[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Brodowski, Piotr"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 b6 7. c3 Bb7 8. Qe1 c5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 e5 12. f5 Ba6 13. c4 Nb8 14. b3 Nc6 15. Bb2 Nd7 16. Nb1 Nd4 17. Nc3 Bb7 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nxf5 20. Bh3 Nd4 21. Bxd4 exd4 22. Qd2 Ne5 23. Rae1 Qd6 24. Ng5 Rae8 25. Ne4 Qc7 26. d6 Qc6 27. Qg2 f5 28. Nf6+ Bxf6 29. Qxc6 Nxc6 30. Bg2 Ne5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gaal, Zsoka"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 c6 2. Bg2 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Ne2 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 Bf5 7. d3 Qc8 8. Nf4 Nbd7 9. Nd2 e5 10. Ne2 0-0 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Be6 13. 0-0 Rd8 14. a4 Nc5 15. Qe1 Bh3 16. Bxe5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nfxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nf4 Qf5 21. Qb4 b6 22. Rae1 Re8 23. Re2 c5 24. Qc4 Nd6 25. Qc3+ Qf6 26. Qxf6+ Kxf6 27. Rd2 Nf5 28. Rfd1 Nd4 29. Nd5+ Kf5 30. Nc7 g5 31. Nxa8 Rxa8 32. b4 g4 33. bxc5 bxc5 34. c3 Ne6 35. Rd5+ Kf6 36. f3 gxf3+ 37. Kxf3 Rb8 38. Rd7 Rb3 39. Rxa7 Rxc3+ 40. Kg2 Rc2+ 41. Kh3 Ng5+ 42. Kg4 Rxh2 43. Rf1+ Kg6 44. Ra6+ Ne6 45. Rc6 Ra2 46. Rf4 h5+ 47. Kf3 Kg7 48. Rc4 Nd4+ 49. Rxd4 cxd4 50. Rc4 d3 51. Ke3 d2 52. Ke2 Kf6 53. Rd4 Kg5 54. Rxd2 Rxa4 55. Kf3 Ra3+ 56. Kg2 f5 57. Rd8 Rb3 58. Rg8+ Kf6 59. Rf8+ Kg6 60. Rg8+ Kh7 61. Rf8 Kg6 62. Rg8+ Kf6 63. Rf8+ Ke5 64. Rh8 Rb2+ 65. Kh3 Rb1 66. Kg2 Ke4 67. Rxh5 Rb2+ 68. Kh3 Rb1 69. Kg2 Rb2+ 70. Kh3 Ra2 71. Rh8 Ra1 72. Re8+ Kf3 73. Kh4 Ra4+ 74. Kg5 Ra5 75. Rf8 f4+ 76. Kh4 Ra4 77. Rxf4+ Rxf4+ 78. gxf4 Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hasangatin, Ramil"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 c5 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. Re1 d5 8. e5 Nd7 9. Qe2 Be7 10. c4 d4 11. h4 h6 12. Nbd2 Qc7 13. Nf1 a5 14. N1h2 a4 15. Ng4 0-0-0 16. Rb1 g5 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Rdg8 19. Nf6 Rxg5 20. Nxg5 Ndxe5 21. Nge4 Nb4 22. Rbd1 Qc6 23. f4 Bxf6 24. Nxf6 Qxg2+ 25. Qxg2 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Nexd3 27. Rh1 Rd8 28. a3 Nxb2 29. axb4 Nxd1 30. Rxd1 cxb4 31. Ne4 b3 32. Nd2 b2 33. Nb1 Kc7 34. Rd2 Kc6 35. Rxb2 Kc5 36. Nd2 a3 37. Rb5+ Kc6 38. Rb1 a2 39. Ra1 Ra8 40. Kf3 Kc5 41. Ke2 f6 42. Kd3 e5 43. Ne4+ Kb4 44. Nxf6 exf4 45. gxf4 Kb3 46. Nd5 Kb2 47. Rxa2+ Rxa2 48. Nxb6 Ra3+ 49. Kxd4 Rf3 50. Nd5 Rf1 51. c5 Rd1+ 52. Ke5 Kb3 53. c6 Kc4 54. Nf6 Kb5 55. c7 Rc1 56. Kd6 Kb6 57. Nd5+ Kb7 58. f5 Rc6+ 59. Kd7 Rc5 60. Ke6 Rc6+ 61. Ke5 Rc5 62. f6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kopczynski, Michal"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bxc5 8. Bd3 a6 9. Qe2 b5 10. Bd2 Bb7 11. 0-0-0 Qb6 12. f5 0-0-0 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Ng5 Nd4 15. Qg4 Nxe5 16. Qg3 Bd6 17. Bf4 Qc7 18. Bxh7 Rxh7 19. Rxd4 Nc6 20. Bxd6 Rxd6 21. Rf4 Rh5 22. Qg4 Rxg5 23. Qxg5 b4 24. Rf8+ Nd8 25. Ne2 Qb6 26. Kb1 a5 27. Qxg7 a4 28. Qd4 Qb5 29. c4 Qc6 30. c5 Rd7 31. Qxb4 Rc7 32. Nd4 Qxc5 33. Qxc5 Rxc5 34. Rxd8+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 g6 5. e5 dxe5 6. dxe5 Ng4 7. e6 fxe6 8. Ng5 c6 9. Qxg4 Nf6 10. Qc4 Nd5 11. Bd2 Bg7 12. Bd3 0-0 13. Qh4 h6 14. Bxg6 Rf6 15. Bh7+ Kf8 16. Nge4 Qb6 17. Nxf6 Qxb2 18. Rb1 Qa3 19. Nfxd5 exd5 20. 0-0 Be6 21. Rb3 Qd6 22. Bxh6 Bf7 23. Bxg7+ Kxg7 24. Bf5 Rh8 25. Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Koutlas, Nikolaos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Nf6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Re1 0-0 9. Nf1 Ne4 10. Ng3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bc5 13. Qd1 Bxf2+ 14. Kh1 Bxg3 15. hxg3 Nf2+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. c4 Nf6 8. Nc3 g6 9. Bg5 Bg7 10. Qd3 0-0 11. 0-0 a5 12. Rac1 a4 13. Rc2 Qa5 14. Rfc1 Rfc8 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Rxc2 17. Rxc2 Qd8 18. g3 Ng4 19. Qb5 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Qxb7 f6 22. Bc1 Rb8 23. Qc6 Qb6 24. Qxb6 Rxb6 25. Kf1 f5 26. f3 fxe4 27. fxe4 Rb4 28. Re2 Rc4 29. Bf4 Bxf4 30. gxf4 Kf7 31. Kf2 e6 32. dxe6+ Kxe6 33. Ke3 d5 34. Kd3 Rb4 35. a3 Rxe4 36. Rxe4+ dxe4+ 37. Kxe4 Kf6 38. Kd4 Kf5 39. Kc4 Kxf4 40. Kb4 g5 41. Kxa4 g4 42. b4 h5 43. b5 h4 44. b6 g3 45. hxg3+ hxg3 46. b7 g2 47. b8Q+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Reprintsev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "2257"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Bc5 5. d3 Nge7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Be3 Bxe3 8. fxe3 d5 9. Nbd2 Bg4 10. Qe1 f5 11. Bb3 Kh8 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nc4 Bxf3 15. Rxf3 e4 16. dxe4 fxe4 17. Rxf8+ Qxf8 18. Nd2 Nf6 19. Qh4 Qc5 20. Re1 Re8 21. c3 h6 22. Kh1 Qd6 23. Nc4 Qe7 24. Rd1 b5 25. Nd2 Rd8 26. Qe1 Ne5 27. Bc2 Nd3 28. Bxd3 exd3 29. Nf3 c5 30. b3 Ne4 31. c4 b4 32. Nd2 Nc3 33. Ra1 Re8 34. e4 Nxe4 35. Nxe4 Qxe4 36. Qxe4 Rxe4 37. Rd1 Re2 38. Rxd3 Rxa2 39. Rd5 Ra5 40. Kg1 Kh7 41. Kf2 Kg6 42. Ke3 Ra3 43. Rxc5 Rxb3+ 44. Kf4 Ra3 45. Rc6+ Kf7 46. Rb6 a5 47. c5 Rc3 48. Rb5 Ke6 49. Rxa5 Kd5 50. Rb5 Rc4+ 51. Ke3 Kc6 52. Rb6+ Kxc5 53. Rb7 Rc3+ 54. Kf4 g5+ 55. Kg4 b3 56. Kh5 Rg3 57. Kxh6 Kc4 58. Rc7+ Kb4 59. Rb7+ Kc3 60. Rc7+ Kd2 61. Rd7+ Kc2 62. Rc7+ Rc3 63. Rb7 b2 64. Rxb2+ Kxb2 65. g4 Rxh3+ 66. Kxg5 Kc3 67. Kf6 Rf3+ 68. Ke6 Rg3 69. Kf5 Kd4 70. g5 Kd5 71. Kf6 Kd6 72. g6 Rf3+ 73. Kg5 Ke7 74. Kh6 Kf8 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Shafer, Logan Clark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "2177"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 Re8 9. b3 Nd7 10. Bb2 Nf8 11. c4 Bg4 12. h3 Be6 13. Rc1 Ng6 14. Re1 Qd7 15. Bf1 Nf4 16. Qd2 Nxh3+ 17. gxh3 Bxh3 18. Nh2 Bxf1 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Rxf1 Re4 21. f3 Rh4 22. Ng4 h5 23. Ne3 Bh2+ 24. Kf2 Bf4 25. Ke1 Qe6 26. Ke2 Rh2+ 27. Rf2 Rh1 28. Kd3 Rd1 29. Nxd1 Bxd2 30. Rxd2 Qf5+ 31. Ke2 h4 32. Ne3 Qf4 33. Ng4 h3 34. Rd1 Qg3 35. Ke3 h2 36. Rh1 Qg1+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Torales G, Ivan Alejandro B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e5 Bg7 8. Bc4 0-0 9. Qd3 Bf5 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. 0-0-0 Qc8 12. h3 a6 13. g4 Bd7 14. Qe4 Na5 15. Bd3 dxe5 16. Nxe5 Nc6 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Nxe7+ Kh8 20. d5 Re8 21. Nxg6+ fxg6 22. Qxg6 Kg8 23. dxc6 Qd4 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Qf5+ Kg8 26. c3 Qa4 27. cxb7 Rab8 28. Rhe1 Qxa2 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Qf5+ Kg8 32. Qc8 Qa1+ 33. Bb1 Qa4 34. b8Q Qf4+ 35. Kc2 Qe4+ 36. Kb3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Marra, Eduardo da Costa"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2223"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Bb5 7. c4 Bxc4 8. Bxc4 dxc4 9. d5 exd5 10. Qxd5 Ne7 11. Qxc4 Nd7 12. 