Event: KCA’s International Chess Festival God’s Own Country’s 1st GM International Category-A
Site: The Courtyard Banquest Hall Kanjikuzhi, Kottayam, India
Date: 2025-05-03
White: Laxman, R.R.
WhiteTitle: GM
WhiteElo: 2275
Black: Samuel Stephen Noble S
BlackElo: 2007
Result: 1-0
ECO: D02
Opening: Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation
Variant: Standard
TimeControl: 90 Minutes plus 30 second increment from move 1

1. d4 { [%clk 1:30:53] } 1... d5 { [%clk 1:30:41] } 2. Nf3 { [%clk 1:31:17] } 2... Nf6 { [%clk 1:30:44] } 3. c4 { [%clk 1:31:41] } 3... e6 { [%clk 1:30:21] } 4. e3 { [%clk 1:31:08] } 4... Be7 { [%clk 1:30:12] } 5. Nc3 { [%clk 1:31:03] } 5... a6 { [%clk 1:29:04] } 6. Be2 { [%clk 1:30:17] } 6... Nbd7 { [%clk 1:27:38] } 7. c5 { [%clk 1:26:47] } 7... c6 { [%clk 1:25:10] } 8. b4 { [%clk 1:27:03] } 8... Qc7 { [%clk 1:23:48] } 9. Bd2 { [%clk 1:26:42] } 9... e5 { [%clk 1:23:58] } 10. O-O { [%clk 1:26:55] } 10... e4 { [%clk 1:24:11] } 11. Ne1 { [%clk 1:27:23] } 11... h5 { [%clk 1:21:49] } 12. f4 { [%clk 1:25:30] } 12... g6 { [%clk 1:10:09] } 13. a4 { [%clk 1:25:19] } 13... Ng4 { [%clk 1:06:10] } 14. b5 { [%clk 1:23:22] } 14... Ndf6 { [%clk 0:58:11] } 15. bxc6 { [%clk 1:22:17] } 15... bxc6 { [%clk 0:58:27] } 16. h3 { [%clk 1:22:12] } 16... Nh6 { [%clk 0:58:52] } 17. a5 { [%clk 1:22:38] } 17... Nf5 { [%clk 0:58:39] } 18. Na4 { [%clk 1:22:38] } 18... Ra7 { [%clk 0:57:19] } 19. Nb6 { [%clk 1:22:23] } 19... Be6 { [%clk 0:57:25] } 20. Nc2 { [%clk 1:22:44] } 20... Ng3 { [%clk 0:56:56] } 21. Nb4 { [%clk 1:22:37] } 21... Nxf1 { [%clk 0:56:10] } 22. Qxf1 { [%clk 1:22:57] } 22... Nd7 { [%clk 0:54:57] } 23. Nxa6 { [%clk 1:22:51] } 23... Qb7 { [%clk 0:54:42] } 24. Rb1 { [%clk 1:22:50] } 24... Nxb6 { [%clk 0:51:54] } 25. cxb6 { [%clk 1:22:11] } 1-0