[Event "Biel Rapid op 58th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2025.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Banh, Gia Huy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2025.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CB29_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Ngf3 h6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. e5 Nh7 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Nf1 f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. c4 dxc4 13. dxc4 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 e5 15. Ne3 e4 16. Nd2 Nd4 17. Nxe4 Ne2+ 18. Kf1 Nxc1 19. Raxc1 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bf6 21. b3 Bd4 22. Kg2 a5 23. Rd2 a4 24. Nd5 axb3 25. axb3 Ra3 26. b4 Be6 27. Nc7 Bf7 28. Nb5 Rb3 29. Nxd4 cxd4 30. b5 Rc3 31. Rb1 Rxc4 32. Bxb7 Rb8 33. Be4 Rb6 34. Bd3 Rc5 35. Rb4 Bd5+ 36. f3 Bc6 37. Rdb2 Bd5 38. Rxd4 Kf8 39. Kf2 Ke7 40. f4 Kf6 41. h4 Be6 42. Kf3 Bd5+ 43. Ke3 Re6+ 44. Kf2 Rb6 45. g4 g5 46. Kg3 Be6 47. Rf2 gxf4+ 48. Rfxf4+ Ke7 49. Rfe4 Rc3 50. Kf4 Rb8 51. Re5 Rf8+ 52. Bf5 Rf6 53. Rde4 1-0

[Event "Biel Rapid op 58th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2025.07.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Erne, Raphael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2164"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2025.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CB29_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c3 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. b4 a5 6. Qb3 b6 7. cxb6 axb4 8. cxb4 Qxb6 9. b5 Nc6 10. e3 Na5 11. Qd1 Ne4 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Ne5 Rd8 15. Qa4 Qc5 16. Qd4 f6 17. Qxc5 Bxc5 18. Bd2 Nb7 19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. a4 Ke7 21. a5 Rhd8 22. Bc3 Rc8 23. a6 Nd6 24. Be2 f5 25. 0-0 Rb8 26. Be5 Ra8 27. Rfc1 Bb6 28. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Biel Rapid op 58th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2025.07.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2025.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CB29_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. a3 d6 8. f4 Bd7 9. Bd3 Be7 10. Qf3 0-0 11. 0-0-0 Qc7 12. g4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Be3 Bxg4 15. Qg2 Bxd1 16. Rxd1 Rfe8 17. Rf1 Rac8 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Bh6 g6 20. Qf3 Bd8 21. Kb1 Qd7 22. h3 Rxc3 23. bxc3 Qe6 24. Qe2 b5 25. c4 Qxh3 26. Bc1 Be7 27. cxb5 axb5 28. Bxb5 Rb8 29. a4 Nh5 30. Qc4 Nf4 31. Bxf4 exf4 32. Rxf4 Rf8 33. e5 Bg5 34. Rf1 Qe3 35. Qd5 Bf4 36. e6 fxe6 37. Qc4 Kg7 38. Qb4 Rf7 39. Re1 Qd2 40. Qxd2 Bxd2 41. Rxe6 h5 42. Bd3 Rf6 43. Rxf6 Kxf6 44. c4 g5 45. Kc2 Ba5 46. Kd1 g4 47. Ke2 Ke5 48. c5 Kf4 49. Bb5 h4 50. Bc6 h3 51. Kf1 Bb4 52. Bd5 Bxc5 53. a5 Kg3 54. Be6 Kf3 55. Bd5+ Kf4 56. a6 Ba7 57. Bc6 Kg3 58. Bd7 Kf4 59. Be6 Kf3 60. Bd7 Kg3 61. Be6 Kh4 62. Bd7 g3 63. Bc6 Kg5 64. Bb7 g2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Rapid op 58th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2025.07.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Smith, Alister W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2025.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CB29_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. 0-0 Nc6 5. d4 e6 6. c4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Qc7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 Bc5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxg7 Rf8 13. Bxd5 Bh3 14. Bf4 Qb6 15. Qe5+ Be7 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. Rac1 Rc8 18. Rxc8+ Bxc8 19. Qb8 Qc5 20. Bxb7 1-0

[Event "Biel Rapid op 58th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2025.07.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2025.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CB29_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. 0-0 c6 6. Bc4 d6 7. h3 Nxf3+ 8. Qxf3 Be7 9. a4 0-0 10. d3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Qe2 Qe8 13. Be3 Qg6 14. a5 d5 15. Bd2 Bd6 16. Rae1 b5 17. axb6 axb6 18. Nd1 Nd7 19. Ne3 Ra2 20. Bc1 Bc5 21. Ng4 Bd4 22. Qd2 h5 23. Nh2 Bc5 24. Kh1 Ra4 25. Nf3 Bb4 26. c3 Bd6 27. Qc2 Rfa8 28. Ng5 Be7 29. Nf3 Bd6 30. Ng5 Be7 31. h4 Nc5 32. f3 Bxg5 33. Bxg5 Ra2 34. Be3 Qg3 35. Bf2 Qf4 36. Qb1 Qd2 37. Bxc5 bxc5 38. Qd1 Rxb2 39. Qxd2 Rxd2 40. exd5 cxd5 41. Rxe5 Raa2 42. Rg1 Rxd3 43. c4 Rd4 44. cxd5 Rxh4# 0-1

[Event "Biel Rapid op 58th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2025.07.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kwiatkowski, Maciej2"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1939"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2025.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CB29_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. Bc4 e6 4. 0-0 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb3 Ne7 7. d4 0-0 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bf4 g5 10. Bd2 Ng6 11. c4 g4 12. Ne1 Nc6 13. Bc3 dxc4 14. Bxc4+ Kh8 15. Nc2 f5 16. Re1 f4 17. d5 Nce5 18. Bf1 Qh4 19. Nd2 g3 20. fxg3 fxg3 21. h3 Bg4 22. Qc1 Rf4 23. Ne3 Bd7 24. b3 b5 25. Qb2 b4 26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. Qc1 Raf8 28. Rb1 Rf2 29. Nf3 R8xf3 30. gxf3 Bxh3 31. Qc6 Bd7 32. Qxd7 Qh2# 0-1

