1+ 25. Nxg1 Bxc2 26.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Bxb5 $18) 22. Qb2 Bd5 (22... Qxg2 $4 23. Rg1 Qxg1+ 24. Nxg1 $18)
23. O-O b4 24. Rfd1 (24. Nh4 Qf6 25. Qxf6 gxf6 26. Bf3 Bxf3 27. Nxf3 $11 (27.
gxf3 $143 Nc3 28. Rab1 Nxb1 29. Rxb1 Rdb8 $17)) 24... Nc3 $15 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26.
Re1 $2 (26. Rxd5 $5 Nxd5 27. Ne5 $15) 26... h6 $17 27. Kf1 $4 (27. e4 Bxe4 28.
Qd2 $19) 27... Ra2 $19 28. Qxb4 Nxe2 29. Rxe2 (29. Qb8+ Kh7 30. Qb1 (30. Rxe2
$4 Qd3 31. Kg1 Qxe2 32. Qb1+ g6 $19) 30... Qxb1 31. Rxb1 $19) 29... Qd3 30. Nd4
(30. Qe1 Bc4 31. Nd4 Qa3 $19) 30... Bc4 (30... Rxe2 $142 $5 31. Nxe2 Qd1+ 32.
Qe1 Bxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Qxe1 34. Nd4 $19) 31. Qe1 Qe4 (31... Qa3 $142 32. g3 Bxe2+
33. Kg2 Bd3 $19) 32. f3 $4 (32. c6 $142 $19) 32... Qxe3 33. Qf2 Qc1+ (33...
Ra1+ $142 34. Qe1 Rxe1+ 35. Kxe1 Qg1+ 36. Kd2 Qxd4+ 37. Ke1 f5 $19) 34. Qe1
Bxe2+ (34... Qb2 $142 $1 35. Qd1 Bxe2+ 36. Qxe2 Qa1+ (36... Qxd4 $6 37. Qxa2
Qxc5 38. Qd2 $11) 37. Qe1 Qxd4 38. Qe8+ Kh7 39. Qe4+ Qxe4 40. fxe4 Kg6 $19) 35.
Nxe2 Qxc5 36. Qd1 (36. Qc3 Qxc3 37. Nxc3 Ra3 $19) 36... Qa7 (36... Qe3 $5 37.
Ke1 $19) 37. Qd8+ Kh7 38. Qd3+ g6 39. g3 Qe7 40. Kf2 Qe6 41. h4 Qh3 42. Qc4 (
42. Ke3 Ra8 $19) 42... Qh2+ 43. Ke3 Ra7 44. Kf4 (44. Qb4 Ra6 45. Qf4 Re6+ 46.
Kd4 Re7 $19 (46... Rxe2 $6 47. Qxf7+ Kh8 48. Qf8+ Kh7 49. Qf7+ Kh8 50. Qf8+ Kh7
51. Qf7+ $11) (46... Qxe2 $6 47. Qxf7+ Kh8 48. Qf8+ Kh7 49. Qf7+ Kh8 50. Qf8+
Kh7 51. Qf7+ $11)) 44... Qh3 (44... Re7 45. Nd4 Qd2+ 46. Kg4 $19) 45. Nc3 (45.
Nd4 $19) 45... Qf5+ 46. Ke3 Qe5+ 47. Kd2 Qxg3 48. Qd4 (48. Qe4 f5 49. Qe3 Rd7+
50. Kc2 Qxh4 $19) 48... Re7 49. Ne4 (49. Nd5 Qg2+ 50. Kc3 Qxf3+ 51. Kc4 Qf1+
52. Kc3 Qa1+ 53. Kc4 Qxd4+ 54. Kxd4 Re1 $19) 49... Qe5 (49... Qf4+ $142 50. Kc2
Re6 $19) 50. Qb4 (50. Kd3 Kg7 $19) 50... Kg7 (50... Qf4+ $142 51. Ke2 Qxh4 52.
Qd4 $19) 51. Nc3 (51. Kc2 Rc7+ 52. Kd3 Rd7+ 53. Kc2 Qh2+ 54. Nd2 Qe2 55. Qc3+
Kh7 $19) 51... Rd7+ 52. Kc2 Qf5+ (52... Rd4 53. Qb5 Qxb5 54. Nxb5 $19) 53. Ne4
(53. Qe4 Qc5 $19) 53... Rc7+ 54. Kd2 Qd5+ (54... Qxf3 $142 55. Qd4+ f6 56. Nf2
$19) 55. Ke3 Rb7 (55... Qe5 $142 56. f4 Qe6 57. Kf2 $19) 56. Qc3+ Kf8 57. Qh8+
Ke7 58. Qf6+ Kd7 59. Qc3 Qe6 60. Kf2 (60. Kf4 Ke8 61. Qd4 Rb6 62. Qh8+ Ke7 63.
Qxh6 Qf5+ 64. Kg3 Qe5+ 65. Qf4 Qxf4+ 66. Kxf4 Rb4 $19) 60... Kd8 (60... Qb6+
$142 61. Kf1 Qb1+ 62. Ke2 Qb2+ 63. Kd3 Qxc3+ 64. Kxc3 $19) 61. Qh8+ (61. Nc5
Qa2+ 62. Kg3 Re7 63. Qd4+ Kc8 $19) 61... Kc7 (61... Ke7 62. Nc5 Qa2+ 63. Kg3
$19) 62. Qxh6 $2 (62. Qc3+ Kb8 63. Nc5 Qa2+ 64. Kg3 $17) 62... Rb2+ 63. Ke3 (
63. Ke1 Qe5 64. Qc1+ Kd7 65. Qd1+ Ke7 66. Qa4 $19) 63... Qb6+ 64. Kf4 (64. Kd3
Qa6+ 65. Kd4 Qa7+ 66. Ke5 Rb5+ 67. Kf4 $19) 64... Kb7 (64... Rb3 $142 65. Kg4
Qe6+ 66. Kg3 Qxe4 67. Qc1+ Kd6 68. Qd2+ Ke6 $19) 65. Qg7 $4 (65. Qf8 Qc7+ 66.
