WORLDBASE Player / Joueur CM Nikhil, M
GameID: 0
106 games / 106 parties
2025.07.23 Serbia Open 2025
2587 Nikhil, M (2261) Batbaatar, Baatar (2163) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. h3 Be6 9. Qd2 b5 10. a3 h5 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. f4 Qc7 14. Rf2 Qb8 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Nd4 Rxc3 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Qxc3 Nxe4 19. Qb3 Nxf2 20. Bxf2 d5 21. a4 O-O 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ra6 Qc8 24. Qxb5 Qxc2 25. Rxe6 Rxf2 26. Rxe7 Qxe2 27. Qxd5+ Kh7 28. Rxe5 Rxg2+ 29. Qxg2 Qxe5 30. Qc2+ Kh6 31. Qc3 Qg5+ 32. Kf2 Qh4+ 33. Kg2 Qe4+ 34. Kf2 Qh4+ 35. Kg2 Qe4+ 36. Kf2 Qh4+ 1/2-1/2
2025.07.22 Serbia Open 2025
2499 Vaidyanathan, Kannan (2135) Nikhil, M (2261) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. a4 axb5 9. Bxb5 Na6 10. O-O d6 11. e4 Nb4 12. Bf4 Ba6 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Rfc1 Nd7 15. Rab1 Qa5 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Qxa6 Rxa6 18. Bg5 Re8 19. b3 Nd3 20. Rc2 Nb4 21. Rcc1 h6 22. Bd2 Rc8 23. Nb5 Nd3 24. Rc2 c4 25. a5 c3 26. b4 Rb8 27. Nxc3 Rxb4 28. Rxb4 Nxb4 29. Rb2 Nd3 30. Rb5 N7c5 31. Kf1 g5 32. Ke2 Bxc3 33. Bxc3 Nf4+ 34. Ke3 Nxg2+ 35. Kd4 Nf4 36. Rb8+ Kh7 37. Kc4 Nxe4 38. Bb4 Nc5 39. Bxc5 Rxa5 40. Bb4 Rxd5 41. Rb7 Rf5 42. Nd4 Re5 43. f3 Ng6 44. Kd3 Nf4+ 45. Kc4 Ng6 46. Kd3 Kg7 47. Bc3 Nf4+ 48. Kd2 Kg6 49. Nc6 Re2+ 50. Kd1 Re3 51. Nxe7+ Kh5 52. Bd2 Rxf3 53. Bxf4 Rxf4 54. Rd7 Rf1+ 55. Ke2 Rh1 56. Rxd6 Rxh2+ 57. Kf3 g4+ 58. Kg3 Rh3+ 59. Kg2 Kg5 60. Ra6 Rf3 61. Ra5+ f5 62. Ra6 Re3 63. Rg6+ Kh5 64. Rxh6+ Kxh6 65. Nxf5+ Kg5 66. Nxe3 g3 67. Kxg3 1/2-1/2
2025.07.21 Serbia Open 2025
2416 Nikhil, M (2261) Mihopoulos, K (2080) 1-0
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. Qd4 Qxc5 10. Qxc5 Bxc5 11. Ne5 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bxc6 Rb8 14. Bb5 e5 15. Bxc4 Bh3 16. Rd1 h6 17. b3 Bd4 18. Bb2 Rfd8 19. e3 Bb6 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rd1 Rc8 22. Nd5 Bg4 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. Rd6 Bd8 25. Bd5 Be7 26. Rc6 Rd8 27. e4 Bh3 28. f4 exf4 29. Bxf6 Bxf6 30. Rxf6 fxg3 31. Rg6+ Kh7 32. Rxg3 Be6 33. Rd3 Kg6 34. Kf2 Kf6 35. Ke3 Rg8 36. Kd4 Ke7 37. Rg3 Rd8 38. Rc3 f5 39. Rc7+ Kf6 40. Rc6 Re8 41. Bxe6 Rxe6 42. Rxe6+ Kxe6 43. exf5+ Kxf5 44. b4 Kg4 45. b5 Kh3 46. a4 Kxh2 47. a5 h5 48. b6 axb6 49. axb6 h4 50. b7 h3 51. b8=Q+ Kg2 52. Qb2+ Kg1 53. Ke3 1-0
2025.07.20 Serbia Open 2025
2305 Durucay, Uygar (2125) Nikhil, M (2261) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. c3 e5 8. h3 Qe8 9. O-O a6 10. a4 b6 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Qc2 Kh8 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Bf4 Qe7 16. e4 Nh5 17. Be3 Qh4 18. Bd3 Rae8 19. Nf3 Qe7 20. Bg5 Bf6 21. Bh6 Bg7 22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 23. Re3 Nf4 24. Rae1 Qd7 25. Bf1 f6 26. b4 Re7 27. Kh2 Rfe8 28. g3 Ne6 29. Bg2 Nd8 30. c4 a5 31. bxa5 bxa5 32. Nd4 Nc6 33. Nb5 Re5 34. Rd1 Nb4 35. Qe2 Bc6 36. h4 Rc5 37. Rd4 Qe7 38. Nc3 Qe5 39. Rd2 Qe6 40. Rd4 Bd7 41. f4 Qg4 42. Qf2 Nc6 43. Rd2 Rxc4 44. Nd5 Nb4 45. Rc3 Rxc3 46. Nxc3 Qe6 47. Qa7 Qc4 48. Nb5 Bxb5 49. axb5 Re7 50. Qxa5 Qc3 51. Rf2 Nd5 52. Qa7 Nb6 53. Qa2 Qc5 54. Rb2 Qh5 55. Qb3 Nd7 56. Qc3 Qc5 57. Qd3 Qb6 58. Qc4 Qc5 59. Qd3 Qb6 60. Qc4 Nc5 61. Qd5 Re8 62. h5 Qb8 63. Qc6 Na4 64. Qd7+ Kh6 65. Ra2 Nc5 66. Qc6 Qc8 67. Bf3 Qe6 68. Ra7 Re7 69. Rxc7 Qa2+ 70. Bg2 Rxc7 71. Qxc7 Nxe4 72. hxg6 Kxg6 73. Qd8 f5 74. Qe8+ Kg7 75. Qd7+ Kg6 76. g4 Nf6 77. Qxf5+ Kg7 78. g5 Nh5 79. Qd7+ Kg6 80. Qe8+ 1-0
2025.07.18 Serbia Open 2025
9622 Nikhil, M (2261) Ivanovic, Leonid (2112) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Kb1 h6 11. Bh4 b5 12. Qe1 b4 13. e5 bxc3 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Rxd6 Bb7 18. Rb6 Bd5 19. Qxc3 Qxc3 20. bxc3 Kd7 21. c4 Kc7 22. Rb3 Bc6 23. Rg1 a5 24. a3 a4 25. Rb4 g5 26. fxg5 hxg5 27. h3 Rh4 28. Bd3 Kd6 29. Rd1 Kc5 30. Rf1 Rf4 31. Re1 g4 32. Re5+ Kd4 33. Rg5 f5 34. hxg4 Rxg4 35. c5+ Ke3 36. Rbxg4 fxg4 37. Rxg4 e5 38. Rg6 Bd5 39. g4 e4 40. Bb5 Kd4 41. Ra6 Rb8 42. Rb6 Rg8 43. Be2 Kxc5 44. Rb4 Rh8 45. Kc1 e3 46. Rb5+ Kd4 47. c3+ Ke4 48. Rb4+ Ke5 49. Rb5 Ke4 50. c4 Rh1+ 51. Kc2 Rh2 52. Kd1 Rxe2 53. cxd5 Ra2 54. d6 Rxa3 55. Ke2 Ra2+ 56. Ke1 Rd2 57. Ra5 Kf3 58. Rf5+ Kxg4 59. Ra5 Kf4 60. Rxa4+ Kf3 61. d7 Rxd7 62. Ra8 Rf7 63. Rb8 e2 64. Rb3+ Kg2 65. Kxe2 1/2-1/2
2025.07.17 Serbia Open 2025
9528 Avetisyan, Mariam (2067) Nikhil, M (2261) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Nf6 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. e3 Be6 9. g3 Qd7 10. Bg2 h5 11. Rc1 c4 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Bb4+ 14. Ned2 h4 15. O-O hxg3 16. fxg3 Nxd4 17. Nxc4 Bc5 18. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 19. Kh1 Ke7 20. Rf4 Rad8 21. Qe1 Qc7 22. Ne3 Qb6 23. Nf5+ Kf8 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. Nxd4 Qxd4 26. Qc3 Qxc3 27. Rxc3 Rh5 28. Rc7 b6 29. Rxa7 Rc5 30. Be4 Bh3 31. Kg1 Rc4 32. Bd5 Rc1+ 33. Kf2 Be6 34. Bxe6 Rc2+ 35. Kf3 fxe6 36. h4 Rxb2 37. Kg4 Rb5 38. a4 Re5 39. h5 Ra5 40. Rxa5 bxa5 41. Kf4 Kg7 42. g4 Kh6 43. Kf3 Kg5 44. Ke4 f5+ 45. gxf5 exf5+ 46. Ke5 f4 47. h6 Kxh6 1/2-1/2
2025.07.16 Serbia Open 2025
9426 Nikhil, M (2261) Unsal, Gorkem (2109) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Re1 a6 7. Bf1 d6 8. h3 g6 9. d3 Bg7 10. Bg5 Be6 11. g3 Qd7 12. Kh2 h6 13. Be3 g5 14. Bxd4 cxd4 15. Ne2 g4 16. Nfxd4 gxh3 17. f3 Bg4 18. Ng1 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Ng4+ 20. Kxh3 Bxd4 21. Qxg4 Qxg4+ 22. Kxg4 Bxg1 23. Kf3 Bd4 24. c3 Bf6 25. Bh3 e6 26. Rf1 Ke7 27. Rf2 Rag8 28. Raf1 h5 29. d4 Rh6 30. Kg2 Rhg6 31. Rf3 h4 32. g4 R8g7 33. Kf2 Bg5 34. Ke2 Rf6 35. Kd3 Rxf3+ 36. Rxf3 e5 37. d5 Rg8 38. Rf2 Rc8 39. Rc2 b5 40. b4 Kd7 41. a4 Kc7 42. Bf1 Kb7 43. Ra2 Rh8 44. Bh3 Rh6 45. axb5 axb5 46. Rf2 Rf6 47. Rf5 Rxf5 48. gxf5 Kc7 49. Bf1 Kb6 50. Ke2 f6 51. Kd3 Bf4 52. c4 bxc4+ 53. Kxc4 Bd2 54. Bg2 Be1 55. Bf1 Bd2 56. Bg2 1/2-1/2
2025.07.15 Serbia Open 2025
9285 Ioannidis, Ev (2490) Nikhil, M (2261) 1-0
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. dxc5 d4 7. Na4 Bxc5 8. Nxc5 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qxc5 10. b4 Qb6 11. Qa4 a6 12. e3 dxe3 13. fxe3 Bd7 14. b5 Nce7 15. Qa3 Nf6 16. bxa6 bxa6 17. Bc4 Be6 18. Ba5 Qc6 19. Be2 Qe4 20. O-O Nfd5 21. Bd2 O-O 22. Rac1 Rfc8 23. Rxc8+ Nxc8 24. Bd3 Qg4 25. Qc5 Nf6 26. e4 Rb8 27. Qc7 Nd7 28. Ne5 1-0
2025.07.14 Serbia Open 2025
9243 Nikhil, M (2261) Garabetyan, A (2030) 1-0
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. b3 e6 4. Bb2 Be7 5. c4 b6 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O dxc4 9. bxc4 c5 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Nc3 Rad8 13. Rac1 Qb8 14. Ne1 Rd7 15. f4 Rfd8 16. g4 Nb4 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. d3 Bf8 19. a3 Nc6 20. g5 Ne8 21. h4 Nd6 22. h5 Re8 23. Nf3 e5 24. fxe5 Nxe5 25. Nd5 Nxf3+ 26. Qxf3 Re6 27. a4 Ne8 28. Rc2 Bd6 29. Rg2 Be5 30. Bxe5 Rxe5 31. e4 Qc6 32. Rf1 Qd6 33. Rff2 Re6 34. Nf4 Re5 35. Qg4 f6 36. gxf6 Nxf6 37. Qf3 h6 38. Ng6 Rxh5 39. e5 Qxd3 40. Qxh5 1-0
2025.05.27 Titled Tue 27th May Late
73241 Povshednyi, Ivan (2320) Nikhil, M (2261) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. h3 Ne8 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Nge2 Nd7 11. O-O Ndf6 12. Qc2 h6 13. Rae1 Be6 14. Bxd6 Nxd6 15. f3 Rc8 16. Nf4 c5 17. dxc5 Rxc5 18. Qf2 Nc4 19. Rd1 Qb6 20. Na4 Qc6 21. Nxc5 Qxc5 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. e4 Qe5 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Qd4 Qg3 26. Qxc4 Re8 27. Qd4 Nh5 28. Qf2 Qe5 29. f4 Qxe4 30. Qf3 Qe3+ 31. Qxe3 1-0
2025.05.27 Titled Tue 27th May Late
73421 Nikhil, M (2261) Martin Fuentes, A (2376) 0-1
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 c5 3. c4 d6 4. b3 g6 5. Bb2 Bg7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O Bd7 9. Nc3 Qc8 10. d4 cxd4 11. exd4 Bh3 12. Re1 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Re8 14. Rc1 a6 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nf4 Nd7 17. Qd2 Rc8 18. Nd3 Nb6 19. d5 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Nb8 21. Re4 N8d7 22. Rce1 Nf6 23. Rh4 Nbd7 24. Qd2 b5 25. Qh6 bxc4 26. bxc4 Nf8 27. Ng5 Qa5 28. Ne4 Nxe4 29. Rexe4 Qc3 30. Nf4 Rxc4 31. Nxg6 Rxe4 32. Rxe4 fxg6 0-1
2025.05.27 Titled Tue 27th May Late
73719 Schulz, M1 (2069) Nikhil, M (2261) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 g5 4. Bg3 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. h4 g4 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. exd4 Bf5 9. Bb5+ Nc6 10. Nge2 Nf6 11. Be5 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Ng3 Bd7 14. Qd2 Qb6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. O-O Qxd4 17. Qxh6 Bg7 18. Qg5 Qf6 19. Rfe1 Qxg5 20. hxg5 e6 21. Na4 Rfc8 22. Nc5 Be8 23. c3 a5 24. g6 e5 25. gxf7+ Kxf7 26. Nf5 Bf8 27. Nd3 e4 28. Nf4 Bd7 29. Ne3 Bd6 30. Ne2 Rab8 31. b3 Be5 32. g3 a4 33. b4 Be6 34. a3 c5 35. Rad1 cxb4 36. cxb4 Bb2 37. Nxd5 Bxa3 38. Nef4 Bxd5 39. Rxd5 Rc1 40. Rxc1 Bxc1 41. b5 a3 42. Rd7+ Kf6 43. b6 Bxf4 44. gxf4 Rxb6 45. Ra7 Rb3 46. Ra5 e3 47. fxe3 Rxe3 48. Kg2 Rf3 49. f5 Ke7 50. Ra4 Rb3 51. Rxg4 Kf6 52. Rf4 a2 53. Ra4 Rb2+ 54. Kf3 Kxf5 55. Ra5+ Ke6 56. Ke4 Kd6 57. Kd4 Kc6 58. Kc3 Rh2 59. Kb3 Rh5 60. Rxa2 1-0
