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: 2025-05-04
White: Safal Fazil
WhiteElo: 1893
Black: Kumar, Gaurav
BlackTitle: FM
BlackElo: 2070
Result: 0-1
ECO: A01
Opening: Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Modern Variation
Variant: Standard
TimeControl: 90 Minutes plus 30 second increment from move 1

1. b3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:30:40] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:29:00] } 2. Bb2 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:31:04] } 2... Nc6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:28:58] } 3. c4 { [%eval -0.12] [%clk 1:31:15] } 3... Nf6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:28:36] } 4. e3 { [%eval -0.21] [%clk 1:30:50] } 4... Be7 { [%eval 0.08] [%clk 1:27:12] } 5. Nc3 { [%eval -0.09] [%clk 1:31:12] } 5... O-O { [%eval 0.15] [%clk 1:14:34] } 6. Nf3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:30:07] } 6... Re8 { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 1:10:26] } 7. d4 { [%eval 0.03] [%clk 1:16:10] } 7... exd4 { [%eval 0.07] [%clk 0:48:26] } 8. Nxd4 { [%eval 0.1] [%clk 1:16:39] } 8... Nxd4 { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 0:48:09] } 9. Qxd4 { [%eval 0.17] [%clk 1:16:51] } 9... Bd6 { [%eval 0.17] [%clk 0:48:05] } 10. Bd3 { [%eval 0.02] [%clk 1:04:08] } 10... Be5 { [%eval 0.02] [%clk 0:45:39] } 11. Qh4 { [%eval -0.07] [%clk 1:04:04] } 11... c6 { [%eval 0.01] [%clk 0:42:40] } 12. O-O { [%eval 0.02] [%clk 0:55:22] } 12... h6?! { [%eval 0.7] } { Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } { [%clk 0:40:31] } 13. Rfd1?! { [%eval -0.1] } { Inaccuracy. f4 was best. } { [%clk 0:33:19] } 13... d6 { [%eval 0.11] [%clk 0:37:16] } 14. f4 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 0:28:09] } 14... Bxc3 { [%eval 0.31] [%clk 0:34:41] } 15. Bxc3 { [%eval 0.24] [%clk 0:28:36] } 15... Rxe3 { [%eval 0.13] [%clk 0:34:12] } 16. Bd4 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:26:34] } 16... Re8 { [%eval 0.1] [%clk 0:32:50] } 17. Re1 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:25:50] } 17... Bd7 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:32:41] } 18. Rxe8+ { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:24:58] } 18... Bxe8 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:20:13] } 19. Re1 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:24:19] } 19... d5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:20:54] } 20. c5 { [%eval -0.05] [%clk 0:22:31] } 20... Ne4 { [%clk 0:15:15] } 21. Qg4 { [%clk 0:15:13] } 21... f6 { [%clk 0:05:02] } 22. Qf5 { [%clk 0:11:20] } 22... Qa5 { [%clk 0:02:34] } 23. Rxe4 { [%clk 0:05:29] } 23... dxe4 { [%clk 0:02:29] } 24. Qxe4 { [%clk 0:05:55] } 24... Bf7 { [%clk 0:02:27] } 25. Qh7+ { [%clk 0:05:59] } 25... Kf8 { [%clk 0:02:50] } 26. Qh8+ { [%clk 0:06:03] } 26... Bg8 { [%clk 0:02:57] } 27. Kh1 { [%clk 0:03:56] } 27... Re8 { [%clk 0:02:00] } 28. Bc4 { [%clk 0:00:36] } 28... Re1+ { [%clk 0:02:11] } 29. Bg1 { [%clk 0:01:01] } 29... Rxg1+ { [%clk 0:02:33] } 30. Kxg1 { [%clk 0:01:30] } 30... Qe1+ { [%clk 0:02:56] } 31. Bf1 { [%clk 0:01:57] } 31... Qe3+ { [%clk 0:03:22] } 32. Kh1 { [%clk 0:02:18] } 32... Qf2 { [%clk 0:02:57] } 0-1