WORLDBASE Player / Joueur Nithin, Babu
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107 games / 107 parties
2025.07.09 1st Bangkok Summer Open
18895 Chernyavsky, A (2332) Nithin, Babu (2298) 1/2-1/2
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. Nb3 c5 9. Bg3 cxd4 10. exd4 Nh5 11. Bh4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Be2 Nf4 14. O-O Bf5 15. Qd2 Nbd5 16. Bd1 Rc8 17. Bg5 Qd6 18. Nh4 Be6 19. Nc5 Bxd4 20. Ne4 Qe5 21. Re1 Bxb2 22. Nf3 Bxa1 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Bb3 Rfd8 25. Rd1 Rd7 26. Qe1 Rdc7 27. g3 Nh3+ 28. Kg2 Nxg5 29. Nxg5 Bc3 30. Qf1 Rd8 31. Nxe6 fxe6 32. Qe2 Kf7 33. Qf3+ Bf6 34. h4 Rc3 35. Qg4 h5 36. Qe2 Rxb3 37. Rxd5 Rxg3+ 38. fxg3 exd5 39. Kf3 d4 40. Qc4+ Kg7 41. Qc7 Rd6 42. Ke2 Ra6 43. Qxb7 Rxa2+ 44. Kd3 Ra3+ 45. Ke4 Re3+ 46. Kd5 d3 47. Qb4 Rxg3 48. Ke6 Rg4 49. Qb3 d2 50. Qd3 Rd4 51. Qxg6+ Kxg6 1/2-1/2
2025.07.08 1st Bangkok Summer Open
18880 Nithin, Babu (2298) Zhang, Haoxuan(ZJ) (2050) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. O-O e5 9. c4 O-O 10. Qe2 d6 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. Nc3 Rb8 14. h3 Be6 15. b3 Qa5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. f4 f6 19. f5 Bf7 20. g4 Nxb3 21. axb3 Rxb3 22. Rf3 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Bxc4 24. g5 Qb7 25. gxf6 gxf6 26. Rg3+ Kh8 27. Qh6 Qe7 28. Bf1 Bxf1 29. Rxf1 Rbb8 30. Rg6 Qf7 31. Rxf6 Qc4 32. Rg1 Rg8 33. Rfg6 Qf7 34. Rxg8+ Rxg8 35. Qxd6 Rxg1+ 36. Kxg1 Qe8 37. Kf2 Kg8 38. Qe6+ Qxe6 39. fxe6 Kf8 40. Na4 Ke7 41. Nc5 a5 42. Ke3 a4 43. Kd3 Kd6 44. Kc4 a3 45. Kb3 1-0
2025.07.08 1st Bangkok Summer Open
18886 Nithin, Babu (2298) Quizon, Daniel (2430) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Qd3 Rc8 11. c4 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Rfd1 Bf8 14. Rac1 g6 15. h3 h6 16. Nd2 Nc5 17. Qb1 a5 18. b3 Kh7 19. a3 h5 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Ncd7 22. Nf3 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Qb8 25. Ng5+ Kg8 26. Qc2 Qa8 27. Bb5 Rd8 28. Ne6 fxe6 29. dxe6 Nc5 30. bxc5 dxc5 31. Bg5 Kg7 32. f4 Qb8 33. Rf1 Be7 34. Bxf6+ Bxf6 35. Qxc5 Rc8 36. fxe5 Rxc5 37. exf6+ Kg8 38. e7 Kf7 39. e8=Q+ Qxe8 40. Bxe8+ Kxe8 41. Kf2 Kf7 42. Ke3 h4 43. Kd4 Rc2 44. e5 Rxg2 45. e6+ Kf8 46. Ra1 Rd2+ 47. Ke4 1-0
2025.07.07 1st Bangkok Summer Open
18862 Nithin, Babu (2298) Batashevs, Arsens (2206) 1-0
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d5 Nb8 6. c4 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Be3 Re8 10. Nd4 e6 11. Qc2 Nb6 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Nxe6 Rxe6 14. Rfd1 Qe8 15. f3 Qc6 16. c5 Nxe4 17. Bb5 Nxc3 18. Bxc6 Nxd1 19. Rxd1 bxc6 20. cxb6 axb6 21. Qxc6 Rxa2 22. Bd4 Bxd4+ 23. Rxd4 Re2 24. h4 Raxb2 25. Rg4 h5 26. Rg5 Rbc2 27. Qd7 Rc4 28. Qb5 Rc1+ 29. Kh2 Ree1 30. Qb3 Kf8 31. Qb2 Ke7 32. Rd5 Rc4 33. Kg3 Re6 34. Qb3 Rc5 35. Rd4 Re2 36. Qd3 Ree5 37. Qd2 Kd7 38. Qa2 Ke7 39. Kf2 Ra5 40. Qc2 Rac5 41. Qd2 Kd7 42. g4 Re6 43. Rf4 Ke7 44. Kg3 Ree5 45. Qa2 Re6 46. Qa8 Rf6 47. Re4+ Re6 48. Rf4 Rf6 49. Rxf6 Kxf6 50. Qf8 Ke6 51. g5 Rf5 52. Qc8+ Kd5 53. Qxc7 b5 54. Kf2 Ke6 55. Qd8 Kd5 56. Ke3 Re5+ 57. Kd3 Rf5 58. Qa8+ Kc5 59. Qc8+ Kd5 60. Qb7+ Ke6 61. Ke3 Re5+ 62. Kd4 Rf5 63. Qc8+ Ke7 64. Qc7+ Ke6 65. Qd8 Rd5+ 66. Kc3 Rc5+ 67. Kb4 Rf5 68. Qe8+ Kd5 69. Qxb5+ Kd4 70. Qe2 Rf4 71. Kb3 Rf5 72. Kb4 Rf4 73. Kb5 Kd5 74. Qa2+ Ke5 75. Kc6 Rf5 76. Qh2+ Rf4 77. Qg3 d5 78. Qe1+ Kf5 79. Kxd5 f6 80. Qb1+ 1-0
2025.07.07 1st Bangkok Summer Open
18869 Concio, Michael Jr. (2396) Nithin, Babu (2298) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 a6 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bb3 c4 8. Bc2 d5 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. d4 cxd3 11. Qxd3 Qxd3 12. Bxd3 Nf6 13. Nbd2 Bf5 14. Bxf5 gxf5 15. Nb3 O-O 16. Nfd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 e6 18. Nc6 Nd5 19. Rd1 Bf6 20. a4 Nb6 21. Bh6 Rfe8 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Kf1 Nc4 25. Rb1 Ra2 26. Bc1 Kg7 27. Nb4 Ra8 28. Ke2 Be5 29. Nc2 h5 30. h3 Kg6 31. Ra1 Rd8 32. Ne1 b4 33. Nd3 Bd6 34. b3 Ne5 35. Nf4+ Kh7 36. cxb4 Nc6 37. Be3 Bxf4 38. Bxf4 e5 39. Be3 Nxb4 40. Ra4 Nd5 41. Bd2 f4 42. b4 Kg6 43. Ra2 Kf5 44. Rb2 e4 45. b5 Rd6 46. f3 Rg6 47. fxe4+ Kxe4 48. Kf1 f3 49. gxf3+ Kxf3 50. Rb3+ Ke4 51. Kf2 Kd4 52. b6 Rf6+ 53. Kg3 Rg6+ 54. Kh4 Ne7 55. Rb5 Rg8 56. b7 Rb8 57. Kxh5 Kc4 58. Rb1 Nd5 59. Kg4 Kc5 60. Bf4 f5+ 61. Kf3 Nxf4 62. Kxf4 Kc6 63. h4 Kc7 64. h5 Kc6 65. h6 Kd7 66. h7 Kc7 67. Kxf5 1-0
2025.07.06 1st Bangkok Summer Open
25870 Dayal, Samar (1926) Nithin, Babu (2298) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Ne7 9. c4 Ng6 10. Be2 a6 11. Nc3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Be3 f5 14. f3 Bg5 15. Qd2 Bxe3+ 16. Qxe3 Nf4 17. Kh1 Bd7 18. Bd3 Kh8 19. Ne2 Nh5 20. Rac1 Nf6 21. Bb1 b5 22. Bd3 bxc4 23. Bxc4 a5 24. f4 Ng4 25. Qg1 g5 26. fxe5 dxe5 27. h3 Rf6 28. Rce1 f4 29. Nc3 Ne3 30. Rxe3 fxe3 31. Re1 Qb6 32. Qxe3 Qxe3 33. Rxe3 Rf2 34. Ne4 Rxb2 35. Nxg5 Rf8 36. Nf3 e4 37. Ne5 Bf5 38. d6 Rd2 39. d7 Kg7 40. Nc6 Rxd7 41. Nxa5 Rc8 42. Bb3 Rd4 43. Nc4 Rcxc4 44. Bxc4 Rxc4 45. a3 Kf6 0-1
2025.07.05 1st Bangkok Summer Open
25863 Nithin, Babu (2298) Rolston, Daniel Haruma (1871) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be6 7. Bd3 a6 8. N5c3 g6 9. Nd5 Bg7 10. Nbc3 Nf6 11. O-O Bxd5 12. cxd5 Nd4 13. Be3 O-O 14. Ne2 Nd7 15. Rc1 Qa5 16. Bb1 Qb4 17. b3 Rfc8 18. Bd3 Rxc1 19. Nxc1 Rc8 20. Bb1 Nc5 21. Nd3 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Qc3 23. Bd2 Qxd3 24. Bxd3 Kf8 25. Rc1 Rxc1+ 26. Bxc1 Ke7 27. Kf1 Kd7 28. g3 Bf6 29. f4 Bd8 30. Kg2 Ba5 31. Be3 Bd8 32. h4 Be7 33. Bf2 Bf6 34. Be1 Kc7 35. Bf2 Kd8 36. Kh3 Kd7 37. Be3 Ke7 38. f5 Kf8 39. g4 Ke8 40. Kg3 Bd8 41. g5 Be7 42. Kg4 Bd8 43. Bd2 Bb6 44. Bc3 Ke7 45. Bb4 Kd7 46. Bd2 Kd8 47. Bf1 Kd7 48. Kg3 Kd8 49. Bh3 Ne2+ 50. Kg4 Nd4 51. Bb4 Kc7 52. h5 Nc2 53. Bd2 Kd8 54. h6 Bc7 55. Kg3 Nd4 56. Be3 Ke7 57. fxg6 fxg6 58. Bc8 Bb6 59. Bxb7 a5 60. Kg4 Bc5 61. Bd2 Bb4 62. Bc1 Ne2 63. Bb2 Bc3 64. Bxc3 Nxc3 65. a3 Nxe4 66. b4 axb4 67. axb4 Nd2 68. Ba6 Nb3 69. Bd3 Kf7 70. Kf3 Kf8 71. Ke3 Nd4 72. b5 Nb3 73. b6 Nc5 74. Bb5 Ke7 75. Bc6 Kd8 76. b7 Kc7 77. Be8 1-0
2025.07.04 1st Bangkok Summer Open
25842 Nithin, Babu (2298) Mai, Duc Kien (1835) 1-0
1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 c6 6. Nc3 Nb6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Rd1 N8d7 11. Bf4 Qe8 12. a4 a5 13. h3 Be6 14. Qc2 Nd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Qb3 Ra6 17. Ng5 Rb6 18. Qa3 h6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Bc7 Rb4 21. e3 b6 22. Rac1 Qf7 23. Rd2 Rc8 24. Rdc2 e5 25. Qa2 e4 26. Bf1 e5 27. Ba6 Rf8 28. Bb7 Kh7 29. Bd6 exd4 30. Bxb4 axb4 31. Qxd5 Nc5 32. Qxf7 Rxf7 33. Bd5 Rd7 34. Bc4 d3 35. Rd2 Rc7 36. Bb5 b3 37. Kg2 Be5 38. Rc4 Kg7 39. Rb4 Kf6 40. Bc4 Kf5 41. g4+ Kg5 42. Bd5 Rd7 43. Bxb3 Bxb2 44. Rxb2 Nxb3 45. R4xb3 d2 46. Rb5+ Kf6 47. Rxb6+ Kf7 48. Rxd2 Rxd2 49. Rb4 h5 50. gxh5 gxh5 51. Rxe4 Ra2 52. Kg3 Kf6 53. Rb4 Rc2 54. Rb6+ Kf5 55. Rb5+ Kg6 56. a5 Ra2 57. Rb6+ Kg5 58. h4+ Kf5 59. Rh6 1-0
2025.07.04 1st Bangkok Summer Open
25851 Teo, Hong Ming (1938) Nithin, Babu (2298) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. Nf3 e6 9. Qb3 Bb4 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Bxc3 12. Qxc3 Ne4 13. Qe1 g5 14. Bg3 h5 15. Ne5 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qb6 18. Qd2 g4 19. Rc3 Rfc8 20. Rfc1 Qd8 21. Qd4 Be4 22. f3 Rxc3 23. Qxc3 Bg6 24. Qc7 Kg7 25. Qxd8 Rxd8 26. fxg4 hxg4 27. Rc7 d4 28. exd4 b5 29. Bxg4 Kh6 30. Ra7 Rxd4 31. Bf3 Rd2 32. Rxa6 Rxb2 33. a3 Kg5 34. Ra5 Bd3 35. Bc6 b4 36. axb4 Rxb4 37. Kf2 Bg6 38. Bf3 Rb3 39. g4 Kf4 40. g3+ Kg5 41. Rc5 Ra3 42. Rb5 Bd3 43. Rc5 Rb3 44. Bd1 Rb2+ 45. Ke3 Bg6 46. Bf3 Rb1 47. Ra5 Re1+ 48. Kf2 Rc1 49. Ke3 Rc3+ 50. Kf2 Bd3 51. Ra7 Kg6 52. Ke3 Bb1+ 53. Kf2 Rc5 54. Ra1 Bd3 55. Re1 Kg5 56. Rd1 Bb5 57. Re1 Ba6 58. Ra1 Bd3 59. Rd1 Rc2+ 60. Ke1 Bb5 61. Rd4 Rc5 62. Re4 Bc6 63. Re3 Bxf3 64. Rxf3 Rxe5+ 65. Kf2 f6 66. Rf4 Ra5 67. Rb4 Ra2+ 68. Kf3 Ra3+ 69. Kf2 Rd3 70. Kg2 e5 71. Kh3 Rd2 72. Rb8 Kg6 73. Rb7 Rf2 74. Re7 Re2 75. Re8 Kf7 76. Ra8 Rf2 77. g5 f5 78. Ra6 e4 79. g6+ Kg7 80. Re6 Re2 81. Kh4 Kh6 82. g7+ Kxg7 83. Kg5 Kf7 84. Re5 Rf2 85. g4 fxg4 86. Kxg4 Re2 87. Kf4 Kf6 88. Rxe4 Rxe4+ 89. Kxe4 1/2-1/2
2025.06.24 Aurionpro Mumbai IGM Open
34974 Arnav, Agrawal (2096) Nithin, Babu (2360) 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Be7 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. g3 Na6 14. Bg2 Bb7 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. h4 O-O-O 17. O-O c5 18. a4 Rxd4 19. Qe2 b4 20. Rac1 Bd5 21. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Qe3 Nb8 24. Rc1 Nc6 25. Nxc5 Qf6 26. b3 c3 27. Qe2 Qd4 28. Qb5 Kc7 29. Na6+ Kd6 30. Qe2 Ke7 31. Qb5 Qd2 32. Rf1 Bxg2 33. Kxg2 Qd5+ 34. Kh2 Kf6 35. Qb7 Rd7 36. Qb5 Kg7 37. Rc1 e5 38. Qe2 Qd2 39. Qg4+ Kf8 40. Rf1 c2 41. h5 Qd3 42. Rc1 Qd2 43. Rxc2 Qxc2 44. Qxd7 Qxf2+ 45. Kh3 Qf1+ 46. Kh4 Qxa6 47. h6 Qb6 48. Qg4 Qd4 0-1
2025.06.23 Aurionpro Mumbai IGM Open
41763 Nithin, Babu (2360) Badole Shaunak (2007) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5 axb5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. d4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 d6 12. f4 Nc6 13. Qd3 O-O 14. Nc3 Bd7 15. Kh1 Re8 16. Re1 Ng4 17. Be3 Qh4 18. h3 Nb4 19. Qd2 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 c5 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Be6 23. Rad1 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Re6 25. f5 Re5 26. Rxe5 dxe5 27. Rd1 Qe7 28. Rd5 c4 29. Qc3 Kf8 30. Rxe5 b4 31. Qg3 Qb7 32. Rc5 Rd8 33. Rxc4 Qa7 34. Kh2 Qe7 35. Qc7 Qxc7+ 36. Rxc7 Rd4 37. e5 Rd5 38. f6 gxf6 39. exf6 Ke8 40. Re7+ Kf8 41. Rb7 Ke8 42. Rxb4 Kd7 43. Re4 Rd2 44. Re7+ Kd6 45. Rxf7 Rxc2 46. Rxh7 Rxb2 47. Ra7 Ke6 48. f7 Rb8 49. h4 Kf6 50. Kh3 Kg7 51. Re7 Rf8 52. g3 Kf6 53. Re4 Kg7 54. Rf4 Kg6 55. Kg4 1-0
2025.06.22 Aurionpro Mumbai IGM Open
41727 Neelotpal, D (2361) Nithin, Babu (2360) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe2 b6 9. b3 Bb7 10. Bb2 Ne4 11. c4 Bd6 12. Rfd1 Qf6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nf1 Qe7 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Ba6 Ndf6 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. N3d2 Rad8 19. Ng3 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Rfe8 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Qg4 f6 23. Rac1 Qa6 24. a3 Qb5 25. b4 a5 26. Ba1 axb4 27. axb4 c4 28. Qh5 g6 29. Qh4 Rd6 30. f3 Ng5 31. Rxc4 dxc4 32. Rxd6 Qxb4 33. Qd4 Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Rxe3 35. Rd8+ Re8 36. Qxf6 Nxf3+ 37. gxf3 Qf2+ 38. Kh3 Qf1+ 39. Kg4 h5+ 40. Kg5 Qc1+ 41. f4 1-0
2025.06.21 Aurionpro Mumbai IGM Open
