Guo, Ethan vs Venkatesh, Narayan

Cornerstone Holidays 2025 #2 | IM A · Round 7.4 · 2026.01.03 · 1/2-1/2 · C50 Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo, Normal

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.
PGN
[Event "Cornerstone Holidays 2025 #2 | IM A"]
[Site "Sunnyvale USA"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Guo, Ethan"]
[Black "Venkatesh, Narayan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[WhiteFideId "30976359"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[BlackFideId "30987881"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Source "TWIC"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[ImportDate "2026-02-03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Nbd2
h6 9. b4 O-O 10. h3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Re1 Ne7 13. Nf1 Ng6 14. Ra2 Qe8 15.
g3 Qf7 16. Kg2 Nd7 17. N1h2 Qe7 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 Bb6 20. Ree2 Nc5 21. Be3
Qf7 22. h4 Kh7 23. Bxc5 Bxc5 24. d4 Rxa2 25. Rxa2 exd4 26. cxd4 e5 27. d5 c6
28. bxc6 bxc6 29. Rd2 cxd5 30. Rxd5 Qb7 31. Qe2 Ne7 32. Rd2 Nc6 33. Qd3 Qf7 34.
Qa6 Qe8 35. Qc4 Qf7 36. Qxf7 Rxf7 37. h5 Ra7 38. Nh4 Ra4 39. f3 Ra3 40. Ng6 Nb4
41. Ng4 Kg8 42. Ne7+ Kf7 43. Nd5 Rd3 44. Rxd3 Nxd3 45. f4 exf4 46. gxf4 Nb4 47.
Nxb4 Bxb4 48. f5 Bc3 49. Kf3 Ke7 50. Ke3 Ba1 51. Kd3 Kd7 52. Kc4 Kc6 53. Ne3
Be5 54. Nd5 Kd7 55. Kb5 Bd4 56. Nf4 Ke7 57. Kc6 Kf6 58. Kd5 Be5 59. Ne6 Bg3 60.
Kd4 Be5+ 1/2-1/2