Qd6 $19) 65... Qc7+ 66. Kg5 (66. Ke3 Qc1+ 67. Kd4 Rd2+ 68. Nxd2 Qa1+ 69. Kd3
Qxg7 70. Ne4 $19) 66... Rb5+ 67. Kf6 Rf5# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Chen, Ryo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]

1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 d5
6. c4 c5 7. Nc3 {last book move} d4 (7... Nbd7 $142 $5 8. Bd6 Re8 $15) 8. Bxf6
$14 (8. exd4 $143 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Bg4 $11) 8... gxf6 9. Nd5 Nc6 10. Bd3 Bg4 (10...
h6 11. Qb1 $16) 11. Qc2 (11. Qb1 Kh8 12. Bxh7 Ne5 13. Nxe5 fxe5 $18) 11... Kh8
(11... h6 $5 $16) 12. Bxh7 $18 Ne5 13. Nxe5 (13. Be4 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Rg8 $18)
13... fxe5 14. Bf5 (14. Nxb4 cxb4 15. Be4 Qe7 $18) 14... Qg5 $16 15. Bxg4 (15.
Nxb4 $2 Bxf5 16. Qd1 cxb4 $19) 15... Qxg4 16. Kf1 (16. g3 Rfd8 $16) 16... f5 (
16... Rg8 17. Rg1 $16 (17. Nxb4 $6 Qxg2+ 18. Ke2 Qg4+ (18... cxb4 $143 19. Rag1
Qh3 20. Qe4 Qh5+ 21. Ke1 $16) 19. Ke1 cxb4 $11)) 17. f3 Qg7 18. exd4 exd4 19.
Qd3 Rae8 20. g3 Ba5 21. Kg2 Qh6 22. Rad1 Re6 23. Nf4 Re5 24. Rde1 Rfe8 25. Rxe5
Rxe5 26. Rb1 b6 27. Rf1 Qc6 28. Rf2 a6 29. Re2 Rxe2+ (29... Re8 30. a3 $16) 30.
Qxe2 $18 b5 $2 (30... Qd7 $142 $18) 31. Qe5+ (31. Qe7 Qh6 32. Qxc5 Qf6 $18)
31... Kg8 32. Nd5 (32. cxb5 $142 axb5 33. Ne6 Kf7 34. Qxf5+ Ke7 35. Nxc5 Bxd2
36. Qe5+ Kf7 37. Qxd4 Bg5 $18) 32... Bd8 $2 (32... Qh6 33. f4 Qc6 34. Kg1 $18 (
34. Qxf5 bxc4 35. Kf2 Kg7 36. Qe5+ Kf7 37. Qe7+ Kg6 38. f5+ Kxf5 39. g4+ Kxg4
40. Qg7+ Kf5 41. Ne7+ Ke6 42. Nxc6 Bxd2 43. Qe7+ Kf5 44. Qf7+ Kg4 45. Ne5+ Kg5
46. h4+ Kxh4 47. Qf6+ Kh5 48. Qg6+ Kh4 49. Qg4#)) 33. cxb5 (33. Qb8 $142 Kg7
34. Qxd8 $18) 33... axb5 34. Qxf5 c4 (34... Qd6 35. Nf4 $18) 35. Qg4+ Kf8 36.
Qxd4 Ke8 37. Qe4+ Kd7 38. h4 b4 (38... Kd6 39. Nc3 Qxe4 40. Nxe4+ Ke6 $18) 39.
Nxb4 Qxe4 40. fxe4 Ba5 41. a3 Kd6 42. h5 Ke5 (42... Ke6 43. Kf3 $18) 43. h6 (
43. Nc6+ $142 Kxe4 44. Nxa5 Kd4 $18) 43... Bxb4 (43... Kf6 44. e5+ $1 Kg6 $18)
44. axb4 c3 45. h7 (45. dxc3 Kf6 46. b5 Ke5 $18) 45... Kd4 46. h8=Q+ Kd3 47.
Qxc3+ Ke2 (47... Kxe4 48. Qc4+ Ke5 49. d4+ Kd6 50. d5 Ke7 51. Qe4+ Kd7 52. Qe6+
Kc7 53. d6+ Kb7 54. Qd5+ Kc8 55. d7+ Kd8 56. b5 Kc7 57. d8=Q#) 48. e5 (48. b5
Kd1 49. Kf3 Ke1 50. Qc1#) 48... Kd1 49. e6 (49. Kf3 Ke1 50. Qc1#) 49... Ke2 (
49... Ke1 50. Kf3 Kd1 51. e7 Ke1 52. Qc1#) 50. e7 (50. Qc2 Ke1 51. e7 Ke2 52.
e8=Q#) 50... Kd1 51. b5 Ke2 52. b6 (52. Qc2 Ke1 53. e8=Q#) 52... Kd1 53. b7 Ke2
(53... Ke1 54. Qc2 Ke2 55. e8=Q#) 54. g4 (54. Qc2 Ke1 55. e8=Q#) 54... Kd1 55.
g5 Ke2 (55... Ke1 56. Qc2 Ke2 57. e8=Q#) 56. g6 (56. Qc2 Ke1 57. e8=Q#) 56...
