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IM Aaravamudhan BALAJI of England Photo source: internet (click to enlarge)   ... Aaravamudhan Balaji is an English chess player born on August 10, 2005. He holds the FIDE title of International Master, which he earned in 2024 at the 95th FIDE Congress. Prior to that, he achieved the FIDE Master title in 2023 and the Candidate Master title in 2020. His FIDE ID is 436224, and he represents the England federation. ... His current FIDE ratings are 2270 in classical chess, 2356 in rapid, and 2340 in blitz. In terms of world rankings among active players, he stands at 5052 overall, with a national ranking of 73 in England and a continental ranking of 3421 in Europe. On platforms like Chess.com, he goes by the username "ukchessbomber" and is a diamond member. ... Balaji has a solid playing record, with an overall win rate of about 47%, loss rate of 40.6%, and draw rate of 12.4% across hundreds of games in databases. As white, his performance is slightly stronger, with a 49.2% win rate, while as black it's 44.8%. One of his most notable wins was against Grandmaster Samuel Shankland (rated 2710) when Balaji was rated 2353. His weakest recorded loss was to a much lower-rated opponent (1731) when he was 2334. ... Among his achievements, he won the 2021 UK Chess Challenge U18 Tera Final, a highly competitive event held at Blenheim Palace. In 2023, he secured his first IM norm by scoring 7 out of 9 in a tournament. In 2024, alongside Shreyas Royal becoming England's youngest Grandmaster, Balaji was recognized as one of the country's newest International Masters at age 19. ... In terms of openings, Balaji's repertoire varies. As white, he has frequently played uncommon openings (A00) with a strong 61% success rate, as well as the King's Indian (E73). Other common choices include the Modern Defense: Standard Line, Italian Game: Two Knights with Modern Bishop's Opening, and Pirc Defense. Databases show he adapts flexibly, with hundreds of games across diverse systems. ... Throughout 2025, Balaji has been active in numerous high-level events, including the London Chess Classic (FIDE Open and Super Rapidplay), UK Open Blitz Final, Hastings International Chess Congress Masters, ECF Coventry International Open, Open International de Liffré, Leça Chess Open, Pontevedra Open, South Wales International Chess Tournament, FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Team Championships (in both rapid and blitz pools), Cambridge International, British Universities Chess Association Championship and Blitz, Caplin Hastings Masters, and various 4NCL and NCL league divisions. Notably, in June 2025 at the World Teams Blitz, he had a dramatic endgame against Bat-Erdene Mungunzul that drew attention for its complexity. ... He also has profiles on platforms like Lichess, where his additional ratings include 2172 in bullet, and he maintains an active presence in online chess communities. ... Note created December 2025. (AI) (2026-07-01) (All annotations below by Fritz) (Games' sources: Mark Crowther's collections, b2b4.eu, lichess.org, chess.com, The Week in Chess, chessworld.net, net-chess.com) [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2345"] [BlackElo "2705"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} a6 2. Bb2 h6 3. e4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. a3 Nf6 6. d3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 e5 10. O-O {last book move} Nh5 (10... Qe7 11. Nc4 $11) 11. Nc4 f5 $2 (11... Nf6 12. Qe2 $11) 12. Nh4 (12. exf5 $142 Rxf5 13. Nh4 $18) 12... Nf4 $14 13. exf5 (13. gxf4 $143 Qxh4 14. fxe5 dxe5 $15) 13... gxf5 (13... Nxg2 14. Nxg6 Rf7 15. Kxg2 Bxf5 $11) 14. Ne3 (14. gxf4 $142 Qxh4 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Qe2 $16) 14... Nxg2 $15 15. Nexg2 f4 16. gxf4 exf4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qh5 $4 (18. Kh1 f3 19. Nxf3 Bg4 $15) 18... Qg5 ( 18... Ne5 $142 19. f3 Qg5 20. Qxg5+ hxg5 $19) 19. Qxg5+ $17 hxg5 20. Nf3 g4 21. Ng5 (21. Nd2 $5 $17) 21... Nd4 $19 22. Ne1 $2 (22. c4 $142 $19) 22... d5 23. c3 (23. c4 Rf5 24. h4 f3 $19) 23... Ne2+ 24. Kh1 f3 25. Nc2 (25. Ra2 Bf5 26. Rd2 Kf6 $19) 25... Rh8 (25... Kg6 $142 26. Rfe1 Kxg5 $19) 26. Ne3 (26. Nd4 Kf6 27. Nxe2 fxe2 28. Rfe1 Kxg5 29. Rxe2 $19) 26... Bd7 (26... Bf5 $142 27. Nxf3 gxf3 28. Rg1+ Kf6 $19) 27. Nxd5 (27. Nxf3 gxf3 28. Rg1+ Kf6 29. Nf1 $19) 27... Rxh2+ $3 28. Kxh2 (28. Kxh2 Rh8+ {Mate attack}) 28... Rh8+ (28... Rh8+ 29. Nh7 Rxh7#) 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Mekhitarian, K."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2345"] [BlackElo "2555"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} b6 2. Bb2 Bb7 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 e6 8. c4 d5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Qb3 {last book move} a6 11. a4 Re8 12. Rac1 c6 13. Nb1 (13. Ne5 Qe7 $14) 13... Ne4 14. Nbd2 f5 (14... a5 15. b5 c5 16. Rfd1 $11) 15. Rfd1 Qe7 (15... a5 16. b5 $11) 16. b5 (16. Ne5 $5 $14) 16... axb5 $11 17. axb5 c5 18. cxd5 (18. Ra1 $5 $11) 18... exd5 $17 (18... Bxd5 $6 19. Bc4 Qf7 20. h3 $11) 19. dxc5 $4 (19. Nxe4 $142 fxe4 20. Nd2 $17) 19... Ndxc5 $19 20. Qb4 (20. Rxc5 Nxc5 (20... bxc5 $6 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Bf1 $19) ( 20... Qxc5 $6 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. Nd4 $17) 21. Qc2 Ra2 $19) 20... Ra4 21. Qxa4 Nxa4 (21... Bxb2 $6 22. Rxc5 bxc5 23. Qb3 $15) 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nxe4 dxe4 ( 23... Qxe4 $6 24. Rd4 Qe7 25. Rxa4 $17) 24. Nd4 Nc5 25. h3 h5 (25... Qf6 26. g3 $19) 26. Bc4 (26. Bxh5 f4 27. Bg4 fxe3 28. fxe3 Bd5 $19) 26... Kh6 27. Ra1 Ra8 28. Rac1 h4 29. Ne2 (29. Rc2 Qf6 $19) 29... Rd8 30. Nd4 (30. Rxd8 Qxd8 31. Nd4 Nd3 $19) 30... Qf6 31. Ra1 (31. Rd2 f4 32. Rcd1 Rd7 33. exf4 Qxf4 $19) 31... f4 32. Ra2 (32. Rd2 f3 33. Rad1 fxg2 34. Kxg2 Qg5+ 35. Kh2 Nd3 $19) 32... f3 33. g4 (33. Bf1 Bd5 34. Rad2 fxg2 35. Bxg2 Nd3 $19) 33... hxg3 $1 34. fxg3 Ra8 ( 34... Bc8 35. Rad2 $19) 35. Rad2 (35. Rxa8 Bxa8 36. Kf1 Qf8 $19) 35... Ra3 36. Kf2 (36. Re1 $19) 36... Rxe3 $1 (36... Rxe3 37. Nc2 Rc3 $19) 0-1 [Event "Abu Dhabi Masters Online"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Mekhitarian, K."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2355"] [BlackElo "2560"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} b6 2. Bb2 Bb7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. bxc5 bxc5 9. c4 cxd4 {last book move} 10. Nxd4 (10. exd4 Qb6 11. Qb3 Nc6 $11) 10... Na6 11. Nd2 Nc5 12. Rb1 d6 13. Ba1 Qd7 14. Bf3 Rab8 15. h3 (15. Bxb7 Nxb7 16. Qb3 e5 $11) 15... Rfc8 (15... Nfe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Qc2 $15) 16. Qe2 (16. Qc2 a6 $11) 16... Qa4 17. N2b3 (17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Rxb7 Nxb7 $15) 17... Ncd7 (17... Nce4 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Bxf3 20. Rxb8 Rxb8 21. Nxf3 $17) 18. Rfc1 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 (19. Nxf3 $142 $5 Ne4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qd3 $15) 19... Ne5 $19 20. Qe2 Rxc4 (20... Nxc4 $142 $5 21. Nf3 d5 $19) 21. f4 $15 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Ned7 23. Rc7 (23. Nc6 $142 $5 Re8 24. Bd4 $15) 23... Nd5 $19 24. Rc1 N7b6 25. Qf2 (25. g3 Nb4 $19) 25... Re8 (25... Nb4 $5 26. Rf1 $19) 26. e4 $17 Nb4 27. e5 $4 (27. Rc7 $142 $17) 27... Nd3 $19 28. Qc2 (28. Qe2 Nxc1 29. Nxc1 Nd5 $19) 28... Nxc1 29. Qxc1 dxe5 30. fxe5 Bxe5 31. Qg5 (31. Qf1 Bf6 32. Qe2 Rc8 $19) 31... Bf6 32. Qd2 Rd8 33. Qf2 Qc4 34. h4 (34. Kh2 Nd5 $19) 34... Qd5 (34... a5 35. Kh2 a4 36. Nf3 Qc7+ 37. g3 axb3 38. Bxf6 $19) 35. Bb2 (35. Qe1 Nc4 $19) 35... Nc4 36. Bc3 (36. Ba1 a5 37. Qf4 Be5 $19) 36... Nd6 37. Ba1 Ne4 38. Qe3 (38. Qe1 Be5 39. Qb4 a5 40. Qxa5 Qxa5 41. Nxa5 Bxd4+ 42. Bxd4 Rxd4 $19) 38... Nc5 (38... Nc5 39. Nf3 Bxa1 40. Nxa1 Qd1+ 41. Kh2 Qd6+ 42. Kh3 f5 $19) 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Pironti, Francisco Ferrari"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2345"] [BlackElo "1945"] [PlyCount "160"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} a5 2. bxa5 Rxa5 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. Nf3 d5 5. g3 e6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 c5 9. Nbd2 Nc6 {last book move} 10. e4 b5 11. exd5 exd5 (11... Qxd5 $2 12. Ne5 Qxe5 13. Bxe5 Nxe5 14. Re1 $18) (11... Nxd5 $6 12. c4 bxc4 13. Nxc4 $11) 12. Re1 Be6 (12... Re8 13. Nb3 Ra7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 $11) 13. Rxe6 (13. Nb3 $5 Ra7 14. d4 $15) 13... fxe6 $17 14. Qe2 Qd7 15. Bh3 Nd8 16. Ng5 {The pressure on the backward pawn e6 grows} Qa7 (16... Ra6 $5 $17) 17. Bxe6+ $11 Kh8 (17... Nxe6 $143 18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19. Nf7+ Rxf7 20. Qxf7 $16) 18. Re1 $2 (18. Bf5 g6 19. Nb3 Ra4 $11) 18... Rxa2 (18... h6 $142 $5 19. Ngf3 Nxe6 20. Qxe6 Bd8 $11) 19. Bxf6 $15 Bxf6 (19... Rxf6 $143 20. Bxd5 Ra1 21. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 22. Kg2 $14) 20. Nxh7 Nxe6 21. Nxf8 Nxf8 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Qxd5+ Qf7 24. Qxc5 Ne6 (24... Qd7 25. Nf3 $15) 25. Qd5 (25. Qc8+ Nd8 $11) 25... Ng5 $15 ( 25... Rxc2 $2 26. Rxe6 Be7 27. Ne4 $18) 26. Re8+ (26. Qxb5 $2 Rxc2 27. Re8+ Kh7 $19) 26... Kh7 27. Qxf7 (27. Qxb5 $2 Rxc2 28. Ne4 Be7 29. Qxg5 Qxe8 30. Qf5+ g6 $19) 27... Nxf7 28. Rc8 Nd6 29. Rc5 b4 30. Kg2 $2 (30. d4 $142 $15) 30... Bc3 $19 31. Nf3 Rxc2 32. Ng5+ $2 (32. Rc6 $142 Nf7 33. Rc7 $19) 32... Kg6 33. Nf3 b3 34. Rc6 b2 (34... Bb4 35. Nh4+ Kh5 36. Rb6 $19) 35. Rxd6+ Kf7 36. Rb6 Rc1 37. Rb7+ (37. Ng5+ Ke8 $19) 37... Ke6 38. Rb6+ Kd5 39. Nd2 Bxd2 $4 (39... Rd1 $142 40. Ne4 Bd4 41. Rd6+ Ke5 42. f4+ Kf5 43. Rd5+ Ke6 $19) 40. Rxb2 $15 Bc3 41. Rb7 Rc2 (41... Rd1 42. h4 $15) 42. h4 (42. Rc7 $11) 42... Bd4 { Attacking the backward pawn on f2} (42... Rd2 43. h5 $15) 43. Rf7 (43. Rd7+ $142 $5 Ke5 44. Kh3 Rxf2 45. Rxg7 $11) 43... Ke6 44. Rf4 Be5 45. Re4 Kd5 46. Rg4 Rc3 (46... Bd4 47. Rf4 $15) 47. Rg5 Ke6 (47... Rxd3 $2 48. f4 Ke6 49. Rxe5+ Kf7 50. h5 $18) 48. Rg6+ Kf5 (48... Bf6 49. h5 $15) 49. Rg5+ $11 Kf6 50. f4 Bd4 51. Rd5 (51. Kf3 Rc1 $11) 51... Rxd3 $15 52. Rd6+ Ke7 53. Rd5 Ke6 54. Rd8 Ke7 55. Rd5 Rd2+ 56. Kf3 Bc3 (56... Rf2+ 57. Ke4 Bf6 58. h5 $15) 57. Rc5 (57. Rxd2 Bxd2 58. h5 Bc3 $11) 57... Bf6 58. Rc7+ Rd7 (58... Kd6 59. Rc8 $15) 59. Rc5 ( 59. Rxd7+ Kxd7 60. Ke4 g6 $11) 59... Kf7 60. Kg4 Rd3 61. Rc7+ Ke6 62. Rc6+ Kd5 63. Rc7 Ke4 (63... Kd6 64. Ra7 $15) 64. Rc4+ (64. h5 Rd8 $11) 64... Ke3 65. Rc1 Kf2 66. Rc2+ Ke3 67. h5 (67. Rc1 Bc3 $15) 67... Rd2 (67... Rd8 68. Rh2 $11) 68. Rc6 (68. Rxd2 Kxd2 69. h6 gxh6 $11) 68... Rg2 (68... Rh2 $5 $15) 69. h6 $14 Kf2 $2 (69... Rg1 $142 $14) 70. Rc2+ $18 Kf1 71. Rxg2 (71. h7 $142 g6 72. Rc6 $18) 71... Kxg2 $11 72. h7 g6 73. f5 gxf5+ 74. Kxf5 Bh8 75. g4 Kh3 76. g5 Kh4 77. Kg6 Kg4 78. Kf7 Kxg5 79. Kg8 Bc3 80. h8=Q Bxh8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Titled Tue 6th Aug Late"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Troff, Kayden"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2355"] [BlackElo "2490"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} a5 2. bxa5 Rxa5 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 {last book move} Rh5 7. O-O b6 8. c4 Bb7 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. d4 O-O 11. a3 Ba5 12. e3 Qa8 (12... Qe7 13. Ne5 $15) 13. Ne2 (13. d5 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 exd5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. cxd5 Ne7 $16) 13... Ne7 (13... Rh6 14. d5 exd5 15. cxd5 $11) 14. Nf4 (14. d5 exd5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 $14) 14... Rh6 $15 15. d5 exd5 16. Bxf6 (16. Ne5 $5 dxc4 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Nxc4 $15) 16... Rxf6 $17 (16... gxf6 $6 17. Nh4 Kh8 18. cxd5 $11) 17. cxd5 Nxd5 (17... Bxd5 $6 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Qxd5 Nxd5 20. Rad1 $11) 18. Rc1 $2 (18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Nh4 Rd6 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 $17) 18... Rd6 $4 ( 18... Nc3 $142 19. Qb3 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Qxf3 21. Rxc3 Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Rc6 $19) 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 (19... Rxd5 20. Qb3 Rc5 21. Rxc5 bxc5 22. Nh4 Bxg2 23. Nxg2 $19) 20. Qe2 (20. Rxc7 $5 Qb8 21. Rc1 $15) 20... Bb7 21. Rfd1 (21. Rxc7 $2 Ba6 22. Qc2 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Rc6 24. Rxc6 Qxc6 $19 (24... dxc6 $6 25. Ng5 g6 26. Bxc6 $15)) 21... Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 c5 23. Nh4 Bxg2 24. Nxg2 d5 25. Nf4 Rd8 26. Qg4 (26. Qe2 h6 $17) 26... Qc6 (26... d4 $5 27. Nh5 g6 28. Nf6+ Kg7 $17) 27. Rd1 h6 (27... d4 $5 $17) 28. Qf3 $11 {d5 seems the pivot of the position} Qa4 29. Rxd5 Rf8 30. Qg4 Qxa3 31. Rh5 (31. Rd6 Qc1+ 32. Kg2 Qc4 $11) 31... Qa1+ $15 32. Kg2 Qf6 33. Nd5 Qg6 $4 (33... Qe6 $142 34. Qc4 Re8 $17) 34. Ne7+ $18 Kh7 35. Nxg6 fxg6 36. Rd5 Be1 37. f3 Ra8 (37... Bc3 38. Qc4 Bf6 39. Rd6 $18) 38. Rd6 Ra2+ (38... Ba5 $18) 39. Kf1 g5 40. Qf5+ (40. Qf5+ g6 41. Qxg6+ Kh8 42. Rd8#) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Balint, Vi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2345"] [BlackElo "2180"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} a5 2. bxa5 Nc6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e3 e5 5. Nh3 { last book move} e4 (5... Rxa5 6. f4 $17) 6. Bc4 (6. a6 bxa6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 $11) 6... Nxa5 (6... d5 $142 7. Bb5 Rxa5 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 $17) 7. Qh5 $4 (7. Be2 $142 $15) 7... Be7 (7... Nxh5 8. Be2 Qh4 9. Nc3 $19) 8. Bf1 (8. Qxf7#) 8... O-O ( 8... Nxh5 $142 9. Be2 Nf6 $19) 9. Qe2 (9. Qd1 d5 $19) 9... Qe8 (9... d5 $142 $19) 10. Qf3 $4 (10. Nf4 $5 d5 $19) 10... d5 (10... exf3 $142 11. gxf3 d5 12. Nf4 $19) 11. Ke2 $4 (11. Qg3 $142 Qc6 12. Nc3 $19) 11... Bf5 (11... exf3+ 12. Kd1 Nc4 13. Kc1 Nxb2 14. Kxb2 $19) 12. Na3 (12. Qxf5 Qb5+ 13. c4 Qxb2 14. cxd5 $19) 12... Bd6 (12... exf3+ 13. gxf3 Qa4 14. Rg1 $19) 13. c4 $4 (13. Qxf5 h6 14. Ke1 $18 (14. Bxf6 $6 gxf6 15. Nf4 Qe5 16. Qxe5 fxe5 (16... Bxe5 $2 17. c3 $18) 17. Nxd5 Bxa3 $18)) 13... d4 (13... exf3+ 14. gxf3 dxc4 15. Ke1 $19) 14. Rd1 $4 (14. Qxf5 $142 g6 15. Qg5 $16) 14... Qe5 (14... exf3+ 15. gxf3 Qa4 16. Bxd4 Bxa3 17. Rg1 $19) 15. Ra1 (15. Qf4 d3+ 16. Ke1 Qxb2 17. Qxf5 Bxa3 18. Ng5 Nxc4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxd3 $19) 15... b6 (15... exf3+ 16. Ke1 Bxa3 17. Bxd4 fxg2 18. Bxg2 $19 (18. Bxe5 $4 gxh1=Q 19. f3 Bxh3 $19)) 16. Qh5 b5 (16... Nxh5 $142 17. Bxd4 Qe7 18. Nb5 $19) 17. Rc1 (17. exd4 Qe6 18. d5 $19) 17... Ne8 ( 17... Nxh5 $142 $5 18. Bxd4 Qe7 19. Nxb5 $19) 18. g3 $4 (18. exd4 $142 Qe6 19. Ke1 $17) 18... Bb4 (18... d3+ 19. Ke1 Qxb2 20. Rb1 Qxa2 21. Qxf5 Nxc4 22. Bxd3 exd3 23. Kf1 Rxa3 24. Kg2 Qxd2 25. Qf3 $19) 19. Nf4 (19. exd4 Qe6 20. Ng5 $19) 19... Qf6 (19... d3+ $142 20. Ke1 Qxb2 21. Rd1 Qxa3 22. Bh3 Bxh3 23. Nxh3 $19) 20. f3 $4 (20. Bxd4 $142 $5 g6 21. Bxf6 gxh5 22. Bb2 Nxc4 23. Nxc4 Rxa2 24. Ra1 Rxa1 25. Bxa1 Bg4+ 26. Ke1 bxc4 27. Be2 $11) 20... Bxd2 (20... d3+ 21. Kf2 Qxb2 22. Rd1 $19) 21. Nc2 $4 (21. Bxd4 Qe7 22. Kxd2 g6 $17) 21... Bc3 (21... d3+ $142 22. Kxd2 Nxc4+ 23. Kd1 Nxb2+ 24. Ke1 Qc3+ 25. Kf2 $19) 22. h4 $4 (22. Nd5 $142 Qd8 23. Bxc3 $19) 22... Bd2 (22... d3+ $142 23. Kf2 Bxb2 $19) 23. Kxd2 $4 (23. Bxd4 Qd6 24. Kxd2 $18 (24. Qxf5 $143 Bxc1 25. Bg2 c5 26. Qxc5 Bb2 $11)) 23... Qd6 (23... dxe3+ $142 24. Kd1 Rd8+ 25. Nd5 Qxb2 26. Qxf5 Nd6 $19) 24. g4 (24. Qxf5 $142 d3 25. c5 (25. Qxe4 $6 Nxc4+ 26. Kc3 d2 $18) 25... Nc4+ 26. Kc3 $18) 24... Qa3 $4 (24... d3 $142 25. Qxf5 Nxc4+ 26. Kc3 Rxa2 27. Bxd3 Nxb2 $11) 25. exd4 (25. Bxa3 Bg6 26. Qxb5 c6 $18) 25... Nc6 $4 (25... Qxb2 26. Qxf5 Nd6 $19) 26. Ng2 (26. Nxa3 $142 Bc8 27. Qc5 Nd8 28. cxb5 exf3 $18) 26... Qc5 $4 ( 26... Qxb2 27. Qxf5 (27. gxf5 Nf6 28. Qg5 Nxd4 $19) 27... Nxd4 28. Qxe4 Rxa2 29. Rb1 Qxb1 30. Bd3 Qb4+ 31. Kd1 $19) 27. d5 (27. dxc5 $142 Bg6 28. Qg5 exf3 29. Nge3 Rxa2 30. h5 $18) 27... Qd6 $4 {Kd3 Ra6+} (27... Qf2+ $142 28. Kd1 Qxf3+ 29. Kd2 Bxg4 $19) (27... Rxa2 {Qxf5} 28. Rb1 bxc4 $18) 28. Nb4 $4 Qd8 ( 28... Qxb4+ $143 {exd3+}) 1-0 [Event "Rated blitz game"] [Site "?"] [Date "2022.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "alessandrocarvalhaes"] [Black "DrBalaji"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2115"] [BlackElo "2125"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} a5 2. b5 c6 3. e4 cxb5 4. Bxb5 b6 5. a4 Bb7 6. d3 {last book move} Bc6 {Black's piece can't move: f8} 7. Bc4 (7. Nf3 d5 $16) 7... e6 $14 {Prevents intrusion on d5} 8. Nf3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Qe2+ Be7 11. Bb3 Nf6 12. O-O O-O {Black castles and improves king safety} 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. Nbd2 h6 {Black threatens to win material: h6xg5} 15. Bh4 Re8 16. Qd1 Bb4 { White has a cramped position} 17. Nd4 { White threatens to win material: Nd4xc6. A valuable piece} Bb7 { Black has an active position} 18. N2f3 {White has a cramped position} Ne5 ( 18... g5 $142 19. Bg3 Nh5 $11) 19. Nd2 (19. Nxe5 $142 $5 {is a viable option} Rxe5 20. Rb1 $11) 19... Bc3 $17 20. Nb5 Bxa1 21. Qxa1 Rc8 (21... Bc6 $5 $17) 22. Re1 $11 Ng6 (22... d4 $142 $5 $11 {would keep Black in the game}) 23. Rxe8+ $16 Qxe8 24. Nd6 {White threatens to win material: Nd6xe8} (24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Nd6 Qe2 26. Nxc8 Bxc8 $16) 24... Qe2 {Black threatens to win material: Qe2xd2} (24... Qe6 $142 25. Bxf6 Qxd6 26. Bxg7 Kh7 $11) 25. Nf1 $4 { there were better ways to keep up the pressure} (25. Bxf6 Rc6 26. Bxg7 Rxd6 27. Bxh6 d4 $15) 25... Rc7 $4 {throwing away the advantage} (25... Nxh4 $142 { and Black is on the road to success} 26. Qd4 Qg4 27. Qxg4 Nxg4 28. Nxb7 Nf5 $19 ) 26. Bxf6 $11 gxf6 27. Qxf6 (27. Nxb7 $142 Rxb7 28. Qxf6 $14) 27... Qe5 $4 { overlooking an easy win} (27... Qe7 $142 {had to be tried to avoid defeat} 28. Qxe7 Nxe7 $15) 28. Qd8+ $18 Kg7 (28... Kh7 {doesn't improve anything} 29. Qxc7 Ba8 30. Qxf7+ Qg7 31. Qxg7+ Kxg7 32. Ne3 $18) 29. Ne8+ (29. Qxc7 $142 { and White wins} Nf4 30. Qxf7+ Kh8 31. Nxb7 Ne2+ 32. Kh1 $18) 29... Kh7 30. Nxc7 Nf4 31. Ne3 (31. g3 $142 {ends the debate} Ne2+ 32. Kg2 $18) 31... Qa1+ (31... Qa1+ 32. Nf1 Ne2+ 33. Kh1 Qxf1#) 0-1 [Event "Abu Dhabi Masters Online"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Gokerkan, Cem Kaan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2355"] [BlackElo "2490"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} a5 2. b5 g6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O a4 9. c4 d6 10. a3 Nbd7 11. Nc3 e5 12. Nxa4 e4 13. Nd2 Re8 14. Nc3 {last book move} h5 (14... Qe7 15. a4 $16) 15. Qc2 h4 16. Rfd1 (16. h3 $142 $5 $16) 16... h3 $14 17. g3 Nf8 (17... Qe7 18. a4 Ra7 19. a5 bxa5 20. Ra2 $16) 18. Bf1 Qd7 19. c5 Qf5 (19... bxc5 20. dxc5 {Combination}) (19... dxc5 20. dxc5 {Combination}) 20. c6 (20. cxd6 $142 cxd6 21. Nc4 $16) 20... Bc8 $11 21. d5 (21. a4 d5 22. Be2 $14) 21... Ng4 (21... N8h7 $142 $5 22. Nb3 Qh5 $17) 22. Ncxe4 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 Rxe4 24. Nxe4 Qxe4 25. Rd4 Qe5 26. Bxh3 Nh7 (26... Nxh2 27. Kxh2 Qh8 28. g4 Bxg4 29. Rh1 Qxh3+ 30. Kg1 $14) 27. Rb1 (27. Bg2 $5 $16) 27... Qh5 $11 28. Bxg4 Bxg4 29. Rf4 $4 (29. f4 Nf6 30. e4 $14) 29... Ng5 $19 30. Kf1 (30. Rxg4 Qxg4 31. f4 Nf3+ 32. Kf2 $19) 30... Qxh2 31. Rxg4 Qh1+ (31... Qh3+ 32. Ke1 Qxg4 33. Rd1 $19) 32. Ke2 Qf3+ 33. Kd2 Qxg4 34. Qb4 (34. Rh1 Nf3+ 35. Kc3 $19) 34... Qf5 35. f4 (35. Ke2 Ne4 36. f3 Nc3+ 37. Qxc3 Qxb1 $19) 35... Qxd5+ 36. Kc2 Ne6 37. Qc3 (37. e4 Qh5 38. Rd1 Nc5 $19) 37... Qg2+ 38. Kb3 (38. Qd2 Qh3 39. Qc3 $19) 38... Nc5+ (38... Nc5+ 39. Qxc5 dxc5 40. Rd1 Qe2 41. Rc1 c4+ 42. Kb4 Qd3 43. Rc3 Qb1+ 44. Kxc4 Ra4+ 45. Kd5 Qe4#) 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 5th Mar Early"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Weisz, Bryan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2345"] [BlackElo "1995"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} c6 2. Bb2 a5 3. bxa5 d5 4. Nf3 f6 { last book move} 5. Bc3 (5. Nc3 $5 $16) 5... e5 $11 6. d3 Bg4 (6... Bd6 7. g3 $11) 7. e3 Nd7 8. Be2 (8. Nbd2 Nh6 $14) 8... Nh6 9. h3 Bh5 (9... Be6 10. O-O $11) 10. Nbd2 c5 (10... Bd6 11. O-O $14) 11. Nf1 (11. Rb1 Qc7 $14) 11... Bd6 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. e4 (13. Rb1 $5 d4 14. Ne4 $14) 13... d4 $14 14. Bd2 c4 (14... Bc7 15. Rb1 Bxa5 16. Rxb7 $14) 15. dxc4 (15. Nh4 $5 $16) 15... Nc5 $14 16. Bxh6 (16. Bd3 Bc7 $14) 16... gxh6 $11 17. O-O Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bd3 (19. Nd2 $142 Bg6 20. Bf3 $11) 19... f5 $4 (19... Bc6 $142 $11) 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. Nxe5 $1 Qg5 (21... Bxe5 22. Qh5+ {Double attack} (22. Qh5+ {Decoy})) 22. Ng4 (22. f4 $5 exf3 23. Nxf3 Qe3+ 24. Kh1 O-O $18) 22... h5 (22... O-O-O 23. Rb1 (23. Qxd4 $4 Bh2+ 24. Kxh2 Rxd4 $19) 23... h5 24. Rb5 $16) 23. Qxd4 $16 O-O-O 24. Qf6 Qxf6 25. Nxf6 Be5 26. Nd5 Bxa1 27. Rxa1 Rd6 28. Rb1 Kb8 29. Kf1 (29. Rb5 Rf8 $16) 29... Rc8 $14 30. Nb6 (30. Ne3 $5 $14) 30... Rc5 $11 31. Rb5 Rxb5 32. cxb5 Rd2 33. a4 Rxc2 34. g4 hxg4 35. hxg4 Rc1+ 36. Ke2 Rc2+ 37. Ke3 Kc7 (37... h6 38. Nd5 $11) 38. Nd5+ (38. g5 Rc5 $11) 38... Kd6 $11 39. Nf6 Ra2 (39... Rc4 $142 $11) 40. Nxe4+ $16 Ke7 41. Nc3 (41. Nc5 Kd6 42. Kd4 Kc7 $18) 41... Ra3 ( 41... Rc2 $142 $5 42. Nd5+ Ke6 $16) 42. Kd4 $18 h6 $4 (42... Kd8 43. f4 Rb3 44. Kd3 $18) 43. Kc4 (43. a6 bxa6 44. bxa6 Ra1 $18) 43... Ra1 $4 (43... Kd6 44. f4 Ra1 $18) 44. Kc5 (44. a6 $142 bxa6 45. bxa6 $18) 44... Rc1 $16 45. Kd4 Kd6 ( 45... Rg1 $5 46. a6 Rxg4+ 47. Kc5 bxa6 48. bxa6 h5 $14) 46. Ne4+ (46. f4 Kc7 $18) 46... Kc7 47. f4 Ra1 48. Nc3 (48. Nc5 $5 b6 49. axb6+ Kxb6 $18) 48... Rg1 $16 49. Kc5 (49. Nd5+ Kd6 50. Ne3 Ra1 $16) 49... Rxg4 (49... Rc1 50. Kc4 Kb8 51. Kd4 $18) 50. Nd5+ Kb8 (50... Kc8 51. f5 Re4 52. Kd6 $18) 51. f5 Rg1 (51... Rxa4 $142 52. f6 Ra1 $18 (52... Rxa5 53. f7 b6+ 54. Kxb6 Rxb5+ 55. Kxb5 Ka7 56. f8=Q Kb7 57. Qd8 h5 58. Qc7+ Ka8 59. Nb6#)) 52. Kb6 $4 { White prepares the advance a6} (52. f6 Rf1 53. Kd6 $18) 52... Rf1 (52... h5 53. a6 bxa6 $19) 53. Ne7 (53. f6 h5 54. a6 bxa6 55. bxa6 Rb1+ 56. Kc5 h4 $11) 53... h5 (53... Re1 54. Ng6 Rd1 55. a6 Rd6+ 56. Kc5 $11) 54. a6 $11 bxa6 55. Kxa6 ( 55. bxa6 Rb1+ 56. Kc5 h4 57. Nc6+ Ka8 $19) 55... h4 $4 (55... Rd1 $142 56. b6 Rd6 $11) 56. b6 $18 Rb1 57. f6 Ka8 58. f7 (58. Nc6 Rb4 59. a5 Rb2 60. f7 Rxb6+ 61. Kxb6 h3 62. f8=Q#) 58... Rf1 59. b7+ Kb8 60. Nc6+ Kc7 61. b8=Q+ Kxc6 (61... Kd7 62. Qe8+ Kd6 63. Qe5+ Kxc6 64. Qb5+ Kd6 65. Qxf1 Kc5 66. Qd3 Kb4 67. f8=Q+ Kxa4 68. Qf4#) 62. f8=Q (62. f8=Q Rxf8 63. Qxf8 $18) (62. Qb5+ Kd6 63. Qxf1 Ke5 64. f8=Q Kd4 65. Q8f6+ Kd5 66. Kb5 h3 67. Q1f3#) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Lehtosaari, Mauri"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2355"] [BlackElo "2145"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} c6 2. Bb2 Qb6 3. a3 a5 4. c3 Nf6 5. Nf3 d5 6. g3 Bg4 7. Bg2 e6 8. O-O {last book move} Be7 9. Qb3 (9. d3 Nbd7 $15) 9... O-O 10. d3 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 c5 (11... Bd6 12. Rfe1 $15) 12. b5 (12. bxc5 Qxb3 13. Nxb3 a4 $11) 12... a4 $15 13. Qc2 Qxb5 14. c4 Qa6 15. h3 Bh5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nh4 d4 ( 17... b5 18. cxb5 Qxb5 19. Rab1 $15) 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. e3 e5 20. f4 (20. Rae1 Rfe8 $15) 20... dxe3 $15 21. fxe5 exd2 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Qxd2 Bd4+ (23... Qd6 $5 $15) 24. Bxd4 $11 cxd4 25. Qb4 {The backward pawn on b7 becomes a target} ( 25. Qf4 Nc5 $11) 25... Rab8 (25... Rae8 $142 $5 $15) 26. Rae1 $14 Qb6 (26... Rfe8 27. Re7 Rxe7 28. Qxe7 $14) 27. Re7 (27. Qxb6 $5 Nxb6 28. Re7 $16) 27... Qxb4 $14 28. axb4 Nf6 29. g5 Nh5 (29... Nh7 30. h4 f6 31. Bxb7 fxg5 32. Bd5+ Kh8 33. Rxf8+ Rxf8 34. hxg5 Nxg5 35. Kg2 $16) 30. Bd5 $16 b6 (30... Kh7 31. Bxb7 f6 32. c5 $18) 