[Event "PNWCC Ignacio Memorial - Super FIDE Rapid 2024 (USCF Dual Rated)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.09.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nikhil Ramkumar"]
[Black "Rafael Palathingal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1837"]
[BlackElo "1965"]
[BlackUrl ""]
[BlackCountry "US"]
[BlackTitle ""]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 O-O 6. b4 Bb6 7. O-O d6 8. h3 h6
9. Re1 a6 10. Nbd2 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Qb3 Nf4 13. Ne4 Nxd3 14. Rd1 Nxc1 15.
Bxf7+ Kh7 16. Qc2 Nd3 17. Rxd3 Qe7 18. Rd7 g6 19. Bxg6+ Kg7 20. Rxe7+ Nxe7 21.
Bh5 Bf5 22. Bg4 Bg6 23. Qe2 Rf4 24. Nc5 Rf6 (24... Nc6 25. Bd7 e4 26. Bxc6 bxc6)
25. Nd7 Nc6 26. Nxf6 Kxf6 27. Bd7 e4 28. Bxc6 bxc6 29. Nh4 Rf8 30. Nxg6 1-0

[Event "PNWCC Ignacio Memorial Fide Rapid"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.09.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rafael Palathingal"]
[Black "Harishkumar Karthikeyan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1965"]
[WhiteUrl ""]
[WhiteCountry "US"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackElo "2004"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. e3 Bf5 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rab1 a5 12. a3 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nd2 Nd6
15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 b5 17. e4 dxe4 18. Ncxe4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Nf6 20. Rfe1 Nxe4
21. Rxe4 Qd6 22. Qc3 Rfe8 23. Rbe1 Rxe4 24. Rxe4 Qd5 25. Re5 Qd6 26. g3 h6 27.
Rc5 Rd8 28. Rxc6 Qxd4 29. Qc5 Qe4 30. Rc8 Rxc8 31. Qxc8+ Kh7 32. Qc5 Qd3 33. h4
{[%c_highlight
h4;keyPressed;none;opacity;0.8;square;h4;persistent;false,g3;keyPressed;none;opacity;0.8;square;g3;persistent;false,f2;keyPressed;none;opacity;0.8;square;f2;persistent;false]}
1/2-1/2

[Event "PNWCC Ignacio Memorial Fide Rapid"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.09.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rafael Palathingal"]
[Black "Harishkumar Karthikeyan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1965"]
[WhiteUrl ""]
[WhiteCountry "US"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackElo "2004"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. e3 Bf5 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rab1 a5 12. a3 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nd2 Nd6
15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 b5 17. e4 dxe4 18. Ncxe4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Nf6 20. Rfe1 Nxe4
21. Rxe4 Qd6 22. Qc3 Rfe8 23. Rbe1 Rxe4 24. Rxe4 Qd5 25. Re5 Qd6 26. g3 h6 27.
Rc5 Rd8 28. Rxc6 Qxd4 29. Qc5 Qe4 30. Rc8 Rxc8 31. Qxc8+ Kh7 32. Qc5 Qd3 33. h4
{[%cal dh7g6,dg6f6][%c_arrow
h7g6;keyPressed;none;from;h7;opacity;0.8;to;g6;persistent;false,g6f6;keyPressed;none;from;g6;opacity;0.8;to;f6;persistent;false]}
1/2-1/2

[Event "PNWCC Ignacio Memorial - Super FIDE Rapid 2024 (USCF Dual Rated)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.09.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rafael Palathingal"]
[Black "Ryan Porter "]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1945"]
[WhiteUrl ""]
[WhiteCountry "US"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackElo "2254"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. e3 b5 7. axb5 cxb5 8. Bd2
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 a5 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Qh5 Nh6 12. Be2 O-O 13. Rg1 f6 14. Nf3 Qd5 15.
Qxd5 exd5 16. Rxa5 Rxa5 17. Bxa5 Nc6 18. Bb6 Ra8 19. Kd2 Nf7 20. Bc5 Nfd8 21.
Kc2 Ne6 22. Kc3 Ra2 23. Rd1 Bc8 24. g4 Nc7 25. h3 b4+ 26. Kc2 b3+ 27. Kb1 c3 28.
Bd3 Rxb2+ (28... c2+ 29. Bxc2 bxc2+ 30. Kxc2) 29. Ka1 Ra2+ 30. Kb1 c2+ 31. Bxc2
bxc2+ 32. Kxa2 cxd1=Q 0-1