0-0 Ng6 13. Re1 Qe6 14. Qb5 Qc6 15. Qxc6 bxc6 16. Na3 Be7 17. Nc4 0-0-0 18. Bd2 Nb6 19. Na5 Kc7 20. Be3 Nd5 21. g3 Rhe8 22. Rac1 Kb6 23. Nc4+ Kc7 24. Bd2 f6 25. Ba5+ Nb6 26. e6 Kb7 27. Bd2 Rd5 28. Na5+ Kc7 29. h4 h5 30. Be3 Bd6 31. Bd2 Ne5 32. Nxe5 fxe5 33. Be3 Rxe6 34. Nb3 c4 35. Nd2 Bb4 36. Re2 Bxd2 37. Bxd2 Kd6 38. Be3 c5 39. Bg5 Kc6 40. Kg2 Kb5 41. Kf3 Rd3+ 42. Kg2 e4 43. Bf4 Nd5 44. Bg5 e3 45. Rce1 exf2 46. Kxf2 Ra6 47. a3 c3 48. Rb1 Kc4 49. Rc1 Kb3 50. bxc3 Rxa3 51. c4 Nb4 52. Rb1+ Ka4 53. Bf4 Rf3+ 54. Kg2 Nd3 55. Re7 Nxf4+ 56. gxf4 Rg3+ 57. Kf2 Raf3+ 58. Ke2 a5 59. Re5 Re3+ 60. Rxe3 Rg2+ 61. Kd3 Rg4 62. Ke4 Rxh4 63. Kd5 Rxf4 64. Kxc5 g5 65. Re2 Ka3 66. Rb5 a4 67. Re1 Ka2 68. Re2+ Ka3 69. Re1 Ka2 70. Kb4 g4 71. Rd5 Rf2 72. Rd3 h4 73. Ra3+ Kb2 74. Rea1 Rc2 75. R1a2+ Kc1 76. Ra1+ Kd2 77. c5 g3 78. Rh1 g2 79. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Bashirov, Kemal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 0-0 8. Bg5 Re8 9. 0-0 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. Re1 Nb6 13. a4 Nbd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bd2 Bf6 16. c4 Ne7 17. Bc3 d5 18. c5 Bg6 19. Ne5 Bf5 20. Bf3 c6 21. b4 Ng6 22. b5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Nf4 24. Qd2 Nd3 25. Re3 Nxc5 26. bxc6 bxc6 27. Rd1 Ne6 28. Ba5 Qg5 29. Rc3 Nf4 30. Kh2 Rac8 31. g3 Nxh3 32. Qxg5 Nxg5 33. Bg2 Be4 34. f4 Bxg2 35. Kxg2 Ne4 36. Rb3 Rb8 37. Rdb1 Rxb3 38. Rxb3 Nc5 39. Rc3 Nxa4 40. Rxc6 h6 41. Rc7 Nb6 42. Rxa7 Nc4 43. Bc3 Rc8 44. Rd7 Ne3+ 45. Kf2 Rxc3 46. Ke2 Ng4 47. Rxd5 Rxg3 48. Rd8+ Kh7 49. Rd7 Kg6 50. Rd6+ Kf5 51. Rd7 Kxf4 52. Rxf7+ Kxe5 53. Rxg7 Kf5 54. Rf7+ Nf6 55. Kf2 Rh3 56. Rf8 Rh5 57. Kg2 Rg5+ 58. Kh3 h5 59. Kh2 Rg4 60. Kh3 Kg5 61. Rf7 Kg6 62. Rf8 Ra4 63. Rb8 Kg5 64. Kh2 Kh4 65. Rb2 Ng4+ 66. Kg2 Ra3 67. Kh1 Rh3+ 68. Kg1 Rg3+ 69. Kh1 Ra3 70. Rc2 Kg3 71. Rg2+ Kf3 72. Rb2 Ra1+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Idnani, Roshan R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 Nd7 12. c4 Be7 13. Bg4 Re8 14. Rc1 Bf8 15. Nd2 Nf6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Nb1 f5 19. Qe2 Rac8 20. b3 b5 21. cxb5 axb5 22. exf5 Qxf5 23. Qxb5 Be7 24. Qd5+ Kh8 25. Nd2 Rc2 26. Rxc2 Qxc2 27. a4 Rf8 28. Ne4 Rb8 29. Nxd6 Bxd6 30. Qxd6 Qxb3 31. Qxe5 Ra8 32. Ra1 h6 33. a5 Rb8 34. h4 Rf8 35. Qd4 Qe6 36. a6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Meduri, Aakaash"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "2049"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qe3 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Bd2 Nf6 9. Bd3 0-0 10. 0-0 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Ne5 13. Qe2 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Rc8 15. Rac1 Nd7 16. Be3 Ne5 17. Qe2 Nxc4 18. b3 Ne5 19. f4 Nc6 20. Nd5 e6 21. Bb6 Qd7 22. Ne3 f5 23. exf5 exf5 24. Rfd1 Rfe8 25. Qc4+ Kh8 26. Qd5 Re6 27. Kh2 Rce8 28. Qf3 Re4 29. Nd5 Qf7 30. Nc7 Rxf4 31. Qd3 Ree4 32. Nd5 Be5 33. Nxf4 Bxf4+ 34. g3 Bxc1 35. Rxc1 Qe6 36. Bf2 Re2 37. Kg1 Kg8 38. Rd1 Rxa2 39. Qxd6 Qxd6 40. Rxd6 Ne5 41. Rb6 Nd3 42. Bd4 f4 43. gxf4 Nxf4 44. Be3 Nxh3+ 45. Kf1 g5 46. Rxb7 g4 47. Bd4 h5 48. Rg7+ Kf8 49. Rh7 Rh2 50. Rxh5 g3 51. Rh8+ Kf7 52. Rh7+ Ke6 53. Rg7 Rh1+ 54. Kg2 Rh2+ 55. Kxg3 Rd2 56. Kxh3 Rxd4 57. Rg6+ Kd5 58. Rxa6 Rd3+ 59. Kg4 Rxb3 60. Kf4 Kc4 61. Rc6+ Kd5 62. Ra6 Kc4 63. Rc6+ Kd5 64. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Zhou, Yuxu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "2101"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bc4 0-0 7. Bb3 c6 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. h3 Nc5 10. Be3 Ncxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. c3 d5 13. c4 Bg5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. Nf3 Qg6 17. Ne5 Qg5 18. Nf3 Qg6 19. Ne5 Qg5 20. Qxd5 Nf6 21. f4 Qh5 22. Qf3 Qxf3 23. Rxf3 Be6 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Rc1 Nd5 26. g3 Rac8 27. Rff1 Rfd8 28. Kf2 Kf8 29. a3 Ke7 30. Kf3 Nf6 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Rf2 Nd5 33. Rd2 Rc1 34. h4 Rf1+ 