31. Rfxf7 (31. Rexf7 Rfe8 32. Kg2 $16) 31... Rxf7 $2 (31... Kh7 $142 $5 $14) 32. Rxf7 $18 (32. Bxf7+ $6 Kf8 33. Ra7 Nf4 $11) 32... Kh7 33. Ra7 $4 (33. Kh2 $142 $5 $18) 33... b5 (33... Nf4 $5 $11) 34. c5 $14 Nf4 35. Bf7 (35. Be4 Nxh3+ 36. Kg2 Nf4+ 37. Kg3 Ne2+ 38. Kf2 Nf4 $14) 35... Nxh3+ 36. Kg2 ( 36. Kh2 Nxg5 37. Bd5 Rd8 $14) 36... Nxg5 (36... Nf4+ $142 $5 37. Kg3 Nxd3 $14) 37. Bd5 $16 Re8 38. c6 Re2+ $2 (38... Ne6 $142 $5 39. Kg3 g5 $16) 39. Kg3 $18 Rc2 $2 (39... Ne6 40. Re7 Re3+ 41. Kg4 Nf4 42. Rxe3 Nxd5 $18) 40. c7 a3 41. Bc4 (41. Kh4 $5 Nf3+ 42. Bxf3 a2 $18) 41... Ne4+ 42. Kf4 (42. dxe4 Rxc4 43. e5 a2 $15) 42... Nd6 43. Ke5 $4 (43. Be6 $142 Re2 44. Ra6 $18) 43... bxc4 (43... Nc8 $142 44. Rxa3 bxc4 45. dxc4 Rxc4 $19) 44. Kxd6 $18 cxd3 45. Rxa3 d2 46. Rd3 Rc3 (46... g5 $18) 47. Rxd4 Rc2 48. b5 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Wang, Lidong"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2345"] [BlackElo "2125"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} Nf6 2. Bb2 d5 3. e3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 c6 5. c3 e5 6. c4 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. h3 {last book move} a5 (8... e4 $5 9. Nd4 Bxb4 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. a3 $17) 9. bxa5 (9. c5 Bb8 10. Qa4 Ra7 $15) 9... Qxa5 (9... e4 10. Nd4 dxc4 11. Na3 Bxa3 12. Bxa3 $17) 10. O-O (10. Bc3 Qc7 $17) 10... Re8 (10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 e4 12. Ne1 $17) 11. Nc3 (11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nc3 e4 $17) 11... d4 (11... e4 $5 12. Nd4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qg5 $17) 12. exd4 $11 exd4 (12... e4 13. Ne1 $11) 13. Nxd4 Be5 (13... Qc5 $5 14. Nb3 Qg5 $11) 14. Nf3 $14 Qb4 15. Qb3 $4 (15. Qc2 Bf4 $16) 15... Qd6 $4 (15... Bxc3 $142 16. Bxc3 Qxb3 17. axb3 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Rxe2 $17) 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. d4 $1 Qxd4 18. Nd5 Qd2 (18... Qe4 $142 $5 19. Nc7 Bxh3 20. gxh3 Qxe2 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Nxa8 b5 $18) 19. Nc7 $18 Qxe2 20. Nxe8 Nxc4 $4 (20... Nf3+ 21. Qxf3 Qxf3 22. Nxf6+ (22. gxf3 $6 Nxe8 23. Kg2 Be6 $16) 22... Qxf6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. a4 $18) 21. Bxf6 (21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Qg3+ Bg4 $18) 21... Ra3 $4 (21... Qxe8 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qxc4 $18) 22. Qxa3 (22. Rfe1 $142 Rxb3 23. Rxe2 $18) 22... Nxa3 $16 23. Rfe1 Qc2 24. Bxg7 (24. Nxg7 Be6 25. Rad1 h5 26. Rd8+ Kh7 27. Nxh5 Qc4 $18) 24... Bd7 (24... Be6 25. Rad1 h5 26. Rd8 $18) 25. Bd4 (25. Rac1 Qa4 (25... Qxa2 $4 26. Bh6 f5 27. Nf6+ Kf7 28. Nxd7 $18) 26. Bb2 Kf8 $18) 25... Be6 26. Nf6+ Kg7 27. Re3 Nb5 28. Rg3+ (28. Be5 Kf8 $16 ( 28... Bxa2 $4 29. Rg3+ Qg6 30. Rxg6+ fxg6 31. Rxa2 $18)) 28... Kf8 $14 29. Be5 Ke7 30. Rg8 Nd6 31. Rb8 b5 (31... Bxa2 $5 32. Bxd6+ Kxf6 33. Rxb7 Bd5 $14) 32. Ra8 $16 Qc5 (32... Nc8 $5 $16) 33. Re1 $18 Qb6 (33... h6 $142 $18) 34. Kh2 (34. Nxh7 $142 $5 Qc5 35. a4 $18) 34... Qb7 $16 35. Rh8 Nc4 $4 (35... Bxa2 36. Nxh7 Nc8 37. Bd4+ Kd7 38. Nf6+ Kc7 $18) 36. f4 (36. Re8#) 36... Nxe5 (36... Nd6 37. Nxh7 c5 $18) 37. fxe5 Bd7 38. Rd1 (38. Nxh7 c5 39. Rd1 Qc7 $18) (38. Rxh7 $6 Qc7 $18) (38. Nxd7 $6 Qxd7 39. Rxh7 Qd2 $11) 38... Ke6 39. Rxd7 (39. Nxd7 $143 Qxd7 40. Rxd7 Kxd7 41. Rxh7 Ke7 $18) 39... Qb6 40. Re8+ Kf5 41. Rd3 c5 (41... Qf2 42. Rf3+ Qxf3 43. gxf3 h6 $18) 42. Rf3+ Kg6 43. Rg8+ Kh6 44. Rf5 (44. Rf5 Qxf6 45. Rxf6+ Kh5 46. g4+ Kh4 47. Rh6#) (44. g4 Qxf6 45. Rxf6#) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Arnold, Ken"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2355"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} c6 2. Bb2 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. a3 Nbd7 7. Be2 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. d3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Bf5 {last book move} 11. Qb3 Bg6 12. Rfe1 (12. c5 Bc7 $11) 12... Qe7 13. Bf1 (13. h3 h6 $11) 13... Rad8 ( 13... a5 14. c5 Bc7 15. Be2 $11) 14. g3 e5 (14... h6 15. Bh3 $11) 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. e4 dxe4 17. dxe4 Nb6 (17... a5 18. Bc3 $11) 18. Rad1 $14 Rc8 (18... a6 19. Nh4 $14) 19. Nh4 $16 Qc7 (19... Bh5 20. Nf5 Qe6 21. Qxe6 Rxe6 22. Rc1 $14) 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Rc1 (21. Bh3 Rcd8 $16) 21... Qe7 22. Nc4 (22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Nf3 Qe8 $16) 22... Nxc4 $14 23. Bxc4 a6 24. Rcd1 (24. Red1 Bb8 $14 (24... Nxe4 $2 25. Qd3 $18)) 24... b5 (24... Red8 25. Be2 $14) 25. Bf1 (25. Bxf7+ Qxf7 26. Qxf7+ Kxf7 27. Rxd6 Rc2 $14) 25... Qc7 (25... Red8 26. f3 $14) 26. f3 (26. Bh3 Rcd8 $14) 26... Red8 27. Kg2 Qc2+ (27... Qb6 28. Bd3 $14) 28. Qxc2 $16 Rxc2+ 29. Re2 Rxe2+ 30. Bxe2 Rd7 31. f4 Bc7 (31... exf4 $2 32. e5 Bxe5 33. Bxe5 Rxd1 34. Bxd1 fxg3 35. Bxf6 gxf6 36. Kxg3 $18) 32. Rxd7 (32. Kf3 Rxd1 33. Bxd1 Nd7 $16) 32... Nxd7 $14 33. Bg4 Nb6 (33... Nf6 34. Bf3 $14) 34. Bxe5 $16 Bxe5 35. fxe5 Nc4 36. e6 (36. Bc8 Kf8 $16) 36... Kf8 (36... f5 37. exf5 gxf5 38. Be2 Nxa3 39. Bd3 $14) 37. exf7 $16 Nxa3 38. Bc8 Nc2 39. Bxa6 Nxb4 40. Bxb5 Nc2 $4 ( 40... Kxf7 $142 41. Kf3 Kf6 $16) 41. Be8 $18 Nd4 (41... Ne1+ 42. Kf2 Nd3+ 43. Kf3 Ne5+ 44. Kf4 Nd3+ 45. Kg5 $18) 42. Kf2 Ne6 43. Ke3 (43. Bc6 Nc5 44. Bd5 Nd3+ 45. Ke3 Ne5 $18) 43... g5 (43... Ng5 44. Kf4 Nh7 45. Kg4 $18) 44. Kf3 (44. e5 Ke7 45. Bb5 Nf8 $18) 44... Ke7 45. Kg4 Kf6 46. Bc6 g6 47. Bd5 Nf8 48. Ba2 Nd7 49. Bd5 (49. Kf3 Ne5+ 50. Ke3 Ke7 $18) 49... Ne5+ $4 (49... Nf8 50. h3 Nd7 $18) 50. Kh3 $18 g4+ (50... Ke7 51. Kg2 $18) 51. Kg2 (51. Kh4 $5 Nf3+ 52. Kxg4 Ne5+ 53. Kh4 Nd7 $18) 51... Nd7 (51... Ke7 52. h3 $18) 52. h3 (52. Kf2 Nf8 $18) 52... gxh3+ 53. Kxh3 Nf8 54. Kg4 Nd7 55. Kf4 g5+ 56. Kg4 Kg6 57. f8=Q $1 Nxf8 ( 57... Nxf8 58. e5 {Passed pawn}) 58. e5 Nh7 (58... Nd7 59. Be4+ Kg7 $18) 59. Be4+ Kg7 60. Bxh7 (60. Bxh7 Kf7 61. Kf5 Ke7 62. g4 Kd7 63. e6+ Kd6 64. Kf6 Kc7 65. e7 Kd7 66. Be4 Kc7 67. e8=Q Kb6 68. Qc6+ Ka5 69. Qc5+ Ka6 70. Qb4 Ka7 71. Qb7#) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 1st Oct Late"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Norowitz, Yaacov"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2395"] [BlackElo "2400"] [cccccccccccccctator "Fritz 6 (1s)"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} c6 2. Bb2 Qb6 3. Bc3 Nf6 4. a3 Ne4 5. e3 Nxc3 6. Nxc3 g6 {last book move} 7. d4 Bg7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 d6 10. O-O Bg4 11. Qd2 Qc7 (11... Re8 12. f3 Bd7 13. f4 $11) 12. Rab1 Nd7 (12... d5 13. f3 Bd7 14. e4 $11) 13. Ne4 (13. f3 Be6 $14) 13... e5 14. f3 Bf5 15. N4g3 Be6 16. c4 d5 17. c5 Rae8 18. f4 exd4 19. Nxd4 (19. exd4 Bg4 $11) 19... Nf6 20. Nf3 Bg4 21. Ne5 Rxe5 (21... Re7 $5 $15) 22. fxe5 $14 Qxe5 23. b5 (23. Rbe1 Re8 $11) 23... h5 (23... Qe7 24. Rb4 Bd7 25. bxc6 Bxc6 26. Ne2 $11) 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Ne2 (25. Rb7 $142 $5 $11) 25... Bxe2 26. Bxe2 Ne4 27. Qc1 Nc3 28. Rb2 Bh6 29. Rf3 (29. Qc2 $17) 29... d4 (29... Re8 $5 30. Qf1 Bxe3+ 31. Kh1 Bxc5 32. Bd3 Bxa3 33. Rb7 $19) 30. Rc2 (30. Qf1 Bxe3+ 31. Kh1 Nxe2 (31... Qxc5 $6 32. Rb7 f5 33. Bc4+ Nd5 34. Rg3 $11) 32. Qxe2 Qxc5 $17) 30... Nd5 31. Kh1 (31. Qe1 $5 Nxe3 32. Ba6 $17) 31... Nxe3 $19 (31... Bxe3 $6 32. Qf1 $15) 32. Ra2 $2 (32. Qb1 Ng4 33. Rg3 Rb8 $19) 32... Qd5 $4 (32... Ng4 33. Qg1 Be3 34. Rxe3 Nxe3 35. Bd3 $19) 33. Ra1 $2 (33. Rb2 $142 $17) 33... d3 $19 34. Bf1 (34. Bxd3 Qxd3 35. Qg1 $19) 34... d2 (34... d2 35. Qc3 Bg7 36. Qxe3 Bxa1 $19) 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Metrick, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2345"] [BlackElo "2255"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} d5 2. Bb2 Qd6 3. a3 e5 4. e3 Be6 5. d3 Nd7 { last book move} 6. g3 (6. Nf3 Ngf6 $11) 6... c6 (6... Ngf6 7. Nf3 $15) 7. Bg2 Qc7 8. Nd2 Ngf6 9. Ngf3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. c4 Qd8 (11... a5 12. c5 Be7 13. Qc2 $11) 12. Qc1 (12. e4 d4 $11) 12... Rc8 (12... h6 13. Qc2 $11) 13. Bc3 (13. Qc2 h6 $11) 13... Re8 14. Qb2 Bf5 {Black plans e4} 15. e4 Bg4 16. exd5 cxd5 17. c5 Bb8 18. d4 e4 19. Ne1 (19. Ne5 $142 $5 $11) 19... Be2 $17 20. Nc2 Bxf1 21. Nxf1 Nf8 22. Nfe3 Ng6 (22... b6 23. Bf1 $17) 23. a4 (23. Bh3 $5 $11) 23... Qd7 $15 24. b5 Rcd8 (24... h5 25. h4 $15) 25. Rb1 (25. a5 h6 $15) 25... h5 26. h4 Ng4 27. a5 a6 (27... Ne7 $142 $5 $15) 28. bxa6 $14 bxa6 29. Bf1 (29. Qb7 Nxe3 30. Nxe3 Ne7 31. Qxa6 Bc7 $14) 29... Nxe3 30. Nxe3 f5 (30... Bc7 31. Qe2 $11 (31. Bxa6 $143 Nxh4 32. Bf1 Nf3+ 33. Kg2 Qe6 $19)) 31. Qb7 Qxb7 (31... f4 32. Qxd7 ( 32. Qxa6 fxe3 33. Qxg6 exf2+ 34. Kg2 Rf8 $17) 32... Rxd7 33. gxf4 Nxf4 34. Bxa6 $14) 32. Rxb7 $16 f4 33. Nf5 Nf8 $2 {Black prepares the advance e3} (33... Rf8 $142 $5 34. Rxg7+ Kh8 35. Rxg6 Rxf5 $14) 34. Rxg7+ (34. Nxg7 $5 fxg3 35. Nxe8 Rxe8 36. Bxa6 gxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Ne6 $18) 34... Kh8 35. Rg5 e3 $2 (35... Re6 $142 $18) 36. Rxh5+ Kg8 37. Rg5+ (37. fxe3 fxg3 38. Rg5+ Kf7 39. Nh6+ Kf6 $18) 37... Kh8 (37... Kf7 38. fxe3 fxg3 39. Nh6+ Kf6 40. Bd3 $18) 38. fxe3 (38. Bxa6 $6 exf2+ 39. Kxf2 fxg3+ 40. Nxg3 Ne6 41. Rh5+ Kg8 $18) 38... fxe3 (38... Nh7 39. Rg6 fxe3 40. Bxa6 $18) 39. Be2 (39. Bxa6 Re6 40. Be2 Ng6 $18) 39... Rd7 $2 ( 39... Re6 $18) 40. Bxa6 Ra7 41. Bb5 (41. Rh5+ $142 Kg8 42. Bb5 Re6 $18) 41... Re4 (41... Re6 42. Rh5+ Kg8 43. a6 $18) 42. Bd3 (42. Bc6 $142 $5 e2 43. Kf2 Nh7 $18) 42... Re6 43. Kf1 (43. a6 $142 $18) 43... Rf7 (43... Rb7 44. Be1 e2+ 45. Bxe2 Nh7 $18) 44. Ke2 Ref6 (44... Nh7 45. Rh5 $18) 45. g4 (45. Rh5+ $142 Kg8 $18) 45... Rg6 (45... Bf4 46. Rh5+ Kg8 47. a6 $18) 46. Rxg6 (46. Rh5+ $142 Rh7 47. Ne7 Rxh5 48. Nxg6+ Nxg6 49. gxh5 Ne7 $18) 46... Nxg6 47. Kxe3 Ne7 (47... Bf4+ 48. Ke2 $18) 48. a6 Nxf5+ 49. Bxf5 Ba7 (49... Kg7 50. c6 Re7+ 51. Kd3 $18) 50. Ba5 Rf6 51. Bc8 Rc6 (51... Kg7 $18) 52. Bb7 Re6+ 53. Kd3 Kg7 54. Bb6 (54. c6 $142 Re4 55. c7 Rxd4+ 56. Ke2 $18) 54... Bxb6 (54... Rxb6 55. cxb6 Bxb6 $18) 55. cxb6 Rxb6 56. a7 (56. a7 Rxb7 57. a8=Q Rb3+ 58. Kc2 $18) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 5th Mar Late"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Chlpik, Martin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2345"] [BlackElo "2300"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e6 2. Bb2 d5 3. e3 c5 4. bxc5 Nd7 5. d4 Ngf6 6. Nf3 b6 7. cxb6 Qxb6 8. Bc1 {last book move} Ne4 (8... Rb8 9. Bd3 $11) 9. Bd3 Bb4+ (9... Bd6 $142 $11) 10. Ke2 $4 (10. Bd2 $142 $5 $14) 10... Nc3+ (10... Bc3 $142 11. Bxe4 Bxa1 $19) 11. Nxc3 $15 Bxc3 12. Ba3 Qa5 13. Bd6 Qb6 14. Ba3 Qa5 15. Bd6 Qb6 (15... Bxa1 $142 16. Qxa1 Ba6 $17) 16. Bc5 $4 (16. Ba3 $142 Bxa1 17. Qxa1 $15) 16... Nxc5 $17 17. Rb1 $2 (17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Rb1 $19) 17... Qc7 $4 (17... Nxd3 $142 18. Rxb6 axb6 $19) 18. dxc5 $15 O-O (18... Qxc5 $142 $5 19. Bb5+ Kf8 $15) 19. Bxh7+ $14 Kxh7 (19... Kh8 $142 $5 20. Bd3 e5 $14) 20. Qd3+ $16 Kg8 21. Qxc3 Ba6+ 22. Kd2 Rac8 23. Ne5 {White intends c6} (23. Rb2 Bc4 $16) 23... Rfd8 24. Nd3 (24. f4 f6 25. Nd3 d4 26. exd4 Bxd3 27. Kxd3 Qxf4 $14) 24... f6 (24... Qe7 $14) 25. c6 (25. h4 $5 $16) 25... e5 (25... Bc4 26. Qb4 Qxc6 27. Qb7 $15) 26. Qc5 (26. Qa3 Bxd3 (26... Qxc6 $2 27. Nb4 Qc5 28. Qxa6 $18) 27. cxd3 Qxc6 $14) 26... e4 $11 27. Nb4 (27. Nf4 Rd6 28. Rhc1 Rcd8 $15) 27... Bc4 28. Qd4 (28. a4 $142 a5 29. Nd3 exd3 30. cxd3 $11) 28... a5 $17 29. Nd3 exd3 30. cxd3 Qxc6 (30... Bxa2 $6 31. Rb2 Bc4 32. Qb6 $15 (32. dxc4 dxc4 33. Qxd8+ Qxd8+ 34. Ke2 Qd3+ 35. Kf3 Qf5+ 36. Ke2 Qg4+ 37. Ke1 c3 $19)) 31. Rhc1 (31. Rb6 Qc7 32. Rc1 Rb8 33. Rxb8 Qxb8 $17) 31... Qe6 32. Rb6 (32. g4 Ba6 $17) 32... Qf5 $19 33. f3 Bxa2 (33... Qg6 34. Rg1 Bxa2 35. Qb2 $19) 34. Ra1 Bc4 35. Rxa5 $4 ( 35. dxc4 dxc4 {Passed pawn}) 35... Qg6 $19 36. g3 (36. g4 Qh7 37. h3 $19 (37. dxc4 $4 Qxh2+ 38. Ke1 Rxc4 $19)) 36... Rb8 (36... Qh5 $142 37. h3 Qxh3 $19) 37. Rxb8 $18 Rxb8 38. dxc4 Rb2+ $4 (38... dxc4 $142 39. Qxc4+ Kh7 $18) 39. Qxb2 dxc4 40. Qd4 Qb1 41. Ra8+ (41. Qd8+ Kf7 42. Qd7+ Kg6 43. Qe8+ Kh7 44. Rh5#) 41... Kh7 42. Qe4+ (42. Qe4+ Qxe4 43. fxe4 $18) (42. Qh4+ Kg6 43. Qg4+ Kh6 44. Rh8+ Qh7 45. Qh4+ Kg6 46. Qe4+ f5 47. Qe6+ Kh5 48. Rxh7+ Kg5 49. h4#) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Drygalov, Andrey"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2345"] [BlackElo "2475"] [PlyCount "38"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. a3 {A00: Irregular Openings} Nf6 2. b4 d5 3. Bb2 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. bxc5 Bxc5 {last book move} 9. c4 Nc6 (9... dxc4 10. Ne5 $15) 10. Qa4 (10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nc3 Rc8 $11) 10... d4 (10... Re8 11. cxd5 exd5 12. e3 $15) 11. Qb5 (11. d3 h6 $15) 11... Qb6 (11... a6 12. Qa4 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Qd1 $17) 12. d3 $15 Nd7 (12... e5 13. Nbd2 $15) 13. Nbd2 $11 Qc7 14. Qa4 (14. Rfe1 e5 $15) 14... e5 $15 15. Ng5 (15. Nh4 Bg4 16. Rfe1 Be7 $15) 15... Be7 16. Nge4 (16. Nde4 Nb6 17. Qc2 Na5 $15) 16... Be6 (16... Bg4 $142 17. f3 Be6 $15) 17. c5 $4 (17. Nf3 $142 $15) 17... f5 $19 18. Nd6 (18. Rfc1 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Na5 $19) 18... Nxc5 19. Nb5 Qb6 (19... Qb6 20. Nc4 Nxa4 21. Nxb6 axb6 $19 (21... Nxb2 22. Nxa8 e4 23. Nac7 $14) (21... Nxb6 $143 22. Nc7 Kf7 23. Nxa8 Rxa8 24. f4 $19)) (19... Nxa4 $6 20. Nxc7 Bf7 21. Nxa8 Rxa8 22. Rab1 $11) 0-1 [Event "Chess.com Speed Play-In"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Bok, B."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2345"] [BlackElo "2595"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 h6 5. a3 Nf6 6. c4 c6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. d3 Qe7 11. Qb3 {last book move} Rfe8 12. Rfe1 Bh7 (12... Ne5 13. e4 Bg6 14. cxd5 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 (15. gxf3 $2 exd5 16. Nd1 Nh5 $19) 15... exd5 16. g3 $11) 13. Bf1 (13. g3 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Nb6 $11) 13... a5 $15 14. c5 Bc7 15. e4 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Bxa1 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Ra8 19. Bd4 Bg6 20. Qb2 Nxe4 (20... Bh5 21. Be2 $11) 21. dxe4 $11 e5 22. Bc3 f6 (22... Qe6 $5 $11) 23. Nh4 $14 Bf7 24. Nf5 Qf8 25. Ra1 (25. Re3 Be6 $16) 25... Kh7 26. Ra3 g6 $4 (26... Rxa3 27. Qxa3 g6 28. Ne3 $14) 27. Ne3 (27. Rxa8 $142 Qxa8 28. Qd2 gxf5 29. Qxd7 $18) 27... Qd8 28. Qa1 Rxa3 29. Qxa3 Nf8 30. Qa7 Qb8 31. Qa4 (31. Qxb8 Bxb8 32. Nc4 Be6 $14) 31... Kg7 32. b5 cxb5 33. Qxb5 Qc8 34. Nd5 (34. h4 Bb8 $11) 34... Bd8 $11 35. Nb6 (35. Bd2 Nd7 $11) 35... Bxb6 $15 36. Qxb6 Nd7 {Attacking the isolated pawn on c5} 37. Qd6 $2 (37. Qb4 $142 $5 $15) 37... Nxc5 $19 38. f3 $2 (38. Bb4 $142 Nxe4 39. Qb6 $19) 38... Nxe4 $1 (38... Nxe4 39. fxe4 Qxc3 $19) 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Jiganchine, R."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2345"] [BlackElo "2205"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} (1. e4 $5 $14) 1... d5 2. Bb2 (2. Nf3 e6 $15) 2... Bf5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. c4 (5. a3 a5 6. b5 Bd6 $15) 5... c6 (5... Bxb4 $5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 $15) 6. a3 Nbd7 7. Be2 (7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3 Bd6 $11) 7... dxc4 $15 8. Bxc4 a5 9. b5 c5 10. Nh4 Bxb1 (10... Bg4 11. Qc2 $11) 11. Qxb1 Nb6 ( 11... Bd6 12. O-O $14) 12. Bd3 (12. Be2 Be7 $14) 12... c4 13. Bc2 Qd5 (13... Bd6 14. Nf3 $11) 14. O-O $14 Qh5 (14... Qxd2 $2 15. Bd4 Bxa3 16. Rxa3 $18 (16. Bxb6 $6 Qb4 $18)) 15. Nf3 Bd6 16. Bxf6 (16. Be4 Rb8 $14) 16... gxf6 $11 17. Be4 (17. Bd1 $142 $11) 17... Rg8 $4 (17... O-O-O 18. Bc2 Rhg8 $11) 18. Bxb7 $16 Rb8 (18... Nd5 $142 $5 19. Bc6+ Kd8 $16) 19. Bc6+ $18 Ke7 20. Qe4 (20. g3 Qg6 $18) 20... Rg4 (20... Nd5 21. g3 f5 22. Qh4+ Qxh4 23. Nxh4 $16) 21. Qc2 $18 Rbg8 22. g3 Nd5 23. Kg2 c3 (23... R8g6 24. Rh1 $18) 24. Bxd5 (24. Rfd1 $5 Rc8 $18) 24... Qxd5 $16 25. dxc3 h5 (25... Qxb5 26. Nd4 Qd5+ 27. Kg1 $16) 26. Rfd1 (26. Qe2 h4 27. Rfd1 Qb7 $18) 26... Qb7 (26... Qxb5 27. Nd4 Qa6 28. Rab1 $18) 27. Qd3 $18 Be5 (27... Bb8 28. e4 $1 Rxe4 29. c4 $18) 28. e4 $1 h4 $2 (28... Qxe4 29. Qxe4 {Combination}) (28... Rxe4 29. Kg1 {Decoy}) 29. Nxe5 fxe5 30. Qd6+ (30. f3 $142 R4g5 31. g4 $18) 30... Kf6 $16 31. f3 (31. Rd5 $1 Rxe4 32. Rad1 $16) 31... Qxb5 $14 32. Rd2 Rxg3+ $4 (32... R4g6 $142 33. g4 Rc8 $14) 33. hxg3 $18 Rxg3+ (33... Qc4 34. Rc1 hxg3 35. Rh1 $18) 34. Kf2 Qc4 (34... Rg8 35. Rh1 Qc4 36. Rxh4 Qxc3 37. Rh6+ Kg7 38. Rxe6 Qxd2+ 39. Qxd2 fxe6 40. Qxa5 $18) 35. Rg1 (35. Rg1 Qxc3 36. Rxg3 hxg3+ 37. Kxg3 $18) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Asensio Ramos, E."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2355"] [BlackElo "2215"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 a6 4. c4 c6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. a3 e6 7. Qb3 Nbd7 {last book move} 8. g3 (8. Nc3 Bd6 $11) 8... h6 9. Bg2 Bd6 ( 9... dxc4 10. Qxc4 Nb6 11. Qb3 $11) 10. O-O $11 O-O 11. d3 Bh7 12. Nbd2 Qe7 13. Rfe1 e5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 Rac8 (17... a5 18. bxa5 Rxa5 19. Rad1 $11 (19. Qxb7 $4 Rb8 20. Qc6 Rc5 $19)) 18. Rad1 (18. Bh3 $14 ) 18... Bb8 $2 (18... Rc6 $142 $5 $14) 19. Bh3 $16 Rfd8 20. Rd2 Nf6 21. Bxc8 Rxc8 22. Rc2 Rd8 23. Nd2 Ba7 (23... Bg6 24. b5 $16) 24. Kg2 $18 Ng4 25. f3 (25. Nf3 $142 $18) 25... Ne3+ $4 (25... Nf2 $142 26. Rf1 Nd3 $16) 26. Rxe3 $18 Bxe3 27. Qxe3 Bg6 28. Nc4 f6 29. Qc5 Qe8 30. Rd2 (30. Nd6 Qe7 31. Rd2 Rd7 $18) 30... Rc8 (30... Rxd2+ 31. Nxd2 Qa4 32. Qc8+ Be8 33. Nf1 $18 (33. Qxb7 $6 Qc2 34. Qd5+ Kh7 $16)) 31. Qd5+ Bf7 32. Nd6 Qd7 (32... Bxd5 33. Nxe8 Rxe8 34. Rxd5 $18) 33. Qxf7+ (33. Qxb7 $142 $5 Qxb7 34. Nxb7 Rc7 $18) 33... Qxf7 34. Nxf7 (34. Nxc8 $6 Qc7 35. Nd6 a5 $18) 34... Kxf7 35. f4 exf4 36. gxf4 Rc7 (36... g5 37. Kf3 Ke7 38. Kg4 $18) 37. Kf3 h5 (37... Ke7 38. f5 Rc6 39. Rg2 $18) 38. e5 Ke6 ( 38... f5 39. Kg3 g6 40. Bd4 $18) 39. exf6 (39. Rd6+ $142 $5 Ke7 $18) 39... gxf6 40. Rd8 (40. Ke4 Rc4+ 41. Bd4 f5+ 42. Kf3 Kd5 43. Bf6+ Kc6 $18) 40... Rc4 ( 40... Rc2 41. Re8+ Kf5 42. Re2 $18) 41. Rh8 (41. Rf8 $142 Rc2 42. Rxf6+ Ke7 $18 ) 41... a5 (41... Rc2 42. Bd4 Rxh2 $18) 42. bxa5 Rc2 43. Bd4 (43. f5+ $142 $5 Kxf5 44. Rxh5+ Kg6 $18) 43... Rxh2 44. Rh6 Rh3+ (44... Kd5 45. Bxf6 Rh3+ 46. Kg2 Rxa3 47. Be7 $18) 45. Ke4 Rxa3 46. Rxf6+ Ke7 (46... Kd7 47. Rf5 $18) 47. Rf5 h4 (47... Kd7 $18) 48. Bc5+ Ke6 49. Bxa3 (49. Bxa3 h3 50. Rh5 Kf6 51. Rxh3 Kg6 52. Rb3 b6 53. axb6 Kh7 54. b7 Kg6 55. b8=Q Kf7 56. Rb6 Kg7 57. Qf8+ Kh7 58. Rh6#) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "10"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Noy, Eyal"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A05"] [WhiteElo "2355"] [BlackElo "2215"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. Nf3 {A00: Irregular Openings} Nf6 2. b4 e6 3. a3 a5 4. b5 a4 5. Bb2 d5 6. e3 Bd7 7. c4 Ne4 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 {last book move} Nxc3 10. Bxc3 f6 (10... Bc8 11. Bd3 $16) 11. Bd3 $18 Bd6 12. Nd4 (12. Qb1 h6 $18) 12... Qe7 $16 13. Qh5+ ( 13. Qf3 $5 c6 14. O-O $16) 13... Qf7 14. Qxf7+ (14. Qe2 c5 15. bxc6 Nxc6 $14) 14... Kxf7 $14 15. h4 (15. O-O c5 16. bxc6 Nxc6 $14) 15... Be8 16. h5 Nd7 17. f4 (17. Bf5 Nb6 $11) 17... Nc5 $15 18. Bf5 Ke7 19. Rb1 Nb3 (19... Bd7 20. Kf2 $11) 20. Nxb3 $14 axb3 21. Rxb3 Rxa3 (21... Bxa3 $4 22. Rxa3 Rxa3 23. Bb4+ Kf7 24. Bxa3 Bxb5 25. Kf2 $18) 22. Rxa3 Bxa3 23. Bd3 Kd6 $2 (23... Bc5 $142 $14) 24. h6 $18 gxh6 $2 (24... g6 $142 25. Bxf6 Rg8 $18) 25. Bxf6 Rg8 (25... Rf8 26. Bg7 Rg8 27. Rxh6+ Kc5 28. Bd4+ Kb4 29. Bc3+ Ka4 30. Rxh7 Bd6 $18) 26. Rxh6 Kc5 (26... d4 27. Rxh7 dxe3 28. Be7+ Kd5 29. Bxa3 $18) 27. Bd4+ (27. Be7#) 27... Kb4 $18 28. Kf2 (28. Bc3+ $5 Kb3 29. Rxh7 Rxg2 $18) 28... Bxb5 29. Bxh7 Rf8 ( 29... Ra8 30. Rh1 $18) 30. g4 c5 31. Bc3+ Kc4 32. Bb1 $4 (32. Be5 $142 d4 33. g5 $18) 32... d4 $16 33. exd4 (33. Ba5 $142 $5 Ra8 34. Bb6 $14) 33... cxd4 $11 34. Ba2+ Kd3 35. Bb1+ Kc4 36. Ba2+ Kd3 37. Rh3+ Kc2 (37... Ke4 38. Bb1+ Kxf4 39. Rf3+ (39. Bxd4 $4 Kxg4+ 40. Ke3 Kxh3 $19) 39... Ke5 40. Ba5 $11) 38. Bxd4 Rxf4+ 39. Ke3 Rxg4 40. Be6 Rg1 41. Bf5+ Kc1 42. Kf2 (42. Ke4 Bc6+ 43. Ke5 Re1+ 44. Be3 Bb4 $11) 42... Rf1+ 43. Kg2 Bd6 44. Be4 Rd1 (44... Rf8 $5 45. Rh6 Rg8+ 46. Kf2 Rf8+ 47. Kg2 Rg8+ 48. Kf3 Rf8+ 49. Kg2 $11) 45. Rc3+ $14 Kxd2 $4 (45... Kb2 $142 46. d3 Ka2 $16) 46. Rc2+ (46. Rc2+ Ke1 47. Bf2#) (46. Bxb7 $6 Rb1 $11) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 5th Mar Early"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Chirivi C, Y."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2345"] [BlackElo "2110"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. a3 a5 4. b5 d5 5. e3 Bd6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. c4 c6 8. a4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 e5 10. d3 Qe7 11. Be2 Re8 12. O-O Nf8 { last book move} 13. d4 (13. bxc6 bxc6 14. cxd5 cxd5 $14) 13... e4 $11 14. Ne5 Ng6 15. bxc6 (15. Nxg6 $142 hxg6 16. c5 $11) 15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. g3 bxc6 18. cxd5 cxd5 (18... Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Qxb2 20. Rb1 $11) 19. Ra2 Qf5 20. Nb5 Be5 21. Bd4 (21. Qd2 Bd7 $15) 21... Bd7 (21... Qh3 22. f4 exf3 23. Bxf3 $17) 22. Qa1 $15 Rac8 23. Rd2 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 Bxb5 (24... Qe5 $142 $5 $15) 25. axb5 $14 h5 26. b6 Rb8 27. Rb1 Red8 (27... Re7 28. Ra2 $14) 28. Ra2 (28. b7 Qd7 29. Qa7 a4 $16) 28... Nd7 $14 29. Rxa5 Qe6 $4 (29... Ne5 $142 30. Raa1 Rb7 $14) 30. Rxd5 $18 Rxb6 (30... h4 $18) 31. Rxb6 Qxb6 32. Qxb6 Nxb6 33. Rxd8+ (33. Rxd8+ Kh7 34. Bxh5 $18) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.??.??"] [Round "10"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Przybylski, W."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2345"] [BlackElo "2305"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. a3 a5 5. b5 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. d4 O-O 8. Bd3 {last book move} Re8 9. Nbd2 b6 (9... e5 $5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bxe5 Rxe5 $15) 10. Ne5 $14 Bb7 11. f4 Ne4 12. O-O f6 $2 (12... f5 $142 $11) 13. Nc6 $18 Bxc6 (13... Qc8 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 $18) 14. bxc6 Nb8 (14... Nf8 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 $18) 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Re7 ( 16... f5 17. Bf3 $18) 17. c4 (17. Qd3 f5 18. Bf3 Na6 $18) 17... Qe8 18. Rc1 f5 19. Bf3 Rf7 20. d5 e5 (20... Na6 21. dxe6 Qxe6 22. Bd5 Qxe3+ 23. Kh1 $18) 21. fxe5 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. d6 $1 Na6 $4 (23... cxd6 24. c7 {Passed pawn}) ( 23... Qxd6 24. Qxd6 {Combination}) 24. Bd5 cxd6 25. Bxf7+ (25. Qh5 $5 g6 26. Bxf7+ Kg7 $18) 25... Kxf7 26. Qd5+ Qxd5 27. cxd5 g6 (27... Kg6 28. c7 Nc5 29. Rb1 $18) 28. Rb1 Rb8 29. Rfc1 (29. e4 $142 Nc7 30. g4 $18) 29... Nc5 $4 (29... Nc7 $18) 30. Rxb6 $1 Rc8 (30... Rxb6 31. c7 {Passed pawn}) 31. Rxc5 $1 dxc5 32. d6 Ra8 (32... Rg8 33. c7 Ke6 34. Rb8 Kxd6 35. Rxg8 Kxc7 36. Ra8 $18) 33. d7 ( 33. c7 $142 Ke6 34. Rb8 Kxd6 35. c8=Q Rxb8 36. Qxb8+ Kc6 37. Kf2 $18) 33... Ke7 34. Rb5 c4 (34... Kd8 35. Rxc5 Kc7 36. Kf2 $18) 35. Rc5 (35. Re5+ $5 Kd6 36. Re8 Kxc6 37. Rxa8 Kxd7 38. Rxa5 Kc6 $18) 35... Kd6 36. Rxc4 Kc7 37. Kf2 Rd8 ( 37... Rf8 38. Kf3 $18) 38. h4 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 6th Aug Late"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Zhu, Linxi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2355"] [BlackElo "2125"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. a3 a5 4. b5 d5 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. c4 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. d4 {last book move} c5 (10... Ne4 11. cxd5 Bxd5 12. Qc2 $11) 11. bxc6 $14 Bxc6 12. Nbd2 Qe7 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Qb3 Bxe5 (14... a4 15. Qd3 $11) 15. dxe5 Ne8 (15... Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Rfd1 $16) 16. cxd5 (16. Bd4 f6 17. f4 fxe5 18. fxe5 Nc7 $16) 16... Bxd5 17. Bc4 (17. Qc2 f6 18. f4 Nc5 $16) 17... Nc7 18. Bxd5 (18. Bd4 Rfb8 $14) 18... Nxd5 19. Bd4 { Exerts pressure on the backward pawn} Nc5 20. Qb5 Rac8 21. Rfc1 Rfd8 22. h3 ( 22. Nc4 Qd7 23. Qxd7 Nxd7 $14) 22... Qg5 (22... Qd7 $5 23. Qxd7 Nxd7 $11) 23. Bxc5 $16 bxc5 24. Nf3 Qe7 25. Qxa5 (25. Rc4 $5 $16) 25... c4 $11 26. Rc2 (26. g3 $5 c3 27. e4 $14) 26... c3 $15 27. Qb5 Rb8 28. Qe2 Qb7 (28... Qc5 $142 $5 $15) 29. e4 Nf4 30. Qe3 Qb3 (30... Nd3 $5 31. Rd1 Nxe5 32. Rxd8+ Rxd8 33. Rxc3 Nxf3+ 34. Qxf3 f6 $16) 31. Rac1 $16 (31. Qxc3 $4 Ne2+ 32. Rxe2 Qxc3 $19) (31. Rxc3 $4 Qxc3 $3 32. Qxc3 Ne2+ 33. Kf1 Nxc3 $19) 31... Rd1+ (31... Nd3 $5 32. Rxc3 Nxc1 33. Rxb3 Nxb3 $16) 32. Kh2 $18 Rxc1 33. Rxc1 c2 $4 (33... Ng6 $142 34. Rxc3 Qa4 $18) 34. Qxf4 Rd8 (34... Rc8 35. Nd4 Qb2 36. Qd2 $18) 35. Qe3 (35. Ne1 Qc3 $18) 35... Qb1 (35... Qb2 36. g3 $18) 36. Ne1 (36. Nd4 $142 Rc8 37. Qd2 Qb2 $18) 36... Rd1 (36... Qb2 37. Rxc2 Qxe5+ 38. f4 $18) 37. Rxc2 (37. Rxb1 cxb1=Q 38. Nf3 h6 $17) 37... h6 (37... Qb8 38. Nf3 h6 39. Kg3 $18) 38. Rc8+ Kh7 39. Nf3 Rh1+ (39... Qb7 40. Rf8 Qe7 41. Ra8 $18) 40. Kg3 Qb2 (40... Qb7 41. Rf8 Qe7 42. Ra8 $18) 41. a4 (41. Qa7 Rf1 42. Rf8 Rxf2 43. Qxf2 Qxa3 44. Rxf7 Qb4 45. Qa7 Kh8 46. Rxg7 Qxe4 47. Qf7 Qxf3+ 48. Kxf3 h5 49. Rh7#) 41... Ra1 (41... Qb7 42. Rf8 Qe7 43. Ra8 $18) 42. Qd4 (42. Qa7 $142 Ra3 43. Kf4 Rc3 44. Rxc3 Qxc3 45. Qxf7 Qc1+ 46. Kg3 Qc8 $18) 42... Qb3 (42... Qxd4 43. Nxd4 Rxa4 $18) 43. Qxa1 (43. Qxa1 Qb7 44. Rc4 $18) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 6th Aug Late"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Mardov, Dimitar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2355"] [BlackElo "2500"] [PlyCount "151"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. a3 a5 5. b5 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. d4 O-O 8. Bd3 Qe7 9. O-O {last book move} e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bxe5 Qxe5 13. Nd2 Bg4 14. Be2 Bf5 (14... Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Rfe8 16. Nf3 $15) 15. c4 (15. Nf3 Qd6 $11) 15... Rad8 {Black plans d4} (15... dxc4 16. Bxc4 Bg4 17. Nf3 $11) 16. Nf3 $11 Qe7 17. Qb3 (17. Nd4 $142 $5 Be4 18. Qd2 $11) 17... d4 $17 18. Rfe1 dxe3 (18... d3 $5 19. Bf1 d2 $17) 19. Qxe3 $15 Qxe3 20. fxe3 Rfe8 21. Nd4 Bg4 (21... Be4 22. Rad1 $15) 22. Bf3 b6 23. Nc6 (23. Kf2 Ne4+ 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 $11) 23... Rd2 (23... Rd3 24. Kf2 $17) 24. Bxg4 (24. e4 $5 $15) 24... Nxg4 $17 25. Rad1 (25. e4 f6 $17) 25... Rc2 (25... Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Nxe3 27. Rd4 $17) 26. Rd4 (26. Rd7 h6 (26... Nxe3 $4 27. Rxe3 Rc1+ 28. Kf2 Rc2+ 29. Kf1 Rc1+ 30. Ke2 Rxe3+ 31. Kxe3 $18) 27. Ne7+ Kf8 $17) 26... h5 (26... f5 $5 $19) 27. e4 $17 Ra2 (27... Rc3 $142 $17) 28. Rd3 $4 (28. e5 $142 Rxa3 29. Rd7 $15) 28... Rxe4 $3 $19 29. Rdd1 (29. Rxe4 Ra1+ {Mate attack}) 29... Rxc4 30. Nd4 $2 (30. h3 Nf6 31. Ra1 $19) 30... Rxa3 31. Re8+ (31. h3 Re3 32. Nc6 Rxe1+ 33. Rxe1 Nf6 $19) 31... Kh7 32. h3 (32. Nf3 Rc2 33. Re7 Kg6 $19) 32... Ne3 (32... Rxd4 $142 33. Rde1 Nh6 34. R8e5 $19) 33. Rd2 Rc1+ 34. Kf2 Nc4 35. Rde2 Nd6 36. Rd8 ( 36. R8e5 Kg6 $19) 36... Rc4 (36... f5 $5 37. g4 Rxh3 38. gxf5 Rh2+ 39. Kg3 Rxe2 40. Nxe2 Nxf5+ 41. Kf3 Rf1+ 42. Ke4 $19) 37. Nf3 Ne4+ (37... f5 38. Ng5+ Kg6 39. Nf3 Ne4+ 40. Kg1 Ra1+ 41. Kh2 $19) 38. Kg1 $4 (38. Rxe4 $142 Rxe4 39. Ng5+ Kg6 40. Nxe4 $11) 38... Ra1+ $19 39. Kh2 a4 (39... f5 $142 40. g4 Rc3 $19) 40. Rxe4 $15 Rxe4 41. Ng5+ Kg6 42. Nxe4 a3 43. Ra8 a2 (43... f5 $142 44. Nc3 f4 $15 ) 44. Nc3 $14 Rc1 45. Nxa2 Ra1 (45... Rc5 $5 $14) 46. Ra6 $16 Rb1 47. Nc3 Rb3 ( 47... Rc1 $5 48. Ne2 Rc5 $16) 48. Nd5 $18 Rxb5 49. Nxc7 Rb1 50. Nd5 f6 (50... h4 51. Nxb6 Re1 52. Nd5+ Kf5 53. Ra7 $18) 51. Rxb6 Rf1 (51... Rxb6 52. Nxb6 h4 53. Nd5 $18) 52. Rb7 (52. Kg3 Ra1 $18) 52... Kh6 53. Ne3 Rf4 54. Kg3 g5 55. Rb5 h4+ 56. Kh2 Kg6 57. Rb6 Rf2 58. Ng4 (58. Kg1 Ra2 59. Nd5 Ra1+ 60. Kf2 Ra2+ 61. Kf3 Ra3+ 62. Ke4 Ra4+ 63. Kd3 Ra3+ 64. Kc4 Ra2 65. Rxf6+ Kg7 $18) 58... Rf4 ( 58... Rf1 59. Re6 $18) 59. Kg1 Rf5 60. Rc6 Rf4 61. Rd6 Rf5 (61... Kg7 62. Ne3 Ra4 63. Kf2 $18) 62. Re6 (62. Ne3 Ra5 $18) 62... Rf4 63. Re2 Rf5 $2 (63... Rb4 $142 $18) 64. Rf2 Rxf2 (64... Rb5 65. Rxf6+ Kg7 66. Kf2 $18) 65. Kxf2 f5 66. Ne3 Kf6 67. Kf3 (67. Nc4 Ke7 $18) 67... Ke5 68. Nc4+ Kd4 69. Nd6 Ke5 70. Nc4+ Kd4 71. Ne3 Ke5 72. Nf1 Kd4 73. g4 (73. Nh2 $142 Ke5 74. Ke3 $18) 73... hxg3 $16 74. Nxg3 (74. Kxg3 Ke4 75. Nd2+ Ke3 76. Nc4+ Ke4 77. Nd6+ Ke5 78. Nf7+ Kf6 79. Nd8 $11) 74... g4+ $11 75. hxg4 fxg4+ 76. Kxg4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Abu Dhabi Masters Online"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Baskakov, Egor"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2355"] [BlackElo "2215"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. a3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 a5 7. b5 c6 8. a4 c5 9. O-O b6 10. c4 Bb7 11. d3 Nbd7 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Re1 {last book move} Re8 14. Bf1 Qc7 15. e4 dxe4 16. dxe4 e5 (16... Ng4 17. e5 $11) 17. Qc2 Bd6 18. g3 Nf8 19. Bh3 Rcd8 20. Rad1 (20. Nb1 Ne6 21. Nc3 Nd4 $11) 20... Bc8 (20... Qe7 21. Nb1 $11) 21. Bxc8 $11 Qxc8 22. Nf1 Qb8 23. Ne3 Ne6 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. exd5 {Increases the pressure on e5} Nd4 26. Bxd4 (26. Qd3 f6 $11) 26... cxd4 27. Ng5 g6 28. Ne4 Kg7 29. c5 (29. Qd3 Bb4 30. Re2 Be7 $15) 29... bxc5 $17 30. Qc4 (30. Qb3 Be7 $17) 30... h6 31. g4 (31. Rc1 Rc8 $17) 31... Qc8 (31... Be7 32. Rd3 $17 (32. Nxc5 $4 Rc8 $19)) 32. h3 f5 33. gxf5 gxf5 34. Nxd6 Rxd6 35. Rc1 Rg6+ (35... Qd8 36. Qxc5 Rxd5 37. Qc7+ Re7 38. Qxd8 Rxd8 39. b6 $17) 36. Kh2 $15 e4 (36... Qd8 37. Rg1 Qh4 38. Rxg6+ Kxg6 39. Rg1+ Kf7 40. Rg2 Qf4+ 41. Kg1 $14) 37. Qxc5 $11 Qb8+ 38. Qc7+ Qxc7+ (38... Kf8 39. Qxb8 Rxb8 40. Rc6 $11) 39. Rxc7+ $14 Kf6 40. b6 (40. Rc6+ $142 Kf7 41. b6 $14) 40... e3 $4 ( 40... Ke5 41. b7 Rb8 $11 (41... Kxd5 $4 42. Rc8 Rb6 43. Rxe8 Rxb7 44. Ra8 $18)) 41. fxe3 $18 d3 42. b7 (42. Rc6+ $142 Kf7 43. Rf1 $18) 42... d2 $4 (42... Rb8 $142 43. Rc6+ Kf7 $18) 43. Rd1 Rb8 44. Rxd2 Ke5 45. Rb2 Rgg8 46. Rb5 Kd6 (46... h5 47. Rxa5 f4 48. exf4+ Kd6 49. Rc6+ Kd7 50. Rb5 $18) 47. Rc6+ Kd7 48. Rxh6 Kc7 49. d6+ (49. Rhb6 $5 Kd7 $18) 49... Kc6 50. Rh7 Kxd6 51. Rxf5 Rge8 (51... Kc6 $18) 52. Rh6+ Kc7 (52... Ke7 53. Re5+ Kf7 54. Rxe8 Rxe8 $18) 53. Rf7+ Kd8 ( 53... Re7 54. Rxe7+ Kd8 55. Rg7 Rxb7 56. Rh8#) 54. Rd6# 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Filindash, Nikita"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2345"] [BlackElo "2005"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. bxc5 Nc6 5. e3 e6 6. d4 Be7 7. c4 {last book move} Ne4 (7... O-O 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nc3 $14) 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bd3 f5 (9... Nxc3 10. Bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 $16) 10. O-O Kh8 (10... Rb8 11. Rb1 $16) 11. Qb3 (11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qb3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Rb8 $18) 11... Na5 $16 12. Qb4 (12. Qc2 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 dxc4 $16) 12... Nc6 (12... b6 $5 13. cxd5 exd5 $16) 13. Qa4 Bd7 14. cxd5 Ne5 15. Qd1 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 (16. Qxf3 $5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nd2 $18) 16... Nxc3 $16 17. Bxc3 exd5 18. f4 Rc8 19. Qf3 Qe8 20. Rab1 (20. Qxd5 Bc6 21. Qxf5 Rxf5 22. Bxf5 Qh5 $19) 20... b6 21. Qxd5 $4 (21. Rfc1 $142 $16) 21... Bc6 $19 22. Qe6 Rf6 23. Qxf5 Rxf5 24. Bxf5 Qh5 25. e4 Rf8 26. f3 bxc5 (26... Rxf5 27. exf5 Bxf3 28. Rbe1 Qg4+ 29. Kf2 Bh4+ 30. Ke3 Bxe1 31. Rxe1 $19) 27. Rbe1 (27. d5 Bxd5 $1 28. Bg4 $19) 27... Bf6 (27... Bb5 28. Bg4 Qf7 29. Rf2 $19) 28. Rd1 (28. Rb1 Qh6 29. d5 Bxc3 30. dxc6 Qxc6 $19) 28... cxd4 29. Bxd4 (29. Bb4 Rb8 30. Rc1 Rxb4 31. Rxc6 $19) 29... Bxd4+ 30. Rxd4 g6 31. Bg4 (31. Be6 Qc5 32. Rfd1 Rxf4 33. Kf2 Bxe4 34. Ke3 Bxf3 35. Kxf4 Bxd1 36. Rxd1 Qf2+ 37. Kg5 Qe3+ 38. Kf6 Qf3+ 39. Ke5 Qxd1 40. h3 $19) 31... Qc5 32. Rfd1 Rd8 33. Bd7 Rxd7 (33... Rxd7 34. Kf1 Rxd4 35. Rxd4 Qxd4 36. Kg2 Qe3 37. a3 Bb5 38. h4 Be2 39. h5 Qxf3+ 40. Kh2 Bf1 41. hxg6 Qg2#) 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Krzywda, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2355"] [BlackElo "2205"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. g3 Bxf3 5. exf3 e6 6. a3 a5 7. b5 {last book move} Nbd7 8. f4 Nc5 (8... h5 9. Bg2 $15) 9. Bg2 $11 Na4 10. Be5 Bd6 (10... Nd7 11. Bc3 $11) 11. O-O (11. c4 Nb6 12. cxd5 Bxe5 13. fxe5 Nfxd5 $14) 11... O-O 12. c4 Nc5 (12... Nb6 13. cxd5 Nfxd5 14. Nc3 $14) 13. cxd5 (13. d4 Ncd7 $16) 13... Bxe5 14. fxe5 Nxd5 15. d4 Nb3 $4 (15... Nd7 $142 $14) 16. Qxb3 $18 a4 (16... c6 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Qc4 $18) 17. Qc2 Ra5 (17... c6 18. Nc3 Rc8 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Qxa4 $18) 18. Nc3 (18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Qxc7 Raa8 $18) 18... Nb6 (18... Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Rxb5 20. Rfb1 Rxb1+ 21. Rxb1 $18) 19. Rfd1 Qe7 (19... Nd5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Rab1 $18) 20. Bxb7 Rd8 21. Bc6 Nc4 (21... h6 22. Qe4 $18) 22. Ne4 (22. Nxa4 $5 Rxa4 23. Qxa4 Nb2 $18) 22... Nxa3 (22... Nb6 $18) 23. Qc3 (23. Qc3 Rxb5 24. Rxa3 $18) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Liu, Leonardo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2355"] [BlackElo "1900"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. e3 e6 5. c4 Be7 6. a3 O-O 7. h3 Bh5 {last book move} 8. Nc3 c5 (8... d4 9. exd4 Nc6 $14) 9. bxc5 Bxc5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O h6 13. Qb3 Bb6 14. d4 Nf6 15. Rad1 Rc8 ( 15... Nd5 $14) 16. Ne5 $4 (16. d5 $142 Na5 17. Qa2 $16) 16... Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Qc7 (17... Qd5 18. Qa4 $11) 18. Nf4 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nd7 (19... Ne4 $142 $11) 20. Nxe6 (20. Rc1 $142 Nc5 21. Qa2 $11) 20... Nc5 $4 (20... fxe6 $142 21. Qxe6+ Rf7 $17) 21. Nxc5 $16 Qxc5 (21... Bxc5 22. e6 Qb6 23. Qxb6 axb6 24. Rd7 $16) 22. e6 (22. Rd7 Qc2 23. Qxc2 Rxc2 $18) 22... fxe6 $16 23. Qxe6+ Kh7 $4 (23... Rf7 $142 $16) 24. Rd7 (24. Bxg7 Qc6 (24... Kxg7 $4 25. Rd7+ Qe7 26. Rxe7+ Kh8 27. Qxh6+ Kg8 28. Qg7#) 25. Qxc6 bxc6 26. Bxf8 Rxf8 27. Rd7+ Kg6 $18) 24... Rg8 (24... Rc7 25. Rc1 Qxc1+ 26. Bxc1 Rxc1+ 27. Kh2 $18) 25. Qe4+ (25. Rxb7 $6 Qc6 26. Qxc6 Rxc6 $18) 25... Kh8 26. Qg6 Rc6 (26... Qg5 27. Bxg7+ Rxg7 28. Rxg7 Qxg6 29. Rxg6 Kh7 $18) 27. Bxg7+ (27. Bxg7+ Rxg7 28. Qxg7#) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Zhukov, Maksim"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2345"] [BlackElo "1835"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. a3 a5 4. b5 d5 5. e3 Be7 6. c4 c6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nc5 10. a4 {last book move} h6 (10... Bd7 11. Nc3 $11) 11. Qc2 $14 Re8 (11... Bd6 12. d4 Nce4 13. Ne5 dxc4 14. Nxc4 cxb5 15. axb5 $16) 12. d3 (12. Nc3 Qc7 $14) 12... Ncd7 13. Nbd2 Bd6 (13... c5 14. d4 $14 ) 14. d4 (14. Rfc1 e5 $14) 14... e5 (14... c5 15. Rfc1 $16) 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. Nf3 Bf5 19. Qb2 Re8 20. Rfd1 (20. Nd4 Be4 21. c5 Qc7 $14) 20... Qe7 21. Rac1 (21. Nd4 Bd7 $11) 21... Qb4 (21... c5 22. cxd5 Rad8 23. Bc4 $11) 22. Qa1 Ne4 $2 (22... cxb5 $142 23. Nd4 Be4 24. Nxb5 Rac8 $11) 23. cxd5 $16 cxd5 24. Rxd5 Bg6 (24... g6 25. Nd4 Rac8 26. Nxf5 Rxc1+ 27. Qxc1 $16) 25. Rc4 (25. Ne5 Qe7 $18) 25... Qf8 (25... Qe7 26. b6 Rad8 27. Rxa5 $18) 26. h4 (26. Ne5 Rac8 $18) 26... Rad8 (26... Rac8 $5 $16) 27. Rxd8 $18 Rxd8 28. Ne5 Bf5 29. Rc7 f6 30. Nf3 b6 31. Nd4 Bc8 (31... Bd7 32. Bf3 Nc5 33. Nc6 $18) 32. Qa2+ Kh7 $2 (32... Kh8 $142 $18) 33. Qc2 (33. Bd3 $142 f5 34. Qc2 $18) 33... Qb4 ( 33... f5 34. Bd3 Qe8 $18) 34. Qxe4+ f5 35. Qe7 (35. Qa8 $142 Qb1+ 36. Bf1 $18) 35... Qe1+ (35... Qxe7 36. Rxe7 f4 $18) 36. Kh2 Rg8 37. Rxc8 $1 Rxc8 38. Nxf5 Rg8 (38... Qc3 39. Qe4 Qb4 40. Nd4+ Kh8 $18) 39. Bd3 Qxf2 40. Nd6+ (40. Qf7 Qf4+ 41. exf4 Kh8 42. Qg6 Re8 43. Qxg7#) 40... Kh8 $18 41. Nf7+ Qxf7 42. Qxf7 g6 43. Bxg6 (43. Qf6+ Kh7 44. h5 Rg7 45. hxg6+ Rxg6 46. Qxg6+ Kh8 47. Qh7#) 43... Rg7 (43... Rxg6 44. Qxg6 h5 45. g4 hxg4 46. Qxg4 Kh7 47. h5 Kh8 48. h6 Kh7 49. Qg7#) 44. Qf8+ Rg8 45. Qf6+ (45. Qxh6#) 45... Rg7 46. Bf7 (46. h5 Kg8 47. Qd8#) 46... Kh7 47. h5 (47. Bd5 Rg4 48. Qf5+ Kh8 49. Qxg4 Kh7 50. Qg8#) 47... Rg5 $4 (47... Rxg2+ $142 $1 48. Kxg2 $18) 48. Bg6+ Kg8 (48... Rxg6 49. hxg6+ Kg8 50. Qf7+ Kh8 51. Qh7#) 49. Qf7+ Kh8 50. Qh7# (50. Qf8#) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Diaz Herquinio, B."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2355"] [BlackElo "2050"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. a3 d5 4. e3 a5 5. bxa5 Rxa5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. d4 O-O 8. Bd3 {last book move} b6 9. O-O Ba6 10. Qe2 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Bxd3 (11... Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Nd7 13. a4 $15) 12. Qxd3 (12. cxd3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Qd7 $11) 12... Nxd2 $15 13. Nxd2 Nd7 14. c4 Qa8 15. Rfc1 Bd6 16. h3 (16. e4 Bf4 17. cxd5 exd5 $11) 16... Ra4 (16... Nf6 17. c5 bxc5 18. dxc5 $17) 17. e4 $11 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Be7 19. d5 exd5 20. cxd5 Nc5 21. Qg3 (21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Re1 f6 $11) 21... f6 $15 22. Nc3 (22. Nxc5 $142 $5 Bxc5 23. Qxc7 Qxd5 24. Qg3 $15) 22... Bd6 $17 23. Qe3 (23. Qf3 Rf4 24. Qd1 Be5 $17) 23... Re8 $19 24. Qf3 Rc4 (24... Rf4 $142 $5 25. Qd1 Qa6 $19) 25. Nb5 Rce4 (25... Rf4 26. Qh5 $17) 26. Rd1 (26. Nxd6 $142 cxd6 27. Qg3 Qxd5 28. Rd1 $15) 26... Qa4 (26... Rf4 $142 27. Qh5 g6 $17) 27. Nd4 $4 (27. Nc3 $142 Qc2 28. Nxe4 Nxe4 29. Bd4 $16) 27... Rf4 $19 28. Qh5 (28. Qc3 Rxf2 $3 29. Rd2 Rxd2 30. Qxd2 Re4 $19) 28... g6 (28... Re5 $142 29. Qf3 Rxf3 30. Nxf3 Re2 $19) 29. Qh6 Nb3 (29... Ree4 $142 $5 30. Ne6 Nxe6 31. dxe6 Rxe6 $19) 30. Ne6 $17 Bf8 $4 (30... Rxe6 31. dxe6 Rh4 $15) 31. Qxf4 $18 Qxf4 32. Nxf4 Nxa1 33. Bxa1 Bxa3 34. Bxf6 Rf8 (34... Bd6 35. Nd3 $18) 35. Be5 Bc5 (35... Bd6 36. Bxd6 cxd6 37. Ne6 $18) 36. Ne6 (36. Ne6 Bxf2+ 37. Kh2 $18) 1-0 [Event "chess.com SpeedChess Q2Sw"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Srivatsan Karthikeyan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2330"] [BlackElo "1810"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. a3 d5 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O cxb4 10. axb4 Bxb4 {last book move.} 11. Qb3 Be7 (11... a5 12. Rfc1 $15) 12. Ng5 (12. d4 O-O $11) 12... Nc5 13. Qb5+ $2 (13. Qc2 $142 $11) 13... Qd7 $4 (13... Nfd7 $142 14. Nf3 a6 $19) 14. d4 $14 Qxb5 $2 (14... h6 $142 15. dxc5 hxg5 $14) 15. Nxb5 $18 (15. Bxb5+ $143 Ncd7 $15 ) 15... Nce4 (15... Na6 $142 16. Rxa6 $1 Bxa6 17. Nc7+ Kf8 18. Bxa6 Rd8 $18) 16. Nxe4 $4 (16. Nc7+ $142 Kd7 17. Nxa8 Rxa8 18. Nxf7 $18) 16... Nxe4 $16 17. Nc7+ Kd7 18. Nxa8 Rxa8 19. Bb5+ (19. Rfc1 Nd6 20. Bd3 a5 $14) 19... Kd8 (19... Bc6 20. Bxc6+ Kxc6 21. Rfd1 $16) 20. Rfc1 $16 a6 (20... a5 $5 $16) 21. Bc6 $18 Ra7 (21... Bxc6 22. Rxc6 a5 23. Rxb6 $18) 22. Bxb7 Rxb7 23. Rxa6 Nd6 (23... b5 24. f3 Nd2 25. d5 exd5 26. Rd1 $18) 24. Ba3 (24. Rc6 Nc8 25. Ra8 Rc7 26. Rxb6 Kd7 $18) 24... Kd7 25. Ra8 b5 26. Rb1 (26. Bb4 Nf5 27. Bxe7 Kxe7 $18) 26... Nc4 (26... f5 27. Bb4 $18) 27. Bxe7 Kxe7 28. h4 (28. Rba1 Rb6 29. R1a7+ Kf6 $18) 28... Kd6 (28... Nd6 29. Kf1 $18) 29. Rc8 Kd7 (29... Nd2 30. Rb4 Ne4 $18) 30. Rxc4 $1 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Yeletsky, Ivan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2345"] [BlackElo "2500"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. a3 c5 4. b5 d5 5. e3 a6 6. Nf3 Bd7 7. bxa6 Nxa6 8. c4 Bd6 {last book move} 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Nc7 13. Ne5 (13. Qc2 Ncd5 $15) 13... Be8 14. d3 Ncd5 15. Nd2 Qc7 16. Ndf3 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Bxd7 18. Qd2 Rfc8 19. Rfc1 h6 20. g3 Nb6 {Black intends c4} 21. Bd4 (21. d4 c4 22. Ne5 Na4 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 $17) 21... Qb7 22. Be5 Bf8 23. e4 c4 {Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn} 24. dxc4 (24. Rd1 $5 $15) 24... Nxc4 $17 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. Rxc4 bxc4 27. Qd4 (27. Qe2 Qb3 28. Nd4 Qc3 $19) 27... c3 28. Qxc3 (28. Qd3 Bc6 29. Qxc3 f6 $17) 28... Qxe4 29. Qe3 (29. Nd2 Qd5 $17) 29... Qxe3 $19 30. fxe3 Rxa3 31. Rxa3 Bxa3 32. Kf2 f6 33. Bc3 e5 34. h4 (34. Ne1 e4 $19) 34... h5 35. Nd2 Be6 36. Ne4 Bd5 37. Nd2 Bc5 38. Bb2 Kf7 39. Bc1 ( 39. Nb1 Bc6 $19) 39... Ke6 40. Nb1 Be4 41. Nc3 Bc6 (41... Kf5 $142 42. Na4 Bb4 43. Nb6 $19) 42. Ne2 $2 (42. Nb1 Bb6 $19) 42... Kf5 (42... Kd5 $142 43. Ng1 Kc4 44. Ke2 $19) 43. Bd2 (43. Nc3 $19) 43... Ke4 44. Bc1 (44. Ng1 Kd3 45. Ba5 Bxe3+ 46. Kf1 Bd2 $19) 44... Kd3 45. Ng1 (45. Ke1 $19) 45... Kc2 46. Ne2 Bb5 0-1 [Event "chess.com SpeedChess Q2Sw"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Asish Panda"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2330"] [BlackElo "1730"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} d5 2. Bb2 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. a3 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. c4 c5 7. bxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. Nc3 {last book move} Qh5 10. Ne2 (10. d4 Be7 $14) 10... Nc6 $11 11. Nf4 Qh6 12. Qc2 (12. Bd3 Bd6 13. Nh3 Rd8 $11) 12... Be7 13. h4 Bd7 14. Bd3 Rac8 15. Qb1 Bd6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 (16... gxf6 $5 17. Qxb7 Rc7 $11) 17. Bxh7+ $14 Kh8 18. Ng5 Bxf4 19. exf4 (19. Be4 $142 $5 g6 20. exf4 Qxf4 21. Qxb7 $14) 19... Qxf4 20. Qe4 (20. Be4 f5 21. Qd1 $15) 20... Qxe4+ (20... Qd6 $142 $5 $17) 21. Bxe4 $15 (21. Nxe4 $4 Kxh7 22. Nd6 Rb8 $19) 21... f6 22. Nf3 f5 23. Bc2 e5 24. Bb3 (24. Ba4 Rfd8 $11) 24... e4 $15 25. Ng5 Nd4 26. Bd1 Bb5 27. Rb1 (27. f3 exf3 28. Nxf3 Rfd8 $15) 27... Bd3 $17 28. Ra1 (28. Rxb7 Rc1 29. f3 Be2 $17) 28... f4 $19 29. h5 $4 (29. Rh3 $142 $19) 29... Rc5 30. Nh3 ( 30. Nxe4 Bxe4 31. f3 Bd3 $19) 30... f3 31. gxf3 (31. Nf4 Rxf4 32. g3 $19) 31... exf3 32. Ba4 (32. a4 Re8+ 33. Be2 Rxe2+ 34. Kf1 Re4+ 35. Kg1 Rg4+ 36. Kh2 Rg2#) 32... Be2 (32... Rfc8 33. Kd1 Rc1+ 34. Rxc1 Be2+ 35. Ke1 Rxc1+ 36. Bd1 Rxd1#) 33. h6 (33. d3 Bxd3 34. Rd1 Nc2+ 35. Kd2 Bf5 $19) 33... Rfc8 (33... Rc4 34. d3 Rxa4 35. hxg7+ Kxg7 36. Rg1+ Kf6 37. Kd2 Nb3+ 38. Kc3 Nxa1 39. Kb2 $19) 34. hxg7+ (34. d3 b5 35. hxg7+ Kxg7 $19) 34... Kxg7 35. Rg1+ $2 (35. d3 Bxd3 36. Bd1 Re5+ 37. Kd2 $19) 35... Kf8 (35... Kf6 $5 36. d3 Bxd3 37. Rg4 $19) 36. d3 Nc2+ (36... Bxd3 $142 37. Rg5 Bf5 $19) 37. Bxc2 $17 Rxc2 38. Rg3 Rd8 39. Nf4 Kf7 (39... Re8 $5 40. Nxe2 Rexe2+ (40... Rcxe2+ $6 41. Kf1 $11) (40... fxe2 $6 41. Re3 $11) 41. Kf1 Rxf2+ 42. Kg1 Rg2+ 43. Rxg2 Rxg2+ (43... fxg2 $6 44. a4 $15) 44. Kf1 Rd2 $19) 40. Nxe2 fxe2 41. Re3 $4 (41. Rf3+ $142 Kg6 42. Rh3 $15) 41... Rh8 (41... Rh8 42. Rf3+ Ke6 43. Re3+ Kd5 44. Re5+ Kxe5 45. f4+ Kxf4 46. Kf2 e1=R+ 47. Kxe1 Rh1#) 0-1 [Event "chess.com SpeedChess Q2Sw"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.??.??"] [Round "13"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Dyachuk, Artem"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2330"] [BlackElo "2240"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. g4 Bxb4 5. g5 Ne4 6. h4 {last book move} h6 $4 (6... O-O $142 $19) 7. Bxg7 $11 Rh7 8. gxh6 Bf8 9. Bxf8 (9. Bg2 Bxg7 10. hxg7 Rxg7 11. Bxe4 dxe4 $11) 9... Kxf8 $11 10. Bd3 Qf6 ( 10... Rxh6 $142 $5 11. Bxe4 dxe4 $11) 11. Bxe4 $16 dxe4 12. Nc3 Qf5 (12... Qg6 13. Nge2 Rxh6 14. Qc1 $16) 13. Nge2 Rxh6 14. Ng3 {White plans h5} Qh7 15. Qg4 ( 15. h5 f5 $16) 15... f5 16. Qg5 (16. Qf4 $142 $5 $16) 16... Nc6 $11 17. h5 Bd7 (17... Qg7 18. Qxg7+ Kxg7 19. Rb1 $11) 18. O-O-O $14 Kf7 (18... Qg7 $142 19. f4 exf3 $14) 19. Ngxe4 (19. d4 $142 exd3 20. Qf4 $14) 19... fxe4 $17 20. Nxe4 (20. Qf4+ Ke8 21. Qxc7 $17) 20... Rg8 (20... Rf8 $142 $5 $17) 21. Qf4+ $11 Ke7 22. Rdg1 $2 (22. Qh4+ $5 Kf8 23. Qf4+ Ke7 24. Qh4+ Kf8 25. Qf4+ Ke7 $11) 22... Rf8 $17 23. Qxc7 $4 (23. Qh4+ $142 Ke8 24. Nc5 $17) 23... Qxe4 $19 24. Rg7+ Kf6 25. Rhg1 Qe5 26. Qxe5+ (26. Qxb7 Qa1+ 27. Qb1 Qxb1+ 28. Kxb1 Ne7 $19) 26... Nxe5 27. R1g3 (27. f4 Nf7 $19) 27... Rf7 28. Rg8 (28. R7g5 Rfh7 29. f4 Nc6 $19) 28... Rxh5 29. f4 (29. d3 Bc6 $19) 29... Nc4 30. c3 (30. Kd1 Bc6 31. d3 Rh1+ 32. Ke2 Rh2+ 33. Kd1 Na3 $19) 30... Ba4 (30... Bc6 31. Rd8 $19) 31. Rg1 (31. e4 Rh2 32. d3 Rc2+ 33. Kb1 Nd2+ 34. Ka1 Rh7 $19) 31... Rfh7 (31... Rh2 32. R8g6+ Ke7 33. R6g4 $19) 32. Rf8+ (32. e4 Rh2 33. e5+ Kf7 $19) 32... Ke7 33. Rb8 (33. Rfg8 Rh2 34. Rc8 Rh1 35. Rxc4 Rxg1+ 36. Kb2 Bc6 $19) 33... Rh1 (33... Rb5 $142 34. e4 $19) 34. Rxb7+ Kd6 (34... Kd6 35. Rbg7 R7h2 $19) 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Jimenez Salas, Maria Teresa"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2355"] [BlackElo "1985"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. Nf3 Bxf3 4. exf3 e6 5. f4 Nf6 6. a3 Nbd7 7. g3 a5 8. b5 c6 9. a4 Bd6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O {last book move} c5 (11... e5 $5 12. fxe5 Nxe5 $11) 12. c4 $14 b6 (12... Nb6 13. Na3 $14) 13. Nc3 d4 14. Bxa8 dxc3 $2 (14... Qxa8 $142 15. Ne2 e5 $11) 15. dxc3 $18 Qxa8 (15... Bxf4 16. Bc6 (16. gxf4 $6 Qxa8 17. Qd3 Qb8 $16) 16... Bc7 17. Qe2 $18) 16. Qxd6 Rd8 (16... Qe4 17. Rad1 $18) 17. Qc6 (17. Rad1 Rc8 $18) 17... Qb8 18. Rfd1 Rc8 19. Qd6 (19. Rxd7 $2 Rxc6 20. bxc6 Nxd7 21. cxd7 Qd6 $19) 19... Qb7 20. Qd3 ( 20. Rd2 Nf8 21. Qd3 h6 $18) 20... h6 21. Qe2 Qc7 22. Rd2 Nf8 (22... Re8 23. Qf3 $18) 23. Qe5 Qb7 24. Rad1 Ne4 (24... N8d7 25. Qd6 $18) 25. Rd8 Rxd8 (25... Nf6 $18) 26. Rxd8 Nf6 (26... h5 27. Rb8 Qa7 28. f5 (28. Qxe4 $6 Qxb8 29. Bc1 Qd8 $14) 28... exf5 29. Qe8 $18) 27. Qb8 (27. Qd6 $142 N6h7 28. Qc6 $18) 27... Qxb8 28. Rxb8 N6d7 29. Rd8 (29. Rb7 f5 $18) 29... f6 30. Bc1 Kf7 31. f5 $1 Ke7 ( 31... exf5 32. f4 {Combination}) 32. Rc8 exf5 33. Bf4 Ne6 34. Rc6 (34. Bc7 Ng5 35. Kg2 Ne6 $18) 34... g5 $2 (34... Nd8 35. Bd6+ Ke6 36. Rc8 $18) 35. Bc7 Kf7 ( 35... Nxc7 36. Rxc7 Kd8 $18) 36. Bxb6 f4 (36... Ne5 37. Rc8 Ke7 38. Ba7 (38. Bxc5+ $6 Kd7 39. Ra8 Nxc5 40. Rxa5 Kc7 $18) 38... Nxc4 39. Kg2 $18) 37. g4 (37. gxf4 gxf4 38. Bc7 Ke7 $18) 37... f3 (37... Ne5 38. Rc8 Ke7 $18) 38. Bc7 Ndf8 ( 38... Nxc7 39. Rxc7 Ke7 $18) 39. b6 Nd7 40. Rxe6 $1 Kxe6 41. b7 f5 42. b8=Q ( 42. h3 $5 Ke7 $18) 42... Nxb8 43. Bxb8 fxg4 44. Bc7 Kf5 (44... Kf6 45. Bd8+ Kf7 46. Bxa5 $18) 45. Bxa5 Ke4 (45... Ke6 $18) 46. Bc7 Kd3 47. a5 Kxc4 48. a6 Kxc3 49. a7 c4 50. Be5+ Kd3 51. a8=Q c3 (51... Kc2 52. Qe4+ Kd1 53. Qd5+ Kc2 54. Qxc4+ Kd1 55. Qd3+ Kc1 56. Bc3 h5 57. Qd2+ Kb1 58. Qb2#) 52. Qd5+ Ke2 (52... Kc2 53. Qc4 g3 54. Qxc3+ Kd1 55. hxg3 h5 56. Bd6 g4 57. Bf4 h4 58. Qd2#) 53. Qc4+ (53. Bxc3 g3 54. Qd2#) 53... Ke1 (53... Kd2 54. Qxc3+ Kd1 55. Bd6 h5 56. Bb4 g3 57. Qd2#) 54. Qd3 c2 1-0 [Event "chess.com SpeedChess Q1Sw"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Vasquez Schroeder, R."