Wang, Leo Q vs Nandhakumar, Vaseegaran
17. annual Southwest Class Championship · Round 6.43 · 2026.02.12 · 1/2-1/2 · B59 Sicilian Defense: Boleslavsky Variation
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PGN
[Event "17. annual Southwest Class Championship"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2026.02.12"]
[Round "6.43"]
[White "Wang, Leo Q"]
[Black "Nandhakumar, Vaseegaran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[WhiteFideId "30994535"]
[BlackElo "2074"]
[BlackFideId "30946409"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[ECO "B59b"]
[Source "LichessBroadcast"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[ImportDate "2023-03-03"]
1. e4 { [%clk 1:30:50] } 1... c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 { [%clk 1:31:38] } 3... Nf6
{ [%clk 1:31:35] } 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 { [%clk 1:31:48] } 5... Nc6
{ [%clk 1:32:27] } 6. Be2 { [%clk 1:27:03] } 6... e5 { [%clk 1:32:50] } 7. Nb3
Be6 8. Be3 { [%clk 1:25:56] } 8... Be7 { [%clk 1:33:25] } 9. f3 O-O 10. Qd2
{ [%clk 1:24:54] } 10... a5 { [%clk 1:33:39] } 11. Nd5 $2
{ Mistake. Bb5 was best.[%clk 1:21:30] } 11... Bxd5 $2
{ Mistake. a4 was best.[%clk 1:29:20] } 12. exd5 { [%clk 1:21:54] } 12... Nb4
{ [%clk 1:28:23] } 13. c4 { [%clk 1:20:42] } 13... b6 { [%clk 1:27:18] } 14.
O-O { [%clk 1:20:13] } 14... Nd7 { [%clk 1:27:06] } 15. f4 { [%clk 1:18:36] }
15... Nc5 $6 { Inaccuracy. Qc7 was best.[%clk 1:15:15] } 16. Bxc5 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Nxc5 was best.[%clk 1:12:44] } 16... bxc5 { [%clk 1:14:17] } 17.
fxe5 { [%clk 1:12:01] } 17... a4 { [%clk 1:10:50] } 18. a3 { [%clk 1:08:40] }
18... Nc2 19. Qxc2 { [%clk 1:08:42] } 19... axb3 { [%clk 0:50:54] } 20. Qxb3
{ [%clk 1:08:49] } 20... dxe5 { [%clk 0:50:23] } 21. Qe3 { [%clk 1:06:52] }
21... Qd6 { [%clk 0:47:03] } 22. Bd3 { [%clk 1:05:26] } 22... Rab8
{ [%clk 0:43:20] } 23. Rab1 { [%clk 1:02:59] } 23... g6 { [%clk 0:42:46] } 24.
b4 { [%clk 0:55:56] } 24... f5 { [%clk 0:39:30] } 25. b5 { [%clk 0:54:27] }
25... e4 { [%clk 0:39:32] } 26. Bc2 { [%clk 0:54:42] } 26... Bf6
{ [%clk 0:39:19] } 27. Qe2 { [%clk 0:54:41] } 27... Be5 28. h3
{ [%clk 0:54:00] } 28... Qb6 { [%clk 0:33:57] } 29. Rb3 { [%clk 0:43:47] }
29... Bc7 { [%clk 0:33:13] } 30. g3 { [%clk 0:42:49] } 30... Be5
{ [%clk 0:31:46] } 31. Kg2 { [%clk 0:41:44] } 31... h5 { [%clk 0:30:13] } 32.
Qe3 { [%clk 0:39:18] } 32... Kg7 { [%clk 0:28:35] } 33. h4 { [%clk 0:35:56] }
33... Bd4 { [%clk 0:25:44] } 34. Qe2 { [%clk 0:34:44] } 34... Rbe8
{ [%clk 0:25:28] } 35. a4 { [%clk 0:34:03] } 35... e3 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Qa5 was best.[%clk 0:24:40] } 36. Rf4 { [%clk 0:32:42] } 36...
Qa5 37. Rd3 { [%clk 0:33:06] } 37... Qb4 { [%clk 0:23:26] } 38. Rfxd4 cxd4 39.
Rxd4 Qc3 40. Rf4 { [%clk 0:31:02] } 40... Rf6 { [%clk 0:22:29] } 41. Rf1
{ [%clk 0:19:20] } 41... Re4 { [%clk 0:15:04] } 42. Bxe4 fxe4 43. Rxf6 Kxf6 44.
b6 Qd2 45. Kf1 Qc1+ 46. Kg2 { [%clk 0:13:39] } 46... Qd2 { [%clk 0:09:12] }
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