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Karthikeyan, Murali
(2658) -
Xu, Xiangyu
(2612) -
FIDE Grand Swiss
(4), Samarkand, 2025
C42
1.e4
e5
2.Nf3
Nf6
3.Nxe5
d6
4.Nf3
Nxe4
5.d4
d5
6.Bd3
Bf5
7.O-O
Be7
8.Re1
O-O
9.Nbd2
Nd6
10.Nf1
Bg6
11.Ne5
Bxd3
12.Nxd3
Nd7
13.Bf4
Re8
14.c3
a5
15.Qb3
Nf6
16.a4
c6
17.Re2
Bf8
18.Be5
Nd7
19.Rae1
b5
20.Bxd6
Rxe2
21.Rxe2
Bxd6
22.axb5
Qb8
23.g3
Qxb5
24.Qxb5
cxb5
25.Ne3
Re8
26.Kf1
Nb6
27.Nf5
Rxe2
28.Kxe2
Bf8
29.Kd1
g6
30.Ne3
Bd6
31.Nc5
Be7
32.Na6
Bd6
33.Nc5
Be7
34.Kc1
Kf8
35.Nc2
Na8
36.Nd7+
Ke8
37.Ne5
Bd6
38.Nc6
a4
39.Na7
Nc7
40.Kb1
g5
41.Ka2
Kd7
42.b3
axb3+
43.Kxb3
g4
44.Na3
Bxa3
45.Kxa3
Ne6
46.Kb4
Ng5
47.Nxb5
Ne4
48.c4
dxc4
49.Kxc4
Nxf2
50.Kd5
Nd1
51.Ke4
Kc6
52.Na3
Nf2+
53.Ke3
Nh3
54.Nc2
f5
55.Nb4+
Kd6
56.Nd3
Ng5
57.Nf4
Ke7
½-½
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