41710 Nithin, Babu (2360) Sri Charan Sandipagu (2018) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Qd3 Bxd5 11. exd5 h5 12. O-O O-O 13. a4 a5 14. c4 g6 15. Kh1 Ne8 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Bf6 18. Rab1 Be5 19. Qg3 Kh7 20. Bd3 Bxf4 21. Rxf4 Ne5 22. Nd4 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Ng7 24. Rbf1 f5 25. Nb5 Qe7 26. Qa3 Rad8 27. Qc3 b6 28. Re1 Qd7 29. Rff1 Rfe8 30. Qd4 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 Re8 32. Rc1 Qd8 33. Qf2 Re4 34. b3 h4 35. Nd4 Qg5 36. Rf1 Qe3 37. Qxe3 Rxe3 38. Kg1 Kg8 39. Rf3 Re1+ 40. Kf2 Rb1 41. Re3 Kf7 42. Re1 Rxe1 43. Kxe1 Kf6 44. Nb5 Ke5 45. Nc7 f4 46. Na8 Nf5 47. Nxb6 Nd4 48. c5 dxc5 49. Nc4+ Kxd5 50. Nxa5 g5 51. h3 Ke4 52. Kf2 Kd5 53. Kf1 f3 54. gxf3 Nxf3 55. Nc4 Nd4 56. Nd2 Nc6 57. Nf3 Na5 58. Nd2 Kd4 59. Ke2 Kc3 60. Ne4+ Kb4 61. Nd2 Kc3 62. Ne4+ Kb4 63. Nxc5 Kxc5 64. Kf3 Nxb3 65. Kg4 Nd2 66. Kxg5 Nf3+ 67. Kg4 Ng1 68. Kxh4 Nxh3 69. a5 Kb5 70. Kxh3 Kxa5 1/2-1/2
2025.06.20 Aurionpro Mumbai IGM Open
41692 Nithin, Babu (2360) Kavinda, A (2010) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Bc5 8. c4 bxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. Nc3 h6 11. b4 Bxb4 12. Nd5 Bd6 13. Bd2 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Qe7 15. Rb1 Rfb8 16. g3 Nd8 17. Bc4 Bc8 18. Nh4 Rxb1 19. Qxb1 Bc5 20. Nf5 Qf6 21. Ne3 Qf3 22. Bb3 Ne6 23. Bd1 Qf6 24. Ng4 Qd8 25. Nxe5 d6 26. Nf3 Qf6 27. Qc2 Rb8 28. Bc3 Qe7 29. Qd2 Ng5 30. Nxg5 Qxg5 31. Qxg5 hxg5 32. Bb3 Be6 33. Bxe6 fxe6 34. h3 e5 35. Rc1 Kf7 36. Bxe5 g6 37. Bc3 Ba3 38. Rc2 c5 39. Kg2 Rb1 40. d4 c4 41. Kf3 Rc1 42. Rxc1 Bxc1 43. d5 Ba3 44. Ke2 Bc5 45. f3 Ke7 46. Kd1 Bf2 47. Be1 Bd4 48. Kc2 Kf7 49. Bd2 Bf6 50. Bc3 Bd8 51. Bb4 Bf6 52. Bxd6 Bd4 53. Ba3 Be5 54. g4 Bf6 55. Bb2 Be7 56. e5 1-0
2025.06.18 Aurionpro Mumbai IGM Open
41654 Dinesh, Kumar Jaganathan (2000) Nithin, Babu (2360) 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Nge2 e6 9. Rc1 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Na4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qd2 Rad8 15. Nc5 Bc8 16. Rfd1 Rfe8 17. Nd4 Nfg4 18. g3 Qh6 19. h4 g5 20. Kg2 gxh4 21. gxh4 Kh8 22. Rh1 b6 23. Ncb3 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Nxe3+ 25. fxe3 Rxe3 26. Qd2 Qf4 27. Rh2 Bh3+ 28. Kh1 Qe4+ 29. Rg2 Bxg2+ 30. Qxg2 Qxh4+ 0-1
2025.06.17 Aurionpro Mumbai IGM Open
41633 Nithin, Babu (2360) Nijesh R (1931) 1-0
1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. e3 Qe5 8. Nc3 h5 9. f4 Qe7 10. Qc2 Na6 11. Nxe4 c5 12. Nb5 Qd7 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Nc3 Nb4 15. Qe4+ Be7 16. O-O f5 17. Qc4 Rb8 18. a3 b5 19. Nxb5 Rxb5 20. axb4 Rxb4 21. Qd5 Qxd5 22. Bxd5 Bb7 23. Bg2 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Rb7 25. d3 Rh6 26. e4 Rd6 27. Rf3 c4 28. dxc4 fxe4 29. Rc3 Rd3 30. Rc2 Bb4 31. f5 e3 32. Kf3 Re7 33. Re2 Rd1 34. Ra4 Rf1+ 35. Kg2 Re1 36. Rxe1 Bxe1 37. Kf1 Bd2 38. Bxd2 exd2 39. Ra1 Rb7 40. Ke2 Rxb2 41. Rxa7 d1=Q+ 42. Kxd1 Rxh2 43. c5 h4 44. g4 h3 45. c6 Rh1+ 46. Kc2 h2 47. Ra8+ Ke7 48. Rh8 Ra1 49. c7 h1=Q 50. Rxh1 Ra8 51. Kd3 Kd7 52. Rc1 Kc8 53. Ke4 Ra4+ 54. Ke5 Rxg4 55. Kf6 Rf4 56. Rc5 1-0
2025.06.16 Aurionpro Mumbai IGM Open
53198 Mithilesh P (1799) Nithin, Babu (2360) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O a5 7. a4 Ba7 8. h3 h6 9. Re1 g5 10. Nh2 Ne7 11. Qb3 O-O 12. h4 Nh7 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Qd1 Ng6 15. Qh5 Qf6 16. Rf1 Nf4 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. Qh6 Kh8 19. Nf3 f5 20. Nbd2 Rf6 21. Qh2 Qxh2+ 22. Kxh2 Rh6+ 23. Kg1 g4 24. Ne1 g3 25. d4 exd4 26. cxd4 Bxd4 27. Nd3 Nf6 28. Nf3 Ba7 29. e5 Ne4 30. Rae1 Kg7 31. Re2 Be6 32. Bxe6 Rah8 33. Nh4 Rxh4 34. Bxf5 Rh1# 0-1
2025.04.21 3rd Maharashtra GM Open
105363 Goutham Krishna H (2449) Nithin, Babu (2242) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. c3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. exd4 Nh5 8. Be3 Bd6 9. Bd3 Nf4 10. Bxf4 Bxf4 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Bd7 13. g3 Bd6 14. Nf1 Rb8 15. Ne3 b5 16. b4 a5 17. a3 Qc7 18. Qc2 h6 19. Qd2 Rfc8 20. Rac1 Bf8 21. h4 Be8 22. Bb1 f5 23. Ng2 Bh5 24. Qe3 Re8 25. Nf4 Bf7 26. Nd3 Bd6 27. Qd2 Bh5 28. Nfe5 Nxe5 29. Nxe5 Re7 30. Bd3 Qb6 31. Bf1 a4 32. Bd3 Rf8 33. Kg2 Rb7 34. f3 Be8 35. f4 Qd8 36. Nf3 Rf6 37. Kf2 Bh5 38. Ne5 Rf8 39. Re3 Rb6 40. Rh1 Rf6 41. Bf1 Kh7 42. Nd3 Qc7 43. Nc5 Qc8 44. Bd3 Kh8 45. Rhe1 Bc7 46. Be2 Bf7 47. Bd3 Qe8 48. Qc2 Qc6 49. Qe2 Kg8 50. Qf3 Kh8 51. Ke2 Kg8 52. Kd2 h5 53. Kc1 g6 54. Kb2 Kh8 55. Bf1 Bg8 56. Nd3 Qd7 57. Qd1 Qc6 58. Qd2 Qd7 59. Bg2 Qc8 1/2-1/2
2025.04.20 3rd Maharashtra GM Open
105289 Nithin, Babu (2242) Mayank, Chakraborty (2444) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Bb7 8. d3 O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Na3 Qb8 14. c3 d6 15. Nc2 g6 16. Ne3 Kg7 17. Qd2 Nh5 18. d4 Qd8 19. Ng4 Nf4 20. Bg3 Na5 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Bd5 h5 24. Qd4+ Kh7 25. Nge5 c5 26. Qd2 f6 27. Nd7 Re8 28. e5 1/2-1/2
2025.04.18 2nd Namma Bengaluru Open
113565 Sandipan, C (2485) Nithin, Babu (2242) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nd7 8. Qd2 Ne5 9. O-O-O Nxf3 10. gxf3 Be6 11. Rg1 g6 12. Qd4 Kd7 13. Bc4 Kc8 14. Rge1 Bf6 15. Bxe6+ fxe6 16. Qg4 Qd7 17. f4 Re8 18. Bd4 Qf7 19. Re3 a5 20. Rde1 Kd7 21. Qe2 Bd8 22. f5 Qxf5 23. Rf3 1/2-1/2
2025.04.17 2nd Namma Bengaluru Open
113535 Audi, Ameya (2404) Nithin, Babu (2242) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. Nd2 Bxe5 7. dxe5 Nc5 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Be3 Na4 11. Bb5 Nb6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 O-O 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qg3 Qe7 16. O-O Nc4 17. Rae1 Qxe5 18. Qxe5 Nxe5 19. Bf4 Nc4 20. b3 Na3 21. Re2 Rfe8 22. Rfe1 Rxe2 23. Rxe2 Nb5 24. c4 Nd4 25. Rd2 Ne6 26. Be3 dxc4 27. bxc4 a6 28. Rd3 Kf8 29. g4 g5 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Ra3 Kf8 32. Ra5 f6 33. h4 h6 34. Kg3 gxh4+ 35. Kxh4 Ng5 36. Rf5 Ke7 37. Bd4 Ne4 38. f3 Rd8 39. Be3 Ng5 40. Bc1 Rd3 41. Kg3 Ne4+ 42. Kg2 Nd6 43. Ra5 Nxc4 44. Rxa6 Ne5 45. Ra3 Nxf3 46. Rxd3 Ne1+ 47. Kf1 Nxd3 48. Bxh6 c5 49. Ke2 c4 50. Kd2 Ne5 51. Bf4 Nxg4 52. Bxc7 Kd7 53. Bf4 Kc6 54. Kc3 Kd5 55. a4 Nf2 56. a5 Ne4+ 57. Kb4 c3 58. a6 Kc6 59. Kc4 Kb6 60. Kd3 f5 61. Be5 Kxa6 62. Bxc3 Kb5 63. Kd4 Kc6 64. Ke5 Nd6 65. Bb4 f4 66. Kxf4 1/2-1/2
2025.04.16 2nd Namma Bengaluru Open
113504 Nithin, Babu (2242) Pantsulaia, L (2532) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. a3 b6 8. f4 Bb7 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. e5 Ng8 12. Qe2 Nh6 13. b4 Be7 14. Bb2 O-O 15. O-O-O f6 16. Kb1 fxe5 17. fxe5 Rf7 18. Ne4 Raf8 19. Bc2 Rf4 20. Rhe1 Ng4 21. g3 Rxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxe4+ 23. Qxe4 Nf2 24. Qd4 Nxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Qe4 Qc6 27. Qxc6 dxc6 28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 29. Kc2 b5 30. Kd3 Kf7 31. Kd4 Bb6+ 32. c5 Bd8 33. Bc1 Kg6 34. Ke4 Bg5 35. Bf4 Bh6 36. h4 Kh5 37. Bxh6 Kxh6 38. g4 g6 39. Kf3 g5 40. h5 1/2-1/2
2025.04.15 2nd Namma Bengaluru Open
113478 Ayush, Sharma (2485) Nithin, Babu (2242) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nd7 8. Qd2 Ne5 9. O-O-O Nxf3 10. gxf3 Be6 11. Kb1 Qd7 12. Rg1 g6 13. Qd4 Rg8 14. Bc4 a6 15. Rge1 O-O-O 16. Qa7 Qc6 17. Bxe6+ fxe6 18. Bc1 d5 19. Qe3 Bc5 20. Qxe6+ Qxe6 21. Rxe6 Rgf8 22. Bg5 Rde8 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. b4 Bd6 25. Rxd5 Re5 26. c4 Rxd5 27. cxd5 Bxb4 28. c4 b5 29. cxb5 axb5 30. Kc2 Kd7 31. Kd3 c5 32. dxc6+ Kxc6 33. Ke4 Kd6 34. Be3 Ke6 35. Kd4 Be7 36. h3 Bd6 37. Bd2 Be7 38. Bf4 Bf8 39. Bc7 Be7 40. Bb6 Bd6 41. Bc5 Be5+ 42. Ke4 Bf6 43. f4 Bg7 44. f3 Bf6 45. Bf8 Bb2 46. Bh6 Bc3 47. Kd3 Bb2 48. Bf8 Kd5 49. Kc2 Bd4 50. Kb3 Be3 51. Kb4 Kc6 52. Bh6 Bd2+ 53. Kb3 Kd5 54. Bg5 Kd4 55. Kc2 Ba5 56. h4 Kc4 57. Bf6 Be1 58. Bg5 Bc3 59. Be7 Ba5 60. Bf6 Be1 61. Bg5 Bb4 62. Bf6 Bd6 63. Bg5 Bb4 64. Bf6 Ba5 65. Bg5 Kd4 66. Bh6 Bb4 67. Bg5 Ba5 68. Bh6 Bd8 69. Bg5 Ba5 70. Bh6 Bb4 71. Bg5 Ke3 72. f5+ Kxf3 73. f6 Bf8 74. Kd3 h6 75. Be3 Kg4 76. Ke4 Kxh4 77. Kd5 h5 78. Bc5 Bh6 79. Ke6 Kg4 80. f7 h4 81. Kf6 h3 82. Bd6 Kh5 83. a3 g5 84. Kf5 g4 85. Kf6 g3 86. Bxg3 Bf8 87. Kf5 Bxa3 88. Be5 Bf8 89. Ke4 Kg6 90. Kf3 Kxf7 91. Kg3 b4 92. Kxh3 b3 93. Bb2 Bg7 94. Ba3 Ke6 95. Kg4 Kd5 96. Kf3 Kc4 97. Ke2 Kc3 98. Kd1 Bh6 99. Bc1 Kd3 100. Bb2 Be3 101. Bc1 Bxc1 102. Kxc1 Kc3 0-1
2025.04.13 2nd Namma Bengaluru Open
113457 Nithin, Babu (2242) Sammed Jaykumar, Shete (2391) 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Be3 Be6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. Ne2 Qc7 9. Qd2 Nd7 10. Bf4 Nb6 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. a4 Nd5 14. c4 Nc7 15. b4 Bg4 16. f3 Bh5 17. b5 Bg6 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Kh1 Kb8 20. d5 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 cxd5 22. Nc3 d4 23. Rab1+ Kc8 24. Nb5 Qc5 1-0
2025.04.13 2nd Namma Bengaluru Open
121767 Nithin, Babu (2242) Sanikidze, T (2448) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Qb6 8. O-O-O Qxd4 9. Qxd4 Nxd4 10. Rxd4 a6 11. Na4 Nd7 12. c4 b6 13. Be2 Bb7 14. f3 Bc6 15. Nc3 h6 16. Be3 Be7 17. h4 O-O 18. g4 g5 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Rhd1 Rfc8 21. Rxd6 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 f6 23. Rxe6 Kf7 24. Rd6 Ke7 25. Rd2 Rh8 26. b4 Rh3 27. Kb2 Rb8 28. Bd4 Ne5 29. c5 bxc5 30. Bxc5+ Kf7 31. Bxa6 Rxf3 32. Be2 Rh3 33. a4 Ra8 34. b5 Bd7 35. Bb4 Bxg4 36. Bxg4 Nxg4 37. a5 Ne5 38. Kb3 Kg6 39. b6 Nc6 40. Ka4 g4 41. Nd5 Rh1 42. Kb5 Nxb4 43. Kxb4 Kg5 44. b7 Rb8 45. a6 g3 46. Rd3 1-0
2025.04.12 2nd Namma Bengaluru Open
121733 Stany, G (2454) Nithin, Babu (2242) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nd7 8. Qd2 Ne5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. b3 Bf6 12. Rad1 d5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. f4 Bf6 15. f5 Bd7 16. Qxd5 Qe7 17. Qc5 Rfe8 18. Qxe7 Rxe7 19. Bf3 Rxe3 20. Rxd7 Rxc3 21. Bxb7 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Be4 Be7 24. Bd3 Bc5+ 25. Kh1 Kf8 26. Re1 Bd6 27. Re4 Rc5 28. Rh4 h6 29. f6 a5 30. g3 Re5 31. Kg2 Re6 32. Ra4 Re5 33. fxg7+ Kxg7 34. Kf3 Bb4 35. a3 Bd6 36. b4 axb4 37. axb4 Rh5 38. h4 Rd5 39. b5 Re5 40. Rg4+ Kf8 41. Rd4 Bc5 42. Rd7 Bb6 43. Bc4 Re7 44. Rd8+ Kg7 45. Bd3 Re6 46. Rd5 c6 47. bxc6 Rxc6 48. g4 Rc8 49. Rd7 Rc7 50. Rd5 Bc5 51. h5 Be7 52. c4 Rc6 53. Rd7 Kf8 54. Rb7 Rc5 55. Ke4 Bf6 56. Ke3 Rc6 57. Be4 Rxc4 58. Rxf7+ Kxf7 59. Bd5+ Kg7 1/2-1/2
2025.04.11 2nd Namma Bengaluru Open
