[Event "South Wales op 20th"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2025.07.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Camacho Collados, Jose"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2025.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CB29_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 c6 5. Qa4 Nbd7 6. cxd5 Nb6 7. Qb3 Qxd5 8. Qa3 Qd6 9. b3 Bg7 10. Bb2 0-0 11. 0-0 Qxa3 12. Nxa3 Bg4 13. d3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nfd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nc4 Rfd8 17. Rfc1 e6 18. Rab1 a5 19. a3 Nc8 20. d4 Nc7 21. e3 Nb5 22. a4 Nbd6 23. h4 h5 24. Kf1 Kf8 25. Ke2 Ke8 26. Ne5 Ne7 27. Nd3 Kd7 28. Rc5 Kc7 29. Rbc1 Kb8 30. Rb1 Kc7 31. Nf4 Ndc8 32. Bg2 Nb6 33. Rbc1 Kb8 34. Nd3 Nbc8 35. Ne5 Nd6 36. e4 Ra6 37. Ke3 Rb6 38. R1c3 Ra6 39. Bf1 Ra8 40. f3 Ng8 41. Rc1 Nf6 42. R5c2 Nd7 43. g4 hxg4 44. fxg4 Nf6 45. Bd3 Rh8 46. Rf1 Nfe8 47. Rh2 Rh7 48. h5 Kc7 49. h6 g5 50. Nf3 Nf6 51. Rg1 Rah8 52. e5 Nd5+ 53. Kf2 Rxh6 54. exd6+ Kxd6 55. Rxh6 Rxh6 56. Nxg5 Ke7 57. Kg3 Rh8 58. Rf1 f6 59. Nf3 Kd6 60. g5 fxg5 61. Ne5 Rh4 62. Nf7+ Ke7 63. Nxg5 Rxd4 64. Rf7+ Kd6 65. Bc4 b5 66. axb5 cxb5 67. Bxb5 Rb4 68. Rd7+ Ke5 69. Nf3+ Kf6 70. Ba4 Nc3 71. Ra7 Nxa4 72. bxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "South Wales op 20th"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2025.07.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Boswell, Jacob Connor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2025.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CB29_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. h4 Nc5 9. Qc2 c6 10. h5 cxd5 11. cxd5 Qa5 12. h6 Bh8 13. f3 Nh5 14. Rb1 Qd8 15. b4 Na6 16. g4 Nf4 17. Bf1 f5 18. gxf5 gxf5 19. Nge2 Ng6 20. Qd2 Bf6 21. a3 Kh8 22. Rc1 Bd7 23. exf5 Nh4 24. Qd3 Bxf5 25. Ne4 Nxf3+ 26. Kd1 Ng5 27. N2g3 Bg6 28. Kc2 Qc8+ 29. Kb3 Qg4 30. Bxg5 Bxg5 31. Be2 Qd7 32. Rc3 Bf4 33. Bh5 Bxg3 34. Bxg6 hxg6 35. Qxg3 Qf7 36. Rd1 Qe7 37. Qxg6 Qh7 38. Rg1 Qxg6 39. Rxg6 Rf4 40. Nxd6 b6 41. Rg7 Raf8 42. Rxa7 R4f6 43. Ne4 1-0

[Event "South Wales op 20th"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2025.07.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Waddington, Mike P"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1982"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2025.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CB29_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. b3 Qe6 10. Bb2 Ba6 11. Nd2 Be7 12. 0-0-0 0-0 13. h4 d5 14. exd6 cxd6 15. Qf3 f5 16. Rh3 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. Qc3 f4 19. Nf3 h6 20. Nd4 Qc8 21. Bd3 c5 22. Nf3 Bb7 23. Bc2 Qg4 24. Qd3 Kf7 25. Qh7 Nd7 26. h5 Nf8 27. Qd3 Re8 28. Rh4 Qxg2 29. Nd2 Qxf2 30. Rg4 Re3 31. Qf1 Qxf1 32. Rxf1 Ne6 33. Bg6+ Kf8 34. Kd1 Bc6 35. Rh4 Ke7 36. Bh7 f3 37. Ne4 Bxe4 38. Bxe4 Nd4 39. Rg4 Kf8 40. Bd5 Re5 0-1

[Event "South Wales op 20th"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2025.07.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Kalavannan, Koby"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2025.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CB29_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 Bg4 6. Be2 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 e5 8. d5 h5 9. Be3 Bh6 10. Bxh6 Rxh6 11. Qd2 Rh8 12. 0-0 Nbd7 13. b4 a5 14. a3 Kf8 15. h3 Kg7 16. Qe3 Qe7 17. Rfd1 Ne8 18. Na4 b6 19. Rdc1 axb4 20. axb4 Rh6 21. Nc3 Rc8 22. Ra7 Qh4 23. Bd1 f5 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Ba4 Ndf6 26. c5 Qxb4 27. Qg5+ Rg6 28. Qxf5 Rd8 29. Bc2 e4 30. Nxe4 Qb2 31. Raa1 Qe5 32. Nxf6 Rxf6 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Re1 Rf7 35. Rxe5 Rxh7 36. Rxe8+ Rxe8 37. Bxh7 dxc5 38. Ra7 Re7 39. Bd3 Rd7 40. Bc4 Ke7 41. Bb5 Rxd5 42. Rxc7+ Kf6 43. Rc6+ Kg5 44. Rxb6 Rd1+ 45. Bf1 h4 46. Rc6 Rc1 47. f3 Rc2 48. Rg6+ 1-0

[Event "South Wales op 20th"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2025.07.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Rudd, Jack"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2025.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CB29_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 0-0 8. Ne2 c5 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. Be3 b6 11. h4 Qc7 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. h5 Rad8 14. h6 Bf6 15. f4 e6 16. Qe1 Na5 17. Bd3 Rfe8 18. Bf2 Be7 19. Be3 f5 20. Bb5 Bc6 21. c4 Bxb5 22. cxb5 Qb7 23. dxc5 Qxe4 24. Qc3 Bf8 25. Ng3 Qb7 26. c6 Qc7 27. Bd4 Rd5 28. Be5 Qc8 29. Bg7 Bc5+ 30. Kh2 Qc7 31. Be5 Qe7 32. Bf6 Qf8 33. Bg7 Qe7 34. Bf6 Qf8 35. Bg5 Bd4 36. Qf3 Qd6 37. Rfd1 Kf7 38. a4 Bc5 39. Rxd5 exd5 40. Rd1 d4 41. Rc1 Re3 42. c7 Rxf3 43. c8Q Rxf4 44. Qh8 1-0

[Event "South Wales op 20th"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2025.07.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gormally, Daniel"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2025.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CB29_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. d3 h6 8. a4 Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. c3 d6 11. d4 Bb6 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qf3 0-0 15. Bc2 Qe7 16. Be3 b4 17. Bxb6 Rxb6 18. Nd2 bxc3 19. Qxc3 Qb4 20. Nc4 Qxc3 21. bxc3 Rc6 22. Nxe5 Rxc3 23. Rfc1 Re8 24. Nf3 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1 Rxe4 27. Rxc7 Bg4 28. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "South Wales op 20th"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2025.07.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Burrows, Martin P"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2057"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2025.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CB29_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 0-0 12. Be3 Ra8 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Re1 Re8 15. Nf1 exd4 16. cxd4 Rxe4 17. Ng3 Re7 18. Qd2 Qf8 19. Rac1 Bd7 20. Nh4 d5 21. Nhf5 Re6 22. Bc2 Qb4 23. Qd3 Ne4 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Qd1 Ree8 26. Qg4 Bxf5 27. Qxf5 Qe7 28. Bxh6 Nxd4 29. Qg4 f5 30. Qg3 c5 31. Be3 c4 32. Bxd4 Bxd4 33. b3 Rac8 34. Kh1 Qc5 35. Re2 c3 36. b4 Qc4 37. Ree1 Be5 38. Qg5 Qf7 39. Rb1 Qf6 40. Bb3+ Kf8 41. Qh5 Ke7 42. Qe2 Red8 43. Red1 Qh6 44. f4 Qxf4 0-1

[Event "South Wales op 20th"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2025.07.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Jukes, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2002"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2025.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CB29_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. a3 Be7 8. Nf4 0-0 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Na6 11. 0-0 Nc7 12. Qf3 Bg4 13. Qg3 Qd7 14. h3 Bf5 15. Qf3 Bxd3 16. Nxd3 a6 17. Ne5 Qd6 18. Be3 Ne6 19. Rac1 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Qxe4 f5 22. Qxb7 Rab8 23. Qf3 f4 24. Rc6 Nxd4 25. Bxd4 Qxd4 26. Re6 Rbe8 27. Re1 Bf6 28. Rxe8 1-0

[Event "South Wales op 20th"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2025.07.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vaidyanathan, Sathya"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1878"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2025.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CB29_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. g4 b5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. h4 b4 8. Nd5 a5 9. h5 e6 10. h6 Bf8 11. Nf4 Bxh6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Bxh6 Nxh6 14. Rxh6 Qg5 15. Rh1 Nd7 16. Nh3 Qe7 17. Qd2 Ba6 18. Qg5 e5 19. Qxe7+ Kxe7 20. d5 Nc5 21. f4 exf4 22. Nxf4 Raf8 23. Nh3 h6 24. Kd2 Bc8 25. Rhf1 g5 26. Bf3 h5 27. Nxg5 hxg4 28. Be2 Rxf1 29. Rxf1 Rg8 30. Rf7+ Kd8 31. Ne6+ Nxe6 32. dxe6 Bxe6 33. Rf1 Ke7 34. Ke3 g3 35. Rg1 g2 36. Bf3 Bh3 37. Kf2 Kf6 38. Bxg2 Bxg2 39. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 40. Kxg2 Ke5 41. Kf3 Kd4 42. Ke2 Kxe4 43. Kd2 d5 44. c3 c5 45. a3 bxa3 46. bxa3 c4 47. Ke2 a4 48. Kd2 Kf3 49. Kc1 Ke3 50. Kc2 Ke2 0-1

[Event "WchT Blitz Pool C"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2025.06.14"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Blokhin, Sofia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2057"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2025.06.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB25_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wood Green Youth"]
[BlackTeam "OlalaStars"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EST"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. e4 f4 11. gxf4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Rxf4 14. Qd2 Qf8 15. Rae1 b6 16. b3 Bd7 17. Ng3 Bh6 18. Qe2 Re8 19. Qe5 Bg7 20. Qxc7 Bg4 21. Re4 Rxe4 22. Nxe4 Bf3 23. Ng5 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Qf5 25. Qg3 Be5 26. Qh4 h6 27. Qxh6 Qg4+ 28. Kh1 Bg7 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "WchT Blitz Pool C"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2025.06.14"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Camacho Collados, Marcos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2025.06.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB25_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wood Green Youth"]
[BlackTeam "Duobeniajan Costa Calida"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Ne2 d6 9. 0-0 Qe7 10. e4 Nd7 11. Be3 e5 12. Rb1 Na5 13. Ng3 g6 14. f4 0-0-0 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. c5 h5 17. Re1 h4 18. Nf1 h3 19. g3 Kb8 20. Nd2 Nxc5 21. Bc2 Ne6 22. d5 Nc5 23. Nb3 Naxb3 24. axb3 f5 25. b4 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 fxe4 27. c4 Rhf8 28. Qa4 Rf3 29. Ra1 a6 30. c5 Rxd5 31. c6 Bc8 32. b5 Rxb5 33. Qxe4 Qf7 34. Rf1 Rf5 35. Rfd1 Qe7 36. Qc4 e4 37. Rd2 Rf3 38. Qd4 Qb4 39. Re2 Qxd4 40. Bxd4 Rb4 41. Rxe4 Rd3 42. Re8 Rbxd4 43. Rf1 Rd2 44. g4 Rg2+ 45. Kh1 Rdd2 46. Rfe1 Rxh2+ 47. Kg1 Rdg2+ 48. Kf1 Rh1# 0-1

[Event "WchT Blitz Pool C"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2025.06.14"]
[Round "13.4"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2025.06.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB25_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wood Green Youth"]
[BlackTeam "Generation XYZA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nb4 6. Qb1 Bxf3 7. exf3 g6 8. a3 Nc6 9. d5 Nd4 10. Be3 Nf5 11. Bf4 Bg7 12. Bd3 Nd4 13. 0-0 0-0 14. Qd1 c5 15. Re1 d6 16. Rb1 e5 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Be3 Nh5 19. Ne4 Nf4 20. Bf1 d5 21. cxd5 exd5 22. Nc3 Qd7 23. Rc1 Rae8 24. b4 Nh3+ 25. gxh3 Nxf3+ 26. Kh1 Qc7 27. Qxd5+ Kh8 28. Qxf3 Rxf3 29. Bg2 Qf7 30. bxc5 bxc5 31. Na4 c4 32. Nc5 c3 33. Rc2 Rfxe3 34. fxe3 Qf5 35. Ne4 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "WchT Blitz Pool C"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2025.06.14"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Mungunzul, Bat Erdene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[PlyCount "234"]
[EventDate "2025.06.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB25_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wood Green Youth"]
[BlackTeam "Mongolia II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MGL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bd3 e6 8. Nf3 Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. 0-0 b5 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bb7 14. Ne5 0-0 15. Rc1 Rac8 16. Qh5 f5 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Qh4 Bd5 19. a3 Be4 20. Nf3 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Rcd8 22. Rfd1 Rf6 23. Kh1 Rdf8 24. Rc3 Rh6 25. Qg3 f4 26. Qg5 Rf5 27. Rc8+ Kf7 28. Qg2 Rfh5 29. Rdc1 Rxh2+ 30. Qxh2 Rxh2+ 31. Kxh2 Qxd4 32. Kg2 Qxb2 33. R1c7+ Kg6 34. Rc6 Qxa3 35. Rxe6+ Kf7 36. Re4 Qd6 37. Rce8 a5 38. R8e5 b4 39. Rxf4+ Kg6 40. Rg4+ Kf6 41. Rxa5 Qb6 42. Ra2 b3 43. Rb2 h5 44. Rf4+ Kg5 45. Re4 Kh6 46. Re3 Qg6+ 47. Kf1 Qa6+ 48. Kg2 Qg6+ 49. Kf1 h4 50. f4 Qa6+ 51. Kg2 Qc6+ 52. Kh2 Qf6 53. Rbxb3 Qxf4+ 54. Kg2 g5 55. Kg1 Kh5 56. Rf3 Qg4+ 57. Kh2 Qc4 58. Rfc3 Qf4+ 59. Kg2 Kg4 60. Kg1 Qd2 61. Kg2 Qd5+ 62. Kg1 Kh5 63. Rd3 Qa5 64. Ra3 Qf5 65. Rf3 Qb1+ 66. Kh2 Qb8+ 67. Kg1 Qb4 68. Rab3 Qg4+ 69. Kh2 Qc4 70. Rbc3 Qe6 71. Rce3 Qd6+ 72. Kg1 g4 73. Rf5+ Kg6 74. Rfe5 Kf6 75. R5e4 h3 76. Re1 Kf5 77. R4e3 Qd5 78. Rg3 Kf4 79. Rf1 Qd4 80. Kh2 Qd2 81. Kg1 Qe2 82. Re3 Qc4 83. Ree1 Qc2 84. Re3 Qh7 85. Rfe1 Qb7 86. Rg3 Qb2 87. Rf1 Qe2 88. Rc1 Kf5 89. Rc5+ Kf4 90. Rc1 Qb5 91. Re1 Qd5 92. Kh2 Qd2 93. Rf1 Qe2 94. Rgg1 Kg5 95. Kh1 Kh4 96. Kh2 Qc4 97. Kh1 Qe2 98. Kh2 Kg5 99. Kh1 Kf4 100. Kh2 Kf5 101. Kh1 Kg5 102. f3 Kh4 103. Rxg4+ Kh5 104. Rgg1 h2 105. Rg2 Qxf1+ 106. Kxh2 Qxf3 107. Kg1 Kh4 108. Rh2+ Kg4 109. Rg2+ Kh5 110. Rh2+ Kg4 111. Rg2+ Kh4 112. Rh2+ Kg5 113. Rg2+ Kh5 114. Rh2+ Kg4 115. Rg2+ Kh3 116. Rh2+ Kg3 117. Rh3+ Kxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT Blitz Pool C"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2025.06.14"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Schulze, Lara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2025.06.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB25_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wood Green Youth"]
[BlackTeam "Berlin Chess Federation"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Ba2 Nc6 11. 0-0 e5 12. d5 Na5 13. c4 b6 14. Bb2 Nb7 15. f4 Nd7 16. fxe5 Re8 17. e6 fxe6 18. Nf4 e5 19. Ne6 Qd6 20. Qh5 Rxe6 21. Qf7+ Kh8 22. dxe6 Nf6 23. Rxf6 gxf6 24. Qxf6+ Kg8 25. Bxe5 Qxe6 26. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "WchT Blitz Pool C"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2025.06.14"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Tsaknakis, Zisis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2025.06.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB25_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wood Green Youth"]
[BlackTeam "Chess Rising Stars"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. h4 Nc5 9. Qc2 a5 10. h5 c6 11. h6 Bh8 12. f3 cxd5 13. cxd5 Bd7 14. Bb5 a4 15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. a3 Bxb5 17. Nxb5 Qa5+ 18. Nc3 b5 19. Nge2 b4 20. axb4 cxb4 21. Nxa4 Nh5 22. Qd2 Nf4 23. 0-0 b3 24. Qe3 Nxe2+ 25. Qxe2 Bf6 26. Qe3 Qb4 27. Nc3 Be7 28. Kh2 Bc5 29. Qg5 f6 30. Qd2 Bd4 31. Qd3 Rac8 32. Rfc1 f5 33. Qa6 Qe7 34. g3 Bxc3 35. Rxc3 Rxc3 36. bxc3 fxe4 37. fxe4 b2 38. Rb1 Rf2+ 39. Kh3 Qd7+ 40. Qe6+ Qxe6+ 41. dxe6 Kf8 42. g4 Ke7 43. Kg3 Rc2 44. c4 Kxe6 45. c5 Kd7 46. Kf3 Kc6 47. Ke3 Kxc5 48. Kd3 Rg2 49. Kc3 Rxg4 50. Rxb2 Rg3+ 0-1

