[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Mohith, R"]
[Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1832"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. e4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bc4 O-O 6. Bb3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. Be3 
e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Re1 Nh5 11. Bc4 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qf6 13. Be2 Nf4 14. Bxf4 Qxf4 15. 
Nb5 Qh4 16. c3 Bh6 17. Kg2 Nxe2 18. Qxe2 a6 19. Na3 f5 20. Qd3 Bf4 21. h3 Rf6 
22. Re2 Qg5+ 23. Kh1 Qh5 24. Kg2 Raf8 25. Rf1 Bh6 26. f4 Bxf4 27. f3 Qg5+ 28. 
Kh1 Qg3 29. Rg2 Qxh3+ 30. Kg1 fxe4 31. Qxe4 Bg3 32. Qe2 Rf5 0-1

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sunilduth Lyna, Narayanan"]
[Black "Neelabh, Jyoti Borthakur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "1827"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 f5 10. Rd1 d6 11. Qe3 Qc8 12. b3 Bf6 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Rac1 Nd7 15. 
Qd2 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. b4 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Bxf3 20. exf3 Qe6 21. 
Rd5 Re7 22. Rcd1 Kf7 23. Kg2 Qe2 24. Rxf5+ Kg8 25. Qb3 Kh8 26. Rd4 g6 27. Rff4 
Rae8 28. Qc3 Kg8 29. Rd2 Qe1 30. Qd3 Re5 31. a3 a5 32. h4 axb4 33. axb4 Ra8 34. 
Re4 Rxe4 35. Qxe4 Qxe4 36. fxe4 Ra3 37. c5 bxc5 38. bxc5 Ra4 39. Kf3 dxc5 40. 
Rd8+ Kf7 41. Rd7+ Kf6 42. Rxc7 Rc4 43. Rxh7 Rc3+ 44. Kf4 c4 45. Rc7 Rc2 46. f3 
c3 47. Rc6+ Kf7 48. Kg5 Rg2 49. g4 c2 50. Rc7+ Ke6 51. Kxg6 1-0

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Trivedi, Karan R"]
[Black "Lalith, Babu M R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1827"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 d6 5. h3 Nf6 6. a4 a5 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Qc7 
9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Bh2 e5 11. Qd2 Na6 12. Rad1 Nb4 13. g4 Nf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. Qxf4 
Nxc2 16. Rd2 Nb4 17. h4 Qd7 18. Nh2 Qe7 19. Qg3 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 cxd5 
22. Bb5 Bd7 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24. b3 Rfe8 25. Rfd1 Rac8 26. Rd3 Re4 27. f3 Re2 28. 
Re1 Qe7 29. Kf1 Rcc2 0-1

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Narayanan, Srinath"]
[Black "Panda, Sambit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "1825"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O h6 7. a4 Ne7 8. c3 Qc7 
9. Na3 a6 10. b4 Bh7 11. a5 Ng6 12. Ne1 Be7 13. Nac2 O-O 14. f4 Rae8 15. Bd3 f5 
16. Ne3 Rf7 17. g4 Nh4 18. N1g2 Nxg2 19. Kxg2 Nf8 20. gxf5 exf5 21. Qh5 Qd7 22. 
Kh1 Qe6 23. Ra2 Kh8 24. Rg2 Bd8 25. c4 Ree7 26. Qf3 Rd7 27. cxd5 cxd5 28. Bc2 
Ng6 29. Bb3 Nh4 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. Qxd5 Qxd5 32. Nxd5 Rd7 33. Nb6 Bxb6 34. e6 Re7 
35. axb6 Nxg2 36. d5 Nh4 37. Rd1 Bg8 38. d6 Rxe6 39. d7 Re2 40. d8=Q Nf3 41. Rd2 
1-0

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Dave, Sneh"]
[Black "Swapnil, S. Dhopade"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1823"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 e6 6. Qb3 Bb7 7. dxe6 fxe6 8. Nd2 
d5 9. e4 Nbd7 10. Qh3 Qxb6 11. Ngf3 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Ng5 Bd5 14. Be2 Nf6 
15. Bd2 c4 16. Bc3 Bb4 17. Bh5+ Ke7 18. O-O g6 19. Be2 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Rhc8 21. 
Nxh7 Nxh7 22. Qg7+ Kd6 23. Qxh7 Qxb2 24. Rfe1 Rh8 25. Qf7 Qe5 26. h3 Rhf8 27. 
Qh7 Qf6 28. Rab1 Qxf2+ 29. Kh1 Rh8 0-1

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Himanshu, Sharma"]
[Black "Rahul, Kumar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "1817"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Qf6 8. 
Qxf6 Nxf6 9. d3 Bd6 10. Ne2 Nd7 11. O-O O-O-O 12. f4 f6 13. Be3 Rhf8 14. g4 Bc5 
15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. fxe5 fxe5 17. Rf5 Rxf5 18. exf5 Nxd3 19. cxd3 Rxd3 20. Nc3 
Rxh3 21. Kg2 Rd3 22. Re1 b5 23. Rxe5 Kb7 24. Ne4 Kb6 25. Re7 Rd4 26. Kf3 Rb4 27. 
Rxg7 1-0

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Aryan, "]
[Black "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1816"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Qd2 c6 6. Bh6 O-O 7. h4 e5 8. Nf3 Qe7 
9. dxe5 dxe5 10. O-O-O Bg4 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Qd6 Qxd6 13. Rxd6 Nbd7 14. Ng5 h6 
15. f3 hxg5 16. fxg4 Nc5 17. hxg5 Nfxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Rd7 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 
21. Bd3 Nxg5 22. Re1 e4 23. Bc4 b5 24. Bb3 f5 25. gxf5 gxf5 26. g3 Nf3 27. Rh1 
e3 0-1

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Debashis, Das"]
[Black "Harsh, Himanshu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "1811"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 Bb4 8. Qb3 
Qa5 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. h3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Rfc8 
15. Rfd1 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. a3 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Nfd5 19. Bd4 Qc2 20. Qxc2 Rxc2 
21. Bd3 Rc7 22. Rac1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Nxc8 25. h4 a6 26. g4 Nce7 27. 
Kg2 Nc6 28. Bc5 Ne5 29. Be2 Nf6 30. f3 Nfd7 31. Bd6 Nc6 32. Kf2 Nb6 33. b3 Nd5 
34. Bd3 Na5 35. Bc2 Nc6 36. Ke2 Nc3+ 37. Kd2 Nb5 38. Bc5 f5 39. a4 Nc7 40. e4 
fxg4 41. fxg4 Ne8 42. g5 Kf7 43. Bd3 Nc7 44. Kc3 Ke8 45. b4 Kd7 46. b5 axb5 47. 
axb5 Ne5 48. Be2 Nf7 49. Kb4 Ne8 50. Ka5 Ned6 51. Bxd6 Nxd6 52. e5 Nc8 53. Bd3 
Ne7 54. Kb6 Kc8 55. Bc4 Kd7 56. Kxb7 1-0

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Vikee, Vishal"]
[Black "Thejkumar, M. S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1806"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 a6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Nf6 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Nb1 c5 
9. c3 Nc6 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Nbd2 cxd4 12. cxd4 Be7 13. a3 O-O 14. h3 Bh5 15. Rc1 
Nb6 16. b4 Na7 17. Qb3 Qd7 18. Bd3 Qa4 19. Qxa4 Nxa4 20. Nb3 Nb2 21. Be2 Nb5 22. 
Bxb5 axb5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rc1 Nc4 25. Rc3 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Ra8 27. Bc1 h6 28. Nc5 
b6 29. Nd3 Kh7 30. Kg2 g5 31. Kf1 Kg6 32. Ke2 h5 33. Ne1 f6 34. Nd3 Kf5 35. Rc2 
fxe5 36. Nxe5 Bf6 37. Nxc4 bxc4 38. Rd2 b5 39. Kd1 Rd8 40. Bb2 e5 41. dxe5 Bxe5 
42. Bxe5 Kxe5 43. Re2+ Kf4 44. Re3 d4 45. Re4+ Kxf3 46. Re5 Kxf2 47. Rxg5 Ke3 
48. Rg3+ Kf4 49. Rg7 Ra8 50. Rb7 Rxa3 51. Rxb5 Rxh3 52. Rd5 Ke4 0-1

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Deepan, Chakkravarthy J."]
[Black "Lalzawmliana, "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "1801"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Ne7 4. Ngf3 Ng6 5. h4 h5 6. c3 c5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Nb3 
cxd4 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. Nbxd4 Bd7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Ne5 a6 13. Ndf3 Nec6 14. Be3 
Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bc6 16. O-O-O Be7 17. f3 Bf6 18. Bf4 O-O 19. Rhe1 Ba4 20. b3 Bc6 
21. Kb2 Rc8 22. Re3 Be8 23. Nc4 Nd7 24. Be4 Nc5 25. Nb6 Nxe4 26. fxe4 Rd8 27. 
Bd6 Ra7 28. g3 Bc6 29. e5 Be7 30. Red3 Bf8 31. c4 a5 32. Bxf8 Rxf8 33. Rd8 Ra6 
34. c5 g6 35. a3 Kg7 36. Kc3 Ra7 37. R1d6 Kg8 38. Nc8 Bf3 39. Nxa7 Kg7 40. Rxf8 
Kxf8 41. Nc8 Bc6 42. Rd8+ Kg7 43. Ne7 1-0

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr."]
[Black "Baivab, Mishra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2074"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.d4 Qa5+ 5.Bd2 Qb6 6.Bc3 cxd4 7.Bxd4 Bxd4 8.Qxd4 Qxd4 9.Nxd4 d6 10.Nc3 Nf6 11.f3 Nc6 12.Nc2 0-0 13.Be2 Be6 14.0-0-0 Rfc8 15.b3 Rab8 16.Kb2 a6 17.Rd2 Na7 18.Rc1 Nd7 19.Ne3 Kf8 20.f4 f6 21.Nc2 Nc6 22.g3 Ke8 23.Bf1 Kf8 24.Be2 Ke8 25.Bf1 Kf8 26.Re1 Ke8 27.Rf2 Kf8 28.Ne3 Ke8 29.Ned5 Nd4 30.Rd1 Nc6 31.Rfd2 Kf7 32.Be2 Ke8 33.Rf1 Na5 34.Rg1 Nc6 35.h4 Nd8 36.g4 g5 37.hxg5 fxg5 38.Rh1 Nf8 39.f5 Bxd5 40.exd5 Nf7 41.Bd3 h6 42.f6 Nd7 43.Bf5 Rc7 44.Bxd7+ Rxd7 45.Ne4 Rc8 46.Rf2 b5 47.Kc3 bxc4 48.b4 Rcd8 49.a4 Kf8 50.fxe7+ Rxe7 51.Nxg5 hxg5 52.Rh8+ Kg7 53.Rxf7+ Rxf7 54.Rxd8 Rf3+ 55.Kxc4 Rf4+ 56.Kc3 Rf3+ 57.Kc2 Rf4 58.b5 axb5 59.axb5 Rb4 60.Kd3 Kf6 61.Rf8+ Ke7 62.Rg8 Rxb5 63.Ke4 Kf6 64.Rf8+ Kg6 65.Rd8 Rb4+ 66.Ke3 Rxg4 67.Rxd6+ Kf7 68.Re6 Ra4 69.Kf3 Rd4 70.Re4 Rxe4 71.Kxe4 Ke7 72.Kf5 Kd6 73.Kxg5 Kxd5 ½-½

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Bhatt, Jalpan"]
[Black "Sunilduth Lyna, Narayanan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]



1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 Be6 7. c3 O-O-O 8. 
d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Bg4 10. Be3 Qg6 11. Ne5 Bxd1 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Rfxd1 Bxa3 14. 
bxa3 Rh5 15. Rac1 Ra5 16. Rc3 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Rb1 Rdd5 19. f3 Nf6 20. Kf2 
f4 21. Bc1 Rxd4 22. Rcb3 Rc5 23. R3b2 Nd5 24. Bd2 Rb5 25. Ke2 Ra4 26. Rxb5 cxb5 
27. Rb3 Kd7 28. Bc3 g6 29. h4 c5 30. Be5 Ke6 0-1



[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Lalith, Babu M R"]
[Black "Neelash, Saha"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2062"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]



1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. e3 c5 
9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bf6 12. Nd2 Nc6 13. Ne4 Bxd4 14. exd4 Ba6 15. 
Re1 Ncb4 16. Ba3 Rc8 17. Qh5 Nc2 18. Bxf8 Qxf8 19. Qe5 Nxa1 20. Rxa1 Qa3 21. h3 
Rc1+ 22. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 23. Kh2 Qc7 24. Nd6 Nf6 25. b4 Bd3 26. a3 h6 27. b5 a6 28. 
a4 axb5 29. axb5 Nd7 30. Qf4 Nf8 31. d5 Bg6 32. Qb4 Qe7 33. dxe6 Nxe6 34. Qd2 
Qd8 35. Qd5 Qf6 36. Kg1 Qa1+ 37. Bf1 Qd4 38. Qc6 Kh7 39. Bg2 Qd1+ 40. Kh2 Qd4 
41. f4 Bd3 42. f5 Nf8 43. Qc7 Qf6 44. h4 Kg8 45. Qc6 Qe5 46. Qd5 Qxd5 47. Bxd5 
Nd7 48. Bxf7+ Kf8 49. Bc4 Bc2 50. Be6 Nc5 51. Bd5 Na4 52. g4 Ke7 53. Nc4 Bd3 54. 
Kg3 Nc3 55. Nxb6 Nxb5 56. Bc4 Bxc4 57. Nxc4 Kf6 58. Kf4 g5+ 59. hxg5+ hxg5+ 60. 
Ke3 Ke7 61. Nd2 Nd6 62. Kd4 Nf7 63. Nf1 Nh6 64. Ne3 Nf7 65. Nc4 Nh6 66. Ne5 Kf6 
67. Ke4 Ke7 68. Kf3 Kf6 69. Nd7+ Ke7 70. Nc5 Kf6 71. Ne4+ Ke5 72. Nxg5 Nxf5 73. 
gxf5 Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Manush, Shah"]
[Black "Narayanan, Srinath"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]



1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c4 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. cxd5 
Nxd5 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Qg4 Nf6 12. Qh4 Nc6 13. Bg5 g6 14. Ba6 h6 15. 
Bxb7 hxg5 16. Qxg5 Nxe5 17. Bxa8 Qxd4 18. Bb7 Nd5 19. Qg3 Nf4 20. Rad1 Qb4 21. 
a3 Qxb2 22. Qxf4 Qxc3 23. Rc1 Qa5 24. Qe3 Bxa3 25. Ra1 Nc4 26. Qd3 b5 27. Be4 
Kg7 28. Rfd1 Qb4 29. Rdb1 Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Swapnil, S. Dhopade"]
[Black "Bhambure, Shantanu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2052"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 b5 6. O-O Bb7 7. Bg5 Nf6 8. b3 
cxb3 9. axb3 Be7 10. Ne5 h6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Ng4 h5 13. Ne3 Nd7 14. Nc3 Qb6 15. 
Nc2 a5 16. Qd2 Rd8 17. Rfd1 h4 18. Qf4 b4 19. Na4 Qb5 20. Ne3 hxg3 21. hxg3 Qxe2 
22. Bf3 Qb5 23. Nc4 Ra8 24. Qc7 Rc8 25. Qf4 Ba8 26. Nab6 Nxb6 27. Rxa5 Qxa5 28. 
Nxa5 Nd5 29. Qd2 c5 30. Re1 cxd4 31. Qxd4 Bc5 32. Qd3 Kf8 33. Qa6 Kg7 34. Nb7 
Nc3 35. Bg2 Bd4 36. Nd6 Bxg2 37. Kxg2 Ra8 38. Qc4 Be5 39. Qg4+ Kf8 40. Qxb4 Bxd6 
41. Qxd6+ Kg7 42. Qd4 Nd5 43. Qg4+ Kf8 44. Rc1 Rb8 45. Ra1 Rg8 46. Qh4 Rg5   1-0

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Deepthamsh, Reddy. M"]
[Black "Himanshu, Sharma"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2052"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]



1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Nge2 
e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. f3 Bh5 12. a3 Bg6 13. Na4 Nd7 14. b4 Nb6 15. Nxb6 
Qxb6 16. Nc3 Rfc8 17. Na4 Qa7 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Rc3 g5 20. Bg3 Nd8 21. Bc7 b5 
22. Bb6 Qb7 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Bxd8 Qxd8 25. Nc5 a5 26. Qd3 axb4 27. axb4 Qb8 28. 
Nd7 Qc7 29. Nc5 Bd6 30. h3 Ra2 31. Rd1 Bh2+ 32. Kf1 Bg3 33. Rd2 Qa7 34. Ke2 Ra1 
35. Rd1 Qa2+ 36. Qd2 Qc4+ 37. Qd3 Ra2+ 38. Rd2 Qc1 0-1