2025.04.15 Titled Tue 15th Apr Early
117105 Nikhil, M (2261) Cernov, Henrik (2312) 1-0
1. d4 d6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 Qxd1 10. Rfxd1 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 Bd8 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Ne4 Bxd5 15. cxd5 Nd4 16. e3 Nf5 17. Nc5 Nd6 18. Rac1 Re8 19. e4 Kg7 20. f3 h5 21. h4 g5 22. hxg5 Bxg5 23. Rc3 Nb5 24. Rcd3 b6 25. Na6 Bd8 26. Bh3 Nd4 27. Bd7 Rh8 28. f4 f6 29. fxe5 fxe5 30. Bc6 Nxc6 31. dxc6 h4 32. Kg2 Bf6 33. Rd7+ Kg6 34. Nxc7 Rac8 35. R1d6 hxg3 36. Nd5 Rcf8 37. Kxg3 Kg5 38. c7 Rhg8 39. Nxf6 Rxf6 40. Rd8 Rxd6 41. Rxg8+ Kf6 42. c8=Q Rd3+ 43. Kg4 1-0
2025.04.15 Titled Tue 15th Apr Early
117339 Sakmak, Kutay (2158) Nikhil, M (2261) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d4 Nc6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Bb5 cxd4 8. cxd4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bf4 Re8 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Qe2 e5 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. Rad1 Qe6 18. Rd2 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qd3 Bg5 21. Rdd1 Be7 22. Qa6 Rec8 23. Rd3 Rc7 24. Rfd1 Rb8 25. Ne2 Rxb2 26. R3d2 Rcb7 27. Rxb2 Rxb2 28. Ng3 Qxa2 29. Qc8+ Bf8 30. Rf1 Rb1 31. h4 Rxf1+ 32. Nxf1 Qc4 33. Ng3 a5 34. Nf5 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Qf4+ 36. Kg1 Qxe4 37. Ne7+ Kf7 38. Nxc6 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 Qxf2 40. Nd8+ Kg8 41. Qe6+ Kh7 42. Kh3 Qf6 43. Qd7 Be7 44. Ne6 Qxh4# 0-1
2025.04.15 Titled Tue 15th Apr Early
117475 Yeletsky, Ivan (2469) Nikhil, M (2261) 1-0
1. Nc3 Nc6 2. e4 e5 3. f4 d6 4. Bc4 Be7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 Na5 8. Bb3 Nxb3 9. axb3 exf4 10. Bxf4 c6 11. Qd2 a5 12. Kh1 b5 13. Ne2 Nd7 14. Ned4 Qc7 15. Nf5 Ne5 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Qc3 f6 19. Qxc6 Bd7 20. Qd5+ Kh8 21. d4 exd4 22. Nxd4 b4 23. Rxa5 Rxa5 24. Qxa5 Qxe4 25. Qxb4 Re8 26. Qd2 Bc8 27. c3 Bb7 28. Kg1 h5 29. Qf2 Qg4 30. h3 Qg6 31. Kh2 Re5 32. Nf3 Re4 33. Qg3 Qf7 34. Ng5 Qe8 35. Nxe4 Qxe4 36. Re1 Qd5 37. Re7 g6 38. Qb8+ 1-0
2025.04.15 Titled Tue 15th Apr Early
117824 Nikhil, M (2261) Lie, Es (2457) 0-1
1. e4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. O-O Nxe4 7. Nxe4 d5 8. Bxd5 Qxd5 9. Re1 Bg4 10. c3 Rd8 11. Bf4 Na6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 e6 14. Bg5 Rd7 15. Bf6 Qf5 16. Qxf5 gxf5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Ng5 c5 19. Nf3 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Nc5 21. Re2 a6 22. Rae1 Rc8 23. Rd1 Rcd8 24. Rc1 b5 25. f3 Kf6 26. Rce1 Nd3 27. Rd1 Nf4 28. Red2 e5 29. Nb3 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Rxd2 31. Nxd2 Nd3 32. b3 Nc1 33. a3 Ne2+ 34. Kf2 Nxc3 35. b4 Ke6 36. Nb3 Kd5 37. Nc5 a5 38. Nb7 a4 39. Nd8 Nb1 40. Ke3 Nxa3 41. Kd3 Nc4 42. Kc2 e4 43. fxe4+ fxe4 44. Nxf7 a3 45. Kb3 e3 46. Ng5 e2 47. Nf3 Nd2+ 48. Nxd2 e1=Q 0-1
2025.04.15 Titled Tue 15th Apr Early
117976 Nikhil, M (2261) Pereira, Fa PAR (2114) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. b3 O-O 5. Bb2 d6 6. e4 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O Qc7 9. c4 e5 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Rfe1 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Bf1 a5 14. f3 Qb6 15. Kh1 Nh5 16. Rad1 a4 17. Bc3 axb3 18. axb3 Nf4 19. g3 Nh3 20. Kg2 h5 21. Rb1 Ng5 22. Kh1 Bh3 23. Bxh3 Nxh3 24. Kg2 Ng5 25. h4 Nh7 26. Ne2 Nf6 27. b4 Na4 28. Ba1 Qc7 29. Nf4 Nd7 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Ra1 Nab6 32. Qc3+ Kg8 33. Qd4 Ne5 34. c5 dxc5 35. bxc5 Nbd7 36. Nc4 Nxc4 37. Qxc4 Ne5 38. Qb3 Ra5 39. Rxa5 Qxa5 40. Rc1 Qd2+ 41. Kh3 Qxc1 0-1
2025.04.15 Titled Tue 15th Apr Early
118132 Goncharov, Vladimir (2077) Nikhil, M (2261) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. c5 a4 11. a3 Ba5 12. cxb6 Bxb6 13. Nc3 Bc6 14. e3 d6 15. Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Ba5 17. Nde4 Qf5 18. Qxa4 Ra6 19. Qd1 Bxc3 20. Nxc3 Nd7 21. b4 e5 22. Nd5 exd4 23. Ne7+ 1-0
2025.04.15 Titled Tue 15th Apr Early
118377 Nikhil, M (2261) Zepeda Berlanga, Jan Enrique (1961) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Ngf3 e6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 Bd6 9. c3 O-O 10. Re1 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Bxg3 13. hxg3 Ne7 14. Bxd7 Nxd7 15. g4 Ng6 16. g3 Qb6 17. Rb1 Rae8 18. Kg2 Qc7 19. Rh1 Kg7 20. Qa4 a6 21. Rbe1 f5 22. gxf5 Rxf5 23. Re3 Qd6 24. Rhe1 Rf6 25. Ne5 Re7 26. Qc2 Ndf8 27. Ng4 Rf5 28. Rh1 Ref7 29. f3 Nh7 30. Nxh6 R7f6 31. Nxf5+ Rxf5 32. Qb3 Nf6 33. Qxb7+ Ne7 34. g4 Rf4 35. Re5 Kg6 36. Nf1 Nd7 37. Re2 e5 38. Ng3 exd4 39. Rh6+ Kg7 40. Rxd6 1-0
2025.04.15 Titled Tue 15th Apr Early
118513 Rueda Rojas, Richard Alejandro (2022) Nikhil, M (2261) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 Be7 9. Nc3 d6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. e4 e5 12. d5 h6 13. Rfe1 Nh7 14. b4 Ng5 15. Nxg5 Bxg5 16. f4 exf4 17. gxf4 Bh4 18. Rf1 Qf6 19. Nb5 axb4 20. Bxb4 Qd8 21. Kh1 Ba6 22. Nd4 Bf6 23. Nc6 Qc8 24. e5 dxe5 25. fxe5 Nxe5 26. Rxf6 Nxc6 27. Rxc6 Qg4 28. Bxf8 Rxf8 29. Rxc7 Qf4 30. Rc6 Re8 31. Rf1 Qd4 32. Qf2 Qxf2 33. Rxf2 Bb7 34. Rxb6 Bc8 35. d6 Re3 36. Rb8 1-0
2025.04.15 Titled Tue 15th Apr Early
118679 Nikhil, M (2261) Annaberdiyev, B (2208) 1-0
1. b3 e6 2. Bb2 d5 3. e3 f5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. c4 Bd6 6. Be2 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc1 Qe7 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. f4 a5 11. d3 Bc5 12. Ba3 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Nd7 14. d4 Bxa3 15. Qxa3 Qg5 16. Rf3 f4 17. Qd6 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Nb6 19. Bxe6+ Bxe6 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21. exf4 Rxf4 22. Nd2 Rxd4 23. Raf1 Rdd8 24. Ne4 Qh5 25. Nd6 h6 26. Rh3 1-0
2025.04.15 Titled Tue 15th Apr Early
118856 Belov, Alexe (2421) Nikhil, M (2261) 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be3 Bg7 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nbd7 9. e5 Qb6 10. O-O-O Ng8 11. g4 d5 12. f5 O-O-O 13. fxg6 fxg6 14. Qf7 Bf8 15. g5 Qa5 16. e6 Nb6 17. Bf4 Na4 18. Nxa4 Qxa4 19. Kb1 Nf6 20. gxf6 1-0
2025.04.08 Titled Tue 8th Apr Early
123544 Waldhausen Gordon, Frederick (2407) Nikhil, M (2261) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nbd2 e6 7. Be2 Bd6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Ne5 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Nbd7 11. f4 O-O 12. O-O-O c5 13. g4 cxd4 14. exd4 Rfc8 15. g5 Ne8 16. Kb1 Nb6 17. Qd3 Qb4 18. a3 Qa4 19. Nb3 Nd6 20. Nc5 Qe8 21. b3 Rab8 22. Kb2 Rc7 23. h4 Rbc8 24. h5 Nf5 25. g6 fxg6 26. hxg6 h6 27. Rh2 Nxd4 28. Qxd4 Rxc5 29. Nf7 Qb5 30. Rc1 Nc4+ 31. Ka2 Nxa3 32. Kxa3 Qa6+ 33. Kb2 Ra5 34. Rb1 Ra2+ 35. Kc1 Qf1+ 36. Qd1 Qxf4+ 37. Rd2 Rcxc2+ 38. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 39. Kxc2 Qe4+ 40. Kb2 Qxg6 41. Ne5 Qf6 42. Re1 Qf4 43. Rde2 Kh7 44. Nd3 Qd4+ 45. Kc2 b5 46. Rxe6 b4 47. Kd2 Qc3+ 48. Ke3 Qxb3 49. Ra1 d4+ 50. Kxd4 Qxe6 51. Rxa7 Qb6+ 0-1
2025.04.08 Titled Tue 8th Apr Early
123837 Arakelyan, Manvel (2326) Nikhil, M (2261) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nc3 d5 7. e5 Nge7 8. Bd3 Qb6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Be3 h6 11. Rc1 g5 12. h3 Bg7 13. Na4 Qa7 14. Nc5 b6 15. Nb3 a5 16. Nh2 Nb4 17. Bb1 a4 18. Nd2 Bb5 19. Re1 Nd3 20. Bxd3 Bxd3 21. f4 gxf4 22. Bxf4 O-O 23. Ng4 Nf5 24. Nf3 Be4 25. Nh4 Nxh4 26. Nxh6+ Bxh6 27. Bxh6 Rfc8 28. Qh5 Ng6 29. Bg5 b5 30. Rcd1 Rc2 31. Rxe4 dxe4 32. Qh6 Qb8 33. Re1 Qf8 34. Qh5 Qg7 35. Rxe4 Rac8 36. Bf6 Qh7 37. Qf3 Rxb2 38. Rg4 Rc1+ 39. Kh2 Rcc2 40. d5 Rxg2+ 41. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 42. Qxg2 exd5 43. Kg1 Qh5 44. Qc2 Qxh3 45. Qc7 Qg4+ 46. Kf2 Qf4+ 47. Ke2 Qe4+ 48. Kd2 Qd4+ 49. Kc2 Qc4+ 50. Qxc4 dxc4 51. Kc3 Nf8 52. Kb4 Nd7 53. Bg5 Nxe5 54. Kxb5 f5 55. Kxa4 Kf7 56. Kb4 Ke6 57. a4 Kd5 58. a5 Nc6+ 59. Kb5 c3 60. a6 c2 61. Kb6 Kd6 62. Bf4+ Kd7 63. Bg5 Kd6 64. Bh6 Kd7 65. Bf4 Ne7 66. Bc1 Nc8+ 67. Kb7 Kd8 68. Bg5+ Kd7 69. Bf4 Nd6+ 70. Kb8 Nb5 71. Bc1 Kc6 72. Be3 f4 73. Bxf4 Kb6 74. a7 Nxa7 75. Be3+ Kb5 76. Kxa7 Kc4 77. Kb6 Kb3 78. Bh6 Kb2 79. Kc5 Kb1 80. Kb4 c1=Q 81. Bxc1 1/2-1/2
2025.04.08 Titled Tue 8th Apr Early
124068 Nikhil, M (2261) Gorovets, A (2461) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Be3 Nh6 10. f3 Bd7 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. Kb1 Rhe8 13. Rd2 f6 14. Rhd1 Nf7 15. Nb3 b6 16. Nd4 c5 17. Nde2 f5 18. Bf2 Be6 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Nf4 Bc8 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. fxe4 Kd7 25. Nd3 Nd6 26. e5 Ne4 27. c4 Ke6 28. Bh4 Bxe5 29. Nxe5 Kxe5 30. Kc2 g5 31. Be1 Kd4 32. b3 Ke3 33. Kd1 Nf2+ 34. Kc2 Ne4 35. Kd1 Kd3 36. g4 c6 37. h4 h6 38. a3 b5 39. cxb5 cxb5 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. Ba5 Ke3 42. Kc2 Kf3 43. Kd3 Nf2+ 44. Kc2 Nxg4 45. Bb6 Ne3+ 46. Kd3 c4+ 47. bxc4 Nxc4 48. Bc5 Nb2+ 49. Kc2 Na4 50. Bd6 g4 51. Kb3 Nb6 52. Kb4 Nc4 53. Bc7 Nxa3 54. Kxa3 g3 55. Kb4 g2 56. Bb6 Ke2 57. Ka5 Kf1 58. Kxa6 b4 59. Kb5 b3 60. Kc4 b2 61. Kc3 b1=Q 0-1