[Event "WchT Blitz Pool C"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2025.06.14"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2025.06.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB25_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany and Friends"]
[BlackTeam "Wood Green Youth"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 0-0 6. 0-0 c6 7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4 c5 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. Qa3 Bd7 14. Rab1 Qc7 15. Nb5 Bxb5 16. cxb5 Rad8 17. Nf3 Nfe4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rbc1 Qb6 20. Qb2+ Qf6 21. Qb4 b6 22. h4 h5 23. Rc4 Nd6 24. Rf4 Nf5 25. Qa3 e5 26. Rb4 e4 27. Ng5 e3 28. Rf4 exf2+ 29. R1xf2 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 Qe5 31. Qxa7 Ne6 32. Re4 Qxg3# 0-1

[Event "WchT Blitz Pool C"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2025.06.14"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Grigoryan, Meri"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "1980"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2025.06.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB25_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "ANI"]
[BlackTeam "Wood Green Youth"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e4 e5 6. d5 Nd4 7. Be3 Bg4 8. Be2 Nxe2 9. Qxe2 Ne7 10. h3 Bd7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Rac1 h6 13. c5 f5 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Qc4 Rc8 17. Qb3 b6 18. Rfd1 Ng6 19. Nb5 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 f4 21. Bd2 e4 22. Nfd4 Kh7 23. Nc6 Qg5 24. Nxd6 Nh4 25. Kf1 Qxg2+ 26. Ke1 Nf3+ 27. Kd1 Bxc6 28. dxc6 Qf1+ 29. Kc2 Nd4+ 30. Kb1 Nxb3 31. axb3 Qd3+ 32. Rc2 Qxd6 33. c7 Rc8 0-1

[Event "WchT Blitz Pool C"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2025.06.14"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Keneshbekov, Elim"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "1883"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2025.06.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB25_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "KYR Youth"]
[BlackTeam "Wood Green Youth"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KGZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. c3 0-0 6. 0-0 d6 7. h3 Na5 8. Bb5 a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Re1 h6 13. Nf1 Qc7 14. Ne3 Be6 15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Nd7 19. Bb3 Bf6 20. Qd1 Bxb3 21. Qxb3 Nb6 22. Bd2 Rfe8 23. Nf5 Nc4 24. Bf4 Bxb2 25. Rad1 Qa5 26. Qg3 Kh7 27. e5 Rg8 28. Qh4 Qd8 29. Qh5 Qf8 30. exd6 g6 31. Qxh6+ Qxh6 32. Nxh6 Rgf8 33. Ng4 Rad8 34. d7 Bc3 35. Re2 f5 36. Ne3 Rf7 37. Nxc4 bxc4 38. Rc2 Bg7 39. Rxc4 Rfxd7 40. Rxd7 Rxd7 41. Rc6 a5 42. Ra6 Rd1+ 43. Kh2 Bd4 44. Rd6 a4 45. Rd7+ Kg8 46. h4 a3 47. Rd6 Kf7 48. Rd7+ Ke6 49. Rd6+ Kf7 50. Kg3 Ke7 51. Rxg6 Rd3+ 52. f3 Bc3 53. Ra6 Be1+ 54. Kh3 Bb4 55. h5 Rd1 56. Bh2 Rh1 57. h6 Kf7 58. h7 Kg7 59. Rh6 Kh8 60. Kg3 Be1+ 61. Kh3 Bb4 62. Rh5 Bd6 63. g3 f4 64. Kg2 Ra1 65. gxf4 Rxa2+ 66. Kh3 Rd2 67. Ra5 Kxh7 68. Bg3 a2 69. f5 Bb4 70. Ra7+ Kg8 71. Be5 Rd5 72. f4 Rd3+ 73. Kg4 Ra3 74. Rxa3 Bxa3 75. Ba1 Kf7 76. Kf3 Be7 0-1

[Event "WchT Blitz Pool C"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2025.06.14"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Nurmanova, Alua"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2025.06.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB25_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rookies"]
[BlackTeam "Wood Green Youth"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KAZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 Bg7 19. Qd2 h5 20. Nh2 Nc5 21. f3 Nfd7 22. Rf1 Qe7 23. Bg5 Bf6 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. f4 exf4 26. Rxf4 Qg7 27. Raf1 Ne5 28. Nf3 Re7 29. Nxe5 Qxe5 30. a5 Rf8 31. Ne2 Bc8 32. Nd4 Bd7 33. Qf2 Be8 34. Rf6 Nd7 35. Nc6 Qxf6 36. Qxf6 Nxf6 37. Nxe7+ Kg7 38. Nc8 h4 39. Nxd6 Nh5 40. e5 Ng3 41. Re1 Bd7 42. Nb7 Bf5 43. Bxf5 Nxf5 44. d6 b4 45. d7 bxc3 46. bxc3 Ne7 47. d8Q Rxd8 48. Nxd8 Nd5 49. Re4 Nxc3 50. Rxc4 Nb5 51. Rxh4 Kf8 52. Rf4 1-0

[Event "WchT Blitz Pool C"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2025.06.14"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Sivanandan, Bodhana"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2109"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "221"]
[EventDate "2025.06.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB25_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "e-therapeutics"]
[BlackTeam "Wood Green Youth"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 0-0 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. Be3 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bb5 Ng4 10. Bc5 Re8 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. h3 Nh6 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Rad1 Be6 15. a3 f6 16. Be7 Re8 17. Bc5 Nf7 18. Rd2 Bh6 19. Rdd1 a5 20. b3 Rad8 21. Rfe1 Nd6 22. Kf1 Nb5 23. Nb1 Nd6 24. Nc3 Bf8 25. a4 Kf7 26. Rd2 Rd7 27. Red1 Red8 28. Ke2 Bh6 29. Be3 Bxe3 30. Kxe3 Ke7 31. Ne1 f5 32. f3 f4+ 33. Ke2 g5 34. Nd3 Nf7 35. Nc5 Rxd2+ 36. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 37. Kxd2 Bc8 38. Na2 Kd6 39. Nd3 c5 40. Nc3 c6 41. Nd1 Nd8 42. N1b2 Ba6 43. c3 h5 44. Ke1 Ne6 45. Kd2 Nd8 46. Ke1 Nf7 47. Kd2 Nh6 48. Ke1 Ng8 49. Kd2 Nf6 50. Ke1 g4 51. hxg4 hxg4 52. Nf2 g3 53. Nfd3 Nh7 54. Ke2 Ng5 55. Ke1 Nf7 56. Ke2 Nd8 57. Ke1 Ne6 58. Ke2 Nd8 59. Ke1 Nb7 60. Ke2 c4 61. Nxc4+ Bxc4 62. bxc4 Nd8 63. c5+ Ke6 64. Nb2 Nb7 65. Nd3 Kf6 66. Kd2 Ke6 67. Ke2 Nd8 68. Nb2 Nb7 69. Nd3 Kf6 70. Kd2 Nd8 71. Nb2 Ne6 72. Nc4 Nxc5 73. Nxa5 Nxa4 74. Nxc6 Nc5 75. Ke2 Ke6 76. Nb4 Kd6 77. Nd3 Ne6 78. Kd2 Ng5 79. Ke2 Nf7 80. c4 Kc6 81. c5 Kb5 82. Kd2 Ng5 83. Ke2 Nf7 84. Kd2 Kc6 85. Kc3 Ng5 86. Nxe5+ Kxc5 87. Nd3+ Kd6 88. Nxf4 Ke5 89. Ne2 Ne6 90. Kd3 Kf6 91. Ke3 Kg5 92. Nxg3 Nf4 93. Kf2 Nd3+ 94. Kf1 Nf4 95. Ne2 Ne6 96. Kf2 Kf6 97. Ke3 Nd8 98. g4 Kg5 99. e5 Ne6 100. Ke4 Kg6 101. f4 Nc5+ 102. Kd5 Nd3 103. e6 Nf2 104. g5 Ng4 105. f5+ Kxg5 106. Nd4 Nf6+ 107. Kd6 Kf4 108. e7 Ke4 109. Ke6 Ne8 110. f6 Kxd4 111. f7 1-0

[Event "WchT Blitz Pool C"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2025.06.14"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2025.06.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB25_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[BlackTeam "Wood Green Youth"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UZB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. a4 Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. Nc3 d6 11. h3 h6 12. Be3 Re8 13. Qd2 Bf8 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Ne7 16. Ba7 Nxd5 17. Bxb8 Nf4 18. Ba7 c5 19. Kh2 Qf6 20. Ng1 Qg6 21. f3 Be7 22. g3 Nh5 23. Qf2 Bg5 24. Ne2 Qe6 25. Qg2 Bd8 26. b4 Be7 27. Nc3 Qd7 28. Nd5 Bf8 29. f4 exf4 30. gxf4 f5 31. Bb6 fxe4 32. dxe4 Qf7 33. Ra7 Bb7 34. Qf3 Kh8 35. Rxb7 Qxb7 36. Qxh5 Rxe4 37. Qf5 Re2+ 38. Kg3 Qa8 39. bxc5 dxc5 40. Rf3 b4 41. Re3 Rxe3+ 42. Nxe3 b3 43. cxb3 Qb8 44. Nc4 Be7 45. Qd5 Bg5 46. Qe5 Qa8 47. fxg5 Qh1 48. Qe8+ Kh7 49. g6# 1-0

[Event "WchT Rapid"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2025.06.13"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Badacsonyi, Stanley Ethan Artie"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2278"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2025.06.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB25_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "English Knightmares"]
[BlackTeam "Wood Green Youth"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. Bd3 Nf6 9. Qc2 0-0 10. Nge2 Re8 11. 0-0 Nbd7 12. Rfe1 g6 13. Rad1 Nb6 14. Ng3 Bg4 15. f3 Bd7 16. Qf2 Kg7 17. a3 h5 18. h3 c5 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20. Rc1 Qd6 21. Nge2 Re7 22. Nd4 Rae8 23. Rcd1 Na4 24. Nxa4 Bxa4 25. Rc1 Rc7 26. Rb1 Rce7 27. Re2 Nd7 28. Rc1 Nc5 29. Rc3 Nxd3 30. Rxd3 Rc8 31. Re1 Qf6 32. Qg3 h4 33. Qf2 Bd7 34. f4 Ba4 35. b3 Bd7 36. Red1 Rce8 37. a4 Qb6 38. Kh2 Qf6 39. Kg1 Qb6 40. Re1 Qf6 41. Nf3 Bf5 42. Rd4 Be4 43. Nxh4 Rh8 44. g3 Rc7 45. Kh2 Rc3 46. b4 g5 47. Nf3 g4 48. Ng5 Qxg5 49. Rxe4 Rxh3+ 50. Kg2 Qh5 51. Re5 Rh2+ 52. Kg1 Rh1+ 0-1

[Event "WchT Rapid"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2025.06.13"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Roberson, Peter T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2025.06.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB25_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wood Green Youth"]
[BlackTeam "Sharks 4NCL"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. 0-0 Qh5 10. h3 Nc6 11. Qc2 Be7 12. a3 Rd8 13. Be3 Bd7 14. b4 Bd6 15. Ng3 Qh4 16. Nge4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Be7 18. Nc5 Be8 19. d5 Rxd5 20. Be4 Re5 21. f4 Rh5 22. Nxb7 Rc8 23. Na5 Rxa5 24. bxa5 Bd6 25. a6 Ne7 26. Qd3 Bc5 27. Bxc5 Rxc5 28. Qe3 Rc7 29. Rac1 Rd7 30. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Kf8 32. Rb1 f5 33. Bf3 Kf7 34. Rb7 g5 35. fxg5 f4 36. Qe5 h6 37. Qf6+ Kg8 38. Qxe6+ Bf7 39. Rb8+ Kh7 40. Qxf7# 1-0

[Event "WchT Rapid"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2025.06.13"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Slavin, Gennadie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2025.06.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB25_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wood Green Youth"]
[BlackTeam "Perfect"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. e4 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Be3 c6 9. d5 c5 10. Kh1 Ne8 11. g3 Ndf6 12. Nh4 Kh8 13. Ng2 Bh3 14. Rg1 Qd7 15. f3 Nc7 16. Ne1 h5 17. Nd3 Ng8 18. Nf2 f5 19. Nxh3 f4 20. gxf4 Qxh3 21. f5 Bh6 22. Bxh6 Nxh6 23. Rxg6 Ng8 24. Qd2 Rf7 25. Rag1 Qh4 26. Qg5 Qxg5 27. R1xg5 Rd8 28. Rxh5+ Rh7 29. Rxh7+ Kxh7 30. Kg2 a6 31. Kg3 Ne8 32. f4 exf4+ 33. Kxf4 Ngf6 34. Nd1 Rd7 35. Nf2 Re7 36. h4 Nd7 37. Re6 Rxe6 38. fxe6 Ne5 39. Ng4 Nxg4 40. Bxg4 Kg6 41. e5 b5 42. Be2 bxc4 43. Bxc4 a5 44. Bb5 1-0

