Girel, Joseph vs Rajaram, Rohan
35th annual North American Open · Round 3 · 2025.12.26 · 1-0 · D12 Slav Defense: Quiet Variation, Schallopp Defense
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PGN
[Event "35th annual North American Open"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2025.12.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Girel, Joseph"]
[Black "Rajaram, Rohan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[WhiteFideId "36033561"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[BlackFideId "30940729"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Source "LichessBroadcast"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[ImportDate "2026-02-03"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. g3 Nbd7 10. Bg2 Be7 11. Bd2 Rb8 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qc2 Qd8 14. O-O-O Nf8
15. e4 Ne6 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Qb3 Nxd4 18. Qa4+ Nc6 19. Bf4 Rc8 20. Bxd5 Nxd5
21. Nxd5 Bg5 22. Qa3 Bxf4+ 23. Nxf4 Qa5 24. Qxa5 Nxa5+ 25. Kb1 O-O 26. Rd7 Rb8
27. Rhd1 Nc6 28. Rc7 Rfd8 29. Rxd8+ Nxd8 30. h4 Kf8 31. Kc2 Nc6 32. Kc3 Ke8 33.
Nd3 Ne7 34. Rc5 Rc8 35. Rxc8+ Nxc8 36. Kd4 Kd7 37. Kd5 Ne7+ 38. Kc5 Nc8 39. a4
Nd6 40. Kd5 Ne8 41. Ne5+ Ke7 42. Nc4 Nc7+ 43. Ke4 Kd7 44. b4 Ne8 45. Ne5+ Ke6
46. Nd3 Kd6 47. Kd4 Nc7 48. Nc5 b6 49. Ne4+ Kd7 50. Nc3 Kd6 51. Ne4+ Kd7 52.
Nd2 f6 53. Ne4 Ne6+ 54. Kc4 Nc7 55. Nc3 Ne6 56. Nb5 a6 57. Nc3 Kd6 58. b5 axb5+
59. Kxb5 Kc7 60. Nd5+ Kb7 61. Nxb6 Nc7+ 62. Kc5 Na6+ 63. Kd6 Kxb6 64. Ke6 Nc5+
65. Kf7 Ne4 66. Kxg7 Nxf2 67. Kxg6 Ne4 68. h5 Nxg3 69. h6 f5 { [%clk 1:53:30] }
70. h7 { [%clk 1:53:50] } 1-0