Shankar, Pranav vs Samanta, Neelansh
North American Youth U18 · Round 3.14 · 2025.08.19 · 1-0 · D30 Semi-Slav Defense: Quiet Variation
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[Event "North American Youth U18"] [Site "Kingston, ON CAN"] [Date "2025.08.19"] [Round "3.14"] [White "Shankar, Pranav"] [Black "Samanta, Neelansh"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "123"] [WhiteElo "1579"] [WhiteFideId "39983030"] [BlackElo "1698"] [BlackFideId "33431183"] [ECO "D30t"] [Source "TWIC"] [SourceQuality "1"] [ImportDate "2025-10-07"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O O-O 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nf6 11. Bc2 c5 12. Qd3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 a6 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Bg5 g6 16. Qh3 Nh5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Re1 Qf6 19. Qe3 Rd8 20. Rad1 Bd7 21. b4 Rac8 22. c5 Nf4 23. Be4 Ba4 24. Nb3 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Bc6 26. Na5 Nd5 27. Qd4 Qxd4 28. Rxd4 Nc3 29. Nxc6 bxc6 30. Bd3 Nb5 31. Rd7 Kf8 32. g3 Rb8 33. Be4 Nc3 34. Bxc6 Rxb4 35. Bb7 Na4 36. c6 Nb6 37. c7 Rc4 38. Rd8+ Ke7 39. c8=Q Nxc8 40. Rxc8 Ra4 41. Rc2 h5 42. Kg2 f6 43. Bf3 e5 44. Bd5 Kd6 45. Bf7 g5 46. Bxh5 Ke6 47. Be2 a5 48. g4 Kf7 49. Bc4+ Kg6 50. Be6 Kg7 51. Rc7+ Kh8 52. Rf7 Rf4 53. f3 e4 54. fxe4 Rxe4 55. Rxf6 Re2+ 56. Kf3 Rxh2 57. Rg6 Rh3+ 58. Ke4 a4 59. Rxg5 Rc3 60. Kf5 Rc7 61. Kf6 Rh7 62. Rg8# 1-0