[Event "PNWCC Ignacio Memorial - Super FIDE Rapid 2024 (USCF Dual Rated)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.09.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ryan Min"]
[Black "Rafael Palathingal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2094"]
[BlackElo "1822"]
[BlackUrl ""]
[BlackCountry "US"]
[BlackTitle ""]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Nf3 e6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bd3 h6
9. Bb2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rad1 Rc8 12. Rfe1 c5 13. cxd5 cxd4 14. dxe6 Bxf3 15.
gxf3 dxc3 16. exd7 Rc5 17. Ba1 Qc7 18. f4 a5 19. a3 Rd8 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Rd5
22. Qxc3 Qxc3 23. Bxc3 R5xd7 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Be2 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1
Bc3 28. b5 Kf8 29. Kg2 Ke7 30. Kf3 f5 31. Bc2 Kf6 32. Ke2 g6 33. f3 g5 34. fxg5+
hxg5 35. Kd3 Bb4 36. Kc4 Bc5 37. e4 fxe4 38. Bxe4 Ke5 39. h3 Kf4 40. Kd5 Kg3 41.
Ke5 Kxh3 42. Kf5 Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Advaith Vijayakumar"]
[Black "Rafael Palathingal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2077"]
[WhiteUrl ""]
[WhiteCountry "US"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackElo "1822"]
[BlackUrl ""]
[BlackCountry "US"]
[BlackTitle ""]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 d5 6. d4 O-O 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5
Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. O-O Bf5 11. Bf4 Ne4 12. Na4 Rc8 13. Rc1 Qa5 $6 {[%c_effect
a5;square;a5;type;Inaccuracy;persistent;true]} 14. b3 $2 {[%c_effect
b3;square;b3;type;Mistake;persistent;true]} 14... c5 15. f3 $2 {[%c_effect
f3;square;f3;type;Mistake;persistent;true]} 15... Bxd4+ $4 {[%c_effect
d4;square;d4;type;Blunder;path;null;size;100%25;animated;false;persistent;true]}
16. e3 $1 {[%c_effect
e3;square;e3;type;GreatFind;path;null;size;100%25;animated;true;persistent;true]}
16... e5 $6 {[%c_effect
e5;square;e5;type;Inaccuracy;path;null;size;100%25;animated;false;persistent;true]}
17. exd4 $6 {[%c_effect
d4;square;d4;type;Inaccuracy;path;null;size;100%25;animated;false;persistent;true]}
17... exf4 18. fxe4 dxe4 19. Rxf4 cxd4 20. Rxc8 $1 {[%c_effect
c8;square;c8;type;GreatFind;path;null;size;100%25;animated;true;persistent;true]}
20... Rxc8 21. Bxe4 $2 {[%c_effect
e4;square;e4;type;Mistake;path;null;size;100%25;animated;false;persistent;true]}
21... Re8 $1 {[%c_effect
e8;square;e8;type;GreatFind;path;null;size;100%25;animated;true;persistent;true]}
22. Qxd4 Qe1+ $1 {[%c_effect
e1;square;e1;type;GreatFind;path;null;size;100%25;animated;true;persistent;true]}
23. Rf1 $1 {[%c_effect
f1;square;f1;type;GreatFind;path;null;size;100%25;animated;true;persistent;true]}
23... Qxe4 24. Qxe4 Rxe4 25. Kf2 Rd4 26. Ke3 Rd3+ 27. Ke2 $1 {[%c_effect
e2;square;e2;type;GreatFind;path;null;size;100%25;animated;true;persistent;true]}
27... Rd5 28. Rf4 Bd3+ 29. Ke3 Bb5 30. Nb2 Re5+ 31. Re4 $1 {[%c_effect
e4;square;e4;type;GreatFind;path;null;size;100%25;animated;true;persistent;true]}
31... Rh5 32. h4 Rf5 33. Rf4 Re5+ 34. Re4 Rf5 35. Re7 a6 36. Nc4 Bc6 37. Ne5
Bb5 $2 {[%c_effect b5;square;b5;type;Mistake;persistent;true]} 38. g4 $9 Rf1 $4
{[%c_effect f1;square;f1;type;Blunder;persistent;true]} 39. a4 $1 {[%c_effect
a4;square;a4;type;GreatFind;persistent;true]} 39... Re1+ 40. Kf2 $9 Re2+ 41. Kf3
Bd3 $1 {[%c_effect d3;square;d3;type;GreatFind;persistent;true]} 42. Nxg6 Rb2 43.
Ne5 Rxb3 44. Kf4 Rb4+ 45. Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rafael Palathingal"]
[Black "Stephen Willy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1822"]
[WhiteUrl ""]
[WhiteCountry "US"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[BlackUrl ""]
[BlackCountry "US"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nf3 Bb7 3. d4 e6 4. g3 f5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Bf6 11. Qd2 a5 12. Rad1 d6 13. d5 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 e5 15. e3
Nd7 16. Ne1 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 Qe8 18. a3 Qh5 19. Rfe1 e4 20. Nf4 Qh6 21. Ne6 Ne5 22.
Nxf8 Qh3 23. f4 Nf3+ 24. Kh1 Nxe1 25. Rxe1 Rxf8 26. Qg2 Qh5 27. Qe2 Qh6 28. Qg2
Qf6 29. Qd2 Rb8 30. a4 h6 31. h4 Kh7 32. Rd1 g6 33. Qd4 Qxd4 34. Rxd4 g5 35.
hxg5 hxg5 36. Rd1 gxf4 37. gxf4 Kh6 (37... Kg7) 38. Kg2 Rg8+ 39. Kf2 Kh7 40.
Rh1+ Kg7 41. Rh5 Kf6 42. Rh7 Rg7 43. Rh6+ Kf7 44. Rh5 Kg6 45. Rg5+ Kf6 46. Rxg7
Kxg7 {[%c_effect g7;square;g7;type;DrawBlack,f2;square;f2;type;DrawWhite]}
1/2-1/2