[Event "Biel Rapid op 58th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2025.07.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Maier, Christian"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2025.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CB29_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. Nc3 e5 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. d3 Ne7 8. Be3 d6 9. a3 a5 10. Na4 f5 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4 cxb4 13. Bb6 Qd7 14. Qd2 0-0 15. Qxb4 Rb8 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nh3 c5 19. Rfb1 Qc6 20. Nc3 fxe4 21. dxe4 Bxh3 22. gxh3 Nc8 23. Ra6 Rf3 24. Qd5 Qd7 25. Bxc5 Rxb1+ 26. Nxb1 Qb5 27. Qd1 Qxa6 28. Qxf3 dxc5 29. Nc3 Kh7 30. Qg4 Nd6 31. Nd5 Qa1+ 32. Kg2 Qa4 33. f3 Qxc2+ 34. Kg3 Qc1 35. Kg2 Nc4 36. Qd7 Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "Biel Rapid op 58th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2025.07.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rohrer, Christophe"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2025.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CB29_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 Qc7 5. Bg2 b5 6. 0-0 Bb7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d6 9. Re1 Nf6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. a4 bxa4 12. Nd5 exd5 13. exd5+ Ne5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. f4 0-0-0 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Qg4+ Qd7 18. Qxd7+ Rxd7 19. Nc6 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 Bxc6 21. dxc6 Rd4 22. c3 Rd2 23. Rxa4 Rxb2 24. Rxa6 Kc7 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. Raa1 Rdd2 27. Rxd2 Rxd2 28. Rf1 Bf2 29. Rb1 Bb6 30. Rf1 Bf2 31. Rb1 Bb6 32. Rf1 Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Rapid op 58th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2025.07.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vilaseca, Laurent"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2072"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2025.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CB29_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 c6 7. 0-0 Bf5 8. h3 Ne4 9. Qb3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qc8 11. Kh2 Nd7 12. Nd2 e5 13. Bb2 Be6 14. Qc2 Nb6 15. Qd3 f5 16. e3 e4 17. Qe2 Qd7 18. Rfb1 Qf7 19. Bf1 c5 20. a4 Rfc8 21. a5 cxd4 22. axb6 dxc3 23. Bxc3 Bxc3 24. Rxa7 Rxa7 25. bxa7 Ra8 26. Rc1 Be5 27. Nb3 Rxa7 28. Nd4 Bd7 29. Qb2 Qf6 30. Qb6 Ra2 31. Kg1 f4 32. gxf4 Bxd4 33. Qxd4 Qh4 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 Haute"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2025.06.01"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Pranav, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2025.05.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CB23_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Grasse Echecs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 d6 6. Re1 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. d4 Be7 9. Nc3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. h3 0-0 12. Bf4 b5 13. Qf3 b4 14. Nd1 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Ne3 Kh8 17. Rad1 Ng8 18. Bf4 Bf6 19. Nd5 Bg7 20. c4 bxc3 21. bxc3 h6 22. c4 Ne7 23. Nc3 Nc6 24. Nxc6 Bxc6 25. c5 Re6 26. Nd5 Rc8 27. Qa3 g5 28. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 Haute"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2025.06.01"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Pranav, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2025.05.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CB23_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Grasse Echecs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 d6 6. Re1 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. d4 Be7 9. Nc3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. h3 0-0 12. Bf4 b5 13. Qf3 b4 14. Nd1 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Ne3 Kh8 17. Rad1 Ng8 18. Bf4 Bf6 19. Nd5 Bg7 20. c4 bxc3 21. bxc3 h6 22. c4 Ne7 23. Nc3 Nc6 24. Nxc6 Bxc6 25. c5 Re6 26. Nd5 Rc8 27. Qa3 g5 28. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 Haute"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2025.05.31"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin Elshan"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2025.05.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CB23_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Marseille"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. e5 dxe5 8. Re1 f6 9. Nc3 Nh6 10. Be3 Qa5 11. Nd2 0-0 12. Nce4 Qc7 13. f3 Nf5 14. Bf2 Be6 15. Nxc5 Bf7 16. b4 a5 17. bxa5 Rxa5 18. a4 Rfa8 19. Ndb3 R5a7 20. Qd2 h5 21. a5 Nd4 22. c4 Qd6 23. f4 Bh6 24. fxe5 Bxd2 25. exd6 Bxe1 26. Bxd4 exd6 27. Rxe1 dxc5 28. Bc3 g5 29. Kf2 Bg6 30. Rd1 Kf7 31. Rd2 h4 32. Ke1 f5 33. Ra2 f4 34. Nxc5 Re7+ 35. Re2 g4 36. Rxe7+ Kxe7 37. Bd2 g3 38. hxg3 fxg3 39. a6 Kd6 40. Be3 Re8 41. Kd2 Kc7 42. a7 Ra8 43. Nb3 Bh5 44. Ke1 Re8 45. Kd2 Kb7 46. Na5+ Ka8 47. Nxc6 Bf3 48. Nd4 Bxg2 49. Bg1 h3 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 Haute"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2025.05.31"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin Elshan"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2025.05.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CB23_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Marseille"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. e5 dxe5 8. Re1 f6 9. Nc3 Nh6 10. Be3 Qa5 11. Nd2 0-0 12. Nce4 Qc7 13. f3 Nf5 14. Bf2 Be6 15. Nxc5 Bf7 16. b4 a5 17. bxa5 Rxa5 18. a4 Rfa8 19. Ndb3 R5a7 20. Qd2 h5 21. a5 Nd4 22. c4 Qd6 23. f4 Bh6 24. fxe5 Bxd2 25. exd6 Bxe1 26. Bxd4 exd6 27. Rxe1 dxc5 28. Bc3 g5 29. Kf2 Bg6 30. Rd1 Kf7 31. Rd2 h4 32. Ke1 f5 33. Ra2 f4 34. Nxc5 Re7+ 35. Re2 g4 36. Rxe7+ Kxe7 37. Bd2 g3 38. hxg3 fxg3 39. a6 Kd6 40. Be3 Re8 41. Kd2 Kc7 42. a7 Ra8 43. Nb3 Bh5 44. Ke1 Re8 45. Kd2 Kb7 46. Na5+ Ka8 47. Nxc6 Bf3 48. Nd4 Bxg2 49. Bg1 h3 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 Haute"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2025.05.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2025.05.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CB23_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Asnieres"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 0-0 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. 0-0-0 Re8 10. h4 Nf6 11. Bd3 Bg4 12. Rdg1 Qd7 13. Ng5 c5 14. f3 Bf5 15. Bxf5 Qxf5 16. Rd1 Bf8 17. Bf2 b5 18. g4 Qc8 19. h5 Qc6 20. h6 gxh6 21. Qf4 d5 22. Nh3 d4 23. cxd4 c4 24. Qf5 c3 25. Kb1 Bg7 26. d5 Qc4 27. Bd4 Rad8 28. Bxc3 Nxd5 29. Bxg7 Ne3 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. b3 Qc6 32. Qe4 Qxe4 33. fxe4 Kxg7 34. Nf4 Rd2 35. Rh3 Nxc2 36. Kc1 Rf2 37. Nd3 Rg2 38. Nf4 Rf2 39. Nd3 Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 Haute"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2025.05.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2025.05.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CB23_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Asnieres"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 0-0 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. 0-0-0 Re8 10. h4 Nf6 11. Bd3 Bg4 12. Rdg1 Qd7 13. Ng5 c5 14. f3 Bf5 15. Bxf5 Qxf5 16. Rd1 Bf8 17. Bf2 b5 18. g4 Qc8 19. h5 Qc6 20. h6 gxh6 21. Qf4 d5 22. Nh3 d4 23. cxd4 c4 24. Qf5 c3 25. Kb1 Bg7 26. d5 Qc4 27. Bd4 Rad8 28. Bxc3 Nxd5 29. Bxg7 Ne3 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. b3 Qc6 32. Qe4 Qxe4 33. fxe4 Kxg7 34. Nf4 Rd2 35. Rh3 Nxc2 36. Kc1 Rf2 37. Nd3 Rg2 38. Nf4 Rf2 39. Nd3 Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 Haute"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2025.05.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2025.05.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CB23_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Aix En Provence"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 c5 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 0-0 11. Ne1 Be7 12. Ne4 Rd8 13. Nd3 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bd7 15. Rb1 Na5 16. Bxb7 Nxb7 17. Rxb7 Ba4 18. Re1 Bf6 19. c4 Rdc8 20. c5 Bc6 21. Rb3 Be7 22. Be3 f6 23. f3 Kf7 24. Reb1 Rc7 25. Kf2 Rac8 26. Ra3 Be8 27. Rbb3 g5 28. Ra5 Bd8 29. Ra6 Ra8 30. Nb2 Rc6 31. Rb7+ Rc7 32. c6 Kg6 33. Rxc7 Bxc7 34. Nd3 Rc8 35. Bc5 Bxc6 36. Bxa7 Bd8 37. Nb4 Bd7 38. Rd6 Be7 39. Rxd7 Bxb4 40. Rb7 Rc4 41. Be3 h5 42. Ra7 Bc5 43. Bxc5 Rxc5 44. h3 Rc3 45. Ra8 Kg7 46. a4 Ra3 47. a5 e5 48. a6 Kh7 49. g4 h4 50. a7 Kg7 51. Ke1 Ra2 52. Kd1 Ra1+ 53. Kc2 Ra3 54. Kb2 Ra6 55. Kb3 Ra1 56. Kb4 Ra2 57. Kc5 Ra1 58. Kb6 Rb1+ 59. Kc6 Rc1+ 60. Kd6 Ra1 61. Rc8 Ra6+ 62. Rc6 Rxa7 63. Rc7+ Rxc7 64. Kxc7 Kf7 65. Kd7 Kg7 66. Ke6 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 Haute"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2025.05.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2025.05.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CB23_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Aix En Provence"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 c5 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 0-0 11. Ne1 Be7 12. Ne4 Rd8 13. Nd3 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bd7 15. Rb1 Na5 16. Bxb7 Nxb7 17. Rxb7 Ba4 18. Re1 Bf6 19. c4 Rdc8 20. c5 Bc6 21. Rb3 Be7 22. Be3 f6 23. f3 Kf7 24. Reb1 Rc7 25. Kf2 Rac8 26. Ra3 Be8 27. Rbb3 g5 28. Ra5 Bd8 29. Ra6 Ra8 30. Nb2 Rc6 31. Rb7+ Rc7 32. c6 Kg6 33. Rxc7 Bxc7 34. Nd3 Rc8 35. Bc5 Bxc6 36. Bxa7 Bd8 37. Nb4 Bd7 38. Rd6 Be7 39. Rxd7 Bxb4 40. Rb7 Rc4 41. Be3 h5 42. Ra7 Bc5 43. Bxc5 Rxc5 44. h3 Rc3 45. Ra8 Kg7 46. a4 Ra3 47. a5 e5 48. a6 Kh7 49. g4 h4 50. a7 Kg7 51. Ke1 Ra2 52. Kd1 Ra1+ 53. Kc2 Ra3 54. Kb2 Ra6 55. Kb3 Ra1 56. Kb4 Ra2 57. Kc5 Ra1 58. Kb6 Rb1+ 59. Kc6 Rc1+ 60. Kd6 Ra1 61. Rc8 Ra6+ 62. Rc6 Rxa7 63. Rc7+ Rxc7 64. Kxc7 Kf7 65. Kd7 Kg7 66. Ke6 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2025.05.28"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Bassini, Emile"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2025.05.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CB22_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bois Colombes"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 0-0 Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. a4 Be7 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bf1 e4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Rxe4 d5 11. Re1 Bg4 12. c3 d4 13. Bd3 0-0 14. Be4 Bd6 15. d3 h6 16. h3 Bh5 17. Qb3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Rb8 19. Bd2 Ne5 20. Be4 dxc3 21. bxc3 Nd7 22. d4 c5 23. a5 Bc7 24. Qa4 cxd4 25. cxd4 Nc5 26. dxc5 Qxd2 27. c6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2025.05.27"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2025.05.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CB22_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Metz Fischer"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 c6 6. Bc4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Qb6 8. Qe5+ Be7 9. 0-0 d6 10. Qg3 0-0 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qh3 e5 14. Qe6+ Rf7 15. a4 Re8 16. Qc4 Qd8 17. Rd1 Ng4 18. Rf1 Ref8 19. h3 Nxf2 20. Be3 Bh4 21. Bxf2 Bxf2+ 22. Rxf2 d5 23. exd5 Rxf2 24. dxc6+ R2f7 25. Nd5 bxc6 26. Qxc6 Kh8 27. Re1 Qh4 28. Qc3 Qf2+ 29. Kh2 Rf3 30. Qxe5 R3f5 31. Qe3 Qxc2 32. Qd4 Rf2 33. Ne3 Qxb2 34. Qxa7 Qd2 35. Rf1 Qd6+ 36. Kg1 Rxf1+ 37. Nxf1 Qd1 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2025.05.26"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2025.05.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CB22_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Tremblay en France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nc3 dxc4 8. e4 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 e5 11. dxe5 Nfd7 12. e6 fxe6 13. Be3 Ne5 14. Be2 Na6 15. f4 Nd3 16. e5 Nc7 17. b3 Nd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Qc2 Qd7 20. Bg4 Qf7 21. bxc4 dxc4 22. e6 Qe7 23. Qxc4 Bxa1 24. Rxa1 Rad8 25. Rb1 Rd5 26. h4 h5 27. Bh3 Rf6 28. Rb3 Nc5 29. Rc3 Nxe6 30. Bg2 Rd1+ 31. Kh2 Kh7 32. Bxa7 Ng7 33. Bc5 Qe6 34. Qa4 Rd2 35. Qb3 Qe2 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2025.05.25"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Narayanan, Sunilduth Lyna"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2025.05.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CB22_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mulhouse Philidor"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 Bb7 8. Bg2 Nxd5 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Qa4 Nf6 12. Nh4 0-0 13. Nf5 d5 14. Nc3 Nb4 15. a3 a5 16. Bg5 Bc6 17. Nxd5 Nfxd5 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Bxe7 Bxa4 20. axb4 Bxd1 21. Bxf8 Bb3 22. Bd6 cxb4 23. e4 Rd8 24. Be5 Ne7 25. Bc7 Rd2 26. Bxb6 a4 27. Bc5 Nc6 28. e5 Nd4 29. Bxb4 Rxb2 30. Bd6 h5 31. Be4 Re2 32. f3 g5 33. Bc5 Rd2 34. Bb4 Re2 35. Bc5 Rd2 36. Bb4 Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2025.05.24"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Dardha, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2025.05.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CB22_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Chartres"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 6. d4 Na5 7. Bd3 d6 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nf6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Qc2 Bd6 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. Nbd2 Bg4 14. h3 Be6 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. f4 Bc5 17. N2b3 Bb6 18. Kh2 Be6 19. Nxc6 Bxb3 20. axb3 bxc6 21. e5 Ng4+ 22. Kg3 Ne3 23. Bxe3 Bxe3 24. Rae1 Bb6 25. Bxh7+ Kh8 26. Bd3 Qe7 27. Qe2 Kg8 28. Qh5 g6 29. Qh6 Rfd8 30. Bc4 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2025.05.23"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Eugene, Floryan"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2025.05.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CB22_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Le Mans"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 a6 7. Be3 Qc7 8. Qd2 e6 9. 0-0-0 Be7 10. g4 Nd7 11. f4 b5 12. e5 Nxd4 13. exd6 Bxd6 14. Bg2 Rb8 15. Ne4 Bxf4 16. Qxd4 Be5 17. Qb4 Bb7 18. Rxd7 Qxd7 19. Nc5 Bd6 20. Nxd7 Bxb4 21. Nxb8 Bxg2 22. Rd1 Bd5 23. Nxa6 Ba5 24. Bc5 h5 25. g5 f6 26. gxf6 gxf6 27. Nb4 Bxb4 28. Bxb4 Rg8 29. Bc3 Ke7 30. Bd4 Rg2 31. Rd2 e5 32. Bc5+ Ke6 33. Rxg2 Bxg2 34. b3 f5 35. a4 bxa4 36. bxa4 f4 37. Kd2 Bf1 38. Ke1 Ba6 39. Kf2 e4 40. a5 Kf5 41. Bb6 Kg4 42. Bc5 h4 43. Kg2 Kf5 44. h3 e3 45. Be7 Bb7+ 46. Kf1 Ke4 47. Bxh4 Kf3 48. Bg5 Ba6+ 49. Ke1 Ke4 50. Bf6 f3 51. Bh4 Kf4 52. Bf2 exf2+ 53. Kxf2 Bb7 54. c4 Bc6 55. c5 Ba8 56. a6 Bc6 57. a7 Ba8 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2025.05.22"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Rathanvel, VS."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2025.05.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CB22_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Lyon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3 Be6 9. Qd2 h5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Be2 Bh4+ 13. g3 Be7 14. 0-0-0 Nd7 15. Kb1 Nf6 16. h3 Rc8 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Qc7 19. Nd2 Qa5 20. c4 Nd7 21. g4 b5 22. Rc1 bxc4 23. Nxc4 Qd8 24. f4 0-0 25. gxh5 exf4 26. Bxf4 Bg5 27. Bxg5 Qxg5 28. Nxd6 Rxc1+ 29. Rxc1 Qh6 30. Nf5 Qxh5 31. d6 g6 32. Ne7+ Kh7 33. a3 Qe5 34. Qxa6 Rb8 35. Rc2 Rb6 36. Qc4 Kg7 37. Nc8 Rb8 38. Qc3 Qxc3 39. Rxc3 Kf6 40. a4 Ke6 41. a5 Ra8 42. Re3+ Kd5 43. Re7 Rxc8 44. Rxd7 Ra8 45. Rxf7 Ke6 46. Re7+ Kxd6 47. Rg7 Rxa5 48. Rxg6+ Kd7 49. h4 Rh5 50. Rg4 Kc6 51. Kc2 Rh8 52. b4 Kb6 53. Kd3 Kb5 54. Ke3 Rh7 55. Kf3 Rh8 56. Rd4 Rf8+ 57. Kg4 Rg8+ 58. Kf5 Rf8+ 59. Kg6 Rg8+ 60. Kf7 Rh8 61. Kg7 Rh5 62. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 20th May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2025.05.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB22_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 b6 7. Ne5 c6 8. Nc3 Ba6 9. b3 Qc7 10. Ba3 d6 11. Nd3 Rd8 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. e4 e5 14. d5 c5 15. f4 exf4 16. gxf4 Nbd7 17. Bb2 a6 18. Ne2 Nh5 19. Bxg7 Nxg7 20. Ng3 Re8 21. Qd2 Re7 22. f5 Ne8 23. Qg5 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Qh4 Qe7 26. f6 Qd8 27. Kh1 Bc8 28. Rc2 b5 29. Rcf2 bxc4 30. bxc4 Rb8 31. Qh6 Qa5 32. Rf4 Qd2 33. R1f2 Rb1+ 34. Bf1 Qe3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 20th May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2025.05.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB22_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 0-0 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. 0-0 c5 8. d4 cxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Qh4 h6 12. Nbd2 g5 13. Nxg5 hxg5 14. Qxg5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qc7 16. Nf3 Qc6 17. Rd4 Ne5 18. Rh4 Ng6 19. Rd4 Nh7 20. Qh5 Bxd4 21. Bxd4 e5 22. Be3 Rad8 23. Kg1 d5 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Qxe5 dxc4 26. Rc1 Qe6 27. Qf4 cxb3 28. axb3 Rc8 29. Ra1 a5 30. Ra4 Rfd8 31. Qf3 Rd1+ 32. Kg2 Qd5 33. Rg4+ Kh8 34. Re4 f5 35. Re7 Qxf3+ 36. Kxf3 Rd6 37. Kf4 Kg8 38. Rb7 Nf6 39. Kxf5 Nd5 40. Ke5 Rcc6 41. Bg5 Nc3 42. Kf5 Rd5+ 43. Kg4 Nxe2 44. f4 Nd4 45. h4 Ne6 46. Bf6 Rc7 47. Rxb6 Kf7 48. Be5 Rcd7 49. h5 Nd4 50. h6 Kg8 51. Kh5 Kh7 52. Rb8 Rd8 53. Rb7+ R5d7 54. Rb6 Nf3 55. Bf6 Rf8 56. g4 Rd5+ 57. g5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 20th May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2837"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2025.05.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB22_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. g3 dxe4 5. dxe4 e5 6. Ngf3 Bc5 7. Bg2 Qe7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. c3 a5 10. Nc4 Nbd7 11. Qc2 b6 12. Ne3 Rd8 13. Nf5 Qe8 14. Bg5 Bb7 15. Rfe1 h6 16. Bh4 Bf8 17. Rad1 g6 18. Rxd7 Nxd7 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 20. Ne3 Nc5 21. Nd5 Nxe4 22. c4 f5 23. Rxe4 Rxd5 24. cxd5 fxe4 25. Qxe4 Bd6 26. Nh4 Kg7 27. Bf1 Qf7 28. Bg2 Qf6 29. a4 Bc8 30. Bf1 g5 31. Ng2 Bf5 32. Qc4 e4 33. Ne3 Bg6 34. b3 Bc5 35. Bg2 Qa1+ 36. Bf1 Qd4 37. Qxd4+ Bxd4 38. Bc4 Bxe3 39. fxe3 Kf6 40. Kf2 Ke5 41. Ke1 Bf5 42. Kd2 Bc8 43. Kc3 Bb7 44. b4 Bxd5 45. Be2 axb4+ 46. Kxb4 Kd6 47. Kb5 Be6 48. Kb4 Bd7 49. a5 c5+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 20th May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Eminov, Orkhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2239"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2025.05.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB22_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 e4 3. d3 e3 4. fxe3 d5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Qd2 Nc6 7. Nc3 Bc5 8. 0-0-0 Qe7 9. d4 Bb4 10. Qd3 0-0 11. Ng5 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 Ng4 13. Nf3 Nf2 14. Rg1 Nxd1 15. Kxd1 Re8 16. Bc1 Bf5 17. a3 Qe6 18. h3 Ne7 19. g4 Be4 20. Ng5 Qc6 21. Qxc6 Nxc6 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Bg2 Rad8 24. Rf1 Re7 25. Rf4 Rde8 26. c4 a5 27. Bd2 g6 28. d5 Ne5 29. Bxa5 c6 30. d6 Rd7 31. c5 f5 32. gxf5 gxf5 33. Rxf5 Ng6 34. Rg5 Kf7 35. Rg4 Re5 36. b4 Rd5+ 37. Kc2 Ne5 38. Rxe4 Ng6 39. h4 Re5 40. Rxe5 Nxe5 41. Bh3 Kf6 42. Bxd7 Nxd7 43. Bd8+ Kf5 44. Kd3 h5 45. Kd4 Ne5 46. e4+ Ke6 47. a4 Nf7 48. Bg5 Ne5 49. b5 Nf7 50. b6 Ne5 51. a5 Nd7 52. Bf4 Nb8 53. d7 Nxd7 54. a6 bxa6 55. b7 a5 56. b8Q Nxb8 57. Bxb8 a4 58. Kc3 Kf6 59. Kb2 Ke6 60. Ka3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 20th May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Ermolaev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2025.05.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB22_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. g3 0-0 6. Bg2 d5 7. 0-0 a5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Ne5 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. Na4 Bf5 13. Rc1 Qd6 14. d3 Rfc8 15. Nb6 e5 16. Qc2 Nd7 17. Nxa8 Rxa8 18. Qxc6 Qxc6 19. Rxc6 Be6 20. Rfc1 Bf8 21. Rc8 Ra6 22. R1c6 Ra7 23. R6c7 Ra6 24. Ba3 Kg7 25. Bxf8+ Nxf8 26. Rd8 a4 27. Bxd5 axb3 28. axb3 Bh3 29. Rxf7+ Kh6 30. f4 exf4 31. gxf4 Ne6 32. Bxe6 Bxe6 33. Re7 Bxb3 34. Rdd7 Kh5 35. Rxh7+ Kg4 36. Kf2 Kxf4 37. Rd4+ Kg5 38. h4+ Kf6 39. Rb4 Be6 40. Rf4+ Ke5 41. Ke3 Bf5 42. Rb7 Ra2 43. Rb5+ Kf6 44. h5 Kg5 45. hxg6 Rxe2+ 46. Kxe2 Kxf4 47. Rxf5+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 20th May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Ozates, Tuna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2217"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2025.05.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB22_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 Be7 6. d5 0-0 7. h3 Nc5 8. Qc2 a5 9. Be3 b6 10. Be2 Ne8 11. Nd2 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nde4 Nf6 14. Bxc5 bxc5 15. Nxf6+ Rxf6 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Rf4 18. Ne4 a4 19. g3 Rf8 20. 0-0 Rb8 21. Rab1 Qe8 22. Kg2 Qg6 23. b3 axb3 24. Rxb3 Rxb3 25. axb3 Ra8 26. Rb1 h5 27. b4 cxb4 28. Rxb4 h4 29. g4 Bg5 30. Rb7 Rc8 31. c5 Bf4 32. cxd6 cxd6 33. Rd7 Qe8 34. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 20th May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Shubenkova, Veronika"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2024"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2025.05.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB22_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 c6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 d5 5. e3 e6 6. a3 Bd6 7. c4 Ne4 8. Nbd2 f5 9. Ne5 0-0 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. 0-0 Qf6 12. f4 Qh6 13. b5 Ndf6 14. h3 Bd7 15. Rc1 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Ne4 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Bd4 Rf7 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. a4 Qh4 22. Rc7 Be8 23. Rfc1 Qd8 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. Qb4 Rc8 26. Rxc8 Qxc8 27. Bxa7 Qc7 28. Bd4 Bd7 29. Qd6 Qxd6 30. exd6 g6 31. Kf2 Ke8 32. Ke1 Kd8 33. Kd2 Kc8 34. Kc3 Be8 35. Kb4 Kd7 36. Kc5 h5 37. Kb6 Kc8 38. a5 Bd7 39. h4 Kb8 40. g3 Be8 41. a6 Bd7 42. axb7 Be8 43. d7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 20th May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nalbandyan, Vahan"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2025.05.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB22_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nf3 d6 6. exd6 Bxd6 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. Re1 0-0 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 b6 11. Bxd5 exd5 12. Nc3 h6 13. Ne5 Ne7 14. Bf4 Be6 15. Qf3 Rc8 16. Rac1 a6 17. Red1 Nf5 18. h3 b5 19. g4 Nh4 20. Qe2 Re8 21. Bg3 Ng6 22. Nxg6 Bxg3 23. fxg3 fxg6 24. Qd3 Qg5 25. Ne2 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 h5 27. Nf4 Bf7 28. gxh5 gxh5 29. h4 Qg4 30. Kf2 Re4 31. Re1 Rxf4+ 32. gxf4 Qxf4+ 33. Ke2 Qxh4 34. Kd2 Qf4+ 35. Kc3 Qc7+ 36. Kd2 g6 37. Re5 Qd6 38. Qf3 Kg7 39. Qf4 Qb4+ 40. Ke3 Qxb2 41. Re7 Qc1+ 42. Kf3 Qf1+ 43. Kg3 Qxf4+ 44. Kxf4 Kf6 45. Ra7 g5+ 46. Kg3 Be6 47. Rxa6 h4+ 48. Kf3 g4+ 49. Kf4 g3 50. Ra8 g2 51. Rf8+ Bf7 52. Rb8 g1Q 53. Rb6+ Kg7 54. Ke5 Qg3+ 55. Kf5 Qf3+ 56. Ke5 Qe4+ 57. Kd6 Qxd4 58. Rxb5 Qf6+ 59. Kc5 Qe7+ 60. Kd4 Qa7+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 20th May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2025.05.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB22_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 c6 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 Bd6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Bg3 Bxg3 13. hxg3 Ne8 14. b4 Nd6 15. a4 b5 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Rc8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra6 Nf6 21. Bxc6 Qd6 22. Qc5 Rfd8 23. Qxd6 Rxd6 24. Bxb5 Rxa6 25. Bxa6 Rb8 26. b5 Nd5 27. Rc1 Nb4 28. Ne5 Rb6 29. Bc8 Rxb5 30. Bxe6 fxe6 31. Rb1 Rb6 32. Nc4 Rb8 33. Ne5 Nc6 34. Rxb8+ Nxb8 35. f3 Na6 36. Kf2 Nb4 37. Ke3 Kf8 38. Ke4 Ke7 39. Nd3 Nc6 40. Nf4 Na5 41. Kd3 Kf6 42. g4 Nc6 43. Kc4 Nd8 44. Kc5 g5 45. Nd3 Ke7 46. Ne5 Nb7+ 47. Kc6 Na5+ 48. Kc7 Nb3 49. Nc6+ Kf6 50. Kd6 Nd2 51. Nd8 Nc4+ 52. Kd7 Ne3 53. Nxe6 Nxg2 54. d5 Ne1 55. Nd4 Ke5 56. d6 Nd3 57. Ke7 Nc5 58. Ne2 Kd5 59. Nc3+ Ke5 60. Ne4 Nb7 61. d7 Kf4 62. Nc5 Na5 63. Kd6 1-0

