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Nikulina,A vs Palathingal,Rafael

2025.12.18 · game 1

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[Event "1st 3-0 Thu 18th Dec 2025"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.12.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nikulina,A"]
[Black "Palathingal,Rafael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1875"]
[BlackElo "1976"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4172051"]
[BlackFideId "39927580"]
[EventDate "2025.12.18"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
h6 9. Re1 Re8 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nbd7 14. Rad1 Nb6
15. Bb3 Nbd5 16. Bc2 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qd5 18. Qg3 Bd6 19. Qh4 Qxa2 20. Bb1 Qe6 21.
Bd2 Qd5 22. Bxh6 Qh5 23. Qxh5 Nxh5 24. Be3 Nf4 25. c4 Bb4 26. Rf1 Ne2+ 27. Kh2
Bd6+ 28. g3 Nc3 29. Rc1 Nxb1 30. Rxb1 b6 31. d5 cxd5 32. cxd5 Rad8 33. Rfd1 Re5
34. Ra1 Rd7 35. Bf4 Re2 36. Bxd6 Rxd6 37. Kg2 Re7 38. Ra2 Red7 39. Rad2 g6 40.
Kf3 Kg7 41. Ke4 Kf6 42. f4 a5 43. g4 Re7+ 44. Kd4 Rc7 45. Rb2 Rc5 46. Ke4 Ke7
47. Rd4 f5+ 48. gxf5 gxf5+ 49. Kxf5 Rcxd5+ 50. Rxd5 Rxd5+ 51. Ke4 Rd6 52. f5 Kf7
53. Ke5 Rf6 54. h4 Rh6 55. h5 Kf8 56. Rb5 Ke7 57. Rb2 Rc6 58. Rg2 Kf7 59. Rd2 a4
60. Rd7+ Kg8 61. Ra7 b5 62. f6 Rc1 63. Kf5 Rf1+ 64. Kg6 Rg1+ 65. Kh6 Kf8 66. Rb7
a3 67. Rxb5 a2 68. Ra5 a1=Q 69. Rxa1 Rxa1 70. Kg6 Rg1+ 71. Kh6 Kf7 72. Kh7 Kxf6
73. h6 Kg5 74. Kg7 Kh5+ 75. Kh7 Rg6 0-1

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