[Event "V Mindsports Int Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2025.08.14"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Hoffman, Luc"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Modern Defense"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Qe2 Nc6 6.h3 e5 7.dxe5 Nxe5 8.Nxe5 dxe5 9.Nc3 c6 10.a4 Nh5 11.Qf3 O-O 12.O-O Qh4 13.Ne2 Kh8 14.g4 Be6 15.Bb3 Nf4 16.Nxf4 exf4 17.Bxf4 Bxb2 18.Rab1 Bg7 19.Qg3 Qxg3+ 20.Bxg3 b6 21.Bxe6 fxe6 22.Rbd1 Rad8 23.Bh4 Rd4 24.Rxd4 Bxd4 25.Rd1 c5 26.Rd3 e5 27.Kg2 c4 28.Rd1 c3 29.f3 Rc8 30.f4 Rc4 31.fxe5 Bxe5 32.Rd5 Bf4 33.Kf3 g5 34.Rd8+ Kg7 35.Rd7+ Kg8 36.Rxa7 Rb4 37.a5 bxa5 38.Rxa5 gxh4 1/2-1/2