[Event "WchT Rapid"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2025.06.13"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Klimkowski, Jan"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2278"]
[PlyCount "208"]
[EventDate "2025.06.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB25_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Katowice Hetman"]
[BlackTeam "Wood Green Youth"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. Bd3 Nf6 9. h3 0-0 10. Nge2 Re8 11. 0-0 Nbd7 12. Qc2 g6 13. Rae1 a5 14. Ng3 Kg7 15. Nb1 b6 16. Nd2 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Rc1 c5 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Rfd1 Qe7 21. Nb1 Qe5 22. Nc3 d4 23. exd4 cxd4 24. Qd3 Rb6 25. Na4 Rd6 26. Rc4 Qe6 27. Rxd4 Rxd4 28. Qxd4 Qxa2 29. Nb6 Nxb6 30. Qxb6 Re6 31. Qd4 a4 32. Rd3 Qb1+ 33. Kh2 Qe1 34. Ra3 Qe5 35. Rxa4 h5 36. Qxe5 Rxe5 37. Rd4 Rb5 38. Rd2 Rb3 39. f3 Kf8 40. Ne2 Rb4 41. g3 Ne8 42. h4 Nc7 43. Nf4 Na6 44. Kg2 Nc5 45. Nd5 Rb3 46. Nc3 Ke7 47. Kf1 Nb7 48. Ke2 Nd6 49. Nd1 Nf5 50. Kf2 Nd6 51. Ne3 Ke6 52. Nc2 Nb5 53. Na1 Rb4 54. b3 Nc3 55. Nc2 Rb6 56. Rd3 Nd5 57. Rd2 Ke5 58. Nd4 Nc3 59. Rd3 Nd5 60. Ne2 Nb4 61. Re3+ Kd6 62. Nc3 Rc6 63. Ne4+ Kd5 64. Rc3 Rxc3 65. Nxc3+ Kd4 66. Nb5+ Kc5 67. Na3 Nd3+ 68. Ke3 Nc1 69. Nc4 Nxb3 70. Ne5 Kd5 71. Nxf7 Ke6 72. Ng5+ Kf5 73. Ne4 Na5 74. Kd4 Nc6+ 75. Kd5 Nb4+ 76. Kd6 Nd3 77. Ke7 Ne1 78. Nd6+ Ke5 79. Nf7+ Kf5 80. Nh6+ Ke5 81. f4+ Ke4 82. Kf6 Kf3 83. Kxg6 Kxg3 84. f5 Kxh4 85. f6 Nf3 86. Kf5 Ng5 87. Kf4 Ne6+ 88. Ke5 Ng5 89. Kf5 Nh7 90. f7 Kg3 91. Kg6 Nf8+ 92. Kg7 Ne6+ 93. Kf6 Nf8 94. Nf5+ Kg4 95. Nd4 Nd7+ 96. Kg7 h4 97. Nc6 h3 98. Ne5+ Nxe5 99. f8Q h2 100. Qf1 Kg3 101. Kf6 Ng4+ 102. Kg5 Nf2 103. Qe1 h1Q 104. Qxh1 Nxh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT Rapid"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2025.06.12"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Goh, Jinghan Cameron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[BlackElo "1992"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2025.06.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB25_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wood Green Youth"]
[BlackTeam "Oxbridge"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c6 8. Ne2 b6 9. 0-0 Ba6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. f3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nc6 13. e4 Qc7 14. Bg5 Nd7 15. exd5 exd5 16. Qf5 Qd6 17. Rae1 Rfe8 18. Nf4 f6 19. Bh4 Ne7 20. Qg4 Nf8 21. Bg3 Qxa3 22. Nh5 Neg6 23. f4 Qxc3 24. f5 a5 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Nf4 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Qxd4+ 28. Bf2 Qc4 29. Qf3 b5 30. Nxd5 Rd8 31. Ne7+ Kf7 32. Nc6 Rd5 33. Ne5+ Rxe5 34. Rxe5 Nd7 35. Qd5+ Qxd5 36. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "WchT Rapid"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2025.06.12"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Krivenko, Dion"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2221"]
[BlackElo "2278"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2025.06.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB25_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "OlalaStars"]
[BlackTeam "Wood Green Youth"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EST"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg5 g6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. g3 c6 6. h4 h5 7. Bh3 Bd6 8. e3 Bxh3 9. Nxh3 Qb6 10. Qd3 Na6 11. a3 Nc7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Qxe4+ Kf8 14. 0-0-0 Kg7 15. g4 hxg4 16. Qxg4 Qa5 17. Nf4 Bxf4+ 18. Qxf4 Ne6 19. Qf3 Qh5 20. Qe3 Qh6 21. Ne2 Rae8 22. Kb1 Qxe3 23. fxe3 Nc7 24. Rh3 Nd5 25. Rd3 Re4 26. c4 Ne7 27. Nf4 Nf5 28. h5 g5 29. Ng2 Rg4 30. Rd2 Ng3 31. d5 Ne4 32. Rd4 c5 33. Rxe4 Rxe4 34. Kc2 Rxc4+ 35. Kd3 Rg4 36. Ne1 Rh4 37. Rg3 c4+ 38. Kc3 R8xh5 39. Ng2 Re4 40. Nf4 Rh8 41. Ne2 Rd8 42. Kb4 c3+ 43. Kxc3 Rxd5 44. Nd4 Kg6 45. Kc4 Rd8 46. Kd3 f5 47. Rg1 Rg4 48. Rc1 f4 49. Rc7 fxe3 0-1

[Event "WchT Rapid"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2025.06.12"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Ragnarsson, Dagur"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2278"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2025.06.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB25_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "ChessbrahTV"]
[BlackTeam "Wood Green Youth"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. c4 0-0 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. d4 Nb6 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. e4 c6 11. Bf4 cxd5 12. exd5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qxd5 14. Nd4 Qc5 15. Re1 Nac4 16. Nb3 Qa3 17. Bc1 Qd6 18. Qxd6 exd6 19. Bh6 Rd8 20. Bg5 Rf8 21. Bh6 Rd8 22. Re7 Bd7 23. Bxb7 Re8 24. Rae1 Rxe7 25. Rxe7 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. Nd2 Nxd2 28. Bxd2 Bb5 29. Bf4 Nc4 30. Bd5 Kf8 31. a4 Ba6 32. Bg5 Ke8 33. Bc6+ Kf8 34. Bf6 Ne5 35. Bg2 Bc4 36. f4 Nd7 37. Bd4 Nc5 38. Bc6 Ke7 39. Kf2 Kd8 40. Ke3 Kc7 41. Bf3 Nxa4 42. Bxa7 Nxc3 43. Bd4 Nb5 44. Bf6 Be6 45. g4 Na3 46. h3 Nc2+ 47. Kd2 Nb4 48. Bc3 Nd5 49. f5 gxf5 50. gxf5 Bxf5 51. Bxd5 Bxh3 52. Bxf7 Bf5 53. Ke3 Kd7 54. Bf6 Be6 55. Bh5 Bf5 56. Kf4 Ke6 57. Bb2 Bg6 58. Bf3 Bc2 59. Ba3 Bg6 60. Ke3 Bf5 61. Kd4 Bg6 62. Bd5+ Ke7 63. Kc4 Bf7 64. Bxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT Rapid"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2025.06.12"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Wadsworth, Matthew J"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2278"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2025.06.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB25_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wood Green"]
[BlackTeam "Wood Green Youth"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Na3 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Nd5 11. e4 Nb6 12. a4 e5 13. a5 exd4 14. axb6 axb6 15. e5 Be6 16. Bxc6 Ra5 17. Re1 d3 18. Bd2 Rc5 19. Be4 c3 20. Be3 d2 21. Bxc5 dxe1Q+ 22. Qxe1 bxc5 23. Qxc3 Qd4 24. Qxd4 cxd4 25. a4 Rd8 26. a5 d3 27. a6 d2 28. Bf3 Bd5 29. Bxd5 Rxd5 30. Rd1 Kf8 31. a7 Ra5 32. Rxd2 Ke7 33. f4 Rxa7 34. Kf2 Ra3 35. Rc2 Kd7 36. Rd2+ Ke7 37. Rc2 Kd7 38. Rd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT Rapid"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2025.06.11"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Makhnev, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2025.06.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB25_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wood Green Youth"]
[BlackTeam "Barys.kz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KAZ"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. 0-0 e5 10. h3 a6 11. Qc2 Bd7 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Bf5 15. Qh4 Bc2 16. Re1 exd4 17. exd4 Na5 18. Ba2 Nb3 19. Bxb3 Bxb3 20. Bf4 Qd7 21. Re3 Bd5 22. Rae1 f6 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Nd2 Qb6 25. b4 a5 26. bxa5 Qxa5 27. Ne4 b6 28. Ng3 Bb7 29. Qf4 Qd5 30. f3 c5 31. Nf5 Kh8 32. Re7 Rg8 33. Nd6 Rgf8 34. Rxb7 Rad8 35. Qg4 g6 36. Ree7 1-0

[Event "WchT Rapid"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2025.06.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2025.06.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB25_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wood Green Youth"]
[BlackTeam "Hexamind Team"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 0-0 5. Be2 d6 6. Be3 c6 7. Nf3 a6 8. a4 a5 9. 0-0 Na6 10. h3 Nd7 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Rad1 e5 13. d5 c5 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bh4 Nb4 16. Nh2 Qe7 17. Bg4 Nf8 18. Kh1 Kh8 19. Rde1 Bd7 20. Bxd7 Nxd7 21. Ng4 Rf8 22. f3 Rf7 23. Nb5 Rc8 24. Na7 Rd8 25. Nb5 Nb6 26. b3 Qf8 27. Re2 h5 28. Ne3 Bh6 29. Qd1 Rdd7 30. Nc2 Nc8 31. Nxb4 axb4 32. a5 f5 33. exf5 Rxf5 34. Qa1 Rdf7 35. Rfe1 Kh7 36. a6 bxa6 37. Qxa6 g5 38. Bg3 g4 39. fxg4 Rf1+ 40. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 41. Kh2 Bf4 42. Qb7+ Kh6 43. Bxf4+ Qxf4+ 44. g3 Qf3 45. Rg2 h4 46. g5+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "WchT Rapid"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2025.06.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Rusu, Lucas"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2278"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2025.06.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB25_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "xChess.AI"]
[BlackTeam "Wood Green Youth"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 0-0 8. 0-0 d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Rb8 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. b3 Rb7 14. Rad1 Bxf4 15. Qxf4 Re7 16. Qd4 Rfe8 17. Na4 Qd6 18. Qc3 Ne4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Nc5 Re2 21. Rde1 h6 22. Rxe2 Rxe2 23. Nd3 Bf5 24. Nb4 Be4 25. Rd1 Qf4 26. Rf1 Qg5 27. g3 Qf5 28. g4 Qf4 29. Na6 Rxc2 30. Qe3 Qxe3 31. fxe3 Rg2+ 32. Kh1 Rxg4+ 33. Kh2 Rg2+ 34. Kh1 Rf2+ 35. Kg1 Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 Bd3+ 37. Ke1 Bxa6 38. b4 g5 39. Kd2 Bc8 40. Kc3 Bxh3 41. Kd4 g4 42. e4 dxe4 43. Kxe4 f5+ 44. Kf4 h5 45. Kg3 Kf7 46. a4 Bf1 47. a5 Kf6 48. Kf4 h4 49. Ke3 Ke5 50. Kf2 Bb5 51. Kg2 Kf4 52. Kf2 h3 53. Kg1 Ke3 54. a6 Bxa6 55. Kh2 c5 56. bxc5 Bb7 57. Kg3 f4+ 58. Kh2 Kf2 59. c6 Bc8 60. c7 g3+ 0-1

[Event "WchT Rapid"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2025.06.11"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Vaidyanathan, Adithya"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2147"]
[BlackElo "2278"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2025.06.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB25_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "UK Challenge Masters"]
[BlackTeam "Wood Green Youth"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. h3 c6 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. Be2 e5 9. d5 c5 10. g4 a6 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Nd2 Nf8 13. g5 Nh5 14. Bxh5 gxh5 15. 0-0-0 b5 16. Rdg1 Ng6 17. Ne2 h4 18. f4 exf4 19. Nxf4 Nxf4 20. Bxf4 Rb8 21. b3 b4 22. Nf3 a5 23. Nxh4 a4 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. exf5 Bd4 26. Rg2 axb3 27. Qxb3 Ra8 28. g6 Qh4 29. Qf3 Ra3 30. Qg4 Re1+ 31. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 32. Kc2 Rxa2+ 33. Kd3 Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "Milton Keynes op"]
[Site "Milton Keynes"]
[Date "2025.06.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "188"]
[EventDate "2025.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB24_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. g4 Nc5 9. f3 h5 10. g5 Nh7 11. h4 f6 12. Qd2 fxg5 13. hxg5 Rf4 14. b4 Na6 15. a3 Nxg5 16. c5 dxc5 17. bxc5 b6 18. d6 Nxc5 19. dxc7 Qxd2+ 20. Bxd2 Nge6 21. Bxf4 exf4 22. Rc1 Nxc7 23. Bc4+ Be6 24. Bxe6+ N7xe6 25. Rc2 Nd4 26. Rg2 Kf7 27. Nd5 Nce6 28. Ne2 Rc8 29. 0-0 Nxe2+ 30. Rxe2 Rc4 31. Kg2 Bf8 32. Rd1 g5 33. Nb4 Nd4 34. Red2 Bg7 35. Nd3 Nc2 36. Kf2 Ne3 37. Rh1 Bc3 38. Ra2 Bd4 39. Ke2 Kg6 40. Rd2 Bc3 41. Ra2 b5 42. Rg1 Kh6 43. Rb1 a6 44. Rh1 Kg6 45. Rg1 Kf6 46. Rh1 h4 47. Nxf4 gxf4 48. Rxh4 Kg5 49. Rh7 Rc6 50. Kd3 Bf6 51. e5 Kg6 52. Rah2 Bg7 53. R7h4 Rc4 54. Rh1 Bxe5 55. Rh6+ Kf7 56. Rxa6 Rd4+ 57. Ke2 Rd7 58. Rh7+ Bg7 59. Rh5 Nc4 60. Rf5+ Ke7 61. Rxf4 Rd2+ 62. Ke1 Bc3 63. Re4+ Kd7 64. Kf1 Rd6 65. Ra7+ Kc6 66. Ree7 Rd1+ 67. Kg2 Rd2+ 68. Kg3 Be5+ 69. Kg4 Bd6 70. Re1 Bxa3 71. f4 Bc5 72. Ra8 Nd6 73. Rc1 Kd5 74. Rh8 Be3 75. Re1 Bd4 76. Rb8 Bc3 77. Re7 b4 78. Rc7 Rf2 79. Rd8 Bd2 80. Rc2 Rxf4+ 81. Kg3 Rd4 82. Kf3 Bc3 83. Rh2 b3 84. Rb8 Kc4 85. Rh7 b2 86. Ke3 Re4+ 87. Kf3 Re8 88. Rxb2 Bxb2 89. Rd7 Rf8+ 90. Kg4 Be5 91. Ra7 Kd5 92. Ra3 Rg8+ 93. Kh3 Ne4 94. Ra5+ Ke6 0-1

[Event "Milton Keynes op"]
[Site "Milton Keynes"]
[Date "2025.06.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dignam, Matthew"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2025.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB24_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. Nge2 c5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d3 Rb8 9. h3 Ne8 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Qc1 Nxe2+ 12. Nxe2 b5 13. Rb1 bxc4 14. dxc4 Qa5 15. a3 Qa4 16. Nc3 Qb3 17. Nd5 Rb7 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bh6 Be6 20. Bxg7 Nxg7 21. Re1 a5 22. Re3 Qa4 23. e5 fxe5 24. Nf6+ exf6 25. Bxb7 Nf5 26. Re1 Nd4 27. b3 Qd7 28. Bg2 Bxh3 29. Bd5+ Be6 30. Bg2 Rb8 31. Qc3 Qc7 32. Kh2 h5 33. Rb2 h4 34. gxh4 Qh7 35. Qxa5 Qxh4+ 36. Kg1 Qg5 37. Re3 Nf5 38. Qa7 Rf8 39. Rh3 Qc1+ 40. Kh2 Nh6 41. Bd5 Bxd5 42. cxd5 Qxb2 0-1