[Event "PNWCC Ignacio Memorial - Super FIDE Rapid 2024 (USCF Dual Rated)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.09.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vidip Kona"]
[Black "Rafael Palathingal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1965"]
[BlackUrl ""]
[BlackCountry "US"]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteElo "2209"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. b3 c6 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. e3 b6
9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Nc3 h6 11. Rfd1 c5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. d4 cxd4 15. e4
Bb7 16. Nxd4 Bc5 17. Rd2 Qe7 18. Rad1 Rfd8 19. e5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Bxd4 21. Rxd4
Nc5 22. Rd6 Nb7 23. R6d4 Rxd4 24. Bxd4 Rd8 25. Qf3 Rd5 26. Bc3 Rxd1 27. Qxd1 Qc7
28. Qf3 Nc5 29. Bd4 Qd7 30. Qe3 Qd5+ 31. f3 Nd7 32. Qc3 Nc5 33. Kh3 a5 34. Kg2
Nd7 35. Qc8+ Kh7 36. Qc2+ Kg8 37. Qc3 g5 38. Kf2 Kg7 39. Qc4 Qb7 40. a4 g4 41.
fxg4 Qe4 42. Be3 Qb1 43. Qf4 Qxb3 44. Qxh6+ Kg8 45. Qg5+ Kh7 46. Qh4+ Kg7 47.
Bh6+ Kh7 48. Bf4+ Kg7 49. Qh6+ Kg8 50. Qg5+ Kh7 51. Qe7 Qc2+ 52. Kf1 Qd3+ 53.
Kg2 Qe2+ 54. Kh3 Nxe5 55. Bxe5 Qxe5 56. Qxf7+ Kh8 57. Qf8+ Kh7 58. Qe7+ Kg6 59.
Qf8 Qe3 60. Qg8+ {[%cal dg6f6][%c_arrow
g6f6;keyPressed;none;from;g6;opacity;0.8;to;f6;persistent;false][%c_highlight
f6;keyPressed;none;opacity;0.8;square;f6;persistent;false][%c_effect
h3;square;h3;type;Winner]} 1-0

[Event "Seattle Fall Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.09.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rafael Palathingal"]
[Black "Cedric Davies"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1962"]
[WhiteUrl ""]
[WhiteCountry "US"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackElo "1576"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 d6 7. Bd3 c6 8. O-O Qe8
9. d5 e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Nd4 Na6 12. Bf4 Rd8 13. Nxe6 Qxe6 14. Rb1 Nc5 15. Be2
h6 16. Qc2 g5 17. Bg3 Nfe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bf3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Rd7 21. b4 g4 22.
Be2 h5 23. Rfd1 Be5 24. c5 d5 25. Rb3 Rh7 26. Bf1 h4 27. gxh4 g3 28. fxg3 Bxg3
29. e4 f4 30. exd5 Qg4 31. Bc4 Rxh4 32. dxc6+ Kh8 33. Qc3+ Kh7 34. Rd7+ Kh6 35.
Rd6+ Kh5 36. Qe5+ Qf5 37. Be2+ f3 38. Bxf3+ Kg5 39. Qxg3+ Rg4 40. Qxg4+ Qxg4 41.
Bxg4 1-0

[Event "Seattle Fall Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.09.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Joseph Damilenscu"]
[Black "Rafael Palathingal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1357"]
[BlackElo "1962"]
[BlackUrl ""]
[BlackCountry "US"]
[BlackTitle ""]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. d3 O-O 8. c3 d6
9. h3 Bb6 10. Re1 Be6 11. Nbd2 Qe7 12. Nf1 Nh5 13. d4 Bxb3 14. axb3 exd4 15.
Nxd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Nf6 17. Ng3 Rfe8 18. Bg5 Qe6 19. Qd3 h6 20. Bf4 d5 21. e5 Nd7
22. b4 a5 23. Qxb5 Bxd4 24. bxa5 Reb8 25. Qe2 Rxb2 26. Bd2 Nc5 27. Reb1 Rxd2 28.
Qxd2 Bxa1 29. Rxa1 Nb3 30. Qb2 Nxa1 31. Qxa1 Qa6 32. Qd4 Qc4 33. Qd2 Qc5 34. Nf5
Rxa5 35. e6 fxe6 36. Nxh6+ gxh6 37. Qxh6 Ra1+ 38. Kh2 Qd6+ 39. g3 Qe5 40. Qg6+
Kf8 41. Qh6+ Ke7 42. Qh4+ Kd7 43. Qh7+ Kd6 44. Qh4 Qe1 45. Qd8+ Kc6 46. Qe8+ Kc5
47. Qf8+ Kc4 48. Qf4+ Kb5 49. Qf3 Qg1# {[%c_effect
b5;square;b5;type;Winner,h2;square;h2;type;CheckmateWhite]} 0-1