[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Black "Tarini, Goyal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]



1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Nc3 
Nbd7 9. b3 b6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qc2 c5 15. 
dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bc3 Be4 17. Qb2 Qe7 18. b4 Bd6 19. Rfe1 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Rac8 21. Be2 
e5 22. Bf1 Rfe8 23. Rad1 Qe6 24. a3 Bb8 25. f4 e4 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Rd5 Rcd8 28. 
Qd4 Bc7 29. Rd1 e3 30. Be2 Qe7 31. Rd7 Qe6 32. Kg2 a5 33. Qd5 Rxd7 34. Qxe6 Rxe6 
35. Rxd7 Rc6 36. c5 axb4 37. axb4 Kf8 38. Bf3 e2 39. Bxe2 Ke8 40. Bg4 f5 41. 
Bxf5 bxc5 42. b5 Rf6 43. Rxc7 Rxf5 44. b6 Kd8 45. Rc6 Kd7 46. b7 Kxc6 47. b8=Q 
Rd5 48. Qe8+ Rd7 49. Qe4+ Kb5 50. Qxh7 1-0

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Sinha, Santosh Kumar"]
[Black "Debashis, Das"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]



1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be2 
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 Nc6 11. f4 exf4 12. Rxf4 Ne8 13. Rf1 Bf6 14. Kh1 Be5 15. 
Nd4 Nf6 16. Bf3 Rc8 17. Qd2 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Nd7 19. Rad1 Rc6 20. Qf2 Qc7 21. Qe3 
Rc8 22. Be2 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Ne5 24. Rb1 Qe7 25. Rf4 Qd8 26. h3 h6 27. Kh2 Qa5 28. 
Rff1 Qc7 29. Kh1 Qe7 30. Qf2 Nd7 31. Rbe1 Rc5 32. Bd3 Ne5 33. Qg3 Qd8 34. Re2 
Qb6 35. Nd1 Qb4 36. b3 Qd4 37. Re3 b5 38. axb5 axb5 39. Rfe1 b4 40. Kh2 Ra8 41. 
R1e2 Ra1 42. Rd2 Ng6 43. Qf2 Qe5+ 44. g3 Qh5 45. Qf1 Ne5 46. Be2 Ng4+ 47. Bxg4 
Bxg4 48. Re1 Rc1 49. Nf2 R1xc2 50. Qd3 Rxd2 51. Qxd2 Be6 52. Re3 Qe5 53. Qxb4 
Rc2 54. Qe1 Qb2 55. Kg2 Bxb3 56. Rf3 Be6 57. Qa5 Qd4 58. Qa8+ Kh7 59. g4 d5 60. 
Qd8 Qe5 61. Qb6 dxe4 62. Ra3 Bd5 63. Qe3 Qb2 64. Kg3 Re2 0-1



[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Thejkumar, M. S."]
[Black "Tarun, V Kanth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2031"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. e3 
Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Be2 Bb6 11. Nb5 Bg4 12. O-O a6 13. Nc3 h6 14. Ne5 Bxe2 15. 
Qxe2 Bc7 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bxc7 Qxc7 18. Rac1 c5 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. b4 c4 21. Rd4 
Rd7 22. Rcd1 Rad8 23. h3 Qc6 24. Qc2 Rd6 25. Qf5 Kf8 26. Qf4 R6d7 27. Qf5 Qe6 
28. Qc2 Qc6 29. Qa4 Qxa4 30. Nxa4 Rc7 31. Kf1 Ke7 32. f3 Rb8 33. Nc3 a5 34. b5 
a4 35. Ke2 Rc5 36. Rb1 Rb6 37. Rb4 Rb8 38. Rxa4 Rb7 39. Rb4 1-0

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Samant, Aditya S"]
[Black "Deepan, Chakkravarthy J."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2030"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]



1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 b6 8. O-O 
Bb7 9. Qc2 Be7 10. f4 O-O 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Rac1 Re8 13. f5 Bf8 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. 
b4 Nc6 16. Nd5 exd5 17. cxd5 Nxd4 18. Qxc7 Nxe2+ 19. Kh1 Nxc1 20. Qxb7 Nd3 21. 
Qxb6 Rxe4 22. Bd4 Ne5 23. Qb7 Re8 24. Bc3 Rc4 25. Ba1 Ned7 26. a3 Rc2 27. Qxa6 
Ree2 28. Rg1 Ne4 29. h3 h5 30. Qa7 Ndf6 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. Qd7 Nf2+ 33. Kh2 Bh6 
34. Qf5 Kg7 35. b5 Be3 36. Qd7+ Kh6 37. Qf5 Ne4 38. Qf3 Bxg1+ 39. Kxg1 Re1+ 40. 
Kh2 Rcc1 0-1

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Sunilduth Lyna, Narayanan"]
[Black "Gajwa, Ankit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2267"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Nge2 Na6 
9. g4 Nc5 10. Ng3 c6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. Qd2 a4 13. f3 cxd5 14. cxd5 Qa5 15. Nd1 
Rfc8 16. Nf2 Ne8 17. g5 Bf8 18. Ng4 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Be7 20. Rac1 Bd8 21. Rxc5 
Rxc5 22. Bxc5 Bxg4 23. Be3 Bd7 24. a3 Rc8 25. h4 Ba5+ 26. Kd1 Nc7 27. Rh2 Nb5 
28. Bf1 Bd8 29. Bh3 Bxh3 30. Rxh3 Rc4 31. Nf1 f6 32. Rh2 fxg5 33. hxg5 Nd4 34. 
Nd2 Rc7 35. Bxd4 exd4 36. f4 d3 37. Rh3 Rf7 38. Rh4 Rc7 39. Nf3 Rc2 40. Rh2 Rc4 
41. Ne1 Rxe4 42. Nxd3 Rd4 43. Kc2 Rxd5 44. Re2 Kf7 45. Rh2 Kg8 46. Re2 Kf7 47. 
Rh2 Kg8 48. Re2 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Sankalp, Gupta"]
[Black "Swapnil, S. Dhopade"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]


1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Ne4 Nxe4 
15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Qd5 17. Be3 Qb5 18. c4 Qf5+ 19. Qc2 Qxc2+ 20. Kxc2 b5 21. 
c5 Nd5 22. Ne5 Rfc8 23. Rh3 Bf6 24. Nd7 Rd8 25. Nxf6+ Nxf6 26. f3 Rd5 27. g4 
Rad8 28. Rhh1 a5 29. Rd2 a4 30. Rhd1 Nh7 31. Bf4 f5 32. Be5 Ng5 33. f4 Nf3 34. 
gxf5 Nxd2 35. Rxd2 exf5 36. Rg2 Rxe5 37. dxe5 Rd5 38. b4 axb3+ 39. axb3 Rxc5+ 
40. Kd2 b4 41. Rg3 Rd5+ 42. Rd3 g6 43. hxg6 h5 44. e6 Kf8 0-1


[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Himanshu, Sharma"]
[Black "Tiwari, Arjun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]



1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. h3 Nbd7 7. O-O b6 8. a4 a5 
9. Na3 Bb7 10. c3 Ne4 11. Nc4 Re8 12. Bh2 e5 13. Re1 h6 14. Qc2 f5 15. Rad1 Qe7 
16. Na3 Ng5 17. Nxg5 Qxg5 18. d5 Nf6 19. Qb3 f4 20. c4 Bc8 21. exf4 exf4 22. Nb5 
Re7 23. Bf3 Rf7 24. Nd4 Qh4 25. Re6 Bd7 26. Qd3 Kh7 27. Rde1 Re8 28. b3 Bxe6 29. 
dxe6 Rfe7 30. Bc6 Rf8 31. Nf3 Qh5 32. Bxf4 Qc5 33. Nh4 Qh5 34. g3 d5 35. cxd5 
Ne8 36. d6 Rxf4 37. dxe7 Rd4 38. Bxe8 1-0

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Wagh, Suyog"]
[Black "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]


1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 g6 4. c3 b6 5. Qf3 d5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Qe2 Bg7 8. Nf3 
O-O 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Nbd2 Nh5 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. h3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 
15. Nf3 Qe6 16. O-O Rfe8 17. Rfe1 h6 18. Bh4 Qd6 19. Qd1 Bc6 20. Nh2 Qd7 21. Be2 
Nf6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Bf3 h5 24. Qc2 Qb7 25. Rad1 Rac8 26. Re2 a5 27. b3 b5 28. 
c4 bxc4 29. bxc4 d4 30. Bxc6 Qxc6 31. exd4 Rxe2 32. Qxe2 cxd4 33. Rc1 Bg5 34. 
Rc2 Re8 35. Qd3 Re1+ 36. Nf1 Qe4 37. Qxe4 Rxe4 38. g3 d3 39. Rb2 Rxc4 40. f4 Be7 
41. Rd2 Rc2 42. Rxd3 Bc5+ 43. Kh1 Rxa2 44. Nd2 Ra1+ 45. Kg2 Rd1 46. Rd7 Kg7 47. 
f5 Bb4 48. f6+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Debashis, Das"]
[Black "Ram, S. Krishnan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]



1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. c4 Bxf3 4. exf3 c6 5. Nc3 g6 6. h4 Bg7 7. h5 Nd7 8. Be3 
e6 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 c5 11. Qd2 Ne7 12. g4 Qa5 13. Rd1 O-O 14. hxg6 fxg6 15. 
f4 Nb6 16. Bd3 Qb4 17. Kf1 Nexd5 18. Nxd5 1/2-1/2 scoresheet illegible. Draw after 25 moves

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Rathore, S.K."]
[Black "Thejkumar, M. S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]



1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. exd5 cxd5 5. d4 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nc6 8. 
Bb5 e6 9. O-O Qb6 10. Qd3 Be7 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Bxc6 Qxc6 13. Ne2 Rfc8 14. c3 b5 
15. Rfc1 Ne4 16. f3 Nd6 17. b3 Qb6 18. Qd2 a5 19. Be3 Rc7 20. g4 Rac8 21. Nf4 b4 
22. cxb4 axb4 23. Rxc7 Rxc7 24. Nd3 Rc3 25. Nc5 Qa5 26. Na4 Nc4 27. bxc4 Qxa4 
28. c5 Qa3 29. Bf2 Rxf3 30. Rc1 Rxh3 31. Qd1 Bh4 32. Rc2 Bxf2+ 33. Rxf2 Qg3+ 34. 
Rg2 0-1


[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Deepan, Chakkravarthy J."]
[Black "Raja, Rithvik R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]


1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5 
Nbd7 9. a4 O-O 10. Nd2 h6 11. Bh4 Nc5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nc4 Be7 14. a5 Be6 15. 
Nb6 Rb8 16. O-O Nd7 17. Nca4 Nf6 18. Bf3 Qc7 19. Qd3 Bd7 20. Nc3 Bc6 21. Rfd1 
Rbd8 22. g3 Qb8 23. Bg2 Rfe8 24. Bh3 g6 25. Qc4 Kg7 26. Rd3 h5 27. Rf3 Rf8 28. 
Ncd5 Bxd5 29. Nxd5 Nxd5 30. Qxd5 Qa7 31. Rb3 Rb8 32. Rb6 Bd8 33. Rxd6 Bc7 34. 
Qxe5+ Kg8 35. Qd4 Qxd4 36. Rxd4 Rfd8 37. Rd5 Kf8 38. c4 f6 39. b4 Ke7 40. Rad1 
Bd6 41. c5 Be5 42. Rd7+ Ke8 43. Be6 Rxd7 44. Rxd7 Bc3 45. Rg7 Kd8 46. Rxg6 Ke7 
47. Bd5 Bxb4 48. Rg7+ Kd8 49. Rxb7 1-0



[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Jayakumaar, S"]
[Black "Bakre, Tejas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2197"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]



1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 g6 4. Qd2 Bg7 5. Bh6 O-O 6. Bxg7 Kxg7 7. O-O-O c6 8. 
h4 h5 9. f3 b5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Nh3 Nb6 12. Bd3 a5 13. Ne2 b4 14. e4 dxe4 15. 
fxe4 e5 16. Rdf1 Ng4 17. Ng3 Qxd4 18. Nxh5+ Kh8 19. Nf6 Na4 20. Qg5 Qxb2+ 21. 
Kd2 Nc5 22. Nxg4 Bxg4 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Ng5 Qc3+ 25. Ke3 Qd4+ 26. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Swayams, Mishra"]
[Black "Moksh, Amit Doshi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]



1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Rc1 
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. h3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Nd5 e5 15. 
Rxc6 bxc6 16. Ne7+ Kh8 17. Nxc6 Qb6 18. Ncxe5 Be6 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. b3 Rac8 21. 
Qb2 Nc3 22. Re1 Qa6 23. a3 Kg8 24. Nc4 Na4 25. Qa2 Nc5 26. Nfe5 Qe6 27. Rb1 Rfd8 
28. Qc2 f6 29. Nf3 Nxb3 30. Qxb3 Qxc4 31. Qb7 Qa4 32. Nd4 Qe8 33. Qxa7 Ra8 34. 
Qc5 Bf8 35. Qb6 Qf7 36. Ne6 Rd7 37. Qc6 Rda7 38. Nxf8 Qxf8 39. Rb6 f5 40. Bd6 
Qf7 41. Bb8 Rxa3 42. Rb7 R3a6 43. Qc8+ Qf8 44. Qc4+ 1-0

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Nitin, S."]
[Black "Aaryan, Varshney"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2142"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]



1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nxe5 O-O 5. Be2 Re8 6. Nd3 Bxc3 7. dxc3 Nxe4 
8. Nf4 d6 9. O-O Nc6 10. c4 Bf5 11. Nd5 h6 12. b3 a5 13. Bb2 Qd7 14. f4 Nc5 15. 
Bh5 Rac8 16. Qf3 Ne4 17. Rae1 Nb4 18. Rxe4 Bxe4 19. Qg3 Bg6 20. Qc3 f5 21. Bxg6 
Nxd5 22. Bxe8 Rxe8 23. cxd5 b6 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Kf8 26. Qe6 Qxe6 27. dxe6 
Ke7 28. Bxg7 h5 29. Kf2 Kxe6 30. Kf3 b5 31. a4 c6 32. h3 Kf7 33. Bc3 b4 34. Bxb4 
Ke6 35. Bxa5 c5 36. Be1 d5 37. g4 hxg4+ 38. hxg4 fxg4+ 39. Kxg4 d4 40. f5+ Kf6 
41. a5 Kf7 42. a6 Kf6 43. a7 Kf7 44. a8=Q 1-0

s


[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Swapnil, S. Dhopade"]
[Black "Krishna, C R G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 g6 6. h4 h6 7. Bxf6 Nxf6 8. Qc2 
e5 9. O-O-O Qe7 10. c5 Bd7 11. h5 dxc5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. Nf3 Qe6 14. hxg6 Bg7 
15. Nh4 Rf8 16. Nb5 O-O-O 17. Qxc5 Bxb5 18. Bxb5 Nd5 19. Rd2 Nb6 20. Rhd1 Rxd2 
21. Rxd2 Qxa2 22. Kd1 f4 23. Rc2 Rd8+ 24. Ke2 Nd5 25. Bc4 Nc3+ 26. Kf3 Qb1 27. 
Rxc3 Bxc3 28. bxc3 Qh1 29. Qf5+ Kb8 30. Qxf4 1-0

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Hemant, Sharma (del)"]
[Black "Himanshu, Sharma"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O 
Ne8 9. a3 Nc7 10. Rb1 Bd7 11. h3 Ne6 12. b4 b6 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Kh2 Ned4 15. Qd2 
Re8 16. Bh6 Nxe2 17. Nxe2 Bf6 18. b5 Nd4 19. f4 e6 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. g4 Rc7 22. 
a4 Bc8 23. Rbe1 Bb7 24. e5 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 f5 26. exf6 Bxf6 27. f5 exf5 28. gxf5 
Qa8+ 29. Kh2 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Rf7 31. Bf4 Bd4 32. fxg6 hxg6 33. Re4 Qf8 34. Qg2 Rf6 
35. Bg3 Qf7 36. Re2 Be5 37. Qa8+ Kh7 38. Rxe5 dxe5 39. Bxe5 Qf8 40. Qd5 Rf2+ 41. 
Kg3 Rf5 42. Qd6 0-1

