[Event "Menorca op 3rd"]
[Site "Ciutadella de Menorca"]
[Date "2024.04.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Wafa, Hamed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Nd7 8. Qc2 Be7 9. e4 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 0-0 11. Rd1 c5 12. dxc5 Qc8 13. cxb6 axb6 14. Nd2 Bf6 15. Bc4 Ne5 16. Be2 Ba6 17. Nb1 Bb7 18. 0-0 Qc6 19. f3 Ng6 20. g3 h5 21. Qd2 Rad8 22. Qe3 Be7 23. Bb4 Bxb4 24. axb4 Qc2 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qxb6 Rd7 27. Bb5 Re7 28. Qd4 e5 29. Qd2 Rc7 30. Qd8+ Nf8 31. Na3 Rc8 32. Qe7 Qc7 33. Qxc7 Rxc7 34. Nc4 f6 35. Nd6 Bc8 36. Nxc8 Rxc8 37. b3 Rc3 38. Bc4+ Kh7 39. Rd1 Rxf3 40. b5 1-0

[Event "Menorca op 3rd"]
[Site "Ciutadella de Menorca"]
[Date "2024.04.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Xiao, Tong"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. a3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Be3 Qa5+ 10. Qd2 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 b6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. Bf3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Nd7 15. c4 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Ke3 Ke7 18. Rhd1 Rhc8 19. Rac1 Rc7 20. Rc2 Rac8 21. Rcd2 f6 22. Nd4 g6 23. f4 Nb7 24. b3 Nd6 25. g4 b5 26. Nf3 Nf7 27. cxb5 axb5 28. Nd4 Rc3+ 29. Kf2 Ra8 30. b4 Rcxa3 31. Nxb5 Ra2 32. Nd4 Nd6 33. Nc6+ Kd7 34. Na5 Rxd2+ 35. Rxd2 Kc7 36. Rc2+ Kd7 37. Rd2 Kc7 38. Rc2+ Kd7 39. Nb3 Ne4+ 40. Ke3 Ra3 41. Rb2 Nc3 42. Kd4 Nd5 43. Nc5+ Kd6 44. Ne4+ Kd7 45. f5 gxf5 46. gxf5 exf5 47. Nc5+ Kd6 48. Nb7+ Kc7 49. Kxd5 Kxb7 50. Ke6 f4 51. Kxf6 Rf3 52. Kf5 Kb6 53. Rd2 Kb5 54. Kg4 Rf1 55. Rd4 f3 56. Rf4 Ka4 57. Kg3 Kb5 58. Rh4 Ka4 59. h3 Kb5 60. Rf4 Ka4 61. Kg4 Kb5 62. Kg3 Ka4 63. Kh4 Kb5 64. Kh5 Ka4 65. Kg4 Kb5 66. Kh4 Ka4 67. Kg3 Kb5 68. Rh4 Ka4 69. Rxh7 Kxb4 70. Rh5 Kc4 71. Ra5 Kd3 72. h4 Ke4 73. Ra4+ Ke3 74. Ra3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Menorca op 3rd"]
[Site "Ciutadella de Menorca"]
[Date "2024.04.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Szpar, Milosz"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Bc5 6. Nc3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. Nd5 h6 9. c3 Rb8 10. d4 Ba7 11. Be3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Qg4 h5 17. Qh3 g5 18. e5 g4 19. Qg3 Qg6 20. Rxc7 Rxc7 21. exd6 Rc6 22. Qe5+ Kd7 23. Qe7+ Kc8 24. d7+ Kb8 25. Qe5+ Rd6 26. Qxh8+ Kc7 27. Bf4 Kxd7 28. Re1 1-0

[Event "Menorca op 3rd"]
[Site "Ciutadella de Menorca"]
[Date "2024.04.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Krzyzanowski, Marcin"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 h6 6. 0-0 d6 7. Na4 Bb6 8. a3 0-0 9. c3 Qe7 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13. Re1 b5 14. Bb2 Nd7 15. a4 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Rxa4 17. Qxa4 f5 18. Nd2 fxe4 19. Nxe4 d5 20. Ng3 Qf7 21. Re2 Nd8 22. Qa2 c6 23. c4 dxc4 24. dxc4 Nb6 25. Bxe5 Nxc4 26. Bc3 b5 27. Ne4 Ne6 28. Nd6 Nxd6 29. Rxe6 Ne4 30. Bd4 Rd8 31. h4 Nd6 32. Qe2 Nf5 33. Bb6 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Rd6 35. Re8+ Kh7 36. g3 h5 37. Re5 Rd5 38. Rxd5 Qxd5 39. Qxh5+ Kg8 40. Qe8+ Kh7 41. Qe2 Nd6 42. Be3 Qe4 43. Qh5+ Kg8 44. Qg5 Nc4 45. Qf4 Qd3 46. Qd4 Qb1 47. Bd2 Nxd2 48. Qxd2 Qe4 49. Qd6 Qf3 50. Qd4 g6 51. Kg1 Kf7 52. Qd7+ Kf8 53. g4 Qf4 54. Qd8+ Kf7 55. Qd7+ Kf8 56. Qe6 Kg7 57. Qe7+ Kg8 58. Qe8+ Kg7 59. Qd7+ Kf8 60. g5 Qxh4 61. Qd8+ Kg7 62. Qf6+ Kh7 63. Qf7+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Menorca op 3rd"]
[Site "Ciutadella de Menorca"]
[Date "2024.04.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Castellanos Rodriguez, Renier"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Be7 9. f3 0-0 10. 0-0-0 Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. Rg1 Nb6 13. g5 Nh5 14. Na5 Rc8 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Qxa5 18. Bd3 g6 19. h4 Rfe8 20. Rg4 Bf8 21. Qb3 d5 22. Qxd5 Red8 23. Qb3 Bc5 24. Bd2 Qc7 25. Re4 Ng3 26. Rg4 Nh5 27. Re4 Bf2 28. Kb1 Rd4 29. Rxd4 exd4 30. a4 Rb8 31. axb5 axb5 32. Be4 Bxh4 33. Qd5 Nf4 34. Bxf4 Qxf4 35. Rg1 Qe3 36. Rg4 Bg3 37. Ka2 Bf4 38. Bd3 Qd2 39. Be4 Qa5+ 40. Kb1 Qe1+ 41. Ka2 Qa5+ 42. Kb1 Rd8 43. Qc6 Qe1+ 44. Ka2 Qa5+ 45. Kb1 Be3 46. Bd5 Qe1+ 47. Ka2 Qa5+ 48. Kb1 Rf8 49. Bxf7+ Rxf7 50. Qe8+ Rf8 51. Qe6+ Rf7 52. Qe8+ Kg7 53. Qe5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Menorca op 3rd"]
[Site "Ciutadella de Menorca"]
[Date "2024.04.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Deuer, Marius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc7 6. e3 e5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. f4 0-0 10. b3 f6 11. Ba3 Be6 12. Ne4 Na6 13. f5 Bf7 14. g4 Nab4 15. h4 c4 16. N2c3 Kh8 17. Kh2 Rc8 18. Rg1 cxb3 19. axb3 Nd5 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. g5 Nxc3 22. dxc3 Rcd8 23. Qc2 Bd5 24. c4 Nb4 25. Qc3 Bc6 26. c5 Nd5 27. Qe1 fxg5 28. Nxg5 Nc7 29. Bxc6 bxc6 30. Rxa7 Rxf5 31. Qb4 h6 32. Qe4 Qf6 33. Rxc7 hxg5 34. Rxc6 Qf7 35. Rg2 gxh4 36. Rcg6 Rh5 37. Rxg7 Qe6 38. R7g6 Qf7 39. Qg4 Rh7 40. Qg5 Re8 41. Rh6 1-0

[Event "Menorca op 3rd"]
[Site "Ciutadella de Menorca"]
[Date "2024.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jin, Yueheng"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 g6 6. Ne5 Be6 7. Na3 Bd5 8. f3 b5 9. Bh3 Bg7 10. e4 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Be3 Qa5+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Nfd7 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. e5 0-0 17. Raf1 Rad8 18. Kc1 Nb6 19. f4 g5 20. fxg5 Nd5 21. Bd2 Rc8 22. Nc2 Rfd8 23. Re1 Rd7 24. Re4 c5 25. Bf4 c3 26. b3 a5 27. dxc5 Rxc5 28. Rd1 b4 29. Red4 Ra7 30. h4 a4 31. Nxb4 axb3 32. axb3 Bxe5 33. Bxe5 Ra1+ 34. Kc2 Ne3+ 35. Kd3 Rxd1+ 36. Ke2 Rd2+ 37. Rxd2 cxd2 38. Kxd2 Rxe5 39. Nd3 Nf1+ 0-1

[Event "Menorca op 3rd"]
[Site "Ciutadella de Menorca"]
[Date "2024.04.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Macias Pino, Diego"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. 0-0 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bb3 Na5 8. Bd2 Nxb3 9. axb3 Bb7 10. b4 Be7 11. Re1 0-0 12. Nc3 Re8 13. h3 h6 14. Re2 Bf8 15. Qe1 Rc8 16. Nh2 c5 17. bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Menorca op 3rd"]
[Site "Ciutadella de Menorca"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Adam, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. 0-0 Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 d6 9. Rd1 a6 10. b3 Nbd7 11. e4 Qc7 12. Ba3 Nc5 13. e5 dxe5 14. Qxe5 Rc8 15. Qxc7 Rxc7 16. Bc1 Nfe4 17. Bf4 Rc8 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Be3 Bf6 20. Bd4 Ke7 21. Ne5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Rhd8 23. f4 Rd6 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. Rxd6 Kxd6 26. Rd1+ Ke7 27. Nd7 Rc6 28. Nb8 Rc8 29. Nxa6 Ke8 30. Rd6 Bd8 31. a4 Ke7 32. Rd3 Ke8 33. Nb4 Be7 34. Na2 f6 35. Kf3 g5 36. fxg5 fxg5 37. Nc3 h5 38. Ne4 g4+ 39. Kf4 Rc6 40. Ke5 Kf7 41. Rd7 Ke8 42. Rb7 Kd8 43. Rb8+ Kd7 44. Rh8 1-0

[Event "La Roda op 50th"]
[Site "La Roda"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Elias Reyes, Jorge Roberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2024.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. a3 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. c4 Ne7 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. f4 g6 12. Nc3 Bg7 13. Be3 Bd7 14. 0-0-0 Nf5 15. Bf2 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Bc6 18. b4 b6 19. h4 h5 20. Rh3 Nd7 21. Rd6 Rc8 22. c5 bxc5 23. Bxa6 Rc7 24. b5 Bb7 25. Rhd3 Bxa6 26. bxa6 c4 27. Rd1 1-0

[Event "La Roda op 50th"]
[Site "La Roda"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Siddharth, Jagadeesh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2024.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. Na3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf5 8. Nc2 Bd7 9. Bd3 Nb4 10. Nxb4 Bxb4+ 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Ne7 15. Rac1 Nc6 16. h4 Ke7 17. Rh3 h6 18. Rg3 Rhg8 19. Bh7 Rh8 20. Bd3 Rhg8 21. Rc3 Rac8 22. Bh7 Rh8 23. Bd3 Rhg8 24. Bh7 Rh8 25. Bb1 Rhg8 26. Bd3 Rc7 27. Ke3 h5 28. Ng1 g6 29. Ne2 Rgc8 30. Kd2 Nb4 31. Bb1 Bb5 32. Rxc7+ Rxc7 33. Ng1 Bf1 34. Nf3 Nc6 35. Nh2 Ba6 36. Rc3 Rd7 37. Nf3 Bf1 38. g3 Bg2 39. Ne1 Be4 40. Bxe4 dxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "La Roda op 50th"]
[Site "La Roda"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Xu, Xiangyu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2024.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Ne5 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Qa4 Qb6 13. Ba3 Qa6 14. Qxa6 Bxa6 15. Rfb1 Rfb8 16. e3 Bf8 17. Bf1 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 e6 1/2-1/2

[Event "La Roda op 50th"]
[Site "La Roda"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vehi Bach, Victor Manuel"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2024.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 h6 8. Be3 Be7 9. g4 Be6 10. Qf3 Nbd7 11. 0-0-0 Rc8 12. Nd5 Nf8 13. Kb1 Ng6 14. Nxe7 Qxe7 15. g5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 Qc7 17. Bd3 Nh5 18. h4 Ngf4 19. Nc1 Bc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Rd2 Ne6 22. Qd3 Qxd3 23. Nxd3 g6 24. c3 f6 25. Be3 Ke7 26. Nb4 Nhf4 27. f3 Rh5 28. Rhd1 Rd8 29. Bf2 g5 30. hxg5 fxg5 31. Bb6 Rd7 32. Nd5+ Nxd5 33. exd5 Nf4 34. Be3 Rh3 35. Bxf4 gxf4 36. Rf2 Kf6 37. c4 Rc7 38. b3 b6 39. Kc2 Rch7 40. b4 Rc7 41. Kd3 Kf5 42. Re1 b5 43. Re4 Rh1 44. Rc2 Rd1+ 45. Ke2 Rxd5 0-1

[Event "La Roda op 50th"]
[Site "La Roda"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Buendia Pinar, Alvaro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2024.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Bd2 b6 13. 0-0-0 Bb7 14. Kb1 0-0-0 15. a3 Kb8 16. Rhe1 c5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. g3 Ka8 19. Bf4 Qe7 20. Ne5 g5 21. Bd2 Bd4 22. Bb4 Qc7 23. Nf3 Bc5 24. Bc3 Qe7 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Be4 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Ne5 f5 30. Bxb7+ Kxb7 31. Qh5 Bxf2 32. Qf7+ Ka6 33. Nd3 Bc5 34. Qxe6 Qf8 35. Qd7 Bd6 36. b4 f4 37. gxf4 gxf4 38. c4 Qb8 39. b5+ Ka5 40. Qg7 Bxa3 41. Qc3+ Ka4 42. Ka2 Qd6 43. Qb3+ 1-0

