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Esipenko,Andrey vs Karthikeyan,M2

2026.03.16 · game 1

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[Event "Chess.com Open PlayIn1"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2026.03.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Esipenko,Andrey"]
[Black "Karthikeyan,M2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "5074452"]
[EventDate "2026.03.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O d6 8. c4
Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Ne5 11. b3 a6 12. h3 b5 13. f4 Ng6 14. e5 dxe5 15. Bxa8
exd4 16. Qxd4 e5 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Bg2 bxc4 19. Qb6 Qxb6 20. Bxb6 h5 21. Rfe1
Nfd7 22. Nd5 Bd6 23. Bd4 Nc6 24. Bf2 cxb3 25. axb3 Nb4 26. Ne7+ Kh7 27. Rad1
Bxe7 28. Rxe7 Nf6 29. Bc5 a5 30. Ra7 Re8 31. Rxa5 Nc2 32. Ra2 Bf5 33. b4 Rb8 34.
Rb2 Na3 35. Bf1 Nb5 36. Rf2 Bg6 37. Rfd2 Ne4 38. Rd8 Rb7 39. R1d7 1-0

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