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Xia,Joshua vs Ajay,Karthikeyan

2025.03.18 · game 1

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[Event "Titled Tue 18th Mar Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Xia,Joshua"]
[Black "Ajay,Karthikeyan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "30987830"]
[BlackFideId "35011685"]
[EventDate "2025.03.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. a3 b5 8. g4 Bb7
9. Bg2 Nfd7 10. Qe2 Be7 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. f4 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bd4 O-O 15.
h4 Rfc8 16. h5 a5 17. h6 g6 18. f5 b4 19. Nb1 Bg5+ 20. Be3 Bb5 21. Rd3 Bxd3 22.
Qxd3 Bxe3+ 23. Kd1 Ne5 24. Qe2 Nxg4 25. Rf1 Nf2+ 26. Rxf2 Bxf2 27. Qxf2 Qc5 28.
Qe2 Qd4+ 29. Kc1 Qg1+ 30. Bf1 Qg5+ 31. Nd2 bxa3 32. bxa3 Rab8 33. Qd3 Qxh6 34.
fxe6 fxe6 35. Qxd6 Qf8 36. Qxe6+ Kh8 37. Qd5 Rd8 38. Qxa5 Qf4 39. Qc3+ Kg8 40.
Bc4+ Kf8 41. Qh8+ Ke7 42. Qg7+ Kd6 43. Qd4+ Kc6 44. Bd5+ Kd7 45. Bc4+ Ke7 46.
Qg7+ Kd6 47. Qd4+ Kc7 48. Qc5+ Kb7 49. Qb5+ Kc8 50. Qc6+ Qc7 51. Be6+ Rd7 52.
Bxd7+ Kd8 53. Qxc7+ Kxc7 54. Be6 Kd6 55. Bd5 h5 56. Nf3 Rf8 57. c4 Kc5 58. e5 g5
59. Kd2 g4 60. Nh4 g3 61. Ke3 Rf1 62. e6 Kd6 63. Nf3 g2 64. a4 Rxf3+ 65. Bxf3
g1=Q+ 66. Ke4 h4 0-1

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