2025.04.08 Titled Tue 8th Apr Early
124135 Nikhil, M (2261) Vaganian, R (2449) 0-1
1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. e3 Bf5 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Bxe7 Qxb3 12. axb3 Kxe7 13. Kd2 a6 14. f3 Be6 15. Bd3 h5 16. Na4 h4 17. b4 g5 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. bxc5 f5 20. f4 Rag8 21. Rhg1 gxf4 22. exf4 Rg4 23. Raf1 Rhg8 24. Rf2 Kf6 25. Ke3 Bd7 26. Kf3 R4g7 27. Re1 Be8 28. Re5 Bh5+ 29. Ke3 Bg6 30. Re2 Bh7 31. Kf3 Bg6 32. Re6+ Kf7 33. Re7+ Kf8 34. Re8+ Bxe8 35. Re5 Rxg2 36. Ke3 Rxh2 37. Rxf5+ Ke7 0-1
2025.04.08 Titled Tue 8th Apr Early
124387 Goryachkina, A (2544) Nikhil, M (2261) 1-0
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 Bxc3 5. bxc3 d6 6. d3 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. O-O Qd7 10. Qc2 h6 11. Nh4 Ne7 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Nh7 14. Be3 Bh3 15. Rf2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Ng6 17. Nf5 Ne5 18. Qe2 b5 19. cxb5 Qxb5 20. c4 Qb7 21. Raf1 Rae8 22. Bd4 Re6 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Qg4 g5 25. h4 Qb6 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Rh1 Rg6 28. Qh5 1-0
2025.04.08 Titled Tue 8th Apr Early
124606 Nikhil, M (2261) Bokros, A (2377) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 d6 4. c4 e5 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. e4 Be7 7. Bd3 Nf8 8. O-O Ng6 9. a3 h6 10. b4 b6 11. bxc5 bxc5 12. a4 O-O 13. a5 a6 14. Bd2 Nh7 15. Na4 Ng5 16. Nxg5 Bxg5 17. Nb6 Ra7 18. Nxc8 Qxc8 19. Bxg5 hxg5 20. Be2 Rb7 21. Rb1 Qc7 22. Bg4 Rfb8 23. Rxb7 Rxb7 24. Qd2 Rb4 25. Rc1 Qxa5 26. Qxg5 Rxc4 27. Rb1 Rb4 28. Rd1 Rxe4 29. h4 Re1+ 30. Kh2 Rxd1 31. Bxd1 Qb4 32. Bg4 Qf4+ 33. Qxf4 Nxf4 34. Bd1 Nxd5 0-1
2025.04.08 Titled Tue 8th Apr Early
124901 Schindler, S (2226) Nikhil, M (2261) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bg5 Bb7 5. e3 e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O O-O 9. b4 a5 10. a3 axb4 11. axb4 d5 12. c5 bxc5 13. bxc5 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 dxe4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nd2 e5 18. Qa7 Bd5 19. Qxc7 exd4 20. exd4 e3 21. Nf3 exf2+ 22. Rxf2 Bxf3 23. Rxf3 Qe6 24. Bb5 Qe1+ 25. Rf1 Qe3+ 26. Kh1 Nf6 27. Qe5 Qb3 28. c6 Ng4 29. Qf5 Ne3 30. Qd3 Qxd3 31. Bxd3 Nxf1 32. Bxf1 Rd8 33. Bb5 Rxd4 34. h3 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Rc1 36. Kg3 Kf8 37. Kf4 Ke7 38. Ke5 Rc5+ 39. Kd4 Rxb5 40. Kc4 0-1
2025.04.08 Titled Tue 8th Apr Late
126254 Bestard Borras, M (2115) Nikhil, M (2261) 1-0
1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 f5 3. g4 fxg4 4. h3 gxh3 5. Nxh3 Nf6 6. Ng5 Nc6 7. Qd3 Ne7 8. Nxh7 Nxh7 9. Rxh7 Rxh7 10. Qxh7 d6 11. e3 c6 12. Bd3 Kd7 13. Nc3 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. O-O-O Kc7 16. Rg1 Bd7 17. Qh2 Rc8 18. e4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bc6 20. d5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Rg6 Kb8 23. Bxd6+ Ka8 24. Bxf8 Qxf8 25. Qg2 Qe7 26. Qxd5 Qe1+ 27. Qd1 Qxf2 28. Rxg7 a6 29. c3 Re8 30. Rg1 a5 31. Qd4 Qe2 32. Rd1 Re5 33. Qd8+ Ka7 34. Qd4+ Ka8 35. Qd3 Qh5 36. Rd2 Re1+ 37. Kc2 Qh1 38. Qd8+ Ka7 39. Qxa5+ 1-0
2025.04.08 Titled Tue 8th Apr Late
126423 Fuhrmann, Bahne (2244) Nikhil, M (2261) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Ne2 d6 6. Nbc3 e5 7. O-O c6 8. a4 Qc7 9. h3 Nbd7 10. f4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Re1 Nc5 13. b4 Ne6 14. Nb3 Nh5 15. Qd3 Qb6+ 16. Be3 Qxb4 17. Bd2 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 19. Kh2 Qd4 20. Rab1 Qxd3 21. cxd3 Rb8 22. a5 b5 23. e5 d5 24. g4 Nxf4 25. Bxf4 Be6 26. d4 Bf8 27. Rec1 a6 28. Na2 Rec8 29. Rc2 b4 30. Rcb2 c5 31. dxc5 Rxc5 32. Nxb4 Rxa5 33. Nc6 Rxb2 34. Rxb2 Ra4 35. Bg5 h6 36. Be7 Bxe7 37. Nxe7+ Kf8 38. Nxd5 Bxd5 39. Bxd5 Ra5 40. Rb8+ Kg7 41. Rd8 Rc5 42. Rd7 g5 43. Rxf7+ Kg6 44. Rd7 a5 45. Be4# 1-0
2025.04.01 Titled Tue 1st Apr Early
129297 Nikhil, M (2261) Krsnik Cohar, I (2362) 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 Nb4 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Ba4 Nd3+ 9. Kf1 Nf6 10. Bc2 Nxf2 11. Kxf2 Ng4+ 12. Kg1 Bxc2 13. Qxc2 Bd6 14. Qf5 Nf6 15. Bd2 O-O 16. g3 Re8 17. Kg2 Bb4 18. Ne5 Qe7 19. Rhf1 Rf8 20. Qg5 Qe6 21. Rf3 Bxc3 22. Bxc3 Ne4 23. Qf4 f6 24. Nd3 b6 25. Raf1 Rfe8 26. Nf2 Ng5 27. Ng4 h5 28. Nxf6+ gxf6 29. Qxf6 Nxf3 30. Qxf3 Qe4 31. Qxe4 Rxe4 32. Bd2 Rf8 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Kf3 Kf7 35. h3 Kg6 36. Be1 Kf5 37. Bf2 c5 38. dxc5 bxc5 39. b3 a5 40. Be1 a4 41. Bd2 axb3 42. a3 0-1
2025.04.01 Titled Tue 1st Apr Early
129773 Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (2632) Nikhil, M (2261) 1-0
1. e3 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. exd4 Nf6 4. c4 d5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Re8+ 9. Be3 c6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12. Qb3+ Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qxb4 Nf6 15. Rac1 Kg8 16. Bg5 Bd7 17. Ne5 Bf5 18. Qxb7 Rb8 19. Qxa7 Rxb2 20. Qf7+ Kh8 21. Rc7 Rg8 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. Nf7+ Kg7 24. Nxd8+ Kg6 25. Nc6 Kxg5 26. Ne7 Rg7 27. Nxd5 Rxc7 28. Nxc7 Rxa2 29. Nd5 Be6 30. Nc3 Rc2 31. Ne4+ Kg6 32. f3 Bd5 33. Nf2 Kf5 34. Rd1 Ke6 35. h4 f5 36. Nd3 Bc4 37. Nf4+ Kd6 38. Kh2 Be2 39. Nxe2 Rxe2 40. d5 f4 41. Rd4 Re7 42. Rxf4 Kxd5 43. g4 Rg7 44. Kg3 Ke5 45. h5 Ra7 46. Rf5+ Ke6 47. Kh4 Ra1 48. Kg5 Rh1 49. Kh6 Rg1 50. Kxh7 Rh1 51. Kg6 Rg1 52. h6 Rh1 53. h7 Ke7 54. Rh5 Rxh5 55. gxh5 Ke6 56. h8=Q 1-0
2025.04.01 Titled Tue 1st Apr Early
130217 Nikhil, M (2261) Panda, Sambit (2383) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Nbd2 Nxg5 5. Nxg5 e5 6. Ngf3 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8. N4f3 Bb7 9. e4 Be7 10. Bc4 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. c3 Na5 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Rad1 Bf8 15. Qd3 Nxc4 16. Nxc4 Bxe4 17. Qxd7 Qf6 18. Nfd2 Bc6 19. Qg4 Rad8 20. h4 g6 21. Ne3 Bh6 22. Rfe1 Bf4 23. Ndf1 h5 24. Qh3 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Bb8 26. Nd5 Qe5 27. Nfe3 b5 28. Qf3 Kg7 29. g3 c4 30. Rd4 Rd8 31. Rf4 Bxd5 32. Nxd5 Qxd5 33. Qe3 Bxf4 0-1
2025.04.01 Titled Tue 1st Apr Early
130875 Montano Vicente, Guadalupe (1970) Nikhil, M (2261) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Ne5 Bh5 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 Qxb3 7. axb3 f6 8. Nd3 Bg6 9. e3 Bxd3 10. Bxd3 e5 11. Nc3 Nd7 12. b4 Kf7 13. Bd2 Nh6 14. O-O g6 15. Ra4 Bg7 16. Rfa1 f5 17. Rxa7 Rxa7 18. Rxa7 Rb8 19. b5 exd4 20. exd4 cxb5 21. Bf4 Rd8 22. Rxb7 Bxd4 23. Bxh6 Ke6 24. Bg5 Rc8 25. Bxb5 Nxc5 26. Re7+ Kd6 27. Rxh7 Ne4 28. Bf4+ Kc5 29. Nxe4+ fxe4 30. Be2 Bxb2 31. Rc7+ Rxc7 32. Bxc7 d4 33. Kf1 d3 34. Bg4 Bc3 35. Bf4 Kc4 36. Bd1 Bd4 37. Bd2 Bc5 38. Ke1 Bd4 39. h3 Bc5 40. g3 Bd4 41. Bg4 Bc5 42. Be6+ Kd4 43. Bf7 Be7 44. Bxg6 Bd6 45. Bf5 Ba3 46. h4 Bb2 47. h5 Ke5 48. Bg4 Kf6 49. Bd1 Bc3 50. Bxc3+ Kg5 51. Kd2 Kf5 52. Ke3 Kg5 53. Bd2 Kf6 54. f3 Kf5 55. fxe4+ Ke6 56. Kxd3 Kf7 57. Ke3 Ke6 58. Kf3 Kf7 59. Bc2 Ke6 60. Bf4 Kf7 61. g4 Ke6 62. Bb3+ Ke7 63. g5 Kf8 64. h6 Ke7 65. Be5 Kd7 66. h7 Ke7 67. Kf4 Kd7 68. Kf5 Ke7 69. Bf6+ Kd7 70. h8=Q Kc6 71. Qc8+ Kb5 72. Qb7+ Kc5 73. Be7+ Kd4 74. Qd5+ Ke3 75. Bc5+ Ke2 76. Qc4+ Kf3 77. Qd3+ Kg2 78. Qe2+ Kg3 79. Qf2+ Kh3 80. Qf3+ Kh2 81. Bd6+ Kg1 82. Qe2 Kh1 83. Qh2# 1-0
2025.04.01 Titled Tue 1st Apr Early
130887 Nikhil, M (2261) Sobek, J (2189) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. g3 a6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d3 e5 5. Nc3 d6 6. f4 exf4 7. Bxf4 Nf6 8. Qd2 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Nf3 b5 11. e5 Nh5 12. exd6 Bxd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qg5 Nf6 15. Ne5 Bb7 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. dxe4 Qe6 19. e5 Rad8 20. exf6 1-0
2025.04.01 Titled Tue 1st Apr Early
131272 Nezamyatin, Ruslan (2070) Nikhil, M (2261) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 h6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. e3 c6 9. Qc2 Bg4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. Bd3 Qe7 12. O-O c5 13. Nb5 c4 14. Be2 Bxe5 15. Bxe5 Ne8 16. a4 Nc6 17. Bg3 a6 18. Nc3 g6 19. Bf3 Rd8 20. a5 Bf5 21. Qd1 h5 22. Nxd5 Qe6 23. Nc7 Nxc7 24. Bxc7 Rd7 25. Bf4 Nb4 26. Qd2 Bd3 27. Rfc1 Nd5 28. Be5 f6 29. Bg3 Rh7 30. h4 g5 31. b3 g4 32. Bd1 Rc8 33. bxc4 Bxc4 34. Ra4 Bb5 35. Raa1 Kg7 36. Bb3 Rxc1+ 37. Rxc1 Qd7 38. Rc5 Bc6 39. Bxd5 Bxd5 40. Rc7 Qxc7 41. Bxc7 Kg6 42. Bb6 Rd7 43. Qb4 Be4 44. Qf8 Rd5 45. Qg8+ Kh6 46. Qe8 f5 47. Qe6+ Kh7 48. Bc7 Rb5 49. Be5 1-0
2025.03.25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Early
135557 Nikhil, M (2261) Masague Artero, Guerau (2343) 1-0