121703 Nithin, Babu (2242) Nguyen, Quoc Hy (2404) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. g4 Be6 10. g5 Nfd7 11. h4 b5 12. Nd5 Nc5 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Qd2 Nc6 15. O-O-O Nd4 16. c3 Bxd5 17. exd5 Qxd5 18. Kb1 Qe6 19. Bd3 Rad8 20. g6 fxg6 21. cxd4 exd4 22. Bg5 Bxg5 23. hxg5 c4 24. Rde1 Qf7 25. Be4 Qxf2 26. Re2 Qf4 27. Qxf4 Rxf4 28. Bb7 d3 29. Reh2 b4 30. Rxh7 Kf7 31. Bxa6 Rd6 32. Bb5 Rd5 33. Ba4 Ra5 34. R7h4 Rxh4 35. Rxh4 Rxa4 36. Rxc4 d2 37. Kc2 Rxa2 38. Rxb4 Ra5 1/2-1/2
2025.03.23 18th Agzamov Mem 2025
141400 Nithin, Babu (2242) Tin, Jingyao (2597) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. a5 d6 10. d3 Bg4 11. c3 Rb8 12. Nbd2 Qc8 13. h3 Bh5 14. Bc4 bxc3 15. bxc3 Na7 16. Nf1 Nb5 17. Bd2 c6 18. Ng3 Bg6 19. Nh4 d5 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Ba2 Rd8 22. Qc2 Qd7 23. Red1 dxe4 24. dxe4 Qd3 25. Qb3 Nd6 26. Be3 Rxb3 27. Rxd3 Rb2 28. Bb6 Rd7 29. f3 Nb5 30. Bc4 Rxd3 31. Bxd3 Nd7 32. Be3 Bc5 33. Nf1 Kf8 34. Bxb5 Rxb5 35. Bxc5+ Nxc5 36. Nd2 Nb3 37. Nxb3 Rxb3 38. Rc1 Ke7 39. Kf2 Kd6 40. Ke3 Ra3 41. Rd1+ Kc7 0-1
2025.01.19 Goa Int. Open 2025
211335 Kushagra, Mohan (2412) Nithin, Babu (2168) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Bd7 7. Re1 g6 8. d4 Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. Bc2 Nh5 11. Be3 Qe8 12. Nbd2 Kh8 13. a4 f5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. a5 Rd8 16. b4 f4 17. Bc5 Rf6 18. Qe2 Bf8 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Nc4 Be6 21. Ba4 Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Rd6 23. b5 axb5 24. Qxb5 Qe7 25. Qxb7 Rb8 26. Bxc6 Rxb7 27. Bxb7 Nf6 28. a6 Nd7 29. a7 Nb6 30. Reb1 Rd8 31. Rxb6 cxb6 32. a8=Q Rxa8 33. Rxa8+ Kg7 34. Bd5 b5 35. Rb8 Qc5 36. Rb7+ Kf8 37. Nxe5 Qxc3 38. Rf7+ Ke8 39. Bc6+ Qxc6 40. Nxc6 Kxf7 41. f3 Ke8 42. Kf2 Kd7 43. Ne5+ Kd6 44. Nd3 1-0
2025.01.18 Goa Int. Open 2025
211321 Nithin, Babu (2168) Sanket, Chakravarty (2374) 1-0
1. c4 e5 2. g3 h5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nh4 Be7 5. Nf5 d6 6. Nxe7 Qxe7 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. d3 exd3 9. Qxd3 Nbd7 10. Bg2 h4 11. Bg5 Ne5 12. Qc2 h3 13. Be4 c6 14. b3 Rh5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. f4 f5 17. fxe5 fxe4 18. exd6 Qxd6 19. Rd1 Qe5 20. Qxe4 Be6 21. Qd3 Rf5 22. Rf1 Kf8 23. Rxf5 Bxf5 24. Qd6+ Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Ke7 26. Rd4 Rg8 27. Rf4 Be6 28. Ne4 b6 29. Nf2 Rg5 30. g4 Ra5 31. a4 b5 32. axb5 cxb5 33. cxb5 Bxb3 34. Rb4 Ra1+ 35. Kd2 Be6 36. Nxh3 Rh1 37. Ra4 Rxh2 38. Ng5 Bd5 39. Rxa7+ Kf6 40. b6 Rh8 41. Ra5 Rd8 42. Kc3 Rd6 43. Rb5 Bb7 44. Nf3 Rc6+ 45. Kd2 Rc4 46. Rf5+ Ke6 47. Rxf7 Bxf3 48. Rxf3 Rb4 49. g5 Ke7 50. Rf6 Rb5 51. Rh6 Rxg5 52. Rh8 Rd5+ 53. Ke1 Rb5 54. b7 1-0
2025.01.17 Goa Int. Open 2025
211294 Rohith, Krishna S (2473) Nithin, Babu (2168) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 Ne8 10. Bg3 Nd6 11. Qc2 Re8 12. O-O Bf8 13. h3 a5 14. Rad1 Na6 15. a3 b5 16. Rfe1 Bd7 17. Nf4 b4 18. Nb1 Ne4 19. Bh2 Qb6 20. f3 Nf6 21. Qf2 c5 22. e4 c4 23. Bf1 dxe4 24. Bxc4 exf3 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Qxf3 Ba4 27. b3 Bc6 28. Qf1 Nc7 29. axb4 axb4 30. Kh1 Ncd5 31. Nxd5 Nxd5 32. Qf2 Qb7 33. Rf1 Re6 34. Nd2 Rf6 35. Qe1 Qd7 36. Rxf6 Nxf6 37. Qe3 Qf5 38. Be5 Nd5 39. Qg3 Nc3 40. Kh2 Bd5 41. Bd3 Qe6 42. Nc4 Be4 43. Bxe4 Nxe4 44. Qf3 Nc3 45. Qa8 Qd5 46. Qc8 Ne4 47. Nb6 Qe6 48. Nd7 Qe7 49. d5 f6 50. Bf4 g5 51. Nxf8 Qxf8 52. Qe6+ Qf7 53. Qxe4 gxf4 54. d6 Qd7 55. Qxf4 Kf7 56. Qc4+ Qe6 57. Qxb4 Qe5+ 58. Kg1 Qe3+ 59. Kf1 Qd3+ 60. Kf2 Qc2+ 61. Kg3 Qd3+ 62. Kh2 Kg6 63. Qg4+ Kh7 64. Qd7+ Kg6 65. Qc7 f5 66. d7 f4 67. Qb6+ 1-0
2025.01.16 Goa Int. Open 2025
211256 Nithin, Babu (2168) Vaz, Ethan (2412) 1/2-1/2
1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qe5 8. Bg2 Na6 9. Rb1 h5 10. h4 Be7 11. b4 O-O 12. Bb2 Qe6 13. a3 c5 14. b5 Nc7 15. Ne3 b6 16. d3 Bb7 17. Qa4 a6 18. bxa6 Bxa6 19. Bh3 b5 20. Bxe6 bxa4 21. Bc4 exd3 22. exd3 Rfd8 23. Ke2 Bf8 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. dxe4 Ne6 26. Bxa6 Rxa6 27. Rhd1 Rb8 28. Nc4 Rb3 29. Ba1 Nd4+ 30. Bxd4 cxd4 31. Rxb3 axb3 32. Rb1 Bxa3 33. Rxb3 Bc5 34. Rb8+ Kh7 35. Rb5 d3+ 36. Kxd3 Bxf2 37. Rxh5+ Rh6 38. Rxh6+ gxh6 39. h5 Bxg3 40. Ne3 Bf4 41. Nf5 Kg8 42. Kd4 Kf8 43. e5 Ke8 44. Ke4 Bg5 45. Ng3 Ke7 46. Kf5 Bd2 47. Ne4 Bc1 48. Nf6 Bd2 49. Nd5+ Kf8 50. Ke4 Ke8 51. Nf6+ Ke7 52. Kd5 Bg5 53. Ne4 Bc1 54. Nd6 Bg5 55. Ne4 Bc1 56. Nc5 Be3 57. Nd3 Bd2 58. Ke4 f6 59. Kf5 fxe5 60. Nxe5 Bc1 61. Kg6 Ke6 62. Nf3 Be3 63. Nh4 Bc1 64. Nf5 Bg5 65. Nd4+ Ke7 66. Nf3 Bc1 67. Kg7 Ke6 68. Kg6 Ke7 69. Nd4 Bg5 70. Nf5+ Ke6 71. Nxh6 Bxh6 72. Kxh6 Kf7 73. Kh7 Kf8 74. Kh8 Kf7 75. Kh7 Kf8 76. h6 Kf7 77. Kh8 Kg6 78. h7 Kf7 1/2-1/2
2025.01.16 Goa Int. Open 2025
211278 Nithin, Babu (2168) Deepan, C (2413) 1-0
1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qc2 c5 8. Nc3 Qc7 9. d4 b5 10. Bf4 Qb6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. d5 e5 14. Bd2 Bd6 15. O-O O-O 16. a4 Nf6 17. e4 c4 18. Be3 Bc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. axb5 axb5 21. b4 Qb6 22. Rfb1 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Ne8 24. Qa2 Nd6 25. Qa7 Qd4 26. Qxd4 exd4 27. Ne2 d3 28. Nc3 f6 29. f4 Re8 30. Kf2 g5 31. Ra7 h5 32. Ke3 Nf5+ 33. Kd2 Nd6 34. h4 g4 35. Ra5 Kf8 36. Nxb5 Rxe4 37. Bxe4 Nxe4+ 38. Ke3 d2 39. Ke2 c3 40. Nxc3 Nxc3+ 41. Kxd2 Ne4+ 42. Ke1 Nxg3 43. Rb5 Ba6 44. Rb6 Bd3 45. Rxf6+ Kg7 46. Re6 Bf5 47. Re5 Kf6 48. d6 Be6 49. b5 Nf5 50. b6 Nxd6 51. Rxh5 Bf5 52. Rh8 Be4 53. Kf2 Kg7 54. Rh5 Bf3 55. Rg5+ Kf6 56. Kg1 Bb7 57. h5 Be4 58. Rxg4 Nc4 59. f5 1-0
2025.01.14 Goa Int. Open 2025
211241 Agibileg, Uurtsaikh (2392) Nithin, Babu (2168) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 Ne8 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O Nd6 12. b4 a6 13. a4 Bf5 14. Bxf5 Nxf5 15. b5 axb5 16. axb5 Nd7 17. Qb3 Nf6 18. Nf4 Nxe3 19. Rae1 Ra3 20. Qb2 Nc4 21. Rxe7 Nxb2 22. Nb1 Rb3 23. Rxb7 cxb5 24. Nd2 Rb4 25. Nf3 Rc8 26. h4 Nc4 27. Nd3 Rb3 28. Nc5 Rxf3 29. gxf3 Nd2 30. Ra1 Nxf3+ 31. Kf1 Nxd4 32. Nd3 Ne4 33. Ne5 Nd6 34. Rd7 N4f5 35. Ra6 Re8 36. f4 f6 37. Nf3 Ne4 38. Raa7 Neg3+ 39. Kg2 Re4 40. Rab7 Nh5 41. Nh2 b4 42. Ng4 Rxf4 43. Kh3 Rf3+ 44. Kh2 Rg3 45. Rxd5 Rxg4 46. Rxf5 Rxh4+ 47. Kg2 Kh7 48. Rbb5 g5 49. Rfc5 Kg6 50. Rc8 Nf4+ 51. Kf3 Nd3 52. Rg8+ Kf7 53. Rbb8 Ne5+ 54. Kg3 h5 55. Rh8 Kg6 56. Rbc8 Rg4+ 57. Kh3 h4 58. Rhg8+ Kf5 59. Rc1 Rg3+ 60. Kh2 b3 61. Rf1+ Kg4 62. Kh1 Nf3 63. Rb8 Rh3+ 64. Kg2 Rh2# 0-1
2025.01.12 Goa Int. Open 2025
218699 Dzhumaev, M (2364) Nithin, Babu (2168) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Nd2 Bc5 7. Be2 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. c4 Re8 11. Nb3 Bd6 12. c5 Bf8 13. Bf4 a5 14. Rc1 Rxe2 15. Qxe2 Ba6 16. Qe5 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 c6 18. Qc7 Qxc7 19. Bxc7 a4 20. Nd4 Nd7 21. Bb6 Rc8 22. b4 axb3 23. axb3 Nxb6 24. cxb6 c5 25. b4 c4 26. Ra1 Rb8 27. Ra6 c3 28. Ke2 Bxb4 29. Kd3 Rb7 30. Nc6 Bf8 31. Na5 Rb8 32. b7 1-0
2025.01.03 15th Chennai Open 2025
228774 Nithin, Babu (2168) Mayank, Chakraborty (2457) 0-1
1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. h3 c6 7. e4 e5 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. O-O a6 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Qc2 b5 12. d5 b4 13. dxc6 bxc3 14. cxd7 Bb7 15. Qxc3 Bxe4 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. c5 Nd5 18. Qc4 Nxe3 19. fxe3 d5 20. Rxd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 e4 22. Nd4 Qxd7 23. Qxe4 Rac8 24. c6 Qd6 25. Kh2 Re8 26. Qf3 h5 27. h4 Rc7 28. Rf1 Rce7 29. b3 Kh8 30. Nc2 f5 31. Qd5 Qc7 32. b4 Bf6 33. Kh3 Rd8 34. Qf3 Re4 35. Qe2 Rg4 36. Rf4 g5 37. hxg5 Bxg5 38. Rxg4 hxg4+ 39. Kh2 Kg7 40. Nd4 Qe5 41. Qf2 Kg6 42. Nc2 Qh8+ 43. Kg1 Rd1+ 44. Bf1 Qc3 45. e4 fxe4 46. Qe2 Qxg3+ 47. Kh1 Qf3+ 48. Qxf3 gxf3 49. Kg1 e3 50. c7 e2 51. c8=Q exf1=Q+ 0-1
2024.12.30 4th Athens of the East Op
237999 Nithin, Babu (2282) Karthikeyan, P2 (2290) 0-1
1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 d4 5. O-O c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3 h6 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Re1 O-O 12. Nbd2 Rb8 13. Qe2 a5 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Rd8 16. Ne5 Nb4 17. Qe2 Bd7 18. b3 Be8 19. a3 Na6 20. f4 b5 21. Reb1 f6 22. cxb5 Bxb5 23. Nc4 Bxc4 24. bxc4 Nc7 25. a4 Rb4 26. Rxb4 axb4 27. a5 b3 28. Bb7 Qb4 29. a6 Rd6 30. Bc8 Qc3 31. Rb1 Nxa6 32. Bxe6+ Kf8 33. Bf5 Qc2 34. Qxc2 bxc2 35. Rc1 Nb4 36. Kf1 Ra6 37. Ke2 Ke7 38. Kd2 Kd6 39. Bg6 Kc5 40. Bf5 Ra3 41. Be4 Kb6 42. h4 Ka5 43. c5 Rc3 44. c6 Ka4 45. Ra1+ Kb3 46. Kc1 Nxd3+ 47. Bxd3 Rxd3 48. Ra3+ Kxa3 49. c7 Rc3 0-1
2024.12.29 4th Athens of the East Op
237987 Aronyak, Ghosh (2547) Nithin, Babu (2282) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 O-O 10. Ne2 Re8 11. Ng3 c5 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. O-O g6 14. Ne2 c4 15. Bc2 Bf5 16. Rb1 Rab8 17. Rb5 Ne7 18. Rb1 Nc6 19. Rb5 Ne7 20. Rb1 Nc6 21. Rb5 Ne7 22. Rb1 Nc6 1/2-1/2
2024.12.28 4th Athens of the East Op
237980 Nithin, Babu (2282) Deepan, C (2408) 1-0
1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bb2 Re8 9. d4 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Rc1 a6 12. a3 Bd6 13. b4 Ne4 14. e3 Qe7 15. Qb3 b5 16. Rc2 Nb6 17. Ne5 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Nc4 19. Nd3 a5 20. Nc5 c6 21. Bc1 Bc8 22. Re1 Qf6 23. f3 Bf5 24. e4 axb4 25. axb4 Bxc5 26. bxc5 Bg6 27. Rce2 h6 28. exd5 Rxe2 29. Rxe2 cxd5 30. Re1 Ra2 31. Rd1 Kh7 32. Bf4 Bc2 33. Be5 Qg6 34. Rc1 Bf5 35. g4 Bd3 36. c6 b4 37. Qb3 Ra6 38. c7 Rc6 39. Qxb4 Nxe5 40. c8=Q Rxc8 41. Rxc8 Nc4 42. Re8 Qg5 43. Re1 Bg6 44. Qc3 h5 45. h3 Qf4 46. Kf2 Qh2 47. Qc1 h4 48. Re2 Bd3 49. Re7 f6 50. Qc3 Bg6 51. Kf1 Qd6 52. Re1 Qh2 53. Re2 f5 54. Kf2 Qf4 55. Kg1 Nd6 56. Qe3 Qg3 57. Qe5 Nb5 58. gxf5 Bh5 59. Qxg3 hxg3 60. Rd2 Nd6 61. f4 Bf7 62. Bf1 Kh6 63. Bd3 Kh5 64. Re2 Kh4 65. Kg2 Nc4 66. Re7 Bh5 67. Bxc4 1-0
2024.12.27 4th Athens of the East Op
237958 Nithin, Babu (2282) Raahul, V S (2378) 0-1
1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d4 Bf5 7. O-O Ndb4 8. Nh4 Bc2 9. Qd2 Qxd4 10. a3 Qxd2 11. Bxd2 Na6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Rc1 Bb3 14. Be3 e5 15. Nc3 Rb8 16. Nf3 f6 17. Nd2 Be6 18. Na4 Bd5 19. f3 Kf7 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. fxe4 Rb3 22. Rc3 Rxc3 23. bxc3 Bd6 24. Rb1 Re8 25. c4 h5 26. h3 Ke6 27. g4 hxg4 28. hxg4 g6 29. Kf2 Re7 30. Kg2 Rh7 31. Bf2 Bf8 32. Rb3 Rd7 33. Rb2 f5 34. gxf5+ gxf5 35. exf5+ Kxf5 36. Rb3 e4 37. Rh3 Rd2 38. Rh8 Bg7 39. Rc8 Bd4 40. Kf1 Rd1+ 41. Kg2 Rd2 42. Kf1 Rc2 43. Rxc6 Nb8 44. Rc7 e3 45. Bg3 Rxc4 46. Rf7+ Kg4 47. Bxb8 Rxa4 48. Rxa7 Rc4 49. Ra6 Rc1+ 50. Kg2 Re1 51. Rg6+ Kf5 52. Bg3 Rxe2+ 53. Kf3 Rf2+ 54. Bxf2 exf2 0-1
2024.12.26 4th Athens of the East Op
