Chess960 in Mainz

Start position

(1) Nakamura - Aronian Chess960 Rapid World Championship Chess Classic Mainz 2009 (1.1), 28.07.2009 1.g3 c6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d3 e5 5.f4 exf4 6.Bc5 Rf7 7.Rxf4 Bg5 8.Bd4 Bxf4 9.Bxh8 Bxc1 10.Qg1 Bxb2 11.Nb3 b6 12.Qe3+ Re7 13.Qg5 Nc7 14.Bf6 Rf7 15.Kd2 Ne6 16.Qh4 d6 17.e4 Nd7 18.Bh8 Bxc3+ 19.Kxc3 fxe4 20.Qxe4 Re7 21.Qh4 g5 22.Bh5+ Kd8 23.Qg4 Kc7 24.Nd4 Nxd4 25.Qxg5 Re5 26.Bxe5 dxe5 27.Bg4 Be6 28.Bxe6 Nxe6 29.Qe7 Nd4 30.Qxh7 Rf8 31.Kb2 Rf2+ 32.Kb1 a5 33.h4 b5 34.cxb5 cxb5 35.a3 b4 36.a4 Ne2 37.Kb2 Kd6 38.Qg6+ Nf6 39.Qf7 Ne4 40.Qg6+ Kc5 41.d4+ Nxd4+ 42.Kc1 Nc3 0-1

Start position

(2) Movsesian - Bologan Chess960 Rapid World Championship Chess Classic Mainz 2009 (1.2), 28.07.2009 1.d4 g6 2.Nb3 f5 3.N1d2 Nc6 4.e3 e5 5.c3 Be7 6.h4 0-0-0 7.h5 g5 8.Bc2 Nb6 9.0-0-0 exd4 10.exd4 a5 11.a3 Bd5 12.Kb1 Bd6 13.Bh2 f4 14.Ne4 Be7 15.Nbd2 g4 16.Rfe1 Qg7 17.f3 g3 18.Bg1 d6 19.Bd3 Qf7 20.Rc1 Nc4 21.Nxc4 Bxc4 22.Bc2 Be6 23.Ka1 Bf5 24.Ba4 d5 25.Nc5 Rd6 26.c4 dxc4 27.d5 Rxd5 28.Rxc4 Ne5 29.Rc3 Nd3 30.Nxd3 Rxd3 31.Bb3 Qf6 32.Rxd3 Bxd3 33.Bd4 Qxd4 34.Rxe7 a4 35.Qc1 Qd6 36.Be6+ Kb8 37.Rd7 Qe5 38.Rxd3 Qxe6 39.Rd4 Qe2 40.Rxa4 Rd8 41.Ka2 Rd2 42.Rxf4 Rc2 43.Qb1 Qe6+ 44.Ka1 Rxg2 45.Re4 Qd5 46.Re8+ Ka7 47.Re1 Rd2 48.Rg1 g2 49.Qe1 Qd4 50.Qc1 Rxb2 51.Qxb2 Qxg1+ 52.Ka2 Qf1 53.Qd4+ b6 54.Qa4+ Kb7 55.Qe4+ Ka7 56.Qa4+ Qa6 57.Qd4 Qe2+ 58.Kb3 Qxf3+ 59.Kb2 Qg3 60.Qa4+ Kb8 61.Qe8+ Kb7 62.Qe4+ c6 63.Qe7+ Ka6 64.Qe2+ b5 65.Qe6 Qf2+ 66.Kb3 Qf3+ 67.Kb2 Qf2+ 68.Kb3 g1Q 69.Qc8+ Kb6 70.Qb8+ Kc5 71.Qe5+ Kb6 72.Qb8+ Ka6 73.Qc8+ Ka5 74.Qa8+ Qa7 75.Qd8+ Qgb6 0-1

Start position

(3) Aronian - Bologan Chess960 Rapid World Championship Chess Classic Mainz 2009 (2.1) 1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.f3 Ng6 4.Bc4 c6 5.Bb3 Nc7 6.Ng3 exd4 7.Bxd4 Ne6 8.Bc3 Nc5 9.Nf5 Nxb3 10.axb3 f6 11.Qe3 Qc7 12.Nd3 Ne5 13.Be1 g6 14.Nd4 Bf7 15.Bf2 Bg7 16.Rxa7 Rxa7 17.Nb5 cxb5 18.Qxa7+ Kc8 19.Nxe5 fxe5 20.Bb6 Qe7 21.Qa8+ Kd7 22.Bxd8 1-0