[Event "Western States Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rafael Palathingal"]
[Black "Jimmy Heiserman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1863"]
[WhiteUrl ""]
[WhiteCountry "US"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[BlackUrl ""]
[BlackCountry "US"]
[BlackTitle ""]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Bb5+ Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Qa5 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. d5 Na5 13. Qa3 b6 14. Rac1 Bg4
15. Nd2 e5 16. f3 Bc8 17. Rfd1 Qd6 18. Nb3 a6 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Qxa5 Bh6 21. Rc2
axb5 22. Qxa8 c4 23. Qc6 Qxc6 24. dxc6 cxb3 25. axb3 Be3+ 26. Kf1 Be6 27. c7 Bb6
28. Rd8 Bxc7 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. c4 bxc4 (30... b4) 31. bxc4 Ke7 32. Ke2 Kd6 33.
c5+ Kc6 34. g4 Bd8 35. Rb2 Kxc5 36. Rb8 Bg5 37. Kf2 (37. Ra8) 37... Kd4 38. Rh8
h6 39. Rf8 Bh4+ 40. Kg2 Ke3 41. Rh8 Bg5 42. Ra8 Bc4 43. Ra7 f6 44. Ra1 Ke2 45.
Ra8 Bd2 46. Ra1 Ke3 47. Rb1 Kd3 48. Rd1 Ke3 49. Ra1 Be2 50. Ra3+ Kf4 51. Kf2 Bc4
52. h3 Bb4 53. Ra4 Bc5+ 54. Kg2 Be2 55. Ra8 Bxf3+ 56. Kh2 Bxe4 57. Ra6 Be3 58.
Rxf6+ Kg5 59. Rf1 Kh4 60. Re1 Bf4+ 61. Kg1 Bf3 62. Rf1 Kg3 63. Re1 e4 64. g5
hxg5 65. h4 gxh4 66. Re2 Bxe2 67. Kh1 h3 68. Kg1 Be3+ 69. Kh1 Bf3# {[%c_effect
g3;square;g3;type;Winner,h1;square;h1;type;CheckmateWhite]} 0-1

[Event "Western States Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Austin Liu"]
[Black "Rafael Palathingal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1863"]
[WhiteElo "2077"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. d4 Bb6
9. a4 Rb8 10. a5 Nxa5 11. Rxa5 Bxa5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Nxe5 Be6
15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Nc6+ Kd7 17. Nxa5 Nxe4 18. Re1 Nd6 19. Nd2 Rhf8 20. Nf3 c5 21.
Ne5+ Kc7 22. Nd3 Rf5 23. g4 Rf3 24. Nxc5 Re8 25. Be3 Kb6 26. b4 e5 27. Rd1 Nc8
28. Kg2 e4 29. Rd7 Re7 30. Na4# {[%c_effect
g2;square;g2;type;Winner,b6;square;b6;type;CheckmateBlack]} 1-0

[Event "Western States Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.10.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rafael Palathingal"]
[Black "Advit Amod Kulkarni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1863"]
[WhiteUrl ""]
[WhiteCountry "US"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackElo "1663"]
[BlackUrl ""]
[BlackCountry "US"]
[BlackTitle ""]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Bd3 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. f4 Nxe5
15. fxe5 f6 16. Qh5 fxe5 17. dxe5 Qg5 18. Qxg5 hxg5 19. Bg6 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Rf8
21. Bh7+ Kxh7 22. Rxf8 d4 23. exd4 Bd5 24. a3 a5 25. Rc8 c6 26. c4 Bxc4 27. Rxc6
b5 28. a4 Bd3 29. axb5 a4 30. b6 a3 31. b7 a2 32. Rc1 Bb1 33. b8=Q a1=Q 34.
Qxb1+ {[%c_effect g1;square;g1;type;Winner]} 1-0

[Event "Western States Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.10.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rafael Palathingal"]
[Black "Kritin Gopalakrishnan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1863"]
[WhiteUrl ""]
[WhiteCountry "US"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackElo "2010"]
[BlackUrl ""]
[BlackCountry "US"]
[BlackTitle ""]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3
Be6 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 Nbd7 11. Rb1 a5 12. a3 b6 13. Qc2 c5 14. Bf5 Bxf5 15. Qxf5
g6 16. Qc2 Re8 17. Rbd1 Rc8 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Qb3 g5 20. Bg3 Qa8 21. Na4
{[%c_effect g8;square;g8;type;DrawBlack,g1;square;g1;type;DrawWhite]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 Western States Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.10.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Roshan Sethuraman"]
[Black "Rafael Palathingal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2053"]
[WhiteUrl ""]
[WhiteCountry "US"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackElo "1863"]
[BlackUrl ""]
[BlackCountry "US"]
[BlackTitle ""]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6
9. a4 Rb8 10. axb5 axb5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qd3 exd4 14. Qxb5 Bd7 15.
Qd3 O-O 16. Bd5 Rfd8 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. cxd4 Qg6 19. Nc3 Re8 20. d5 Bd7 21. b4
Bg4 22. Nd2 Qg5 23. Kh1 Qe5 24. Nb3 Ra8 25. f3 Bd7 26. f4 Qf6 27. Rae1 Ra3 28.
Qc4 Qh4 29. Nd4 Qf6 30. Ndb5 Bxb5 31. Nxb5 Raa8 32. Qc6 Rac8 33. h3 Re7 34. Qc4
Rce8 35. Re2 Qh4 36. Nc3 Qf6 37. Qb3 Bd4 38. Nb5 Rxe4 39. Rxe4 Rxe4 40. Qd3 Qf5
41. Nxd4 Qxd5 42. Rd1 c5 43. bxc5 dxc5 44. Nf3 Qxd3 45. Rxd3 Rxf4 46. Rc3 c4 47.
Nd2 g5 48. Nxc4 h5 49. Ne3 Kg7 50. g3 Rf3 51. Kg2 g4 52. Rd3 f6 (52... h4 53.
hxg4 Rxg3+ 54. Kh2 (54. Kf2 Kf6 55. Rd6+ Kg5 56. Rd7 f6 57. Rg7+ Kf4 58. Nd5+
Ke5 59. Ne3 Ke4 60. Ng2)) 53. hxg4 hxg4 54. Rd7+ Kg6 55. Nxg4 Rf5 56. Ne3 Re5
57. Kf3 Ra5 58. Nd5 Kf5 59. Nf4 Ke5 60. Re7+ Kf5 61. g4+ Kg5 62. Rg7+ Kh6 63.
Rg6+ Kh7 64. Rxf6 Ra3+ 65. Kg2 Kg7 66. Nh5+ Kh7 67. Ng3 Kg7 68. g5 Ra5 69. Nf5+
Kg8 70. Kg3 Ra1 71. Kg4 Kh7 72. g6+ Kg8 73. Ne7+ Kh8 74. Rf8+ Kg7 75. Rf7+ Kh6
76. Rh7# {[%c_effect g4;square;g4;type;Winner,h6;square;h6;type;CheckmateBlack]}
1-0