[Event "Milton Keynes op"]
[Site "Milton Keynes"]
[Date "2025.06.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Avadhoot, Lokesh Bhakti Brahm"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2081"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2025.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB24_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 c6 7. Nc3 dxc4 8. Ne5 Ng4 9. Nxg4 Bxg4 10. d5 cxd5 11. Qxd5 Qxd5 12. Bxd5 Nc6 13. Bxc4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Rfd8 15. Bf4 Na5 16. Bb3 Rac8 17. f3 Be6 18. Rfd1 b6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Bd2 Kf7 21. Be1 e5 22. Rd3 Ke6 23. Rad1 Rd6 24. Kf2 Rc4 25. Rb1 Ra4 26. Rb2 Rc6 27. Rd8 Nc4 28. Rc2 b5 29. Rb8 Rca6 30. g4 Nd6 31. Rh8 Rxa2 32. Rxa2 Rxa2 33. Rxh7 Nf7 34. h4 a5 35. g5 a4 36. Rg7 Nd6 37. Rxg6+ Kf7 38. Rh6 Nf5 39. Rb6 Nxh4 40. Rxb5 Ng6 41. Kf1 Ra1 42. c4 Rc1 43. Rb4 a3 44. Ra4 Nf4 45. Rxa3 Rxc4 46. Bd2 Ne6 47. Ra5 Nc5 48. Be3 Nd7 49. Kf2 Rc2 50. f4 Ke6 51. Kf3 Rc3 52. Kf2 Rc2 53. Kf3 Rc3 54. Kf2 Rb3 55. Ra6+ Kf5 56. Ra7 exf4 57. Bxf4 Kxf4 58. Rxd7 Kxg5 59. Rxe7 Kf6 60. Re8 Kf7 61. Re3 Rb6 62. Rh3 Rb2 63. Rh6 Ra2 64. Kf3 Ke7 65. e3 Ra1 66. Kf4 Re1 67. Ra6 Rh1 68. Ke5 Rh5+ 69. Kd4 Rb5 70. e4 Kd7 71. Rh6 Ke7 72. Ke3 Ra5 73. Kf4 Rb5 74. Ra6 Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Milton Keynes op"]
[Site "Milton Keynes"]
[Date "2025.06.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Bartram, Dominic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2025.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB24_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 c5 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. e3 d5 5. Bb5 Qb6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bf5 8. 0-0 e6 9. Nc3 a6 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. Be2 Be7 12. Nh4 Bd3 13. Bxd3 Rxd3 14. Na4 Qb4 15. Nf3 b5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Qc2 Rd5 18. d4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Qa5 21. Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "Milton Keynes op"]
[Site "Milton Keynes"]
[Date "2025.06.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Sooraj, Menothuparam Raju"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2025.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB24_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 0-0 6. e3 e6 7. Be2 Qe7 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. Nc3 d6 10. Rc1 Nd8 11. b4 Nf7 12. Qb3 g5 13. Rfe1 g4 14. Nd2 Ng5 15. Bd3 Qf7 16. Ne2 Nfe4 17. Nf1 Qh5 18. Nf4 Qh4 19. Ng3 Nd2 20. Qc2 Ndf3+ 21. gxf3 Nxf3+ 22. Kf1 e5 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. Nfh5 Bh6 25. c5 Be6 26. Bc4 Rae8 27. Red1 Qh3+ 28. Ke2 Bxe3 29. Bxe6+ Rxe6 30. Qb3 1-0

[Event "Cambridge op 3rd"]
[Site "Cambridge"]
[Date "2025.05.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Brewer, Callum D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2025.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB23_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. 0-0 cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Bd3 h6 12. Qe2 Nbd7 13. a3 Bd6 14. Bd2 Nd5 15. Rad1 Bf4 16. Ne4 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 N7f6 18. Ng3 Rc8 19. Bb1 Qd6 20. Ne5 Rfd8 21. f3 Rc7 22. Kh1 Ba6 23. Qf2 Bb7 24. Qe2 Nf4 25. Qe3 N4d5 26. Qf2 Ba6 27. Ne4 Qe7 28. Ba2 Rdc8 29. Bb3 Bb7 30. Nd3 a5 31. Qg3 a4 32. Bxa4 Rc4 33. Bb3 Rxd4 34. Nd6 Rd8 35. Nf5 exf5 36. Rxe7 Nxe7 37. Qc7 Rxd3 38. Rxd3 Rxd3 39. Qxb7 Rxb3 40. Qxe7 Rxb2 41. h4 Ra2 42. Kh2 Kh7 43. Qe3 Nd5 44. Qd4 Nf6 45. Qd3 g6 46. Qb3 1-0

[Event "Cambridge op 3rd"]
[Site "Cambridge"]
[Date "2025.05.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Brewer, Callum D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2025.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB23_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. 0-0 cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Bd3 h6 12. Qe2 Nbd7 13. a3 Bd6 14. Bd2 Nd5 15. Rad1 Bf4 16. Ne4 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 N7f6 18. Ng3 Rc8 19. Bb1 Qd6 20. Ne5 Rfd8 21. f3 Rc7 22. Kh1 Ba6 23. Qf2 Bb7 24. Qe2 Nf4 25. Qe3 N4d5 26. Qf2 Ba6 27. Ne4 Qe7 28. Ba2 Rdc8 29. Bb3 Bb7 30. Nd3 a5 31. Qg3 a4 32. Bxa4 Rc4 33. Bb3 Rxd4 34. Nd6 Rd8 35. Nf5 exf5 36. Rxe7 Nxe7 37. Qc7 Rxd3 38. Rxd3 Rxd3 39. Qxb7 Rxb3 40. Qxe7 Rxb2 41. h4 Ra2 42. Kh2 Kh7 43. Qe3 Nd5 44. Qd4 Nf6 45. Qd3 g6 46. Qb3 1-0

[Event "Cambridge op 3rd"]
[Site "Cambridge"]
[Date "2025.05.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2025.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB23_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.04"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. 0-0 e5 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Ba2 Be6 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 14. c4 exd4 15. exd4 Qe8 16. d5 Rxe2 17. Bxf6 Na5 18. Bg5 Re4 19. Be3 b6 20. Qf3 Nxc4 21. Bf4 Rd8 22. Rad1 Nd6 23. h4 Nf5 24. Bg5 Nd4 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 26. Bxd8 Qxd8 27. Rd1 Qf6 28. Qe2 g6 29. Qe8+ Kg7 30. Rxd4 Qxd4 31. Qc6 Qe4 32. h5 c4 33. a4 Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Qe5+ 35. Kg1 c3 36. hxg6 hxg6 37. d6 Qc5 38. Qxc5 bxc5 39. d7 c2 40. d8Q c1Q+ 41. Kh2 Qf4+ 42. Kg1 Qxa4 43. Qe7 Qa1+ 44. Kh2 Qd4 0-1

[Event "Cambridge op 3rd"]
[Site "Cambridge"]
[Date "2025.05.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2025.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB23_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.04"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. 0-0 e5 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Ba2 Be6 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 14. c4 exd4 15. exd4 Qe8 16. d5 Rxe2 17. Bxf6 Na5 18. Bg5 Re4 19. Be3 b6 20. Qf3 Nxc4 21. Bf4 Rd8 22. Rad1 Nd6 23. h4 Nf5 24. Bg5 Nd4 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 26. Bxd8 Qxd8 27. Rd1 Qf6 28. Qe2 g6 29. Qe8+ Kg7 30. Rxd4 Qxd4 31. Qc6 Qe4 32. h5 c4 33. a4 Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Qe5+ 35. Kg1 c3 36. hxg6 hxg6 37. d6 Qc5 38. Qxc5 bxc5 39. d7 c2 40. d8Q c1Q+ 41. Kh2 Qf4+ 42. Kg1 Qxa4 43. Qe7 Qa1+ 44. Kh2 Qd4 0-1

[Event "Cambridge op 3rd"]
[Site "Cambridge"]
[Date "2025.05.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dierssen Garcia Barredo, Guillermo"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "1979"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2025.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB23_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. 0-0 Bc5 10. f3 Ng5 11. f4 Ne4 12. Be3 Bb6 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 0-0 15. Qd2 f6 16. e6 c5 17. Nb3 Bxe6 18. Bxc5 Bf5 19. Rae1 Qd6 20. Qd4 Bxc5 21. Nxc5 Rfe8 22. Rd1 Bxc2 23. Rd2 Bg6 24. Qxd5+ Qxd5 25. Rxd5 Rab8 26. Rd2 Rb5 27. Nb3 Bf7 28. Nd4 Rd5 29. Rb2 c5 30. Nb3 Rb8 31. c4 Rd4 32. Re2 Rxc4 33. Re7 Rc2 34. Rd1 c4 35. Rdd7 Bg6 36. Rxg7+ Kh8 37. Rxa7 cxb3 38. axb3 Rxb3 39. Rgb7 Rxb7 40. Rxb7 Rxg2+ 0-1

[Event "Cambridge op 3rd"]
[Site "Cambridge"]
[Date "2025.05.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dierssen Garcia Barredo, Guillermo"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "1979"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2025.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB23_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.04"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. 0-0 Bc5 10. f3 Ng5 11. f4 Ne4 12. Be3 Bb6 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 0-0 15. Qd2 f6 16. e6 c5 17. Nb3 Bxe6 18. Bxc5 Bf5 19. Rae1 Qd6 20. Qd4 Bxc5 21. Nxc5 Rfe8 22. Rd1 Bxc2 23. Rd2 Bg6 24. Qxd5+ Qxd5 25. Rxd5 Rab8 26. Rd2 Rb5 27. Nb3 Bf7 28. Nd4 Rd5 29. Rb2 c5 30. Nb3 Rb8 31. c4 Rd4 32. Re2 Rxc4 33. Re7 Rc2 34. Rd1 c4 35. Rdd7 Bg6 36. Rxg7+ Kh8 37. Rxa7 cxb3 38. axb3 Rxb3 39. Rgb7 Rxb7 40. Rxb7 Rxg2+ 0-1

[Event "Cambridge op 3rd"]
[Site "Cambridge"]
[Date "2025.05.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Cole, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "1972"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2025.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB23_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 c5 5. dxc5 0-0 6. e3 Qa5+ 7. c3 Qxc5 8. Ba3 Qc7 9. Bxe7 Re8 10. Bd6 Qa5 11. Bd3 Na6 12. 0-0 Qd5 13. Bf4 Nc5 14. Bc4 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Nfe4 16. Nd4 a6 17. Bd5 Nf6 18. Bf3 Nfe4 19. Ne2 f5 20. Na3 b5 21. Bd6 Ra7 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. Nc2 Rc7 24. Nb4 Ne4 25. Nd5 Rc5 26. Bxe4 fxe4 27. Nb6 b4 28. Rac1 bxc3 29. Na4 Rc7 30. Naxc3 Bb7 31. Na4 Rec8 32. Kf1 Be5 33. h3 d6 34. Ke1 Kf7 35. Kd2 Ke6 36. Nb6 Rxc1 37. Rxc1 Rc5 38. Rxc5 dxc5 39. Nc4 Bc7 40. Nc3 Bc6 41. Kc2 g5 42. Nd2 Ke5 43. Na4 Kd6 44. Nc4+ Kd5 45. Nc3+ Ke6 46. Kd2 h5 47. Ke2 g4 48. hxg4 hxg4 49. g3 Bd8 50. Kd2 Bc7 51. Ne2 Bb5 52. Nf4+ Kf5 53. Nd5 Bd8 54. Kc3 Bxc4 55. Kxc4 Ba5 56. b4 cxb4 57. Nxb4 Ke6 58. Nxa6 Be1 59. Kd4 Bxf2 60. Nc5+ Kf5 61. Nxe4 Be1 62. a4 Ke6 63. Kd3 Kf5 64. Ke2 Bb4 65. Nd2 Ke5 66. a5 Kd5 67. a6 Bc5 68. Kd3 Ba7 69. e4+ Kc6 70. Nc4 Bf2 71. e5 Bxg3 72. e6 Bb8 73. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "Cambridge op 3rd"]
[Site "Cambridge"]
[Date "2025.05.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Cole, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "1972"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2025.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB23_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.04"]
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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 c5 5. dxc5 0-0 6. e3 Qa5+ 7. c3 Qxc5 8. Ba3 Qc7 9. Bxe7 Re8 10. Bd6 Qa5 11. Bd3 Na6 12. 0-0 Qd5 13. Bf4 Nc5 14. Bc4 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Nfe4 16. Nd4 a6 17. Bd5 Nf6 18. Bf3 Nfe4 19. Ne2 f5 20. Na3 b5 21. Bd6 Ra7 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. Nc2 Rc7 24. Nb4 Ne4 25. Nd5 Rc5 26. Bxe4 fxe4 27. Nb6 b4 28. Rac1 bxc3 29. Na4 Rc7 30. Naxc3 Bb7 31. Na4 Rec8 32. Kf1 Be5 33. h3 d6 34. Ke1 Kf7 35. Kd2 Ke6 36. Nb6 Rxc1 37. Rxc1 Rc5 38. Rxc5 dxc5 39. Nc4 Bc7 40. Nc3 Bc6 41. Kc2 g5 42. Nd2 Ke5 43. Na4 Kd6 44. Nc4+ Kd5 45. Nc3+ Ke6 46. Kd2 h5 47. Ke2 g4 48. hxg4 hxg4 49. g3 Bd8 50. Kd2 Bc7 51. Ne2 Bb5 52. Nf4+ Kf5 53. Nd5 Bd8 54. Kc3 Bxc4 55. Kxc4 Ba5 56. b4 cxb4 57. Nxb4 Ke6 58. Nxa6 Be1 59. Kd4 Bxf2 60. Nc5+ Kf5 61. Nxe4 Be1 62. a4 Ke6 63. Kd3 Kf5 64. Ke2 Bb4 65. Nd2 Ke5 66. a5 Kd5 67. a6 Bc5 68. Kd3 Ba7 69. e4+ Kc6 70. Nc4 Bf2 71. e5 Bxg3 72. e6 Bb8 73. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "Cambridge op 3rd"]
[Site "Cambridge"]
[Date "2025.05.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Adams, George"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "1829"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2025.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB23_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. Nf3 Bb4 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Rfc1 h6 14. h3 a6 15. Qe2 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nc4 17. Ne5 Bb5 18. a4 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Rc4 21. Rcb1 Ne4 22. Rxb7 Qh4 23. Qe2 Rxc3 24. f3 Nf6 25. Rc7 Rxc7 26. Bxc7 Rc8 27. Rc1 Ne8 28. Qxa6 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 Qe1+ 30. Kh2 Nxc7 31. Qc8+ Kh7 32. Qxc7 Qxe3 33. a5 Qxd4 34. a6 Qa4 35. a7 Kg6 36. Qb8 e5 37. Qb1+ f5 38. g4 Qf4+ 39. Kg2 e4 40. fxe4 Qd2+ 41. Kh1 Qa5 42. e5 Kg5 43. Qxf5+ Kh4 44. Kg2 g6 45. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Cambridge op 3rd"]
[Site "Cambridge"]
[Date "2025.05.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Adams, George"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "1829"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2025.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB23_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.04"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. Nf3 Bb4 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Rfc1 h6 14. h3 a6 15. Qe2 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nc4 17. Ne5 Bb5 18. a4 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Rc4 21. Rcb1 Ne4 22. Rxb7 Qh4 23. Qe2 Rxc3 24. f3 Nf6 25. Rc7 Rxc7 26. Bxc7 Rc8 27. Rc1 Ne8 28. Qxa6 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 Qe1+ 30. Kh2 Nxc7 31. Qc8+ Kh7 32. Qxc7 Qxe3 33. a5 Qxd4 34. a6 Qa4 35. a7 Kg6 36. Qb8 e5 37. Qb1+ f5 38. g4 Qf4+ 39. Kg2 e4 40. fxe4 Qd2+ 41. Kh1 Qa5 42. e5 Kg5 43. Qxf5+ Kh4 44. Kg2 g6 45. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Cambridge op 3rd"]
[Site "Cambridge"]
[Date "2025.05.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wadsworth, Matthew J"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2025.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB23_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. e3 d6 7. a3 a6 8. Ne2 Nxd5 9. cxd5 Ne7 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 0-0 12. b4 Bb6 13. a4 Nf5 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. Bb2 Re8 16. 0-0 Qd7 17. a5 Ba7 18. Rc1 Be4 19. Rc4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 f6 21. Qf3 Re7 22. Rfc1 Rc8 23. g4 Qe8 24. Qf5 Qd7 25. h4 Qxf5 26. gxf5 Kf7 27. h5 Ke8 28. h6 gxh6 29. Kf3 Kd7 30. Rh1 Rce8 31. Rxh6 c6 32. Bxf6 Rf7 33. Rch4 Kc8 34. dxc6 bxc6 35. Rxh7 Rxf6 36. Rxa7 Kb8 37. Rxa6 Rxf5+ 38. Ke2 c5 39. Rxd6 Ref8 40. f4 cxb4 41. Rb6+ Kc8 42. a6 Ra5 43. Rh7 1-0