1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 d6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rd1 Nbd7 9. Nf3 Re8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. O-O e4 12. Ng5 e3 13. fxe3 h6 14. Nge4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Qe7 16. Nd6 Rf8 17. Nxc8 Raxc8 18. Qxd7 Qxe3+ 19. Rf2 Qb6 20. Qf5 Rce8 21. e4 Re6 22. c5 Qb4 23. Qg4 Qxc5 24. Qe2 Rfe8 25. h3 Qb6 26. Rd7 Rf6 27. Bf3 Re5 28. Kg2 Qb4 29. a3 Qb3 30. Bg4 Rxf2+ 31. Qxf2 Rxe4 32. Rd8+ 1-0
2025.03.25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Early
135898 Germanovs, Georgijs (2255) Nikhil, M (2261) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. h3 a6 11. Bd3 Qb6 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Rxe4 Bf5 14. Rh4 Rad8 15. Nc3 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Be3 Bf6 18. Rf4 e5 19. dxe5 Rxd1+ 20. Nxd1 Qe6 21. exf6 h5 22. Nc3 Rd8 23. Re1 b5 24. a3 Qb3 25. Bb6 Rb8 26. Be3 Qxb2 27. Nd5 Qxa3 28. Ne7+ Kh7 29. g4 Be6 30. gxh5 g5 31. Rf3 Qc3 32. Rc1 Qd3 33. Rg3 g4 34. hxg4 Rd8 35. g5 Rg8 36. g6+ fxg6 37. hxg6+ Rxg6 38. Nxg6 b4 39. Rc7+ Kg8 40. Rg7# 1-0
2025.03.25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Early
136227 Perossa, Nicolas (2244) Nikhil, M (2261) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. O-O Nf6 7. a4 Nd7 8. Na3 e5 9. Nc4 Qe7 10. Bd2 b6 11. Bc3 Ba6 12. Nfd2 O-O 13. b3 Rad8 14. Qe2 Rfe8 15. Rae1 Nf8 16. f4 exf4 17. e5 Rd5 18. Nd6 Qxd6 19. exd6 Rxe2 20. Rxe2 Bxc3 21. Ne4 Be5 22. Rd1 Nd7 23. a5 b5 24. c4 Rd4 25. Nxc5 Nxc5 26. Rxe5 Nxd3 27. Re8+ Kg7 28. c5 b4 29. Rd8 Bb5 30. d7 a6 31. h3 h5 32. Kh2 h4 33. Rd2 Rd5 34. Re2 Nxc5 35. Re7 Kf6 36. Ree8 Rxd7 37. Rxd7 Nxd7 38. Rh8 g5 39. Rh6+ Ke7 40. Rh5 f6 41. Rh7+ Kd6 42. Kg1 Nc5 43. Rf7 Ke6 44. Rc7 Nxb3 45. Kf2 Nxa5 46. Ke1 b3 47. Kd2 Nc4+ 48. Kc3 b2 49. Kc2 a5 50. Kb1 a4 51. Ka2 a3 52. Rc8 Nd6 53. Rb8 Bc4+ 54. Kxa3 Bd5 55. Kxb2 Bxg2 56. Kc3 f3 57. Rb2 f2 58. Re2+ Ne4+ 59. Kd4 f1=Q 60. Ke3 Qf3+ 61. Kd4 c5+ 62. Kc4 Qc3+ 63. Kb5 Qb4+ 64. Kc6 Ke5 65. Kc7 Kd5 66. Rxg2 Qa5+ 67. Kd7 Qa7+ 68. Ke8 Ke6 69. Rxg5 Qe7# 0-1
2025.03.25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Early
136360 Nikhil, M (2261) Poormosavi, Seyed Kian (2363) 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Bg2 e6 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bf4 Be7 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Bf3 b5 15. h4 Ne8 16. g5 Nc7 17. h5 Ne6 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Be3 Nxg5 20. O-O-O Nxf3 21. exf3 Rxf3 22. Rdg1 Nf8 23. Ne2 Bd6 24. Nf4 Qf6 25. Nh3 Re8 26. Ng5 Rf5 27. Kb1 Rxe3 28. Qxe3 Bf4 29. Nh7 Nxh7 30. Qe8+ Nf8 31. Rg4 Bh6 32. Rhg1 Kh7 33. f4 Qxd4 34. Rxg6 Qd3+ 35. Ka1 Nxg6 36. Qxg6+ Kg8 37. Qe6+ Rf7 38. Qxh6 Qd1+ 39. Rxd1 gxh6 40. Rf1 Kg7 41. b4 Kg6 42. Kb2 Kf5 43. Kc3 Ke4 44. Re1+ Kf3 45. Kd4 Rxf4+ 46. Kc5 Rc4+ 47. Kd6 h5 48. Re8 h4 49. Re7 h3 50. Rxa7 h2 51. Rh7 Kg3 52. Rh8 Rh4 0-1
2025.03.25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Early
136561 Ghoreishi Amiri, Seyed Kian (2216) Nikhil, M (2261) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Qf3 Qxf3 6. Nxf3 Bg4 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nd4 10. Bd1 O-O-O 11. O-O h5 12. Nc3 h4 13. g4 e6 14. f4 Bd6 15. Be3 Kb8 16. Ne2 Bc7 17. c3 Nxe2+ 18. Bxe2 b6 19. a4 Rd7 20. a5 Rhd8 21. axb6 Bxb6 22. c4 Ng8 23. f5 e5 24. b4 Rc8 25. Rfb1 cxb4 26. Bxb6 axb6 27. Rxb4 Rd6 28. Rba4 Ne7 29. Ra8+ Kc7 30. R1a7+ Kd8 31. Rxc8+ Nxc8 32. Rxf7 Rd7 33. Rf8+ Kc7 34. g5 Ne7 35. f6 gxf6 36. gxf6 Ng6 37. Rg8 Nf4 38. Bg4 Rxd3 39. f7 Rg3+ 40. Kf1 Ne6 1-0
2025.03.25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Early
136786 Nikhil, M (2261) Pereira, Fa PAR (2114) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2 a6 9. a4 Nbd7 10. O-O Nh5 11. Nd2 Ne5 12. Bxh5 gxh5 13. h3 Qe7 14. Qxh5 Bd7 15. f4 Nd3 16. Nc4 b5 17. Nb6 Bd4+ 18. Kh2 Rb8 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. axb5 axb5 21. e5 dxe5 22. Ne4 exf4 23. Bxf4 Nxf4 24. Rxf4 O-O 25. Ra6 f5 26. Ng3 Be5 27. Rf3 Qg7 28. Re6 Kh8 29. h4 Rg8 30. Qxf5 Bxg3+ 31. Kh1 Ra8 0-1
2025.03.25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Early
137026 Logachiov, A (2129) Nikhil, M (2261) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 Be7 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bd2 d6 6. c4 Nb6 7. Qg4 g6 8. Bh6 Nc6 9. Nf3 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nb4 11. Na3 Nd3+ 12. Bxd3 Qxd3 13. Rd1 Bb4+ 14. Bd2 Bxd2+ 15. Rxd2 Qf5 16. Qg5 Qxg5 17. Nxg5 Bd7 18. O-O Ke7 19. Rfd1 Bc6 20. b3 h6 21. Nh3 g5 22. f3 Rad8 23. Nc2 Nd7 24. Re1 b6 25. Nf2 Bb7 26. a4 a5 27. b4 axb4 28. Nxb4 Nc5 29. Ra2 Rd4 30. Rc1 Ra8 31. a5 Rxa5 32. Rxa5 bxa5 33. Na2 Ba6 34. Nc3 Rxc4 35. Nfd1 Nd3 36. Ra1 Rc5 37. Ne4 Rxe5 38. Rb1 f5 39. Nd2 Re1+ 40. Nf1 Nc1 41. Ne3 Ne2+ 42. Kf2 Rxb1 0-1
2025.03.25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Early
137273 Nikhil, M (2261) Goncharov, Vladimir (2077) 0-1
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. bxa5 dxc3 8. Ne2 Qxa5 9. Qd3 Nc6 10. Qg3 g6 11. Nxc3 d4 12. Bd2 dxc3 13. Bxc3 Qa4 14. Bd3 Nge7 15. O-O h5 16. h3 Nd5 17. Bd2 Qd4 18. Rfe1 h4 19. Qf3 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Qxe5 21. Re1 Qd6 22. c4 Ne7 23. Bc3 Rg8 24. Bb4 Qc7 25. Be4 a5 26. Bc3 Bd7 27. Qf6 Bc6 28. Be5 Qd7 29. Bb1 Nf5 30. Qg5 Qe7 31. Bf6 Qc5 32. Be5 Rd8 33. Bxf5 Qe7 34. Bf6 Qd7 35. Bxd8 Qxd8 36. Qg4 Qf6 37. Bd3 Kf8 38. Be4 Kg7 39. Bxc6 bxc6 40. Qe4 c5 41. Qe5 Rc8 42. Qxf6+ Kxf6 43. Re4 Rb8 44. Rxh4 Rb1+ 45. Kh2 Rb3 46. Rf4+ Ke7 47. Rf3 Rxf3 48. gxf3 Kf6 49. Kg3 Ke5 50. Kg4 Kd4 51. Kg5 Kxc4 52. Kf6 Kd5 53. Kxf7 c4 54. Kxg6 c3 55. h4 c2 56. h5 c1=Q 57. h6 Qg1+ 58. Kf7 Qxf2 59. h7 Qxf3+ 60. Kg8 Qg3+ 61. Kh8 Qh4 62. a4 Qf6+ 63. Kg8 Qg6+ 64. Kh8 Qxh7+ 65. Kxh7 e5 66. Kg6 e4 67. Kf5 e3 0-1
2025.03.25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Early
137356 Asensio Ramos, E (2227) Nikhil, M (2261) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nb5 Na6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Nxd6+ cxd6 7. Bb5+ Kf8 8. Bxa6 Qa5+ 9. Qd2 Qxa6 10. Qb4 Ke7 11. a4 Bd7 12. Nf3 Rhc8 13. c3 Rc4 14. Qb3 Rxa4 15. Rxa4 Bxa4 16. Qa3 Bb5 17. Qxa6 Bxa6 18. h3 Rc8 19. Bg5 Rc4 20. Kd2 Bb5 21. Ra1 a6 22. Kc2 h6 23. Bxf6+ Kxf6 24. Nd2 Rc7 25. b3 e5 26. Nf3 e4 27. Nd2 Bd3+ 28. Kb2 g5 29. Ra5 Ke6 30. Ra4 f5 31. Ra1 f4 32. Re1 Rf7 33. exf4 gxf4 34. f3 e3 35. Nb1 Rg7 36. Rg1 Bf5 37. c4 Bxh3 38. cxd5+ Kf5 39. Kc3 Rxg2 40. Rh1 e2 41. Kd2 Rg3 42. Kxe2 Bg2 43. Kf2 Bxh1 44. Nc3 Rxf3+ 0-1
2025.03.25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Early
137521 Jovic, Sta (2096) Nikhil, M (2261) 1-0
1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d4 Qc7 8. e4 e5 9. d5 Nbd7 10. h3 a5 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 h6 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. Rfd1 Nc5 15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. d6 Qd8 17. Qe3 b6 18. Rd2 Bd7 19. b3 Re6 20. Rcd1 Ra7 21. h4 Ng4 22. Qe2 f6 23. h5 gxh5 24. Nh4 Bf8 25. f3 Re8 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. exf5 Rg7 28. fxg4 Rxg4 29. Kh2 Rd4 30. Qxh5 Bxd6 31. Qf7+ Kh8 32. Bxc6 Rg8 33. Ne4 Be7 34. Bd5 Rg4 35. Qh5 Rg6 1-0
2025.03.25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Early
137735 Nikhil, M (2261) Bournel, Antoine (2423) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Kb1 Qc7 11. Be2 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bf3 Rd8 15. g4 g5 16. h4 gxf4 17. Qxf4 Be5 18. Qe3 Ke7 19. Ne2 b5 20. g5 Bb7 21. gxh6 Qc5 22. Qd2 a5 23. Nc1 Qb6 24. Nd3 Bd4 25. Qg5+ Bf6 26. Qf4 Qc7 27. Rhf1 Bd4 28. c3 Bb6 29. Bh5 Rdf8 30. Bxf7 Kd8 31. Qg5+ Qe7 32. Qxb5 Kc7 33. Qc4+ Kb8 34. Bxe6 Rxh6 35. Bd5 Rxh4 36. Rxf8+ Qxf8 37. Qb5 Ka7 38. Qd7 Qc8 39. Qxd6 Bc5 40. Qxc5+ 1-0
2025.03.18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Early
142995 Nikhil, M (2261) Bolourchifard, F (2292) 1-0
1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nf3 Be6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nd2 Qd7 9. Nd5 O-O 10. Rb1 a5 11. a3 a4 12. b4 axb3 13. Rxb3 Ra7 14. e3 b6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Qf3 Na5 17. Qxf6 Nxb3 18. Nxb3 b5 19. Nd2 c5 20. h4 b4 21. axb4 cxb4 22. h5 gxh5 23. Ne4 Qd8 24. Qh6 f6 25. c5 d5 26. Nd6 b3 27. Bb2 Ra2 28. Bxe5 Bg4 29. Bxd5+ Kh8 30. Bxb3 Ra3 31. Nf7+ Rxf7 32. Bxf7 fxe5 33. Rb1 Rxd3 34. Rb8 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Bc8 36. Rxc8 1-0
2025.03.18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Early
143212 Gustafsson, J (2602) Nikhil, M (2261) 1-0
1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd3 Bxc3 6. dxc3 d6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Bc2 a5 9. Nd4 Ne7 10. Qg4 O-O 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. Rae1 Ne5 13. Qg3 Nxc4 14. b3 Na3 15. Bd3 c5 16. Qxd6 Nc8 17. Qc7 cxd4 18. Qxb7 Ra7 19. Qb8 dxc3 20. Rc1 Qc6 21. Bd2 Qd6 22. Qxd6 Nxd6 23. Rxc3 Nab5 24. Rc6 Rd8 25. Be3 Rb7 26. Bxb6 Rc8 27. Rfc1 Rxc6 28. Rxc6 g6 29. e5 Nf5 30. Bxb5 1-0
2025.03.18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Early
143418 Nikhil, M (2261) Novik, Ma (2398) 0-1