[Event "Chess.com Classic Play In"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2025.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB21_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 b6 7. Nbd2 Nh6 8. Nc4 f6 9. Be3 Nf7 10. a4 e5 11. a5 Rb8 12. axb6 axb6 13. Ra7 Be6 14. Qa1 0-0 15. 0-0 f5 16. Qa6 f4 17. Bd2 Ng5 18. Rxg7+ Kxg7 19. Ncxe5 Nxf3+ 20. Nxf3 Rf7 21. Ne5 Qc7 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. f3 g5 24. Ra1 Kg6 25. Bc3 Qd7 26. Be5 Rb7 27. Qa8 Bxh3 28. Qg8+ Kh5 29. Kf2 Qe6 30. Qh8 g4 31. Rh1 Kg6 32. gxh3 g3+ 33. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Chess.com Classic Play In"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2025.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB21_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 a6 7. Be3 Bg4 8. c5 g6 9. a3 Bg7 10. Be2 0-0 11. 0-0 Ne4 12. Rb1 e6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 f5 15. Ne2 g5 16. b4 f4 17. Bc1 e5 18. Bb2 Nxf2 19. Rxf2 e4 20. Bg4 Qe8 21. Nc3 Rd8 22. Bh5 Qe7 23. Ne2 Qf6 24. a4 Nxb4 25. Ba3 Nd3 26. Rf1 Qh6 27. Bg4 Qg6 28. c6 bxc6 29. Bxf8 Rxf8 30. Nc1 Bxd4+ 31. Kh2 Be3 32. Nxd3 exd3 33. Rb7 Rf7 34. Bh5 Qxh5 35. Qxh5 Rxb7 36. Qxg5+ 1-0

[Event "Chess.com Classic Play In"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Gharibyan, Mamikon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2025.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB21_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. a3 d5 3. Bb2 Bd6 4. e3 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. Nf3 Qe7 7. Nc3 0-0 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Nb5 Nc6 10. Nxd6 Qxd6 11. b5 e4 12. bxc6 exf3 13. cxb7 fxg2 14. Bxg2 Bxb7 15. Rg1 Qxh2 16. Kf1 Qh4 17. d3 Ng4 18. Qe2 Ba6 19. Rd1 h5 20. Bf3 Rab8 21. Bxg7 Bxd3 22. Bxg4 Bxe2+ 23. Bxe2 Qh3+ 24. Ke1 Qh2 25. Rg5 f6 26. Bxf6+ Kf7 27. Be5 Qh1+ 28. Kd2 Qe4 29. Bxh5+ Ke7 30. Rg7+ Ke6 31. f4 Rbc8 32. Bg4+ Rf5 33. Bxf5+ Qxf5 34. Rdg1 Rc2+ 35. Ke1 Qd3 0-1

[Event "Chess.com Classic Play In"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2025.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB21_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. Re1 0-0 8. c3 e5 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Nc4 d6 11. a3 a5 12. a4 Be6 13. b3 Qc7 14. Be3 Rad8 15. Qc1 Kh7 16. Ra2 b6 17. Rae2 d5 18. exd5 Rxd5 19. Rd1 Rfd8 20. Ne1 R5d7 21. h3 Nd5 22. Bd2 f5 23. Nf3 e4 24. Nh4 Bf7 25. dxe4 Nxc3 26. Ree1 Nxd1 27. exf5 g5 28. Bxg5 hxg5 29. Nf3 Bh6 30. Nxg5+ Kg8 31. h4 Nb4 32. Ne5 Nd3 33. Qxd1 Nxe5 0-1

[Event "Chess.com Classic Play In"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Pakleza, Zbigniew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2025.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB21_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Qa5 12. Rd1 a6 13. Bd2 Qh5 14. Rac1 Rfd8 15. h3 c5 16. Be3 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Ne5 18. Qe2 Qxe2 19. Ncxe2 Rac8 20. b3 Ne4 21. f3 Nc5 22. f4 Ned3 23. Rb1 e5 24. Nf5 Bf8 25. fxe5 Nxe5 26. Nc3 f6 27. Nd5 Kf7 28. Nb6 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Rc6 30. Nd5 g6 31. Nd4 Rc8 32. g4 Ne6 33. Rf1 Nd7 34. Kg2 Bd6 35. a4 Re8 36. a5 Nc7 37. Nxf6 Nxf6 38. Bg5 Kg8 39. Bxf6 Bb4 40. Nf3 Ne6 41. Rd1 Nc5 42. g5 Bxa5 43. Ne5 Bc7 44. Ng4 a5 45. Rf1 Re2+ 46. Kf3 Re6 47. Rb1 Ne4 48. Rd1 Nc5 49. Rd5 b6 50. Bd4 Nxb3 51. Nf6+ Kf7 52. Be3 Re7 0-1

[Event "Chess.com Classic Play In"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Tsydypov, Zhamsaran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2025.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB21_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. 0-0 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nb4 11. Be4 Bd7 12. Nc3 Bc6 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Ne4 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 N4d5 16. Bd2 h6 17. Rac1 Rc8 18. Nd4 Kd7 19. Rc2 f5 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Rdc1 f5 22. Nc5+ Bxc5 23. Rxc5 Na4 24. Ra5 Nxb2 25. Rxa7+ Rc7 26. Rxc7+ Nxc7 27. Nxc6 Ra8 28. Ne5+ Kd6 29. Nf7+ Kd7 30. Ne5+ Kd6 31. Bf4 Nd5 32. Rc6+ Ke7 33. Bxh6 Kf6 34. Nf3 Rxa2 35. Bg5+ Kg7 36. Rxe6 Nd3 37. Bd2 Ra1+ 38. Be1 Nc3 39. Re3 Rd1 40. Kf1 Nd5 41. Re6 N5f4 42. Rd6 Nxf2 43. Rxd1 Nxd1 44. Bd2 Nd5 45. Ke2 Nb2 46. Nd4 Kf6 47. Kf3 Nd3 48. g3 Ne5+ 49. Kg2 Nc4 50. Bc1 Kg6 51. Ne2 Ncb6 52. Bf4 Nd7 53. Kf3 N7f6 54. Be5 Ng4 55. Nf4+ Nxf4 56. Bxf4 Nxh2+ 57. Kg2 Ng4 58. Kf3 Nf6 59. Kg2 Ng4 60. Kf3 Nf6 61. Kg2 Ng4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess.com Classic Play In"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mitrabha, Guha"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2025.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB21_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. b4 Bg7 5. e3 0-0 6. Be2 a5 7. b5 c5 8. bxc6 bxc6 9. 0-0 a4 10. Ba3 Re8 11. Rb1 Bf5 12. Rb7 Nbd7 13. c4 Qc8 14. Rb2 c5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Bc4 Nc3 17. Qc1 cxd4 18. exd4 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Chess.com Classic Play In"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Santos Ruiz, Miguel"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2025.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB21_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 d5 6. e3 0-0 7. Qc2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 a6 9. 0-0 Qe7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. f4 b5 13. Bd3 g6 14. a3 Bc5 15. Ne4 Bb6 16. Rf3 Bb7 17. Rh3 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Rad8 19. Bb4 c5 20. Be1 c4 21. Bh4 Bxe3+ 22. Kh1 Qc5 23. Bg5 Nxe5 24. Bxd8 Ng4 25. Bh4 Bxf4 26. Qe2 h5 27. Rf1 Bg5 28. Bxg5 Qxg5 29. Rhf3 Qe5 30. g3 f5 31. Qc2 Rb8 32. Bc6 Qd6 0-1

[Event "Chess.com Classic Play In"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sharapov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2025.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB21_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. e3 0-0 8. d4 Rb8 9. d5 Na5 10. Nd2 a6 11. a4 Bd7 12. Qc2 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. cxb5 Bxb5 15. Nxb5 Rxb5 16. Ra2 Qb6 17. Qa4 Ra8 18. Rd1 Rb4 19. Qc2 Rb8 20. Nb1 Nb3 21. Nc3 Nd7 22. f4 Nxc1 23. Qxc1 c4 24. Kh1 Nc5 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 c3 27. Bb1 cxb2 28. Qd2 Rc8 29. Ra3 Rbc4 30. Rd3 Rc1 31. Qe2 Qb5 32. Qf1 R8c3 33. Kg2 Rxb1 34. Rxc3 Qxf1+ 0-1

