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Cherukuri,Nitesh vs Xu,Grant

2026.01.15 · game 1

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[Event "NY Marshall Winter IM C"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2026.01.15"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Cherukuri,Nitesh"]
[Black "Xu,Grant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian"]
[Variation "Marshall variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30978688"]
[BlackFideId "2052318"]
[EventDate "2026.01.14"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. a3 a5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rad1 Bd7
15. Ne4 Be7 16. Nd6 Rab8 17. Rd2 Ne5 18. b3 Bc6 19. Rfd1 Ng6 20. Ne1 f5 21. Bf3
Bg5 22. Rc2 Bf4 23. c5 Ne7 24. Bh5 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 Bd5 26. Nd3 Nc6 27. b4 Rxd6 28.
cxd6 Be4 29. Rc3 Bxd3 30. Rxd3 axb4 31. axb4 Nxb4 32. Rb3 Nc6 33. d7 Kf8 34. Bf3
Nd8 35. Be2 Ke7 36. Bb5 Ra8 37. g3 Ra1+ 38. Kg2 Rd1 39. Rb4 f6 40. Ba4 Rd5 41.
h3 Rc5 42. Kg1 Kd6 43. Rb6+ Kc7 44. Rb4 Nf7 45. Kg2 Nd6 46. Rb6 Rd5 47. Bb3 Rd2
48. Bxe6 Ne4 49. Rb1 Nc5 50. Rc1 Kb6 51. Rb1+ Ka6 52. Ra1+ Kb5 53. Rb1+ Ka5 54.
Bxf5 b5 55. Ra1+ Kb6 56. Ra8 Nxd7 57. Rh8 b4 58. Rxh6 b3 59. h4 b2 60. h5 Rd5
61. Be4 Re5 62. Bc2 Rc5 63. Bd3 Rd5 64. Bc2 Rd2 65. Bf5 Kc5 66. Rh8 Rd5 67. Bc2
Rd2 68. Bg6 Ne5 69. Rb8 Ng4 70. Kf3 Ne5+ 71. Kg2 Kc4 72. Bf5 Nc6 73. Rc8 Kb5 74.
h6 Rd8 75. Rxd8 Nxd8 76. h7 Nf7 77. Kh3 Kc4 78. Kh4 Kd4 79. Kh5 Ke5 80. Bb1 Nh8
81. Kh6 Ke6 82. Kg7 Nf7 83. h8=Q Nxh8 84. Kxh8 f5 85. Kg7 Ke5 86. f4+ Kd5 1-0

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