Balaji, Shreenidhi vs Wong, Lok Him

Hong Kong International Open Chess Championship 2025 | Challengers · Round 5 · 2025.12.23 · 0-1 · D02 Queen's Pawn Game: London 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.
PGN
[Event "Hong Kong International Open Chess Championship 2025 | Challengers"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2025.12.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balaji, Shreenidhi"]
[Black "Wong, Lok Him"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[WhiteElo "1490"]
[WhiteFideId "374101382"]
[BlackElo "1611"]
[BlackFideId "6016073"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Source "LichessBroadcast"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[ImportDate "2026-02-03"]

1. d4 d5 { [%clk 1:30:50] } 2. Nf3 { [%clk 1:31:15] } 2... Nf6
{ [%clk 1:30:30] } 3. Bf4 { [%clk 1:31:25] } 3... Bf5 { [%clk 1:29:19] } 4. e3
{ [%clk 1:30:47] } 4... e6 { [%clk 1:28:58] } 5. Bd3 { [%clk 1:30:15] } 5...
Bg6 { [%clk 1:28:44] } 6. c3 { [%clk 1:29:38] } 6... c5 { [%clk 1:28:21] } 7.
Bxg6 { [%clk 1:29:02] } 7... hxg6 { [%clk 1:28:45] } 8. h3 { [%clk 1:28:46] }
8... Nc6 { [%clk 1:28:15] } 9. Nbd2 { [%clk 1:28:46] } 9... Bd6
{ [%clk 1:24:19] } 10. Bxd6 { [%clk 1:26:08] } 10... Qxd6 { [%clk 1:24:45] }
11. Qb3 { [%clk 1:24:35] } 11... O-O-O { [%clk 1:24:26] } 12. O-O-O
{ [%clk 1:23:45] } 12... c4 { [%clk 1:24:01] } 13. Qc2 { [%clk 1:22:59] } 13...
b5 { [%clk 1:22:06] } 14. a3 { [%clk 1:20:35] } 14... a6 $6
{ Inaccuracy.   Nd7 was best.[%clk 1:21:30] } 15. Rde1 { [%clk 1:18:11] } 15...
Rhe8 { [%clk  1:19:29] } 16. Re2 { [%clk 1:13:11] } 16... Nd7
{ [%clk 1:17:43] } 17. Rhe1 { [%clk 1:10:49] } 17... e5 { [%clk 1:17:53] } 18.
Kb1 $6 { Inaccuracy. Nxe5 was  best.[%clk 1:08:16] } 18... e4
{ [%clk 1:17:10] } 19. Nh4 $2 { Mistake. Ng1 was  best.[%clk 1:06:12] } 19...
Nb6 { [%clk 1:15:59] } 20. g3 { [%clk 1:03:03] } 20... a5 { [%clk 1:15:44] }
21. b4 $4 { Blunder. Rf1 was best.[%clk  0:58:56] } 21... Na4
{ [%clk 1:14:40] } 22. Kc1 { [%clk 0:54:01] } 22... axb4 { [%clk  1:14:35] }
23. cxb4 { [%clk 0:53:28] } 23... Nxb4 { [%clk 1:14:58] } 24. axb4
{ [%clk 0:53:27] } 24... Qxb4 { [%clk 1:12:53] } 25. Nb1 { [%clk 0:46:38] }
25... Qa5 { [%clk 1:15:07] } 26. Qa2 { [%clk 0:52:00] } 26... b4
{ [%clk 1:12:53] } 27. Nd2 $6 { Inaccuracy. f3 was best.[%clk 0:46:38] } 27...
Qb5 { [%clk 1:12:53] } 28. Nb1 { [%clk 0:46:38] } 28... c3 $4
{ Blunder. Kd7 was best.[%clk 1:12:53] } 29. Qb3 { [%clk 0:46:38] } 29... Qc6
$4 { Blunder. Kd7 was best.[%clk 1:10:23] } 30. Qxb4 $4
{ Blunder. Ra2 was best.[%clk 0:42:17] } 30... Kd7 { [%clk 1:10:10] } 31. Ra2
{ [%clk 0:38:52] } 31... Ra8 { [%clk 1:10:09] } 32. Qb3 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Rc2 was best.[%clk 0:36:08] } 32... Reb8 { [%clk 1:08:56] } 33.
Qc2 { [%clk  0:35:43] } 33... Rb4 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Rb2 was best.[%clk 1:05:46] } 34. Re2 { [%clk 0:31:31] } 34...
Rab8 { [%clk 1:05:27] } 35. Na3 $6 { Inaccuracy. Ng2 was  best.[%clk 0:29:07] }
35... Rb2 { [%clk 1:04:21] } 36. Qd1 { [%clk 0:28:40] } 36... Qa6
{ [%clk 1:03:13] } 0-1