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2025.05.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Pranav, Anand"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2025.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CB21_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3 Be6 9. Qd2 h5 10. 0-0-0 Nbd7 11. h3 h4 12. Kb1 Rc8 13. f4 b5 14. Bd3 0-0 15. Rhg1 Nb6 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Qf2 Nfd7 18. Nd5 Nc4 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Bc1 a5 21. g3 a4 22. Nd2 Qb4 23. Nxc4 bxc4 24. c3 Qc5 25. Qxc5 Nxc5 26. Bc2 f5 27. exf5 Bxf5 28. Bxf5 Rxf5 29. gxh4 Nd3 30. Rg4 Rf2 31. Rdg1 Rc7 32. h5 a3 33. b4 cxb3 34. axb3 Nxc1 35. Rxc1 Rb2+ 36. Ka1 Rxb3 37. h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2025.05.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Harshavardhan, GB."]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2025.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CB21_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 e6 6. d4 d6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. Nbd2 0-0 11. Qe2 Nf4 12. Qe4 Ng6 13. Nb3 Qd6 14. Be3 b6 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Bb5 Bb7 17. Qc4 Rfc8 18. Ba6 Nce5 19. Nxe5 Qxc4 20. Bxc4 Nxe5 21. Be2 Bd5 22. Nd2 Bf6 23. Bd4 a5 24. b3 Nd7 25. Bxf6 Nxf6 26. c4 Bc6 27. Bf3 Kf8 28. Bxc6 Rxc6 29. Nf3 Ke7 30. Rd4 Rc5 31. Re1 Rac8 32. Ne5 R8c7 33. f4 b5 34. Nd3 Rh5 35. h3 bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2025.05.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Lobanov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2025.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CB21_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. 0-0 c6 7. a4 b6 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. Qxc4 c5 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. Rd1 Be7 12. Ne5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 0-0 14. Bf4 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Nxe5 16. Qxe5 Qe8 17. Qb5 Rc6 18. Qa6 Qa8 19. Kg1 h6 20. Nb5 Rc2 21. Qxa7 Qxa7 22. Nxa7 Ra8 23. Nb5 Rxb2 24. Kf1 Rb4 25. Bd6 Bxd6 26. Nxd6 Rbxa4 27. Rxa4 Rxa4 28. Rc1 Ra8 29. Rc7 Ne8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2025.05.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Daneshvar, Bardiya"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2025.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CB21_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Qe2 0-0 10. Nc3 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. Re1 Bb7 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Nxe5 17. Qxe5 Qxe5 18. Rxe5 f6 19. Rxe6 fxg5 20. Bc4 Kh8 21. Re7 Bc6 22. Rae1 Rfe8 23. f3 g6 24. Kf2 Rad8 25. Rc7 Rxe1 26. Kxe1 Bd5 27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28. Rxa7 Rb5 29. Rd7 Rc5 30. Rd3 Rc4 31. Kd1 Ra4 32. Rd2 Kg7 33. Rb2 g4 34. fxg4 Rxg4 35. g3 Ra4 36. Kc2 Kf7 37. Kb3 Re4 38. Ka3 Rc4 39. Rxb6 Rxc3+ 40. Kb2 Rc7 41. a4 Ke8 42. Ka3 Kd8 43. a5 Rc1 44. a6 Ra1+ 45. Kb4 Kc7 46. Rf6 Kb8 47. Kc5 Rc1+ 48. Kd6 Rd1+ 49. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2025.05.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Grebnev, Aleksey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2025.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CB21_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Bd3 dxe4 7. Bxe4 Bd6 8. d4 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Qxd4 0-0 11. Bd2 Qh4 12. g3 Qg4 13. h3 Qe6 14. Bc3 Qh6 15. Bd2 Qe6 16. Bc3 Qh6 17. h4 f5 18. Bd5+ Be6 19. f4 c6 20. Qxg7+ Qxg7 21. Bxe6+ Qf7 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. h5 Rfe8+ 24. Kf1 Rad8 25. Rd1 Bf8 26. Kg2 b5 27. Kf3 Bc5 28. Be5 a5 29. g4 fxg4+ 30. Kxg4 Ke6 31. Rhe1 Rg8+ 32. Kf3 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Be7 34. b3 a4 35. bxa4 bxa4 36. Rb1 a3 37. Ke4 Rg2 38. f5+ Kf7 39. Rb7 Re2+ 40. Kf4 Rf2+ 41. Ke3 Rxf5 42. Bd6 Ke6 43. Bxe7 Rf7 44. Kd4 Rxe7 45. Rxe7+ Kxe7 46. Kc5 Kf6 47. Kxc6 Kg5 48. c4 Kxh5 49. c5 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch Blitz"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2025.05.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ganerdene, Sugar"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2025.05.10"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CB20_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 Bc5 7. Nd6+ Ke7 8. Nxc8+ Rxc8 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. 0-0 h5 11. Bg5 Kf8 12. Qf3 Ng4 13. Bf4 Nce5 14. Qg3 g5 15. Bxg5 Rg8 16. Bf4 Nxf2 17. Bh6+ Ke7 18. Bg5+ Ke8 19. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 20. Qxf2 Rxg5 21. Nb5 Qc5 22. Nd4 Ng4 0-1

[Event "Asia-ch Blitz"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2025.05.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ganerdene, Sugar"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2025.05.10"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CB20_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 Bc5 7. Nd6+ Ke7 8. Nxc8+ Rxc8 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. 0-0 h5 11. Bg5 Kf8 12. Qf3 Ng4 13. Bf4 Nce5 14. Qg3 g5 15. Bxg5 Rg8 16. Bf4 Nxf2 17. Bh6+ Ke7 18. Bg5+ Ke8 19. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 20. Qxf2 Rxg5 21. Nb5 Qc5 22. Nd4 Ng4 0-1

[Event "Asia-ch Blitz"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2025.05.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Ilamparthi, AR."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2025.05.10"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CB20_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. d4 c5 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. c4 e5 10. Nf3 e4 11. Nd4 e3 12. f4 dxc4 13. Nb5 Qb6 14. N1a3 Rd8 15. Bd4 Qa5 16. Qe1 Qxe1 17. Raxe1 Nc6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nxc4 Nd4 20. Nc7 Rb8 21. Nxe3 Bg7 22. Kf2 Bd7 23. Rc1 a5 24. Rfd1 a4 25. b4 a3 26. Rd3 Bc6 27. Ncd5 Bb5 28. Rd2 Kf8 29. Rcd1 Nc6 30. Nc7 Rxd2 31. Rxd2 Ba4 32. b5 Nb4 33. Ned5 Nxd5 34. Bxd5 b6 35. Bc4 Rc8 36. Rd7 Kg8 37. Rxf7 Kh8 38. Kf3 Bc2 39. g4 Bf8 40. Rd7 Bb1 41. Bb3 Bc5 42. e4 Rf8 43. Ne6 Rc8 44. Nxc5 Rxc5 45. e5 Rc3+ 46. Ke2 Bc2 47. Bd5 Ba4 48. Rd8+ Kg7 49. g5 Bxb5+ 50. Kd2 Rd3+ 51. Kc2 h6 52. e6 hxg5 53. fxg5 Rd4 54. Kc3 Rd3+ 55. Kb4 Be8 56. e7 Rd2 57. Bb3 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch Blitz"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2025.05.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Ilamparthi, AR."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2025.05.10"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CB20_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. d4 c5 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. c4 e5 10. Nf3 e4 11. Nd4 e3 12. f4 dxc4 13. Nb5 Qb6 14. N1a3 Rd8 15. Bd4 Qa5 16. Qe1 Qxe1 17. Raxe1 Nc6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nxc4 Nd4 20. Nc7 Rb8 21. Nxe3 Bg7 22. Kf2 Bd7 23. Rc1 a5 24. Rfd1 a4 25. b4 a3 26. Rd3 Bc6 27. Ncd5 Bb5 28. Rd2 Kf8 29. Rcd1 Nc6 30. Nc7 Rxd2 31. Rxd2 Ba4 32. b5 Nb4 33. Ned5 Nxd5 34. Bxd5 b6 35. Bc4 Rc8 36. Rd7 Kg8 37. Rxf7 Kh8 38. Kf3 Bc2 39. g4 Bf8 40. Rd7 Bb1 41. Bb3 Bc5 42. e4 Rf8 43. Ne6 Rc8 44. Nxc5 Rxc5 45. e5 Rc3+ 46. Ke2 Bc2 47. Bd5 Ba4 48. Rd8+ Kg7 49. g5 Bxb5+ 50. Kd2 Rd3+ 51. Kc2 h6 52. e6 hxg5 53. fxg5 Rd4 54. Kc3 Rd3+ 55. Kb4 Be8 56. e7 Rd2 57. Bb3 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch Blitz"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2025.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Movahed, Sina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2025.05.10"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CB20_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 0-0 5. d4 d6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. h3 Re8 11. Re1 h6 12. b3 a5 13. Rb1 c6 14. a3 Ne6 15. Be3 Ng5 16. Bxg5 hxg5 17. Qd2 g4 18. h4 Nd7 19. Nde2 Ne5 20. Red1 Be6 21. Nf4 Bf8 22. h5 Qf6 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Nxe6 Rxe6 25. Ne2 Qf7 26. Nd4 Rf6 27. Rf1 Be7 28. Qe2 Rf8 29. Rbc1 Kg7 30. Rc3 c5 31. Nc2 Rh8 32. Qd1 g5 33. Ne3 Nf3+ 34. Bxf3 gxf3 35. Nf5+ Rxf5 0-1

[Event "Asia-ch Blitz"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2025.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Movahed, Sina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2025.05.10"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CB20_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 0-0 5. d4 d6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. h3 Re8 11. Re1 h6 12. b3 a5 13. Rb1 c6 14. a3 Ne6 15. Be3 Ng5 16. Bxg5 hxg5 17. Qd2 g4 18. h4 Nd7 19. Nde2 Ne5 20. Red1 Be6 21. Nf4 Bf8 22. h5 Qf6 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Nxe6 Rxe6 25. Ne2 Qf7 26. Nd4 Rf6 27. Rf1 Be7 28. Qe2 Rf8 29. Rbc1 Kg7 30. Rc3 c5 31. Nc2 Rh8 32. Qd1 g5 33. Ne3 Nf3+ 34. Bxf3 gxf3 35. Nf5+ Rxf5 0-1