Kd1 57. g7 Ke2 58. d4 (58. Qc2 Ke1 59. e8=Q#) 58... Kd1 59. d5 (59. g8=Q Ke2
60. Qg4#) 59... Ke2 60. d6 (60. e8=Q+ Kd1 61. Qh5#) 60... Kd1 61. d7 (61. g8=Q
Ke2 62. Qg4#) 61... Ke2 62. Kg3 (62. e8=Q+ Kd1 63. d8=Q#) 62... Kd1 63. d8=R+ (
63. d8=Q+ Ke2 64. Qdd3#) 63... Ke2 1-0

[Event "Asian Continental Blitz"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Garcia, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 d5 3. e3 Nbd7 4. c4 e6 5. b5 Bd6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. d4 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nb6 (8... Qe7 9. O-O e5 10. Nc3 e4 11. Nd2 Nb6 12. Be2 a5 13. bxa6 bxa6 14. Qc2
Bb7 15. Nb3 Rac8 16. Na5 c5 17. Nxb7 Qxb7 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Ba3 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1
Rc6 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Kxh2 Nbd5 23. Rfb1 {
Blechar,M (2240)-Kover,W (2295)/1st WS USCCC-P04 2005/1/2-1/2 (40)}) (8... Ne4
9. O-O Nb6 10. Bb3 Nd5 11. Nbd2 Ndf6 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qd3 Ng5 14. Nxg5 Qxg5
15. Bc2 Qh6 16. g3 b6 17. e4 Rd8 18. Bc1 Qg6 19. Qe2 e5 20. d5 Bd7 21. a4 Bg4
22. f3 Bh3 23. Rf2 {tsodikovich (1845)-vojkan (1810)/gameknot.com 2018/1-0}) 9.
Bd3 c5 $146 (9... Bd7 10. e4 (10. O-O c6 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nfd5
14. Ne4 Qh4 15. Ba3 Rfd8 16. Qf3 cxb5 17. g3 Qh6 18. Nd6 Rc3 19. Qxf7+ Kh8 20.
Qf3 Be8 21. Qf8# {1-0 b4_player-opponent/gamecolony.com 2007}) 10... Bb4+ 11.
Bc3 Bxc3+ 12. Nxc3 c6 13. bxc6 bxc6 14. O-O Qc7 15. Re1 Rfd8 16. Rc1 Qb7 17.
Qc2 h6 18. Rb1 Qc7 19. e5 Nfd5 20. Ne4 Nc8 21. Nc5 Ncb6 22. Nxd7 Rxd7 23. Rbc1
Nb4 24. Bh7+ {rcm06 (2135)-tonyh/gameknot.com 2016/1-0 (33)}) (9... a6 10. bxa6
bxa6 11. Nc3 $11) 10. bxc6 $14 bxc6 11. O-O Bb7 12. e4 Be7 13. Nbd2 (13. e5
Nfd5 $14) 13... c5 $11 14. e5 Nfd7 15. a4 cxd4 (15... Rc8 16. Qb1 h6 17. a5 $11
) 16. a5 Bxf3 (16... Nc5 $5 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. axb6 axb6 19. Bxd4 Kg8 $11) 17.
Nxf3 $14 Nd5 18. Bxd4 Bc5 (18... Bb4 $5 $14) 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7
21. Qc2+ Kg8 22. Qxc5 a6 23. Qc4 Qe7 24. Rfc1 Rfb8 25. Nd4 Rb2 26. Nf3 Qa7 (
26... Rbb8 27. Qe2 Rb4 $16) 27. Qh4 Rb4 28. Rc4 Rxc4 29. Qxc4 Rb8 30. h4 Ne7 (
30... Qb7 31. Rc1 $16) 31. Rd1 Nd5 32. Ng5 g6 33. h5 gxh5 (33... Ne3 34. Qd4 (
34. fxe3 $6 Qxe3+ 35. Kf1 Qxg5 $11) 34... Qxd4 35. Rxd4 $16) 34. Qh4 Rb2 (34...
Kg7 35. Qxh5 Rh8 36. Qg4 $18) 35. Rf1 (35. Ne4 Qe7 36. Qxh5 Kg7 $18) 35... f6 (
35... Qd7 $5 $18) 36. exf6 Nxf6 37. Nxe6 Qf7 38. Qg3+ (38. Qc4 Rb8 $18) 38...
Kh8 (38... Ng4 39. Qd6 Qf6 40. Qc6 $18) 39. Ng5 (39. Nc7 Ra2 40. Qe5 Kg8 $18)
39... Qg6 40. Rc1 Rb1 $4 (40... Re2 $142 $18) 41. Nf7+ $3 Kg7 (41... Qxf7 42.
Rxb1 {Deflection}) 42. Qxg6+ (42. Qxg6+ Kxg6 43. Nh8+ Kg7 44. Rxb1 Kxh8 45. Rb6
$18) 1-0

[Event "11th Norway Blitz"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Giri, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]

1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6.
a3 Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. Rc1 e5 10. cxd5 cxd5 {last book move.} 11. Nb5
(11. Qb3 a5 $14) 11... Bb8 12. Nh4 (12. O-O a6 13. Nc3 Qe7 $11) 12... Be6 $11
13. Qc2 Ne8 14. Nf3 a6 15. Nc3 Nd6 16. d3 (16. O-O Ba7 $11) 16... Re8 (16...
Ba7 17. O-O $11) 17. Na4 f6 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. bxc5 (19. Qxc5 $143 Qd7 20. Qc2
Rc8 $15) 19... Nf7 20. O-O Bc7 21. Nd2 (21. h3 Qd7 $11) 21... Bd7 22. e4 (22.
h4 Bc6 $11) 22... Bc6 23. Bg4 Ng5 24. Rfe1 Kh8 25. Nf1 (25. Qb3 Ne6 $11) 25...
Rb8 (25... dxe4 26. dxe4 Qe7 27. h4 $11) 26. Rcd1 (26. exd5 Qxd5 27. Ne3 $11)
26... Qe7 (26... d4 27. Nd2 $11) 27. exd5 (27. f4 $5 Ne6 28. fxe5 fxe5 29. exd5
Bxd5 30. Bxe5 $11) 27... Bxd5 $11 28. d4 Qf7 29. dxe5 Bxe5 (29... Bb3 $142 $5
30. e6 Bxe6 31. Bxe6 Nxe6 $11) 30. Bxe5 $16 fxe5 31. Qd2 (31. Qc1 h6 $16) 31...
