
[Event "Quantbox Chennai GM 2025"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2025.08.15"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, M2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack, Fianchetto Variation"]
[PlyCount "98"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.h3 b6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Bf4 Ne8 10.Qd2 f6 11.e5 fxe5 12.Bxe5 Rxf3 13.Bxg7 Nxg7 14.gxf3 Nf5 15.Ne4 Nd4 16.Qh6 e5 17.c3 Nxf3+ 18.Kg2 Nh4+ 19.Kh1 Nf5 20.Qg5 Ba6 21.Rad1 Bxd3 22.Qxd8+ Rxd8 23.Nf6+ Kg7 24.Ng4 Rd5 25.Rfe1 e4 26.Ne3 Nxe3 27.Rxe3 c4 28.Kh2 Ra5 29.a3 Rf5 30.Kg3 Rg5+ 31.Kh2 Rf5 32.Kg3 h5 33.h4 Kf6 34.f3 Ke5 35.Rd2 b5 36.Rf2 Rf4 37.Re1 a5 38.Re3 b4 39.axb4 axb4 40.cxb4 g5 41.hxg5 h4+ 42.Kh2 Kd4 43.Re1 exf3 44.Re6 Be4 45.Rf1 Ke3 46.g6 f2 47.g7 Rg4 48.Rxf2 Kxf2 49.Rxe4 Rxg7 1/2-1/2
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2025.08.15"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, M2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack, Fianchetto Variation"]
[PlyCount "98"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.h3 b6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Bf4 Ne8 10.Qd2 f6 11.e5 fxe5 12.Bxe5 Rxf3 13.Bxg7 Nxg7 14.gxf3 Nf5 15.Ne4 Nd4 16.Qh6 e5 17.c3 Nxf3+ 18.Kg2 Nh4+ 19.Kh1 Nf5 20.Qg5 Ba6 21.Rad1 Bxd3 22.Qxd8+ Rxd8 23.Nf6+ Kg7 24.Ng4 Rd5 25.Rfe1 e4 26.Ne3 Nxe3 27.Rxe3 c4 28.Kh2 Ra5 29.a3 Rf5 30.Kg3 Rg5+ 31.Kh2 Rf5 32.Kg3 h5 33.h4 Kf6 34.f3 Ke5 35.Rd2 b5 36.Rf2 Rf4 37.Re1 a5 38.Re3 b4 39.axb4 axb4 40.cxb4 g5 41.hxg5 h4+ 42.Kh2 Kd4 43.Re1 exf3 44.Re6 Be4 45.Rf1 Ke3 46.g6 f2 47.g7 Rg4 48.Rxf2 Kxf2 49.Rxe4 Rxg7 1/2-1/2
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[Event "Quantbox Chennai GM 2025"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2025.08.15"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, M2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[EventDate "2025.08.07"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "5074452"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 b6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Bf4 Ne8 10. Qd2 f6 11. e5 fxe5 12. Bxe5 Rxf3 13. Bxg7 Nxg7 14.
gxf3 Nf5 15. Ne4 Nd4 16. Qh6 e5 17. c3 Nxf3+ 18. Kg2 Nh4+ 19. Kh1 Nf5 20.
Qg5 Ba6 21. Rad1 Bxd3 22. Qxd8+ Rxd8 23. Nf6+ Kg7 24. Ng4 Rd5 25. Rfe1 e4
26. Ne3 Nxe3 27. Rxe3 c4 28. Kh2 Ra5 29. a3 Rf5 30. Kg3 Rg5+ 31. Kh2 Rf5
32. Kg3 h5 33. h4 Kf6 34. f3 Ke5 35. Rd2 b5 36. Rf2 Rf4 37. Re1 a5 38. Re3
b4 39. axb4 axb4 40. cxb4 g5 41. hxg5 h4+ 42. Kh2 Kd4 43. Re1 exf3 44. Re6
Be4 45. Rf1 Ke3 46. g6 f2 47. g7 Rg4 48. Rxf2 Kxf2 49. Rxe4 Rxg7 1/2-1/2