[Event "Asia-ch Blitz"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2025.05.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Pranesh, Munirethinam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2025.05.10"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CB20_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. 0-0 e6 5. c4 c6 6. d3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3 Bg6 9. Bf4 Be7 10. Nb5 0-0 11. Bc7 Qc8 12. Rc1 Ne8 13. Qd2 a6 14. Nd6 Nxd6 15. Bxd6 Qd8 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Rc7 Rab8 18. Rfc1 Qd6 19. a3 Rfd8 20. Qf4 e5 21. Qb4 Qxb4 22. axb4 e4 23. dxe4 dxe4 24. Nh4 Nf6 25. Nxg6 hxg6 26. e3 Rd2 27. Bf1 b5 28. R1c6 Ng4 29. Rxa6 Rxb2 30. Raa7 Ne5 31. Rab7 Rd8 32. Rxb5 Nf3+ 33. Kg2 Rdd2 34. Bc4 Rxf2+ 35. Kh3 Kh7 36. Bxf7 Rxh2+ 37. Kg4 Rbg2 38. Kf4 Nd2 39. Rb6 Rf2+ 40. Ke5 Rf5+ 41. Kd4 Nf3+ 42. Kc3 Ne5 43. Bd5 Rg5 44. Bxe4 Rxg3 45. Kd4 Rg5 46. Rbb7 Rd2+ 47. Kc3 Rd8 48. Rxg7+ Kh8 49. Rh7+ Kg8 50. Rbg7+ Kf8 51. Rc7 Kg8 52. Rhg7+ Kh8 53. Rge7 Ng4 54. Bd3 Nf6 55. Bc4 Rg3 56. b5 g5 57. b6 Rg1 58. b7 Rc1+ 59. Kb2 Rcd1 60. Rc8 R1d2+ 61. Kc3 Ne4+ 62. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch Blitz"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2025.05.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Pranesh, Munirethinam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2025.05.10"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CB20_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. 0-0 e6 5. c4 c6 6. d3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3 Bg6 9. Bf4 Be7 10. Nb5 0-0 11. Bc7 Qc8 12. Rc1 Ne8 13. Qd2 a6 14. Nd6 Nxd6 15. Bxd6 Qd8 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Rc7 Rab8 18. Rfc1 Qd6 19. a3 Rfd8 20. Qf4 e5 21. Qb4 Qxb4 22. axb4 e4 23. dxe4 dxe4 24. Nh4 Nf6 25. Nxg6 hxg6 26. e3 Rd2 27. Bf1 b5 28. R1c6 Ng4 29. Rxa6 Rxb2 30. Raa7 Ne5 31. Rab7 Rd8 32. Rxb5 Nf3+ 33. Kg2 Rdd2 34. Bc4 Rxf2+ 35. Kh3 Kh7 36. Bxf7 Rxh2+ 37. Kg4 Rbg2 38. Kf4 Nd2 39. Rb6 Rf2+ 40. Ke5 Rf5+ 41. Kd4 Nf3+ 42. Kc3 Ne5 43. Bd5 Rg5 44. Bxe4 Rxg3 45. Kd4 Rg5 46. Rbb7 Rd2+ 47. Kc3 Rd8 48. Rxg7+ Kh8 49. Rh7+ Kg8 50. Rbg7+ Kf8 51. Rc7 Kg8 52. Rhg7+ Kh8 53. Rge7 Ng4 54. Bd3 Nf6 55. Bc4 Rg3 56. b5 g5 57. b6 Rg1 58. b7 Rc1+ 59. Kb2 Rcd1 60. Rc8 R1d2+ 61. Kc3 Ne4+ 62. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch Blitz"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2025.05.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Saravana, Krishnan P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2231"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2025.05.10"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CB20_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Bg6 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. Qe2 Be7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bxe4 12. Qxe4 0-0 13. Be3 a5 14. Rfd1 a4 15. Qc2 Qa5 16. h3 Rfd8 17. Rd3 Rac8 18. Rad1 b5 19. b3 axb3 20. axb3 g6 21. Qc1 bxc4 22. bxc4 Qa4 23. Bg5 Bxg5 24. Nxg5 Nb6 25. Qf4 Qa7 26. Qh4 f5 27. Nxe6 Re8 28. d5 cxd5 29. cxd5 Rc2 30. d6 Rxe6 31. d7 Nxd7 32. Rxd7 Re1+ 33. Kh2 Qb8+ 34. f4 Rxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Qb2+ 36. R1d2 Re2+ 37. Rxe2 Qxe2+ 38. Qf2 Qe4+ 39. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch Blitz"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2025.05.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Saravana, Krishnan P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2231"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2025.05.10"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CB20_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Bg6 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. Qe2 Be7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bxe4 12. Qxe4 0-0 13. Be3 a5 14. Rfd1 a4 15. Qc2 Qa5 16. h3 Rfd8 17. Rd3 Rac8 18. Rad1 b5 19. b3 axb3 20. axb3 g6 21. Qc1 bxc4 22. bxc4 Qa4 23. Bg5 Bxg5 24. Nxg5 Nb6 25. Qf4 Qa7 26. Qh4 f5 27. Nxe6 Re8 28. d5 cxd5 29. cxd5 Rc2 30. d6 Rxe6 31. d7 Nxd7 32. Rxd7 Re1+ 33. Kh2 Qb8+ 34. f4 Rxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Qb2+ 36. R1d2 Re2+ 37. Rxe2 Qxe2+ 38. Qf2 Qe4+ 39. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch Blitz"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2025.05.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "280"]
[EventDate "2025.05.10"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CB20_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 d6 4. Bb2 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. e3 0-0 7. Nc3 c5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. 0-0 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 d5 12. Rfd1 Ne4 13. Qxg7+ Kxg7 14. Nxe4+ f6 15. Nc3 Bd7 16. cxd5 e5 17. a4 Rc8 18. Bc4 a6 19. a5 Bb5 20. Nxb5 axb5 21. Bxb5 Rc5 22. Bc4 Rxa5 23. Rac1 Ra2 24. Bc3 Qd6 25. h3 Rc8 26. Be1 h5 27. Ra1 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 b5 29. Bxb5 Qxd5 30. Bc4 Qb7 31. Bc3 Qd7 32. Bb4 g5 33. Ra6 h4 34. Rd6 Qa7 35. Rd1 Qb6 36. Be7 Qc7 37. Bb4 Rd8 38. Ra1 Kg6 39. Ba5 Qa7 40. Bc3 Qb7 41. Rc1 Qe4 42. Ra1 Qc2 43. Bb4 Rd1+ 44. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 45. Bf1 Qxb3 46. Bc5 Qb1 47. f3 Qe1 48. e4 Kf7 49. Bf2 Qc1 50. Bb6 Ke6 51. Ba7 Kd7 52. Kf2 Qb2+ 53. Be2 Kc6 54. Be3 Kb7 55. Bc5 Qa2 56. Be3 Kc6 57. Kf1 Qb1+ 58. Kf2 Kd6 59. Ba7 Qa2 60. Bb6 Qb2 61. Ba7 Ke6 62. Be3 Kf7 63. Bc5 Kg6 64. Be3 f5 65. exf5+ Kxf5 66. Kf1 Qb1+ 67. Kf2 e4 68. fxe4+ Qxe4 69. Bf3 Qb1 70. Ke2 Ke6 71. Kf2 Kf6 72. Ke2 Qc2+ 73. Kf1 Kf5 74. Ke1 Kg6 75. Kf1 Kf6 76. Ke1 Qb2 77. Kf1 Qa2 78. Ke1 Qa5+ 79. Ke2 Ke6 80. Kf2 Qe5 81. Ke2 Qb2+ 82. Ke1 Qc3+ 83. Ke2 Qc2+ 84. Ke1 Kf5 85. Kf1 Qd3+ 86. Kf2 Qc2+ 87. Kf1 Qa2 88. Ke1 Qa1+ 89. Kf2 Qb2+ 90. Kf1 Kf6 91. Ke1 Qa2 92. Kf1 Qb2 93. Ke1 Ke6 94. Kf1 Kf5 95. Ke1 Qb8 96. Kf1 Kg6 97. Be4+ Kf6 98. Bf3 Qg3 99. Ke2 Ke5 100. Bf2 Qf4 101. Be3 Qa4 102. Kf2 Kf5 103. Ke2 Qc2+ 104. Ke1 Qc3+ 105. Ke2 Qb3 106. Kf2 Qb2+ 107. Kf1 Qb1+ 108. Kf2 Kg6 109. Ke2 Qh1 110. Be4+ Kh6 111. Bf3 Qh2 112. Kf1 Kg6 113. Ke1 Kf6 114. Kf1 Qh1+ 115. Kf2 Kf5 116. Ke2 Qh2 117. Kf2 Kf6 118. Kf1 Kg6 119. Be4+ Kg7 120. Bf3 Qe5 121. Kf2 Kg6 122. Ke2 Qh2 123. Kf1 Qd6 124. Kf2 Qd3 125. Be2 Qc2 126. Kf1 Qb1+ 127. Kf2 Qb2 128. Kf1 Qa3 129. Kf2 Kf5 130. Bf3 Qb2+ 131. Ke1 Qc3+ 132. Ke2 Qc2+ 133. Ke1 Kg6 134. Kf1 Qd3+ 135. Kf2 Qc2+ 136. Kf1 Qb2 137. Ke1 Qc3+ 138. Ke2 Qe5 139. Kf2 Qg3+ 140. Ke2 Qh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia-ch Blitz"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2025.05.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "280"]
[EventDate "2025.05.10"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CB20_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 d6 4. Bb2 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. e3 0-0 7. Nc3 c5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. 0-0 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 d5 12. Rfd1 Ne4 13. Qxg7+ Kxg7 14. Nxe4+ f6 15. Nc3 Bd7 16. cxd5 e5 17. a4 Rc8 18. Bc4 a6 19. a5 Bb5 20. Nxb5 axb5 21. Bxb5 Rc5 22. Bc4 Rxa5 23. Rac1 Ra2 24. Bc3 Qd6 25. h3 Rc8 26. Be1 h5 27. Ra1 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 b5 29. Bxb5 Qxd5 30. Bc4 Qb7 31. Bc3 Qd7 32. Bb4 g5 33. Ra6 h4 34. Rd6 Qa7 35. Rd1 Qb6 36. Be7 Qc7 37. Bb4 Rd8 38. Ra1 Kg6 39. Ba5 Qa7 40. Bc3 Qb7 41. Rc1 Qe4 42. Ra1 Qc2 43. Bb4 Rd1+ 44. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 45. Bf1 Qxb3 46. Bc5 Qb1 47. f3 Qe1 48. e4 Kf7 49. Bf2 Qc1 50. Bb6 Ke6 51. Ba7 Kd7 52. Kf2 Qb2+ 53. Be2 Kc6 54. Be3 Kb7 55. Bc5 Qa2 56. Be3 Kc6 57. Kf1 Qb1+ 58. Kf2 Kd6 59. Ba7 Qa2 60. Bb6 Qb2 61. Ba7 Ke6 62. Be3 Kf7 63. Bc5 Kg6 64. Be3 f5 65. exf5+ Kxf5 66. Kf1 Qb1+ 67. Kf2 e4 68. fxe4+ Qxe4 69. Bf3 Qb1 70. Ke2 Ke6 71. Kf2 Kf6 72. Ke2 Qc2+ 73. Kf1 Kf5 74. Ke1 Kg6 75. Kf1 Kf6 76. Ke1 Qb2 77. Kf1 Qa2 78. Ke1 Qa5+ 79. Ke2 Ke6 80. Kf2 Qe5 81. Ke2 Qb2+ 82. Ke1 Qc3+ 83. Ke2 Qc2+ 84. Ke1 Kf5 85. Kf1 Qd3+ 86. Kf2 Qc2+ 87. Kf1 Qa2 88. Ke1 Qa1+ 89. Kf2 Qb2+ 90. Kf1 Kf6 91. Ke1 Qa2 92. Kf1 Qb2 93. Ke1 Ke6 94. Kf1 Kf5 95. Ke1 Qb8 96. Kf1 Kg6 97. Be4+ Kf6 98. Bf3 Qg3 99. Ke2 Ke5 100. Bf2 Qf4 101. Be3 Qa4 102. Kf2 Kf5 103. Ke2 Qc2+ 104. Ke1 Qc3+ 105. Ke2 Qb3 106. Kf2 Qb2+ 107. Kf1 Qb1+ 108. Kf2 Kg6 109. Ke2 Qh1 110. Be4+ Kh6 111. Bf3 Qh2 112. Kf1 Kg6 113. Ke1 Kf6 114. Kf1 Qh1+ 115. Kf2 Kf5 116. Ke2 Qh2 117. Kf2 Kf6 118. Kf1 Kg6 119. Be4+ Kg7 120. Bf3 Qe5 121. Kf2 Kg6 122. Ke2 Qh2 123. Kf1 Qd6 124. Kf2 Qd3 125. Be2 Qc2 126. Kf1 Qb1+ 127. Kf2 Qb2 128. Kf1 Qa3 129. Kf2 Kf5 130. Bf3 Qb2+ 131. Ke1 Qc3+ 132. Ke2 Qc2+ 133. Ke1 Kg6 134. Kf1 Qd3+ 135. Kf2 Qc2+ 136. Kf1 Qb2 137. Ke1 Qc3+ 138. Ke2 Qe5 139. Kf2 Qg3+ 140. Ke2 Qh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2025.05.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Movahed, Sina"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2025.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CB21_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 a5 7. Nc4 Nd7 8. 0-0 Qe7 9. c3 0-0 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 b5 12. Ne3 Bb6 13. Qc2 Re8 14. e5 Qe6 15. b3 Qg6 16. Qxg6 hxg6 17. Ba3 Bb7 18. Rac1 Nf8 19. Bc5 Ne6 20. Rfd1 Red8 21. Bxb6 cxb6 22. Rd2 Rd7 23. d5 cxd5 24. Rcd1 Rc8 25. h4 Rc5 26. Ng5 Kf8 27. Nxe6+ fxe6 28. Rd4 Rdc7 29. Kh2 Bc6 30. R1d2 Be8 31. f3 Rc3 32. Nd1 Rc2 33. Ne3 R2c3 34. Nd1 Rc1 35. Kg3 b4 36. Ne3 Re1 37. Kf2 Ra1 38. Rb2 Ke7 39. Nc2 Rh1 40. Rg4 Rc3 41. Ne3 Rd3 42. Rc2 Ra1 43. h5 Rc3 44. Rd2 gxh5 45. Rxg7+ Bf7 46. f4 Kf8 47. Rg5 b5 48. f5 d4 49. Nf1 exf5 50. Rxf5 Ke7 51. e6 Bg6 52. Rxb5 Bd3 53. Rb7+ Kxe6 54. Nh2 Rc2 55. Rxc2 Bxc2 56. Nf3 Rxa2 57. Nxd4+ Kd6 58. Ke1 Bd3 59. g3 Kd5 60. Nf3 Ke4 61. Nd2+ Ke3 62. Re7+ Kd4 63. Rc7 Ra1+ 64. Kf2 Ra2 65. Ke1 Bf5 66. Rc6 Ra1+ 67. Kf2 Bg4 68. Nc4 Ra2+ 69. Ke1 a4 70. bxa4 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Asia-ch Blitz"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2025.05.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sankalp, Gupta"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2025.05.10"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CB20_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 0-0 6. Be2 Qe8 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. Bh2 e5 9. c4 e4 10. Nfd2 h5 11. Nc3 Bf5 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. Rfd1 Rab8 14. c5 d5 15. Qa4 g5 16. b4 a6 17. Qb3 h4 18. Kh1 g4 19. hxg4 Bxg4 20. f3 exf3 21. Bxf3 Rbe8 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Bxg4 Qxg4 24. Qxd5 Rxe3 25. Nc4 Re2 26. Re1 Rfe8 27. Rxe2 Rxe2 28. Rg1 Nxd4 29. Ne5 Bxe5 30. Bxe5 Ne6 31. Bh2 c6 32. Qd3 Qe4 33. Qh3 Ng5 34. Qc8+ Kg7 35. Qd8 Qf5 36. Qd4+ f6 37. Qxh4 Rxa2 38. Re1 Qd5 39. Qg4 Kg6 40. Rf1 Rd2 41. Bf4 Rd4 42. Qg3 Qf5 43. Kg1 Qd3 44. Qh4 Rxb4 45. Qh8 Rb1 46. Qg8+ Kf5 47. Bc1+ Kg4 48. Qc8+ f5 49. Qg8 Rxc1 50. Rxc1 Qe3+ 51. Kh2 Qf4+ 0-1

[Event "Asia-ch Blitz"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2025.05.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sankalp, Gupta"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2025.05.10"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CB20_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 0-0 6. Be2 Qe8 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. Bh2 e5 9. c4 e4 10. Nfd2 h5 11. Nc3 Bf5 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. Rfd1 Rab8 14. c5 d5 15. Qa4 g5 16. b4 a6 17. Qb3 h4 18. Kh1 g4 19. hxg4 Bxg4 20. f3 exf3 21. Bxf3 Rbe8 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Bxg4 Qxg4 24. Qxd5 Rxe3 25. Nc4 Re2 26. Re1 Rfe8 27. Rxe2 Rxe2 28. Rg1 Nxd4 29. Ne5 Bxe5 30. Bxe5 Ne6 31. Bh2 c6 32. Qd3 Qe4 33. Qh3 Ng5 34. Qc8+ Kg7 35. Qd8 Qf5 36. Qd4+ f6 37. Qxh4 Rxa2 38. Re1 Qd5 39. Qg4 Kg6 40. Rf1 Rd2 41. Bf4 Rd4 42. Qg3 Qf5 43. Kg1 Qd3 44. Qh4 Rxb4 45. Qh8 Rb1 46. Qg8+ Kf5 47. Bc1+ Kg4 48. Qc8+ f5 49. Qg8 Rxc1 50. Rxc1 Qe3+ 51. Kh2 Qf4+ 0-1

[Event "Asia-ch Blitz"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2025.05.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Srihari, LR."]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2025.05.10"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CB20_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bc4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Nb6 7. Bb3 0-0 8. 0-0 a5 9. a4 Nbxd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. c3 b6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Qf3 Ba8 15. Qh3 e6 16. Bh6 c5 17. dxc5 Rxc5 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nd3 Nf4 21. Nxf4 Qxf4 22. Qe3 Qxe3 23. Rxe3 b5 24. Rd7 Kf6 25. f3 Rb8 26. Re2 b4 27. c4 Bb7 28. Red2 Ba6 29. R2d4 Rbc8 30. Rf4+ Rf5 31. Rxf5+ gxf5 32. Rd2 Bxc4 33. Rc2 Ba6 34. Rd2 Rc1+ 35. Kf2 f4 36. g3 fxg3+ 37. hxg3 h6 38. g4 Bc4 39. Bc2 Bd5 40. Ke3 Ra1 41. Rh2 Kg7 42. b3 Ra3 43. Rh5 Bxb3 44. Bxb3 Rxb3+ 45. Kf4 f5 46. gxf5 e5+ 47. Kxe5 Rxf3 48. Rh1 Re3+ 49. Kd4 Ra3 50. Ke5 Rxa4 51. Rg1+ Kf7 52. Rc1 Ra2 53. Rc7+ Ke8 54. f6 Re2+ 55. Kf5 b3 56. Kg6 Rg2+ 57. Kf5 a4 58. Rb7 b2 59. Rb8+ Kd7 60. f7 Rf2+ 61. Kg6 a3 62. Rb3 Rxf7 0-1