[Event "Cambridge op 3rd"]
[Site "Cambridge"]
[Date "2025.05.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wadsworth, Matthew J"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2025.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB23_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. e3 d6 7. a3 a6 8. Ne2 Nxd5 9. cxd5 Ne7 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 0-0 12. b4 Bb6 13. a4 Nf5 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. Bb2 Re8 16. 0-0 Qd7 17. a5 Ba7 18. Rc1 Be4 19. Rc4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 f6 21. Qf3 Re7 22. Rfc1 Rc8 23. g4 Qe8 24. Qf5 Qd7 25. h4 Qxf5 26. gxf5 Kf7 27. h5 Ke8 28. h6 gxh6 29. Kf3 Kd7 30. Rh1 Rce8 31. Rxh6 c6 32. Bxf6 Rf7 33. Rch4 Kc8 34. dxc6 bxc6 35. Rxh7 Rxf6 36. Rxa7 Kb8 37. Rxa6 Rxf5+ 38. Ke2 c5 39. Rxd6 Ref8 40. f4 cxb4 41. Rb6+ Kc8 42. a6 Ra5 43. Rh7 1-0

[Event "Cambridge op 3rd"]
[Site "Cambridge"]
[Date "2025.05.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2025.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB23_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 0-0 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Ne4 8. Bd3 f5 9. h3 c6 10. 0-0 b6 11. cxb6 axb6 12. a4 Ba6 13. Qc2 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Qc8 15. Qc2 Qb7 16. Ne5 Nd6 17. Nd3 Rfc8 18. Qe2 Qa6 19. f3 Nf7 20. e4 Bf6 21. e5 Be7 22. Be3 Nd8 23. Rfd1 c5 24. Nb5 Nc6 25. Kh1 Kh8 26. Qf2 cxd4 27. Bxd4 Nxd4 28. Nxd4 Bc5 29. Nf4 b5 30. Qh4 Nf8 31. Nxb5 Qb6 32. Nd3 Ng6 33. Qe1 Be7 34. b3 h6 35. Ra2 Bh4 36. Qg1 Qd8 37. f4 Kh7 38. Qe3 Be7 39. Nd4 Qb6 40. Rc1 Rxc1+ 41. Nxc1 Nxf4 42. Nxf5 Qxe3 43. Nxe3 Rc8 44. Rc2 Rb8 45. a5 Ba3 46. a6 Ra8 47. Ne2 Nxe2 48. Rxe2 Bc5 49. b4 Bxb4 50. Ra2 Bc5 51. Nc2 Kg6 52. g4 h5 53. Ne1 hxg4 54. Nd3 Be3 55. hxg4 Kf7 56. Kg2 Ke7 57. Kf3 Bb6 58. Kf4 Kd7 59. Kg5 Kc6 60. Kg6 Ra7 61. Nf4 Bd4 62. Nxe6 Bxe5 63. Kf5 Kd6 64. Nd8 Bc3 65. Nb7+ Kc6 66. Ra3 d4 67. Ke4 Kb6 68. Kd3 Rxa6 69. Rxa6+ Kxa6 70. Nc5+ Kb5 71. Ne6 Kc6 72. Nxg7 Kd5 73. Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cambridge op 3rd"]
[Site "Cambridge"]
[Date "2025.05.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2025.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB23_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 0-0 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Ne4 8. Bd3 f5 9. h3 c6 10. 0-0 b6 11. cxb6 axb6 12. a4 Ba6 13. Qc2 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Qc8 15. Qc2 Qb7 16. Ne5 Nd6 17. Nd3 Rfc8 18. Qe2 Qa6 19. f3 Nf7 20. e4 Bf6 21. e5 Be7 22. Be3 Nd8 23. Rfd1 c5 24. Nb5 Nc6 25. Kh1 Kh8 26. Qf2 cxd4 27. Bxd4 Nxd4 28. Nxd4 Bc5 29. Nf4 b5 30. Qh4 Nf8 31. Nxb5 Qb6 32. Nd3 Ng6 33. Qe1 Be7 34. b3 h6 35. Ra2 Bh4 36. Qg1 Qd8 37. f4 Kh7 38. Qe3 Be7 39. Nd4 Qb6 40. Rc1 Rxc1+ 41. Nxc1 Nxf4 42. Nxf5 Qxe3 43. Nxe3 Rc8 44. Rc2 Rb8 45. a5 Ba3 46. a6 Ra8 47. Ne2 Nxe2 48. Rxe2 Bc5 49. b4 Bxb4 50. Ra2 Bc5 51. Nc2 Kg6 52. g4 h5 53. Ne1 hxg4 54. Nd3 Be3 55. hxg4 Kf7 56. Kg2 Ke7 57. Kf3 Bb6 58. Kf4 Kd7 59. Kg5 Kc6 60. Kg6 Ra7 61. Nf4 Bd4 62. Nxe6 Bxe5 63. Kf5 Kd6 64. Nd8 Bc3 65. Nb7+ Kc6 66. Ra3 d4 67. Ke4 Kb6 68. Kd3 Rxa6 69. Rxa6+ Kxa6 70. Nc5+ Kb5 71. Ne6 Kc6 72. Nxg7 Kd5 73. Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cambridge op 3rd"]
[Site "Cambridge"]
[Date "2025.05.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Ghasi, Ameet K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2025.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB23_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Be3 Na6 7. Nf3 e5 8. d5 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 Nh6 11. Nd2 c5 12. 0-0 Nf7 13. Bg4 Bxg4 14. Qxg4 Nb4 15. a3 Nc2 16. Rab1 b6 17. Kh1 Nd4 18. Na2 f5 19. exf5 Qd7 20. Ne4 Nh6 21. Qh3 Nhxf5 22. Bg5 b5 23. cxb5 Nxb5 24. b4 c4 25. a4 Nbd4 26. b5 a6 27. Nb4 axb5 28. axb5 Nxb5 29. Nc6 Ra3 30. Ne7+ Qxe7 31. Bxe7 Rxh3 32. gxh3 Nxe7 33. Rxb5 Bh6 34. Nxd6 c3 35. Rc5 Be3 36. Rxc3 Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cambridge op 3rd"]
[Site "Cambridge"]
[Date "2025.05.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Ghasi, Ameet K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2025.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB23_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Be3 Na6 7. Nf3 e5 8. d5 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 Nh6 11. Nd2 c5 12. 0-0 Nf7 13. Bg4 Bxg4 14. Qxg4 Nb4 15. a3 Nc2 16. Rab1 b6 17. Kh1 Nd4 18. Na2 f5 19. exf5 Qd7 20. Ne4 Nh6 21. Qh3 Nhxf5 22. Bg5 b5 23. cxb5 Nxb5 24. b4 c4 25. a4 Nbd4 26. b5 a6 27. Nb4 axb5 28. axb5 Nxb5 29. Nc6 Ra3 30. Ne7+ Qxe7 31. Bxe7 Rxh3 32. gxh3 Nxe7 33. Rxb5 Bh6 34. Nxd6 c3 35. Rc5 Be3 36. Rxc3 Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cambridge op 3rd"]
[Site "Cambridge"]
[Date "2025.05.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pereslavtsev, Alexandr"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2025.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB23_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. Nc4 0-0 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Bxd6 Re8 11. a4 Nd7 12. Nb5 Qh4 13. e3 Nb6 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. Be2 Qb4+ 16. Qd2 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Nf6 18. Nc7 Ne4+ 19. Kc1 Bd7 20. Nxe8 Bxe8 21. Bg3 c4 22. f3 Nc5 23. Bxc4 b5 24. Ba2 Nxa4 25. Rb1 Rc8+ 26. Kd2 Bxb2 27. Bb3 Bc3+ 28. Ke2 b4 29. d6 Bb5+ 30. Kf2 Nc5 31. Rhd1 Bd3 32. Rxd3 Nxd3+ 33. Ke2 Nc5 34. Bc4 Kf8 35. Bb5 Ra8 36. d7 Ra2+ 37. Kf1 Rd2 38. Be1 Rd6 39. Bxc3 bxc3 40. Rc1 Nxd7 41. Rxc3 b6 42. Ke2 Nc5 43. Ra3 h5 44. e4 Ne6 45. Ke3 g5 46. Rb3 h4 47. g3 Nc5 48. Rb1 Ke7 49. gxh4 gxh4 50. f4 Rg6 51. Kf3 Rd6 52. Ke3 Rd8 53. Rg1 Ra8 54. Rg2 h3 55. Re2 Ra5 56. Bc4 Ra3+ 57. Kf2 Rc3 58. Bd5 Nd3+ 59. Kf3 Ne5+ 60. Kf2 Rf3+ 61. Ke1 Nd3+ 62. Kd1 Nxf4 63. Rb2 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "Cambridge op 3rd"]
[Site "Cambridge"]
[Date "2025.05.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pereslavtsev, Alexandr"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2025.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB23_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. Nc4 0-0 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Bxd6 Re8 11. a4 Nd7 12. Nb5 Qh4 13. e3 Nb6 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. Be2 Qb4+ 16. Qd2 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Nf6 18. Nc7 Ne4+ 19. Kc1 Bd7 20. Nxe8 Bxe8 21. Bg3 c4 22. f3 Nc5 23. Bxc4 b5 24. Ba2 Nxa4 25. Rb1 Rc8+ 26. Kd2 Bxb2 27. Bb3 Bc3+ 28. Ke2 b4 29. d6 Bb5+ 30. Kf2 Nc5 31. Rhd1 Bd3 32. Rxd3 Nxd3+ 33. Ke2 Nc5 34. Bc4 Kf8 35. Bb5 Ra8 36. d7 Ra2+ 37. Kf1 Rd2 38. Be1 Rd6 39. Bxc3 bxc3 40. Rc1 Nxd7 41. Rxc3 b6 42. Ke2 Nc5 43. Ra3 h5 44. e4 Ne6 45. Ke3 g5 46. Rb3 h4 47. g3 Nc5 48. Rb1 Ke7 49. gxh4 gxh4 50. f4 Rg6 51. Kf3 Rd6 52. Ke3 Rd8 53. Rg1 Ra8 54. Rg2 h3 55. Re2 Ra5 56. Bc4 Ra3+ 57. Kf2 Rc3 58. Bd5 Nd3+ 59. Kf3 Ne5+ 60. Kf2 Rf3+ 61. Ke1 Nd3+ 62. Kd1 Nxf4 63. Rb2 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Goldin, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. b4 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. h4 Nbd7 6. Nh3 0-0 7. d4 c6 8. Nf4 e5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. h5 Ndxe5 11. Bd4 Re8 12. Kf1 g5 13. h6 gxf4 14. hxg7 fxg3 15. f3 Nf2 16. Bxf2 gxf2 17. Qd2 Qf6 18. Qh6 Qxh6 19. Rxh6 Nc4 20. Kxf2 Ne3 21. Nc3 Nxc2 22. Rah1 Bf5 23. e4 Bg6 24. exd5 cxd5 25. Nxd5 Kxg7 26. Nf4 Rad8 27. Nxg6 hxg6 28. Rh7+ Kf6 29. Kg3 Rd2 30. R1h4 Ree2 31. Rf4+ Kg5 32. Bf1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Ibarra Jerez, Jose Carlos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. c3 Ba5 5. e3 0-0 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. d4 d5 8. g3 c5 9. Nf3 Bf5 10. Be2 Bxb1 11. Rxb1 Bxc3+ 12. Kf1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Kg2 Rfd8 16. Bf3 Ba5 17. Qa4 Bb6 18. Rhc1 Rac8 19. Rc2 c5 20. Rd1 d4 21. exd4 cxd4 22. Rcd2 Rc3 23. Rd3 g6 24. Qb5 Rdc8 25. a4 Kg7 26. Qd7 R8c7 27. Qb5 Rxd3 28. Rxd3 Rc2 29. a5 Rc5 30. axb6 Rxb5 31. bxa7 Ra5 32. a8Q Rxa8 33. Bxa8 Qa6 34. Be4 f5 35. Bxf5 Qc6+ 36. Kg1 Qd5 37. Bh3 Qe4 38. Bf1 Kf6 39. Rb3 Qe1 40. Rd3 Ke5 41. Kg2 Qa1 42. Rf3 Qa8 43. Bd3 g5 44. g4 h5 45. h3 h4 46. Bf5 Qd5 47. Bd3 Kd6 48. Bf5 Kc5 49. Bd3 Kb4 50. Bf5 Qc6 51. Bh7 Qd5 52. Bf5 Kc5 53. Bh7 Kd6 54. Bf5 Ke7 55. Bh7 Qb7 56. Bd3 Kd6 57. Bf5 Kc5 58. Bd3 Kb4 59. Bf5 Kc4 60. Bd3+ Kb4 61. Bf5 Qd5 62. Bh7 Qc6 63. Bf5 Qa8 64. Bh7 Qb7 65. Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Ibrahimli, Murad Sultanali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Ne2 Nge7 7. 0-0 h5 8. h4 Bg4 9. c4 Qd7 10. Nbc3 g5 11. hxg5 h4 12. f3 Bh3 13. g4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 e4 15. Nxe4 Bxb2 16. d4 0-0-0 17. Rb1 Ba3 18. d5 Ng6 19. dxc6 Qxc6 20. Nd4 Qa6 21. Nb5 Bc5 22. Qd2 Rhe8 23. a4 Bb6 24. Ra1 Re5 25. a5 d5 26. axb6 Qxb6 27. Nxa7+ Kb8 28. Qa2 c6 29. c5 Qc7 30. Nb5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Panin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2189"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. a4 e5 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. d3 c6 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. e4 0-0 7. Nc3 d4 8. Nce2 c5 9. h3 Nc6 10. f4 Rb8 11. Nf3 a6 12. a5 Bc7 13. 0-0 Nd7 14. c4 Bxa5 15. Bc1 Bc7 16. f5 f6 17. g4 b5 18. b3 bxc4 19. bxc4 Rf7 20. g5 Nf8 21. Ng3 Bd6 22. h4 Qb6 23. h5 Qb3 24. Qe2 Nb4 25. Ra3 Qc2 26. Bd2 Qb2 27. Raa1 Nc2 28. Rab1 Qxb1 29. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 30. Kh2 Rfb7 31. h6 gxh6 32. gxf6 Nd7 33. Bxh6 Nxf6 34. Nd2 Re1 35. Qf3 Ne3 36. Bg5 Nfg4+ 37. Kh3 Rg7 38. Bh4 Bd7 39. f6 Nxf6+ 40. Nf5 Rxg2 41. Bxe1 Rg6 42. Bh4 Bxf5+ 43. exf5 Rh6 44. Kg3 Bf8 45. Bg5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Nc3 Qh5 7. Ne4 Nf6 8. Qe2 Nbd7 9. 0-0 Be7 10. c3 0-0 11. Ng3 Bxf3 12. Nxh5 Bxe2 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxe2 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Rad1 Na4 18. Bc1 g5 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1 Kf8 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Kf1 f6 23. Bd1 Nc5 24. Bc2 h6 25. Ke2 Ke7 26. b4 Nd7 27. Bb3 Bc7 28. h3 f5 29. Be3 Be5 30. Kd3 Bf6 31. Kc4 Ne5+ 32. Kb5 Nd3 33. Ka6 f4 34. Bd2 Nxf2 35. Kxa7 e5 36. Kxb6 e4 37. Bc2 h5 38. Be1 e3 39. a4 g4 40. hxg4 hxg4 41. a5 f3 42. gxf3 g3 43. a6 g2 44. a7 g1Q 45. a8Q Qxe1 46. Qb7+ Kf8 47. Qc8+ Kg7 48. Qd7+ Kf8 49. Qc8+ Kg7 50. Qd7+ Kf8 51. Bb3 Be7 52. Qf5+ Kg7 53. Qf7+ Kh6 54. Qe6+ Kh5 55. Qxe7 Qxc3 56. Bf7+ Kh6 57. b5 Qd4+ 58. Kb7 Nd3 59. Be8 Ne5 60. Qf6+ Kh7 61. Bg6+ Kg8 62. Bf7+ Kh7 63. Bc4 e2 64. Bxe2 Qd7+ 65. Ka6 Qc8+ 66. Ka5 Qc7+ 67. b6 Qc5+ 68. Ka6 Qa3+ 69. Kb7 Qe3 70. Qe7+ Kg6 71. Bd3+ Qxd3 72. Qxe5 Qxf3+ 73. Kb8 Qf8+ 74. Ka7 Qa3+ 75. Kb7 Qf3+ 76. Kb8 Qf8+ 77. Ka7 Qa3+ 78. Kb8 Qf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ersoz, Teoman Guney"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2109"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. Bc4 e6 6. 0-0 Ngf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qe2 0-0 13. f4 Rad8 14. Rad1 Nc5 15. b4 Nd7 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Qxb4 18. f5 Qc5+ 19. Kh1 Qxe5 20. Qxe5 Nxe5 21. fxe6 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Nxc4 23. e7 Re8 24. Rd8 Nd6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tari, Aryan"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. b3 Bb7 3. Bb2 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 c5 9. Nc3 a6 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. Bf1 Qc7 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Rac8 14. Rc1 Qb8 15. h3 Rfd8 16. g3 Ne5 17. Bg2 Nfd7 18. f4 Nc6 19. Nf3 Nc5 20. Qe2 Bf6 21. Rcd1 b5 22. g4 bxc4 23. g5 Be7 24. bxc4 Na5 25. Nd2 e5 26. h4 Ne6 27. f5 Nf4 28. Qg4 Nxc4 29. Nxc4 Rxc4 30. f6 Bf8 31. Rd2 Bc8 32. Qg3 Be6 33. Bf1 Rc6 34. Ne2 Nxe2+ 35. Bxe2 Rdc8 36. Bd3 g6 37. h5 Qa7+ 38. Kh1 Qc7 39. Qh4 Qb7 40. Rh2 Rb6 41. Ree2 Rb8 42. Ref2 Qc7 43. hxg6 fxg6 44. f7+ Qxf7 45. Rxf7 Kxf7 46. Qxh7+ Ke8 47. Rf2 Rxb2 48. Qxg6+ Kd7 49. Rxb2 Rxb2 50. Qh7+ Be7 51. Bf1 Rb1 52. Kg2 Rb2+ 53. Kg3 Rxa2 54. g6 Ra3+ 55. Kf2 Ra2+ 56. Ke3 Ra3+ 57. Kd2 Ra2+ 58. Kc3 Ra3+ 59. Kb2 Rg3 60. Bxa6 Rg2+ 61. Kc3 Rg3+ 62. Kd2 Rg2+ 63. Ke3 Rg3+ 64. Kf2 Rg4 65. Be2 Rg5 66. Bb5+ Kd8 67. Qh8+ Kc7 68. Qe8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tin, Jingyao"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. 0-0 Nf6 7. Re1 Nbd7 8. Nc3 Qh5 9. Ne4 Be7 10. Ng3 Bxf3 11. Nxh5 Bxd1 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Rxd1 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bb5+ Ke7 16. c3 Rhd8 17. Be3 a6 18. Be2 Na4 19. Rab1 b5 20. Kf1 b4 21. cxb4 Bxb2 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Bxa6 Bd4 24. Rd1 e5 25. a3 Nc3 26. Rd3 f6 27. Bc4 Na4 28. Bb3 Nb2 29. Rd2 Bxe3 30. Rxd8 Kxd8 31. fxe3 Nd3 32. Bc2 Nc1 33. Ke1 Kc7 34. Kd2 Na2 35. Bb3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ankit, Ray"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[PlyCount "186"]