237952 Mrithyunjay Mahadevan (2116) Nithin, Babu (2282) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Bd7 7. d4 g6 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. dxe5 Nxe4 10. Re1 Qd7 11. Qd4 Bg7 12. Rxe4 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 dxe5 14. Na3 O-O-O 15. Nc2 f5 16. Qc4 f4 17. b3 Qf5 18. Qe2 g5 19. Ba3 g4 20. Nh4 Qh5 21. g3 Bf6 22. Ng2 Qf5 23. Nge1 h5 24. f3 gxf3 25. Qxf3 Rhg8 26. Ne3 Qe6 27. N3g2 h4 28. gxh4 Rg4 29. Qe4 Rdg8 30. Bc5 Bxh4 31. Kh1 Qf6 32. Rd1 Kb8 33. Nxh4 Qxh4 34. Nf3 Qh3 35. Nxe5 Qxh2+ 0-1
2024.12.09 15th KIIT Cat A Open 2024
263809 Nithin, Babu (2282) Challa Saharsha (1966) 1-0
1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Qd7 5. Qxc4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Rd1 e5 10. a3 Qe6 11. d3 h6 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Qxe6 Bxe6 14. Nc4 Bxc4 15. dxc4 Na5 16. Rb1 Nxc4 17. Bxb7 Rab8 18. Ba6 Na5 19. Na4 Nb3 20. Be3 Nd4 21. Bd2 Ne4 22. Ba5 Bd8 23. Bxd8 Rfxd8 24. Bd3 Nf6 25. Nxc5 e4 26. Nxe4 Nxe4 27. Bxe4 Nxe2+ 28. Kf1 Nd4 29. b4 Nb5 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. Ra1 Nc3 32. Bc6 Rd2 33. Rc1 Ne2 34. Rc5 Ra2 35. Rc4 Rd2 36. Ke1 Rb2 37. a4 Ng1 38. Be4 g6 39. h4 Nh3 40. Bc2 Ng1 41. Kd2 Nf3+ 42. Kc1 Ra2 43. Rc8+ Kg7 44. Kb1 Ra3 45. Kb2 1-0
2024.12.07 15th KIIT Cat A Open 2024
263769 Nithin, Babu (2282) Niladri Banerjee (1962) 0-1
1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 c5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qh4 Re8 9. Bh6 Qb6 10. Bxg7 Qxb2 11. O-O Kxg7 12. Rfc1 Qb6 13. Nd5 Qa5 14. Rd1 d6 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nxf6 exf6 17. Ne4 g5 18. Qh5 Ne5 19. Bh3 Bxh3 20. Qxh3 Nxc4 21. Nxd6 Nxd6 22. Rxd6 Rxe2 23. Qg4 Rxa2 24. Rxa2 Qxa2 25. Qf3 Qa1+ 26. Kg2 Re8 27. Qxb7 Re1 28. Rd7 Rg1+ 29. Kf3 Qa3+ 30. Kg4 Qa4+ 31. Kh5 Qc4 32. Qf3 Qe6 33. Qg4 f5 34. Qd4+ Kh7 35. Rd6 Qg6+ 36. Rxg6 fxg6# 0-1
2024.12.06 15th KIIT Cat A Open 2024
263753 Goutham Ramesh (1943) Nithin, Babu (2282) 0-1
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. exd4 Nh5 8. Be3 Bd6 9. Ne5 Nf6 10. f4 Qb6 11. Qb3 Ng8 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. Bb5 Ne7 14. Ndf3 f6 15. Nd3 Bd7 16. Kd2 Na5 17. Bxd7+ Kxd7 18. g4 h5 19. h3 Nc4+ 20. Ke2 hxg4 21. hxg4 Rxh1 22. Rxh1 Rxa2 23. Bc1 Ke8 24. Kd1 Kf7 25. Rh2 Ng6 26. Rf2 Ra8 27. Rh2 Rh8 28. Rxh8 Nxh8 29. Kc2 Ng6 30. b3 Na5 31. Be3 b5 32. Bd2 Nc6 33. b4 Nge7 34. Kd1 Nc8 35. Ke2 Bc7 36. Be3 Nd6 37. Nd2 b6 38. Nf3 Ne4 39. Bd2 Ne7 40. Nh4 Nc8 41. Be1 Ncd6 42. Ng2 Nc4 43. Ne3 g5 44. Ng2 Kg6 45. Kf3 Ncd2+ 46. Ke2 Nb1 47. fxg5 Nbxc3+ 48. Ke3 fxg5 49. Ne5+ Bxe5 50. dxe5 Nd1+ 51. Kd4 Nef2 52. Bxf2 Nxf2 53. Ne3 Kf7 54. Kc3 Ne4+ 55. Kd3 Ke7 56. Ke2 d4 57. Nc2 d3+ 58. Kxd3 Nf2+ 59. Kd4 Nxg4 60. Na3 Kd7 61. Nxb5 Nh6 62. Nc3 Nf5+ 63. Ke4 g4 64. b5 Nh4 65. Ne2 Ng6 66. Ng3 Ne7 67. Ne2 Nd5 68. Nd4 Ke7 69. Ne2 Kf8 70. Nd4 Kf7 71. Kd3 Nc7 72. Ke4 Kg6 73. Ke3 Kg5 74. Ke4 Kh4 75. Kf4 Kh3 76. Kg5 g3 77. Ne2 g2 78. Kf6 Nxb5 79. Nf4+ Kg3 80. Nxg2 Nd4 81. Ne1 b5 82. Nd3 Kf3 83. Nc5 b4 84. Ke7 Ke3 0-1
2024.12.02 15th KIIT Cat A Open 2024
263635 Akshaya Sathi (1917) Nithin, Babu (2282) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 c5 9. Nc6 Qd7 10. Na5 Qa4 11. Bd2 Be7 12. Re1 Bg4 13. f3 Be6 14. c4 Qd7 15. Nc3 Rb8 16. Nd5 Bd8 17. Bc3 c6 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Qc2 O-O 20. Rad1 Qc7 21. Qd2 Be7 22. Qh6 Rb6 23. f4 Qd8 24. f5 Kh8 25. Rd3 Rg8 26. Rh3 Rg7 27. fxe6 fxe6 28. Rf1 e5 29. Rff3 Qd7 30. Rfg3 Rf7 31. Qg6 Qe8 32. Rxh7+ 1-0
2024.03.06 ch-IND Rapid 2023-24
612584 Nithin, Babu (2346) Prraneeth, Vuppala (2506) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. h3 Re8 12. Bc2 Rb8 13. a3 exd4 14. cxd4 Ne7 15. b4 Bb7 16. Bd3 Ng6 17. Qc2 Nh5 18. Rfe1 Nhf4 19. Bf1 Qf6 20. Rac1 Re7 21. g3 Ne6 22. d5 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 Ng5 24. h4 Nxf3+ 25. Rxf3 Qd4 26. Rc3 Ne5 27. Nb3 Qb6 28. Na5 Ng4 29. Bg2 f5 30. Nxb7 Rxb7 31. exf5 Rb8 32. Bf3 Ne5 33. Be2 Rf8 34. Rxc7 Rxc7 35. Qxc7 Qd4 36. Qc3 Qxd5 37. f4 Nd7 38. Qd3 Rxf5 39. Rc8+ Nf8 40. Qxd5+ Rxd5 41. Bg4 Kf7 42. Rc3 Ne6 43. f5 Nd4 44. Rd3 Kf6 45. Kf2 Ke5 46. Re3+ Kf6 47. Rd3 Ke5 48. Bh3 Nc2 49. Rxd5+ Kxd5 50. g4 Ke5 51. g5 hxg5 52. hxg5 Nd4 53. f6 gxf6 54. gxf6 Kxf6 55. Bc8 Ke5 56. Bxa6 Ke4 57. Ke1 Kd5 58. Kd2 Kc4 59. a4 Kxb4 60. axb5 Nxb5 61. Bxb5 Kxb5 62. Kd3 Kc5 63. Kc3 Kd5 64. Kd3 1/2-1/2
2024.03.06 ch-IND Rapid 2023-24
612593 Nithin, Babu (2346) Nitin, S (2338) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. Rg1 Nc6 8. Be3 a6 9. Be2 Bd7 10. h4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 e5 12. Qd2 Bc6 13. Bf3 Nd7 14. g5 hxg5 15. hxg5 Qa5 16. O-O-O O-O-O 17. Kb1 Kb8 18. Be2 Nc5 19. Bc4 Rd7 20. Bd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Rc7 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Qxc5 Rxc5 24. Nd5 Rh2 25. Rdf1 Rc4 26. Rh1 Rg2 27. Ne3 1-0
2024.03.04 ch-IND Rapid 2023-24
612514 Mohammad, Nubairshah Shaikh (2436) Nithin, Babu (2346) 1-0
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. c4 d6 7. d4 d5 8. dxc5 Qa5+ 9. Nbd2 dxc4 10. O-O c3 11. Nc4 Qxc5 12. Bxc3 Nc6 13. Nfe5 Rd8 14. b4 Rxd1 15. bxc5 Rxf1+ 16. Rxf1 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rd1 Nxc5 20. Rd8 Ne6 21. Re8 Kf6 22. e4 Nc5 23. Rg8 Nd7 24. Bh3 e6 25. e5+ Nxe5 26. Nd6 Nc6 27. f4 Rb8 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Nxc8 a5 30. a4 Nd4 31. Nb6 Ke7 32. Bg2 Kd6 33. Nc4+ Kc7 34. Nxa5 b6 35. Nc4 Ne2+ 36. Kf2 Nc3 37. Nb2 Kd6 38. Ke3 Kc5 39. Kd3 Na2 40. Kc2 f6 41. Bf1 Nb4+ 42. Kb3 Nc6 43. Bg2 Nd4+ 44. Kc3 e5 45. Nd3+ Kd6 46. fxe5+ fxe5 47. Be4 Ne6 48. h4 Nd4 49. Kc4 Ne2 50. g4 Ke6 51. Bd5+ Kd6 52. Nf2 Nf4 53. Ne4+ Kc7 54. g5 Ng2 55. Bg8 Nxh4 56. Bxh7 Kd7 57. Bg8 Nf3 58. Bf7 Nh4 59. Kd5 Ke7 60. Be6 Nf3 61. Bg4 Ne1 62. Be2 Nc2 63. Kxe5 Ne3 64. Nc3 Nc2 65. Bd3 1-0
2024.02.04 1st SOA Int Open 2024
654515 Nithin, Babu (2177) Audi, Ameya (2385) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. d4 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Rc8 12. Bd3 O-O 13. Nbd2 Nb8 14. Nb3 d5 15. e5 Ne4 16. Nfd2 Qc7 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Qc2 20. Qxc2 Rxc2 21. Rb1 Nc6 22. Be3 Nb4 23. Rec1 Rxc1+ 24. Nxc1 Rc8 25. a3 Nc2 26. Nb3 Nxe3 27. fxe3 Bg5 28. Kf2 Rc2+ 29. Kf3 Kf8 30. Nc5 a5 31. Nb7 Ke7 32. Nxa5 f6 33. Nb3 h5 34. exf6+ gxf6 35. Nc5 f5 36. b4 Kd6 37. Rb3 Kd5 38. a4 bxa4 39. Nxa4 Kc4 40. Rb2 Rc1 41. b5 Re1 42. b6 Rxe3+ 43. Kf2 Ra3 44. b7 Bf4 45. g3 Bb8 46. Nc5 Kxd4 47. Nd7 Ba7 48. b8=Q Bxb8 49. Nxb8 e5 50. Rd2+ Kc4 51. Nc6 e4 52. Ne5+ Kc3 53. Re2 Kd4 54. Ng6 Rb3 55. Rd2+ Kc3 56. Ke3 Kc4+ 57. Ke2 Ra3 58. Nh4 f4 59. gxf4 Rh3 60. Nf5 Rxh2+ 61. Ke3 Rh1 62. Nd6+ Kc5 63. Nxe4+ Kc6 64. f5 Rf1 65. f6 Rf5 66. Rf2 Rxf2 67. Kxf2 Kd7 68. Ng5 1-0
2024.02.03 1st SOA Int Open 2024
654503 Singgih, Diajeng Theresa (1867) Nithin, Babu (2177) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Bd7 7. d4 g6 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. dxe5 Nxe4 10. Qe2 Nf6 11. Qd1 Ne4 12. Qe2 Qd7 13. Nd4 O-O-O 14. e6 fxe6 15. f3 Nc5 16. b4 Na4 17. Bg5 Re8 18. Bf6 Rg8 19. c4 e5 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. b5 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Bh6 23. Na3 Qe3 24. Qxe3 Bxe3 25. bxa6 bxa6 26. Nc2 Bc5 27. Rab1 g5 28. Nb4 Bxb4 29. Rxb4 Nc5 30. f4 gxf4 31. Bh4 Kd7 32. Bf2 Nd3 33. Ra4 e4 34. Be1 e3 35. Ra3 e2 36. Rg1 Re3 37. Rxa6 f3 38. Ra3 f2 0-1
2024.02.02 1st SOA Int Open 2024
654472 Nithin, Babu (2177) Ritviz, P (2391) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. h3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 h6 13. Nf1 Re8 14. Ng3 Bf8 15. Bd2 b4 16. c3 d5 17. cxb4 cxb4 18. Rc1 Qd6 19. d4 Nc6 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Bf4 Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 dxe4 23. Qe3 Qd3 24. Qb6 Bd5 25. Red1 Bxa2 26. Rxd3 exd3 27. Bd2 a5 28. Qc6 Rad8 29. Qf3 Bb3 30. Kh2 Bd6 31. Qxd3 Bxa4 32. b3 Bb8 33. Qc2 Bxb3 34. Qxb3 Rxd2 35. Kg1 Bxg3 36. Qxg3 a4 37. Qf4 Rb2 38. Qd4 a3 39. Kh2 Re4 40. Rc8+ Kh7 41. Qd3 a2 42. Ra8 Rxf2 43. Ra4 Kg8 44. Ra8+ Re8 45. Ra7 Ree2 46. Ra8+ Re8 47. Ra7 Ree2 48. Ra8+ Ne8 49. Qb5 Rxg2+ 50. Kh1 Rh2+ 51. Kg1 Rhg2+ 52. Kf1 Rgf2+ 53. Kg1 Kh7 54. Qxb4 Nc7 55. Ra3 Nd5 56. Qc5 Ne3 57. Rxa2 Rf1# 0-1
2024.02.01 1st SOA Int Open 2024
654432 Nithin, Babu (2177) Shahil, Dey (2363) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Qe3 g6 7. c4 Bg4 8. O-O h5 9. Ng5 Bg7 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. b3 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nh7 13. Qf3 Ne5 14. Qh3 Qd7 15. Qg3 h4 16. Qxh4 Qg4 17. Qg3 Qxg3 18. hxg3 Ng4 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. Bd2 Bd4 21. Rad1 Nhf6 22. Ne2 Bb6 23. Nf4 Nxe4 24. Nh3 Nxg3 25. Rfe1 Nxf2 26. Rf1 Ne2+ 27. Kh2 Ke8 28. Rxf2 Bxf2 29. Bg5 Rc5 0-1
2024.02.01 1st SOA Int Open 2024
654461 Priansh, Das (1910) Nithin, Babu (2177) 0-1
1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. Nc3 d6 7. O-O Nbc6 8. Ne1 Be6 9. f4 O-O 10. e4 Nd4 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Nc2 Nec6 13. Ne3 Qd7 14. Ned5 f5 15. Bg5 Rf7 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Qd2 Raf8 18. Rae1 a6 19. Ne2 Qd6 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Rf2 Bd7 22. Ref1 Bc6 23. Kh1 Kh8 24. Be3 b5 25. b3 Qg6 26. Qc1 b4 27. Bxd4 cxd4 28. Nxb4 Bxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Bh6 30. Qe1 Be3 31. Nd5 f4 32. Qe2 h5 33. Kh1 Rg8 34. Rg2 Rfg7 35. Nxe3 dxe3 36. Rfg1 Qg4 37. Rf1 Qf5 38. Qf3 h4 39. Qxe3 hxg3 40. Qe4 Qh5 41. d4 Rg5 42. dxe5 gxh2 43. Rxf4 Qd1+ 44. Kxh2 Rxg2+ 45. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 46. Kxg2 Qe2+ 47. Rf2 Qxe5 48. Kf3 Kg7 49. Re2 Qd4 50. Re3 Kf6 51. Ke2 Qb2+ 52. Kd3 Qxa2 53. Kc3 Qb2+ 54. Kd3 Qa2 55. Kc3 Qa5+ 56. Kc2 Qf5+ 57. Rd3 Ke5 58. Kc3 Ke4 59. Rd5 Qf2 60. Kb4 Qe1+ 61. Ka4 Qc3 62. Ra5 Qf6 63. Rd5 Ke3 64. Ka5 Qc3+ 65. Ka4 Qb2 66. Kb4 Qa2 67. Ra5 Qd2+ 68. Ka4 Qd7+ 69. Kb4 Qd6+ 70. Ka4 Qc6+ 71. Ka3 Kd3 72. Rh5 Qc7 73. Kb2 Kd2 74. Rd5+ Ke3 75. Ka3 Qh2 76. Ka4 Qa2+ 77. Kb4 Qa1 78. Ra5 Kd3 79. Rd5+ Ke3 80. Ra5 Qe1+ 81. Ka4 Kd4 82. Rxa6 Kc3 83. b4 Qb1 84. Rb6 Qb3+ 85. Ka5 Qa3+ 86. Kb5 Qxb4+ 87. Kc6 Qa4+ 88. Kd6 Kxc4 89. Rc6+ Kd4 90. Rb6 Kc4 91. Rc6+ Kd4 92. Rb6 Qa5 93. Kc6 Qd5+ 94. Kc7 Kc5 95. Rb7 Kd4 96. Rb6 Kc5 97. Rb7 Qe6 98. Kb8 Qe8+ 99. Kc7 Qe5+ 100. Kd7 Qf6 101. Kc8 Qa6 102. Kc7 Qa8 103. Rb8 Qc6+ 104. Kd8 Kd6 0-1
2024.01.31 1st SOA Int Open 2024
654421 Pattnayak, Nilsu (1987) Nithin, Babu (2177) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Bd7 7. c3 g6 8. d4 Bg7 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Qxd7+ Nxd7 13. Be3 O-O-O 14. Nd2 f5 15. f3 Nb6 16. b3 f4 17. Bxb6 Rxd2 18. Bf2 Rhd8 19. Rec1 Bf8 20. b4 a5 21. a3 Be7 22. Be1 R2d3 23. Kf1 g5 24. Ke2 g4 25. fxg4 Re3+ 26. Kf2 Rxe4 27. Rd1 Bd6 28. Rd5 b6 29. Rad1 a4 30. R5d3 Rc4 31. Kf1 Rg8 32. Rh3 Rg7 33. Rh5 Kb7 34. h3 Kc6 35. Ke2 Re4+ 36. Kd3 Re3+ 37. Kd2 Rd7 38. Kc1 Re2 39. c4 Rxg2 40. Rxe5 Bxe5 41. b5+ Kc5 42. Rxd7 Kxc4 43. Kd1 Bd6 44. Rxh7 Kd3 45. Bh4 Rg1+ 46. Be1 Bxa3 47. Rxc7 Bb4 48. Rd7+ Kc4 49. Rf7 Rxe1+ 50. Kc2 Re2+ 51. Kd1 Re4 52. g5 Kb3 0-1