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. g3 e6 8. 
Bg2 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qb3 Rb8 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. Bd2 b6 14. Rac1 Rfd8 
15. Nce5 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 c5 17. Qa3 a5 18. Be3 Bd6 19. Qb3 h6 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. 
Nd4 Ne5 22. Nb5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Neg4 24. Bxc5 Qxc5 25. e3 Rc8 26. h3 Ne5 27. Nd4 
Kh8 28. Ne2 Rb8 29. Rc1 Qb4 30. Qc2 Qd6 31. Nd4 Nd5 32. a3 Rd8 33. Qb3 Ne7 34. 
Qb5 Nd7 35. Nb3 Rc8 36. Rxc8+ Nxc8 37. Nd4 Qc7 38. Nc6 Nd6 39. Qe2 Nc5 40. b4 
axb4 41. axb4 Nd7 42. Qa2 Kh7 43. Qa8 Qc8 44. Qa7 Qb7 45. Qxb7 Nxb7 46. e4 Nd6 
47. e5 Nc4 48. f4 g5 49. Kf2 gxf4 50. gxf4 Kg7 51. Bf1 b5 52. Nd4 Ncb6 53. Bxb5 
Nf8 54. Bc6 f6 55. Nf3 Ng6 56. Ke3 Kf7 57. h4 Ne7 58. b5 Nf5+ 59. Kd3 Ke7 60. 
Be4 Ng3 61. Nd4 Nh5 62. Ne2 fxe5 63. fxe5 Kd7 64. Kd4 Kc7 65. Bf3 Ng7 66. Bg4 
Nd7 67. Nf4 Nf8 68. Nh5 Ne8 69. Nf6 Nxf6 70. exf6 Kd6 71. b6 Nd7 72. b7 Kc7 73. 
f7 Kxb7 74. Bxe6 Nf8 75. Ke5 1-0

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Thejkumar, M. S."]
[Black "Sammed Jaykumar, Shete"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

Walk Over

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Gomes, Mary Ann"]
[Black "Deepan, Chakkravarthy J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. c4 bxc4 5. Na3 e5 6. Nxc4 e4 7. Nd4 c5 8. Nf5 
d5 9. Qb3 Ba6 10. Qa4+ Qd7 11. Ncd6+ Bxd6 12. Nxd6+ Kf8 13. Qxd7 Nbxd7 14. a4 
Ne5 15. b3 Rb8 16. Ba3 Nfd7 17. d4 exd3 18. Bxd5 dxe2 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. axb5 Rxb5 
21. Kxe2 Ke7 22. f4 Nf6 23. Bc4 Nxc4 24. bxc4 Rb3 25. Bxc5+ Kd7 26. Rxa7+ Kc6 
27. Bd4 Re8+ 28. Kd2 Ne4+ 29. Kc2 Rb4 30. Rha1 Nc5 31. Bxc5 Kxc5 32. Rc7+ Kb6 
33. Raa7 Rxc4+ 34. Rxc4 Kxa7 35. Rc7+ Kb6 36. Rxf7 g5 37. fxg5 Re2+ 38. Kd3 Rxh2 
39. Ke3 Kc6 40. Rf8 Kd6 41. Re8 Rh1 42. Kf4 Kd7 43. Re3 Kd6 44. g6 hxg6 45. Kg5 
Rh3 46. Kxg6 Kd7 47. Kf6 Kd8 48. Kf5 Kd7 49. Kf4 Rh8 50. Re5 Rf8+ 51. Rf5 Rg8 
52. g4 Ke7 53. g5 Rg7 54. Kg4 Rh7 55. g6 Rh1 56. Kg5 Rh2 57. g7 Rg2+ 58. Kh6 
Rh2+ 59. Kg6 Rg2+ 60. Kh7 Rh2+ 61. Kg8 Rh1 62. Rf7+ Ke8 63. Rf4 Re1 64. Rh4 1-0

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Fenil, Shah"]
[Black "Swayams, Mishra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. exd4 Be7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. 
Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Ne5 Nc6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Bb3 Rd8 14. Rc1 Qe8 
15. Qf3 Rb8 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bf6 19. Bf4 Ra8 20. Bc7 Rd7 21. 
Qb3 Re7 22. Qb6 Qb5 23. Qxb5 axb5 24. b4 Be6 25. Rfd1 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Bb2 27. Rcd1 
h6 28. Ba5 Rae8 1/2-1/2

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Chakravarthi Reddy, M"]
[Black "Nitin, S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 Na6 7. g4 c5 8. d5 e6 
9. g5 Ne8 10. h4 exd5 11. cxd5 b5 12. Bxb5 Qa5 13. Ne2 Rb8 14. a4 Bg4 15. Bd2 
Nb4 16. O-O Bf3 17. Bf4 a6 18. Bc4 Qd8 19. Kh2 f6 20. Qd2 fxg5 21. Bxg5 Qd7 22. 
Rg1 Be5+ 23. Nf4 Nc2 24. Rac1 Nd4 25. Rg3 Ng7 26. Rcg1 Qf7 27. Ne6 Nh5 28. Kh3 
Nxg3 29. fxg3 Qd7 30. g4 Rf7 31. Bxa6 Nxe6 0-1

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Das, Arghyadip"]
[Black "Kushagra, Mohan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2159"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O c5 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 
Qb6 9. Nc2 Qc5 10. Ne3 d6 11. Bd2 Ng4 12. Nxg4 Bxg4 13. h3 Be6 14. b3 Qh5 15. e3 
Qxd1 16. Raxd1 Rac8 17. Nd5 Rfd8 18. f4 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 e6 20. Bf3 d5 21. cxd5 
exd5 22. Kg2 d4 23. Rc1 dxe3 24. Bxe3 Bd4 25. Bd2 Bb6 26. Bc3 Be3 27. Rcd1 Nd4 
28. Rd3 Nf5 29. Rfd1 Bb6 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 31. Rd3 Bb6 32. Bxb7 Re8 33. Kf3 h5 34. 
Bc6 Rc8 35. Bd7 Rc7 36. Bb5 Rxc3 37. Rxc3 Nd4+ 38. Ke4 Nxb5 39. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Kathmale, Sameer"]
[Black "Sunilduth Lyna, Narayanan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nge2 f5 6. d3 Nf6 7. Na4 fxe4 8. dxe4 
Bb4+ 9. Bd2 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. Bxb4 Nxb4 12. a3 Nc6 13. Qd3 Qd7 14. b3 Rf7 15. 
c4 Na5 16. Nb2 c5 17. f4 Bg4 18. Bf3 exf4 19. gxf4 Re8 20. Ng3 Nc6 21. Rae1 Bxf3 
22. Qxf3 Nd4 23. Qd3 Qh3 24. Nf5 Qg4+ 25. Qg3 Ne2+ 26. Rxe2 Qxe2 27. Nh6+ Kf8 
28. Nxf7 Nxe4 29. Qd3 Qxd3 30. Nxd3 Kxf7 31. Re1 Kf6 32. Kg2 Kf5 33. Re2 Re6 34. 
b4 b6 35. Kf3 g5 36. h3 h5 37. a4 gxf4 38. h4 Rg6 39. Rg2 Rxg2 40. Kxg2 Kg4 41. 
a5 bxa5 42. bxa5 f3+ 43. Kh2 Nd2 44. a6 Nxc4 0-1

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Gajwa, Ankit"]
[Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2267"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. a4 
O-O 9. Re1 d6 10. c3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 
Qxf6 16. Ne3 Qd8 17. Qd2 Nc6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. d4 exd4 
22. cxd4 g6 23. dxc5 dxc5 24. Rd1 Bg7 25. Qf4 Ne5 26. Nxe5 Rxe5 27. Ne3 Qe7 28. 
Ng4 Rg5 29. h4 Rh5 30. g3 c4 31. b3 c3 32. b4 Kh7 33. Rd6 Rf5 34. Qe3 Rxf2 35. 
Rxg6 fxg6 36. Nxf2 Qd6 37. h5 Be5 38. Qf3 Kg7 39. hxg6 Qxg6 40. Ng4 Bd4+ 41. Kg2 
Qg5 42. Qf4 Qxf4 43. gxf4 h5 44. Nh2 Bf6 45. Nf3 Bc6 46. Kg3 Be7 47. Nd4 Bd7 48. 
e5 h4+ 49. Kf3 Bxb4 50. Nf5+ Bxf5 51. Bxf5 Be7 52. Bc2 Kf7 53. f5 b4 54. Kg4 Kg7 
55. f6+ Bxf6 56. exf6+ Kxf6 57. Kxh4 Ke5 58. Kg3 Kd4 59. Kf2 Kc4 60. Ke2 b3 61. 
Kd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.16"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Nitin, S."]
[Black "Swapnil, S. Dhopade"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. 
Bg5 Qe7 9. Nd2 h6 10. Bh4 Nd8 11. Re1 Ne6 12. Nf1 Nf4 13. Ne3 c6 14. Bc4 Ng6 15. 
Bg3 Be6 16. Qf3 Nh7 17. Nf5 Qd7 18. Bb3 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Qxf5 20. exf5 Ne7 21. d4 
Nxf5 22. dxe5 Nxg3 23. hxg3 dxe5 24. Rxe5 Rfe8 25. Rae1 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Kf8 27. f3 
Nf6 28. Kf2 Nd7 29. Rh5 Ke7 30. g4 f6 31. f4 a5 32. a3 Kd6 33. Rh1 Re8 34. Rd1+ 
Kc7 35. Re1 Rxe1 36. Kxe1 Nc5 37. Ke2 Ne4 38. c4 a4 0-1

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.16"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Himanshu, Sharma"]
[Black "Gomes, Mary Ann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bg4 8. 
Nde2 Nc6 9. h3 Bd7 10. O-O O-O 11. a4 Rc8 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Na5 14. Ra2 Bf5 
15. b3 Qc7 16. c4 Qb6 17. Ra3 h5 18. Bd2 Bb2 19. Ra2 Bf6 20. Nc1 Qc7 21. Bh6 
Rfe8 22. g4 hxg4 23. hxg4 Bd7 24. Be4 e6 25. Qd3 exd5 26. Bxg6 Bxg4 27. Bf5 Bxf5 
28. Qxf5 Bg7 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Qg5+ Kf8 31. Qh6+ Ke7 32. Re1+ Kd7 33. Qh3+ Kc6 
34. Rxe8 Rxe8 35. Rc2 dxc4 36. b4 Re1+ 37. Kg2 Qd8 38. Qh5 Qg8+ 39. Kf3 Re5 40. 
Qg4 Rg5 41. Qd4 Rf5+ 42. Ke2 Qg2 43. Rc3 Re5+ 44. Re3 Rxe3+ 45. Qxe3 Qg4+ 46. f3 
Qg2+ 47. Ke1 Qh1+ 48. Kd2 Nb3+ 49. Nxb3 cxb3 50. Qe8+ Kd5 51. Qe4# 1-0

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.16"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Black "Sammed Jaykumar, Shete"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. Ne5 
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Rd1 e6 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. 
a4 Rab8 16. e3 b5 17. axb5 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Rxb5 19. Qa4 Qb7 20. Qxa7 Rxb2 21. Qxb7 
Rxb7 22. Rdb1 Rfb8 23. Rxb7 Rxb7 24. Ra2 Kf8 25. Bf3 h5 26. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.16"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Sunilduth Lyna, Narayanan"]
[Black "Fenil, Shah"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. a3 b5 8. Nxc6 
Qxc6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. Bd4 Nf6 12. Bf3 b4 13. axb4 Bxb4 14. Qg5 Qc4 15. 
O-O-O Nxe4 16. Qxg7 Rf8 17. Rd3 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Qa2 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Bb4 Rxc2+ 
21. Kxc2 Qc4+ 22. Qc3 Bxd3+ 23. Kd2 Rg8 24. Rc1 d5 25. Ba5 Qxc3+ 26. Rxc3 Bc4 
27. b3 Rxg2 28. bxc4 Rxf2+ 29. Ke3 Rxh2 30. Rc1 Rh3+ 31. Kd2 dxc4 32. Rxc4 Rh5 
33. Bc3 Kd7 34. Ra4 Rc5 35. Bd4 Rd5 36. Ke3 Rd6 37. Ke4 Rc6 38. Ra3 Ke7 39. Rh3 
a5 40. Rxh7 a4 41. Rh8 Ra6 42. Bc5+ Kf6 43. Ba3 Rc6 44. Bb2+ Ke7 45. Ra8 Rc4+ 
46. Kd3 Rc7 47. Rxa4 Rd7+ 48. Ke3 f6 49. Ke4 Kf7 50. Ra1 Rb7 51. Bd4 Rb4 52. Kd3 
e5 53. Bc5 Rh4 54. Ra6 Rf4 55. Be3 Rb4 56. Bd2 Rd4+ 57. Ke3 Rh4 58. Kf3 Rd4 59. 
Be3 Rc4 60. Bf2 Kg6 61. Kg2 Rc2 62. Kg3 Rc3+ 63. Kg4 Rc4+ 64. Kh3 Rc3+ 65. Bg3 
Kg5 66. Kg2 Rc2+ 67. Kh3 Rc3 68. Ra8 Kg6 69. Ra4 Rd3 70. Kg2 Rd2+ 71. Kf3 Rd3+ 
72. Kf2 Rd4 73. Ra6 Kg5 74. Ke3 Rb4 75. Be1 Rc4 76. Rb6 Kf5 77. Bb4 Re4+ 78. Kd3 
Rd4+ 79. Kc3 Rd7 80. Bd6 Ke6 81. Bc5+ Kf5 82. Bf2 Re7 83. Kd3 Re6 84. Rb8 Ra6 
85. Bc5 Ra4 86. Rb6 Rf4 87. Be7 Kg6 88. Ke3 Kf7 89. Bd8 Kg6 90. Ra6 Kf7 91. Bc7 
Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.16"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Debashis, Das"]
[Black "Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Ndb5 d6 11. Qd2 a6 12. Na3 Ne5 13. f3 Ned7 14. Rfd1 Ne8 15. 
Rac1 f5 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. Nc2 Nc7 18. Nd4 Rf6 19. b4 a5 20. a3 axb4 21. axb4 Kh8 
22. Bg5 Rf7 23. Nd5 Nf8 24. Nxb6 Rb8 25. Be3 Qe8 26. Nb3 Nfe6 27. Na5 Be5 28. 
Nxb7 Rxb7 29. c5 Nf4 30. c6 Rb8 31. Nd7 Nxe2+ 32. Qxe2 Rxb4 33. Nxe5 dxe5 34. 
Bc5 1-0

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.16"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Akash Pc, Iyer"]
[Black "Bakre, Tejas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qc2 g6 7. Bd3 c4 8. Be2 Bf5 
9. Qc1 Bg7 10. h3 O-O 11. O-O Qd8 12. Nbd2 b5 13. b3 Nd7 14. a4 a6 15. g4 Be6 
16. axb5 axb5 17. bxc4 bxc4 18. Qb2 Qb6 19. Qc2 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 f5 21. Ng5 Nd8 22. 
Qb1 Qc6 23. Ra7 h6 24. Rc7 Qa6 25. Nxe6 Nxe6 26. Rxd7 Nxf4 27. exf4 Qe6 28. Qb7 
Qxe2 29. Rxe7 Qd1+ 30. Nf1 Bf6 31. Qxd5+ Kh8 32. Rf7 Rxf7 33. Qxf7 Bg7 34. Qxg6 
Qc1 35. gxf5 Qxc3 36. f6 Bf8 37. f7 Bg7 38. f5 Qd3 39. Ng3 c3 40. Nh5 Qxd4 41. 
f6 Qd1+ 42. Kh2 Qd6+ 43. Ng3 1-0

