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Balaji,Aaravamudhan vs Hobson,Kenneth

2025.08.22 · game 1

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[Event "Gavin Wall Mem IM 2025"]
[Site "Darlington ENG"]
[Date "2025.08.22"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Balaji,Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Hobson,Kenneth"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[ECO "E52"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3, main line with ...b6"]
[WhiteFideId "436224"]
[BlackFideId "480819"]
[EventDate "2025.08.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. b4 a6 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. Rb1 Nbd7 13. a4 Ne4 14. Ne2 Rfe8 15.
Nf4 Rad8 16. Rb2 Nf8 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Qf6 19. Nh5 Qe7 20. Ng3 g6 21. Ra2 Ra8
22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Nc5 25. Qc2 Nxd3 26. Qxd3 Qxe5 27. f4 Qd6
28. Bb2 d4 29. Ne4 Bxe4 30. Qxe4 Ra2 31. Bxd4 Qe6 32. Qf3 Qf5 33. Be5 Nd7 34.
Bxc7 Qxb5 35. Rd1 Rc2 36. Bd6 Qc6 37. Qxc6 Rxc6 38. Ba3 Nc5 39. Rd8+ Kg7 40.
Bb2+ f6 41. g4 Kf7 42. Rh8 Kg7 43. Ra8 Rc7 44. g5 Nd7 45. gxf6+ Nxf6 46. Rb8 Kf7
47. Bxf6 Kxf6 48. Rxb6+ Kf5 49. Kg2 Kg4 50. Rb2 Rc3 51. h3+ Kh4 52. Re2 g5 53.
f5 g4 54. f6 gxh3+ 55. Kh2 Kg5 56. Rf2 Rc8 57. e4 Kg6 58. Kxh3 Kf7 59. Kg4 Ke6
60. Kh5 Rf8 61. Kg5 Rg8+ 62. Kh5 Rf8 63. Kg5 Rg8+ 64. Kf4 Kxf6 65. Rh2 Rg7 66.
Rh6+ Ke7 67. Ke5 Rg5+ 68. Kd4 Ra5 69. Rxh7+ Ke6 70. Rh6+ Ke7 71. Rb6 Kd7 72. Ke3
Ke7 73. Kf4 Rc5 74. e5 Rc1 75. Rb2 Ke6 76. Rb6+ Ke7 77. Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

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