
[Event "IV Menorca Open A 2025"]
[Site "Ciutadella de Menorca ESP"]
[Date "2025.04.24"]
[Round "5.24"]
[White "Sousa, Andre Ventura"]
[Black "Balakrishnan, Praveen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "B10"]
[PlyCount "86"]
1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d3 Qc7 4.Nc3 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nf6 6.Qe2 Nbd7 7.g3 Nxe4 8.Qxe4 Nf6 9.Qe2 Bg4 10.h3 Qa5+ 11.c3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Qd5 13.Bg2 e6 14.O-O Qxf3 15.Bxf3 Be7 16.a4 a5 17.d4 Nd5 18.Re1 O-O 19.h4 Rfd8 20.Kf1 Rd7 21.Bd2 Rad8 22.Red1 Bf6 23.Bg4 Be7 24.Ke2 g6 25.f4 h5 26.Bf3 Bf6 27.Be1 Kg7 28.Bf2 Ra8 29.Rd2 b5 30.Rc1 bxa4 31.Ra1 Rb7 32.c4 Ne7 33.Rxa4 Rab8 34.Rxa5 Rxb2 35.Ra2 Rxa2 36.Rxa2 Rb4 37.Rc2 Kf8 38.Be4 Ke8 39.Kd3 Rb3+ 40.Rc3 Rb2 41.Rc2 Rb3+ 42.Rc3 Rb2 43.Rc2 Rb3+ 1/2-1/2
[Site "Ciutadella de Menorca ESP"]
[Date "2025.04.24"]
[Round "5.24"]
[White "Sousa, Andre Ventura"]
[Black "Balakrishnan, Praveen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "B10"]
[PlyCount "86"]
1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d3 Qc7 4.Nc3 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nf6 6.Qe2 Nbd7 7.g3 Nxe4 8.Qxe4 Nf6 9.Qe2 Bg4 10.h3 Qa5+ 11.c3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Qd5 13.Bg2 e6 14.O-O Qxf3 15.Bxf3 Be7 16.a4 a5 17.d4 Nd5 18.Re1 O-O 19.h4 Rfd8 20.Kf1 Rd7 21.Bd2 Rad8 22.Red1 Bf6 23.Bg4 Be7 24.Ke2 g6 25.f4 h5 26.Bf3 Bf6 27.Be1 Kg7 28.Bf2 Ra8 29.Rd2 b5 30.Rc1 bxa4 31.Ra1 Rb7 32.c4 Ne7 33.Rxa4 Rab8 34.Rxa5 Rxb2 35.Ra2 Rxa2 36.Rxa2 Rb4 37.Rc2 Kf8 38.Be4 Ke8 39.Kd3 Rb3+ 40.Rc3 Rb2 41.Rc2 Rb3+ 42.Rc3 Rb2 43.Rc2 Rb3+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "IV Menorca Open A 2025"]
[Site "Ciutadella de Menorca ESP"]
[Date "2025.04.24"]
[Round "5.24"]
[White "Sousa, Andre Ventura"]
[Black "Balakrishnan, Praveen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[EventDate "2025.04.22"]
[WhiteFideId "1917617"]
[BlackFideId "2064871"]
1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 Qc7 4. Nc3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Qe2 Nbd7 7. g3 Nxe4
8. Qxe4 Nf6 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. h3 Qa5+ 11. c3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qd5 13. Bg2 e6 14.
O-O Qxf3 15. Bxf3 Be7 16. a4 a5 17. d4 Nd5 18. Re1 O-O 19. h4 Rfd8 20. Kf1
Rd7 21. Bd2 Rad8 22. Red1 Bf6 23. Bg4 Be7 24. Ke2 g6 25. f4 h5 26. Bf3 Bf6
27. Be1 Kg7 28. Bf2 Ra8 29. Rd2 b5 30. Rc1 bxa4 31. Ra1 Rb7 32. c4 Ne7 33.
Rxa4 Rab8 34. Rxa5 Rxb2 35. Ra2 Rxa2 36. Rxa2 Rb4 37. Rc2 Kf8 38. Be4 Ke8
39. Kd3 Rb3+ 40. Rc3 Rb2 41. Rc2 Rb3+ 42. Rc3 Rb2 43. Rc2 Rb3+ 1/2-1/2