Kona, Vidip vs Palathingal, Rafael
19th SPICE Cup Open 2025 · Round 3.16 · 2025.11.20 · 1-0 · A06 Tarrasch Defense: Symmetrical Variation
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[Event "19th SPICE Cup Open 2025"] [Site "Bellevue, WA USA"] [Date "2025.11.20"] [Round "3.16"] [White "Kona, Vidip"] [Black "Palathingal, Rafael"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "137"] [WhiteElo "2053"] [WhiteFideId "30990440"] [WhiteTitle "CM"] [BlackElo "1984"] [BlackFideId "39927580"] [BlackTitle "CM"] [ECO "A06"] [Source "TWIC"] [SourceQuality "1"] [ImportDate "2026-05-04"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c5 3. d4 Nf6 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O h6 10. b3 Be6 11. Bb2 Ne4 12. Rc1 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Be7 14. Qd2 Bf6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Bb5 Rac8 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Rc5 Bd7 19. Qd4 Qxd4 20. Nxd4 f5 21. f4 Rfe8 22. Kf2 Re4 23. Rfc1 Rce8 24. R1c3 R8e7 25. Ra5 g5 26. g3 gxf4 27. gxf4 Be8 28. Nxf5 Rh7 29. Nd6 Re6 30. Nxe8 Rxe8 31. Rxc6 d4 32. exd4 Rf7 33. Kf3 Rd8 34. d5 h5 35. Rac5 Rdf8 36. Rc4 Rf5 37. Rc8 Rxf4+ 38. Rxf4 Rxc8 39. d6 Rd8 40. Rd4 Kf7 41. d7 Ke6 42. Kf4 h4 43. h3 a6 44. b4 Ke7 45. Ke5 Rb8 46. d8=Q+ Rxd8 47. Rxd8 Kxd8 48. Kd6 Kc8 49. Kc6 a5 50. bxa5 Kb8 51. Kd6 Ka7 52. Ke5 Ka6 53. Kf4 Kxa5 54. Kg4 Kb4 55. Kxh4 Ka3 56. Kg5 Kxa2 57. h4 Kb3 58. h5 Kc3 59. h6 Kd3 60. h7 Ke2 61. h8=Q Kd3 62. Qe5 Kd2 63. Qe4 Kd1 64. Qg2 Kc1 65. Kf4 Kd1 66. Ke3 Kc1 67. Kd3 Kb1 68. Kc3 Kc1 69. Qg1# 1-0