[EventDate "2025.02.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 a6 2. a3 b6 3. b3 Bb7 4. Bb2 h6 5. h3 e6 6. e3 Nf6 7. Be2 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. c4 c5 10. d4 d6 11. Nc3 Nbd7 12. b4 Qc7 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. d5 e5 15. b5 a5 16. e4 Nh5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxh5 Nxc4 19. Ba1 Bf6 20. a4 Rce8 21. Re1 Bc8 22. Bg4 Bxg4 23. Qxg4 Nd2 24. Rc2 Nb3 25. Bb2 Nd4 26. Rd2 Qc8 27. Qxc8 Rxc8 28. Ne2 Nb3 29. Rc2 Bxb2 30. Rxb2 c4 31. Rc2 Rfe8 32. f3 f5 33. Nc1 fxe4 34. fxe4 Nc5 35. Rxc4 Kf7 36. Rf1+ Kg6 37. Re1 Kf6 38. Rf1+ Kg6 39. Re1 Re5 40. Nb3 Kf6 41. Nd4 Rce8 42. Rf1+ Kg6 43. Nf5 Rxe4 44. Nxd6 Rxc4 45. Nxc4 Nd7 46. Nd6 Re5 47. Rd1 Re3 48. Nc4 Rc3 49. Rd4 Rc2 50. Rg4+ Kf6 51. Rf4+ Kg6 52. Rg4+ Kf6 53. Rf4+ Ke7 54. Re4+ Kd8 55. Rg4 Nf6 56. Rd4 Nd7 57. Rg4 g5 58. Nd6 Nf6 59. Rd4 Kd7 60. Nf5 Rc5 61. Nxh6 Rxd5 62. Rc4 Rc5 63. Rd4+ Ke6 64. Ng4 Nd5 65. Re4+ Kd6 66. Re5 Nc3 67. Re8 Nxa4 68. Rd8+ Ke7 69. Rb8 Rxb5 70. Ne3 Nc3 71. Nc4 a4 72. Nxb6 a3 73. Ra8 a2 74. Nc8+ Kf6 75. Nd6 Rb1+ 76. Kh2 a1Q 77. Rxa1 Rxa1 78. Nc4 Nd5 79. Nd2 Ra2 80. Ne4+ Kg6 81. Ng3 Nf4 82. Kh1 Rxg2 83. Ne4 Ra2 84. Ng3 Nxh3 85. Ne4 Nf4 86. Ng3 Ra1+ 87. Kh2 Ra2+ 88. Kh1 g4 89. Ne4 Kf5 90. Ng3+ Kg5 91. Nf1 Kh4 92. Ne3 Ra1+ 93. Kh2 g3# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Baloglu, Dila"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "1944"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2025.02.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nd2 d5 5. Ngf3 e4 6. dxe4 dxe4 7. Ng5 e3 8. fxe3 Ng4 9. Nde4 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Nxe3 11. Rd2 Nb4 12. c4 Nbc2+ 13. Kf2 Bf5 14. Ng3 Bb4 15. Rxc2 Bxc2 16. Kxe3 0-0-0 17. Bxg7 Bd2+ 18. Kf3 Rhg8 19. Bf6 Rde8 20. N5e4 Re6 21. e3 Rxg3+ 22. Kxg3 Bxe4 23. Bd4 b6 24. Be2 c5 25. Bb2 Rg6+ 26. Kf4 Rxg2 27. Bf1 Rg4+ 28. Kxg4 Bxh1 29. Kf4 Kc7 30. Bd3 Bg2 31. Bxh7 Bh3 32. Bg8 f5 33. Be6 Kd6 34. Bc8 a5 35. a4 Ke7 36. Be5 Bg4 37. Bc7 Bd1 38. Bxb6 Bb4 39. Bxf5 Bxb3 40. h4 Bxc4 41. h5 Bg8 42. Bc7 Kf6 43. Be5+ Kf7 44. h6 c4 45. h7 Bxh7 46. Bxh7 c3 47. Bc2 Ke6 48. Ke4 Kd7 49. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Bauer, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2242"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2025.02.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. h3 Bc5 3. Nc3 a5 4. d3 Ne7 5. g4 d5 6. Bg2 Be6 7. Nf3 f6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Ne4 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 0-0 11. Ng3 Kh8 12. Kg1 Nc6 13. Kh2 a4 14. a3 Bd6 15. Re1 f5 16. gxf5 Bxf5 17. e4 Bxh3 18. Bxh3 Nf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Nf5 g6 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. e5 Qd5 23. Re4 b5 24. Qd2 Rad8 25. Rae1 Ne7 26. Rxf4 Qb3 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Nd4 Qd5 29. Ne6 Rf7 30. Re4 Nf5 31. Nf4 Qc5 32. Bxf5 gxf5 33. Re3 Qe7 34. d4 Qh4+ 35. Rh3 Qg4 36. Qe3 Rg7 37. Rg3 Qh4+ 38. Kg2 c6 39. e6 Qe7 40. Qe5 b4 41. Nh5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Langheinrich, Ferenc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2025.02.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. a4 e5 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. d3 c6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. a5 Na6 8. Nc3 h6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. dxe4 Be6 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. Nd2 Bc7 14. b3 Rfd8 15. Ba3 Bd6 16. Bb2 Bc7 17. Nc4 Qc5 18. Kh1 Bxc4 19. bxc4 Bxa5 20. f4 Bc7 21. fxe5 Bxe5 22. Rf5 Re8 23. Raf1 f6 24. Bh3 Rad8 25. Bc1 Qd4 26. Qg4 Kh7 27. Rh5 Qxc4 28. Qf5+ Kg8 29. Bxh6 Qf7 30. Bxg7 Qxg7 31. Rh4 Kf8 32. Rg4 Qh6 33. Rh4 Qg7 34. Rh7 Qg8 35. Qxf6+ Bxf6 36. Rxf6+ Qf7 37. Rfxf7+ Kg8 38. Rhg7+ Kh8 39. Bf5 Nc5 40. Rh7+ Kg8 41. Rfg7+ Kf8 42. Rf7+ Kg8 43. Rhg7+ Kh8 44. Rg5 Nxe4 45. Rh7# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Ter Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2025.02.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d5 4. g3 Be6 5. Bg2 Qd7 6. Nf3 f6 7. d3 0-0-0 8. Nbd2 h5 9. Qe2 g5 10. 0-0-0 Kb8 11. h4 g4 12. Ne1 Bc5 13. Kb1 Nge7 14. c3 a6 15. Nc2 Bb6 16. Ka1 Rhe8 17. Rb1 f5 18. Rhc1 f4 19. exf4 exf4 20. gxf4 Nf5 21. Qf1 Nxh4 22. Bh1 Ng6 23. c4 Nxf4 24. d4 Bf5 25. c5 Bd3 26. Qd1 Ba5 27. b4 Be2 28. Qg1 Bxb4 29. Nxb4 Nxb4 30. Bc3 Nxa2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2025.02.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Qe2 d5 5. e5 c5 6. c3 Ne7 7. Nd2 Nec6 8. Ndf3 Qc8 9. Nh3 Ba6 10. 0-0 Be7 11. Nf4 Bxd3 12. Nxd3 Qa6 13. Bd2 Nd7 14. Qe3 h6 15. Nf4 0-0-0 16. h3 Kb8 17. Rfb1 Rc8 18. b4 cxb4 19. cxb4 Qa4 20. Nd3 Ka8 21. Rb3 Ncb8 22. Nfe1 Na6 23. b5 Nc7 24. Nb2 Qxb3 25. Qxb3 f6 26. f4 g5 27. Nf3 Rhg8 28. a4 g4 29. hxg4 Rxg4 30. a5 Rcg8 31. Ne1 fxe5 32. Qa4 a6 33. bxa6 b5 34. Qc2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2025.02.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. 0-0 Nf6 7. Re1 Nbd7 8. Bf4 Bd6 9. Nc3 Qh5 10. Ne5 Qxd1 11. Raxd1 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. c4 Bc6 15. b3 h6 16. h4 0-0-0 17. f3 Nc5 18. Bc2 a5 19. Kf2 Na6 20. h5 a4 21. Bd2 axb3 22. axb3 b5 23. Bc3 b4 24. Bd4 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 Nc5 26. Rg4 Kb7 27. Rxg7 Ra8 28. Rxf7 Ra2 29. Re2 Rb2 30. g4 Nxb3 31. Bxb3 Rxb3 32. g5 hxg5 33. h6 Rb1 34. Re1 Rb2+ 35. Kg3 Rd2 36. h7 Rd8 37. Rb1 Kb6 38. Rxb4+ Kc5 39. Rxc7 Kxb4 40. Rxc6 Rh8 41. Rc7 Kc3 42. Kg4 Kd4 43. Kxg5 Kxe5 44. Kg6 Kd6 45. Rg7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shymanskyi, Oleksandr"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2025.02.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 a5 2. Nc3 Na6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nf3 0-0 7. 0-0 Rb8 8. a3 c6 9. c5 b6 10. cxb6 Qxb6 11. e4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Ng5 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Qxb2 16. Bxe4 c5 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qh6 f5 19. Bf6 Rf7 20. Rab1 Qxa3 21. Bc6 Bd7 22. Bxd7 Rxd7 23. Rxb8+ Nxb8 24. d5 Qb3 25. dxe6 Qxe6 26. Rb1 Na6 27. h4 a4 28. h5 Qf7 29. Kh2 Nb4 30. Rc1 Nd3 31. Rd1 Nxf2 32. Rxd7 Ng4+ 33. Kh3 Nxh6 34. Rd8+ Qf8 35. e6 Qxd8 36. Bxd8 a3 37. Bf6 gxh5 38. Kh4 Ng4 39. Ba1 Ne3 40. Kg5 Nc2 41. Kf6 Kf8 42. e7+ Ke8 43. Bc3 f4 44. Kf5 h4 45. gxf4 h3 46. Kg4 h2 47. f5 h1Q 48. f6 Qd5 49. f7+ Qxf7 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT 2425 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2025.02.16"]
[Round "6.26"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Varnam, Liam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2024.11.23"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2025"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wood Green Youth"]
[BlackTeam "The Sharks"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. 0-0 a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Nc3 cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Re1 0-0 11. Bf4 Nb4 12. Ne5 Nfd5 13. Bd2 Nb6 14. Bb3 Qxd4 15. a5 Nd7 16. Re4 Qd6 17. Nxf7 Qc7 18. Bf4 Qc5 19. Rxe6 Nf6 20. Re5 Qc7 21. Re4 Bg4 22. Qxg4 Qc5 23. Qe6 Nxe4 24. Nh6+ Kh8 25. Qg8+ Rxg8 26. Nf7# 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 2425 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2025.02.15"]
[Round "5.36"]
[White "Duncan, Christopher R"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2024.11.23"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2025"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Wood Green Youth"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 e5 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bd2 Nh6 11. Be3 Nf7 12. Qc2 Kh8 13. Rad1 c6 14. b4 Qe7 15. b5 Ng5 16. Rfe1 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 exd4 18. Bxd4 Ne5 19. Be2 Be6 20. Bf1 Bh6 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. c5 dxc5 23. Bxe5 fxe5 24. Na4 Rad8 25. Nxc5 Bg4 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rb1 Bc8 28. Rb8 Qc7 29. Qb3 Bf8 30. Na6 Bxa6 31. Rxd8 Qxd8 32. Bxa6 Bc5 33. Qf7 Qf8 34. Qxf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2025.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. c4 c6 6. a3 Nbd7 7. Be2 Bd6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. d3 h6 10. Nbd2 Bh7 11. Re1 a5 12. b5 cxb5 13. cxb5 e5 14. Rc1 Re8 15. Nf1 Qb6 16. a4 Rac8 17. Ng3 Bb4 18. Rf1 Qd6 19. d4 e4 20. Ne5 Nb6 21. Nh5 Nxh5 22. Bxh5 g6 23. Be2 f6 24. Rxc8 Nxc8 25. f4 fxe5 26. dxe5 Qc5 27. Bd4 Qc7 28. Qb3 Ne7 29. b6 Qc8 30. h3 h5 31. f5 gxf5 32. Bxh5 Rf8 33. Qb2 Qe6 34. Qf2 Nc6 35. Bb2 Bc5 36. Qg3+ Kh8 37. Kh1 Bxb6 38. Rf4 d4 39. Rh4 Rg8 40. Qf4 Rg7 41. Bd1 Qxe5 42. Qh6 Bc7 43. Kg1 Qh2+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Kakavand, Ramtin1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2025.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nd2 d5 5. e3 Bd6 6. Ne2 0-0 7. Ng3 a5 8. a4 Ne7 9. Be2 c6 10. 0-0 Ng6 11. Qc1 Be6 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Ra2 Rfe8 14. Qa1 Qc7 15. Rc1 Rac8 16. d4 e4 17. c4 Qd7 18. c5 Bc7 19. b4 axb4 20. a5 Ng4 21. a6 bxa6 22. Rxa6 f5 23. Bxg4 fxg4 24. Qa4 Bb8 25. Nb3 Ne7 26. Qxb4 g6 27. Rca1 h5 28. Ne2 g5 29. Nc3 h4 30. Rb6 g3 31. fxg3 hxg3 32. h3 Bxh3 33. Rb7 Qg4 34. Nd1 Bxg2 35. Kxg2 Qf3+ 36. Kg1 Rf8 37. Qe1 g2 38. Qf2 Qh3 39. Qxg2 Rf1+ 40. Qxf1 Rf8 41. Qxh3 Rf1+ 42. Qxf1 g4 43. Qg2 Nf5 44. Qxg4+ Kf8 45. Qxf5+ Ke8 46. Rxb8+ Ke7 47. Ra7# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Kaplan, Avi Harrison"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2025.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d6 2. Bb2 e5 3. e4 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Nf6 6. d3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. a4 h6 11. h3 Kh7 12. Nh2 d5 13. Ng4 Nxg4 14. exd5 Nb4 15. hxg4 Nxd5 16. g5 hxg5 17. Ne4 f5 18. Nxg5+ Qxg5 19. Bxd5 e4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Kg2 Be6 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. dxe4 Rxe4 24. Qd5 Qe7 25. Rad1 Rc8 26. Rd2 c4 27. Rb1 c3 28. Rd3 Kh7 29. Rh1+ Kg7 30. a5 Rc5 31. Qd8 Qxd8 32. Rxd8 Re2 33. Rd7+ Kf6 34. Rxb7 Rxc2 35. Rxa7 Rb2 36. Ra6+ Kg7 37. Ra7+ Kf6 38. Ra6+ Ke5 39. Re1+ Kd5 40. b4 Rxb4 41. Rd1+ Kc4 42. Rb6 c2 43. Rc1 Rxb6 44. axb6 Kb5 45. b7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[PlyCount "367"]
