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Jan-Krzysztof Duda scored a brilliant victory over World Champion Dommaraju Gukesh!"



Jan-Krzysztof Duda proved that blitz games are his forte. After losing the first game, the Pole won the next five straight to defeat World Champion Dommaraju Gukesh 5-1. The time control was 3 minutes plus a 2-second increment per move, and all the games are posted on the website.

Games
[Event "Match GM Gukesh Dommaraju - GM Duda Jan"] [Site "Katowice, Poland"] [Date "2025.08.07"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Gukesh D"] [Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A55"] [WhiteElo "2613"] [BlackElo "2752"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. d4 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Re1 Re8 9. d5 Nc5 10. Bf1 a5 11. Rb1 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. g3 Qc7 14. Bg2 Bf8 15. b3 h6 16. a3 cxd5 17. cxd5 Rec8 18. Re3 Qd7 19. a4 Be7 20. Qf1 Ne8 21. Bd2 Nc7 22. h4 Rcb8 23. Bh3 Bg4 24. Bxg4 Qxg4 25. b4 axb4 26. Rxb4 Ra6 27. Ne1 Bxh4 28. Qe2 Qg6 29. Nd3 Bg5 30. Rf3 Nxd3 31. Rxd3 Bxd2 32. Rxd2 Ra7 33. Rdb2 f5 34. Qe3 Raa8 35. exf5 Qxf5 36. Rxb7 Rxb7 37. Rxb7 Ne8 38. Qb6 Rc8 39. Qe3 Nf6 40. Rb4 h5 41. Ne4 Nxd5 42. Qb3 Qe6 43. Ng5 Rc1+ 44. Kh2 Qc8 45. Qxd5+ 1-0 [Event "Match GM Gukesh Dommaraju - GM Duda Jan"] [Site "Katowice, Poland"] [Date "2025.08.07"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Black "Gukesh D"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C48"] [WhiteElo "2752"] [BlackElo "2613"] [PlyCount "135"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 O-O 6. a3 Re8 7. h3 Nd4 8. Bc4 c6 9. O-O Bc7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 d5 13. Ba2 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 d4 15. Nb1 g4 16. Qe2 gxh3 17. Bh4 hxg2 18. Kxg2 Kh8 19. Rh1 Rg8+ 20. Kf1 Bg4 21. Qd2 Kh7 22. Bg5 h5 23. Bxf7 Nxe4 24. Bxg8+ Qxg8 25. dxe4 Rf8 26. Rg1 Qg6 27. a4 Rf3 28. Ra3 Qxe4 29. Rxf3 Qxf3 30. Qd3+ e4 31. Qxf3 exf3 32. Nd2 Bh3+ 33. Ke1 Bg2 34. Bh4 Bh2 35. Nxf3 Bxf3 36. Rg5 Bd6 37. Rf5 Be4 38. Rf6 Bb4+ 39. Kd1 Kg7 40. Rf4 Bd5 41. Rxd4 Bd6 42. b3 Kg6 43. Bg3 Bc5 44. Rf4 Bd6 45. Rd4 Bc5 46. Rd3 Kf5 47. c4 Be4 48. Rd7 Kg4 49. Rg7+ Kh3 50. Ke2 h4 51. Be5 Bc2 52. Rxb7 Kg4 53. f3+ Kf5 54. Bh2 a5 55. Kd2 Bb1 56. Rd7 Ke6 57. Rc7 Bb4+ 58. Kc1 Bd3 59. Rxc6+ Kf5 60. Rh6 Kg5 61. Re6 Kf5 62. Re5+ Kf6 63. Rh5 Be1 64. Bf4 Kg6 65. Rg5+ Kf6 66. Rd5 Bf1 67. Kd1 Bb4 68. Bg5+ 1-0 [Event "Match GM Gukesh Dommaraju - GM Duda Jan"] [Site "Katowice, Poland"] [Date "2025.08.07"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Gukesh D"] [Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A15"] [WhiteElo "2613"] [BlackElo "2752"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. d4 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. b3 c6 9. e4 Bf8 10. Re1 a6 11. d5 cxd5 12. cxd5 b5 13. b4 Nb6 14. a4 Bd7 15. axb5 