Sankar, Tarun vs Bynum, Jacorey
35th annual North American Open · Round 8.45 · 2025.12.26 · 0-1 · A16 English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation
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PGN
[Event "35th annual North American Open"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2025.12.26"]
[Round "8.45"]
[White "Sankar, Tarun"]
[Black "Bynum, Jacorey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[WhiteElo "1871"]
[WhiteFideId "39914380"]
[BlackElo "2131"]
[BlackFideId "39927644"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Source "LichessBroadcast"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[ImportDate "2026-02-03"]
1. c4 { [%clk 1:30:50] } 1... Nf6 { [%clk 1:29:30] } 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7
{ [%clk 1:30:01] } 4. Bg2 { [%clk 1:31:54] } 4... O-O { [%clk 1:29:05] } 5. d4
{ [%clk 1:32:21] } 5... d6 6. e3 c5 { [%clk 1:30:01] } 7. Nge2
{ [%clk 1:33:13] } 7... Nc6 8. O-O { [%clk 1:33:41] } 8... Bd7
{ [%clk 1:30:09] } 9. b3 { [%clk 1:33:26] } 9... Qc8 { [%clk 1:29:57] } 10. Nf4
{ [%clk 1:29:10] } 10... Bg4 { [%clk 1:27:55] } 11. f3 Bd7 12. Bb2 g5 $6
{ Inaccuracy. cxd4 was best. } 13. Nfd5 $6 { Inaccuracy. Nfe2 was best. }
13... Ne8 $6 { Inaccuracy. Nxd5 was best. } 14. Ne2 Bh3 15. Qd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2
Qf5 17. Rad1 Qg6 18. e4 e6 19. Ne3 a6 20. Qc1 Rc8 21. dxc5 $6
{ Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } 21... dxc5 22. Rd7 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 Nf6 24. Rdd1 Rfd8
25. Kh1 Nd7 26. Ng4 h5 27. Nf2 Nde5 28. Qc3 b6 29. Qe3 g4 30. fxg4 hxg4 31. h4
$6 { Inaccuracy. Nf4 was best. } 31... gxh3 32. Nxh3 $4
{ Blunder. Ng1 was best. } 32... Ng4 33. Rxd8+ Rxd8 34. Qg5 Qxg5 35. Nxg5 Rd2
36. Nc3 Nce5 $2 { Mistake. Rc2 was best. } 37. Nf3 Rc2 38. Nxe5 Nxe5 39. Na4
b5 40. Nxc5 bxc4 41. bxc4 a5 42. Kg1 Rxc4 $6 { Inaccuracy. Rxa2 was best. } 43.
Nb3 $6 { Inaccuracy. Nb7 was best. } 43... a4 44. Nc1 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Na5 was best. } 44... Rxe4 45. Rf4 Re1+ 46. Rf1 Re3 47. Kg2 Rc3
48. Re1 f6 49. Kh3 $6 { Inaccuracy. Kf1 was best. } 49... Kf7 50. Rf1 Rc2 51.
g4 Rc3+ 52. Kh4 $4
{ Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kg2 was best.[%clk 0:02:22] } 52... Ng6+
{ [%clk 0:01:07] } 0-1