35. Ke2 Rg1 36. Kf2 Rc1 37. Nd3 Rc4 38. Ne5 Rc8 39. f5 Nf6 40. Ke3 exf5 41. Kf4 Ke6 42. Nf3 Nd5+ 43. Kg5 Nf6 44. Re2+ Ne4+ 45. Kf4 Kf6 46. Ng5 Nxg5 47. hxg5+ Kg6 48. Re6+ Kf7 49. Kxf5 g6+ 50. Ke5 Rc5+ 51. Kd4 Kxe6 52. Kxc5 Kf5 53. Kd6 Kxg5 54. Kc7 Kg4 55. Kxb7 a5 56. b4 axb4 57. axb4 Kxg3 58. b5 h5 59. b6 h4 60. Kc6 h3 61. b7 h2 62. b8Q+ Kg2 63. Qb2+ Kh3 64. Qc3+ Kg2 65. Qd2+ Kg1 66. Qe3+ Kg2 67. Qe2+ Kg1 68. Qg4+ Kf1 69. Qh3+ Kg1 70. Qg3+ Kh1 71. Qf2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Povshednyi, Ivan"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. 0-0 cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. a3 0-0 11. Bc2 Nf6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 b6 14. Qd3 g6 15. Rad1 Bb7 16. Nf4 Nxd4 17. Nxg6 Nxc2 18. Qg3 Nh5 19. Nxe7+ Kh7 20. Qg4 Nd4 21. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shafer, Logan Clark"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2177"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nge2 Bf5 7. 0-0 e6 8. d4 Nbd7 9. a4 a5 10. Bf4 Be7 11. Re1 0-0 12. Qd2 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Nc1 Nf6 15. Nd3 Ne4 16. Qe2 Bf6 17. Be5 Re8 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Ne5 Nd6 20. Qd2 h6 21. c3 Qg5 22. Qxg5 hxg5 23. Re3 f6 24. Nf3 Be4 25. Nd2 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Kf7 27. Rae1 Rxe3 28. Rxe3 Ra6 29. b3 Ra8 30. g4 b5 31. Kg3 bxa4 32. bxa4 Rb8 33. f4 gxf4+ 34. Kxf4 Rb2 35. Nf3 Ra2 36. g5 Rxa4 37. gxf6 gxf6 38. h4 Ra1 39. Re2 Ne4 40. c4 a4 41. cxd5 cxd5 42. Rb2 a3 43. Rb7+ Kg6 44. Ra7 a2 45. Ra6 Nc3 46. Nd2 Rd1 47. Nb3 Rb1 48. h5+ Kxh5 49. Ra3 Rxb3 50. Rxb3 a1Q 51. Kf5 Qf1+ 52. Ke6 Qf3 53. Kd7 Kg6 54. Rb6 Ne4 55. Kc7 Qc3+ 56. Kb7 Qxd4 57. Ka7 Qxb6+ 58. Ka8 Qa6+ 59. Kb8 Qb5+ 60. Kc7 Qc4+ 61. Kd7 d4 62. Ke7 Ng3 63. Kd6 Nh1 64. Ke7 f5 65. Ke8 f4 66. Kd7 f3 67. Ke7 f2 68. Ke8 Qe6+ 69. Kf8 Qd7 70. Kg8 d3 71. Kh8 d2 72. Kg8 Ng3 73. Kf8 Ne2 74. Kg8 Nc3 75. Kf8 Nb1 76. Kg8 Na3 77. Kh8 Nc2 78. Kg8 Na1 79. Kf8 f1Q+ 80. Kg8 d1Q 81. Kh8 Qh5+ 82. Kg8 Qf8+ 83. Kxf8 Qh8# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Chemin, Vitorio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "2134"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2025.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. b3 e6 4. Bb2 d5 5. e5 Nge7 6. c4 Ng6 7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2 f6 9. Qe2 fxe5 10. Nxe5 Ncxe5 11. Bxe5 Nxe5 12. Qxe5 Bf6 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qe2 Bxa1 15. cxd5 0-0 16. 0-0 exd5 17. Bxd5+ Qxd5 18. Na3 Bh3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Chemin, Vitorio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "2134"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2025.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB08_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. b3 e6 4. Bb2 d5 5. e5 Nge7 6. c4 Ng6 7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2 f6 9. Qe2 fxe5 10. Nxe5 Ncxe5 11. Bxe5 Nxe5 12. Qxe5 Bf6 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qe2 Bxa1 15. cxd5 0-0 16. 0-0 exd5 17. Bxd5+ Qxd5 18. Na3 Bh3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Abdou, Ahmed Alem"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2025.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Qd2 Nbd7 6. 