[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.03.31"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5018471"]
[BlackFideId "5021596"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 e6 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 Nxe4 6. Rxe4 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8.
Nc3 Qf5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Rxd4 Be7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Qe2 Bf6 14. Rf4
Qg6 15. Rg4 Qf5 16. Ne4 e5 17. h3 Kh8 18. Ng3 Qe6 19. Nh5 Bd7 20. Bg5 Rg8 21.
Nxf6 gxf6 22. Bh4 Bc6 23. Re1 Rg6 24. Rxg6 hxg6 25. f4 exf4 26. Qxe6 fxe6 27.
Bxf6+ Kg8 28. Rxe6 Kf7 29. Rd6 Re8 30. Bd4 Re1+ 31. Kf2 Rc1 32. Rf6+ Ke7 33.
Rxg6 Rxc2+ 34. Kg1 Rc1+ 35. Kf2 Rc2+ 36. Kg1 Rc1+ 37. Kh2 Rc2 38. h4 f3 39. Rg7+
Ke6 40. Rg6+ Ke7 41. Rg7+ Ke6 42. Rg6+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.03.31"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian"]
[Variation "Pytel-Wade variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5015197"]
[BlackFideId "35009192"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 c6 8.
Be3 e6 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. Rhe1 Bb4 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Kb1 a5 14. Ne4
Bxd2 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Rxd2 a4 17. Re5 a3 18. b3 Nd5 19. c4 Nb4 20. Qe4 g6 21.
h4 Rad8 22. h5 Qd6 23. Bc2 Kg7 24. Rd1 b5 25. c5 Qe7 26. Rh1 Nd5 27. Qf3 b4 28.
Ka1 Qf6 29. h6+ Kg8 30. Qxf6 Nxf6 31. Rh4 Rd7 32. Re2 Rfd8 33. Rd2 e5 34. Kb1
Nd5 35. Kc1 Nc3 36. Bb1 Rxd4 37. Rdxd4 Rxd4 38. Rh1 f5 39. Re1 Kf7 40. f3 Kf6
41. g4 fxg4 42. fxg4 Rxg4 0-1

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.03.31"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Sankalp, Gupta"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "5002150"]
[BlackFideId "5097010"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c5 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb5 f6 5. c4 d4 6. b4 e5 7. d3 Bd6 8. Nbd2 Ne7
9. Ne4 dxe3 10. fxe3 cxb4 11. c5 Bc7 12. Qb3 a6 13. Ba4 Qd5 14. O-O Be6 15. Qxb4
O-O-O 16. Qb2 Qxd3 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. Rb1 Rd7 19. cxd6 Qxd6 20. Bd2 Bd5 21. Bb4
Qxb4 22. Qxb4 Nxb4 23. Bxd7+ Kxd7 24. Rxb4 b5 25. Nd2 Rc8 26. a4 Rc2 27. Rd1 Kc6
28. axb5+ axb5 29. e4 Be6 30. Nb3 Nc8 31. Rd8 Nd6 32. Na5+ Kc7 33. Ra8 Kb6 34.
Rb1 Ra2 35. Rd8 Nxe4 36. Rb8+ Kc7 37. Rb7+ Kd6 38. Rb6+ Kd7 39. Rb7+ Ke8 40. Nc6
Bc4 41. Rxg7 Nc3 42. Re1 Kf8 43. Rxh7 Bd5 44. Nb4 Rxg2+ 45. Kf1 Rg7 46. Rxg7
Bc4+ 47. Kf2 Kxg7 48. Rg1+ Kh6 49. Nc6 Nd5 50. Na5 Bd3 51. Nb3 f5 52. Nc5 Bc4
53. Nd7 e4 54. Ne5 Nf4 55. Ke3 Nd3 56. Nxc4 bxc4 57. Kd4 Kh5 58. Kxc4 Nf2 59.
Kd4 f4 60. Rf1 e3 61. Re1 Kg4 62. Rxe3 fxe3 63. Kxe3 Kh3 64. Kxf2 Kxh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.03.31"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Black "Puranik, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "D91"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "5.Bg5"]
[WhiteFideId "35028561"]
[BlackFideId "5061245"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. e3
c5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Be2 Nc6 11. O-O cxd4 12. cxd4 Bf5 13. Qa4 Rac8 14. Rac1 Qa5
15. Qxa5 Nxa5 16. Nd2 Be6 17. a3 Bd5 18. h4 e6 19. g4 Rfe8 20. Bb5 Bc6 21. Bxc6
Nxc6 22. Ne4 e5 23. Bg3 Rcd8 24. Nc5 Na5 25. Ne4 exd4 26. Bc7 Rd5 27. Nd6 Re7
28. e4 Rde5 29. f4 Nb3 30. fxe5 Nxc1 31. Rxc1 Bxe5 32. Bd8 Rd7 33. Nc4 Bf4 34.
Rf1 b5 35. Rxf4 bxc4 36. Bf6 c3 37. Rf1 c2 38. Bg5 d3 39. Bd2 f5 40. gxf5 gxf5
41. Kf2 fxe4 42. Ke3 Re7 43. Rf4 Rc7 44. Bc1 Rg7 45. Rxe4 Rg1 46. Kxd3 Rxc1 47.
Ra4 Rd1+ 48. Kxc2 Rd7 49. Kc3 Rg7 50. Kd3 h6 51. Kc4 h5 52. Kb5 Kh7 53. Rc4 Rg4
54. a4 a6+ 55. Kc5 Kg6 56. Rd4 Rxd4 57. Kxd4 Kf5 58. a5 Kg4 59. Kc5 Kxh4 60. Kb6
Kg5 61. Kxa6 h4 62. Kb7 h3 63. a6 h2 64. a7 h1=Q+ 65. Kb8 Qh8+ 66. Kb7 Qg7+ 67.
Kb8 Qxa7+ 68. Kxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.03.31"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Narayanan, S.L."]
[Black "Lalith, Babu M R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5058422"]
[BlackFideId "5024595"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
Bb7 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Qe2 d6 11. Rfe1 Nbd7 12. Rad1 Re8 13. h3 Rc8 14. b4 Nf8 15.
Bf4 Ng6 16. Bh2 a5 17. a3 axb4 18. axb4 Ra8 19. Ra1 Qd7 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. d5 e5
22. Nd2 Bf8 23. Bg3 Ra3 24. Nde4 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 h6 26. h4 Ne7 27. c5 bxc5 28.
bxc5 Bxd5 29. Nxd6 Nc6 30. Bf5 Qd8 31. Rd1 Bb3 32. Rd3 Qa5 33. Qe4 Qxc5 34. Rxb3
Ra1+ 35. Kh2 Qxd6 36. Rd3 Qc5 37. Bg4 Rc1 38. Rd7 Qc4 39. Qxc4 Rxc4 40. Bf3 e4
41. Be2 Rc5 42. Bd1 Ne5 43. Rd8 g6 44. Re8 f6 45. Bb3+ Kg7 46. Bxe5 fxe5 47. Rd8
Rc7 48. g3 Bc5 49. Kg2 Rb7 50. Bd5 Rb2 51. Rd7+ Kf8 52. Bxe4 Rxf2+ 53. Kh3 Rf6
54. Kg4 Be3 55. h5 gxh5+ 56. Kxh5 Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.03.31"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Iniyan, P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "E18"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "old main line, 7.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "5074452"]
[BlackFideId "25002767"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d4 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. Rc1 Nh5 11. Be3 Nhf6 12. Ne5 c6 13. f4 c5 14. h3 cxd4 15.
Bxd4 Nc5 16. Qd2 Rc8 17. Rfd1 Nfe4 18. Qe1 Ne6 19. Be3 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Rxc3 21.
bxc3 Qa8 22. Qd2 Rd8 23. Qc2 Qc8 24. Kh2 Bf6 25. Qb3 Bxe5 26. fxe5 Qc7 27. Bd4
h5 28. h4 Nc5 29. Qb1 Ne4 30. Qc1 Rc8 31. Qf4 Qe7 32. Rc1 Rc4 33. Qf5 g6 34. Qf4
Nc5 35. Rf1 Ne6 36. Qd2 Ra4 37. Rf6 Ra5 38. Bf3 Bc8 39. Qb2 Bd7 40. Qd2 Ng7 41.
Bf2 Be6 42. Bd4 Qa3 43. Qg5 Qxa2 44. Rf4 Qa3 45. g4 hxg4 46. Bxg4 Bxg4 47. Rxg4
Qf8 48. h5 Ne6 49. Qf6 Qh6 50. Rxg6+ fxg6 51. Qxe6+ Kf8 52. Qf6+ Ke8 53. Qe6+
Kf8 54. Qc8+ Ke7 55. Qc7+ Ke8 56. Qc6+ Kf8 57. Qf6+ Ke8 58. Qe6+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.03.31"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Aryan, Chopra"]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game, Chigorin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5084423"]
[BlackFideId "5010608"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bf4 Bg4 4. Nbd2 e6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Bg3 Nf6 7. c4 O-O 8. Be2
dxc4 9. Nxc4 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 Ne4 11. a3 Bd6 12. Rc1 a6 13. Nfe5 Bxe2+ 14. Qxe2 Nxe5
15. Bxe5 b5 16. Bxd6 cxd6 17. Nd2 Nxd2+ 18. Qxd2 Rc8 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Ke2 Qc4+
21. Qd3 Qc6 22. f3 Rc8 23. Rd1 d5 24. Kd2 g6 25. f4 Kg7 26. Qb1 Qb6 27. Rc1 Rb8
28. b4 a5 29. Rc5 Ra8 30. Ke2 axb4 31. Qxb4 Qa6 32. Kf3 Qxa3 33. Qxa3 Rxa3 34.
Rxb5 h5 35. h3 h4 36. Rb7 Ra2 37. Rc7 Kf6 38. Rb7 Ra3 39. Rc7 Ra1 40. Rb7 Rf1+
41. Ke2 Ra1 42. Kf3 Ra3 43. Rc7 Rb3 44. Rc8 Kg7 45. Rc7 Ra3 46. Rb7 Ra2 47. Rc7
Ra3 48. Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.03.31"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Gukesh, D"]
[Black "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[BlackFideId "35093487"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Qxc3 Nxc5 9. b4 Nce4 10. Qd4 O-O 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Qxd5 exd5 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. f3
Nd6 15. e3 Nf5 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. g4 Bg6 18. Bb2 Rac8 19. Rg1 Nd7 20. h4 f6 21.
h5 Bf7 22. Bd4 Ne5 23. Be2 Nc6 24. Bb2 d4 25. b5 Na5 26. Bxd4 Nb3 27. Rd1 Nxd4
28. Rxd4 Rc3 29. Kf2 Rxa3 30. Rc1 f5 31. gxf5 Bxh5 32. Rc7 Ra2 33. e4 g5 34. Ke3
Ra3+ 35. Bd3 Rf7 36. Rxf7 Kxf7 37. e5 Ke7 38. Ke4 Bf7 39. Bc4 Bh5 40. f6+ Ke8
41. e6 Rxf3 42. f7+ Kf8 43. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.03.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Black "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "E33"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical, 4...Nc6"]
[WhiteFideId "5021596"]
[BlackFideId "35093487"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. e3 a5 6. Bd3 d6 7. Ne2 e5 8. O-O
Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. e4 Re8 11. f4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Bd2 h6 14. Rae1 Re7 15.
c5 dxc5 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. e5 Rd7 18. exf6 Rxd3 19. Be3 Qd7 20. f5 Re8 21. Qf2
Qd5 22. c4 Qxg2+ 23. Qxg2 Bxg2 24. Bxh6 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 gxh6 26. Kxg2 Rd6 27. Re7
Rxf6 28. Rxc7 b6 29. Rb7 Kg7 30. Kg3 Rd6 31. Kf4 Kf6 32. Kf3 h5 33. Kg3 Kxf5 34.
Rxf7+ Ke4 35. Kh4 Rd2 36. Re7+ Kf5 37. h3 Rxa2 38. Kxh5 Ra4 39. Rb7 Rb4 40. h4
a4 41. Rb8 a3 42. Ra8 Rxc4 43. Rxa3 b5 44. Rf3+ Rf4 45. Rd3 Ke5 46. Kg5 Rf8 47.
Kg6 c4 48. Rd7 b4 49. h5 c3 50. h6 c2 51. Rc7 b3 52. Kg7 Rb8 53. h7 b2 54. Rxc2
b1=Q 55. Re2+ Kf4 0-1

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.03.31"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Black "Gukesh, D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "5010608"]
[BlackFideId "46616543"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Bg4 6. c3 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Bg6
9. Nh4 Be4 10. Nhf3 Bg6 11. Bb5 Nd7 12. Qa4 Qc8 13. Ne5 Ncxe5 14. Bxe5 a6 15.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 16. Qxd7+ Kxd7 17. h4 f6 18. h5 Bd3 19. Bg3 h6 20. f3 b5 21. Kf2 b4
22. cxb4 cxd4 23. Rhc1 Ra7 24. exd4 Bxb4 25. Ke3 Bb5 26. Nb3 Bc4 27. Nd2 Bb5 28.
a4 Bc6 29. Nb3 Rb7 30. Rc2 Bd6 31. Na5 Bxg3 32. Rxc6 Rxb2 33. Rxa6 Rc8 34. Ra7+
Rc7 35. Nc6 Kxc6 36. Rc1+ Kd7 37. Rcxc7+ Bxc7 38. a5 Ra2 39. Ra8 Rxa5 40. Rg8
Ra3+ 41. Ke2 Bf4 42. Rxg7+ Kd6 43. Rg8 Ra2+ 44. Ke1 e5 45. Rg6 Bg5 0-1

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.03.31"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Iniyan, P"]
[Black "Aryan, Chopra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Panov-Botvinnik attack"]
[WhiteFideId "25002767"]
[BlackFideId "5084423"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 10. Qxb7 Nxd4 11. Bb5+ Nxb5 12. Qc6+ Ke7 13. Qxb5 Qd7 14.
Nxd5+ Qxd5 15. Qxd5 exd5 16. Be3 Ke6 17. O-O-O Bb4 18. a3 Rhc8+ 19. Kb1 Bc5 20.
Rhe1 Bxe3 21. Rxe3+ Kd6 22. Red3 Rc5 23. Rd4 a5 24. Rh4 h6 25. Rg1 g6 26. Rxh6
Re8 27. Rh7 Rc7 28. Rc1 Rxc1+ 29. Kxc1 Re2 30. Rxf7 Rxf2 31. h4 Kc5 32. Rg7 Rxf3
33. Rxg6 Rh3 34. Ra6 Kb5 35. Rd6 Kc5 36. Ra6 Kb5 37. Rd6 Kc5 38. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.03.31"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Lalith, Babu M R"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "5024595"]
[BlackFideId "5074452"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Ne4 5. Qc2 Nxc3 6. Qxc3 a5 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bd2
Bb4 9. Qc2 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 Nc6 11. e3 e5 12. dxe5 d4 13. a3 dxe3 14. fxe3 Nxe5
15. O-O-O Qe7 16. Qc3 Bg4 17. Re1 O-O 18. Be2 Rfd8 19. Nf3 Nc6 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21.
Bxg4 Nc6 22. Rd1 Ne5 23. Be2 b6 24. Rd4 c5 25. Rd5 Rxd5 26. cxd5 Rd8 27. Rd1 Rd6
28. h3 Qf7 29. e4 Qg6 30. Bf3 Qe8 31. Be2 a4 32. Qe3 Rd8 33. Kb1 Rd6 34. g3 c4
35. Qd4 b5 36. Qc5 Qd7 37. g4 Nf7 38. h4 Qe8 39. Qd4 Qe7 40. Rf1 h6 41. Bd1 g5
42. hxg5 hxg5 43. Rh1 Kg7 44. Bc2 Rd8 45. Qb6 Ne5 46. Qxb5 c3 47. Qxa4 cxb2 48.
Qb4 Qc7 49. Qb3 Rc8 50. d6 Qxd6 51. Qb7+ Qc7 52. Qxc7+ Rxc7 53. Kxb2 Rc5 54. Rg1
Nc4+ 55. Kb3 Nd2+ 56. Kb2 Nc4+ 57. Kb3 Nd2+ 58. Kb2 Nc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.03.31"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Puranik, Abhimanyu"]
[Black "Narayanan, S.L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "5061245"]
[BlackFideId "5058422"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. d4 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 d6 11. axb5 axb5 12. f4 Nc6 13. Qc3 Ne7 14. Ra7 c5 15.
e5 Nfd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Qf3 Qb6 18. Rxf7 Kxf7 19. Qxd5+ Be6 20. Qd1 Bf5 21.
Qd5+ Be6 22. Qd1 c4+ 23. Kh1 Bf5 24. Qd5+ Be6 25. Qd1 Bf5 26. Qd5+ Be6 27. Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.03.31"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Sankalp, Gupta"]
[Black "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "5097010"]
[BlackFideId "35028561"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Nd2
b5 9. a4 b4 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 O-O 12. Nc4 Nd7 13. a5 f5 14. f3 Rb8 15. Ba7
Rb7 16. Bf2 e4 17. Be2 exf3 18. Bxf3 Rc7 19. Be2 Ne5 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Bb6 Bd6
22. Qd3 e4 23. Qb3 Qe7 24. Bxc7 Qxc7 25. Qc4 Qd8 26. O-O-O Qxa5 27. Kb1 Bd7 28.
Qxa6 Qc5 29. Qc4 Qa7 30. Qa6 Qc5 31. Rd4 Qxd4 32. Qxd6 Qa7 33. Qa6 Qxa6 34. Bxa6
Kf7 35. Rd1 Kf6 36. c4 bxc3 37. bxc3 Ke5 38. Be2 f4 39. c4 Rc8 40. Kb2 g5 41. h3
Kd6 42. Kc3 Ke5 43. d6 Bc6 44. Kb4 f3 45. gxf3 exf3 46. Bf1 h5 47. Ka5 g4 48.
hxg4 hxg4 49. Kb6 Bd7 50. Kb7 g3 51. Rd2 Rg8 52. Kc7 Rg7 53. Kd8 Be6 54. Rd1 g2
55. Re1+ Kxd6 56. Rd1+ Kc5 57. Bxg2 fxg2 0-1