[Event "La Roda op 50th"]
[Site "La Roda"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sonis, Francesco"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2024.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Re1 d6 8. e4 Nc6 9. d4 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nd5 0-0 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Qa4 Nd7 14. Nxe7+ Nxe7 15. Rad1 Bc6 16. Qc2 Qc7 17. Nd2 Nf8 18. Nb1 Ne6 19. Be3 Nd4 20. Qc1 Qc8 21. Nc3 Bd7 22. f3 Qb7 23. Rd2 Rac8 24. Qd1 h6 25. f4 Rcd8 26. f5 Qc6 27. Qh5 Bc8 28. g4 Rd6 29. Rf2 Ba6 30. Bf1 Red8 31. g5 hxg5 32. Bxg5 f6 33. Bh6 Qe8 34. Qg4 Qf7 35. Rg2 Kf8 36. Bxg7+ Ke8 37. b3 Kd7 38. h4 Rg8 39. h5 Nf3+ 40. Qxf3 Rxg7 41. Rg6 Rh7 42. Nd5 Qf8 43. Rd1 Nxd5 44. exd5 Kc7 45. Be2 Bc8 46. Kf2 Rdd7 47. Rdg1 Rdf7 48. Rg8 Qd6 49. Qe4 Bd7 50. R1g6 Qe7 51. Ra8 Kd6 52. Rxa7 Qd8 53. Rb7 Rf8 54. Bf3 Rhf7 55. b4 Bc8 56. Rxf7 Rxf7 57. Qb1 Qc7 58. Be4 Qa7 59. bxc5+ Kxc5 60. Qb5+ Kd4 61. Bb1 e4 62. d6 Qa5 63. Qxa5 bxa5 64. h6 Rb7 65. Bxe4 Kxe4 66. Rg7 Rb2+ 67. Kg3 Bxf5 68. Re7+ Kd4 69. d7 Bxd7 70. Rxd7+ Kxc4 71. h7 Rb8 72. Kf4 a4 73. Rd2 Rh8 74. Rh2 Kb4 75. Rh3 1-0

[Event "La Roda op 50th"]
[Site "La Roda"]
[Date "2024.03.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Iglesias Ferreira, Andres"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2024.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. c3 Ng6 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 0-0 9. 0-0 Bxd2 10. Qxd2 d5 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. e5 Bg4 13. Qe3 Rb8 14. Rc1 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qh4 16. Qe3 Rxb2 17. Rxc6 Ne7 18. g3 Qg4 19. Rxc7 Qd1+ 20. Kg2 Nf5 21. Qf4 Rxb1 22. Qxf5 Rxa1 23. e6 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "La Roda op 50th"]
[Site "La Roda"]
[Date "2024.03.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Yuste Valenzuela, Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2024.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. b3 0-0 8. Bb2 Bf5 9. d5 Nb4 10. Rc1 a5 11. h3 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. a3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Na6 15. 0-0 Qh4 16. Kh2 f5 17. Bc3 Bh6 18. b4 g5 19. Kg2 Rf6 20. c5 Raf8 21. Qe1 Bg7 22. Rh1 Rg6 23. c6 e4 24. cxb7 f4 25. Bxa6 exf3+ 26. Kf1 g4 27. exf4 gxh3 28. Qe3 h2 29. Qxf3 Rxf4 30. b8Q+ Bf8 31. Qd8 Qh6 32. Bd2 Qg7 33. Qxf4 1-0

[Event "La Roda op 50th"]
[Site "La Roda"]
[Date "2024.03.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mellado Sais, Carles"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "1891"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2024.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. e4 c5 6. d5 0-0 7. Bd3 Re8 8. Nge2 Nbd7 9. 0-0 Ne5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Ng6 12. Bg3 e5 13. Rae1 Nh5 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Ne5 17. Re3 Bd7 18. a3 Ba5 19. Be2 a6 20. Na2 b5 21. Kh1 bxc4 22. Rb1 Rb8 23. Bxc4 Bd2 24. Re2 Bxf4 25. gxf4 Qh4+ 26. Kg1 Ng4 27. Ree1 Qh2+ 28. Kf1 Qxf4+ 29. Kg1 Qh2+ 30. Kf1 f5 31. Bd3 fxe4 0-1

[Event "IND-ch Blitz"]
[Site "Nashik"]
[Date "2024.03.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dixit, Nikhil"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2024.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. Qd2 a6 10. 0-0-0 Na5 11. g4 h6 12. Kb1 Rc8 13. f3 Nc4 14. Qe1 b5 15. Bc1 Qc7 16. Bd3 b4 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Bf5 Ncb6 20. Bxc8 Qxc8 21. Qe4 Qc6 22. Rd3 Qb5 23. Rhd1 Nf6 24. Qb7 Nfd7 25. Be3 Nc4 26. Qc8+ Bd8 27. Rd5 Ncb6 28. Bxb6 Nxb6 29. Rxb5 Nxc8 30. Rb7 0-0 31. Rxb4 f5 32. Rb8 Bc7 33. Ra8 fxg4 34. hxg4 Kf7 35. c4 Ke7 36. c5 Kd7 37. cxd6 Bxd6 38. Nc5+ Ke7 39. Ne4 Bc7 40. Rc1 Kd7 41. Nc5+ Kc6 42. Nxa6+ Kb7 43. Nxc7 Rxf3 44. Ra3 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Blitz"]
[Site "Nashik"]
[Date "2024.03.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Aakash Sharadchandra, Dalvi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2024.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. a3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. f4 d6 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. g5 Nfd7 11. h4 Be7 12. h5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. Qf3 h6 15. gxh6 Rxh6 16. 0-0-0 Rh7 17. f5 Ne5 18. Qh3 Bd7 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Rhg1 0-0-0 21. Bg5 Bxg5+ 22. Rxg5 Kb8 23. Qg3 Rdh8 24. Nf3 Nxf3 25. Qxf3 Qc6 26. Qg3 e5 27. Rxg7 Rxg7 28. Qxg7 Rxh5 29. Qf8+ Ka7 30. Rxd6 Rh1+ 31. Rd1 Rxd1+ 32. Kxd1 Qb6 33. Qb4 Bg4+ 34. Kd2 Qf2+ 35. Kd3 Qf1+ 36. Kd2 Qf2+ 37. Kd3 Qf1+ 38. Kd2 Qf2+ 39. Kd3 Qf1+ 40. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Blitz"]
[Site "Nashik"]
[Date "2024.03.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Gaurav, Rajesh Zagade"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A24"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2030"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2024.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d3 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 e5 7. Nc3 Re8 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 c6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 h6 12. e4 d5 13. Qc2 d4 14. Nd1 b5 15. Nd2 Nbd7 16. f4 Ng4 17. Nf3 exf4 18. gxf4 bxc4 19. Qxc4 Ba6 20. Qc2 Qb6 21. h3 Ne3 22. Nxe3 dxe3 23. Re1 e2+ 24. Kh2 Rab8 25. Rxe2 c5 26. Be3 Qc7 27. bxc5 Rxb1 28. Qxb1 Nxc5 29. Qc1 Bxd3 30. Rd2 Bxe4 31. Qxc5 Qxc5 32. Bxc5 Bxf3 33. Bxf3 Rc8 34. Bb6 Rc3 35. Kg2 Rc4 36. Be3 Rc3 37. Bf2 h5 38. Rd7 Bh6 39. Bd5 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Blitz"]
[Site "Nashik"]
[Date "2024.03.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Hari, Madhavan NB"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2024.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e3 e5 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 d6 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. h4 Ngf6 7. Be2 c6 8. b3 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qc7 10. Rc1 0-0 11. d5 Re8 12. e4 Nc5 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. Ng1 Qc8 15. f3 Bd7 16. Be3 Nh5 17. g4 Nf4 18. Kd1 f5 19. gxf5 gxf5 20. b4 Na6 21. a3 Nxe2 22. Ngxe2 f4 23. Bf2 Nc7 24. Kd2 Kh8 25. Rhg1 a5 26. Qb2 axb4 27. axb4 Rf8 28. Ra1 b5 29. cxb5 cxd5 30. Rxa8 Qxa8 31. b6 dxe4 32. bxc7 e3+ 33. Ke1 exf2+ 34. Kxf2 Qa7+ 35. Kg2 Qxc7 36. Nd5 Qd8 37. Rh1 Rg8 38. Kf1 e4 39. Qb3 exf3 40. Qxf3 Qa8 41. Nexf4 Rf8 42. Rg1 Bd4 43. Rg5 Qa1+ 44. Ke2 Re8+ 45. Kd2 Qb2+ 0-1

[Event "IND-ch Blitz"]
[Site "Nashik"]
[Date "2024.03.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Srihari, Lakshmi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2199"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2024.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. Nf3 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. 0-0 e5 8. e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. Re1 Re8 11. h3 Bd7 12. Bf4 h6 13. f3 Nh5 14. Nde2 Nxf4 15. Nxf4 Be5 16. Qd2 Qg5 17. Kh2 h5 18. h4 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Qxf4 20. gxf4 Nd3 21. Nd5 Nxe1 22. Rxe1 Red8 23. f5 c6 24. Nf4 Kg7 25. fxg6 fxg6 26. Rd1 Rf8 27. Kg3 Rf6 28. e5 Rxf4 29. Kxf4 dxe5+ 30. Kxe5 Re8+ 31. Kf4 Bf5 32. Bf1 Kf6 33. c5 Be6 34. Rd6 Ke7 35. Bd3 Rf8+ 36. Ke3 Bd5 37. f4 Rf6 38. Bxg6 Bxa2 39. Rxf6 Kxf6 40. Bxh5 b6 41. Bf3 bxc5 42. Bxc6 a5 43. Be4 Bb3 44. h5 a4 45. h6 Bc4 46. Bc2 Bb5 47. Kd2 Bc4 48. Kc3 Bd5 49. Kd2 Bc4 50. Ke3 Bd5 51. f5 Bc4 52. h7 Kg7 53. f6+ Kh8 54. Kf4 Bf7 55. Ke5 Bc4 56. Kd6 Bb3 57. Bxb3 axb3 58. f7 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Blitz"]
[Site "Nashik"]
[Date "2024.03.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kaustuv, Kundu"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2187"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2024.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. a3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd5 6. Nxd5 Bxd5 7. d4 d6 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. Bf4 Be7 10. h4 h6 11. h5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nc5 13. Bb5+ c6 14. Be2 Be4 15. b4 Na4 16. Bd2 0-0 17. c4 Nb2 18. Qb3 Nd3+ 19. Kf1 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Qxd2 21. Rd1 Qf4 22. Ng4 Rfd8 23. Ne3 a5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. bxa5 bxa5 26. Qb6 Qe5 27. Rh3 Qa1+ 0-1

[Event "IND-ch Blitz"]
[Site "Nashik"]
[Date "2024.03.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Manish, Anto Cristiano F"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2024.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 d6 6. c4 Bg4 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd4 10. Qd1 Be7 11. Ne2 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 c6 13. f4 Nc5 14. Bc2 Ne6 15. d3 exf4 16. Bxf4 Bf6 17. Rab1 Be5 18. Be3 0-0 19. Qf2 c5 20. b4 b6 21. bxc5 bxc5 22. Rb7 Qe8 23. Bd1 Bd4 24. Bg4 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Nd4 26. Qf4 Rd8 27. Kh1 Nc6 28. Bh5 Ne5 29. Qg5 Rd7 30. Rb6 a5 31. Bg4 Qd8 32. Qxd8 Rdxd8 33. Be2 Rb8 34. Rfb1 Rxb6 35. Rxb6 f5 36. exf5 Rxf5 37. Rxd6 Rf2 38. Bg4 Nxg4 39. hxg4 Rxa2 40. Rd5 Rd2 41. Rxc5 Rxd3 42. Rxa5 Rd4 43. c5 Rxg4 44. c6 Rc4 45. Ra8+ Kf7 46. Rc8 Ke6 47. c7 Kd7 48. Rg8 Rxc7 49. Rxg7+ Kd6 50. Rxc7 Kxc7 51. Kh2 Kd6 52. Kh3 Ke6 53. Kg4 Kf6 54. Kh5 Kg7 55. Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Blitz"]
[Site "Nashik"]
[Date "2024.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pranay, Akula"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "1772"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2024.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Rb8 7. Qd2 b5 8. Nge2 b4 9. Nd1 h5 10. h3 Nd4 11. 0-0 e5 12. f4 Ne7 13. Nc1 h4 14. g4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Ne6 16. Be3 d5 17. Qf2 0-0 18. Qxh4 c4 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. Bxa7 Rb7 22. Bf2 Rc7 23. dxc4 Rxc4 24. Ne3 Nxe3 25. Bxe3 Rxc2 26. Nb3 Rxb2 27. Rad1 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rxa2 29. Bd5 Rb2 30. Nc5 Re2 31. Nxe6 Bxe6 32. Bxe6 fxe6 33. Bc5 b3 34. Bd4 Bxd4+ 35. Rxd4 b2 36. Rd1 Rc2 0-1

[Event "IND-ch Blitz"]
[Site "Nashik"]
[Date "2024.03.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vignesh, B."]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2239"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2024.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Ne2 Nf6 7. 0-0 h6 8. c3 Nc6 9. Nd2 0-0 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Ng3 Ng4 12. Bf5 Nge5 13. Bxc8 Rxc8 14. Bf4 Qf6 15. Bxe5 Qxe5 16. Qf3 Rfe8 17. Rad1 Rcd8 18. Nf5 Qf6 19. Nfd4 Qg6 20. Rfe1 Ne5 21. Qe2 Kh7 22. Qc2 Qxc2 23. Nxc2 Nc4 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Kf1 0-1

