
[Event "Titled Tue 4th Feb Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Kaplan, Avi Harrison"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[ECO "A01"]
[PlyCount "89"]
1.b3 d6 2.Bb2 e5 3.e4 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.g3 Nf6 6.d3 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9.Nbd2 Re8 10.a4 h6 11.h3 Kh7 12.Nh2 d5 13.Ng4 Nxg4 14.exd5 Nb4 15.hxg4 Nxd5 16.g5 hxg5 17.Ne4 f5 18.Nxg5+ Qxg5 19.Bxd5 e4 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Kg2 Be6 22.Bxe6 Rxe6 23.dxe4 Rxe4 24.Qd5 Qe7 25.Rad1 Rc8 26.Rd2 c4 27.Rb1 c3 28.Rd3 Kh7 29.Rh1+ Kg7 30.a5 Rc5 31.Qd8 Qxd8 32.Rxd8 Re2 33.Rd7+ Kf6 34.Rxb7 Rxc2 35.Rxa7 Rb2 36.Ra6+ Kg7 37.Ra7+ Kf6 38.Ra6+ Ke5 39.Re1+ Kd5 40.b4 Rxb4 41.Rd1+ Kc4 42.Rb6 c2 43.Rc1 Rxb6 44.axb6 Kb5 45.b7 1-0
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Kaplan, Avi Harrison"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[ECO "A01"]
[PlyCount "89"]
1.b3 d6 2.Bb2 e5 3.e4 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.g3 Nf6 6.d3 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9.Nbd2 Re8 10.a4 h6 11.h3 Kh7 12.Nh2 d5 13.Ng4 Nxg4 14.exd5 Nb4 15.hxg4 Nxd5 16.g5 hxg5 17.Ne4 f5 18.Nxg5+ Qxg5 19.Bxd5 e4 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Kg2 Be6 22.Bxe6 Rxe6 23.dxe4 Rxe4 24.Qd5 Qe7 25.Rad1 Rc8 26.Rd2 c4 27.Rb1 c3 28.Rd3 Kh7 29.Rh1+ Kg7 30.a5 Rc5 31.Qd8 Qxd8 32.Rxd8 Re2 33.Rd7+ Kf6 34.Rxb7 Rxc2 35.Rxa7 Rb2 36.Ra6+ Kg7 37.Ra7+ Kf6 38.Ra6+ Ke5 39.Re1+ Kd5 40.b4 Rxb4 41.Rd1+ Kc4 42.Rb6 c2 43.Rc1 Rxb6 44.axb6 Kb5 45.b7 1-0
[Event "Titled Tue 4th Feb Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Kaplan, Avi Harrison"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[EventDate "2025.02.04"]
[WhiteFideId "436224"]
[BlackFideId "30934559"]
1. b3 d6 2. Bb2 e5 3. e4 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Nf6 6. d3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. a4 h6 11. h3 Kh7 12. Nh2 d5 13. Ng4 Nxg4 14. exd5 Nb4
15. hxg4 Nxd5 16. g5 hxg5 17. Ne4 f5 18. Nxg5+ Qxg5 19. Bxd5 e4 20. Bxg7
Kxg7 21. Kg2 Be6 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. dxe4 Rxe4 24. Qd5 Qe7 25. Rad1 Rc8 26.
Rd2 c4 27. Rb1 c3 28. Rd3 Kh7 29. Rh1+ Kg7 30. a5 Rc5 31. Qd8 Qxd8 32. Rxd8
Re2 33. Rd7+ Kf6 34. Rxb7 Rxc2 35. Rxa7 Rb2 36. Ra6+ Kg7 37. Ra7+ Kf6 38.
Ra6+ Ke5 39. Re1+ Kd5 40. b4 Rxb4 41. Rd1+ Kc4 42. Rb6 c2 43. Rc1 Rxb6 44.
axb6 Kb5 45. b7 1-0