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.03.31"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "A18"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Mikenas-Carls variation"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "5002150"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. d3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. d4
Nc6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Rb1 Qc7 11. Be2 Bf5 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 c4 14. Qf5 Nd8 15.
O-O Qd7 16. Qh5 Ne6 17. Ng5 g6 18. Qf3 Bg7 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Bg5 b6 21. h3 Qf7
22. Qxf7+ Kxf7 23. g4 h6 24. Bf4 h5 25. Kg2 hxg4 26. hxg4 Ke7 27. Bg5+ Kd7 28.
Bf6 Bxf6 29. exf6 Raf8 30. g5 Rh5 31. f4 Rfh8 32. Rf3 Rh2+ 33. Kg3 Rxa2 34. Re1
Rah2 35. Ra1 a5 36. Rb1 R2h3+ 37. Kg2 Rh2+ 38. Kg3 R2h3+ 39. Kg2 Rxf3 40. Kxf3
Rb8 41. Ra1 Ra8 42. Rb1 Kc6 43. Re1 Kd7 44. Rb1 Kc7 45. Re1 Kd6 46. Rb1 Rb8 47.
Ra1 Ra8 48. Rb1 Rb8 49. Ra1 Ra8 50. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.03.31"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5018471"]
[BlackFideId "5015197"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 a6 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. c4 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. Nc3
Be7 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 Bd7 11. O-O Rc8 12. a4 Qa5 13. Nce2 Rfd8 14. h3 Bf8 15.
Bc3 Qc7 16. Rc1 Qb8 17. Kh1 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. a5 e5 21. Bb6
Rxc1 22. Nxc1 Rc8 23. Nd3 Bc6 24. Re1 Nd7 25. Be3 Qa8 26. Bd2 d5 27. Qe2 Re8 28.
Kg1 dxe4 29. Bxe4 Bxe4 30. Qxe4 Qxe4 31. Rxe4 f5 32. Re1 e4 33. Kg2 Rd8 34. Nf4
Nc5 35. Be3 Nxb3 36. Rb1 Nxa5 37. Bb6 Ra8 38. Ra1 Ra6 39. Nd5 Rxb6 40. Nxb6 Nc4
41. Nxc4 bxc4 42. Rc1 Kf7 43. Rxc4 Bd6 44. Ra4 h5 45. g4 hxg4 46. hxg4 g6 47.
Ra7+ Ke6 48. Kh3 Ke5 49. Ra6 Bc5 50. Ra5 Kd6 51. Ra6+ Ke5 52. Kg3 fxg4 53. Ra8
Kd5 54. Re8 Bd4 55. Rd8+ Kc4 56. Re8 Kd3 57. Re6 g5 58. Re8 e3 59. fxe3 Bxe3 60.
Kxg4 Bf4 61. Kf3 Kd4 62. Re4+ Kd5 63. Re1 Kd4 64. Re4+ Kd5 65. Rxf4 gxf4 66.
Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.03.31"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5015197"]
[BlackFideId "5021596"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. a3 Be7 8. f4
b5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O c5 12. Bf3 b4 13. axb4 cxb4 14. Na4 Nf6 15.
e5 Nd7 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Qf3 Qxf3 18. Rxf3 Rc8 19. Rf2 O-O 20. Rd2 Rc7 21. Kf1
Rb8 22. Rad1 Rbb7 23. Ke2 g6 24. b3 a5 25. Kf3 Kf8 26. g4 Ke8 27. h4 Rb8 28. h5
g5 29. fxg5 Nxe5+ 30. Kg3 Rb5 31. Bf4 Rd7 32. c4 bxc3 33. Nxc3 Rxd2 34. Rxd2 Rc5
35. Ne4 Rb5 36. Nc3 Rc5 37. Ne4 Rb5 38. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.03.31"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "5002150"]
[BlackFideId "5018471"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. Re1
Bf6 9. Nbd2 Nb6 10. Bb3 a5 11. a4 Kh8 12. Ne4 Bf5 13. Be3 Nd5 14. Bc5 Re8 15.
Nxf6 gxf6 16. Nh4 Be6 17. Kh2 Rg8 18. Qf3 Nf4 19. Bxe6 Nxe6 20. Be3 Ncd4 21.
Bxd4 Nxd4 22. Qd1 f5 23. g3 f4 24. c3 Qg5 25. Rg1 Nc6 26. Qf3 f5 27. Ng2 fxg3+
28. fxg3 e4 29. Qf4 exd3 30. Rad1 Qxf4 31. gxf4 Rad8 32. Rge1 Rd7 33. Rd2 Ne7
34. Re3 Nd5 35. Rexd3 Rgd8 36. Ne3 Nb6 37. Rxd7 Rxd7 38. Rxd7 Nxd7 39. b4 axb4
40. cxb4 c5 41. b5 b6 42. Kg2 Kg8 43. Kf3 Kf7 44. Nxf5 Ke6 45. Ne3 Nf6 46. Ke2
Ne4 47. Kd3 Nf2+ 48. Kc4 Nxh3 49. Nd5 Kd6 50. f5 h5 51. Nxb6 h4 52. a5 Nf4 53.
a6 1-0

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.03.31"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[WhiteFideId "35028561"]
[BlackFideId "35009192"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. Nxe5 Bxe5 7. e4 Nf6 8. Bd3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nd7 10. O-O e5 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Bh6 Qf6 13. Qd2 Nc5 14. f4 Bd7
15. e5 Qf7 16. exd6 cxd6 17. Bc2 O-O-O 18. Qxd6 b6 19. Qe5 Bc6 20. Rad1 Qc7 21.
Bg7 Rhg8 22. Qxc7+ Kxc7 23. Be5+ Kc8 24. h4 Ba4 25. Bxa4 Nxa4 26. Bf6 Rdf8 27.
Bd4 Nb2 28. Rde1 Re8 29. c5 bxc5 30. Bxc5 Nd3 31. Re4 Nxc5 32. Rc4 Kd7 33. Rxc5
Rc8 34. Ra5 Rc7 35. Ra6 Rf8 36. Rf3 Rf5 37. Rd3+ Ke7 38. g3 Rfc5 39. Kf2 Kf6 40.
Re3 R5c6 41. Ra3 h5 42. Kf3 a6 43. Rd3 Rb7 44. Rb3 Rbc7 45. Ke3 Rc4 46. Kd2 Ra4
47. a3 Kf5 48. Kc2 Rc6 49. Kb2 Re4 50. Rb8 Re2+ 51. Kb3 Ke4 52. Rd4+ Kf3 53.
Rd3+ Ke4 54. Rd4+ Kf3 55. Rd3+ Kg4 56. Rg8 e5 57. fxe5 Rb6+ 58. Kc4 Rxe5 59.
Rgd8 Rc6+ 60. Kb3 Rb6+ 61. Ka4 Rc5 62. R8d4+ Kh3 63. c4 Rb1 64. Rc3 Rg1 65. Kb4
Rc6 66. c5 Rb1+ 67. Kc4 Rb5 68. Kd5 Rf6 69. Re4 a5 70. a4 Rb8 71. c6 Rc8 72. c7
Rb6 73. Re6 Rb4 74. Rxg6 Rxa4 75. Kc6 Re4 76. Kb7 Ree8 77. Ra6 1-0

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.03.31"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Narayanan, S.L."]
[Black "Sankalp, Gupta"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "5058422"]
[BlackFideId "5097010"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng5 c6 5. c5 Bxc5 6. Ngxe4 Nxe4 7. Nxe4 Be7 8.
d4 d5 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. g3 h5 11. h4 Bg4 12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. Qd3 Na6 15. a3
Nc7 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nd5 18. Bg5 Qd7 19. Rfe1 Bf5 20. Qb3 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Bf8
22. Re2 g6 23. Rae1 Re6 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. Qe3 Re8 27. Bf4 Kh7 28.
Be5 Bh6 29. Bf4 Bg7 30. Kg2 a6 31. Qd3 Rc8 32. Re3 Qc6 33. Qe2 Qc2 34. Rxe6 Qxe2
35. Rxe2 Bxd4 36. Rd2 Bf6 37. Rxd5 Bxb2 38. Rd7+ Kg8 39. Rxb7 Bxa3 40. Rb6 Kh7
41. Rxa6 Bb2 42. Ra7+ Kg8 43. Rd7 Bf6 44. Kf3 Re8 45. Rb7 Re7 46. Rb6 Rf7 47.
Ke4 Kh7 48. Be3 Bg7 49. Ra6 Rd7 50. Bc5 Rf7 51. f4 Bc3 52. Rc6 Be1 53. Kf3 Bc3
54. Bd6 Bg7 55. Rc5 Bf8 56. Rc7 Rxc7 57. Bxc7 Kg7 58. Bd8 Kf7 59. g4 hxg4+ 60.
Kxg4 Bb4 61. Kg5 Bd2 62. Bc7 Bc1 63. Be5 Bd2 64. Kg4 Bc1 65. f5 gxf5+ 66. Kxf5
Bd2 67. h5 Bc1 68. Bf4 Bxf4 69. Kxf4 Kg7 70. h6+ Kxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.03.31"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Puranik, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, three knights system"]
[WhiteFideId "5074452"]
[BlackFideId "5061245"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8.
Bg2 Nc6 9. d5 Nb4 10. cxb4 Bxa1 11. bxc5 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bc3 13. Qc2 Bxd2+ 14. Nxd2
O-O 15. O-O Bd7 16. d6 exd6 17. Ne4 Bf5 18. Nf6+ Kh8 19. e4 Be6 20. Qc1 Qd8 21.
Qa1 dxc5 22. Rd1 Qa5 23. Qe5 Rad8 24. Nd5+ f6 25. Qxe6 Qxa2 26. h4 Qb2 27. Qe7
c4 28. Ne3 Rde8 29. Qc5 Rc8 30. Qxa7 c3 31. Qd4 Qa3 32. Nc2 Qe7 33. Qb6 Rfd8 34.
Rd5 Kg7 35. Bf3 Rxd5 36. exd5 Rd8 37. Qd4 Qe5 38. Qb4 Rd7 39. Nd4 Kf7 40. Qxc3
Rc7 41. Qb4 Rc1+ 42. Kg2 Qe1 43. Qxb7+ Kg8 44. Kh3 Qxf2 45. Ne6 Qf1+ 46. Bg2
Qf5+ 47. Kh2 1-0

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.03.31"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Aryan, Chopra"]
[Black "Lalith, Babu M R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "5084423"]
[BlackFideId "5024595"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Be7 6. h3 c5 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2
Ba6 9. c4 Nc6 10. Qa4 Bb7 11. Rac1 a6 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. a3 Qb6 14. Qc2 d6 15.
Rfd1 Rad8 16. Bh2 Rd7 17. Nb1 Na5 18. Nc3 Bc6 19. Rb1 Qb3 20. Qe2 Bxf3 21. gxf3
Rfd8 22. Rd2 d5 23. cxd5 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Rbd1 c4 26. Bc2 Qb5 27. Bc7 Rxd2
28. Rxd2 Rxd2 29. Qxd2 Nb7 30. a4 Qc6 31. Bg3 Nc5 32. Qb4 Nd3 33. Qxe7 1-0

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.03.31"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Gukesh, D"]
[Black "Iniyan, P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "A59"]
[Opening "Benko gambit"]
[Variation "main line"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[BlackFideId "25002767"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1
d6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Kg2 O-O 11. Nf3 Nbd7 12. h3 Ra6 13. Bd2 Qa8 14. Qc2 Rb8 15. b3
Rb4 16. Rhe1 c4 17. bxc4 Rxc4 18. Qd3 Rc8 19. Rac1 Nc5 20. Qe2 Nfd7 21. Rc2 Ra3
22. Rec1 Qa6 23. Qxa6 Rxa6 24. Be3 Bxc3 25. Rxc3 Rxa2 26. e5 Rca8 27. Rb1 R8a3
28. Rxa3 Rxa3 29. exd6 exd6 30. Nd4 Nf6 31. Rb8+ Kg7 32. Nb5 Rb3 33. Bd4 Nd7 34.
Rb7 Kg8 35. Kf1 g5 36. Ke1 h6 37. Kd1 Nxd5 38. Kc2 Rb4 39. Rxd7 Rxb5 40. Rxd6
Kh7 41. Kd3 Nc7 42. Rd7 Ne6 43. Rxf7+ Kg8 44. Rd7 Nxd4 45. Kxd4 Rf5 46. Ke3 Rf6
47. Ra7 Re6+ 48. Kf3 Rf6+ 49. Kg2 Rb6 50. f4 gxf4 51. gxf4 Rb3 52. h4 Rc3 53.
Re7 Rb3 54. h5 Ra3 55. Re6 Kg7 56. Rg6+ Kh7 57. Rf6 Kg7 58. Rf5 Rb3 59. Kf2 Ra3
60. Ke2 Rb3 61. Kd2 Ra3 62. Ke2 Rb3 63. Rd5 Rh3 64. Re5 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.03.31"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game, Chigorin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "35093487"]
[BlackFideId "5010608"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c4 Bg4 4. cxd5 Bxf3 5. gxf3 Qxd5 6. e3 e5 7. Nc3 Bb4 8.
Bd2 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qd6 10. Rb1 Nge7 11. Rxb7 O-O 12. Be2 Rab8 13. Rb3 f5 14. O-O
f4 15. Kh1 Kh8 16. Rxb8 Rxb8 17. Qc2 Rf8 18. Rg1 Ng6 19. Qe4 Nce7 20. Bc1 Nd5
21. Qc2 fxe3 22. fxe3 Qc6 23. c4 exd4 24. Qe4 Nb4 25. Ba3 Re8 26. Qxd4 Nc2 27.
Qc5 Qf6 28. Bc1 h6 29. Qh5 Nd4 30. Rxg6 Qe7 31. Bd3 Rd8 32. exd4 Rxd4 33. Bxh6 1-0

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.03.31"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game, Chigorin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5021596"]
[BlackFideId "5010608"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nc6 3. c4 Bg4 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7 Ngxe7 8.
e3 O-O 9. Be2 a6 10. O-O Qd6 11. Rc1 Bh5 12. Qb3 Rab8 13. Na4 Nd8 14. Nc5 c6 15.
Rfe1 Ne6 16. Qa3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Qf6 19. e4 dxe4 20. Rxe4 Ng6 21.
Rce1 h6 22. Qb4 Rfd8 23. h4 a5 24. Qc4 Qxb2 25. h5 Nf8 26. Rf4 Rd7 27. Bg4 Rc7
28. Bf5 Qd2 29. Re5 Qd1+ 30. Kh2 Qxh5+ 31. Rh4 Qd1 32. Rd4 Qh5+ 33. Kg1 Ng6 34.
Qd3 Rf8 35. Rd8 Rc8 36. Rxc8 Rxc8 37. Re3 Rf8 38. Qd7 Qg5 39. g3 Rd8 40. Re8+
Rxe8 41. Qxe8+ Nf8 42. Bc8 Qc1+ 43. Kg2 Qxc5 44. Bxb7 Qd5+ 45. Kg1 Qxa2 46. Bxc6
Qc4 47. Qa8 Qc5 48. Bd5 Qc7 49. Qa6 Nd7 50. Qa8+ Nb8 51. Be4 g5 52. Qd5 Nd7 53.
Qf5 Nf8 54. Qf6 Qc1+ 55. Kg2 Qc4 56. Bf3 Qe6 57. Qd4 Qa6 58. Bd5 a4 59. Bc4 Qc6+
60. Bd5 Qd7 61. Qc5 Ne6 62. Qa5 Qd8 63. Qd2 a3 64. Qa2 Qd6 65. Qc4 Kf8 66. Qc8+
Ke7 67. Qc4 Nc7 68. Bxf7 Kf6 69. Bg8 Ke7 70. Qe4+ Kd8 71. Qc4 Ne8 72. Be6 Ke7
73. Bd5 Nf6 74. Bf7 g4 75. Kg1 h5 76. Bg6 Kd8 77. Bf7 Qd1+ 78. Kh2 Qf3 79. Qd4+
Ke7 80. Bc4 Nd7 81. Kg1 Kd8 82. Qd6 Qc3 83. Be6 Qc1+ 84. Kh2 Qc7 85. Qxa3 Qb6
86. Qe3 Qxe3 87. fxe3 Nf6 88. Bf5 Ke7 89. Kg2 Kf7 90. Kf2 Ne8 91. Bd3 Kf6 92.
Bc2 Nd6 93. Bd3 Nf7 94. Be4 Ng5 95. Bd3 Ne6 96. Be4 Nc5 97. Bc2 Nd7 98. Be4 Nf8
99. Bd3 Ne6 100. Be4 Ng7 101. Bd3 Kg5 102. Be4 Ne8 103. Bd3 Nf6 104. Kg2 Nd7
105. Be4 Nc5 106. Bc2 Nd7 107. Be4 Nb6 108. Kf2 Kf6 109. Bd3 Na4 110. Bc2 Nc5
111. Kg2 Nd7 112. Kf2 Ne5 113. Be4 Ke6 114. Bc2 Kd6 115. Be4 Kc5 116. Ke2 Kb4
117. Bf5 Kc4 118. Be4 Kc3 119. Bf5 Kc4 120. Be4 Kc5 121. Bf5 Kd6 122. Be4 Ke6
123. Kf2 Kf6 124. Kg2 Kg5 125. Bd5 h4 126. gxh4+ Kxh4 127. Be6 g3 128. Bd5 Ng4
129. Bf3 Nxe3+ 130. Kg1 Kg5 131. Ba8 Kf4 132. Bc6 Nf5 133. Ba8 Kg4 134. Bc6 Nd4
135. Ba8 Ne2+ 136. Kg2 Nf4+ 137. Kg1 Kh3 138. Bf3 Nd3 139. Bg2+ Kh4 140. Bc6 Kg4
141. Bb7 Kf4 142. Bc6 Ne5 143. Bb7 Ng6 144. Ba8 Nh4 145. Bb7 Nf5 146. Ba8 Ne3
147. Bb7 Ng4 148. Ba8 Kg5 149. Bb7 Kh4 150. Bc6 Ne5 151. Bb7 Nd3 152. Bc6 Nf4
153. Bb7 Kh3 154. Bc8+ Kh4 155. Bb7 Kg4 156. Bc6 Kf5 157. Bb7 Ke5 158. Bc6 Kd4
159. Bb7 Ke3 160. Ba8 Ne2+ 161. Kg2 Kf4 162. Bb7 Nd4 163. Kg1 Nf3+ 164. Kg2 Nh4+
165. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.03.31"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Iniyan, P"]
[Black "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "E54"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3, Gligoric system with 7...dc"]
[WhiteFideId "25002767"]
[BlackFideId "35093487"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rd1 h6 12. Ne5 Nc6 13. Rd3 Ne7 14. Rg3 Nf5 15.
Nxf7 Rxf7 16. Qxe6 Qe7 17. Qxe7 Bxe7 18. Rd3 Rd8 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Be3 Nd5 21.
Nxd5 Bxd5 22. a3 g5 23. h3 Nh4 24. f3 Nf5 25. Bf2 Bd6 26. Rc1 h5 27. Rdd1 Rg8
28. Rf1 h4 29. Rfe1 Rd8 30. Rc3 Bf4 31. Rc2 a5 32. b4 axb4 33. axb4 Ra8 34. Kf1
Bd6 35. Rcc1 Ra2 36. Ra1 Rxa1 37. Rxa1 Bxb4 38. Ra7+ Ke6 39. Ke2 Bc4+ 40. Kd1 b5
41. Ra6+ Bd6 42. Ra8 Bf1 43. Rg8 Bf4 44. Rg6+ Kd5 45. Rf6 Ng3 46. Bxg3 hxg3 47.
h4 Bxg2 48. hxg5 Bxf3+ 49. Ke1 g2 50. Kf2 Be3+ 51. Kxe3 g1=Q+ 52. Kxf3 Qxg5 0-1