[EventDate "2025.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. e3 Be6 6. Ne2 Qd7 7. h3 h5 8. d3 a5 9. a4 Bb4+ 10. Nd2 d4 11. e4 0-0-0 12. Ba3 Bxa3 13. Rxa3 g5 14. Nc4 Qe7 15. Ra1 h4 16. g4 Nd7 17. Qd2 Qb4 18. Qxb4 Nxb4 19. Kd2 b6 20. Nc1 f6 21. Na2 Na6 22. Rhb1 c5 23. Nc1 Kc7 24. Bf1 Nb4 25. Ne2 Nb8 26. Ng1 N8c6 27. Nf3 Rhg8 28. Be2 Ne7 29. Ne1 Ng6 30. Ng2 Bc8 31. Re1 Bb7 32. Rg1 Nc6 33. Bf1 Rd7 34. Be2 Nd8 35. Ne1 Nf4 36. Bf1 Nf7 37. Kc1 Bc6 38. Nf3 Rb8 39. Nfd2 Kd8 40. Rh1 Ke7 41. Rh2 Ra7 42. Bg2 Nxg2 43. Rxg2 Nd8 44. Nf3 Ne6 45. Ne1 Nf4 46. Rh2 Bd7 47. Kd2 Be6 48. Ng2 Ng6 49. Rhh1 Nf8 50. Rhe1 Nd7 51. Re2 Rba8 52. Ree1 Rh8 53. Ra3 Raa8 54. Rh1 Rh7 55. Raa1 Ra6 56. Rh2 Nb8 57. Rhh1 Nc6 58. Rh2 Nb4 59. Rhh1 Kd7 60. Rhe1 Kc6 61. Rh1 Raa7 62. Na3 Ra8 63. Ne1 Bd7 64. Nf3 Kc7 65. Kc1 Bc6 66. Nd2 Rhh8 67. Kb2 Rhb8 68. Ndc4 Ra7 69. Rhg1 Bd7 70. Rgf1 Raa8 71. Rg1 Rb7 72. Rh1 Rba7 73. Rhg1 Rb8 74. Nb5+ Bxb5 75. axb5 Rba8 76. Ra4 Rb8 77. Kc1 Rbb7 78. Kd2 Ra8 79. Rga1 Rab8 80. Kd1 Kd7 81. Nd2 Kc7 82. Nf3 Kd6 83. Ne1 Ke6 84. Kd2 Kd6 85. Kc1 Ke6 86. Kb2 Kd6 87. Nf3 Ke6 88. Nd2 Kd7 89. Nc4 Kc7 90. Rf1 Kd7 91. Re1 Kc7 92. Re2 Kd7 93. Ra3 Kc7 94. Rd2 Kd7 95. Rd1 Kc7 96. Rda1 Kd7 97. Kc1 Kc7 98. Kd2 Kd7 99. Ke2 Ke6 100. Kd2 Kd7 101. Ra4 Ke6 102. R1a3 Kd7 103. Ra1 Ke6 104. c3 dxc3+ 105. Kxc3 Rd8 106. Rd1 Rd4 107. f3 Rb8 108. Rd2 Kd7 109. Ra1 Kc7 110. Rad1 Rbd8 111. Ne3 Ra8 112. Nf5 Rd7 113. Ra1 Rdd8 114. Ne3 Rd7 115. Nf5 Rad8 116. Rad1 Kb7 117. Ne3 Rd6 118. Nc4 Rd4 119. Ne3 Kc7 120. Nc4 Ra8 121. Ra1 Rad8 122. Rad1 R8d7 123. Ne3 Rd8 124. Nf5 R4d7 125. Ne3 Ra8 126. Nc4 Rdd8 127. Ra1 Ra7 128. Nb2 Rda8 129. Ra4 Rd8 130. Ra1 Kb7 131. Nc4 Rd4 132. Ne3 Rd7 133. Ra4 Rd8 134. Ra3 Rd7 135. Ra1 Rd4 136. Rad1 a4 137. Ra1 a3 138. Nc4 a2 139. Rdd1 Rd8 140. Rd2 Rd4 141. Ne3 Rd7 142. Nc2 Nxc2 143. Rxc2 Ra5 144. Kc4 Rd4+ 145. Kc3 Rxb5 146. Raxa2 Rdb4 147. Ra3 Rd4 148. Rca2 Rdb4 149. Ra7+ Kc6 150. R2a3 Rd4 151. Rf7 Rd6 152. Raa7 Rb4 153. Rac7+ Kb5 154. Rcd7 Rbd4 155. Rxd6 Rxd6 156. Rc7 Rd8 157. Kc2 Ra8 158. Kc3 Ra1 159. Rf7 Rc1+ 160. Kd2 Rh1 161. Rxf6 Rxh3 162. Rf5 Rg3 163. Ke3 Kb4 164. Rxg5 h3 165. Rxe5 Kxb3 166. Rh5 b5 167. e5 c4 168. dxc4 bxc4 169. e6 Rg1 170. Rxh3 Re1+ 171. Kd4 Rxe6 172. f4+ Kb4 173. f5 Rd6+ 174. Ke5 Rd3 175. Rh1 c3 176. g5 Re3+ 177. Kf6 c2 178. Rc1 Kc3 179. g6 Rg3 180. Kf7 Kd2 181. Rxc2+ Kxc2 182. f6 Kd3 183. g7 Ke4 184. g8Q 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2025.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 a5 2. b5 e5 3. Bb2 f6 4. e3 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. d4 d6 7. Be2 Ne7 8. Nf3 0-0 9. 0-0 Be6 10. a4 Nd7 11. Nc3 g5 12. Rc1 h6 13. Ba3 Rf7 14. c5 dxc5 15. dxc5 f5 16. Nd2 e4 17. Bc4 Nf8 18. Bxe6 Nxe6 19. Nc4 Ng6 20. Qxd8+ Nxd8 21. g4 fxg4 22. Nxe4 Ne6 23. Rfd1 Nh4 24. c6 bxc6 25. bxc6 Nf3+ 26. Kg2 h5 27. Rd7 Ra6 28. Ncd6 cxd6 29. Rxf7 Kxf7 30. c7 Nxc7 31. Rxc7+ Kg6 32. Nxd6 Be5 33. Re7 h4 34. h3 gxh3+ 35. Kxh3 Bxd6 36. Re6+ Kf5 37. Rxd6 g4+ 38. Kg2 Rxd6 39. Bxd6 Nd2 40. Bc7 Nc4 41. f3 Nxe3+ 42. Kf2 Nd5 43. fxg4+ Kxg4 44. Bxa5 h3 45. Kg1 Kg3 46. Kh1 h2 47. Bd8 Kh3 48. a5 Nb4 49. Bc7 Nd3 50. Bxh2 Nc5 51. Bc7 Kg4 52. Kg2 Na6 53. Bd6 Kf5 54. Kf3 Ke6 55. Bf4 Kd5 56. Ke3 Kc6 57. Bc7 Kb5 58. Bb6 Nb4 59. Kd4 Nc6+ 60. Kd5 Nxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2025.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. 0-0 Qh5 7. Nbd2 Nf6 8. Re1 Nbd7 9. a4 Bd6 10. h3 0-0 11. a5 bxa5 12. Be2 Qf5 13. Nc4 a4 14. Rxa4 Nb6 15. Ra5 Qe4 16. Nce5 Bc8 17. Ba6 Qf5 18. Bd3 Bb4 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Bd2 Bxa5 21. Bxa5 Bb7 22. c4 Rfe8 23. b3 Rad8 24. Qc2 Ne4 25. d5 Bc8 26. Nc6 Rd7 27. Nxa7 Bb7 28. Nb5 g6 29. Nxc7 Rxc7 30. Bxb6 Rcc8 31. Qb2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mostbauer, Maximilian"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2186"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2025.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 b6 2. Nf3 Bb7 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. 0-0 c5 6. b3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bxg2 8. Kxg2 Qc7 9. e3 Nc6 10. Bb2 Be7 11. Nd2 0-0 12. c4 Rfd8 13. Nb5 Qb7 14. Qf3 d5 15. a4 Na5 16. cxd5 Rxd5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Ne4 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rxd1 21. Nbd6 Rxd6 22. Nxd6 Qxf3+ 23. Kxf3 Nxb3 24. Nc8 Nc5 25. a5 bxa5 26. Nxa7 a4 27. Nb5 Bb2 28. h4 a3 29. Nxa3 Bxa3 30. h5 h6 31. g4 Bb2 32. g5 hxg5 33. h6 gxh6 34. Ke2 Kg7 35. f4 g4 36. e4 Nxe4 37. f5 exf5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sabatier, Mathis"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2025.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 a6 2. d4 b5 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Nbd2 e6 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 d6 7. 0-0 Nd7 8. Re1 Ngf6 9. e5 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nd5 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Bg5 0-0 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nd6 Nxe5 15. Nxb7 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Qxb7 17. Re5 Rad8 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qh3+ Kg8 20. Rh5 f5 21. Rh8+ Kf7 22. Qh5+ Ke7 23. Rh7 Kd6 24. Qg5 Rd7 25. Re1 Kc7 26. b3 Kb8 27. c4 Nf6 28. Rh3 Ne4 29. Qf4+ Ka8 30. f3 Nf6 31. Qc1 Rfd8 32. f4 Rd2 33. Rg3 Nh5 34. Rg5 Nxf4 35. cxb5 Rxg2+ 36. Kf1 Rxg5 37. Qxf4 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2025.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 e6 4. b3 Nf6 5. Bb2 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. c4 c5 8. Nc3 d6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nbd7 11. Rfd1 a6 12. Ba3 Nc5 13. Ng5 Qc7 14. Rac1 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qb7+ 16. Nf3 b5 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Qf4 Rfd8 19. h3 h6 20. Qe3 Rac8 21. Kg1 bxc4 22. bxc4 Qb4 23. Ne5 Rd4 24. Rxd4 cxd4 25. Qxd4 Bc5 26. Qf4 Bd6 27. Ne4 Nxe4 28. Qxf7+ Kh8 29. Qxe6 Qc5 30. Ng6+ Kh7 31. Qxe4 Kg8 32. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 28th Jan Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.01.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Harsh, Suresh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2025.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB06_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 a6 2. Bb2 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Nd2 Bf5 9. Nf3 e6 10. Bd3 Qa5+ 11. c3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Ba3 13. Bxa3 Qxa3 14. 0-0 0-0 15. c4 a5 16. Nd4 Rfc8 17. h3 g6 18. Qc2 a4 19. Rfc1 axb3 20. axb3 Qxa1 21. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 22. Kh2 Raa8 23. cxd5 Nxd5 24. e4 c5 25. Nb5 Nb4 26. Qc3 Rc6 27. h4 h5 28. g4 hxg4 29. h5 Kh7 30. Qf6 gxh5 31. Qxf7+ Kh6 32. e5 Nd5 33. Nd6 Nc7 34. Qf4+ Kh7 35. Qe4+ Kg7 36. Qxc6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 28th Jan Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.01.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Makarian, Rudik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2025.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB06_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 d6 2. Bb2 e5 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. g3 0-0 7. Bg2 c6 8. Ne2 Qe7 9. 0-0 h5 10. Re1 h4 11. Nbc3 h3 12. Bh1 Re8 13. Qb3 Nbd7 14. Rad1 Nf8 15. d4 Bg4 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. c5 Rad8 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Nh7 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Qc2 Ng5 22. Bh1 Bf3 23. Rd1 Qf6 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 26. Kh1 Ne1 27. Qe4 Qd2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 28th Jan Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.01.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2025.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB06_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 h6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. c4 0-0 8. d3 c6 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 a5 11. a3 Bh7 12. Bc3 Re8 13. b4 Bd6 14. e4 dxe4 15. dxe4 c5 16. b5 e5 17. Rfd1 Qc7 18. Nh4 Nf8 19. Nf5 Ne6 20. Nf1 Nd4 21. Bxd4 exd4 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. f3 Nd7 24. Ne3 f5 25. Nxf5 Bxf5 26. exf5 Re3 27. f4 Nf6 28. Bxb7 Rae8 29. Bg2 Qe7 30. b6 Ng4 31. b7 Re2 32. Qd3 Rxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Qxb7+ 34. Kg1 Re3 35. Qd2 Qe4 36. Qg2 Qxf5 37. Qd5+ Qxd5 38. cxd5 Nf6 39. d6 Re6 40. Rac1 Nd7 41. Re1 Rxd6 42. Re7 d3 43. Kf2 d2 44. Rd1 c4 45. Re3 Nc5 46. Ke2 Nb3 47. Rc3 Re6+ 48. Kf2 Rc6 49. Ke2 Re6+ 50. Kf2 Re4 51. h4 h5 52. Re3 Rd4 53. Rc3 Kf7 54. Ke3 Rd7 55. Rxc4 Re7+ 56. Kf2 Re1 57. Rxe1 dxe1Q+ 58. Kxe1 Kf6 59. Rc6+ Kf5 60. Rc7 g6 61. Rf7+ Ke6 62. Rg7 Kf5 63. Rb7 Nd4 64. Kf2 Nc2 65. Rb5+ Kg4 66. Rg5+ Kh3 67. Rxg6 Nxa3 68. f5 Nc4 69. f6 Ne5 70. Rg5 Nf7 71. Rg7 Nd6 72. f7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 28th Jan Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.01.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Srihari, LR."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2025.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB06_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. e3 0-0 5. c3 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. d4 Re8 8. g3 d5 9. Bg2 c6 10. Ne2 Nd7 11. 0-0 Nb6 12. Nd2 Bf5 13. a4 a5 14. Re1 h6 15. Nf4 Qc7 16. e4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Be7 19. Qg4 Qd7 20. Qxd7 Nxd7 21. Rab1 Rab8 22. Nd2 Kf8 23. Nc4 b6 24. Nd3 Rec8 25. Kf1 b5 26. Nce5 Nf6 27. Ra1 b4 28. cxb4 Bxb4 29. Rec1 Rb6 30. Rc4 Ke8 31. Rac1 Nd5 32. Nxc6 f6 33. Nxa5 Ra8 34. Rc8+ Rxc8 35. Rxc8+ Kd7 36. Ra8 Bc3 37. Ra7+ Ke6 38. Nc4 Rc6 39. Ne3 Bxd4 40. Nxd5 Bxa7 41. N5f4+ Kf7 42. Kg2 Rc4 43. a5 Ra4 44. h4 g6 45. h5 g5 46. Nd5 Rxa5 47. N5b4 Ra4 48. g4 Bb8 49. Kf3 Bd6 50. Nd5 Ke6 51. Ne3 Ra3 52. Ke4 Ra4+ 53. Kf3 Be5 54. Nf5 Ra3 55. Ke4 Ra4+ 56. Kf3 Bd6 57. Nxh6 Ra3 58. Ke4 Ra4+ 59. Kf3 Ra3 60. Ke4 Ra4+ 61. Ke3 Bf4+ 62. Kf3 Ra3 63. Ke4 Ra4+ 64. Kf3 Ra3 65. Ke2 Ra2+ 66. Kf3 Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 28th Jan Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.01.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Williams, Peter A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2025.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB06_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. d4 0-0 5. Nf3 a6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. a3 d5 8. 0-0 Bg4 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Ne4 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 e6 14. Qc2 Nd6 15. Bb3 Qe7 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Rfd1 a5 18. d5 exd5 19. Bxd5 axb4 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qb2+ Kg8 23. axb4 Rb8 24. Rxc6 Qe4 25. Rxc7 Rxb4 26. Qf6 Re6 27. Qd8+ Ne8 28. Rc8 Rb1 29. Ng5 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 Qb7 31. Qc2 Re7 32. Qc3 Qd7 33. Nf3 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Qd6+ 35. g3 Qd7 36. h4 Qb7 37. Ng5 h5 38. Qc4 Qd7 39. Rb8 Re5 40. Ne4 Kg7 41. Qc3 Qe7 42. f4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 28th Jan Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.01.