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Merriman,J vs Royal,Shreyas

2025.07.20 · game 1

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[Event "English Open 2025"]
[Site "Kenilworth ENG"]
[Date "2025.07.20"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Merriman,J"]
[Black "Royal,Shreyas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[ECO "E49"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3, Botvinnik system"]
[WhiteFideId "402362"]
[BlackFideId "448869"]
[EventDate "2025.07.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c6 8. Nf3
b6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Qe2 a5 11. O-O Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. c4 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Qd6
15. Qe2 Rfc8 16. e4 Qc6 17. Re1 Nb8 18. e5 Nd5 19. Bd2 Nd7 20. Ng5 Nf8 21. Ne4
Qa4 22. Qg4 Rc4 23. Be3 Ng6 24. Qg3 Qc6 25. Nd6 Rc2 26. h4 Nxe3 27. Rxe3 Rc1+
28. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 29. Kh2 Qd1 30. Re4 Rf8 31. f3 Qc1 32. f4 Qd1 33. f5 exf5 34.
Nxf5 Rc8 35. Re1 Qc2 36. Rf1 Qe2 37. Qf3 Qxf3 38. Rxf3 h5 39. Kg3 a4 40. Re3 Rc1
41. d5 Rc5 42. d6 Nf8 43. Kf4 Ne6+ 44. Kf3 Kf8 45. Ng3 g6 46. Ne2 Ke8 47. g3 Kd7
48. Nf4 Nd4+ 49. Ke4 Nc6 50. Nd5 Rc4+ 51. Kf3 Nd4+ 52. Kf4 Nc2+ 53. Re4 Rxe4+
54. Kxe4 b5 55. Nb6+ Kc6 56. d7 Kc7 57. Kd5 Nxa3 58. e6 fxe6+ 59. Kxe6 Kd8 60.
Nd5 Nc4 61. Nb4 Na5 62. Kd6 a3 63. Ke6 Nb7 64. Nc6+ Kc7 65. Nd4 a2 0-1

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