[Event "41st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Hotel Royal Regency - #26&27, Poonamallee High Road, Periyamet,Chennai - 600003."] [Date "2026.01.09"] [Round "1"] [Board "1"] [White "Ashwin, Sairam"] [Black "Rahman, Yehya"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C43"] [WhiteElo "2305"] [BlackElo "1974"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "138"] [GameId "2275964094759348"] [EventDate "2026.01.09"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. c4 O-O 9. c5 Be7 10. f3 Ng5 11. Qc2 g6 12. Nc3 Bf6 13. Qa4 Bd7 14. f4 Ne6 15. Be3 Re8 16. Rae1 Ng7 17. Bf2 Rxe1 18. Rxe1 Ne6 19. Ne2 Bg7 20. f5 gxf5 21. Qc2 Ng5 22. Bxf5 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 Qf6 24. Ng3 Ne6 25. Qxf6 Bxf6 26. Nf5 Kf8 27. Be3 Ke8 28. Rf1 Kd7 29. Nh6 Ke7 30. Nf5+ Kd7 31. Nh6 Ke7 32. g4 Rf8 33. h4 Bh8 34. Kg2 Ke8 35. Nf5 Kd7 36. Kf3 Rb8 37. b3 Ng7 38. Ke2 Ke6 39. Nh6 Rf8 40. Bf4 Ne8 41. Kd3 Nf6 42. Be5 Bg7 43. g5 Ne8 44. Bxg7 Nxg7 45. Rf6+ Ke7 46. Rxc6 Ne6 47. Ra6 f6 48. Nf5+ Kd7 49. c6+ Kc8 50. Rxa7 Kb8 51. Rb7+ Ka8 52. gxf6 Rxf6 53. Ne7 Nf4+ 54. Kd2 Rxc6 55. Rb5 Rh6 56. Ke3 Ng2+ 57. Kf2 Nxh4 58. Rxd5 Ng6 59. Nc6 Kb7 60. Nb4 Nf4 61. Rd7 Ne6 62. Ke3 Rh4 63. Nd3 Kc8 64. Ne5 Ng5 65. Re7 h6 66. Kd3 Rh1 67. Kc4 Kb7 68. Kb5 Ne4 69. Nc4 Rh5+ 0-1 [Event "41st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Hotel Royal Regency - #26&27, Poonamallee High Road, Periyamet,Chennai - 600003."] [Date "2026.01.09"] [Round "1"] [Board "2"] [White "Gomez Sanchez, Jorge Marcos"] [Black "Claverie, Raul"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C10"] [WhiteElo "2298"] [BlackElo "2185"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "66"] [GameId "2275964094759350"] [EventDate "2026.01.09"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. c4 Ngf6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qxd5 Nc5 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Qd5 18. Rad1 Qf5 19. g4 Qf3 20. Be3 Ne4 21. Qf5 Qxf5 22. gxf5 Rfd8 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rc1 c6 25. Rc4 Nf6 26. Bxa7 Rd5 27. Rb4 b5 28. Rf4 Rd2 29. Rb4 Rd5 30. Rf4 Rd2 31. Rb4 Nd5 32. Rb3 Nf4 33. h3 Rd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "41st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Hotel Royal Regency - #26&27, Poonamallee High Road, Periyamet,Chennai - 600003."] [Date "2026.01.09"] [Round "1"] [Board "3"] [White "Vaibhav, Jayant Raut"] [Black "Madhesh, Kumar S"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2344"] [BlackElo "2324"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "105"] [GameId "2275964094759352"] [EventDate "2026.01.09"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d4 5. e3 c5 6. exd4 cxd4 7. d3 Nc6 8. O-O Bc5 9. Re1 O-O 10. a3 a5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nbd2 Kh7 14. Nh4 f5 15. f4 Bd7 16. Qh5 Bd6 17. Rac1 Qf6 18. c5 Be7 19. Nc4 Bxc5 20. Bxc6 Bxc6 21. Ne5 Bd6 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Rxc6 Rfd8 24. Nf3 Rab8 25. Nd2 Bxf4 26. gxf4 Rxb2 27. Rc7 Rf8 28. Nf3 Qg7+ 29. Ng5+ Kg8 30. Rxe6 hxg5 31. fxg5 Rd2 32. Rxf7 Rxf7 33. Rg6 Rxd3 34. Rxg7+ Rxg7 35. Qe8+ Kh7 36. h4 Re3 37. Qf8 Rf3 38. Kg2 Rf4 39. Kg3 Rg4+ 40. Kh3 Rf4 41. Qd6 Re4 42. Qf6 Re3+ 43. Kg2 d3 44. Qxf5+ Kh8 45. g6 Re2+ 46. Kf3 Re8 47. Qh5+ Kg8 48. Qd5+ Kh8 49. h5 Rge7 50. Qd4+ Kg8 51. h6 Rf8+ 52. Kg3 a4 53. h7+ 1-0 [Event "41st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Hotel Royal Regency - #26&27, Poonamallee High Road, Periyamet,Chennai - 600003."] [Date "2026.01.09"] [Round "1"] [Board "4"] [White "Palencia Morales, Wilson Guillermo"] [Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C48"] [WhiteElo "2207"] [BlackElo "2409"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "94"] [GameId "2275964094759354"] [EventDate "2026.01.09"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 Qe7 7. d3 h6 8. Ne2 Be6 9. Ng3 O-O-O 10. Qe2 g6 11. a3 Nd7 12. b4 c5 13. Bd2 f5 14. c4 f4 15. Nf1 cxb4 16. axb4 Bxb4 17. Rxa7 Kb8 18. Ra4 Bxd2+ 19. N1xd2 Nc5 20. Ra3 Nxe4 21. Ra5 Nxd2 22. Nxd2 Bf5 23. O-O Bxd3 24. Rfa1 c6 25. Qe1 e4 26. Nf3 Rhe8 27. Ne5 Kc7 28. Qc3 Qd6 29. Nxc6 Kxc6 30. Ra6+ bxa6 31. Rxa6+ Kb7 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. c5 Rde6 34. Qg7+ Kc6 35. Qa7 e3 36. fxe3 fxe3 37. Qb6+ Kd5 38. Qb7+ Kc4 39. c6 e2 40. Qa6+ Kc5 41. Qa5+ Kxc6 42. Qc3+ Kb7 43. Qb3+ Ka7 44. Qa4+ Ba6 45. Qd4+ Ka8 46. Qd5+ Kb8 47. Qb3+ Ka7 0-1 [Event "41st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Hotel Royal Regency - #26&27, Poonamallee High Road, Periyamet,Chennai - 600003."] [Date "2026.01.09"] [Round "1"] [Board "5"] [White "Pranav, K P"] [Black "Hari, Ganesh T"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E53"] [WhiteElo "2368"] [BlackElo "2240"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "65"] [GameId "2275964094759356"] [EventDate "2026.01.09"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Be2 b6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. O-O Nbd7 13. c4 Rac8 14. Rc1 Rfd8 15. Qb3 Ng4 16. g3 Ngf6 17. Rfd1 cxd4 18. exd4 Nf8 19. Bf1 Ng6 20. Bg2 Ne7 21. Ne5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qb7+ 23. Qf3 Qxf3+ 24. Kxf3 Nc6 25. Nxc6 Rxc6 26. Rc3 Rdc8 27. Rdc1 Ne8 28. Ke4 Nd6+ 29. Kd3 Rd8 30. g4 h5 31. h3 hxg4 32. hxg4 f5 33. f3 1/2-1/2 [Event "41st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Hotel Royal Regency - #26&27, Poonamallee High Road, Periyamet,Chennai - 600003."] [Date "2026.01.10"] [Round "2"] [Board "1"] [White "Rahman, Yehya"] [Black "Hari, Ganesh T"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "1974"] [BlackElo "2240"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "90"] [GameId "2275964094759358"] [EventDate "2026.01.09"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bg3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c3 Qc7 8. Ne5 Nc6 9. f4 c4 10. Be2 Ne7 11. O-O Nf5 12. Bf2 Be7 13. Bf3 Nd6 14. b3 cxb3 15. Qxb3 b6 16. a4 Ba6 17. Rfe1 Rfc8 18. Rac1 Rab8 19. h3 h6 20. g4 b5 21. a5 b4 22. cxb4 Qxc1 23. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 24. Kg2 Nde4 25. Bxe4 Nxe4 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. f5 Rxb4 28. Qa2 Bf1+ 29. Kg3 Rc7 30. fxe6 f6 31. Ng6 Bd6+ 32. Kh4 Bc4 33. Qc2 Bd5 34. Qe2 Kh7 35. Kh5 Bc4 36. Qc2 Rb5+ 37. Kh4 Bd5 38. Qa4 a6 39. e7 Rxe7 40. Nf8+ Kg8 41. Ng6 Rc7 42. Bg3 Rc4 43. Qa1 Bb4 44. Qf1 Kh7 45. Ne5 Be6 0-1 [Event "41st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Hotel Royal Regency - #26&27, Poonamallee High Road, Periyamet,Chennai - 600003."] [Date "2026.01.10"] [Round "2"] [Board "2"] [White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"] [Black "Pranav, K P"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E54"] [WhiteElo "2409"] [BlackElo "2368"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "57"] [GameId "2275964094759360"] [EventDate "2026.01.09"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. Bd3 Qe7 10. Qc2 Rd8 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 f5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. a3 Ba5 15. Rd1 Ba6 16. b4 Bc7 17. bxc5 g5 18. g3 Rf8 19. a4 Rab8 20. Ra3 e5 21. dxe5 Bxe5 22. Rb3 g4 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Bb2 Qe7 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. Qc3 Rxb2 27. Qxb2 Bc4 28. Rd6 Bd5 29. Qf6 1-0 [Event "41st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Hotel Royal Regency - #26&27, Poonamallee High Road, Periyamet,Chennai - 600003."] [Date "2026.01.10"] [Round "2"] [Board "3"] [White "Madhesh, Kumar S"] [Black "Palencia Morales, Wilson Guillermo"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D20"] [WhiteElo "2324"] [BlackElo "2207"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "99"] [GameId "2275964094759362"] [EventDate "2026.01.09"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 b5 4. a4 c6 5. b3 e5 6. axb5 cxb5 7. d5 Nf6 8. Nd2 c3 9. Bxb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 11. Nc4 Nxe4 12. Nf3 Bc5 13. O-O O-O 14. Be3 Nb6 15. Qc2 Bxe3 16. Qxe4 Bh6 17. Rfd1 f5 18. Qc2 e4 19. Nfe5 Nxc4 20. Nxc4 f4 21. Qxc3 f3 22. Qe5 Re8 23. Qg3 Qf6 24. d6 Bf4 25. Qg4 fxg2 26. Qxg2 Re6 27. d7 Rd8 28. Ra5 Qe7 29. Qh3 Rxd7 30. Rad5 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 h6 32. Qf5 Qg5+ 33. Qxg5 Bxg5 34. Rd7 a6 35. Kf1 Bf4 36. h3 e3 37. Ke2 exf2+ 38. Kxf2 Rf6 39. Rb7 Rf7 40. Rxf7 Kxf7 41. Kf3 Bc7 42. Ne3 g5 43. Ke4 Kg6 44. Nf5 Bd8 45. Nd4 h5 46. Ne6 Bb6 47. Nf8+ Kf7 48. Nd7 Bc7 49. Nc5 a5 50. Kf5 1/2-1/2 [Event "41st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Hotel Royal Regency - #26&27, Poonamallee High Road, Periyamet,Chennai - 600003."] [Date "2026.01.10"] [Round "2"] [Board "4"] [White "Claverie, Raul"] [Black "Vaibhav, Jayant Raut"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2185"] [BlackElo "2344"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "36"] [GameId "2275964094759364"] [EventDate "2026.01.09"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. e5 Ng6 7. h4 f6 8. Nc3 h5 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Qe4 Rg8 12. Nd2 d5 13. Qa4 Ne5 14. f4 Nd7 15. O-O a5 16. Ne2 Nb6 17. Qa3 c4 18. Qc3 Qg7 0-1 [Event "41st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Hotel Royal Regency - #26&27, Poonamallee High Road, Periyamet,Chennai - 600003."] [Date "2026.01.10"] [Round "2"] [Board "5"] [White "Ashwin, Sairam"] [Black "Gomez Sanchez, Jorge Marcos"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B21"] [WhiteElo "2305"] [BlackElo "2298"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "84"] [GameId "2275964094759366"] [EventDate "2026.01.09"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bb5 Nge7 7. Bg5 f6 8. Be3 a6 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. O-O b5 11. Qe2 Be7 12. a4 b4 13. a5 Rb8 14. Na4 Qxa5 15. Nb6 Qh5 16. Bxa6 Bxa6 17. Qxa6 Nce5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. h3 Qg6 20. Nxd7 Nxd7 21. Qc6 Kf7 22. Qxd7 Rhd8 23. Qc7 Rbc8 24. Qf4 e5 25. Qf3 Rc4 26. Bb6 Rdc8 27. Rfe1 R4c6 28. Qe3 Kf8 29. Ra7 Rb8 30. Bc7 Rc8 31. Bb6 Rb8 32. Bc7 Bc5 33. Qxc5+ Rxc5 34. Bxb8 Kg8 35. Bd6 Rc8 36. Bxb4 h5 37. Bc3 Rd8 38. Re7 h4 39. f4 exf4 40. e5 f3 41. Kf2 Qg3+ 42. Ke3 f2+ 0-1 [Event "41st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Hotel Royal Regency - #26&27, Poonamallee High Road, Periyamet,Chennai - 600003."] [Date "2026.01.10"] [Round "3"] [Board "1"] [White "Gomez Sanchez, Jorge Marcos"] [Black "Rahman, Yehya"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D78"] [WhiteElo "2298"] [BlackElo "1974"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "81"] [GameId "2275964094759368"] [EventDate "2026.01.09"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 c6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d4 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4 c5 9. Bb2 Qb6 10. Qb3 Na6 11. e3 Bf5 12. Nc3 Rab8 13. Ne5 Qxb3 14. axb3 cxd4 15. exd4 Rfd8 16. Nb5 Be4 17. f3 Bf5 18. Nxa7 Ra8 19. Nb5 h5 20. Ba3 Bf8 21. g4 Bc8 22. g5 Ne8 23. f4 Nd6 24. Bc5 Nf5 25. Bb6 Re8 26. Rfe1 Kg7 27. Na7 Nh4 28. Bh1 Nb4 29. Nxc8 Raxc8 30. Bxb7 Rb8 31. Ra7 f6 32. Nd7 Rxb7 33. gxf6+ Kh6 34. Rxb7 Nf3+ 35. Kf1 Nxe1 36. f7 Rc8 37. Kxe1 Nd3+ 38. Kd2 Nxf4 39. Nxf8 Rxf8 40. Rxe7 g5 41. d5 1-0 [Event "41st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Hotel Royal Regency - #26&27, Poonamallee High Road, Periyamet,Chennai - 600003."] [Date "2026.01.10"] [Round "3"] [Board "2"] [White "Vaibhav, Jayant Raut"] [Black "Ashwin, Sairam"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E06"] [WhiteElo "2344"] [BlackElo "2305"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "61"] [GameId "2275964094759370"] [EventDate "2026.01.09"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxc5 d4 9. Bg5 Nd7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. b4 Nxb4 12. Qb2 Nc6 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Nxc5 15. Nc3 Rd8 16. Qe3 Bd7 17. Rab1 Rab8 18. Rfd1 b6 19. Rd5 Qf6 20. Rd6 Qe7 21. Rbd1 Ba4 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rd4 Rxd4 24. Qxd4 Qd7 25. e3 h6 26. Kf1 Bc6 27. Qxd7 Bxd7 28. Ke2 Kf8 29. f4 Ke7 30. Kd2 Kd6 31. Ne4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "41st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Hotel Royal Regency - #26&27, Poonamallee High Road, Periyamet,Chennai - 600003."] [Date "2026.01.10"] [Round "3"] [Board "3"] [White "Palencia Morales, Wilson Guillermo"] [Black "Claverie, Raul"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "2207"] [BlackElo "2185"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "60"] [GameId "2275964094759372"] [EventDate "2026.01.09"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. Nbd2 Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. c3 Nbd7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Re1 Rfe8 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. Rxe8+ Rxe8 16. Re1 Rxe1+ 17. Nxe1 Bg6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Nd3 Kf8 20. Kf1 Ke7 21. Ke2 c6 22. f4 Ne8 23. Ne5 Nd6 24. Nxd7 Kxd7 25. g4 b5 26. Nf3 Ke6 27. Ng5+ Ke7 28. Nf3 Ke6 29. Ng5+ Ke7 30. Nf3 Ke6 1/2-1/2 [Event "41st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Hotel Royal Regency - #26&27, Poonamallee High Road, Periyamet,Chennai - 600003."] [Date "2026.01.10"] [Round "3"] [Board "4"] [White "Pranav, K P"] [Black "Madhesh, Kumar S"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E46"] [WhiteElo "2368"] [BlackElo "2324"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "104"] [GameId "2275964094759374"] [EventDate "2026.01.09"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nf4 Re8 9. Bd3 c6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. f3 Bxf4 13. exf4 c5 14. Qf2 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Nb8 16. b4 Nc6 17. Qf2 Bd7 18. Bb2 a6 19. Ne2 Na7 20. Bd4 Bb5 21. Rfd1 Nc6 22. Bxb5 axb5 23. Bc5 Qc7 24. g3 Qd7 25. Nc3 Red8 26. Qd2 Re8 27. Nxb5 Na5 28. Qd3 Nc4 29. a4 Nb2 30. Qc2 Nxd1 31. Rxd1 Qc6 32. Qb3 h5 33. Bd4 Rad8 34. Be5 Nd7 35. Bc7 Ra8 36. Bd6 Nb6 37. Be5 Rxa4 38. Nd6 Rea8 39. Nf5 Qd7 40. Nxg7 Qh3 41. Bb2 Nc4 42. Ne8 Nxb2 43. Nf6+ Kh8 44. Rb1 Qf5 45. Qxb2 Ra2 46. Qb3 Qxf6 47. Qxd5 Ra1 48. Qxh5+ Kg8 49. Qg4+ Qg6 50. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 51. Kg2 Qxg4 52. fxg4 Rb1 0-1 [Event "41st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Hotel Royal Regency - #26&27, Poonamallee High Road, Periyamet,Chennai - 600003."] [Date "2026.01.10"] [Round "3"] [Board "5"] [White "Hari, Ganesh T"] [Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2240"] [BlackElo "2409"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "108"] [GameId "2275964094759376"] [EventDate "2026.01.09"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 c5 8. Bd3 c4 9. Bf5 Nb6 10. Bxc8 Rxc8 11. O-O O-O 12. Qc2 Be7 13. Rad1 Ne4 14. Bf4 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qd7 16. Rb1 Ba3 17. Ng5 g6 18. f3 f6 19. Nh3 Qa4 20. Qd2 Qc6 21. Nf2 g5 22. Bg3 f5 23. h4 h6 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Be5 Nd7 26. f4 g4 27. Nh1 Be7 28. Ng3 Bh4 29. Kf2 Nf6 30. Bxf6 Qxf6 31. Rxb7 Rf7 32. Qb2 Re8 33. Re1 Kg7 34. Rxf7+ Qxf7 35. Qb5 Kg6 36. a4 Qe6 37. Qb7 Re7 38. Qb8 Kg7 39. Qd8 Qb6 40. Qxb6 axb6 41. Rh1 Bxg3+ 42. Kxg3 Rxe3+ 43. Kh4 Rxc3 44. Kg5 Rd3 45. Rb1 Rxd4 46. Rxb6 c3 47. Rb7+ Kf8 48. Rb1 Rxa4 49. Kf6 Re4 50. Kxf5 c2 51. Rc1 Re2 52. Kxg4 d4 53. Kf3 d3 54. Rh1 Re8 0-1 [Event "41st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Hotel Royal Regency - #26&27, Poonamallee High Road, Periyamet,Chennai - 600003."] [Date "2026.01.11"] [Round "4"] [Board "1"] [White "Rahman, Yehya"] [Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "1974"] [BlackElo "2409"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "91"] [GameId "2275964094759378"] [EventDate "2026.01.09"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. Qc2 c6 9. O-O b6 10. Bg5 Ba6 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Qb1 Bd6 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Rc1 Qb8 20. f4 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Qxc8 22. Bf3 b5 23. Kg2 a4 24. Qd1 Ne4 25. Nd3 Qc7 26. e3 f6 27. Nb1 Bf8 28. Bxe4 dxe4 29. Nb4 g5 30. fxg5 hxg5 31. Nc3 Bxb4 32. axb4 Qd6 33. Qh5 Kg7 34. h4 gxh4 35. gxh4 Bc6 36. Qc5 Qxc5 37. dxc5 e5 38. Kg3 Kg6 39. Ne2 f5 40. Nc3 Kf6 41. Ne2 Be8 42. Nc3 Bc6 43. Ne2 Kg6 44. Nc3 Kf6 45. Ne2 Kg6 46. Nc3 1/2-1/2 [Event "41st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Hotel Royal Regency - #26&27, Poonamallee High Road, Periyamet,Chennai - 600003."] [Date "2026.01.11"] [Round "4"] [Board "2"] [White "Madhesh, Kumar S"] [Black "Hari, Ganesh T"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2324"] [BlackElo "2240"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "70"] [GameId "2275964094759380"] [EventDate "2026.01.09"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 O-O 6. e4 b5 7. e5 exd5 8. exf6 d4 9. a3 Ba5 10. b4 dxc3 11. bxa5 Qxf6 12. Ra2 b4 13. Bd3 Ba6 14. axb4 cxb4 15. Ne2 Bxc4 16. Bxc4 Qh4+ 17. Ng3 Qxc4 18. Re2 Nc6 19. O-O d5 20. Nf5 d4 21. Re4 Qd5 22. Nxd4 Rad8 23. Be3 f5 24. Rh4 Nxa5 25. Qa4 f4 26. Bf2 b3 27. Rg4 Rf7 28. Nb5 c2 29. Bd4 Qc4 30. Qa1 Qxb5 31. Bxg7 Qxf1+ 32. Qxf1 Rxg7 33. Rxg7+ Kxg7 34. Qa1+ Kg6 35. Kf2 Rd2+ 0-1 [Event "41st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Hotel Royal Regency - #26&27, Poonamallee High Road, Periyamet,Chennai - 600003."] [Date "2026.01.11"] [Round "4"] [Board "3"] [White "Claverie, Raul"] [Black "Pranav, K P"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C44"] [WhiteElo "2185"] [BlackElo "2368"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "72"] [GameId "2275964094759382"] [EventDate "2026.01.09"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 d6 5. c3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. O-O Nge7 8. g4 Bg6 9. d4 Bb6 10. d5 Nb8 11. Nh4 f6 12. Qf3 Nd7 13. Na3 Nc5 14. Re1 c6 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Nc4 Bf7 17. b3 O-O 18. Ne3 d5 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Nef5 Nxf5 21. Nxf5 e4 22. Qe2 Nd3 23. Rf1 Be6 24. Ba3 Rf7 25. c4 Nf4 26. Qc2 Nxg2 27. Kxg2 Bxf5 28. gxf5 Qd7 29. cxd5 Qxf5 30. d6 Bd4 31. Qc6 Qf3+ 32. Kh2 Rd8 33. Bc5 Be5+ 34. Kg1 Qxh3 35. Rfd1 Qh2+ 36. Kf1 Bxa1 0-1 [Event "41st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Hotel Royal Regency - #26&27, Poonamallee High Road, Periyamet,Chennai - 600003."] [Date "2026.01.11"] [Round "4"] [Board "4"] [White "Ashwin, Sairam"] [Black "Palencia Morales, Wilson Guillermo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D26"] [WhiteElo "2305"] [BlackElo "2207"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "117"] [GameId "2275964094759384"] [EventDate "2026.01.09"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. cxd4 e6 6. Nc3 Qd8 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Bc4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nbd5 13. Bd2 b6 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. a3 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Bd5 18. Bc2 g6 19. Bd2 Nh5 20. Ba4 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Bg5 22. Nd7 Nf4 23. Bxf4 Bxf4 24. Rc3 Qg5 25. g3 Rd8 26. h4 Qe7 27. gxf4 Qxh4 28. f3 f6 29. Bc6 Kf7 30. Bxd5 exd5 31. Nxf6 Qxf6 32. Rc7+ Kg8 33. Qe5 Qxe5 34. fxe5 Rf8 35. Rxa7 Rxf3 36. Rd7 Rb3 37. Rxd5 Rxb2 38. Rd7 h5 39. d5 Kf8 40. d6 Ke8 41. Re7+ Kd8 42. Kf1 Rd2 43. Ke1 Rd5 44. Kf2 h4 45. Kf3 h3 46. Ke4 h2 47. Rh7 Rd2 48. Ke3 Rd5 49. Kf4 Rd2 50. Kg5 Re2 51. Kf6 Kc8 52. e6 Rd2 53. Ke7 g5 54. d7+ Kc7 55. Rxh2 Rxh2 56. d8=Q+ Kb7 57. Qd5+ Ka7 58. Qxg5 Rh7+ 59. Kd6 1-0 [Event "41st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Hotel Royal Regency - #26&27, Poonamallee High Road, Periyamet,Chennai - 600003."] [Date "2026.01.11"] [Round "4"] [Board "5"] [White "Gomez Sanchez, Jorge Marcos"] [Black "Vaibhav, Jayant Raut"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E17"] [WhiteElo "2298"] [BlackElo "2344"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "71"] [GameId "2275964094759386"] [EventDate "2026.01.09"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. b3 d5 8. Bb2 dxc4 9. bxc4 c5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Nbd2 Rc7 13. Bh3 Qa8 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bxe6+ Kh8 17. d5 b5 18. e4 bxc4 19. Nf3 Qe8 20. Rad1 Qh5 21. Rfe1 c3 22. Bxc3 Nxd5 23. exd5 Qxf3 24. Qxf3 Rxf3 25. Ba5 Nb6 26. d6 Bxd6 27. Rxd6 Rf6 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. f4 Kg6 30. Bc3 c4 31. Bxf6 Kxf6 32. Rf8+ Kg6 33. g4 Bc8 34. h4 h5 35. f5+ Kh7 36. Bg8+ 1-0 [Event "41st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Hotel Royal Regency - #26&27, Poonamallee High Road, Periyamet,Chennai - 600003."] [Date "2026.01.11"] [Round "5"] [Board "1"] [White "Vaibhav, Jayant Raut"] [Black "Rahman, Yehya"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2344"] [BlackElo "1974"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "93"] [GameId "2275964094816732"] [EventDate "2026.01.09"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Bd2 Rb8 12. Qc2 c5 13. Rad1 d6 14. Rfe1 f5 15. b3 Nf6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5+ Be6 18. Bg2 Qd7 19. Bc3 Rf8 20. e3 g5 21. f4 h6 22. Qd2 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 Rb4 24. a3 Rb6 25. b4 Qg7 26. Qxg7+ Kxg7 27. bxc5 dxc5 28. Bd5 Bc8 29. Rb1 Bd7 30. Rxb6 axb6 31. Kf2 Kf6 32. h4 gxh4 33. gxh4 c6 34. Bf3 Ra8 35. Rb1 Ra6 36. a4 Ke7 37. Rg1 Rxa4 38. Rg6 Rxc4 39. Rxh6 Ra4 40. h5 c4 41. Bxc6 Ra2+ 42. Ke1 c3 43. Rh7+ Kd6 44. Rxd7+ Kxc6 45. Rd3 Rh2 46. Rxc3+ Kd5 47. Rb3 1/2-1/2 [Event "41st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Hotel Royal Regency - #26&27, Poonamallee High Road, Periyamet,Chennai - 600003."] [Date "2026.01.11"] [Round "5"] [Board "2"] [White "Palencia Morales, Wilson Guillermo"] [Black "Gomez Sanchez, Jorge Marcos"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "2207"] [BlackElo "2298"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "100"] [GameId "2275964094816734"] [EventDate "2026.01.09"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 d4 5. cxd4 cxd4 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Qxd4 Bxf3 10. Qxd8+ Rxd8 11. gxf3 Ne7 12. f4 Nd5 13. d4 Nb4 14. Be3 Nc2+ 15. Kd2 Nxd4 16. Kc1 Ne2+ 17. Kc2 Nd4+ 18. Kc1 Bb4 19. Nc3 O-O 20. Rd1 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Ne2+ 22. Kc2 Rc8 23. Rd3 Rc4 24. Re1 Nxf4 25. Rd4 Rxd4 26. Bxd4 b6 27. a4 Rc8 28. a5 bxa5 29. Ra1 Ne2 30. Kd3 Nxd4 31. cxd4 Rc6 32. Rxa5 a6 33. d5 exd5 34. Rxd5 g6 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. Ra8 g5 37. Ra7 Kg6 38. Kd4 Rb6 39. Kc5 Rb5+ 40. Kd4 Ra5 41. Ke4 Ra4+ 42. Ke3 Ra3+ 43. Ke4 g4 44. Kf4 h5 45. Ke4 Ra2 46. Ke3 Ra5 47. Ke4 Ra3 48. Kd4 a5 49. Ra6+ Kg5 50. Rf6 Rf3 0-1 [Event "41st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Hotel Royal Regency - #26&27, Poonamallee High Road, Periyamet,Chennai - 600003."] [Date "2026.01.11"] [Round "5"] [Board "3"] [White "Pranav, K P"] [Black "Ashwin, Sairam"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2368"] [BlackElo "2305"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "77"] [GameId "2275964094816736"] [EventDate "2026.01.09"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 Bb4 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Ne4 8. Qc2 g5 9. Be5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 c6 11. Bd3 f6 12. Nf3 Qe7 13. Bxe4 Qxe4 14. Qxe4+ dxe4 15. Nd2 f5 16. a3 Be7 17. O-O-O Be6 18. Kc2 a5 19. f3 exf3 20. gxf3 Kf7 21. e4 Rhd8 22. Nb3 a4 23. Nc1 Ra5 24. Rd2 Bf6 25. N1e2 Bb3+ 26. Kb1 c5 27. d5 b5 28. exf5 b4 29. Ne4 bxa3 30. Nxf6 Kxf6 31. Nc3 axb2 32. Kxb2 Kxf5 33. Re1 Ra6 34. Re7 Rad6 35. Rxh7 Bxd5 36. Nxa4 Kg6 37. Rh3 Be6 38. Rxd6 Rxd6 39. Rg3 1/2-1/2 [Event "41st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Hotel Royal Regency - #26&27, Poonamallee High Road, Periyamet,Chennai - 600003."] [Date "2026.01.11"] [Round "5"] [Board "4"] [White "Hari, Ganesh T"] [Black "Claverie, Raul"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C41"] [WhiteElo "2240"] [BlackElo "2185"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "83"] [GameId "2275964094816738"] [EventDate "2026.01.09"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Qe7 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qd2 h6 7. Bh4 Bg4 8. O-O-O Nbd7 9. Qe3 g6 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qxf3 g5 13. Bg3 h5 14. h4 g4 15. Qf5 Qe6 16. Qxe6+ fxe6 17. Bc4 Bh6+ 18. Kb1 Ke7 19. a4 Bf4 20. Rhe1 Bxg3 21. fxg3 a5 22. Kc1 Rad8 23. Kd2 Nb6+ 24. Bd3 Nc4+ 25. Kc1 Nd6 26. Kd2 Nc4+ 27. Kc1 Nd6 28. Kd2 b5 29. Ke3 b4 30. Nb1 Nd7 31. Nd2 Nc5 32. b3 Rd7 33. Nc4 Nxc4+ 34. Bxc4 Rhd8 35. Rxd7+ Rxd7 36. Bd3 Rd4 37. Rc1 Nd7 38. Rf1 c5 39. Rc1 Nb6 40. c3 bxc3 41. Rxc3 Nd7 42. Bb5 1/2-1/2 [Event "41st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Hotel Royal Regency - #26&27, Poonamallee High Road, Periyamet,Chennai - 600003."] [Date "2026.01.11"] [Round "5"] [Board "5"] [White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"] [Black "Madhesh, Kumar S"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E71"] [WhiteElo "2409"] [BlackElo "2324"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "81"] [GameId "2275964094816740"] [EventDate "2026.01.09"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. d5 Ne5 8. f4 Ned7 9. g4 c6 10. Nf3 cxd5 11. cxd5 b6 12. Nd4 Nc5 13. Qf3 Bb7 14. g5 Nh5 15. Be2 e5 16. Nf5 Nxf4 17. Nxg7 Kxg7 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Qxf4 f6 20. gxf6+ Rxf6 21. Qe3 Qe7 22. O-O-O Qe5 23. h4 Rf4 24. Rdf1 Raf8 25. Rxf4 Rxf4 26. h5 g5 27. h6+ Kf8 28. Qh3 Ke7 29. Rg1 a6 30. Bd1 Rh4 31. Qe3 Kf6 32. b4 Nxe4 33. Rf1+ Ke7 34. Re1 Nxc3 35. Qxc3 Re4 36. Qc7+ Kf8 37. Qg7+ Ke8 38. Qg8+ Kd7 39. Qxh7+ Kd8 40. Qxe4 Qa1+ 41. Kd2 1-0 [Event "41st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Hotel Royal Regency - #26&27, Poonamallee High Road, Periyamet,Chennai - 600003."] [Date "2026.01.12"] [Round "6"] [Board "1"] [White "Rahman, Yehya"] [Black "Madhesh, Kumar S"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A65"] [WhiteElo "1974"] [BlackElo "2324"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "45"] [GameId "2275964094816742"] [EventDate "2026.01.09"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. h3 a6 9. a4 exd5 10. cxd5 Nbd7 11. O-O Re8 12. Ng3 Qc7 13. f4 c4 14. Bc2 Rb8 15. a5 Nc5 16. Kh1 Nfd7 17. e5 dxe5 18. d6 Qd8 19. f5 Kh8 20. Kg1 Kg8 21. Kh1 Kh8 22. Kg1 Kg8 23. Kh1 1/2-1/2 [Event "41st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Hotel Royal Regency - #26&27, Poonamallee High Road, Periyamet,Chennai - 600003."] [Date "2026.01.12"] [Round "6"] [Board "2"] [White "Claverie, Raul"] [Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C48"] [WhiteElo "2185"] [BlackElo "2409"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "178"] [GameId "2275964094816744"] [EventDate "2026.01.09"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Nf5 Be5 8. O-O d6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nd4 Bb7 11. f4 Bxd4+ 12. Qxd4 Re8 13. Qd3 c5 14. e5 dxe5 15. Qxd8 Raxd8 16. fxe5 Ng4 17. Bf4 Nxe5 18. Rfe1 f6 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. Rxe5 fxe5 21. Re1 Rd2 22. Re2 Rxe2 23. Nxe2 Be4 24. c3 Kf7 25. Nc1 c4 26. Ne2 Bb1 27. a3 Bd3 28. Ng3 Ke6 29. Kf2 g6 30. Ke3 Kd5 31. b4 a6 32. a4 Bc2 33. Kd2 Bxa4 34. Nf1 Bb5 35. Ne3+ Kd6 36. Kc2 c5 37. bxc5+ Kxc5 38. Kb2 Kd6 39. Ka3 a5 40. g3 Ke6 41. Kb2 Kd6 42. Kc2 h5 43. Kb2 Kc5 44. Ka3 Bc6 45. Kb2 Ba4 46. Ka3 Bb3 47. Kb2 Kc6 48. Ka3 Kc5 49. Kb2 Kb5 50. Ka3 e4 51. Kb2 Ka4 52. Nd5 g5 53. Ne3 h4 54. Nd5 Bd1 55. Ne3 Be2 56. Ka2 Bd3 57. Kb2 Bb1 58. Nxc4 Bd3 59. Ne3 Ba6 60. Ka2 Bc8 61. Kb2 Be6 62. Nc2 h3 63. Ne3 g4 64. Nc2 e3 65. Nxe3 Kb5 66. Ka3 Bd7 67. Kb3 Kc5 68. Ka3 a4 69. Kb2 Be6 70. Ka3 Kd6 71. Kxa4 Ke5 72. Nc2 Ke4 73. Nd4 Bc8 74. Kb3 Kd3 75. Kb2 Kd2 76. c4 Kd3 77. Kc1 Kxd4 78. Kd2 Ke4 79. Ke2 Bb7 80. Kf2 Kd3 81. c5 Bc6 82. Kg1 Ke3 83. Kf1 Kf3 84. Kg1 Bb5 85. c6 Bxc6 86. Kf1 Ke3 87. Kg1 Bd5 88. Kf1 Kf3 89. Kg1 Ke2 1/2-1/2 [Event "41st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Hotel Royal Regency - #26&27, Poonamallee High Road, Periyamet,Chennai - 600003."] [Date "2026.01.12"] [Round "6"] [Board "3"] [White "Ashwin, Sairam"] [Black "Hari, Ganesh T"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B21"] [WhiteElo "2305"] [BlackElo "2240"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "39"] [GameId "2275964094816746"] [EventDate "2026.01.09"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bb5 Nge7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 a6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Ne5 d6 11. Nc4 d5 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. Bg3 Qb7 14. Rc1 Ng8 15. O-O Nf6 16. Nxc6 Be7 17. Nxe7 Qxe7 18. Na4 Bd7 