0-0-0 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Be3 c6 9. f3 Qe7 10. h4 Nf8 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. Nh3 Rd8 14. Qf2 b6 15. Ng5 Nf4 16. Rxd8+ Qxd8 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. g3 N4h5 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 Ng4 21. Qd2 h6 22. Nf3 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Nxf4 24. e5 Ne6 25. Ne4 0-0 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. exf6 Kh7 28. Ng5+ hxg5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Badacsonyi, Stanley Ethan Artie"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2307"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2025.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 e6 5. e4 exd5 6. exd5 Bg7 7. Bd3 0-0 8. Nge2 d6 9. 0-0 a6 10. h3 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Qc7 12. Ng3 h6 13. Nge4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Ne5 15. Be2 Bf5 16. Ng3 Bd7 17. b3 b5 18. Rc1 bxc4 19. bxc4 Rab8 20. Re1 Rb4 21. Qd2 Kh7 22. Ne4 Bf5 23. Bf1 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Rfb8 25. Kh2 Qa5 26. Rc2 Ra4 27. Qxa5 Rxa5 28. Bg3 f5 29. Re1 g5 30. f4 gxf4 31. Bxf4 Ra4 32. Rf2 Rbb4 33. Bg3 Kg6 34. Kg1 Ra3 35. Kh2 Rba4 36. Ree2 h5 37. Bf4 Nxc4 38. Re6+ Kf7 39. Bxc4 Rxc4 40. Bxd6 Rca4 41. Rxf5+ Kg8 42. Rg6 Kh7 43. Rgg5 Bh6 44. Rf7+ Kh8 45. Be5+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Melaa, Sondre Lillestol"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2025.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. h3 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Be2 0-0 7. Bh2 b6 8. 0-0 Bb7 9. Nfd2 Qe8 10. c4 e5 11. Nc3 exd4 12. exd4 Ne4 13. Ndxe4 Bxe4 14. Nxe4 Qxe4 15. Bf3 Qxd4 16. Bxa8 Rxa8 17. Qxd4 Bxd4 18. Rab1 Re8 19. Rfe1 Ne5 20. Rbd1 Kf8 21. Rxd4 Nf3+ 22. gxf3 Rxe1+ 23. Kg2 Re2 24. b4 Rxa2 25. b5 Rc2 26. Bf4 Ra2 27. Re4 f5 28. Bh6+ Kf7 29. Rh4 a6 30. bxa6 Rxa6 31. Bg5 h5 32. Rd4 Ra4 33. Be3 Ke6 34. Kg3 c5 35. Rd2 Rxc4 36. Rb2 h4+ 37. Kg2 f4 38. Bd2 Rd4 39. Be1 Rd1 40. Kf1 Kd5 41. Ke2 Ra1 42. Rxb6 c4 43. Bc3 Ra2+ 44. Rb2 Ra3 45. Kd2 Kc6 46. Rb8 d5 47. Rc8+ Kb5 48. Rb8+ Kc6 49. Rd8 Ra2+ 50. Ke1 Rc2 51. Be5 g5 52. Bf6 Rc1+ 53. Kd2 Rh1 54. Bxg5 Rxh3 55. Ke2 Rh1 56. Bxf4 h3 57. Be5 Kc5 58. Rc8+ Kb4 59. Rb8+ Ka4 60. Rh8 Kb3 61. f4 c3 62. f5 c2 63. Bf4 d4 64. f6 Kc3 65. f7 d3+ 66. Kf3 d2 67. Bxd2+ Kxd2 68. Rd8+ Ke1 69. f8Q c1Q 70. Qe7+ Kf1 71. Qe2+ Kg1 72. Rd1+ Qxd1 73. Qxd1+ Kh2 74. Qd6+ Kg1 75. Kg3 h2 76. Qd1# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Brodowski, Piotr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2025.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 Nxe4 6. 0-0 d5 7. Bd3 0-0 8. Nbd2 Bf5 9. Ne5 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nf3 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bxf5 gxf5 14. Nd4 e6 15. Rf3 Ne4 16. Rh3 Qf6 17. Be3 c5 18. Qh5 Qg6 19. Qxg6 hxg6 20. Nf3 Bxb2 21. Rb1 Rab8 22. Ng5 Nxg5 23. fxg5 Bd4 24. Rxb8 Bxe3+ 25. Rxe3 Rxb8 26. Ra3 Rb7 27. Ra5 c4 28. Kf2 Kf8 29. Ke3 Ke7 30. Kd4 Kd6 31. Ra6+ Kc7 32. Ke5 Kb8 33. c3 Rb2 34. Kf6 Rxg2 35. Kxf7 Rxg5 36. Kxe6 f4 37. Kf6 Rg2 38. Rd6 f3 39. Rxd5 f2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Meier, Lukas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2025.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bf4 Bg4 4. e3 e6 5. Be2 Bd6 6. Bg3 Nge7 7. Nbd2 0-0 8. c4 Nf5 9. c5 Bxg3 10. hxg3 Re8 11. Nh4 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Qf6 13. Nxf5 Qxf5 14. f4 Nb4 15. Kf2 Nd3+ 16. Kg1 Qg6 17. Nf3 Nb4 18. a3 Qc2 19. Re1 Qxe2 20. Rxe2 Nc6 21. b4 a6 22. g4 b6 23. g5 Ne7 24. g4 bxc5 25. dxc5 a5 26. Reh2 axb4 27. Rxh7 Kf8 28. axb4 Reb8 29. Ne5 Rxb4 30. Nd7+ Ke8 31. Rh8+ Kxd7 32. Rf8 Ra2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Mirza, Diana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "1965"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2025.