1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. d4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Ng5 Nf6 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Be5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. Bxd5 e6 14. Bf3 Qxg5 15. h4 Qh5 16. e3 Nxf2 17. Bxh5 Nxd1 18. Bxd1 Bxe5 19. Kg2 Bd7 20. Bf3 Rac8 21. Ne4 Rc2+ 22. Rf2 Rfc8 23. Rd1 Be8 24. Nc3 Rxf2+ 25. Kxf2 b5 26. Ne4 Kf8 27. b3 Rc2+ 28. Rd2 Rxd2+ 29. Nxd2 Ke7 30. Ke2 Bxg3 31. Ne4 Be5 32. h5 f5 33. Ng5 h6 34. Nh3 g5 35. Nf2 g4 0-1
2025.03.18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Early
143620 Belov, Alexe (2421) Nikhil, M (2261) 1-0
1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. Ne2 e5 8. c3 Ne7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ng3 exd4 11. cxd4 f5 12. Ng5 Bxd4+ 13. Kh1 Nc5 14. Bc4+ d5 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd4 h6 17. Nf3 Ne6 18. Qc3 c6 19. Ne5 Qc7 20. b3 Rac8 21. Bb2 c5 22. Rad1 Nd4 23. Nf3 Bxc4 24. Qxc4+ Kh7 25. Nxd4 cxd4 26. Qxd4 Nc6 27. Qc3 Na5 28. Qxc7+ Rxc7 29. Be5 Rc2 30. Rd7+ Kg8 1-0
2025.03.18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Early
143936 Tabernilla, Tyrhone James (2000) Nikhil, M (2261) 0-1
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. a4 Bb7 8. d5 e5 9. a5 a6 10. axb6 cxb6 11. h3 Nbd7 12. b4 b5 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Qd3 Nb6 15. Nd2 Nfd7 16. Nb3 Nc4 17. Na5 Nxa5 18. Rxa5 g6 19. Rfa1 f5 20. f3 Bg5 21. Bf2 Qe8 22. h4 Bd8 23. Rxa6 Bxa6 24. Rxa6 Be7 25. Nxb5 Nb8 26. Ra7 Qd8 27. c4 Bxh4 28. Bxh4 Qxh4 29. Nxd6 Qe1+ 30. Bf1 Qxb4 31. Nxc8 Rxc8 32. Qa3 Qe1 33. c5 fxe4 34. fxe4 Rf8 35. Qd3 Qf2+ 36. Kh2 Qxc5 37. Ra2 Nd7 38. Rc2 Qe7 39. d6 Qh4+ 40. Kg1 Nf6 41. Qb3+ Kh8 42. Rc7 Ng4 43. Qh3 Rxf1+ 44. Kxf1 Qf2# 0-1
2025.03.18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Early
144044 Nikhil, M (2261) Martin Fuentes, A (2376) 0-1
1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. d3 Bg7 4. h4 h5 5. Nd2 c5 6. Nh3 d6 7. e4 Nc6 8. Ng5 e5 9. c3 Rb8 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O b5 12. a4 b4 13. c4 Ng4 14. Ndf3 Nh6 15. Nh2 Bf6 16. Bc1 Bg7 17. Be3 f6 18. Ngf3 Ng4 19. Nxg4 hxg4 20. Nh2 f5 21. Bg5 Bf6 22. f4 exf4 23. Bxf4 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 Qxh4 25. g3 Qe7 26. Ra2 Bd7 27. Qc1 Ne5 28. Bg5 Qe6 29. Qf4 Bc6 30. Bh6 Rf7 31. Rd2 fxe4 32. Qg5 exd3+ 0-1
2025.03.18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Early
144266 Blokhin, Sofia (2020) Nikhil, M (2261) 1-0
1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 b6 4. f3 Bb7 5. Be3 d6 6. Qd2 Nd7 7. O-O-O a5 8. Kb1 e6 9. g4 a4 10. a3 h5 11. gxh5 Rxh5 12. Nge2 c6 13. Ng3 Rha5 14. h4 b5 15. h5 gxh5 16. Nxh5 Bf8 17. Qg2 Ne7 18. e5 Nf5 19. Bg5 Qb6 20. Ne4 Be7 21. Bxe7 Kxe7 22. Qg5+ f6 23. Nhxf6 Nxf6 24. Rh7+ Kd8 25. Qxf6+ Kc8 26. Rh8+ Kd7 27. Qf7+ Ne7 28. Nf6+ 1-0
2025.03.18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Early
144538 Nikhil, M (2261) Mesquita, Eduardo Barbosa (2014) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e3 c5 6. Bxc4 cxd4 7. exd4 Nc6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 Bd7 11. Qe2 Nb4 12. Rfe1 Kh8 13. Rad1 Bc6 14. Ne5 Nbd5 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Bb1 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qd5 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Be4 Qc4 21. Bxc6 Qxc6 22. Qb5 Qxc3 23. Qxb7 Bxd4 24. Qe4 Bb6 25. Rd7 Qf6 26. Re2 Rc8 27. g3 h5 28. Kg2 Rc5 29. h4 g6 30. Qd4 e5 31. Qe4 Kg7 32. Rb7 Ra5 33. Rd2 Bd4 34. Ra2 a6 35. Ra3 Rc5 36. Rf3 Qe6 37. Rbxf7+ Qxf7 38. Rxf7+ Kxf7 39. Qb7+ Kf6 40. Qxa6+ Kf5 41. Qd3+ Kf6 42. Qf3+ Ke6 43. Qb3+ Kf5 44. Qb8 Rc6 45. Qf8+ Rf6 46. Qc8+ Ke4 47. Qc2+ Kd5 48. a5 e4 49. Qa2+ Kc5 50. a6 Kb6 51. a7 e3 52. fxe3 Bxe3 53. Qb2+ Kc5 54. Qxf6 1-0
2025.03.18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Early
144691 King Rodriguez, Os Misael (2045) Nikhil, M (2261) 0-1
1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 g6 5. d4 Bg4 6. Be2 Bg7 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8+ Rxd8 9. Nc3 e4 10. Nd2 Bxe2 11. Kxe2 f5 12. Na4 Bxb2 13. Nxb2 Nb4 14. Rhc1 Nf6 15. a3 Nc6 16. Rd1 Nd5 17. Nb1 Ke7 18. c4 Nf6 19. Nc3 Ne5 20. Nb5 c6 21. Nd4 Rd7 22. Rd2 Rhd8 23. Rad1 Rd6 24. h3 Ne8 25. f4 exf3+ 26. gxf3 Ng7 27. c5 Rd5 28. b4 Ne6 29. Nxe6 Kxe6 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 Kxd5 32. a4 a5 33. f4 Nc4 34. Nd3 axb4 35. h4 b3 0-1
2025.03.18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Early
144908 Tregubov, P (2555) Nikhil, M (2261) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be3 O-O 11. h3 Bc8 12. Qb3 b5 13. a4 Be6 14. Qc2 h6 15. Rfd1 Qb8 16. Ne5 Qb7 17. Nd3 Nd7 18. Nf4 b4 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Ne2 e5 21. Rac1 Rac8 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Nd4 Rf7 24. Ne6 Bf6 25. Nd8 Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Kh7 27. f4 Nd7 28. e5 Qc7 29. Rxd7 Qxd7 30. exf6 Rxf6 31. Qc4 Re6 32. Bf2 Rd6 33. Qxb4 Qf5 34. Re1 Rf6 35. Qxe7+ Rf7 36. Qe5 Qc2 37. Re2 Qb1+ 38. Kh2 Qd3 39. Bg3 Qb3 40. Qe6 Qxe6 41. Rxe6 Rb7 42. Rxc6 Rxb2 43. Rxa6 h5 44. Bh4 Ra2 45. Bg5 Kg7 46. Ra7+ Kg8 47. Kg3 Ra3+ 48. Kf2 Ra2+ 49. Kf3 Ra3+ 50. Ke4 Ra2 51. Ke5 Rxg2 52. Kf6 Rc2 53. Kxg6 Rc6+ 54. Bf6 Rc8 55. Rh7 h4 56. Rh8# 1-0
2025.03.18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Early
144952 Nikhil, M (2261) Araujo Filho, Luiz Antonio Coel (2077) 1-0
1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Re1 e5 9. e4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Qf6 14. Be3 Qxb2 15. Qe7 Qa3 16. Bd4 1-0
2025.03.04 Titled Tue 4th Mar Early
155561 Nikhil, M (2261) Ishvi, Aggarwal (1954) 1-0
1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Na3 Bxa3 7. bxa3 c6 8. a4 Rb8 9. Ba3 c5 10. Qc2 a6 11. d4 cxd3 12. Qxd3 O-O 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Rac1 b6 15. Bb2 Bb7 16. h4 Rfd8 17. Ng5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qc6+ 19. f3 Nf8 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. Rxd8 Qxa4 22. Rcd1 Qxa2 23. R1d2 Qc4 24. Rb8 Nd5 25. e4 h6 26. exd5 hxg5 27. d6 Qb4 28. Re2 Qc4 29. Kf2 g4 30. fxg4 Qxg4 31. d7 Qf5+ 32. Kg1 Qb1+ 33. Kh2 Qd3 34. d8=Q Qxe2+ 35. Kg1 Qe1+ 36. Kh2 Qe2+ 37. Kh3 Qxb2 38. Qxf8+ Kh7 39. Qxf7 Qe5 40. Qf4 Qe1 41. h5 Qh1+ 42. Kg4 Qd1+ 43. Kg5 Qd4 44. Kh4 1-0
2025.03.04 Titled Tue 4th Mar Early
155686 Wartiovaara, Oliver (2355) Nikhil, M (2261) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 c4 7. Bc2 d5 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. O-O Bg4 10. Re1 e6 11. Na3 Be7 12. b3 cxb3 13. axb3 O-O 14. d4 a6 15. Nc4 Nxc4 16. bxc4 h6 17. Ba3 Qc7 18. d5 Bxa3 19. Rxa3 Rad8 20. h3 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 exd5 22. cxd5 Ne5 23. Qf5 Ng6 24. h4 Qc5 25. h5 Rxd5 26. Qe4 Re5 0-1
2025.03.04 Titled Tue 4th Mar Early
156174 Deveci, Huseyin Said (2225) Nikhil, M (2261) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nge2 e5 7. O-O Nge7 8. d3 O-O 9. f4 f5 10. Be3 Rb8 11. a4 a6 12. Nd5 Nd4 13. Nec3 fxe4 14. dxe4 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Be6 16. a5 Qd7 17. Rb1 Rf7 18. b4 Rbf8 19. bxc5 dxc5 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. fxe5 Rxf1+ 22. Bxf1 Bxe5 23. Qb3 Qf7 24. Qc2 d3 25. Qxd3 Qf2+ 26. Kh1 Bd4 27. Bg2 Bg4 28. Rf1 Be2 29. Rxf2 Bxd3 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. e5 Bxe5 32. Ne3 Bc3 33. Bxb7 Bxa5 34. Bxa6 Bd2 35. Nd5 Be4+ 36. Kg1 Bxd5 37. cxd5 Ke7 38. Kf2 h6 39. Bb7 Kd6 40. Kf3 Bc3 41. Ke4 Bf6 42. Kd3 Ke5 43. Ke3 Be7 44. Ba8 Bd6 45. Kd3 Kf6 46. Kc4 h5 47. Kb5 h4 48. gxh4 Bxh2 49. Kc6 Bg3 50. d6 Bxh4 51. d7 Ke5 52. Kc7 Bf6 53. Bf3 g5 54. Bg4 Kf4 55. Bh5 g4 56. Bxg4 Kxg4 57. d8=Q Bxd8+ 1/2-1/2
2025.03.04 Titled Tue 4th Mar Early
156417 Nikhil, M (2261) Estrada Nieto, J (2156) 1/2-1/2
1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. e3 a6 7. a3 d6 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Ba7 10. d4 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Ne7 12. b4 Bg4 13. h3 Bd7 14. Bb2 f6 15. Kh2 c6 16. Nc3 Kh8 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. d5 Bd7 19. Qb3 Rc8 20. Ne4 Be8 21. Rac1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Bf7 23. Nc3 Qd7 24. a4 Rc8 25. Ba3 h6 26. b5 Bc5 27. bxa6 bxa6 28. Na2 Bxa3 29. Rxc8+ Qxc8 30. Qxa3 Bxd5 31. Qxd6 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 Qb7+ 33. Kh2 Qb2 34. Qxe7 Qxf2+ 35. Kh1 Qxa2 36. Qd8+ Qg8 37. Qb6 Qa8+ 38. Kh2 Qf3 39. Qxa6 Qf2+ 40. Kh1 Qxg3 41. Qc8+ Kh7 42. Qf5+ Kg8 43. Qc8+ Kf7 44. Qd7+ Kf8 45. Qd8+ Kf7 46. Qd7+ Kg8 47. Qd8+ Kh7 48. Qd3+ Kh8 49. Qd8+ Kh7 50. Qd3+ Kh8 51. Qd8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2
2025.03.04 Titled Tue 4th Mar Early
156641 Huston, Gus (2360) Nikhil, M (2261) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. e3 Nf6 7. Bb5 c4 8. O-O Bd6 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 O-O 11. Ba3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Be2 a6 14. Qc1 Rc8 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qb2 Nb4 17. Rfc1 Rc6 18. Na4 Rfc8 19. Nc5 Qe7 20. Ne5 Rxc5 21. dxc5 Bxe2 22. Ra4 Nd3 23. Nxd3 Bxd3 24. Qd4 Bb5 25. Ra2 Bc6 26. b4 Ne4 27. f3 Ng5 28. Rd2 Re8 29. Re1 Qe6 30. h4 Nxf3+ 31. gxf3 Qg6+ 32. Qg4 Qf6 33. Rd4 g6 34. Kf2 Kg7 35. Qg5 Qe6 36. Kg3 Bd7 37. Qg4 Qe7 38. Qf4 Be6 39. Rh1 Qd7 40. h5 h6 41. hxg6 fxg6 42. Qxh6+ Kf6 43. Rf4+ Ke5 44. Re4+ dxe4 45. Qf4+ Kd5 46. Rd1+ Kc6 47. Rxd7 Bxd7 48. Qd6+ Kb5 49. Qxd7+ 1-0