2024.01.30 1st SOA Int Open 2024
654368 Ghosh, D (2568) Nithin, Babu (2177) 1-0
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 c5 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 h5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Nc3 Ng4 9. Nb3 d6 10. h3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nge5 12. Nd4 Qa5 13. Bd2 Nc4 14. Be1 e5 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Qe2 Ne7 17. f4 Be6 18. a4 Rc8 19. a5 a6 20. Kh2 f6 21. fxe5 fxe5 22. Rf6 Bf7 23. Qf2 O-O 24. Rd1 Kg7 25. Rd3 Ng8 26. Rff3 Be6 27. Rxf8 Rxf8 28. Qe2 Ne7 29. Bd2 Nc6 30. Bc1 N6xa5 31. Nd2 Qb6 32. Nf3 Nc6 33. Ng5 Bg8 34. Rd5 N6a5 35. Bf3 Qa7 36. Rd1 Nc6 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 b5 39. Kg3 Qe7 40. Qh2 Rf4 41. Nh3 g5 42. Nxf4 exf4+ 43. Kg2 N6e5 44. Rh1 Kf8 45. Be2 Qg7 46. Qg1 Qf7 47. Rh3 Bh7 48. Qd4 Kg8 49. Kf2 Bg6 50. Bxc4 bxc4 51. Qxd6 Nxg4+ 52. Ke1 Nf6 53. e5 Ne4 54. Qd8+ Qe8 55. Qd5+ Kg7 56. e6 Nf6 57. Qe5 Qe7 58. Rh2 Kg8 59. Qxg5 Qxe6+ 60. Re2 Ne4 61. Qd8+ Kf7 62. Bxf4 Qh3 63. Qd5+ Kg7 64. Be5+ Kf8 65. Bd6+ Kg7 66. Qd4+ Kg8 67. Qxc4+ Kg7 68. Qc7+ Bf7 69. Be5+ Nf6 70. Bxf6+ Kxf6 71. Rf2+ Kg5 72. Qf4+ 1-0
2024.01.30 1st SOA Int Open 2024
654392 Nithin, Babu (2177) Sidhant, M (2421) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 Nf6 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bc2 e5 8. d4 Qc7 9. O-O Be7 10. a4 Rb8 11. axb5 axb5 12. h3 O-O 13. Be3 b4 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nbd2 bxc3 16. bxc3 Bb7 17. Bg5 Nb6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nc4 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 Bc8 21. Rfb1 Be6 22. Qe2 Rxb1+ 23. Rxb1 Rb8 24. Qa6 h5 25. Nd2 Bg5 26. Rxb8+ Qxb8 27. Nc4 h4 28. Nb6 Qd6 29. Qa8+ Qd8 30. Qxd8+ Bxd8 1/2-1/2
2024.01.29 1st SOA Int Open 2024
662141 Nithin, Babu (2177) Fedorov, Alex (2457) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. Nf3 e5 8. O-O exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. f3 Nh5 12. Rfd1 f5 13. Bf2 f4 14. b4 Nd7 15. Nb3 Ne5 16. Rd2 Qg5 17. Kf1 Be6 18. Rxd6 Bxc4 19. Rad1 b6 20. Bxc4+ Nxc4 21. Rxc6 Rac8 22. Rd5 Qe7 23. b5 Ne3+ 24. Bxe3 fxe3 25. Nd1 e2+ 26. Qxe2 Nf4 27. Qc4 Rxc6 28. bxc6 Nxd5 29. Ne3 Qb4 30. exd5 Qd6 31. Nd2 b5 32. Qb3 Kh8 33. Ne4 Qf4 34. d6 Rxe4 35. c7 1-0
2024.01.26 1st Bangalore Int Open
663997 Deepan, C (2422) Nithin, Babu (2177) 1-0
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 c5 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O e5 8. d3 Nc6 9. Nc3 h6 10. Nd2 Be6 11. Nde4 Nh5 12. Nd5 Qd7 13. e3 f5 14. Nec3 Rf7 15. f4 Raf8 16. Rb1 Nf6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Nd5 Bg7 19. a3 Ne7 20. Qd2 g5 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. b4 b6 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Bc3 h5 25. Rb7 Qd8 26. Rfb1 h4 27. Qe2 g4 28. Qb2 Qf6 29. Rxf7 Bxf7 30. Qb7 Qh6 31. Qxa7 hxg3 32. hxg3 exf4 33. Bxg7 Qxg7 34. gxf4 Qc3 35. Qe7 Qxd3 36. Rb7 Qd1+ 37. Kh2 Qe1 38. Qg5+ Kh8 39. Qf6+ Kg8 40. Re7 Qf2 41. a4 Qe1 42. Qg5+ Kh8 43. Qh6+ Kg8 44. Qf6 d5 45. cxd5 g3+ 46. Kh3 Qd1 47. Qg5+ Kh8 48. Qxf5 Kg8 49. Qg5+ Kh8 50. Qh4+ Kg8 51. Qxg3+ Kh8 52. Qh4+ Kg7 53. Qg5+ Kh8 54. Qh6+ Kg8 55. Re5 1-0
2024.01.25 1st Bangalore Int Open
663946 Nithin, Babu (2177) Ghosh, D (2568) 0-1
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h6 5. g4 Be4 6. f3 Bh7 7. e6 Nf6 8. Bd3 Qd6 9. exf7+ Kxf7 10. f4 Bxd3 11. cxd3 Qe6+ 12. Kd2 Qxg4 13. Nf3 Nbd7 14. Kc2 e6 15. h5 c5 16. Be3 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Qxf4 18. Nc3 e5 19. Bg1 d4 20. Rh4 Qf5 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Bd6 23. Kb1 Nc5 24. Nd2 Rhf8 25. b4 Nxe4 26. Nxe4 Be7 27. Kb2 Kg8 28. Bh2 Qe6 29. Qd2 Rf5 30. Rg1 Rxh5 31. Qe2 Qf7 32. Kb1 Rf8 33. Qg2 Rf5 34. Kb2 Bxb4 35. Bg3 Bc3+ 36. Nxc3 dxc3+ 37. Ka3 Qe7+ 38. Kb3 Qe6+ 39. Ka3 Qa6+ 40. Kb4 Qb6+ 41. Ka4 Rf4+ 0-1
2024.01.24 1st Bangalore Int Open
663907 Srihari, L R (2469) Nithin, Babu (2177) 1/2-1/2
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. O-O Re8 9. Bf4 e5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. e4 Qe7 13. Qc2 h5 14. Qd2 Nd7 15. Bh3 Bf6 16. Kg2 Kg7 17. Nd1 a6 18. a4 Rb8 19. Ne3 Kg8 20. Qe2 Bg5 21. Nxg5 Qxg5 22. Qf3 Kg7 23. Ra3 Qd8 24. Rfa1 Nf6 25. Bxc8 Qxc8 26. h4 Re7 27. Rb3 b6 28. Nd1 Reb7 29. Qe2 Qd7 30. Nc3 Ne8 31. Rba3 1/2-1/2
2024.01.23 1st Bangalore Int Open
663872 Nithin, Babu (2177) Sammed Jaykumar, Shete (2441) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 f5 12. Nf2 Ba6 13. Kf3 Ne7 14. Be3 Bc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Qd6 Qa5 17. h4 Nc8 18. Qd4 c5 19. Qe3 Rb8 20. b3 Ne7 21. Nd3 Rc8 22. Kf2 Bb7 23. Be2 Ng8 24. a3 Qb6 25. Rhc1 Nh6 26. b4 Qc6 27. g3 Ng4+ 28. Bxg4 fxg4 29. Nxc5 Qg2+ 30. Ke1 Ba8 31. Qf2 Qc6 32. Rd1 O-O 33. Kd2 d6 34. exd6 e5 35. Kc3 exf4 36. gxf4 Rf6 37. d7 Rd8 38. Qe3 Kf7 39. Re1 Qf3 40. Rad1 1-0
2024.01.21 1st Bangalore Int Open
670437 Nithin, Babu (2177) Vishnu, P (2413) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 b6 7. O-O Nf6 8. a4 Nd7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. Nh2 Ba6 12. f4 Bxc4 13. dxc4 Qd6 14. Nf3 Rad8 15. Qe2 e5 16. f5 gxf5 17. Nh4 f4 18. Nf5 Qf6 19. Bd2 Rfe8 20. Bc3 Qg5 21. h4 Qg6 22. Rad1 Bf8 23. h5 Qg5 24. Be1 1-0
2024.01.21 1st Bangalore Int Open
670470 Sankalp, Gupta (2535) Nithin, Babu (2177) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. g4 Nc5 9. f3 a5 10. Qd2 c6 11. Nge2 a4 12. Ng3 h5 13. Bg5 h4 14. Bxh4 Nfxe4 15. Bxd8 Nxd2 16. Be7 Nxf3+ 17. Kf2 a3 18. Bxd6 axb2 19. Rd1 b6 20. Bg2 Nd4 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. dxc6 Ra3 23. Nb1 Rxa2 24. Ne2 Be6 25. Nec3 Ra8 26. Nd5 Rb8 27. Rhe1 Nxc6 28. Re2 e4 29. Bxe4 Ne5 30. Bc2 Nxc4 31. Nc7 Ne5 32. Nxe6+ Nxe6 33. Bb3 Nc5 34. Bc2 Nc6 35. Red2 Nb4 36. Rd8+ Rxd8 37. Rxd8+ Ke7 38. Rd2 b5 39. Ke1 Nc6 40. Kd1 b4 41. Bd3 Bc3 42. Re2+ Kf6 43. Bc4 Ne5 44. Bd5 Ncd3 45. Be4 Nf4 46. Rh2 Kg5 47. Kc2 Bd4 48. Kb3 Kh4 49. Rh1 Kg3 50. Rd1 Be3 51. Kxb2 Nxh3 52. Kb3 Nf2 53. Rg1+ Kf4 54. Bd5 f6 55. Rg2 Nfd3 56. Nd2 Bxd2 57. Rxd2 Kxg4 58. Bc4 Nxc4 59. Kxc4 Ne5+ 60. Kd5 Kg5 61. Rb2 Nd3 62. Rb3 Nf4+ 63. Kd4 Kg4 64. Rxb4 f5 65. Ke5 g5 66. Kf6 Kf3 67. Kxf5 Nd5 68. Rb3+ Ne3+ 69. Kxg5 Ke4 70. Rb4+ Ke5 71. Rb8 Nd5 72. Re8+ Kd4 73. Kf5 Ne3+ 74. Ke6 Ke4 75. Ra8 Kd4 76. Ra1 Nc4 77. Rd1+ Ke4 78. Rh1 Kd4 79. Rh4+ Kc5 80. Rg4 Ne3 81. Rg3 Nc4 82. Rd3 Nb6 83. Rd1 Nc4 84. Rd5+ Kb4 85. Rh5 Kc3 86. Kd5 Ne3+ 87. Ke4 Nc4 88. Rc5 Kb4 89. Kd4 Nd6 90. Kd5 Nb5 91. Rc4+ Kb3 92. Kc5 Na3 93. Rh4 Nc2 94. Rh3+ Kb2 95. Kc4 Na3+ 96. Kd4 Nb5+ 97. Kc4 Na3+ 98. Kd3 Kb3 99. Rh4 Nb5 100. Rg4 Na3 101. Kd4 Nc2+ 102. Kc5 Kc3 103. Rg3+ Kd2 104. Rh3 Ne3 105. Kd4 Nc2+ 106. Ke4 Ne1 107. Rh1 Nc2 108. Rh8 Kc3 109. Rc8+ Kb3 110. Kd3 Nb4+ 111. Kd2 Nd5 112. Rc5 Nb4 113. Rc3+ Ka4 114. Rc5 Kb3 115. Rc1 Nd5 116. Kd3 Nb4+ 117. Kd4 Nc2+ 118. Kc5 Kc3 119. Rh1 Kd3 120. Rh3+ Ne3 1/2-1/2
2024.01.20 1st Bangalore Int Open
670412 Nithin, Babu (2177) Nitin, S (2385) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 d6 6. Bd2 e5 7. d5 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne7 9. e4 O-O 10. Nd2 Ne8 11. O-O-O f5 12. Bd3 f4 13. c5 Bg4 14. f3 Bd7 15. Nc4 Ng6 16. Qf2 Qe7 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Kb1 Nc7 19. Bb4 Rf6 20. Rc1 Bb5 21. Rhd1 Qd7 22. Bf1 Na6 23. Ba3 h6 24. Rd2 Kh7 25. Rdc2 h5 26. Rc3 Kh6 27. Ka1 Kh7 28. R3c2 Kh6 29. Rc3 Kh7 30. b3 Kh6 31. Nxd6 Bxf1 32. Nf5+ Kh7 33. Qxf1 Nh8 34. Qf2 Re8 35. Qh4 Rxf5 36. exf5 Qxf5 37. g4 fxg3 38. hxg3 Ng6 39. Qe4 1-0
2024.01.19 1st Bangalore Int Open
670338 Nithin, Babu (2177) Adireddy, Arjun (2415) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 Bb4 8. Nb5 Qa5 9. e5 Nd5 10. Bd2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 12. Nxc3 Qb4 13. Qd2 Qxb2 14. Rb1 Qa3 15. Rb3 Qa5 16. Qd6 b6 17. Bb5 Nd8 18. O-O Nb7 19. Qd4 Nc5 20. f5 exf5 21. Nd5 Nxb3 22. cxb3 O-O 23. a4 Ba6 24. b4 Bxb5 25. bxa5 Bxf1 26. Kxf1 Rae8 27. axb6 axb6 28. Nxb6 f6 29. Nxd7 Rf7 30. Qd5 Rc8 31. a5 f4 32. a6 Rc1+ 33. Ke2 Rc2+ 34. Kd3 Rc8 35. a7 1-0
2024.01.19 1st Bangalore Int Open
670374 Antonio, V (2407) Nithin, Babu (2177) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3 Qe7 9. Qc2 c6 10. d5 c5 11. Rae1 Nh5 12. Qc1 Ndf6 13. Bg5 Bd7 14. h3 Rfe8 15. Bd1 Qf8 16. g4 h6 17. Bd2 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Qxf4 Nh7 20. e5 Ng5 21. Nxg5 hxg5 22. Qxg5 Bxe5 23. Ne4 Bxb2 24. h4 Bg7 25. h5 f5 26. Ng3 Qf6 27. Qxf6 Bxf6 28. gxf5 gxf5 29. Bc2 f4 30. Ne4 Be5 31. Kh1 Kh8 32. Rg1 Rg8 33. Ng5 Raf8 34. Bg6 Rg7 35. Ne6 Bxe6 36. dxe6 f3 37. Re4 Rf6 38. Bf7 Rfxf7 39. exf7 Rxf7 40. Rg5 Kh7 41. Kg1 a6 42. a4 b5 43. cxb5 axb5 44. axb5 Rb7 45. Rf5 Rxb5 46. Rxf3 Kh6 47. Rg4 Kxh5 48. Rg8 Rb4 49. Rh3+ Rh4 50. Rxh4+ Kxh4 51. Kg2 c4 52. Kf3 d5 53. Rc8 c3 54. Rc5 Kg5 55. Rxd5 Kf5 56. Rc5 Ke6 57. Ke4 Kd6 58. Rc8 Bf6 59. Rc4 Bg7 60. Ra4 Kc5 61. Kd3 Kd5 62. Re4 Be5 63. Re2 Bf6 64. f4 Kd6 65. f5 Be5 66. Kc4 Bg7 67. Re6+ Kd7 68. Kd5 Bf8 69. Rc6 Bg7 70. f6 Bh8 71. Rd6+ Kc7 72. Rc6+ Kd7 73. Rd6+ Kc7 74. f7 Bg7 75. Rg6 Bf8 76. Ke6 c2 77. Rg1 Ba3 78. Rc1 Bxc1 79. f8=Q Be3 80. Qd6+ Kb7 81. Qb4+ 1-0
2024.01.16 2nd Indore GM Open 2024
670755 Nithin, Babu (2177) Aswath, S (2369) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Rc1 Ne4 9. Ndxe4 dxe4 10. Bh4 Qxa2 11. Qc2 Nb6 12. Be2 Bxc3+ 13. Qxc3 Na4 14. Qb4 c5 15. dxc5 O-O 16. O-O Qxb2 17. Qxa4 Qxe2 18. Be7 e5 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. c6 b5 21. cxb5 Rb8 22. Qb4+ Ke8 23. Qd6 Rxb5 24. Rcd1 1-0
2024.01.15 2nd Indore GM Open 2024
670738 Tahbaz, Arash (2425) Nithin, Babu (2177) 1-0
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 c5 6. d4 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Be3 b6 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Rd1 Qe8 13. Bh6 Rd8 14. Qe3 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 f6 16. Rxd8 Nxd8 17. Rd1 Nf7 18. Qe3 e6 19. Nb5 Qe7 20. Qa3 a6 21. Nc3 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. b4 cxb4 24. Qxb4 Bc6 25. c5 bxc5 26. Qc4 Bxf3 27. Bxf3 Qb6 28. Na4 Qb5 29. Qxe6 Qxa4 30. Bd5 Kg7 31. Qxf7+ Kh6 32. Kg2 Qd4 33. e3 Qc3 34. g4 Ng7 35. h4 Qe5 36. Qd7 g5 37. hxg5+ Qxg5 38. f4 Qg6 39. Kf3 Qb1 40. g5+ fxg5 41. fxg5+ Kh5 42. Qg4+ Kg6 43. Be4+ 1-0
2024.01.12 2nd Indore GM Open 2024