19. Nb6 Ra7 20. Nc8 1-0 [Event "41st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Hotel Royal Regency - #26&27, Poonamallee High Road, Periyamet,Chennai - 600003."] [Date "2026.01.12"] [Round "6"] [Board "4"] [White "Gomez Sanchez, Jorge Marcos"] [Black "Pranav, K P"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A14"] [WhiteElo "2298"] [BlackElo "2368"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "79"] [GameId "2275964094816748"] [EventDate "2026.01.09"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. Bb2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. e3 d5 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. d4 dxc4 11. bxc4 cxd4 12. exd4 Rc8 13. Nbd2 Ba6 14. Rac1 Na5 15. Rfe1 Rc7 16. Bh3 Kh8 17. Ne5 Bb4 18. Red1 Qe7 19. Ndf3 Nd5 20. Bf1 Rfc8 21. a3 Bd6 22. Nd2 Bxa3 23. Bxa3 Qxa3 24. Nxf7+ Rxf7 25. Qxe6 Rcf8 26. cxd5 Bxf1 27. Rxf1 Rf6 28. Qe5 Rf5 29. Qe6 R5f6 30. Qe3 Qb4 31. Rc7 Qd6 32. Qe5 Qb4 33. Ne4 Rg6 34. d6 Nc4 35. Qf5 Rg8 36. d7 Nd6 37. Qd5 Rd8 38. Nxd6 Qxd6 39. Rc8 Qe7 40. Qa8 1-0 [Event "41st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Hotel Royal Regency - #26&27, Poonamallee High Road, Periyamet,Chennai - 600003."] [Date "2026.01.12"] [Round "6"] [Board "5"] [White "Vaibhav, Jayant Raut"] [Black "Palencia Morales, Wilson Guillermo"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2344"] [BlackElo "2207"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "42"] [GameId "2275964094816750"] [EventDate "2026.01.09"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Be6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 O-O 12. Bxb7 Rb8 13. Bg2 Bf6 14. Qc2 Rb6 15. a3 Qb8 16. e3 Rd8 17. Rb1 Ba2 18. Ra1 Be6 19. Rb1 Ba2 20. Ra1 Be6 21. Rb1 Ba2 1/2-1/2 [Event "41st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Hotel Royal Regency - #26&27, Poonamallee High Road, Periyamet,Chennai - 600003."] [Date "2026.01.13"] [Round "7"] [Board "1"] [White "Palencia Morales, Wilson Guillermo"] [Black "Rahman, Yehya"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2207"] [BlackElo "1974"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "71"] [GameId "2275964094816752"] [EventDate "2026.01.09"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3 e5 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 b6 12. Nc3 Bf8 13. d5 Nb8 14. b4 g6 15. a4 a6 16. a5 b5 17. Be3 Bb7 18. Rc1 Nbd7 19. Nd2 Bg7 20. Bf1 Rc8 21. Qb3 Nh5 22. Be2 Nf4 23. gxf4 exf4 24. Bxf4 Qf6 25. Bg4 Qxf4 26. Bxd7 Qxd2 27. Bxc8 Bxc8 28. Nb1 Qh6 29. Rc7 Bxh3 30. Qf3 Rf8 31. Re3 Bc8 32. Nd2 Bd4 33. Rd3 Be5 34. Nf1 f5 35. Qh3 Qg5+ 36. Rg3 1-0 [Event "41st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Hotel Royal Regency - #26&27, Poonamallee High Road, Periyamet,Chennai - 600003."] [Date "2026.01.13"] [Round "7"] [Board "2"] [White "Pranav, K P"] [Black "Vaibhav, Jayant Raut"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E17"] [WhiteElo "2368"] [BlackElo "2344"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "54"] [GameId "2275964094816754"] [EventDate "2026.01.09"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Re1 Re8 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Be4 11. b4 d6 12. Qb3 Nbd7 13. Red1 Qe7 14. a4 a5 15. Ra2 e5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Rad2 axb4 18. Bxb4 Nc5 19. Qa3 Bc6 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Qxc5 bxc5 22. Ra2 Rxa4 23. Rxa4 Bxa4 24. Ra1 Bc6 25. Rd1 Ba4 26. Ra1 Bc6 27. Rd1 Ba4 1/2-1/2 [Event "41st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Hotel Royal Regency - #26&27, Poonamallee High Road, Periyamet,Chennai - 600003."] [Date "2026.01.13"] [Round "7"] [Board "3"] [White "Hari, Ganesh T"] [Black "Gomez Sanchez, Jorge Marcos"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B36"] [WhiteElo "2240"] [BlackElo "2298"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "101"] [GameId "2275964094816756"] [EventDate "2026.01.09"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. O-O a4 12. Rad1 Qa5 13. Bd4 Be6 14. f4 Rfc8 15. b3 axb3 16. axb3 Bg4 17. e5 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Nd7 19. Nd5 Re8 20. b4 Qd8 21. e6 Bxd4+ 22. Rxd4 fxe6 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Re1 Nf6 25. Nxf6 exf6 26. Qxe8+ Qxe8 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Rxd6 Re1+ 29. Kf2 Re4 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. Rd7+ Kh6 32. Kf3 Rxc4 33. Rxb7 f5 34. h4 Rc3+ 35. Kf2 Rc4 36. Ke3 Rc2 37. Kf3 Rc3+ 38. Ke2 Rc2+ 39. Kf1 Rc4 40. g3 Kh5 41. Rxh7+ Kg4 42. Kf2 Rxb4 43. Rg7 Rb2+ 44. Ke3 Rb3+ 45. Kd4 Rxg3 46. Rxg6+ Kxh4 47. Rxg3 Kxg3 48. Ke3 Kg4 49. Ke2 Kxf4 50. Kf2 Ke4 51. Ke2 1/2-1/2 [Event "41st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Hotel Royal Regency - #26&27, Poonamallee High Road, Periyamet,Chennai - 600003."] [Date "2026.01.13"] [Round "7"] [Board "4"] [White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"] [Black "Ashwin, Sairam"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2409"] [BlackElo "2305"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "95"] [GameId "2275964094816758"] [EventDate "2026.01.09"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. Qb3 c5 7. dxc5 Nc6 8. O-O-O Be6 9. e4 Bxc3 10. exd5 Bxd5 11. Qxc3 Ne4 12. Qxg7 Qxg5+ 13. Qxg5 Nxg5 14. Rxd5 Ne4 15. Nh3 Rd8 16. Rf5 O-O 17. Bc4 Rd4 18. Bb3 Nb4 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1 Nd3 21. Ng5 Ndxc5 22. Bxf7+ Kh8 23. f3 Nxg5 24. Rxg5 Nd3 25. Bb3 Rc8 26. Rd5 Nxb2+ 27. Kd2 Rc7 28. g4 b6 29. h4 a5 30. a4 Kg7 31. f4 Nc4+ 32. Kd3 Na3 33. g5 Nb1 34. Rb5 Rd7+ 35. Ke3 Re7+ 36. Kd4 Nd2 37. Bd5 Kg6 38. Rxb6+ Kf5 39. Rf6+ Kg4 40. f5 Nf1 41. Rf8 Ng3 42. f6 Nf5+ 43. Kc5 Rc7+ 44. Kb6 Rc1 45. Rd8 Rb1+ 46. Kxa5 Rf1 47. f7 Ne7 48. Be6+ 1-0 [Event "41st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Hotel Royal Regency - #26&27, Poonamallee High Road, Periyamet,Chennai - 600003."] [Date "2026.01.13"] [Round "7"] [Board "5"] [White "Madhesh, Kumar S"] [Black "Claverie, Raul"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "2324"] [BlackElo "2185"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "63"] [GameId "2275964094816760"] [EventDate "2026.01.09"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. Nf3 Bxf3 4. exf3 Nf6 5. g3 Qd6 6. f4 h6 7. h4 Nbd7 8. Bg2 O-O-O 9. d3 e5 10. fxe5 Nxe5 11. Nd2 d4 12. Nf3 Qb4+ 13. Kf1 Nc6 14. a4 Nd5 15. a5 Nc3 16. Qd2 Bc5 17. a6 bxa6 18. Rxa6 Qb5 19. Ra1 Nd5 20. Qd1 Nc3 21. Qd2 Nd5 22. h5 Rhe8 23. Rh4 Bb4 24. Qc1 Nc3 25. Bxc3 Bxc3 26. Ra4 Rd6 27. Kg1 a5 28. Rc4 Ne5 29. Nxd4 Qb6 30. Rxc3 Rxd4 31. Qe3 Rb4 32. d4 1-0 [Event "41st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Hotel Royal Regency - #26&27, Poonamallee High Road, Periyamet,Chennai - 600003."] [Date "2026.01.13"] [Round "8"] [Board "1"] [White "Rahman, Yehya"] [Black "Claverie, Raul"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "1974"] [BlackElo "2185"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "157"] [GameId "2275964094816762"] [EventDate "2026.01.09"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O c5 9. e4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. Be3 Bg4 13. d5 Na5 14. Rc1 b6 15. Nd4 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Qd6 17. Nc6 Qa3 18. h4 Rfe8 19. Nxa5 Qxa5 20. Rc6 Qa4 21. Rc4 Qa3 22. Qc2 e6 23. Rd1 exd5 24. Rxd5 Qe7 25. Bg5 Qe6 26. Qd3 h6 27. Bd2 Rac8 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. h5 gxh5 30. a4 Qg4 31. Rd8+ Rxd8 32. Qxd8+ Kh7 33. f3 Qg6 34. Qd5 h4 35. Kf1 Qe6 36. Qxe6 fxe6 37. f4 a6 38. Ke2 Kg6 39. Kf3 h5 40. Be1 Bf6 41. Ke3 b5 42. axb5 axb5 43. Bb4 Kf7 44. Kd3 Bd8 45. Bc3 Bc7 46. f5 exf5 47. exf5 Bd8 48. Ke4 Be7 49. Kd3 Bf6 50. Bb4 Be7 51. Be1 Bf6 52. Bb4 Bd8 53. Be1 Be7 54. Bf2 Ke8 55. Kd4 Kd7 56. Kd5 b4 57. Bd4 Bg5 58. Be5 Bd2 59. Kc4 Ke7 60. Kd3 Be1 61. Kc4 Kf7 62. Bd4 Ke7 63. Be5 Bd2 64. Kd3 Bg5 65. Kc4 Bf6 66. Bf4 Bc3 67. Bg5+ Kd6 68. Bf4+ Ke7 69. Bg5+ Kd6 70. Bf4+ Be5 71. Bd2 Bg3 72. Bxb4+ Ke5 73. Kd3 Kxf5 74. Ke2 Kg4 75. Kf1 Bh2 76. Bc5 Kg3 77. Bd6+ Kg4 78. Bxh2 h3 79. gxh3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "41st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Hotel Royal Regency - #26&27, Poonamallee High Road, Periyamet,Chennai - 600003."] [Date "2026.01.13"] [Round "8"] [Board "2"] [White "Ashwin, Sairam"] [Black "Madhesh, Kumar S"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B21"] [WhiteElo "2305"] [BlackElo "2324"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "52"] [GameId "2275964094816764"] [EventDate "2026.01.09"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Bf4 e6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rfd1 Qc7 11. Rac1 O-O 12. Bb3 Qb8 13. Na4 b5 14. Rxc6 bxa4 15. Bxa4 Bd7 16. Rc4 Bb5 17. Bxb5 axb5 18. Rc6 Rxa2 19. Bxd6 Bxd6 20. Rcxd6 h6 21. h3 Qb7 22. R6d4 Kh8 23. Kh1 Kg8 24. Kg1 Kh8 25. Kh1 Kg8 26. Kg1 Kh8 1/2-1/2 [Event "41st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Hotel Royal Regency - #26&27, Poonamallee High Road, Periyamet,Chennai - 600003."] [Date "2026.01.13"] [Round "8"] [Board "3"] [White "Gomez Sanchez, Jorge Marcos"] [Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A14"] [WhiteElo "2298"] [BlackElo "2409"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "111"] [GameId "2275964094816766"] [EventDate "2026.01.09"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 c5 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O Be7 8. e3 O-O 9. Qe2 d5 10. d4 cxd4 11. exd4 Rc8 12. Nbd2 Bb4 13. a3 Bxd2 14. Nxd2 dxc4 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. bxc4 Qd7 17. Rac1 Bb7 18. f3 Qc6 19. Rfe1 Ba6 20. Qe3 Rfe8 21. Qf4 h6 22. Kf2 Qc7 23. Qxc7 Rxc7 24. d5 exd5 25. Bxf6 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 gxf6 27. cxd5 Rc2 28. Re8+ Kg7 29. Ke1 Rc1+ 30. Kf2 Rd1 31. Ne4 f5 32. Nd6 Rxd5 33. Rd8 Bc4 34. Rd7 b5 35. Rxf7+ Kg6 36. Rd7 Bb3 37. Ke3 a5 38. Nf7 f4+ 39. Ke4 Rxd7 40. Ne5+ Kf6 41. Nxd7+ Ke7 42. Nc5 fxg3 43. hxg3 Bd1 44. Nd3 Kf6 45. f4 h5 46. Kd4 Kf5 47. Kc5 Be2 48. Nf2 Bf1 49. Kd4 Kf6 50. Ne4+ Kf5 51. Nf2 b4 52. axb4 axb4 53. Nd1 Be2 54. Ne3+ Ke6 55. f5+ Kd6 56. Ng2 1/2-1/2 [Event "41st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Hotel Royal Regency - #26&27, Poonamallee High Road, Periyamet,Chennai - 600003."] [Date "2026.01.13"] [Round "8"] [Board "4"] [White "Vaibhav, Jayant Raut"] [Black "Hari, Ganesh T"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2344"] [BlackElo "2240"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "67"] [GameId "2275964094816768"] [EventDate "2026.01.09"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 c6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Rd1 a5 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Bc1 Nhf6 12. Nbd2 b6 13. e4 Ba6 14. b3 Rc8 15. Bb2 h6 16. Rac1 Bb7 17. Qb1 Rc7 18. e5 Nh7 19. Nf1 c5 20. Ne3 dxc4 21. d5 Bxd5 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Rxd5 cxb3 24. axb3 Qc8 25. Bh3 Qb7 26. Rcd1 Nb8 27. e6 Nc6 28. exf7+ Kh8 29. Qg6 Nd4 30. Bxd4 cxd4 31. Bf5 Nf6 32. Ne5 Qxd5 33. Qh7+ Nxh7 34. Ng6# 1-0 [Event "41st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Hotel Royal Regency - #26&27, Poonamallee High Road, Periyamet,Chennai - 600003."] [Date "2026.01.13"] [Round "8"] [Board "5"] [White "Palencia Morales, Wilson Guillermo"] [Black "Pranav, K P"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C48"] [WhiteElo "2207"] [BlackElo "2368"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "93"] [GameId "2275964094816770"] [EventDate "2026.01.09"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 h6 6. h3 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. a4 b4 10. Ne2 Bc5 11. O-O O-O 12. Ng3 d5 13. Qe2 Re8 14. a5 Bf8 15. c3 bxc3 16. bxc3 Na7 17. Qa2 Qd7 18. Re1 Nb5 19. Bd2 dxe4 20. dxe4 c5 21. Ba4 Bc6 22. c4 Nd4 23. Bxc6 Qxc6 24. Rab1 Qd7 25. Nh2 Bd6 26. Nhf1 Reb8 27. Ne3 Qc8 28. Rb6 Bc7 29. Rxf6 gxf6 30. Nd5 Bd8 31. Be3 Kf8 32. Bxd4 cxd4 33. Qa3+ Kg8 34. Nf5 Qe6 35. Qc1 Be7 36. Qxh6 Bf8 37. Nxf6+ Qxf6 38. Qxf6 Re8 39. Qg5+ Kh7 40. Rb1 Ra7 41. Rb6 Re6 42. Rb8 Rg6 43. Qh5+ Kg8 44. Rxf8+ Kxf8 45. Qh8+ Rg8 46. Qxe5 f6 47. Qb8+ 1-0 [Event "41st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Hotel Royal Regency - #26&27, Poonamallee High Road, Periyamet,Chennai - 600003."] [Date "2026.01.14"] [Round "9"] [Board "1"] [White "Pranav, K P"] [Black "Rahman, Yehya"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2368"] [BlackElo "1974"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "149"] [GameId "2275964094816772"] [EventDate "2026.01.09"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 a6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. h3 Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Re8 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Nd2 Ba3 13. Bxa3 Qxa3 14. Re1 Nf8 15. Qc2 Be6 16. Na4 Qd6 17. Nc5 b6 18. Na4 Qc7 19. Rac1 Bd7 20. e4 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Nd5 22. Bc4 Qb8 23. Nac3 Nxc3 24. Nxc3 Qf4 25. Ne2 Qf6 26. Qd2 Re4 27. d5 b5 28. Bd3 Re5 29. dxc6 Bxc6 30. Ng3 Rxe1+ 31. Qxe1 g6 32. Qc3 Qxc3 33. Rxc3 Bd7 34. Rc7 f5 35. Ne2 Kf7 36. a4 bxa4 37. bxa4 Ke8 38. Nc3 Kd8 39. Nd5 Be6 40. Rc5 Bxd5 41. Rxd5+ Kc7 42. Re5 a5 43. Re7+ Kd6 44. Rg7 Ke5 45. Bb5 Kf6 46. Rc7 h6 47. g3 g5 48. Rc6+ Kg7 49. Bd3 f4 50. gxf4 gxf4 51. Kg2 Rd8 52. Bb5 Ra8 53. Kf3 Ng6 54. Rb6 Ra7 55. Be8 Ne7 56. Rd6 Ra8 57. Bb5 Ng6 58. Re6 Ra7 59. Bd3 Nf8 60. Rc6 Rd7 61. Bb5 Ra7 62. Kxf4 Ng6+ 63. Kg3 Ne7 64. Re6 Nf5+ 65. Kg4 Nd4 66. Re5 Rc7 67. f4 Kf6 68. Rd5 Rg7+ 69. Kh5 Nf5 70. Bd3 Ng3+ 71. Kxh6 Rg8 72. Rd6+ Ke7 73. Ra6 Rh8+ 74. Bh7 Nf5+ 75. Kg6 1-0 [Event "41st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Hotel Royal Regency - #26&27, Poonamallee High Road, Periyamet,Chennai - 600003."] [Date "2026.01.14"] [Round "9"] [Board "2"] [White "Hari, Ganesh T"] [Black "Palencia Morales, Wilson Guillermo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2240"] [BlackElo "2207"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "81"] [GameId "2275964094816774"] [EventDate "2026.01.09"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. c4 f5 14. O-O O-O 15. Qh5 bxc4 16. Nxc4 d5 17. exd5 e4 18. Be2 Rb8 19. Rfd1 Bd7 20. Rab1 f4 21. b3 f5 22. d6 Qd8 23. a4 Rf6 24. Ne5 Be8 25. Bc4+ Kh8 26. Bf7 Rxd6 27. Ng6+ Rxg6 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Bxg6 Bxg6 30. Qe2 e3 31. Rd1 Re8 32. g3 exf2+ 33. Qxf2 Bh5 34. Re1 Rxe1+ 35. Qxe1 f3 36. Qe6 Bd4+ 37. Kf1 Bg4 38. Qc8+ Kg7 39. Qd7+ Kg6 40. Qxd4 Bh3+ 41. Kf2 1-0 [Event "41st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Hotel Royal Regency - #26&27, Poonamallee High Road, Periyamet,Chennai - 600003."] [Date "2026.01.14"] [Round "9"] [Board "3"] [White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"] [Black "Vaibhav, Jayant Raut"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E52"] [WhiteElo "2409"] [BlackElo "2344"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "89"] [GameId "2275964094816776"] [EventDate "2026.01.09"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O b6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Nd2 e5 14. e4 Rac8 15. Rac1 Kh8 16. f3 Nb8 17. Bd3 Qe7 18. d5 Ne8 19. c4 Nd6 20. f4 f6 21. Qh5 Nd7 22. Nf3 g6 23. Qh4 Rce8 24. g4 Kg8 25. g5 fxg5 26. Nxg5 exf4 27. Rxf4 Rxf4 28. Qxf4 Ne5 29. Bxe5 Qxe5 30. Qxe5 Rxe5 31. Nf3 Re8 32. e5 Nf7 33. e6 Nd6 34. a4 Kg7 35. Kf2 Kf6 36. Ke3 a6 37. Nd2 b5 38. Ne4+ Nxe4 39. Bxe4 b4 40. Rf1+ Ke5 41. Rf7 Rb8 42. Rxh7 b3 43. Bxg6 b2 44. Bb1 a5 45. Kd3 1-0 [Event "41st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Hotel Royal Regency - #26&27, Poonamallee High Road, Periyamet,Chennai - 600003."] [Date "2026.01.14"] [Round "9"] [Board "4"] [White "Madhesh, Kumar S"] [Black "Gomez Sanchez, Jorge Marcos"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B28"] [WhiteElo "2324"] [BlackElo "2298"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "69"] [GameId "2275964094824970"] [EventDate "2026.01.09"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 e5 7. Nf5 d5 8. cxd5 Bxf5 9. exf5 Nd4 10. Bd3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Nxd5 13. Qg4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nc6 15. Be4 Qd6 16. Rb1 b5 17. Rd1 Qf6 18. h4 h6 19. Qf3 Rac8 20. g4 Qxh4 21. Kg2 Na5 22. Rh1 Rxc3 23. Qe2 Qf6 24. g5 hxg5 25. Rh5 g6 26. Bxg5 Qg7 27. f6 Bxf6 28. Bh6 Qh8 29. Rh2 Rfc8 30. Qg4 R3c4 31. Rb4 Be7 32. Qxg6+ fxg6 33. Bd5+ Kh7 34. Bf8+ Bh4 35. Rxh4+ 1-0 [Event "41st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Hotel Royal Regency - #26&27, Poonamallee High Road, Periyamet,Chennai - 600003."] [Date "2026.01.14"] [Round "9"] [Board "5"] [White "Claverie, Raul"] [Black "Ashwin, Sairam"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2185"] [BlackElo "2305"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "61"] [GameId "2275964094824972"] [EventDate "2026.01.09"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. g4 h6 5. Qf3 e5 6. d5 c6 7. h4 cxd5 8. exd5 e4 9. Qg2 Nb6 10. g5 Nfxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. gxh6 gxh6 13. Qxe4+ Qe7 14. Qxe7+ Bxe7 15. c3 Bd7 16. Ne2 Bf6 17. Bg2 Bc6 18. Kf1 O-O-O 19. Ng3 Be5 20. h5 Bb5+ 21. Kg1 Nf4 22. Bxf4 Bxf4 23. Rh4 Bxg3 24. fxg3 Rhg8 25. Kf2 Rde8 26. Re4 Rxe4 27. Bxe4 Rg5 28. Rh1 Re5 29. Rh4 Bd7 30. Bf3 Bc6 31. Rb4 1/2-1/2