[Event "IND-ch Rapid"]
[Site "Nashik"]
[Date "2024.03.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hari, Madhavan NB"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2024.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qc2 Bf5 8. Qc1 h6 9. h3 e6 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. Be2 0-0 12. 0-0 Rfc8 13. Bd1 Qd8 14. Bc2 b5 15. Re1 b4 16. e4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Qd5 20. Re2 Bf8 21. Ne5 Ne7 22. Ng4 Qd8 23. cxb4 Nf5 24. a3 h5 25. Ne5 Qxd4 26. Nf3 Qb6 27. Be3 Qb7 28. Rc2 a5 29. bxa5 Rxa5 30. Bd2 Rd5 31. Rxc4 Rxc4 32. Qxc4 Qxb2 33. Qa2 Qf6 34. Rb1 Bc5 35. Bb4 Ba7 36. Qc4 Nd4 37. Nxd4 Rxd4 38. Qc2 Rf4 39. Bc5 Bxc5 40. Qxc5 Qg6 41. Rb5 Ra4 42. Qxh5 Qxh5 43. Rxh5 f5 44. g4 Rxa3 45. gxf5 Ra5 46. Kg2 exf5 47. Rg5 Kf7 48. Rg3 Ra4 49. Rb3 g6 50. Rb6 Kg7 51. Kg3 Ra3+ 52. Kg2 Kh6 53. f4 Rc3 54. Rb7 Rc2+ 55. Kg3 Rc3+ 56. Kg2 Rc2+ 57. Kg3 Ra2 58. Rc7 Ra3+ 59. Kg2 Ra1 60. Rb7 Rd1 61. Rc7 Rd3 62. Ra7 Rd8 63. Rc7 Rd6 64. Kg3 Rd3+ 65. Kg2 Rd8 66. Kg3 Rg8 67. Rb7 Rf8 68. Rc7 Ra8 69. Rb7 Ra3+ 70. Kg2 Ra2+ 71. Kg3 Ra6 72. Rd7 Rb6 73. Rc7 Rb3+ 74. Kg2 g5 75. fxg5+ Kxg5 76. Rc4 Rb2+ 77. Kg3 Rb3+ 78. Kg2 Ra3 79. Rb4 f4 80. Rb5+ Kh4 81. Rf5 f3+ 82. Rxf3 Rxf3 83. Kxf3 Kxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Rapid"]
[Site "Nashik"]
[Date "2024.03.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Pimpalkhare, Vedant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2101"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2024.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 0-0 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. 0-0 b6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. Rad1 Rc8 15. Bb3 Re8 16. h3 b5 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Qf6 20. Ng5 h6 21. Ne4 Qg6 22. Qf4 Re8 23. Re3 Re5 24. Nc3 Rxe3 25. Qxe3 b4 26. Qe8+ Nf8 27. Ne4 Qf5 28. Ng3 Qd7 29. Qe5 f6 30. d6+ Kh7 31. Bc2+ Kg8 32. Qe7 Qc6 33. Bb3+ Kh7 34. f3 Ng6 35. Qe6 Ne5 36. Nh5 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Nxf3+ 38. gxf3 Qd2+ 39. Kg3 Qg5+ 40. Qg4 Qe5+ 41. Kf2 Qb2+ 42. Kg3 Qe5+ 43. Nf4 Qe1+ 44. Kh2 Qd2+ 45. Kg1 Qe1+ 46. Kh2 Qd2+ 47. Ng2 Qxd6+ 48. Qg3 Qd3 49. Ne1 Qe2+ 50. Kg1 Qe3+ 51. Qf2 Qg5+ 52. Ng2 Qc1+ 53. Kh2 Qc7+ 54. Qg3 Qc3 55. Bf7 g5 56. Qb8 Qe5+ 57. Qxe5 fxe5 58. Kg3 Kg7 59. Bc4 a5 60. Ne3 a4 61. Nc2 b3 62. axb3 axb3 63. Bxb3 e4 64. f4 gxf4+ 65. Kxf4 Kg6 66. Ne3 Bc8 67. h4 Kh5 68. Ng2 Kg6 69. Bd5 Bh3 70. Bxe4+ Kh5 71. Bf3+ Kg6 72. Ne3 Bc8 73. Ke5 Kg7 74. h5 Bd7 75. Bg4 Be8 76. Nf5+ Kh7 77. Kf6 Ba4 78. Nd6 Bb3 79. Bf5+ Kh8 80. Kg6 Ba2 81. Kxh6 Bb3 82. Be4 Ba2 83. Nf5 Bb3 84. Ne7 Bc4 85. Ng6+ Kg8 86. Bd5+ 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Rapid"]
[Site "Nashik"]
[Date "2024.03.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Wagh, Suyog"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2024.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Qa5+ 7. Nd2 e6 8. Ngf3 Nh6 9. 0-0 Nf5 10. Nb3 Qa6 11. Qc3 Be7 12. Bg5 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Nc1 Rc8 15. Nd3 Nf5 16. Nf4 c5 17. dxc5 Rxc5 18. Qd2 g6 19. c3 0-0 20. Rfe1 Rc4 21. g3 Nc5 22. Ng5 Ne4 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. a3 Qb6 25. Kh2 Qc7 26. Nd3 Kh7 27. f3 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Rd8 29. g4 hxg4 30. fxg4 Nh6 31. Nf2 Qb6 32. Kh3 Qb5 33. Ne4 dxe4 34. Qxd8 Qxb2 35. Qd4 Nxg4 36. Qg1 Nf2+ 37. Kg3 Qxc3+ 38. Kxf2 Qf3# 0-1

[Event "IND-ch Rapid"]
[Site "Nashik"]
[Date "2024.03.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gandhi, Anish"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2024.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 0-0 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. Re1 Bf8 10. Nf1 b5 11. Bc2 Bb7 12. Ng3 Nb8 13. Nf5 Nbd7 14. a4 d5 15. Qe2 Nc5 16. Ng3 d4 17. cxd4 exd4 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Bxa8 20. Bd2 Bxe4 21. Nxe4 Nfxe4 22. dxe4 d3 23. Qd1 dxc2 24. Qxc2 Qd3 25. Qxd3 Nxd3 26. Re3 Nxb2 27. Rb3 Nc4 28. Rxb5 Rxe4 29. Bb4 Bxb4 30. Rxb4 Nd6 31. Rxe4 Nxe4 32. Ne5 f6 33. Nc6 Kf7 34. f3 Nd6 35. Kf2 Ke6 36. Ke3 Kd5 37. Ne7+ Ke6 38. Nc6 Nf5+ 39. Kd3 Kd6 40. Na5 Kd5 41. Nc4 c5 42. g3 Nd4 43. f4 Nf5 44. g4 Nd6 45. Ne3+ Ke6 46. h3 g5 47. Ng2 h6 48. h4 Kf7 49. fxg5 fxg5 50. hxg5 hxg5 51. Ne1 Kf6 52. Nf3 Nf7 53. Ke4 Ke6 54. Ng1 Nd6+ 55. Ke3 Kd5 56. Nf3 Nf7 57. Ng1 c4 58. Ne2 Nh6 59. Kf3 Ke5 60. Nc3 Kd4 61. Ne4 Nf7 62. Nd2 Ne5+ 63. Ke2 c3 64. Nb3+ Kc4 65. Na5+ Kb4 66. Nb7 Ka3 67. Nc5 Nd7 68. Nd3 Nf6 69. Ne5 Nxg4 70. Nc4+ Kb4 71. Nd6 Nf6 72. Kd1 g4 73. Nf5 Ne4 74. Kc2 g3 75. Ne3 Kc5 76. Kd3 Kb4 77. Kxe4 g2 78. Nxg2 c2 79. Ne1 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Rapid"]
[Site "Nashik"]
[Date "2024.03.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Gaikwad, Vishal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "1730"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2024.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. h3 b5 7. Bd3 0-0 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. 0-0 Nb6 10. Rfe1 Nfd7 11. Bh6 e5 12. Rad1 a6 13. Bf1 Qe7 14. a3 Re8 15. b3 Nf8 16. Be3 Rb8 17. g3 Ne6 18. Bg2 Nc7 19. Kh2 Be6 20. Na2 c5 21. dxc5 dxc5 22. Qd6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Bf8 24. Rc6 Rb7 25. Bxc5 Bxc5 26. Rxc5 f6 27. Rd1 Kf7 28. Nb4 Rc8 29. Rc3 Ke8 30. Ne1 Bd7 31. f4 a5 32. Nbd3 Na6 33. Rxc8+ Bxc8 34. fxe5 fxe5 35. Nxe5 a4 36. Nc6 Rd7 37. Rxd7 Bxd7 38. Nd4 b4 39. axb4 a3 40. c3 a2 41. Nec2 Nc7 42. Kg1 Nb5 43. Nxb5 Bxb5 44. c4 Bd7 45. Kf2 Nc8 46. Ke3 Nd6 47. Kd4 Ke7 48. b5 Nc8 49. Kc3 Kd6 50. Kb2 Ke5 51. Kxa2 Nd6 52. Kb2 Nf7 53. Kc3 Ng5 54. h4 Nxe4+ 55. Bxe4 Kxe4 56. b6 Kf3 57. b7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Arslanov, Shamil"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2024.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. f3 d5 3. e4 dxe4 4. Nc3 exf3 5. Nxf3 g6 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. Qd2 0-0 8. 0-0-0 Bg4 9. Be2 Nd5 10. Be5 Nc6 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 e6 14. h4 h6 15. h5 g5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. c4 dxc4 18. Qc3 Qd6 19. Rhf1 Nb4 20. d5+ f6 21. Qxc4 Rae8 22. Kb1 Re5 23. a3 Na6 24. Rc1 f5 25. Rfe1 Rfe8 26. Rxe5 Qxe5 27. Qb5 Rb8 28. g4 fxg4 29. Bd1 c6 30. Qd3 Qf6 31. Bc2 cxd5 32. Rf1 Qxf1+ 33. Qxf1 Rf8 34. Qd3 Rf6 35. Qh7+ Kf8 36. Qh8+ Ke7 37. Bg6 Ke6 38. Qe8+ Kd6 39. Qd8+ Ke6 40. Qc8+ Ke5 41. Qxb7 g3 42. Ka2 g2 43. Qxa7 d4 44. Qe7+ Re6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2024.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. 0-0 Bg7 6. d3 Qc7 7. Re1 e5 8. a4 Nf6 9. a5 Nd7 10. Nbd2 Nf8 11. Nc4 Ne6 12. Bd2 0-0 13. b4 cxb4 14. Bxb4 Rd8 15. Qb1 Rb8 16. Qb2 f6 17. Qa3 c5 18. Bc3 Nd4 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Bb4 Qc6 21. Bd6 Ra8 22. Qc5 Be6 23. Qxc6 bxc6 24. Bc5 Rdb8 25. Reb1 Rb5 26. Bd6 Rd8 27. Be7 Rdb8 28. Rxb5 cxb5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2024.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 0-0 8. 0-0 c6 9. Qc2 d5 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Nc3 dxc4 13. bxc4 Bxc4 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd5 16. Nb1 b5 17. Be4 g6 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Nd2 Bxe2 20. Re1 Bg4 21. Kg2 Bf5 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. Nf3 Nb4 24. Qb3 Qd5 25. Red1 Qe6 26. Qxe6 fxe6 27. Rd7 a6 28. Rad1 Nd5 29. Kg1 Red8 30. Rb7 c5 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 32. Rxe7 c4 33. Rg7+ Kh8 34. Ng5 Rf8 35. Rxh7+ Kg8 36. Rg7+ Kh8 37. Rh7+ Kg8 38. Re7 c3 39. Rc7 b4 40. Kg2 a5 41. Bxf8 Kxf8 42. Nxe6+ Ke8 43. Nf4 Rd2 44. e6 c2 45. Nxg6 a4 46. Rc8+ Rd8 47. Rxc2 b3 48. axb3 axb3 49. Rb2 Rd3 50. Nf4 Rc3 51. Nd5 Rd3 52. Ne3 Ke7 53. Nxf5+ Kxe6 54. Ne3 Ke5 55. Nf1 Kd4 56. Nd2 Ke5 57. Nxb3 Rd8 58. Nd2 Kf6 59. Nf3 Rd6 60. Re2 Ra6 61. g4 Ra4 62. Kg3 Kf7 63. h4 Kf6 64. h5 Rb4 65. Re3 Ra4 66. Nh4 Rb4 67. f4 Rb1 68. g5+ Kf7 69. Kg4 Rb5 70. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Bilan, Danila"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2024.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. 0-0 e6 5. d3 h6 6. c4 c6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Be3 Bc5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Qxc5 Nxc5 13. Rc1 Na6 14. Nd4 Bg6 15. Nd2 Ke7 16. N2b3 Rhc8 17. Na5 b6 18. Nac6+ Kd6 19. Nb5+ Kd7 20. Nbxa7 Nc7 21. Nxc8 Rxc8 22. Ne5+ Kd6 23. f4 Nd7 24. Rc6+ Ke7 25. Rac1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Cieslak, Patryk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2024.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 d4 5. d3 c5 6. e4 Nc6 7. e5 Nd7 8. Bf4 h6 9. h4 Be7 10. Nbd2 a6 11. h5 Rb8 12. 0-0 b5 13. Re1 Bb7 14. a3 Na5 15. b3 bxc4 16. bxc4 Bc6 17. Ne4 Qb6 18. Nfd2 Qb7 19. Qg4 Kf8 20. Rab1 Qa8 21. Rxb8+ Qxb8 22. Rb1 Qa8 23. Qe2 Ke8 24. Bh3 Nb7 25. g4 Kd8 26. g5 hxg5 27. Nxg5 Kc7 28. Nxf7 Rf8 29. Bxe6 Nd8 30. Nxd8 Kxd8 31. Bg3 Bh1 32. Bh3 Bc6 33. e6 Bf3 34. Nxf3 Qxf3 35. Qxf3 Rxf3 36. exd7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Hajiyev, Kanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2081"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2024.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 c6 5. 0-0 Bg7 6. b3 0-0 7. Bb2 Bg4 8. d3 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 e5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Qc2 a5 14. a3 Qe7 15. e4 Nc7 16. Rfd1 Nb5 17. a4 Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Ba3 Qe6 20. Rab1 h5 21. f4 c5 22. Qc4 b6 23. e5 Rac8 24. Rf1 Kh7 25. Rbe1 Qxc4 26. bxc4 f6 27. e6 Nb8 28. f5 Nc6 29. fxg6+ Kxg6 30. Be4+ f5 31. Rxf5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2024.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. Qb3 0-0 7. Nc3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qb3 a5 10. 0-0 a4 11. Qc2 Nd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bf4 Bf5 14. Qd2 Nc6 15. Rfc1 Qb6 16. e3 Rac8 17. Rc5 Na5 18. Qb4 Bd3 19. Rac1 Nc4 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. b3 axb3 22. axb3 Nd6 23. Rxc8+ Nxc8 24. Ne5 e6 25. Nxd3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2024.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. d4 0-0 6. Qd3 b6 7. cxd5 Ba6 8. Qc2 Nxd5 9. 0-0 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Ng5 g6 12. a3 Nd7 13. Rd1 Rc8 14. e4 Ne3 15. Bxe3 Bxe3 16. Qa4 Be2 17. Nc3 Bxd1 18. Rxd1 Qxg5 19. Rxd7 Bc1 20. Qc2 Rfd8 21. h4 Qh6 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Ne2 Qd2 24. Qxc1 Qxc1+ 25. Nxc1 Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Korchmar, Vasiliy"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2024.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qd3 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nf3 d6 7. Be2 e6 8. Bf4 e5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. 0-0-0 Be6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nd5 Qa5 13. a3 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nb8 15. Nh4 Nd7 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. Kb1 Rg8 18. Qh3 h6 19. Bg4 Nc5 20. Rhe1 Qb6 21. Re3 a5 22. Qh4 Rg5 23. f4 Rg6 24. fxe5 fxe5 25. Rde1 Na4 26. Rb3 Qc7 27. Bh5 Nc5 28. Rc3 Rg5 29. g4 b5 30. Qf2 b4 31. Rxc5 Qxc5 32. Nxd6+ Bxd6 33. Qxf7+ Kd8 34. Qe8+ Kc7 35. Qxa8 bxa3 36. Rf1 Rg7 37. Rf3 Qg1+ 38. Ka2 Qb6 39. Rc3+ Bc5 40. bxa3 Kd7 41. Qe8+ Kc7 42. Qxe5+ Kc8 43. Qxg7 Kd8 44. Qg8+ Kd7 45. Qe6+ Qxe6 46. dxe6+ Kd6 47. Rxc5 Kxc5 48. e7 Kd4 49. e8Q 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rogov, Matfey"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2024.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. b4 cxb4 4. d4 d6 5. d5 Nb8 6. Bb2 Nf6 7. Bd3 g6 8. a3 bxa3 9. Nxa3 Bg7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. h3 Nbd7 12. Re1 Nc5 13. Nc4 b6 14. Nd4 Bb7 15. Qe2 a6 16. Reb1 Rb8 17. Bc3 Ba8 18. Rb4 Qc7 19. Qe1 Rfc8 20. Ra3 Nfd7 21. Qa1 Ne5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Qc1 b5 24. Rb1 Nxd3 25. Qg5 Nf4 26. Re1 Qc5 27. Nf5 Bxc3 28. Nxe7+ Kf8 29. Re3 Qxa3 30. Rf3 Qa1+ 31. Kh2 Bf6 32. Nxg6+ hxg6 33. Qh6+ Bg7 34. Qg5 Qe5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2024.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. Re1 e5 6. c3 Nge7 7. Na3 0-0 8. d3 a6 9. Bxc6 Nxc6 10. Nc4 d6 11. a4 Be6 12. Ng5 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Ne3 Qa2 17. h4 d5 18. h5 d4 19. Ng4 dxc3 20. h6 Bf6 21. bxc3 Be7 22. Be3 b4 23. cxb4 cxb4 24. Qc1 Qa6 25. Bg5 Bxg5 26. Qxg5 Qxd3 27. Rc1 Qd6 28. Kh2 b3 29. Rxc6 Qxc6 30. Qe7 Rf7 31. Nf6+ Rxf6 32. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters Play In"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2024.01.31"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB06_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Bc5 5. c3 Nge7 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 d5 9. e5 Bg4 10. a3 Ba5 11. Be3 b5 12. Bc2 Bb6 13. Ne2 Qd7 14. Ng3 Nf5 15. Nxf5 Bxf5 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. 0-0 0-0 18. Rc1 Nd8 19. Qb3 c6 20. Qc2 Qh5 21. h3 Rc8 22. Kh2 Ne6 23. g4 Qg6 24. Qf5 c5 25. dxc5 Bxc5 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 27. Rxc5 Nxc5 28. Rd1 Na4 29. b3 Nc3 30. Rd3 Qc6 31. Nd4 Qc7 32. Qf4 a5 33. Nf5 b4 34. axb4 axb4 35. Re3 Ne4 36. Nd6 f6 37. Nxe4 fxe5 38. Qg3 dxe4 39. Rxe4 Qc2 40. Rc4 Qxf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters Play In"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2024.01.31"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB06_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 b6 10. Kf2 Ba6 11. h4 Bxf1 12. Rxf1 c4 13. b4 Qa6 14. h5 Be7 15. g3 f6 16. Kg2 0-0 17. Qc2 b5 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 Qb7 20. Bd4 a5 21. a3 fxe5 22. fxe5 Rxf3 23. Kxf3 Ndxe5+ 24. Kg2 Nd3 25. Kh2 e5 26. Bg1 h6 27. Qe2 Qd7 28. Qf3 e4 29. Qe2 Nce5 30. Bd4 Nf3+ 31. Rxf3 exf3 32. Qxf3 Rf8 33. Qe2 Qf7 34. Kg2 Re8 35. Qg4 Re4 36. Qc8+ Re8 37. Qg4 Re4 38. Qc8+ Kh7 39. Rf1 Ne1+ 40. Kg1 Nf3+ 41. Kg2 Re2+ 42. Rf2 Nxd4 43. Rxe2 Nxe2 44. c6 Nxc3 45. Qd7 Qxh5 46. c7 Qe2+ 47. Kg1 Qe1+ 48. Kg2 Qe2+ 49. Kg1 Qe1+ 50. Kg2 Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters Play In"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Subelj, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2024.01.31"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB06_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 h6 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. e3 0-0 8. Be2 c6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. c5 Qe7 11. f4 b6 12. b4 a5 13. a3 axb4 14. axb4 Bb7 15. 0-0 Rxa1 16. Qxa1 Ra8 17. Qb2 Qd8 18. Ra1 Qb8 19. Ra3 g5 20. g3 gxf4 21. exf4 Kg7 22. Qa1 Rxa3 23. Qxa3 h5 24. Nf3 Ng4 25. Nd1 bxc5 26. bxc5 Bc8 27. Bd3 f6 28. h3 Nh6 29. Qa4 Qc7 30. Qb4 e5 31. fxe5 fxe5 32. dxe5 Nxe5 33. Qd4 Nhf7 34. Nf2 Qe7 35. Be2 Qf6 36. Nxe5 Nxe5 37. Qb4 Qg5 38. Kg2 Qe3 39. Bxh5 Qxf2+ 40. Kxf2 Nd3+ 41. Ke3 Nxb4 42. h4 Kf6 43. Kd4 Nc2+ 44. Kc3 Bf5 45. Be8 d4+ 46. Kd2 Nb4 0-1