[Event "SCC Quads"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.10.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rafael Palathingal"]
[Black "Jeffrey Wei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1936"]
[WhiteUrl ""]
[WhiteCountry "US"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackElo "1889"]
[BlackUrl ""]
[BlackCountry "US"]
[BlackTitle ""]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. O-O Na6
9. b3 Nc5 10. Qc2 Nh5 11. g3 f5 12. Bg5 Nf6 13. Nd2 h6 14. Be3 Ncxe4 15. Ndxe4
Nxe4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Qxe4 Bf5 18. Qg2 Qe7 19. Rad1 h5 20. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "SCC Quads"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.10.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chad Boey"]
[Black "Rafael Palathingal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1860"]
[WhiteUrl ""]
[WhiteCountry "US"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackElo "1936"]
[BlackUrl ""]
[BlackCountry "US"]
[BlackTitle ""]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Qa4 Qd6 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qe4+ 7. Kd1 Be6 8.
Bb5 Qxa4+ 9. Bxa4 f6 10. d4 O-O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Be3 c5 13. Kc1 cxd4 14. cxd4
e4 15. Nfd2 f5 16. Nc3 Nf6 17. d5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 19. Bxa7 g5 20. f3 Bb4 21.
Nb3 exf3 22. gxf3 Rhd8 23. a3 Bd6 24. Kc2 c5 25. Bb6 Rd7 26. Rae1 Bf7 27. a4 c4
28. Nc1 Bb4 29. Rd1 Rd2+ 30. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 31. Kb1 c3 32. b3 c2+ 33. Kb2 Rd1 34.
Rg1 Bd5 35. Be3 Bd2 36. Bxd2 Rxg1 37. Kxc2 Bxf3 38. b4 Bd1+ 39. Kc3 Bxa4 40. Nd3
f4 41. Ne5 Kc7 42. Nf3 Rg2 43. Nxg5 Kb7 44. Bxf4 Rg4 45. Ne6 Bd7 46. Nc5+ Kc8
47. Bd6 h5 48. Nd3 Rh4 49. Bg3 Re4 50. Nc5 Rg4 51. Be5 Bb5 52. Nb3 Rc4+ 53. Kb2
Rxb4 54. Kc3 Re4 55. Bd6 Rc4+ 56. Kb2 Kd7 57. Bb8 Ba4 58. Ka3 Bxb3 59. Kxb3 Rc8
60. Bf4 h4 61. Bg5 h3 62. Bf4 Ke6 63. Bg3 Kd5 64. Kb4 Ke4 65. Kb3 Kd4 66. Bf2+
Kd3 67. Bg3 Ke2 68. Kb2 Kf1 69. Bd6 Kg1 70. Kb1 Rd8 71. Bf4 Rf8 72. Bd6 Rf1+ 73.
Kc2 Rf2+ 74. Kd3 Rxh2 75. Ke3 Ra2 0-1

[Event "SCC Quads"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jamie Zhu"]
[Black "Rafael Palathingal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2014"]
[BlackElo "1936"]
[BlackUrl ""]
[BlackCountry "US"]
[BlackTitle ""]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. cxd5 Qxb3 7. axb3 Bxf3 8.
gxf3 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. d4 e6 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. Bb5 a6 13. Ke2 Rc8 14. Bd3 Bd6
15. b4 Ke7 16. Bc3 Nb6 17. b5 axb5 18. Bxb5 Nc4 19. Kd3 f5 20. Ra4 Nb6 21. Ra7
Rc7 22. Ba5 Nc8 $5 {[%c_effect c8;square;c8;type;Interesting;persistent;true]}
1/2-1/2

