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Balakrishnan,Praveen vs Koutlas,Nikolaos

2026.04.06 · game 1

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[Event "grenke Chess Open 2026"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2026.04.06"]
[Round "9.17"]
[White "Balakrishnan,Praveen"]
[Black "Koutlas,Nikolaos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2064871"]
[BlackFideId "25827138"]
[EventDate "2026.04.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3
Be6 9. Qd2 h5 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Kb1 Rc8 12. a3 b5 13. Rg1 O-O 14. g4 hxg4 15.
fxg4 Bxg4 16. Qg2 Rxc3 17. bxc3 g6 18. Rd3 Qa8 19. Bh6 Rc8 20. Rg3 Bh5 21. Be2
Qxe4 22. Bf3 Bxf3 23. Rxf3 Nd5 24. Bd2 N7f6 25. Qh3 Rc7 26. Bg5 Nf4 27. Bxf4
exf4 28. Nd2 Qe5 29. Rd3 Nd5 30. Kb2 Bf6 31. Nf3 Qe4 32. Ng5 Bxg5 33. Rxg5 Nb6
34. Rd4 Na4+ 35. Kc1 Qe7 36. Qg2 Kg7 37. Re4 Qf6 38. Rg4 Qxc3 0-1

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