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Cherukuri,Nitesh vs Xu,Zhihan (samuel)

2026.03.21 · game 1

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[Event "Charlotte Spring IMB 2026"]
[Site "Charlotte USA"]
[Date "2026.03.21"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Cherukuri,Nitesh"]
[Black "Xu,Zhihan (samuel)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "2054"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "30978688"]
[BlackFideId "2654261"]
[EventDate "2026.03.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bg5 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Bb6
9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ng6 12. Qb3 Qe7 13. O-O-O Ne5 14. Bb5+ Nfd7 15.
Nf5 Qf6 16. h4 g4 17. h5 O-O 18. Bh4 Qe6 19. Kb1 Qxb3 20. axb3 Kh7 21. f4 gxf3
22. gxf3 Nc5 23. Ne7 Bd7 24. Be2 f5 25. Nd5 fxe4 26. f4 Nf3 27. Nxf3 exf3 28.
Bxf3 Bf5+ 29. Ka2 Bc2 30. Rde1 Bxb3+ 31. Kb1 Bxd5 32. Bxd5 Rae8 33. b4 Nd7 34.
Be6 Ne5 35. Bd5 Nd7 36. f5 Rxe1+ 37. Rxe1 Ne5 38. Be7 Rb8 39. f6 Bf2 40. Re4 Nd7
41. f7 c6 42. Be6 Nf8 43. Bxf8 Rxf8 44. Rg4 Be3 45. Rg8 Rxf7 46. Bxf7 d5 47. Kc2
b6 48. Kd3 Bf2 49. Ke2 Bh4 50. Kf3 Bf6 51. Kg4 Bxc3 52. Kf5 Bxb4 53. Rg6 c5 54.
Bg8+ Kh8 55. Kf6 d4 56. Kf7 Bd2 57. Rg7 1-0

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