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2330"] [BlackElo "2470"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. h3 Bh5 4. g4 Bg6 5. Bg2 c6 6. d3 Nd7 7. Nd2 e5 8. a3 Bd6 9. e3 Ne7 10. Ne2 O-O 11. O-O f5 12. f4 { last book move} Qb6 (12... a5 13. Nf3 fxg4 14. Nxe5 $17) 13. d4 $15 exf4 14. exf4 (14. Nxf4 Qb5 15. a4 $11) 14... a5 $17 15. c4 Qd8 (15... axb4 $142 $5 16. cxd5 cxd5 (16... bxa3 $6 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Bxa3 Bxa3 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Rxa3 $15) 17. axb4 Nf6 $19) 16. c5 $15 Bc7 17. g5 (17. b5 cxb5 18. g5 Bf7 $15) 17... Bh5 18. Bf3 Bxf3 (18... Bf7 19. Qc2 $15) 19. Nxf3 $11 Ng6 20. Qd2 Re8 21. Ne5 Ndf8 (21... Bxe5 $143 22. dxe5 (22. fxe5 $143 axb4 23. Rxf5 b3 $15) 22... Ndf8 23. Qd3 $14) 22. Ng3 (22. Qd3 Nh4 $11) 22... Qc8 (22... Ne6 23. Kh2 $15) 23. Qd3 ( 23. Bc3 Ne6 $11) 23... Nxe5 (23... Ne6 24. Qe3 (24. Nxf5 $2 Nexf4 25. Qc2 axb4 $19 (25... Nxe5 $6 26. dxe5 Nxh3+ 27. Kh1 Bxe5 28. Rae1 $19)) 24... Rf8 25. Ne2 $15) 24. dxe5 $11 g6 25. h4 Qe6 (25... Ne6 26. Ne2 $11) 26. h5 (26. Qd4 Nd7 $11 ) 26... Kf7 (26... Qe7 27. Qe3 $11) 27. Kg2 Ke7 (27... Qe7 $5 $14) 28. Bd4 Kd7 (28... axb4 29. axb4 Qf7 30. h6 $16) 29. b5 (29. Rab1 axb4 30. Rxb4 Qe7 $16) 29... cxb5 30. Rab1 b4 31. axb4 axb4 32. Rxb4 Ra2+ (32... Qc6 $16) 33. Kh3 (33. Bb2 $142 $5 $16) 33... Qc6 $11 34. Rfb1 Rb8 $2 (34... Ne6 35. Qe3 Rea8 36. Rxb7 R8a4 $15) 35. Rb6 $16 Bxb6 $2 (35... Ne6 $142 $5 36. Be3 Nxc5 (36... Bxb6 $2 37. Rxb6 Qxc5 38. Rd6+ Qxd6 39. exd6 $18) 37. Bxc5 Qxc5 38. hxg6 Bxb6 $18) 36. Rxb6 $18 (36. cxb6 $4 Ne6 37. Qe3 Qc2 $19) 36... Qa4 (36... Ne6 37. Be3 Qxc5 38. Rd6+ Qxd6 39. exd6 Kxd6 $18) 37. c6+ $4 (37. e6+ Ke8 38. hxg6 hxg6 $18 ( 38... Nxg6 39. Qxf5 Kd8 40. Qf7 h6 41. Rd6+ Kc8 42. e7 Nxf4+ 43. Qxf4 Rh2+ 44. Kxh2 Qe8 45. Rd8+ Qxd8 46. exd8=Q+ Kxd8 47. Qd6+ Ke8 48. Nf5 Kf7 49. g6+ Kg8 50. Qxb8#)) 37... Kc7 $4 (37... bxc6 $142 38. Rxb8 Ne6 39. Nxf5 gxf5 40. Rb7+ Kd8 $11) 38. Qc3 $4 (38. Qb1 $142 Kd8 39. Rxb7 Rxb7 40. cxb7 $18) 38... Qc2 ( 38... Qc2 39. Qxc2 Rxc2 40. cxb7 Rc6 41. hxg6 hxg6 $19) 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 8th Oct Late"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Federzoni, Enzo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2375"] [BlackElo "2145"] [cccccccccccccctator "Fritz 6 (1s)"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. a3 {A00: Irregular Openings} e5 2. b4 d5 3. Bb2 Bd6 4. e3 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. d3 O-O 7. Nd2 Bf5 8. Ngf3 Nbd7 9. Be2 Re8 10. O-O {last book move} Nf8 11. Re1 Qd7 12. Bf1 (12. Qc2 Bg4 $11) 12... Rad8 (12... e4 13. Nd4 Bg4 14. Qc2 $11) 13. g3 (13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Ng6 $11) 13... Bh3 14. Qb3 Bxf1 15. Rxf1 e4 (15... Qg4 $5 $15) 16. Bxf6 $11 gxf6 17. dxe4 (17. Ne1 dxc4 18. Nxc4 f5 $14) 17... dxe4 18. Nd4 (18. c5 Bc7 19. Nd4 Be5 $11) 18... Qh3 (18... Be5 19. Rad1 Bxd4 20. exd4 Qxd4 21. Nb1 $15) 19. Rfd1 (19. Rad1 f5 $11) 19... Ng6 $11 20. Kh1 Re5 (20... f5 21. Qc2 $11) 21. Rg1 (21. f4 Rh5 22. Nf1 Be7 $14) 21... Rh5 (21... Re7 22. f3 f5 23. fxe4 fxe4 24. Qc2 $11) 22. Rg2 f5 23. Ne2 (23. Qa4 a6 $11) 23... Qg4 (23... Be5 24. Rd1 $15) 24. Ng1 (24. Nf4 Bxf4 (24... Nxf4 $4 25. gxf4 (25. exf4 $6 Be7 26. f3 Qg7 $14) 25... Bxf4 26. Rxg4+ fxg4 27. Nxe4 $18 (27. exf4 $143 Rxd2 28. Qe3 Rd3 29. Qxe4 Rdh3 $18)) 25. gxf4 Qe2 $15) 24... Ne5 25. Qd1 $2 ( 25. Rf1 Nf3 26. Rd1 Bc7 $15) 25... Qg6 (25... Qxd1 $142 $5 26. Rxd1 Be7 $17) 26. Qe2 (26. Ne2 Nf3 27. Nd4 Nxd4 28. exd4 Be7 $11) 26... Ng4 (26... Nd3 27. f3 $15) 27. f3 (27. Rd1 c5 28. f3 exf3 29. Ndxf3 Re8 $11) 27... exf3 (27... Nxh2 $142 $5 28. Rxh2 Rxh2+ 29. Qxh2 Bxg3 $15) 28. Ngxf3 $11 Re8 29. Nf1 Qe6 30. Re1 (30. Rd1 Bf8 $11 (30... Nxe3 $2 31. Nd4 Qxc4 32. Qxh5 Nxd1 33. Qxd1 $18)) 30... Bf8 31. Nd4 Qe4 32. Qf3 (32. Nb3 c5 33. Nbd2 Qe7 $11) 32... Bg7 (32... c5 33. Qxe4 fxe4 34. Nc2 $17) 33. Qxe4 Rxe4 (33... fxe4 34. Rd1 $15) 34. Nf3 (34. Nc2 $5 $11) 34... Rxc4 $15 35. Rd2 h6 (35... Bc3 36. Rd8+ Kg7 37. Rc1 $15) 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Rd7 Kg6 (37... Rc3 38. Rxf7 Rxa3 39. Rxb7 Nf2+ 40. Kg1 $11) 38. Nh4+ ( 38. Rxb7 Rc2 $14) 38... Rxh4 $11 39. gxh4 Rc2 40. Rd2 Nf2+ (40... Rxd2 41. Nxd2 Bf6 42. h3 Nf2+ 43. Kg2 $11) 41. Kg2 $14 Rxd2 42. Nxd2 Ng4 43. e4 (43. Nc4 b5 44. Na5 c5 $14) 43... f4 (43... fxe4 44. Nxe4 Bb2 45. h3 $11) 44. Kf3 Ne3 $2 ( 44... Ne5+ $142 45. Ke2 Kh5 $14) 45. Rg1+ $18 Kf6 $2 (45... Kh7 $142 46. Kxf4 Nc2 $18) 46. e5+ $1 Kxe5 47. Rxg7 Nf5 (47... Kf6 48. Rg8 Nc2 49. Ra8 $18) 48. Rxf7 Nd4+ (48... b5 49. h5 $18) 49. Kf2 (49. Kg4 $5 b6 $18) 49... f3 (49... Nc2 $18) 50. Nxf3+ (50. Nxf3+ Ke6 51. Rxb7 $18) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Estrada Nieto, J."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2355"] [BlackElo "2215"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e5 2. a3 d5 3. Bb2 Bd6 4. e3 Nf6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 O-O 7. h3 a5 {last book move} 8. Qb3 (8. Nc3 $5 $17) 8... axb4 9. axb4 Rxa1 10. Bxa1 Nc6 11. Bc3 Ne4 (11... Qe7 $5 $17) 12. Nf3 $15 Nxc3 13. dxc3 (13. Nxc3 Bf5 $15) 13... e4 $17 14. Nd4 Ne5 (14... Qg5 15. g4 $17) 15. Be2 (15. Nd2 Qg5 16. Kf1 (16. Nxe4 $4 Qxg2 17. Nf6+ gxf6 $19) 16... Nxc4 17. Nxc4 $15) 15... Qg5 $17 16. g4 Qh4 (16... b6 $142 $17) 17. Nd2 $2 (17. Qd5 $142 $5 Nd3+ 18. Bxd3 exd3 19. Nd2 $15) 17... Bxg4 $1 $19 18. Rg1 (18. Bxg4 Nxg4 {Double attack} (18... Nd3+ {Deflection})) (18. hxg4 Nd3+ {Double attack} (18... Qxh1+ {Pinning }) (18... Qxh1+ {Deflection})) 18... Bxe2 19. Nf5 $4 (19. Kxe2 g6 20. f4 exf3+ 21. N2xf3 Qxh3 22. Qd5 Nxf3 23. Nxf3 $19) 19... Nd3+ 20. Kxe2 Qxf2+ 21. Kd1 Qxg1+ 22. Kc2 (22. Nf1 Qxf1+ 23. Kd2 Qe1+ 24. Kc2 Qc1#) 22... Qc1# 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.??.??"] [Round "11"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Melkumyan, H."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2345"] [BlackElo "2650"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Bxe5 Nc6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 Bxb4 6. d4 Ba5 7. e3 O-O 8. Ne2 Re8 {last book move} 9. Nd2 d6 (9... b5 10. Nb3 a6 11. Nxa5 Nxa5 12. Ng3 $17) 10. g3 Bg4 11. Bg2 $2 (11. Qb3 Be6 12. Qa3 $17) 11... Bxc3 $1 $19 12. Rc1 (12. Nxc3 Bxd1 {Pinning} (12... Bxd1 {Deflection})) 12... Nxd4 $1 13. Rxc3 (13. exd4 Bxd2+ {Double attack} (13... Rxe2+ {Pinning}) (13... Rxe2+ {Deflection})) 13... Nxe2 (13... Bxe2 $142 14. Qc1 c5 15. Bxb7 Rab8 $19) 14. Rc4 $17 Bh5 (14... Nxg3 $5 15. Rxg4 Nxh1 16. Bxh1 Rab8 $17) 15. g4 $11 Nf4 16. Rxf4 Qxf4 17. gxh5 d5 (17... Rab8 $11) 18. Qf3 (18. Bxd5 $5 Rad8 19. Qf3 $11 (19. Bxb7 $143 Re6 $17)) 18... Qxf3 (18... Qh4 19. Qh3 (19. Qxd5 Rxe3+ 20. Kd1 Qg4+ 21. Bf3 Qa4+ 22. Nb3 c6 $19) 19... Qb4 20. h6 $17 (20. Bxd5 $2 c6 $19)) 19. Bxf3 $15 c6 20. h6 (20. Ke2 Rad8 $15) 20... g6 (20... gxh6 21. Nb3 $17) 21. Ke2 Rad8 22. Rb1 (22. Nb3 b6 $15) 22... Re7 23. Nb3 Kf8 (23... f5 24. Nc5 $11) 24. a4 b6 25. a5 (25. Nd4 Rd6 $15) 25... c5 {Black intends d4} 26. axb6 axb6 27. Nc1 (27. Nd2 Re6 $15) 27... Re6 28. Nd3 d4 29. Nf4 Red6 30. exd4 (30. h4 c4 $17) 30... Rxd4 (30... Re8+ $5 31. Kf1 Rf6 $19) 31. Ng2 $17 Rb4 32. Ra1 Rb2+ 33. Ke3 (33. Ke1 $142 $5 $17) 33... c4 $19 34. Nf4 $4 (34. Bc6 $142 $19) 34... Rb3+ 35. Ke4 (35. Ke2 Re8+ 36. Kf1 Rxf3 $19) 35... Re8+ 36. Kd4 Rxf3 37. Nd5 b5 (37... b5 38. Nb4 Rxf2 $19) 0-1 [Event "chess.com SpeedChess Q2Sw"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Povshednyi, Ivan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2330"] [BlackElo "2220"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. e3 O-O 5. c3 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. g3 Re8 8. Bg2 d5 9. Ne2 c6 10. O-O {last book move} Bf5 (10... Bg4 11. d4 $15) 11. d4 $15 Nd7 12. Nd2 h6 13. a4 (13. Nf4 Bg5 $15) 13... g6 ( 13... Qa5 14. Re1 $17) 14. Ra2 (14. a5 Qc7 $11) 14... Bg7 (14... Qa5 15. Qb3 $15) 15. Rb2 $15 Qc7 16. h3 (16. Nf4 Rab8 $11) 16... Nf6 17. g4 Bd3 18. Re1 h5 (18... Rab8 19. Nf4 Ba6 20. Bf1 $15) 19. Nf4 $11 Ba6 20. gxh5 (20. g5 Nh7 21. h4 Nf8 $11) 20... g5 $15 21. Ne2 Nxh5 22. Nf1 f5 (22... Re6 $5 $17) 23. Nfg3 $15 Qf7 24. Nxh5 Qxh5 25. Ng3 Qf7 26. Qh5 (26. Qc2 Rf8 27. Bf3 Rad8 $15) 26... f4 $15 27. Qxf7+ Kxf7 28. Nf1 Kg6 29. Nh2 Rad8 30. Ng4 c5 31. Bf1 (31. Rc1 Rd7 $15) 31... Bxf1 (31... cxd4 32. Bxa6 bxa6 33. cxd4 Bxd4 34. Rc2 $15) 32. Rxf1 $15 b6 (32... Re7 33. Kg2 $11) 33. a5 Rd6 34. Rfb1 (34. axb6 Rxb6 35. Ra2 Re7 $11) 34... Ree6 (34... bxa5 35. Rb7 cxd4 36. cxd4 $15) 35. a6 (35. Rb5 cxd4 36. cxd4 Bh8 $11) 35... fxe3 (35... Re8 36. Rb5 $15) 36. fxe3 Re4 (36... Re8 37. Rd2 $11) 37. dxc5 (37. Rb5 c4 $11) 37... bxc5 $15 38. Rb7 Rxa6 39. Rf1 $2 (39. Rd7 $142 $15) 39... Bxc3 $19 40. Rff7 (40. Rf8 Ree6 $19) 40... Ra1+ 41. Kf2 ( 41. Kg2 Rb4 42. Rbd7 Rb2+ 43. Rf2 Rxf2+ 44. Kxf2 d4 $19) 41... Ra2+ (41... Rb4 42. Rfd7 Kf5 43. Nh6+ Ke4 44. Re7+ Kd3 45. Nf7 $19) 42. Kf1 $2 (42. Kf3 $142 Re8 43. Rxa7 $17) 42... Rb4 $19 43. Rxb4 (43. Rfc7 $19) 43... cxb4 (43... Bxb4 $6 44. Ne5+ Kh6 45. Ng4+ Kh5 46. Rg7 $19) 44. Rb7 (44. Rc7 a5 45. Nf2 a4 $19) 44... a5 45. Kg1 (45. Rb6+ Kf5 46. Rb5 Ke4 $19) 45... a4 46. Rb6+ Kf7 (46... Kf5 $142 47. Rb5 b3 48. Nh6+ Ke4 49. Nf7 $19) 47. Nf2 (47. Nh6+ Kf8 48. Rb8+ Kg7 $19) 47... b3 48. Nd3 (48. Kf1 b2 49. Rb7+ Ke6 50. Rb6+ Kd7 $19) 48... b2 49. Rb7+ (49. Nxb2 Rxb2 50. Ra6 Ra2 $19) 49... Ke6 50. Nc5+ (50. Nxb2 Rxb2 51. Ra7 $19) 50... Kd6 (50... Kd6 51. Rb5 Kc6 52. Rxb2 Bxb2 53. Nxa4 Bh8 $19) 0-1 [Event "chess.com SpeedChess Q2Sw"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.??.??"] [Round "11"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Lenderman, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2330"] [BlackElo "2545"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. e3 O-O 5. c3 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. g3 d5 8. Bg2 c5 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Ne2 {last book move } Bg4 (11... Be6 12. Nbc3 $11) 12. Nbc3 $11 {The isolani on d5 becomes a target } Rc8 13. Qd2 Nb4 (13... Re8 14. Rc1 $11) 14. a3 (14. O-O Qa5 15. Rfc1 Bxe2 16. Nxd5 Bg4 17. Qxb4 Qxb4 18. Nxb4 Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 $16) 14... Bxe2 $2 (14... Qa5 15. O-O Nc6 $14) 15. Kxe2 $16 Nc6 16. Nxd5 Re8 17. Nxf6+ ( 17. Kf1 $5 $16) 17... Qxf6 $14 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Rhc1 Qb5+ 20. Qd3 (20. Ke1 $5 $14) 20... Qb2+ $11 21. Qd2 Qb5+ 22. Qd3 (22. Ke1 Qd5 $14) 22... Qh5+ (22... Qb2+ 23. Qd2 Qb5+ $11) 23. Kd2 Qxh2 24. Qf5 Rxc1 (24... g6 $142 $5 25. Qf3 Qh3 $11) 25. Rxc1 $16 Rf8 26. Qf3 Qh3 27. Qxb7 Qf5 28. Ke2 Qh5+ (28... Qa5 $142 $16 ) 29. Kd2 (29. Kf1 g6 $18) 29... Qf5 $16 30. Ke2 Qh5+ 31. Kf1 a5 (31... Qa5 32. Qe7 $18) 32. Kg1 (32. Kg2 $5 Qg6 $18) 32... g6 33. Rc8 Qd1+ 34. Kg2 Qa4 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. Qb8+ (36. Qc8+ Ke7 37. Qc7+ Ke6 38. Qe5+ Kd7 39. Qd5+ Ke7 40. Qc5+ Kd7 $18) 36... Kg7 37. Qe5+ Kg8 38. Qb8+ (38. d5 f5 39. Qe6+ Kf8 40. Qf6+ Ke8 41. Qh8+ Ke7 42. Qxh7+ Kf6 43. Qh8+ Ke7 44. Qg7+ Kd8 $18) 38... Kg7 39. Qe5+ Kg8 40. Qc5 (40. d5 Qd7 $18) 40... h5 41. Qc8+ (41. d5 Qe4+ 42. Kf1 Qb1+ 43. Ke2 Qb2+ 44. Kf3 Qf6+ 45. Kg2 Qe5 46. Qxa5 Qe4+ 47. Kf1 Qc2 $18) 41... Kg7 42. Qc5 Kg8 43. Qd6 (43. e4 f6 $18) 43... Qc2 (43... Qe8 44. Qe5 Qc6+ 45. d5 $18) 44. Qe5 Qc3 $6 (44... f5 45. Qxa5 Qe4+ 46. Kh2 $18) 45. Qe8+ Kg7 46. Qe5+ (46. d5 Qf6 47. Qc6 Qe5 $18) 46... Kg8 47. Qc5 Qd3 (47... Qxc5 48. dxc5 Kf8 49. Kh3 $16) 48. d5 Qe4+ 49. Kf1 h4 (49... Qd3+ 50. Ke1 Qb1+ 51. Ke2 Qb2+ 52. Kf3 Qf6+ 53. Kg2 $18) 50. gxh4 Qxh4 (50... Qd3+ 51. Ke1 Qb1+ 52. Ke2 Qb2+ 53. Kf3 $18) 51. d6 Qh3+ 52. Ke1 Qd7 (52... Qh1+ 53. Ke2 Qb7 $18) 53. Qc7 Qb5 54. d7 Qb1+ 55. Ke2 Qa2+ 56. Kd1 (56. Kf1 Qa1+ 57. Kg2 Kg7 58. d8=Q Qf6 59. Qe8 Qg5+ 60. Kf1 Qf5 61. Qcd8 Qh3+ 62. Ke2 Qh5+ 63. Kd2 Qd5+ 64. Qxd5 g5 65. Qxg5+ Kh7 66. Qeg8#) 56... Qa1+ 57. Qc1 Qf6 58. Qc8+ Kg7 59. d8=Q Qa1+ 60. Qc1 (60. Qc1 Qf6 61. Qxf6+ Kxf6 62. Qc3+ Kf5 63. Qxa5+ Kg4 64. Qb4+ Kg5 65. a4 Kf5 66. a5 Ke6 67. a6 Kf6 68. a7 g5 69. Qd4+ Kf5 70. a8=Q Kg6 71. Qah8 g4 72. Qxg4#) (60. Ke2 Qb2+ 61. Kf1 Qb5+ 62. Kg2 Qb7+ 63. Qxb7 a4 64. Qbd5 f5 65. Q5d7+ Kh6 66. Qh4#) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Grigoriants, S RUS."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2345"] [BlackElo "2560"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. e3 O-O 5. c3 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. g3 d5 8. Bg2 c6 9. Ne2 Bf5 10. O-O Nd7 11. d4 b5 { last book move} 12. Nd2 Nb6 13. h3 (13. e4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Nxe4 Re8 $11) 13... Re8 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nf4 Qd6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. e4 Qf4 18. e5 Be7 19. Rb1 f6 20. Nf3 fxe5 21. dxe5 Bc5 22. Qd3 Kh7 23. Rbe1 Nc4 {Can e5 get defended?} 24. e6 Re7 25. h4 $2 (25. Re2 $5 $15) 25... Qxg4 $17 26. Ng5+ Kh6 (26... Kg8 $142 27. Qxg6 Qxh4 $19) 27. Nf7+ $11 Kh7 28. Ng5+ Kh6 (28... Kg8 $142 $5 29. Qxg6 Qxh4 $17) 29. Nf7+ $11 Kh7 30. Ng5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Remizov, Yaroslav"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2345"] [BlackElo "2445"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. e3 O-O 5. c3 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. d4 b6 8. Nf3 {last book move} Bb7 (8... d5 9. Qc2 c5 10. Bb5 $17) 9. g3 (9. Nbd2 d5 $15) 9... Nc6 (9... g5 10. h3 $15) 10. Bg2 (10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O h5 $11) 10... Ba6 (10... d5 11. O-O $15) 11. Bf1 Qc8 12. Bxa6 Qxa6 13. Qe2 Qa4 14. O-O Rfe8 15. Nbd2 d5 16. Qd3 Na5 (16... Qa3 17. Rfb1 $11) 17. h4 ( 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Be7 $14) 17... h6 (17... Nc4 18. e4 $11) 18. Kg2 (18. e4 Rad8 $11) 18... Rad8 $11 19. Rfb1 (19. e4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Be7 $11) 19... c5 20. Qb5 Qa3 21. Qb2 Qa4 22. Qb5 Qc2 (22... Qxb5 $142 $5 23. Rxb5 Nb7 $11) 23. Rc1 $16 Qf5 24. dxc5 Rc8 (24... Re6 25. Rab1 Nc6 26. cxb6 axb6 27. Qxb6 $16) 25. cxb6 axb6 26. Qxb6 Nc4 (26... Bxc3 $2 27. Rxc3 $1 Rxc3 28. Qxa5 $18) 27. Nxc4 ( 27. Qb1 Qg4 28. Nxc4 Qxc4 $16) 27... Rxc4 $14 { Attacking the isolated pawn on c3} 28. a4 g5 (28... Bxc3 29. Ra2 Rec8 30. Qb1 Qxb1 31. Rxb1 $16) 29. hxg5 $16 hxg5 30. a5 (30. Ra3 g4 31. Nd2 Rcc8 $18) 30... g4 (30... Bxc3 $142 $5 31. Qb1 Qxb1 32. Raxb1 g4 $14) 31. Nd2 $18 Kg7 (31... Rxc3 32. a6 Kg7 33. a7 $16) 32. Qb1 (32. Nxc4 Qf3+ 33. Kf1 Rh8 34. Ke1 dxc4 35. Qxf6+ Kxf6 36. Rd1 Rh2 37. Rd6+ Ke5 38. Rd5+ Qxd5 39. Ra3 Rh1+ 40. Ke2 Qd3#) 32... Rce4 $2 (32... Qxb1 $142 33. Nxb1 Ra8 $18) 33. Rh1 (33. Nxe4 $6 Qf3+ 34. Kf1 dxe4 $11) 33... Bxc3 34. Nxe4 Rxe4 $4 (34... dxe4 35. a6 Bxa1 36. Qxa1+ f6 $18) 35. a6 Qf3+ (35... Bxa1 36. Qxa1+ f6 $18) 36. Kg1 Rxe3 (36... Re8 37. a7 Bxa1 38. Qxa1+ Kg6 $18) 37. Qh7+ (37. fxe3 $4 Qxe3+ 38. Kf1 Qf3+ 39. Kg1 Bd4+ 40. Kh2 Qe2#) 37... Kf8 38. Qh6+ (38. Qh6+ Ke7 39. Qxe3+ (39. fxe3 $6 Qxg3+ 40. Kf1 Qf3+ 41. Kg1 Qg3+ 42. Kf1 Qf3+ 43. Kg1 Qg3+ $11) 39... Qxe3 40. fxe3 $18) ( 38. fxe3 $4 Qxe3+ 39. Kf1 Qf3+ 40. Kg1 Bd4+ 41. Kh2 Qe2#) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 6th Aug Late"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "11"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Sheehan, Ethan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2355"] [BlackElo "2330"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. e3 O-O 5. c3 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. g3 c6 8. Bg2 d5 9. Ne2 Re8 10. O-O Bf5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nd2 { last book move} b5 (12... Qa5 13. Qb3 $15) 13. a4 a6 14. h3 (14. Nf4 Nb6 15. axb5 axb5 $15 (15... cxb5 $143 16. Qb3 $14)) 14... h6 (14... g5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Ng3 $15) 15. g4 (15. Nf4 Nb6 $15) 15... Bh7 $17 16. Ng3 Nb6 17. axb5 axb5 18. e4 Na4 19. Rc1 (19. Qb3 Bg5 20. f4 Bh4 $15) 19... Bh4 (19... Qd7 20. Qb3 Bg5 21. f4 $17) 20. Nf5 Nb2 (20... Bxf5 21. gxf5 Bg5 22. e5 $15) 21. Qc2 $11 Nc4 22. Nxc4 bxc4 23. Ra1 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Bg5 25. Qa4 dxe4 26. Qxc6 Bxf5 27. gxf5 e3 28. Qxc4 (28. fxe3 Bxe3+ 29. Kh1 Bf4 $11) 28... exf2+ $15 29. Kxf2 Be3+ (29... Qe7 30. Kg1 $15) 30. Kf1 $11 Qg5 31. Qd5 Bd2 32. Ra8 Qf4+ 33. Bf3 Rxa8 34. Qxa8+ Kh7 35. Qe4 Qxe4 36. Bxe4 Bxc3 37. d5 Be5 38. Ke2 Kg8 39. Kd3 Kf8 40. Ke2 Ke7 41. Kf3 Kf6 42. Kg4 Bd6 43. Bg2 h5+ 44. Kxh5 Kxf5 45. Kh4 $4 (45. Bf1 $142 $11) 45... g6 $19 46. Bf1 Kf4 (46... Kf4 47. Bb5 Be7#) 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "10"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Rustamov, Rustam"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2355"] [BlackElo "2280"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. e3 O-O 5. c3 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. g3 d5 8. Bg2 c5 {last book move} 9. Ne2 d4 10. exd4 (10. O-O Nc6 $15) 10... cxd4 $17 11. cxd4 (11. O-O Bg4 12. h3 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nc6 $15) 11... Nc6 (11... Bxd4 $6 12. Nbc3 $15) 12. O-O (12. Nbc3 Bg4 13. Qb1 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Re8+ 15. Be4 Qxd4 16. O-O $17) 12... Nxd4 (12... Bg4 $142 $5 13. Nbc3 Nxd4 $19) 13. Nxd4 $15 Qxd4 14. Nc3 Bg4 (14... Re8 15. Rb1 $15) 15. Bf3 Bh3 16. Bg2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rad8 18. Qf3 Qd3 (18... b6 19. Ne4 $15) 19. Qxb7 $11 a5 (19... Rfe8 20. Rfd1 $11 (20. Qxa7 $2 Qxd2 21. Qc7 Qxc3 22. Qxc3 Bxc3 $19)) 20. Rac1 Rfe8 21. Nb1 h5 22. Qf3 h4 (22... Qg6 23. Rfe1 $11) 23. Qxd3 $14 Rxd3 24. Rc5 hxg3 25. hxg3 a4 26. Ra5 Re4 27. Rh1 g6 28. Ra8+ Kg7 29. Rhh8 Bd4 30. Rhg8+ Kf6 31. Ra6+ (31. Rge8 Rxe8 32. Rxe8 Bb2 $14) 31... Kg5 32. Ra5+ Kh6 (32... Kf6 33. Rd8 (33. Rxa4 $6 Re2 $11) 33... Bb6 34. Rxa4 Rxd8 35. Rxe4 $16) 33. Rxa4 (33. Rd5 a3 $14) 33... Re2 $11 34. Rd8 Rxf2+ 35. Kh3 Rf1 $4 (35... Rf4 $142 $11) 36. Nc3 $4 (36. Raxd4 $142 Rxd4 37. Rxd4 Rxb1 38. a4 $16) 36... Rh1+ 37. Kg2 Rg1+ 38. Kh3 Rgxg3+ (38... Rdxg3+ 39. Kh2 R3g2+ 40. Kh3 Be5 41. Rh8+ Kg7 42. Rh7+ Kxh7 43. Rh4+ Kg7 44. Rh7+ Kxh7 45. a4 Rh2#) 39. Kh2 $19 Bg1+ 40. Kh1 Rxd8 ( 40... Rxd8 41. Ne2 Rh3+ 42. Kxg1 Rxd2 $19) 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 8th Oct Late"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Ebrahimi Herab, Hamidreza"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2375"] [BlackElo "2385"] [cccccccccccccctator "Fritz 6 (1s)"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. e3 O-O 5. c3 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. g3 d5 8. Bg2 c6 9. d4 Nd7 10. Ne2 {last book move} Re8 11. O-O Nf8 12. Nd2 h5 (12... Bf5 13. c4 dxc4 14. Nxc4 $15) 13. h3 (13. Rb1 h4 $11) 13... Bd7 (13... h4 14. c4 dxc4 15. Nxc4 $15) 14. a4 (14. Qb3 b5 $11) 14... Qc8 (14... h4 15. Rb1 $11) 15. Nf4 g6 (15... h4 16. gxh4 Ne6 17. Nd3 $11) 16. Rb1 Nh7 (16... Ne6 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. Re1 $11) 17. c4 $14 dxc4 18. Nxc4 Qc7 19. Nd3 (19. Qb3 Rab8 $14) 19... Ng5 (19... Bf5 20. a5 $11) 20. Nc5 Bc8 21. h4 Ne6 22. Ne4 Be7 23. Qf3 Qd8 (23... Ng7 24. a5 $14) 24. Rfd1 Ng7 25. Qf4 (25. Ne5 Nf5 $14) 25... Ne6 $11 26. Qf3 Ng7 27. Qe2 Bg4 28. Bf3 Bc8 (28... f5 29. Bxg4 hxg4 30. Nc5 $16) 29. Ne5 (29. d5 cxd5 30. Nc3 Nf5 31. Nxd5 Rb8 $16) 29... Nf5 30. d5 (30. Qd3 Kg7 $16) 30... cxd5 $11 31. Nc3 $4 (31. Qb5 $142 Be6 32. Qxb7 $11) 31... Qc7 (31... Bd6 32. Nxf7 Kxf7 33. Bxd5+ Kg7 34. e4 $17) 32. Qb5 Rf8 (32... Kf8 $5 33. Qxd5 Bf6 34. Nd7+ Bxd7 35. Rxb7 Qxc3 36. Rxd7 Be7 $15) 33. Bxd5 a6 34. Qb3 $4 (34. Bxf7+ $142 Rxf7 35. Qd5 $11) 34... Qxe5 $19 35. Ne2 Rb8 36. Nf4 Kg7 37. Bg2 (37. a5 Bf6 $19) 37... Be6 (37... b5 $5 38. Rd5 Qf6 39. axb5 $19) 38. Qb6 Bc5 (38... Bc4 39. Bxb7 Rfc8 40. Rd7 $19) 39. Qa5 Nxe3 $1 40. Re1 $2 ( 40. fxe3 Bxe3+ {Double attack}) 40... Qf5 $4 (40... b6 $142 41. Qxa6 Bc4 $19) 41. Qc3+ $17 Qf6 42. Qxf6+ (42. Qxc5 $5 Nxg2 43. Nxe6+ fxe6 44. Kxg2 $15) 42... Kxf6 43. Nxe6 Nxg2 $4 (43... fxe6 44. fxe3 b5 45. Rf1+ Ke5 46. Rxf8 Bxf8 47. Bf1 $17) 44. Nxc5 $4 (44. Nxf8 $142 Rxf8 45. Kxg2 $14) 44... Nxe1 $19 45. Nd7+ Ke7 (45... Ke7 46. Nxb8 Nf3+ 47. Kg2 Nxh4+ 48. gxh4 Rxb8 $19) 0-1 [Event "Abu Dhabi Masters Online"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Swara Lakshmi S Nair"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2355"] [BlackElo "2015"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. e3 d5 { last book move} 5. g3 (5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. a3 Ba5 7. Bxf6 Nxf6 $15) 5... Be7 (5... Nc6 $5 6. Bb2 O-O $17) 6. Bg2 c5 (6... Nc6 7. Nf3 $15) 7. Ne2 (7. Nc3 d4 8. Nb5 O-O $15) 7... Be6 (7... Nc6 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Nbc3 $11) 8. O-O $11 Nc6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 (9... gxf6 $143 10. Nbc3 O-O 11. Nf4 $16) 10. c3 (10. Nbc3 $5 $11) 10... O-O 11. d4 (11. Nf4 Be5 $15) 11... Rc8 (11... g5 12. Nd2 $15) 12. Nd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Na5 (13... Bg4 14. h3 Be6 15. Nf4 $11) 14. Nf4 $11 a6 (14... Qd7 $5 $11) 15. Qf3 $16 Rc2 16. Rfd1 (16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. axb3 Rb2 $16) 16... Qc7 (16... Qd7 $5 17. Nxd5 Bg5 $14) 17. Nxd5 $16 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Rd8 (18... g6 $5 $16) 19. Qf5 $18 Qc3 $2 (19... Rc5 $142 20. Qh3 Rc3 $18) 20. Ne4 Qc6 (20... Qc7 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 $18) 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Qxc2 b5 (22... Rd7 23. Qc8+ Qd8 24. Qxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rdb1 $18) 23. Qc7 Nc4 24. a4 h6 (24... Qd6 25. Qc5 Qh6 26. axb5 axb5 27. Ra7 $18) 25. axb5 axb5 26. Qxd8+ $1 Qxd8 27. Ra8 (27. Ra8 Qxa8 28. Bxa8 $18) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Mazurkiewicz, M."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2345"] [BlackElo "2145"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 e5 4. Bxe5 Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. d4 O-O 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Be2 c6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Nbd2 Re8 { last book move} 12. Rb1 (12. Qc2 c5 $11) 12... b6 (12... Bf5 13. Rxb7 Nb6 14. Re1 $15) 13. c4 $11 Bf5 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Qa4 (15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Qb3 Be6 $14) 15... dxc4 16. Qxa7 $2 (16. Qxc4 $142 b5 17. Qb3 $11) 16... b5 $19 17. Qa3 (17. a4 Re7 18. axb5 Ra8 $19) 17... Nb6 18. Qb2 Na4 19. Qa1 c5 20. Bd1 (20. Rfe1 Qd5 $19) 20... Ra8 (20... c3 $142 $5 21. Nb1 cxd4 22. Bxa4 bxa4 23. exd4 $19) 21. Bxa4 Rxa4 (21... bxa4 $6 22. Rfd1 (22. Rxc4 $143 cxd4 23. Rxd4 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 Qd5 $17) 22... Bd3 23. Qc3 $15) 22. Qb2 $2 (22. e4 $142 Rxe4 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. Rfe1 Bxf3 25. gxf3 $19) 22... Qa5 23. e4 Bxe4 (23... Bg6 24. Rc2 $19) 24. Rfe1 (24. Nxe4 Rxe4 25. Qb1 Re6 26. dxc5 Rxa2 $19) 24... Bc6 25. Rxe8+ Bxe8 26. a3 ( 26. Ne4 Bxd4 27. Nxd4 Rxa2 $19 (27... cxd4 $6 28. Qxd4 Rxa2 29. Qe5 $19)) 26... Rxa3 (26... Qa8 $142 27. Re1 Bc6 $19) 27. Re1 (27. Ne4 Bxd4 28. Nxd4 cxd4 29. Qxd4 $19) 27... Bd7 (27... Bc6 28. Qb1 cxd4 29. Ne4 $19) 28. Ne4 (28. Qb1 cxd4 29. Ne4 d3 $19) 28... Bxd4 29. Qe2 Ra1 (29... Ra2 30. Ned2 g6 31. Qd1 $19) 30. h4 Rxe1+ 31. Nxe1 Be6 (31... Qa1 32. Kh2 $19) 32. Ng5 Qb6 (32... Qa6 33. Nef3 $19) 33. Qa2 (33. Qe4 g6 34. h5 h6 $19) 33... Bf6 (33... Bd5 34. Qe2 Qd8 35. Nh3 $19) 34. Ne4 (34. Nxe6 fxe6 35. Qa8+ Kf7 $19) 34... Be7 (34... Bxh4 35. Nf3 Be7 36. Qa8+ Qd8 37. Qxd8+ Bxd8 38. Nxc5 $19) 35. h5 (35. Ng5 b4 36. Nef3 g6 $19) 35... f5 36. Ng3 b4 37. h6 (37. Qb1 g6 $19) 37... gxh6 (37... b3 38. Qa8+ Bd8 39. Qa4 $19) 38. Nf3 (38. Qb1 b3 39. Nxf5 Bg5 $19) 38... b3 39. Qb2 Bf7 40. Ne5 (40. Nxf5 Bf6 41. Qb1 $19) 40... c3 $1 41. Qxc3 b2 42. Nd7 b1=Q+ 43. Kh2 Q6b4 44. Qe5 Qh4# 0-1 [Event "Abu Dhabi Masters Online"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Ibarra Jerez, JC."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2355"] [BlackElo "2555"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. e3 d5 5. c3 Ba5 6. g3 O-O 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Bg2 c6 {last book move} 9. d4 Nd7 (9... Re8 10. Nf3 $17) 10. Ne2 Nb6 (10... Qh6 11. Qd3 $17) 11. Nd2 $15 Nd7 (11... Bg4 12. Rc1 $15 ) 12. O-O Qe7 13. Rc1 Nf6 14. c4 Bg4 15. h3 Bh5 (15... Bf5 $5 $15) 16. cxd5 $14 cxd5 17. Nf3 Ne4 (17... Rac8 $5 $14) 18. Nf4 $16 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nd2 (19... Qd7 20. Qh5 Nf6 21. Qd1 $16) 20. Qxd5 Nxf1 21. Qxa5 (21. Kxf1 $143 Qa3 22. Qc4 b5 $11) (21. Rxf1 $143 b6 $14) 21... Nxe3 22. Rc7 Qe8 23. fxe3 Qxe3+ 24. Kh2 Qxd4 25. Rxb7 g6 (25... Rfb8 26. Re7 Rb2 27. Qc7 $16) 26. h4 Rfe8 (26... a6 27. Nd5 Kh8 28. Nb4 $18) 27. Rc7 (27. Qc7 $5 Qf6 28. Nd5 Qf2 $18) 27... Rab8 28. Qxa7 Qxa7 29. Rxa7 Rb2 (29... Kf8 30. a4 $18) 30. Kh3 Re3 $2 (30... Kf8 $142 $18) 31. Bd5 Rc2 (31... Kh8 32. Rxf7 Rb6 33. Ra7 $18) 32. Bxf7+ Kh8 33. Ne6 Rc8 34. Ng5 (34. a4 $142 h5 35. Bxg6 Rxe6 36. Bf5 $18) 34... h6 (34... Rec3 $18) 35. Be6 hxg5 (35... Rxe6 36. Nxe6 Rc6 37. Nd8 $18) 36. Bxc8 gxh4 37. Kxh4 Rc3 ( 37... Re5 38. a4 Rh5+ 39. Kg4 $18) 38. Bg4 Rc5 39. a4 Rd5 40. Rb7 (40. a5 $142 Rd4 41. Kg5 Rd6 $18) 40... Ra5 41. Bd1 Rd5 (41... Kg8 42. Rb5 Ra6 43. a5 $18) 42. Bb3 (42. Bc2 $142 Rh5+ 43. Kg4 $18) 42... Rd3 (42... Rh5+ 43. Kg4 Rg5+ 44. Kf4 Ra5 $18) 43. a5 Rd6 44. Rb6 Rd7 45. a6 Ra7 (45... Rd4+ 46. Kg5 Rd3 47. a7 Rxg3+ 48. Kf4 Rxb3 49. a8=Q+ Kg7 50. Qa7+ Kh6 51. Rxb3 g5+ 52. Kg4 Kg6 53. Rb6# ) 46. Rb8+ Kg7 47. Rb7+ Kh6 (47... Kf6 48. Rxa7 Kf5 49. Rg7 Ke4 50. a7 Kd3 51. a8=Q Kd2 52. Rd7+ Kc3 53. Qc6+ Kb2 54. Qc2+ Ka3 55. Ra7+ Kb4 56. Qc4#) 48. Rxa7 g5+ 49. Kg4 Kg6 50. Rg7+ $1 Kh6 (50... Kxg7 51. a7 {Passed pawn}) 51. Rh7+ $1 Kg6 (51... Kxh7 52. a7 {Mate attack}) 52. Bc2+ (52. a7 Kxh7 53. a8=Q Kh6 54. Qf8+ Kg6 55. Bc2#) 52... Kf6 53. a7 Ke5 54. a8=Q Kd4 55. Qe4+ Kc3 (55... Kc5 56. Ba4 Kd6 57. Qd4+ Ke6 58. Bb3#) 56. Qd3+ (56. Rh1 Kb2 57. Qc4 Ka3 58. Qb3#) 56... Kb2 (56... Kb4 57. Qd4+ Ka5 58. Rb7 Ka6 59. Qb6#) 57. Qb3+ (57. Rb7+ Kc1 58. Qd1#) 57... Kc1 58. Qb1+ (58. Rh1+ Kd2 59. Qd3#) 58... Kd2 59. Rd7+ Ke3 ( 59... Ke2 60. Bd3+ Kf2 61. Re7 Kg2 62. Re2#) 60. Qe1# 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Llanos, G."