[Event "Second Chola Chess International GM Norm Round Robin Tournament 2026"] [Site "Chennai, India"] [Date "2026.06.26"] [Round "7"] [Board "1"] [White "Nikitenko, Mihail"] [Black "Dhulipalla, Bala Chandra Prasad"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E43"] [WhiteElo "2479"] [BlackElo "2432"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "65"] [GameId "2325440798896322"] [EventDate "2026.06.20"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 b6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. Bd3 c5 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 d5 11. O-O Nbd7 12. b3 Nc5 13. Be2 Rc8 14. Rc1 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Nfe4 16. Bb2 Nd6 17. Be2 Qg5 18. Nf3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nf5 20. Rc4 Rcd8 21. Qc2 Nd3 22. Rg4 Qh6 23. Ba1 f6 24. Re4 Nh4 25. Be2 Nc5 26. Rg4 Ng6 27. b4 Nd7 28. f4 Ne7 29. Rf3 Rc8 30. Qd1 Rfd8 31. Rh3 Ne5 32. Qxd8+ Rxd8 33. fxe5 1-0 [Event "Second Chola Chess International GM Norm Round Robin Tournament 2026"] [Site "Chennai, India"] [Date "2026.06.26"] [Round "7"] [Board "2"] [White "Ajay, Santhosh Parvathareddy"] [Black "Fedorov, Alexei"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E93"] [WhiteElo "2503"] [BlackElo "2388"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "52"] [GameId "2325440798896324"] [EventDate "2026.06.20"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 Nbd7 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nc5 8. Qc2 a5 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nf3 Nfd7 11. g4 Na6 12. O-O-O Ndc5 13. Nd2 f5 14. f3 Qh4 15. a3 Bh6 16. Bxh6 Qxh6 17. h4 fxg4 18. fxg4 Qe3 19. Rde1 Nb4 20. axb4 axb4 21. Ncb1 Rf2 22. Qd1 Ra2 23. Bf1 Qd4 24. Qc2 Bxg4 25. Rg1 b3 26. Qc3 Rxf1 0-1 [Event "Second Chola Chess International GM Norm Round Robin Tournament 2026"] [Site "Chennai, India"] [Date "2026.06.26"] [Round "7"] [Board "3"] [White "Harshavardhan, G B"] [Black "Krasenkow, Michal"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A84"] [WhiteElo "2493"] [BlackElo "2483"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "143"] [GameId "2325440798896326"] [EventDate "2026.06.20"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 f5 6. f4 Nf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bd2 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Nb5 Re8 13. Rc1 Nb8 14. Qb3 a6 15. Rc8 Qxc8 16. Nxd6 Qc7 17. Nxe8 Nxe8 18. Rc1 Qb7 19. Ng5 Nd7 20. Nxe6 Ndf6 21. Qb4 Qf7 22. Qxb6 h6 23. Nc5 Qh5 24. Re1 Kh7 25. Ba5 Ng4 26. h3 Nef6 27. Nd3 Re8 28. Ne5 Nxe5 29. dxe5 Ne4 30. Qxa6 Qh4 31. Rf1 Qe7 32. Bc3 Qc5 33. Qd3 Ra8 34. Bd4 Qc6 35. a3 Ra4 36. b4 Qa8 37. Bb2 Ra6 