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Najer,E vs Karthikeyan,M2

2025.09.13 · game 1

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[Event "FIDE Grand Swiss 2025"]
[Site "Samarkand UZB"]
[Date "2025.09.13"]
[Round "9.40"]
[White "Najer,E"]
[Black "Karthikeyan,M2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 2...Nc6"]
[WhiteFideId "4118987"]
[BlackFideId "5074452"]
[EventDate "2025.09.04"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 d5 8.
exd5 Qxd5 9. O-O Nh6 10. c4 Qd6 11. b4 Ng4 12. f4 Qxb4 13. Rb1 Qa5 14. h3 Nh6
15. Qb3 Bg7 16. Qb6 Qxb6 17. Rxb6 Bf5 18. Rf3 O-O-O 19. c5 e5 20. fxe5 Rhe8 21.
c6 Rxe5 22. Nf4 Kc7 23. Rxb7+ Kxc6 24. Ra7 Re1+ 25. Rf1 Rxf1+ 26. Bxf1 Be5 27.
Nd3 Bd6 28. Rxa6+ Kb7 29. Ra4 Be4 30. Ba3 Bc6 31. Bxd6 Rxd6 32. Rb4+ Kc7 33. Ne5
Bd5 34. Bc4 f6 35. Bxd5 Rxd5 36. Nf3 Nf5 37. g4 Ne7 38. Nxd4 Nc6 39. Nxc6 Kxc6
40. d4 h5 41. Kf2 hxg4 42. hxg4 f5 43. gxf5 Rxf5+ 44. Ke3 g5 45. Ke4 Rf2 46. a4
g4 47. d5+ Kc7 48. Ke5 Re2+ 49. Kf4 1/2-1/2

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