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.03.31"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Lalith, Babu M R"]
[Black "Gukesh, D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5024595"]
[BlackFideId "46616543"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 Re8 8. Qc2
Bf8 9. a3 h6 10. O-O-O a5 11. g4 Nb4 12. axb4 axb4 13. Nb1 Ra1 14. g5 hxg5 15.
Nxg5 b3 16. Qxb3 Bd7 17. Qxb7 Ba4 18. Bd3 Qd7 19. c5 e5 20. dxe5 Rxe5 21. Nf3
Rf5 22. Nd4 Rxf2 23. b3 Ra2 24. bxa4 Qe7 25. Qb3 Qxc5+ 26. Nc2 Ra1 27. Kb2 1-0

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.03.31"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Puranik, Abhimanyu"]
[Black "Aryan, Chopra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "5061245"]
[BlackFideId "5084423"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. O-O e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. c4
Nc6 9. cxd5 Bxd5 10. Bg5 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Ne4 13. Be3 Rd8 14. Rc1 Be7
15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 O-O 17. Rac1 f5 18. a3 Kf7 19. Bc5 Rfe8 20. e4 fxe4 21.
Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Nc5 Rd2 23. b4 Nd4 24. Nxe4 Ra2 25. Rc7 Ne6 26. Nd6+ Kf6 27. Rxb7
Rxb7 28. Nxb7 Rxa3 29. Rc6 Ke7 30. Na5 Ra4 31. Ra6 Kf6 32. b5 Rb4 33. Rxa7 Rxb5
34. Nc4 h5 35. h4 Rb4 36. Nd6 Rb8 37. Ne4+ Kf5 38. f3 Rb2+ 39. Kh3 Rb6 40. Rd7
Nd4 41. Ng5 Kf6 42. f4 Ne6 43. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.03.31"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Sankalp, Gupta"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "5097010"]
[BlackFideId "5074452"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Ne4 5. e3 Bb4 6. Qc2 c6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
b6 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. O-O Nd6 11. cxd5 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 cxd5 13. Nd2 Nc6 14. c4 dxc4
15. Nxc4 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Na5 17. Qb4 Qe7 18. Bd2 Qxb4 19. Bxb4 Nc4 20. Rfc1 Rc8
21. f3 Kd7 22. Kf2 a5 23. Be1 Nd6 24. Ke2 Rc4 25. Kd3 Rhc8 26. Rcb1 R8c6 27. a4
Kc7 28. e4 f5 29. Rb3 fxe4+ 30. fxe4 e5 31. Bc3 Nxe4 32. Kxe4 Rxc3 33. Rxc3 Rxc3
34. Kxe5 Rc2 35. g4 Rxh2 36. Rf1 Re2+ 37. Kd5 Re7 38. Rc1+ Kb7 39. g5 Rc7 40.
Rh1 Rd7+ 41. Ke5 h6 42. gxh6 gxh6 43. Rxh6 Re7+ 44. Re6 Rxe6+ 45. Kxe6 b5 46.
axb5 a4 47. d5 a3 48. d6 a2 49. d7 a1=Q 50. d8=Q Qe1+ 51. Kf7 Qf1+ 52. Ke8 Qxb5+
53. Qd7+ Qxd7+ 54. Kxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.03.31"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Narayanan, S.L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "5058422"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bc3
b5 9. b3 bxc4 10. bxc4 Ba6 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Qa4 Qc8 13. Qc2 dxc4 14. Ne5 Nxe5
15. dxe5 Nd5 16. Ne4 Qc7 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Rab1 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8
21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Bf1 h5 23. Nd2 c5 24. e4 h4 25. Nxc4 Qd1 26. Qb3 Qe1 27. Qa4
Bxc4 28. Qxc4 a5 29. Kg2 Qa1 30. f4 Qe1 31. Qe2 Qa1 32. Qc4 g5 33. Qe2 hxg3 34.
hxg3 a4 35. Kf3 a3 36. Kg4 Qd4 37. Kf3 Kg7 38. Kg2 Bd8 39. Qd3 Qb2+ 40. Qe2 c4
41. Kf3 Bb6 42. Kg4 c3 43. Qxb2 cxb2 44. Bd3 gxf4 45. gxf4 Be3 46. Kf3 Bd2 47.
f5 Kh6 48. Ke2 Bc3 49. fxe6 fxe6 50. Kd1 Bxe5 51. Kc2 Kg5 52. Bc4 Kf6 53. Kb1
Bd4 54. Bb3 e5 55. Bd5 Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.03.31"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, 3...Bd7"]
[WhiteFideId "5018471"]
[BlackFideId "35028561"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Rac8 12. Be3 Qd8 13. b3 Nd7 14. Rac1 Re8
15. Rfd1 Qa5 16. Nd4 a6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Na4 Nc5 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. Qd2 Qb6 21.
h4 Rcd8 22. Qe2 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Bd4 24. e5 Rd8 25. Bh6 Qc7 26. g3 Qd7 27. Kg2 Qf5
28. Bg5 Re8 29. Qf3 Qxe5 30. Qxc6 Rd8 31. Qf3 f6 32. Bh6 Kf7 33. Bf4 Qf5 34. g4
Qe6 35. Rd2 Rc8 36. Be3 Bxe3 37. Re2 Qc6 38. Rxe3 Qxf3+ 39. Kxf3 Rd8 40. Ke2 Rd4
41. f3 e5 42. Rd3 Rxd3 43. Kxd3 f5 44. a3 a5 45. Kc3 Ke6 46. b4 cxb4+ 47. axb4
a4 48. gxf5+ gxf5 49. b5 e4 50. fxe4 fxe4 51. b6 Kd6 0-1

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.03.31"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "A18"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Mikenas-Carls, Flohr variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5015197"]
[BlackFideId "5002150"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8. g3
Bb7 9. Bg2 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. d4 h6 12. Rb1 Be4 13. Rb5 Nd7 14. a4 Rad8 15. a5
c6 16. Rb3 c5 17. Qe2 Bh7 18. axb6 axb6 19. Be3 e5 20. Rd1 Rfe8 21. Rb2 e4 22.
Nd2 Qe7 23. Ra2 f5 24. Ra7 g5 25. dxc5 bxc5 26. Nb3 Qe6 27. Ra6 Nb8 28. Rb6 Qe7
29. Qh5 f4 30. Rdxd6 Rxd6 31. Rxd6 fxe3 32. fxe3 Qxd6 33. Qxe8+ Kg7 34. Nd2 Bg6
35. Qc8 Qxd2 36. Qxb8 Qxe3+ 37. Kf1 Qd3+ 38. Ke1 Qxc3+ 39. Kf1 Qxc4+ 40. Ke1
Qc3+ 41. Kf1 e3 42. Qc7+ Bf7 43. Bf3 Qb2 44. Be2 Qf6+ 45. Ke1 Qa1+ 46. Bd1 Qc3+
47. Kf1 Qf6+ 48. Kg2 Qf2+ 49. Kh3 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.01"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "5002150"]
[BlackFideId "5021596"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 e5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nb5
Nc6 9. Nxd6+ Qxd6 10. Bb5 Nd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rc1 a6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qc2 Bb7
15. d4 e4 16. Ne5 f6 17. Ba3 Qxa3 18. Nxd7 Rf7 19. Nc5 Bc8 20. Qc3 a5 21. Rc2
Qb4 22. Rfc1 Rc7 23. a3 Qb5 24. Rb2 Rb8 25. b4 a4 26. Qc2 Ra8 27. Qe2 Bf5 28.
Qh5 Bg6 29. Qg4 Re7 30. h4 Be8 31. Qf4 Rd8 32. Rbc2 Qb8 33. Qxb8 Rxb8 34. Rc3
Ra8 35. f3 f5 36. Kf2 g6 37. Kg3 Kg7 38. Kf4 h6 39. fxe4 fxe4 40. g4 Bd7 41.
Nxd7 Rxd7 42. Rxc6 Rf8+ 43. Ke5 Rf3 44. Rc7 Rdf7 45. R1c3 Rg3 46. b5 Rxg4 47. b6
Rg1 48. Rxf7+ Kxf7 49. Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.01"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Black "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Opening "Old Benoni defence"]
[WhiteFideId "35028561"]
[BlackFideId "5015197"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. e4 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nd6 6. O-O Bb7 7. Re1 e6 8. Bf4
c4 9. Bf1 Be7 10. a4 a6 11. Nc3 b4 12. Na2 a5 13. Bxd6 Bxd6 14. Bxc4 O-O 15. Qd4
Be7 16. Rad1 Bf6 17. Qe4 Bxb2 18. h4 exd5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Ra6 21. Red1
Re8 22. Qd3 h6 23. Nc1 Bxc1 24. Rxc1 Rae6 25. Qf5 Rf6 26. Qd3 Rfe6 27. Qf5 Nc6
28. Qd3 Nb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.01"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Narayanan, S.L."]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "D25"]
[Opening "QGA, Janowsky-Larsen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5058422"]
[BlackFideId "5018471"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nc3 c5 8. d5
exd5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Qxd5 Qxd5 11. Bxd5 Nc6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Bd2 O-O-O 14.
Ne5 Kb7 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Bc3 f6 18. Ke2 Bd6 19. f4 c4 20. Rad1 c5
21. Kf3 Kc6 22. h4 Rh7 23. Rh3 Rdh8 24. Rdh1 f5 25. h5 Kd5 26. Rd1+ Ke6 27.
gxf5+ gxf5 28. Rg3 Bf8 29. Rg6+ Kf7 30. Rd7+ Be7 31. Be5 Rg8 32. Ra6 1-0

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.01"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5074452"]
[BlackFideId "35009192"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 a6 8.
Be2 Nc6 9. Qd3 Bc5 10. O-O b5 11. a3 d6 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Bf4 Rd8 15.
Qg3 O-O 16. Rd2 Nd4 17. Bg4 e5 18. Be3 f5 19. exf5 Nxf5 20. Bxf5 Rxf5 21. Bxc5
Qxc5 22. Rfd1 Rf6 23. Qe3 Qxe3 24. fxe3 Kf7 25. a4 b4 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. Rxd5 Ke7
28. h3 Rc8 29. R1d2 Rc6 30. R5d3 Rf8 31. Rb3 a5 32. c3 bxc3 33. Rb7+ Ke6 34.
bxc3 g6 35. Rxh7 Rxc3 36. Rg7 Rf6 37. Ra7 Rxe3 38. Ra6 Kd7 39. Ra7+ Kc6 40. Ra6+
Kc7 41. Rxa5 e4 42. Rc2+ Kd7 43. Ra7+ Ke6 44. a5 Ra3 45. a6 Ke5 46. Ra8 e3 47.
a7 Kd4 48. Rc1 Kd3 49. Rd8 Rxa7 50. Rd1+ Kc2 51. Rf1 e2 0-1

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.01"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Aryan, Chopra"]
[Black "Sankalp, Gupta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Nimzovich variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5084423"]
[BlackFideId "5097010"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Bb4 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8.
Qf3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ba5 10. Bf4 O-O 11. O-O-O Qe7 12. Kb2 Rb8 13. Qe3 b5 14. c5 b4
15. c4 b3 16. a3 f6 17. Bd3 fxe5 18. Bxe5 Bb7 19. f4 d6 20. Qh3 h6 21. cxd6 Qf7
22. d7 Bc6 23. Qg4 Rbd8 24. Bf5 Kh8 25. Be6 Qe7 26. Qg6 Rf6 27. Bxf6 Qxf6+ 28.
Qxf6 gxf6 29. c5 Kg7 30. h4 1-0

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.01"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Gukesh, D"]
[Black "Puranik, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "D90"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "Three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[BlackFideId "5061245"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. d5 b5 8. h5 O-O
9. hxg6 fxg6 10. Qc2 Na6 11. a3 Qb6 12. Nxb5 Qxb5 13. Bxc4 Qb6 14. d6+ e6 15. e5
Ng4 16. Qe4 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxd6 18. Nf3 Rb8 19. Bd2 Nc7 20. Rd1 Nd5 21. Bc1 Rf5
22. g4 Rxf3 23. Qxf3 Bb7 24. Qh3 Qe5+ 25. Kf1 Qe4 26. Qxh7+ Kf7 27. Bd3 Qxg4 28.
Be2 Ba6 29. Rd2 Bxe2+ 30. Rxe2 Rh8 31. Qxh8 Bxh8 32. Rxh8 Qc4 33. Bh6 Qd3 34.
Bd2 Nf6 35. Ra8 Ne4 36. Rxa7+ Kf6 37. Be3 c4 38. Rc7 g5 39. a4 g4 40. Bf4 g3 41.
Bxg3 Qd1+ 42. Re1 Nd2+ 0-1

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.01"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Black "Lalith, Babu M R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[WhiteFideId "35093487"]
[BlackFideId "5024595"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 Nh6 6. Be2 f6 7. Nf3 Qb6 8. O-O Bg4
9. Na4 Qc7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nd7 12. g4 fxe5 13. fxe5 e6 14. Nc3 Nf7 15. Ne2
Qd8 16. c3 Qe7 17. Bg2 O-O 18. Qe1 c5 19. h4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Rac8 21. Bd2 Nd8 22.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 23. Rc1 Rxc1 24. Qxc1 Nc6 25. Be3 Qb4 26. h5 g5 27. h6 Bxh6 28. b3
Bg7 29. Kh1 h6 30. Bf3 Nf8 31. Bf2 Ng6 32. Qc2 Nf8 33. Kg2 a6 34. Qb2 Ng6 35.
Qc2 Nf8 36. Qb2 Qe7 37. Ng3 Ng6 38. Nh5 Qf7 39. Bg3 Bf8 40. Bd1 Be7 41. Qd2 Kf8
42. Bc2 Ke8 43. Bb1 Kd8 44. Qf2 Qxf2+ 45. Kxf2 Nh4 46. Ke3 Ba3 47. Bxh4 gxh4 48.
Nf4 Bc1+ 0-1

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.01"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Black "Iniyan, P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "5010608"]
[BlackFideId "25002767"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Bf5 6. dxc5 e6 7. b4 Nxb4 8.
Bb5+ Nc6 9. Nd4 Qa5 10. O-O Bxc5 11. N2b3 Qb6 12. Nxc5 Qxc5 13. Be5 Bg6 14. Qf3
Nd7 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qg3 Nxe5 17. Qxe5 O-O 18. h4 Rfe8 19. h5 f6 20. Qh2 Bf7
21. h6 e5 22. Nf5 g6 23. Ng7 Reb8 24. Qh4 Qe7 25. f4 Rb4 26. Rab1 Rab8 27. Rxb4
Rxb4 28. a3 Rb2 29. Qg4 exf4 30. exf4 f5 31. Nxf5 Qe6 32. Qg5 Rb8 33. Ng7 Qe3+
34. Kh2 d4 35. Nf5 Qe2 36. Qf6 Kf8 37. Qh8+ Bg8 38. Qg7+ Ke8 39. Qxg8+ Kd7 40.
Qxh7+ 1-0

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.01"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Black "Iniyan, P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "5021596"]
[BlackFideId "25002767"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 d6 6. a4 a6 7. h3 Ba7 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Nbd2 Qf6 12. Qe2 Be6 13. Bh2 Nf4 14. Bxf4 gxf4 15. g4
fxg3 16. fxg3 O-O-O 17. O-O-O d5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Rhf1 Qe6 20. g4 Bxc4 21. dxc4
f5 22. Nh4 fxg4 23. hxg4 Na5 24. Nf5 Kb8 25. b4 Nc6 26. Ne4 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 h5
28. Rh1 Qc8 29. Kc2 hxg4 30. Rxh8 Qxh8 31. Qxg4 Qe8 32. Kb3 Qe6 33. Ne3 Qxg4 34.
Nxg4 Kc8 35. c5 b5 36. cxb6 cxb6 37. Kc4 Bb8 38. Kd5 Ne7+ 39. Ke6 Nc6 40. Ngf6
Bc7 41. Kd5 Ne7+ 42. Ke6 Nc6 43. Nd5 Nd8+ 44. Ke7 Nc6+ 45. Ke6 Nd8+ 46. Kf6 Nc6
47. Kf5 b5 48. Nxc7 Kxc7 49. a5 Kd7 50. Nc5+ Kd6 51. Nxa6 Kd5 52. Nc5 Ne7+ 53.
Kg4 Kc4 54. Ne4 Kd3 55. a6 Nc6 56. Kf5 Ke3 57. Nd6 Kd3 58. Ne4 Ke3 59. Nf6 Kd3
60. Nd5 e4 61. Ke6 Kc4 62. Kd6 Na7 63. Ke5 Kd3 64. Ke6 Kc4 65. Kd6 Nc8+ 66. Kc7
Na7 67. Nf4 Kxc3 68. Kb7 Kxb4 69. Kxa7 1-0

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.01"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Lalith, Babu M R"]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "D78"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O c6"]
[WhiteFideId "5024595"]
[BlackFideId "5010608"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Qxc4
Bf5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Qb3 Qa5 12. Bf4 Nb6 13. Be5 Be6 14. Qc2 Nxc3 15.
bxc3 Qa4 16. Qxa4 Nxa4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rec1 Bd5 19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 f6 21.
Nd3 Rfd8 22. Rab1 b5 23. c4 Rxd4 24. cxb5 cxb5 25. Rxb5 Nb6 26. Rc7 Kf7 27. Ra5
Rd7 28. Rxd7 Nxd7 29. Kf3 a6 30. Ke4 Ra7 31. h4 Ke6 32. h5 g5 33. g4 Nb8 34. f4
gxf4 35. Nxf4+ Kf7 36. g5 fxg5 37. Rf5+ Ke8 38. Rxg5 Nd7 39. Rg7 Nf6+ 40. Kf5
Rb7 41. e4 Rb4 42. Nd5 Nxd5 43. exd5 Ra4 44. d6 exd6 45. Ke6 Kf8 46. Rxh7 Rxa2
47. Kxd6 Kg8 48. Ra7 Rh2 49. Rxa6 Rxh5 50. Ra7 Rh7 51. Rxh7 Kxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.01"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Puranik, Abhimanyu"]
[Black "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5061245"]
[BlackFideId "35093487"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Nd7 8.
Nb3 Bb6 9. Ng5 Nf8 10. Nxe6 Nxe6 11. a4 a6 12. a5 Ba7 13. Be3 Qf6 14. Nd2 Bd4
15. Nc4 O-O-O 16. c3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Qe7 18. Nxe5 f6 19. Nf3 c5 20. d4 Nf8 21. Nd2
Kb8 22. Qb3 Ne6 23. Qc4 Ng5 24. Rf4 Rhe8 25. b4 cxb4 26. cxb4 Ne6 27. Rf2 Ng5
28. Rf4 Ne6 29. Rf2 Ng5 30. b5 axb5 31. Qxb5 Nxe4 32. Nxe4 Qxe4 33. Rb1 Rd6 34.
h3 Re7 35. Kh1 Qd5 36. Qd3 Qxa5 37. Qxh7 Qd5 38. Ra1 Rxe3 39. Rf5 Qe4 40. Qg8+
Qe8 41. Qxg7 Re1+ 42. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 43. Kh2 Qe6 44. Qf8+ Ka7 45. Rc5 Qe4 46. Rxc7
Qxd4 47. Qg7 Qe5+ 48. Qg3 Qxg3+ 49. Kxg3 Ka6 50. Kg4 b5 51. Kf5 b4 52. Rc1 Kb5
53. g4 Rc6 54. Rb1 Rc3 55. h4 Rf3+ 56. Ke4 Rh3 57. h5 b3 58. Kf5 Rf3+ 59. Kg6
Kb4 60. h6 Rh3 61. h7 Rh4 62. Rg1 1-0