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.16"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Swayams, Mishra"]
[Black "Ram, S. Krishnan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bd3 
O-O 9. O-O b6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bg3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bb7 13. Bc2 c5 14. Qe2 Nf6 15. 
e4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rc8 17. Be5 Rxc2 18. Qxc2 Bxe4 19. Qb3 Qa8 20. Rfc1 Rc8 21. 
Rxc8+ Qxc8 22. Nd2 Bd5 23. Qd3 Qc6 24. f3 b5 25. Nf1 Bc4 26. Qd2 Nd5 27. Ne3 
Nxe3 28. Qxe3 Bd8 29. Bg3 Bb6 30. Bf2 Qd5 31. a3 a5 32. Qe5 a4 33. Qb8+ Qd8 34. 
Qxd8+ Bxd8 35. Be1 Be7 36. Kf2 Kf8 37. Ke3 Ke8 38. Bc3 f6 39. Kd2 Kd7 40. Ba5 
Kc6 41. Kc3 Kd5 42. Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.16"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Pranavananda, V"]
[Black "Das, Arghyadip"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 a5 8. O-O a4 
9. a3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nb6 11. f4 g6 12. Qe1 Be7 13. Qf2 Na5 14. g4 f5 15. exf6 
Bxf6 16. f5 exf5 17. gxf5 gxf5 18. Qg2 Qe7 19. Kh1 Bd7 20. Ng3 O-O-O 21. Nf3 Nb3 
22. Nxf5 Bxf5 23. Bxf5+ Kb8 24. Bf4+ Ka7 25. Rae1 Qg7 26. Qe2 Nc4 27. Bc2 Nxd4 
28. Qf2 Rhe8 29. Bxa4 Re4 30. Nd2 Rxf4 31. Qxf4 Bg5 32. Qg4 Nxd2 33. Rf2 Ne4 34. 
Rg2 h5 35. Qd1 h4 36. Bc2 h3 37. Bxe4 hxg2+ 38. Bxg2 Bf4 39. Qa4+ Kb8 40. Re8 
Bc7 41. Bxd5 Qf6 42. Bg2 Qf4 43. Rxd8+ Bxd8 44. Qc4 Bc7 45. Kg1 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.16"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Kushagra, Mohan"]
[Black "Lalith, Babu M R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2159"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. h3 Bh5 8. c4 Nb6 
9. exd6 cxd6 10. a4 a5 11. Qb3 O-O 12. Be3 Na6 13. Qb5 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 d5 15. c5 
Nc4 16. Na3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Nb4 18. Rac1 Bg5 19. Rfe1 Qc7 20. Nc2 Nc6 21. Rb1 f5 
22. b4 axb4 23. Nxb4 Na5 24. Nc2 Bd8 25. Rb4 Qe7 26. Reb1 Bc7 27. Qd3 Qh4 28. 
Na3 g5 29. Nb5 Bg3 30. Nd6 g4 31. Nxf5 Rxf5 32. Bxg4 Rf6 33. Rb6 Bf2+ 34. Kh1 
Qxg4 0-1

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.16"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr."]
[Black "Moksh, Amit Doshi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4 
c5 9. Bb2 Qb6 10. Qc1 Ne4 11. e3 Nc6 12. Ne5 Nd6 13. Nd2 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nf5 15. 
Rb1 Qc7 16. e6 fxe6 17. Bxg7 Nxg7 18. Qa3 a6 19. Ne4 Ne8 20. Qxc5 Rf5 21. Qd4 
Nd6 22. Nxd6 exd6 23. Rb6 e5 24. Qxd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Rf8 26. Rb1 Ra7 27. Rdb6 Rd8 
28. Bd5+ Kh8 29. Kg2 1-0

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.16"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Swapnil, S. Dhopade"]
[Black "Himanshu, Sharma"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 dxc4 7. Nxf5 exf5 8. e3 
Nbd7 9. Bxc4 Nb6 10. Bb3 Be7 11. Bd2 Qd7 12. Qf3 a5 13. a3 a4 14. Ba2 O-O 15. 
O-O g6 16. Rfd1 Nbd5 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. Rc2 h5 19. Qg2 Bf8 20. Re1 Nc7 21. Rd1 
Ncd5 22. Re1 Nc7 23. Rd1 Ncd5 24. Re1 Nc7 25. Rd1 Ncd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.16"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Das, Arghyadip"]
[Black "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. a4 d6 6. c3 a6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Ba7 
9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. b4 Be6 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Bxc4 13. Nxc4 Qe6 14. Ne3 Bxe3 15. 
fxe3 Ne7 16. Rf1 Nd7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qb3 Qe6 19. Nd2 Qxb3 20. Nxb3 b6 21. Rfc1 
Rab8 22. Rc2 Rfc8 23. Nd2 Kf8 24. Kf2 Ke7 25. Ke2 c6 1/2-1/2

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.16"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Sammed Jaykumar, Shete"]
[Black "Debashis, Das"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. O-O e5 6. c3 f5 7. exf5 Be7 8. 
d4 e4 9. Nfd2 Nf6 10. f3 exf3 11. Nxf3 Bxf5 12. dxc5 O-O 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Bg5 
dxc5 15. Nf3 Rb8 16. Qe2 c4 17. Na3 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Rbe8 19. Nxc4 Qa6 20. b3 Bc5 
21. Qd3 Be6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Nd4 Bd5 24. Rf4 Kh8 25. Nf5 Rg8 26. Ng3 Rg6 27. a4 
Qc8 28. b4 Bxc4 29. Rxc4 Bb6 30. a5 Bc7 31. Rxc6 Qb8 32. Rf1 Bxg3 33. hxg3 Rxg3 
34. Qf5 Reg8 35. Qxf6+ R3g7 36. a6 Qg3 37. Rf2 Re8 38. Re2 Rg8 39. Rce6 Qg5 40. 
Qxg5 Rxg5 41. Re8 1-0

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.16"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Shyaamnikhil, P"]
[Black "Akash Pc, Iyer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. a4 a6 7. Nbd2 Ba7 8. a5 O-O 
9. O-O Ne7 10. Re1 Ng6 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Be3 Bxc4 13. dxc4 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Qd7 15. 
N3d2 Kh8 16. Rf3 Nf4 17. Ne3 Ne6 18. Rh3 Nf4 19. Rf3 Ne6 20. Rh3 Nf4 21. Rf3 Ne6 
22. Rh3 Nf4 23. Rf3 Ne6 24. Rh3 Nf4 25. Rf3 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.16"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Navalgund, Niranjan"]
[Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bg5 a6 5. a4 Nf6 6. e5 Nfd7 7. f4 dxe5 8. fxe5 
c5 9. e6 fxe6 10. dxc5 Nc6 11. Nf3 Qa5 12. Qd2 Qb4 13. Nd1 Nxc5 14. Be3 Ne4 15. 
Qxb4 Nxb4 16. Rc1 Bd7 17. c3 Nd5 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Nc5 20. a5 Nf4 21. Rc2 e5 
22. g3 Nfd3+ 23. Kd2 exd4 24. cxd4 Nb3+ 25. Kc3 Rc8+ 26. Kxb3 Nc1+ 27. Rxc1 Rxc1 
28. Bg2 e5 29. d5 Ke7 30. Nc3 Rxh1 31. Bxh1 Bf5 32. Ka3 Kd6 33. b4 Rc8 34. Kb3 
Bd3 35. Kb2 Rc4 36. Kb3 Rd4 0-1

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.16"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Chakravarthi Reddy, M"]
[Black "Sunilduth Lyna, Narayanan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 d5 4. a3 cxd4 5. exd4 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. Be3 e6 8. O-O 
Bd6 9. Nbd2 Qc7 10. h3 Bh5 11. Rc1 O-O 12. c3 Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. c4 dxc4 15. 
Nxc4 Rfc8 16. Nce5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nd5 18. Qe2 b6 19. Bd2 Qd7 20. Rc4 Nce7 21. 
Rfc1 Rxc4 22. Rxc4 Rc8 23. Bg5 b5 24. Rxc8+ Nxc8 25. Be3 a6 26. Bc5 Qc7 27. b4 
Ncb6 28. Qe4 Nd7 29. Qd4 Nxc5 30. bxc5 a5 31. Nd2 f6 32. exf6 gxf6 33. Ne4 Qe5 
34. Qd3 f5 35. Nd6 Qe1+ 36. Kh2 Qxf2 37. Qxb5 Qf4+ 38. Kg1 Qe3+ 39. Kh2 Qe5+ 40. 
Kg1 Qe3+ 41. Kh2 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.16"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Lalith, Babu M R"]
[Black "Fenil, Shah"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. c4 d6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 
Re8 9. h3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Re1 Nfd7 12. Be3 Ne5 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. Rad1 Qc8 
15. Kh2 Nc6 16. Qc2 a6 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Nd5 Nd7 19. f4 b6 20. Qf2 b5 21. Rc1 
bxc4 22. Rxc4 Bxd5 23. exd5 Qb7 24. b3 Re7 25. Bd2 Rae8 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27. Be3 
Nf6 28. Qd2 Qa8 29. Bf3 Qe8 30. Bg1 h5 31. Qc2 Nxd5 32. Bf2 Ne3 33. Bxe3 Rxe3 
34. Re4 Rxe4 35. Qxe4 Qxe4 36. Bxe4 c5 37. Kg2 Kf8 38. Bd5 Ke7 39. Kf3 Bd4 
1/2-1/2

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.16"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Gajwa, Ankit"]
[Black "Deepan, Chakkravarthy J."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2267"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qe2 d6 8. Be3 
Nf6 9. N1d2 Nc6 10. Nc4 Nd7 11. a4 Nce5 12. f4 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. O-O Nf6 15. 
Bd3 e5 16. a5 Bg4 17. Qe1 Bd7 18. Nd2 Bc6 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Qg3 Bb5 21. Nc4 Bxc4 
22. Bxc4 Qc7 23. Bd3 Bc5 24. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 25. Kh1 Ne8 26. Rf5 f6 27. Raf1 Rc8 28. 
b3 Qxa5 29. Rh5 g6 30. Rxh7 Kxh7 31. Qh3+ Kg7 32. Qxc8 Qc7 33. Qg4 Nd6 34. Qe6 
Rf7 35. h3 Qe7 36. Qg4 Qd7 37. Qg3 a5 38. Ra1 b6 39. Qe3 Qc7 40. Qe2 Qc6 41. Qg4 
Qd7 42. Qg3 Qc8 43. Qe3 Qc6 44. Kh2 Rf8 45. Rf1 Qc7 46. Kh1 b5 47. Qe2 Qc6 48. 
Qg4 Nf7 49. Qe2 Nd6 50. Qg4 Qc8 51. Qe2 Qb7 52. Qg4 a4 53. bxa4 bxa4 54. Ra1 Ra8 
55. Qe6 Qc7 56. Rf1 Qd8 57. Ra1 a3 58. Qb3 Qa5 59. Qe6 Qc7 60. Qb3 Qc5 61. Qa2 Qd4 62. Rb1 Nxe4 63. Rb7+ Kh6 64. Bxe4 Qxe4 65. Rb3 Qc4 66. h4 Ra4 67. Qa1 a2 0-1

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.16"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Tiwari, Arjun"]
[Black "Swayams, Mishra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 b6 5. c3 c5 6. Be2 Bb7 7. O-O Be7 8. Qa4+ 
Nc6 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qc2 O-O 12. f4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Qb7 14. e5 Nd5 15. 
Nf3 b5 16. c4 Nb4 17. Qc3 Be4 18. Ne1 bxc4 19. Bxc4 Nd5 20. Qg3 Nb6 21. Bd3 c4 
22. Bc2 Bxc2 23. Nxc2 Qe4 24. Qf2 Nd5 25. Re1 Qg6 26. Be3 Rab8 27. Rab1 a5 28. 
Kh1 Rfc8 29. Rf1 Qe4 30. Bd4 Nb4 31. Nxb4 axb4 32. Rbe1 Qf5 33. Qf3 h5 34. h3 
Rd8 35. Ba7 Rd3 36. Qc6 Rbd8 37. Qxc4 Rxh3+ 38. Kg1 Rhd3 39. Bb6 R8d5 40. Qe4 
Rb5 41. Qc6 Rdd5 42. Rc1 Kh7 43. Be3 Bh4 44. Bc5 Qd3 45. Bf2 Bxf2+ 46. Rxf2 Qe3 
47. Kf1 Rbc5 0-1

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Himanshu, Sharma"]
[Black "Sammed Jaykumar, Shete"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qf6 6. d4 exd4 7. Bg5 Qd6 8.
Nxd4 Bd7 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Be3 O-O-O 11. f4 Nh6 12. h3 Rhe8 13. Qe2 Qf6 14. a3 Bc5
15. Rad1 Kb8 16. Qf2 Bb6 17. b4 Bf5 18. e5 Qg6 19. Nxf5 Nxf5 20. Bxb6 cxb6 21.
Qxb6 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Qg3 23. Ne4 Qe3+ 24. Qxe3 Nxe3 25. Rd7 f6 26. Nd6 Re6 27.
Rxb7+ Ka8 28. Rxg7 fxe5 29. fxe5 Rxe5 30. Rxh7 Nxc2 31. Rc7 Nd4 32. Nc4 Re2 33.
Rd7 Nf5 34. Na5 Rc2 35. Rc7 Nd4 36. h4 Kb8 37. Rf7 c5 38. h5 cxb4 39. axb4 Ne2+
40. Kh2 Rd2 41. Rf2 1-0

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr."]
[Black "Swapnil, S. Dhopade"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Na3 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Nd5 11. Qa4 Nb6 12. Qa5 Bb7 13. Rd1 Qc8 14. e4
Rd8 15. Be3 Ba6 16. a4 Bb7 17. Rdc1 Rd7 18. Rab1 Qf8 19. h4 Qa3 20. h5 h6 21.
Bf3 Bc8 22. Bd1 Qd6 23. Bc2 f6 24. Bf4 Qe7 25. Be3 Rd8 26. Rd1 Re8 27. f4 f5
28. Re1 fxe4 29. Bxe4 Nd5 30. Bf2 Rd8 31. Re2 Qa3 32. Bg6 Qf3 33. Rbe1 Bd7 34.
Qc5 Qg4 35. Kh2 c3 36. Be4 Qxh5+ 37. Kg2 Qg4 38. Bxd5 exd5 39. Qxc3 Bf5 40.
Qxc6 Be4+ 41. Rxe4 dxe4 42. Rxe4 Qd7 43. Qc4+ Qd5 44. Qxd5+ Rxd5 45. Re7 Rc8
46. Kf3 Ra5 47. g4 Rxa4 48. f5 Ra3+ 49. Kf4 Rxa2 50. Bh4 Ra5 51. Ke4 Ra2 52.
Kf4 Ra5 53. Ke4 Ra2 54. Kf4 Rf8 55. Rxc7 g5+ 56. Bxg5 hxg5+ 57. Kxg5 Ra6 58. d5
Rf7 59. Rc8+ Kg7 60. Rd8 Rff6 61. Rd7+ Rf7 62. Rd8 Rff6 63. Rd7+ Kf8 64. Rc7
Rfd6 65. Rc5 Ke7 66. Kf4 Ra4+ 67. Kg5 Rd4 68. Rc7+ Rd7 69. Rc6 R7xd5 70. Re6+
Kf7 71. Rf6+ Kg7 72. Rg6+ Kf7 73. Rf6+ Ke7 74. Re6+ Kf8 75. Rf6+ Ke8 76. Re6+
Kd8 77. Ra6 Rd7 78. f6 Ke8 79. Kh5 R4d6 0-1