axb5 16. Bg5 Na4 17. Qd3 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Be7 19. Qd3 h6 20. Bd2 Qb6 21. Be3 Qb7 22. h3 Ra4 23. Nd2 Rxb4 24. Ra7 Qc8 25. Rea1 Ra4 26. Kh2 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Qb8 28. Nb3 Rc8 29. Ra6 Bd8 30. Na5 Bxa5 31. Rxa5 b4 32. Ra2 Rc3 33. Qa6 b3 34. Rb2 Rc2 35. Rxc2 bxc2 36. Qc4 Qb1 37. Bf1 Nxe4 38. Bd3 Nxf2 0-1 [Event "Match GM Gukesh Dommaraju - GM Duda Jan"] [Site "Katowice, Poland"] [Date "2025.08.07"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Black "Gukesh D"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D78"] [WhiteElo "2752"] [BlackElo "2613"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. c4 c6 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 a5 8. e3 a4 9. Ba3 Ne4 10. Nbd2 Bf5 11. Qc1 Nd7 12. Nh4 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Be6 14. Rfc1 axb3 15. axb3 dxc4 16. bxc4 Nb6 17. c5 Nc4 18. Qb4 Nxa3 19. Rxa3 Rxa3 20. Qxa3 Bd5 21. Qb4 Bxg2 22. Nxg2 Qd7 23. Rb1 Rb8 24. f4 Qd5 25. Ra1 Qe4 26. Qb1 Qd5 27. h4 h5 28. Kh2 Qd8 29. Ra7 b6 30. cxb6 Rxb6 31. Qa2 Rb8 32. Qc4 Qd6 33. Ra6 Rc8 34. Ne1 Bf6 35. Nd3 Qd7 36. Nc5 Qf5 37. Qe2 Rb8 38. Rxc6 Qd5 39. Qg2 Qf5 40. Ne4 Kg7 41. Nxf6 exf6 42. e4 Qb5 43. d5 Qb1 44. Rc2 Rb3 45. Rd2 Rb8 1-0 [Event "Match GM Gukesh Dommaraju - GM Duda Jan"] [Site "Katowice, Poland"] [Date "2025.08.07"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Gukesh D"] [Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2613"] [BlackElo "2752"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d4 5. O-O Nc6 6. d3 Be7 7. e3 dxe3 8. Bxe3 e5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qd2 Bf5 11. Rad1 Qd7 12. Rfe1 Rad8 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 b6 16. Qxd7 Nxd7 17. Bf4 Bb4 18. Bxc7 Rc8 19. Bd6 Bxd6 20. Rxd6 Rxc4 21. Nd5 Be6 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Rexe6 Rc1+ 24. Bf1 fxe6 25. Rxd7 Rc2 26. f4 Rxb2 27. Rxa7 g6 28. Nc6 Rc8 29. Ne5 Rcc2 30. Ng4 Kg8 31. Nf6+ Kf8 32. a4 Rc1 33. Nxh7+ Ke8 34. Nf6+ Kd8 35. Ng4 Re1 36. Ra8+ Kc7 37. h4 Rbb1 38. Nh2 Rb2 39. Nf3 Re3 40. Bg2 Ree2 41. Bh3 Re3 42. Bg4 Ree2 43. Kf1 Rf2+ 44. Ke1 Rg2 45. Kd1 Rb1# 0-1 [Event "Match GM Gukesh Dommaraju - GM Duda Jan"] [Site "Katowice, Poland"] [Date "2025.08.07"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Black "Gukesh D"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A08"] [WhiteElo "2752"] [BlackElo "2613"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. d4 O-O 8. e4 Nf6 9. e5 Nd5 10. dxc5 Nc6 11. a3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 e6 14. Ra2 a5 15. Nc3 Nxe5 16. Qe2 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qc7 18. Rb2 Nc6 19. Bf4 e5 20. Be3 Rfd8 21. Rfb1 Rab8 22. Qc4 Bf8 23. Rb6 Rdc8 24. Bd5 Nd8 25. R1b5 Qd7 26. h4 Rc7 27. h5 Kg7 28. Qe4 f6 29. h6+ Kh8 30. Rxf6 Nc6 31. Bxc6 Rxc6 32. Rxc6 1-0

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