[Event "spfno"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.10.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rafael Palathingal"]
[Black "Dann H Merriman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1863"]
[WhiteUrl ""]
[WhiteCountry "US"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackElo "1734"]
[BlackUrl ""]
[BlackCountry "US"]
[BlackTitle ""]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. Qxd4
Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Nxd5 10. Bxd8 Nxc3 11. Ba5 Nd5 12. e4 Nf6 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. Bc3 Bd7
15. Rd1 Rad8 16. O-O Rfe8 17. b4 a6 18. a4 Na7 19. Bc2 Bc6 20. Bd4 Nc8 21. Rfe1
Ne7 22. Ne5 Nd7 23. Nc4 Ng6 24. b5 axb5 25. axb5 e5 26. Be3 Bxb5 27. Nd6 Bc6 28.
Nxe8 Rxe8 29. g3 Ngf8 30. f3 Ne6 31. Bb3 Kf8 32. Bd5 Bxd5 33. exd5 Nd8 34. Rc1
Ke7 35. Bc5+ Nxc5 36. Rxe5+ Kd7 37. Rxe8 Kxe8 38. Rxc5 Kd7 39. Kf2 b6 40. Rb5
Kd6 41. Rxb6+ Kxd5 42. Rb8 Nc6 43. Rg8 g6 44. Rg7 Ke6 45. Rxh7 Kf6 46. h4 Ne7
47. g4 Nd5 48. h5 gxh5 49. Rxh5 Ne7 50. Kg3 Kg6 51. Re5 Ng8 52. Kf4 Nh6 53. g5
Ng8 54. Re8 Kg7 55. Kf5 Kh7 56. f4 Kg7 57. Ke5 Kh7 58. f5 Nf6 59. gxf6 1-0

[Event "SPFNO K-12"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.10.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rafael Palathingal"]
[Black "Shawn Li"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1863"]
[WhiteUrl ""]
[WhiteCountry "US"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackElo "1490"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7
9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. Re1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Qb3 Qc7 15.
e4 Ne8 16. Bg3 Qb7 17. Nd5 Bd6 18. Nf4 Bxe4 19. Bxe6 Bxf4 20. Rxe4 Qxe4 21. Bd5
Qe5 22. Bxf4 Qxf4 23. Bxa8 Nf6 24. g3 Qe5 25. Bf3 Re8 26. Rd1 Qc5 27. Kg2 Ne4
28. Bxe4 Rxe4 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. Qxf7 Rd4 31. Qg8+ Kg6 32. Qe8+ Kh7 33. Qg8+ Kg6
34. Qe6+ Kh7 35. Ra8 Qc7 36. Qf5+ g6 37. Qf8 Qc6+ 38. f3 Rd2+ 39. Kh3 Qd7+ 40.
g4 Qg7 41. Qxg7+ Kxg7 42. Rxa7+ Kf6 43. b4 Ke5 44. Kg3 g5 45. Re7+ Kf6 46. Rb7
Rd6 47. a4 Ke5 48. a5 bxa5 49. Rb5+ Kf6 50. Rf5+ Ke6 51. bxa5 Ra6 52. h4 gxh4+
53. Kxh4 Rd6 54. Kh5 Ke7 55. f4 Ra6 56. Re5+ Kf7 57. Rb5 Kg8 58. f5 Kg7 59. Rb7+
Kg8 60. Rb6 Rxa5 61. Kxh6 Ra4 62. g5 Ra5 63. Kg6 Ra8 64. Rb7 Ra6+ 65. f6 Ra8 66.
Rg7+ Kf8 67. Rh7 Kg8 68. f7+ Kf8 69. Rh8+ Ke7 70. Rxa8 Ke6 71. f8=Q Ke5 72. Kh7
Kd5 73. g6 Ke4 74. g7 Ke5 75. g8=Q Kd4 76. Qg4+ Kd5 77. Qff5+ Kd6 78. Qd4+ Kc6
79. Qfd5+ Kc7 80. Q4c5# {[%c_effect
h7;square;h7;type;Winner,c7;square;c7;type;CheckmateBlack]} 1-0

[Event "SPFNO K-12"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.10.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Varun Iyengar"]
[Black "Rafael Palathingal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1611"]
[BlackElo "1863"]
[BlackUrl ""]
[BlackCountry "US"]
[BlackTitle ""]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 e6 5. a3 $6 {[%c_effect
a3;square;a3;type;Inaccuracy;persistent;true]} 5... c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. dxc5 Bxc5
8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 $6 {[%c_effect
e8;square;e8;type;Inaccuracy;persistent;true]} 10. Ne5 $6 {[%c_effect
e5;square;e5;type;Inaccuracy;persistent;true]} 10... Bd6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bxd6
Qxd6 13. b4 e5 $6 {[%c_effect e5;square;e5;type;Inaccuracy;persistent;true]} 14.
e4 d4 $6 {[%c_effect d4;square;d4;type;Inaccuracy;persistent;true]} 15. Na4 Be6
16. Nc5 Nd7 17. Nxd7 $6 {[%c_effect
d7;square;d7;type;Inaccuracy;persistent;true]} 17... Bxd7 18. Qe2 a5 19. Rab1
axb4 20. axb4 h6 21. Rb2 Reb8 22. Rfb1 Rb6 23. Qd2 c5 24. b5 $6 {[%c_effect
b5;square;b5;type;Inaccuracy;persistent;true]} 24... Be6 25. Qe2 $2 {[%c_effect
e2;square;e2;type;Mistake;persistent;true]} 25... Ra4 $1 {[%c_effect
a4;square;a4;type;GreatFind;persistent;true]} 26. f4 $6 {[%c_effect
f4;square;f4;type;Inaccuracy;persistent;true]} 26... c4 27. f5 cxd3 28. cxd3 Bd7
29. Qc2 Ra3 30. Kf2 Rc3 31. Qa4 Rxd3 32. Qc4 Rc3 33. Qa4 Qa3 34. Qb4 Qxb4 35.
Rxb4 Rc5 36. Ra4 Rbxb5 37. Ra8+ Kh7 38. Rxb5 Bxb5 39. Ra7 f6 40. Ra2 Bd3 0-1

