[Event "Second Chola Chess International GM Norm Round Robin Tournament 2026"] [Site "Chennai, India"] [Date "2026.06.27"] [Round "8"] [Board "1"] [White "Dhulipalla, Bala Chandra Prasad"] [Black "Anuj, Shrivatri"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C48"] [WhiteElo "2432"] [BlackElo "2483"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "89"] [GameId "2325706640953396"] [EventDate "2026.06.20"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. O-O c6 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bb3 Nxb3 8. axb3 b4 9. Na4 d6 10. d4 Qc7 11. Be3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. g4 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Bg6 17. Nb6 Rd8 18. Nc4 c5 19. Bf4 Qb7 20. Qg3 h5 21. f3 hxg4 22. hxg4 f6 23. Bxd6 Bf7 24. Bxf8 Bxc4 25. bxc4 Kxf8 26. Rfd1 Kf7 27. Rd6 b3 28. c3 Rd7 29. Rad1 Rhd8 30. Qh2 Rxd6 31. Rxd6 Rxd6 32. Qxd6 Qe7 33. Qd5+ Kf8 34. Kg2 g5 35. Qd1 Qb7 36. Qd6+ Kf7 37. Kf2 Qe7 38. Qd1 Qb7 39. Qd6 Qe7 40. Qb8 Qe5 41. Qb7+ Kg6 42. Kg2 Qd6 43. Qxb3 Qd2+ 44. Kh3 Qe2 45. Kg3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Second Chola Chess International GM Norm Round Robin Tournament 2026"] [Site "Chennai, India"] [Date "2026.06.27"] [Round "8"] [Board "2"] [White "Kushagra, Mohan"] [Black "Harsh, Suresh"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C70"] [WhiteElo "2456"] [BlackElo "2435"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "52"] [GameId "2325706640953398"] [EventDate "2026.06.20"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 exd4 8. Re1 Nxb3 9. axb3 c5 10. c3 Be7 11. cxd4 Nf6 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Nh4 b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 O-O 16. Nf5 Re8 17. Bf4 Bf8 18. Rxe8 Qxe8 19. Bxd6 Qe4 20. Bxf8 Qxf5 21. Bxc5 Qxd5 22. f3 a5 23. Kh1 Kh8 24. Kg1 Kg8 25. Kh1 Kh8 26. Kg1 Kg8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Second Chola Chess International GM Norm Round Robin Tournament 2026"] [Site "Chennai, India"] [Date "2026.06.27"] [Round "8"] [Board "3"] [White "Krasenkow, Michal"] [Black "Bournel, Antoine"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2483"] [BlackElo "2430"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "129"] [GameId "2325706640953400"] [EventDate "2026.06.20"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 c5 5. d5 O-O 6. g3 exd5 7. cxd5 d6 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. Nh3 Nb6 10. Nf4 Nc4 11. O-O Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Bf5 13. f3 Ba5 14. g4 Bc8 15. Qc2 Rb8 16. g5 Ne8 17. h4 b5 18. Bh3 Bxh3 19. Nxh3 Nc7 20. Nf4 Qe7 21. Kg2 Qe5 22. Qd2 Rfe8 23. e4 f6 24. gxf6 Qxf6 25. Kh3 Re5 26. Ng2 Rf8 27. a3 Kh8 28. Rae1 Qe7 29. b4 cxb4 30. Ne2 Na6 