2025.03.04 Titled Tue 4th Mar Early
156737 Nikhil, M (2261) Jakubowski, K (2457) 0-1
1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. d3 Be7 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 Be6 10. b4 a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. a4 Bb3 13. Qd2 Bb4 14. Bb2 Nc4 15. Qc1 Bxc3 16. Nxd4 Bxb2 17. Nxb3 Bxc1 0-1
2025.03.04 Titled Tue 4th Mar Early
157076 Nikhil, M (2261) Neustroev, V (2283) 1/2-1/2
1. c3 d5 2. d4 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 e6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. a3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxh2+ 14. Kxh2 Qh4+ 15. Kg1 Qxe4 16. Re1 Qc6 17. Bf4 Be6 18. Qd6 Qb5 19. b4 cxb4 20. axb4 Rfd8 21. Qe7 Rd7 22. Qh4 a6 23. Qg3 Rd3 24. f3 Bf5 25. Re5 Qd7 26. Rae1 Rd1 27. Bh6 Bg6 28. Be3 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Re8 30. Bd4 Rxe5 31. Qxe5 f6 32. Qb8+ Be8 33. Kf2 Kf7 34. Qh2 h6 35. Qh5+ Kf8 36. Bc5+ Kg8 37. Qh4 Qd2+ 38. Kg1 Qxc3 39. Qe4 Bc6 40. Qe6+ Kh7 41. Qf5+ Kg8 42. Qe6+ Kh7 43. Qf5+ Kg8 44. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2
2025.03.04 Titled Tue 4th Mar Early
157377 Souza, Gustavo Horokoski De (1947) Nikhil, M (2261) 1-0
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd2 Bg4 11. Be2 Ne4 12. Rc1 Bb6 13. Na4 d4 14. Nxb6 Qxb6 15. Nxd4 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 Rad8 17. Rc2 Nb4 18. Nd4 Nxc2 19. Qxc2 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 Rd5 21. Rc1 Rfd8 22. g3 h6 23. h4 Rc5 24. Rc3 Rxc3 25. Qxc3 Qa6 26. a3 Qd6 27. Nf5 Qd1+ 28. Kh2 Qg4 29. Nd4 Rc8 30. Qd2 g5 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. b4 Kg7 33. Qb2 f6 34. Qb3 Rh8+ 35. Kg2 Qh3+ 36. Kf3 Qh5+ 37. Ke4 Re8+ 38. Kd3 Qg6+ 39. Kd2 Qe4 40. Qc4 Re7 41. Qc5 Qe5 42. Qxe7+ Qxe7 43. Nf5+ Kf7 44. Nxe7 Kxe7 45. Kd3 Ke6 46. Kd4 Kf5 47. f3 a6 48. a4 b6 49. a5 bxa5 50. bxa5 g4 51. f4 Ke6 52. e4 Kd6 53. e5+ fxe5+ 54. fxe5+ Ke6 55. Ke4 1-0
2025.02.25 Titled Tue 25th Feb Early
163235 Nikhil, M (2261) Sanchez Enriquez, O (2324) 0-1
1. c4 d6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. d3 O-O 7. O-O Qe8 8. Rb1 a5 9. Nb5 Na6 10. d4 e4 11. Ne1 c6 12. Nc3 Nc7 13. d5 c5 14. f3 b5 15. cxb5 Nxb5 16. fxe4 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Ng2 Bf6 20. Qc2 Bh3 21. Bf4 Qe7 22. Rb6 Rad8 23. Rfb1 g5 24. Be3 Qe5 25. c4 Qf5 26. Rf1 Qg6 27. Qd2 h6 28. Qxa5 Be5 29. Rb7 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Rf8+ 31. Kg1 Qf5 32. Qe1 Bc3 33. Qc1 Bd4 34. Bxd4 cxd4 35. Qe1 e3 36. Rb6 0-1
2025.02.25 Titled Tue 25th Feb Early
163670 Thomas, Anysia (2144) Nikhil, M (2261) 0-1
1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. O-O d4 11. Na4 O-O 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 c5 17. Nb5 Rxe2 18. Nc7 Ra7 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nd5 Kg7 21. Nxb6 Be6 22. a4 Rxb2 23. Rfb1 Rc2 24. a5 Ba2 25. Rc1 Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1 Rxa5 27. Rc3 Be6 28. h4 Kf8 29. Kg2 Ke7 30. h5 Rb5 31. Na4 c4 32. h6 Kd6 33. Re3 Bd5+ 34. f3 Rb3 35. Nc3 Bc6 0-1
2025.02.25 Titled Tue 25th Feb Early
163889 Zarnicki, P (2514) Nikhil, M (2261) 0-1
1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. g4 Bg7 4. g5 Nh5 5. Bxg7 Nxg7 6. Bg2 d5 7. e3 e5 8. h4 h5 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Qc1 Nd7 11. d4 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 c6 13. c4 exd4 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Bxd5 O-O 16. exd4 Nb6 17. Bf3 Qxd4 18. Qc3 Rfe8+ 19. Kf1 Qf4 20. Na3 Rac8 21. Qb3 Nf5 22. Bxb7 Ne3+ 23. Ke2 Ng4+ 0-1
2025.02.25 Titled Tue 25th Feb Early
164476 Nikhil, M (2261) Rog, Bartlomiej (2304) 0-1
1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. a5 Ne4 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Ndf6 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Nd4 Bd5 16. Qc2 c5 17. Nf5 Qe6 18. Ne3 Bc6 19. f3 Nd6 20. Qxc5 Rac8 21. Qb4 Rfe8 22. Ra3 Nb5 23. Rd3 Nd5 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Re3 Qf6 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. e4 Bc6 28. Be3 Rd8 29. Re1 h6 30. f4 Qg6 31. Bb6 Rd7 32. Bh3 Rd3 33. Qe7 Qh5 34. Bf5 g6 35. Bc8 Nd4 36. Bxd4 Rxd4 37. Be6 fxe6 38. Qxe6+ Kg7 39. Qe7+ Kh8 40. Qf6+ Kg8 41. Qxd4 Qf3 42. Qe3 Qg4 43. Re2 Qe6 44. Rd2 Qc4 45. Rd8+ Kf7 46. Qd4 Qc1+ 47. Kf2 Qc2+ 48. Qd2 Qxe4 49. Qe3 Qh1 50. Ke2 Bb5+ 51. Kd2 Qg2+ 52. Kc3 Qc6+ 53. Kb4 Qc4+ 0-1
2025.02.25 Titled Tue 25th Feb Early
164523 Nikhil, M (2261) Napoli, N (2228) 0-1
1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. Bg5 Bxf2+ 7. Kxf2 Ng4+ 8. Ke1 Qxg5 9. Qd2 Ne3 10. Bf3 Nd4 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Nd5 f4 13. Be4 c6 14. gxf4 Qh4# 0-1
2025.02.25 Titled Tue 25th Feb Early
164851 Lindholm, Jere (2150) Nikhil, M (2261) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qe3 Qc7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Be2 h5 14. Kb1 Qb7 15. f5 Bh6 16. Qg3 b4 17. fxe6 bxc3 18. Qxc3 O-O-O 19. exf7 Bf4 0-1
2025.02.25 Titled Tue 25th Feb Early
165220 Nouali, Mohamed (2157) Nikhil, M (2261) 1-0
1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. c3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. h3 b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. g4 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Nf3 d4 14. O-O-O dxc3 15. bxc3 Qc7 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qd3+ Kg8 18. Ng5 g6 19. Qxd7 Qxd7 20. Rxd7 Na5 21. Rhd1 Bd5 22. h4 Bxa2 23. h5 Bb3 24. Rh1 gxh5 25. Ne4 hxg4 26. Rg1 Rfd8 27. Rxg4+ Kf8 28. Bh6+ 1-0
2025.02.25 Titled Tue 25th Feb Early
165424 Nikhil, M (2261) Yelisieiev, Yevhenii (2421) 1-0
1. c4 d6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 Nbd7 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qb3 e4 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5+ Kh8 16. dxe4 fxe4 17. Qxe4 Nb6 18. Qc2 Bf5 19. e4 Rc8 20. Qe2 Bg4 21. h3 Be6 22. Rd1 Qe8 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. Nf5 Bb5 25. Qg4 Qf7 26. Bb2 h5 27. Qxg7+ Qxg7 28. Bxg7+ Kh7 29. Nxe7 Kxg7 30. Nxc8 Rxc8 31. Rbc1 Ra8 32. Rc7+ Kf8 33. Rxb7 Be2 34. Re1 1-0
2025.02.25 Titled Tue 25th Feb Early
165823 Nikhil, M (2261) Shapiro, V (2074) 1/2-1/2
1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Bd7 6. Nge2 a6 7. O-O Rb8 8. a4 e6 9. f4 Be7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qc7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Rc1 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Rfc8 15. b3 Bc6 16. Rfd1 e5 17. Qb6 Qxb6 18. Bxb6 Nd7 19. Be3 Bf8 20. Bh3 f6 21. Nd5 Kf7 22. Bxd7 Bxd7 23. Nb6 Rd8 24. Nxd7 Rxd7 25. f5 Ke8 26. Rd5 Rc8 27. Rcd1 Rcc7 28. Bb6 Rc6 29. a5 Rf7 30. Kf2 g6 31. g4 gxf5 32. gxf5 Rg7 33. Kf3 h5 34. c5 dxc5 35. Rd8+ Kf7 36. R1d7+ Kg8 37. Rxg7+ Kxg7 38. Rd7+ Kh6 39. Rxb7 Kg5 40. Rc7 Rd6 41. Bxc5 Rd3+ 42. Ke2 Rd8 43. Bxf8 Rxf8 44. Rc6 Rb8 45. Rb6 Ra8 46. Kf3 Rc8 47. h4+ Kxh4 48. Rxf6 Rc3+ 49. Ke2 Rxb3 50. Re6 Kg5 51. Rxe5 Kf4 52. Re8 Rb2+ 53. Kd1 h4 54. f6 Rb7 55. Rf8 Kxe4 56. f7 Kf4 57. Kd2 h3 58. Kc3 h2 59. Rh8 Rxf7 60. Rxh2 Rf5 61. Rf2+ Ke4 62. Rxf5 Kxf5 63. Kd4 Ke6 64. Kc5 Kd7 65. Kb6 Kc8 66. Kxa6 Kb8 67. Kb6 Ka8 68. a6 Kb8 69. a7+ Ka8 70. Ka6 1/2-1/2
2025.02.25 Titled Tue 25th Feb Early
166004 Baloglu, Dila (1944) Nikhil, M (2261) 0-1
1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Re1 b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 a5 11. h4 a4 12. h5 a3 13. b3 c4 14. Ne3 Bb4 15. Bd2 Ba6 16. c3 Be7 17. d4 b4 18. bxc4 dxc4 19. h6 g6 20. Rb1 Rb8 21. Bf1 bxc3 22. Bxc3 Bb4 23. Bxb4 Nxb4 24. Qa4 Bb7 25. Nd2 Nd3 26. Bxd3 cxd3 27. Qa7 Bd5 28. Nxd5 exd5 29. Qxa3 Qg5 30. Qxd3 Qxh6 31. a4 Ra8 32. Ra1 Rfc8 33. a5 Nf8 34. a6 Ne6 35. a7 Rc7 36. Qb5 Qxd2 37. Qb8+ Rc8 38. Qb7 Nxd4 39. Kf1 Qd3+ 40. Kg2 Qf3+ 41. Kg1 Ne2+ 42. Rxe2 Qxe2 0-1
2025.02.18 Titled Tue 18th Feb Early
171221 Nikhil, M (2261) Iskusnyh, S (2440) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne2 c4 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Kg2 Bd6 15. b3 Qe7 16. bxc4 1-0
2025.02.18 Titled Tue 18th Feb Early
171732 Velikanov, A (2377) Nikhil, M (2261) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bc4 e6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Bxd5 exd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bf4 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Be7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. cxd4 O-O 14. Nc3 Rc8 15. Rc1 Qa5 16. Na4 c5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Rxc5 Qxc5 20. Be3 Qa5 21. Qb3 Be6 22. Bd4 a6 23. h3 f6 24. Rc1 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. Qb8 Qe1+ 27. Kh2 Qe6 28. b4 h5 29. g3 Qxh3+ 30. Kg1 Kh7 31. a4 Qg4 32. Qa7 Qf3 33. b5 Bh3 0-1
2025.02.18 Titled Tue 18th Feb Early