Start position

(4) Nakamura - Movsesian Chess960 Rapid World Championship Chess Classic Mainz 2009 (2.2), 28.07.2009 1.f4 f5 2.Ng3 Nd6 3.d3 Ng6 4.e4 fxe4 5.dxe4 e5 6.f5 Ne7 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.c4 b6 9.Qc3 Re8 10.c5 Nb7 11.Bb5 Nxc5 12.Bxc6 dxc6 13.Nxe5 Nxe4 14.Nxc6+ Kb7 15.Qf3 Ng5 16.Na5+ Kb8 17.Qg4 bxa5 18.Qxg5 Qa6 19.Bd4 Bc4 20.Kc2 Qc6 21.Bc3 Kb7 22.b3 Ba3 23.Rd2 Bd5 24.Rad1 Bxg2 25.Rd4 Bf3 26.R1d3 Bc5 27.Rc4 Bd5 28.Rxc5 Qxc5 29.Kb2 a4 30.f6 a3+ 31.Kb1 Rad8 32.f7 Qg1+ 33.Kc2 Qf2+ 34.Bd2 Qxf7 35.Kc1 Rd6 36.Bf4 Rc6+ 37.Kd2 Rc5 38.Be3 h6 39.Qg4 Rb5 40.Qd4 Ra8 41.Ne2 Bc6 42.Nc3 Rb6 43.Qh4 Re8 44.Bxb6 axb6 45.b4 Qf1 46.Kc2 Qa1 47.Rd1 Qb2+ 48.Kd3 Bb5+ 49.Nxb5 Qe2+ 50.Kc3 Qxd1 51.Qf4 Qe1+ 52.Kd3 Qe2+ 0-1

Start position

(5) Movsesian - Aronian Chess960 Rapid World Championship Chess Classic Mainz 2009 (3.1) 1.b4 Nf6 2.Ng3 e6 3.e4 b6 4.Bf3 Ng6 5.h4 d6 6.d4 d5 7.h5 dxe4 8.Be2 Nf8 9.h6 Rg8 10.c4 c5 11.bxc5 bxc5 12.Rxb8 Qxb8 13.d5 e3 14.Bd1 exf2+ 15.Kxf2 gxh6 16.N1e2 Ng4+ 17.Kg1 Bg5 18.Ba4+ Ke7 19.Qc2 Be3+ 20.Kf1 Bf4 21.Nf5+ exf5 22.Rh3 Be5 23.Nc3 Kf6 24.Qd3 Rg5 25.d6 Kg7 26.d7 Nxd7 27.Bxd7 Bd4 28.Ke2 Nf2 0-1

Start position

(6) Bologan - Nakamura Chess960 Rapid World Championship Chess Classic Mainz 2009 (3.2) 1.e4 b5 2.d3 e6 3.Ng3 Nf6 4.b4 a5 5.a3 axb4 6.axb4 c5 7.Be5 Bc7 8.Bxc7 Qxc7 9.Qg5 cxb4 10.N1e2 Ng6 11.Rxb4 d5 12.0-0 0-0 13.c3 h6 14.Qc1 Rfd8 15.Qb1 dxe4 16.dxe4 h5 17.h4 Qe5 18.Nd4 Nxh4 19.Rxb5 Rxb5 20.Qxb5 Qxb5 21.Nxb5 Nxe4 22.Bxh5 Nd2 23.Ra1 g6 24.Be2 Bxg2 25.Ra4 Bc6 26.Rxh4 Bxb5 27.Rb4 Bc6 28.f4 Rc8 29.c4 Ra8 30.Kf2 Ra3 31.Rb6 Ne4+ 32.Nxe4 Bxe4 33.Ke1 Ra2 34.Rb3 Kg7 35.Rc3 Kf6 36.c5 Bc6 37.Bd3 Ke7 38.Rc2 Ra4 39.Rc4 Rxc4 40.Bxc4 f5 41.Kd2 Kf6 42.Kc3 e5 43.fxe5+ Kxe5 44.Kb4 f4 45.Kc3 g5 46.Kd3 g4 47.Bf7 Bb5+ 48.Kd2 g3 49.c6 g2 0-1