Guha, Rohit vs Starkman, Eric

Illinois Open 2025 · Round 5.4 · 2025.08.30 · 0-1 · D85 Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Modern 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.
PGN
[Event "Illinois Open 2025"]
[Site "Naperville, IL USA"]
[Date "2025.08.30"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Guha, Rohit"]
[Black "Starkman, Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[WhiteFideId "150036720"]
[BlackElo "1907"]
[BlackFideId "30914370"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Source "TWIC"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[ImportDate "2026-05-04"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Qd2 e6 13. f4 Bc7 14. O-O exd5
15. exd5 Ba5 16. d6 Rb8 17. Rb5 b6 18. Rxa5 bxa5 19. Ba3 Be6 20. Bxc5 Qd7 21.
c4 Rfc8 22. Qe3 Re8 23. Qd4 Bg4 24. Bxg4 Qxg4 25. h3 Qf5 26. Ba3 Rb1 27. Rxb1
Qxb1+ 28. Kh2 Re1 29. d7 Rh1+ 30. Kg3 Qe1+ 31. Kg4 Qd1+ 32. Qxd1 Rxd1 33. Kf3
Rxd7 34. Ke3 f5 35. Bc5 Kf7 36. a4 Ke6 37. Bd4 Rb7 38. Bc3 Rb3 39. Kd4 Ra3 40.
Bxa5 Rxa4 41. Bd2 Ra2 42. Kd3 a5 43. g4 a4 44. g5 a3 45. Kd4 0-1