Guntaka, Aayansh vs Xia, Joshua

Cornerstone Holidays 2025 | IM Norm B · Round 6.4 · 2025.12.29 · 0-1 · B90 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf 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 "Cornerstone Holidays 2025 | IM Norm B"]
[Site "Sunnyvale USA"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Guntaka, Aayansh"]
[Black "Xia, Joshua"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[WhiteElo "2144"]
[WhiteFideId "30993890"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackElo "2009"]
[BlackFideId "30987830"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Source "TWIC"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[ImportDate "2026-02-03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 g6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Be3
Nc6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. g4 e6 11. O-O-O d5 12. g5 Ne8 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bc5 Rb8 15.
Bxf8 Kxf8 16. Na4 Bd7 17. b4 a5 18. c3 axb4 19. axb4 Ra8 20. Nc5 Ra3 21. Qb2
Rxc3+ 22. Kb1 Bc8 23. f4 Rf3 24. e5 Rxf4 25. Nd3 Rh4 26. Qd2 Kg8 27. Bg2 Qb6
28. Rc1 Ba6 29. Kc2 Bxd3+ 30. Qxd3 Rc4+ 31. Kb1 Rxb4+ 32. Kc2 Rc4+ 33. Qxc4
dxc4 34. Bf1 Qf2+ 35. Kc3 Bxe5+ 36. Kxc4 Nd6+ 37. Kb3 Qb2+ 38. Ka4 Qxc1 39. Bd3
Qxh1 40. Ka5 Qg1 41. Ka6 Nc8 42. Ka5 Qb6+ 43. Ka4 Bc3 44. Ka3 Qb2+ 45. Ka4 Qa2#
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