[Event "Second Chola Chess International GM Norm Round Robin Tournament 2026"] [Site "Chennai, India"] [Date "2026.06.20"] [Round "1"] [Board "1"] [White "Kushagra, Mohan"] [Black "Dhulipalla, Bala Chandra Prasad"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2456"] [BlackElo "2432"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "115"] [GameId "2323153439424566"] [EventDate "2026.06.20"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Qf6 7. Qe2 Nge7 8. h4 d6 9. Bg5 Qe6 10. O-O-O f6 11. Be3 Bd7 12. g3 O-O-O 13. f4 Qf7 14. Bxb6 axb6 15. Bg2 Kb8 16. a3 Rhe8 17. Rhe1 h6 18. Bf3 f5 19. Qf2 g5 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. exf5 Qxf5 22. Bxc6 Nxc6 23. Rd5 Re5 24. Qd2 gxf4 25. Rexe5 dxe5 26. gxf4 Qxf4 27. Qxf4 exf4 28. Nd4 Kc8 29. Nxc6 bxc6 30. Rd2 Rf8 31. Rf2 Bg4 32. Kd2 Rd8+ 33. Ke1 Rd4 34. Ne2 Re4 35. Kd2 Bxe2 36. Rxe2 Rd4+ 37. Ke1 Kd7 38. Kf2 Kd6 39. Kf3 c5 40. c3 Rd1 41. Kxf4 c4 42. Ke3 Kc5 43. Rd2 Re1+ 44. Re2 Rd1 45. Rd2 Re1+ 46. Re2 Rb1 47. Rd2 c6 48. a4 Ra1 49. Rh2 Rxa4 50. Rh5+ Kd6 51. Rh6+ Kc5 52. Rh5+ Kd6 53. Rh6+ Kc7 54. Rh7+ Kb8 55. Kd4 Ra2 56. Rh2 Ra4 57. Rh7 Ra2 58. Rh2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Second Chola Chess International GM Norm Round Robin Tournament 2026"] [Site "Chennai, India"] [Date "2026.06.20"] [Round "1"] [Board "2"] [White "Krasenkow, Michal"] [Black "Anuj, Shrivatri"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2483"] [BlackElo "2483"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "103"] [GameId "2323153439424568"] [EventDate "2026.06.20"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Bxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8. e3 b6 9. O-O-O Nxc3 10. Qxc3 d6 11. Ne2 Nd7 12. Nf4 Nf6 13. f3 Qe7 14. h4 Re8 15. h5 e5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Rd3 Bb7 18. h6 g6 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Re7 21. Qxe5 Rxe5 22. Rc3 Rc8 23. Bc4 Kf7 24. f4 Re7 25. Kd2 Kf6 26. Rhc1 g5 27. g3 g4 28. Ba2 Kg6 29. Rh1 a5 30. Rh4 Rg8 31. Bb3 Bc8 32. Bc2 Kf6 33. Rh5 Rg6 34. Kd3 Rg8 35. Kd4 Rge8 36. Rg5 a4 37. Rg7 Rxg7 38. hxg7 Kxg7 39. Rxc7+ Kg6 40. Rc6 h5 41. Rxd6+ Kh7 42. e4 h4 43. exf5 hxg3 44. f6+ Kh8 45. f7 Rf8 46. Ke3 Kg7 47. Bg6 b5 48. Ke2 Rh8 49. Kf1 Bb7 50. f5 Rc8 51. Kg2 Kf8 52. Kxg3 1-0 [Event "Second Chola Chess International GM Norm Round Robin Tournament 2026"] [Site "Chennai, India"] [Date "2026.06.20"] [Round "1"] [Board "3"] [White "Fedorov, Alexei"] [Black "Harsh, Suresh"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2388"] [BlackElo "2435"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "48"] [GameId "2323153439424570"] [EventDate "2026.06.20"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a5 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 h6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. h3 a4 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Nf1 Ne7 12. Bxd7 Nxd7 13. d4 Bb6 14. Be3 Ra5 15. Ng3 exd4 16. Bxd4 Nc6 17. Bxb6 Nxb6 18. Nd4 Ne7 19. Ndf5 Nxf5 20. Nxf5 Kh7 21. Qc2 Kg8 22. Qd1 Kh7 23. Qc2 Kg8 24. Qd1 Kh7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Second Chola Chess International GM Norm Round Robin Tournament 2026"] [Site "Chennai, India"] [Date "2026.06.20"] [Round "1"] [Board "4"] [White "Nikitenko, Mihail"] [Black "Bournel, Antoine"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E21"] [WhiteElo "2479"] [BlackElo "2430"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "99"] [GameId "2323153439424572"] [EventDate "2026.06.20"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 c5 8. Bg5 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qh4 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 13. e3 Rd8 14. Be2 Bb7 15. O-O Rac8 16. Rac1 Kf8 17. b4 a5 18. b5 Ne5 19. Nd4 f5 20. Rfd1 a4 21. h3 Rc5 22. f4 Ng6 23. Rb1 Ne7 24. Rb4 Ra8 25. Bf3 Bxf3 26. Nxf3 Ke8 27. Ne5 Rc7 28. Kf2 f6 29. Nd3 d5 30. Nb2 dxc4 31. Rxc4 Rxc4 32. Nxc4 Nd5 33. Nd6+ Kf8 34. Rc1 Ne7 35. Rc7 Rd8 36. Nc4 Rc8 37. Rxc8+ Nxc8 38. g4 fxg4 39. hxg4 Ke7 40. Kg3 Na7 41. Kh4 f5 42. g5 hxg5+ 43. fxg5 Nxb5 44. Kh5 Nc3 45. Nxb6 Kf7 46. Kh6 Ne4 47. g6+ Kg8 48. Nd7 Kh8 49. g7+ Kg8 50. Kg6 1-0 [Event "Second Chola Chess International GM Norm Round Robin Tournament 2026"] [Site "Chennai, India"] [Date "2026.06.20"] [Round "1"] [Board "5"] [White "Ajay, Santhosh Parvathareddy"] [Black "Harshavardhan, G B"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C49"] [WhiteElo "2503"] [BlackElo "2493"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "80"] [GameId "2323153439424574"] [EventDate "2026.06.20"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. Bg5 Ne7 9. Re1 Ng6 10. d4 h6 11. Bd2 c6 12. Bd3 Re8 13. h3 Qc7 14. c4 c5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nh2 Be6 17. Nf1 b5 18. Ne3 bxc4 19. Nxc4 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Rad8 21. c3 Qd7 22. Be3 Qxd1 23. Raxd1 Nxe4 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Bxh6 gxh6 26. Rxe4 Rd1+ 27. Kh2 Kg7 28. Bb3 Rd2 29. Kg1 Rd7 30. g3 f5 31. Ra4 e4 32. Be6 Rd1+ 33. Kg2 Rd2 34. Kf1 f4 35. Rxe4 fxg3 36. fxg3 Rd3 37. Rc4 Rxg3 38. Rxc5 Nf4 39. Rc7+ Kf6 40. Bc8 Nxh3 1/2-1/2