[Event "Madurai Athens of the East op-B U1600"]
[Site "Madurai"]
[Date "2023.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Manikandan, Tayalan"]
[Black "Aniket, Ranjan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "1459"]
[BlackElo "1556"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2023.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CB02_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 0-0 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. 0-0-0 Rb8 11. h4 Na5 12. Bb3 b5 13. Bh6 Nc4 14. Qg5 e5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nf5+ Bxf5 17. exf5 Ne8 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. fxg6 fxg6 20. Nxb5 Ne3 21. Rd2 a6 22. Nc3 Nf5 23. Ne4 Nc7 24. h5 d5 25. Nc3 d4 26. Ne4 Ne3 27. h6+ Kh8 28. Ng5 Rd7 29. Re1 Nf5 30. Rxe5 Nxh6 31. Re4 Rfd8 32. Ba4 Rd5 33. Nxh7 Ng8 34. Rh4 Kg7 35. Bb3 Rf5 36. Rhxd4 Rxd4 37. Rxd4 Kxh7 38. Rd7+ Kh6 39. Rxc7 Nf6 40. Rf7 Kg5 41. c4 Nh5 42. Rxf5+ gxf5 43. g4 Nf4 44. gxf5 Kxf5 45. Kd2 Ke5 46. Ke3 Ne6 47. Bc2 a5 48. a3 Kd6 49. b4 axb4 50. axb4 Nc7 51. c5+ Kd5 52. Bb3+ Kc6 53. Bc4 Ne8 54. Kd4 Nf6 55. b5+ Kc7 56. f4 Nd7 57. Bd5 Nf6 58. b6+ Kb8 59. c6 Ne8 60. Ke5 Kc8 61. Be6+ Kb8 62. Bd7 Nc7 63. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Madurai Athens of the East op-B U1600"]
[Site "Madurai"]
[Date "2023.12.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Manikandan, Tayalan"]
[Black "Shejal, Sahil Sanjay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "1459"]
[BlackElo "1475"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2023.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CB02_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. c4 Nb6 6. exd6 exd6 7. Be2 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. b3 Bf6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Ne7 13. Ne4 Nf5 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Bg5 Qg6 16. Bf4 Rxe2 17. Qxe2 Nxd4 18. Qe3 Bxf3 19. Bg3 Ne2+ 20. Kh1 Nxc1 21. gxf3 Nd3 22. Rg1 Qf5 23. Bh4 Ne5 24. f4 Ng6 25. Bg3 h5 26. Qd4 h4 27. Bxh4 Qxf4 28. Qxf4 Nxf4 29. Bf6 Nh5 30. Bd4 Re8 31. Rg5 Re1+ 32. Kg2 Nf4+ 33. Kf3 Ne6 0-1

[Event "Madurai Athens of the East op-B U1600"]
[Site "Madurai"]
[Date "2023.12.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Prawin, K."]
[Black "Manikandan, Tayalan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1558"]
[BlackElo "1459"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2023.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CB02_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. h3 0-0 10. Nc3 f6 11. Be3 fxe5 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nxe5 Qh4 14. Nxe4 Qxe4 15. 0-0 c5 16. dxc5 Qxe5 17. cxb6 axb6 18. b4 Ba6 19. Re1 Qd6 20. a4 c5 21. Qd2 Qd7 22. Qd1 Qd6 23. Qd2 Qd7 24. Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madurai Athens of the East op-C U1700"]
[Site "Madurai"]
[Date "2023.12.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akshat, Mahobiya"]
[Black "Manikandan, Tayalan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "1603"]
[BlackElo "1459"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2023.12.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CB06_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. a3 e5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Be6 7. d3 Be7 8. Bd2 0-0 9. Nf3 Qd7 10. 0-0 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Bf6 12. Rc1 Bh3 13. Qb3 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Rab8 15. Rfd1 Rfe8 16. Qc4 Qe6 17. Qa4 a6 18. Qc2 Ne7 19. Ba5 b6 20. Bd2 c5 21. b4 Rec8 22. Qb1 cxb4 23. Bxb4 Nd5 24. e3 b5 25. d4 Nxb4 26. dxe5 Nd5 27. exf6 Nxf6 28. Qb4 Nd5 29. Rxc8+ Rxc8 30. Qd4 Nf6 31. h3 h6 32. Qd6 Rc3 33. Qb4 Qb3 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Qf8 Rc2 36. Qh8+ Kg6 37. Nd4 Qxe3 38. Nxc2 Qe4+ 39. Kg1 Qxc2 40. Rd6 Qc1+ 41. Kg2 Qxa3 42. Rd4 b4 43. Qf8 a5 44. Qc5 Qa2 45. g4 Qe6 46. Qxa5 b3 47. Qd2 h5 48. Rb4 hxg4 49. hxg4 Ne4 50. Qf4 Nf6 51. Qf3 b2 52. Qd3+ Kh6 53. Qd2+ g5 54. Qxb2 Kg6 55. f3 Nd5 56. Re4 Nf4+ 57. Kh1 Qd6 58. Qc2 Qd3 59. Qxd3 Nxd3 60. Re3 Nf4 61. Ra3 f6 62. Ra5 Ne2 63. Kg2 Nf4+ 64. Kf2 Nd3+ 65. Ke3 Nf4 66. Ke4 Nh3 67. Rf5 Nf4 68. Rxf4 gxf4 69. Kxf4 f5 70. g5 1-0

[Event "New Delhi Parsvnath op-C 17th"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2019.01.15"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Akhil, BVS"]
[Black "Manikandan, Tayalan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1491"]
[BlackElo "1403"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.01.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. cxd3 Bd6 7. Bg3 0-0 8. Nc3 Bxg3 9. hxg3 Nbd7 10. Ne5 Rc8 11. g4 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. d4 f6 14. Qd3 g6 15. f4 fxe5 16. dxe5 c6 17. 0-0-0 Nc5 18. Qc2 Qb6 19. Rh6 Rc7 20. Rdh1 Rg7 21. g3 Qa6 22. R6h2 Qd3 23. Qxd3 Nxd3+ 24. Kc2 Nc5 25. b4 Nd7 26. Na4 b6 27. Kd3 c5 28. a3 g5 29. Rh6 Re8 30. R6h4 Ree7 31. Rg1 Ref7 32. Rh6 Re7 33. Ke2 Kf8 34. Kf3 Rgf7 35. Ke2 Ke8 36. Rc1 cxb4 1-0