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.01"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Sankalp, Gupta"]
[Black "Gukesh, D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "E51"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 e8g8, 5.Nf3 d7d5"]
[WhiteFideId "5097010"]
[BlackFideId "46616543"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3
Re8 9. Qc2 c5 10. O-O c4 11. Be2 Nc6 12. b3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 b5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 Ne4 16. Bf3 Bf5 17. bxc4 Qc8 18. Rfc1 Ng5 19. Qe2 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 dxc4 21.
e4 Be6 22. Ba5 Qc5 23. Qc3 Bd7 24. Rd1 Bc6 25. Rd6 Bxe4 26. Re1 Qxe5 27. Qxe5
Rxe5 28. Rd7 Bf5 29. Rxe5 Bxd7 30. Re7 Be6 31. f4 h5 32. Kf2 Rc8 33. Bc3 a6 34.
Ra7 Rc6 35. a3 Rd6 36. Bb4 Rd3 37. Rc7 a5 38. Bxa5 Rxa3 39. Bb4 Rb3 40. Bd6 c3
41. Be5 Bc4 42. Ke3 f6 43. Rc8+ Kh7 44. Bb8 Rb1 0-1

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.01"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Aryan, Chopra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Janowski variation"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "5084423"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bg3 Ne7 8. Bd3
Bf5 9. Nge2 O-O 10. f3 b5 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. e4 dxe4 13. fxe4 Bg6 14. h4 h6 15.
h5 Bh7 16. e5 Qd7 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. O-O Qg4 19. Nf4 Qxd1 20. Raxd1 Nd7 21. Ne4
Nb6 22. Nd6 Kg8 23. Nd3 Nbd5 24. Rde1 a5 25. Nc5 a4 26. Rf3 Nc8 27. Nde4 Ra7 28.
Ref1 Re8 29. Rg3 Kh7 30. Rff3 b4 31. a3 b3 32. Rg4 Rg8 33. Kf2 Re8 34. Rfg3 f5
35. exf6 gxf6 36. Rg6 Rf7 37. Rf3 Rfe7 38. Rfxf6 1-0

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.01"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "C28"]
[Opening "Vienna game"]
[WhiteFideId "5018471"]
[BlackFideId "5074452"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Na5 5. Qf3 d6 6. h3 Be7 7. Nge2 Nxc4 8.
dxc4 Be6 9. b3 c6 10. O-O Qd7 11. Ng3 Rd8 12. Rd1 O-O 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 b6 15.
a4 d5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nh5 Qc6 19. Qg3 g6 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21. Bxh6
Rfd8 22. Rxd5 Qxd5 23. Bg5 Bxg5 24. Qxg5 Kf8 25. Qh6+ Ke7 26. Qg5+ Kf8 27. Nf6
Qd2 28. Qxe5 Qxc2 29. Nh7+ Kg8 30. Nf6+ Kf8 31. b4 Qf5 32. Nh7+ Kg8 33. Nf6+ Kf8
34. f4 Qxe5 35. fxe5 Rd4 36. b5 Ke7 37. a5 Bc4 38. axb6 axb6 39. Ra6 Bxb5 40.
Rxb6 Bc4 41. Rb4 Rd1+ 42. Kf2 Rf1+ 43. Ke3 Ba2 44. Rb6 Re1+ 45. Kf4 Rf1+ 46. Ke3
Re1+ 47. Kf4 Rf1+ 48. Kg3 Rf5 49. Ng4 Be6 50. Rb7+ Kf8 51. Rb8+ Ke7 52. Rb5 Bd7
53. Rc5 Ke6 54. h4 Ke7 55. Ne3 Rh5 56. Nd5+ 1-0

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.01"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Black "Narayanan, S.L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Charousek (Petrosian) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5015197"]
[BlackFideId "5058422"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O a5 8. Qd3 b6
9. b3 Ba6 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Nf3 a4 12. Bf4 b5 13. Qc2 bxc4 14. Nxa4 Nb6 15. Nc5
N8d7 16. Nxa6 Rxa6 17. Nd2 Bb4 18. bxc4 Bxd2 19. Bxd2 Nxc4 20. Bb4 Re8 21. Rfb1
Qc7 22. e4 Qa7 23. Bf1 Qxd4 24. Rd1 Qa7 25. Bxc4 dxc4 26. Qxc4 Ra8 27. Qd3 Nf6
28. Qd8+ Ne8 29. Qe7 Qxe7 30. Bxe7 f6 31. a3 Nc7 32. Rac1 e5 33. Rd6 Re8 34. Rd7
Ne6 35. Bc5 Rd8 36. Re7 Nxc5 37. Rxc5 h5 38. Rc3 Rda8 39. Rc7 Ra4 40. R7xc6 Rxe4
41. h4 Kh7 42. Rb6 Ra7 43. Rb2 Re1+ 44. Kg2 Ra1 45. Rbb3 Kg6 46. Re3 Ra4 47.
Rec3 Ra7 48. Re3 Ra2 49. Rec3 Kh6 50. Re3 Ra4 51. Rec3 Ra8 52. Re3 Ra7 53. Rec3
Ra4 54. Re3 Ra6 55. Rec3 g5 56. hxg5+ Kxg5 57. Re3 Ra4 58. Rf3 Ra6 59. Rfe3 Rd6
60. Rf3 Ra6 61. Rfe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.01"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "5002150"]
[BlackFideId "35028561"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Qc2 e5 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Nb5 Nc6 10. Nxd6 Qxd6 11. Bb5 Bg4 12. Bxc6 Bxf3 13. gxf3 bxc6 14. Rc1
Rac8 15. Rg1 Rfe8 16. Qf5 d4 17. Kf1 g6 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxd4 Nd5 20. Rc5 fxe3
21. dxe3 Qxh2 22. Qf3 Qd6 23. Qh5 Qe6 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. Ra5 Ke7 26. Rg5 Kd8 27.
Rxa7 Rc7 28. Re5 Qd7 29. Qh4+ f6 30. Rxe8+ Kxe8 31. Ra8+ Kf7 32. Qh7+ Ke6 33.
Qxg6 Qf7 34. Re8+ Ne7 35. Qe4+ Kd7 36. Rh8 Qe6 37. Qxe6+ Kxe6 38. Rh6 Ng8 39.
Rh5 Ne7 40. Ra5 Nf5 41. Ra7 Rc8 42. Bc5 Kd5 43. b4 Rh8 44. Ke2 Kc4 45. a4 Rh2
46. a5 Ng3+ 47. Kf3 Nf1 48. Rd7 Kc3 49. a6 Nd2+ 50. Kg3 Rh8 51. Kf4 Nc4 52. a7
Ne5 53. Rb7 Nd3+ 54. Kf5 Nxc5 55. bxc5 Ra8 56. Ke6 1-0

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.01"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Stoltz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "35028561"]
[BlackFideId "5021596"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 c5 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 b5 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bd5 Bxd5
15. Rxd5 Be7 16. e4 Qe6 17. Be3 O-O 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Ng5 Qc6 20. e5 g6 21. Qe4
Bxg5 22. Bxg5 Rde8 23. Qf4 f6 24. Rd6 Qc8 25. exf6 Ne5 26. h3 Nf7 27. Rd7 Qc6
28. h4 Re4 29. Qg3 Rfe8 30. Kh2 Qe6 31. Re7 Qf5 32. Rdd7 R4xe7 33. Rxe7 Rf8 34.
Qf4 Qxf4+ 35. Bxf4 Rc8 36. Ra7 c4 37. a3 h6 38. Rxa6 g5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. Be3
Rd8 41. Ra7 Rd5 42. g3 Rf5 43. Rb7 g4 44. Kg2 Kf8 45. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.01"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Narayanan, S.L."]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "A17"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "5058422"]
[BlackFideId "5002150"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nge2 Re8 8.
O-O Bd6 9. Nf4 c6 10. f3 Qc7 11. Kh1 Nbd7 12. Qd2 Bxf4 13. exf4 c5 14. b3 c4 15.
bxc4 dxc4 16. Be4 Rb8 17. a4 a6 18. f5 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qg5 Qb6 21. Bf4 Qxd4
22. Bxb8 Qxc3 23. Bc6 b4 24. Rac1 Qd4 25. Qf4 Qb6 26. Bxd7 Bxd7 27. Bc7 Qa6 28.
Be5 Bb5 29. Rfe1 Rc8 30. h4 h6 31. Red1 b3 32. Bc3 Kh7 33. Rd6 Rc6 34. Rd8 Rc8
35. Rcd1 Qa8 36. R8d6 Qb8 37. Bxf6 gxf6 38. Qd4 Rg8 39. Rxf6 Qf8 40. Rb6 Ba4 41.
Qxc4 Qg7 42. g4 b2 43. Rb1 Qe5 44. Qxf7+ Rg7 45. Rxh6+ Kxh6 46. Qh5# 1-0

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.01"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "B45"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5074452"]
[BlackFideId "5015197"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. a3 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Qxa6 12. b3 f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Nxf6+
gxf6 15. Qh5+ Kd8 16. Bb2 Be7 17. O-O-O Kc7 18. a4 Rae8 19. Rd3 c5 20. Rhd1 d5
21. f5 d4 22. fxe6 Qxe6 23. Kb1 Bd6 24. c3 Be5 25. cxd4 cxd4 26. Qf3 Kb8 27.
Bxd4 Re7 28. Bxe5+ Qxe5 29. Rd7 Qe4+ 30. Qxe4 Rxe4 31. R1d2 h5 32. Rf7 Re6 33.
Kb2 Rhe8 34. Rdd7 Rb6 35. Ka3 a6 36. Rh7 Kc8 37. Rdf7 Kb8 38. Rxh5 Ka8 39. Rhh7 1-0

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.01"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Aryan, Chopra"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "5084423"]
[BlackFideId "5018471"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 g6 5. Nbd2 Bg7 6. c3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. h3
Nd7 9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 Ndxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bc2 Be6 13. a4 Rc8 14. a5 a6 15.
Re1 h6 16. Bg3 Nc6 17. Nb3 Qe7 18. Ra4 Rfd8 19. Bh4 g5 20. Bg3 f5 21. Qh5 Bf7
22. Qe2 f4 23. exf4 Qxe2 24. Rxe2 c4 25. Nc5 d4 26. Bf5 d3 27. Rd2 Rc7 28. fxg5
Re7 29. g6 Bd5 30. Ra1 Rde8 31. Kf1 Re2 32. Bf4 Be5 33. Bxh6 Bg7 34. Bf4 Be5 35.
Be3 Bxc3 36. bxc3 R8xe3 37. Rxe2 dxe2+ 38. Ke1 Rxc3 39. Be4 Bxe4 40. Nxe4 Rc2
41. h4 Ne5 42. Nc5 Nxg6 43. Nxb7 Nf4 0-1

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.01"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Gukesh, D"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[BlackFideId "35009192"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. Re3
Rc8 15. Bb3 b5 16. Qd3 b4 17. Qb5 Qb6 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. a3 bxa3 20. h3 a5 21.
Rxa3 a4 22. Ba2 Rc1+ 23. Kh2 Rc2 24. Kg3 g6 25. Ne1 Rd2 26. Nd3 Ba8 27. d5 exd5
28. exd5 Bxd5 29. Bxd5 Nxd5 30. Re4 Rc8 31. Ne5 Rc3+ 32. Rxc3 Nxc3 33. Rc4 Ne2+
34. Kf3 a3 35. Ra4 a2 36. Nc4 Rc2 37. Ne3 Ng1+ 38. Kg3 Rb2 39. Nc4 Rb4 40. Ra8+
Kg7 41. Ne3 Ne2+ 42. Kf3 Nc3 43. Ra3 Rb1 44. Nc2 Rc1 45. Rxc3 Rxc2 0-1

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.01"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Black "Sankalp, Gupta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical, 6...a6"]
[WhiteFideId "35093487"]
[BlackFideId "5097010"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Be2 Ke7 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Nd2 b5 12. a4 b4 13. Nce4 Ba7 14. Nxf6
gxf6 15. Nb3 Bb7 16. Bd2 a5 17. Nxa5 Nxa5 18. Bxb4+ Ke8 19. Bxa5 Rg8 20. g3 h5
21. Rac1 h4 22. Bb4 hxg3 23. Bb5+ Kd8 24. Ba5+ Ke7 25. Rc7+ Kd6 26. Rxb7 gxh2+
27. Kh1 Rg6 28. Bc7+ Kd5 29. Rd1+ 1-0

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.01"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Black "Puranik, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "modern exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5010608"]
[BlackFideId "5061245"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Bb5+ Nc6 9. d5 Bxc3+ 10. Bd2 Qa5 11. Rb1 a6 12. Ba4 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 b5 14. dxc6
Be6 15. O-O Rd8 16. Nb3 Qxa4 17. Nxc5 Rxd1 18. Nxa4 Rxf1+ 19. Kxf1 Kd8 20. Nc5
Bc4+ 21. Ke1 Kc7 22. Nxa6+ Kxc6 23. a3 Ra8 24. Nb4+ Kc5 25. Ra1 Kd4 26. Kd2 Kxe4
27. Kc3 Be6 28. Re1+ Kf5 29. Nc2 Kf6 30. Kb2 Rd8 31. Kc3 Bc4 32. Re3 e5 33. a4
Bf1 34. a5 Bxg2 35. Nb4 Bf1 36. Re1 Bc4 37. a6 Ra8 38. Ra1 Ke6 39. Nc2 Kd6 40.
Kb4 Kc6 41. Ka5 Rd8 42. Na3 Kc7 43. Rc1 Kb8 44. Rb1 Bd3 45. Rd1 Rd4 46. Kb6 b4
47. Nb1 Bxb1 48. Rxb1 Rd6+ 49. Kc5 Rxa6 50. Rxb4+ Kc7 51. Rb5 Rf6 52. Kd5 Rxf2
53. Ra5 Kd7 54. Ra7+ Ke8 55. h4 Rf5 56. Ra8+ Ke7 57. Ra7+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.01"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Iniyan, P"]
[Black "Lalith, Babu M R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[ECO "E47"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3"]
[WhiteFideId "25002767"]
[BlackFideId "5024595"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 b6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. O-O c5 8. Na4
cxd4 9. exd4 Re8 10. a3 Be7 11. Re1 d6 12. b4 Nbd7 13. Bb2 Nf8 14. c5 Nd5 15.
Bb5 Rc8 16. Bxe8 Qxe8 17. Rc1 Ng6 18. cxb6 Rxc1 19. Bxc1 axb6 20. Nb2 Qc6 21.
Nd3 Nc3 22. Qc2 Nh4 23. Nxh4 Bxh4 24. Nf4 g5 25. d5 exd5 26. Nh5 d4 27. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.01"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Black "Lalith, Babu M R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5021596"]
[BlackFideId "5024595"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 Qb6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nh6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 Nd7 10. b4 Qc7 11. Be3 b5 12. Nb2 Nf5 13. Bf2 h5 14. e6 fxe6 15. Nd3
Bxf3 16. Bxf3 a5 17. a3 axb4 18. axb4 O-O 19. O-O Qd6 20. Qe2 Rfb8 21. g3 Nb6
22. Rfe1 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Na4 24. Qd2 Rf8 25. Re1 Kh7 26. Bd1 Ra8 27. Bc2 Qd7 28.
h3 Rf8 29. g4 hxg4 30. hxg4 Nh6 31. Ne5 Bxe5 32. Rxe5 Nf7 33. Rh5+ Kg7 34. Qd3
Rg8 35. Rh3 Kf8 36. Qe2 Nd6 37. Qe5 Nf7 38. Qb8+ Kg7 39. Qxg8+ Kxg8 40. Bxg6 Qd6
41. Rf3 Qd8 42. Re3 Qf8 43. f5 exf5 44. Bxf5 Ng5 45. Bg3 e6 46. Bc2 Qh6 47. Kf2
Nxc3 48. Rxc3 Ne4+ 49. Bxe4 Qd2+ 0-1

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.01"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Puranik, Abhimanyu"]
[Black "Iniyan, P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "5061245"]
[BlackFideId "25002767"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. h3 Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Be2 c5 8. O-O
Ba6 9. c4 Nc6 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 d6 13. Bc3 Rb8 14. Re1 Bb7 15.
Qc2 Qb6 16. Bd3 h6 17. Nf1 Qc6 18. e4 Nd7 19. f4 Bf6 20. e5 Bh4 21. Re2 d5 22.
cxd5 exd5 23. b3 Rfe8 24. Be1 Bd8 25. Ne3 Bb6 26. Kh2 Bc7 27. Rd1 d4 28. Nf5 Kh8
29. Bg3 f6 30. Rde1 fxe5 31. fxe5 Re6 32. Bc4 Ba6 33. Bxe6 Qxe6 34. Rf2 Ba5 35.
Re4 d3 36. Qd1 Rf8 37. Nd6 Rxf2 38. Bxf2 Nxe5 39. Bg3 Qxd6 40. Bxe5 Qd7 41. Qh5
Bc7 42. Bxc7 Qxc7+ 43. Kg1 Bb5 44. a4 Bc6 45. Qxc5 d2 46. Rd4 Qg3 47. Rd8+ Be8
48. Rxe8+ Kh7 49. Qf5+ Qg6 50. Qxg6+ Kxg6 51. Rd8 1-0