[Event "Chessable Masters Play In"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2024.01.31"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB06_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.07"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 0-0 8. Re1 Re8 9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 b5 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. d4 Nb8 14. a4 Nbd7 15. Bd3 c6 16. b3 g6 17. h3 Qc7 18. Bb2 Bg7 19. Qc2 Rac8 20. c4 bxa4 21. Rxa4 exd4 22. Bxd4 c5 23. Bc3 Ne5 24. Nxe5 dxe5 25. Nf1 Nh5 26. Ne3 Nf4 27. Bf1 Ne6 28. Nd5 Qd6 29. b4 Nd4 30. Qb2 cxb4 31. Rxb4 Bc6 32. Rb6 Rb8 33. Bxd4 exd4 34. Rxc6 Qxc6 35. Qxb8 Rxb8 36. Ne7+ Kf8 37. Nxc6 Rb6 38. Na5 d3 39. c5 Rb5 40. Nc4 Rxc5 41. Bxd3 a5 42. e5 a4 43. Ra1 Bxe5 44. Nxe5 Rxe5 45. Rxa4 Rd5 46. Be2 Rd7 47. Bf3 Kg7 48. Rb4 Re7 49. Rb7 Re5 50. Rd7 Rf5 51. Bd5 Rf6 52. g4 Kf8 53. Kg2 g5 54. Ra7 Rf4 55. f3 Kg7 56. Kf2 Kg6 57. Ke3 Rf6 58. Rc7 Rf4 59. Be4+ Kg7 60. Rc6 Kf8 61. Rxh6 Kg7 62. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters Play In"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shyam, Sundar M"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2024.01.31"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB06_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.07"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2 e5 9. Nf5 g6 10. Qe2 gxf5 11. exf5 Rg8 12. h3 Qc7 13. f4 Nbd7 14. g5 hxg5 15. fxg5 Rb8 16. 0-0-0 b5 17. gxf6 Nxf6 18. Rhg1 b4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Rxg1 21. Rxg1 Bb7 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. h4 Qe4 24. h5 Bh6 25. Rg8+ Kd7 26. Rxb8 Bxe3+ 27. Kd1 Qh1+ 28. Qe1 Qxh5+ 29. Qe2 Qh1+ 30. Qe1 Qf3+ 31. Qe2 Qh1+ 32. Qe1 Qd5+ 33. Ke2 Bc5 34. Qh4 Qg2+ 35. Ke1 Qxc2 36. Qd8+ Kc6 37. Qe8+ Kd5 38. Qxf7+ Ke4 39. Qb3 Qf2+ 40. Kd1 Qf1+ 41. Kd2 Qf2+ 42. Kd1 Qf1+ 43. Kd2 a5 44. Rh8 Qf2+ 45. Kd1 Qf1+ 46. Kd2 Qf2+ 47. Kd1 Qg1+ 48. Kc2 Qg2+ 49. Kd1 Qf1+ 50. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters Play In"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vasquez Schroder, Rodrigo Rafael"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2024.01.31"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB06_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.07"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qb6 8. Bb3 e6 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. 0-0-0 0-0-0 12. Kb1 Kb8 13. f3 g6 14. g4 Be7 15. h4 Bc8 16. h5 Qc7 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Rh6 Rdg8 19. Rdh1 Rxh6 20. Rxh6 Bf8 21. Rh1 g5 22. Nde2 Nd7 23. Rh7 Ne5 24. Nd4 Qd8 25. a3 Qf6 26. Qe3 Be7 27. Na4 Bd8 28. Qc3 Rh8 29. Rxh8 Qxh8 30. Qe3 Qh3 31. Qf2 Bd7 32. Nc3 Bb6 33. Nce2 Bc5 34. Qe3 Bb5 35. c3 Qf1+ 36. Ka2 Bxd4 37. Nxd4 Bd3 38. Bc2 Bxc2 39. Nxc2 Nxf3 40. Qb6 Qc4+ 41. Ka1 Nd2 42. Qxd6+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2023.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. 0-0 e6 6. d3 Be7 7. h3 Rc8 8. c4 Bf6 9. Nc3 a6 10. Bf4 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Be3 g6 13. f4 Bg7 14. f5 Nf6 15. Qf3 0-0 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 Qd7 18. Rad1 b5 19. b3 b4 20. Ne2 exf5 21. exf5 g5 22. Bg3 Rfe8 23. d4 Qe7 24. Rfe1 Ne4 25. Bh2 Qf6 26. Kh1 h5 27. g4 hxg4 28. hxg4 Re7 29. Ng3 Nxg3+ 30. Bxg3 Rxe1+ 31. Bxe1 Re8 32. Bf2 cxd4 33. Kg2 d3 34. Rxd3 a5 35. Bd4 Qh6 36. Bxg7 Kxg7 37. f6+ Qxf6 38. Qxf6+ Kxf6 39. Rxd6+ Kg7 40. Kf3 f6 41. Rd5 Ra8 42. Ke4 Kg6 43. c5 a4 44. c6 axb3 45. axb3 Re8+ 46. Kd4 Kf7 47. Kc5 Re2 48. c7 Rc2+ 49. Kd6 Ke8 50. Rd4 Rc3 51. Re4+ Kf7 52. Rxb4 Rd3+ 53. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.30"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2023.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 c6 7. e3 Be7 8. Rc1 0-0 9. a3 a5 10. Qc2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. 0-0 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Re8 15. Ne5 Ba8 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Ne4 Nd5 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Qxc5 Nb6 20. b3 f6 21. Nf3 Nd7 22. Qd6 Qc7 23. Qxc7 Rxc7 24. Bxb5 Rb8 25. Bc4 Kf7 26. e4 Nb6 27. Bf1 Nd7 28. d5 exd5 29. exd5 c5 30. d6 Ra7 31. Bc4+ Kf8 32. Nh4 Ne5 33. Bd5 Bxd5 34. Rxd5 Rxb3 35. Rdxc5 Rd7 36. Rxa5 Rxd6 37. Ra8+ Kf7 38. Nf5 Rd7 39. h3 Kg6 40. Ne3 Rb2 41. Rac8 Ra2 42. R8c3 Ra7 43. f4 Nf7 44. Rc7 R2xa3 45. Nd5 Nd6 46. R1c6 Nb5 47. Rxa7 Rxa7 48. g4 Ra1+ 49. Kf2 Ra2+ 50. Kg3 Ra3+ 51. Kh4 Nd4 52. f5+ Kh7 53. Rc7 Ra6 54. Ne7 Nf3+ 55. Kh5 Ne5 56. h4 Ra5 57. Rb7 Rc5 58. Ra7 Nd3 59. Ng6 Rc8 60. Ra3 Ne5 61. Re3 Nxg6 62. fxg6+ Kg8 63. Rf3 Rc5+ 64. Rf5 Rxf5+ 65. gxf5 Kf8 66. Kg4 Ke7 67. Kf4 Kd6 68. Ke4 Kc5 69. Ke3 Kd5 70. h5 Ke5 71. Kd3 Kxf5 72. Kd4 Ke6 73. Ke4 f5+ 74. Kd4 Kf6 75. Kd5 f4 76. Ke4 Kg5 77. Kf3 Kf5 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.30"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2023.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. h4 h5 5. Be3 b5 6. Qd2 Bb7 7. f3 Nd7 8. Nh3 Bg7 9. Ng5 e5 10. 0-0-0 Ngf6 11. a3 Qe7 12. Kb1 Nb6 13. Rg1 Nfd7 14. Qf2 f6 15. Nh3 0-0-0 16. d5 f5 17. Ng5 f4 18. Bc1 Bf6 19. g3 Bxg5 20. hxg5 fxg3 21. Qxg3 Kb8 22. Bd3 Nc5 23. f4 exf4 24. Bxf4 Nbd7 25. b4 Nxd3 26. cxd3 h4 27. Qh2 Ne5 28. Rgf1 Ng4 29. Qg1 Qd7 30. Ne2 h3 31. Nd4 h2 32. Qg2 Rh4 33. Nf3 Rh5 34. Nxh2 Nxh2 35. Bxh2 Rdh8 36. Bf4 Qg7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.30"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2023.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. a4 Be7 6. a5 c6 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 Re8 9. Re1 Qc7 10. Bf1 Bf8 11. b3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. h3 Bd7 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Qd2 Rad8 16. Kh1 h6 17. Bf4 Bf8 18. Bh2 b5 19. axb6 axb6 20. f4 Ng6 21. Qf2 b5 22. Bd3 b4 23. Nb1 c5 24. Nf3 Bc6 25. Nbd2 Qb7 26. Ba6 Qd7 27. Bd3 Qb7 28. Ba6 Qc7 29. Bd3 Nh5 30. Nh4 Nxh4 31. Qxh4 g6 32. e5 dxe5 33. f5 Rd4 34. Ne4 Bg7 35. fxg6 fxg6 36. Qg4 Qf7 37. Bc4 Bd5 38. Bxd5 Rxd5 39. Ra6 Nf4 40. Nd6 Rxd6 41. Rxd6 g5 42. Qd7 Re7 43. Qc8+ Kh7 44. Qxc5 e4 45. Qc4 Qxc4 46. bxc4 e3 47. Bxf4 gxf4 48. Re2 Rc7 49. Rd5 Rxc4 50. Rf5 Kg6 51. g4 Bf6 52. Kg2 Rd4 53. Kf3 Bg5 54. h4 Bxh4 55. Rxf4 Rd6 56. Rxb4 Bg5 57. Rb5 Rf6+ 58. Rf5 Rc6 59. Rf8 Rc4 60. Rg8+ Kf7 61. Ra8 Rf4+ 62. Kg3 Rd4 63. Rc8 Ke6 64. Rc6+ Kd5 65. Rc3 Ke4 66. Rc8 Bf4+ 67. Kg2 Bg5 68. Re8+ Kf4 69. R8xe3 Kxg4 70. Re4+ Rxe4 71. Rxe4+ Kf5 72. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.30"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2023.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 0-0 6. Be2 Re8 7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 Nc6 9. h3 e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Bxd4 Nxe4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qd4+ Qf6 15. Qxf6+ Nxf6 16. Kd2 Bd7 17. Bd3 a5 18. Rhe1 g5 19. b3 Nh5 20. Ne2 Re5 21. Rf1 Rae8 22. f4 Re3 23. fxg5 hxg5 24. Rac1 b6 25. Rf2 f5 26. Nd4 Ng3 27. Rc3 f4 28. a3 Kf6 29. Nf3 Bf5 30. Bxf5 Kxf5 31. Nd4+ Kg6 32. Rf3 Ne4+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.30"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2023.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. Nd2 Be7 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 Bh7 9. a3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Nd4 11. Qd3 e5 12. Ne2 c5 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Ne3 0-0 15. 0-0 Rfd8 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Nf5 Rac8 18. Rac1 Bf8 19. f4 Bxf5 20. exf5 Ng4 21. fxe5 Nxe5 22. Qe4 Qc5 23. Kh1 Nc6 24. f6 g6 25. Rce1 a5 26. Bc1 Kh7 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "239"]
[EventDate "2023.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. dxe5 Nd7 6. Nf3 dxe5 7. Be2 Ne7 8. Nbd2 0-0 9. e4 Nc6 10. 0-0 Nb6 11. a4 a5 12. h3 Be6 13. Re1 Re8 14. c3 h6 15. Qc2 Qf6 16. Nf1 Red8 17. Ne3 h5 18. Bc1 Qe7 19. Ba3 Qf6 20. Bc1 Qe7 21. Nd2 Bh6 22. Ndc4 Nxc4 23. bxc4 Bxe3 24. Bxe3 Nb8 25. Rab1 b6 26. c5 bxc5 27. Rb5 Nd7 28. Reb1 c4 29. Qa2 Nb6 30. Rxe5 Qf6 31. Bd4 Rac8 32. Rxa5 Rxd4 33. cxd4 Qxd4 34. Qc2 c3 35. Qd3 Rd8 36. Qxd4 Rxd4 37. Rc5 Nxa4 38. Rxc7 Rxe4 39. Bb5 Ba2 40. Rc1 Bb3 41. Bxa4 Rxa4 42. R7xc3 Be6 43. Re3 Kg7 44. Rc7 Kf6 45. Kh2 Ra2 46. Kg3 Ra4 47. Rf3+ Kg7 48. Rf4 Ra5 49. h4 Ra3+ 50. f3 Rb3 51. Re4 Kf6 52. Re2 Rb4 53. Ra7 Rc4 54. Rd2 Rb4 55. Ra3 Rc4 56. Rad3 Rb4 57. Rd4 Rb1 58. Ra4 Rc1 59. Kf4 Rb1 60. Rdd4 Rc1 61. Ra5 Rb1 62. Rc5 Ra1 63. Rc2 Rb1 64. Rf2 Rh1 65. g3 Bc8 66. Rc2 Be6 67. Rf2 Bc8 68. Rb4 Be6 69. Rb5 Ra1 70. Rd2 Ra4+ 71. Ke3 Ra3+ 72. Kf2 Rc3 73. Rb4 Ra3 74. Rf4+ Kg7 75. Re2 Rb3 76. g4 hxg4 77. fxg4 Rh3 78. g5 Rh2+ 79. Ke1 Rxe2+ 80. Kxe2 Ba2 81. Ke3 Bb3 82. Kd4 Ba2 83. Ke5 Bb3 84. Rb4 Ba2 85. Kd6 Be6 86. Rb7 Ba2 87. Re7 Bb3 88. Re3 Ba2 89. Ke5 Bc4 90. Kf4 Ba2 91. Kg4 Be6+ 92. Kg3 Bd5 93. Kf4 Bc4 94. Re4 Bb3 95. Re1 Ba2 96. Rh1 Bd5 97. Rh2 Bc4 98. h5 gxh5 99. Rxh5 Bb3 100. Rh6 Be6 101. Rf6 Ba2 102. Rb6 Bc4 103. Rd6 Bb3 104. Kg4 Bc4 105. Kf5 Be6+ 106. Kf4 Bb3 107. Kg4 Be6+ 108. Kh5 Bf5 109. Rf6 Bc2 110. Kg4 Bb1 111. Kf4 Bc2 112. Ke5 Bb3 113. Kd6 Ba2 114. Ke7 Bb3 115. Rd6 Ba2 116. Rb6 Bc4 117. Kd6 Ba2 118. Ke5 Bc4 119. Kf5 Bd3+ 120. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2023.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. 0-0 e6 6. c3 Ngf6 7. Qe2 Be7 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nb6 10. Nc3 0-0 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Rac1 a6 13. h3 d5 14. e5 Nfd7 15. Ne1 Nc4 16. b3 Na3 17. Nd3 Rc6 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Na4 Nb5 20. Rxc6 bxc6 21. Rc1 Rc8 22. Nac5 Nxc5 23. Nxc5 Qa5 24. a4 Nc7 25. Bd2 Qb6 26. b4 Ra8 27. g3 Ne8 28. h4 a5 29. bxa5 Qb2 30. Qd3 Qa2 31. Qc2 Qa3 32. Kg2 Nc7 33. Rb1 Bxc5 34. Qxc5 Qxc5 35. dxc5 Na6 36. Be3 Kf8 37. Rb6 Nb8 38. Rb7 Ke8 39. g4 Nd7 40. Rc7 Rxa5 41. Rxc6 Nxe5 42. Rc8+ Kd7 43. Rg8 Nxg4 44. Rxg7 Nxe3+ 45. fxe3 Ke7 46. Rxh7 Rxc5 47. h5 Ra5 48. h6 Rxa4 49. Rh8 Kf6 50. Kg3 Ra1 51. Kg2 Re1 52. Rg8 Re2+ 53. Kg3 Rxe3+ 54. Kg2 Re2+ 55. Kg3 Re3+ 56. Kg2 Re2+ 57. Kg3 Re3+ 58. Kg4 Re4+ 59. Kg3 Re3+ 60. Kg2 Re2+ 61. Kg1 Re1+ 62. Kg2 Re2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2023.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4 b5 9. Qf3 Be7 10. g4 h6 11. f5 Bc8 12. h4 b4 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. Ng3 Nfd7 15. g5 hxg5 16. hxg5 Rxh1 17. Qxh1 Bxg5 18. Qh8+ Nf8 19. Qxg7 Bxc1 20. Rxc1 Qh4 21. Bc4 Nbd7 22. Bxf7+ Kd8 23. Rd1 Bxe4 24. Rxd6 Kc7 25. Nc5 Bxf5 26. Rd1 Bg4 27. Ne6+ Nxe6 28. Rxd7+ Kxd7 29. Bxe6+ Kxe6 30. Qg6+ Kd7 31. Qg7+ Kd6 32. Qg6+ Be6 33. Qd3+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.30"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2023.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d3 Bc5 5. h3 d6 6. Nge2 a6 7. Be3 Qe7 8. Qd2 Be6 9. Bb3 h6 10. f4 Rd8 11. f5 Bxb3 12. axb3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 d5 14. exd5 Nb4 15. Qd2 Nbxd5 16. 0-0 0-0 17. Ng3 Rfe8 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Ne4 Nf6 20. Rae1 Rd4 21. Ng3 Qc5 22. Kh1 a5 23. Qf2 b6 24. Re2 Qd6 25. Rfe1 a4 26. bxa4 Rxa4 27. b3 Rd4 28. Re3 Qc5 29. Qe2 Rd7 30. Ne4 Nxe4 31. Rxe4 f6 32. Rc4 Qd5 33. Ra1 Ra8 34. Rca4 Rdd8 35. Kh2 Kh8 36. Qe3 Kh7 37. Qe2 Kh8 38. Qg4 Rxa4 39. Rxa4 b5 40. Ra5 Qc5 41. c4 c6 42. cxb5 cxb5 43. b4 Qc6 44. Ra7 Rd7 45. Ra5 Rxd3 46. Qg6 Rd2 47. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Botiraliev, Abdumajid"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1986"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2023.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
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1. e4 a6 2. d4 c6 3. Bd3 d5 4. exd5 cxd5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bf4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. 0-0 Nh6 9. Nbd2 0-0 10. Re1 f6 11. c4 Nf7 12. cxd5 Nb4 13. Bc4 b5 14. Bb3 Bb7 15. Ne4 Bxd5 16. Nc5 Re8 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. Bxe6 Rf8 19. Qb3 Nc6 20. d5 Na5 21. Qc2 Nc4 22. b3 Ncd6 23. Rac1 Kh8 24. Nd4 Ne5 25. Nc6 Nxc6 26. dxc6 Qc7 27. Bd7 e5 28. Be3 Rfd8 29. Qc5 Nc8 30. Red1 Bf8 31. Qd5 Kg7 32. Qe6 Nb6 33. h4 Nxd7 34. cxd7 Qb7 35. h5 gxh5 36. Rc6 Kh8 37. Qxf6+ Bg7 38. Qe6 Rf8 39. Bb6 Rf6 40. d8Q+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Chinguun, Sumiya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2023.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Be3 e5 9. Qd2 Qe7 10. Bh6 Bxh6 11. Qxh6 Qf6 12. Qe3 b6 13. Ne2 Nf8 14. 0-0 Ne6 15. c3 0-0 16. Nh2 Rd8 17. Ng4 Qg7 18. Rad1 h5 19. Nh2 Ba6 20. f4 exf4 21. Nxf4 Nxf4 22. Rxf4 Rd7 23. e5 Re8 24. Nf3 Rd5 25. c4 Rd7 26. Qf2 Bc8 27. b3 Rdd8 28. d4 cxd4 29. Rdxd4 Be6 30. Qd2 Rc8 31. Rd6 c5 32. Rf6 Bf5 33. Qf4 Re7 34. Rxf5 gxf5 35. Rf6 Re6 36. Rxf5 Rg6 37. Nh4 Rg3 38. Kh2 Rg6 39. Nxg6 fxg6 40. Rf6 Re8 41. Qg5 Kh7 42. e6 Re7 43. Qf4 Kg8 44. h4 Re8 45. Qg5 Qc7+ 46. g3 Re7 47. Rxg6+ Kf8 48. Rg8# 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2023.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. h3 e6 6. d4 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. 0-0 Be6 10. b3 Be7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bb2 0-0 13. Rc1 Ba7 14. Na4 Qe7 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bd4 Bxa4 18. bxa4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Rfc8 20. Qb2 h6 21. a5 Rc7 22. Rxc7 Qxc7 23. Rc1 Qd7 24. Qc2 Rd8 25. Bf3 Qb5 26. Qc7 Qd7 27. Rc2 g6 28. Qe5 Qd6 29. Qd4 Kg7 30. Rb2 Rc8 31. Rb6 Rc1+ 32. Bd1 Qe7 33. g3 Rc6 34. Bf3 Rxb6 35. Qxb6 Ne4 36. Kg2 Nf6 37. g4 Qd7 38. Qc5 Kg8 39. Qd4 Qe6 40. Qf4 Kg7 41. h4 Ne4 42. Qc7 Nf6 43. Qc3 Kg8 44. Qd4 Ne4 45. a3 Nf6 46. Qf4 Kg7 47. Kg1 Ne4 48. Qc7 Qf6 49. Bxe4 dxe4 50. Qxb7 Qxh4 51. Qxe4 Qh3 52. Qf4 h5 53. g5 Qe6 54. Qd4+ Kh7 55. f3 Qf5 56. Qf4 Qxf4 57. exf4 Kg8 58. Kf2 f5 59. Ke3 Kf7 60. Kd4 Ke6 61. a4 Kd6 62. Ke3 Kc5 63. Kd3 Kd5 64. Ke3 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2023.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nd7 5. Qc2 Bd6 6. Bd3 Ngf6 7. Nf3 0-0 8. 0-0 dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Be2 Qc7 12. Bd2 Bb7 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. a4 Rfe8 15. h3 Qb8 16. Ng5 h6 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2023.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 e6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Bh4 b5 10. Bb3 Nc5 11. 0-0-0 Qc7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. f4 h5 14. f5 b4 15. Na4 Nxb3+ 16. axb3 e5 17. Nf3 Bd7 18. Kb1 Bb5 19. Qf2 Rb8 20. Rd5 Bc6 21. Rhd1 Rb5 22. Rxb5 axb5 23. Nb6 Bxe4 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Qc6 26. Qd2 Ke7 27. Qd3 Bh6 28. Qxb5 Rc8 29. Qxc6 Rxc6 30. Rb5 e4 31. Nd4 Rc5 32. Rb7+ Ke8 33. Rxb4 Re5 34. c3 Be3 35. Ne2 d5 36. Rb8+ Kd7 37. Rb7+ Ke8 38. Rb8+ Ke7 39. Rb7+ Kd6 40. Rxf7 Rxf5 41. Ng3 Rf2 42. Nxh5 Bg5 43. g3 Rxh2 44. c4 Rxh5 45. cxd5 Kxd5 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "O'Gorman, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2023.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Bf8 11. Nf1 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Ng3 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Rxe8 Qxe8 16. Bd2 Qc6 17. Ne4 Nf6 18. f3 Rd8 19. Bg5 Be7 20. Qd2 h6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Qf4 Re8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra7 Qb6 25. Nxf6+ gxf6 26. Ra1 Kg7 27. Qg4+ Kf8 28. Qh5 Qe6 29. Bxe6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2023.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. Be3 b5 5. Qd2 Bb7 6. f3 d6 7. h4 h6 8. Nge2 Nd7 9. Ng3 e6 10. h5 g5 11. f4 gxf4 12. Bxf4 Ngf6 13. Bd3 Qe7 14. Nce2 Ng4 15. c3 c5 16. a4 b4 17. a5 Rc8 18. Rd1 Bf6 19. Bb1 bxc3 20. bxc3 cxd4 21. cxd4 Bg5 22. 0-0 Rg8 23. Rc1 Qd8 24. Rxc8 Bxc8 25. Rc1 Ndf6 26. Bc2 Bd7 27. Bd3 Bxf4 28. Qxf4 Qxa5 29. Rb1 Ke7 30. Rb7 Qg5 31. Qxg5 Rxg5 32. Bxa6 Nxh5 33. Nxh5 Rxh5 34. d5 Kd8 35. Rb8+ Kc7 36. Rf8 Ne5 37. Nf4 Rh4 38. g3 Rg4 39. Kf2 h5 40. dxe6 Bxe6 41. Be2 Rg5 42. Bxh5 Bc4 43. Bd1 Rg7 44. Ra8 Rh7 45. Ra7+ Kb6 46. Ra8 Rh2+ 47. Ke3 Rh1 48. Be2 Bxe2 49. Kxe2 Kb7 50. Rd8 Kc6 51. Rc8+ Kd7 52. Ra8 Rb1 53. Ra7+ Kd8 54. Nd5 Rb3 55. Ra8+ Kd7 56. Ra7+ Kc8 57. g4 Rg3 58. Nf6 Kb8 59. Re7 Rh3 60. Nd7+ Nxd7 61. Rxd7 Rg3 62. Rxd6 Rxg4 63. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2023.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. d3 Rb8 8. a4 a6 9. Re1 0-0 10. e5 Ne8 11. exd6 Nxd6 12. Bf4 h6 13. Ne5 Nd4 14. Nc4 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Nxd6 exd6 17. Ne4 Rb6 18. Nc3 Ne6 19. Bd2 Bb7 20. Nd5 Ra6 21. Rxa6 Bxa6 22. h4 Bb7 23. h5 g5 24. c3 Re8 25. Qb3 Qa5 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. Bxb7 Qa4 28. Bd5 Qxb3 29. Bxb3 Nc7 30. Rxe8+ Nxe8 31. Kg2 Nc7 32. Kf3 d5 33. Kg4 c4 34. dxc4 bxc4 35. Bd1 d4 36. Kf5 Kg7 37. cxd4 Bxd4 38. Be2 Nb5 39. Ke4 Bxb2 40. Bxc4 Nd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2023.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 c6 8. Bd3 0-0 9. 0-0 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. a3 a5 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. f4 Nc5 17. Bb1 b4 18. Ne2 Ba6 19. Rf2 Bxe2 20. Rxe2 Rfd8 21. Qc2 g6 22. axb4 axb4 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. h3 Ra1 25. Kh2 b3 26. Qd1 Kg7 27. Re1 Qd7 28. Qe2 Qb7 29. Qf2 Qb4 30. Qh4 g5 31. Qg3 Ne4 32. Qf3 Qxe1 33. Bxe4 Qg1+ 34. Kg3 Qd1 35. Qf2 Qe1 36. Bxc6 Qxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Ra2 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2023.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 g6 7. e3 Bf5 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nbd7 10. Nge2 Bg7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. f3 h6 13. Bh4 Re8 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Bf2 Rad8 16. Kh1 Nb6 17. b3 Rc8 18. Ng3 c5 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20. Nb5 a6 21. Nd4 Qa5 22. a4 Nbd7 23. Nge2 Qb6 24. h3 Bf8 25. Rc1 Ba3 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Nf4 Ne5 28. Qd1 Rc1 29. Qe2 Qc7 30. Rd1 Qc3 31. Kg1 g5 32. Nf5 gxf4 33. exf4 Ng6 34. Nxh6+ Kh7 35. Nxf7 Nxf4 36. Qf1 Qxb3 37. Rxc1 Bxc1 38. Kh2 Qc2 39. Bd4 N6h5 40. Ne5 Ne2 41. Qf2 Bf4+ 42. Kh1 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yonal, Timur"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2023.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. 0-0 a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. d3 Be7 9. Bb3 0-0 10. f4 d5 11. e5 Ne8 12. Ng3 Rb8 13. Nce2 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. c3 f5 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. d4 b4 18. Bc2 bxc3 19. bxc3 cxd4 20. cxd4 Nb4 21. Bb1 Bd6 22. Nc3 Qc7 23. Bd2 Ba6 24. Re1 Bxf4 25. Rxe6 Bxg3 26. hxg3 Qxg3 27. Be1 Qf4 28. Rexa6 Nxa6 29. Rxa6 Ng4 30. g3 Qf1# 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Kuandykuly, Danis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2023.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. e4 Nf6 9. Nc3 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bb5+ Nd7 13. e6 fxe6 14. Ne5 c6 15. Nxc6 Qc7 16. Qxe4 e5 17. Bg5 Bc5 18. Qc4 Qd6 19. Rd1 Bd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Rxd4 Qe5+ 22. Kd1 Qxg5 23. Bxd7+ Kf8 24. Rf4+ Ke7 25. Re1+ Kd8 26. Rd4 Qc5 27. Bc6+ Kc8 28. Bxb7+ Kxb7 29. Qf7+ Kb8 30. Rd7 Qc8 31. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2023.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 0-0 7. Qc2 Ne7 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Bf5 12. 0-0 a5 13. Ne5 Bxd3 14. Nxd3 a4 15. f3 Nf5 16. Bd2 Re8 17. Rae1 h5 18. Qc2 g6 19. Bc1 Qd6 20. Kh1 Re6 21. Bd2 Rae8 22. Qc1 Qc6 23. Qxc6 Rxc6 24. Rf2 Rce6 25. Kg1 Nd6 26. Nf4 R6e7 27. Rc1 g5 28. Nd3 Nc4 29. Ne5 Nxd2 30. Rxd2 c5 31. Kf2 c4 32. h4 g4 33. e4 b5 34. exd5 gxf3 35. gxf3 Nxd5 36. Rg1+ Kh7 37. Rg5 f6 38. Rxh5+ Kg7 39. Nc6 Rd7 40. Nb4 Red8 41. Rxd5 Rxd5 42. Nxd5 Rxd5 43. Ke3 Kf7 44. Ke4 Ke6 45. Rh2 Rh5 46. Kf4 f5 47. Re2+ Kd5 48. Re5+ Kxd4 49. Rxf5 Rxh4+ 50. Kg3 Rh1 51. Rxb5 Rd1 52. Rb8 Rd3 53. Kg4 Rb3 54. Rd8+ Ke3 55. Rc8 Kd3 56. Rd8+ Kc2 57. Rd4 Kxb2 58. Rxc4 Kxa3 59. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shokin, Sergey"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "1780"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2023.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Nd5 Nxe3 11. Nxe3 Nf6 12. c3 0-0 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Rad1 Be6 15. Ng5 Bd7 16. Bd3 h6 17. Nf3 b5 18. h3 Rfe8 19. Qe2 Be6 20. a3 Qb6 21. Rfe1 Nh5 22. Qc2 Bf8 23. Bf1 Nf6 24. Nh4 g6 25. Bd3 Bg7 26. Bf1 Rac8 27. Rd2 Red8 28. Nf3 Qc6 29. Bd3 Nd7 30. Nd5 Bxd5 31. exd5 Qc5 32. Nh4 Nf8 33. Kh1 Re8 34. a4 Rb8 35. axb5 axb5 36. g4 Qxd5+ 37. Be4 Qe6 38. Red1 Qf6 39. Ng2 Red8 40. Ne3 Ne6 41. Rxd6 Rxd6 42. Rxd6 Qh4 43. Bg2 Ng5 44. Kh2 e4 45. Rd5 Re8 46. c4 bxc4 47. Nxc4 h5 48. Qe2 Rb8 49. Qe3 Bh6 50. Qg3 Qxg3+ 51. Kxg3 Rb3+ 52. Kh2 Nf3+ 53. Bxf3 Bf4+ 54. Kh1 exf3 55. gxh5 g5 56. Nd2 Rxb2 57. Nxf3 f6 58. Nh2 Kf7 59. h6 Kg6 60. Ng4 f5 61. h7 Rb8 62. Ne3 Bxe3 63. fxe3 Rh8 64. Rd7 Rxh7 65. Rxh7 Kxh7 66. Kg2 Kg6 67. Kg3 Kh5 68. Kf3 Kh6 69. e4 f4 70. Kg4 Kg6 71. h4 gxh4 72. Kxh4 Kf6 73. Kg4 Ke5 74. Kf3 Ke6 75. Kxf4 Kf6 76. e5+ Ke6 77. Ke4 Ke7 78. Kd3 Ke6 79. Ke3 Kxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2023.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
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1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bf5 3. Bb2 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Qb6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. 0-0 Nf6 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Nc3 Rd8 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Be2 Qc7 13. g3 Qd7 14. Bf3 Ne5 15. Bg2 Nd3 16. Rb1 g5 17. Ba1 Be7 18. Qe2 b6 19. f4 gxf4 20. gxf4 Rh6 21. Rf3 e5 22. Rbf1 exf4 23. exf4 Kf8 24. Re3 Rh4 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd3 Nxf4 27. Bxg7+ Kg8 28. Rxf4 Qxd3 29. Qxd3 Rxd3 30. Rxh4 Bxh4 31. Bh6 f6 32. Bf1 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Hong, Andrew Z"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2023.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. c3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Bg5 c4 13. Na3 cxd3 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. axb5 axb5 16. Qxd3 b4 17. cxb4 Nc6 18. Nc2 Nd4 19. Ncxd4 exd4 20. Bc4 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Qc7 22. Re1 Re8 23. b3 Qe7 24. Qd1 Qd8 25. Bd3 Qc7 26. h3 g6 27. b5 Qc3 28. Qb1 Rc8 29. Bc4 Re8 30. Bd3 Rc8 31. Rd1 Kg7 32. Kh1 h5 33. Kg1 g5 34. Nd2 g4 35. hxg4 hxg4 36. Nc4 Rd8 37. Qa2 Bc8 38. b6 g3 39. Qe2 Rh8 40. Qf3 Bh4 41. fxg3 Bg5 42. Be2 Be6 43. Qxc3 dxc3 44. Bd3 Ra8 45. Kf2 Ra2+ 46. Kf1 c2 47. Re1 Bxc4 48. Bxc4 Ra8 49. b7 Rb8 50. Bd5 Kf6 51. Ke2 Ke5 52. Kd3 c1Q 53. Rxc1 Bxc1 54. Kc4 f5 55. exf5 Kxf5 56. Kb5 Ke5 57. Bf3 Bd2 58. Kc6 Ba5 59. b4 Bd8 60. g4 d5 61. Bxd5 Be7 62. g5 Rd8 63. g6 Rd6+ 64. Kc7 Rxg6 65. Bc4 Bd6+ 66. Kc8 Rg4 67. Be2 Rxg2 68. Bd3 Rg8+ 69. Kd7 Bxb4 70. Bg6 Rg7+ 71. Bf7 Rxf7+ 72. Kc8 Bd6 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2023.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 0-0 7. Be2 Re8 8. d4 Nbd7 9. 0-0 b6 10. a4 Bb7 11. Re1 Rc8 12. Qb1 c5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. a5 Bb8 16. axb6 axb6 17. Ba6 Bxa6 18. Rxa6 cxd4 19. exd4 Qb4 20. Qc2 Ne4 21. Rd3 Rc6 22. Ra4 Qe7 23. Qd1 Ndf6 24. h3 Nxc3 25. Rxc3 Rxc3 26. Bxc3 Rc8 27. Qd3 Qe4 28. Qd2 Qb1+ 29. Qe1 Qxb3 30. Ra8 Bh2+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Ter Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2023.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. 0-0 a6 5. Be2 Ngf6 6. d3 b6 7. a4 g6 8. c3 Bg7 9. Re1 0-0 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Bf1 e5 12. b4 d5 13. Ba3 cxb4 14. cxb4 Re8 15. Bb2 Rc8 16. Rb1 h6 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Rc1 Qb8 20. b5 axb5 21. axb5 Nf4 22. g3 Ne6 23. Bg2 Nec5 24. Ba3 Re6 25. Re3 Rce8 26. Bb4 Qd8 27. Bc3 Bd5 28. Nfd2 Nf6 29. Nb3 Nxb3 30. Qxb3 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Nd5 32. Ree1 Nxc3 33. Rxc3 e4 34. Rcc1 exd3 35. Rxe6 Qd5+ 36. Kg1 Rxe6 37. Nd2 Qf5 38. Rf1 Re2 39. Qb4 Bf8 40. Qc3 Bc5 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Urazayev, Arystanbek"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2023.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. c3 Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. d4 Be7 8. e5 Nd5 9. c4 N5b6 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. d5 e5 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Nc3 h6 14. Nb5 Nc8 15. Nxd6 Nxd6 16. b3 e4 17. Nd2 Qf6 18. Rb1 Rae8 19. Bb2 Qg6 20. Qe3 b6 21. Qf4 f5 22. Rbe1 Nf7 23. Re3 Nfe5 24. Rg3 Qd6 25. Qh4 g5 26. f4 exf3 27. gxf3 Qg6 28. Qh3 Nd3 29. f4 Nxb2 30. fxg5 hxg5 31. Qg2 g4 32. Nb1 Qg7 33. Nc3 Qd4+ 34. Kh1 Nd3 35. Qd2 Ne1 36. Qc1 Qe5 37. Qg5+ Qg7 38. Qd2 f4 39. Rgg1 Ne5 40. Qxe1 Nf3 41. Qxe8 Rxe8 42. Rxf3 gxf3 43. Rxg7+ Kxg7 44. Kg1 Re3 45. Nb5 a6 46. Nc7 Re2 47. Ne6+ Kf6 48. Nxf4 Rxa2 49. d6 Rd2 50. Nd5+ Ke6 51. Nxb6 Kxd6 52. h4 Ke5 53. Nd5 Ke4 54. h5 Rg2+ 55. Kf1 Rh2 56. Kg1 Rg2+ 57. Kf1 Kd4 58. Ne7 Rh2 59. h6 Ke4 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2023.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. c4 dxc4 5. Na3 Nd7 6. Nxc4 e6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. b4 Ngf6 9. a3 0-0 10. Bb2 a6 11. Nfe5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qd5+ 14. f3 c5 15. bxc5 Bxc5 16. e4 Qb7 17. d4 Be7 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. Rf2 Nd7 20. Nd3 b5 21. Rfc2 Nb6 22. Ne5 Bd6 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. d5 exd5 26. exd5 Qc5 27. Qe2 Nxd5 28. Nd3 Qe3 29. Qc2 Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Khusenkhojaev, Mustafokhuja"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2023.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc7 6. Rb1 e5 7. a3 Nc6 8. b4 Bf5 9. Rb2 cxb4 10. axb4 Be7 11. b5 Na5 12. Qa4 b6 13. Nf3 Bd6 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Bd7 16. 0-0 Rc8 17. Rd2 0-0 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Nc6 Qe8 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Ba3 Bxb5 22. Qxa5 Qxe4 23. Qxa7 Qa4 24. Qxa4 Bxa4 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. Rb1 b5 27. Bc6 g6 28. e3 Rb8 29. Rd4 Rb6 30. Rxa4 Rxc6 31. Rd4 Rb6 32. Rc1 Ne6 33. Rb4 Kg7 34. Rd1 Nc7 35. Rd7 Na6 36. Rf4 b4 37. Rdxf7+ Kg8 38. R7f6 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2023.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bb5 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Qe2 f6 9. Be3 Nh6 10. Bxc5 Nf5 11. Ne4 0-0 12. c3 Nd6 13. 0-0 a5 14. Rfd1 Be6 15. h3 Bf7 16. Ng3 Bd5 17. b3 a4 18. c4 Bf7 19. b4 a3 20. Rac1 Nb7 21. Be3 Nd6 22. Bc5 Nb7 23. Be3 Nd6 24. Bd2 Qc8 25. Ne4 Rd8 26. Nc5 g5 27. d4 g4 28. hxg4 Qxg4 29. dxe5 Bxc4 30. Qe3 Nf5 31. Qc3 Bd5 32. e6 Bxa2 33. Nb7 Rdc8 34. Re1 Bd5 35. Na5 a2 36. Re2 Bxf3 37. Qxf3 Qxf3 38. gxf3 Nd4 39. Re3 Bh6 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Oro, Faustino"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2023.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. Bd3 e5 6. Bc2 d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Qe2 Be7 9. d3 h6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Nbd2 Bf5 12. Nc4 Rfe8 13. Ne3 Qd7 14. Nxf5 Qxf5 15. Re1 Bf8 16. Nd2 Nd5 17. Ne4 Qd7 18. Qf3 Rad8 19. Bd2 Kh8 20. Rad1 a6 21. a4 b6 22. Bb3 Re7 23. Ng3 Re6 24. Bc4 Rf6 25. Qe4 Nc7 26. Bc1 b5 27. Ba2 Rd6 28. axb5 axb5 29. Be3 c4 30. Bb1 g6 31. Bc5 Rd5 32. Bxf8 Rxf8 33. Qh4 Kg7 34. Re3 f5 35. f4 e4 36. d4 b4 37. Nf1 Rb5 38. Nd2 bxc3 39. bxc3 Nd5 40. Nxc4 Nxe3 41. Nxe3 Rb3 42. Qe1 Na5 43. c4 Qa7 44. Bc2 Ra3 45. c5 Rd8 46. Kh2 Qc7 47. Qf2 Ra2 48. d5 Kh7 49. Nf1 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin Elshan"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2023.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 Bg4 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. h3 Bd7 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Bf4 Qc8 10. Nd2 g6 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Nf4 Qd7 13. Nf3 a6 14. 0-0 Bg7 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Rae1 0-0 17. Re3 Ne8 18. Rfe1 Nc7 19. Nh2 e5 20. dxe5 Ne6 21. Bh4 Bh6 22. Rf3 Bf4 23. Bg3 Rad8 24. Qd1 Qc7 25. Bxf4 Nxf4 26. Ng4 h5 27. Qd2 Nxd3 28. Qxd3 hxg4 29. Qxg6+ Kh8 30. Qh5+ Kg7 31. Qxg4+ Kh6 32. Qh4+ Kg6 33. Rg3+ Kf7 34. e6+ 1-0