31. Nd4 Bb6 32. axb4 Nc7 33. Nc6 Qd7+ 34. Kg3 Rh5 35. f4 Qf7 36. f5 Qf6 37. Qe2 g6 38. fxg6 Qxg6+ 39. Qg4 Bf2+ 40. Rxf2 Rxf2 41. Qxg6 Rxg2+ 42. Kxg2 hxg6 43. Rc1 Rxh4 44. Ne7 Rxe4 45. Rxc7 Rxb4 46. Nxg6+ Kg8 47. Ne7+ Kf8 48. Nf5 a5 49. Nxd6 a4 50. Rf7+ Kg8 51. Ra7 Rd4 52. Nf5 Rd3 53. Kf2 Kf8 54. Ne3 Ke8 55. Ke2 Rd4 56. Ra5 Rb4 57. Kd3 Kd7 58. Nc2 Rb2 59. Kc3 Rb1 60. Kd4 Kc7 61. Ke5 Kb6 62. Ra8 Kb7 63. d6 Rd1 64. Nd4 Re1+ 65. Kd5 1-0 [Event "Second Chola Chess International GM Norm Round Robin Tournament 2026"] [Site "Chennai, India"] [Date "2026.06.27"] [Round "8"] [Board "4"] [White "Fedorov, Alexei"] [Black "Harshavardhan, G B"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C24"] [WhiteElo "2388"] [BlackElo "2493"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "116"] [GameId "2325706640953402"] [EventDate "2026.06.20"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 a5 6. a4 Bb4+ 7. c3 Bd6 8. exd5 cxd5 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Na3 Nc6 11. Nb5 Bb8 12. d4 e4 13. Nd2 h6 14. Bh4 Bf4 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. g3 Bxd2+ 17. Qxd2 O-O 18. Qe3 Ne7 19. O-O Bg4 20. Rfe1 Rac8 21. Bd1 Bxd1 22. Raxd1 Rfe8 23. b3 Nf5 24. Qf4 g5 25. Qg4 Nd6 26. Nxd6 Qxd6 27. c4 b6 28. h4 Qg6 29. h5 Qe6 30. Qxe6 fxe6 31. Rc1 g4 32. Rc3 Rc6 33. Rec1 Rec8 34. Kf1 Kf7 35. Ke2 Kf6 36. Kd2 Kg5 37. c5 Rf8 38. Ke2 Rb8 39. cxb6 Rxc3 40. Rxc3 Rxb6 41. Rc5 Rxb3 42. Rxa5 Rd3 43. Ra8 Rxd4 44. a5 Ra4 45. a6 Kf5 46. a7 Ra2+ 47. Kd1 Ke5 48. Kc1 Kd4 49. Kb1 Ra5 50. Kc2 Ra6 51. Kb3 Kd3 52. Kb4 Ke2 53. Kb5 Ra1 54. Kb6 Rb1+ 55. Kc6 Ra1 56. Kb7 d4 57. Re8 d3 58. Rxe6 d2 0-1 [Event "Second Chola Chess International GM Norm Round Robin Tournament 2026"] [Site "Chennai, India"] [Date "2026.06.27"] [Round "8"] [Board "5"] [White "Nikitenko, Mihail"] [Black "Ajay, Santhosh Parvathareddy"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A37"] [WhiteElo "2479"] [BlackElo "2503"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "96"] [GameId "2325706640953404"] [EventDate "2026.06.20"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O Bf5 7. b3 e5 8. Bb2 Nge7 9. d3 O-O 10. Nd2 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. cxd5 Nb4 13. a3 Nbxd5 14. b4 cxb4 15. Qb3 Nc3 16. e3 Qd7 17. axb4 Nb5 18. Nc4 Rab8 19. f4 Qe6 20. Qa2 exf4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qb2+ Qf6 23. Qxf6+ Kxf6 24. Rxf4+ Kg7 25. Na3 Nc3 26. Rc4 Rfc8 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Nc4 d5 29. Nd6 Rc6 30. Nxb7 Rb6 31. Nc5 Rxb4 32. Rxa7 Rb1+ 33. Kf2 Rb2+ 34. Kg1 Nf5 35. Bf1 Nxe3 36. Ne6+ Kf6 37. Nd8 d4 38. Rxf7+ Ke5 39. Rxh7 Rb1 40. Rf7 Ne4 41. Nc6+ Kd6 42. Nxd4 Ng5 43. Nc2 Nxc2 44. Rf6+ Ke5 45. Rxg6 Kf5 46. Rg8 Ne3 47. Rf8+ Kg6 48. h4 Kg7 0-1