Gao, Albert vs Balaji, Shreenidhi
FIDE World Team Amateur Rapid Chess Cup 2026 - Pool B · Round 5 · 2026.06.19 · 1-0 · D02 Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation, Pseudo-Catalan
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PGN
[Event "FIDE World Team Amateur Rapid Chess Cup 2026 - Pool B"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2026.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gao, Albert"]
[Black "Balaji, Shreenidhi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[WhiteElo "1638"]
[WhiteFideId "39954480"]
[BlackElo "1467"]
[BlackFideId "374101382"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Source "LichessBroadcast"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[ImportDate "2027-07-07"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O Nc6 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e3
Bd7 $6 { Inaccuracy. dxc4 was best. } 9. Nd2 $6 { Inaccuracy. cxd5 was best. }
9... Rc8 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Bh3 14. Bg2 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 Ne5 16. Nb3 $6 { Inaccuracy. Nf3 was best. } 16... Qf6 17. Nxc5 Rxc5
18. Qe2 $4 { Blunder. e4 was best. } 18... Rfc8 $4 { Blunder. Qc6+ was best. }
19. Bd2 Qc6+ 20. f3 $4 { Blunder. e4 was best. } 20... Rd8 $4
{ Blunder. Rc2 was best. } 21. Bc3 b5 22. Rad1 Rc8 23. Bxe5 $6
{ Inaccuracy. e4 was best. } 23... Rxe5 24. Rc1 Qxc1 25. Rxc1 Rxc1 26. Qd2 Rc8
27. f4 Rec5 28. Kf3 h6 29. h4 R8c7 30. a3 Kh7 31. g4 Rc2 $6
{ Inaccuracy. h5 was best. } 32. Qd3+ Kg8 33. Qxb5 R7c5 $4
{ Blunder. Rc8 was best. } 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Qxf7 Rxb2 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Rc7 was best. } 36. g5 hxg5 37. hxg5 Rb6 38. Qxa7 Rbc6 39. Qf7
Rc3 $6 { Inaccuracy. Rc7 was best. } 40. Kg4 $6 { Inaccuracy. Qh5+ was best. }
40... Rxe3 $6 { Inaccuracy. Rc1 was best. } 41. Qf5+ Rg6 42. Kh5 Re6 43. a4 Rd6
44. a5 Ra6 45. Qd3 Rc6 46. f5 Rgd6 47. g6+ Kg8 $4
{ Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kh8 was best. } 48. Qb3+ Kf8 49. Qf7# 1-0