[Event "SPFNO K-12"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.10.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Varun Iyengar"]
[Black "Rafael Palathingal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1611"]
[BlackElo "1863"]
[BlackUrl ""]
[BlackCountry "US"]
[BlackTitle ""]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 e6 5. a3 $6 {[%c_effect
a3;square;a3;type;Inaccuracy;persistent;true]} 5... c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. dxc5 Bxc5
8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 $6 {[%c_effect
e8;square;e8;type;Inaccuracy;persistent;true]} 10. Ne5 $6 {[%c_effect
e5;square;e5;type;Inaccuracy;persistent;true]} 10... Bd6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bxd6
Qxd6 13. b4 e5 $6 {[%c_effect e5;square;e5;type;Inaccuracy;persistent;true]} 14.
e4 d4 $6 {[%c_effect d4;square;d4;type;Inaccuracy;persistent;true]} 15. Na4 Be6
16. Nc5 Nd7 17. Nxd7 $6 {[%c_effect
d7;square;d7;type;Inaccuracy;persistent;true]} 17... Bxd7 18. Qe2 a5 19. Rab1
axb4 20. axb4 h6 21. Rb2 Reb8 22. Rfb1 Rb6 23. Qd2 c5 24. b5 $6 {[%c_effect
b5;square;b5;type;Inaccuracy;persistent;true]} 24... Be6 25. Qe2 $2 {[%c_effect
e2;square;e2;type;Mistake;persistent;true]} 25... Ra4 $1 {[%c_effect
a4;square;a4;type;GreatFind;persistent;true]} 26. f4 $6 {[%c_effect
f4;square;f4;type;Inaccuracy;persistent;true]} 26... c4 27. f5 cxd3 28. cxd3 Bd7
29. Qc2 Ra3 30. Kf2 Rc3 31. Qa4 Rxd3 32. Qc4 Rc3 33. Qa4 Qa3 34. Qb4 Qxb4 35.
Rxb4 Rc5 36. Ra4 Rbxb5 37. Ra8+ Kh7 38. Rxb5 Bxb5 39. Ra7 f6 40. Ra2 Bd3 0-1

[Event "SPFNO K-12"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.10.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Slava Segevich Shinkarev"]
[Black "Rafael Palathingal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1465"]
[BlackElo "1863"]
[BlackUrl ""]
[BlackCountry "US"]
[BlackTitle ""]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. g3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d5 6. b3 dxc4 7. bxc4 O-O 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Bb2 Nb6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Qc2 a5 12. a4 Rc8 13. e4 h6 14. Rab1 c5 15. d5
Bd7 16. Be5 Bxa4 17. Qa2 Nfd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. e5 e6 20. Ne4 exd5 21. cxd5 c4
22. e6 fxe6 23. dxe6 Bb3 24. Qxa5 Nf6 25. Qe5 Qd5 26. e7 Qxe4 27. exf8=Q+ Rxf8
28. Qxe4 Nxe4 29. Nd4 Nd2 30. Ne6+ Kf7 31. Nxf8 Nxb1 32. Rxb1 Kxf8 33. Kf1 (33.
Bxb7) 33... Na4 34. Bxb7 Nc3 35. Ra1 Na2 (35... Ke7 36. Ke1) 36. Ke1 Ke7 37. Kd2
c3+ 38. Kd3 c2 39. Kd2 c1=Q+ 40. Rxc1 Nxc1 41. Kxc1 Kf6 42. Kd2 g5 43. Ke3 Be6
44. Bf3 Ke5 45. Bh5 Kf6 46. f4 Bd7 47. Bf3 Be8 48. Be4 Bh5 49. h3 Be8 50. Kf3
Bb5 51. fxg5+ hxg5 52. h4 gxh4 53. gxh4 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles Open Major 1900+"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.11.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ionatan Giurgiu"]
[Black "Rafael Palathingal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1997"]
[WhiteUrl ""]
[WhiteCountry "RO"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackElo "1872"]
[BlackUrl ""]
[BlackCountry "US"]
[BlackTitle ""]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 Nxe4 8.
d5 Nxd2 9. Bxd2 Qe7+ $2 {[%c_effect e7;square;e7;type;Mistake;persistent;true]}
10. Kf1 Na5 $4 {[%c_effect a5;square;a5;type;Blunder;persistent;true]} 11. d6 $1
{[%c_effect d6;square;d6;type;GreatFind;persistent;true]} 11... Qe4 $6
{[%c_effect e4;square;e4;type;Inaccuracy;persistent;true]} 12. Bxf7+ Kf8 13.
Bxb4 Qxb4 14. Qe2 $3 {[%c_effect e2;square;e2;type;Brilliant;persistent;true]}
14... g6 $6 {[%c_effect g6;square;g6;type;Inaccuracy;persistent;true]} 15. Qe7+
Kg7 16. Bxg6+ $3 {[%c_effect g6;square;g6;type;Brilliant;persistent;true]} 16...
Kxg6 17. Ne5+ Kf5 18. g4+ Ke4 19. Nc6+ $6 {[%c_effect
c6;square;c6;type;Inaccuracy;persistent;true]} 19... Kd5 20. Nxb4+ Kc4 $6
{[%c_effect c4;square;c4;type;Inaccuracy;persistent;true]} 21. Qe4+ Kb5 22. a4+
Kb6 23. Nd5+ Kc6 24. Nxc7+ Kxd6 25. Nb5+ Kc5 26. Qd4+ Kc6 27. Qd6# {[%c_effect
f1;square;f1;type;Winner,c6;square;c6;type;CheckmateBlack]} 1-0