[Event "Asia-ch Blitz"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2025.05.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Srihari, LR."]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2025.05.10"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CB20_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bc4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Nb6 7. Bb3 0-0 8. 0-0 a5 9. a4 Nbxd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. c3 b6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Qf3 Ba8 15. Qh3 e6 16. Bh6 c5 17. dxc5 Rxc5 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nd3 Nf4 21. Nxf4 Qxf4 22. Qe3 Qxe3 23. Rxe3 b5 24. Rd7 Kf6 25. f3 Rb8 26. Re2 b4 27. c4 Bb7 28. Red2 Ba6 29. R2d4 Rbc8 30. Rf4+ Rf5 31. Rxf5+ gxf5 32. Rd2 Bxc4 33. Rc2 Ba6 34. Rd2 Rc1+ 35. Kf2 f4 36. g3 fxg3+ 37. hxg3 h6 38. g4 Bc4 39. Bc2 Bd5 40. Ke3 Ra1 41. Rh2 Kg7 42. b3 Ra3 43. Rh5 Bxb3 44. Bxb3 Rxb3+ 45. Kf4 f5 46. gxf5 e5+ 47. Kxe5 Rxf3 48. Rh1 Re3+ 49. Kd4 Ra3 50. Ke5 Rxa4 51. Rg1+ Kf7 52. Rc1 Ra2 53. Rc7+ Ke8 54. f6 Re2+ 55. Kf5 b3 56. Kg6 Rg2+ 57. Kf5 a4 58. Rb7 b2 59. Rb8+ Kd7 60. f7 Rf2+ 61. Kg6 a3 62. Rb3 Rxf7 0-1

[Event "Asia-ch Blitz"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2025.05.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zemlyanskii, Ivan"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2025.05.10"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CB20_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. 0-0 Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 0-0 8. h3 d6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 f6 11. Nc3 Nf7 12. Be3 Rb8 13. Qc2 Qb6 14. b3 Qa6 15. Rad1 Bd7 16. Bc1 Rfc8 17. Bb2 c5 18. Nd5 Bf8 19. dxc5 Rxc5 20. Qb1 Qb7 21. Bd4 Rcc8 22. Qb2 Bc6 23. Be3 a5 24. Qa3 f5 25. Qxa5 fxe4 26. Ng5 Ra8 27. Qd2 Ne5 28. Nxe4 Bxd5 29. Qxd5+ Qxd5 30. Rxd5 Rxa2 31. Bf4 Nf7 32. Ng5 Rb2 33. Rd3 Nxg5 34. Bxg5 Kf7 35. Rf3+ Ke8 36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. Bxe7+ Kg8 38. Bxd6 Rxb3 39. Re2 Rb7 40. Ra2 Rd8 41. Bf4 Rc8 42. Be3 Rbc7 43. Ra3 Kf7 44. Kh2 Rd7 45. Ra5 Rc6 46. Ra4 h5 47. Rb4 Ra6 48. Rf4+ Rf6 49. Ra4 Rc6 50. Rf4+ Kg8 51. Ra4 Re6 52. Ra8+ Kf7 53. Ra4 Rb7 54. Rf4+ Rf6 55. Ra4 Rc6 56. Rf4+ Kg8 57. Ra4 Kg7 58. Bd4+ Kf7 59. Be3 Rb1 60. Rf4+ Ke6 61. Re4+ Kd5 62. Rd4+ Ke5 63. Ra4 Kf6 64. Rf4+ Ke6 65. Re4+ Kf7 66. Rf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia-ch Blitz"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2025.05.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zemlyanskii, Ivan"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2025.05.10"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CB20_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. 0-0 Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 0-0 8. h3 d6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 f6 11. Nc3 Nf7 12. Be3 Rb8 13. Qc2 Qb6 14. b3 Qa6 15. Rad1 Bd7 16. Bc1 Rfc8 17. Bb2 c5 18. Nd5 Bf8 19. dxc5 Rxc5 20. Qb1 Qb7 21. Bd4 Rcc8 22. Qb2 Bc6 23. Be3 a5 24. Qa3 f5 25. Qxa5 fxe4 26. Ng5 Ra8 27. Qd2 Ne5 28. Nxe4 Bxd5 29. Qxd5+ Qxd5 30. Rxd5 Rxa2 31. Bf4 Nf7 32. Ng5 Rb2 33. Rd3 Nxg5 34. Bxg5 Kf7 35. Rf3+ Ke8 36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. Bxe7+ Kg8 38. Bxd6 Rxb3 39. Re2 Rb7 40. Ra2 Rd8 41. Bf4 Rc8 42. Be3 Rbc7 43. Ra3 Kf7 44. Kh2 Rd7 45. Ra5 Rc6 46. Ra4 h5 47. Rb4 Ra6 48. Rf4+ Rf6 49. Ra4 Rc6 50. Rf4+ Kg8 51. Ra4 Re6 52. Ra8+ Kf7 53. Ra4 Rb7 54. Rf4+ Rf6 55. Ra4 Rc6 56. Rf4+ Kg8 57. Ra4 Kg7 58. Bd4+ Kf7 59. Be3 Rb1 60. Rf4+ Ke6 61. Re4+ Kd5 62. Rd4+ Ke5 63. Ra4 Kf6 64. Rf4+ Ke6 65. Re4+ Kf7 66. Rf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2025.05.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Iniyan, Panneerseluam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2025.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CB21_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 0-0 14. Qe1 Re8 15. d5 Bxf3 16. Bxa7 Nxa7 17. Nxf3 Nxe4 18. Qc1 Nc5 19. Ba2 b4 20. Bc4 Qf6 21. Rd1 Re4 22. Nd2 Rf4 23. Nb3 Rxf2 24. Nxc5 dxc5 25. Qe3 Rc2 26. Rac1 Qxb2 27. Rxc2 Qxc2 28. Rc1 Qg6 29. Qxc5 Nb5 30. Qxb4 h5 31. Bf1 Qg5 32. Rxc7 Re8 33. Rc2 Qxd5 34. Qc5 Qd4+ 35. Qxd4 Nxd4 36. Rc5 Nb3 37. Rxh5 Re1 38. Kf2 Ra1 39. Bxa6 Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2025.05.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lou, Yiping"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2025.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CB21_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 0-0 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 d5 8. e3 Nc6 9. Be2 d4 10. exd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. 0-0 Bd7 13. Bg5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 h6 15. Bh4 Bc6 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Qc1 e5 18. c5 Rad8 19. Qe3 Qe6 20. Bg3 Ne4 21. Bh4 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Qb3 23. Rc1 Qxa3 24. f3 Qxc5 25. Bf2 Qxe3 26. Bxe3 Nf6 27. Bxa7 Ra8 28. Bc5 Ra5 29. Bb4 Ra2 30. Bc4 Rd2 31. Rf1 b5 32. Bb3 Rb2 33. Bd1 Nd5 34. Ba3 Ra2 35. Bc1 Nxc3 36. Be3 Bd5 0-1

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2025.05.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Cao, Qingfeng"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2025.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CB21_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 0-0 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. 0-0 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Ne4 13. Qc2 Bf5 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Bd4 Bg6 16. Qb2 Qc7 17. f4 Nc5 18. Be2 Be4 19. Bg4 Ne6 20. Rac1 g6 21. Bxa7 Ra8 22. Bd4 Rfc8 23. h3 Ra4 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Rcd1 Qc4 26. Rf2 b5 27. a3 Kf7 28. Kh2 h5 29. f5 gxf5 30. Qc1 Rg8 31. Qh6 Qc6 32. Qxh5+ Rg6 33. g4 Ra8 34. gxf5 Bxf5 35. Rg1 Rag8 36. Rg5 Qe8 37. Rgxf5+ exf5 38. Qxf5+ Ke7 39. a4 bxa4 40. Bc5+ Kd8 41. Rb2 Kc7 42. Bd6+ Rxd6 43. exd6+ Kc6 44. c4 dxc4 45. Qb5+ Kxd6 46. Rd2+ Kc7 47. Qxc4+ Kb7 48. Rb2+ Ka8 49. Qa6# 1-0

[Event "Menorca op-A 4th"]
[Site "Ciutadella"]
[Date "2025.04.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2025.04.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CB18_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 d4 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Na3 0-0 10. e3 a6 11. exd4 cxd4 12. Re1 Be6 13. Nc4 Bc5 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Nce5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bd5 17. Nd3 Ba7 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Qf3 Rd8 21. Ba3 h6 22. Kg2 Qd7 23. h4 a5 24. Rc1 Qe6 25. h5 Qd7 26. Re1 b5 27. Bc5 Bxc5 28. Nxc5 Qc8 29. Nd3 Qc2 30. Ne5 Qc7 31. Ng4 Qd7 32. a3 f6 33. Rc1 Qd6 34. Qf5 Qxa3 35. Re1 Qf8 36. Re4 Nc7 37. Re1 Qf7 38. Kg1 Rd5 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40. Rc1 Ne8 41. Re1 Nc7 42. Rc1 Ne8 43. Re1 Nd6 44. Qb8 a4 45. bxa4 bxa4 46. Rc1 Qe6 47. Nh2 Rxh5 48. Nf3 Qe4 49. Nh4 Nf5 50. d3 Qd5 51. Ng2 Nd6 52. Qf8 a3 53. Rc7 Rg5 54. Nf4 Qe5 55. Kf1 a2 56. Ra7 Qc5 57. Rxa2 Qc1+ 58. Kg2 Qxf4 59. Ra8 Qe5 60. Qg8+ Kg6 61. Ra7 Qd5+ 0-1

[Event "Menorca op-A 4th"]
[Site "Ciutadella"]
[Date "2025.04.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2025.04.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CB18_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Qc2 f5 10. e3 Bd7 11. Bd3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Nc6 13. a3 Qf6 14. Ne2 h5 15. Qc3 Ne7 16. f3 h4 17. gxh4 Rxh4 18. 0-0-0 0-0-0 19. Rxh4 gxh4 20. Rh1 Rg8 21. Qe1 Ng6 22. g3 hxg3 23. Qxg3 e5 24. Rh5 Be6 25. Rg5 Ne7 26. Rxg8+ Bxg8 27. b3 Bf7 28. Bc2 a6 29. f4 exd4 30. Nxd4 c5 31. Nf3 Qc3 32. Nd2 d5 33. Nb1 Qf6 34. cxd5 Nxd5 35. Qh3 Be6 36. Qg3 Nc3 37. Qg5 Na2+ 38. Kd2 Qb2 39. Qe7 Qc1+ 40. Kd3 Qf1+ 41. Kd2 Qf2+ 42. Kd3 Nc1+ 43. Kc3 Qxe3+ 44. Kb2 Nxb3 45. Bxf5 Qd4+ 46. Nc3 Qd2+ 0-1

[Event "Menorca op-A 4th"]
[Site "Ciutadella"]
[Date "2025.04.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Raja, Rithvik R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2025.04.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CB18_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. 0-0 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. Re1 Be7 10. a4 b4 11. Na2 0-0 12. Nxb4 d5 13. e5 Bxb4 14. Bg5 Be7 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qh5 g6 18. Bxg6 Qd7 19. Rxe6 hxg6 20. Qxg6+ Qg7 21. Rxf6 Rxf6 22. Qxf6 Qxf6 23. Bxf6 Nc6 24. Rd1 Kf7 25. Bg5 Re8 26. h4 Re5 27. f4 Re2 28. Rxd5 Rxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Na5 30. Kf2 Bxd5 31. Ke3 Be6 32. Kd4 Bf5 33. b4 Nc6+ 34. Kc5 Nxb4 35. Kxb4 Bxc2 36. h5 Ke6 37. h6 Kd5 38. Ka5 Bd3 39. Kb6 Kd6 40. Bf6 Kd7 41. a5 Kd6 42. Be5+ Kd7 43. Kb7 Ke6 44. h7 Bxh7 45. Kxa6 Kd7 46. Kb6 Be4 47. a6 Kc8 48. a7 Kd7 49. f5 Ba8 50. f6 Bf3 51. Bg3 Bd5 52. Bh4 1-0

[Event "Menorca op-A 4th"]
[Site "Ciutadella"]
[Date "2025.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Risteski, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2025.04.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CB18_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nfd2 f5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e3 c5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. h3 g6 10. Qc2 Bg7 11. b3 0-0 12. Bb2 a6 13. a4 Bd7 14. 0-0-0 Qe7 15. Rde1 Ne8 16. g4 Nc7 17. gxf5 gxf5 18. Rhg1 Kh8 19. Rxg7 Qxg7 20. Ncxe4 fxe4 21. Nxe4 Bf5 22. f4 Ne8 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Bg4 Bxg4 25. hxg4 b6 26. a5 Kg8 27. axb6 Rc8 28. Qh2 1-0