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.01"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Sankalp, Gupta"]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5097010"]
[BlackFideId "5010608"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8.
Qa3 b6 9. Nf3 Bb7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O c5 12. Rd1 e6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. dxc5 Nd7 15.
cxb6 axb6 16. Qb3 Nc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Rab1 Rfd8 19. Nd4 Rd6 20. Nb5 Rxd3 21.
Rxd3 Bxe4 22. Rbd1 Bxd3 23. Rxd3 Bf8 24. g3 Qf5 25. Rd2 Bc5 26. Nd4 Qe4 27. Qc2
Qb7 28. Nb3 Be7 29. h4 Rc8 30. Qd3 Qc6 31. Rc2 h5 32. c4 Bb4 33. Qe2 Rd8 34. Rc1
Rd7 35. Rc2 e5 36. Rc1 e4 37. Rd1 Rxd1+ 38. Qxd1 e3 39. fxe3 Bd6 40. Kf2 Qc7 41.
Qf3 Qxc4 42. Kg2 Kg7 43. Qf2 Be5 44. Nd4 b5 45. Nf3 Bf6 46. Qd2 b4 47. Kf2 Qe4
48. Qe2 Qb1 49. Qc4 Qb2+ 50. Kf1 Qb1+ 51. Kf2 Bc3 52. Ng5 Qf5+ 53. Kg2 Qd7 54.
Nf3 Qb7 55. Kf2 Qe7 56. Ke2 Bf6 57. Kf2 Qd6 58. Kg2 Be7 59. Kf2 Qc5 60. Qb3 Bf6
61. Qd3 Be7 62. Qb3 Qc7 63. Nd4 Bd6 64. Ne2 Bc5 65. Nf4 Qe5 66. Kf3 Qa1 67. Kf2
Qc1 68. Ne2 Qd2 69. Kf3 Qe1 70. Qb2+ Kg8 71. Qc1 Qxc1 72. Nxc1 Kf8 73. Nd3 Bd6
74. g4 hxg4+ 75. Kxg4 Ke7 76. h5 gxh5+ 77. Kxh5 Ke6 78. e4 Be7 79. Kg4 Kd7 80.
Kf5 Kc6 81. Nxb4+ Bxb4 82. Kf6 Bc3+ 83. Kxf7 Kd6 84. a4 Ke5 85. a5 Bxa5 86. Ke7
Kxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.01"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "35093487"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 c5 5. c3 Bd6 6. Bg3 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 8. e4 Be7
9. e5 Nfd7 10. Qh5 g6 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. Ngf3 Nb4 14. O-O Nxd3 15.
Qxd3 a5 16. Rfc1 Ba6 17. Qe3 Rc8 18. Bf4 Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 Qb8 20. Bg5 Bxg5 21.
Qxg5 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. h4 Qf8 24. Nb1 h6 25. Qd2 Kg7 26. Nc3 Qe7 27. Qf4 b5
28. Nd1 b4 29. Ne3 h5 30. g4 Be2 31. Ng5 Bxg4 32. Nxg4 hxg4 33. Qxg4 Nf8 34. h5
Kh6 35. hxg6 Nxg6 36. Nf3 a4 37. Kh2 Kg7 38. Ng5 Kh6 39. Nf3 Kg7 40. Ng5 Kh6 41.
Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.01"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Gukesh, D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 2...Nc6"]
[WhiteFideId "5018471"]
[BlackFideId "46616543"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. O-O Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 d6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 e5 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Qd3 O-O 13. Rad1 Bg4 14. Rd2 Qb6
15. Qg3 Bh5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Rxd6 Bg6 18. b3 Qc7 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Bxd8
21. Qg4 Qe7 22. g3 Ba5 23. Rd7 Qb4 24. Rd3 Kh8 25. Qg5 f5 26. Rd7 fxe4 27. Nd1
Qe1+ 28. Bf1 Bb6 29. Qd2 Qxd2 30. Rxd2 Rf3 31. Be2 e3 32. Bxf3 exd2 33. c4 Bc2
34. Kf1 e4 35. Bg4 Bd3+ 36. Be2 Bb1 37. Nc3 Bc2 38. Bd1 Bd3+ 39. Be2 Bd4 40.
Bxd3 exd3 41. Nd1 g5 42. h3 Kg7 43. Kg2 Kf6 44. Kf3 Kf5 45. b4 h5 46. g4+ hxg4+
47. hxg4+ Ke5 48. a4 a6 49. a5 Ba7 50. c5 Kd4 51. Ne3 Bb8 52. Nd1 Bf4 0-1

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.01"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Black "Aryan, Chopra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange, Rubinstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5015197"]
[BlackFideId "5084423"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Nd2
e6 9. Ngf3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rae1 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Qc7 14. Qc2 Rab8
15. Ne5 Rfc8 16. Qe2 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. f4 Re8 19. Kh1 Rbd8 20. Rf3 Nc5 21.
Rd1 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Qc4 23. a3 Qxd3 24. Rfxd3 Rc8 25. Rd4 Kf8 26. Kg1 Ke7 27. Kf2
Rc5 28. Ke3 Rec8 29. g4 h5 30. g5 g6 31. h4 a5 32. R1d3 Kd7 33. Kd2 R8c6 34. Kc2
Kc7 35. Rd1 Rb6 36. R1d2 Rcb5 37. Kb1 Rc5 38. Kc2 Rbc6 39. Rd1 b5 40. R1d3 Kb6
41. b3 Ka6 42. Kb2 Rc7 43. Re3 Rb7 44. Red3 Rbc7 45. Re3 Rb7 46. Red3 Rc8 47.
Rd2 Rc5 48. R2d3 1/2-1/2

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.01"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5002150"]
[BlackFideId "5074452"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Re1
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Bf1 c6 11. f3 Qb6 12. Na4 Qc7 13. Bg5 Nc5 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15.
Ne2 Nd7 16. Bf4 Qb6 17. Rb1 Nf8 18. Be3 Ne6 19. b4 Qa6 20. bxc5 Qxa2 21. Qc1 Qa5
22. Ng3 Nxc5 23. Bh6 Qc3 24. Qg5 Ne6 25. Qh4 Bxh6 26. Qxh6 Qe5 27. Qc1 a5 28.
Ne2 a4 29. Kh1 a3 30. f4 Qxe4 31. Ng3 Qd4 32. f5 Ng7 33. Rd1 Qe5 34. fxg6 hxg6
35. Ra1 Bg4 36. Rd2 Qe3 37. Qc2 Nf5 38. Ne2 Bxe2 39. Rxe2 Nd4 40. Rxe3 Nxc2 41.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 42. Ra2 Ne3 43. Kg1 Nxf1 44. Kxf1 Re3 45. c5 0-1

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.01"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Black "Narayanan, S.L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Stoltz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "35028561"]
[BlackFideId "5058422"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
a6 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 e5 13. Qh4 Nf6 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15.
Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Qd4 Qh5 17. f3 c5 18. Qd2 b5 19. Be2 Be6 20. e4 h6 21. Qc2 c4 22.
Be3 Rac8 23. a3 a5 24. Qd2 Ra8 25. Bf1 Nd7 26. Qd6 Rfc8 27. Rac1 Ne5 28. Qb6
Rcb8 29. Qc5 Rc8 30. Qb6 Rc6 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. Qxc6 Rxd8 33. Qc5 Rd2 34. Kh1 Rxb2
35. Bd4 Rb3 36. Bxe5 f6 37. Bd4 Qxc5 38. Bxc5 b4 39. axb4 axb4 40. Bxc4 Bxc4 41.
Rxc4 Rb1+ 42. Bg1 g5 43. h3 h5 44. Kh2 b3 45. Rb4 Kg6 46. Rb6 g4 47. hxg4 hxg4
48. Bd4 gxf3 49. gxf3 Kg5 50. Kg3 b2 51. Bxf6+ Kh5 52. Rb5+ 1-0

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Narayanan, S.L."]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5058422"]
[BlackFideId "5021596"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nb3 a6 9. Qe2 b5 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. Rd1 Bb7 12. a4 bxa4 13. Nbxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bc5
15. Be3 Nd5 16. Nxe6 Bxe3 17. Nc5 Qe7 18. Nxb7 Qxb7 19. Be4 Nc3 20. Bxb7 Nxe2+
21. Kf1 Rb8 22. Bc6+ Ke7 23. fxe3 Rxb2 24. Rxa4 Rc8 25. Rd7+ Kf8 26. Rc4 Nc1 27.
Rxf7+ Kxf7 28. Bd5+ Kf6 29. Rxc8 a5 30. Ke1 Na2 31. Kd2 Nb4 32. Kc1 Rxc2+ 33.
Rxc2 Nxd5 34. Kd2 Ke5 35. Ra2 1-0

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "5074452"]
[BlackFideId "35028561"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. h3 b5 10. Ng3 Nbd7 11. Nf5 b4 12. Ne2 Nc5 13. Neg3 Re8 14. a3 bxa3 15.
Rxa3 Be6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 Bf8 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. b4 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Nxe4 21. Nxe4
g5 22. Nfxd6 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 Qe7 24. Bg3 f5 25. Nc5 Rad8 26. Bxe5 1-0

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Aryan, Chopra"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "5084423"]
[BlackFideId "5002150"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Qb6 6. dxc5 Qxb2 7. Rb1 Qc3 8.
Bb5 g6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Be5 Qa5 11. O-O exf3 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qxf3 Nd5 14. Bxh8
Qxd2 15. c4 f6 16. Rfd1 Qc3 17. cxd5 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Bf5 19. Rb7 O-O-O 20. Rxa7
Kb8 21. Ra4 cxd5 22. Rd2 Kc7 23. Rb2 d4 24. Rb6 d3 25. Ra7+ Kc8 26. Rbb7 d2 27.
Rc7+ Kb8 28. Rcb7+ Kc8 29. Rc7+ Kb8 30. Rcb7+ Kc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Gukesh, D"]
[Black "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "E91"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "6.Be2"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[BlackFideId "5015197"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. O-O Re8
9. Be3 exd5 10. exd5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Rxe4 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Bd3 Na6 14. a3 Nc7 15.
Rae1 Bg4 16. Nd2 b5 17. h3 Bd7 18. b3 bxc4 19. bxc4 Rb8 20. Rb1 Qe7 21. Bf4 f5
22. Nf3 h6 23. h4 Qf6 24. Qd2 Kh7 25. Qa5 Na8 26. Qxa7 Rbd8 27. Rb7 Re7 28. Bd2
Qf7 29. Re1 Rxe1+ 30. Bxe1 1-0

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, Swiss cheese variation"]
[WhiteFideId "35093487"]
[BlackFideId "5018471"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. c4
O-O 9. Nc3 Nbc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 d6 12. Bg3 e5 13. h3 f5 14. Bh2 f4 15. Be2 g5
16. Qd3 Nd4 17. Rad1 Be6 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Nd5 Nc6 20. Qb3 Rb8 21. Kh1 Kh8 22.
f3 Bxd5 23. exd5 Ne7 24. Bd3 Qd7 25. Bg1 Rfe8 26. Be4 Nf5 27. Bxf5 Qxf5 28. Bxd4
Bxd4 29. Rxd4 Re2 30. Qb4 Qe5 31. Rd2 Rxd2 32. Qxd2 b5 33. Re1 Qg7 34. cxb5 axb5
35. Re6 Rd8 36. Qe2 b4 37. Qe4 1-0

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "E81"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch, 5...O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "5010608"]
[BlackFideId "35009192"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Ng3 exd5
9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Be2 Rb8 12. O-O Ne8 13. f4 h5 14. e5 f5 15. exf6
Ndxf6 16. Nge4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Nf6 19. Ng5 Ng4 20. Ra3 Nf2+ 21. Rxf2
Bxf2 22. Ne6 Bxe6 23. dxe6 Qf6 24. Rf3 Bd4 25. f5 Be5 26. Bd3 Qh4 27. g3 Qd4 28.
e7 Rxf5 29. Qb3+ c4 30. Bxc4+ Kg7 31. Be6 Rxf3 32. Qxf3 Bf6 33. Kg2 Qe5 34. e8=Q
Rxe8 0-1

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Iniyan, P"]
[Black "Sankalp, Gupta"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "3.e4"]
[WhiteFideId "25002767"]
[BlackFideId "5097010"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 b5 4. a4 c6 5. Nc3 b4 6. Na2 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bxc4 e6
9. Nf3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 a5 12. Bd2 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Nc1 c5 15. Nb3
cxd4 16. Nfxd4 Nc5 17. Qg4 Kh8 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Nf3 Rc8 20. h4 Be7 21. Ng5 Bxg5
22. hxg5 Qc7 23. Rad1 Qxe5 24. b3 Qb2 25. Bc1 Qxb3 26. g6 Nf6 27. Qg5 fxg6 28.
Qxa5 Ra8 29. Qc5 Qxa4 30. Rd4 Nd5 31. Re4 Qd7 32. Qd4 Kg8 33. Bb2 Rfe8 34. Rfe1
Ra6 35. Qd3 Rc6 36. Rxb4 Rb6 37. Rxb6 Nxb6 38. Qb3 Nd5 39. Be5 Qf7 40. Ra1 h6
41. Qb2 Kh7 42. Bd4 Re7 43. Re1 Rd7 44. Re4 Ne7 45. Qe2 Nf5 46. Bb2 Rb7 47. Be5
Qd7 48. Kh2 Qd5 49. g4 Rb1 50. Qc2 Nd6 51. Bxd6 Qxd6+ 52. Kg2 Rb6 53. Qc4 Rc6
54. Qb3 Qd5 55. Qxd5 exd5 56. Rd4 Rc4 57. Rxd5 Rxg4+ 58. Kh3 Rf4 59. Kg3 Rf6 60.
Rc5 g5 61. Rb5 Kg6 62. Ra5 Rb6 63. Ra8 Rb3+ 64. Kg2 Rb6 65. Ra5 Kh5 66. Ra7 g6
67. Ra5 Kg4 68. Ra4+ Kf5 69. Ra5+ Kf6 70. Ra8 Re6 71. Rf8+ Ke5 72. Kg3 h5 73.
Rf7 Rf6 74. Re7+ Kf5 75. Ra7 g4 76. Ra5+ Ke6 77. Ra6+ Kf7 78. Ra7+ Kg8 79. Ra2
Kg7 80. Rb2 Kh6 81. Rb8 Kg5 82. Rb5+ Rf5 83. Rb6 h4+ 84. Kg2 Ra5 85. Rb2 Rc5 86.
Ra2 Rb5 87. Rc2 Rb3 88. Rc5+ Kh6 89. Rc4 Kh5 90. Rc5+ g5 91. Rc2 Ra3 92. Rb2 Rc3
93. Ra2 h3+ 94. Kh2 Rf3 95. Kg1 g3 96. fxg3 Rxg3+ 97. Kh2 Rg2+ 98. Rxg2 hxg2 99.
Kg1 Kh4 100. Kh2 g1=Q+ 101. Kxg1 Kg3 102. Kh1 g4 103. Kg1 Kh3 104. Kh1 g3 105.
Kg1 g2 0-1

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Lalith, Babu M R"]
[Black "Puranik, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5024595"]
[BlackFideId "5061245"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. a3 Bg7 6. Rb1 e6 7. b4 cxb4 8. axb4
d5 9. b5 Ne7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. d3 d4 12. Na4 Nfd5 13. Nf3 Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Nc3 15.
Bxc3 dxc3 16. O-O O-O 17. Qc2 Nd5 18. d4 Bg4 19. e4 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Nb6 21. Nxb6
Qxb6 22. Qxc3 Bxd4 23. Qb3 Rac8 24. e5 Rc5 25. Bd5 Bxe5 26. Rfe1 Bf6 27. Qf3 Kg7
28. Bxb7 Rf5 29. Qg2 Rxf2 30. Qc6 Qd4 31. Qd5 h5 32. Qxd4 Bxd4 33. Kh1 h4 34.
Re4 Bf6 35. Kg1 hxg3 36. hxg3 Rd2 37. Rbe1 Bd4+ 38. Kf1 Rf2+ 39. Kg1 Bb6 40. Kh1
Rh8+ 41. Rh4 Rxh4+ 42. gxh4 Kh6 43. Re5 Rf4 44. Kg2 Rxh4 45. Bc6 Rf4 46. Re8 f5
47. Rg8 Rf2+ 48. Kg3 Rd2 49. Rh8+ Kg5 50. Rg8 Bf2+ 51. Kf3 Bb6 52. Kg3 Rd8 53.
Rg7 Kf6 54. Rh7 Rd3+ 55. Kg2 g5 56. Rh8 Rd2+ 57. Kf1 g4 58. Rf8+ Ke5 59. Bb7 g3
60. Rg8 Rf2+ 61. Ke1 f4 62. Re8+ Kd6 63. Rg8 Ba5+ 64. Kd1 Kc5 65. Rg5+ Kb4 66.
Bc6 Bb6 67. Ke1 Kc3 68. Rg7 Ra2 69. Kf1 Rf2+ 70. Ke1 Bd4 71. Rg8 Kd3 72. Rg6
Bc3+ 0-1

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Black "Puranik, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5021596"]
[BlackFideId "5061245"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Bb6 11. a4 Rb8 12. O-O Qe7 13. Re1 h5 14. h4 Bg4 15. axb5 axb5
16. Nbd2 Rg8 17. d4 Kf8 18. Qc2 gxh4 19. Bxh4 exd4 20. e5 dxe5 21. Ng5 Qd7 22.
Nde4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 f5 24. Qd5 Qxd5 25. Bxd5 Rg6 26. Bxc6 Rxc6 27. Rxe5 d3 28.
Kh2 Be2 29. Ne6+ Kg8 30. Nf4 Rc4 31. Bg5 Bc5 32. g3 Bd6 33. Rxf5 Re8 34. Nxe2
Rxe2 35. Rd1 h4 36. Kh3 hxg3 37. fxg3 Rxb2 38. Rxd3 Rc2 39. Bd2 Re4 40. Rxb5 Ra2
41. Rf5 Kg7 42. Be3 Kg6 43. Rg5+ Kf6 44. Rg4 Rxg4 45. Kxg4 Be5 46. Bd4 Ra4 47.
Kf3 Rc4 48. Bxe5+ Kxe5 49. Re3+ Kf5 50. Ke2 c5 51. Kd3 Rg4 52. Kc2 Kf6 53. Kb3
Kf5 54. Kc2 Kf6 55. Kd3 Kf5 56. Ke2 Rc4 57. Kf3 Kg5 58. Rd3 Kf5 59. Ke2 Kf6 60.
Kd2 Rg4 61. Kc2 Ke5 62. Re3+ Kf5 63. Kb3 Kf6 64. Rf3+ Ke5 65. Kc2 Ke4 66. Rd3
Ke5 67. Kd2 Ke6 68. Rf3 Ke5 69. Ke2 Ke4 70. Kf2 Ke5 71. Kf1 Rg8 72. Kg2 Ke4 73.
Rf4+ Kd3 74. Rf3+ Ke4 75. Kf2 Rg4 76. Kg2 Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Sankalp, Gupta"]
[Black "Lalith, Babu M R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[ECO "C25"]
[Opening "Vienna"]
[Variation "Paulsen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5097010"]
[BlackFideId "5024595"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nge2 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. d3 Nd4 8. g4
Nxe2 9. Qxe2 Bg6 10. Be3 Bg5 11. Bxg5 Qxg5 12. h4 Qe7 13. h5 h6 14. hxg6 fxg6
15. O-O-O g5 16. Nd5 Qd7 17. d4 1-0