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Akash Pc, Iyer"]
[Black "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 c6 6. a3 Ba5 7. b4 Bc7 8. e4 e5
9. d5 d6 10. g3 cxd5 11. cxd5 a5 12. Rb1 axb4 13. axb4 Bb6 14. h3 Nh5 15. Na4
Bxf2+ 16. Kxf2 f5 17. Bg2 f4 18. Bf3 fxg3+ 19. Kg2 Rxf3 20. Kxf3 Qf6+ 21. Ke3
Qf2+ 22. Kd2 g2 23. Rg1 Ng3 24. Nac3 Bxh3 25. Qe1 Nf1+ 26. Kd1 Qf3 27. Kc2 Nd7
28. Qd1 Rc8 29. Qd3 Qg4 30. Rb3 Nh2 31. Kb2 Rf8 32. Nd1 Nf3 33. Be3 Nxg1 34.
Bxg1 Qh5 35. Nf2 Bg4 36. Ng3 Qh4 37. Nxg4 Qxg4 38. Nf5 Nf6 39. Nxd6 Nh5 40. Nf5
Nf4 41. Qf3 Qxf3 42. Rxf3 g6 43. Nh6+ Kg7 44. Ng4 Ne2 45. Rxf8 Kxf8 46. Bc5+
Ke8 47. Nxe5 g1=Q 48. Bxg1 Nxg1 49. Kc3 g5 50. Kd3 h5 51. Ke3 Ke7 52. Nf3 Nxf3
53. Kxf3 Kd6 54. Ke3 h4 55. Kf3 h3 56. Kg3 g4 57. Kh2 Ke5 58. Kg3 b6 59. Kh2
Kxe4 60. d6 Kf3 61. d7 g3+ 62. Kxh3 g2 63. d8=Q g1=Q 64. Qd5+ Kf4 65. Qc4+ Ke5
66. Qb5+ Ke4 67. Qc6+ Ke5 68. Qb5+ Kd6 69. Qd3+ Kc6 70. Qc4+ Kd6 71. Qd3+ Ke5
72. Qb5+ Ke4 73. Qc6+ Kd3 74. b5 Ke2 75. Kh4 Kd3 76. Kh3 Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Deepan, Chakkravarthy J."]
[Black "Das, Arghyadip"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c4 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 Re8 11. a3 c4 12. Bc2 Nf8 13. b3 cxb3 14. Nxb3 Bg4 15.
h3 Be6 16. Nh2 a5 17. Be3 Nd7 18. g4 f6 19. f4 a4 20. Nd2 fxe5 21. dxe5 d4 22.
Bf2 Nc5 23. Ne4 Nb3 24. Rb1 Bc4 25. Bd3 b5 26. Nf3 Rf8 27. Neg5 Bxg5 28. Nxg5
h6 29. Ne4 Rxf4 30. Bg3 Bxd3 31. Qxd3 Nxe5 32. Qxb5 Nf3+ 33. Kh1 Rf8 34. Rf1
Nfd2 35. Rxf8+ Qxf8 36. Nxd2 Nxd2 37. Qd5+ Kh8 38. Rd1 Nb3 39. Be5 Re8 40. Kg2
Qg8 41. Qd6 Kh7 42. Kg3 Qc4 43. Bxd4 Nxd4 44. Qxd4 Qxd4 45. Rxd4 Re3+ 46. Kg2
Rxa3 47. h4 Ra1 48. h5 Kg8 49. Rf4 Ra2+ 50. Kg3 Ra1 51. Kg2 a3 52. Rf3 g5 53.
hxg6 Kg7 54. Rf5 Kxg6 55. Ra5 Kf6 56. Kh2 Ke6 57. Kg2 Kd6 58. Ra6+ Kc5 59. Rxh6
Rd1 60. Ra6 Rd2+ 61. Kf3 a2 62. g5 Kb4 63. g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Swayams, Mishra"]
[Black "Kamdar, Udit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "1947"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. Ne5 h5 11. h4 g4 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. e5 Nd5 15. Ne4
O-O-O 16. Qd2 Qc7 17. a4 a6 18. Rfd1 Nb6 19. Bf1 Nxa4 20. Nd6+ Rxd6 21. exd6
Bxd6 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Bxc4 Rd8 24. Bb3 c5 25. Bxa4 Qd5 26. f3 gxf3 27. Qc2 Rg8
28. Rd2 c4 29. Rf1 bxa4 30. Qh7 Rxg2+ 31. Rxg2 Qxd4+ 32. Rgf2 Qg4+ 33. Kh2
Qxh4+ 34. Kg1 Qg3+ 35. Kh1 Qh3+ 36. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Sunilduth Lyna, Narayanan"]
[Black "Ram, S. Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O g6 7. b3 Bg7 8. Ba3
Bf8 9. Bxf8 Kxf8 10. Nc3 b6 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. f4 a6 15.
cxd5 cxd5 16. Ne2 Kg7 17. Nd4 Rc8 18. Qg4 Re8 19. h4 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Nc5 21. Bb1
a5 22. h5 Bc8 23. Nc6 Qc7 24. Qg5 Nd7 25. Rc2 Bb7 26. Nxa5 Qb8 27. Nc6 Bxc6 28.
Rxc6 Rc8 29. Rd6 Rc1+ 30. Kh2 h6 31. Qe7 Nxe5 32. fxe5 Rxb1 1-0

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Shashikant, Kutwal"]
[Black "Lalith, Babu M R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. a3 d6 10. Bd2 Nb8 11. Ne2 Nbd7 12. Ng3 d5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Nxd5
15. Re1 Bd6 16. c4 N5b6 17. Qc2 c6 18. Nf5 Qf6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Rac1 Qf6 21.
Ba5 Rfe8 22. cxb5 cxb5 23. Qc7 Rac8 24. Qb7 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 e4 26. Re1 Rc8 27.
Qxe4 h6 28. Bc3 Qc6 29. Qg4 Nf6 30. Qf5 Nbd5 31. Bd4 Rd8 32. Ne5 Qd6 33. h3 Ne7
0-1

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Debashis, Das"]
[Black "Chakravarthi Reddy, M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 a6 5. Nbd2 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. Qc2 e6 8. h3
Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 Bd6 12. b3 Nbd7 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. e4 Nxe4 15.
Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Qa5+ 17. Kf1 Ba3 18. Bc3 Bb4 19. Bb2 Ba3 20. Qc3 Bb4 21. Qc1
e5 22. a3 Bd6 23. Qe1 Qxe1+ 24. Rxe1 O-O 25. d5 Nf6 26. dxc6 Nxe4 27. cxb7 Nd2+
28. Ke2 Rcd8 29. Kxd2 Bb4+ 30. Kc2 Bxe1 31. Rxe1 f6 32. c5 Rf7 33. Rd1 Rb8 34.
b4 Rc7 35. Kb3 Rbxb7 36. Kc4 Kf7 37. a4 Ke7 38. Rd6 Ra7 39. Bc1 Rd7 40. Be3 Ra8
41. Rb6 Kd8 42. c6 Rda7 43. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Sankalp, Gupta"]
[Black "Shyaamnikhil, P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Ne4 Nxe4
15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Qd5 17. Be3 Qb5 18. c4 Qf5+ 19. Qc2 Qxc2+ 20. Kxc2 b5 21.
Kb1 a5 22. Ne5 Ra6 23. g4 bxc4 24. Rc1 Bd6 25. Nxc4 Bc7 26. f3 Nd5 27. Rhe1 f6
28. Bd2 Kf7 29. Re2 a4 30. Rce1 Bg3 31. Rg1 Bc7 32. Rge1 Bg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Nitin, S."]
[Black "Lokesh, N."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Ne2 Bg4 8. c3
Bc5 9. Ng3 Nh5 10. Bxc6 Nxg3 11. hxg3 bxc6 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bb6 14. Be3 Qf6
15. Rc1 Rfe8 16. e5 dxe5 17. dxe5 Rxe5 18. Rxc6 Re6 19. Rxe6 Bxe6 20. Bd4 Bxd4
21. Qxd4 Qxd4 22. Nxd4 Bxa2 23. Ra1 Be6 24. Nb5 h6 25. Nxc7 Rb8 26. Nxe6 fxe6
27. Rxa7 Rxb2 28. Re7 Rb1+ 29. Kh2 Re1 30. g4 Kh7 31. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Swapnil, S. Dhopade"]
[Black "Sunilduth Lyna, Narayanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. a4 e5 10. Bxc4 a5 11. Ba2 h6 12. h3 Re8 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd4 Ned7 15.
Nf5 Nc5 16. Nxh6+ gxh6 17. Qg6+ Kh8 18. Bxf7 Bf8 19. e4 Be6 20. Bxe8 Nxe8 21.
Bxh6 Qf6 22. Qxf6+ Nxf6 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. f3 Nh5 25. Ne2 Nd3 26. Rfd1 Nxb2 27.
Rdb1 Nc4 28. Rxb7 Rd8 29. Re7 Bg8 30. g4 Rd2 31. Re1 Nb2 32. gxh5 Nd3 33. Kf1
Bc4 34. Rd7 c5 35. Rb1 1-0

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Lalith, Babu M R"]
[Black "Himanshu, Sharma"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "ADMINISTRATOR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. c5
Qd8 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. Nc3 b6 11. cxb6 axb6 12. Rfc1 Ba6 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 e6
15. e3 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. a4 Qe7 18. Qd1 Qb4 19. b3 Rfc8 20. Na2 Qd6 21. b4
Bc4 22. Rcb1 c5 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Nc3 Ra5 25. Rb2 cxd4 26. Qxd4+ Qe5 27. Qd2
Nc5 28. Ra3 Rca8 29. Rb4 Rb8 30. Rxb8 Qxb8 31. Ra1 Qa7 32. Qd4+ f6 33. Bf1 e5
34. Qd1 Bb3 35. Qd2 Nxa4 36. Nb5 Qb6 37. Qb4 Bc4 38. Qe7+ Kh6 39. Nd6 Ra6 40.
Qf8+ Kh5 41. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Black "Swayams, Mishra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. c3 Qc7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 d6 8. Na3 a6
9. Re1 Ne4 10. d5 Nd7 11. Nc4 b6 12. Qc2 f5 13. Ng5 Nxg5 14. Bxg5 Nf6 15. Bxf6
Bxf6 16. e4 fxe4 17. Nd2 e5 18. Bxe4 Bd7 19. Qd3 Rf7 20. Nf1 Be7 21. b4 c4 22.
Qe2 Raf8 23. Ne3 Rxf2 24. Qxf2 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 Bg5 26. Kg2 Qc8 27. h4 Bxe3 28.
Rxe3 Bf5 29. Rd1 Qd7 30. Ra1 Kg7 31. Ra2 Qb7 32. Rd2 Qd7 33. Ra2 Qb7 34. Rd2
Bd7 35. Ra2 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Gomes, Mary Ann"]
[Black "Debashis, Das"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. b3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. d3 c5
9. e3 Nc6 10. Na3 Rc8 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Rfd1 Rfd8 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nc4 b5 15.
Nce5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Qb6 17. Rac1 h6 18. Ba1 Nf6 19. d4 a6 20. dxc5 Rxd1+ 21.
Qxd1 Rxc5 22. Bd4 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Qc6 24. Qxc6 Bxc6 25. Ne5 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Nd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Fenil, Shah"]
[Black "Deepan, Chakkravarthy J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qd6 8.
Qe2 Qc7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Rad1 a6 13. Bd3 Re8 14. Bh4 Nf8
15. Bg3 Qa5 16. Ne5 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Qc5 18. Nc4 a5 19. Nd6 Bxd6 20. Bxd6 Qb6 21.
c4 Qa6 22. Bd3 Qc6 23. Be4 Qa6 24. Bc5 a4 25. Rfe1 Qa5 26. Qe3 Ra6 27. Bd6 Qb6
28. Qc3 Ng6 29. c5 Qa7 30. Bc7 Nf8 31. Bb6 Qa8 32. Bd3 Bd7 33. Bxa6 Qxa6 34.
Bc7 Bc6 35. Bd6 Ng6 36. Rd3 f6 37. Bg3 Kf7 38. Rd6 Qb5 39. Rd4 Bd5 40. Rb4 Qc6
41. Rb6 Qc8 42. b3 h5 43. Rb4 axb3 44. axb3 Ne7 45. Rc1 g5 46. h4 Rg8 47. hxg5
Rxg5 48. Rd1 Ng6 49. c6 Qxc6 50. Qxc6 Bxc6 51. Rxb7+ Bxb7 52. Rd7+ Ke8 53. Rxb7
e5 54. Kf1 Rg4 55. Bh2 Nh4 56. Rh7 Rxg2 57. Bg3 Rxg3 58. fxg3 Nf5 59. Kf2 Nd4
60. b4 f5 61. Rxh5 Ke7 62. Rh6 f4 63. gxf4 exf4 64. Rh4 Ne6 65. Kf3 Kd6 66. Ke4
Kd7 67. Rh6 Nc7 68. Rf6 f3 69. Rxf3 Kc6 70. Rf5 Ne8 71. Kd4 Kb6 72. Re5 Nd6 73.
Re6 Kc7 74. Kc5 Nc8 75. Rc6+ Kb7 1-0

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Das, Arghyadip"]
[Black "Akash Pc, Iyer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. d3 Nc6 7. f5 b5 8. Bb3 Na5
9. Bg5 Nxb3 10. axb3 Bb7 11. Qe2 h6 12. Bh4 Qe7 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Bb6 15.
Rf1 Qd7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qe4 a5 18. Nd2 Rg8 19. g3 Ke7 20. Ke2 Qe8 21. b4 h5
22. bxa5 Bxa5 23. c3 Rg4 24. Qf3 Qh8 25. Ne4 Rgg8 26. Ra3 b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Ravi, Teja S."]
[Black "Sammed Jaykumar, Shete"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Bf5 8. Bb2
Nbd7 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. e3 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Be4 12. Qe2 dxc4 13. bxc4 Nc5 14. Rfd1 Na4
15. Be1 Qc7 16. Rac1 c5 17. Bh3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Rfd8 19. d5 a6 20. Qe2 Rab8 21.
Rb1 Nc3 22. Bxc3 Bxc3 23. Rb3 Bf6 24. Rdb1 b5 25. cxb5 c4 26. b6 Qc5 27. Rc1 c3
28. Qxa6 Rxd5 29. b7 Rd2 30. Qb5 Qd6 31. Rbxc3 Bxc3 32. Rxc3 Qf6 33. Rc8+ Kg7
34. f4 Rb2 35. Qe8 Rb1+ 36. Bf1 Rxf1+ 37. Kxf1 Qa1+ 38. Kg2 Qxa2+ 39. Kf3 Qd5+
40. e4 Qd3+ 41. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Sankalp, Gupta"]
[Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Bf5 11. Be3 d5 12. c5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qa4 Bd3 15.
Rfd1 Qe8 16. Ne1 Nxd4 17. Qxe8 Rfxe8 18. Nxd3 cxd3 19. Rxd3 Nc2 20. Rad1 Rac8
21. Na4 Nxe3 22. Rxe3 Rc7 23. Red3 Bf6 24. Rd7 Rec8 25. Rd8+ Rxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Shyaamnikhil, P"]
[Black "Wagh, Suyog"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Qe2 d6 7. Nc3 Be7 8.
b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Nd7 10. f4 Nc5 11. Qf3 a5 12. Rd1 Bd7 13. Bc4 Qc8 14. Qg3 Bf6 15.
e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Be7 17. e6 Nxe6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Nd5 Rf7 20. Nxe7+ Rxe7 21.
O-O e5 22. Rde1 Qe8 23. Bxe5 Qg6 24. Qxg6 hxg6 25. Bxc7 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 a4 27. b4
Re8 28. Rxe8+ Bxe8 29. a3 Kf7 30. Kf2 Ke6 31. Ke3 g5 32. c4 Bf7 33. Kd4 g4 34.
Be5 g6 35. Kc5 Kd7 36. b5 cxb5 37. cxb5 Kc8 38. Kc6 Be8+ 39. Kb6 Bf7 40. Kc6
Be8+ 41. Kc5 Bf7 42. Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Kamdar, Udit"]
[Black "Swapnil, S. Dhopade"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1947"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc8 8.
Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne5 Bh5 12. Qc2 Bg6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Nf3
Nh5 15. Be3 Bd6 16. g3 a6 17. Rae1 b5 18. a3 Qb7 19. Qe2 Rfe8 20. Bc1 Nf6 21.
Ne5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Nd7 23. f4 Nc5 24. Bb1 d4 25. cxd4 Nxd4 26. Qf2 Rad8 27. b4
Na4 28. g4 Nc3 29. Bb2 Nxb1 30. Rxb1 Qd5 31. Bxd4 Qxd4 32. Rbc1 Qxf2+ 33. Rxf2
Rd3 34. Rc7 Rxa3 35. Rd2 Rb3 36. Rdd7 Rf8 37. f5 gxf5 38. gxf5 exf5 39. e6 Re3
40. exf7+ Kh7 41. Rc6 Re4 42. Rxa6 Rxb4 43. Re6 g6 44. Kf2 Kg7 45. Rdd6 Rf4+
46. Ke2 Rg4 47. Rb6 Rxf7 48. h3 Rg3 49. Kf2 f4 50. h4 Rf5 51. Re7+ Kh6 52. Re8
Rc5 53. Re2 Kh5 54. Rf6 Rg4 55. Ree6 Rc2+ 56. Kf3 Rc3+ 57. Kf2 Kxh4 58. Rxg6
Rxg6 59. Rxg6 b4 60. Rg8 b3 61. Rg7 Kh5 62. Rg8 Rc1 63. Rb8 Rb1 64. Kg2 b2 0-1

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Himanshu, Sharma"]
[Black "Fenil, Shah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 a6 7. N5c3 Nf6 8. Be2
Be7 9. O-O b6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Nd7 12. Rd1 Bb7 13. a3 Rc8 14. Qa2 Qc7 15.
Nd2 Bf6 16. Rac1 Qb8 17. b4 Nd4 18. Bf1 Bc6 19. Ndb1 e5 20. f3 b5 21. cxb5 axb5
22. Ne2 Nxe2+ 23. Bxe2 Be7 24. Nc3 Nf6 25. Bf1 Qb7 26. Qe2 Rb8 27. Bf2 Rfe8 28.
Qd3 Red8 29. Qc2 Rbc8 30. Qe2 Rb8 31. Rc2 Qa8 32. Ra2 Bd7 33. Raa1 Qb7 34. Qb2
Be8 35. Qb3 Bc6 36. Rac1 d5 37. exd5 Nxd5 38. Ne4 Nf4 39. Nc5 Rxd1 40. Rxd1 Qc8
41. Nd3 Nxd3 42. Bxd3 Bd7 43. Qd5 Be6 44. Qe4 f5 45. Qxe5 Bf6 46. Qe3 Bb2 47.
Bh4 Qd7 48. Qe2 Bb3 49. Bc2 Qa7+ 50. Bf2 Qxa3 51. Bxb3+ Qxb3 52. Rb1 Rc8 53. h4
Qc2 54. Rxb2 Qc1+ 55. Kh2 1-0

