Liao, Connor vs Sakharkar, Shreyas Rajendra

54th annual World Open - 2026 · Round 7 · 2026.06.24 · 0-1 · D04 Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System

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.
PGN
[Event "54th annual World Open - 2026"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2026.06.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Liao, Connor"]
[Black "Sakharkar, Shreyas Rajendra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[WhiteFideId "39950360"]
[BlackElo "1821"]
[BlackFideId "30994012"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Source "LichessBroadcast"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[ImportDate "2027-07-07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. b3 Nc6 5. Bb2 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. Bd3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Qc7 11. Qe1 Bf4 12. h3 Bh5 13. g3 Bd6 14. Kg2 Bg6
15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qe2 Rfd8 17. c4 dxc4 18. bxc4 Rac8 19. Rac1 Qb6 20. Rc2 Qa6
21. Rfc1 Be7 22. Nb3 Rc7 23. Qe3 Na5 24. Nxa5 Qxa5 25. Qe2 Qf5 26. Rc3 Rdc8 27.
Re3 Qa5 28. Rec3 Qa6 29. Qc2 Nd7 30. Qb3 Nb6 31. Nd2 $6
{ Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } 31... Bg5 32. f4 Bf6 33. R3c2 g5 34. Kh2 gxf4 35.
gxf4 Qa4 36. Qd3 Nd5 37. Qg3 $2 { Mistake. Ne4 was best. } 37... b5 38. Qf2
bxc4 39. Ne4 Be7 40. Qg3 Qd7 41. Nc5 Qb5 42. Ba1 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Rg2 was best. } 42... Bd6 43. Rf2 Re8 44. a4 Qa5 45. Ne4 Bb4 46.
Rg2 Bf8 47. Nc5 Qb6 48. Rxc4 Nxf4 $4 { Blunder. Qb1 was best. } 49. Ne4 f5 50.
Rxc7 $4 { Blunder. Nf6+ was best. } 50... Qxc7 51. Nf6+ Kf7 52. Nxe8 Kxe8 53.
Kh1 $2 { Mistake. Bb2 was best. } 53... Qc1+ 54. Rg1 Qc6+ 55. Rg2 Nxg2 56. Qxg2
Qc1+ 57. Qg1 Qxg1+ 58. Kxg1 Kd7 59. Kf2 { [%clk 0:05:37] } 59... Kd6
{ [%clk 0:09:42] } 0-1