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2025.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB06_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 e4 3. e3 Nf6 4. a3 d5 5. c4 Bf5 6. Nc3 d4 7. exd4 Qxd4 8. Nge2 Qd7 9. Ng3 Nc6 10. Be2 0-0-0 11. 0-0 Nd4 12. c5 h5 13. Rc1 Bg6 14. c6 Nxc6 15. Bb5 h4 16. Nge2 h3 17. g3 Qxd2 18. Qa4 Qxb2 19. Bxc6 e3 20. Bxb7+ Kxb7 21. Nb5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 28th Jan Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.01.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2025.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB06_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Ne2 d5 5. e5 c5 6. c3 Qd7 7. 0-0 Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Be3 Ne7 10. Ng3 Nc6 11. a3 Be7 12. Nd2 Nc7 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. cxd4 0-0-0 15. b4 Kb7 16. Rfc1 Rc8 17. Nb3 a6 18. Qf3 f6 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Nh5 Rhf8 21. Qh3 Rf7 22. Nf4 Bd6 23. Qf3 e5 24. Nh5 e4 25. Qe2 f5 26. Nf4 Bxf4 27. Bxf4 Ne6 28. Qe3 Nxf4 29. Qxf4 Qc7 30. Qg5 h6 31. Qh5 Qe7 32. a4 Nxb4 33. a5 Rc4 34. axb6 Kxb6 35. Nc5 Qg5 36. Na4+ Kb5 37. Nc3+ Kb6 38. Qe2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 28th Jan Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.01.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Drozdowski, Kacper"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2025.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB06_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Qe2 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. 0-0 Qh5 8. Nbd2 Bd6 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Ne4 0-0 11. Nxd6 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qxf3 13. gxf3 cxd6 14. a4 a5 15. c3 Nd5 16. Re1 Rfc8 17. f4 g6 18. Bd2 N7f6 19. Kg2 Rab8 20. Kf3 Kf8 21. Rec1 Ke7 22. Rab1 Nc7 23. c4 Na6 24. b3 Nb4 25. Be2 Nh5 26. Ra1 Ra8 27. Be3 Ng7 28. Rd1 Nf5 29. Rac1 d5 30. Kg2 Rc7 31. Bg4 Rac8 32. Bxf5 gxf5 33. c5 bxc5 34. Rxc5 Rxc5 35. dxc5 Nc2 36. Rc1 Nxe3+ 37. fxe3 Kd7 38. Kf3 Kc6 39. Ke2 Rb8 40. Rc3 Rg8 41. Kf2 Rg7 42. Rc2 Rg8 43. Rc1 Rg7 44. Rc3 Rg8 45. Rc1 Rb8 46. Rc3 Rb4 47. Ke2 Re4 48. Kd3 Rb4 49. Kc2 d4 50. exd4 Rxd4 51. Rf3 Kxc5 52. Kc3 Re4 53. h4 h5 54. Rf2 Re3+ 55. Kc2 Rh3 56. Rd2 Rxh4 57. Rd7 Rxf4 58. Rxf7 h4 59. Rc7+ Kd5 60. Ra7 Ke4 61. Rxa5 h3 62. Ra6 Rh4 63. Rxe6+ Kf3 64. Re1 h2 65. Rh1 Kg2 66. Rxh2+ Kxh2 67. a5 f4 68. b4 f3 69. a6 Rxb4 70. a7 Ra4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 28th Jan Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.01.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Maksimovic, Bojan"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2025.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB06_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. b3 Bb7 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 d5 6. 0-0 Be7 7. c4 0-0 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. d4 Nd7 10. Nbd2 c5 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Ne4 Rc7 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nxc5 Rxc5 15. Rxc5 Bxc5 16. Qa1 f6 17. a3 Qe7 18. b4 Bd6 19. Rc1 Rc8 20. h3 Rc7 21. Nd4 a6 22. Rxc7 Bxc7 23. Qc1 Qd6 24. Nf3 b5 25. Bd4 Nb6 26. Bc5 Qd7 27. Nd4 Bd5 28. Bg4 f5 29. Be2 Nc4 30. a4 e5 31. axb5 axb5 32. Nf3 Bd6 33. Nd2 Bxc5 34. Nxc4 bxc4 35. bxc5 Qa4 36. Qc3 e4 37. Qe5 Qc6 38. Qxf5 Qxc5 39. Bd1 g6 40. Qe5 Kf8 41. Bc2 c3 42. Bxe4 c2 43. Bxc2 Qxc2 44. Qxd5 Qc1+ 45. Kh2 Qc2 46. Qe5 Kg8 47. Qe8+ Kg7 48. Qe7+ Kg8 49. Qf6 Qc7+ 50. Qf4 Qc2 51. e4 Qe2 52. e5 Qe1 53. Qf6 Qe4 54. e6 Qc6 55. Qf7+ Kh8 56. Qf8# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 28th Jan Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.01.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Perez Ponsa, Federico"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2025.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB06_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Qe2 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. 0-0 Qh5 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. Ba6 Bxa6 10. Qxa6 Bd6 11. Nc4 0-0 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. a4 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Be3 e4 16. Nd4 Ne5 17. h3 Nf3+ 18. Kh1 Nd5 19. Qe2 f5 20. Nxf3 exf3 21. Qxf3 Qxf3 22. gxf3 Rac8 23. c3 Rc4 24. Bd4 Kf7 25. Rfe1 g6 26. Re5 Ne7 27. Re2 Nc6 28. Be3 Rh4 29. Kh2 f4 30. Bd2 Rd8 31. Rae1 Rd5 32. Kg2 Rg5+ 33. Kf1 Rxh3 34. Re4 Rxf3 35. Bxf4 Rf5 36. Be3 Ne5 37. Ke2 h5 38. a5 Ng4 39. axb6 axb6 40. Bxb6 Nxf2 41. Re3 Rxe3+ 42. Bxe3 Ng4 43. Bd4 h4 44. Rh1 Rh5 45. b4 Nf6 46. c4 Ke6 47. b5 Nd7 48. Kf3 h3 49. Kg4 h2 50. Kg3 Ne5 51. Bxe5 Rxe5 52. Rxh2 Re3+ 53. Kf4 Rc3 54. Re2+ Kd6 55. Re4 Kc5 56. Kg5 Rb3 57. Kxg6 Rb1 58. Kf5 Rd1 59. Ke6 Rd6+ 60. Ke7 Rd1 61. Re6 Kxc4 62. b6 Kc5 63. b7 Rb1 64. Re5+ Kc6 65. Kf6 Rxb7 66. Re6+ Kb5 67. Re7 Rxe7 68. Kxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 28th Jan Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.01.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sernecki, Franciszek"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2025.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB06_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. f4 Bb4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Qe2 d5 7. e5 Ne4 8. Bd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 c5 10. Bb5+ Bc6 11. dxc5 Bxb5 12. 0-0-0 bxc5 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qb6 15. Nf3 Nc6 16. f5 d4 17. Qb3 c4 18. Qa2 0-0 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Ng5 Nxe5 21. Rhe1 Rf5 22. h4 d3 23. Re4 Qf2 24. Rd2 Qg1+ 25. Rd1 Rf1 26. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 27. Kd2 Qf2+ 28. Kc3 Qxc2+ 29. Kd4 d2 30. Kxe5 d1Q 31. Nxe6 Re8 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters op 98th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2025.01.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Badacsonyi, Stanley Ethan Artie"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2024.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB02_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. Bd3 Nf6 9. Nge2 0-0 10. 0-0 Re8 11. Qc2 a5 12. Na4 Nbd7 13. Rfc1 Ra7 14. Rab1 Nf8 15. Ng3 Ne6 16. Nb6 Qb4 17. Nxc8 Rxc8 18. Ne2 g6 19. Nc3 Raa8 20. Na4 Nd7 21. Nc3 b5 22. a4 bxa4 23. Qxa4 Nb6 24. Qd1 Qe7 25. Ra1 c5 26. dxc5 Rxc5 27. Qb3 Qc7 28. Rd1 Rb8 29. Qa2 Qe5 30. Bf1 Kg7 31. Rd2 Rd8 32. Rad1 d4 33. exd4 Rxd4 34. Re2 Qf5 35. Qa1 Rb4 36. Na2 Rf4 37. b4+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters op 98th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2025.01.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Zhang, Pengxiang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E45"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2024.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB02_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. Ng3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d5 8. Ba3 Bxc4 9. Bxc4 dxc4 10. Qf3 Qd5 11. e4 Qa5 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. 0-0 0-0 14. Rfd1 c5 15. a4 Rac8 16. e5 Nd5 17. Ne4 cxd4 18. cxd4 c3 19. Ba3 c2 20. Rdc1 Qxa4 21. Bc5 Qxa1 22. Rxa1 bxc5 23. dxc5 Nxc5 24. Rc1 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 Nc3 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters op 98th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2025.01.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Royal, Shreyas"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2024.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB02_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. c3 a5 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 b6 12. Nf1 Rae8 13. Ng3 Kh8 14. Bd2 Bd8 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 Ne7 17. h4 Ng4 18. h5 Ng8 19. Re2 Qf7 20. Rc1 N8f6 21. Qb5 c5 22. dxc5 dxc5 23. Ng5 Qd7 24. Qb3 Bc7 25. Rce1 Be5 26. Nh3 c4 27. Qxc4 Bxg3 28. fxg3 Rc8 29. Qb3 Nxe4 30. Rxe4 Qxd2 31. Qd1 Qxd1 32. Rxd1 Nf6 33. Rxe6 Nxh5 34. g4 Nf4 35. Rxb6 h6 36. Rd2 Rc4 37. b3 Rc3 38. Nxf4 Rxf4 39. Rb5 Rxg4 40. Rxa5 Rxb3 41. Ra2 Rgg3 42. Rc5 Rb6 43. a5 Ra6 44. Kf2 Rb3 45. Ra4 Kh7 46. g4 Kg6 47. Rf5 Kh7 48. Ke2 g6 49. Rc5 Kg7 50. Kd2 Kf7 51. Kc2 Rb7 52. Re4 Kf6 53. Kc3 Rb1 54. Ra4 h5 55. gxh5 Rc1+ 56. Kb4 Rxc5 57. Kxc5 gxh5 58. Kb5 Ra8 59. Kb6 Kg5 60. Kb7 Re8 61. a6 h4 62. a7 h3 63. Ra2 Re7+ 64. Kc6 Rxa7 65. Rxa7 Kg4 66. Kd5 h2 67. Rh7 Kg3 68. Ke4 Kg2 69. Rg7+ Kf2 70. Rh7 Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters op 98th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2024.12.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Gu, In Jung"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "1987"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2024.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB02_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bg4 8. Qc2 0-0 9. h3 Be6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Nge2 Ne8 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. 0-0 Nd6 14. Nf4 c6 15. Rae1 Qf6 16. f3 Rfe8 17. Qf2 Nf8 18. g4 g6 19. Kg2 b5 20. Nce2 Bd7 21. Ng3 Ne6 22. Nxe6 Qxe6 23. e4 h5 24. e5 Nc8 25. f4 h4 26. Nh1 Qe7 27. f5 g5 28. e6 fxe6 29. f6 Qf7 30. Qd2 Kf8 31. Qxg5 Qg8 32. Qh6+ Kf7 33. Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters op 98th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2024.12.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ghazarian, Kirk Vagho"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2024.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB02_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Be2 Bf5 6. dxc5 e6 7. Nd4 Bxc5 8. Nxf5 exf5 9. 0-0 0-0 10. c3 Ne4 11. Nd2 a6 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxd8 Rfxd8 14. Rfd1 Kf8 15. Bc4 Ke8 16. Kf1 Be7 17. h3 Bf6 18. g4 g6 19. Bd5 Ne5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. gxf5 gxf5 22. Bxb7 Rab8 23. Bc6+ Ke7 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rc1 Rd6 26. Ba4 Rh6 27. Rd1 Rxh3 28. Rd7+ Kf6 29. Bb3 Rh1+ 30. Kg2 Rb1 31. Rxf7+ Kg5 32. Be6 Bf6 33. b4 h5 34. Rc7 Be5 35. Rc5 Kf6 36. Bc8 h4 37. Rc6+ Kg5 38. Rc5 Kf6 39. Rc6+ Kg5 40. Bd7 Rb2 41. Rc5 Kf6 42. Rc6+ Kg5 43. Rc5 Kf6 44. Rc6+ Kg5 45. Be8 f4 46. Rc5 h3+ 47. Kxh3 fxe3 48. Rxe5+ Kf4 49. Rxe4+ Kxe4 50. fxe3 Rxa2 51. b5 axb5 52. Bxb5 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters op 98th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2024.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Wall, Tim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2024.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB02_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 e6 6. dxe6 fxe6 7. g3 d5 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. Nh3 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Nc3 Bxa6 12. Re1 Qb6 13. Nf4 Ne5 14. b3 Rad8 15. Na4 Qc6 16. Bb2 Neg4 17. h3 Nh6 18. Qc2 Ne4 19. Nc3 Nxf2 20. e3 Rxf4 21. exf4 Nd3 22. Red1 Nxb2 23. Qxb2 Bf6 24. Rac1 Nf5 25. Kh2 Nd4 26. Qf2 Qd6 27. Na4 Rc8 28. b4 1-0