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Debashis, Das"]
[Black "Lalith, Babu M R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. d3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. a3
O-O 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. Be2 a5 11. O-O f5 12. Re1 f4 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 fxe3 15.
fxe3 Bf5 16. b4 e4 17. dxe4 Bxe4 18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. Bxg7+ Qxg7 20. Rac1 axb4 21.
axb4 h6 22. b5 Ne5 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Qc3 Qxc3 25. Rxc3 c6 26. bxc6 Bxc6 27. Rb1
Kg7 28. Bf3 Bxf3 29. gxf3 Rxf3 30. Rxb7+ Rf7 31. Rxf7+ Kxf7 32. Kf2 Ra6 33. Kg3
Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Sriram, Jha"]
[Black "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Be7 5. h3 O-O 6. Nbd2 b6 7. c3 cxd4 8. exd4
d6 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. O-O Nc7 12. a4 Ncd5 13. Bh2 a6 14. Qb3 Rb8 15.
c4 Nc7 16. Qd3 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. b3 Rb7 19. Ra2 h6 20. Rfa1 Qd7 21. Ra7 Rfb8
22. Rxb7 Rxb7 23. Bf4 bxc4 24. bxc4 Qc6 25. Rb1 Rxb1+ 26. Qxb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Swayams, Mishra"]
[Black "Gomes, Mary Ann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 h6 5. Be3 Nfd7 6. f4 c5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Nc3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Qd2 g5 11. g3 gxf4 12. gxf4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Qh4+ 14. Bf2
Bxf2+ 15. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 16. Kxf2 f6 17. Bh3 fxe5 18. Bxe6 Nb6 19. Bxd5 Rf8 20.
Rhe1 Rxf4+ 21. Bf3 Nc4 22. Nd5 Rf7 23. Kg2 Be6 24. b3 Nd2 25. Rxe5 Kd7 26. Bh5
Rg8+ 27. Kh1 Ne4 28. h3 Ng3+ 29. Kh2 Rf2+ 30. Kg1 Rf5 31. Bg4 Rxe5 32. Nf6+ Ke7
33. Nxg8+ Bxg8 34. Rd1 Be6 35. Bf3 b6 36. Kf2 Ne4+ 37. Bxe4 Rxe4 38. Rd3 Kf6
39. Rc3 Rd4 40. Kg3 h5 41. Rc7 h4+ 42. Kg2 Rd7 43. Rc3 Rd2+ 44. Kg1 Bf5 45. Rc7
Rd7 46. Rc3 Rd1+ 47. Kf2 Rd2+ 48. Kf3 Rxc2 49. Rxc2 Bxc2 50. Kg4 Ke5 51. Kxh4
Kd4 52. Kg5 Kc3 53. Kf4 Kb2 54. Ke5 Kxa2 55. b4 Kb3 56. b5 Kc4 0-1

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Nitin, S."]
[Black "Koustav, Chatterjee"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2108"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Qc7 5. O-O a6 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 e5 8. h3 Nf6
9. d4 Be7 10. a4 O-O 11. Na3 Bd7 12. d5 Na5 13. Bg5 c4 14. Nd2 Nxd5 15. h4 Nf6
16. Nc2 Bg4 17. Bf3 Be6 18. Bg2 Bg4 19. Bf3 Be6 20. Bg2 Bg4 21. Bf3 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Das, Arghyadip"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. e3 Bd7 11. Qe2 Qa5 12. Bb2 Qa4 13. Rfd1 Rac8 14. d5
exd5 15. c4 Qa6 16. Qf1 d4 17. exd4 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Ba4 20. Re1 Bc5
21. Bxc5 Rxc5 22. Re7 Bc6 23. Bxc6 Qxc6 24. Qg2 Qxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Satyapragyan, Swayangsu"]
[Black "Akash Pc, Iyer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 d6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 a6 8. Bxc6
Bxc6 9. Bg5 exd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 O-O 13. Rxe7 Qxe7 14. Nd5
Qd8 15. Qd4 c5 16. Qh4 Nxd5 17. Bxd8 Raxd8 18. Qe4 Nb4 19. c3 Nc6 20. f6 gxf6
21. Re1 Ne5 22. f4 Ng6 23. f5 Ne5 24. Qh4 Kg7 25. Re3 1-0

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Dixit, Nikhil"]
[Black "Ravi, Teja S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2121"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nf6 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. f4 Be7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. c4 Qc7
15. Bc3 b5 16. Qf3 bxc4 17. Ne2 Nd5 18. g4 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qb6 20. Rd4 Rab8 21.
g5 h5 22. f5 g6 23. Rxc4 Ba3 24. bxa3 Qb1+ 25. Kd2 Qxa2+ 26. Kd3 Rfd8 27. Rd4
Nxc3 28. fxg6 fxg6 29. Nxc3 Rxd4+ 30. Kxd4 Rd8+ 31. Kc5 Qxa3+ 32. Kxc6 Qa6+ 33.
Kc5 Qb6+ 0-1

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Sammed Jaykumar, Shete"]
[Black "Shyaamnikhil, P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Nd5
Nxd5 9. Qxd5 Qc7 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Qd1 Nd7 12. Be2 g6 13. O-O Rc8 14. Bg5 Be7 15.
Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Qd2 Rcg8 17. Rad1 g5 18. Qe3 Qc5 19. Qxc5 Nxc5 20. Rd2 Rc8 21.
Rfd1 Rc6 22. a4 Nd7 23. Nd5+ Bxd5 24. exd5 Rc5 25. c4 a5 26. Rb1 Rc7 27. b4
axb4 28. Rxb4 Nc5 29. a5 f5 30. Rdb2 e4 31. Rb5 Kf6 32. f3 e3 33. h4 f4 34.
hxg5+ Kxg5 35. Rb6 Rh6 36. R2b5 h4 37. Kh2 h3 38. g3 fxg3+ 39. Kxg3 h2 40. f4+
Kf5 41. Bg4+ Ke4 42. Bf3+ Kd4 43. Bh1 Ne4+ 44. Kf3 Rh3+ 45. Kg2 Rg3+ 0-1

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Swapnil, S. Dhopade"]
[Black "Satyapragyan, Swayangsu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 c5 5. d5 Ba6 6. Qc2 exd5 7. cxd5 g6 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 d6 11. O-O Re8 12. Re1 b5 13. e4 Nbd7 14. Bf4 Qb6 15. h3
Bb7 16. Nd2 Nh5 17. Be3 Bd4 18. Qd3 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 a6 20. b4 Rac8 21. Rec1 Ng7
22. bxc5 Qxc5 23. Qxc5 Nxc5 24. Bf1 f5 25. exf5 Nxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Ravi, Teja S."]
[Black "Himanshu, Sharma"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
Bd6 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Qb8 11. h3 Bh5 12. Ng5 Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Ndf3 e5 15.
cxd5 cxd5 16. dxe5 Rc8 17. Qd2 Nxe5 18. Qd4 Nxf3+ 19. Nxf3 Rc2 20. Rac1 Bc5 21.
Qe5 Bd6 22. Qd4 Bc5 23. Qe5 Bd6 24. Qd4 Bc5 25. Qe5 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Lalith, Babu M R"]
[Black "Gomes, Mary Ann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O e5 7. a3 Nge7 8. b4
O-O 9. Rb1 Rb8 10. d3 h6 11. e3 Be6 12. b5 Na5 13. Qc2 b6 14. Bb2 f5 15. Nd2
Qd7 16. Nd5 g5 17. Qa4 f4 18. Bc3 Bxd5 19. Bxd5+ Nxd5 20. cxd5 a6 21. Rb2 fxe3
22. fxe3 Rxf1+ 23. Nxf1 Rf8 24. e4 Qf7 25. Qd1 axb5 26. Ne3 c4 27. Nf5 Nb3 28.
Rf2 Kh7 29. Bb4 Nc5 30. Bxc5 bxc5 31. dxc4 bxc4 32. Qa4 c3 33. Qb3 Qa7 34. Qxc3
Qa6 35. Kg2 Rf7 36. Qf3 Qa4 37. Re2 Bf8 38. Rb2 c4 39. Qc3 Rc7 40. Ne3 Be7 41.
Rb4 Qa7 42. Rxc4 Rxc4 43. Nxc4 Qc5 44. Qd3 Bd8 45. Qe2 Kg7 46. a4 Bb6 47. Nxb6
Qxb6 48. h4 Qb4 49. hxg5 hxg5 50. Qg4 Qxa4 51. Qxg5+ Kf7 52. Qf5+ Kg7 53. Kh3
Qa1 54. Qd7+ Kg6 55. Qf5+ Kg7 56. Kg4 Qd1+ 57. Qf3 Qc1 58. Kh4 Qc2 59. Qg4+ Kf7
60. Qd7+ Kg8 61. Qxd6 Qxe4+ 62. Kg5 Qe3+ 63. Kf6 Qf3+ 64. Kxe5 Qxg3+ 65. Ke6
Qg4+ 66. Ke7 Qh4+ 67. Qf6 Qh7+ 68. Kd8 Qb1 69. d6 Qb6+ 70. Ke7 Qb4 71. Qg5+ Kh7
72. Kf7 Qc4+ 73. Ke8 Qc8+ 74. Ke7 Qb7+ 75. d7 Qe4+ 76. Kf8 Qf3+ 77. Ke8 Qc6 78.
Qf5+ Kg7 79. Ke7 Qb7 80. Qg5+ Kh7 81. Qh4+ Kg7 82. Qg4+ Kh7 83. Qc4 Qa7 84.
Qe4+ Kg7 85. Ke8 1-0

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Fenil, Shah"]
[Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d5 6. O-O c5 7. Nc3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Bg4 9. Ne5 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Be5 e6 13. Na4 Nd7 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. c4 Qf6 16. Rad1 Nb6 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. a3 Rfd8 19. Rfe1 Ra4 20. c5 bxc5
21. dxc5 Rb8 22. Rd2 Re4 23. Qd1 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Rxb2 25. Rxb2 Qxb2 26. h3 Kf6
27. a4 d4 28. Qd1 Qc3 29. a5 d3 30. Kf1 Qxa5 31. Qf3+ Ke7 32. Qxd3 Qb5 0-1

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Black "Padmini, Rout"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2327"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Rd1 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Qxc4 a5 14. Qd3 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 Nd5 16. Nc4 c6 17. Qb3 Nb4 18. Rac1 Qc7 19. h4 Rfd8 20. e4 Bf6 21. Qe3
Na2 22. Rc2 Nb4 23. Rcd2 Rab8 24. Be2 Rd7 25. b3 Rbd8 26. e5 Be7 27. Qe4 c5 28.
dxc5 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 Rxd2 30. Nxd2 Bxc5 31. Nc4 b6 32. Bd3 Kf8 33. Kg2 Ke7 34.
Be2 Qc6 35. Bf3 Qd5 36. h5 Qxe4 37. Bxe4 Kd7 38. f4 Nc6 39. Bxc6+ Kxc6 40. Kf3
b5 41. Nd2 bxa4 42. bxa4 Kd5 43. Ne4 Be7 44. Ke3 Kc4 45. Nd6+ Kb4 46. Kd3 Kxa4
47. Kc3 f6 48. Ne8 fxe5 49. fxe5 Kb5 50. Nxg7 Kc5 51. Nxe6+ Kd5 52. Ng7 Kxe5
53. g4 Kf4 54. Nf5 Bg5 55. Kb3 Kxg4 56. Nxh6+ Bxh6 57. Ka4 Bd2 58. h6 Bxh6
1/2-1/2

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Navalgund, Niranjan"]
[Black "Debashis, Das"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 Re8 6. a3 Bf8 7. Ng3 e5 8. d5
e4 9. Be2 c5 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Qb1 d6 12. Bd1 g6 13. Bc2 Bf5 14. O-O Nbd7 15.
Nxf5 gxf5 16. f4 Kh8 17. b3 Bg7 18. Bb2 Ng4 19. Nd1 Rg8 20. h3 Nh6 21. Nf2 Qh4
22. Nd1 Bf6 23. Rf2 Qxh3 24. Bxf6+ Nxf6 25. Qb2 Qh4 26. Re2 Rg6 0-1

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "10.7"]
[White "Koustav, Chatterjee"]
[Black "Deepan, Chakkravarthy J."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2108"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. Rb1 O-O 7. e3 h5 8. e4 Bg4
9. Nge2 Qd7 10. h3 Be6 11. Bg5 c6 12. Qd2 Na6 13. Bh6 d5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. f4
dxc4 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Rad8 18. Rd1 Nb4 19. O-O Nd3 20. Nce2 Bxh3 21. f5
Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Kh7 23. Rh1 Ng8 24. Rh4 Qe7 25. Rdh1 Kg7 26. Qc3 Nf6 27. fxg6
fxg6 28. Qxc4 Ne5 29. Ne6+ Kg8 30. Qb3 Rd3 31. Nc3 Rd2+ 32. Kh3 Qd7 33. Rf4 Rf7
34. Kh4 Nh7 35. g4 Qe7+ 36. Kg3 Rd6 37. Nc5 Kg7 38. Ne2 b6 39. Rxf7+ Nxf7 40.
Nd3 Qxe4 0-1

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "10.8"]
[White "Shyaamnikhil, P"]
[Black "Sriram, Jha"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8. d4
Bb7 9. Bd3 h6 10. Qe2 Bd6 11. a4 O-O 12. Be4 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 Nd7 14. a5 e5 15.
O-O Rae8 16. Qg4 e4 17. Nh4 Kh7 18. Nf5 Qg6 19. Qxg6+ Kxg6 20. Nxd6 cxd6 21.
axb6 Nxb6 22. c5 dxc5 23. Ba3 Na4 24. Bxc5 Nxc5 25. dxc5 Rc8 26. Ra6+ f6 27.
Rxa7 Rxc5 28. Ra4 f5 29. g4 Rxc3 30. gxf5+ Kxf5 31. Re1 Re8 32. Ra7 g5 33. Kg2
Re6 34. Re2 h5 35. Ra5+ Re5 36. Rxe5+ Kxe5 37. h3 Kf4 38. Ra2 g4 39. hxg4 hxg4
40. Ra8 Rf3 41. Rf8+ Ke5 42. Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "10.9"]
[White "Kamdar, Udit"]
[Black "Nitin, S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1947"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. f4 b5 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. Qf2
d6 9. a3 Nf6 10. h3 Nbd7 11. Be3 Nc5 12. Nd2 Be7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Rac1 O-O 15.
g4 d5 16. e5 Nfe4 17. Ncxe4 dxe4 18. Be2 Rfd8 19. b4 Qc6 20. Kh2 Na4 21. c4 Qe8
22. Rc2 f6 23. Rfc1 fxe5 24. fxe5 Qd7 25. Nb3 Rf8 26. Qg1 bxc4 27. Bxc4 Bd5 28.
Rd2 Qb7 29. Na5 Qb8 30. Bxa6 Rxc1 31. Qxc1 Qxe5+ 32. Kh1 Qg3 33. Rg2 Qxh3+ 34.
Kg1 Rf3 35. Qc8+ Bf8 36. Nc6 Bxc6 37. Qxe6+ Rf7 38. Bf4 Bd7 39. Qxe4 Nc3 40.
Qc4 Qf3 41. Be5 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "10.10"]
[White "Das, Arghyadip"]
[Black "Jayakumaar, S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2197"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Be3 b6 7. Qd2 e5 8. f4
Nf6 9. Nf3 Ng4 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. fxe5 Bxe5 12. O-O Be6 13. a4 Qd6 14. Bf4 Rd8
15. Rad1 O-O 16. h3 Rd7 17. Kh1 Bxf4 18. Rxf4 Qe5 19. b3 Rfd8 20. Rdf1 Bxb3 21.
cxb3 Rxd3 22. Qf2 Rxc3 23. Rxf7 Rdd3 24. Rf8+ Kg7 25. Rg8+ Kh6 26. Qf8+ Kh5 27.
g4+ Kg5 28. Rf5+ Qxf5 29. Qxf5+ Kh4 30. Qf2+ Kxh3 31. Qe1 Re3 32. Qf1+ Kxg4 33.
Qd1+ Kh4 34. Qd8+ Kh3 35. Qd7+ Kg3 36. Qd6+ Kh3 37. Qd7+ Kg3 38. Qd2 Rcd3 39.
Qg2+ Kh4 40. Qf2+ Kh3 1-0

