[Event "KazChess Masters 2025"] [White "Makhnev,Denis"] [Black "Karthikeyan,Murali"] [Site "Almaty City"] [Round "8.1"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2025.11.20"] [WhiteElo "2525"] [BlackElo "2662"] [PlyCount "31"] [TimeControl "60"] 1. d4 {[%emt 0:3:26]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:0:18]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:0:8]} e6 {[%emt 0:0:11]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:6]} b6 {[%emt 0:0:57]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:0:9]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:0:12]} 5. Qc2 {[%emt 0:0:9]} c5 {[%emt 0:0:51]} 6. d5 {[%emt 0:0:7]} exd5 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 7. cxd5 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 8. Bg2 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:0:25]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:0:15]} Be7 {[%emt 0:1:8]} 10. Qe4 {[%emt 0:0:15]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:0:58]} 11. Nh4 {[%emt 0:2:12]} O-O {[%emt 0:53:18]} 12. Nf5 {[%emt 0:1:31]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 13. Rd1 {[%emt 0:0:8]} Na6 {[%emt 0:0:24]} 14. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:0:27]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:1:6]} 15. Nc3 {[%emt 0:0:30]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:3:54]} 16. Ne7+ {[%emt 0:0:9]} 1-0