Ne4 $14 32. Qxd5 Qxf2+ 33. Kh1 Nc3 34. Qd6 Nxd1 35. Rxd1 (35. Qxd1 $6 Qxc5 36.
Qb3 b5 $11) 35... e4 36. Ng3 e3 37. Be2 (37. Bf3 Qc2 $16) 37... Qf7 (37... Qf6
38. Rb1 $14) 38. h3 Rbc8 (38... Qf6 39. Nh5 Qf7 40. Rd5 $16) 39. Kh2 (39. Rf1
Qg6 40. Bh5 Qxd6 41. cxd6 $18) 39... Qc7 (39... Rc6 40. Qd4 Qc7 41. Bh5 $14)
40. Rd5 (40. Bg4 $5 Qxc5 41. Ne4 $18) 40... Qf7 $16 41. Rf5 Qa2 $2 (41... Qe7
42. Bf3 $16) 42. Rh5 (42. Bh5 $142 Red8 43. Qe5 $18) 42... Rcd8 $4 (42... Qf7
$142 $16) 43. Qg6 $18 Qg8 44. Bc4 (44. Bc4 Re5 45. Bxg8 Rxh5 46. Qxh5 (46. Nxh5
$4 hxg6 47. Bc4 gxh5 $19) 46... Kxg8 47. Qe5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Gubajdullin, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]

1. b4 {A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6} Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. Nf3
d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d3 e4 8. dxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. Qd4+ Qf6 11. Nbd2 {
last book move} Nc3 12. Bd3 a5 13. b5 Na4 (13... Nd7 14. Ne4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 $11
(15. exd4 $2 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Re8 $19)) 14. Ne4 (14. Qxf6+ Kxf6 15. Ne4+ Ke7 $14)
14... Qxd4 $11 15. exd4 Bf5 (15... Bg4 16. Kd2 $11) 16. O-O-O (16. Kd2 Bg4 $14)
16... Nd7 (16... d5 $5 17. cxd5 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Nc3 $11) 17. Kc2 Ndb6 18. Kb3
Rfe8 19. Rhe1 d5 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. Nc5 (21. Ne5 $5 Nab6 22. Nc5 Bxd3 23. Nexd3
(23. Rxd3 $143 a4+ 24. Kb2 f6 $17) 23... a4+ 24. Kc2 $15) 21... Rxe1 $15 22.
Nxe1 Nac3 23. Rc1 (23. Rd2 $5 b6 24. Bxf5 gxf5 25. Ncd3 Nxb5 26. a4 $15) 23...
a4+ $17 24. Ka3 $2 (24. Kb2 $142 $5 Bxd3 25. Nexd3 Nxb5 26. Nxb7 $17) 24...
Bxd3 $19 25. Nexd3 Nxb5+ 26. Kb2 Nxd4 (26... b6 27. Ne4 f5 28. Nd2 Nxd4 29. a3
$19) 27. Nxb7 (27. Rc4 $142 a3+ 28. Ka1 $19) 27... a3+ 28. Ka1 Rb8 (28... Re8
$142 $5 $19) 29. Nbc5 Nb4 (29... Re8 30. Nb3 Nxb3+ 31. axb3 $19) 30. Nxb4 $17
Rxb4 31. Nd3 Rb7 32. Rc4 Nb5 33. Rb4 Rb6 34. Kb1 $2 (34. Rb3 f6 $17) 34... Nc3+
$4 (34... c5 $142 35. Rh4 Nc3+ 36. Kc1 Nxa2+ 37. Kd2 Nb4 38. Nxc5 a2 $19) 35.
Kc2 $17 Nd5 (35... Rc6 $5 36. Kb3 Nb1 $17) 36. Rxb6 $11 cxb6 37. Kb3 Kf6 38.
Kxa3 Kf5 39. Kb3 Ke4 40. Nb4 (40. Kc4 $5 b5+ 41. Kc5 Kxd3 42. Kxd5 $14) 40...
Nf4 $15 41. Kc4 Nxg2 42. Kb5 Kd4 (42... Kf3 43. Kxb6 Kxf2 $14) 43. Kxb6 $18 Kc4
44. Nc6 Nf4 45. a4 Nd5+ 46. Kb7 Kc5 47. a5 Nc3 48. a6 Nb5 49. Ne5 (49. Nd8 Nd6+
50. Kb8 Nb5 $18) 49... f5 50. Nd3+ (50. Nd7+ Kd4 $18) 50... Kc4 (50... Kd4 51.
Kb6 Nd6 52. Nb4 $18) 51. Kb6 Nd6 52. Nb2+ (52. Nb2+ Kd4 53. Kc6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Hayrapetyan, Ho"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]

1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. c4 O-O 5. e3 Re8
6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bb2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Be2 Rxe3 10. fxe3 Nxe3 11. Qb3 Nxg2+ 12.
Kf2 Be6 13. Bc4 Nf4 14. Bxe6 fxe6 {last book move} 15. d4 (15. Kf1 $142 $5 $14)
15... Qf6 $15 16. Na3 (16. Qc2 $5 Rf8 17. h4 $15) 16... Qf5 $17 17. Rhg1 $4 (
17. Rad1 Rf8 18. h4 $19) 17... Nd3+ $19 18. Ke3 Qf4+ 19. Kxd3 Qxf3+ 20. Kc2 (
20. Kc4 Qe2+ 21. Qd3 Qxb2 $19) 20... Qf2+ 21. Kd3 (21. Kb1 Qxg1+ 22. Bc1 Bxa3
23. Qxa3 Qg6+ 24. Kb2 Qg2+ 25. Kb1 Qe4+ 26. Kb2 Qe2+ 27. Kc3 $19) 21... Ne5+ $3
22. dxe5 Rd8+ 23. Ke4 Qf5+ 24. Ke3 Bc5+ 25. Ke2 (25. Bd4 Bxd4+ 26. Kd2 Bxg1+
27. Kc1 Qf1+ 28. Kb2 Bd4+ 29. Qc3 Bxc3+ 30. Kxc3 Qxa1+ 31. Kc4 Qxa2+ 32. Kc3
Qxa3+ 33. Kc2 Qb4 34. h3 Rd2+ 35. Kc1 Qb2#) 25... Qf2# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Jakubowski, K."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]

1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} d5 2. Bb2 Qd6 3. a3 e5 4. e3 a5 5. Nf3 e4 6.
