[Event "Titled Tue 25th Mar Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha"]
[Black "Liu, Zachary Hankun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "1936"]
[ECO "B53"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.c4 Nf6 8.Nc3 g6 9.Be3 Bg7 10.Qd3 O-O 11.Rd1 Rc8 12.O-O Qa5 13.Nd4 Rfd8 14.a3 a6 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.exd5 Qc7 17.Rc1 Nd7 18.f4 Nc5 19.Qe2 a5 20.b4 axb4 21.axb4 Na6 22.Nb5 Qd7 23.Rb1 Ra8 24.Bd4 Bxd4+ 25.Nxd4 Nc7 26.f5 Ne8 27.fxg6 hxg6 28.Qf3 Nf6 29.Qd3 Rdc8 30.Rf2 Qc7 31.Rc1 Qb6 32.Qd2 Ra4 33.Rxf6 exf6 34.Qd1 Rxb4 35.Kh1 Rbxc4 36.Rxc4 Rxc4 37.Nf3 Qc7 38.Ne1 Rc1 39.Qe2 Qc3 40.Qe8+ Kg7 0-1