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. Bf4 Bxf3 7. exf3 e6 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Bg3 Bxg3 10. hxg3 Nc6 11. Qa4 Qa5 12. Qb3 Qb4 13. Qxb4 Nxb4 14. 0-0-0 Nxd3+ 15. Rxd3 Rc8 16. g4 h5 17. g5 Nd7 18. f4 Nb6 19. g4 h4 20. Rdh3 Rc4 21. Kd2 Rxd4+ 22. Ke3 Rb4 23. Nd1 Nc4+ 24. Kf3 Nxb2 25. Ne3 Nd3 26. f5 Rb2 27. Rxh4 Rxf2+ 28. Kg3 Rxh4 29. Rxh4 Rxa2 30. Rh8+ Ke7 31. Rb8 Nc5 32. Rc8 b6 33. Kf4 Nd3+ 34. Kg3 Ra3 35. Kh4 Nf4 36. Nxd5+ exd5 37. g6 f6 38. g5 Ng2+ 39. Kg4 Ne3+ 40. Kf4 fxg5+ 41. Kxg5 Ra4 42. Rc7+ Kf8 43. Rf7+ Ke8 44. Rxg7 Rg4+ 45. Kh5 Rg1 46. f6 Nf5 47. Rg8+ Kd7 48. f7 Rh1+ 49. Kg5 Ke6 50. Re8+ Ne7 51. f8Q Rg1+ 52. Kh4 Rh1+ 53. Kg3 Rg1+ 54. Kf2 Rxg6 55. Qxe7+ Kf5 56. Rf8+ Kg4 57. Qd7+ Kh5 58. Rh8+ Kg5 59. Qe7+ Rf6+ 60. Ke2 Kf5 61. Rf8 Rxf8 62. Qxf8+ Ke5 63. Qa8 Kd4 64. Qxa7 Kc5 65. Kd3 Kb5 66. Qd7+ Kc5 67. Qc7+ Kb5 68. Kd4 Ka5 69. Qa7+ Kb5 70. Kxd5 Kb4 71. Qxb6+ Ka4 72. Qb8 Ka3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Przybylski, Bartosz1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2025.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7 7. Ng5+ Kg8 8. Ne6 Qe8 9. Nxc7 Qg6 10. Nxa8 Qxg2 11. Qf3 Qg6 12. b3 exd4 13. Bb2 Ne5 14. Qg3 Bg4 15. f3 Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 Qxe4+ 17. Kf1 Bxf3 18. Re1 Bxh1 19. Rxe4 Bxe4 20. Nc7 Kf7 21. Bxd4 Rc8 22. Nb5 Rxc2 23. Nxd6+ Bxd6 24. Qxd6 Rxa2 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Qd7+ Kf8 27. Qe6 Bf5 28. Qxf6+ Ke8 29. Qxf5 Ra1+ 30. Kg2 Ra2+ 31. Kh3 Ra3 32. Qe6+ Kf8 33. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Puranik, Abhimanyu Sameer"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2025.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Ng3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 c6 8. c3 Nd7 9. Bc4 Ngf6 10. 0-0 Bd6 11. a4 0-0 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. a5 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Bb3 Rfe8 16. Bc2 Rad8 17. Bg5 Neg4 18. Qf3 h6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. a6 b6 21. Rad1 Qc8 22. Nf5 Bb8 23. Nxh6+ Kf8 24. Nf5 Qc7 25. g3 c5 26. Kg2 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. h4 Qd5 30. Ne3 Qxf3+ 31. Kxf3 Ke7 32. Bb3 g6 33. g4 Nd7 34. Nd5+ Kd6 35. Ne3 Ne5+ 36. Ke4 f6 37. f4 Nc6 38. Bf7 Ne7 39. h5 gxh5 40. gxh5 f5+ 41. Nxf5+ Nxf5 42. Kxf5 Ke7 43. Bc4 Kf8 44. h6 Bd6 45. Kf6 Be7+ 46. Kg6 Bd6 47. h7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rangel, Daniel"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2248"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2025.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. d4 c6 7. e3 d5 8. Ne2 Bg4 9. 0-0 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 f5 11. c4 dxc4 12. bxc4 Nd7 13. Nc3 Nf6 14. Rab1 Qe7 15. c5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Rb3 Rfb8 18. Rfb1 f5 19. Qc4+ Kh8 20. h4 h5 21. Bf1 a5 22. Rb6 f4 23. exf4 e3 24. Re1 exf2+ 25. Kxf2 Qd7 26. Re5 Rd8 27. Be2 Rf8 28. Rb3 Rad8 29. Rd3 Qh3 30. Bf1 Qg4 31. Rg5 Rxf4+ 32. gxf4 Qxf4+ 33. Rf3 Qxh4+ 34. Rgg3 Rxd4 35. Qf7 Rd2+ 36. Be2 Bd4+ 37. Re3 Qh2+ 38. Kf3 Bxe3 39. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th Jan Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Ishvi, Aggarwal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A64"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "2003"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2025.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB04_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 d6 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 0-0 9. 