676794 Nithin, Babu (2177) Shahil, Dey (2363) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 g6 7. a5 Bg7 8. O-O b5 9. axb6 Bb7 10. d3 a5 11. Na4 O-O 12. Nd2 Nxb6 13. Nxb6 Qxb6 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. Bf4 Nd7 16. Qd2 a4 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 e6 19. Qf4 e5 20. Qg3 Nb6 21. Ne3 d5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Bf3 Qb7 25. Qxe5 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Rfe8 27. Qc3 Qxf3 28. Rfe1 Qg4+ 29. Kf1 h5 30. Qc4 Qf3 31. Kg1 Qf6 32. c3 Qg5+ 33. Kf1 Qd2 34. Re4 Rxe4 35. Qxe4 Ra6 36. Qe2 Qf4 37. Kg2 Rf6 38. Qe3 Qg4+ 39. Qg3 Qd7 40. Kg1 Qb5 41. c4 Qxb2 42. Rxa4 Rf5 43. Qe3 Re5 44. Qf4 Qb1+ 45. Kg2 Qb7+ 46. Kg3 Re1 47. f3 Rg1+ 48. Kf2 Rd1 49. Ke2 Rh1 50. Kf2 Qb2+ 51. Kg3 Rg1+ 52. Kh3 Qg2+ 0-1
2024.01.11 2nd Indore GM Open 2024
676765 Nithin, Babu (2177) Ritviz, P (2391) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 b6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 e5 9. Qe3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 Bb7 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. Nc4 Nc5 14. f3 Ncxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxb6 Qxb6+ 17. Nxb6 Bxc2 18. Rd2 Bb3 19. Rd3 Be6 20. Nxa8 Rxa8 21. a5 d5 22. Rc3 Nd7 23. Rc7 Bf8 24. Bg5 Nc5 25. b4 Nb3 26. Rb1 Nd4 27. Bd3 Bd6 28. Rcc1 Bd7 29. Be3 Nb5 30. Bc5 Bc7 31. Bxb5 Bxb5 32. Bb6 Bxb6+ 33. axb6 Bc4 34. b5 a5 35. Ra1 Kf8 36. Rcb1 Rb8 37. b7 Rxb7 38. b6 Ke7 39. Rxa5 Kd6 40. Ra8 f6 41. h4 Kc6 42. Rc8+ Kd7 43. Rh8 h6 44. h5 Kc6 45. Rc8+ Kd7 46. Rf8 Kc6 47. Re8 Bb5 48. Rc1+ Bc4 49. Rb1 Bb5 50. Kf2 Kxb6 51. Rc8 d4 52. g4 Ka5 53. Rd8 Kb6 54. Rb2 Kc7 55. Rg8 Kc6 56. Ke1 Ra7 57. Rc8+ Kd7 58. Rg8 Kc6 59. Rc8+ Kd7 60. Rg8 1/2-1/2
2024.01.10 2nd Indore GM Open 2024
676736 Nithin, Babu (2177) Neelash, Saha (2446) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 b6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Bb7 9. O-O e5 10. Qe3 Rc8 11. Rd1 Be7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. b4 Qb8 15. Ba3 Rc7 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Rfc8 18. Qb3 b5 19. Na5 Rc3 20. Qb1 Qb6 21. Nc6 Bf8 22. a5 Qc7 23. Qa2 Nxd5 24. Qxd5 Nf6 25. Qd2 Qxc6 26. Bd3 d5 27. Bf5 Rc7 28. Bb2 Bxb4 29. Qe2 e4 30. Bxc3 Bxc3 31. Ra2 g6 32. Bh3 Qc4 33. Qxc4 Rxc4 34. Ra3 Be5 35. g4 h6 36. Bf1 Rxc2 37. Bxb5 axb5 38. a6 Rc8 39. Rb1 b4 40. Rxb4 Bd6 41. a7 Bxb4 42. a8=Q Rxa8 43. Rxa8+ Kg7 44. h3 d4 45. Rd8 Bc3 46. Kf1 h5 47. g5 Nh7 48. h4 Nf8 49. Rd5 f5 50. Rd6 Kf7 51. Ke2 Ke7 52. Ra6 Ne6 53. Ra7+ Kd6 54. Rf7 Nf4+ 55. Kd1 e3 56. fxe3 dxe3 57. Kc2 e2 0-1
2024.01.07 14th Chennai Open 2023-24
685041 Podolchenko, E (2376) Nithin, Babu (2102) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. g4 Nc5 9. f3 a5 10. Nge2 c6 11. Ng3 h5 12. g5 Ne8 13. dxc6 Ne6 14. cxb7 Bxb7 15. h4 N8c7 16. Qd2 Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Nd5 Ne6 19. f4 Nc5 20. Bg2 d3 21. Rb1 Bxd5 22. cxd5 Qb6 23. Bf3 Rac8 24. Kf1 Rfe8 25. Qf2 Qb4 26. a3 Qc4 27. Kg2 Bd4 28. Qf1 Nb3 29. Rd1 Qc2+ 30. Kh3 d2 31. e5 dxe5 32. Be4 Qxb2 33. f5 Rf8 34. fxg6 Rc3 35. g7 Kxg7 36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. Qh6 f5 38. g6 Rc7 39. d6 fxe4 40. dxc7 1-0
2024.01.06 14th Chennai Open 2023-24
685031 Nithin, Babu (2102) Nitin, S (2385) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 e5 8. O-O Qe7 9. Qc2 c6 10. Rad1 h6 11. d5 c5 12. Kh1 Nh5 13. g3 Ndf6 14. Nh4 Bh3 15. Ng2 Bd7 16. a3 b6 17. Bd2 Bh3 18. b4 Rac8 19. Rb1 Ng4 20. bxc5 Rxc5 21. f3 Ngf6 22. Nb5 Rd8 23. a4 Rcc8 24. Rfc1 a6 25. Nc3 Bxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Nd7 27. a5 bxa5 28. Na4 Rf8 29. Rb7 Qe8 30. Bxa5 Bf6 31. Ra7 Bg5 32. Rb1 Be3 33. Rxa6 Nc5 34. Nxc5 Bxc5 35. Bb4 Qe7 36. Bxc5 Rxc5 37. Qd2 Kg7 38. Rbb6 Rd8 39. Qe3 Rc7 40. c5 Rxc5 41. Rxd6 Rdc8 42. Rdc6 R8xc6 43. Rxc6 Rxc6 44. dxc6 Nf6 45. Qc3 Ne8 46. Bd1 g5 47. Bb3 Nc7 48. f4 gxf4 49. gxf4 Kf6 50. Qh3 Qb4 51. Qf5+ 1-0
2024.01.03 14th Chennai Open 2023-24
684987 Aronyak, Ghosh (2545) Nithin, Babu (2102) 1-0
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 c5 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O e5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. d3 h6 10. Nd2 Be6 11. Nde4 Ne8 12. Nd5 Ne7 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. a3 Rb8 15. b4 b6 16. Qd2 f5 17. Nc3 Nf6 18. Rab1 h5 19. bxc5 dxc5 20. e4 h4 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Bd7 23. f4 hxg3 24. hxg3 exf4 25. Rbe1 Qd6 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. gxf4 Rbe8 28. Re5 Rxe5 29. Qb2 Re8 30. Re1 Kf6 31. Kf2 g5 32. fxe5+ Rxe5 33. Bh3 Be8 34. Kg3 Bh5 35. Kf2 Bg6 36. a4 f4 37. Be6 Bf5 38. Rh1 Bxe6 39. Rh6+ Ke7 40. Qa1 g4 41. Qh1 g3+ 42. Kf1 Kd8 43. d4 Rg5 44. Qh4 g2+ 45. Kg1 Qe7 46. Rxe6 Qg7 47. Re5 1-0
2023.12.30 3rd Athens of the East Op
698398 Nithin, Babu (2102) Anuj, Shrivatri (2400) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. cxb5 a6 7. Nc3 axb5 8. Nxb5 d5 9. e3 Be7 10. Be2 Nc6 11. O-O Ba6 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Qb8 14. a4 Ne4 15. Rc1 Rd8 16. Nd2 Nb4 17. Qe1 Nd6 18. Be5 Qb6 19. Nxd6 Bxd6 20. Bxd6 Rxd6 21. Bxa6 Qxa6 22. Rb1 Rc8 23. Nf3 Nd3 24. Qc3 c4 25. Rfd1 h6 26. a5 Nc5 27. b4 Ne4 28. Qa3 Ra8 29. Nd2 Nxd2 30. Rxd2 Qb5 31. Qa1 Rc6 32. Rc2 Kh8 33. h3 Kg8 34. Qb2 Rac8 35. Qc3 Ra6 36. Rd1 Rb8 37. e4 Qxb4 38. exd5 Qxc3 39. Rxc3 exd5 40. Rxd5 Rba8 41. Rxc4 Rxa5 42. Rd7 R5a7 43. Rxa7 Rxa7 44. Rc5 Kh7 45. h4 Kg6 46. h5+ Kf6 47. g3 Ra4 48. Kg2 Ra3 49. Rc6+ Kf7 50. Rc5 Rb3 51. Rf5+ Kg8 52. Kh3 Rb4 53. f3 Ra4 54. Re5 Rb4 55. Re4 Rb5 56. Kg4 Ra5 57. Re6 Rg5+ 58. Kh4 Rf5 59. f4 Ra5 60. Kg4 Rb5 61. Kh4 Ra5 62. Rg6 Kf7 63. Kg4 Rb5 64. Kh4 Ra5 65. Rb6 Rc5 66. Ra6 Rb5 67. Ra4 Rc5 68. Re4 Rb5 69. Kg4 Ra5 70. Re5 Ra3 71. Rb5 Rc3 72. Re5 Ra3 73. Kh4 Rf3 74. Rf5+ Kg8 75. Kh3 Ra3 76. Re5 Kf7 77. Rf5+ Kg8 78. Kh4 Rb3 79. Ra5 Rc3 80. Rf5 Ra3 81. Rc5 Rb3 82. Rc4 Kf7 83. Ra4 Rb5 84. g4 Rc5 85. Re4 Rb5 86. g5 hxg5+ 87. fxg5 Rb8 88. Kg4 Ra8 89. Rf4+ Kg8 90. Rb4 Rc8 91. Rb5 Rf8 92. Rb6 Kh8 93. Re6 Kg8 94. Re5 Kh8 95. Rd5 Kg8 96. Ra5 Kh8 97. Rf5 Ra8 98. Rf4 Kg8 99. Re4 Rf8 100. Re5 Kh8 101. Re3 Kg8 102. Rf3 Ra8 103. Rf4 Rb8 104. g6 Ra8 105. Kg5 Ra5+ 106. Rf5 Rxf5+ 107. Kxf5 Kh8 108. Ke6 Kg8 109. Ke5 Kh8 110. Kd6 Kg8 111. Ke6 Kh8 112. h6 Kg8 113. hxg7 Kxg7 114. Kf5 Kg8 115. Kf4 Kg7 116. Kg5 Kg8 117. Kf6 Kf8 118. g7+ Kg8 119. Kg6 1/2-1/2
2023.12.29 3rd Athens of the East Op
698388 Nithin, Babu (2102) Deepan, C (2422) 1-0
1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nc3 d6 7. h3 a6 8. a4 Nf6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O Ne8 12. Bf4 h6 13. Bh2 Qe7 14. Re1 Ne5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. a5 Bd7 17. Na4 Bxa4 18. Qxa4 Nd6 19. Qa3 Rfc8 20. Rac1 Nb5 21. Qa4 Nd6 22. Rc2 h5 23. b3 Rc7 24. Qa1 Re8 25. Kh1 Bh6 26. f3 Kh7 27. Qd1 Qh4 28. Qe2 Bf4 29. Bg1 Rec8 30. Rb1 g5 31. Rc3 Kg6 32. Bc4 g4 33. fxg4 hxg4 34. Bf2 g3 35. Be1 f5 36. exf5+ Kf6 37. Bd3 Rh7 38. Rc4 Rch8 39. Bc3 Nb5 40. Bxe5+ Bxe5 41. Rxh4 Rxh4 42. Bxb5 axb5 43. Re1 Rxh3+ 44. gxh3 Rxh3+ 45. Kg1 1-0
2023.12.28 3rd Athens of the East Op
698373 Nitin, S (2385) Nithin, Babu (2102) 1-0
1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Bd2 e5 7. a3 Nge7 8. Rb1 a5 9. e3 Be6 10. Nd5 O-O 11. Ne2 Rb8 12. Nec3 f5 13. O-O Bf7 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 cxb4 16. Nxb4 Nxb4 17. Rxb4 d5 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5+ Qxd5 21. Qb3 Rfd8 22. Rb1 Rd7 23. Rb5 Qxb3 24. R1xb3 Rbd8 25. Ba5 Ra8 26. Kf1 Ra7 27. Ke2 Kf7 28. Bc3 Ke6 29. Rb6+ Kf7 30. h4 Ra2+ 31. Bb2 Ra7 32. Kd2 Ke8 33. R6b5 Re7 34. Rc3 Ra6 35. Rcb3 Ra7 36. e4 Kf7 37. Ke3 Bf6 38. Ba3 Rd7 39. Bc5 Ra6 40. Rxb7 Rxb7 41. Rxb7+ Kg8 42. Rc7 h5 43. Bb4 Ra2 44. Be7 Bg7 45. Bd6 Bh6+ 46. f4 fxe4 47. dxe4 exf4+ 48. gxf4 Rh2 49. e5 Rh1 50. Be7 Re1+ 51. Kd4 Rd1+ 52. Ke4 Re1+ 53. Kd5 Bxf4 54. Bf6 Rb1 55. Rg7+ Kf8 56. e6 Rd1+ 57. Ke4 Bd6 58. Rd7 Re1+ 59. Kd5 Rd1+ 60. Kc6 Be5 61. Bxe5 1-0
2023.12.27 3rd Athens of the East Op
698360 Mitul K H (1679) Nithin, Babu (2102) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. a4 g6 7. Re1 Bg7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. c3 a5 10. Nf1 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Ng3 Nb6 13. Bb3 Re8 14. Qe2 Be6 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. Ne4 Re8 17. b3 Nd5 18. Qc2 f5 19. Ng3 Qd7 20. Bb2 Rad8 21. Rad1 Nf4 22. d4 e4 23. Nd2 h5 24. Ne2 Nd3 25. Rf1 Ne7 26. Nc4 Nd5 27. Nc1 N5f4 28. g3 Nxc1 29. Bxc1 Nd3 30. Bg5 Ra8 31. Nb2 Nxb2 32. Qxb2 b5 33. Qe2 Reb8 34. Bf4 Kh7 35. axb5 Rxb5 36. Qc4 c6 37. Ra1 Ra7 38. Rfb1 Rab7 39. Ra4 h4 40. gxh4 Bf6 41. Bg3 g5 42. hxg5 Bxg5 43. Qe2 f4 44. Qxe4+ Kg7 45. h4 fxg3 46. hxg5 gxf2+ 47. Kxf2 Qf7+ 48. Ke3 Re7 49. Qxe7 Qxe7+ 50. Kd3 Rxg5 51. Raa1 Rg3+ 52. Kc4 Qe6+ 53. Kc5 Rxc3+ 54. Kb6 Rxb3+ 55. Kc7 Qe7+ 56. Kc8 Qb7+ 57. Kd8 Rxb1 58. Ra2 Qb8+ 59. Kd7 Rb7+ 60. Ke6 Qg8+ 61. Ke5 Qd5+ 62. Kf4 Rf7+ 63. Kg3 Rf3+ 64. Kg2 Rc3+ 0-1
2023.12.27 3rd Athens of the East Op
698366 Nithin, Babu (2102) Khusenkhojaev, Muhammad (2366) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Bc2 Re8 12. d5 Ne7 13. Bxb6 cxb6 14. Bd3 Nd7 15. Re1 h6 16. Bf1 f5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Ne4 Nf6 19. a4 Nxd5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8 Qxa8 22. Bxb5 Rf8 23. Nfd2 Nf4 24. Bf1 Kh8 25. Qb3 Qd8 26. Qb4 Ng6 27. Rd1 d5 28. Nf3 d4 29. Re1 Bxe4 30. Rxe4 Nd6 31. Nxe5 Nxe5 32. Rxe5 Rxf2 33. Qxd4 Rf6 34. Bd3 Qb8 35. Re7 Qd8 36. Qe5 Qa8 37. h3 Qa4 38. Kh2 Qc6 39. c4 Kg8 40. b4 Kf8 41. b5 Qc8 42. Ra7 Nf7 43. Qe7+ Kg8 44. Be4 Qb8+ 45. Kg1 1-0
2023.12.20 1st Meghalaya Int Open
704298 Karthikeyan, P2 (2298) Nithin, Babu (2102) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Re1 Re8 9. Bf1 a6 10. Rb1 exd4 11. Nxd4 c5 12. Nc2 Ne5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Nh5 16. Bxe5 Rxe5 17. g3 Nf6 18. Qd3 Bg4 19. Ne3 Re8 20. Bg2 Be6 21. h3 Rb8 22. Nf5 Bf8 23. a3 Nd7 24. Nd5 Ne5 25. Qc3 b5 26. cxb5 axb5 27. f4 Nd7 28. Nde3 b4 29. Qd2 Nf6 30. Rbc1 bxa3 31. bxa3 Rb3 32. a4 Nh5 33. Qf2 Bxf5 34. Nxf5 Qf6 35. Bf3 Ng7 36. Ne3 gxf4 37. Ng4 Qg6 38. gxf4 h5 39. f5 Qg5 40. h4 Qf4 41. Nf6+ Kh8 42. Bg2 Qxf2+ 43. Kxf2 Ra8 44. Nd7 Rd8 45. Nxf8 Rxf8 46. Rb1 c4 47. Rxb3 cxb3 48. Rb1 Rb8 49. a5 Ne8 50. e5 dxe5 51. a6 Nc7 52. a7 Rb6 53. a8=Q+ Nxa8 54. Bxa8 Rb4 55. Ke3 Rxh4 56. Rxb3 Kg7 57. Rb6 Rf4 58. Be4 h4 59. Rb1 Rg4 60. Bf3 Rf4 61. Rg1+ Kf6 62. Be4 Ke7 63. Rg5 Kf6 64. Rg8 Ke7 65. Rh8 Kf6 66. Rh7 Rg4 67. Bf3 Rf4 68. Be4 Rg4 69. Rh8 Rg3+ 70. Kf2 Rg4 71. Ke3 Rg3+ 72. Kf2 Rg4 1/2-1/2
2023.12.19 1st Meghalaya Int Open