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Iniyan, P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "A47"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "25002767"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bg5 Bb7 4. Nbd2 e6 5. e4 Be7 6. Bd3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. e5
Be7 9. Be4 c6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. O-O d5 12. exd6 Bxd6 13. Nc4 Nd7 14. Nxd6+ Qxd6
15. c4 O-O 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Qe3 Rfd8 18. c5 Qe7 19. Qa3 a5 20. Rfe1 bxc5 21.
dxc5 Nf6 22. Bc2 Nd5 23. Ne5 Qg5 24. g3 Ba6 25. Qxa5 Be2 26. Nxc6 Nf4 27. h4 Qf6
28. gxf4 Qxf4 29. Qb4 Bc4 30. Bh7+ Kxh7 31. Rxc4 1-0

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Nimzovich variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5018471"]
[BlackFideId "5010608"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. Be2 Bg4 7. O-O Bxf3 8. Bxf3
h6 9. Kh1 Bc5 10. Bg4 h5 11. Bh3 Ng4 12. Bxg4 hxg4 13. Qxg4 Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7
15. Be3 Nd4 16. Na4 Ne6 17. Nxc5+ dxc5 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Ke7 20. Rad1 Rad8
21. Be3 Rd7 22. Rf5 Rhd8 23. Rd5 c6 24. Rxd7+ Rxd7 25. Kg1 b5 26. b3 a5 27. Kf2
a4 28. Ke2 b4 29. h4 axb3 30. axb3 Ra7 31. Rd2 Kd6 32. Bf2 Ra1 33. Bg3+ Kd7 34.
Bf2 Rb1 35. Ra2 Rxb3 36. Ra7+ Ke8 37. Be3 Rb1 38. e5 b3 39. Rb7 Kd8 40. Bd2 Kc8
41. Rb6 Nd4+ 42. Ke3 Kc7 43. Ba5 Ra1 44. Ra6+ Rxa5 45. Rxa5 b2 46. Ra7+ Kb8 0-1

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Black "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Nimzovich variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5015197"]
[BlackFideId "35093487"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O 8. g3
h6 9. Bg2 Nh7 10. O-O f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. d4 Qf6 13. Nh4 Bd7 14. Bd5+ Kh8 15.
dxe5 Nxe5 16. f4 Bh3 17. Be3 c6 18. Be4 Nxc4 19. Bd4 Qf7 20. Ng6+ Kg8 21. Nxf8
Nxf8 22. Re1 Ne6 23. Qd3 Nxd4 24. Qxd4 d5 25. Bd3 Nd6 26. Re5 Bf5 27. Bxf5 Nxf5
28. Qd3 Rf8 29. Rae1 h5 30. Qe2 g6 31. Re8 Rxe8 32. Qxe8+ Kg7 33. a4 Qf6 34. Re6
Qf7 35. a5 a6 36. Kf2 Qxe8 37. Rxe8 Kf7 38. Rb8 Nd6 39. Ke2 c5 40. Kd3 Ke6 41.
h3 Kf5 42. Rf8+ Ke6 43. g4 hxg4 44. hxg4 Ke7 45. Rg8 Kf7 46. Rb8 Ke6 47. Ke2 Kf6
48. Kf3 Ke6 49. Kg3 Ne4+ 50. Kf3 Nd6 51. Rg8 Kf7 52. Rh8 Ke6 53. Rh6 Kf7 54. f5
Ne4 55. Rxg6 Nxc3 56. Rb6 d4 57. g5 1-0

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Gukesh, D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[Variation "Agincourt variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5002150"]
[BlackFideId "46616543"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 b6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bb2 Nbd7 7. Rc1 a6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Ne2 g6 10. g3 c5 11. Bg2 b5 12. O-O Bd6 13. d4 c4 14. Ne5 O-O 15. bxc4
bxc4 16. Qa4 Qc7 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Ba3 Bc6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Qa5 Rfb8 21. Qd2
Rb4 22. Nc3 a5 23. e4 dxe4 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Rc8 26. Rfe1 Nb6 27. h4 Na4
28. Qg5 Qxd4 29. Rcd1 Qc5 30. Bd5 Rf8 31. Re5 Qb6 32. h5 Nc3 33. Bxf7+ Kxf7 34.
Rf5+ Kg8 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. Rd8+ Kf7 37. Rd7+ Kg8 38. Rd8+ Kf7 39. Qf4+ Ke7 40.
Qf8+ Ke6 41. Re8+ Kd5 42. Qf3+ Kd6 43. Qf8+ Kd5 44. Qf7+ Kd4 45. Qg7+ Kd3 46.
Re3+ Qxe3 47. fxe3 gxh5 48. Qxh7+ Ne4 49. Qxh5 c3 50. Qd5+ Kxe3 51. Qxa5 Rb1+
52. Kg2 c2 53. Qa3+ Kd2 54. Qa5+ Nc3 55. Qg5+ Kd1 56. Qg4+ Ne2 57. Kf2 Kc1 58.
Kxe2 Kb2 59. Qb4+ Kxa2 60. Qa4+ Kb2 61. Qb4+ Ka2 62. Qd2 Kb3 63. Qd3+ Kb2 64.
Qd4+ Ka2 65. Qd5+ Kb2 66. Qb7+ Ka2 67. Qa7+ Kb2 68. Qb6+ Ka2 69. Qa5+ Kb2 70.
Qe5+ Ka2 71. Qd5+ Kb2 72. Qb5+ Ka2 73. Qa4+ Kb2 74. Qb4+ Ka2 1/2-1/2

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "10.7"]
[White "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Black "Aryan, Chopra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "35028561"]
[BlackFideId "5084423"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. e3
Ne7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bf5 11. Qb3 Nd7 12. Rfc1 b5 13. a4 b4 14. Nb1 a5 15. Nbd2
c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Qd1 Rfc8 18. Nb3 Nxb3 19. Qxb3 Be6 20. Qd1 Nf5 21. Bd3 g6
22. h3 Bd7 23. Bxf5 Bxf5 24. Nd4 Bd7 25. b3 h5 26. Qd2 Rab8 27. Rxc8+ Rxc8 28.
Rc1 Rc5 29. Rxc5 Qxc5 30. Qe2 Qc1+ 31. Kh2 Qc7+ 32. f4 Qc3 33. Qf3 h4 34. Qxd5
Qxe3 35. Qxd7 Qg3+ 36. Kg1 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Qg3+ 38. Kg1 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "10.8"]
[White "Narayanan, S.L."]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "5058422"]
[BlackFideId "5074452"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bg3
d6 9. h3 Be6 10. Nbd2 Qd7 11. O-O Rfe8 12. Re1 Bf8 13. b4 Bxc4 14. Nxc4 b5 15.
Ne3 a5 16. a3 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Qe2 axb4 20. axb4 Rxa1 21. Rxa1
f5 22. Ra6 Re6 23. c4 Qd7 24. cxb5 Nxb4 25. Rxe6 Qxe6 26. Qxe5 Qd7 27. Qxc7 Qxb5
28. Ne5 Qe8 29. Nd7 Be7 30. Qc4+ Kh7 31. Qe6 Nxd3 32. Bd6 Nxf2 33. Bxe7 1-0

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "5074452"]
[BlackFideId "5021596"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Be2 Ngf6 6. d3 g6 7. c4 Bg7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. f3 Qb6 12. Kh1 Ne6 13. Nc2 Bd7 14. Rb1 Qa5 15.
Be3 Rfc8 16. b4 Qd8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Nf8 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 a5 21. a3
axb4 22. axb4 Bf5 23. Rb2 Bxc2 24. Rxc2 Nd7 25. g3 Qb6 26. Qd2 Ra3 27. Rfc1 Qf2
28. f4 Nf6 29. Bf1 Qxd2 30. Rxd2 Rb3 31. b5 Kf8 32. Re1 Nd7 33. Bh3 f5 34. Rde2
Re8 35. Bf1 Ra3 36. Kg2 Nc5 37. h3 Ne4 38. g4 Rea8 39. Kh2 Ra2 40. Bg2 Rxe2 41.
Rxe2 Nc5 42. gxf5 gxf5 43. h4 Ra4 44. Rc2 Kf7 45. Bf1 Ra1 46. Bh3 Kf6 47. Rg2
Ne4 48. Rg8 Ra2+ 49. Kg1 Nd2 50. Rf8+ Kg7 51. Re8 Kf7 52. Rh8 Kg7 53. Re8 Kf7
54. Rh8 Ra1+ 55. Kh2 Kg7 56. Re8 Kf7 57. Rh8 Kg7 58. Re8 Kf7 59. Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Aryan, Chopra"]
[Black "Narayanan, S.L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Nimzovich variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5084423"]
[BlackFideId "5058422"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 h6 5. a3 d6 6. d4 Bg4 7. d5 Nd4 8. Be3
Nxf3+ 9. gxf3 Bd7 10. b4 Nh5 11. c5 Be7 12. Bb5 Bxb5 13. Nxb5 a6 14. Nc3 Bg5 15.
c6 b6 16. Kd2 O-O 17. Kc2 f5 18. Kb3 Bxe3 19. fxe3 f4 20. Qe2 Qf6 21. Raf1 Rf7
22. Rhg1 Kh7 23. Rg4 Qe7 24. exf4 Nxf4 25. Qd2 b5 26. Ne2 Nxe2 27. Qxe2 Qf8 28.
Rg3 Qb8 29. Qd2 Qb6 30. Qf2 Qb8 31. Qd2 Ra7 32. f4 a5 33. bxa5 Qa8 34. Rgf3 Rxa5
35. Qb2 exf4 36. Rxf4 Rxf4 37. Rxf4 b4 38. axb4 Ra1 39. Rf7 Qa4+ 40. Kc4 Qa6+
41. Kc3 Ra3+ 42. Kd2 Ra2 43. Qxa2 Qxa2+ 44. Kc3 Qa7 45. Kc4 Qa6+ 46. Kc3 Qb6 47.
Kc4 Kg6 48. Rd7 Kf6 0-1

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Gukesh, D"]
[Black "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[BlackFideId "35028561"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qd3 e6 7. a4 b6 8. Qg3
Bb7 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Be2 Be7 11. Qxg7 Rg8 12. Qh6 Rxg2 13. Be3 Rg6 14. Qh3 Rc8 15.
Bd2 Ne5 16. Qf1 d5 17. O-O-O dxe4 18. Bxa6 Nd3+ 19. Bxd3 exd3 20. Qxd3 Kf8 21.
Rhe1 Kg8 22. f4 Bc5 23. Ncb5 Qd5 24. Kb1 Ne4 25. Be3 Qh5 26. f5 exf5 27. Rf1 Rd8
28. Rxf5 Qxh2 29. Qc4 Rd7 30. Rdf1 Rg7 31. Ka1 Qh3 32. R5f3 Qg4 33. Nf5 Rg6 34.
Nh6+ Rxh6 35. Bxh6 Bd5 36. Qd3 Bc6 37. Rf4 Qg6 38. Qh3 Nf2 39. R1xf2 Bxf2 40.
Rg4 Rd1+ 41. Ka2 Bd5+ 42. b3 Rh1 43. Rxg6+ hxg6 44. Qc8+ Kh7 45. Bd2 Be6 46. Qb8
g5 47. Bxg5 1-0

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Adams attack"]
[WhiteFideId "35093487"]
[BlackFideId "5002150"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. g4 h6
9. Be3 Be6 10. Qf3 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. Kb1 Nc4 15.
Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Nd2 Rc8 17. h4 Qc7 18. c3 h5 19. g5 Ng4 20. Ne4 Nxe3 21. fxe3 g6
22. Rhf1 Rf8 23. Rf2 Qc4 24. b3 Qb5 25. Kb2 Kd8 26. a4 Qd7 27. Rdf1 b5 28. a5
Qc7 29. Qh3 Ke8 30. Rc2 Rb8 31. Ra1 Qd7 32. Qxd7+ Kxd7 33. Rf1 Bd8 34. c4 bxc4
35. Rxc4 Rb5 36. Rc6 Rxd5 37. Rxa6 Ke6 38. b4 Bc7 39. Ra7 Rc8 40. Rf6+ Ke7 41.
Nc3 Rd2+ 42. Kb3 Ke8 43. Nb5 Bb8 44. Raxf7 Rd3+ 45. Ka4 Rc1 46. Na7 Bxa7 47.
Rxa7 Rd5 48. Rxg6 Kf8 49. Rh6 Kg8 50. Re6 Kf8 51. g6 1-0

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Black "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "5010608"]
[BlackFideId "5015197"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 e5 3. dxe5 dxe5 4. Qxd8+ Kxd8 5. Be3 c6 6. Nd2 f6 7. a4 Kc7 8. a5
Be6 9. Bc4 Bxc4 10. Nxc4 Na6 11. c3 Nc5 12. Nd2 g6 13. b4 Ne6 14. Ngf3 Nh6 15.
Nc4 Nf7 16. Ke2 Nd6 17. Nfd2 Nb5 18. Rhc1 h5 19. Nb3 Bh6 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. bxc5
a6 22. Kd3 Rae8 23. Kc2 f5 24. Bxh6 Rxh6 25. Re1 f4 26. Rad1 Rh7 27. Rd3 Rd7 28.
Red1 Rxd3 29. Rxd3 g5 30. Nd6 Rd8 31. Nf7 Na3+ 32. Kd2 Nc4+ 33. Ke2 Rg8 34. f3
g4 35. Kf2 gxf3 36. Kxf3 Rg6 37. Kf2 Rf6 38. Ng5 Nxa5 39. Rh3 Nb3 40. Rxh5 Nxc5
41. Rh8 a5 42. Ra8 a4 43. Ke2 Rg6 44. h4 Rh6 45. Nf3 Nxe4 46. Kd3 Nc5+ 47. Kc4
Nd7 48. Re8 Rg6 49. Re7 Rxg2 50. Nxe5 Kd6 51. Rxd7+ Kxe5 52. Rxb7 a3 53. Re7+
Kf5 54. Rf7+ Kg4 55. Rg7+ Kh3 56. Ra7 f3 57. Kd3 f2 58. Ke2 a2 59. h5 Rg1 60.
Kxf2 a1=Q 61. Rxa1 Rxa1 62. h6 0-1

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Iniyan, P"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "semi-Slav"]
[WhiteFideId "25002767"]
[BlackFideId "5018471"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Bf5 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Nxd3 O-O 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Qc2 a5 13. O-O h6 14. Bh4 Rfe8 15.
Rab1 Qd8 16. f3 Nf8 17. Bf2 Ne6 18. Rbd1 Rc8 19. Ne5 Bd6 20. Bh4 Be7 21. Bf2 Bd6
22. Bh4 Be7 23. Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "11.7"]
[White "Lalith, Babu M R"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Semi-Averbakh system"]
[WhiteFideId "5024595"]
[BlackFideId "35009192"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. d5 Ne5 8. h3 e6
9. Nf3 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 Nd7 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 e5 13. Qd2 b6 14. Be2 Nc5 15.
Qc2 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Qc1 Bd3 18. Bg5 Qd7 19. Qe3 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Qf5 21. Bh6
Rf6 22. f4 Qd3 23. Rae1 Qxe2 24. Rxe2 Nd3 25. g3 exf4 26. gxf4 Rf5 27. Re3 Nb2
28. Re7 Rf7 29. Rfe1 Rxe7 30. Rxe7 Nxc4 31. Kf2 b5 32. Rg7+ Kh8 33. Rxc7 Nb6 34.
Bg7+ Kg8 35. Bd4 Nxd5 36. Rg7+ Kf8 37. Rxh7 Re8 38. Kf3 a5 39. Ra7 b4 40. c4 Ne7
41. Rxa5 Rc8 42. Bf6 Rxc4 43. Bxe7+ Kxe7 44. Rb5 Ke6 45. Kg4 Rc2 46. Rxb4 Rg2+
47. Kf3 Rxa2 48. Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "11.8"]
[White "Puranik, Abhimanyu"]
[Black "Sankalp, Gupta"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights, 3...Bg4"]
[WhiteFideId "5061245"]
[BlackFideId "5097010"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Be2 Bc5 7. O-O Ne7 8. Rd1
d4 9. Nb1 Nd7 10. d3 O-O 11. Qg3 f5 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. Nd2 e5 14. Bxe7 f4 15. Qh2
Bxe7 16. h4 h5 17. Qh3 Rf6 18. Bxh5 Qxh5 19. Qxd7 Bd6 20. Nf3 Raf8 21. Kf1 Rg6
22. Qxb7 Rxg2 23. Ke2 Rg3 24. fxg3 fxg3 25. Rf1 g2 26. Qd7 g1=Q 27. Qh3 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Black "Sankalp, Gupta"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Romanishin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5021596"]
[BlackFideId "5097010"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 d6 7. d4 Qe7 8. d5
Nb8 9. b4 O-O 10. Bb2 b5 11. Nd2 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Bb7 13. e4 c6 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15.
O-O Rac8 16. Qb3 Qc7 17. Rac1 Qb6 18. a3 Nd4 19. Qd3 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd4
exd4 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Nf3 Qb7 24. Ng5 g6 25. Qxd4 Bxg2 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Re1 h6
28. Ne4 Bxe4 29. Qxe4 Qc7 30. Qf3 Kg7 31. Kg2 Rd8 32. Qe4 Kh7 33. Re3 Qd7 34. h3
h5 35. Qf3 Kg7 36. Qe4 Kh7 37. Qc4 Kg8 38. b5 Rc8 39. Qb4 Qd5+ 40. Rf3 Rc4 41.
Qb3 h4 42. Kh2 Qe5+ 43. Kg2 Qd5 44. Kh2 Qe5+ 45. Kg2 Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Puranik, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "5061245"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 Nc6
9. d3 Nh5 10. a3 f5 11. b4 Kh8 12. Nd5 Be6 13. bxc5 dxc5 14. Qd2 Bg8 15. Bc3 Qd6
16. Qb2 b6 17. a4 Rab8 18. e3 Rfe8 19. Rae1 Rf8 20. Nd2 Rbe8 21. f4 exf4 22.
Nxf4 Bxc3 23. Qxc3+ Qe5 24. Qb3 Na5 25. Qb1 Nxf4 26. gxf4 Qc3 27. Re2 Re7 28.
Rc1 Qf6 29. Nf3 Nc6 30. a5 bxa5 31. Kf2 Rb8 32. Qa1 Qxa1 33. Rxa1 Rbe8 34. Bf1
Kg7 35. Ne1 h6 36. h4 Kf6 37. Raa2 g5 38. hxg5+ hxg5 39. Bg2 Nb4 40. fxg5+ Kxg5
41. Rxa5 Rc7 42. Ra3 Bf7 43. Bf3 Rd8 44. Rb2 f4 45. Be4 fxe3+ 46. Kxe3 Kf6 47.
Ra5 Ke7 48. Nc2 Nxc2+ 49. Rxc2 Rdd7 50. Rca2 Kd8 51. Rg2 Ke7 52. Rg5 Kd6 53.
Ra6+ Ke7 54. Kf4 Rd4 55. Re5+ Kd8 56. Ke3 Bxc4 57. dxc4 Rxc4 58. Bd5 Rd4 59. Be6
Rd1 60. Kf4 c4 61. Rg5 c3 62. Rg8+ Ke7 63. Rg7+ Kd8 64. Rg8+ Ke7 65. Bb3 Rf1+
66. Ke5 Re1+ 67. Kd5 c2 68. Rg7+ Kd8 69. Rxc7 Kxc7 70. Bxc2 Re7 71. Rxa7+ Kd8
72. Ra8+ Kc7 73. Bf5 Kb7 74. Ra1 Kc7 75. Be6 Kb6 76. Kd6 Rb7 77. Bd7 Rb8 78. Ra2
Rb7 79. Bc8 Rb8 80. Rb2+ Ka7 81. Rc2 Kb6 82. Rc5 Ka7 83. Bd7 Kb6 84. Rc6+ Ka7
85. Kc5 Rb1 86. Be6 Rb8 87. Bd5 Rb1 88. Rc7+ Kb8 89. Rg7 Rc1+ 90. Kd6 Rc7 91.
Rg2 Rh7 92. Rg8+ Ka7 93. Kc5 Ka6 94. Rg2 1-0