0-0 Re8 10. Nd2 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Nc4 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Rxe5 14. Bf4 Re8 15. a5 Bf5 16. Qa4 Rb8 17. e4 Bd7 18. Qc2 Qc7 19. Rfd1 b5 20. axb6 Rxb6 21. Na4 Rb7 22. e5 Nh5 23. exd6 Qd8 24. Nxc5 Rxb2 25. Qc1 Nxf4 26. Qxf4 Be5 27. Qc1 Qf6 28. Nxd7 Qxf2+ 29. Kh1 Qxg2# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th Nov Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.11.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Brodowski, Piotr"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2024.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB49_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d3 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 f5 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. e4 fxe4 7. dxe4 d4 8. c3 Bg4 9. Qb3 Qc8 10. Ng5 Bh5 11. Bh3 Qb8 12. f4 Bd6 13. fxe5 Bxe5 14. Bf4 Bxf4 15. gxf4 Rf8 16. e5 dxc3 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Re1+ Kf8 19. Nxh7# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Grutter, Tim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2024.09.24"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. dxc5 e6 4. c4 Bxc5 5. cxd5 Nf6 6. Nc3 exd5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Be2 0-0 10. 0-0 Rc8 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. Qa4 Qb6 13. Qb5 Qxb5 14. Nxb5 Ne4 15. Bf4 Ndf6 16. Rfd1 Ng4 17. Bg3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bxe3+ 19. Kf1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Bxc1 21. Be5 a6 22. Nc7 Be3 23. Nd4 Bxd4 24. Bxd4 Rc8 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Bg4 Kf7 27. a4 Rc4 28. Be5 Nd2+ 29. Ke2 Rxg4 30. Kxd2 Rxg2+ 31. Kd3 Rg4 32. a5 Re4 33. Bc3 g5 34. Bd2 g4 35. Bg5 h5 36. Bh4 Kg6 37. Bg3 Kf5 38. Bd6 h4 39. b4 Re1 40. Kd2 Ra1 41. Ke2 Ra2+ 42. Ke3 e5 43. Bc5 g3 44. hxg3 hxg3 45. Kf3 g2 46. Bg1 d4 47. b5 e4+ 48. Kg3 e3 49. bxa6 bxa6 50. Kh2 Ke4 51. Bxe3 dxe3 52. Kg1 Kf3 53. Kh2 Ra1 54. Kh3 Rh1# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Gutierrez Olivares, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2024.09.24"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nbd7 4. Bg2 g6 5. 0-0 Bg7 6. b3 0-0 7. Bb2 c5 8. e3 Rb8 9. a4 b6 10. Nbd2 a6 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Nd4 Qc7 13. Nc6 Rb7 14. Nd4 Ra7 15. Nc6 Rb7 16. Nd4 d5 17. c4 Nd3 18. Ba3 Rd8 19. Qe2 Nc5 20. Rac1 e5 21. cxd5 exd4 22. exd4 Nxd5 23. dxc5 Nc3 24. Qe3 Bd4 25. cxb6 Qxb6 26. Qg5 Ne2+ 27. Kh1 Nxc1 28. Rxc1 Rbd7 29. Be7 Re8 30. Nc4 Qe6 31. Bb4 Bxf2 32. Qf4 Be3 33. Nxe3 Bb7 34. Ng4 Bxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Qe4+ 36. Qxe4 Rxe4 37. Nf6+ Kg7 38. Nxe4 Rd4 39. Rc4 Rd3 40. Nf2 Rxb3 41. Re4 Rb2 42. Bc3+ Kh6 43. Bxb2 f5 44. Re7 Kg5 45. Bg7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Reprintsev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D08"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2024.09.24"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. e3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 dxe3 7. fxe3 Bg4 8. a3 Bc5 9. Ne4 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 0-0-0+ 11. Kc2 Be7 12. b4 a5 13. b5 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nxe5 15. Bb2 f6 16. Be2 Nh6 17. Rhg1 g6 18. f4 Nd7 19. Rad1 Rhf8 20. Ng3 Bc5 21. Bd4 Bxd4 22. exd4 f5 23. Bf3 Ng4 24. Rd2 Nb6 25. Kc3 Rfe8 26. Bxg4 fxg4 27. f5 gxf5 28. Nxf5 h5 29. Rg3 Re1 30. Re3 Rc1+ 31. Rc2 Rxc2+ 32. Kxc2 Nxc4 33. Rc3 Nd6 34. Nxd6+ Rxd6 35. Rc5 h4 36. Kc3 Rg6 37. Rf5 g3 38. hxg3 hxg3 39. Rf1 g2 40. Rg1 Rg3+ 41. Kc4 Kd7 42. Kd5 a4 43. Kc5 Ke6 44. b6 c6 45. Re1+ Kf5 46. Rg1 Ke4 47. Kd6 Kf3 48. Kc7 Rg7+ 49. Kc8 Kf2 50. Rd1 g1Q 51. Rxg1 Kxg1 52. Kb8 Kf2 53. Ka7 Ke3 54. d5 cxd5 55. Kb8 