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Karthikeyan,M2 vs Nihal,Sarin

2025.08.14 · game 1

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[Event "Quantbox Chennai GM 2025"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2025.08.14"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Karthikeyan,M2"]
[Black "Nihal,Sarin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "B04"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "modern, Larsen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5074452"]
[BlackFideId "25092340"]
[EventDate "2025.08.07"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4 c6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1
O-O 9. c3 Nd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Nd2 b6 12. Nf3 Bb7 13. Bg5 Rfe8 14. Qe2 Rad8 15.
Rad1 Qc8 16. Bb3 b5 17. h4 a6 18. h5 Qg4 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Qd2 c5 21. dxc5 Nxc3
22. Qf4 Qxf4 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Bxf4 Nd5 25. Be5 e6 26. Bxd5 Rxd5 27. Bxg7 Kxg7
28. b4 Kf6 29. Kf1 g5 30. Re3 g4 31. Ne1 Rd4 32. a3 Bd5 33. f3 g3 34. Nd3 Bc4
35. Ke2 Kf5 36. Kd2 f6 37. f4 Kg4 38. Kc3 Rd8 39. Nc1 e5 40. fxe5 f5 41. Ne2 f4
42. Re4 Bxe2 43. Rxe2 Rg8 44. Re4 Kf5 45. Re1 f3 46. gxf3 g2 47. Rg1 Kxe5 48. c6
Kd6 49. Kd4 Kxc6 50. Ke3 Kd5 51. Kf2 Rc8 52. Rd1+ Ke5 53. Kxg2 Rc3 54. Re1+ Kf5
55. Ra1 Kf4 56. a4 Rc2+ 57. Kf1 Rb2 58. axb5 axb5 59. Ra3 Rxb4 60. Ke2 Ra4 61.
Rb3 Ke5 1/2-1/2

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