[Event "Menorca op-A 4th"]
[Site "Ciutadella"]
[Date "2025.04.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Urazayev, Arystanbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2025.04.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CB18_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 0-0 6. Ba4 Nd4 7. Nxd4 exd4 8. Ne2 c5 9. 0-0 Bc7 10. c4 dxc3 11. Nxc3 Be5 12. Bb3 d6 13. f4 Bd4+ 14. Kh1 Be6 15. Nb5 Bxb3 16. Qxb3 d5 17. e5 Ng4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. h3 Ne3 20. Bxe3 dxe3 21. d4 e2 22. Rfe1 Rc8 23. Rxe2 Rc4 24. Rd1 Qd7 25. Qd3 g6 26. Rf2 f5 27. exf6 Rxf6 28. Re1 Re6 29. Re5 Qe7 30. Rfe2 Rxe5 31. Rxe5 Qb4 32. Qe3 Rxd4 33. Re8+ Kf7 34. Qe6+ Kg7 35. Qe5+ Kf7 36. Rh8 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Qd4 38. Rxh7+ Kg8 39. Rh8+ Kf7 40. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Menorca op-A 4th"]
[Site "Ciutadella"]
[Date "2025.04.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sosa, Tomas"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2025.04.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CB18_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nge7 6. Nc3 d6 7. d3 Be6 8. Nd5 0-0 9. Qd2 a5 10. e4 Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Ne2 c6 13. Ndf4 Bd7 14. h4 b5 15. cxb5 cxb5 16. h5 Rc8 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. 0-0 b4 19. Bh3 Bxh3 20. Nxh3 d5 21. Rac1 Rc3 22. Nxc3 dxc3 23. Qg5 Nc6 24. Qxd5 Qxd5 25. exd5 Nd4 26. Kg2 Rd8 27. Rfe1 Bh6 28. f4 Kf8 29. Ng1 Rxd5 30. Nf3 Ne6 31. d4 Bg7 32. Rcd1 Bf6 33. Kf2 g5 34. Ke3 a4 35. Ne5 gxf4+ 36. gxf4 axb3 37. axb3 Rd6 38. Rg1 Bd8 39. Nc4 Rd5 40. Ke4 Rb5 41. Ra1 f5+ 42. Ke3 Bc7 43. Ra8+ Rb8 44. Rxb8+ Bxb8 45. Ne5 Bc7 46. Rf1 Ke8 47. Kd3 Bb6 48. Nc6 Kd7 49. Nxb4 Bxd4 50. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Menorca op-A 4th"]
[Site "Ciutadella"]
[Date "2025.04.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gomez Sanjuan, Hector Fernando"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2025.04.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CB18_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 Bg4 7. Be3 e5 8. d5 c5 9. h3 Bd7 10. g4 Na6 11. Nd2 Rb8 12. Nf1 Nc7 13. Ng3 b5 14. b3 Nfe8 15. Qd2 Qc8 16. Rc1 bxc4 17. bxc4 Rb4 18. Bd3 Na8 19. a3 Rb3 20. Qa2 Rb8 21. f3 Nb6 22. h4 f5 23. gxf5 gxf5 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Nxf5 Rxf5 26. Bxf5 Qxf5 27. Qe2 Nf6 28. Rg1 Kh8 29. Bg5 e4 30. fxe4 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters op-A"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2024.12.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2024.12.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CB51_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 e6 7. g4 b5 8. a3 Bb7 9. Bg2 Be7 10. g5 Nfd7 11. f4 h6 12. h4 hxg5 13. hxg5 Rxh1+ 14. Bxh1 Qb6 15. Qf3 Qg1+ 16. Ke2 Qb6 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Qh3 g6 19. f5 Ne5 20. Rd1 Nbd7 21. Nd4 Nf8 22. Ke1 Nc4 23. Bc1 Qc5 24. Nce2 e5 25. Nb3 Qb6 26. f6 Bd8 27. Rd3 Bc8 28. Qh2 b4 29. axb4 Qxb4+ 30. Nc3 a5 31. Nd2 Nxb2 32. Bxb2 Qxb2 33. Nc4 Qa1+ 34. Kd2 Ra6 35. Nb5 d5 36. Ncd6+ Kd7 37. Qh3+ Ne6 38. exd5 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters op-A"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2024.12.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2024.12.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CB51_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 h6 5. e3 Be7 6. b3 0-0 7. Bb2 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. 0-0 Nbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qc2 a6 12. Ne5 c5 13. Bf5 cxd4 14. exd4 Rc8 15. Qd3 Rc7 16. Ne2 Bd6 17. Ng3 Re8 18. Rfe1 Nf8 19. Qf3 g6 20. Bd3 h5 21. h3 h4 22. Nf1 Ne4 23. Ne3 f6 24. N5g4 Kg7 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Bxe4 Bb4 27. Bxd5 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Bxe1 29. Be4 Bd2 30. d5 Bg5 31. Qd3 Qd6 32. Qxa6 Nd7 33. Qf1 Qf4 34. Qb1 Nf8 35. Ne3 Re7 36. Bf3 Qb4 37. Qa1 Nd7 38. Bc3 Qc5 39. Nc2 Re8 40. Nd4 Nf8 41. a4 Bf4 42. Nc6 Nd7 43. Bb4 Qc1+ 44. Qxc1 Bxc1 45. Be7 Bf4 46. d6 Rc8 47. b4 Ra8 48. Nd4 Bxd6 49. Bxd6 Rxa4 50. Kf1 Ne5 51. Bxe5 fxe5 52. Nc2 Kf8 53. Ke2 Ke7 54. Kd3 Kd6 55. Be4 g5 56. Kc4 Ra2 57. Kb3 Ra7 58. Na3 Rf7 59. f3 Kc7 60. Nc4 Rd7 61. Kc3 Re7 62. b5 Re8 63. Bc6 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters op-A"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2024.12.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Tabatabaei, Mohammad Amin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2024.12.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CB51_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bc4 dxe5 8. dxe5 b6 9. 0-0 Bb7 10. Qe2 Bc5 11. Rd1 0-0 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. Ng5 g6 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qc7 16. Bf4 Rfd8 17. Qg4 Nf8 18. h4 Rd7 19. Be4 Rad8 20. Rxd7 Rxd7 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Re1 h5 23. Qg3 Rd5 24. Ne4 Nd7 25. Qg5 Bf8 26. g4 Bg7 27. gxh5 Nxe5 28. Bxe5 Bxe5 29. Qg4 Bg7 30. Qg2 Qe7 31. Ng5 Qf6 32. Qxd5 exd5 33. Re8+ Bf8 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Nh7+ 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters op-A"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2024.12.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2024.12.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CB51_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 a5 9. a4 b4 10. Nbd2 0-0 11. Re1 Rb8 12. h3 h6 13. Nc4 Be6 14. Be3 Qc8 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Qa6 18. Qd3 c5 19. Be3 Rbc8 20. Rad1 Rfd8 21. Bc1 Bf8 22. Qf1 g6 23. f4 d5 24. f5 gxf5 25. exd5 Nxd5 26. Rd3 Bg7 27. Rg3 Kh7 28. Qf3 Ne7 29. Qh5 Ng6 30. Nb6 Bxb3 31. Nxc8 Bxc2 32. Ne7 Re8 33. Re2 f4 34. Bxf4 Nxf4 35. Rxg7+ Kxg7 36. Qg4+ Ng6 0-1

[Event "Qatar Masters op-A"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2024.12.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Idani, Pouya"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2024.12.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CB51_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Nc3 d6 6. a4 g6 7. 0-0 Bg7 8. h3 0-0 9. Be3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Ne2 Nh5 12. c3 d5 13. Ng3 Nf4 14. b4 g5 15. Re1 dxe4 16. dxe4 Nxh3+ 17. gxh3 Qxd1 18. Raxd1 Rxf3 19. Rd7 Rc8 20. Red1 b6 21. b5 Na5 22. Nh5 Bf8 23. h4 Rf7 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Rd8 Rxd8 26. Rxd8 Kh7 27. Re8 Be7 28. Rc8 Bd6 29. Re8 Be7 30. Rc8 Bd6 31. Re8 Re7 32. Ra8 Kg6 33. Ng3 c6 34. Rd8 Ba3 35. Rg8+ Rg7 36. Re8 Re7 37. Rg8+ Rg7 38. Re8 cxb5 39. axb5 Re7 40. Rg8+ Rg7 41. Re8 Be7 42. Rc8 Bd6 43. Re8 Re7 44. Rg8+ Kf7 45. Rxg5 Nc4 46. Nh5 Na3 47. Rg7+ Kf8 48. Rg6 Nxb5 49. Bh6+ Ke8 50. Bg5 Rh7 51. Bh6 Nc7 52. Kf1 Be7 53. f4 exf4 54. Bxf4 Nb5 55. Ng3 Rf7 0-1

[Event "Qatar Masters op-A"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2024.12.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Mahdavi, Reza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2024.12.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CB51_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. 0-0-0 Nb6 11. Qf2 Rb8 12. Nc5 b4 13. Nb1 d5 14. Qg3 Nbd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Qxe5 Bd6 17. Qg5 h6 18. Qxg7 Ke7 19. e5 Bxe5 20. Bc5+ Bd6 21. Bxd6+ Qxd6 22. Qg3 Qxg3 23. hxg3 h5 24. Bxa6 Rhg8 25. a3 Rxg3 26. Bf1 bxa3 27. Nxa3 Rb4 28. Nb5 Rg8 29. Rd4 Rxd4 30. Nxd4 Ra8 31. Kd2 Ra1 32. g3 Kd6 33. Bg2 Ra8 34. Ke3 Rb8 35. b3 Rg8 36. Kf2 Kc5 37. c3 Ra8 38. Re1 Kd6 39. Bf1 h4 40. g4 Bd7 41. Bd3 Rc8 42. Ne2 Be6 43. Rh1 Rh8 44. Nd4 Nd7 45. Bf5 Nc5 46. Ra1 Bxf5 47. Nxf5+ Ke5 48. Re1+ Kf6 49. Rd1 h3 50. Rxd5 h2 51. Ng3 Nxb3 52. Kg2 Ke6 53. Rh5 Rc8 54. Ne4 Nc1 55. Rxh2 Ne2 56. Kf1 Nf4 57. Rh6+ Ke7 58. Rf6 Nd5 59. Rxf7+ Kxf7 60. Nd6+ Ke6 61. Nxc8 Kd7 62. Na7 Nxc3 63. Ke1 Kd6 64. Kd2 Nd5 65. Nb5+ Ke5 66. Nc3 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters op-A"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2024.12.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Raja, Rithvik R"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2024.12.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CB51_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. 0-0 Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8. Bc4 Ng6 9. Kh1 e5 10. Qf3 Qc7 11. a4 Bc5 12. Nd2 0-0 13. Nb3 Bd6 14. Be3 Kh8 15. Rfd1 b6 16. Qh5 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Rd2 c5 19. Rad1 Be7 20. Nc1 Rad8 21. Rxd8 Bxd8 22. Rd2 Nf4 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. h3 Qe7 25. Re2 Qd7 26. Nd3 Bc7 27. Bb5 Qd6 28. Qf3 g5 29. Bc4 Qd7 30. Rd2 g4 31. hxg4 Bxg4 32. Qd5 f3 33. Qxd7 fxg2+ 34. Kg1 Bxd7 35. Nxc5 Bc6 36. Ne6 Re8 37. b3 h5 38. Rd3 Kh7 39. Re3 Bd6 40. Ng5+ Kg7 41. Rxe8 Bxe8 42. Kxg2 Bd7 43. f3 Be7 44. Be6 Bxa4 45. bxa4 Bxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters op-A"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2024.12.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Ganerdene, Sugar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2024.12.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CB51_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 Bd7 8. 0-0-0 a6 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 Qa5 11. a3 Rd8 12. Kb1 0-0 13. h4 Bc8 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 h6 16. Bd3 Qc7 17. Qf2 Rfe8 18. Qf3 Kf8 19. g4 Nd7 20. Bxe7+ Kxe7 21. g5 hxg5 22. hxg5 Rh8 23. Rhf1 Qc5 24. e5 d5 25. f5 Rdf8 26. Qg3 g6 27. fxg6 fxg6 28. Ne2 Rxf1 29. Rxf1 d4 30. Nf4 Nxe5 31. Nxg6+ Nxg6 32. Bxg6 Rg8 33. Qf4 Rd8 34. Be4 Kd7 35. g6 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters op-A"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2024.12.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Arun, Kataria"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2024.12.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CB51_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 a6 7. N5c3 g6 8. Be3 Bg7 9. Nd5 Nd4 10. Nbc3 Be6 11. Rc1 Nf6 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Qxd4 0-0 14. Qb6 Bxd5 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. cxd5 Rac8 17. Bd3 b5 18. 0-0 Nd7 19. Bb1 Rc5 20. f4 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 Rdc8 22. Rce1 Nb6 23. Nd1 Rc1 24. Nc3 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 b4 26. Ne2 Bxb2 27. Bd3 a5 28. Rb1 Na4 29. Kg1 Bf6 30. Rc1 Rxc1+ 31. Nxc1 Nc3 32. Kf2 a4 33. Bc4 Nxe4+ 34. Ke3 Nc3 35. Kd3 Kg7 36. Kc2 Kh6 37. Nd3 Ne2 38. Nxb4 Nxf4 39. g3 Nh5 40. Bb5 a3 41. Kb3 Bd4 42. Kxa3 Bg1 43. g4 Nf4 44. h4 Bf2 45. Kb3 Bxh4 46. a4 Kg5 47. Bd7 Bf2 48. Kc4 h5 49. gxh5 gxh5 50. Nc6 h4 51. a5 f5 52. a6 h3 53. Nd4 Bxd4 54. Kxd4 h2 55. a7 h1Q 56. a8Q Qd1+ 57. Kc3 Nxd5+ 58. Kb2 Qd2+ 59. Ka1 Qc1+ 60. Ka2 Qc2+ 61. Ka1 Nc3 62. Qg8+ Kf4 63. Qc4+ Kg3 64. Bxf5 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "Tashkent President op 3rd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2024.11.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jubin, Jimmy"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2024.11.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB49_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 h6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Bd6 9. Nge2 Ne7 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Ng3 Na6 12. a3 Nc7 13. Rd1 0-0 14. Nf5 Nxf5 15. Qxf5 Qe7 16. 0-0 Rad8 17. Na4 Nb5 18. Nc5 Nd6 19. Qe5 Qh4 20. Qg3 Qf6 21. Rc1 Rfe8 22. b3 Qe7 23. Qf3 g6 24. h3 h5 25. Rfe1 Nf5 26. a4 a5 27. Qf4 Nd6 28. Nd3 h4 29. Qe5 f6 30. Qxe7 Rxe7 31. Rc5 Ra8 32. Rb1 g5 33. Rc2 Kf7 34. Kf1 Kg6 35. Re1 Nf5 36. Rc5 Kh6 37. Rcc1 Rg7 38. Nc5 Re8 39. Rb1 g4 40. hxg4 Rxg4 41. Nd7 Rg6 42. b4 Rd8 43. Nc5 Rdg8 44. bxa5 Rxg2 45. Ke2 h3 46. Rh1 R8g3 47. Kf1 Nxe3+ 48. fxe3 Rf3+ 49. Ke1 Rxe3+ 50. Kf1 Rf3+ 51. Ke1 h2 52. Nxb7 Re3+ 53. Kd1 Ree2 54. Nc5 Ra2 55. Re1 Rgd2+ 0-1

