[Event "Titled Tue 1st Oct Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kshatriya, Nitin Vekhande"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2133"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[ECO "C68"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d4 exd4 6.Qxd4 Qxd4 7.Nxd4 Bc5 8.Be3 Nf6 9.f3 Bd7 10.Nd2 O-O-O 11.O-O-O Rhe8 12.N2b3 Bf8 13.Bg5 Be7 14.c3 h6 15.Be3 b6 16.Rhe1 a5 17.Ne2 c5 18.Nf4 Bc6 19.Rxd8+ Rxd8 20.Rd1 Rxd1+ 21.Kxd1 Bd6 22.h4 Nd7 23.Nd2 Ne5 24.Kc2 Be7 25.Bf2 Bd7 26.Nd3 Nxd3 27.Kxd3 Be6 28.a3 Kd7 29.f4 g6 30.Nf3 Bd6 31.Be3 Kc6 32.Nh2 h5 33.Nf1 b5 34.g3 Bc4+ 35.Kd2 Bxf1 36.b3 Bh3 37.e5 Be7 38.c4 Be6 39.Kd3 f6 40.a4 bxa4 41.bxa4 Bf5+ 42.Ke2 fxe5 43.fxe5 Bd8 44.Bd2 Kb6 45.Ke3 c6 46.Kf4 Be6 47.Bc3 Bxc4 48.g4 Be6 49.gxh5 gxh5 50.Kg3 c4 51.Be1 c5 52.Kf4 Kc6 53.Ke4 Bc7 54.Bc3 Kd7 55.Be1 Ke7 56.Bc3 Kf7 57.Be1 Kg6 58.Bc3 Bf5+ 59.Kf4 Bd3 60.Be1 Bd8 61.Bc3 Kf7 62.Be1 Ke6 63.Bc3 Bc2 64.Be1 Bxa4 65.Bc3 Bc2 66.Ba1 a4 67.Bc3 a3 68.Ba1 a2 69.Bc3 Bxh4 70.Ba1 Bf2 71.Kf3 Bd4 0-1