[Event "Challenger's Cup "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.11.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yuchen Zhou"]
[Black "RAfael Palahtingal "]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1661"]
[BlackElo "1934"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. b4 a5 6. c3 axb4 7. cxb4 b6 8. Be2
bxc5 9. bxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O O-O 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nb3 Bd6 13. Bb2 e5 14. h3 Qe7
15. Bb5 Bb7 16. Qc2 (16. Qd2 d4 17. Nh4) 16... d4 17. Nh4 Rac8 18. Qe2 dxe3 19.
fxe3 Be4 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 e4 22. Qb5 g6 23. Qg5 Nh5 24. Qg4 Ng3 25. Nf5
Nxf5 26. Rxf5 Ne5 27. Bxe5 Bxe5 28. Raf1 Bg7 29. Rxf7 Qxf7 30. Rxf7 Kxf7 31.
Qxe4 Rfe8 32. Qd5+ Kf8 33. Nc5 Re7 34. a4 Bh6 35. Ne6+ Ke8 36. Kf2 Rc2+ 37. Kf3
Rc3 38. Qa8+ Kf7 39. Nd8+ Kg7 40. a5 Rcxe3+ 41. Kf2 Re2+ 42. Kf3 Bd2 43. a6
R7e3+ 44. Kf4 Rc3+ 45. Kg4 h5+ 46. Kh4 Be1+ 47. Kg5 Re5+ 48. Kf4 Bg3#
{[%c_effect g7;square;g7;type;Winner,f4;square;f4;type;CheckmateWhite]} 0-1

[Event "Challenger's Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.11.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rafael Palathingal"]
[Black "Gabriel Razmov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1934"]
[WhiteUrl ""]
[WhiteCountry "US"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackElo "1836"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bb5
O-O 9. Bc6 Rb8 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bxb7 Rxb7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ne4 14. Bxe7 Nxc3
15. Bxd8 Nxd1 16. Be7 Nxb2 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. Rab1 Nc4 19. Rfd1 c6 20. e4 dxe4
21. e6 f5 22. g4 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Challenger's Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.11.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Neevan Reddy Saddi"]
[Black "Rafael Palathingal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1720"]
[WhiteUrl ""]
[WhiteCountry "US"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackElo "1872"]
[BlackUrl ""]
[BlackCountry "US"]
[BlackTitle ""]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. b4 Bb6 7. a4 a6 8. h3 h6 9.
O-O O-O 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Be6 12. Nbd2 Bxc4 13. Nxc4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. e4
Nxc3 16. Qc2 Nd4 17. Qd2 Nxf3+ 18. Rxf3 Qd4+ 19. Kh2 Nxe4 {[%cal dd2d1][%c_arrow
d2d1;keyPressed;none;from;d2;opacity;0.8;to;d1;persistent;false]} 20. Qe1 Ng5
21. Rg3 Rfe8 22. Rg4 Qd7 23. Rg3 e4 24. Qc3 exd3 25. h4 Ne6 26. Rxd3 Qe7 27. g3
Nf8 28. Ra2 Qe6 29. Rf2 Rad8 30. Rdf3 f6 31. Ne3 c6 32. Nf5 Qe5 33. Qc4+ Qd5 34.
Qg4 Rd7 {[%cal df5h6,dg8h7,dh6f5,dg4g6,dh5e8][%c_arrow
f5h6;keyPressed;none;from;f5;opacity;0.8;to;h6;persistent;false,g8h7;keyPressed;none;from;g8;opacity;0.8;to;h7;persistent;false,h6f5;keyPressed;none;from;h6;opacity;0.8;to;f5;persistent;false,g4g6;keyPressed;none;from;g4;opacity;0.8;to;g6;persistent;false,h5e8;keyPressed;none;from;h5;opacity;0.8;to;e8;persistent;false][%c_highlight
g6;keyPressed;none;opacity;0.8;square;g6;persistent;false,h4;keyPressed;none;opacity;0.8;square;h4;persistent;false,e8;keyPressed;none;opacity;0.8;square;e8;persistent;false]}
1/2-1/2
