Raj, Skandha vs Wu, Andrew Andi
Hong Kong International Open Chess Championship 2025 | Challengers · Round 7 · 2025.12.23 · 0-1 · B52 Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation, Sokolsky Variation
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PGN
[Event "Hong Kong International Open Chess Championship 2025 | Challengers"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2025.12.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Raj, Skandha"]
[Black "Wu, Andrew Andi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[WhiteElo "1541"]
[WhiteFideId "39946959"]
[BlackElo "1741"]
[BlackFideId "39924076"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Source "LichessBroadcast"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[ImportDate "2026-02-03"]
1. e4 { [%clk 1:31:20] } 1... c5 { [%clk 1:31:29] } 2. Nf3 d6
{ [%clk 1:31:29] } 3. Bb5+ { [%clk 1:31:43] } 3... Bd7 4. Bxd7+
{ [%clk 1:32:05] } 4... Qxd7 { [%clk 1:32:25] } 5. c4 { [%clk 1:32:17] } 5...
Nc6 { [%clk 1:31:17] } 6. Nc3 { [%clk 1:32:12] } 6... g6 { [%clk 1:31:46] } 7.
d4 cxd4 { [%clk 1:32:10] } 8. Nxd4 { [%clk 1:32:39] } 8... Bg7
{ [%clk 1:31:55] } 9. Be3 { [%clk 1:32:45] } 9... Nf6 { [%clk 1:32:14] } 10.
f3 { [%clk 1:32:51] } 10... O-O { [%clk 1:32:05] } 11. O-O { [%clk 1:33:13] }
11... e6 { [%clk 1:32:31] } 12. Qd2 { [%clk 1:30:57] } 12... Rfd8
{ [%clk 1:28:53] } 13. Rad1 { [%clk 1:27:04] } 13... Ne5 { [%clk 1:21:21] } 14.
b3 { [%clk 1:20:44] } 14... d5 { [%clk 1:18:19] } 15. cxd5 { [%clk 1:14:19] }
15... exd5 { [%clk 1:18:19] } 16. exd5 { [%clk 1:11:10] } 16... Nxd5
{ [%clk 1:18:34] } 17. Nxd5 { [%clk 1:06:47] } 17... Qxd5 { [%clk 1:18:57] }
18. Qe2 { [%clk 0:58:58] } 18... Qa5 { [%clk 1:16:56] } 19. f4
{ [%clk 0:57:50] } 19... Nd7 { [%clk 1:15:23] } 20. f5 { [%clk 0:51:02] }
20... Nf6 { [%clk 1:11:32] } 21. fxg6 { [%clk 0:46:38] } 21... hxg6
{ [%clk 1:11:44] } 22. h3 { [%clk 0:40:45] } 22... Nd5 { [%clk 1:01:47] } 23.
Bf2 { [%clk 0:26:21] } 23... Nc3 { [%clk 1:00:33] } 24. Qd2 $4
{ Blunder. Qe1 was best.[%clk 0:26:38] } 24... Bxd4 { [%clk 1:00:40] } 25. Bxd4
{ [%clk 0:26:31] } 25... Rxd4 { [%clk 1:01:09] } 26. Qf2 { [%clk 0:21:16] }
26... Qf5 $4 { Blunder. Rf4 was best.[%clk 1:11:34] } 27. Qxf5 $4
{ Blunder. Rxd4 was best.[%clk 0:15:08] } 27... gxf5 { [%clk 0:59:09] } 28.
Rxd4 { [%clk 0:14:05] } 28... Ne2+ { [%clk 0:59:36] } 29. Kh2 Nxd4
{ [%clk 0:59:36] } 30. Rf4 { [%clk 0:14:17] } 30... Rd8 { [%clk 0:59:42] } 31.
g4 { [%clk 0:14:20] } 31... fxg4 { [%clk 0:59:40] } 32. hxg4 { [%clk 0:11:05] }
32... Ne6 { [%clk 1:00:08] } 33. Rb4 { [%clk 0:10:44] } 33... b6
{ [%clk 1:00:08] } 34. Ra4 { [%clk 0:10:43] } 34... a5 { [%clk 1:00:38] } 35.
b4 { [%clk 0:11:04] } 35... Rd4 { [%clk 1:00:55] } 36. Ra3 { [%clk 0:11:35] }
36... Rxb4 { [%clk 1:00:59] } 37. Kh3 { [%clk 0:11:35] } 37... Nc5
{ [%clk 1:00:59] } 38. Rg3 { [%clk 0:12:06] } 38... Rd4 { [%clk 1:04:53] } 39.
Kh2 { [%clk 0:15:00] } 39... Rd2+ 40. Rg2 Rxg2+ 41. Kxg2 Na4 { [%clk 1:02:18] }
42. Kf2 { [%clk 0:12:56] } 42... Nc3 { [%clk 1:02:46] } 43. a3
{ [%clk 0:13:24] } 43... Nb1 { [%clk 1:03:08] } 44. a4 $6
{ Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ke3 was best.[%clk 0:13:46] } 44... Nc3
{ [%clk 1:03:32] } 45. Ke3 { [%clk 0:14:14] } 45... Nxa4 { [%clk 1:07:57] } 46.
Kd4 { [%clk 0:19:13] } 46... Nb2 { [%clk 1:09:15] } 47. Kc3 $6
{ Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ke3 was best. } 47... Nd1+ 48. Kb3 $6
{ Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kd4 was best.[%clk 0:15:26] } 48... Ne3 $6
{ Lost forced checkmate sequence. Kg7 was best.[%clk 1:05:19] } 49. g5 $6
{ Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ka4 was best.[%clk 0:15:55] } 49... Kg7
{ [%clk 1:05:48] } 50. Ka4 $6
{ Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kc3 was best.[%clk 0:16:18] } 50... Kg6 51. Kb5
{ [%clk 0:16:44] } 51... Kxg5 { [%clk 1:06:40] } 52. Ka4 { [%clk 0:17:03] }
52... f5 { [%clk 1:06:59] } 53. Kb5 f4 54. Ka4 { [%clk 0:20:54] } 54... f3
{ [%clk 1:11:34] } 55. Kb5 { [%clk 0:21:16] } 55... f2 { [%clk 1:08:24] } 56.
Kxb6 { [%clk 0:18:47] } 56... f1=Q { [%clk 1:08:49] } 57. Kxa5 Qb1
{ [%clk 1:09:43] } 58. Ka6 { [%clk 0:19:41] } 58... Qb4 59. Ka7
{ [%clk 0:20:05] } 59... Qb5 { [%clk 1:10:10] } 60. Ka8 { [%clk 0:21:16] }
60... Nc4 { [%clk 1:11:34] } 61. Ka7 Nd6 62. Ka8 { [%clk 0:21:16] } 62... Qb7#
{ [%clk 1:11:34] } 0-1