[Event "AUT-chT 2324"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "2023.11.26"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2023.11.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CB48_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Jenbach"]
[BlackTeam "Raika Feffernitz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bg3 0-0 8. Bxc4 Bxg3 9. hxg3 c5 10. Rh4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Qxd4 13. Rxd4 Bd7 14. Ne5 Rfc8 15. Rad1 Be8 16. g4 h6 17. f4 Kf8 18. g5 hxg5 19. fxg5 Rc5 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. gxf6 gxf6 22. Rh4 Bc6 23. Rh7+ Kg6 24. Re7 Re8 25. Rxe8 Bxe8 26. Rd6 Bc6 27. Bxe6 Bxg2 28. Rd4 Bc6 29. Kf2 Rh5 30. Rg4+ Rg5 31. Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "AUT-chT 2324"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "2023.11.25"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Berchtenbreiter, Maximilian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2023.11.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CB48_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Raika Feffernitz"]
[BlackTeam "Schach ohne Grenzen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 h6 6. 0-0 Ne7 7. c3 Bh7 8. a4 a5 9. Na3 Ng6 10. Nc2 Be7 11. Nfe1 c5 12. f4 Nc6 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. Kh1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 0-0 16. Nef3 Bc5 17. Nb5 Rac8 18. Bd2 Rfd8 19. Qe1 Nge7 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. b4 axb4 22. cxb4 Bd4 23. Nbxd4 Nxd4 24. Be3 Nef5 25. Nxd4 Nxd4 26. Rd1 Rc4 27. Rxd4 Rxd4 28. Qa1 Qxb4 29. Qxd4 Qxd4 30. Bxd4 Rc8 31. a5 Rc4 32. Bb6 h5 33. f5 Re4 34. fxe6 fxe6 35. h3 Rxe5 36. Rf7 Re1+ 37. Kh2 e5 38. Rxb7 d4 39. a6 d3 40. Rd7 e4 41. a7 Ra1 42. Rd8 1-0