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Lalith, Babu M R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "5018471"]
[BlackFideId "5024595"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 b6 4. c4 Bb7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
Bd6 9. Na3 O-O 10. Nc4 Nbd7 11. Rc1 Re8 12. d4 Bf8 13. Nfe5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 c5 15.
dxc5 Bxc5 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Qd3 Qe7 18. Rfd1 Nf8 19. Qf3 f6 20. a3 a5 21. a4
Rac8 22. h4 Red8 23. h5 h6 24. e3 Nh7 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Qc6 Ng5 27. Nxb6 Bxe3
28. fxe3 Rd2+ 29. Kf1 Rxb2 30. Nd7 Qb4 31. Nxf6+ gxf6 32. Qe8+ Qf8 33. Qd7 Qg7
34. Qc8+ Qf8 35. Qd7 Qg7 36. Qc8+ Qf8 37. Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Black "Iniyan, P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Nimzovich variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5015197"]
[BlackFideId "25002767"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 h6 8. g3
Be6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Qc8 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. Nh4 Bh3 13. Rb2 Ne7 14. f4 Bxg2 15.
Rxg2 Qg4 16. Qe1 b5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. cxb5 Rfd8 19. Nf3 Ng6 20. d4 Rxb5 21. Qe2
c6 22. c4 Ra5 23. Qe1 Ra4 24. dxe5 Nd7 25. Qf2 Ndxe5 26. Nxe5 Nxe5 27. Bb2 f6
28. Bxe5 fxe5 29. Qf7+ Kh7 30. Rb2 Rxa3 31. Qe7 Rdd3 32. Qxe5 Rf3 33. Rxf3 Rxf3
34. Rf2 a6 35. Kg2 Rxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Qh3 37. Kg1 Qd7 38. Qc5 Qd1+ 39. Kf2 Qd2+ 40.
Kf3 Qd3+ 41. Kf4 Qf1+ 42. Kg4 Qe2+ 43. Kf4 Qd2+ 44. Kf3 Qd1+ 45. Kf2 Qc2+ 46.
Ke3 Qc1+ 47. Kf2 Qd2+ 48. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "12.5"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "B62"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Keres variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5002150"]
[BlackFideId "5010608"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 Bd7 8.
Ndb5 Nb4 9. Qd1 a6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. a3 Nxc2+ 12. Qxc2 axb5 13. Bxb5 Bxb5 14.
Nxb5 Qa5+ 15. Nc3 Bg7 16. O-O O-O 17. Rad1 Rfc8 18. Rxd6 f5 19. exf5 Bxc3 20.
bxc3 Qxf5 21. Rd3 Rxa3 22. Rg3+ Kf8 23. Qd2 Qc5 24. Qh6+ Ke7 25. Qh4+ Kd7 26.
Rd1+ Kc7 27. Qf4+ e5 28. Qxf7+ Kb8 29. Rb1 Qb6 30. Qxh7 Raxc3 31. Rxc3 Rxc3 32.
Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "12.6"]
[White "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Black "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "A81"]
[Opening "Dutch defence"]
[WhiteFideId "35028561"]
[BlackFideId "35093487"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. h4 a5 7. a4 e6 8. Nh3 d5 9.
Nd2 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nf4 c6 12. h5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Rxh8+
Bxh8 16. Bxe4 Qf6 17. Bg2 Qf7 18. Be3 Nc4 19. O-O-O Bg4 20. Nxd5 Nxe3 21. Nc7+
Kf8 22. Qxf7+ Kxf7 23. Nxa8 Nxd1 24. Kxd1 Bf6 25. Kd2 Bd8 26. b4 Be6 27. Kc2 Ke7
28. b5 cxb5 29. axb5 b6 30. f4 Bc4 31. e4 Bxb5 32. e5 Bc4 33. Be4 Kf7 34. Bf3 b5
35. g4 Ke6 36. Be4 g5 37. fxg5 Kxe5 38. Bf3 Kf4 39. Bc6 Kxg5 40. Bd7 Bd5 41.
Bxb5 Bxa8 42. Bd7 Bf3 43. Kb3 Bxg4 44. Bc6 Bd1+ 45. Kc4 Be7 46. Kd5 Bf3+ 0-1

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "12.7"]
[White "Narayanan, S.L."]
[Black "Gukesh, D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "3.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "5058422"]
[BlackFideId "46616543"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nf6 6. e3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. c4
Ne7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Bd3 Nf5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Bb2 Nce7 13. Qc2 cxd4 14. exd4 b5 15.
cxb5 Bb7 16. Be2 Ng6 17. Qd2 Qd6 18. g3 Rfd8 19. Rfc1 e5 20. Qb4 exd4 21. Qxd6
Rxd6 22. Rc7 d3 23. Rxb7 dxe2 24. Re1 Rd1 25. Kg2 Nd6 26. Rc7 Nxb5 27. Rc2 Rxe1
28. Nxe1 Re8 29. Kf3 f6 30. Rxe2 Rxe2 31. Kxe2 Kf7 32. Kd3 Ke6 33. Nc2 Ne7 34.
a4 Nd6 35. Nd4+ Kd5 36. Ba3 Nef5 37. Nc2 Ne7 38. f3 g6 39. Ne3+ Ke6 40. Nc4 Nb7
41. Bxe7 Kxe7 42. Kd4 Ke6 43. Na3 a6 44. Nc2 Kd6 45. Ne3 Nc5 46. Nc4+ Kc6 47.
Na5+ Kb6 48. Nc4+ Kc6 49. Na5+ Kb6 50. Nc4+ Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "12.8"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Aryan, Chopra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5074452"]
[BlackFideId "5084423"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 e6 8. O-O
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. Re1 Ba6 11. c4 Ng6 12. Nf3 Bb4 13. Bd2 dxc4 14. Be4 O-O 15.
Qc2 Rb8 16. Rad1 Qb6 17. h4 Rfd8 18. h5 Nf8 19. h6 g6 20. Qc1 Bc5 21. Bg5 Rxd1
22. Rxd1 Qxb2 23. Qf4 Qxf2+ 24. Kh1 Rb2 25. Rg1 Nd7 26. Bh4 Qe3 27. Qxe3 Bxe3
28. Rd1 Nf8 29. Rd8 c3 30. Bg5 Bc5 31. Nd4 Bb5 32. Nb3 Bb4 33. Kh2 Re2 34. Bf3
Rxe5 35. Bf6 Rf5 36. Bg7 c2 37. Be4 a4 0-1

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Aryan, Chopra"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "Austrian attack, 6.Bd3"]
[WhiteFideId "5084423"]
[BlackFideId "5021596"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5
Nh5 9. Be3 Bg4 10. Be2 f6 11. d5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 fxe5 14. O-O-O Nf4
15. Qc4 Nxg2 16. d6+ Kh8 17. dxc7 Qc8 18. Bg5 h6 19. Rhg1 hxg5 20. Rxg2 Qf5 21.
Ne4 g4 22. Kb1 Rac8 23. Rf2 Rxc7 24. Qxc7 Qxe4 25. Rxf8+ Bxf8 26. Rf1 Bg7 27.
Qxe7 Qd4 28. Qh4+ Kg8 29. Qf2 Qd5 30. Qxa7 e4 31. Qe3 Kh7 32. Re1 Qe5 33. c3
Qxh2 34. Qxe4 Qg3 35. Rh1+ Kg8 36. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Gukesh, D"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Cambridge Springs defence, Rubinstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[BlackFideId "5074452"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 dxc4 8. Bxf6
Nxf6 9. Nxc4 Qc7 10. Rc1 Bd6 11. f4 Be7 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Rd8 14. Qc2 Bd7 15.
Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 c5 17. f5 Qc6 18. Qxc6 Bxc6 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Bg4 Bd5 21. e4
Bxc4 22. Rxc4 cxd4 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. Rc7 Bf6 25. Rxb7 d3 26. Rd1 Bg5 27. Kf2 Rd6
28. Bd5 Rf8+ 29. Kg3 Bf4+ 30. Kh3 Rh6+ 31. Kg4 Rxh2 32. Bf7 Be5 33. Kf5 Bxb2 34.
Rxd3 Rxg2 35. e5 g6+ 36. Ke6 Re2 37. Rd5 a6 38. a4 Kg7 39. Rc5 Bxe5 40. Be8+ Kh6
41. Kd7 Rxe8 0-1

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Black "Narayanan, S.L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "35093487"]
[BlackFideId "5058422"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 Bb6
9. a4 a5 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. b3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 Re8 14. Qc2 Nf6 15. Bb5
Nxe4 16. dxe4 Qf6 17. Kh2 Red8 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Be3 Rab8 20. c4 Bd4 21. Bxd4
exd4 22. Qd3 c5 23. Rf1 g5 24. Nd2 Kh8 25. g3 Rg8 26. f4 gxf4 27. Rxf4 Qe5 28.
Raf1 Rg6 29. Nf3 Qd6 30. Nh4 Rg5 31. Nf5 Qf8 32. R1f3 Rb6 33. Qd1 Kh7 34. Qd2
Bxf5 35. h4 Bg6 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Rf6 Qh6+ 38. Kg1 Rxf6 39. Rxf6 Kg7 40. Rc6 Qh5
41. Rxc5 Qf3 42. Qxd4+ f6 43. Rxc7+ Kh6 44. Qf2 Qd1+ 45. Qf1 Qxb3 46. Kh2 Qb2+
47. Qg2 Qd4 48. c5 g4 49. Qf1 Kh5 50. Qf4 Qb2+ 51. Kg1 Qa1+ 52. Kh2 Qb2+ 53. Kg1
Qa1+ 54. Qf1 Qe5 55. Qf2 Qa1+ 56. Qf1 Qe5 57. Qg2 Qd4+ 58. Qf2 Qa1+ 59. Qf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "13.4"]
[White "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Black "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "5010608"]
[BlackFideId "35028561"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Bd7 8. Qe2
Bd6 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Qxc4 Qe7 11. b3 e5 12. Bb2 e4 13. Nfd2 h5 14. Nc3 b5 15. Qf1
Bf5 16. a4 b4 17. Ne2 Qd7 18. Nc4 Nd5 19. Rac1 Nce7 20. f3 Qe6 21. Qf2 Rae8 22.
Re1 Ng6 23. fxe4 Bxe4 24. Nf4 Ngxf4 25. exf4 Qf5 26. Ne5 Bxg2 27. Qxg2 Ne7 28.
d5 f6 29. Nf3 Qxd5 30. Nd4 Qxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Nd5 32. Kf2 Rxe1 33. Kxe1 Kf7 34. Kd2
Ne7 35. Kd3 h4 36. Ne2 Re8 37. Bd4 Nf5 38. Bf2 Nh6 39. gxh4 Nf5 40. Rc6 Ra8 41.
Ng3 Ne7 42. Rc4 Ng6 43. Ne2 Rh8 44. Rc6 Ra8 45. Bg3 Ne7 46. Rc4 Ke6 47. Nd4+ Kd5
48. f5 a5 49. Nb5 Bxg3 50. hxg3 Ke5 51. Rc5+ Nd5 52. Rxd5+ Kxd5 53. Nxc7+ Ke5
54. Nxa8 Kxf5 55. Ke3 1-0

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "13.5"]
[White "Iniyan, P"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "25002767"]
[BlackFideId "5002150"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8. a4 b4
9. Ne5 Nd5 10. Nxc4 Ba6 11. Rd1 c5 12. e4 Nf6 13. dxc5 Nbd7 14. c6 Rc8 15. e5
Nd5 16. Ne3 Nxe5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Qa5 19. Bf4 Nd3 20. Rxd3 Bxd3 21. Qb3
Rcd8 22. Bxf7+ Rxf7 23. c7 Rf8 24. Qxd3 Rxf4 25. gxf4 Qxc7 26. Nd2 Qxf4 27. Qc4+
Qxc4 28. Nxc4 Bc5 29. Ne3 Bd4 30. Rb1 Rc8 31. Nf5 Bxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Rf8 33. Rc1
Rxf5+ 34. Kg3 h5 35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. Rb8 a5 37. Rb5 Kg6 38. Rb6+ Kf7 39. Rb7+ Kf6
40. Rb6+ Ke5 41. Rg6 Kd4 42. Rxg7 h4+ 43. Kxh4 Rf2 44. h3 Rxb2 45. Rg5 Re2 46.
Rxa5 Re4+ 47. Kg3 b3 48. Rf5 b2 49. Rf1 Kc3 50. a5 Ra4 51. a6 Rxa6 52. Kg4 Ra1
53. Rf3+ Kc4 54. Rf4+ Kc5 55. Rf5+ Kc6 56. Rf6+ Kd7 57. Rb6 b1=Q 58. Rxb1 Rxb1
59. Kg5 Rg1+ 60. Kf6 Rh1 61. h4 Rxh4 0-1

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "13.6"]
[White "Lalith, Babu M R"]
[Black "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "A57"]
[Opening "Benko gambit half accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "5024595"]
[BlackFideId "5015197"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 e6 6. Nc3 exd5 7. Nxd5 Nxd5 8. Qxd5
Nc6 9. e3 Be7 10. Bc4 O-O 11. Nf3 Rb8 12. O-O Rxb6 13. Bd2 d6 14. Qe4 Nb4 15.
Bxb4 Rxb4 16. b3 Bb7 17. Qf5 g6 18. Qh3 d5 19. Rad1 Qa8 20. Be2 Qc8 21. Qxc8
Rxc8 22. Ne5 Bf6 23. Nd3 Rb6 24. Nf4 d4 25. exd4 cxd4 26. Bc4 Rd6 27. Rfe1 Kg7
28. Kf1 a5 29. Nd3 a4 30. Ne5 axb3 31. axb3 Rc7 32. Nd3 h5 33. Ra1 Bc8 34. Ra5
Bf5 35. Rd1 Bxd3+ 36. Rxd3 Re7 37. g3 h4 38. g4 Re5 39. Ra8 Re4 40. h3 Rd7 41.
Kg2 Rde7 42. Rf3 Be5 43. Ra1 Rf4 44. Rxf4 Bxf4 45. Kf3 Be5 46. Rb1 Kf6 47. b4
Rc7 48. Bd3 Rc3 49. Ke4 Ke6 50. g5 f5+ 51. gxf6 Kxf6 52. b5 Rc7 53. b6 Rb7 54.
Kd5 Rd7+ 55. Kc6 Rd6+ 56. Kc5 Rd8 57. b7 g5 58. Rb6+ Ke7 59. f3 Bf4 60. Rh6 Kd7
61. Rc6 Ke7 62. Rc8 Kd7 63. Kxd4 Ke7+ 64. Kc4 Kd7 65. Bf5+ Ke7 66. Kc5 Be3+ 67.
Kc6 Rd6+ 68. Kc7 Bf4 69. b8=Q Rf6+ 70. Kb7 Bxb8 71. Bg4 Bf4 72. Rc2 Rd6 73. Re2+
Kf6 74. Kc8 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "13.7"]
[White "Puranik, Abhimanyu"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "D77"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "5061245"]
[BlackFideId "5018471"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3
c5 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Bb2 Nd7 11. Nc4 Nb6 12. Nxb6 Qxb6 13. Rb1 Qa6 14. d5 Na5 15.
Qa4 b5 16. Qh4 Qf6 17. Qxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd2 Bg7 19. c4 Bxb2 20. Rxb2 b4 21. a3 b3
22. Ne4 Bf5 23. Nxc5 Bc2 24. d6 exd6 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. Nxb3 Bxb3 27. e4 Bxc4 28.
Rd1 Rd8 29. Rb4 Be6 30. Rc1 Nb3 31. Rc7 a5 32. Rb5 a4 33. f4 d5 34. exd5 Rxd5
35. Rxd5 Bxd5 36. Kf2 h5 37. Ra7 Bc6 38. Rc7 Be8 39. Ke3 Kg7 40. Rc8 Bd7 41. Rc7
Be8 42. Rc8 Kf8 43. Rc7 f6 44. Kd3 Bb5+ 45. Kc3 Be8 46. Kd3 Bb5+ 47. Kc3 Be8 48.
Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "13.8"]
[White "Sankalp, Gupta"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5097010"]
[BlackFideId "35009192"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d4 Bg4 6. f3 Bd7 7. Ne2 c5 8.
dxc5 e6 9. Be3 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. Qd4 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc6 13. Ndb5 Ke7 14.
O-O-O Na5 15. Be2 Rhd8 16. Rd2 Bxb5 17. Bxb5 Rxd2 18. Kxd2 g5 19. b4 Rd8+ 20.
Ke3 Rc8 21. Kd3 Nc6 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. a4 Nd7 24. Re1 Rd6+ 25. Kc4 Rd2 26. Re2
Rxe2 27. Nxe2 Kd6 28. Nc3 Ke5 29. a5 f5 30. b5 Kd6 31. Ne2 h5 32. Kb4 h4 33. h3
e5 34. c4 Nc5 35. Kc3 Ne6 36. g4 fxg4 37. fxg4 Nf4 38. Ng1 Kc5 39. Nf3 Nxh3 40.
Nxg5 Nxg5 0-1