[Event "Tashkent President op 3rd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2024.11.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Pingin, Artem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2024.11.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB49_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nc6 11. Qd2 0-0 12. 0-0-0 Ne5 13. Kb1 Qc7 14. Rhg1 b5 15. g4 Rfc8 16. g5 Nfd7 17. Nd4 Bf8 18. h4 b4 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Na4 Qc6 21. b3 a5 22. h5 Nc5 23. Nxc5 Qxc5 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Qd4 Rc5 26. Bc4 Re8 27. Qf2 Be7 28. Qf5 Qxf5 29. exf5 d5 30. Bd3 exf5 31. Bxf5 Bd6 32. Rge1 Rxe1 33. Rxe1 d4 34. Rf1 Re5 35. g6 hxg6 36. hxg6 Be7 37. Kc1 Bf6 38. Kd2 Re3 39. Bd3 Kf8 40. Kc1 Ke7 41. Kb2 Bh4 42. Rf7+ Kd6 43. Rf4 Bg3 44. Rxd4+ Kc5 45. Rc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent President op 3rd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2024.11.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Prraneeth, Vuppala"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2024.11.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB49_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Na3 cxd4 8. Nb5 Qd8 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bc5 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. a4 a5 14. Nd2 Bd7 15. Nc4 Bc7 16. Bf3 Nd5 17. Ne3 Nb6 18. b3 Be5 19. Bd2 Bc6 20. Bxc6+ bxc6 21. 0-0-0 0-0 22. Kc2 Rfc8 23. c4 c5 24. Bc3 Bxc3 25. Kxc3 Rd8 26. Ng4 f6 27. f4 Kf7 28. Nf2 Ke7 29. Ne4 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Nd7 31. Re1 g6 32. g4 Rc8 33. f5 Ne5 34. g5 exf5 35. Nxf6 Kd6 36. Rd1+ Ke6 37. Nd5 Nf3 38. h4 Nxh4 39. Re1+ Kd6 40. Re3 h6 41. gxh6 Rh8 42. Rd3 Kc6 43. Ne7+ Kc7 44. Nd5+ Kb7 45. Nf4 Rxh6 46. Rd6 Rh8 47. Nxg6 Rh6 48. Rd7+ Kc8 49. Ne5 Nf3 50. Rd5 Nxe5 51. Rxe5 Rc6 52. Rxf5 Kb7 53. Kd3 Kb6 54. Ke4 Rd6 55. Rf8 Kb7 56. Rf3 Rd4+ 57. Ke5 Rd1 58. Rf7+ Kb6 59. Rf6+ Kb7 60. Rd6 Rb1 61. Kd5 Rxb3 62. Kxc5 Rb4 63. Rd7+ Kb8 64. Kd5 Rxa4 65. c5 Rh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent President op 3rd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2024.11.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sankalp, Gupta"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2024.11.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB49_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Qa4+ Nbd7 5. c4 b5 6. Qxb5 Rb8 7. Qa4 e6 8. dxe6 fxe6 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. Be2 0-0 11. d3 Bb7 12. Nbd2 Nh5 13. Ne4 Nf4 14. Bxf4 Bxf4 15. 0-0 Ne5 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. g3 Bxe4 18. dxe4 Rxb2 19. gxf4 Ng6 20. Rd7 Qxf4 21. Qxa7 Qh6 22. Bd1 Rb1 23. Qxc5 Nf4 24. Kh1 Rxd1 25. Rfxd1 Qh3 26. Qxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Tashkent President op 3rd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2024.11.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2024.11.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB49_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Qb6 6. Rb1 cxd4 7. exd4 Bd7 8. c3 Bb5 9. Bxb5+ Qxb5 10. a4 Qa6 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. Qb5 Qb6 13. Ke2 Nh5 14. Be5 f6 15. Bg3 Bd6 16. Qxb6 Nxg3+ 17. hxg3 Nxb6 18. a5 Nc8 19. b4 Ne7 20. c4 dxc4 21. Nxc4 Kd7 22. b5 Nd5 23. Kd3 h6 24. Nfd2 Rhc8 25. Rhc1 Be7 26. Rb3 b6 27. Ra1 Rab8 28. Ne3 Nxe3 29. fxe3 bxa5 30. Rxa5 Rb7 31. g4 g6 32. Rb1 Rcb8 33. Rh1 Bf8 34. Ne4 f5 35. gxf5 gxf5 36. Nc5+ Bxc5 37. dxc5 Rxb5 38. Rxa7+ R8b7 39. Rxb7+ Rxb7 40. Rxh6 Rb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent President op 3rd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2024.11.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E26"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2024.11.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB49_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 b6 8. e4 d6 9. Ne2 e5 10. 0-0 Qe7 11. f4 exd4 12. cxd4 cxd4 13. Ng3 0-0 14. h3 Nd7 15. Nf5 Qd8 16. Nxd6 Nc5 17. e5 f6 18. Qf3 Qc7 19. Be4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Be6 21. a4 fxe5 22. Ba3 Rf6 23. fxe5 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Qd7 25. a5 bxa5 26. Rb1 Rb8 27. Rxb8+ Nxb8 28. Qa8 Qd8 29. Qxa7 Nc6 30. Qb7 Ne7 31. Qe4 h6 32. Qxd4 Qd7 33. Kh2 Nc6 34. Qc5 Kh7 35. Bb2 a4 36. Qb5 Ne7 37. Ne4 Qxb5 38. cxb5 Nc8 39. Bd4 a3 40. b6 Bd5 41. Nc3 Nxb6 42. Bxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent President op 3rd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2024.11.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Mamedov, Edgar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2024.11.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB49_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. 0-0 dxc4 8. e4 b5 9. e5 Nd5 10. Nxb5 Bb7 11. h4 a6 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 c5 14. Be3 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Qc7 16. Qe2 Bd5 17. Nd2 Qc6 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. f4 Bc5 20. Nf3 Rae8 21. Rae1 Nf6 22. Qf2 Ng4 23. Qc2 f6 24. e6 f5 25. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 26. Nd4 g6 27. h5 Re7 28. Kg2 Rb8 29. Re2 Reb7 30. Rfe1 Nf6 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Rh1 Ne4 33. Kf3 Qa3 34. Reh2 Nxc3 35. Rh8+ Kg7 36. R1h7+ Kf6 37. Qxf5+ 1-0

[Event "Tashkent President op 3rd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2024.11.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Nazari, Arad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2024.11.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB49_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. h4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 h5 8. Nf3 Nxf3+ 9. gxf3 c6 10. Be3 0-0 11. Qd2 cxd5 12. cxd5 e6 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Rd1 Qa5 15. Rg1 d5 16. exd5 Rfd8 17. dxe6 Rxd2 18. exf7+ Kh8 19. Rxd2 Qc7 20. Rxg6 Qxf7 21. Rg5 Nh7 22. Rgd5 Re8 23. Ne4 Qg6 24. Kf1 Rg8 25. Ng5 Nxg5 26. Rxg5 Qf7 27. Rdd5 Rc8 28. Rxh5+ Kg8 29. Bd1 a5 30. Rxa5 Rc1 31. Bxc1 Qc4+ 32. Kg2 Qxc1 33. Bb3+ Kf8 34. Rhf5+ Ke8 35. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "Tashkent President op 3rd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2024.11.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timoshin, Maxim"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2024.11.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB49_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bd3 0-0 8. Qc2 h6 9. Bh4 Re8 10. Nge2 a5 11. h3 Na6 12. a3 Bd7 13. 0-0 b5 14. Rae1 Nc7 15. Bg3 Qe7 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Ng3 Ne6 18. Nf5 Qf8 19. f4 Rab8 20. g4 b4 21. axb4 axb4 22. Na4 Ne4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Ng3 b3 25. Qc3 Qb4 26. Ra1 Qe7 27. Rfc1 Nc7 28. Nc5 Nd5 29. Qe1 Bc8 30. Ra3 f5 31. Nxf5 Bxf5 32. gxf5 Qf7 33. Kh2 Re7 34. Qg3 Qxf5 35. Rg1 Qh5 36. f5 Rbe8 37. Ne6 Qe2+ 38. Rg2 Qxe3 39. Rxb3 Qxg3+ 40. Rbxg3 g5 41. h4 Kf7 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. Rxg5 Rh8+ 44. Kg1 e3 45. Rg6 Rh5 46. Rg8 Kf6 47. Rf8+ Rf7 48. Rxf7+ Kxf7 49. Ng5+ Ke7 50. Ne4 Nf4 51. Rg7+ Kf8 52. Rg3 e2 53. Re3 Rh3 0-1

[Event "Chennai-B"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2024.11.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Vaishali, Ramesh Babu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2024.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CB45_2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. 0-0 Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ng6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Be2 0-0 9. c4 b6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. f3 Qb8 13. Qd2 f5 14. exf5 Rxf5 15. Bd3 Rh5 16. h3 Nh4 17. Be4 Qb7 18. Rad1 Rd8 19. Nd5 Bf8 20. Bg5 Re8 21. g4 Bc5+ 22. Kh1 Rxg5 23. Qxg5 Ng6 24. b4 exd5 25. cxd5 Bb5 26. bxc5 Bxf1 27. c6 dxc6 28. dxc6 Qe7 29. Qxe7 Nxe7 30. Rxf1 Kf7 31. c7 Ke6 32. Bb7 Kd6 33. Rc1 Nc8 34. Ba6 Rf8 35. f4 Kd7 36. f5 g6 37. fxg6 hxg6 38. h4 Rh8 39. Kg2 Rxh4 40. Rd1+ Kxc7 41. Rc1+ Kd6 42. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Chennai-B"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2024.11.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2024.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CB45_2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 0-0 8. 0-0 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. Qe2 a6 11. a4 cxd4 12. exd4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Bd7 14. Ne5 Be8 15. Rfd1 Nfd5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Qf3 Bc6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. a5 Nbd5 20. Ne4 Nc7 21. Nc5 Nb5 22. Bc4 Qc7 23. Rd3 Rfd8 24. Qe4 Nd5 25. Qe5 Qe7 26. Rg3 g6 27. Rf3 Ndc7 28. Ne4 f5 29. Nf6+ Kf8 30. Rh3 h5 31. Nxh5 gxh5 32. Qh8+ Kf7 33. Qxh5+ Kf6 34. Qh4+ Kf7 35. Qh7+ Kf8 36. Qh8+ Kf7 37. Rh7+ Kg6 38. Rh6+ Kf7 39. Qh7+ Kf8 40. Qh8+ Kf7 41. Qh7+ Kf8 42. Qg6 Qg7 43. Qh5 Qxd4 44. Rh8+ Ke7 45. Rh7+ Kd6 46. Rd1 Nd5 47. Rxd4 Nxd4 48. Qd1 c5 49. h4 Rg8 50. Bxd5 Kxd5 51. b4 Rad8 52. bxc5 Kxc5 53. Rc7+ Kd5 54. h5 f4 55. f3 Rh8 56. Qb1 Rxh5 57. Qe4+ Kd6 58. Rc4 e5 59. Qg6+ Kd5 60. Rxd4+ exd4 61. Qxh5+ Kc4 62. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Chennai-B"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2024.11.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Puranik, Abhimanyu Sameer"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2024.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CB45_2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. 0-0 Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. h3 0-0 8. c3 d6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 f6 11. Qc2 Bd7 12. Bf4 Qc8 13. Nbd2 Nf7 14. Rac1 Rb8 15. b3 Rb5 16. e5 g5 17. Bh2 f5 18. a4 Rd5 19. Nb1 g4 20. Nc3 gxf3 21. Nxd5 cxd5 22. Qd2 Bc6 23. e6 Nd8 24. Bxd6 Nxe6 25. Be5 Qe8 26. Bxg7 Qg6 27. g3 Nxg7 28. Qc3 Be8 29. Qxf3 f4 30. g4 Bf7 31. Kh2 Ne6 32. Re5 Nxd4 33. Qxf4 Qd3 34. Rxe7 Ne2 35. Qg5+ Bg6 36. Rxe2 Qxe2 37. Qxd5+ Rf7 38. Qd8+ Rf8 39. Qd5+ Rf7 40. Qd8+ Kg7 41. Qd4+ Kh6 42. Kg1 a5 43. h4 Qe4 44. Qxe4 Bxe4 45. Rc4 Bd5 46. Rc5 Bxb3 47. Rh5+ Kg7 48. Rxa5 Rf4 49. Rg5+ Kf6 50. a5 h6 51. Rb5 Rxg4+ 52. Kh2 Be6 53. h5 Rg5 54. Rxg5 Kxg5 55. a6 Kg4 56. a7 Bd5 57. Kg1 Kxh5 58. Kh2 Kg4 59. Kg1 Bf3 0-1

[Event "Chennai-B"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2024.11.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2024.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CB45_2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 a6 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Rb3 Qe7 15. Rxb7 Qd8 16. 0-0 Qc8 17. Rb3 Bc5 18. Ne2 Bb5 19. Rc3 Bc4 20. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 21. Nd4 Rb8 22. Re1 Rb6 23. h4 0-0 24. Kh2 Rfb8 25. f5 exf5 26. Nxf5 d4 27. Qg5 g6 28. Rf3 Qf8 29. h5 Kh8 30. Nd6 Bd5 31. Rf4 gxh5 32. e6 Qxd6 33. Qf6+ Kg8 34. Qxf7+ Kh8 35. Qf6+ Kg8 36. Re5 Be4 37. Rg5+ Bg6 38. Rxg6+ hxg6 39. Qxg6+ Kh8 40. Qxh5+ Kg7 41. Qg5+ Kh7 42. Qh4+ Kg7 43. Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "Chennai-B"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2024.11.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pranav, V."]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2024.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CB45_2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Qe7+ 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qc7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qxd5 Bb7 11. Qc4 Nf6 12. Nd2 Bd6 13. Ba4 0-0 14. 0-0-0 Nd5 15. Bc5 Nb6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Qh4 Nxa4 18. Qxa4 c5 19. f3 Qg6 20. Qf4 Rfe8 21. Rhg1 Re2 22. Qc7 Bd5 23. Rde1 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Qxg2 25. Qxc5 Be6 26. Qg1 Qh3 27. Qg3 Qf5 28. Re5 Qd3 29. f4 Qa6 30. a3 f6 31. Re1 Rd8 32. Qe3 Bf5 33. Qc5 Qd3 34. Qc4+ Kf8 35. Qxd3 Rxd3 36. Re2 h5 37. Rf2 h4 38. Nf3 Be4 39. Nd4 Kf7 40. f5 g5 41. fxg6+ Kxg6 42. Rf4 f5 43. Rxh4 Kg5 44. Rh8 Kg4 45. Ne6 Rf3 46. Rg8+ Kh4 47. Rh8+ Kg4 48. Rg8+ Kh4 49. Kd2 Rf2+ 50. Ke3 Rxb2 51. Rg7 Rb3 52. Kf4 Kh3 53. Ng5+ Kxh2 54. Nxe4 fxe4 55. Rxa7 Rxc3 56. Kxe4 Kg3 57. a4 Rc4+ 58. Kd5 Rg4 59. Kc5 Rg5+ 60. Kb4 Rg4+ 61. Kb3 Kf4 62. Re7 Rg1 63. a5 Kf5 64. a6 Ra1 65. a7 Kf6 66. Rh7 Ke6 67. Kb4 Kd6 68. Kb5 Rb1+ 69. Ka6 1-0

[Event "Chennai-B"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2024.11.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Pranesh, Munirethinam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2024.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CB45_2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. Ne5 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nd5 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Qc2 b5 10. Be4 h6 11. a4 Bb7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Nxb5 Bb7 15. Qxc4 Ba6 16. Bb1 f5 17. e4 fxe4 18. Bxe4 c6 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Qxb4 Qxb5 21. Qxb5 Bxb5 22. Re1 Rd8 23. Be3 Nd7 24. Nxd7 Rxd7 25. Rc1 Kf7 26. h3 Rb7 27. g4 Ba4 28. Rc4 Bb5 29. Rc3 Ba4 30. Ra3 Bb3 31. Bf4 Bd5 32. Be5 g6 33. f4 h5 1/2-1/2

