[Event "First Chola Chess International IM Norm Round Robin Tournament 2026"] [Site "Chennai, INDIA"] [Date "2026.06.27"] [Round "8"] [Board "1"] [White "Gunawardhana, Devindya Oshini"] [Black "Gochelashvili, David"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2340"] [BlackElo "2275"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "135"] [GameId "2325705449431066"] [EventDate "2026.06.20"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 a6 7. h3 Nh6 8. Na3 f6 9. exf6 exf6 10. Nc2 Bg7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Nf7 13. Re1 f5 14. b3 Re8 15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. Bf4 Be6 17. Qd2 Qd7 18. Re1 Re8 19. h4 Qd8 20. h5 Nd6 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Ng5 Ne4 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. f3 Bf5 25. g4 Be6 26. Qh2 Bf7 27. fxe4 Qd7 28. Ne3 Rxe4 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Nxe4 dxe4 31. Bh6 Bxh6 32. Qxh6+ Kg8 33. Rd1 Nxd4 34. Kg2 Qd6 35. Rh1 Qf6 36. Qh7+ Kf8 37. Qh8+ Ke7 38. Qxf6+ Kxf6 39. Rf1+ Nf3 40. Rc1 Be8 41. Kf2 Bc6 42. Nc4 b5 43. Nd2 Ne5 44. Ke3 Nxg4+ 45. Kf4 Ne5 46. Nxe4+ Ke6 47. Ng5+ Kd6 48. Rd1+ Bd5 49. Ne4+ Ke6 50. Nc5+ Kd6 51. Nxa6 Nc6 52. Rd2 Ne7 53. Nb4 Kc5 54. Nxd5 Nxd5+ 55. Ke5 Nc3 56. a3 Nb1 57. Rc2+ Kb6 58. Ra2 Kc5 59. Ra1 Nd2 60. Rc1+ Kb6 61. b4 g5 62. Kd5 g4 63. Rc6+ Kb7 64. Rg6 Nc4 65. Kc5 Nxa3 66. Rxg4 Ka6 67. Rg3 Nc4 68. Rg6+ 1-0 [Event "First Chola Chess International IM Norm Round Robin Tournament 2026"] [Site "Chennai, INDIA"] [Date "2026.06.27"] [Round "8"] [Board "2"] [White "Daakshin, Arun"] [Black "De Silva, L M S T"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E01"] [WhiteElo "2308"] [BlackElo "2382"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "62"] [GameId "2325705450721308"] [EventDate "2026.06.20"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 Ne4 7. O-O f5 8. Nxe4 fxe4 9. Ne5 O-O 10. f3 exf3 11. Nxf3 Nd7 12. Bf4 g5 13. Be3 g4 14. Ne5 Rxf1+ 15. Qxf1 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qf8 17. Bf4 Bd7 18. Qd1 Rd8 19. e4 dxc4 20. Qxg4+ Qg7 21. Qe2 b5 22. h4 Be8 23. Kh2 Bc5 24. Bh3 Qg6 25. Rf1 h6 26. Bg4 Bf7 27. Bf3 Bd4 28. Kh3 Qg7 29. Qd2 Kh7 30. Bg4 Bb6 31. Qe2 Bg8 1/2-1/2 [Event "First Chola Chess International IM Norm Round Robin Tournament 2026"] [Site "Chennai, INDIA"] [Date "2026.06.27"] [Round "8"] [Board "3"] [White "Arshpreet, Singh"] [Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2337"] [BlackElo "2433"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "102"] [GameId "2325705450721310"] [EventDate "2026.06.20"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 O-O 8. d4 Nf5 9. Nf3 d5 10. c3 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Bd3 g6 13. Bf4 Ne7 14. Nd2 Bf5 15. Rxe7 Qxe7 16. Bxf5 gxf5 17. Qh5 Bf6 18. g3 c6 19. Nf3 Rfe8 20. Re1 Qf8 21. Be5 Qg7 22. Qxf5 Re6 23. Re3 Qg6 24. Qf4 Be7 25. Kf1 Re8 26. Nh4 Bxh4 27. gxh4 Qb1+ 28. Ke2 Qxb2+ 29. Kf1 Qb1+ 30. Ke2 Qxa2+ 31. Kf1 Qb1+ 32. Ke2 Qc2+ 