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "E48"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3 d5"]
[WhiteFideId "5021596"]
[BlackFideId "35009192"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. a3 Bd6 8. Nge2
Re8 9. Qc2 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Rd1 Bb6 13. Ng3 Bg4 14. Be2 Bxe2 15.
Ncxe2 Rc8 16. Bd2 Nd4 17. Qd3 Nxe2+ 18. Nxe2 Ba5 19. Bxa5 Qxa5 20. Rac1 h6 21.
h3 Qb6 22. b3 a6 23. Rc2 Rc6 24. Rdc1 Rec8 25. Nd4 Rxc2 26. Rxc2 Qd8 27. Qf5
Rxc2 28. Qxc2 Ne4 29. f3 Ng5 30. Qf5 Qe7 31. Kf2 Qxa3 32. Qc8+ Kh7 33. Qf5+ Kg8
34. Qxd5 Qb2+ 35. Kg3 Qd2 36. Qe5 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Qb4 38. h4 Ne6 39. Nxe6 Qxh4+ 40.
Kg1 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qh4+ 42. Kg1 Qe1+ 43. Kh2 Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Sankalp, Gupta"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5018471"]
[BlackFideId "5097010"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 f6 4. e3 e5 5. c5 dxe3 6. fxe3 Be6 7. d4 e4 8. Nfd2 f5
9. Nc3 Qg5 10. d5 Qxe3+ 11. Ne2 Bxd5 12. Nf3 Qd3 13. Qxd3 exd3 14. Nf4 Bxf3 15.
gxf3 Nc6 16. Ne6 Kd7 17. Nxf8+ Rxf8 18. Bb2 Nf6 19. Bxd3 Nxb4 20. Bxf5+ Kc6 21.
O-O Re8 22. Rfd1 Nbd5 23. Bc2 Re2 24. Rdc1 Kd7 25. Bf5+ Kd8 26. Rab1 Ne3 27. Bh3
Nfd5 28. Be5 Rf8 29. Rxb7 Rxf3 30. Be6 Rg2+ 31. Kh1 Rc2 32. Rcb1 Rxc5 33. Rxa7
Ke7 34. Bxd5 Nxd5 35. Bxg7 Rc2 36. a4 Kd6 37. Re1 Ne3 38. Ra5 c5 39. Ra6+ Kd5
40. Rh6 Rf7 41. Rxh7 Re2 42. Rc1 Nc2 43. Rh5+ Kd6 44. Be5+ Rxe5 45. Rxe5 Kxe5
46. Rxc2 Kd4 47. Kg2 c4 48. Kg3 Rg7+ 49. Kf4 Rh7 50. Kg3 Kd3 51. Rc1 c3 52. h4
c2 53. Kg4 Kd2 54. Ra1 Ra7 55. Rh1 Rxa4+ 56. Kg5 Re4 57. h5 Re1 58. Rh2+ Re2 59.
Rh1 Re1 60. Rh2+ Kd3 61. Rxc2 Kxc2 62. h6 Rh1 63. Kg6 Kd3 64. h7 Ke4 65. Kg7 Kf5
66. h8=Q Rxh8 67. Kxh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Black "Puranik, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "5015197"]
[BlackFideId "5061245"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Nbd7 5. d4 Nxd5 6. dxc5 e6 7. c6 bxc6 8.
Bxc6 Rb8 9. Ne2 Bd6 10. Bxd5 exd5 11. O-O Qc7 12. Ng3 O-O 13. Nd2 Ne5 14. Nb3
Ba6 15. Re1 Nd3 16. Re3 Nxc1 17. Nxc1 Bc5 18. Rf3 Rxb2 19. Nd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Qb6
21. Rf1 Qe6 22. Nh5 Rxa2 23. Nf4 Qe4 24. Qxd5 Qxd5 25. Nxd5 Re8 26. Rf5 Bf8 27.
g3 a5 28. Rb1 a4 29. Rb7 a3 30. Nb4 Ra1+ 31. Kg2 f6 32. Ra5 Rc8 33. Raa7 h5 34.
Nd5 Rc5 35. Rd7 a2 36. Rd8 h4 37. Ne7+ Kf7 38. Nf5+ Kg6 39. Nxh4+ Kh7 40. Rxf8
Rxc3 41. Rff7 1-0

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Lalith, Babu M R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "5002150"]
[BlackFideId "5024595"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 b6 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. Ng5 d4
9. exd4 Nc6 10. Nf3 Re8 11. a3 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Nd5 Qc5 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15.
Be2 Rad8 16. O-O e5 17. Rfe1 Qd6 18. Rad1 c5 19. Bf1 Nd7 20. Bd3 g6 21. Re3 Nb8
22. Rde1 Nc6 23. f4 Nd4 24. Qd1 f6 25. fxe5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 fxe5 27. Be4 Bxe4 28.
Rxe4 Rf8 29. h3 Qf6 30. Bxd4 exd4 31. Qe2 Rf7 32. b4 cxb4 33. axb4 a5 34. bxa5
bxa5 35. Qd3 a4 36. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 37. Rxd4 a3 0-1

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "14.5"]
[White "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Black "Iniyan, P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, hedgehog system"]
[WhiteFideId "35028561"]
[BlackFideId "25002767"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
O-O 9. Rd1 Qc8 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Qd2 d6 12. Rac1 Na5 13. b3 Rd8 14. h3 h6 15. g4
Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Qe3 Bb7 18. Bg3 Qc7 19. h4 Rac8 20. Nd4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qb7+
22. Qf3 Qxf3+ 23. Kxf3 a6 24. h5 Bf6 25. e3 Kf8 26. Rc2 Ke8 27. Rcd2 d5 28. cxd5
Rxd5 29. Ke2 Nb7 30. Nf3 Rxd2+ 31. Rxd2 Nc5 32. Rc2 Kd7 33. Ne5+ Bxe5 34. Bxe5
f6 35. Bd4 Nxb3 36. Rb2 Nxd4+ 37. exd4 b5 38. Kd3 Rc4 39. f4 Kd6 40. g5 fxg5 41.
fxg5 Kd5 42. g6 Rxd4+ 43. Kc3 e5 44. Rf2 Rf4 45. Rd2+ Ke6 46. Rd8 Ra4 47. Kb3
Kf6 48. Rd7 Kg5 49. Rxg7 Kxh5 50. Rg8 e4 51. a3 e3 52. Re8 Kxg6 53. Rxe3 h5 54.
Re8 h4 55. Rg8+ Kf5 56. Rh8 Kg4 57. Rg8+ Kf3 58. Rh8 Kg3 59. Rg8+ Rg4 60. Ra8 h3
61. Rxa6 h2 0-1

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "14.6"]
[White "Narayanan, S.L."]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "5058422"]
[BlackFideId "5010608"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 e5 5. Nxe5 O-O 6. Nf3 Re8 7. d3 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bd2 c5 10. Be2 Nb4 11. O-O N8c6 12. a3 Nxd3 13. Bg5 Nxb2 14. Qc2 Nd4 15.
Nxd4 Qxd4 16. Rac1 Qxc3 17. Qxc3 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Na4 19. Re3 Bd7 20. h4 Bc6 21. f3
h5 22. Kf2 b5 23. Rg1 Re5 24. g4 hxg4 25. Rxg4 Kg7 26. Rd3 Re6 27. Rg1 f6 28.
Bf4 Rh8 29. Bg3 c4 30. Rd4 Nc5 31. Bf1 Kf7 32. Bh3 Ree8 33. Rgd1 g5 34. a4 gxh4
35. Bh2 Nd3+ 36. Ke3 Rd8 37. axb5 Rxd4 38. bxc6 Rdd8 39. Ra1 Ra8 40. Kd4 Nb4 41.
Kc5 a5 42. Rd1 Nd3+ 43. Kb6 a4 44. c7 a3 45. Kb7 a2 46. Ra1 Nc5+ 47. Kc6 Nb3 48.
Rd1 a1=Q 49. Rd7+ Kg6 50. Bf5+ Kh5 51. Bg4+ Kg5 52. Rd5+ f5 53. Rxf5+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "14.7"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "5074452"]
[BlackFideId "35093487"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Qxc4 e5 7. Nc3 Nge7 8.
d3 O-O 9. h4 Be6 10. Qa4 h6 11. O-O Nd4 12. Be3 Nef5 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Ne4 Bd5
15. Rfc1 Re8 16. h5 g5 17. g4 Nh4 18. Nxh4 gxh4 19. Qb5 Re5 20. Rc5 a6 21. Qa5
Bxe4 22. Rxe5 b6 23. Bxe4 bxa5 24. Rf5 Rb8 25. b3 Rb5 26. Rc1 Rxf5 27. Bxf5 Qe7 0-1

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "14.8"]
[White "Aryan, Chopra"]
[Black "Gukesh, D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "5084423"]
[BlackFideId "46616543"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 Na5 11. Bd3 Nb4 12. Nc3 Nxd3 13. Rxd3 Bd7 14. Bf4 dxe5
15. Nxe5 Nc6 16. Rad1 Bb4 17. Rh3 g6 18. d5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bxc3 20. Bxc3 e5 21.
Re3 f6 22. Rxe5 Rf7 23. d6 Qf8 24. Re7 Re8 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. Qc4+ Be6 27. Qc7
Rf7 28. Qxb7 Rfxe7 29. dxe7 Qxe7 30. Qxe7 Rxe7 31. b3 Rd7 32. Ra1 Rd2 33. h3 Kf7
34. f3 Bd5 35. Rc1 Rxa2 36. Rc7+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Gukesh, D"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Euwe variation"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[BlackFideId "5021596"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 Nf5 8. Nc2
Be7 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Ne3 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Ng4 Qb6 14. Be3 h5
15. Nh6+ gxh6 16. Bd3 f5 17. Qxh5 Qd8 18. Qg6+ Kh8 19. Qxh6+ Kg8 20. Qg6+ Kh8
21. f4 Qe7 22. Qh5+ Qh7 23. Qd1 Be8 24. Be2 Rg8 25. Rc1 Rg6 26. Rf3 Rh6 27. Rh3
Bd7 28. Rc3 Rg8 29. Bf2 Bxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Rgg6 31. Bh5 Rg7 32. b4 Nxb4 33. Be2 Kg8
34. Qb3 Nc6 35. Qxb7 Rxh3 36. Rxh3 Qg6 37. Rg3 Qe8 38. Rxg7+ Kxg7 39. Bb5 Kg6
40. a4 Nb8 41. Bxd7 Nxd7 42. Qxa7 Qc8 43. h3 Kf7 44. a5 Ke7 45. Kg3 Qc3+ 46. Kh4
Qc8 47. a6 Qh8+ 48. Kg3 Qg8+ 49. Kh2 Qc8 50. Qb7 Qc1 51. Qb4+ Kf7 52. a7 Qxf4+
53. Kg1 Qe3+ 54. Kf1 Qd3+ 55. Kf2 Qa6 56. Qb8 Nxb8 57. axb8=Q Qd3 58. Qb2 f4 59.
Kg1 Kg6 60. Qf2 Kf5 61. Kh2 Ke4 62. h4 Qxd4 63. Qf3+ Kxe5 64. h5 Qe4 65. Qg4 Qf5
66. Qg7+ Ke4 67. h6 Qh5+ 68. Kg1 Qd1+ 69. Kh2 Qh5+ 70. Kg1 Qd1+ 71. Kh2 Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "15.2"]
[White "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Black "Aryan, Chopra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "35093487"]
[BlackFideId "5084423"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qf4 e6 7. Bd3 Nb4 8. Nc3
Nxd3+ 9. cxd3 Bd7 10. Bd2 Ne7 11. h4 h5 12. Ne2 Nf5 13. Ng3 Nxg3 14. Qxg3 Bc6
15. Bc3 Rh6 16. Qg5 Qxg5 17. hxg5 Rh8 18. Nd4 Be7 19. f4 Kd7 20. Kd2 g6 21. b4
Ba4 22. Rab1 Rac8 23. b5 Bc5 24. Ne2 a6 25. bxa6 bxa6 26. Bb4 Bc2 27. Rb2 Rb8
28. a3 Ba4 29. Rhb1 Ba7 30. Bc3 Rxb2+ 31. Rxb2 Rb8 32. Rxb8 Bxb8 33. Bd4 Bc7 34.
Nc3 Ba5 35. g3 Kc6 36. Kc1 Bxc3 37. Bxc3 Bb5 38. Kd2 Kc5 39. Bb4+ Kc6 40. Bc3
Kc5 41. Bb4+ Kc6 42. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "15.3"]
[White "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "E29"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch, Capablanca variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5010608"]
[BlackFideId "5074452"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 b6 8. Ne2
O-O 9. e4 Ne8 10. h4 Ba6 11. h5 Na5 12. h6 g6 13. O-O Bxc4 14. Bxc4 Nxc4 15. Qa4
Na5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. Rxd7 Qc6 19. Qxc6 Nxc6 20. Bg5 f6 21. Be3 Rf7
22. Rad1 g5 23. f4 Nd4 24. Rxf7 Nxe2+ 25. Kf2 Kxf7 26. Kxe2 gxf4 27. Rd7+ Kg6
28. Bxf4 a5 29. a4 Rc8 30. Ra7 e5 31. Be3 Nd6 32. Rg7+ Kh5 33. Kf3 Nc4 34. Rxh7
Nxe3 35. Kxe3 c4 36. Ra7 Kxh6 37. Rxa5 Kg5 38. Rd5 Rb8 39. Rc5 Rb2 40. Kf3 Ra2
41. Rxc4 Kh4 42. g3+ Kg5 43. Ke3 Rg2 44. a5 Rxg3+ 45. Kf2 Kf4 46. a6 Rh3 47. Ra4
Rh2+ 48. Kg1 Rh8 49. a7 Ra8 50. Kf2 f5 51. exf5+ Kxf5 52. Ke3 Ke6 53. Ra5 Kd6
54. Ke4 Kc6 55. Kxe5 Kb7 56. Kd6 1-0

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "15.4"]
[White "Iniyan, P"]
[Black "Narayanan, S.L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25002767"]
[BlackFideId "5058422"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d6 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. Nb3 Qc8 10. c5 dxc5 11. Nxc5 Bh3 12. Qb3 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 b6 14. N5e4 Nxe4
15. Nxe4 O-O 16. Be3 Na5 17. Qb4 Qe6 18. Ng5 Qd5+ 19. Nf3 Nc4 20. Bg5 a5 21.
Qxe7 Rfe8 22. Rad1 Qb5 23. Qb7 Rab8 24. Qd5 Qxd5 25. Rxd5 Nxb2 26. e3 Na4 27.
Rd7 Nc5 28. Ra7 Ra8 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Rb1 Na4 31. h4 Nc3 32. Rxb6 Nxa2 33. Be7
a4 34. Nd4 Nc3 35. Ba3 Bf8 36. Nc2 Bxa3 37. Nxa3 h5 38. Rb4 Rc8 39. g4 hxg4 40.
Rxg4 Kh7 41. Rb4 f5 42. Nc4 Ra8 43. Na3 Ra7 44. Rc4 Ne4 45. f3 Nf6 46. e4 fxe4
47. fxe4 Kh6 48. e5 Nd7 49. e6 1/2-1/2

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "15.5"]
[White "Lalith, Babu M R"]
[Black "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[WhiteFideId "5024595"]
[BlackFideId "35028561"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Be2
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. b4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd7 12. Rc1 Rd8 13. Qb3 Qe7 14. Rfd1 b6 15.
h3 Bb7 16. e4 Rab8 17. Be2 c5 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. b5 Nb6 20. a4 Rxd1+ 21. Bxd1 c4
22. Qc2 Qb4 23. e5 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Bxe5 25. Ne4 Rd8 26. Qe2 Qxa4 27. Rb1 Qa3 28.
Nd2 Qc3 29. Ne4 Qd3 30. Qe1 Qa3 31. Ng5 Qc3 32. Qxc3 Bxc3 33. Ne4 Bd4 34. Kf1 f5
35. Nd2 Bc5 36. Ke2 Bxf2 37. Rc1 Bd4 38. Nxc4 Nxc4 39. Rxc4 Bb6 40. Rc6 Kf7 41.
Ke1 Kf6 42. Be2 Ke5 43. g4 Rd6 44. Rc8 Kf4 45. Rg8 e5 46. Rf8 e4 47. h4 Ke5 48.
h5 fxg4 49. Bxg4 g5 50. Rf5+ Kd4 51. Ke2 Kc3 52. Re5 e3 53. Bf3 Rd2+ 54. Ke1 Rf2
55. Be2 Kc2 56. Bd1+ Kc1 0-1

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "15.6"]
[White "Puranik, Abhimanyu"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "A18"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Mikenas-Carls, Flohr variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5061245"]
[BlackFideId "5002150"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. Nf3 cxb2 7. Bxb2 gxf6 8.
Qb3 a5 9. a3 Nc6 10. d4 Bh6 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. O-O Ng6 13. Rfe1 O-O 14. g3 Bd7 15.
Rad1 Qe8 16. Bc2 b5 17. c5 Qc8 18. d5 e5 19. Qd3 b4 20. Nh4 b3 21. Bb1 a4 22.
Re4 Bg5 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. f4 exf4 25. gxf4 Bh6 26. Qd4 Bg7 27. d6 cxd6 28. cxd6
Ra5 29. Rc1 Bc6 30. Re3 Qd7 31. Qb6 Rd5 32. Be4 Qg4+ 33. Kf1 Bb5+ 0-1

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "15.7"]
[White "Sankalp, Gupta"]
[Black "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5097010"]
[BlackFideId "5015197"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. Nce2 Nd7 7. Ng3 Bb7 8. a4 h5
9. h4 c5 10. c3 Ngf6 11. f3 bxa4 12. Bd3 O-O 13. N1e2 cxd4 14. cxd4 e5 15. d5
Nc5 16. Bc2 Nfd7 17. Bxa4 Nxa4 18. Rxa4 a5 19. Bh6 Nc5 20. Ra3 Bc8 21. Bxg7 Kxg7
22. f4 Bg4 23. f5 a4 24. Nc3 Kh7 25. Nd1 Nb3 26. Qg5 Qxg5 27. hxg5 Bxd1 28. Kxd1
Rfc8 29. Ne2 Rc4 30. Nc3 Rd4+ 31. Ke1 Kg7 32. f6+ Kg8 33. g4 hxg4 34. Kf2 Nc5
35. Ke3 Rb8 36. Ra2 Rb3 37. Ke2 Nxe4 38. Nxe4 Rxe4+ 39. Kd2 g3 40. Raa1 g2 41.
Rhc1 Rd4+ 42. Ke2 Rxb2+ 43. Kf3 Rd3+ 44. Ke4 Rh3 45. Rxa4 Rh4+ 46. Kf3 Rxa4 47.
Ke3 Ra3+ 0-1

[Event "MPL Indian Chess Tour #1"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "15.8"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "5018471"]
[EventDate "2022.03.31"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bd7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. e4 h5 11. Bg5 Nh7 12. Be3 h4 13. Bd4 Nf6 14. e5 dxe5 15.
Bxe5 hxg3 16. hxg3 O-O 17. Re1 Rc8 18. Ne4 Be6 19. b3 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Qxd1+ 21.
Rxd1 c5 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Re5 Rc7 24. f4 Rb8 25. Rde1 a5 26. Bd5 Bxd5 27. Rxd5
e6 28. Rd3 a4 29. Re5 axb3 30. axb3 Rcb7 31. Rxc5 Rxb3 32. Rxb3 Rxb3 33. Kf2 f5
34. Re5 Rc3 35. Rxe6 Rxc4 36. Re7+ Kf6 37. Re2 Rc3 38. Re3 Rc2+ 39. Re2 Rxe2+
40. Kxe2 Ke6 41. Ke3 Kd5 42. Kd3 Kc5 43. Kc3 Kd5 44. Kd3 Kc5 45. Kc3 Kd5 46. Kd3 1/2-1/2

