Lee, Justin vs Malayappan, Rahul Ramesh
54th annual World Open - 2026 · Round 5 · 2026.07.03 · 0-1 · B90 Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, English Attack, with f3
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.
PGN
[Event "54th annual World Open - 2026"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2026.07.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lee, Justin"]
[Black "Malayappan, Rahul Ramesh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[BlackElo "1844"]
[BlackFideId "39935175"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Source "LichessBroadcast"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[ImportDate "2027-07-07"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. a3
Bb7 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. g4 Rc8 12. Kb1 Be7 13. h4 Nfd7 14. g5 Ne5 15.
Qe1 Nec4 16. Bxc4 $6 { Inaccuracy. Bc1 was best. } 16... Nxc4 17. Bc1 Qc7 18.
Nde2 $6 { Inaccuracy. Nce2 was best. } 18... O-O 19. b3 Nb6 20. Qg3 a5 21. Rd2
Ba6 22. Bb2 b4 23. axb4 axb4 24. Na2 Qc5 $6 { Inaccuracy. Bxe2 was best. } 25.
Qg1 $6 { Inaccuracy. Nd4 was best. } 25... Bxe2 26. Rxe2 Qb5 27. Rg2 e5 28. Qe1
Ra8 29. Qxb4 Qa6 30. Nc3 Rfb8 $6 { Inaccuracy. Rfc8 was best. } 31. Qb5 Qa7 32.
h5 $4 { Blunder. Qd3 was best. } 32... d5 33. exd5 $2 { Mistake. g6 was best. }
33... Ba3 34. Ba1 Bb4 35. Bb2 Bxc3 36. Bxc3 Na4 37. Qc6 Nxc3+ 38. Qxc3 Qa2+ 39.
Kc1 Qa1+ 40. Qxa1 Rxa1+ 41. Kb2 Rxh1 42. c4 Rh3 43. Re2 $6
{ Inaccuracy. b4 was best. } 43... Rxf3 44. Rxe5 Rbxb3+ 45. Kc2 Rbe3 46. Rxe3
Rxe3 47. Kd2 Re5 48. Kd3 Kf8 49. Kd4 Rxg5 50. Kc5 Ke7 51. Kc6 Kd8 52. c5 $6
{ Checkmate is now unavoidable. h6 was best. } 52... Rxh5 53. d6 Re5 54. Kb6
Kd7 { [%clk 0:38:10] } 55. Kb5 $2
{ Checkmate is now unavoidable. c6+ was best. [%clk 0:52:04] } 0-1