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.21"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Lalith, Babu M R"]
[Black "Swapnil, S. Dhopade"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 d5 8.
Bg2 d4 9. Na4 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qd8 11. O-O e5 12. Qb3 Be7 13. e3 O-O 14. exd4 a6
15. Nbc3 Nxd4 16. Qb6 Nc2 17. Rac1 Bf5 18. Bg5 Rb8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. g4 Bg6 21.
h4 Nd4 22. Rfe1 Qd7 23. Nd5 Bd8 24. Nxf6+ Bxf6 25. Qxf6 Qxg4 26. Nc3 Rfe8 27.
Re3 Re6 28. Qg5 Qxg5 29. hxg5 b6 30. Nd5 Rc8 31. b3 Kg7 32. Nc3 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.21"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Himanshu, Sharma"]
[Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8. Be3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxf3 10. gxf3 Bd6 11. Nd2 Ne7 12. Rfb1 Ng6 13. b4 f6 14. Kf1 Nf8
15. Nc4 Ne6 16. a4 Kd7 17. c3 Rhb8 18. Na5 Be7 19. Ke2 b6 20. Nb3 Rd8 21. Ra2
Kc8 22. d4 exd4 23. Nxd4 Nxd4+ 24. cxd4 Kb7 25. Rc2 Rd7 26. Rbc1 Bxb4 27. Rxc6
Re8 28. d5 Bd6 29. Rb1 Bh2 30. Kf1 Be5 31. f4 Bd6 32. Bxb6 Rxe4 33. Bc5+ Kc8
34. Rxa6 Rd8 35. Ra8+ Kd7 36. Rxd8+ Kxd8 37. Bxd6 cxd6 38. a5 Rxf4 39. a6 Ra4
40. Rb8+ Kc7 41. Rb7+ Kc8 42. Rxg7 Rxa6 43. Rh7 Kd8 44. Rxh5 Ke8 45. Ke2 Kf7
46. Kd3 Ra3+ 47. Kc4 Rf3 48. Kb5 Rc3 49. Kb6 Rc5 50. Rf5 Kg6 51. Rf3 Kg5 52.
h4+ Kxh4 53. Rxf6 Rxd5 54. Kc6 Kg5 55. Kxd5 Kxf6 56. Kxd6 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.21"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Debashis, Das"]
[Black "Das, Arghyadip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be7 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. f3 Qc7 14. Rac1 Rac8 15.
Rfd1 Ned7 16. Bf1 Qb8 17. Kh1 Rfe8 18. Nc2 h5 19. Bf2 Ne5 20. b3 Ba8 21. Nb4
Qb7 22. Nd3 Qb8 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Na4 Rcd8 25. Qe1 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 b5 27. Nb6 Bc6
28. cxb5 Bxb5 29. Bxb5 axb5 30. a4 bxa4 31. bxa4 Rd8 32. Rb1 Qc7 33. a5 Bc5 34.
Qc1 Bxb6 35. Bxb6 Qxc1+ 36. Rxc1 Ra8 37. Rd1 Kh7 38. Rd8 Ra6 39. Kg1 g5 40. Kf2
g4 41. Ke3 h4 42. fxg4 Nxg4+ 43. Kd3 Nxh2 44. Kc4 Ng4 45. Kb5 1-0

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.21"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Deepan, Chakkravarthy J."]
[Black "Satyapragyan, Swayangsu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 Qc8 12. h3 Bd7 13. Nbd2 c6 14. b4 Nb7 15. dxc6
Qxc6 16. Bb2 a5 17. a3 Be6 18. Bd3 Rfb8 19. Qe2 Nd8 20. Ng5 Bd7 21. Nb3 h6 22.
Nf3 a4 23. Na5 Qc8 24. c4 Ne6 25. Bc1 Bd8 26. cxb5 Bxa5 27. bxa5 Rxa5 28. Bd2
Raxb5 29. Bxb5 Bxb5 30. Qe3 Bc6 31. Rac1 Qa6 32. Bb4 Bxe4 33. Red1 Bd5 34. Kh2
Rd8 35. Nxe5 dxe5 36. Be7 Rd7 37. Bxf6 gxf6 38. Qxh6 Nf8 39. Rc3 Rd6 40. Rcd3
1-0

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.21"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Nitin, S."]
[Black "Ravi, Teja S."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Qd5 7. Qh4 Bf5
8. Bc4 Qd6 9. d3 e6 10. Bd2 Be7 11. Qg3 Qxg3 12. hxg3 Bf6 13. a4 Nd7 14. Nh4
Nb6 15. Nxf5 exf5 16. O-O-O Nxa4 17. Bb3 b5 18. Rde1+ Kd7 19. Bxa4 bxa4 20. Bc3
Bxc3 21. bxc3 Rae8 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Kd2 a3 24. Ra1 a5 25. Rxa3 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.21"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Sunilduth Lyna, Narayanan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bxg2 9. Kxg2 Qc8 10. Qa4 O-O 11. Rd1 Nc6 12. f3 Re8 13. Be3 Ne5 14. b3 Qb7 15.
Rac1 Rac8 16. h3 a6 17. Qa3 Rxc4 18. Ne4 Rcc8 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Bf2 d5 21. Qb2
Nd7 22. Qd2 e5 23. Nc2 d4 24. Kg1 Nc5 25. Nb4 a5 26. Nd3 Ne6 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28.
Rc1 Kg7 29. Rc2 Rd8 30. Qc1 e4 31. fxe4 Qxe4 32. Qf1 Rd6 33. Qg2 Nc5 34. Be1
Qxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Ne4 36. Nf2 Nxf2 37. Bxf2 Be5 38. a4 Kf6 39. Rc7 Ke6 40. g4 h5
41. gxh5 gxh5 42. Kf1 Kf6 43. Kg2 Kg6 44. Rb7 f6 45. Be1 Rc6 46. Bf2 Kf5 47.
Rh7 Rc2 48. Kf1 Kg6 49. Rb7 Rb2 50. Rxb6 d3 51. Be1 dxe2+ 52. Kg2 Bc3 0-1

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.21"]
[Round "11.7"]
[White "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Black "Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 Bxf3 5. exf3 Nf6 6. Bg2 d5 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
c6 9. Nc3 g6 10. g4 dxc4 11. Qe2 h5 12. g5 Nd5 13. Qxc4 b5 14. Qd3 b4 15. Ne4
Nd7 16. Re1 O-O 17. Bd2 Re8 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. Ng3 Bd6 20. h4 N7b6 21. Be4 Ne7
22. Qf3 Qd7 23. Bd3 Nbd5 24. Ba6 Rb8 25. Bc4 Rbc8 26. Re2 a5 27. Rce1 Bb8 28.
Ne4 Kg7 29. Nc5 Qd6 30. Nxe6+ fxe6 31. Rxe6 Qd7 32. Qe4 Kf7 33. Rf6+ Kg7 34.
Re6 Kf7 35. Rf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.21"]
[Round "11.8"]
[White "Padmini, Rout"]
[Black "Shyaamnikhil, P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2327"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. d3 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. Nbd2 g6 8. Re1
Bg7 9. Bf1 Ne5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Nc4 Nd7 12. a4 O-O 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Qd2 Ba6 15.
Na3 Rfd8 16. b4 Rac8 17. b5 Bb7 18. Qb2 Nf6 19. f3 Ne8 20. Rac1 Ra8 21. Red1
Rd7 22. Qb3 Qd8 23. g3 Bc8 24. a5 Rb8 25. Qa4 Rc7 26. Rc2 Be6 27. a6 Rd7 28.
Rcd2 Rc8 29. Nc2 Nd6 30. d4 cxd4 31. cxd4 Nc4 32. d5 Nxd2 33. Rxd2 Rd6 34. Nb4
Bd7 35. Nc6 Bxc6 36. bxc6 e6 37. Bc4 Bf6 38. Rd3 Kg7 39. Qb3 Bg5 40. f4 exd5
41. exd5 exf4 42. gxf4 Bf6 43. Bd2 Qe8 44. Bb4 Rdd8 45. Bb5 Qe2 46. Qc4 Re8 47.
Bc3 Qg4+ 48. Kf1 Qe2+ 49. Kg1 Qg4+ 50. Kf1 Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.21"]
[Round "11.9"]
[White "Kathmale, Sameer"]
[Black "Laxman, R.R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. b3 Qe6 10. Nd2 Bb4 11. Bb2 a5 12. Qe3 O-O 13. Be2 d6 14. O-O-O dxe5
15. Ne4 Qe7 16. g4 a4 17. Kb1 f5 18. Ng5 axb3 19. axb3 fxg4 20. Bd3 h6 21. Bh7+
Kh8 22. h4 gxh3 23. Rdg1 Bc5 24. Qxe5 hxg5 25. Rxg5 Qxe5 26. Bxe5 Kxh7 27.
Rxg7+ Kh6 28. Rhg1 Bf5+ 29. Kb2 Bd6 30. Bd4 Bf4 31. Re7 Rg8 0-1

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.21"]
[Round "11.10"]
[White "Sriram, Jha"]
[Black "Akash Pc, Iyer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 d6 8. Qc2
c5 9. d5 b5 10. e4 bxc4 11. Nbd2 Na6 12. Nxc4 Re8 13. Bd2 Nb4 14. Qb3 a5 15. a3
a4 16. Qd1 Nd3 17. Re2 Ba6 18. Ba5 Qb8 19. Qxd3 Qb5 20. Bc3 Qxc4 21. Qxc4 Bxc4
22. Ree1 Nd7 23. Nd2 Ba6 24. Bf1 Reb8 25. Rab1 Rb7 26. Bxa6 Rxa6 27. Bxg7 Kxg7
28. Nc4 Nb6 29. Ne3 Nd7 30. Nc4 Nb6 31. Ne3 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "55 National challengers"]
[Site "ChessKast.com"]
[Date "2017.08.22"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Swapnil S. Dhopade"]
[Black "Debashis Das"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[WhiteClock "0:31:11"]
[BlackClock "0:22:32"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 Bg4 5. Ne5 Be6 6. cxd5 Bxd5 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Nc3 Bc6 9. O-O e6 10. Re1 Be7 11. e4 O-O 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Qb6 14. Nb3 Rd8
15. Qe2 Qa6 16. Qc2 Nbd7 17. Bf1 Qb6 18. Be3 Qc7 19. f3 Ne5 20. Be2 h5 21. Nb5
Qb8 22. N5d4 h4 23. Bf2 Bd6 24. Kg2 Ba4 25. Rac1 Ng6 26. Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "55 National challengers"]
[Site "ChessKast.com"]
[Date "2017.08.22"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Deepan Chakkravarthy J."]
[Black "Himanshu Sharma"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[WhiteClock "0:02:21"]
[BlackClock "0:25:31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 e5 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Nd2 a6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nc3 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc4 Be6 14. Ne3 Bh6
15. Ned5 O-O 16. Qh5 Kg7 17. Rd1 f5 18. Rd3 f4 19. g3 Bf7 20. Qg4+ Bg6 21. Bg2
e4 22. Bxe4 Ne5 23. Qd1 Nxd3+ 24. Qxd3 f3 25. O-O Bxe4 26. Nxe4 Qd7 27. Qd4+
Kg6 28. Nef6 Qh3 29. Qe4+ Kg5 30. Nf4 Qg2+ 31. Nxg2 fxg2 32. Nxh7+ 1-0

[Event "55 National challengers"]
[Site "ChessKast.com"]
[Date "2017.08.22"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Laxman R.R."]
[Black "Lalith Babu M R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[WhiteClock "2:12:17"]
[BlackClock "1:08:24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg2 Bd6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Ndf3 Qe8 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Rc1 f6 14. Nd3 f5
15. Qd2 Ndf6 16. Nfe5 c5 17. b3 Ne4 18. Qb2 Qe7 19. f3 cxd4 20. Qxd4 Bc5 21.
Nxc5 bxc5 22. Qb2 d4 23. fxe4 Qxe5 24. b4 Qe7 25. Bf2 Bxe4 26. bxc5 Qg5 27.
Bxe4 fxe4 28. Bxd4 Rfd8 29. e3 Rac8 30. c6 a6 31. Rc5 Qg4 32. Qb3+ Kh8 33. Qd1
Qxd1 34. Rxd1 Nf6 35. Rb1 Ne8 36. Rb7 Rd6 37. c7 Rb6 38. Ra7 Kg8 39. Kg2 Rb1
40. h4 Nd6 41. Rd5 Nf7 42. h5 Rc1 43. Bb6 1-0

[Event "55 National challengers"]
[Site "ChessKast.com"]
[Date "2017.08.22"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Aravindh Chithambaram Vr."]
[Black "Nitin S."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[WhiteClock "0:37:48"]
[BlackClock "0:23:09"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. a4 Nc6 10. O-O Nb4 11. b3 Be6 12. Ba3 a5 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Rac1 Re8 15. f4
d5 16. exd5 Nfxd5 17. Nxd5 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5+ 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21.
Bxc5 Rxc5 22. fxe5 Rxe5 23. Nd4 Nc3 24. Rce1 g6 25. Kg2 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "55 National challengers"]
[Site "ChessKast.com"]
[Date "2017.08.22"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ravi Teja S."]
[Black "Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[WhiteClock "0:32:43"]
[BlackClock "0:42:33"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 c5 3. c3 e6 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 d5 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd6 8.
Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. a3 Rfc8 12. Rc1 Rc7 13. Rc3 Rac8 14. Qb1
Ne7 15. Rxc7 Qxc7 16. Nb3 Qb6 17. Nc5 Bb5 18. Rc1 Bxd3 19. Nxd3 Ne4 20. Rxc8+
Nxc8 21. Qc2 Ncd6 22. Nfe5 f6 23. Nd7 Qb5 24. N7c5 Nxc5 25. Nxc5 Qc6 26. Qd1
Ne4 27. Nxe4 dxe4 28. g3 f5 29. Kg2 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "55 National challengers"]
[Site "ChessKast.com"]
[Date "2017.08.22"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Das Arghyadip"]
[Black "Sammed Jaykumar Shete"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[WhiteClock "2:04:55"]
[BlackClock "2:25:52"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qe7 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Bg4 8.
Ne5 Be6 9. Nd3 c5 10. Qc3 Nf6 11. f3 Nd7 12. Be3 Rg8 13. f4 O-O-O 14. Nd2 f6
15. a3 Bf7 16. Rae1 Qe6 17. b4 c4 18. Nc1 b5 19. Ne2 Nb6 20. Nd4 Qd7 21. N2f3
Na4 22. Qa1 c5 23. bxc5 Bxc5 24. Nf5 Bg6 25. Bxc5 Nxc5 26. Ng3 Qc6 27. f5 Bf7
28. e5 Bd5 29. e6 Rge8 30. Qc1 g6 31. Qh6 gxf5 32. e7 Rd7 33. Nxf5 Be4 34. Qh5
Rdxe7 35. Nxe7+ Rxe7 36. Nd2 c3 37. Qh3+ Kb7 38. Qxc3 Qb6 39. Qxf6 Re6 40. Qf2
Bxc2 41. Rc1 Bd3 42. Qxc5 Bxf1 43. Nxf1 Qxc5+ 44. Rxc5 Kb6 45. Rh5 h6 46. Kf2
Ka5 47. Rh4 Rd6 48. Ne3 Rd3 49. Rxh6 Rxa3 50. g4 Rc3 51. g5 b4 52. g6 Rc6 53.
g7 1-0

[Event "55 National challengers"]
[Site "ChessKast.com"]
[Date "2017.08.22"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Chakravarthi Reddy M"]
[Black "Kunte Abhijit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[WhiteClock "0:10:11"]
[BlackClock "0:02:37"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 e6 11. O-O exd5 12. cxd5 a6 13. a4 Re8 14. Bf4 Ne5
15. Bc2 Rc8 16. Bh2 c4 17. a5 Rc5 18. f4 Ned7 19. Kh1 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 f5 21. Bg1
Rc8 22. Ra4 fxe4 23. f5 Nf6 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Bb6 Qe7 26. Rxc4 Nh5 27. Bf2 Rxc4
28. Qxc4 Qe5 29. Re1 Qf4 30. Be3 Qg3 31. Qb4 Be5 32. Bg1 Qf4 33. Re3 Rc8 0-1