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2345"] [BlackElo "2285"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. e3 Nc6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. c3 Ba5 7. d4 d5 8. h3 O-O 9. Nf3 Bf5 10. Bd3 Rfe8 {last book move} 11. O-O (11. Bxf5 Qxf5 12. O-O a6 $11) 11... Ne7 (11... Be4 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Nfd2 $15) 12. Ne5 (12. Bxf5 Nxf5 13. Qb3 Rad8 $11) 12... c6 13. Qc2 Bc7 14. f4 (14. Bxf5 Qxf5 15. Qxf5 Nxf5 $15) 14... Bxd3 (14... Qe6 15. Re1 $17) 15. Qxd3 Nf5 ( 15... Qf5 $5 $17) 16. Nd2 $11 Nd6 (16... Bxe5 $4 17. fxe5 (17. dxe5 $6 Qg6 $11) 17... Qe7 18. Rxf5 $18) 17. Rab1 Re7 (17... Qe7 18. e4 f6 19. exd5 cxd5 20. c4 dxc4 21. Nexc4 $11) 18. a4 Rae8 19. c4 dxc4 20. Ndxc4 Nxc4 21. Qxc4 Bb6 (21... Bd6 22. Rf2 $14) 22. Rb3 Qe6 (22... Qd6 $5 $14) 23. Qxe6 $16 Rxe6 (23... fxe6 24. Nc4 Rc8 25. Rfb1 $16) 24. Nc4 $18 R8e7 (24... Rb8 $5 25. Rfb1 Re7 26. Nxb6 axb6 27. Rxb6 $18) 25. Rfb1 h5 (25... f5 26. a5 Bd8 27. Rxb7 $18) 26. Kf2 (26. a5 Bc7 27. Rxb7 g5 28. fxg5 Bg3 $18) 26... h4 $2 (26... c5 $142 27. a5 Bd8 $16) 27. a5 Bd8 (27... Bxd4 28. exd4 Rd7 29. Ne5 Rxd4 30. Rxb7 Rxf4+ 31. Nf3 $18) 28. Rxb7 Kh7 (28... Kf8 29. Rxe7 Rxe7 30. Rb8 $18) 29. a6 (29. Rxe7 Rxe7 30. Kf3 g5 31. fxg5 f6 $18) 29... f6 $4 (29... c5 30. Rxe7 Bxe7 $18) 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. Rb7 Kg6 (31... Rc7 32. Kf3 $18) 32. Na5 $3 Kf7 (32... Bxa5 33. Rxe7 { Deflection}) 33. Nxc6 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Tikhonov, Viacheslav"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2345"] [BlackElo "2180"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. e3 O-O 5. c3 Ba5 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. g3 d5 8. Bg2 c6 9. Ne2 {last book move} Nd7 10. O-O h5 (10... Qe7 11. d4 $17) 11. h3 (11. Nd4 Qg6 $15) 11... Nc5 (11... h4 12. Qa4 Bd8 13. Qxh4 Qxh4 14. gxh4 Bxh4 15. d4 $17) 12. d4 $15 Ne4 13. c4 Bf5 (13... h4 $5 14. g4 Be6 $17) 14. cxd5 $15 cxd5 15. Nf4 (15. Qb3 Rfd8 16. Nbc3 Bxc3 17. Nxc3 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Qe6 $11) 15... Rfd8 $15 16. Qxh5 g6 (16... g5 $5 17. g4 Bg6 (17... gxf4 $6 18. gxf5 Kf8 19. Qg4 $15) 18. Nxg6 fxg6 $19 (18... Qxg6 $143 19. Qxg6+ fxg6 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Na3 $16)) 17. Qe2 $11 g5 (17... Bc7 18. Qb2 $14) 18. Nd3 (18. Nh5 Qe6 19. g4 Bg6 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 $11) 18... Bc7 (18... Qa6 19. Qf3 Bh7 $11 (19... Qxd3 $143 20. Qxf5 Rac8 21. Bxe4 Qxe4 22. Qxg5+ Qg6 23. Qxg6+ fxg6 24. a4 $16)) 19. Rc1 $14 Rac8 20. Nd2 (20. Nc3 $142 Qe7 21. Nb2 $16) 20... b6 $2 ( 20... Bd6 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Nb2 $14) 21. a4 (21. Nb4 Qe6 22. Nc6 Rd7 23. Nxa7 Rcd8 $18) 21... Qd6 $2 (21... Qe7 $142 $14) 22. Nxe4 $18 dxe4 23. Ne5 Qe6 24. Rc6 (24. Nc6 Rd7 25. Nxa7 Re8 $18) 24... Rd6 (24... Qe7 $142 $5 25. Ng4 Kg7 $16 ) 25. Rac1 $18 Rxc6 (25... f6 26. g4 fxe5 27. gxf5 (27. Rxc7 $143 Rxc7 28. Rxc7 Bg6 $18) 27... Rxc6 28. fxe6 Rxc1+ 29. Bf1 $18) 26. Rxc6 (26. Nxc6 $143 Bd8 27. Qc4 Qxc4 28. Rxc4 Kf8 $16) 26... Qb3 $2 (26... Qe8 $142 27. Rf6 Bh7 28. Nxf7 Kg7 $18) 27. Qh5 Bxe5 28. Qxg5+ Bg7 29. Rxc8+ Bxc8 30. Qd8+ Bf8 31. Qxc8 Qxa4 32. Bxe4 Qd1+ (32... Qb5 33. h4 $18) 33. Kg2 Qh5 34. Qb7 a5 35. Qxb6 a4 36. Qa6 a3 37. g4 (37. Qc4 Kg7 $18) 37... Qg5 38. Bd3 (38. Qc4 $142 $18) 38... Qd5+ $16 39. Kg1 a2 40. Qa4 (40. Bc4 $142 a1=Q+ 41. Qxa1 Qxc4 42. Qa8 $16) 40... Qe6 $4 (40... Bb4 $142 $1 41. Bb5 Kg7 $11) 41. Bf1 (41. Bf5 $142 Qd5 42. e4 Qd6 43. Qxa2 Qxd4 $18) 41... Qd5 (41... Kh7 42. Bg2 Bg7 $18) 42. Bg2 Qe6 43. d5 Qb6 ( 43... Qe5 44. Qxa2 Bd6 45. Qa6 $18) 44. Qxa2 Qc5 45. Qe2 (45. Be4 Be7 $18) 45... Bd6 (45... Qc1+ 46. Bf1 $18) 46. f4 $1 Qc1+ (46... Bxf4 47. Kf2 {Decoy}) 47. Kf2 Qc3 (47... Qc5 48. Kg3 $18) 48. h4 Qb4 49. h5 Qxf4+ (49... Bc5 50. Kf3 Qb1 $18) 50. exf4 Bxf4 (50... Kf8 51. Kg3 Bb4 52. Qe5 Ba5 53. d6 Be1+ 54. Qxe1 Kg8 55. d7 Kf8 56. d8=Q+ Kg7 57. Qee8 Kh6 58. Qh8#) 51. Qe8+ (51. Qe7 Be5 52. Qg5+ Kh8 53. Qxe5+ Kg8 54. h6 Kf8 55. h7 f5 56. h8=Q+ Kf7 57. Qhe8#) 51... Kg7 52. Qe4 Bh6 (52... Bd6 53. Qd4+ f6 54. h6+ Kg6 55. Be4+ Kg5 56. h7 Be5 57. Qd2+ Bf4 58. h8=Q f5 59. Qg7+ Kh4 60. Qxf4 fxe4 61. Qgh6#) 53. d6 f6 (53... Bd2 54. Qe5+ Kg8 55. d7 Ba5 56. Qxa5 Kh8 57. Qg5 f5 58. d8=Q+ Kh7 59. Qg6#) 54. d7 (54. Qg6+ Kf8 55. Bd5 Be3+ 56. Kxe3 f5 57. Qf7#) 54... Bg5 (54... Be3+ 55. Qxe3 f5 56. Qg5+ Kh8 57. d8=Q+ Kh7 58. Qg6#) 55. Qg6+ Kf8 56. d8=Q# 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Dubreuil, J."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2345"] [BlackElo "2095"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. e3 O-O 5. c3 Ba5 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. d4 Re8 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Nd2 {last book move} d5 (9... b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nb3 $17) 10. g3 Bg4 11. Bg2 $4 (11. Qb3 $142 $17) 11... Bxc3 $1 $19 12. Rc1 (12. Nxc3 Bxd1 {Pinning} (12... Bxd1 {Deflection})) 12... Bxe2 (12... Bb2 $142 13. Rb1 Nxd4 14. Rxb2 Bxe2 $19) 13. Qxe2 Nxd4 $1 14. Qd3 (14. exd4 Bxd2+ { Double attack} (14... Rxe2+ {Pinning}) (14... Rxe2+ {Deflection}) (14... Rxe2+ {Decoy})) 14... Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Nf3+ (15... c6 16. O-O Nf5 17. Qb4 $19) 16. Bxf3 Qxf3 17. O-O c6 18. Rb1 (18. Qb2 Re7 $19) 18... Re7 (18... b6 19. Rb4 $19) 19. Qb4 Rae8 20. Qd6 (20. Qc5 h5 21. Rb4 Re4 22. Rxe4 Rxe4 $19 (22... dxe4 $143 23. h4 $19) (22... Qxe4 $6 23. Qxa7 h4 24. Qd4 $19)) 20... Qf6 (20... Qe2 21. Qa3 b6 22. Qd6 $19) 21. Qa3 (21. Qxf6 gxf6 22. Rb4 c5 23. Rg4+ Kf8 $19) 21... a6 ( 21... b6 22. Rfd1 $19) 22. Rb2 (22. Rb6 d4 23. exd4 Qxd4 $19) 22... h5 (22... d4 23. Rb3 $19) 23. Rfb1 (23. Rb4 Qd6 $19) 23... h4 (23... b5 24. Qxa6 d4 25. Rb3 $19) 24. Rxb7 $2 (24. Rb4 $142 $19) 24... Rxb7 25. Rxb7 d4 (25... Qa1+ $142 26. Kg2 h3+ 27. Kxh3 Qf1+ 28. Kg4 Qxf2 $19) 26. exd4 $4 (26. Qxa6 $142 dxe3 27. Qe2 $19) 26... Re1+ 27. Kg2 Re2 (27... Qf5 $142 28. gxh4 Qe4+ 29. Qf3 Rg1+ 30. Kxg1 Qxf3 $19) 28. Rb8+ $18 Kh7 29. Qd3+ (29. Qd3+ Qg6 30. Qxe2 hxg3 31. hxg3 $18) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Stojanovski, Sa"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2345"] [BlackElo "2165"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. e3 O-O 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 {last book move} c5 (6... Nc6 $5 7. Bb2 Na5 $17) 7. c3 Ba5 (7... Nc6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bxd5 $15) 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bxd5 Nc6 10. Ne2 Ne5 11. O-O Nf3+ (11... Bh3 $5 $15) 12. Bxf3 $11 Qxf3 13. Nf4 Qc6 (13... Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Rd8 15. e4 $11) 14. Qh5 (14. d4 Re8 $11) 14... Bc7 (14... g6 15. Qd5 $11) 15. Na3 (15. Nd5 Re8 16. c4 g6 $14) 15... b5 (15... Bxf4 $5 16. gxf4 Be6 $15) 16. Qd5 (16. Nd5 Bd6 $14) 16... Bb7 17. Qxc6 Bxc6 18. d4 Bd6 19. c4 b4 20. dxc5 $4 (20. Nc2 Be4 21. Rac1 Rfd8 $11) 20... Bxc5 $4 (20... Bxf4 $142 21. exf4 bxa3 $19) 21. Nd3 $11 Be7 22. Nc2 a5 23. Nd4 Be4 24. Ne5 (24. Rfd1 Rac8 25. Rac1 Bf6 $14) 24... Rfc8 25. Rfc1 (25. f3 Bb7 $11) 25... a4 26. f3 Bf6 (26... Ra5 $142 $5 27. Nd7 Bb7 $11) 27. Nd7 $16 Bxd4 28. exd4 Bxf3 (28... Rd8 $5 29. fxe4 Rxd7 $16) 29. Nb6 $18 b3 $2 (29... Be4 $142 $18) 30. axb3 axb3 31. Rxa8 (31. Nxa8 $6 b2 32. Nb6 bxc1=R+ 33. Rxc1 Re8 $18) 31... Rxa8 32. Nxa8 Bxa8 (32... Be4 33. Re1 b2 $18) 33. Rb1 (33. Rb1 Be4 34. Rxb3 $18) 1-0 [Event "Chess.com Speed Play-In"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Lashkin, Jegor"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2345"] [BlackElo "2450"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. e3 O-O 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 {last book move} Be7 (6... Nc6 $5 7. Bb2 Bg4 $17) 7. Ne2 $15 c5 (7... Nc6 8. Bb2 $15) 8. O-O Nc6 (8... Nbd7 9. Bb2 $11) 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 (9... gxf6 $143 10. Nbc3 d4 11. Nd5 $16) 10. c3 (10. Nbc3 d4 11. Nd5 Be5 $11) 10... Ne7 (10... Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 $15) 11. d4 (11. Nf4 Bd7 $15) 11... b6 (11... Bg4 12. h3 Bd7 13. Nd2 $15) 12. Nd2 $11 g6 13. Rc1 Ba6 (13... Bg4 14. Bf3 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 $11) 14. Re1 Qd7 (14... Rc8 15. Qa4 Bxe2 16. Rxe2 cxd4 17. exd4 $11) 15. c4 ( 15. dxc5 $5 Rfd8 16. cxb6 axb6 17. Qb3 $14) 15... cxd4 $11 16. Nxd4 Bb7 17. c5 Rfc8 18. N2b3 Qa4 (18... Rc7 19. Re2 $11) 19. Qd2 Ba6 20. h4 (20. c6 Bc4 $14 ( 20... Nxc6 $2 21. Nxc6 (21. Bxd5 $6 Ne5 $16) 21... Rxc6 22. Rxc6 (22. Bxd5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 $15) (22. Qxd5 $6 Rxc1 23. Qxa8+ Rc8 24. Qxa7 Qb4 $11) 22... Qxc6 23. Bxd5 $18)) 20... Rab8 (20... Bc4 21. cxb6 axb6 22. Rc2 $11) 21. h5 Bg7 ( 21... Bc4 22. cxb6 Rxb6 23. Bh3 $11) 22. hxg6 (22. Bh3 f5 $14) 22... hxg6 $11 23. cxb6 (23. Bh3 f5 $11) 23... axb6 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Bf1 Bc4 26. Rc1 Ra8 27. Rc2 Nc8 28. Ne2 (28. Nf3 $15) 28... Qa3 (28... Nd6 $142 $5 $15) 29. Nf4 { The isolani on d5 becomes a target} Nd6 (29... Ne7 30. Bg2 $14) 30. Nxd5 Ne4 31. Qd1 Bxf1 32. Qxf1 Rd8 33. Nxb6 (33. Qc4 Ng5 34. Kg2 Qd6 $16) 33... Qb4 ( 33... Qd6 34. Nc4 Qc7 35. Kg2 $16) 34. Nc4 Nc3 35. Rd2 Ra8 36. Nc1 (36. Qd3 Rxa2 37. Rxa2 Nxa2 $16) 36... Ne4 37. Rc2 Nc3 (37... Rd8 $5 $14) 38. Nd2 Rd8 ( 38... Qf8 $142 $16) 39. Ndb3 $4 (39. Qc4 $142 Nd5 40. Ne4 $16) 39... Rd1 $19 40. Qxd1 Nxd1 41. Nd3 (41. Rd2 Nc3 $19) 41... Qb8 (41... Qg4 42. Ne1 $19) 42. Kf1 (42. Nbc5 Qa8 $19) 42... Nc3 43. Ke1 (43. Nf4 Qb7 44. Ne2 Qh1+ 45. Ng1 Qe4 $19) 43... Qb5 44. Ndc1 (44. Nf4 $19) 44... Qh5 45. Ne2 Qh1+ 46. Kd2 (46. Ng1 Qxg1+ 47. Kd2 Qd1#) 46... Ne4+ (46... Qd1#) 47. Kd3 $19 Nxf2+ 48. Kd2 Qd5+ ( 48... Qd1#) 49. Ned4 Ne4+ 50. Kd3 Nxg3 51. Rc5 (51. Nc5 Be5 $19) 51... Qe4+ 52. Kd2 (52. Kc4 Nf5 53. Kb5 Nxe3 $19) 52... Nf1+ 53. Ke2 Qxe3+ 54. Kxf1 Bxd4 ( 54... Bxd4 55. Nxd4 Qxd4 56. Rc8+ Kg7 $19) 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 6th Aug Late"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Svane, R."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2355"] [BlackElo "2630"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. e3 O-O 5. c3 Ba5 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. g3 d5 8. Bg2 c6 9. Ne2 {last book move} Bf5 10. d4 Nd7 11. O-O Rfe8 12. Nd2 g6 13. a4 h5 14. h3 (14. Qb3 Rab8 $15) 14... Qe6 (14... h4 15. Nb3 Bc7 16. g4 $17) 15. Rc1 (15. Nf4 $5 Qd6 16. Qb3 $11) 15... Bxh3 16. Nf4 Bg4 17. Qb3 Qf6 18. Qxb7 Reb8 19. Qa6 Bc7 20. Rb1 h4 21. Rxb8+ Rxb8 (21... Nxb8 $4 22. Qb7 g5 23. Qxc7 $18 (23. Qxa8 $143 gxf4 24. exf4 a6 $18)) 22. Qxa7 Bxf4 23. exf4 Rb2 24. Nf3 hxg3 25. fxg3 Qe6 (25... Qf5 26. Nh4 Qe6 27. f5 Bxf5 28. Qc7 $17 (28. Nxf5 $4 gxf5 29. Qxd7 Qxd7 $19)) 26. Ne5 Nxe5 27. fxe5 (27. dxe5 $142 Qf5 28. Qa8+ Kg7 29. Qxc6 $11) 27... Bh3 $4 (27... Rxg2+ $142 28. Kxg2 Bh3+ 29. Kg1 Bxf1 30. Kxf1 Qf5+ 31. Kg1 Qf3 $11) 28. Bxh3 $18 Qxh3 (28... f5 $18) 29. Qxf7+ (29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Qf8+ Kh7 31. Rf7#) 1-0 [Event "chess.com SpeedChess Q1Sw"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.??.??"] [Round "11"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Vakhlamov, I."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2330"] [BlackElo "2410"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 Re8 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. d4 Bf8 {last book move} 9. g3 (9. Bd3 $5 $15) 9... d5 $17 10. Bg2 Ne7 (10... Bf5 $5 $17) 11. O-O $15 c6 (11... Bf5 12. Nbd2 $11) 12. Nbd2 $11 Be6 (12... Bf5 13. Qb3 $11) 13. a4 (13. Rb1 b5 $11) 13... b6 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Qg6 (15... Qh6 16. Qd3 $11) 16. Ne5 (16. Re1 Qh6 $14) 16... Qh6 $11 17. a5 Red8 (17... f6 $5 18. Nd3 b5 $11) 18. axb6 axb6 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Qb1 (20. Re1 f6 21. Nxc6 Nxc6 $16) 20... b5 (20... f6 21. Nxc6 Nxc6 22. Qxb6 $11) 21. Nd6 (21. Nc5 $5 $14) 21... Nd5 $11 22. c4 Nc3 23. Ndxf7 $2 (23. Qe1 $142 Bxd6 24. Qxc3 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Bxc4 26. Rd1 $11) 23... Bxf7 $19 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. Qf5+ Kg8 26. cxb5 Nxb5 27. d5 (27. Qc2 Rb8 $19 (27... Nxd4 $6 28. Qc4+ Ne6 29. Bxc6 $11)) 27... c5 (27... Nd4 $5 28. Qg4 c5 29. d6 $19) 28. d6 $17 Rd8 29. d7 Qf6 30. Qd5+ (30. Qxf6 gxf6 31. Bc6 $19) 30... Qf7 $19 31. Re1 $2 (31. Rb1 Nc7 32. Qxf7+ Kxf7 $19) 31... Nc7 (31... Nd4 $142 $19) 32. Qxf7+ Kxf7 33. Bh3 Bd6 34. Re4 (34. Re3 g5 $19) 34... g6 35. Kf1 (35. Re3 c4 $19) 35... Nb5 36. Be6+ (36. Re1 Nd4 37. Rd1 Be7 $19) 36... Kf8 37. Ke1 (37. h4 Nd4 38. h5 Nxe6 39. Rxe6 Rxd7 40. hxg6 h5 $19) 37... Nd4 38. Bh3 Nf5 39. g4 (39. Bxf5 gxf5 40. Re6 Rxd7 41. Rf6+ Ke7 42. Rxf5 $19) 39... Nd4 40. g5 (40. Re8+ Rxe8+ 41. dxe8=Q+ Kxe8 $19) 40... Bxh2 (40... Bxh2 41. f4 Nf5 42. Bxf5 gxf5 $19) 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 6th Feb Early"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Herman, Daniel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2345"] [BlackElo "1925"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. e3 O-O 5. c4 Nc6 6. Bb2 d5 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Be2 Qd6 10. O-O Rad8 11. a3 Ba5 12. d4 Rfe8 13. Nbd2 {last book move} Qh6 (13... Qg6 14. Re1 $17) 14. Nc4 $11 Nc3 ( 14... Bf5 15. Rc1 $11) 15. Bxc3 $14 Bxc3 16. Rc1 Bxf3 (16... Bxd4 $5 17. exd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxe2 19. Nxe2 Rxd1 20. Rfxd1 Qg5 $14) 17. Bxf3 $16 Bxd4 18. exd4 (18. Bxc6 Be5 19. Nxe5 Rxd1 20. Bxe8 Rxc1 21. Bxf7+ Kf8 22. Rxc1 Qd6 $11) 18... Nxd4 19. Ne3 c6 20. Rc4 Qf4 $2 (20... Qf6 21. Ra4 $16) 21. Qa1 $4 (21. Bd5 $142 $1 Rxd5 22. Nxd5 Nf3+ 23. Qxf3 Qxc4 24. Ne3 $18) 21... Nxf3+ $14 22. gxf3 Qxf3 23. Rg4 g6 24. Rg3 Qe4 $4 (24... Qf4 $142 $11) 25. Ng4 $18 Re6 (25... Qd4 26. Nf6+ Kf8 27. Nxe8 Qxa1 28. Rxa1 Rxe8 29. Rd1 $18) 26. Nf6+ Rxf6 27. Qxf6 Re8 ( 27... Qd4 28. Qxd4 Rxd4 29. Re1 $18) 28. Re3 (28. Rd1 $5 Qe7 29. Qxe7 Rxe7 $18) 28... Re6 $4 (28... Qg4+ 29. Kh1 Rxe3 30. fxe3 Qd7 $18) 29. Qd8+ (29. Qd8+ Kg7 30. Rxe4 Rxe4 31. Qd7 $18) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Sarana, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2345"] [BlackElo "2695"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 a5 5. a3 Nf6 6. Nf3 {last book move} e4 (6... axb4 $142 $5 7. axb4 Rxa1 8. Bxa1 Na6 $15) 7. Nd4 $14 Bg6 8. Be2 c5 (8... Be7 9. Nc3 $11) 9. bxc5 $14 dxc5 10. Nb5 Nc6 (10... Be7 11. f4 O-O 12. O-O $14) 11. O-O (11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. N1c3 f5 $16) 11... Be7 $14 12. N1c3 O-O 13. Na4 Re8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 (14... gxf6 $143 15. Nac3 $16) 15. Rb1 b6 (15... Bf5 16. Qc2 $14) 16. Nbc3 $14 Bxc3 (16... Rb8 17. Nd5 $14) 17. dxc3 $16 Qg5 18. Nxb6 Ne5 $4 (18... Rad8 $142 19. Qc2 Ne5 $16) 19. Nxa8 $18 Rxa8 20. Qd5 Re8 21. Rb5 h5 22. Rxc5 h4 23. h3 Bf5 (23... a4 24. Rb1 Bf5 25. Kh2 $18) 24. Kh2 (24. Rxa5 Qg6 25. Kh1 Kh8 $18) 24... Kh7 (24... a4 25. Rb1 $18) 25. Rb1 Qf6 26. Rbb5 (26. Rxa5 $142 Bd7 27. Kg1 $18 (27. Qxe4+ $143 Bf5 28. Qb7 Re7 $18 )) 26... g6 (26... Bg6 27. Qd4 Nd3 28. Qxf6 gxf6 29. Rc6 Nxf2 30. Rxf6 $18) 27. Qd4 Bxh3 (27... Nd7 28. Rxf5 $1 Qxd4 29. Rxf7+ Kg8 30. cxd4 Kxf7 $18) 28. Rxe5 (28. gxh3 $4 Qxf2+ 29. Kh1 Qe1+ 30. Kg2 Qxe2+ 31. Kh1 Qf1+ 32. Kh2 Nf3#) (28. Kxh3 $6 Qxf2 29. Kh2 Qg3+ 30. Kg1 Qe1+ 31. Kh2 Qg3+ 32. Kh1 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Qg3+ $11) 28... Qxf2 (28... Rxe5 29. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 30. Rxe5 $18) 29. Qxe4 (29. Rh5+ gxh5 30. Rxh5+ Kg6 31. Rg5+ Kxg5 32. Qg7+ Kf5 33. Qxf7+ Kg5 34. Qxf2 Bc8 $18) 29... Qg3+ 30. Kg1 Rd8 (30... Be6 31. Qf4 Kg7 32. Rb7 Qxf4 33. exf4 $18) 31. Rbd5 Rb8 (31... Rf8 32. Rh5+ Kg7 $18) 32. Rb5 (32. Rh5+ $142 $1 Kg8 33. Rdg5 Bxg2 34. Rh8+ Kxh8 35. Qd4+ Kh7 36. Rxg3 hxg3 37. Kxg2 Rb2 $18) 32... Rd8 33. Rh5+ Kg8 (33... Kg7 34. Rbg5 Bxg2 35. Qxg2 Qxe3+ 36. Qf2 $18) 34. Rhd5 (34. Rbd5 Rf8 35. Rdg5 Bxg2 36. Rh8+ Kxh8 37. Qd4+ Kh7 38. Rxg3 hxg3 39. Kxg2 Kg8 $18) 34... Rf8 (34... Rc8 35. Rg5 Bxg2 36. Qxg2 Qxe3+ 37. Kh1 $18) 35. Qf3 Qe1+ (35... Bf5 36. Qxg3 hxg3 37. c5 $18) 36. Qf1 Qg3 (36... Qxf1+ 37. Kxf1 Be6 38. Rd4 $18) 37. Qf2 Be6 (37... Bf5 38. Rd4 Qxf2+ 39. Kxf2 $18) 38. Qxg3 hxg3 39. Rd4 Rc8 (39... Re8 40. c5 $18) 40. c5 Kg7 (40... Kf8 41. Rxa5 Kg7 42. a4 $18) 41. Bf3 Kf6 (41... f5 42. c6 Kf6 43. Rxa5 $18) 42. Kf1 g5 43. Rb6 (43. Ke2 $142 Rc7 $18) 43... Rxc5 44. c4 Ke5 (44... Re5 45. Ke2 Ke7 46. Rb7+ Kf6 47. Bg4 $18) 45. Bd5 $1 Bf5 (45... Bxd5 46. Rxd5+ {Deflection} (46. cxd5 {Passed pawn})) 46. Rb5 Rc7 47. Be4+ Kf6 48. Rxf5+ (48. Rxf5+ Ke6 49. Rxg5 $18) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 6th Aug Early"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Chernov, AA."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2355"] [BlackElo "2310"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 f5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 h6 {last book move} 9. a4 (9. d4 e4 10. Nd2 Nc6 $14) 9... g5 (9... Nc6 10. b5 Na5 11. d4 $14) 10. d3 (10. d4 e4 11. Nd2 Nc6 $16) 10... Nc6 $14 11. Qb3 Kh7 (11... a5 12. b5 Nb4 13. Nd5 $14) 12. a5 Ne7 (12... g4 13. Nd2 $14) 13. b5 (13. h3 a6 $16) 13... Ng6 (13... g4 14. Nd2 $16) 14. Rfc1 (14. h3 a6 $14) 14... Be6 15. Qa4 (15. a6 $5 b6 16. Nd5 $16) 15... g4 $14 16. Nd2 h5 17. d4 e4 (17... exd4 18. exd4 Nf4 19. Re1 $14) 18. d5 Bd7 19. Nd1 ( 19. Qb4 $142 $5 $14) 19... Qe7 $11 20. Rab1 (20. Qb3 h4 $15) 20... Ne5 21. Qa1 Rg8 (21... h4 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Nc3 $17) 22. Nb3 (22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Nc3 h4 $15) 22... Nf3+ (22... h4 $142 $17) 23. gxf3 $2 (23. Kh1 $142 $15) 23... gxf3 $19 24. Bf1 $4 (24. Kf1 $19) 24... Ng4 (24... Bh8+ 25. Bg2 Rxg2+ 26. Kf1 Qg7 27. Ke1 Rxf2 28. Nxf2 Qg1+ 29. Kd2 Qxf2+ 30. Kc3 Nxd5#) 25. Bxg7 (25. Bh3 Nxh2 $1 26. Bf6 Bxf6+ 27. Kh1 Bxa1 28. a6 Qh4 29. Nd2 Qxh3 30. Rxa1 Nf1#) 25... Rxg7 ( 25... Ne5 $142 26. Qxe5 Qxe5 $19) 26. Kh1 Qh4 (26... Rag8 27. Bh3 Qh4 28. Rc2 Qxh3 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. Nc3 Qxh2#) 27. h3 Nxf2+ 28. Nxf2 Qxf2 (28... Qxf2 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 $19) (28... Rg1+ 29. Kxg1 Qg3+ 30. Kh1 Rg8 31. Ng4 Rxg4 32. hxg4 f2 33. Qh8+ Kxh8 34. Bg2 Qh4+ 35. Bh3 Qxh3#) 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 1st Oct Late"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Zhigalko, S."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2395"] [BlackElo "2570"] [cccccccccccccctator "Fritz 6 (1s)"] [PlyCount "140"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e5 2. Bb2 e4 3. e3 Nf6 4. a3 d5 5. c4 a5 6. b5 Nbd7 7. cxd5 Nc5 {last book move} 8. Bc4 (8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nc3 Bd6 $11) 8... Bg4 (8... Nxd5 $142 $5 9. Qc2 Bf5 $15) 9. f3 $11 Bf5 10. fxe4 (10. d4 Ncd7 $11) 10... Bxe4 {Can d5 get defended?} 11. Qe2 (11. Nf3 Bxd5 12. Bxd5 Nd3+ 13. Ke2 Nxd5 $11 (13... Nxb2 $143 14. Bxf7+ Kxf7 15. Qb3+ Ke8 16. Qxb2 $14)) 11... Bxd5 (11... Nxd5 12. Nf3 $15) 12. Bxd5 $11 Nxd5 13. Nf3 f6 14. O-O Qd7 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 (16. dxc3 $143 Qd3 17. Rae1 Qxe2 18. Rxe2 Nd3 $15) 16... Qd3 17. Qxd3 Nxd3 18. Nd4 b6 (18... a4 19. Ne6 Kd7 20. Nf4 Nxf4 21. Rxf4 $11) 19. Rf5 O-O-O 20. Ne6 (20. Kf1 Ne5 $14) 20... Rd7 21. Nxf8 (21. Kf1 Bd6 $11) 21... Rxf8 22. Bd4 Rfd8 23. h4 Ne5 (23... Rd5 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. a4 $15) 24. Rc1 $14 Kb7 25. h5 (25. Bxe5 fxe5 26. Rxe5 Rxd2 $11) 25... Nf7 26. g4 (26. Rf3 Re7 $11) 26... h6 ( 26... Nh6 27. Rf2 $15) 27. a4 (27. Kh2 Rxd4 28. exd4 Rxd4 $15) 27... Nd6 (27... Rxd4 $142 $5 28. exd4 Rxd4 $15) 28. Rf4 $14 Nf7 29. Kf2 (29. Kf1 $142 $5 $11) 29... Ng5 $15 30. Rf5 Re8 (30... Ne6 $142 31. Bc3 Nc5 $17) 31. Kf1 $2 (31. Rc2 Re4 32. Kg3 Ne6 $17) 31... Ne4 (31... Re4 32. d3 Rxg4 33. Rc6 $19) 32. d3 (32. Ke1 Rxd4 33. exd4 Nd6+ 34. Kf2 Nxf5 35. gxf5 $17) 32... Ng3+ $19 33. Kf2 (33. Kg2 $142 $5 Nxf5 34. gxf5 $19) 33... Nxf5 34. gxf5 Rd5 35. Rg1 Rxf5+ 36. Ke2 Re7 (36... Rxh5 $143 37. Rxg7 Rh2+ 38. Kf3 $19) 37. Rh1 Rd5 (37... Rd7 38. e4 $19) 38. Kf3 (38. Kd2 $19) 38... Rf5+ 39. Ke2 Rg5 (39... Rd7 40. e4 $19) 40. Kf2 (40. e4 f5 41. Rh4 fxe4 42. dxe4 Rg3 $19) 40... Kc8 (40... Rd7 $142 $5 41. Kf3 $19) 41. e4 Rd7 42. Be3 Re5 (42... Rg4 43. Ke2 $19) 43. Ke2 Re8 (43... f5 $142 44. Rh4 Kb7 $19) 44. Rd1 $2 (44. Rc1 f5 $1 45. Rc4 Kd8 $19) 44... Kb7 ( 44... f5 45. Rf1 fxe4 46. d4 $19) 45. Kf3 (45. Rh1 f5 $1 46. Rh4 c5 47. bxc6+ Kxc6 48. exf5 Rde7 $19) 45... Red8 (45... Re5 $142 $19) 46. d4 Re8 47. d5 $2 ( 47. Rc1 $142 $19) 47... Rde7 (47... Re5 48. Bf4 Rxh5 49. Rc1 $19) 48. Rd4 (48. d6 cxd6 49. Rxd6 Rxe4 50. Rxb6+ Kc7 51. Rc6+ Kd7 $19) 48... Re5 (48... f5 $5 49. d6 Rxe4 50. d7 $19) 49. d6 cxd6 (49... f5 50. d7 Rd8 51. exf5 Rxf5+ 52. Bf4 $19) 50. Rxd6 Rxe4 51. Rxb6+ Kc7 52. Rc6+ Kd7 53. Bf4 (53. Bc5 Rc4 (53... Rxa4 $6 54. Rd6+ Kc8 55. Rc6+ Kb7 56. Rb6+ Kc7 57. Rc6+ Kb8 58. Rb6+ Ka8 59. Ra6+ Kb7 60. Rb6+ Kc7 61. Rc6+ Kd8 62. Rd6+ Kc7 63. Rc6+ $11) 54. Rd6+ Ke7 55. Rc6+ Kf7 $19) 53... Rxa4 54. Rc7+ Ke6 55. Rxg7 Kf5 56. Bg3 (56. Bxh6 Ra3+ 57. Kf2 $19) 56... Ra3+ 57. Kg2 (57. Kf2 Rb3 58. Ra7 Kg4 59. Rg7+ Kxh5 $19) 57... Re2+ 58. Kh3 (58. Kf1 Rb2 59. Be1 Rxb5 $19) 58... Rb3 (58... Rb2 59. Rg6 $19) 59. Rg6 (59. b6 Rb1 60. Bh2 Rxb6 $19) 59... Ree3 60. Kh4 Rb4+ 61. Kh3 Rxb5 62. Rxh6 (62. Kg2 Rb2+ 63. Kf1 a4 $19) 62... Rbb3 63. Rg6 (63. Kh2 Rxg3 64. Rg6 a4 65. Rxg3 Rxg3 66. Kxg3 a3 $19) 63... a4 64. Rg8 (64. Kh2 Rxg3 $1 65. Rxg3 Rxg3 66. Kxg3 $19) 64... Rb7 (64... a3 $142 65. Kh2 a2 $19) 65. h6 (65. Ra8 a3 66. Ra5+ Ke6 67. Ra6+ Kd5 $19) 65... Rh7 (65... a3 $5 66. Rg4 a2 67. Ra4 $19) 66. Kg2 Rxh6 67. Ra8 (67. Bf2 Rb3 $19) 67... Rg6 68. Ra5+ Ke6 69. Ra6+ Kd7 70. Ra7+ Kc6 (70... Kc6 71. Rxa4 Rgxg3+ 72. Kf2 Rgf3+ 73. Kg2 f5 $19) 0-1 [Event "chess.com SpeedChess Q1Sw"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Koshulyan, Egor A"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2330"] [BlackElo "2135"] [PlyCount "154"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e5 2. Bb2 e4 3. e3 Nf6 4. a3 d5 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. Nf4 {last book move} Bd6 9. Nh5 (9. cxd5 Bxf4 10. exf4 cxd5 $15) 9... Be5 (9... Nbd7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 $15) 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 (10... gxf6 $143 11. f4 exf3 12. d4 fxg2 13. Bxg2 $16) 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qb3 (12. d4 $5 $11 ) 12... Be6 $17 13. Nb5 (13. Qc2 $5 $17) 13... d4 $19 14. Qc2 d3 (14... Nc6 $142 $5 $17) 15. Bxf6 $15 Qxf6 16. Qc3 Qg6 17. Nc7 Rc8 18. Nd5 $2 (18. Qe5 $142 Nc6 19. Qf4 $15) 18... Qg5 $19 19. Nc7 Na6 $4 (19... Qe7 $142 20. Rc1 Na6 21. Nxa8 Rxc3 22. Rxc3 b5 $19) 20. Nxe6 $11 fxe6 21. Qd4 Qf5 (21... Qg6 22. f3 exf3 23. gxf3 $11) 22. f3 exf3 23. Bxd3 f2+ (23... fxg2 $5 24. Rg1 Qh3 $11) 24. Ke2 $16 Qg5 (24... Qh5+ $5 25. Kxf2 Rf8+ 26. Ke1 Nc7 $16) 25. Qe4 $18 Qh6 (25... Qh5+ 26. Kxf2 Nc7 27. Rhc1 (27. Qxb7 $6 Rf8+ 28. Ke1 Nd5 $16) 27... Qxh2 28. Rh1 Rf8+ 29. Ke2 $18) 26. Qxb7 Nc7 27. g4 (27. Rac1 Rab8 28. Qe4 $18 (28. Rxc7 $6 Qh5+ 29. Qf3 Qxf3+ 30. gxf3 Rxc7 $11)) 27... Nd5 $14 28. h4 (28. Be4 Rf8 29. Raf1 Rad8 30. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Qh4+ 32. Kf1 Qh3+ 33. Ke1 Qh4+ 34. Kf1 Qh3+ 35. Ke1 Qh4+ 36. Kf1 $11) 28... Qf6 (28... Rf8 29. Raf1 Qf6 30. Rh3 $11) 29. Raf1 (29. Be4 Rf8 30. Bxd5 exd5 31. Qxd5+ Kh8 $15) 29... Rf8 $11 30. Rh3 Qe5 ( 30... Rad8 $142 31. Qc6 Rc8 $11) 31. Rxf2 $4 (31. Rf3 Rab8 32. Qxa7 Nf4+ 33. Rxf4 Rxf4 34. h5 $11 (34. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Qh2+ 36. Kf3 Rf8+ 37. Ke4 Qg2+ ( 37... Qxd2 $6 38. Qd7 $15) (37... Qxh4 $6 38. Bc4 $15) 38. Kd4 Qd5+ 39. Kc3 Rc8+ 40. Qc5 Rxc5+ 41. bxc5 Qxc5+ 42. Kb3 Qc1 $19)) 31... Rxf2+ $19 32. Kxf2 Rf8+ 33. Rf3 (33. Bf5 exf5 34. Rf3 Qh2+ 35. Ke1 Qh1+ 36. Rf1 Qxh4+ 37. Rf2 $19) 33... Qh2+ 34. Ke1 Rxf3 (34... Qxh4+ 35. Ke2 Qh2+ 36. Ke1 Rxf3 37. Qc8+ Kf7 38. Qd7+ Ne7 39. Kd1 $19) 35. Qc8+ (35. Qa8+ Kf7 36. Qxa7+ Ne7 $19) 35... Kf7 36. Qd7+ (36. Qb7+ Qc7 37. Qxc7+ Nxc7 38. Bxh7 Rg3 $19) 36... Ne7 37. Kd1 Qg1+ 38. Kc2 Qxg4 39. Bxh7 (39. Be2 Qf5+ 40. Bd3 Qd5 41. Qxa7 Rh3 $19) 39... Qc4+ 40. Kb2 Qd5 41. Qxd5 Nxd5 42. Kc2 (42. h5 Rf2 43. Kc1 Nb6 $19) 42... Rf2 (42... g6 43. h5 gxh5 44. Be4 $19) 43. Be4 (43. h5 Nxe3+ 44. Kd3 Nf1 $19) 43... Nxe3+ 44. Kd3 (44. Kc3 Nd5+ 45. Kd3 Rh2 $19) 44... Nf1 45. a4 (45. Kc3 Nxd2 46. Bd3 Kf6 $19) 45... Rxd2+ 46. Kc4 (46. Kc3 Rh2 47. h5 Rxh5 $19) 46... Ne3+ 47. Kc5 Nf5 ( 47... Rh2 48. a5 $19) 48. b5 (48. h5 Rh2 $19) 48... Nd6 49. Bc6 (49. Bf3 Ke7 50. Bc6 Rh2 $19) 49... e5 50. a5 (50. Kb4 Ke6 $19) 50... e4 51. a6 (51. b6 axb6+ 52. axb6 e3 $19) 51... Nc8 (51... Ke6 $142 52. Ba8 e3 53. Bf3 $19) 52. Bxe4 Nb6 (52... Ke6 53. Bf3 $19) 53. Kc6 Rd7 54. Bf5 Re7 55. h5 (55. Bc2 Ke6 56. Bb3+ Ke5 $19) 55... Kf6 56. Bg6 (56. Bg4 Ke5 57. Bf3 Kd4 $19) 56... Kg5 ( 56... Ke5 $142 $5 57. Bh7 $19) 57. Kc5 Rc7+ 58. Kd6 Rc1 59. Be8 (59. Ke6 Rc5 60. Be8 Nc4 $19) 59... Rc3 (59... Nc8+ $5 60. Kd5 $19) 60. Bg6 Nc8+ 61. Kd7 ( 61. Kd5 $19) 61... Nb6+ (61... Rc5 62. Kd8 Kf6 63. Be4 $19) 62. Kd6 Kf6 (62... Kf4 63. Be8 $19) 63. Be8 (63. Be4 Re3 64. Bc6 Re7 $19) 63... Kf5 (63... Nc8+ 64. Kd5 $19) 64. Bg6+ (64. Bc6 Nc4+ 65. Kd5 Kg4 $19) 64... Kf4 65. Be8 Ke3 66. Bc6 Kd4 67. Kc7 (67. Ke7 Nd5+ 68. Kf8 Rg3 $19) 67... Re3 68. Kd6 Kc4 69. Kc7 Kc5 70. Kb7 Re7+ 71. Kb8 Nc4 72. Bb7 (72. Kc8 Nd6+ 73. Kd8 Re5 $19) 72... Kxb5 (72... Nd6 73. Bc6 Rf7 74. Be8 Nxe8 75. h6 gxh6 76. b6 Kxb6 77. Kc8 Nf6 78. Kd8 h5 79. Kc8 Rf8#) 73. Kxa7 (73. Kc8 $19) 73... Nd6 74. Ka8 (74. h6 gxh6 75. Kb8 Kb6 76. Bc6 Kxc6 77. Ka8 Kb6 78. a7 Re8#) 74... Kb6 75. h6 (75. Bc6 Kxc6 76. Kb8 Kb6 77. a7 Re8#) 75... gxh6 (75... Re8+ 76. Bc8 Rxc8#) 76. a7 (76. Bc6 Kxc6 77. Kb8 Kb6 78. a7 Re8#) 76... Nxb7 (76... Rxb7 $6) 77. Kb8 Re8# 0-1 [Event "chess.com SpeedChess Q2Sw"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Drygalov, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2330"] [BlackElo "2545"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e5 2. Bb2 e4 3. e3 Nf6 4. a3 a5 5. b5 d5 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 d4 8. exd4 Qxd4 {last book move} 9. Nge2 Qe5 (9... Qxc4 10. Ng3 Qe6 11. Qa4 $14) 10. Ng3 (10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Ng3 Qe6 $16) 10... Bc5 $14 11. Be2 (11. Qb1 $142 $5 Bd4 12. Nge2 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 $14) 11... Bd4 $15 12. O-O O-O (12... cxb5 13. cxb5 O-O 14. Qc2 $15) 13. Qc2 $11 {Can e4 get defended?} h5 14. Rfe1 ( 14. d3 $142 $5 cxb5 15. cxb5 $11 (15. dxe4 $143 h4 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Re8 $17)) 14... h4 $17 15. Nf1 (15. Ngxe4 Nxe4 16. Bf3 Bxf2+ 17. Kh1 Ng3+ 18. hxg3 Bxe1 $15) 15... cxb5 16. cxb5 Bf5 (16... Be6 $5 $17) 17. Ne3 $15 h3 (17... Nbd7 18. Na4 Be6 $15) 18. Nxf5 $2 (18. Na4 $142 $5 Be6 19. Bxd4 Qxd4 20. Nc5 hxg2 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Bc4 $11) 18... Qxf5 $17 19. Nd1 Bxb2 (19... Rc8 20. Qb3 Bxb2 21. Nxb2 hxg2 22. Nc4 $17) 20. Qxb2 $17 hxg2 21. Ne3 Qf4 (21... Qg5 $5 $17) 22. Nxg2 $15 Qg5 23. Kh1 (23. d3 Nbd7 $15) 23... Nbd7 $17 24. Rg1 Ne5 (24... Rfd8 25. Ne3 Qe5 26. Rab1 $17) 25. Ne3 $15 Qf4 26. Ng2 Qf5 (26... Qxf2 $143 27. Qxe5 Rfe8 28. Qg5 $18) 27. Ne3 Qe6 (27... Qxf2 28. Qxe5 g6 29. Nf5 Qxe2 30. Qxf6 Qf3+ 31. Rg2 Qxf5 32. Qxf5 Rfc8 33. Rxg6+ Kf8 34. Rag1 Rc1 35. Rg8+ Ke7 36. Rxc1 Kd6 37. Rxa8 e3 38. Re8 exd2 39. Qd3#) 28. Rg5 Nf3 (28... Rfe8 $142 $15) 29. Bxf3 $16 exf3 30. Rag1 g6 31. Qd4 (31. Rf5 $142 Nd7 32. Ng4 $16) 31... Ne4 $4 (31... Rfe8 $142 32. Nd5 Nxd5 33. Rxd5 Qe4 34. Qxe4 Rxe4 $11) 32. Nf5 $18 Nf6 (32... Nxf2+ 33. Qxf2 Rad8 34. Qxf3 Rfe8 35. Qxb7 Rd7 $18) 33. Nh6+ (33. Rxg6+ fxg6 34. Rxg6+ Kh8 35. Qh4+ Nh7 36. Rxe6 Rac8 37. h3 Rc1+ 38. Kh2 Rc7 39. Ne7 Rc4 40. Qxc4 Rf7 41. Rg6 Nf6 42. Qh4+ Rh7 43. Qxf6+ Rg7 44. Qxg7#) 33... Kg7 $16 34. Nf5+ Kg8 35. Nh6+ (35. Rxg6+ fxg6 36. Rxg6+ Kh8 37. Qh4+ Nh7 38. Rxe6 Rac8 39. h3 Rc1+ 40. Kh2 Rc7 41. Ne7 Rc6 42. bxc6 a4 43. Rh6 Rf7 44. Qd4+ Rg7 45. c7 b6 46. c8=Q#) 35... Kg7 $14 36. Nf5+ (36. Re5 $5 Qh3 37. Rf5 Qxh6 38. Rxf6 $16) 36... Kg8 $11 1/2-1/2 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Ronka, E."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2355"] [BlackElo "2305"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e5 2. a3 d5 3. Bb2 f6 4. e3 Bd6 5. d3 Ne7 6. c4 c6 7. Nf3 O-O {last book move} 8. Qb3 (8. Nc3 Be6 $11) 8... Kh8 (8... Be6 9. Nbd2 $15) 9. g3 (9. Nc3 Be6 $11) 9... Be6 (9... a5 10. c5 Bc7 11. Bg2 $11) 10. Bg2 (10. Nbd2 Nd7 $11) 10... Nd7 (10... dxc4 11. dxc4 a5 12. Nbd2 $11) 11. Nbd2 Qe8 12. O-O Qh5 13. Rac1 Bh3 (13... a5 $5 $11) 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. e4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qf7 17. exd5 Nxd5 (17... Qxd5 $143 18. Qxd5 Nxd5 19. d4 $16) 18. Nc4 b5 19. Ncd2 (19. Nxd6 $4 Nf4+ 20. gxf4 Qxb3 $19) 19... N7b6 (19... Rac8 20. Kg1 $11) 20. Rc6 (20. Rfe1 Rfe8 $11) 20... Rad8 21. Kg1 Qh5 22. d4 exd4 (22... Qe8 23. Qc2 Nc4 24. Ra6 $11) 23. Nxd4 Rfe8 (23... Be5 24. Ne6 (24. Nxb5 $143 Qe2 25. Nxa7 Bxb2 $19) 24... Rc8 25. Rc5 $11) 24. Qf3 (24. Nxb5 Bf4 25. Qf3 $16 ( 25. gxf4 $4 Ne3 26. Qxe3 Rxe3 $19)) 24... Qxf3 $11 25. N2xf3 a6 26. Nf5 Bf8 27. Bd4 Nc4 28. Rxa6 Ra8 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Re1 (30. Bc5 $5 $14) 30... Nxa3 (30... g6 31. Ne3 Ncxe3 32. fxe3 Rxa3 33. e4 Nxb4 34. Bxf6+ Kg8 35. Ne5 $15) 31. Bc5 Nxb4 32. Bxf8 Rxf8 33. Re7 g6 34. Nd6 Nc6 35. Rb7 { The isolani on b5 becomes a target} b4 (35... Na5 36. Ra7 N5c4 37. Nf7+ Kg8 38. Nh6+ Kh8 39. Nd4 $11) 36. Rc7 (36. Rb6 Na5 $14) 36... Ne5 37. Nd4 Rb8 38. f4 b3 39. Nxb3 (39. fxe5 $5 b2 40. Nf7+ Kg8 41. Nh6+ Kh8 42. Nf7+ Kg8 43. Nh6+ Kh8 44. Nf7+ $11) 39... Nf3+ $17 (39... Rxb3 $6 40. fxe5 fxe5 41. Nf7+ Kg7 42. Nxe5+ Kf6 43. Ng4+ Kg5 44. Nf2 $11) 40. Kg2 Rxb3 41. Ne8 (41. Nf7+ $142 Kg8 42. Nh6+ Kf8 43. Rxh7 $11) 41... Rb6 $4 (41... Ne1+ $142 42. Kf1 Rb6 43. Nxf6 Rxf6 44. Kxe1 Kg8 $19) 42. Kxf3 $11 Nb5 43. Rc8 Kg8 (43... f5 $5 $11) 44. Nxf6+ $16 Kf7 $2 (44... Kg7 $142 $5 45. Nd5 Rb7 $16) 45. Nxh7 $18 Nd6 $2 (45... Nd4+ 46. Kg4 $18) 46. Ng5+ (46. Rc7+ $5 Ke6 47. Rg7 Kd5 48. Rxg6 Rb7 49. Nf6+ Kd4 $18) 46... Ke7 47. Rc7+ Kd8 48. Rg7 (48. Rh7 $142 $18) 48... Rb3+ $2 (48... Nf5 49. Ra7 Ke8 $18) 49. Kg4 Nf5 50. Rg8+ (50. Rxg6 Ne3+ 51. Kh5 Ke8 $18) 50... Ke7 ( 50... Kd7 51. Rxg6 Ne3+ 52. Kh5 $18) 51. Rxg6 Ne3+ 52. Kh5 Nf1 (52... Kd7 53. h4 $18) 53. Re6+ (53. f5 $142 Rb2 54. f6+ Kd7 55. Rg7+ Kc6 $18) 53... Kd7 54. Re2 Rb1 (54... Ne3 55. g4 Nd5 56. Rd2 $18) 55. Ne4 (55. f5 Rb6 $18) 55... Rb2 ( 55... Rb8 56. h4 Rb3 $18) 56. Rxb2 (56. Rxb2 Ne3 57. g4 $18) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Manmay Chopra"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2355"] [BlackElo "2150"] [PlyCount "191"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. a3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. c4 c5 9. bxc5 bxc5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nc3 Bf6 { last book move} 12. Rc1 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 (13. Rxc3 $143 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Nd7 $15) 13... Nd7 14. Qa4 Nb6 15. Qg4 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 Rc8 17. Rfc1 (17. Rd1 $142 $5 $14) 17... Bxf3 $15 18. Qxf3 Qxd2 19. h4 c4 20. h5 (20. Bxc4 Nxc4 {Combination}) 20... h6 21. Bf1 (21. Bxc4 Nxc4 22. Rxc4 Qxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 24. Kh2 Rc5 $15) 21... Rc7 $17 22. Qe4 Qd5 23. Qf4 Rfc8 24. Qg4 Qg5 (24... Rc5 25. Be2 $17) 25. Qf3 (25. Qxg5 hxg5 26. Kh2 $17) 25... Qd5 26. Qg4 Rc5 27. Be2 Qg5 (27... Qd2 28. g3 $17) 28. Qe4 Qd5 29. Qc2 (29. Qg4 Qd2 $17) 29... Nd7 (29... Qe5 30. Qa2 $17) 30. Rxc4 (30. Rd1 Qb7 $15) 30... Rxc4 $17 31. Bxc4 Qxh5 32. Qd2 Nb6 33. Bd3 Rxc1+ 34. Qxc1 Qd5 35. Qc2 Qd6 36. a4 a5 (36... Qe5 37. Bb5 $17) 37. Bb5 ( 37. Qc3 Qd8 (37... Nxa4 $4 38. Qc8+ Qf8 39. Bh7+ Kxh7 40. Qxf8 $18) 38. Qd2 Nd5 $17 (38... Nxa4 39. Bh7+ Kxh7 40. Qxd8 $18)) 37... g6 (37... Nd5 38. Bd3 g5 39. Be4 $17) 38. g3 (38. Qc3 Qd1+ 39. Kh2 Nxa4 40. Qxa5 Qd6+ 41. Kh3 Nb6 $17) 38... Nd5 39. Qd2 Qb4 40. Qc1 $2 (40. Qxb4 Nxb4 41. Kf1 Kf8 $17) 40... Qc3 (40... Nc3 $142 $5 $19) 41. Qf1 Kg7 42. Qd1 Qb2 43. Kf1 Kf8 44. Kg1 Nc3 (44... Qb4 $5 $17) 45. Qd4 (45. Qd6+ $5 Kg7 46. Qe5+ Kg8 47. Qb8+ Kh7 48. Qc7 $11) 45... Qb1+ $15 46. Kh2 Nxb5 47. Qc5+ Nd6 48. Qxd6+ Kg8 49. Qd8+ Kg7 50. Qxa5 Qc2 51. Qe5+ f6 52. Qxe6 Qxf2+ 53. Kh3 Qf1+ 54. Kh2 Qe2+ 55. Kg1 Qd1+ 56. Kf2 Qc2+ 57. Kf3 Qxa4 58. Qe7+ Kg8 59. Qxf6 Qd1+ 60. Kf2 Qd2+ 61. Kf3 Qd1+ 62. Ke4 Qg4+ 63. Kd5 Qxg3 64. Qd8+ Kf7 65. Qd7+ Kf6 66. Qc6+ (66. Qd8+ $5 Kf5 67. e4+ Kg4 68. Qd7+ Kf3 69. e5 $11) 66... Kg5 $15 67. e4 (67. Qc1 Qg2+ 68. e4+ Kh5 69. Qd1+ Kh4 70. Qe1+ Kg4 $11) 67... Qd3+ (67... Qb3+ 68. Kd4 Qb2+ 69. Kd5 $17) 68. Ke5 (68. Ke6 Kf4 69. Kf6 $15) 68... Qg3+ (68... Qf1 69. Qc5 $15) 69. Ke6 (69. Kd5 Qb3+ 70. Kd6 Kf4 $17) 69... h5 (69... Qf3 70. Qd5+ Kg4 71. e5 $11) 70. e5 (70. Qc1+ $5 Kg4 71. Qd1+ Kf4 72. Qd6+ Kf3 73. Qxg3+ Kxg3 74. e5 $11) 70... h4 71. Qc1+ Qf4 72. Qe1 $4 (72. Qg1+ $142 Kh6 73. Qh1 $17) 72... h3 $19 73. Kd7 (73. Ke7 h2 74. e6 $19) 73... Qd4+ (73... h2 $142 74. Ke7 Qh4 $19) 74. Kc6 Qc4+ 75. Kb7 (75. Kd6 Qd3+ 76. Kc5 Qa3+ 77. Kb6 Qb3+ 78. Kc7 Kf5 $19) 75... Qe6 (75... Kf5 76. Qf2+ Qf4 77. Qc2+ Kg5 78. Qe2 $19) 76. Kc7 (76. Qd2+ Kh5 77. Qe3 g5 $19) 76... Kh5 (76... Kf4 77. Qf2+ Kxe5 78. Qg3+ Ke4 79. Qe1+ Kf5 80. Qf2+ Kg4 81. Qg1+ Kh5 82. Qd4 $19) 77. Qe2+ (77. Qd1+ Kh4 78. Qe1+ Kg4 79. Qe4+ Kh5 80. Qf3+ Kh6 81. Qf8+ Kg5 $19) 77... Qg4 (77... Kh6 $142 78. Qd2+ Kg7 $19) 78. Qe1 $4 (78. Qxg4+ $142 Kxg4 79. e6 $19) 78... Qf4 79. Kd7 (79. Qe2+ Kh6 80. Qd3 h2 81. Qh3+ Kg5 82. Qg2+ Kh4 $19) 79... Qd4+ (79... h2 $142 80. e6 Qa4+ 81. Kd6 Qa3+ 82. Kd7 Qa7+ 83. Ke8 Qa8+ 84. Kf7 h1=Q 85. Qe5+ g5 86. Qe2+ Qaf3+ 87. Qxf3+ Qxf3+ 88. Ke7 Qa3+ 89. Kf7 Qa2 $19) 80. Kc7 (80. Ke8 Qh4 81. Qh1 $19) 80... Qh4 ( 80... Qc4+ $142 81. Kd7 h2 $19) 81. Qd1+ Qg4 82. Qe1 Qf4 83. Kd7 Qf5+ (83... h2 84. Qh1 Kh6 85. e6 Qd4+ 86. Kc7 Qa7+ 87. Kd6 $19) 84. Kc6 $4 (84. e6 Qd5+ 85. Kc7 Qc5+ 86. Kd7 Qb5+ 87. Kd6 Qd3+ 88. Kc7 Qc4+ 89. Kd6 Qf4+ 90. Kd7 $15) 84... Qe6+ (84... Qf3+ $142 85. Kd6 h2 $19) 85. Kc5 (85. Kb7 g5 86. Qe4 g4 $19) 85... g5 86. Kd4 (86. Qg3 g4 87. Qf4 Kh4 $19) 86... g4 (86... Qg4+ $142 87. Kc5 h2 88. Kd6 $19) 87. Ke4 (87. Qe2 $19) 87... Qg6+ (87... Qc6+ $142 $5 88. Kd4 h2 89. Qf1 $19) 88. Kd4 (88. Kd5 Qg8+ 89. e6 $19) 88... Qg5 (88... Qb6+ $142 89. Kd3 h2 $19) 89. e6 g3 $4 (89... Qd8+ $142 90. Kc5 Qc7+ 91. Kb5 Qb8+ 92. Kc5 Qa7+ 93. Kc6 Qa4+ 94. Kd6 Qd4+ 95. Kc6 Qf6 $17) 90. e7 $18 g2 (90... Qf4+ 91. Qe4 Qd2+ 92. Ke5 Qb2+ 93. Ke6 Qb6+ 94. Kf7 Qa7 $18) 91. e8=Q+ Kg4 (91... Qg6 92. Q1e5+ Kh4 93. Qf4+ Kh5 94. Qee5+ Qf5 95. Qexf5#) 92. Q8e4+ (92. Q8e2+ Kf5 93. Qe6+ Kf4 94. Q1e3#) 92... Qf4 (92... Kh5 93. Qh7+ Kg4 94. Qd7+ Qf5 95. Qe4+ Kg3 96. Qd6+ Qe5+ 97. Qdxe5+ Kf2 98. Q4f4+ Kg1 99. Qe1#) 93. Q1e2+ Kg3 (93... Kg5 94. Qb5+ Kf6 95. Qxf4+ Ke7 96. Qfe5+ Kf7 97. Qbe8#) 94. Qxf4+ (94. Q2d3+ Kg4 95. Qdf3+ Kg5 96. Qfxf4+ Kh5 97. Qef5#) 94... Kxf4 95. Qf2+ Kg4 96. Ke3 ( 96. Ke3 g1=R 97. Qxg1+ Kf5 98. Qf2+ Ke6 99. Kd3 Kd6 100. Qb6+ Kd7 101. Qa7+ Kd6 102. Qb8+ Kc6 103. Qe5 Kb7 104. Qg3 h2 105. Qg7+ Kb6 106. Qh8 Kb7 107. Qb2+ Kc7 108. Qxh2+ Kd7 109. Qh4 Kd6 110. Qh2+ Kd7 111. Qh7+ Kc6 112. Qe4+ Kc5 113. Qe6 Kb5 114. Kd4 Kb4 115. Qb6+ Ka4 116. Kc4 Ka3 117. Qb3#) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Liu, Zachary Hankun"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2355"] [BlackElo "2000"] [PlyCount "122"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. a3 c5 4. bxc5 Bxc5 5. d4 Be7 6. Nd2 Nc6 7. e3 O-O 8. Ngf3 d6 {last book move} 9. Bd3 a6 10. O-O Bd7 11. e4 ( 11. c4 Qc7 $14) 11... h6 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Nd5 14. c4 Nf4 15. Bc2 (15. Ne4 $142 $11) 15... Bc5 (15... Na5 $142 $5 16. h4 Bc6 $11 (16... Bxh4 $2 17. g3 $18 )) 16. Ne4 $16 Ba7 17. Nd6 Qc7 18. g3 Ng6 19. h4 Rfd8 20. h5 Nf8 21. Nh4 (21. Qd2 Bc5 22. Rad1 Be8 $16) 21... Be8 22. Qg4 Nh7 23. Rfe1 (23. Nf3 $142 Qe7 24. Rad1 $18) 23... Bxf2+ $15 24. Kg2 $4 (24. Kxf2 Qb6+ {Double attack} (24... Qb6+ {Decoy})) 24... Bxe1 $19 25. Rxe1 Ng5 26. Nf3 (26. Qf4 $19) 26... Qe7 $4 (26... f5 27. exf6 Rxd6 28. fxg7 $19) 27. Ne4 $2 (27. Nxg5 $142 Qxg5 28. Qxg5 hxg5 29. c5 $17) 27... Nxf3 $19 28. Nf6+ (28. Kxf3 Qxa3+ $1 29. Bxa3 Nxe5+ 30. Kf4 Nxg4 31. Kxg4 f5+ 32. Kf4 fxe4 33. Bxe4 $19) 28... Kf8 (28... Kh8 $142 29. Qxf3 gxf6 $19) 29. Nh7+ $11 Kg8 30. Nf6+ Kf8 (30... Kh8 $142 $5 31. Kxf3 gxf6 32. exf6 $19) 31. Kxf3 $4 (31. Nh7+ $142 $5 Kg8 32. Nf6+ $11) 31... Na5 $4 (31... Nxe5+ $142 32. Bxe5 gxf6 $19) 32. Bc1 $4 (32. Nh7+ $142 Kg8 33. Nf6+ Kh8 34. Qe4 $17) 32... Bc6+ $19 33. Kf2 Qc5+ (33... gxf6 $142 34. Bxh6+ Ke8 $19) 34. Be3 Qxc4 $4 (34... Qxe5 $142 35. Nd5 Rxd5 36. cxd5 Qxd5 $19) 35. Qxc4 $14 Nxc4 36. Bc5+ Nd6 37. Ng4 (37. Ne4 b6 38. Bb4 f6 $14) 37... Kg8 38. exd6 (38. Bxd6 $5 Rac8 39. Ne3 $14) 38... Rac8 $15 39. Bb4 b6 40. Rd1 a5 41. Be1 Bd5 42. Bd3 (42. Ne3 $5 $15) 42... Rxd6 $17 43. Bd2 $4 (43. Ne3 Rcd8 44. Nxd5 Rxd5 $17 (44... exd5 $6 45. Rc1 $11)) 43... Rcd8 (43... Bb3 $142 44. Bf4 Bxd1 45. Bxd6 Rd8 $19) 44. Bf4 $17 R6d7 (44... Bf3 $1 45. Nxh6+ gxh6 46. Bh7+ Kxh7 47. Rxd6 Rxd6 48. Bxd6 Bxh5 $17) 45. Ne5 $15 Rd6 46. Bb1 (46. Ng4 Bf3 47. Nxh6+ gxh6 48. Bh7+ Kxh7 49. Rxd6 Rxd6 50. Bxd6 Bxh5 $17) 46... Bb3 (46... f6 47. Nc4 Rc6 48. Ne3 $17) 47. Rxd6 Rxd6 48. Nxf7 Rc6 (48... Rd1 $5 49. Bg6 Ra1 $15) 49. Bg6 $11 Bc2 50. Nd8 Rc3 51. Nxe6 (51. Bf7+ $142 $5 Kh7 52. Nxe6 Rxa3 53. Bd6 $11) 51... Bxg6 $17 52. hxg6 Rc2+ (52... Rxa3 $5 53. Be5 Rd3 54. Nxg7 Rd5 $17) 53. Ke3 $11 Ra2 (53... Rc6 54. Nd4 Rxg6 55. Ke4 $11) 54. Ke4 (54. Bd6 Rc2 55. Be5 Rc6 56. Nxg7 Rxg6 $14) 54... Rxa3 $11 55. Be5 Ra4+ 56. Kf5 Ra3 57. Nxg7 (57. Bxg7 Rf3+ (57... Rxg3 $6 58. Be5 Rf3+ 59. Ke4 $11) 58. Ke4 Rxg3 $19) 57... Rf3+ $4 (57... Re3 $142 58. Bf4 Rc3 $11) 58. Ke6 (58. Kg4 Re3 59. Bf6 h5+ 60. Kf4 $18) 58... Re3 $4 (58... Rxg3 $142 59. Bxg3 Kxg7 $18) 59. Nh5 (59. Nf5 Rxe5+ 60. Kxe5 h5 61. Kf6 Kf8 62. g7+ Ke8 63. g8=Q+ Kd7 64. Ne7 a4 65. Qc8+ Kd6 66. Qc6#) 59... a4 $11 60. Kf5 $4 (60. Nf6+ $142 Kg7 61. Nd5+ Rxe5+ 62. Kxe5 $11) 60... Rxe5+ $1 $19 61. Kxe5 a3 0-1 [Event "chess.com SpeedChess Q1Sw"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Sarana, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2330"] [BlackElo "2685"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. d4 d6 5. c4 e5 6. dxe5 Ng4 7. Nf3 Nc6 {last book move} 8. Qd2 Ngxe5 (8... Ncxe5 $5 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 10. Bxe5 Nxe5 $11) 9. Nxe5 $11 dxe5 10. Qxd8+ Nxd8 11. Nc3 Ne6 12. O-O-O a5 13. a3 f5 (13... axb4 14. axb4 Bd7 15. Be2 $14) 14. c5 (14. Nd5 Kf7 $14) 14... axb4 15. axb4 c6 16. Bc4 Ke7 17. Bb3 Bf6 (17... Nc7 $142 $5 $11) 18. Na4 $16 Nc7 19. Nb6 Ra7 (19... Rb8 $5 $16) 20. Rd6 $18 Be6 $6 (20... Ra6 21. f4 Bg7 22. fxe5 Bh6 $18) 21. Bxe6 Nxe6 22. Rd7+ Ke8 23. Rhd1 Rf8 (23... f4 $18) 24. R1d6 Ng5 25. h4 Be7 (25... Rf7 26. hxg5 Bxg5 27. Bxe5 Ra2 28. Rxf7 Kxf7 29. Rd7+ Ke8 $18 ) 26. hxg5 Bxd6 27. cxd6 Rf7 (27... Ra6 28. Rxb7 Rxb6 29. Rxb6 $18) 28. Rxf7 ( 28. Rc7 Rf8 29. Re7+ Kd8 30. Rd7+ Ke8 $18) 28... Kxf7 29. d7 Ke7 30. Bxe5 (30. Bxe5 Ra8 31. Nxa8 Kxd7 32. Bh2 $18) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Harsha, B."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2345"] [BlackElo "2565"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. Be2 a5 7. bxa5 {last book move} Nc6 8. c4 Nxa5 (8... dxc4 9. Nbd2 $17) 9. cxd5 $15 Nxd5 10. O-O c5 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Rc1 (12. Ne4 b6 $15) 12... Nxc3 13. Bxc3 cxd4 14. exd4 (14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. exd4 Be6 $15) 14... Rxa2 15. d5 (15. Bc4 Ra3 $15) 15... Bxc3 $17 16. Rxc3 Nb8 (16... Nb4 17. Bc4 Ra5 18. Re1 $17) 17. h4 (17. Re1 Ra5 18. Bc4 Nd7 $11) 17... Bg4 18. Re3 Ra5 {Attacking the isolated pawn on d5} (18... Nd7 19. Qb3 Ra7 20. Rd1 $15) 19. Bc4 (19. Qd4 $142 $5 h5 20. Rd1 $11) 19... Nd7 $17 20. Rfe1 Nb6 21. Bb3 (21. Qe2 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Nxc4 23. Qxc4 Re8 $17) 21... Nxd5 22. Re5 (22. Rd3 e6 $19) 22... e6 $19 23. h5 (23. Qe2 $142 $19) 23... Bxh5 24. Rxh5 (24. Bc4 Qd6 $19) 24... gxh5 25. Bc2 (25. Qd2 Nf6 26. Qf4 Rf5 $19) 25... Nb4 26. Bxh7+ Kxh7 27. Qb1+ Nd3 28. Re3 Rd5 (28... Ra3 29. Ne5 Qd4 30. Rxd3 Rxd3 31. Nxd3 $19) 29. Ne5 (29. Ne1 Rg8 $19) 29... Rxe5 $1 30. Rxe5 Qd4 31. Rxh5+ (31. Re3 Rd8 32. Qxb7 Ne5 33. Qe4+ Qxe4 34. Rxe4 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Ng4+ 36. Kg3 e5 $19) 31... Kg7 32. Rh3 (32. Qc2 Ra8 33. Kh2 Ra1 $19) 32... Qxf2+ 33. Kh1 (33. Kh2 Nf4 34. Qh7+ Kf6 $19) 33... Qe1+ (33... Qe1+ 34. Qxe1 Nxe1 $19) 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Cori, J."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2345"] [BlackElo "2610"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} g6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. d4 b6 6. Be2 Bb7 7. O-O c5 8. bxc5 bxc5 9. dxc5 { last book move.} Na6 10. c4 (10. Bd4 $5 $11) 10... Nxc5 $17 11. Nbd2 d6 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Nb3 Nfd7 (13... Nce4 14. Rb1 $15) 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qc2 (15. Qd4+ Nf6 $15) 15... Be4 16. Qb2+ (16. Qd2 Qb6 $15) 16... Kg8 (16... e5 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. Nfd2 $15) 17. Rfd1 $15 Rb8 (17... Qb6 18. Nfd4 $11) 18. Qc3 (18. Nfd4 Qc7 $15) 18... Qc7 19. h4 (19. Nfd4 a6 $15) 19... Nf6 (19... Qb7 20. h5 $15) 20. Ng5 ( 20. Nfd4 Na4 21. Qd2 a6 $15) 20... Ba8 21. Nd4 (21. Nxc5 Qxc5 22. Rb1 Bc6 $15) 21... a6 22. h5 (22. Qa3 $17) 22... e5 (22... h6 23. Nh3 $17) 23. Nb3 (23. hxg6 $5 exd4 24. exd4 $15) 23... h6 $17 24. Nxc5 Qxc5 (24... dxc5 $6 25. Nf3 Bxf3 26. Bxf3 gxh5 27. Bd5 $11) 25. Nh3 g5 26. Kf1 (26. g4 Rfc8 $17) 26... Rfc8 ( 26... g4 27. Ng1 $19) 27. Rb1 (27. g4 Rb6 $17) 27... Be4 (27... g4 $5 28. Ng1 Qc6 $19) 28. Rb3 $17 Bf5 29. Ng1 Ne4 (29... a5 30. Bd3 Bg4 31. Rdb1 Rxb3 32. axb3 $17) 30. Qb2 $15 Rxb3 31. axb3 Qb4 32. Bd3 Nc3 (32... Rb8 $142 33. Bxe4 Bxe4 $15) 33. Bxf5 $16 Nxd1 34. Qe2 $4 (34. Qc1 $142 Rb8 35. Qxd1 Qxb3 36. Qxd6 $16) 34... Nc3 $19 35. Qg4 $4 (35. Qd2 $142 Rb8 36. Bc2 $19) 35... Qxb3 36. g3 (36. Bc2 Qxc4+ 37. Qxc4 Rxc4 $19) 36... Qxc4+ (36... Qxc4+ 37. Ke1 Qxg4 38. Bxg4 Rb8 $19) 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Garcia de Dios, Jose Antonio"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2345"] [BlackElo "2190"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5 Ng4 9. c4 Ngxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 {last book move} 11. Qd2 Be6 12. Rc1 Re8 (12... a5 13. bxa5 Re8 14. f4 $11) 13. f4 Ng4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Bxg4 Bxg4 16. Nc3 Kg8 (16... c6 17. Re1 $11) 17. Qd4 (17. Re1 Kg7 $14) 17... c5 $11 18. bxc5 dxc5 19. Qxd8 (19. Qxc5 $5 Rc8 20. Qb5 Rxe3 21. Nd5 $11) 19... Raxd8 $15 20. Nd5 Kg7 21. Kf2 (21. a4 Be2 22. Rab1 b6 $17) 21... Be6 (21... b5 $5 $17) 22. Rd1 Rd6 $4 (22... Rd7 23. a4 $11) 23. e4 $4 (23. Nc7 $142 Rdd8 24. Nxe8+ Rxe8 25. Rac1 $18) 23... Red8 24. Rab1 b6 25. a4 f5 26. e5 R6d7 27. a5 Bxd5 28. cxd5 Rxd5 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. axb6 axb6 31. Rxb6 g5 32. Rb7+ Kg6 33. g3 gxf4 34. gxf4 Rd4 35. Kf3 (35. Ke3 Ra4 $11 ) 35... Rd3+ 36. Ke2 c4 37. Rc7 Rh3 38. Rxc4 Rxh2+ 39. Ke3 Rh1 40. Rc6+ Kh5 41. e6 (41. Rc7 Kg6 $11) 41... Kg4 (41... Re1+ 42. Kf2 Re4 43. Kf3 $11) 42. Kf2 Ra1 (42... Rh2+ 43. Ke3 Rh1 44. Ke2 Rh2+ 45. Kd3 $11) 43. e7 $14 Ra8 44. Re6 Re8 45. Ke3 h5 $4 (45... Kg3 $142 $11) 46. Rg6+ $18 Kh3 47. Rg7 h4 48. Kd4 Kh2 49. Ke5 h3 (49... Kh1 50. Kxf5 h3 51. Kg6 $18) 50. Kxf5 Kh1 (50... Rh8 51. Kf6 Kh1 52. Rh7 Rxh7 53. e8=Q $18) 51. Kf6 (51. Kg6 $142 Rh8 52. Rh7 Rxh7 53. Kxh7 h2 $18) 51... h2 (51... Rh8 $18) 52. Rh7 Ra8 53. Kf7 Ra7 54. f5 Ra4 55. f6 Ra7 56. Kf8 Ra6 57. f7 Kg2 (57... Kg1 58. e8=Q Kf2 59. Rxh2+ Kg3 60. Qe5+ Kf3 61. Rh3+ Kf2 62. Qg3+ Kf1 63. Rh1+ Ke2 64. Rh2+ Kf1 65. Qf2#) 58. e8=Q (58. e8=Q h1=Q 59. Qe2+ Kg3 60. Rxh1 Rg6 61. Ke8 Re6+ 62. Qxe6 Kg2 63. f8=Q Kxh1 64. Qg7 Kh2 65. Qeh6#) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Mazurkiewicz, M."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2355"] [BlackElo "2220"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O Re8 8. c4 e5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. Nc3 Ndxe5 {last book move} 11. Qd2 (11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. f4 Nd7 $11) 11... Nxf3+ ( 11... Be6 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Nd5 $17) 12. Bxf3 (12. gxf3 $142 Ne5 13. f4 $17) 12... Qh4 $4 (12... Ne5 $142 13. Qe2 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 a5 $17) 13. Bxg4 $16 Bxg4 14. Nd5 Rac8 $2 (14... Re5 $142 15. f3 Be6 16. Nxc7 Rc8 $16) 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd4+ f6 17. h3 c6 18. Nc3 (18. Qxg4 $6 Qxg4 19. hxg4 cxd5 20. cxd5 Kh6 $11) 18... h5 19. Qxd6 (19. hxg4 $142 Qxg4 20. Qxa7 $18) 19... Bf5 (19... Rcd8 $5 20. Qf4 g5 21. Qc7+ Rd7 $14) 20. e4 $1 $16 Be6 (20... Bxe4 21. Qd7+ { Double attack}) 21. Rad1 (21. Rfd1 Qg5 22. f4 Qg3 $16) 21... g5 (21... Bxc4 22. Rfe1 Be6 23. Rd3 $14) 22. e5 f5 (22... Qxc4 23. exf6+ Kxf6 $18) 23. Nd5 (23. Rd4 g4 24. g3 $16) 23... cxd5 $14 24. cxd5 g4 (24... Rcd8 25. Qc7+ Rd7 26. Qc5 $14) 25. dxe6 (25. g3 Qxh3 26. dxe6 f4 27. Qd7+ Kh8 $11) 25... gxh3 26. Rd3 $4 (26. g3 Qe4 27. Qd5 $14) 26... f4 $4 (26... hxg2 $142 27. Rg3+ Kh7 28. Rxg2 Red8 $19) 27. Rxh3 $18 Qg4 28. Qd7+ Kh6 29. Qd1 $4 (29. Qxb7 Rg8 30. Kh2 Rb8 $18) 29... Kg5 $2 (29... Qxd1 30. Rxd1 Rxe6 31. Ra3 $14) 30. f3 (30. Qd3 $142 Re7 31. Re1 $18) 30... Qxe6 $14 31. Qe1 (31. Qd3 Rc7 $14 (31... Qxe5 $4 32. Qh7 Kf6 33. Rxh5 $18)) 31... Kh6 (31... Qxe5 32. Qh4+ Kh6 33. Rd1 $11) 32. Qh4 (32. g4 $5 Qxe5 33. Qf2 $14) 32... Qxe5 $11 33. Rd1 Rg8 34. Kh2 $4 (34. Qf2 Rgd8 35. Re1 Qd4 $11) 34... Rc2 $4 (34... Rxg2+ $1 35. Kh1 Rcg8 36. a4 $19) 35. Rg1 $2 ( 35. Rd6+ $142 $1 Kg7 36. Rd8 $11) 35... Rxa2 $19 36. Kh1 Rb2 37. Re1 (37. Rh2 $142 $19) 37... Re2 $4 (37... Rbxg2 $142 38. Qf2 Rxf2 39. Rxe5 Rg5 40. Re6+ Kg7 $19) 38. Rxe2 $18 (38. Rxe2 Qg5 39. Re6+ Rg6 40. Qxg5+ Kxg5 41. Re5+ Kf6 42. Rhxh5 $18) 1-0 [Event "chess.com SpeedChess Q2Sw"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Degenbaev, Aziz"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2330"] [BlackElo "2240"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. b4 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. d4 b6 7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Nc3 c5 10. a3 Ne4 11. Qc2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 e5 {last book move} 13. dxe5 (13. dxc5 dxc5 14. e4 Qe7 $14) 13... Nxe5 $11 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. bxc5 bxc5 16. Rab1 Bc6 17. Rfd1 Qg5 18. e4 f5 19. Bf3 Rad8 (19... Qf6 20. Rf1 $11) 20. Bd2 (20. Qe2 f4 $11) 20... f4 21. Ba5 Rd4 22. Bc3 Rdd8 (22... Rxc4 $4 23. Qa2 Kh8 24. Qxc4 $18) 23. Qb2 Rde8 (23... Qe7 $5 $11) 24. Rd6 $16 Ba8 (24... Rc8 $142 $5 $16) 25. Qb5 $18 Rc8 26. Qd7 Rfd8 (26... Rcd8 27. Qc7 $18) 27. Qe6+ Kh8 (27... Kf8 28. Rbd1 Re8 29. Qd7 $18) 28. Rbd1 (28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Qf7 Rc8 $18) 28... Re8 29. Qd7 Rf8 (29... Qe7 $142 $5 $18) 30. Qxa7 Bxe4 $4 (30... Bc6 $18) 31. Bxe4 f3 (31... Rfd8 32. Rd7 Rxd7 33. Qxd7 $18 (33. Rxd7 $6 f3 34. Bxf3 Qc1+ 35. Rd1 Qxc3 $18)) 32. g3 Qg4 33. Bd3 (33. Qb7 Qh3 34. Bxf3 Qf5 $18) 33... Rcd8 (33... Rfe8 34. Bf1 $18) 34. Bf1 Rxd6 (34... Ra8 35. Qxc5 Qf5 36. Rd7 $18) 35. Rxd6 Qh5 (35... Kg8 $18) 36. Rd7 Bh6 37. Re7 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Demchenko, A."