Nd4 axb4 7. Nb5 Qd8 {last book move} 8. Be5 Na6 9. axb4 f6 $2 (9... c6 $142 $5
10. Nd6+ $1 Bxd6 11. Bxg7 Nf6 12. Bxh8 Bxb4 $18) 10. Nxc7+ $1 $18 Nxc7 11. Bxc7
Rxa1 12. Bxd8 Kxd8 13. Qc1 Bd6 14. Qb2 Be5 15. c3 Ra7 (15... Ra8 16. d4 exd3
17. Bxd3 $18) 16. Na3 Ne7 (16... Nh6 17. d4 exd3 18. Nb5 $18) 17. Nb5 Ra8 18.
Be2 (18. f4 exf3 19. gxf3 g5 $18) 18... Be6 19. O-O Kd7 (19... Ke8 20. f4 exf3
21. gxf3 $18) 20. Ra1 (20. f4 exf3 21. Bxf3 Rhc8 $18) 20... Nf5 21. h3 (21. d4
Bc7 $18) 21... g6 (21... Nd6 22. Nd4 $18) 22. Nd4 (22. d4 Bc7 $18) 22... h5 (
22... Nxd4 23. exd4 Bc7 24. Ra3 $18) 23. Bb5+ Ke7 24. Nxe6 Kxe6 25. Ra5 Nd6 26.
Be2 Rad8 (26... Rxa5 27. bxa5 f5 $18) 27. Qa2 Nf5 28. c4 Kf7 (28... Ke7 29.
cxd5 Rc8 30. Qb1 $18) 29. Rxd5 Kg7 (29... Rxd5 30. cxd5 Nd6 31. f4 exf3 32.
gxf3 $18) 30. Qa7 (30. c5 $142 Kh7 $18) 30... Ra8 (30... Kh6 31. b5 $18) 31.
Qxb7+ Kh6 32. Rxe5 $1 fxe5 33. Qxe4 Ra2 (33... Rhe8 34. c5 Ra1+ 35. Kh2 $18)
34. Qxe5 Rd8 (34... Rf8 35. Qc3 Rd8 36. Bd3 $18) 35. Bxh5 $1 Rdxd2 (35... gxh5
36. Qf6+ {Double attack} (36. Qxf5 {Deflection}) (36. Qxf5 {Overloading})) (
35... Kxh5 36. g4+ {Double attack}) 36. Qf4+ (36. Qf4+ Kh7 37. Qg5 $18) (36.
Qh8+ Kg5 37. f4+ Kh4 38. Qf6+ Kxh5 39. Qg5#) 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Krysa, L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]

1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} d5 2. Bb2 Qd6 3. a3 e5 4. e3 Nd7 5. Nf3 e4 6.
Nd4 c6 7. c4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Qg6 9. g3 Ne5 10. Be2 {last book move} Bd6 (10... Bh3
11. f4 Nd3+ 12. Bxd3 exd3 13. Nc3 $15) 11. Nc3 (11. f4 exf3 12. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 13.
Bxf3 Bh3 $15) 11... Nf6 12. h3 (12. f4 exf3 13. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 O-O $17)
12... h5 13. Qb3 O-O 14. g4 (14. Na4 $5 $17) 14... hxg4 $19 15. hxg4 Bxg4 16.
O-O-O Bxe2 (16... Nd3+ $5 17. Bxd3 Bxd1 (17... exd3 $2 18. Rdg1 $18) 18. Qxd1
exd3 $15) 17. Ncxe2 $17 Nd3+ 18. Kb1 Nxf2 (18... Ng4 19. Rhg1 c5 20. bxc5 $17)
19. Rdg1 $2 (19. Rhg1 $142 $5 N2g4 20. Rdf1 $17) 19... N6g4 $19 20. Rh4 Qg5 (
20... a5 $142 $5 $19) 21. Rhxg4 $17 Nxg4 22. Nc3 $2 (22. Ne6 Qg6 23. Nxf8 Rxf8
24. Qd1 $17) 22... Rae8 (22... Bh2 $142 $5 23. Rg2 Qg6 24. d3 exd3 25. e4 $19)
23. Qd1 f5 24. Qb3+ (24. Nxf5 Qxf5 25. Qxg4 Rf7 $19) 24... Rf7 25. Nce2 Be5 26.
Ne6 (26. Rh1 Qg6 $19) 26... Qf6 27. N2d4 (27. N6d4 Nh2 $19) 27... Rxe6 $1 28.
Nxe6 (28. Qxe6 Bxd4 {Decoy}) (28. Nxe6 Bxb2 {Decoy}) 28... Bxb2 29. Nc5 Be5 30.
Nxb7 Qe7 31. Nc5 Qd6 32. Rd1 (32. Kc2 Qd5 $19) 32... Qd5 (32... Nf2 $5 33. Rf1
Qxd2 34. Ne6 $19) 33. Qc2 (33. Kc2 g6 $19) 33... Nf2 34. Rf1 (34. Rg1 Bd6 35.
Rf1 Bxc5 36. Rxf2 Bd6 $19) 34... Nd3 (34... Nd3 35. Qb3 Qxb3+ 36. Nxb3 g5 $19)
0-1

[Event "Titled Tue"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Nitish, Belurkar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. e5 Nd5 5. a3 d6 6.
d4 O-O 7. c4 Nb6 8. exd6 exd6 {last book move.} 9. Nd2 (9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Ne2 Qh4
$19) 9... c5 $1 10. Ngf3 (10. bxc5 dxc5 {Combination}) (10. dxc5 Bxb2 {Pinning}
(10... Bxb2 {Deflection})) 10... Nc6 11. Be2 Nxd4 (11... cxd4 $5 12. b5 d3 13.