[Event "55 National challengers"]
[Site "ChessKast.com"]
[Date "2017.08.22"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Roy Chowdhury Saptarshi"]
[Black "Swayams Mishra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[WhiteClock "0:08:22"]
[BlackClock "1:06:51"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. c3 e5 5. d3 Nge7 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. a3 d6
9. b4 O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Rb1 b6 12. O-O Be6 13. Bb2 Qd7 14. Rfd1 Rac8 15. Ba1
f5 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Ne4 Na5 19. c4 Nc6 20. Re1 Rb8 21. Bc3 Nfe7
22. Qc2 Bg4 23. Nfd2 Qc7 24. h3 Be6 25. Kh2 Nf5 26. Nf3 Kh8 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28.
Rb1 Bd7 29. Rxb8+ Qxb8 30. Qb2 Qc7 31. Bd2 Nce7 32. Kg1 Bc6 33. h4 Bxe4 34.
dxe4 Nd4 35. Nxd4 exd4 36. Qb5 Nc6 37. e5 Nxe5 38. Qe8+ Kh7 39. Bd5 Nf3+ 40.
Kh1 1-0

[Event "55 National challengers"]
[Site "ChessKast.com"]
[Date "2017.08.22"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shyaamnikhil P"]
[Black "Nayak Rajesh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[WhiteClock "1:33:14"]
[BlackClock "0:13:57"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 c6 5. e4 Qa5 6. Bd2 e5 7. a4 Qc7 8. h3
Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. g4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Bg2 Re8 13. g5 Nfd7 14. O-O Bf8 15.
b4 Ne6 16. Nde2 Ne5 17. a5 Nc4 18. Bc1 b5 19. f4 a6 20. Qd3 Bb7 21. Rb1 c5 22.
Nd5 Qd8 23. c3 Rc8 24. h4 Nc7 25. Ng3 Nxd5 26. exd5 Qd7 27. Kh2 Qg4 28. Bf3 Qd7
29. Bg2 Qg4 30. Bf3 Qd7 31. h5 Rc7 32. Rf2 Bc8 33. f5 Ne5 34. Qd1 cxb4 35. cxb4
Rc3 36. Be2 Qa7 37. Kg2 Bb7 38. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "55 National challengers"]
[Site "ChessKast.com"]
[Date "2017.08.22"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Satyapragyan Swayangsu"]
[Black "Dhananjay S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. dxc5 Nxc5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. e4 g6 7. Qd2 h6 8.
Bc4 Bg7 9. Nge2 d6 10. f3 Bd7 11. a3 Rc8 12. O-O Ne5 13. Ba2 Na4 14. Nxa4 Bxa4
15. Nc3 Bd7 16. Nd5 Bb5 17. Rfe1 g5 18. Bg3 O-O 19. c3 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Bxc4 21.
Ne3 Be6 22. Bf2 Qa5 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Bf6 25. Re4 Rc7 26. h4 Rfc8 27. hxg5
hxg5 28. Rg4 Kf8 29. Re1 Rc4 30. Rxg5 Bxg5 31. Qxg5 e5 32. Rd1 Qd8 33. Qh6+ Ke8
34. Bxa7 Kd7 35. Bf2 Qh8 36. Qe3 Rg8 37. Qb6 Qh3 38. Qxb7+ Rc7 39. Qb5+ Kc8 40.
Qa6+ Kd7 41. Qa4+ Ke7 42. Bh4+ f6 43. Rd2 Qf5 44. Kf2 Rb8 45. Qe4 Qxe4 46. fxe4
Rcb7 47. b4 Ra7 48. Rd3 Rxa3 49. Rf3 Ra2+ 50. Ke3 Rf8 51. Bf2 Rc8 52. Kd3 Ra3
53. Be1 Rb8 54. Kc4 Rc8+ 55. Kd3 Rb8 56. Kc4 Rc8+ 57. Kd3 Rb8 58. Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.23"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Swapnil, S. Dhopade"]
[Black "Deepan, Chakkravarthy J."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 Na6 10. Nd5 Rd6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nxf6+ Rxf6 13. Nxe5 Re6 14.
Ng4 h5 15. Ne3 Rxe4 16. O-O-O Bg4 17. Bxg4 hxg4 18. g3 Kg7 19. h3 gxh3 20. Rxh3
Nc5 21. Kc2 a5 22. Rdh1 c6 23. Rh7+ Kf6 24. Rh8 Ree8 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Kd2 Ne4+
27. Ke2 Rd8 28. Kf3 Rd4 29. Rc1 Ke6 30. Rc2 f5 31. b3 b6 32. Ke2 g5 33. Ng2 Ke5
34. Ne1 Rd8 35. Nf3+ Kf6 36. Nd2 Nc5 37. Rc3 Rh8 38. a3 Rh1 39. b4 Ne6 40. Rd3
Ra1 41. Nf3 Ra2+ 42. Kf1 g4 43. Nd4 Nxd4 44. Rxd4 Ke5 45. c5 bxc5 46. Rc4 cxb4
47. axb4 Kd5 48. Rf4 axb4 49. Rxb4 c5 50. Rf4 c4 51. Ke1 c3 52. Kd1 Ke5 53. f3
Rd2+ 54. Kc1 Rd4 55. fxg4 fxg4 56. Rf8 Rd3 57. Kc2 Rxg3 58. Re8+ Kf6 59. Rg8
Kf7 60. Rg5 Kf6 61. Rg8 Kf5 62. Rf8+ Ke4 63. Re8+ Kd4 64. Rd8+ Ke3 65. Re8+ Kf2
66. Rg8 Rg1 67. Kxc3 g3 68. Kd2 Rf1 69. Rf8+ Kg1 70. Rg8 g2 71. Ke2 Rf2+ 72.
Ke1 Rf7 73. Rh8 Re7+ 74. Kd2 Re5 75. Kd3 Kf2 0-1

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.23"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Debashis, Das"]
[Black "Laxman, R.R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Ng5 Rf8 14. Nf3 Re8 15. Ng5
1/2-1/2

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.23"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr."]
[Black "Das, Arghyadip"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[PlyCount "199"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 Ne4 9. Bf4 c6 10. h4 h6 11. Nc3 g5 12. Be3 Nd6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rad1 b5
15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Ne5 Bb7 17. f4 b4 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. Qh7+ Ke8 20. Nb5 Nf6 21.
Qg6+ Nf7 22. fxg5 Rg8 23. Qc2 Rc8 24. Qa4 Nd7 25. Rc1 a6 26. Na7 Rxc1 27. Rxc1
Qb6 28. Nc8 Bxc8 29. Rxc8+ Nd8 30. Bf2 Bxg5 31. e4 Bf6 32. Qd1 dxe4 33. Bxe4
Qd6 34. d5 Rg5 35. Qe2 Nb6 36. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 37. Kg2 Qd6 38. Qf3 exd5 39. Bf5 Be5
40. g4 Qh6 41. Qxd5 Qd6 42. Qxd6 Bxd6 43. Ra8 Be5 44. a3 b3 45. Rxa6 Bxb2 46.
Rb6 Bxa3 47. Rxb3 Bd6 48. Rh3 Nf7 49. Rh5 Rg8 50. Be6 Ke7 51. Bxf7 Rxg4+ 52.
Kf3 Rf4+ 53. Ke3 Rxf7 54. Ke4 Ke6 55. Rh6+ Kd7 56. Kd5 Rf5+ 57. Ke4 Ra5 58. Rh8
Kc6 59. Rc8+ Bc7 60. Kd4 Ra4+ 61. Kd3 Rh4 62. Kc3 Kd6 63. Kd3 Kd7 64. Rg8 Ke6
65. Rc8 Be5 66. Rc4 Rh1 67. Rc5 Kf5 68. Rc8 Rh3+ 69. Ke2 Ke4 70. Re8 Rh2+ 71.
Ke1 Ra2 72. Re7 Kf4 73. Kd1 Bd4 74. Re2 Ra1+ 75. Kc2 Be3 76. Kd3 Rd1+ 77. Kc4
Ke4 78. Rh2 Rc1+ 79. Kb5 Bd4 80. Rh4+ Kd5 81. Rh5+ Be5 82. Rg5 Rb1+ 83. Ka5 Kd4
84. Ka6 Bd6 85. Rb5 Bb4 86. Kb7 Kc4 87. Kc6 Rd1 88. Rh5 Rd6+ 89. Kc7 Bc5 90.
Rh1 Rg6 91. Kd7 Rd6+ 92. Kc7 Re6 93. Kd7 Re7+ 94. Kc6 Re6+ 95. Kd7 Ra6 96. Rc1+
Kd5 97. Rd1+ Bd4 98. Rd2 Ra7+ 99. Kd8 Ke5 100. Kc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.23"]
[Round "13.4"]
[White "Sunilduth Lyna, Narayanan"]
[Black "Gomes, Mary Ann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 d6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Qd2 Bc6 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Rfe1
a5 15. Re3 Nf6 16. Rd1 a4 17. Nd5 e6 18. Nb4 Qb6 19. Qc3 e5 20. Bc2 Qc5 21. a3
Rac8 22. Nxc6 Qxc6 23. Bd3 Nd7 24. Qb4 Nc5 25. Bc2 Rfd8 26. Re2 Rb8 27. Rd5 b5
28. cxb5 Rxb5 29. Bxa4 Rxb4 30. Bxc6 Rb6 31. b4 Rxc6 32. bxc5 Rxc5 33. Rd1 Ra8
34. Re3 Rc2 35. g3 Ra2 36. Rdd3 Ra6 37. Rb3 Ra7 38. Red3 Ra4 39. Kg2 Rxe4 40.
Rb7 Kf6 41. Rxd6+ Kg5 42. Rxf7 Ree2 43. Ra6 Re3 44. h4+ Kg4 45. Ra4+ e4 46.
Rf4+ Kh5 47. Ra7 h6 48. Kh3 Rexa3 49. Rf6 Ra1 50. Rxa3 Rxa3 51. f3 1-0

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.23"]
[Round "13.5"]
[White "Lalith, Babu M R"]
[Black "Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 h6 7. Bf4 Qa5 8. h3
c5 9. e3 Be7 10. Be2 cxd4 11. exd4 dxc4 12. O-O Nb6 13. Nxc4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 O-O
15. Ne5 Nd5 16. Bd2 Qd8 17. Qd3 Bd6 18. Bb3 Bd7 19. Qg3 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Kh8 21.
Rad1 Bc6 22. Bc1 Qc7 23. Rd4 f5 24. Bd2 Rad8 25. Rd1 Kh7 26. Bc2 Qf7 27. Bb1
Rc8 28. Qd3 Kh8 29. Qa3 a6 30. Bd3 Rfd8 31. Bf1 Qf8 32. Qg3 Qf7 33. Qh4 Kh7 34.
g4 Ne7 35. Bxh6 Ng6 36. Qh5 Rxd4 37. Bf4+ Kg8 38. Rxd4 Nxf4 39. Qxf7+ Kxf7 40.
Rxf4 g6 41. Bg2 Bxg2 42. Kxg2 Rc5 43. Rb4 b5 44. f4 Rd5 45. Kg3 fxg4 46. Kxg4
a5 47. Rb3 b4 48. a3 Rd4 49. axb4 axb4 50. h4 Kg7 51. Kg5 Kf7 52. Rg3 Rd2 53.
b3 Rd4 54. Rg1 Rd3 55. Ra1 Rg3+ 56. Kh6 Rg4 57. Ra7+ Ke8 58. Rb7 Rxf4 59. Kg5
Re4 60. Kf6 Rxh4 61. Kxe6 Kd8 62. Kf6 Kc8 63. Rf7 Rf4+ 64. Kxg6 Re4 65. Kf6 Kd8
66. e6 1-0

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.23"]
[Round "13.6"]
[White "Sriram, Jha"]
[Black "Himanshu, Sharma"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 d6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 a5 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Qc2 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Qf6 13. e3 Bd7 14. Bd3 a4
15. Nd2 Qe7 16. O-O-O Na5 17. Kb1 b6 18. f4 c5 19. Qc3 O-O-O 20. dxc5 dxc5 21.
Nf3 gxf4 22. gxf4 Bc6 23. Bc2 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 f6 25. Nh4 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27.
Qd3 f5 28. Qxd8+ Kxd8 29. Bd3 Be4 30. Bxe4 fxe4 31. g4 Nxc4 32. Ng2 b5 33. Kc2
Na5 34. Kc3 Ke7 35. Ne1 Kf6 36. Ng2 Nc4 37. b4 axb3 38. Kxb3 Nb6 39. Ne1 e5 40.
Ng2 Ke6 41. Kc3 Nd5+ 42. Kd2 Kf6 43. Kc1 Nb6 44. Kc2 Nc4 45. Kb3 Nd2+ 46. Kc2
Nf1 47. Kd1 Nh2 48. g5+ hxg5 49. fxg5+ Kxg5 50. Ne1 Kf5 51. Nc2 Ke6 52. Kd2 Kd5
53. Kc3 Nf1 54. Kb3 Nd2+ 55. Kc3 Nc4 56. Kb3 Nb6 57. Kc3 Kc6 58. Kd2 Nd5 59.
Ne1 Kb6 60. Ng2 Ka5 61. Nh4 Ne7 0-1

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.23"]
[Round "13.7"]
[White "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Black "Ravi, Teja S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 b6 7. Rc1 Bb7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 Bd6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. Ng3 g6 14. a4 Ne4 15.
Qe2 Rc7 16. Ba6 Ba8 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Nd2 Nf6 19. Nc4 Bf8 20. Ba3 Bxa3 21. Nxa3
Qe7 22. Qb2 Nd5 23. Bc4 Nb4 24. Rfd1 Bb7 25. Nc2 a5 26. Nxb4 Qxb4 27. Be2 Qe7
28. Rc3 Bc8 29. Rb1 Rd8 30. b4 axb4 31. Qxb4 c5 32. Qa3 Qf6 33. Rc2 Rd6 34. a5
Ra7 35. dxc5 Rxa5 36. cxd6 Rxa3 37. Rxc8+ Kg7 1-0

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.23"]
[Round "13.8"]
[White "Nitin, S."]
[Black "Fenil, Shah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qe2 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 e6 9. Bf4 Nd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. c4 Nxe5 12. cxd5 O-O-O 13. Bxe5 Qxe5 14.
dxc6 Rxd1+ 15. Qxd1 Qf4+ 16. Kb1 bxc6 17. g3 Qf6 18. Qe2 Kc7 19. Qe3 Kb7 20.
Qb3+ Kc7 21. Ba6 Qd4 22. Qb7+ Kd6 23. Be2 Qe4 24. Rd1+ Ke5 25. Qxf7 g5 26. f4+
gxf4 27. gxf4+ Qxf4 28. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.23"]
[Round "13.9"]
[White "Kaustuv, Kundu"]
[Black "Shyaamnikhil, P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 a5 7. O-O Nf6 8. a3
Be7 9. Qa4 Nd7 10. Rb1 O-O 11. Qc2 a4 12. e4 dxe3 13. fxe3 Nc5 14. Ne1 Na5 15.
Ndf3 e4 16. dxe4 Be6 17. Nd2 Qd6 18. Nef3 Qd3 19. Qxd3 Nxd3 20. Nd4 Bg5 21. Nc2
Rad8 22. Nf3 Bh6 23. Nfd4 Nb3 24. Nxb3 axb3 0-1

[Event "55th National Challengers Chess Championship-2017"]
[Site "Ahmedabad "]
[Date "2017.08.23"]
[Round "13.10"]
[White "Sammed Jaykumar, Shete"]
[Black "Satyapragyan, Swayangsu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 cxd4 8. cxd4
a5 9. Bd3 a4 10. Ne2 Nb6 11. O-O Be7 12. Nc3 Bd7 13. a3 g6 14. Bc2 Qb8 15. g4
h5 16. h3 hxg4 17. hxg4 Na5 18. Nxa4 Nxa4 19. Bxa4 b5 20. Bc2 Nc4 21. Kf2 Bc6
22. Rh1 Kd7 23. f5 gxf5 24. gxf5 b4 25. f6 b3 26. Bd3 Bxa3 27. Rxh8 Qxh8 28.
Rxa3 Rxa3 29. bxa3 b2 30. Bxb2 Nxb2 31. Qb3 Nc4 32. Qb4 Kc7 33. Qe7+ Kb6 34.
Qxf7 Qh6 35. Bxc4 dxc4 36. Qxe6 1-0