Nithin Babu vs Ghazarian, Kirk
28th OIBM 2025 · Round 3.10 · 2025.11.03 · 1/2-1/2 · C11 French Defense: Burn Variation
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[Event "28th OIBM 2025"] [Site "Tegernsee GER"] [Date "2025.11.03"] [Round "3.10"] [White "Nithin Babu"] [Black "Ghazarian, Kirk"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "84"] [WhiteElo "2310"] [WhiteFideId "46615431"] [BlackElo "2520"] [BlackFideId "30908604"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [ECO "C11"] [Source "TWIC"] [SourceQuality "1"] [ImportDate "2026-05-04"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bd7 6. Nf3 Bc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Ned2 O-O 9. Qe2 Nd5 10. Qe4 g6 11. Qh4 Nd7 12. c4 Bxg5 13. Nxg5 N5f6 14. O-O-O Kg7 15. Rhe1 h6 16. Ngf3 Nh5 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Nhf6 20. Nc3 c6 21. Kc2 Nb6 22. Ne5 Nc8 23. a4 Ne7 24. g4 a5 25. f3 g5 26. Ne2 h5 27. h3 Rh8 28. Rh1 Nd7 29. Nd3 Ng6 30. Kc3 b5 31. axb5 cxb5 32. c5 Nf6 33. b4 Nd5+ 34. Kb3 axb4 35. Nxb4 Nxb4 36. Kxb4 Ra8 37. Kxb5 Ra4 38. Nc3 Rha8 39. Kb6 R8a6+ 40. Kb5 R6a5+ 41. Kb6 Ra6+ 42. Kb5 R6a5+ 1/2-1/2