Bxg7 dxe2 14. Kxe2 Re8+ 15. Kf1 Kxg7 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Rc1 $19) 12. Nxd4 $17
cxd4 (12... Re8 13. O-O cxd4 14. Bd3 $17) 13. Nf3 Re8 14. Bxd4 Nxc4 (14... Bg4
15. Bxg7 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Kxg7 17. Qd4+ Kg8 18. h4 $17) 15. Bxg7 $15 Kxg7 16. O-O
Ne5 17. Qd4 Qf6 18. Rad1 Bg4 19. Qxd6 Nxf3+ (19... Re6 20. Qd5 Nc6 21. Qc4 $15)
20. Bxf3 Bxf3 21. Qxf6+ Kxf6 22. gxf3 Rad8 23. Kg2 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Ke7 25. Kg3
Rd8 26. Rxd8 Kxd8 27. Kf4 Kd7 (27... f6 28. Ke4 $15) 28. Kg5 $11 h5 $4 (28...
Ke6 $142 $11) 29. Kf6 (29. f4 $5 Ke7 30. f5 gxf5 31. Kxh5 f4 $18) 29... Ke8 30.
f4 b5 (30... h4 $18) 31. f5 gxf5 32. Kxf5 Ke7 33. Kg5 Kd6 (33... h4 34. Kxh4 f6
35. Kg4 $18) 34. Kxh5 Kd5 35. Kg5 Kc4 36. h4 Kb3 37. h5 Kxa3 38. h6 Kxb4 39. h7
a5 40. h8=Q a4 41. Qb2+ (41. Qb2+ Kc4 42. Qa3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Weetik, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]

1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. Nf3 Bxf3 4. exf3 Nd7 5. f4 {
last book move} Ngf6 6. g3 g6 (6... e6 7. b5 $15) 7. Bg2 $11 c6 8. O-O Bg7 9.
d3 (9. Nc3 O-O $14) 9... O-O $11 10. Nd2 Ne8 11. Bxg7 Nxg7 12. Nf3 a5 13. a3
Nf5 14. Qd2 Qb6 (14... e6 15. Bh3 $11) 15. c3 e6 16. Rfb1 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1
18. Rxa1 c5 19. bxc5 Nxc5 20. Bf1 Rc8 21. g4 Nd6 22. Nd4 Qd8 23. h3 (23. Qb2
Qf6 24. Qc1 b5 $11) 23... Ra8 (23... b5 24. Qe1 $11) 24. Rb1 (24. Rxa8 Qxa8 25.
f5 exf5 26. gxf5 Na4 $11) 24... Qf6 (24... Ra3 25. Qe1 $15) 25. Qe3 $11 Ra3 (
25... Ra5 $5 $11) 26. Nb5 $14 Nxb5 27. Qxc5 Nxc3 28. Rxb7 Ra8 29. g5 Na4 30.
Qc7 (30. gxf6 $143 Nxc5 31. Rc7 Nb3 $15) 30... Qg7 31. d4 h6 $2 (31... Qf8 $142
$14) 32. gxh6 Qf6 33. Qe5 (33. Rb4 $142 $18) 33... Qxe5 $14 34. fxe5 Nc3 (34...
Rf8 35. Re7 $14) 35. Bd3 (35. h7+ $5 Kg7 36. h4 $16) 35... Rf8 $14 36. h4 Kh7
37. h5 Kxh6 38. hxg6 fxg6 39. Re7 Rf4 (39... Rf3 40. Bf1 Rf4 41. Rxe6 Rg4+ 42.
Kh2 Rxd4 43. Re7 $11) 40. Rxe6 $14 Rxd4 $2 (40... Ne4 $142 $14) 41. Rxg6+ $18
Kh5 42. Rg3 Ne4 $2 (42... Rb4 $142 $18) 43. e6 Nxg3 (43... Nd6 $18) 44. e7 Ne2+
(44... Rxd3 45. e8=Q+ Kg5 46. fxg3 Rxg3+ 47. Kf2 Rb3 $18) 45. Bxe2+ (45. Bxe2+
Kg5 46. e8=Q Re4 47. Qd8+ Kf5 48. Qxd5+ Re5 49. Qf7+ Ke4 50. Bf3+ Kd3 51. Qb3+
Kd4 52. Qb2+ Kd3 53. Qxe5 Kc4 54. Be2+ Kb4 55. Qd4+ Kb3 56. Bd1+ Ka3 57. Qb6
Ka2 58. Bc2 Ka3 59. Qb3#) 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hamblok, R."]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. e4 {B20: Sicilian: Unusual White 2nd moves} c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 d5 4. exd5
Qxd5 5. Nf3 e5 6. Bb2 Nc6 7. c4 bxc3 8. Nxc3 Qd8 9. Bc4 Be7 {last book move}
10. d4 (10. O-O Nf6 $11) 10... exd4 $15 11. Nd5 (11. Nb5 $5 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 $15)
11... Nf6 $17 12. Qb3 O-O 13. O-O Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Na5 (14... Bf6 $142 $5 $17) 15.
Qa2 $11 d3 (15... Bf6 16. Bxd4 Nc6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Rfe1 $15) 16. Rad1 (16.
Ne5 Kh8 17. Nxf7+ Rxf7 18. Bxf7 Bg4 $14) 16... Bf5 (16... Qb6 17. Bd4 Qd6 18.