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2355"] [BlackElo "2595"] [PlyCount "114"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} g6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Nf3 b6 6. Be2 Bb7 7. O-O d6 8. c4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 e5 12. d5 {last book move} f5 13. Nd2 (13. Rfd1 Re8 $14) 13... e4 14. Nb3 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Qf6 (15... Ne5 16. Nd4 $11) 16. Qxf6 $14 Rxf6 17. Rac1 (17. a4 Ne5 $14) 17... a5 (17... Ne5 18. Rc3 $11) 18. a3 (18. bxa5 bxa5 19. Nd4 Nc5 $14) 18... Kf8 (18... axb4 19. axb4 Ra4 20. Nd4 $11) 19. Rfd1 (19. bxa5 bxa5 20. Rb1 Bc8 $14) 19... axb4 $11 20. axb4 Ke7 21. Ra1 Rff8 22. Nd4 Rfb8 23. Kf1 Ne5 24. Ke1 c5 25. bxc5 (25. dxc6 Bxc6 26. Kd2 Ba4 $11) 25... bxc5 26. Ne6 (26. Nb5 g5 $11) 26... Kd7 (26... Bc8 27. Nc7 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 $17) 27. Rdb1 (27. Kd2 Bc8 $11) 27... Rxa1 (27... Bc8 28. Nf8+ Ke7 29. Nxh7 Rxb1+ 30. Rxb1 $15) 28. Rxa1 Ra8 29. Rxa8 Bxa8 30. Nf8+ Ke7 31. Nxh7 Bb7 32. Kd2 Bc8 (32... Ba6 $142 $5 33. Kc3 Nd7 $11) 33. Ng5 Bd7 34. Nh3 Kf6 35. Ng1 (35. f4 exf3 36. gxf3 g5 $16) 35... g5 36. f4 exf3 37. Nxf3 Ng6 38. Bd1 Bc8 39. Ne1 Ba6 40. Kc3 Ne5 41. Be2 Bc8 42. Nc2 Bd7 43. Na3 Ng6 44. Nb5 Ke7 45. Na3 Nh4 (45... Kf6 46. Bd3 Nh4 $16) 46. Bf1 (46. g3 Ng6 $16) 46... Ng6 (46... f4 47. exf4 gxf4 48. Nb5 $16) 47. Nc2 $16 Ne5 48. Ne1 (48. h3 $142 $5 $16) 48... Ng4 $11 49. h3 (49. Kd2 Nxh2 50. Be2 Kf6 $11) 49... Nxe3 50. Be2 f4 51. Bf3 Kf6 52. Nd3 Nf5 53. Nf2 Ng3 54. Ne4+ $4 (54. Bg4 $142 Be8 55. Bd1 $11) 54... Nxe4+ $19 55. Bxe4 Ke5 56. Bf3 Bf5 57. Kd2 $4 (57. Bd1 $142 $17) 57... Kd4 $19 0-1 [Event "Abu Dhabi Masters Online"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "11"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Yildiz, Serdar Murat"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2355"] [BlackElo "2180"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. d4 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Be2 a5 8. a3 Na6 9. b5 Nc7 10. O-O dxc4 11. bxc6 b5 12. a4 Ba6 13. axb5 Bxb5 14. Ne5 {last book move} Ne4 (14... Nfd5 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 $11) 15. Bxc4 (15. Qc2 $5 c3 16. Nxc3 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 $16) 15... Bxe5 $11 16. Bxb5 Bxh2+ 17. Kxh2 Qd6+ (17... Nxb5 18. Qc2 Qd5 19. Na3 $11 ) 18. g3 (18. Kg1 $5 Nxb5 19. Qc2 $14) 18... Nxb5 $11 19. Qd3 (19. Qc2 $5 Qe6 20. Ra4 $11) 19... Qxc6 $17 20. d5 Nc5 21. Qc4 (21. dxc6 $2 Nxd3 22. Nc3 Na7 ( 22... Nxb2 $6 23. Nxb5 Rfc8 24. c7 $15) 23. Rxa5 Nxc6 $17 (23... Nxb2 $6 24. Rfa1 $11)) 21... Qb6 (21... Qb7 22. Nd2 (22. Qxc5 $4 Rfc8 23. Rc1 Rxc5 24. Rxc5 a4 $19) 22... Rfc8 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 $17) 22. Na3 (22. Nd2 $5 Rfc8 23. Rfc1 $15) 22... Nd6 $17 23. Qd4 f6 24. Bc3 (24. Rab1 $17) 24... Rab8 (24... Qc7 25. Ra2 $17) 25. Rab1 $2 (25. Nc4 $142 $5 Nxc4 26. Qxc4 $15) 25... Qc7 $19 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. Be1 $2 (27. Kg2 Kg7 $19) 27... Nd7 (27... Rb3 28. Nb1 $19) 28. Kg2 $2 (28. Qa4 $142 $19) 28... Rb3 29. Qa4 Nc5 30. Qh4 (30. Qxa5 Qxa5 31. Bxa5 $19) 30... Rxa3 31. Rh1 (31. Kg1 Rd3 $19) 31... h5 32. g4 (32. Qf4 Qb7 33. e4 Qb3 $19) 32... Nf7 (32... Ra4 $142 33. e4 Rxe4 34. f3 $19) 33. gxh5 g5 34. Qg4 (34. Qd4 Nd3 35. Qe4 Nfe5 $19) 34... Qd7 (34... Ne5 $142 35. Qf5 Qb7 36. h6 Qxd5+ 37. f3 $19) 35. Qe2 (35. Qxd7 Nxd7 36. Rh3 Nde5 $19) 35... Ne4 (35... Qxd5+ $142 $5 36. Qf3 Ne4 37. Bxa5 $19) 36. h6 (36. f3 Nc5 37. Qb2 $19) 36... Qf5 ( 36... Qxd5 37. Kh2 Ra2 $19) 37. h7+ $15 Kh8 38. Qh5 $4 (38. Qb2 $142 Qxd5 39. Qxa3 Nxf2+ 40. Kxf2 Qxh1 41. Qxe7 Qh2+ 42. Kf1 Qh3+ 43. Ke2 Qg4+ 44. Kf2 Qf5+ 45. Ke2 $17) 38... Ra2 $19 39. Qxf7 (39. Rf1 Qxd5 40. Kh2 $19) 39... Rxf2+ ( 39... Rxf2+ 40. Bxf2 Qxf2+ 41. Kh3 Qg3#) 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 1st Oct Late"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Haug, Havard"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2395"] [BlackElo "2315"] [cccccccccccccctator "Fritz 6 (1s)"] [PlyCount "122"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Be2 Bg4 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. O-O Re8 10. a4 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Ne4 12. Qb3 e6 { last book move} 13. c5 (13. Bd3 Qe7 $14) 13... e5 $11 14. Rfe1 (14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Rad1 a5 $11) 14... exd4 15. exd4 Ndf6 (15... Re6 16. Bd3 $11) 16. Ne5 $14 Nd7 17. Nxd7 (17. f3 Ng5 18. f4 Nxe5 19. fxe5 f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 $11) 17... Qxd7 $11 18. Qd3 Ng5 19. Bc1 Ne6 20. Be3 a6 21. g3 h5 (21... Qe7 22. h3 $11) 22. h4 (22. Bf1 Re7 $14) 22... Bf6 23. Kg2 Ng7 24. Bd2 (24. Bf3 $5 $11) 24... Re4 25. Bc3 Rae8 26. Bf3 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Rxe1 28. Bxe1 Qf5 29. Qe3 Ne6 (29... Qc2 30. Bd2 $17) 30. Bc3 $15 Qc2 31. g4 $2 (31. a5 $142 $15) 31... Bxh4 $19 (31... Qxa4 $6 32. gxh5 Qc2 33. Bg4 gxh5 34. Bxe6 fxe6 35. Qxe6+ Kg7 36. Qd7+ Kf8 37. Qc8+ Kf7 38. Qxb7+ Kg6 39. Be1 $11) 32. gxh5 Bg5 (32... Bxf2 $5 33. Qxf2 Qxc3 34. hxg6 fxg6 35. Bg4 Nxd4 36. Qf4 $19) 33. Qe1 Nf4+ (33... gxh5 34. Kg1 $19) 34. Kg3 ( 34. Kh1 $5 gxh5 35. Bd2 $17) 34... Nd3 $19 (34... Qxa4 35. Qe8+ Kg7 36. Qe5+ f6 37. Qe7+ Kh6 38. Qf8+ Kh7 39. Qf7+ Kh6 40. Bd2 $16) 35. Qe8+ Kg7 36. Be1 Qc1 ( 36... Qxa4 $2 37. Bxd5 Bf4+ 38. Kh3 $18) 37. hxg6 Qf4+ (37... Kxg6 38. Bh5+ Kxh5 39. Qxf7+ Kh6 40. Qf8+ Kg6 41. Qg8+ Kf6 42. Qh8+ Ke7 43. Qh7+ Kd8 44. Qxd3 Qxe1 45. Qg6 Qg1+ 46. Kf3 Qh1+ 47. Ke2 Qe4+ 48. Qxe4 dxe4 49. f3 exf3+ 50. Kxf3 $19) 38. Kg2 fxg6 (38... Kxg6 $5 39. b5 Kg7 $19) 39. Qd7+ $15 Kh6 (39... Qf7 40. Qxf7+ Kxf7 $11) 40. Qh3+ $11 Bh4 41. Bd2 Kg7 42. Qd7+ Qf7 43. Bh6+ (43. Qxf7+ Kxf7 44. Be2 Nb2 $14 (44... Nxf2 $2 45. Be1 $18)) 43... Kg8 $15 44. Qc8+ (44. Qxf7+ $5 Kxf7 45. Bg4 $15) 44... Kh7 $17 45. Be3 (45. Bd2 Bxf2 46. Qg4 Be1 $17) 45... Nxb4 (45... Ne1+ $142 $5 46. Kf1 Nxf3 $17) 46. Qh3 Qe7 47. Bf4 (47. Bd1 Kg7 $15) 47... Nd3 $17 48. Bg3 $4 (48. Be3 $142 $17) 48... Ne1+ $19 49. Kf1 Nxf3 50. Kg2 (50. Be5 Nxe5 51. dxe5 Qg5 52. Qd7+ Kh6 53. Qxb7 Qxe5 $19) 50... Qe4 51. Qd7+ Be7 (51... Kh6 52. Qc8 Nxd4+ 53. Kh3 $19) 52. Kf1 (52. Qxb7 Nxd4+ 53. Kg1 Nf3+ 54. Kf1 a5 $19) 52... Nd2+ (52... Nxd4 $5 53. Kg1 $19) 53. Kg1 Nf3+ 54. Kf1 Ng5 (54... Nxd4 $142 $5 55. Qh3+ Kg7 56. Bd6 $19) 55. Qxb7 $4 (55. Bd6 Qd3+ 56. Kg1 Nf3+ 57. Kg2 Nh4+ 58. Kg1 Qd1+ 59. Kh2 Qxd4 60. Qxe7+ Kh6 61. Qf8+ Kh5 62. a5 $19) 55... Kh6 (55... Nf3 $5 56. Qxa6 Nxd4 57. Kg1 $19) 56. Qxc6 Nf3 (56... Qxd4 57. Qxa6 Qd1+ 58. Kg2 Qf3+ 59. Kh2 Bxc5 60. Qf1 $19) 57. Qd7 Bg5 (57... Nxd4 $142 58. Qh3+ Kg7 $19) 58. Qh3+ Kg7 59. Qd7+ $2 (59. c6 $142 Nd2+ 60. Kg1 Qe1+ 61. Kh2 Nf1+ 62. Kg2 Nxg3 63. Qd7+ Kf6 64. Qd8+ Kf7 65. Qxd5+ Qe6 66. Qxe6+ Kxe6 67. c7 $19) 59... Be7 60. c6 Nxd4 61. c7 (61. Kg1 Nf3+ 62. Kf1 $19) 61... Qh1# 0-1 [Event "chess.com SpeedChess Q1Sw"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Azarov, S."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2330"] [BlackElo "2580"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. b4 {A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6} Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 c6 6. Be2 d5 7. O-O Bg4 8. d4 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 dxc4 {last book move} 10. Qc2 (10. Na3 b5 11. Nxb5 Nd5 $14) 10... b5 11. a4 Nd5 12. axb5 cxb5 13. Nc3 Nxb4 14. Qe2 N8c6 15. Nxb5 Rb8 16. Qxc4 Qb6 17. Nc3 Rfc8 18. Na4 Qd8 19. Nc5 a5 (19... e5 20. Rfd1 exd4 21. exd4 $14) 20. Bc3 (20. Rfd1 $5 $16) 20... e5 $11 21. Rfd1 exd4 22. exd4 Nc2 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 24. Bxa5 Qg5 $4 (24... Qd6 $142 25. Qxc2 Bxd4 $11) 25. Qxc2 $18 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Rxc5 (26... Qxc5 27. Qd2 $18) 27. Bc3 Rbc8 28. Qd2 (28. Rd3 $142 Qf4 $18) 28... Qf6 (28... Qxd2 29. Bxd2 (29. Rxd2 $6 Rxc3 30. g3 Kg7 $11) 29... R8c7 30. Be3 $18) 29. Rc1 (29. Rc4 $142 $1 Qxc3 30. Rxc3 Rxc3 $18) 29... h5 (29... h6 30. h3 R5c6 31. h4 $18) 30. h3 Kh7 31. Rd3 (31. Rf4 Qe7 $18) 31... Qc6 (31... Qg5 32. Re3 $18) 32. Rf3 Rc7 (32... Qc7 $18) 33. Qd4 Kh6 (33... Rxc3 34. Qxc3 Qxf3 35. Qxc7 Qf6 $18) 34. Qh8+ Kg5 35. Bf6+ (35. Bf6+ Qxf6 36. Qxf6+ Kh6 37. Qh8+ Kg5 38. h4+ Kxh4 39. Qd4+ Kg5 40. Qf4#) (35. Bd2+ Kh4 36. Qd4+ Qe4 37. Qxe4#) 1-0 [Event "chess.com SpeedChess Q1Sw"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Livaic, Leon"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2330"] [BlackElo "2555"] [PlyCount "118"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. b4 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. c4 d6 6. Nf3 b6 7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O a5 9. a3 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Ne4 11. Qc2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 {last book move} Nf6 13. d5 axb4 14. axb4 Qd7 15. e4 e6 16. Rfd1 exd5 17. exd5 Rfe8 18. Qb2 Nh5 19. Bxg7 Nxg7 20. Nd4 Qe7 21. Bf3 Qf6 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Qc2 Bc8 (23... Nf5 24. Nxf5 Qxf5 25. Qxf5 gxf5 26. b5 $11) 24. c5 (24. Nb5 Ne8 $11) 24... bxc5 $11 25. bxc5 Bf5 (25... Nf5 $5 26. Nc6 Bd7 27. cxd6 Nxd6 $11) 26. Qc4 $14 h5 27. Nb5 (27. Qb5 Bg4 $11) 27... Qe7 (27... Ra1 28. c6 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 $11) 28. cxd6 (28. Qc3 Qd8 $14 ( 28... dxc5 $143 29. d6 cxd6 30. Bxa8 $16)) 28... cxd6 29. Qc6 (29. Qc3 Re8 $11) 29... Rd8 (29... Re8 30. Qc4 $11 (30. Nxd6 $4 Qe1+ 31. Rxe1 Rxe1#)) 30. Qc7 ( 30. h3 $5 $14) 30... Qxc7 $11 31. Nxc7 Bd7 32. Ra1 Nf5 33. Ra8 Rxa8 34. Nxa8 Kf8 35. Kf1 Bb5+ (35... Ke7 36. Be2 $11) 36. Ke1 (36. Be2 Nd4 37. Bxb5 Nxb5 $11 ) 36... Ke7 (36... Nh4 37. Be4 f5 38. g3 fxe4 39. gxh4 $15) 37. Nb6 (37. Be2 Bxe2 38. Kxe2 Kf6 $11) 37... Kd8 (37... Nh4 38. Kd2 $17) 38. Be2 (38. Bd1 Ne7 $15) 38... Bxe2 $17 39. Kxe2 Ne7 40. Ke3 Kc7 41. Nc4 Nxd5+ 42. Kd4 Ne7 43. h3 Kd7 44. Nd2 Ke6 45. g4 hxg4 46. hxg4 Nc6+ 47. Ke4 d5+ 48. Kf4 f6 49. g5 $2 (49. Nb3 $142 $5 $17) 49... f5 $19 50. Nb3 (50. Kg3 d4 $19) 50... Kd6 (50... d4 51. Kf3 $19) 51. Nc1 $2 (51. Ke3 $142 $5 $17) 51... d4 $19 52. Nd3 (52. Kf3 Ne5+ 53. Ke2 Kd5 $19) 52... Kd5 53. Kf3 (53. Nb2 $19) 53... Ne5+ 54. Ke2 Nxd3 55. Kxd3 Kc5 56. f3 Kd5 57. f4 (57. Kc2 Kc4 58. Kc1 Kc3 59. Kd1 d3 60. Kc1 d2+ 61. Kd1 f4 62. Ke2 Kc2 63. Kf2 d1=Q 64. Kg2 Qe2+ 65. Kg1 Qxf3 66. Kh2 Qg4 67. Kh1 f3 68. Kh2 Qg2#) 57... Kc5 58. Ke2 (58. Kd2 Kc4 59. Ke2 d3+ 60. Kd1 Kd4 61. Kd2 Ke4 62. Kc3 Ke3 63. Kb3 Kxf4 64. Ka4 d2 65. Kb5 Kf3 66. Ka5 Ke3 67. Kb6 f4 68. Ka6 f3 69. Kb5 d1=Q 70. Kc4 f2 71. Kc5 f1=Q 72. Kb4 Qd4+ 73. Ka3 Qe2 74. Kb3 Qeb2#) 58... Kc4 59. Kd2 (59. Ke1 Kd3 60. Kf2 Kc3 61. Ke1 d3 62. Kd1 Kd4 63. Kd2 Ke4 64. Kc3 Ke3 65. Kb3 Kd4 66. Kb2 Kc4 67. Kb1 Kd5 68. Kc1 Ke4 69. Kd2 Kd4 70. Ke1 Ke3 71. Kd1 Kxf4 72. Kc1 Ke4 73. Kb2 f4 74. Ka3 f3 75. Kb4 d2 76. Ka3 f2 77. Kb2 d1=Q 78. Ka3 Qb1 79. Ka4 f1=Q 80. Ka5 Qbb5#) 59... d3 (59... d3 60. Kd1 Kd4 61. Kd2 Ke4 62. Kc3 Ke3 63. Kb2 Kxf4 64. Kc3 Ke3 65. Kb3 f4 66. Kb4 f3 67. Ka3 d2 68. Kb2 d1=Q 69. Kc3 f2 70. Kc4 f1=Q+ 71. Kc3 Qa4 72. Kb2 Qfa1#) 0-1 [Event "Leca Chess Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2022.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Martinez Duany, L."] [Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A15"] [WhiteElo "2495"] [BlackElo "2225"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] 1. Nf3 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. d4 c5 7. Be2 (7. a3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 a6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nc3 Nb6 12. Rc1 e5 13. Nb3 Nxc4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Rxc4 Qe7 16. Qxd5 Be6 17. Qd2 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Rac8 19. Bd5 Rc7 20. Rd1 Rfc8 21. Na1 e4 {Kaenel,H (2430)-Bous,F/La Perla Open, Lugano SUI 2000/1-0 (64)}) 7... cxb4 8. O-O $146 (8. a3 a5 9. axb4 a4 10. Nc3 a3 11. Rxa3 Rxa3 12. Bxa3 Nc6 13. b5 Nb8 14. O-O Qa5 15. Qb3 Nbd7 16. Bb4 Qc7 17. Ra1 Nb6 18. Ra7 Bg4 19. Ba5 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 e5 21. Rxb7 Qd8 22. Bxb6 { 1-0 GM_HUSARZ (1990)-Pandino73 (2005)/Rated Bullet game 2015}) 8... e5 (8... Nc6 9. Nbd2 $15) 9. a3 bxa3 10. Nxa3 exd4 11. Nxd4 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nc4 Nc6 (13... Qd7 14. Bf3 Na6 15. Ra5 $11) 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rxa7 Rxa7 17. Qd4+ Qf6 18. Qxa7 Nc3 19. Bf3 Bf5 20. Qc5 { The isolani on c6 becomes a target} Rd8 21. Ne5 { Increasing the pressure on the isolated pawn on c6} (21. Na5 Rd2 22. Qxc6 Qxc6 23. Nxc6 Be4 $14) 21... Ne4 $11 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Ng4 Qd6 24. Qc3+ f6 25. f3 Bf5 26. Nf2 Qd2 27. Qa3 Qd6 28. Qa5 Qd2 (28... Rd7 29. Rc1 $11) 29. Qa3 (29. Qb6 Rc8 $14) 29... Qd6 $11 30. Qa1 Qc5 31. g4 Be6 (31... Bc2 $5 32. Qb2 g5 $11) 32. Qxf6+ $1 $16 Kxf6 33. Ne4+ Ke5 34. Nxc5 Rd2 35. Rf2 Rd1+ 36. Kg2 Bc4 37. Rc2 Bb5 38. Ne4 Rd5 39. Kg3 Bd3 $2 (39... h6 $142 $16) 40. Rxc6 $18 Bxe4 (40... Rd8 41. Rc5+ Ke6 42. Ng5+ Kd6 $18) 41. f4# (41. fxe4 $6 Kxe4 42. Re6+ Kd3 $18) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Kovalev, Vl"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2345"] [BlackElo "2580"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. b4 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. d4 c5 7. Be2 cxb4 8. O-O b6 9. a3 bxa3 10. Nxa3 Bb7 11. Nb5 a6 12. Nc3 Nbd7 {last book move} 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. Rfb1 (14. h3 e5 $15) 14... Rfb8 (14... Rfe8 15. Rd1 $15) 15. Nd2 (15. Rc1 Re8 $15) 15... e6 16. Bc1 (16. Bd3 e5 $15) 16... d5 (16... e5 17. Ra2 $17) 17. h3 ( 17. Ba3 Bc6 $15) 17... e5 (17... dxc4 $5 18. Qxc4 Rc8 $17) 18. cxd5 $11 exd4 19. exd4 b5 20. Nde4 $2 (20. Ba3 $142 $11) 20... Nxe4 $19 21. Nxe4 Bxd4 22. d6 (22. Bb2 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 Bxd5 $19) 22... Qd8 (22... Qc6 $142 23. Bf3 Bxa1 24. Rxa1 Qc4 25. Qxc4 bxc4 $19) 23. Ng5 $2 (23. Qb4 Qb6 24. Bb2 Bxb2 25. Rxb2 $19) 23... Qf6 24. Kh2 (24. Bf3 h6 25. Ra2 hxg5 26. Bxb7 Rxb7 $19) 24... Nc5 (24... Qxf2 $142 25. Qxf7+ Qxf7 26. Nxf7 Kxf7 $19) 25. Qg3 (25. Qxf7+ Qxf7 26. Nxf7 Bxa1 27. Nh6+ Kg7 28. Rxa1 $19) 25... Bxa1 26. Qh4 (26. Rxa1 Qxa1 27. Bd2 Qf6 $19) 26... h5 27. Rxa1 Qxa1 28. Qf4 Qg7 (28... f6 $5 29. Nf3 $19) 29. Bb2 Ne6 ( 29... Qxb2 $4 30. Qxf7+ Kh8 31. Qh7#) 30. Nxe6 (30. Qd2 Qh6 31. f4 $19) 30... Qxb2 (30... fxe6 $2 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Bd3 $18) 31. d7 (31. Ng5 Bd5 (31... Qxe2 $4 32. Qxf7+ Kh8 33. Qh7#) 32. Bf1 Rd8 $19) 31... fxe6 32. Qg5 Qg7 (32... Qxe2 $6 33. Qxg6+ Kf8 34. Qf6+ Kg8 35. Qg6+ Kh8 36. Qh6+ Kg8 37. Qg6+ $11) 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Rakhimgaliyev, Y."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2345"] [BlackElo "2250"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6} Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. c4 d6 6. Be2 a5 7. a3 axb4 8. axb4 Rxa1 9. Bxa1 c5 10. b5 e5 11. O-O e4 { last book move} 12. Ne1 (12. Ng5 Re8 $11) 12... Bf5 13. d4 (13. Nc3 Re8 $11) 13... exd3 (13... Nbd7 14. Nd2 $15) 14. Nxd3 d5 (14... Nbd7 $5 $11) 15. Nxc5 $14 Qc7 16. Bd4 dxc4 17. Na3 (17. Bxc4 $2 b6 18. Bd3 bxc5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Bxf5 gxf5 $19) 17... c3 18. b6 (18. Qb3 Nbd7 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 $14) 18... Qxb6 ( 18... Qe7 19. g4 Be4 20. Nb5 $14) 19. Nd7 $11 Qd6 (19... Nbxd7 $143 20. Bxb6 Nxb6 21. Qb3 $16) 20. Nxf6+ (20. Nxf8 $143 Qxa3 (20... Qxf8 $2 21. Bxc3 Ne4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nb5 $18) (20... Kxf8 $2 21. Nb5 Qd7 22. Bxc3 $18) 21. Bd3 Bxd3 ( 21... Kxf8 $143 22. Bxf5 gxf5 23. Be5 $14) 22. Qxd3 Qxf8 23. Qxc3 Qd8 $15) 20... Bxf6 21. Nb5 Qe7 22. Nxc3 Rd8 (22... Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Nc6 24. Nd5 $14) 23. Nd5 Rxd5 24. Bxf6 Rxd1 25. Bxe7 Rd2 26. Bf3 Nc6 27. Bf6 h5 $4 (27... Rd6 $142 28. Bc3 h5 $14) 28. Ra1 $18 Kh7 29. Ra8 g5 30. Bxh5 (30. Rh8+ $142 Kg6 31. Bc3 $18) 30... Kh6 31. Rh8+ Bh7 32. g4 Rd6 33. Bc3 $4 (33. Bxg5+ $142 Kg7 34. Re8 $18) 33... f5 $4 (33... Rd3 $142 $5 34. Bb2 Rd2 $14) 34. Bf7 (34. gxf5 $142 Rd8 35. Be8 Rxe8 36. Rxe8 Bxf5 37. e4 $18) 34... fxg4 35. Bg8 Rd7 36. Be6 Rd6 $4 ( 36... Rc7 $142 37. Bb2 Ne7 $18) 37. Bf5 (37. Bf5 Rg6 38. Kg2 $18) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 6th Aug Early"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Diachek, Andriy"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2355"] [BlackElo "2195"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6} e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. a4 Re8 9. a5 {last book move} a6 (9... e4 10. Nd4 $15) 10. Qb3 (10. Nc3 e4 11. Nd4 Ne5 $11) 10... c6 (10... e4 11. Nd4 $15) 11. Nc3 Nf8 (11... e4 12. Ne1 $11) 12. d4 e4 13. Nd2 h5 14. d5 cxd5 (14... Bf5 15. Rfd1 $14) 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 h4 (17... Nd7 18. Rac1 $16) 18. Rfc1 (18. Qd4 Qe7 $16) 18... Nh7 (18... h3 19. Qd4 Bf5 20. Nc4 $14) 19. b5 (19. Qd4 Bf5 $16) 19... Qg5 (19... h3 20. bxa6 bxa6 21. g3 $14) 20. Nc4 Bh3 21. g3 Rad8 22. bxa6 (22. Nb6 axb5 23. Rc7 Re7 $11) 22... bxa6 $14 23. Qd4 (23. Rab1 Nf6 $14) 23... Nf6 (23... Bg4 24. Bxg4 Qxg4 25. Rab1 $11) 24. Nb6 (24. Rab1 Nxd5 25. Rb7 Rc8 $14) 24... hxg3 25. fxg3 Bg4 $4 (25... Nh5 26. Kh1 $11 (26. Bxa6 $2 Nxg3 27. Kf2 Nf5 $19)) 26. Bxg4 $4 (26. Bxa6 Bh5 27. Bb5 $18) 26... Nxg4 $11 27. Nc4 Qh5 {The backward pawn on h2 becomes a target} 28. h4 (28. Rc2 Rc8 29. Rb2 Ne5 30. Nxe5 Rxe5 $11 (30... Qxe5 $143 31. Rb6 $14)) 28... g5 29. Kg2 (29. Ra2 gxh4 30. gxh4 Qxh4 $17) 29... gxh4 30. Rh1 Ne5 31. Rxh4 $4 (31. Nxe5 $142 Qe2+ 32. Kg1 Rxe5 33. Rxh4 $15) 31... Qe2+ $19 32. Kh3 (32. Kh1 Qxc4 33. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 34. Rxe4 Rb8 $19) 32... Qxc4 33. Qd1 (33. Rg4+ Kf8 34. Rxe4 $19) 33... Nf3 (33... Qc8+ $142 34. Kg2 Nf3 $19) 34. Qxf3 $15 exf3 35. Rxc4 Rxe3 36. Kg4 f2 (36... Rb8 37. Rc6 $15) 37. Rf1 $11 Rd3 (37... f5+ 38. Kf4 Ra3 39. Rxf2 Rxa5 40. Rd2 $11) 38. Rxf2 Rxd5 39. Rc7 Rf8 40. Rf5 Rxf5 41. Kxf5 Re8 42. Kf6 ( 42. Ra7 Re5+ 43. Kf6 Rxa5 44. Ra8+ Kh7 $11) 42... Re7 $4 (42... Re6+ $142 43. Kf5 Kg7 $15) 43. Rxe7 (43. Rxe7 Kh7 44. Rd7 Kg8 45. Rxd6 Kh8 46. Rd8+ Kh7 47. g4 Kh6 48. Rh8#) 1-0 [Event "UK Open Blitz Open Final"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Southcott_Moyers, Indy"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2375"] [BlackElo "2170"] [PlyCount "188"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6} d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. c4 c6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nbd7 10. Qb3 dxc4 11. Qxc4 Nb6 12. Qc2 Nfd5 {last book move} 13. a3 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 Re8 15. b5 (15. d4 e5 $11) 15... e5 16. Rc1 e4 17. Bd1 (17. Be2 Rc8 $11) 17... Qd6 (17... cxb5 18. Qxb5 Qf6 19. Ra2 $11) 18. a4 (18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Qc2 Re6 $11) 18... Nd7 19. Na3 Ne5 20. Qd4 ( 20. Be2 $5 $15) 20... Nd3 $17 21. Rcb1 c5 22. Qc4 N5b4 23. Nc2 Qf6 24. f4 (24. f3 Qh4 25. Nxb4 Qf2+ (25... cxb4 $143 26. Bb3 $14) (25... Nxb4 $143 26. Bb3 $16 (26. Qxc5 $143 Nd3 27. Qc7 Rac8 $17)) 26. Kh1 cxb4 $15 (26... Nxb4 27. Bb3 (27. Qxc5 Nd3 28. Qc7 Rac8 $19 (28... Qxd2 29. Bb3 Ne5 30. fxe4 $14)) (27. fxe4 $6 Qe1+ (27... Qxd2 $143 28. Bb3 Qd7 29. Rf1 $14) 28. Kh2 Qxd2 $11) 27... Rf8 28. Rf1 Qxd2 29. Rad1 (29. Qxc5 $6 exf3 30. Rxf3 Qb2 $11) (29. Qxe4 $143 Rae8 30. Qxb7 Qxe3 $15) (29. fxe4 $6 Qd3 $16) 29... Qxe3 30. fxe4 $18)) 24... exf3 ( 24... Qh4 25. Nxb4 Qf2+ (25... Nxb4 $6 26. Bb3 $11) 26. Kh1 cxb4 $17 (26... Nxb4 $143 27. Bb3 (27. Qxc5 $143 Nd3 28. Qg5 Qxd2 $15) 27... Rf8 28. Qxe4 $16)) 25. Nxb4 $11 f2+ 26. Kf1 Nxb4 27. Qxc5 Nd3 28. Qd5 Rad8 29. Qf3 (29. Qxb7 Nc5 30. Qf3 Qd6 $11) 29... Qe5 30. Be2 (30. Qxb7 Qh2 31. Bh5 Nc1 32. Kxf2 Rxd2+ 33. Ke1 Qg1+ 34. Kxd2 Qxe3+ 35. Kc2 Qd3+ 36. Kb2 Qd2+ 37. Ka3 Qc3+ 38. Rb3 Qxb3#) 30... Qh2 (30... Ne1 31. Qxf2 Nc2 $17) 31. Bxd3 $14 Rxd3 32. Qxf2 Rd5 33. Ke2 Rf5 34. Qg1 Qd6 35. Rf1 (35. Rd1 a6 $11) 35... Rd5 36. Ra2 Qc5 (36... Rd8 37. Rd1 $11) 37. Rfa1 (37. Rc1 Qd6 $14) 37... Qc4+ $11 38. Ke1 Qd3 39. Qf1 Qe4 ( 39... Rxe3+ 40. dxe3 Qxe3+ 41. Qe2 $11) 40. Qf3 $14 Qc4 (40... Qxf3 $142 41. gxf3 Rh5 $14) 41. Ra3 (41. Rc2 $142 $1 Qd3 42. Rac1 $16) 41... Rf5 $17 42. Qe2 Qh4+ 43. Kd1 Rd8 (43... Rf2 $5 44. Qg4 Qxg4+ 45. hxg4 Rxg2 $17) 44. Rd3 $11 Rfd5 (44... Rxd3 $5 45. Qxd3 Rf2 $11) 45. Rxd5 $14 Rxd5 46. Qg4 (46. e4 Rd4 47. d3 Qf6 $11) 46... Qf2 {Exerts pressure on d2} 47. Qc8+ Kg7 48. Qc3+ Kg8 49. Qc8+ Kg7 50. Qc3+ Kg8 51. g4 Qf3+ 52. Kc2 Qe4+ 53. Kb2 (53. Kc1 a6 $11) 53... Rd3 (53... Rd8 54. Kc1 $15) 54. Qc8+ $11 Kg7 55. Qc2 Qb4+ (55... a6 56. b6 $11) 56. Kc1 $14 Rd5 57. Qb2+ (57. Kd1 $142 $5 $14) 57... Qxb2+ $15 58. Kxb2 Rxd2+ 59. Kc3 Rh2 60. Kd4 Rxh3 61. Rc1 Rg3 62. Rc7 Rxg4+ 63. e4 h5 64. Rxb7 (64. Kd3 h4 65. e5 Kf8 (65... Rxa4 $6 66. e6 Kf8 67. Rxf7+ Ke8 68. Rxb7 $19) 66. Rxb7 Rxa4 67. Rb8+ Ke7 $19) 64... h4 65. Rc7 h3 66. Rc1 h2 (66... f5 67. a5 $19) 67. Rh1 Rg2 (67... f5 $142 $5 $19) 68. a5 $17 g5 69. b6 axb6 70. axb6 g4 (70... Rb2 $142 $5 71. b7 Rxb7 72. Rxh2 Rb4+ 73. Ke3 Rb3+ 74. Kd4 g4 $17) 71. b7 $11 Rb2 72. Rxh2 Rxb7 73. Rg2 Rd7+ 74. Ke5 f6+ $2 (74... Re7+ 75. Kf4 $11) 75. Kf5 $4 ( 75. Ke6 $142 Rf7 76. Rxg4+ Kf8 77. Rh4 $18) 75... Kf7 $11 76. Rxg4 Re7 (76... Rd1 77. Rf4 $11) 77. Rh4 Re5+ 78. Kf4 Ra5 79. Rh7+ Kg6 80. Rb7 Ra4 81. Rb6 Ra5 82. Re6 Kf7 83. Rc6 Kg6 84. Ke3 (84. Rd6 Ra1 $11) 84... Ra3+ 85. Kd4 Ra4+ 86. Kd5 Ra5+ 87. Kd4 Ra4+ 88. Ke3 Ra3+ 89. Kf2 Kg5 90. Rc5+ Kf4 91. Rf5+ Kxe4 92. Rxf6 Ra5 93. Rf3 Rf5 94. Rxf5 Kxf5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Rustamov, Rustam"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2350"] [BlackElo "2305"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. a3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. b5 Bd6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. c4 Nbd7 8. Be2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. O-O Bb7 {last book move} 11. Qe2 e5 (11... Ng4 12. e4 $15) 12. d3 $11 Qe7 13. Nbd2 Nd5 (13... a6 14. Nh4 Qd8 15. Nf5 $11) 14. Ne4 $14 Bc7 15. Ng3 (15. Rfd1 Rfd8 $14) 15... g6 (15... Rfd8 16. Qd2 $11) 16. Nd2 Kh8 (16... N5f6 17. Nde4 $14) 17. f4 f6 18. f5 g5 19. Nde4 a6 20. a4 (20. bxa6 Bc6 $16) 20... Nb4 21. Be6 Bd5 22. Qg4 (22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Rfe1 Rfd8 $14) 22... axb5 (22... Nc2 23. Rfc1 Bxe6 24. Rxc2 $14 (24. fxe6 $143 Nxa1 25. exd7 Nb3 $17)) 23. axb5 Ra5 (23... Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Bxe6 25. fxe6 $11) 24. Rxa5 bxa5 25. Bxd7 (25. d4 $142 $5 $14) 25... Qxd7 $11 26. b6 Bb8 (26... Bxb6 $5 27. Nxf6 Rxf6 28. Bxe5 Qe7 29. Bxf6+ Qxf6 $15) 27. Nxc5 $14 Qc6 (27... Qb5 $142 $5 28. Ne6 Rc8 $14) 28. Ne6 Rf7 (28... Bxe6 29. fxe6 Nd5 30. Ba3 $16) 29. Rc1 Qd7 30. Qh5 (30. d4 Nd3 31. Nc5 Qb5 32. Nxd3 Qxd3 $18) 30... Bb7 (30... Kg8 $5 31. Nc5 Qb5 $14) 31. Nc5 Qd5 $4 (31... Qc6 32. Nge4 Re7 33. Nxb7 Qxb7 $18) 32. e4 Qa2 33. Ne6 (33. Nxb7 $142 Qxb2 34. Qxf7 Qxc1+ 35. Nf1 $18) 33... Qxb2 $4 (33... Re7 34. Qh6 Rf7 $18) 34. Qxf7 Qxc1+ 35. Nf1 (35. Nf1 Qc5+ 36. Kh1 Qe7 37. Qxe7 Bxe4 38. Qd8#) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Ronka, E."