[Event "AUT-chT 2324"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "2023.11.24"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Koelle, Tobias"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2023.11.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CB48_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Goetzis"]
[BlackTeam "Raika Feffernitz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 Ne4 7. Rc1 Nd7 8. Nd2 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ba3 10. Rb1 Nb6 11. e3 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Bd3 0-0 14. 0-0 c5 15. Bc2 Be6 16. f4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Rfe8 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Qc6 20. Ng5 h6 21. Nxe6 Qxe6 22. Qd3 Qe3+ 23. Qxe3 Rxe3 24. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Kf8 26. Be4 Re8 27. Kf2 Re7 28. Bf3 Rc7 29. Re2 Nc8 30. Ke3 Nd6 31. Kd3 b6 32. Rc2 Rxc2 33. Kxc2 Ke7 34. Kd3 Kd7 35. h4 b5 36. g4 Kc7 37. d5 Nc8 38. Kc3 f6 39. Be2 a6 40. d6+ Kxd6 41. Kb4 Ne7 42. Ka5 Nd5 43. Kxa6 Kc5 44. Bxb5 Nc7+ 45. Kb7 Nxb5 46. a4 Nd6+ 47. Kc7 f5 48. g5 hxg5 49. hxg5 Ne4 50. a5 Kb5 51. g6 Kxa5 52. Kd7 Ng3 53. Ke6 Kb5 54. Kf7 Nh5 55. Ke6 Nxf4+ 56. Kxf5 Nh5 0-1