Rxd3 $11) 17. Ne5 $14 Bg6 $2 (17... Bf6 $142 $5 18. Nxf7 Qb6 $14) 18. Nxg6 $18
hxg6 19. Rxd3 Qb6 20. Rf3 (20. Bd4 $5 Qd6 21. Bc3 $18) 20... Bf6 $14 21. Bxf6
gxf6 22. Rb1 Qd6 (22... Qd4 23. h3 $11 (23. Bxb7 $2 Nxb7 24. Qb2 Qxb2 25. Rxb2
Nd6 $19)) 23. Rb5 (23. Rd3 Kg7 $14) 23... Rac8 $11 24. g3 (24. Qd2 Qc7 25. g4
Nc4 $14) 24... b6 25. a4 (25. Rb1 Nc6 $15) 25... Kg7 (25... Rc1+ 26. Kg2 Rd1
27. Bb3 Nxb3 28. Qxb3 $17) 26. h4 (26. Rf4 Rfd8 27. Bf3 Rc1+ 28. Kg2 Qd3 $17)
26... a6 (26... Rc1+ $142 $5 27. Kg2 a6 28. Rxa5 bxa5 $19) 27. Rb1 $15 Rc5 28.
Rd1 Qe5 (28... Nc6 29. Bb3 Qe7 30. Re3 $15) 29. Re3 $11 Qc7 30. Bf3 (30. Qe2 $5
$11) 30... Nc4 $17 31. Ree1 Ne5 32. Bg2 Rc2 33. Qb3 Qc5 34. Rf1 Rc3 35. Qd5 b5
(35... Re8 36. Qxc5 Rxc5 37. Rfe1 $15) 36. axb5 axb5 37. Qxc5 Rxc5 38. Rb1 Rb8
39. Rb3 (39. Rb4 Nd3 40. Rd4 Nc1 $17) 39... b4 $17 40. Rfb1 Rcb5 (40... Rc4 41.
Bf1 Rd4 42. Be2 $17) 41. Bf1 (41. Rd1 Nc4 42. Rd7 Na5 $15) 41... R5b6 $17 42.
Kg2 Nc6 43. Bc4 $4 (43. Rd1 $142 $17) 43... Na5 $19 (43... Na5 44. Bd5 Nxb3 45.
Bxb3 Rc6 $19) 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kaplan, Avi Harrison"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. Nf3 {A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6} Nf6 2. b4 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. c4
d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d3 a5 8. a3 Na6 9. Qb3 {last book move} Bd7 (9... Bf5 10. O-O
$11) 10. O-O Re8 (10... axb4 11. axb4 c5 12. b5 $14) 11. Nbd2 c6 12. Rac1 (12.
Bc3 Qe7 $14) 12... Qc7 13. Rfd1 axb4 14. axb4 h6 15. h3 Be6 16. d4 (16. Ra1 b5
$11) 16... e4 17. Ne1 d5 (17... b5 $142 $15) 18. b5 $16 Nb8 19. bxc6 (19. b6
Qe7 20. c5 Nbd7 $16) 19... Nxc6 $11 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. Bc4 Qd7 22. Qb6 (22. Bxd5
Qxd5 23. Rc3 Ra5 $11) 22... Ra4 (22... Ne7 23. Nc2 $15) 23. Bb5 $11 Ra2 24. Nc4
(24. Bc4 Raa8 $11) 24... Qe6 (24... Qc8 $142 25. Nd6 Qd8 26. Qxd8 Rxd8 (26...
Nxd8 $2 27. Bxe8 Kf8 28. Bb5 Rxb2 29. Rb1 $18) 27. Nxb7 Rxb2 28. Nxd8 Nxd8 $15)
25. Ba1 $2 (25. Rd2 Rea8 26. Ne5 Bf8 $15) 25... Rea8 (25... Rc8 26. Ne5 $17 (
26. Qxb7 $4 Rb8 27. Qxb8+ Nxb8 $19)) 26. Ne5 $17 Qf5 (26... Bf8 $142 $17) 27.
Nxc6 $4 (27. Nc2 $142 $15) 27... Qxf2+ (27... Bxc6 $6 28. Bxc6 Qxf2+ 29. Kh2
bxc6 30. Qxc6 $19) 28. Kh2 (28. Kh1 bxc6 29. Bxc6 R2a6 30. Bxd5 Qf1+ 31. Kh2
Rxb6 (31... Nxd5 $6 32. Qb3 Ra5 33. Nd3 $19) 32. Bxa8 Qa6 33. Bxe4 Nxe4 $19)
28... bxc6 29. Bxc6 R2a6 30. Qb5 (30. Bxd5 Rxb6 31. Bxa8 Bf8 $19) 30... Bxc6
31. Rxc6 Rxa1 32. Rxa1 (32. Rb1 Qxe3 33. Nc2 $19) 32... Rxa1 33. Rc8+ Kh7 34.
Qc4 Ng4+ $1 35. hxg4 (35. hxg4 Qh4+ {Mate attack}) 35... Qh4+ 36. Kg1 Qxe1+ 37.
Kh2 (37. Qf1 Qxf1+ 38. Kh2 Qf2 39. Rh8+ Bxh8 40. d5 Qh4#) 37... Qh4# 0-1

[Event "C'Chartres Blitz M Final"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lagarde, Max"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4 cxb4 5. a3 Qa5 6. Be2 Nh6 $146 (6... Bd7 7.
O-O Bb5 8. d4 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Nc6 10. Bd2 Nh6 11. Rd1 Nf5 12. Qd3 Be7 13. c3 bxa3
14. c4 Qc7 15. cxd5 Nb4 16. Bxb4 Bxb4 17. d6 Qd7 18. Nxa3 Bxa3 19. Rxa3 O-O 20.
Rb1 b6 21. Rba1 {elsker (1815)-egomi (1680)/kurnik 2011/1-0 (32)}) (6... Nc6 7.