171994 Norowitz, Yaacov (2400) Nikhil, M (2261) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. b4 a5 7. b5 Nbd7 8. a4 Nb6 9. Nbd2 Bf5 10. c4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Be6 12. Qc2 Nfd5 13. Bd2 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 c6 15. Rfc1 Bg4 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 cxb5 18. Bxb5 Nb4 19. Bxb4 axb4 20. Qb2 Qa5 21. Rc4 Be6 22. Rxb4 Rfd8 23. h3 Rac8 24. Rd4 Bd5 25. Rad1 Bc6 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Bxc6 bxc6 29. Qa1 Qa5 30. g3 Kg7 31. e6+ f6 32. Qd4 h5 33. Qd7 Qc5 34. a5 Qxa5 35. Qxe7+ Kh6 36. Qxf6 Qe1+ 37. Kg2 Qd1 38. Qf8+ Kh7 39. Qf7+ Kh6 40. e7 1-0
2025.02.18 Titled Tue 18th Feb Early
172423 Nikhil, M (2261) Avramidou, Anastasia (2281) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. h3 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Bf3 Nc5 11. Re1 a5 12. b3 Nfd7 13. Bb2 c6 14. a3 Qf6 15. Na4 Nxa4 16. bxa4 c5 17. e5 Nxe5 18. Nb5 Bf5 19. Bd5 Rad8 20. Qb3 Nf3+ 21. Qxf3 Qxb2 22. Rad1 Qf6 23. g4 Bc2 24. Qxf6 Bxf6 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Nxd6 Bxd1 27. Nxe8 Be5 28. Bxb7 Bxa4 29. f4 Bd4+ 0-1
2025.02.18 Titled Tue 18th Feb Early
172857 Slugin, S (2336) Nikhil, M (2261) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. a3 Qb6 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. e5 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. fxg5 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Qxe4 16. Bg3 d5 17. Bd3 Qa4 18. g6 fxg6 19. Bxg6+ Kd8 20. Rhf1 b4 21. Rf4 h5 22. Bh4+ Kc7 23. Kb1 a5 24. Qf2 Qb5 25. a4 Qxa4 26. Rf7 Qb5 27. Bd3 Qc6 28. Bf6 Rg8 29. Qf3 a4 30. Bh7 Rg4 31. Be7 Bxe7 32. Rxe7 a3 33. b3 Rf8 34. Qe3 Rxg2 35. Qa7+ Kd8 36. Rxd7+ Qxd7 37. Qb8+ Ke7 38. Qxb4+ Ke8 39. Bd3 Rff2 40. Bb5 a2+ 41. Ka1 1-0
2025.02.18 Titled Tue 18th Feb Early
172997 Nikhil, M (2261) Crevatin, Leo (2260) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 d6 6. e4 b5 7. Ne2 bxc4 8. a3 Ba5 9. Bg5 exd5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Qxd5 Qc7 12. Qxa8 Bb7 13. Qxa7 Nc6 14. Qxb7 Qxb7 15. O-O-O Nd4 16. Nd5 Nb3+ 17. Kc2 O-O 18. Nxf6+ Kh8 19. Rxd6 Rb8 20. e5 Nd4+ 21. Nxd4 Qxb2+ 22. Kd1 Qd2# 0-1
2025.02.18 Titled Tue 18th Feb Early
173281 Quispe Santacruz, J (1810) Nikhil, M (2261) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 Qb6 8. Rb1 Nxe4 9. Nd5 Qa5+ 0-1
2025.02.18 Titled Tue 18th Feb Early
173697 Nikhil, M (2261) Shvedova, Alexandra (2266) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Nf3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd2 a6 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. g4 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ne4 13. O-O-O Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Qe7 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Rd2 Qe6 17. h3 Qxa2 18. Rd7 Rac8 19. Rhd1 a5 20. b3 Qa3+ 21. Bb2 Qb4 22. e6 f6 23. g5 Rce8 24. gxf6 gxf6 25. Rg1+ Kh8 26. Qxc7 Qc5+ 27. Qxc5 bxc5 28. Rgg7 1-0
2025.02.18 Titled Tue 18th Feb Early
173950 Ibadov, Dashgyn (2337) Nikhil, M (2261) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 h5 5. Bc4 d6 6. O-O Bh6 7. f5 gxf5 8. d3 f4 9. Nd5 e5 10. Qe1 Be6 11. Nh4 Bxd5 12. Bxd5 Nge7 13. g3 Nxd5 14. exd5 fxg3 15. Qxg3 Nd4 16. Kh1 Bxc1 17. Qg7 Rf8 18. Ng6 Bh6 19. Qxh6 Kd7 20. Nxf8+ Qxf8 21. Qxh5 f6 22. c3 Nc2 23. Rac1 Ne3 24. Qh3+ 1-0
2025.02.18 Titled Tue 18th Feb Early
174200 Nikhil, M (2261) Torosyan, Volodya (2194) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Ne4 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bb5 Bg4 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 e5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. O-O Rb8 14. a3 Qh4 15. Nc5 Rfd8 16. e4 Nf6 17. Nd3 Rb3 18. Rd1 Kg7 19. g3 Qxe4 20. Qxe4 Nxe4 21. Bf4 Bd4 22. Nc5 Bxf2+ 23. Kg2 Rxd1 24. Nxb3 Rd3 25. Na5 Bxg3 0-1
2025.02.18 Titled Tue 18th Feb Early
174364 Hehir, Michael (2009) Nikhil, M (2261) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. e4 a5 10. Bd2 Nd7 11. Qc1 Nc5 12. Bh6 f6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Rb1 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 f5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Ne4 Nd4 19. Bg2 Ne2+ 0-1
2024.08.15 22nd Spilimbergo Open
408487 Nikhil, M (2198) Perea Fruet, Lorenzo (2373) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 c5 9. d5 exd5 10. Nh4 Bc6 11. cxd5 Bxd5 12. e4 Bc6 13. Nf5 g6 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Re1 Re8 16. Re3 Qe6 17. h3 d6 18. b3 Nbd7 19. Bb2 b5 20. g4 h5 21. Nf3 Qe7 22. Ng5 Ne5 23. f4 Ned7 24. Qe1 Nh7 25. Nxh7 Kxh7 26. gxh5 d5 27. hxg6+ fxg6 28. e5 Rf8 29. e6 Nb6 30. Qg3 Rf5 31. Qg4 Raf8 32. Be5 a5 33. Rae1 a4 34. Rg3 Be8 35. bxa4 bxa4 36. Qd1 Bc6 37. Bf3 Nc4 38. Bg4 Qh4 39. Kh2 Rxe5 40. fxe5 Rf2+ 41. Rg2 d4 42. Re2 Rxg2+ 43. Rxg2 Bxg2 44. Qxa4 Qf2 45. Qd7+ Kh6 0-1
2024.08.14 22nd Spilimbergo Open
408453 Nikhil, M (2198) Di Benedetto, Edoardo (2383) 0-1
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. a3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. h4 Bb7 14. h5 b4 15. axb4 Bxb4 16. f5 exf5 17. Bd3 Nc5 18. Qf4 Ne6 19. Qxf5 Qg5+ 20. Qxg5 Nxg5 21. Ne2 Ne6 22. c3 Be7 23. Kc2 a5 24. Ra1 Bc6 25. Ra2 a4 26. g3 Rab8 27. Rb1 f6 28. Bf5 Bd7 29. exf6 Bxf6 30. Bxf6 Rxf6 31. Bxe6+ Rxe6 32. Nd4 Re5 33. b3 Bf5+ 34. Nxf5 Re2+ 35. Kd3 Rxa2 36. b4 Rd8 37. Re1 Rf2 38. g4 g6 39. hxg6 hxg6 40. Ne7+ Kf7 41. Nc6 Rh8 42. Ra1 Rh3+ 43. Kd4 Rd2+ 44. Ke5 Rxc3 45. Kd6 a3 46. Ne5+ Kf6 47. Rf1+ Kg5 48. Nf3+ Rxf3 49. Rxf3 a2 50. Ra3 d4 51. Kc5 Kxg4 52. b5 d3 53. Kc4 Rb2 54. Kxd3 Rb3+ 55. Rxb3 a1=Q 56. b6 Qa6+ 57. Kd4 Qa4+ 58. Kc3 Qc6+ 59. Kd4 Qb7 60. Kc5 g5 61. Rb4+ Kf5 62. Ra4 Ke6 63. Rd4 Ke5 64. Rd2 g4 65. Re2+ Kf5 66. Rf2+ Ke4 67. Re2+ Kf3 68. Re6 g3 69. Rc6 g2 70. Rc7 g1=Q+ 0-1
2024.08.13 22nd Spilimbergo Open
408428 Omelja, A (2434) Nikhil, M (2198) 1/2-1/2
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. g4 Na6 9. Nf3 Nc5 10. Nd2 Nfd7 11. h4 c6 12. h5 g5 13. b3 h6 14. Be2 Nf6 15. f3 Ne8 16. Kf2 Nc7 17. Nf1 cxd5 18. cxd5 Bd7 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Ne3 Ne8 21. Bb5 Nd6 22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Nc4 Ra6 24. Qd3 Rb8 25. Nxd6 Rxd6 26. Qb5 Qxb5 27. Nxb5 Rb6 28. a4 Bf8 29. d6 c4 30. Rhd1 cxb3 31. Rd5 Rd8 32. Rb1 Bxd6 33. Rxb3 Kf8 34. Rbd3 Bc5+ 35. Ke2 Rxd5 36. Rxd5 Bd4 37. Rd7 Bc5 38. Rc7 Bb4 39. Rc8+ Ke7 40. Rb8 Kd7 41. Kd3 Bd6 42. Rh8 Bb4 43. Ke2 Rc6 44. Rb8 Rb6 45. Rh8 Rc6 46. Rh7 Rf6 47. Kf2 Bc5+ 48. Kg2 Bb4 49. Rh8 1/2-1/2
2024.08.12 22nd Spilimbergo Open
408410 Nikhil, M (2198) Rozman, Levy (2370) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Bg4 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 c6 7. Nbd2 h6 8. Re1 Bf5 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 a5 11. a3 Nbd7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. e4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Nc5 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. Bc3 Ne6 18. Qc2 g6 19. Nf3 Qb6 20. Bd2 Kg7 21. Be3 Qa6 22. h4 h5 23. c5 Rfd8 24. Rad1 Rd5 25. Rxd5 cxd5 26. Rd1 Rd8 27. Kg2 Kf8 28. Qc3 d4 29. Nxd4 Nxc5 30. Bg5 Qb6 31. e6 f6 32. Bh6+ Kg8 33. Be3 Qd6 34. Nxf5 Qc6+ 35. Kh2 gxf5 36. Rxd8+ Bxd8 37. Qxc5 Qxe6 38. a4 Kf7 39. Qb5 b6 40. Qd3 Bc7 41. Qd1 Kg6 42. Qc2 Bd8 43. Qc4 Kf7 44. Kh3 Ke7 45. Bf4 Qe1 46. Kg2 Qe4+ 47. Qxe4+ fxe4 48. f3 exf3+ 49. Kxf3 Ke6 50. g4 hxg4+ 51. Kxg4 f5+ 52. Kg3 Be7 53. Be3 Bd6+ 54. Kf3 Bc7 55. h5 Kf6 56. Bf4 Bd8 57. Ke2 Be7 58. Kd3 Bc5 59. Kc4 Bf2 60. Kd5 Bh4 61. Be3 Be1 62. h6 Bg3 63. Bxb6 Be1 64. Be3 Kg6 65. Bf4 Bc3 66. Ke6 Be1 67. h7 Kxh7 68. Kxf5 Kg7 69. Ke6 Kg6 70. Bc7 Bd2 71. Kd5 Kf5 72. Kc6 Ke4 73. Kb5 Kd3 74. Bxa5 1-0
2024.08.12 22nd Spilimbergo Open
418657 Lavrencic, Matic (2356) Nikhil, M (2198) 0-1
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4 c5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Re1 Ne4 13. dxc5 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 bxc5 15. Bd3 Bf6 16. Bf5 Bxc3 17. Rxc3 g6 18. Bh3 f5 19. g3 Qa5 20. Rc1 Nf6 21. Bg2 Ne4 22. Qc2 Rfd8 23. Qb2 Qb6 24. Red1 a5 25. Nd2 Ba6 26. Qe5 Qf6 27. Qxf6 Nxf6 28. Nf3 Ne4 29. Rc2 Kf7 30. Ne5+ Ke6 31. Nd3 Bxd3 32. Rxd3 a4 33. Rd1 axb3 34. axb3 Rc6 35. Ra1 Rb8 36. Ra3 Kd6 37. f3 Nf6 38. Bf1 Rcb6 39. Rc3 Nd7 40. Kf2 Ne5 41. Ra5 Rb5 42. b4 Rxb4 43. Raxc5 Rb2+ 44. Rc2 Nc4 45. Rxd5+ Kxd5 46. Bxc4+ Kc5 47. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 48. Be2 Kb4 49. g4 fxg4 50. fxg4 g5 51. Kf3 Kc3 52. h3 Kd2 53. Bc4 Rb4 54. Bg8 h6 55. e4 Rb8 56. Be6 Re8 57. Bf5 Re5 58. h4 Kd3 59. hxg5 hxg5 60. Kf2 Kd4 61. Kf3 Ra5 62. Ke2 Ra3 63. Kf2 Ke5 64. Ke2 Kf4 65. Kf2 Ra2+ 66. Ke1 Kf3 67. Kd1 Re2 68. Be6 Ke3 69. Bf5 Kf2 70. Bg6 Ra2 71. Bf5 Ra5 72. Kd2 Re5 73. Kd3 Kf3 74. Kd4 Kf4 75. Kd3 Re8 76. Ke2 Rh8 77. Kf2 Rh2+ 78. Ke1 Rg2 79. Kf1 Kf3 80. Ke1 Ke3 81. Kd1 Rd2+ 82. Ke1 Rc2 83. Kf1 Re2 84. Kg1 Kf3 85. Kf1 Re3 86. Kg1 Re1+ 87. Kh2 Re2+ 88. Kg1 Kg3 89. Kf1 Re3 90. Bg6 Kxg4 91. Kf2 Kf4 92. Bf5 Ra3 0-1
2024.08.10 22nd Spilimbergo Open
418611 Boder, Jan (2349) Nikhil, M (2198) 1-0