704277 Nithin, Babu (2102) Pantsulaia, L (2561) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. g4 Bg6 6. Qe2 e6 7. h4 dxe4 8. dxe4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Bd2 h5 11. g5 Nfd7 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Kb1 Na6 14. Nd4 O-O-O 15. Bg2 Ndc5 16. Qe3 Rd7 17. Nde2 Rhd8 18. a3 Ba5 19. Bc1 Bb6 20. Rxd7 Nxd7 21. Qg3 Qxg3 22. fxg3 e5 23. g4 hxg4 24. h5 Bh7 25. Rh4 Nac5 26. Rxg4 Ne6 27. Rg3 Nd4 28. Be3 Nxe2 29. Nxe2 Bxe3 30. Rxe3 Nc5 31. Kc1 Kc7 32. Nc3 Ne6 33. Rg3 Nf4 34. Bf3 a5 35. Rg1 b5 36. Bg4 b4 37. axb4 axb4 38. Nd1 Bxe4 39. Re1 Rd4 40. Nf2 Bh7 41. Rxe5 Rc4 42. Bf5 Kd6 43. Ra5 Bxf5 44. Rxf5 Nxh5 45. Rxf7 b3 46. c3 Rf4 47. g6 Rxf7 48. gxf7 Ke7 49. Ne4 Kxf7 50. Kd2 Ke6 51. Nc5+ Kd5 52. Nxb3 Nf6 53. Ke3 Ng4+ 54. Kf4 Ne5 55. Kf5 Nc4 56. Kg6 Nxb2 57. Na5 c5 58. Nb7 c4 59. Na5 Na4 60. Kxg7 Nxc3 61. Nxc4 1/2-1/2
2023.12.18 1st Meghalaya Int Open
711926 Neelash, Saha (2458) Nithin, Babu (2102) 0-1
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. d4 c5 7. a3 cxd4 8. exd4 d5 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. a4 a5 12. b5 Ne4 13. Nd2 Nd6 14. Bd3 Bf5 15. Qe2 Rc8 16. Ra2 Bxd3 17. cxd3 Rc2 18. Qd1 Qc7 19. Ndc4 Rxb2 20. Nxb2 Nf5 21. Nf3 Rc8 22. Qb1 Qc2 23. Qxc2 Rxc2 24. Rfa1 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Bxd4 26. Nd1 Rc5 27. Rb1 e5 28. Kf1 f5 29. Ke2 Kf7 30. Kd2 Ke6 31. Rc1 Kd6 32. Rcc2 e4 33. f3 Rxc2+ 34. Kxc2 e3 35. Nc3 Bc5 36. Ne2 d4 37. Kb3 Nd5 38. Ra1 f4 39. Rc1 b6 40. Kc4 Ke5 41. g3 g5 42. Rg1 h6 43. Rh1 Ne7 44. gxf4+ gxf4 45. Rg1 Kf5 46. Nxd4+ Bxd4 47. Kxd4 Ng6 48. Kc3 Nh4 49. Rf1 Nxf3 50. Rxf3 Kg4 51. Rf1 f3 52. Rg1+ Kh4 53. Re1 f2 54. Rxe3 f1=Q 55. h3 Qc1+ 56. Kd4 Kg5 57. Ke4 Qc2 58. Kd5 Qc5+ 59. Ke4 Kf6 60. Rf3+ Ke6 61. Rf4 Qh5 62. Rg4 Kd6 63. d4 Qxh3 64. Rg6+ Qe6+ 0-1
2023.12.17 1st Meghalaya Int Open
711908 Nithin, Babu (2102) Dzhumaev, M (2386) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 c4 13. b4 Nb7 14. a4 Bd7 15. a5 Ne8 16. Nbd2 g6 17. Nf1 Ng7 18. Bh6 Nd8 19. g4 f6 20. Ng3 Nf7 21. Be3 Rae8 22. Kh2 Qc8 23. Rg1 Kh8 24. Nd2 Rg8 25. Qe2 Bf8 26. Raf1 Qd8 27. Rg2 Qe7 28. f3 Rc8 29. Rh1 Ne8 30. Kg1 Bh6 31. Bb6 Bf4 32. Ndf1 Ng7 33. h4 h5 34. Be3 Rcf8 35. Kf2 Nh6 36. Nh2 f5 37. exf5 Qxh4 38. Nf1 Qg5 39. Ne4 Bxe3+ 40. Nxe3 Qf4 41. f6 hxg4 42. Rxg4 Bxg4 43. Ng2 1-0
2023.12.16 1st Meghalaya Int Open
711867 Nithin, Babu (2102) Neelotpal, D (2350) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. h3 a6 7. Bf1 e5 8. c3 g5 9. Nxg5 Rg8 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nxd4 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. Be3 Bh6 14. f4 Ne6 15. Qxd6 exf4 16. Bb6 Qe7 17. Qxe7+ Kxe7 18. Nf3 Ng5 19. Nxg5 Bxg5 20. e5 Nh5 21. Rad1 Be6 22. Be2 Ng3 23. Bf3 Kf8 24. a4 Be7 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Rc2 27. b3 Rc3 28. e6 Rg6 29. Bd4 fxe6 30. Bxc3 exd5 31. Bxd5 Bc5+ 32. Kh2 b6 33. Bc4 a5 34. Rd1 Ke7 35. Be5 Be3 36. Bb5 Ke6 37. Bc7 Ne4 38. Bd7+ Kf6 39. Bc6 Nd2 40. Bd5 Rg7 41. Bd8+ Ke5 42. Bc6 Nxb3 43. Rd5+ Ke6 44. Rh5 Nd2 45. Rh6+ Rg6 46. Rxg6+ hxg6 47. Be8 Nf1+ 48. Kh1 Ng3+ 49. Kh2 Nf1+ 50. Kh1 Ng3+ 51. Kh2 Nf1+ 52. Kh1 Ng3+ 53. Kh2 Nf1+ 1/2-1/2
2023.12.16 1st Meghalaya Int Open
711888 Savchenko, B (2505) Nithin, Babu (2102) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Be2 Na6 11. g4 Rb8 12. h4 Nc7 13. a4 a6 14. a5 b5 15. axb6 Rxb6 16. Nh3 Bxg4 17. fxg4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Rxe4 19. Nf2 Re8 20. Nd1 Rb4 21. Rh3 Rbe4 22. Kf1 Bd4 23. Bg5 f6 24. Be3 Kh8 25. h5 g5 26. Bd3 Rxg4 27. Nf2 Rh4 28. Bxd4 Rxd4 29. Qa5 c4 30. Bc2 Rxd5 31. Qc3 Rc5 32. Ng4 Rf8 33. Rf3 Nd5 34. Qd4 a5 35. Rd1 Nf4 36. h6 Rd5 37. Qxc4 Rxd1+ 38. Bxd1 Qb6 39. Rb3 Qd8 40. Rb7 Ng6 41. Bc2 d5 42. Qd3 Qe8 43. Qf5 Rf7 44. Nxf6 Qf8 45. Rxf7 Qxf7 46. Qc8+ Nf8 47. Qd8 g4 48. Bf5 g3 49. Kg2 d4 50. Be4 d3 51. Bd5 1-0
2023.12.15 1st Meghalaya Int Open
711851 Nithin, Babu (2102) Nguyen Duc Hoa (2335) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Ne4 f5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Nxd5 exd5 8. d4 d6 9. Bf4 cxd4 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qd2 Qe7+ 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O-O f4 15. Rhe1 Kh8 16. Nxd4 Qf6 17. Bf3 Ne5 18. Bxd5 Bg4 19. f3 Rad8 20. Qa5 Bc8 21. Nb3 Ng6 22. Qxa7 Qg5 23. Be4 Nh4 24. Qc5 Qxc5 25. Nxc5 b6 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Nd3 Nxg2 28. Rg1 Bh3 29. Nf2 1-0
2023.12.14 1st Meghalaya Int Open
711823 Nithin, Babu (2102) Amlan Mahanta (1714) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. c4 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 Bf8 13. Kh1 Qc7 14. Rae1 Rad8 15. f4 Nb8 16. Nf3 Nc6 17. Rd1 Qb8 18. Rd2 Nd7 19. Rfd1 Nc5 20. Ba3 b5 21. cxb5 axb5 22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. Qxb5 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Qc8 25. Qe2 g6 26. e5 Qb7 27. Qb5 Qxb5 28. Nxb5 Rb8 29. Na3 h6 30. Nc4 g5 31. fxg5 hxg5 32. g4 Nb4 33. Re2 Bh6 34. Nd6 Kg7 35. h4 Kg6 36. h5+ Kg7 37. Ne4 Ra8 38. a4 c4 39. bxc4 Rxa4 40. Rd2 Nc6 41. Nd6 Kf8 42. Rb2 Nb4 43. Kg2 Ke7 44. Nd4 Ra2 45. Nc6+ Kd7 46. Rxa2 Nxa2 47. Nxf7 Kxc6 48. Nxh6 Kd7 49. Nf7 Ke7 50. Nxg5 Nb4 51. h6 Kf8 52. Nxe6+ Kg8 53. Nf4 Nc6 54. e6 1-0
2023.12.14 1st Meghalaya Int Open
711839 Vivaan Vishal Shah (1774) Nithin, Babu (2102) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. h4 Qe6 9. g3 d6 10. c4 Nb6 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Nd2 Re8 14. Bh3 Qf6 15. Bxc8 Raxc8 16. O-O Bc5 17. b3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Qg6 19. Qf2 Nd7 20. Rad1 Nf6 21. Qf3 Rcd8 22. e4 Rd4 23. Rfe1 h6 24. Nf1 c5 25. Rxd4 cxd4 26. e5 Ng4 27. Qf4 c5 28. Nh2 Ne3 29. Nf1 Nc2 30. Re2 Nb4 31. Nd2 Nd3 32. Qf3 Nxe5 33. Qf4 Qe6 34. Kf1 f6 35. Ne4 d3 36. Re3 Qh3+ 37. Ke1 Qg2 38. Nd2 Qg1+ 39. Nf1 Rd8 40. Kd1 d2 41. Qf5 Kh8 42. Re2 Ng4 43. Qf3 Qd4 44. Rxd2 Qa1+ 45. Kc2 Qxa2+ 46. Kc3 Qa1+ 47. Kc2 Qa2+ 48. Kc3 Qa5+ 49. Kc2 Re8 50. Kb2 Ne5 51. Qc3 Qb6 52. Ne3 Rb8 53. g4 a5 54. Nd5 Qb7 55. g5 a4 56. gxf6 Qxb3+ 57. Qxb3 Rxb3+ 58. Kc2 gxf6 59. Nxf6 Rf3 60. Ne4 Rf4 61. Re2 Rxh4 62. Nc3 Nc6 63. Nxa4 Nd4+ 0-1
2023.06.18 14th KIIT Cat A Open 2023
921180 Fedorov, Alex (2449) Nithin, Babu (2011) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Nbd2 d6 9. Bg3 Na5 10. Bb5 c5 11. Ba4 Nh5 12. O-O f5 13. b4 Nxg3 14. hxg3 cxb4 15. cxb4 Nc6 16. Bb3+ Kh8 17. b5 Na5 18. Bd5 a6 19. a4 Bd7 20. Rb1 Qe8 21. d4 axb5 22. axb5 Bxb5 23. Re1 Bd3 24. Rb2 Bf6 25. exf5 Bxf5 26. Ne4 Be7 27. dxe5 dxe5 28. Nxe5 Rd8 29. Rd2 Nc6 30. Bxc6 bxc6 31. Nd6 Bxd6 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Qd4 Rd5 34. Qxd5 Rf6 35. Qd6 Kh7 36. Qc7 Re6 37. Re3 Re7 38. g4 Re6 39. Qd6 Bg6 40. Qd4 Re7 41. f4 Re6 42. Rc3 Rf6 43. Rc5 Qe7 44. Kh2 Rd6 45. Kg3 Bd3 46. Qa4 g5 47. Ra5 Bb5 48. Qc2+ Kg7 49. Qc5 gxf4+ 50. Kh3 Kf6 51. Nf3 Rd5 52. Qc3+ Kg6 53. Ra8 Rd8 54. Ne5+ Kh7 55. Rxd8 Qxd8 56. Qc2+ Bd3 57. Qxd3+ Qxd3+ 58. Nxd3 Kg6 59. Kh4 Kf6 60. Kh5 Kg7 61. Nxf4 Kh7 62. Ne6 1-0
2023.06.17 14th KIIT Cat A Open 2023
921106 Nithin, Babu (2011) Pawar, Harshit (2115) 1-0
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 h6 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. f4 a6 9. Nf3 c5 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Ne2 b5 12. g4 b4 13. a3 Nb6 14. Ng3 a5 15. axb4 axb4 16. Rxa8 Nxa8 17. Nh5 Kf8 18. Bb5 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Qxd4 Nc7 21. Bd3 Ne8 22. Kd2 g6 23. Nf6 Kg7 24. g5 Qc7 25. h5 hxg5 26. h6+ Kf8 27. Qxb4+ Qe7 28. Qxe7+ Kxe7 29. Nxe8 Kxe8 30. fxg5 Bb7 1-0
2023.06.16 14th KIIT Cat A Open 2023
921035 Soureen Bhattacharya (1631) Nithin, Babu (2011) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be7 8. Nc4 b5 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. Ned5 O-O 11. g3 Be6 12. Bg2 b4 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Na5 16. O-O Bg5 17. a3 bxa3 18. Rxa3 Bxc1 19. Qxc1 Nb7 20. Qd2 a5 21. Rfa1 Rb8 22. c3 f5 23. b4 axb4 24. cxb4 Qb6 25. Rc1 e4 26. Qc3 0-1
2023.06.15 14th KIIT Cat A Open 2023
920865 Mehar, C (2390) Nithin, Babu (2011) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Qb6 6. dxc5 Qxb2 7. Rb1 Qc3 8. Bb5 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Nb3 O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Be5 Qc4 13. Qd4 Qxd4 14. exd4 a5 15. a4 Bf5 16. Rb2 Ne4 17. Re1 f6 18. Bc7 Rfc8 19. Bb6 e5 20. Nxa5 Nc3 21. dxe5 Nxa4 22. Ra2 Nc3 23. Raa1 fxe5 24. Nxe5 Ne4 25. f4 h5 26. Nb3 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Bf8 28. Ra5 Nc3 29. Nd4 Be4 30. Nexc6 Nd1 31. Ne5 Ne3 32. g3 Nxc2 33. Nxc2 Bxc2 34. Kf2 d4 35. Ke2 Bf5 36. Kd2 Be7 37. Nf3 Bf6 38. Ra4 d3 39. Ne1 Be7 40. Nxd3 Kf7 41. Kc3 Ke6 42. Kc4 Be4 43. h4 Bf6 44. Nb4 Kf5 45. Nd5 Rb8 46. Ra6 Bf3 47. Ra2 Bg7 48. c6 Ke6 49. f5+ gxf5 50. Nf4+ Kd6 51. c7 Rc8 52. Rd2+ Kc6 53. Rd8 Kb7 54. Rxc8 Kxc8 55. Nd5 Be2+ 56. Kc5 Bf8+ 57. Kc6 Bf3 58. Bc5 Bg7 59. Bd6 Bd4 60. Bf4 Bg7 61. Kd6 Bf8+ 62. Ke6 Bc5 63. Bd6 Bxd5+ 64. Kxd5 Bf2 65. Ke6 Be3 66. Kxf5 Kd7 67. Kg6 Bf2 68. Kxh5 Be1 69. Be5 1-0
2023.06.15 14th KIIT Cat A Open 2023
920962 Nithin, Babu (2011) Shaun Deon Sequeira (1672) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Bc5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qb8 15. Bb3 Na5 16. Nbd2 Qa7 17. Nxe4 Qxe3 18. fxe3 Nxb3 19. axb3 dxe4 20. Nd4 c5 21. Nc6 Bxb3 22. Rd6 Rfe8 23. Ra5 c4 24. Kf2 Kf8 25. Ke1 Re6 26. Rxe6 fxe6 27. Kd2 Ke8 28. Kc3 Kd7 29. Nd4 Ke7 30. Kb4 Kd7 31. Kc5 Rc8+ 32. Kb6 c3 33. bxc3 Bc4 34. Rc5 Rxc5 35. Kxc5 1-0
2023.06.14 14th KIIT Cat A Open 2023
920795 Suryapranjal Indrajeet S P (1560) Nithin, Babu (2011) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Qe2 Ne4 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 a6 11. a4 Qc7 12. f4 Be7 13. Qf3 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. e4 O-O-O 16. Qh3 dxe4 17. Bc4 Kb8 18. Bxe6 Rd3 19. Qf5 Qc6 20. c4 Rhd8 21. Qe5+ Bd6 22. Qf5 Bc7 23. Nb1 e3 24. Bd5 R3xd5 25. cxd5 Rxd5 26. Qh3 e2 27. Re1 Rd3 28. g3 Qh1+ 29. Kf2 Ne4+ 0-1
2023.06.13 14th KIIT Cat A Open 2023
920618 Nithin, Babu (2011) Zakhartsov, Vi (2514) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1 h5 9. gxh5 Nxh5 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. Qd2 Qb6 12. Nb3 a6 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Kb1 Qc7 15. Be2 b5 16. a3 Rb8 17. Qe3 b4 18. axb4 Nxb4 19. Nd2 Bc6 20. Nc4 Nh7 21. Bf4 e5 22. Bg3 Nf6 23. f4 Nd7 24. Rd2 Rh6 25. Rgd1 Ba8 26. fxe5 Nxe5 27. Nxe5 dxe5 28. Rd7 Qb6 29. Bc4 Be7 30. Qxb6 Rhxb6 31. Bxe5 Rc8 32. Bb3 Bc6 33. R7d2 f6 34. Bf4 Rb7 35. h5 Bc5 36. Be6 Ra8 37. Rg2 Rd8 38. Rxd8+ Kxd8 39. Bb3 Be8 40. Rh2 Re7 41. e5 Kc8 42. e6 Kb7 43. Ne4 Kb6 44. Rd2 Rb7 45. Nxc5 Kxc5 46. Be3+ Kb5 47. c3 Bxh5 48. cxb4 Kxb4 49. Rd7 1-0
2023.06.13 14th KIIT Cat A Open 2023
920697 Nithin, Babu (2011) Savchenko, B (2524) 0-1
