Karthi, Jashith vs Mitkov, Nikola
35th Annual Chicago Open · Round 6 · 2026.05.24 · 1-0 · D31 Queen's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Variation
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PGN
[Event "35th Annual Chicago Open"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2026.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karthi, Jashith"]
[Black "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[WhiteFideId "30983029"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[BlackFideId "15000290"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Source "LichessBroadcast"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[ImportDate "2026-06-04"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. cxd5 exd5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 Bb6 7. e3 Ne7 8. Bd3
Bf5 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O c6 11. Bb2 Nd7 12. Qc2 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nc8 14. a4 Nd6 15.
Nd2 Bc7 16. b5 Re8 17. Ba3 Nf6 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Rfc1 Re6 20. h3 Ba5 21. Bxd6
Qxd6 22. Nb3 $6 { Inaccuracy. Nf3 was best. } 22... Bc7 23. g3 Rae8 24. Ne2 Ne4
25. Nc5 Rh6 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. Qc4 $2 { Mistake. Qd1 was best. } 27... Qd7 28.
h4 Qh3 29. Nf4 Bxf4 30. exf4 e3 31. Qf1 Qg4 32. Kh2 $4
{ Blunder. Re1 was best. } 32... Rhe6 $4 { Blunder. exf2 was best. } 33. f3 Qf5
34. Rc5 Qf6 35. Re5 Qd8 36. Qd3 $6 { Inaccuracy. Qc4 was best. } 36... Rxe5 37.
fxe5 Rxe5 38. Re1 $6 { Inaccuracy. Qc3 was best. } 38... c5 39. f4 Re7 40. d5
h6 41. d6 $6 { Inaccuracy. Re2 was best. } 41... Re6 42. f5 $2
{ Mistake. Rxe3 was best. } 42... Rxd6 43. Qxe3 Rd2+ 44. Kh3 Qd5 45. Qe8+ Kh7
46. Qe4 Qd7 47. h5 Rd5 48. g4 $6 { Inaccuracy. Rf1 was best. } 48... Rd3+ 49.
Kh4 Rd4 50. Qf3 Qd6 51. Qg3 Qd8+ 52. Kh3 Rd3 53. Re3 c4 54. Kh2 Qd5 55. Qe5
Rxe3 $4 { Blunder. Rd2+ was best. } 56. Qxd5 c3 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Re2+ was best. } 57. Qc4 $6 { Inaccuracy. Qxf7 was best. } 57...
a5 58. Kg2 f6 59. Qc5 $6 { Inaccuracy. Kf2 was best. } 59... Re2+ 60. Kf3 Ra2
61. Qxa5 c2 62. Qc5 Rxa4 63. Qxc2 Ra5 64. Qc6 Re5 65. Qd7 Kg8 66. Kf4 $6
{ Inaccuracy. g5 was best. } 66... Kf8 $6 { Inaccuracy. Kh7 was best. } 67.
Qc8+ Re8 68. Qc6 Kf7 69. g5 hxg5+ 70. Kg4 Re1 71. Qc4+ Kf8 72. Qb4+ Re7 73. h6
gxh6 74. Kh5 Kf7 75. Kxh6 Re8 $2
{ Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rd7 was best. } 76. Qc4+ { [%clk 0:37:22] }
76... Ke7 { [%clk 0:00:00] } 77. Qe6+ $6
{ Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qc7+ was best.[%clk 0:37:04] } 1-0