38. Rd1 Rg6 39. e6 Qa7 40. Qe2 Rxe6 41. Bd4 Qxa3 42. b5 Ng3 43. Qd3 Qa2 44. Ra1 Qe2 45. Qxe2 Nxe2+ 46. Kf2 Nxd4 47. exd4 Rb6 48. Rb1 Kg6 49. Ke2 Kf7 50. Kd2 Ke6 51. Kc3 Kd7 52. Kb4 Re6 53. Kc5 Re2 54. g4 fxg4 55. hxg4 Rg2 56. b6 Kc8 57. Re1 Rxg4 58. Re8+ Kb7 59. Re7+ Kb8 60. f5 Rg1 61. Kc6 Rc1+ 62. Kxd5 Rf1 63. Kc6 Rc1+ 64. Kd6 Rf1 65. d5 Rxf5 66. Kc6 Rf8 67. d6 Rc8+ 68. Rc7 Rf8 69. Rb7+ Ka8 70. Rxg7 Kb8 71. Rb7+ Ka8 72. Re7 1-0 [Event "Second Chola Chess International GM Norm Round Robin Tournament 2026"] [Site "Chennai, India"] [Date "2026.06.26"] [Round "7"] [Board "4"] [White "Bournel, Antoine"] [Black "Kushagra, Mohan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D80"] [WhiteElo "2430"] [BlackElo "2456"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "166"] [GameId "2325440798896328"] [EventDate "2026.06.20"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. h4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. h5 Bg7 7. h6 Bxd4 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. e3 Qe6 10. Qc2 Bf6 11. Qxc5 O-O 12. Ne2 Na6 13. Qa3 Qb6 14. Nd4 Bxd4 15. exd4 Nb4 16. Bd3 Qxd4 17. Bb1 Qc4 18. Bd2 a5 19. Qc3 Qxc3 20. Bxc3 Nd5 21. Bd2 e5 22. Be4 Nf6 23. Bd3 Bf5 24. Bxf5 gxf5 25. Rc1 Rac8 26. Ke2 b6 27. Rh3 Ne4 28. Rd3 f4 29. Rd7 Rxc1 30. Bxc1 Rc8 31. f3 Ng3+ 32. Kd1 Kf8 33. b3 Ke8 34. Rb7 Rc6 35. Bb2 Re6 36. Kc2 Nf5 37. Kd3 Nxh6 38. Ke4 Kf8 39. a4 Ng8 40. Ra7 Ne7 41. Ba3 f5+ 42. Kd3 e4+ 43. Ke2 Ke8 44. Ra8+ Kf7 45. Ra7 Kf6 46. Rd7 h5 47. Bb2+ Kg5 48. Kf2 e3+ 49. Ke2 Nc6 50. Bc3 Nb4 51. Rc7 Nd5 52. Rg7+ Kh6 53. Bd4 Rg6 54. Rd7 Rxg2+ 55. Kf1 e2+ 56. Ke1 Ne3 57. Rc7 h4 58. Be5 Nd5 59. Rd7 Nb4 60. Bxf4+ Kg6 61. Rd6+ Kf7 62. Rd7+ Ke6 63. Rd6+ Ke7 64. Rd2 h3 65. Rxe2+ Kd7 66. Kf1 Nd3 67. Rd2 Rxd2 68. Bxd2 Kc6 69. Bc3 Nc1 70. b4 Na2 71. b5+ Kc5 72. Bd2 Kd4 73. Be1 Ke3 74. Kg1 Kxf3 75. Kh2 Ke2 76. Bg3 Nc3 77. Kxh3 Nxa4 78. Bc7 Kd3 79. Kg3 Kc4 80. Kf4 Kxb5 81. Kxf5 Nc5 82. Ke5 a4 83. Kd5 a3 0-1 [Event "Second Chola Chess International GM Norm Round Robin Tournament 2026"] [Site "Chennai, India"] [Date "2026.06.26"] [Round "7"] [Board "5"] [White "Harsh, Suresh"] [Black "Anuj, Shrivatri"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "2435"] [BlackElo "2483"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "54"] [GameId "2325440798896330"] [EventDate "2026.06.20"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. a4 Rb8 11. axb5 axb5 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Be3 Bf5 16. Nfd2 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 Qd7 18. f4 Nb4 19. Qf3 c5 20. dxc5 Rbc8 21. Rfc1 Rfd8 22. Bd4 Nd3 23. Qe3 Nxc5 24. Kh1 Kh8 25. Kg1 Kg8 26. Kh1 Kh8 27. Kg1 Kg8 1/2-1/2