Fedorov, Svetoslav Borisovich vs Malayappan, Rahul Ramesh
54th annual World Open - 2026 · Round 6 · 2026.07.04 · 1-0 · B87 Sicilian Defense: Sozin Attack, Flank Variation
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PGN
[Event "54th annual World Open - 2026"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2026.07.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fedorov, Svetoslav Borisovich"]
[Black "Malayappan, Rahul Ramesh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[BlackElo "1844"]
[BlackFideId "39935175"]
[ECO "B87"]
[Source "LichessBroadcast"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[ImportDate "2027-07-07"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Re1 O-O 13. Bh6 Ne8 14. Nd5 Bd8
15. Be3 $6 { Inaccuracy. Nf4 was best. } 15... Bb7 16. Bd4 Qd7 $6
{ Inaccuracy. a5 was best. } 17. Nb6 Bxb6 18. Bxb6 e5 $6
{ Inaccuracy. a5 was best. } 19. f3 $6 { Inaccuracy. Ba5 was best. } 19... Kh8
20. Rad1 Qe7 21. c3 Nc7 22. Bxc7 $6 { Inaccuracy. Ba5 was best. } 22... Qxc7
23. Bd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 f5 25. exf5 Rxf5 26. Red1 Rf6 27. Qg5 Raf8 28. Qe3 Rg6
29. Kh1 Qe7 30. a3 Rh6 31. R5d4 Re6 32. Re4 Qf7 33. a4 Qh5 $2
{ Mistake. Rb8 was best. } 34. axb5 Rh6 35. h3 Qf5 $2
{ Mistake. axb5 was best. } 36. Kh2 $2 { Mistake. bxa6 was best. } 36... axb5
37. Rd5 Rb8 38. Rb4 Rg6 39. f4 $6 { Inaccuracy. Qd2 was best. } 39... Qc2 40.
Rd2 Qf5 41. fxe5 Re6 42. Rxd6 Rxe5 43. Qg3 Rbe8 44. Rf4 Qc8 $4
{ Blunder. Qg5 was best. } 45. Rf7 g6 { [%clk 0:19:01] } 46. Qh4
{ [%clk 0:47:29] } 1-0