[Event "AUT-chT 2324"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "2023.11.24"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Roseneck, Jonas"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2023.11.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CB48_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Maria Saal"]
[BlackTeam "Raika Feffernitz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 0-0 6. Nd5 Re8 7. Qf5 Be7 8. Nxe5 Nd4 9. Qd3 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Bf6 11. Nf3 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 c5 13. Qc2 d6 14. Bd3 g6 15. h4 Bxh4 16. b3 Bf6 17. Bb2 Be5 18. f4 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 f5 20. 0-0-0 Re7 21. Rdg1 Rg7 22. Rg5 Qf8 23. Rhg1 Bd7 24. f3 Re8 25. Bc2 b5 26. Rf1 Rf7 27. e4 fxe4 28. Bxe4 Rxf4 29. Bxg6 hxg6 30. Rh1 Re5 31. Rxg6+ Kf7 32. Rgh6 Qxh6 33. Rxh6 Re1+ 34. Kc2 Bf5+ 0-1

[Event "AUT-chT 2324"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "2023.11.23"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "199"]
[EventDate "2023.11.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CB48_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Raika Feffernitz"]
[BlackTeam "Linz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. 0-0 0-0 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Re8 8. Ne2 Nd7 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 Nf8 11. a3 Bd6 12. Nh4 Ng6 13. Nf5 Be6 14. Neg3 Qd7 15. Qg4 Kh8 16. h4 Rg8 17. h5 Ne7 18. Nxd6 cxd6 19. Qh4 h6 20. d4 exd4 21. Bxd4 c5 22. Be3 Rgf8 23. Rad1 Qc6 24. Rfe1 Rae8 25. Rd2 d5 26. exd5 Nxd5 27. Rde2 Bd7 28. Bd2 Rxe2 29. Rxe2 Re8 30. Rxe8+ Bxe8 31. c4 Ne7 32. Qf4 b6 33. Bc3 Qe6 34. f3 Kh7 35. Kf2 Bf7 36. Qc7 a6 37. a4 a5 38. Qd8 Ng8 39. b3 Ne7 40. Ne2 Nf5 41. Qd3 Kg8 42. Nf4 Qc8 43. g4 Ne7 44. Qd6 Qb7 45. Ne2 Be8 46. Ng3 Kf7 47. Ne4 Bc6 48. Nxf6 gxf6 49. Qxf6+ Ke8 50. g5 hxg5 51. h6 Be4 52. fxe4 Qxe4 53. Qxg5 Qc2+ 54. Bd2 Kf7 55. Qf4+ Nf5 56. Qc7+ Ne7 57. Qf4+ Nf5 58. Ke2 Kg6 59. Qg5+ Kf7 60. Qh5+ Kf6 61. Qf3 Kg6 62. Qd3 Qb2 63. Qe4 Qf6 64. Kd1 Qa1+ 65. Ke2 Qf6 66. Qe8+ Kh7 67. Qd7+ Kg6 68. Qd3 Qe5+ 69. Kd1 Qa1+ 70. Bc1 Qe5 71. Bd2 Qa1+ 72. Bc1 Qe5 73. Kc2 Qh2+ 74. Kb1 Qh1 75. Kb2 Qh2+ 76. Kb1 Qh1 77. Kb2 Qh2+ 78. Bd2 Qe5+ 79. Ka2 Qh2 80. Qd8 Kf7 81. Qd7+ Kf6 82. Qd8+ Kf7 83. Qg5 Ke6 84. Kb1 Qh1+ 85. Kb2 Qh2 86. Qg6+ Ke7 87. Kc1 Qh1+ 88. Kb2 Qh2 89. Qh7+ Ke6 90. Qg8+ Ke7 91. Qd5 Nd4 92. Qe4+ Kd7 93. Qg4+ Kd8 94. Qf4 Qh3 95. Qe3 Qh2 96. Qf4 Qh3 97. Be3 Qg2+ 98. Qf2 Qe4 99. Bxd4 cxd4 100. Qh2 1-0