33. Kf1 Rg6 34. Rg3 Qb1+ 35. Ke2 Qe4+ 36. Qxe4 dxe4 37. Re3 h5 38. c4 c5 39. Ra3 f6 40. Bg3 cxd4 41. Rxa7 Rg7 42. c5 e3 43. fxe3 Rxe3+ 44. Kd2 Rc3 45. Ra8+ Kh7 46. Rf8 Kg6 47. Bf2 Rxc5 48. Bxd4 Rc6 49. Bb2 Kf5 50. Ke3 Rg2 51. Bd4 Rxh2 0-1 [Event "First Chola Chess International IM Norm Round Robin Tournament 2026"] [Site "Chennai, INDIA"] [Date "2026.06.27"] [Round "8"] [Board "4"] [White "Madhvendra, Pratap Sharma"] [Black "Pranav, K P"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2373"] [BlackElo "2308"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "157"] [GameId "2325705450721312"] [EventDate "2026.06.20"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. a4 g6 7. a5 Bg7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. h3 a6 10. Be3 Kh7 11. Re1 Qe7 12. Ra3 Be6 13. Nd5 Qd7 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Ne7 17. c4 c6 18. Qa4 Qf5 19. Qb3 cxd5 20. cxd5 Qd7 21. Rea1 Rfc8 22. Nd2 Bg5 23. Ne4 Kg7 24. Bb6 Nf5 25. Ra4 Bd8 26. Rc4 Nd4 27. Bxd4 exd4 28. Rac1 Bxa5 29. Qa3 Rxc4 30. dxc4 Bc7 31. Qd3 Bb6 32. b4 Re8 33. Nd2 Ba7 34. Nb3 Re5 35. Nxd4 Qe7 36. Rf1 b5 37. Nc6 bxc4 38. Qc3 Qc7 39. Nxe5 dxe5 40. Rc1 Bd4 41. Qxc4 Qb6 42. Rc2 h5 43. h4 Qf6 44. Re2 Qxh4 45. Qxa6 Qf4 46. d6 Qc1+ 47. Kh2 h4 48. Qd3 Qf4+ 49. Kg1 Qc1+ 50. Kh2 Qf4+ 51. g3 hxg3+ 52. Qxg3 Qf5 53. Qh3 Qf4+ 54. Kg2 Qg5+ 55. Qg3 Qd8 56. Rxe5 Qxd6 57. Re4 Qc6 58. Qf3 Ba1 59. Re1 Qa4 60. b5 Bf6 61. Rb1 Qc2 62. Rd1 Qc5 63. Rd5 Qb4 64. Qd3 Qg4+ 65. Kf1 Qb4 66. Rd7 Bc3 67. b6 Be5 68. Qd5 Qb1+ 69. Kg2 Qf5 70. b7 Qg5+ 71. Kf3 Qf5+ 72. Ke2 Qc2+ 73. Ke3 Qc3+ 74. Ke4 Qe1+ 75. Kf3 Qh1+ 76. Ke2 Qh5+ 77. Qf3 Qh4 78. Qxf7+ Kh6 79. Qh7+ 1-0 [Event "First Chola Chess International IM Norm Round Robin Tournament 2026"] [Site "Chennai, INDIA"] [Date "2026.06.27"] [Round "8"] [Board "5"] [White "Madhesh, Kumar S"] [Black "Aarit, Kapil"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A18"] [WhiteElo "2315"] [BlackElo "2331"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "123"] [GameId "2325705450721314"] [EventDate "2026.06.20"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. d4 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Nb6 9. Bg5 Qd7 10. Bb5 Nc6 11. Qe3 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 g4 14. Nd4 a6 15. e6 fxe6 16. Bd3 Bg7 17. Bg6+ Kd8 18. Nxc6+ Qxc6 19. O-O e5 20. Rfd1 Qxg6 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Rxd5+ Ke8 23. Bxe5 Kf7 24. Qf4+ Kg8 25. Re1 Be6 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Qd4+ Kf7 28. Rd6 Rhe8 29. Rdxe6 Qxe6 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. g3 Rae8 32. Qxg4 R8e7 33. h4 Re4 34. Qf5+ Kg7 35. h5 R7e6 36. b3 R4e5 37. Qg4+ Kh7 38. Qf3 Re7 39. Qf6 R5e6 40. Qf5+ Kg7 41. Kg2 Rf6 42. Qg4+ Kf7 43. f4 Rfe6 44. Kh3 Rc6 45. Kh4 Rd6 46. Qf5+ Kg7 47. Qc5 Red7 48. Qe5+ Kh7 49. Qf5+ Kg7 50. g4 Re7 51. g5 Rde6 52. Qc5 Re4 53. Kg3 hxg5 54. fxg5 Re3+ 55. Kf4 R3e4+ 56. Kf5 Re2 57. Qd4+ Kg8 58. g6 R2e3 59. h6 Rf3+ 60. Kg4 Rfe3 61. h7+ Kf8 62. Qh8# 1-0