1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 d6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 Bf8 11. e4 g6 12. Nde2 Bg7 13. Qd2 a6 14. f3 Rb8 15. Nd5 Be6 16. Rad1 Nd7 17. f4 f5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qb2+ Kg8 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 c6 23. Ne3 Be6 24. Qxd6 Qb6 25. Qd4 Nc5 26. Kh1 Rbd8 27. Qc3 a5 28. h3 Bc8 29. Rxd8 Qxd8 30. Rd1 Qe7 31. Nc2 Bf5 32. Re1 Qd8 33. Rxe8+ Qxe8 34. Qxa5 Nxb3 35. axb3 Bxc2 36. Kh2 Bxb3 37. Qb4 Bc2 38. c5 Qf7 39. h4 Bb3 40. Qd4 Be6 41. Bf3 Qd7 42. Qxd7 Bxd7 43. g4 h6 44. Kg3 Kf7 45. Kf2 Ke6 46. g5 h5 47. Be4 Be8 48. Ke3 Bf7 49. Kd4 Be8 50. Bd3 Ke7 51. Ke5 Bf7 52. Bc2 Be8 53. Bd3 Bf7 54. f5 gxf5 55. Bxf5 Kd8 56. Kf6 Bc4 57. g6 Kc7 58. g7 Bg8 59. Ke7 b6 60. Kf8 Bb3 61. cxb6+ Kxb6 62. Bg6 1-0
2024.02.02 1st SOA Int Open 2024
654484 Dhananjay, S (2151) Nikhil, M (1900) 1-0
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Bf5 4. g3 h6 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. e3 Bh7 10. Qe2 c5 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Qc7 13. Ne1 Nb6 14. c4 Rfd8 15. e5 Nfd7 16. f4 Nf8 17. Be4 Bf5 18. Bc3 Nbd7 19. g4 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 f6 21. exf6 Nxf6 22. Ng3 Qd7 23. h4 N6h7 24. g5 hxg5 25. hxg5 Ng6 26. Ng2 Bf8 27. Rae1 Re8 28. Qe4 Qf7 29. Rd1 Rad8 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Re1 Rd6 32. f5 exf5 33. Nxf5 Ra6 34. Qg4 Rxa2 35. Rf1 Qe8 36. Re1 Qf7 37. Nge3 Ne7 38. Nd5 Ng6 39. Rf1 Qe8 40. Nde3 Qd8 1-0
2024.02.01 1st SOA Int Open 2024
654443 Nikhil, M (1900) Nilssen, Ellen Fredericia (2184) 0-1
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O-O Qb6 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Kb1 b4 14. Ne2 a5 15. g4 a4 16. Ned4 b3 17. Bb5 Ne4 18. Qe2 bxa2+ 19. Ka1 a3 20. c3 Nxd4 21. Bxd7+ Kxd7 22. Rxd4 axb2+ 23. Qxb2 Qxb2+ 24. Kxb2 Rhb8+ 25. Rb4 Nf2 26. Ra1 Nd3+ 27. Kb3 Nxb4 28. cxb4 Rc8 29. Ne1 Rc4 30. Nd3 Kc6 31. h3 Kb5 32. f5 Rac8 33. fxe6 fxe6 34. Nb2 Rxb4+ 35. Kxa2 Ra8+ 0-1
2024.01.31 1st SOA Int Open 2024
654410 Ritviz, P (2391) Nikhil, M (1900) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 g6 5. Nge2 Bg7 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Qf3 Nh6 8. Ne2 O-O 9. d3 e5 10. Qg3 d6 11. h4 Ng4 12. h5 g5 13. h6 Bf6 14. Qf3 Kh8 15. Ng3 Be7 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Nf6 18. Bxg5 b5 19. Bb3 a5 20. a4 bxa4 21. Rxa4 Nd7 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Bd5 Ra7 24. O-O Nb6 25. Ra3 Qf6 26. Rb3 Nd7 27. Qh5 Nc5 28. Rb6 Qe7 29. Ra1 Nd7 30. Rc6 Nf6 31. Qg5 Rg8 32. Rc8 Ne8 33. Qxe7 Rxe7 34. Rxa5 Nf6 35. Raa8 Rc7 36. Rxc7 1-0
2024.01.30 1st SOA Int Open 2024
654400 Nikhil, M (1900) Frayna, Janelle Mae (2197) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qd3 b6 8. b3 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. Bf4 Rc8 11. Rfd1 Ba3 12. Rab1 Qe7 13. e4 h6 14. e5 Ne8 15. h4 Nc7 16. Ne1 b5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Qd2 b4 19. Na4 Bb5 20. Nc2 Na8 21. Nxa3 bxa3 22. Nc3 a6 23. Rbc1 Nb8 24. Nb1 Nc6 25. Rc3 Rc7 26. Rcc1 Rcc8 27. Rc3 Rc7 28. Rdc1 Rcc8 29. Rd1 Rc7 30. Rdc1 Qb4 31. Be3 Rfc8 32. Rxc6 Qxd2 33. Rxc7 Qxa2 34. Rxc8+ Kh7 35. Nd2 Bd3 36. Bf1 Bf5 37. Rxa8 Qb2 38. Rcc8 h5 39. Be2 Kg6 40. Rh8 Bg4 41. Bxg4 hxg4 42. Rxa6 a2 43. Rha8 f6 44. exf6 gxf6 45. Rxa2 Qc1+ 46. Kg2 e5 47. dxe5 fxe5 48. R2a6+ 1-0
2024.01.29 1st SOA Int Open 2024
662156 Neelash, Saha (2446) Nikhil, M (1900) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bd3 a6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. a4 e5 11. g4 Rb8 12. Nd2 Ne8 13. Nf1 f6 14. h4 Rf7 15. Qd2 Nf8 16. f3 f5 17. Bg5 Qa5 18. gxf5 gxf5 19. h5 Bd7 20. Rg1 fxe4 21. Bxe4 Kh8 22. Qg2 b5 23. h6 Bf6 24. Bd2 Bh4+ 25. Kd1 Nf6 26. Nxb5 Qd8 27. Nxd6 Bxa4+ 28. Rxa4 Qxd6 29. Bf5 Ng6 30. Qh2 Nxd5 31. Bxg6 Nc3+ 32. bxc3 hxg6 33. Qxh4 Qd3 34. Ra1 Rxf3 35. Qe1 e4 36. Rc1 Qxc4 37. Qe2 Qf7 38. Be3 Rd8+ 39. Ke1 Rd3 40. Rd1 Qd5 41. c4 Rxd1+ 42. Qxd1 Qe5 43. Qd8+ Kh7 44. Qd7+ Kh8 45. Qg7+ Qxg7 46. hxg7+ Kxg7 47. Ke2 Rh3 48. Rg5 Rh8 49. Rxc5 Rb8 50. Rc7+ Kg8 51. Rc6 1-0
2023.01.14 1st Bishan Singh Ji Mem
1066783 Nikhil, M (1850) Velpula, Sarayu (1847) 1-0
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. Be3 Qa5 10. Qb3 Qb4 11. Qxb4 cxb4 12. Na4 Be6 13. Rac1 b6 14. b3 Rad8 15. Rfd1 Bd7 16. Bd2 Ne4 17. Be1 f5 18. Rd3 Be6 19. Rcd1 Rc8 20. Bd2 h6 21. Be3 Bf7 22. Nd4 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 Be8 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. R3d2 Nxd4 26. Rxd4 Bc6 27. Nb2 Rf5 28. Rd8+ Rxd8 29. Rxd8+ Kf7 30. Nd1 Ra5 31. Rd2 h5 32. h4 Kf6 33. Ne3 Ke5 34. Kf1 Rc5 35. Ke1 b5 36. Rc2 a5 37. Kd2 Be8 38. cxb5 Rxc2+ 39. Nxc2 Bxb5 40. Ke3 Bd7 41. Ne1 Bh3 42. Nc2 Bd7 43. Kd2 Be6 44. Ne3 Bf7 45. Ng2 Kd4 46. Kc2 e5 47. Ne3 Be6 48. Nf1 Bf5 49. e3+ Kd5 50. Nd2 Bc8 51. Nc4 Ba6 52. Nxa5 Kc5 53. Kb2 Kd5 54. a3 bxa3+ 55. Kxa3 Kc5 56. Kb2 Bb5 57. Kc3 Ba6 58. Nc4 Kd5 59. Kb4 Bb7 60. Ka5 Bc6 61. Kb6 Bd7 62. Na5 Ke6 63. Kc5 Kf5 64. Nc4 Be6 65. b4 Kg4 66. Nxe5+ Kh3 67. Nxg6 Kh2 68. Nf4 Bc8 69. Nxh5 Kg2 70. Nf6 Kxf2 71. h5 Kxe3 72. h6 Bf5 73. b5 Kf3 74. Nxe4 1-0
2023.01.13 1st Bishan Singh Ji Mem
1066752 Nikhil, M (1850) Chakravarthi Reddy, M (2289) 0-1
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 Bxg5 7. hxg5 Qxg5 8. Qd3 g6 9. Nh3 Qe7 10. Nf4 Nc6 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. Qe3 Bd7 13. Be2 O-O-O 14. Rh6 f6 15. exf6 Qxf6 16. g3 Kb8 17. Bb5 Qg7 18. Nfe2 e5 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. b3 Rde8 21. Rdh1 Nd7 22. f3 b6 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. R6h4 Bb7 25. Qf2 c5 26. Re1 Rhf8 27. Ng1 Nd3+ 0-1
2023.01.13 1st Bishan Singh Ji Mem
1066773 Advaitt Srikant Koduri (1674) Nikhil, M (1850) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O b6 8. a4 a5 9. Bh2 Bb7 10. c3 Re8 11. Na3 e5 12. Nb5 Ne4 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Na7 Ra8 15. Nb5 f5 16. Rfd1 Kh8 17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Rxd2 Qc8 19. Rad1 Re7 20. Bc4 Nf6 21. Re2 Qe8 22. Ree1 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qc6+ 24. e4 Qxc4 25. exf5 Qd5+ 26. Kg1 e4 27. fxg6 Qg5+ 28. Kh1 Qxg6 29. Rg1 Qf5 30. Qe2 Qxh3 31. Rg3 Qf5 32. Rdg1 Bh6 33. Na3 Bf4 34. R3g2 Qh3 35. Qf1 Ng4 36. Nc2 Rg7 37. Ne3 Nxh2 38. Rg3 Qxg3 39. fxg3 Nxf1 40. Nxf1 e3 41. Rg2 Rag8 42. Re2 Bxg3 43. Nxe3 Re7 44. Kg2 Rxe3 45. Rxe3 Bf4+ 46. Kf3 Bxe3 47. Kxe3 h5 48. Ke4 h4 49. Kd5 h3 50. Kc6 Rg7 51. d5 h2 52. b4 h1=Q 53. b5 Qh3 54. c4 Qd7+ 55. Kb7 c5+ 56. Kxb6 Qa7+ 57. Kc6 Qc7# 0-1
2023.01.12 1st Bishan Singh Ji Mem
1066726 Nikhil, M (1850) Shaun Deon Sequeira (1620) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Nc2 Na6 11. Kh1 Be6 12. Nd4 Nc7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Qd7 15. Qd2 Nh5 16. Rfd1 g5 17. Bf2 Nf4 18. Bf1 Be5 19. Be3 f5 20. g3 Ng6 21. f4 gxf4 22. gxf4 Bg7 23. Bh3 Ne7 24. Nxe6 Qxe6 25. Qxd6 Qxd6 26. Rxd6 fxe4 27. Rd7 Na6 28. Be6+ Kh8 29. Bf7 Nf5 30. Bxe8 Nxe3 31. Bf7 Nc5 32. Rc7 Nc2 33. Rc1 Nd4 34. Rg1 Nf3 35. Rg3 Rd8 36. Nxe4 Rd1+ 37. Kg2 Nh4+ 38. Kh3 Nxe4 39. Rc8+ Kh7 40. Bg8+ Kh8 41. Bd5+ Kh7 42. Bxe4+ Ng6 43. Bxg6# 1-0
2023.01.12 1st Bishan Singh Ji Mem
1066736 Laxman, R (2372) Nikhil, M (1850) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bd2 O-O 7. e4 Nxc3 8. Bxc3 Bg4 9. Be2 c5 10. d5 Nd7 11. O-O Qc7 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. Qd2 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qe5 16. Bg4 Rcd8 17. Qc3 b6 18. f4 Qxc3 19. bxc3 f5 20. exf5 Nf6 21. Bf3 Nxd5 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. g3 Nf6 24. Rfe1 Kf7 25. Be2 e6 26. Bc4 Rfe8 27. Re2 Rd6 28. a4 Nd5 29. Kf2 Nc7 30. Rcc2 a6 31. Re5 Red8 32. a5 Nd5 33. axb6 Nxb6 34. Rxc5 Nxc4 35. Rxc4 Rd2+ 36. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 37. Ke3 Rxh2 38. g4 Ke7 39. Rc7+ Kd6 40. Rg7 Rh3+ 41. Ke4 Rxc3 42. Rxg6 Rc4+ 43. Ke3 Ke7 44. g5 a5 45. Rg7+ Kf8 46. Ra7 Rc5 47. Kf3 Rb5 48. Kg4 Rf5 49. Rb7 Rf7 50. Rb8+ Kg7 51. Ra8 Rf5 52. Ra7+ Kf8 53. Ra6 Kf7 54. Kh5 Rxf4 55. Ra7+ Kg8 56. Kg6 Rf8 57. Rxa5 Re8 58. Re5 Re7 59. Kf6 Rf7+ 60. Kxe6 Kg7 61. Rf5 Rxf5 1/2-1/2
2023.01.11 1st Bishan Singh Ji Mem
1066706 Nikhil, M (1850) Aakash K P (1534) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. e3 Bg4 8. Qb3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 b6 10. Qb4 Nbd7 11. Ba6 c5 12. Qa4 Be6 13. Bf4 Ne4 14. Bb7 g5 15. Be5 f6 16. Qc6 Kf7 17. Bc7 Rc8 18. Bxd8 Rxc6 19. Bxc6 Rxd8 20. c4 Nb8 21. cxd5 Nxc6 22. dxe6+ Kxe6 23. f3 Nc3 24. Ne2 Nxe2 25. Kxe2 cxd4 26. Rhd1 dxe3 27. Rxd8 Nxd8 28. Rc1 Kd6 29. Kxe3 Ne6 30. Rc8 h5 31. Ke4 Nc7 32. Rd8+ Ke6 33. Rb8 Nd5 34. Re8+ Ne7 35. g3 b5 36. Rb8 Nd5 37. Kd4 Nb4 38. Rxb5 Nxa2 39. Rb2 Nc1 40. Ke3 Kf5 41. Kd2 h4 42. Kxc1 1-0
2023.01.11 1st Bishan Singh Ji Mem
1066715 Bipin, Raj S (1640) Nikhil, M (1850) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Qb6 13. b3 Bg4 14. Rc1 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qxd4 16. Bg5 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Be3 Qb4 19. Qh3 d4 20. Bh6 Rfc8 21. Re6 Qb7 22. f4 c5 23. f5 Qd5 24. Rf1 d3 25. Bd2 Rf8 26. Kh1 gxf5 27. Rxf5 Qxe6 28. Rg5+ Kh8 29. Qxe6 Bxg5 30. Qe5+ Bf6 31. Qe6 Rad8 32. g4 Rd6 33. Qe4 Rd4 34. Qe6 Bg7 35. h4 Rd6 36. Qe4 Bd4 37. Qxd3 Rf2 38. Bc3 Rf4 39. Qg3 e5 40. Bd2 Rf1+ 41. Kh2 Rf2+ 42. Kh3 Rdf6 0-1