Gottumukkala, Ananth vs Karthikeyan, Harishkumar

19th SPICE Cup Open 2025 · Round 2.18 · 2025.11.20 · 1-0 · B40 Sicilian Defense: Four Knights Variation, Exchange Variation

Moves

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63.
PGN
[Event "19th SPICE Cup Open 2025"]
[Site "Bellevue, WA USA"]
[Date "2025.11.20"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Gottumukkala, Ananth"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Harishkumar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[WhiteElo "2046"]
[WhiteFideId "2096528"]
[BlackElo "1948"]
[BlackFideId "30990467"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Source "TWIC"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[ImportDate "2026-05-04"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Be3 Qd8 14. Nd6+
Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Bb7 16. Kd1 c5 17. Qxc5 Kf7 18. Qd4 d6 19. Kc1 Qc7 20. b3 Rhd8
21. Kb2 e5 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Qc5 Rd2+ 24. Ka3 Qxc5+ 25. Bxc5 Rad8 26. Re1 Be4
27. Rg1 Rc2 28. Be3 h6 29. Be2 Rc3 30. Bf3 Bxf3 31. gxf3 Rc2 32. Rd1 Re8 33.
Rd2 Rxd2 34. Bxd2 Rd8 35. Be3 g5 36. Kb2 Rd7 37. Kc2 Re7 38. Bc5 Re8 39. a4 e4
40. fxe4 Rxe4 41. Kd3 Rh4 42. Rg2 Nh5 43. Rf2+ Nf4+ 44. Kc2 a6 45. Be3 Ke6 46.
Bxf4 gxf4 47. b4 Ke5 48. c5 f3 49. Rxf3 Rxb4 50. Rc3 Rb7 51. Rh3 Kd5 52. Rxh6
Kxc5 53. h4 a5 54. Rh5+ Kc4 55. Rb5 Rg7 56. h5 Rd7 57. Rxa5 Kb4 58. Ra6 Kc4 59.
h6 Rb7 60. Ra5 Rf7 61. Rh5 Rh7 62. a5 Kd4 63. a6 1-0