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2350"] [BlackElo "2260"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. e3 Nc6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. c3 Be7 7. d4 O-O 8. Nf3 {last book move} b6 (8... d5 9. Bd3 $15) 9. g3 (9. Bd3 Bb7 $11) 9... Bb7 10. Bg2 Na5 11. O-O Rfe8 12. Nbd2 Rac8 13. e4 c5 14. d5 (14. Re1 cxd4 15. cxd4 Bb4 $15) 14... d6 (14... Qxc3 $5 15. Qa4 d6 $17) 15. c4 Rb8 16. Qc2 Bf8 (16... Qh6 17. Rab1 $15) 17. Rae1 g6 (17... Ba6 18. Re3 $11) 18. Re2 Bg7 19. Rfe1 Qc3 20. Qa4 (20. Qxc3 Bxc3 21. Re3 Bg7 $11) 20... Ba6 $11 {Increases the pressure on c4} 21. Re3 Qb4 22. Qd7 (22. Ra3 Bb2 (22... Bxc4 $143 23. Qxb4 cxb4 24. Rxa5 bxa5 25. Nxc4 $16) 23. Qxb4 cxb4 $11) 22... Nxc4 $15 (22... Bxc4 $143 23. Rb1 Red8 24. Rxb4 Rxd7 25. Rxc4 Nxc4 26. Nxc4 $16) 23. Nxc4 Bxc4 24. Qxd6 (24. Ng5 Rf8 (24... Bxa2 $143 25. Qxf7+ Kh8 26. Qd7 $16) 25. a3 Qb2 $17) 24... Bxa2 25. Qf4 h6 26. Qc7 (26. Rd1 a5 $17) 26... a5 (26... Bd4 27. Qxa7 Ra8 28. Qb7 $19) 27. d6 $17 Be6 28. Rd1 (28. e5 b5 $17) 28... a4 ( 28... Qa4 29. Rb1 Rec8 30. Qa7 $19) 29. d7 Red8 30. Ne5 (30. Red3 Bb3 31. Re1 c4 $19) 30... Bxe5 31. Qxe5 Rb7 (31... b5 32. Red3 $19) 32. Bh3 $17 Qb3 $4 ( 32... Qc4 33. Red3 Rbb8 $17) 33. Rxb3 $18 (33. Rxb3 Rbxd7 34. Rxd7 Bxd7 35. Qf6 $18) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.??.??"] [Round "10"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Demchenko, A."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2350"] [BlackElo "2615"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. b4 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} g6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Be2 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Qc2 a5 {last book move} 10. a3 (10. b5 c5 $14) 10... Ne4 (10... c5 11. Nbd2 $11 ) 11. Rd1 f5 12. Nc3 {White intends d5} Ndf6 13. d5 e5 14. dxe6 Ng4 15. Nxe4 ( 15. Nd5 Re8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 $14) 15... fxe4 $11 16. Bxg7 exf3 (16... Kxg7 17. Nd4 Nxf2 $16) 17. gxf3 $4 (17. Bxf3 Rxf3 18. gxf3 Bxf3 19. Bd4 Nxh2 20. Be5 $19) 17... Qh4 18. Bd3 Qxh2+ (18... Bxf3 19. Kf1 Be2+ 20. Ke1 Qxf2+ 21. Kd2 Bxd3+ 22. Kc3 Qxc2+ 23. Kd4 Qxc4#) 19. Kf1 Bxf3 20. Ke1 Kxg7 (20... Bxd1 $142 21. Rxd1 Rxf2 $19) 21. e7 Rfe8 22. Qc3+ Kg8 23. Kd2 (23. Qc2 Qg1+ 24. Kd2 Qxf2+ 25. Kc1 Bxd1 26. Qxd1 Qxe3+ 27. Qd2 axb4 28. Qxe3 Nxe3 $19) 23... Qxf2+ (23... Nxf2 24. Kc1 axb4 25. Qf6 Bxd1 26. Bxg6 hxg6 27. Qxg6+ Kh8 28. Qf6+ Kh7 29. Qf7+ Kh6 30. Qf6+ Kh5 31. Qf5+ Kh4 32. Ra2 Nd3+ 33. Qxd3 Qxa2 34. Kxd1 Qa1+ 35. Kd2 Rxe7 36. Qg6 Qc3+ 37. Kd1 Qb3+ 38. Qc2 Qxc2+ 39. Kxc2 bxa3 40. Kd3 a2 41. Kd2 a1=Q 42. Kc2 Ra2+ 43. Kd3 Qc1 44. e4 Qd2#) 24. Kc1 Bxd1 25. Be4 Qxe3+ (25... Bf3 $142 26. Bxa8 Bxa8 27. bxa5 Rxe7 28. Qd2 $19) 26. Qxe3 Nxe3 27. Bxa8 Rxa8 28. Kd2 Nxc4+ 29. Kxd1 Kf7 30. Kc2 (30. b5 Kxe7 31. Kc2 d5 $19) 30... Kxe7 (30... axb4 31. e8=Q+ Rxe8 32. axb4 $19) 31. Kc3 (31. b5 d5 32. a4 Kd6 $19) 31... Ne5 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Williams, Pe"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2350"] [BlackElo "2235"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. b4 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Nf3 a6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. a3 d5 8. O-O Bg4 9. Nbd2 Re8 { last book move} 10. h3 (10. c4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Bf5 $14) 10... Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Ne4 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 e6 14. Qc2 Nd6 15. Bb3 Qe7 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Rfd1 { White intends d5} a5 (17... Red8 18. Ba4 Nb5 19. Qe2 $16) 18. d5 (18. Ne5 axb4 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. axb4 Rb8 $16) 18... exd5 (18... Bxb2 19. Qxb2 exd5 20. Bxd5 axb4 21. axb4 $14) 19. Bxd5 (19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. bxa5 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22. Rxd5 Qf6 $16) 19... axb4 (19... Bxb2 20. Qxb2 axb4 21. axb4 $14) 20. Bxc6 (20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. axb4 Ne4 23. Qb2+ Qf6 24. Qxf6+ Kxf6 25. Rxc6+ Re6 $18) 20... bxc6 $2 (20... Bxb2 $142 $5 21. Qxb2 bxa3 22. Qxa3 bxc6 $14) 21. Bxg7 $16 Kxg7 22. Qb2+ (22. axb4 Ne4 23. Qb2+ Kg8 24. Rxc6 Rb8 $18) 22... Kg8 23. axb4 Rb8 24. Rxc6 Qe4 $2 (24... Red8 $142 $16) 25. Rxc7 $18 Rxb4 (25... Nf5 $18) 26. Qf6 Re6 (26... Rb1 27. Qxd6 Qe6 28. Qd4 (28. Rxb1 $6 Qxd6 29. Rbb7 Qf6 $14) 28... Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 $18) 27. Qd8+ (27. Rxd6 $6 Rxf6 28. Rxf6 Rb7 $11) 27... Ne8 (27... Re8 28. Qxd6 Rb1 29. Rxf7 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 h6 $18) 28. Rc8 (28. Ng5 $142 Qf5 29. Nxe6 Qxe6 30. Re7 $18) 28... Rb1 (28... Re7 $18) 29. Ng5 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 Qb7 31. Qc2 (31. Rd8 $142 $5 Re5 $18) 31... Re7 32. Qc3 Qd7 33. Nf3 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Qd6+ 35. g3 Qd7 36. h4 (36. Nd4 Qd6 $18) 36... Qb7 (36... h6 37. Qc6 Qxc6 38. Rxc6 $16) 37. Ng5 (37. Nd4 Re4 $18) 37... h5 (37... h6 38. Nh3 $16) 38. Qc4 (38. Qf6 Re6 39. Qd8 Re7 $18) 38... Qd7 39. Rb8 Re5 (39... Kg7 40. Rb6 $16) 40. Ne4 (40. Rd8 Qe7 $18) 40... Kg7 $2 (40... Qf5 $142 41. Rb4 Nf6 42. Nxf6+ Qxf6 43. Rb8+ Kh7 $16) 41. Qc3 $18 Qe7 $4 (41... Qc7 42. Qb2 Qxb8 43. Qxb8 Rxe4 44. Qb2+ Nf6 $18) 42. f4 (42. f4 Nf6 43. Nxf6 Qxf6 44. Qxe5 (44. fxe5 $6 Qf2+ 45. Kh3 Qf1+ 46. Kh2 Qf2+ 47. Kh1 Qf1+ 48. Kh2 Qf2+ $11) 44... Qxe5 45. fxe5 $18) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Zhigalko, S."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2350"] [BlackElo "2570"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e5 2. Bb2 e4 3. e3 Nf6 4. a3 d5 5. c4 Bf5 6. Nc3 {last book move} d4 (6... dxc4 $5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 $11) 7. exd4 $14 Qxd4 (7... a5 8. b5 $14) 8. Nge2 (8. Nd5 $142 $5 Qxb2 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 $16) 8... Qd7 $11 (8... Qxc4 $2 9. Ng3 Qe6 10. Nb5 $18) 9. Ng3 Nc6 (9... Bg6 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Ncxe4 Nxe4 12. f3 $15 (12. Nxe4 $143 O-O-O $17)) 10. Be2 (10. d4 $5 $14) 10... O-O-O 11. O-O (11. Nxf5 Qxf5 12. O-O Nd4 $11) 11... Nd4 (11... Bg6 12. Nb5 $15) 12. c5 h5 13. Rc1 Bg6 14. c6 (14. Re1 $142 $5 $11) 14... Nxc6 $17 15. Bb5 h4 16. Nge2 h3 17. g3 Qxd2 18. Qa4 Qxb2 19. Bxc6 e3 $4 (19... Rd2 $5 20. Rfd1 e3 $17 (20... bxc6 $143 21. Rxd2 Qxd2 22. Rd1 Qxd1+ 23. Nxd1 $11) (20... Rxe2 $4 21. Bxb7+ Kxb7 22. Qb5+ Kc8 23. Qa6+ Kb8 24. Rd8#)) 20. Bxb7+ (20. Qxa7 $142 exf2+ 21. Rxf2 bxc6 22. Na4 Qxc1+ 23. Nxc1 $16) 20... Kxb7 $17 21. Nb5 (21. Nb5 exf2+ 22. Kxf2 Ne4+ 23. Kg1 $18) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Makarian, Rudik"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2350"] [BlackElo "2545"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} d6 2. Bb2 e5 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 c6 8. Ne2 {last book move} Qe7 9. O-O h5 (9... d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. a3 $11) 10. Re1 h4 11. Nbc3 h3 12. Bh1 Re8 13. Qb3 Nbd7 14. Rad1 Nf8 15. d4 { White prepares c5} (15. a4 Be6 $11) 15... Bg4 (15... e4 16. d5 $11) 16. dxe5 dxe5 (16... Qxe5 $2 17. Nd5 Qf5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nc7 $18) 17. c5 Rad8 18. Ne4 (18. Qa4 e4 $11) 18... Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Nh7 20. Rxd8 (20. Bh1 Ng5 $15) 20... Rxd8 $15 21. Qc2 (21. Nc1 Ng5 22. Bh1 Bf3 $17) 21... Ng5 $17 22. Bh1 Bf3 (22... Qd7 $142 23. Nc3 Qd2 $17) 23. Rd1 $2 (23. e4 $5 $15) 23... Qf6 (23... Rxd1+ $5 24. Qxd1 Qe6 25. Ba1 $19) 24. Rxd8+ $17 Qxd8 25. Bxf3 $4 (25. e4 $142 $19) 25... Nxf3+ 26. Kh1 (26. Kf1 Nxh2+ 27. Kg1 Nf3+ 28. Kh1 $19) 26... Ne1 27. Qe4 Qd2 ( 27... Qd2 28. Ng1 Qxf2 29. Nxh3 Qf1+ 30. Ng1 Bh6 31. Bxe5 Bxe3 32. Qxg6+ fxg6 33. b5 Qxg1#) 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.??.??"] [Round "10"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Srihari, L R."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2350"] [BlackElo "2490"] [PlyCount "132"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. e3 O-O 5. c3 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. d4 Re8 8. g3 d5 9. Bg2 c6 10. Ne2 Nd7 11. O-O Nb6 12. Nd2 Bf5 13. a4 a5 {last book move} 14. Re1 h6 15. Nf4 Qc7 (15... Bg5 16. Qb3 $15) 16. e4 $11 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 (18. Rxe4 $143 Bg5 19. Nd3 Bxd2 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Qxd2 Nc4 $11) 18... Be7 19. Qg4 Qd7 20. Qxd7 Nxd7 21. Rab1 Rab8 22. Nd2 Kf8 23. Nc4 b6 24. Nd3 Rec8 (24... Bf6 25. Rxe8+ Kxe8 26. f4 $14) 25. Kf1 ( 25. Nde5 $5 Nxe5 26. Rxe5 $16 (26. dxe5 $6 b5 27. Nd6 Rd8 $11)) 25... b5 $11 26. Nce5 Nf6 27. Ra1 b4 (27... Bd6 28. f4 $11) 28. cxb4 $16 Bxb4 (28... axb4 29. Rec1 $16) 29. Rec1 (29. Nxb4 $6 Rxb4 30. Rec1 Rxd4 31. Nxc6 Rd5 $11) 29... Rb6 30. Rc4 Ke8 31. Rac1 Nd5 32. Nxc6 f6 (32... Bd2 33. R1c2 Rb1+ 34. Kg2 Nb6 35. Nxa5 Ra8 36. Rxd2 Rxa5 $18) 33. Nxa5 $1 $18 (33. Ncxb4 $6 Rxc4 34. Rxc4 Nxb4 $16) 33... Ra8 (33... Bxa5 34. Rc5 {Double attack} (34. Rxc8+ { Discovered attack}) (34. Rc5 {Decoy})) 34. Rc8+ (34. Nxb4 $142 $5 Rxb4 35. Rxb4 Nxb4 36. Rc5 $18) 34... Rxc8 $16 35. Rxc8+ Kd7 36. Ra8 Bc3 $2 (36... Nc7 37. Ra7 Bc3 38. Nc5+ Kc8 39. d5 Nxd5 40. Nab3 $16) 37. Ra7+ (37. Nc5+ Ke7 38. Ra7+ Ke8 $18) 37... Ke6 $2 (37... Nc7 38. Nc5+ Kc8 39. d5 Nxd5 40. Nab3 $16) 38. Nc4 (38. Nc5+ Kf5 39. Nc4 Rb1+ 40. Kg2 Kg6 $18) 38... Rc6 $2 (38... Rb1+ 39. Ke2 Bxd4 40. Rxg7 $18) 39. Ne3 (39. Nc5+ $142 Kf5 40. Rd7 $18) 39... Bxd4 $16 40. Nxd5 $4 (40. Rxg7 $142 Bxe3 41. fxe3 Nxe3+ 42. Ke2 $16) 40... Bxa7 $17 41. N5f4+ Kf7 42. Kg2 (42. Nd5 Rc4 $19) 42... Rc4 43. a5 Ra4 44. h4 g6 45. h5 g5 ( 45... Rxa5 $6 46. hxg6+ Kg7 47. Nb4 $15) 46. Nd5 Rxa5 47. N5b4 Ra4 (47... g4 48. f3 gxf3+ 49. Kxf3 Rxh5 50. Nc6 $19) 48. g4 Bb8 49. Kf3 Bd6 50. Nd5 $4 (50. Nc2 f5 $1 51. gxf5 Rh4 $19) 50... Ke6 (50... Rd4 $142 51. Ne3 Rxd3 $19) 51. Ne3 Ra3 (51... Rd4 $5 52. Ne1 $19) 52. Ke4 $17 Ra4+ 53. Kf3 Be5 $4 (53... Rd4 $142 54. Ne1 Rf4+ 55. Kg2 f5 56. gxf5+ Kf7 $19) 54. Nf5 (54. Nc5+ $142 Kf7 55. Nxa4 $18) 54... Ra3 (54... Kd5 55. Nxh6 Ra3 56. Ke2 $11) 55. Ke4 Ra4+ 56. Kf3 Bd6 ( 56... Kd5 57. Nxh6 Ra3 58. Ke2 $15) 57. Nxh6 Ra3 58. Ke4 Ra4+ 59. Kf3 Ra3 60. Ke4 Ra4+ 61. Ke3 (61. Kf3 Rd4 62. Ke3 Kd5 $11) 61... Bf4+ 62. Kf3 Ra3 63. Ke4 Ra4+ 64. Kf3 Ra3 65. Ke2 Ra2+ 66. Kf3 Ra3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Tikhonov, Viacheslav"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2350"] [BlackElo "2180"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. b4 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} g6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. Nbd2 a5 7. b5 c5 8. dxc5 Qc7 9. a4 { last book move} Nbd7 (9... Qxc5 10. c4 $11) 10. c6 (10. Nb3 $5 $16) 10... bxc6 $11 11. bxc6 Qxc6 12. Bb5 Qc7 13. O-O (13. c4 dxc4 14. Rc1 Ba6 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Rxc4 Qb7 $11) 13... Ba6 14. Qe2 (14. Nd4 Bxb5 15. axb5 Rfb8 $11) 14... Bxb5 15. axb5 Nc5 (15... Qxc2 $5 16. Ra2 Qc7 $15) 16. Be5 Qb7 17. Nd4 Nfe4 (17... Ncd7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rfb1 $11) 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. c4 (20. Nc6 a4 $14) 20... a4 (20... dxc4 21. Qxc4 e5 22. Qc6 $11) 21. f3 (21. Qb2 Kg8 $14) 21... Nc5 (21... Nd6 22. c5 Nc4 23. Rfb1 $14) 22. Qb2 Kg8 23. Qb4 { Attacks the isolani on a4} (23. Qa3 Qb6 24. Rac1 e5 25. cxd5 exd4 26. Rxc5 dxe3 27. Qxe3 Ra5 $11) 23... Rfc8 (23... Nd3 $5 24. Qc3 dxc4 25. Qxc4 Ne5 $14) 24. cxd5 $16 Qxd5 25. Nc6 Kf8 $2 (25... Rxc6 26. bxc6 Qxc6 27. Rfc1 $16) 26. Rfd1 ( 26. e4 Qh5 $18) 26... Qh5 (26... Qg5 27. Qc3 f6 28. h4 $18) 27. Rac1 (27. Ra3 Ne6 $18) 27... Nb3 $16 28. Qxe7+ Kg8 $2 (28... Kg7 $142 $5 29. Rd7 Qf5 $16) 29. Rd7 (29. Nd8 $5 Qf5 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 $18) 29... Qf5 30. Rcd1 a3 $4 (30... Re8 31. b6 Kg7 $18) 31. R1d5 (31. Nd8 Kg7 32. Ne6+ Qxe6 33. Qxe6 $18) 31... Qxd5 $2 ( 31... Qb1+ $142 $5 32. Kf2 Rf8 $16) 32. Rxd5 $18 a2 33. Rd7 $4 (33. Rd1 $142 Re8 34. Qf6 $18) 33... a1=Q+ $19 34. Kf2 Qg7 (34... Rf8 $142 35. Qe5 Qxe5 36. Nxe5 Ra2+ 37. Kg3 Nd2 $19) 35. b6 $4 (35. Qb4 $142 Qb2+ 36. Kg3 $19) 35... Re8 (35... Rxc6 36. b7 Rf8 37. Kg3 $19) 36. Qd6 $4 (36. b7 Rab8 37. Qd6 $15) 36... Na5 (36... Qb2+ $142 37. Kg3 Ra2 (37... Rxe3 $4 38. b7 Ree8 39. Qd5 $18) 38. Ne7+ Rxe7 39. Rd8+ Kg7 40. Qxe7 Qxg2+ 41. Kf4 Qxh2+ 42. Ke4 Nc5+ 43. Qxc5 Qh4+ 44. Kd3 Qxd8+ 45. Qd4+ Qxd4+ 46. Kxd4 Rb2 $19) 37. Ne7+ Kh8 38. Nd5 Rac8 (38... Nc4 39. Qf6 Rf8 40. b7 Ra2+ 41. Kg3 Qxf6 42. Nxf6 $19) 39. b7 (39. Qf6 Rf8 40. Qxg7+ Kxg7 41. Nc7 $19) 39... Nxb7 $1 40. Rxb7 Rcd8 (40... Red8 41. Rd7 Rxd7 42. Qxd7 $15) 41. Qc6 $15 Qe5 (41... Rb8 42. Qd7 Red8 43. Qe7 $15) 42. e4 (42. Qf6+ Qxf6 43. Nxf6 Rf8 $11) 42... Qd4+ (42... Rd6 43. Qc4 Kg8 44. Qc7 $11) 43. Kg3 $11 Qe5+ 44. Kh3 (44. f4 $142 Qg7 45. Qf6 $11) 44... Qe6+ (44... Rd6 $142 45. Qc7 g5 $15) 45. Qxe6 $16 fxe6 $4 (45... Rxe6 $142 46. Rxf7 Kg8 $16) 46. Nf6 (46. Nf6 Re7 47. Rxe7 Rd7 48. Rxd7 h6 49. Rh7#) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Chigaev, M."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2350"] [BlackElo "2630"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. c4 e6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. a4 b6 9. a5 dxc4 10. Bxc4 a6 11. axb6 cxb6 12. Qe2 Nb8 13. b5 a5 {last book move} 14. Nc3 Bb7 15. Na4 Nbd7 16. Ne5 Rc8 17. Rac1 Re8 18. Nc6 (18. Nxd7 $5 Nxd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. d4 $14) 18... Bxc6 $11 19. bxc6 Rxc6 20. Bb5 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Qb8 $4 (21... Ne4 $142 $11) 22. Bxf6 $18 Nxf6 23. Bxe8 Qxe8 (23... Nxe8 24. Qa6 Qd6 25. Qa8 $18 (25. Qxb6 $6 Qxd2 26. Qb1 Nf6 $16 )) 24. Nxb6 Bf8 (24... Qe7 25. Nc4 $18) 25. Rc8 (25. Qa6 $142 $5 Qb8 $18) 25... Qe7 26. Qb5 (26. Ra8 Qb4 27. Nc4 a4 $18) 26... Qa3 (26... Qb4 27. Qxb4 axb4 28. d4 $18) 27. g3 (27. Qf1 $142 $18) 27... Qd6 $2 (27... Qb4 $142 28. Qxb4 axb4 $18) 28. Qxa5 $18 Kg7 29. Nc4 Qd3 30. Qd8 Qb1+ 31. Kg2 Qb7+ 32. Kg1 Qb1+ 33. Kg2 Qb7+ 34. f3 Be7 (34... Qb4 35. d4 $18) 35. Qc7 (35. Qh8+ Kh6 $18) 35... Qa6 36. Qc6 (36. Qxe7 $6 Qxc8 37. Qxf7+ Kxf7 38. Nd6+ Ke7 39. Nxc8+ Kd7 40. Nb6+ Kc6 $18) 36... Qa2 37. e4 Qb1 38. Rc7 (38. e5 $5 Nd5 39. Qe8 Qd3 40. Qg8+ Kh6 41. Qxf7 Qe2+ 42. Kh3 Bf6 $18) 38... Qd3 (38... Qe1 39. Qb6 $18 (39. Rxe7 Qe2+ 40. Kh3 Qf1+ 41. Kh4 Qxf3 $19)) 39. Kf2 (39. Rxe7 Qe2+ 40. Kh3 Qf1+ 41. Kh4 Qxf3 $19) 39... Qd4+ (39... Ng8 40. Qd7 Bc5+ 41. Ke1 Qxf3 42. Rxc5 Qh1+ 43. Ke2 Qxh2+ 44. Kd3 Qxg3+ 45. Kc2 $18) 40. Ke2 Bb4 (40... Kf8 41. Qb6 Qxb6 42. Nxb6 $18) 41. Qb7 (41. Qxe6 $142 $1 Nd7 42. Rxd7 $18) 41... Bc5 (41... Ne8 42. Qa7 ( 42. Qxb4 $6 Nxc7 43. Qb2 Qxb2 44. Nxb2 Nb5 $18) 42... Qxa7 43. Rxa7 $18) 42. Rxf7+ Kh6 (42... Kg8 43. Ne3 Bb4 44. Rxf6 Qxd2+ 45. Kf1 Qc1+ 46. Kg2 Qb2+ 47. Nc2 Qxf6 48. Qxb4 Kf7 $18) 43. Ne3 Bb4 44. Ng4+ Nxg4 (44... Kh5 45. Rxh7+ Nxh7 46. Qxh7+ Kg5 47. h4#) 45. Rxh7+ Kg5 46. f4+ (46. fxg4 $4 Qxd2+ 47. Kf1 Qe1+ 48. Kg2 Qe2+ 49. Kg1 Bc5+ 50. Kh1 Qf3#) 46... Kf6 47. Qg7# 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Bryakin, M."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2350"] [BlackElo "2425"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. b4 {A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6} d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. c4 c6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. b5 {last book move} c5 (8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 cxb5 10. Bxb5 $11) 9. cxd5 Nxd5 (9... Qxd5 10. d4 $14) 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. d4 cxd4 12. Qxd4+ Nf6 13. Nc3 (13. Qb2 Qd6 $16) 13... Bg4 14. Qf4 Nbd7 15. Rfd1 Qb8 16. Qxb8 Raxb8 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nb6 19. g4 Rfc8 20. Ne4 (20. Rac1 Rc5 $14) 20... Nxe4 $11 21. Bxe4 Rc4 22. Bf3 Rc5 23. a4 Rc7 24. Kg2 h6 25. Kg3 g5 (25... Rbc8 26. Be4 $11) 26. Be4 (26. h4 Rc4 $11) 26... e6 (26... Rc4 27. Bg2 $11) 27. Rd4 $11 Rbc8 (27... e5 $142 28. Rd6 Nc4 $14) 28. Rad1 (28. h4 e5 29. Rd6 Nc4 $14) 28... Kf6 (28... e5 $142 $5 29. Rd8 Rxd8 30. Rxd8 Nxa4 $17) 29. h4 $14 Ke7 30. h5 Kf6 (30... f6 $142 $11) 31. Rd6 (31. Kf3 $142 $14) 31... Nxa4 $17 32. b6 Re7 33. Ra1 Rc4 34. Bd3 Rb4 35. Kf3 Rxb6 (35... Nxb6 36. Rxa5 Rd7 37. Rxd7 Nxd7 38. Kg3 $17) 36. Rxb6 Nxb6 37. Rxa5 Nd7 38. Ra8 (38. Be4 $5 $15) 38... Ne5+ $17 39. Ke2 Nxg4 40. Rb8 (40. f3 $5 Ne5 41. Be4 $17) 40... Kg7 $19 41. f3 (41. Be4 Nf6 42. Bxb7 Rc7 $19) 41... Nf6 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 4th Feb Early"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2345"] [BlackElo "2680"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} a5 2. b5 e5 3. Bb2 f6 4. e3 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. d4 d6 7. Be2 Ne7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. a4 Nd7 {last book move} 11. Nc3 g5 ( 11... Nb6 12. c5 dxc5 13. dxc5 $14) 12. Rc1 h6 13. Ba3 { White prepares the advance c5} Rf7 (13... Rb8 14. Nd2 $14) 14. c5 (14. e4 Rf8 $16) 14... dxc5 $14 15. dxc5 f5 16. Nd2 e4 17. Bc4 Nf8 18. Bxe6 Nxe6 19. Nc4 ( 19. Qb3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Qd3 $16) 19... Ng6 20. Qxd8+ (20. Qb3 Qe8 $14) 20... Nxd8 $11 21. g4 fxg4 (21... Nh4 22. gxf5 Bxc3 23. Rxc3 Nf3+ 24. Kg2 Rxf5 25. b6 $11) 22. Nxe4 Ne6 23. Rfd1 Nh4 24. c6 (24. b6 Nf3+ 25. Kg2 Nh4+ 26. Kh1 c6 $14) 24... bxc6 $11 25. bxc6 Nf3+ (25... Ra6 26. Rd5 Rxc6 27. Rxa5 $11) 26. Kg2 h5 ( 26... Nh4+ 27. Kf1 $11) 27. Rd7 (27. Rd5 $5 $16) 27... Ra6 $11 28. Ncd6 (28. Rd5 $5 Rxc6 29. Rxa5 Nh4+ 30. Kg1 $11) 28... cxd6 $15 29. Rxf7 Kxf7 30. c7 Nxc7 31. Rxc7+ Kg6 32. Nxd6 (32. Bxd6 $142 $5 Rb6 33. Rc1 $15) 32... Be5 $17 33. Re7 h4 (33... Bxd6 $6 34. Re6+ Kf5 35. Rxd6 $15) (33... Rxd6 34. Bxd6 Kf6 35. Bc5 $16) 34. h3 gxh3+ $4 (34... Ne1+ 35. Kh1 Nd3 36. hxg4 Nxf2+ 37. Kg2 Nxg4 38. Nc4 $19) 35. Kxh3 $4 (35. Kxf3 $142 g4+ 36. Kxg4 $11) 35... Bxd6 (35... Rc6 36. e4 Rc3 37. Bb2 $19) 36. Re6+ $17 Kf5 37. Rxd6 g4+ 38. Kg2 Rxd6 (38... Ra7 39. Rd5+ Ke4 40. Rc5 $19) 39. Bxd6 $17 Nd2 (39... h3+ 40. Kh1 Ke4 41. Bc7 $17) 40. Bc7 Nc4 41. f3 (41. Bd8 h3+ 42. Kg3 Nd2 $11) 41... Nxe3+ $17 42. Kf2 Nd5 $4 ( 42... Nc4 $142 43. Kg2 Kg5 $19) 43. fxg4+ $11 Kxg4 44. Bxa5 h3 45. Kg1 Kg3 46. Kh1 h2 (46... Kh4 47. Be1+ Kg4 48. a5 $11) 47. Bd8 $14 Kh3 (47... Nb4 $142 $5 $14) 48. a5 $16 Nb4 49. Bc7 Nd3 (49... Kg4 50. Kxh2 Kf5 51. Kg3 $14) 50. Bxh2 Nc5 51. Bc7 Kg4 52. Kg2 (52. Bb6 Na6 $16) 52... Na6 (52... Kf5 53. Kf3 $11) 53. Bd6 (53. Bg3 $5 $16) 53... Kf5 $11 54. Kf3 Ke6 55. Bf4 Kd5 56. Ke3 Kc6 57. Bc7 Kb5 58. Bb6 Nb4 59. Kd4 Nc6+ {The isolani on a5 becomes a target} 60. Kd5 Nxa5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Titled Tue 4th Feb Early"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Bacrot, E."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2345"] [BlackElo "2640"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. c4 c6 6. a3 Nbd7 7. Be2 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. d3 h6 10. Nbd2 Bh7 {last book move} 11. Re1 a5 12. b5 (12. c5 Bc7 $11) 12... cxb5 13. cxb5 e5 14. Rc1 Re8 15. Nf1 Qb6 (15... Qe7 16. a4 $15) 16. a4 Rac8 17. Ng3 Bb4 18. Rf1 Qd6 (18... Qe6 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Qa1 $11) 19. d4 (19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Qa1 e4 21. dxe4 dxe4 $11) 19... e4 20. Ne5 Nb6 (20... Nxe5 $2 21. dxe5 Rxc1 22. Qxc1 (22. exd6 $6 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 $14) 22... Rxe5 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Qc8+ Bf8 25. Qxb7 $18) 21. Nh5 $4 (21. Qb3 Rf8 $11) 21... Nxh5 (21... Rxc1 $142 $5 22. Bxc1 Nxh5 23. Bxh5 g6 $19) 22. Bxh5 $15 g6 23. Be2 $2 (23. Qg4 $142 $5 $15) 23... f6 $19 24. Rxc8 Nxc8 (24... Rxc8 25. f3 fxe5 26. dxe5 $17) 25. f4 fxe5 26. dxe5 Qc5 27. Bd4 Qc7 28. Qb3 Ne7 29. b6 (29. Bg4 Kg7 $17) 29... Qc8 $19 30. h3 h5 31. f5 (31. Qb2 Qe6 $19) 31... gxf5 32. Bxh5 Rf8 33. Qb2 Qe6 34. Qf2 (34. Bd1 Kf7 $19) 34... Nc6 35. Bb2 Bc5 { Black intends d4} 36. Qg3+ (36. Qf4 Bxb6 37. Rb1 Bc7 $19) 36... Kh8 37. Kh1 Bxb6 38. Rf4 (38. Rb1 Bc7 $19) 38... d4 (38... Nxe5 $6 39. Rh4 f4 40. exf4 $17) 39. Rh4 (39. exd4 Bxd4 40. Bxd4 Nxd4 $19) 39... Rg8 40. Qf4 (40. Qf2 Qxe5 41. Bf7 Rg7 $19) 40... Rg7 (40... Bd8 $142 $5 41. Bxd4 Qa2 42. g3 $19) 41. Bd1 Qxe5 42. Qh6 (42. Qxe5 Nxe5 43. Rh6 Nc6 $19) 42... Bc7 (42... Qg3 $142 43. Qxg7+ Kxg7 $19) 43. Kg1 (43. Rf4 $19) 43... Qh2+ (43... Qh2+ 44. Kf1 Qxg2+ 45. Ke1 Bg3#) 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Bortnyk, Olexandr"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2345"] [BlackElo "2600"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e5 2. Bb2 f6 3. b5 d5 4. e3 c5 5. bxc6 bxc6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. c4 e4 8. Nd4 Ne7 {last book move} 9. Qh5+ (9. Nc3 Be5 $11) 9... g6 10. Qh6 Kf7 (10... Qb6 11. Bc3 c5 12. Nb5 $15) 11. f4 (11. cxd5 $5 cxd5 12. d3 $11) 11... c5 $15 12. Nb5 Nf5 13. Qh3 (13. Nxd6+ $2 Qxd6 14. Qh3 Qb6 $19) 13... h5 (13... a6 14. Nxd6+ Nxd6 15. Qh4 $15) 14. g4 (14. cxd5 $5 Be7 15. N1a3 $14) 14... hxg4 $15 15. Qxg4 Be7 16. cxd5 $2 (16. Qg1 d4 $15) 16... Nd4 $4 (16... Nxe3 $142 17. Qe2 Nc2+ 18. Kd1 Nxa1 19. Bxa1 Bb7 $17 (19... Qxd5 $143 20. N1c3 Qd7 21. Qxe4 $17)) 17. Qd1 $11 Nf3+ 18. Kf2 Qxd5 (18... Rxh2+ $142 $5 19. Rxh2 Nxh2 $14) 19. Nc7 $16 Qh5 $2 (19... Qb7 20. Qb3+ Kg7 21. Nxa8 Qxa8 22. Bc4 $16) 20. Bc4+ $4 (20. h4 Kg7 $18) 20... Kf8 $2 (20... Kg7 $142 21. h4 Bb7 $16) 21. h4 $18 (21. Nxa8 Qh4+ 22. Kf1 Qg3 23. Be6 Rxh2 24. Rxh2 Nxh2+ 25. Ke2 Qf3+ 26. Ke1 Qf1#) 21... Nc6 (21... Qxh4+ 22. Rxh4 Rxh4 $18) 22. Nc3 (22. Nxa8 $142 Na5 23. Be2 $18) 22... Rb8 $15 23. Rb1 (23. Nxe4 Rxb2 24. Qxf3 $11) 23... Bg4 ( 23... f5 24. Be2 Bxh4+ 25. Kf1 Qg4 26. Bxf3 exf3 $19 (26... Qxf3+ $6 27. Qxf3 exf3 28. d4 $15)) 24. Ne6+ $4 (24. Nxe4 $142 Nfe5 25. fxe5 Qf5+ 26. Kg3 Bxd1 27. Ne6+ Qxe6 28. Bxe6 $16) 24... Bxe6 $19 25. Bxe6 f5 26. Nd5 $4 (26. Nxe4 $142 Rxb2 27. Rxb2 fxe4 28. Kg2 $19) 26... Bxh4+ 27. Kf1 Rxb2 (27... Qg4 28. Bg7+ Kxg7 29. Rb7+ Rxb7 30. Qa1+ Ncd4 31. Qxd4+ Nxd4 32. Nc3 Qf3+ 33. Kg1 Qf2#) 28. Rxb2 Nh2+ $4 (28... Qg4 29. Qe2 Bf6 30. Rxh8+ Bxh8 31. Rb8+ Nxb8 $19) 29. Kg2 $11 Qf3+ (29... Nf3 30. Kf1 $11) 30. Qxf3 $14 exf3+ (30... Nxf3 $143 31. Bd7 Nd8 32. Rb8 $18) 31. Kxh2 $4 (31. Kg1 $142 f2+ 32. Kg2 f1=Q+ 33. Rxf1 Nxf1 34. Kxf1 $14) 31... Bf2# 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 4th Mar Early"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Black "Ibarra Jerez, JC."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2345"] [BlackElo "2555"] [PlyCount "129"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. c3 Ba5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. d4 d5 8. g3 c5 9. Nf3 {last book move} Bf5 10. Be2 Bxb1 11. Rxb1 Bxc3+ 12. Kf1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc6 14. Nxc6 (14. Nb5 Be5 $17) 14... bxc6 15. Kg2 Rfd8 16. Bf3 Ba5 (16... Rab8 17. Qc2 $17) 17. Qa4 Bb6 18. Rhc1 Rac8 19. Rc2 c5 20. Rd1 d4 21. exd4 cxd4 22. Rcd2 (22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Qd7 Rd8 $17) 22... Rc3 23. Rd3 g6 24. Qb5 Rdc8 25. a4 Kg7 26. Qd7 R8c7 27. Qb5 Rxd3 28. Rxd3 Rc2 29. a5 (29. Qd5 Qe6 30. Be4 Qxd5 31. Bxd5 Rc3 $17) 29... Rc5 $19 30. axb6 $2 (30. Qd7 $142 Rxa5 31. Bd5 $19) 30... Rxb5 31. bxa7 Ra5 32. a8=Q Rxa8 33. Bxa8 Qa6 34. Be4 f5 35. Bxf5 Qc6+ 36. Kg1 Qd5 (36... gxf5 $142 37. Rxd4 Qc3 38. Rd7+ Kf6 $19) 37. Bh3 Qe4 38. Bf1 Kf6 39. Rb3 (39. f4 h6 $19) 39... Qe1 40. Rd3 Ke5 41. Kg2 Qa1 42. Rf3 Qa8 43. Bd3 (43. h4 h6 $19) 43... g5 44. g4 h5 45. h3 h4 46. Bf5 Qd5 47. Bd3 Kd6 48. Bf5 Kc5 49. Bd3 Kb4 50. Bf5 Qc6 51. Bh7 (51. Bd3 $19) 51... Qd5 52. Bf5 Kc5 53. Bh7 $4 (53. Bd3 Qc6 $19) 53... Kd6 54. Bf5 Ke7 55. Bh7 Qb7 56. Bd3 Kd6 57. Bf5 Kc5 58. Bd3 Kb4 59. Bf5 Kc4 (59... Ka5 $5 60. Bd3 $19) 60. Bd3+ Kb4 61. Bf5 Qd5 62. Bh7 Qc6 (62... Ka4 63. Bc2+ Ka5 64. Bd3 $19) 63. Bf5 (63. Bd3 Ka5 $19) 63... Qa8 64. Bh7 Qb7 $4 (64... Kc5 $142 $19) 65. Bf5 $11 1/2-1/2

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