Poobesh Anand, S. vs Nikhilesh, Kumar K.

Commonwealth Ch · Round 6 · 2003.04.23 · 1/2-1/2 · D85 Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation

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.
PGN
[Event "Commonwealth Ch"]
[Site "Mumbai IND"]
[Date "2003.04.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Poobesh Anand, S."]
[Black "Nikhilesh, Kumar K."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[WhiteFideId "5009120"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[BlackFideId "5012554"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[ECO "D85h"]
[Source "BenBase"]
[SourceQuality "3"]
[ImportDate "2026-01-06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd2+ 11. Bxd2 O-O 12. Nf3 e6 13. Bb5 a6 14. Bb4
Rd8 15. Be7 axb5 16. Bxd8 Nc6 17. Bb6 Bd7 18. O-O Ra6 19. Bc5 Rxa2 20. Ra1 Ra4
21. Rfb1 Na5 22. Nd2 Bh6 23. Rxa4 bxa4 24. Bb4 Bxd2 25. Bxd2 Nb3 26. Bc3 Bb5
27. d5 Kf8 28. Bb4+ Ke8 29. f3 Bc4 30. dxe6 fxe6 31. Rd1 b5 32. Kf2 e5 33. Ke1
Nd4 34. Kd2 Kd7 35. h4 h5 36. Kc3 Ke6 37. Bc5 Ne2+ 38. Kb4 Nf4 39. Rd6+ Kf7 40.
Be3 Nxg2 41. Bf2 Be2 42. Bg3 Bxf3 43. Kxb5 Bxe4 44. Kxa4 Bf5 45. Rd2 Ne3 46.
Bxe5 Nc4 47. Re2 Nxe5 48. Rxe5 Kf6 49. Ra5 Ke6 50. Kb4 Kf6 51. Kc3 Ke6 52. Kd4
Kf7 53. Ke5 Kg7 54. Ra7+ Kg8 55. Kf6 Bd3 56. Kg5 Bc2 57. Kh6 Bf5 58. Ra5 Be4
59. Rb5 Bf5 1/2-1/2