Saine, Zachary vs Palathingal, Rafael

National Open 2026 · Round 6.21 · 2026.06.13 · 1-0 · B10 Caro-Kann Defense

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. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68.
PGN
[Event "National Open 2026"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2026.06.13"]
[Round "6.21"]
[White "Saine, Zachary"]
[Black "Palathingal, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[WhiteElo "2147"]
[WhiteFideId "2624346"]
[BlackElo "2013"]
[BlackFideId "39927580"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Source "TWIC"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[ImportDate "2027-07-07"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 dxe4 4. dxe4 Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 Bg4 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7
8. Ne1 Bxe2+ 9. Kxe2 e5 10. f3 Nc5 11. Nb3 Ne6 12. Be3 h5 13. h4 g6 14. g3 Bh6
15. Bf2 Nd7 16. Nd3 f6 17. a4 Rh7 18. a5 a6 19. c3 Bf8 20. Nd2 Ndc5 21. Nc1 Nd7
22. Rd1 Bc5 23. Bxc5 Ndxc5 24. b4 Nd7 25. Nc4 O-O-O 26. Ra2 Kc7 27. Rad2 Ndf8
28. Nd3 Re7 29. Ke3 Rde8 30. Rg1 Rh7 31. Rh2 Rd8 32. Nb6 Nd7 33. Na4 Re8 34.
Rd1 Rhe7 35. Rhd2 Rd8 36. f4 exf4+ 37. gxf4 Rde8 38. Kf3 Ng7 39. Ndc5 Nf8 40.
Nb6 Nge6 41. Ncd7 Nh7 42. Nc5 Nhf8 43. Nbd7 Nxc5 44. Nxc5 Rg7 45. Rd6 Rf7 46.
c4 Ree7 47. Rd8 Nd7 48. Ra8 Nxc5 49. bxc5 Rd7 50. Rxd7+ Rxd7 51. Rf8 Rd3+ 52.
Ke2 Rh3 53. Rxf6 Rxh4 54. Ke3 Rh3+ 55. Kd4 Rg3 56. Rf7+ Kc8 57. Ke5 h4 58. Rh7
h3 59. Ke6 Rf3 60. Rh4 Kc7 61. e5 h2 62. Rxh2 Rxf4 63. Ke7 g5 64. Rh7 g4 65.
Rg7 Kc8 66. e6 Rxc4 67. Kf8 Rf4+ 68. Rf7 1-0