[Event "AUT-chT 2324"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "2023.11.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Blohberger, Felix"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2023.11.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CB48_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ottakring"]
[BlackTeam "Raika Feffernitz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. c4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nd7 6. Qxc4 e6 7. 0-0 a6 8. b3 Ngf6 9. Bb2 b5 10. Qc2 c5 11. Nc3 Be7 12. a4 Rb8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Ra7 0-0 15. Rfa1 c4 16. bxc4 bxc4 17. Ba3 Bxa3 18. R1xa3 Nc5 19. Ne5 Qd4 20. Rxb7 Nxb7 21. Nc6 Qc5 22. Ra7 Nd6 23. Qa2 Rb3 24. Ra5 Nb5 25. Nxb5 Rxb5 26. Ra4 c3 0-1

[Event "Mersin op 7th"]
[Site "Mersin"]
[Date "2023.11.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Schekachikhin, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2023.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CB47_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Qg4 Kf8 10. Qg3 h5 11. h4 Qa5 12. Bd2 Rb8 13. Nd1 Qa4 14. Rc1 c5 15. c4 Nb6 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. Qf4 Ke8 18. Rh3 g6 19. Nc3 Qc6 20. Ne4 Nc8 21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22. Qxf6 Rf8 23. Bh6 Ne7 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. Rf3 Nf5 26. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "Mersin op 7th"]
[Site "Mersin"]
[Date "2023.11.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2023.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CB47_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. 0-0 a6 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. c3 Nf6 7. Re1 g6 8. d4 Bg7 9. h3 cxd4 10. cxd4 b5 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. Nc3 0-0 13. Qb3 Rab8 14. Rac1 Rfe8 15. Bxf6 exf6 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Rc2 Rc8 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Qb4 Qd8 20. Qb3 Qc8 21. Qb4 Bxd5 22. exd5 Rxe1+ 23. Nxe1 Qc1 24. Qc3 Qb1 25. a3 Bh6 26. Kh2 Qe4 27. Nf3 Kg7 28. Qb3 Qe2 29. Kg1 Bc1 30. a4 bxa4 31. Qxa4 Bxb2 32. Qb4 Bc1 33. Qxd6 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 g5 35. Qd7 Qf1 36. Ng1 Qxf2 37. Qa4 Be3 38. Qd1 Qxg1+ 39. Qxg1 Bxg1+ 40. Kxg1 a5 0-1

[Event "Mersin op 7th"]
[Site "Mersin"]
[Date "2023.11.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Gleizerov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2023.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CB47_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 h6 7. Be3 c5 8. Qg4 g6 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. 0-0-0 Ndxe5 11. Qg3 h5 12. Bf4 f6 13. Bxe5 Nxe5 14. Nf3 Ng4 15. Nh2 Nxh2 16. Qxg6+ Kf8 17. Rxh2 Qc7 18. Rh3 Qf4+ 19. Kb1 Qh6 20. Qg3 Bxc5 21. Nb5 Qg7 22. Qc3 Qe7 23. Rf3 Rh6 24. Qd2 Rh7 25. c4 dxc4 26. Bxc4 Bd7 27. Qg5 1-0

[Event "Mersin op 7th"]
[Site "Mersin"]
[Date "2023.11.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Iskandarov, Misratdin"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2023.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CB47_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. c4 Ne5 6. Nxe5 dxe5 7. d3 e6 8. 0-0 Ne7 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Be3 Be7 11. Qg4 0-0 12. Rad1 b6 13. Rfe1 Rc8 14. Bc1 Bf6 15. Re3 g6 16. Rh3 Qe7 17. Bh6 Bg7 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bc1 f5 20. exf5 exf5 21. Qe2 Nd4 22. Qf1 Rce8 23. Nd5 Qd8 24. b3 Re6 25. Bb2 g5 26. Re3 Nc6 27. Rde1 Qd7 28. a3 Qf7 29. f4 gxf4 30. Nxf4 Rd6 31. Nd5 Rg6 32. Kh1 Kh8 33. b4 Rh6 34. Rf3 Qh5 35. Rh3 Qg6 36. Rxh6 Qxh6 37. Re2 e4 38. Bxg7+ Qxg7 39. Rf2 exd3 40. Qxd3 Nd4 41. Qe3 Qg6 42. bxc5 bxc5 43. Rb2 Qe8 44. Qxe8 Rxe8 45. h3 Rf8 46. Nf4 Kg7 47. Rb7+ Rf7 48. Rb8 Re7 49. Rc8 Re4 50. Rc7+ Kh6 51. Nd5 Nb3 52. Rxa7 Rxc4 53. Kh2 Rc1 54. Rc7 Nd4 55. a4 Ra1 56. Nc3 Nb3 57. Kg3 Rc1 58. Nd5 Rc4 59. Rb7 Na5 60. Rb6+ Kg7 61. Rb5 Rxa4 62. Rxc5 Nb3 63. Rc7+ Kg6 64. Nf4+ Kh6 65. Rc6+ Kg7 66. Ne6+ Kg8 67. Rc8+ Kf7 68. Ng5+ Kg7 69. Rc7+ Kg6 70. Nxh7 Ra8 71. h4 Nd4 72. Ng5 Ra3+ 73. Kf2 f4 74. Rc4 Ra2+ 75. Kg1 Rd2 76. Rc5 Re2 77. Rd5 Nf5 78. Nh3 Rxg2+ 79. Kxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mersin op 7th"]
[Site "Mersin"]
[Date "2023.11.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Rasulov, Vugar Ural Oglu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2023.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CB47_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. a3 b5 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. Qg4 Nf6 10. Qg3 Qxg3 11. hxg3 e5 12. f3 Be6 13. a4 Rc8 14. g4 Nd7 15. g5 Be7 16. g3 0-0 17. Bh3 Bxh3 18. Rxh3 Rfd8 19. Ke2 Nf8 20. f4 f6 21. gxf6 Bxf6 22. f5 h6 23. Nb1 Nh7 24. Nd2 Be7 25. g4 Ng5 26. Rhh1 Nf7 27. Rhd1 Bg5 28. a5 Bxe3 29. Kxe3 Nd6 30. b3 Kf7 31. Nf3 Kf6 32. Rd3 Nf7 33. Rad1 Rxd3+ 34. Rxd3 Ke7 35. Nh4 Nh8 36. Rd1 Rb8 37. f6+ Kxf6 38. Rd6+ Kg5 39. Nf3+ Kxg4 40. Nxe5+ Kg3 41. Nxc6 Ra8 42. e5 Re8 43. Ke4 h5 44. Nd4 Kg4 45. Rxa6 h4 46. Ra7 Ng6 47. Nf3 Ne7 48. a6 h3 49. Rc7 g5 50. a7 Nf5 51. Nh2+ Kg3 52. Kxf5 Kxh2 53. e6 Kg3 54. Kxg5 h2 55. Rh7 Ra8 56. e7 b4 57. Kf6 Kg2 58. Kf7 Rxa7 59. Kf8 1-0

[Event "Mersin op 7th"]
[Site "Mersin"]
[Date "2023.11.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2023.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CB47_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Ba5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. exd4 Nxd5 9. b4 Nxc3 10. Nxc3 Bb6 11. Be3 0-0 12. Na4 Bc7 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. 0-0 f5 15. Rc1 f4 16. Qh5 g6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qxg6+ Kh8 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. Qg6+ Kh8 21. d5 Qh4 22. dxc6 b6 23. g3 Qh3 24. Qg5 e5 25. Qe7 Bg4 26. f3 fxg3 27. Rc2 Bxf3 28. Bg5 Qf5 29. Bh4 Rf7 30. Qg5 Qxc2 31. Qh6+ Rh7 32. Qf6+ Kg8 33. Qe6+ Rf7 0-1

[Event "Mersin op 7th"]
[Site "Mersin"]
[Date "2023.11.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Baradaran Tamadon, Arian"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2023.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CB47_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. Re1 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. d4 h5 11. Nh4 hxg4 12. Nxg6 fxg6 13. hxg4 Nxe4 14. Rxe4 Qh4 15. Qf3 Qh2+ 16. Kf1 Qh1+ 17. Ke2 Qxc1 18. Rxe5+ dxe5 19. Qxc6+ Kd8 20. Qxa8+ Kd7 21. dxe5 Qxc2+ 22. Nd2 Qxd2+ 23. Kxd2 Bb4+ 24. Ke3 Rxa8 25. f4 Rh8 26. Rd1+ Ke6 27. Rc1 Kd7 28. Rd1+ Ke7 29. Rc1 Ba5 30. Ke4 Bb6 31. Rc6 Kf7 32. Rc2 Rd8 33. f5 Rd4+ 34. Kf3 g5 35. Rc6 Rf4+ 36. Kg3 Re4 37. e6+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "Mersin op 7th"]
[Site "Mersin"]
[Date "2023.11.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Aliyev, Ravan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2327"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2023.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CB47_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nb3 c6 14. Be3 Bf8 15. Nbd2 g6 16. a4 Qc7 17. Bd3 Bg7 18. Qc2 Nh5 19. Bf1 Nb6 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. c4 Nxc4 22. Nxc4 bxc4 23. Bxc4 h6 24. Nd2 a5 25. Nb3 Nf4 26. Rac1 Bf8 27. Kh2 Ba6 28. Bxa6 Rxa6 29. Qc4 Raa8 30. Nc5 Bxc5 31. Bxc5 Red8 32. Red1 Rab8 33. Rxd8+ Qxd8 34. Be3 Rxb2 35. Qxc6 Ne2 36. Rc5 Rb1 37. Rd5 Qe7 38. Qc2 Re1 39. Qc8+ Kg7 40. Bxh6+ Kh7 41. Rd7 Qb4 42. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Mersin op 7th"]
[Site "Mersin"]
[Date "2023.11.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Eke, Salih"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2023.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CB47_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. b3 0-0 6. Bb2 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4 Nc6 9. Be2 b6 10. 0-0 Bb7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Na4 Ne4 14. Nd2 Nb4 15. a3 Na6 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qc2 Qd7 18. h3 Rfd8 19. Bc4 Nc7 20. Qc3 Bf6 21. Qa5 Bxb2 22. Nxb2 Qc6 23. Na4 Ba6 24. Nxc5 Bxc4 25. Rxc4 Rd5 26. Qa4 Qa8 27. Nxe4 Nb5 28. Rfc1 Rcd8 29. Qa6 Nd6 30. Nxd6 R5xd6 31. Qxd6 Rxd6 32. Rc8+ Rd8 33. Rxa8 Rxa8 34. b4 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2023.10.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Xiao, Tong"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2023.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Bd7 13. b3 Rfc8 14. Nbd2 Nb7 15. c4 g6 16. Nf1 Nh5 17. Ng3 Ng7 18. Bh6 Nd8 19. Rf1 f6 20. Ne1 Nf7 21. Bd2 Rf8 22. Bc3 Rae8 23. a3 Qc8 24. Bd3 f5 25. exf5 gxf5 26. Be2 Bf6 27. Nh5 Nxh5 28. Bxh5 Qd8 29. Qd2 bxc4 30. bxc4 f4 31. Rb1 Bg7 32. Qd1 e4 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. Rb7 Re7 35. f3 e3 36. Nd3 Ne5 37. Nxe5 Rxe5 38. Qa1 Kh6 39. Bg4 Be8 40. Qc3 Bg6 41. a4 Qh4 42. Be6 Qg3 43. Bg4 Rfe8 44. Rb2 e2 45. Re1 Re3 46. Qc1 R8e5 47. a5 Kg5 48. Qa1 h5 49. Be6 Ra3 50. Qc1 Rxf3 51. Rbxe2 Rxe2 52. Rxe2 Rb3 53. Rb2 Be4 54. Bd7 Kh4 55. Bf5 Re3 56. Rf2 Bxg2 57. Qa1 Bxd5+ 0-1

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2023.10.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Shahil, Dey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2023.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 0-0 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Bd3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. 0-0 Be6 16. Qd2 Rfd8 17. Rad1 Bg4 18. Rc1 Be6 19. Rfd1 Bg4 20. Re1 Be6 21. Rcd1 Rac8 22. Qb4 b6 23. Qd2 Bf5 24. Bxf5 Qxf5 25. Re2 d4 26. exd4 Rc4 27. Qe3 Rcxd4 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29. h3 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 Kh7 31. Qb3 Rd7 32. Qc4 Qd5 33. Qc2+ Qd3 34. Qxd3+ Rxd3 35. g4 Kg6 36. Kg2 Kf6 37. Rc2 Rd7 38. Kf3 Ke5 39. Re2+ Kf6 40. h4 Rd4 41. Rc2 h5 42. Rc6+ Ke5 43. gxh5 Rxh4 44. Rc7 Rxh5 45. Rxa7 Rf5+ 46. Ke3 Kd5 47. Rc7 g5 48. f3 1/2-1/2