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Be3 d6 5. Qd2 Nd7 6. Nf3 b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. Ne2 Ngf6 9. Ng3 Ng4 10. Bf4 e5 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bh4 a6 13. O-O c5 14. c3 O-O 15. Rfe1 Qc7 16. a4 c4 17. Bc2 Nb6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nf1 Nh6 20. Rxa8 Bxa8 21. Bg3 Nf7 22. Qe2 Bc6 23. Ra1 Qb7 24. N1d2 Ra8 25. Qd1 Bh6 26. Rxa8+ Qxa8 27. h4 Qa2 28. Qb1 Qxb1+ 29. Nxb1 Bc1 30. d5 Bd7 31. b3 cxb3 32. Bxb3 f5 33. Nfd2 Na4 34. c4 f4 35. Bh2 b4 36. Kf1 Nd8 37. f3 Kg7 38. Ke1 Nb7 39. Bg1 Kh6 40. Kd1 Bb2 41. Bf2 Bd4 42. Ke1 Nac5 43. Ke2 Kh5 44. g4+ fxg3 45. Bxg3 Na5 46. Bd1 g5 47. hxg5 Kxg5 48. Kf1 Bh3+ 49. Ke2 Bg2 50. Bh2 h5 51. f4+ exf4 52. Nf3+ Bxf3+ 53. Kxf3 Be3 54. Be2 Nab3 55. Bd1 Nd4+ 56. Kg2 Nxe4 57. Bf3 Nc3 58. c5 dxc5 59. d6 Kf6 60. d7 Ke7 0-1
2023.03.26 20th Delhi Open 2023
1002851 Nithin, Babu (2061) Krasenkow, M (2527) 0-1
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Qe2 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. d5 cxd5 9. exd5 e5 10. Nh4 Be7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Be3 Nbd7 13. Bg2 a6 14. O-O Rc8 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 O-O 17. Kh1 Re8 18. Qf3 Bf8 19. h4 Qb6 20. Rab1 Ne5 21. Qg3 Nexg4 22. Bh3 Ne3 23. Qg1 Rc4 24. Rbe1 Qxb2 25. Nd1 Nxd1 26. Rxd1 Qxc2 27. Rc1 Qxa2 28. Bg3 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Qxd5+ 30. Bg2 Ne4 31. Qe3 f5 32. Bh2 Be7 33. h5 gxh5 34. Qf3 g6 35. Bf4 Bf6 36. Rg1 Be5 37. Rc1 Bxf4 38. Qxf4 Qe5 39. Qh6 Ng3+ 40. Kh2 Ne2+ 41. Kh1 Nxc1 42. Qxg6+ Kf8 43. Qh6+ Ke7 44. Qxc1 Rg8 45. Qc7+ Kf6 46. Qc1 Qg3 47. Qb2+ Kg6 48. Bd5 Qe1+ 49. Kg2 Rg7 50. Kh3 Kh7 51. Qb3 Qf1+ 52. Kh2 Qg1+ 53. Kh3 Qg4+ 0-1
2023.02.15 42nd TCh-IND 2023
1038845 Nithin, Babu (2053) Puranik, A (2596) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Nbd2 Ng6 7. h4 h5 8. e5 f6 9. Qe2 d5 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. Nc4 e5 12. Nfd2 Be7 13. Qe4 Kf7 14. Qxc6 Be6 15. Ne4 Bd5 16. Qa4 Qc7 17. Bd2 f5 18. Ne3 Be6 19. Ng5+ Bxg5 20. hxg5 Qb7 21. O-O-O Rad8 22. Bc3 Rd6 23. Nc4 Ra6 24. f3 Rb8 25. Na5 Qc7 26. a3 h4 27. Rde1 c4 28. Rd1 Bd5 29. Rhe1 Kg8 30. Rd2 Bf7 31. d4 e4 32. fxe4 fxe4 33. d5 Nf4 34. Qxc4 Qxc4 35. Nxc4 Nxd5 36. Be5 Re8 37. Rxe4 Rg6 38. Rxh4 Rxg5 39. Bd4 Re1+ 40. Rd1 Rxd1+ 41. Kxd1 Rxg2 42. Ne5 a6 43. c4 Ne7 44. Nxf7 Kxf7 45. Re4 Nf5 46. Bc3 g5 47. c5 Ne7 48. Rd4 g4 49. Ke1 g3 50. Kf1 Rf2+ 51. Kg1 Re2 52. Rd6 Re6 53. Rxe6 Kxe6 54. Kg2 Nf5 55. Be1 Kd5 56. b4 Ne3+ 57. Kxg3 Nc2 58. Bd2 Nxa3 59. Kf3 a5 60. bxa5 Kxc5 61. Be3+ Kb5 62. Bd2 Nc4 63. Ke2 Nxd2 64. a6 Kxa6 1/2-1/2
2023.02.12 42nd TCh-IND 2023
1046757 Visakh, N R (2548) Nithin, Babu (2053) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 c6 9. O-O Bd6 10. h3 Qc7 11. Qd2 h6 12. Bf4 g5 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Nh2 Rg8 15. Ne2 Ne4 16. Qc2 Ndf6 17. f3 Ng3 18. Nxg3 Qxg3 19. Qf2 Qxf2+ 20. Rxf2 h5 21. g4 Ke7 22. Nf1 hxg4 23. hxg4 Ne8 24. Ng3 Nd6 25. Rh2 Rh8 26. Rxh8 Rxh8 27. Kg2 Kd7 28. Re1 Kc7 29. b3 a5 30. Nh5 a4 31. b4 a3 32. Kg3 Ra8 33. Rb1 Kb6 34. Nf6 Ra4 35. Nh7 Nc4 36. Nxg5 Nxe3 37. Re1 Nc4 38. Nxe6 fxe6 39. g5 Ra8 40. Rxe6 Kb5 41. Bh7 Rd8 42. g6 Rd7 43. f4 Nd2 44. f5 Ne4+ 45. Kf4 Kxb4 46. f6 Nxf6 47. Rxf6 Re7 48. Rf7 Re1 49. Rxb7+ Kc3 50. g7 Rg1 51. Rb3+ Kxd4 52. Rg3 Rf1+ 53. Kg4 Rf2 54. g8=Q Rxa2 55. Qg7+ 1-0
2022.09.28 Chhattisgarh CM Masters
1169366 Nithin, Babu (1990) Chitlange, Sakshi (2252) 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 Qc7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. d4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Ne2 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Nf4 Qb6 11. Qb3 Qxb3 12. axb3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Kd2 Nb8 15. Be2 N8c6 16. Rhc1 Bd7 17. Nh5 Rg8 18. Ne1 Be7 19. f4 Bd8 20. g4 Bb6 21. Nf3 Na5 22. Bd1 Bb5 23. Rc3 Nac6 24. f5 Ba5 25. f6 g6 26. Ng7+ Kd7 27. Be2 Nc2 28. Rxa5 Bxe2 29. Rxc6 Kxc6 30. Rc5+ Kd7 31. Kxe2 Nxe3 32. Kxe3 h6 33. Ne1 b6 34. Rc1 Rgc8 35. Ra1 a5 36. h4 Rc7 37. b4 a4 38. h5 g5 39. Nd3 Rc2 40. Ra3 Kd8 41. b5 Kd7 42. Ra1 Ra5 43. Ra3 Rc4 44. Ra1 Rc2 45. Nf5 exf5 46. gxf5 Ra7 47. e6+ fxe6 48. Ne5+ Kd6 49. f7 Ra8 50. Rxa4 Rf8 51. Ra6 exf5 52. Rxb6+ Ke7 53. Rxh6 Rxf7 54. Nxf7 Kxf7 55. b6 Rxb2 56. b7 Rb3+ 57. Kd2 Kg7 58. Rg6+ Kh7 59. Rxg5 Rxb7 60. Rxf5 Rd7 61. Kc3 Rc7+ 62. Kb3 Kg7 63. Rxd5 Kf6 64. Rc5 Rh7 65. Kc4 Ke6 66. h6 Kd6 67. Rh5 Kc6 68. d5+ Kd6 69. Kd4 Kd7 70. Ke5 Ke7 71. d6+ Kd7 72. Kf6 Kxd6 73. Kg6 Rh8 74. h7 1-0
2022.09.27 Chhattisgarh CM Masters
1169320 Arpita, Mukherjee (2293) Nithin, Babu (1990) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 4. O-O Bd6 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Nge7 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Qxd4 Qc7 12. h3 O-O 13. Bb3 Bc5 14. Qd1 d5 15. exd5 Bb7 16. Nc3 Rad8 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 Qf4 19. Qg4 Qxg4 20. hxg4 g5 21. Bg3 Nxd5 22. Ne4 Be7 23. Rac1 Nf4 24. Bxf4 gxf4 25. Rfe1 Rc8 26. Nc3 Bf6 27. Bd5 Rxc3 28. Bxb7 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Bxb2 30. Rc2 Be5 31. Bxa6 b4 32. Rc5 Bd6 33. Rf5 Rd8 34. Bc4 Rd7 35. Kh2 Kg7 36. Kh3 Rc7 37. Bb3 Rb7 38. g5 hxg5 39. Rxg5+ Kf6 40. Kg4 Rc7 41. Rf5+ Kg7 42. Rd5 Rc6 43. Rg5+ Kf8 44. Rf5 Rc7 45. Rf6 Rd7 46. Kh5 Kg7 47. Rf5 Rc7 48. Kg4 Rd7 49. Rd5 Kf6 50. Rf5+ Kg7 51. Kg5 f6+ 52. Kg4 Be5 53. Rh5 Rd2 54. Kf3 Rd3+ 55. Ke2 f3+ 56. gxf3 Rd4 57. Rh1 Bf4 58. Rd1 Rxd1 1/2-1/2
2022.09.26 Chhattisgarh CM Masters
1175086 Nithin, Babu (1990) Vaibhav, Jayant Raut (2243) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O Ne8 9. Be3 b6 10. a4 a5 11. Qd2 e5 12. Bh6 f6 13. Nh2 g5 14. Ng4 Bxg4 15. Bxg7 Nxg7 16. hxg4 h5 17. gxh5 Nxh5 18. Qd1 Ng7 19. g3 Kf7 20. Qg4 Rh8 21. Kg2 Qd4 22. Rh1 Rag8 23. Ne2 Qd8 24. Rxh8 Rxh8 25. Rh1 Rxh1 26. Kxh1 c4 27. Qf3 cxd3 28. cxd3 Ne6 29. Qe3 Qd6 30. Qxb6 Qxd3 31. Qxc6 Qxe2 32. Qd7+ Kg6 33. Qe8+ Kh7 34. Qxe6 Qf1+ 35. Kh2 Qxf2+ 36. Kh3 Qf1+ 37. Kh2 Qe2+ 38. Kh3 1/2-1/2
2022.09.25 Chhattisgarh CM Masters
1175036 Dhananjay, S (2197) Nithin, Babu (1990) 1/2-1/2
1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. c4 Bd7 13. Bb2 Rfc8 14. Rac1 Rc7 15. Nfd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bc6 17. Be5 Rcc8 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. Na5 Rc5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Nxb7 Rc7 22. Rb1 Rac8 23. Na5 Bf8 24. Rb5 Rc5 25. Rd4 f5 26. Rd7 a6 27. Rxc5 Rxc5 28. Nb3 Rxc4 29. Ra7 Ra4 30. Nc1 Bb4 31. Nd3 Bf8 32. Nc1 Kg7 33. Rc7 e5 34. Rc2 e4 35. Nb3 Bd6 36. e3 Be5 37. Kf1 Ra3 38. Ke2 a5 39. Nd2 Rc3 40. Rxc3 Bxc3 41. Nb1 Bb4 42. a3 Bc5 43. Kd2 Kg6 44. Kc3 f4 45. gxf4 Kh5 46. Kc4 Bf8 47. a4 Kg4 48. Nd2 f5 49. Nf1 Bb4 50. Ng3 Be1 51. h3+ Kxh3 52. Nxf5 Kg4 53. Nd6 Bxf2 54. Nxe4 Bxe3 55. Nf6+ Kxf4 56. Nxh7 Ke5 1/2-1/2
2022.09.24 Chhattisgarh CM Masters
1174998 Nithin, Babu (1990) Pandey, Srishti (2173) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. c3 d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Ng6 8. d5 Nb8 9. c4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bxd7 Qxd7 12. b4 a5 13. bxa5 Rxa5 14. a4 f5 15. Bd2 Ra8 16. Ne1 Nf4 17. g3 Ng6 18. Kg2 c6 19. Nd3 Na6 20. f3 h6 21. Be3 f4 22. Bg1 h5 23. Qb3 c5 24. Qb5 Qc8 25. Ne2 fxg3 26. hxg3 h4 27. g4 h3+ 28. Kxh3 Bg5 29. Bh2 Rf6 30. Bg3 Kf7 31. Kg2 Be3 32. Rab1 Rb8 33. Rh1 Kg8 34. Rh5 Bd2 35. Qb2 Bb4 36. Rbh1 Qd7 37. Qc2 Ba5 38. Bh4 Rff8 39. Bg5 Bd8 40. Bd2 Qf7 41. Ne1 Nb4 42. Qb3 Ra8 43. Kg3 Qd7 44. Nc3 Bf6 45. Nb5 Na6 46. Ng2 Nc7 47. Ne3 Ne8 48. Nf5 Bd8 49. Rh7 Ra6 50. Qd1 Bf6 51. R1h5 Bd8 52. Rh2 Bf6 53. a5 Qd8 54. Qh1 Bg5 55. Bxg5 Qxg5 56. Rxg7+ Nxg7 57. Nh6+ Qxh6 58. Rxh6 Nf4 59. Rh8+ Kf7 60. Rxf8+ Kxf8 61. Qh8+ Kf7 62. Qd8 1-0
2022.09.23 Chhattisgarh CM Masters
1174949 Ravi, K1 (2156) Nithin, Babu (1990) 1/2-1/2
1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bg5 Bc5 9. e3 Be6 10. Bb5 Rc8 11. O-O O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. b4 Bb6 14. Na4 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Rc1 Bd7 17. Nc5 Qd6 18. Qh5 Rfe8 19. Rfd1 Re5 20. Qf3 Rg5 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Rc3 a5 23. Rdc1 axb4 24. axb4 Bxd4 25. exd4 Re8 26. g3 Rg6 27. Rc5 Rf6 28. Qd3 Re4 29. Kg2 g6 30. R1c2 h5 31. f3 Re8 32. b5 cxb5 33. Qxb5 Qxb5 34. Rxb5 Rf5 35. Kf2 Ra8 36. Rbc5 g5 37. Rc8+ Rxc8 38. Rxc8+ Kg7 39. Re8 g4 40. f4 Kf6 41. Ke3 Kg7 42. Re5 Kg6 43. Kd3 f6 44. Re8 Kg7 45. Kc3 h4 46. Kb4 hxg3 47. hxg3 Rh5 48. Kc5 Kg6 49. Re3 Kf7 50. Kd6 Rf5 51. Re7+ Kg6 52. Ke6 Rh5 53. Rf7 Rh3 54. Rxf6+ Kg7 55. f5 Rxg3 56. Rg6+ Kf8 57. Kxd5 Kf7 58. Ke4 Rg1 59. Kf4 Rd1 60. Ke5 Re1+ 61. Kf4 Rd1 62. Rd6 Ke7 63. Re6+ Kf7 64. Re4 Kf6 65. Re6+ Kf7 66. Rd6 Rg1 67. Rg6 Rd1 68. Ke3 Re1+ 69. Kd2 Re4 70. Kd3 Rf4 71. Kc4 Rxf5 72. Rxg4 Ke6 73. Rg7 Kd6 74. Ra7 Rh5 75. Ra8 Rg5 76. Rd8+ Kc7 77. Re8 Kd6 78. Rc8 Rh5 79. Rd8+ Kc7 80. Rg8 Kd6 81. Rg6+ Kd7 82. Ra6 Rg5 83. Rb6 Rh5 84. Rb3 Kd6 85. Rb8 Rg5 86. Rd8+ Kc7 87. Rd5 Rxd5 88. Kxd5 Kd7 89. Kc5 Kc7 90. Kc4 1/2-1/2
2022.09.22 Chhattisgarh CM Masters
1174892 Nithin, Babu (1990) Deshmukh, A (2176) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d4 Bg7 6. dxc5 Ba6 7. Nbd2 Qa5 8. Rb1 Qxa2 9. b4 Bb5 10. Rb3 Qa6 11. Ra3 Qc8 12. c4 Ba6 13. Qc2 Bb7 14. Bb2 Nf6 15. e5 Nh5 16. O-O O-O 17. Ne4 Qc7 18. Qd2 f5 19. Ng3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 h6 21. Rd1 Bc8 22. Rda1 Kh7 23. Qe3 a6 24. Rd3 Rb8 25. Bc3 Rb7 26. Rad1 Qb8 27. Nh2 Rxb4 28. Bxb4 Qxb4 29. Rc1 Qb8 30. f4 Qa7 31. Nf3 e6 32. Rb3 Rg8 33. Rb6 Bf8 34. Nd2 Be7 35. Nb3 g5 36. Rb1 gxf4 37. gxf4 a5 38. Ra1 a4 39. Kh1 Rg4 40. Rb4 a3 41. Ra2 Bh4 42. Nd2 Bg3 43. Nf3 Bxf4 44. Qxa3 Qxc5 45. Ra4 Qb6 46. Rb2 Qd8 47. Rb8 Bg3 48. Raa8 Re4 49. Kg1 Qh4 50. Qc5 Rxc4 51. Nxh4 Rxc5 52. Kf1 Bxh4 53. Rxc8 Rxe5 54. g3 Bg5 55. Ra7 Rd5 56. Rxc6 Kg6 57. Rcc7 d6 58. Ra6 Kf6 59. Rcc6 Ke5 60. Rc2 Rd4 61. Ra5+ d5 62. Ra6 Re4 63. Rcc6 Kf6 64. Rc5 d4 65. Kf2 d3 66. Rd5 d2 67. Rd7 Kg6 68. Kf3 Kh5 69. g4+ Rxg4 70. Rxe6 Rf4+ 71. Kg2 Re4 72. Red6 Kg4 73. Rd3 Re2+ 74. Kf1 Re1+ 75. Kg2 Be3 76. Rg7+ Kf4 77. Rgd7 Re2+ 78. Kh3 Kf3 79. Rg7 f4 80. Rd6 Re1 81. Kh2 d1=Q 82. Rxd1 Rxd1 0-1
2022.09.19 Chhattisgarh CM Masters
1174751 Nithin, Babu (1990) Aaryan, Varshney (2263) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Nd5 Nd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 c6 15. Nf4 Nc5 16. Ba2 Na4 17. Ne2 c5 18. Rab1 Bg5 19. Qg4 Rc8 20. Kh1 Nb6 21. f4 Bf6 22. Ng1 c4 23. Nf3 Re8 24. Rbe1 Qc7 25. Re2 Re7 26. h4 Rce8 27. Ref2 Qc5 28. Qh3 g6 29. g4 b4 30. axb4 Qxb4 31. Nd2 d5 32. e5 Bg7 33. dxc4 dxc4 34. Ne4 Qa4 35. Bb1 Nd5 36. Nd6 Rb8 37. Qf3 Ne3 38. Rg1 Rxb2 39. Qa8+ Bf8 40. f5 Qb4 41. fxg6 hxg6 42. Ne4 Rxb1 43. Nf6+ Kg7 44. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 45. Kh2 Qb5 46. h5 Qxe5+ 47. Kh3 Nf5 48. gxf5 Qxf6 49. h6+ Kh7 50. Qxf8 gxf5 51. Kg2 Re4 52. Kf1 d3 53. c3 Qg6 54. Rg2 Rf4+ 55. Kg1 d2 56. Qd8 Rg4 57. Kf1 d1=Q+ 58. Qxd1 Rxg2 59. Qd4 Rg1+ 0-1