Bb2 Qb6 8. O-O Nh6 9. d4 Nf5 10. axb4 Bxb4 11. c3 Be7 12. Ba3 O-O 13. Bd3 h5
14. Nbd2 a5 {0-1 endre969 (2420)-nii_sama (2785)/ChessWorld.net 2013}) (6...
Ne7 7. O-O Ng6 8. h4 Nf4 9. d4 Nxe2+ 10. Qxe2 Bd7 11. Qe3 Nc6 12. Nbd2 bxa3 13.
Bxa3 Bxa3 14. Rxa3 Qc7 15. c4 Ne7 16. Rc1 Bc6 17. c5 O-O 18. h5 h6 19. g4 f6
20. exf6 Rxf6 21. Ne5 {
zsolti_83 (2465)-keres123 (2160)/Rated Blitz game 2017/1-0 (33)}) 7. O-O Be7 8.
d4 O-O 9. Bxh6 gxh6 10. Qc1 Kg7 11. Qf4 bxa3 12. Nxa3 Nc6 (12... Bxa3 13. Qf6+
Kg8 14. Qxh6 $18) 13. Nc4 Qd8 14. Ne3 f5 15. h4 Na5 16. c4 dxc4 17. d5 (17.
Nxc4 $142 $5 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 $14) 17... exd5 $15 18. Rfd1 Nb3 19. Rab1 Be6 (19...
b5 20. Rxd5 Qe8 21. Rxb5 Qxb5 22. Bxc4 $15) 20. Nxd5 (20. Bxc4 $142 Nc5 21.
Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 $16) 20... b5 $15 (20... Bxd5 $143 21. Bxc4 Nc5 22. Bxd5 $16
) 21. Nf6 Qc8 22. Nh5+ Kh8 23. Qxh6 Rg8 24. Ng5 $4 (24. Nf4 $142 Bf7 25. Ng5
Bxg5 26. hxg5 $11) 24... Bxg5 $19 25. hxg5 Rg6 26. Qxg6 hxg6 27. Nf4 c3 28. Rd6
(28. Bd3 $19) 28... c2 29. Rf1 c1=Q 30. Nxe6 Nd2 (30... Nd2 31. Rd8+ Qxd8 32.
Rxc1 Qb6 $19) 0-1

[Event "15th Rouen Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirazi, K."]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]

1. e4 {B20: Sicilian: Unusual White 2nd moves} c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 e5 4. Nf3
Nc6 5. Bb2 Qb6 6. Nxe5 bxa3 7. Bc3 {last book move} Nf6 (7... Nxe5 8. Bxe5 Qe6
$11) 8. Nc4 $11 Qd8 9. Qf3 d6 (9... Qe7 $5 10. e5 d5 $11) 10. Bxf6 $14 gxf6 11.
Nbxa3 Bg7 (11... Be6 12. Ne3 $14) 12. c3 (12. Nb5 $142 $5 O-O 13. Nbxd6 $16 (
13. Ncxd6 $6 f5 14. c3 a6 $15)) 12... O-O $14 13. Be2 f5 14. Ne3 (14. Qg3 $5
$14) 14... Ne5 $11 15. Qh5 fxe4 16. Nf5 (16. O-O $5 $11) 16... Bxf5 $17 17.
Qxf5 d5 18. O-O Nc6 (18... a6 19. Nc2 $15) 19. Rfb1 b6 20. Ba6 Ne7 (20... Re8
21. Nc2 Re5 22. Qf4 $15) 21. Qg4 (21. Qh5 Rb8 $15) 21... Ng6 $17 22. Qf5 Re8
23. g3 Re5 24. Qh3 Qg5 25. d4 Rf5 26. Nc2 (26. Qg2 Qe7 $17) 26... Nf4 $19 27.
Qf1 Qg4 28. Ne1 $4 (28. Kh1 Qf3+ 29. Kg1 Qxc3 30. Ne3 $17) 28... Nh3+ 29. Kg2
Rxf2+ 30. Qxf2 Nxf2 31. Kxf2 Bh6 32. Rb2 (32. Rb3 Bd2 33. Kg2 h5 $19) 32... Rd8
(32... Qh3 33. Kg1 $19) 33. Kg2 Rd6 34. Rf2 (34. Be2 Qc8 35. Rc2 a5 $19) 34...
Be3 35. Re2 (35. h3 Qg5 36. h4 Qg7 $19) 35... Rh6 36. Kh1 (36. Rc2 f5 37. Kf1
f4 38. gxf4 Qxf4+ 39. Ke2 Rxh2+ 40. Kd1 Bd2 41. Rca2 Qe3 42. Bf1 Qxe1+ 43. Kc2
Qg3 44. Kb1 Qf3 45. Rc2 Qd1+ 46. Kb2 Bxc3+ 47. Kxc3 Rxc2+ 48. Kb3 Qd2 49. Rb1
Qc3+ 50. Ka4 Ra2+ 51. Kb5 Ra5#) 36... Qxg3 37. Nc2 (37. Nd3 Qf3+ 38. Rg2+ Rg6
39. Ne1 $19) 37... Bf2 38. Rxf2 Qxf2 39. Rg1+ Rg6 (39... Rg6 40. Rxg6+ hxg6 $19
) 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 2nd Apr Early"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokac, Marko"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. e4 {B20: Sicilian: Unusual White 2nd moves} c5 2. a3 Nc6 3. b4 e5 4. Nf3
cxb4 5. axb4 Bxb4 6. c3 Ba5 7. Bc4 Nf6 8. Qb3 O-O 9. Ng5 Qe7 10. Ba3 d6 {
last book move} 11. d3 (11. Bxf7+ $5 Rxf7 12. Bxd6 $17) 11... Bb6 $19 12. Qc2
Nh5 (12... Na5 13. O-O $19) 13. Nf3 Nf4 14. g3 $2 (14. O-O $142 Qf6 15. Nbd2
$19) 14... Nh3 15. Rf1 Qf6 16. Nbd2 (16. Ng1 $19) 16... Bg4 17. Qd1 (17. Rb1 g6
$19) 17... Ng5 0-1

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