d4 56. Ka7 d3 57. Kb8 d2 58. Ka7 d1Q 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ozates, Tuna"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2024.09.24"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. a4 b4 8. a5 0-0 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. h3 Be6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. Nbd2 Nf4 14. Nc4 Qf6 15. Bxf4 Qxf4 16. Re4 Qf6 17. Ne3 Bxb3 18. cxb3 Rad8 19. Qc2 Nd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Nc4 g6 22. Rae1 Qf5 23. Qb1 Qd7 24. Kh1 c5 25. Qd1 Rfe8 26. Qf3 Bc7 27. Kg1 f5 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Qd5+ Kg7 31. g3 f4 32. Qxc5 Qe1+ 33. Kg2 f3+ 34. Kxf3 Qh1+ 35. Ke2 Bd8 36. Qxb4 Qxh3 37. Qb7+ Kh6 38. Qe4 Bg5 39. Ne5 Qh5+ 40. g4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Abrashkin, Boris Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2024.09.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 g5 6. Bg3 Ne4 7. Qd3 f5 8. f3 Nf6 9. e4 d6 10. Nge2 f4 11. Bf2 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. 0-0-0+ Ke7 15. Nb5 Na6 16. a3 Bc5 17. Bxc5+ Nxc5 18. Nxc7 Rb8 19. b4 Ne6 20. Nd5+ Kf7 21. h4 g4 22. Nxf6 Kxf6 23. fxg4 b6 24. g5+ Ke7 25. g6 Bb7 26. Nc3 Nd4 27. h5 Rbc8 28. Kb2 a5 29. Bd3 Kf6 30. g3 axb4 31. axb4 f3 32. Rhf1 Kg5 33. Rh1 Rc7 34. Nd5 Bxd5 35. exd5 Re8 36. Rde1 b5 37. c5 Rd7 38. d6 Ra7 39. Ra1 Rxa1 40. Kxa1 e4 41. d7 Rd8 42. Bxe4 Rxd7 43. Kb2 f2 44. Rf1 Kxh5 45. Rxf2 Re7 46. Bd3 Kg4 47. Rf7 Re8 48. g7 Ne6 49. Bh7 Nxg7 50. Rxg7+ Kf3 51. c6 Re2+ 52. Kc3 Re3+ 53. Kd4 Re8 54. c7 h5 55. Bf5 h4 56. gxh4 Kf4 57. c8Q Rxc8 58. Bxc8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Dudkina, Uliana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "1914"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2024.09.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. Nc3 d6 7. a3 Be6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 a6 11. c3 b5 12. Ba2 Re8 13. h3 g6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Nh2 Ne7 17. Qd2 g5 18. d4 Ng6 19. g3 Rad8 20. Ng4 Qg7 21. Rad1 d5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. exd5 Rxd5 25. Qc2 Kg7 26. Rde1 Qd6 27. Re2 e5 28. Rfe1 Qd7 29. Kh2 c5 30. a4 c4 31. axb5 Qxb5 32. Qe4 Rf8 33. h4 Rd3 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Qg4 Kg6 36. Rxe5 Rxf2+ 37. Kg1 Rd5 38. Qxg5+ Kh7 39. Re7+ Kh8 40. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Neklyudov, Viacheslav I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[PlyCount "218"]
[EventDate "2024.09.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 a6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Be2 Bb7 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. Rc1 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. 0-0 Be7 12. Qc2 0-0 13. Rfd1 Qb6 14. Nb3 Rac8 15. Nxc5 Rxc5 16. Qb1 Rfc8 17. Rxc5 Qxc5 18. h3 h6 19. a3 Qc2 20. Bd3 Qxb1 21. Bxb1 Nd5 22. Bg3 Nf6 23. Ne5 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Kf1 Kf8 26. f3 Ke8 27. Ke2 Bb6 28. e4 Bd4 29. Nd3 Nd7 30. Bf2 Bxf2 31. Kxf2 Ke7 32. e5 Bd5 33. b4 Bc4 34. f4 Bd5 35. g3 Nb6 36. Nc5 Nc4 37. Nxa6 Nxa3 38. Bd3 Kd7 39. Ke3 Kc6 40. Kd4 Kb6 41. Nc5 Bc6 42. h4 h5 43. Nb3 g6 44. Nd2 Bd5 45. Nf1 Nc4 46. Bxc4 Bxc4 47. Ne3 Be2 48. Nc2 Bf3 49. Ne1 Bd5 50. Nd3 Kc6 51. Nc5 Bf3 52. Nb3 Bd5 53. Nd2 Kb6 54. Nf1 Kc6 55. Ne3 Bf3 56. Kc3 Kb6 57. Nc2 Bd5 58. Nd4 Be4 59. Kd2 Bd5 60. Ke3 Bg2 61. Kf2 Bd5 62. Kg1 Be4 63. Kh2 Bf5 64. Kg2 Be4+ 65. Kf1 Bd3+ 66. Kf2 Be4 67. Ke3 Bg2 68. Nb3 Bd5 69. Nc5 Bc6 70. Kd4 Be8 71. Ne4 Bc6 72. Nd6 Bd7 73. Nxf7 Be8 74. Nd6 Bd7 75. Ne4 Kc6 76. Nc5 Bc8 77. Ke4 Kb6 78. Ke3 Kc6 79. Kf3 Kd5 80. g4 Kc4 81. gxh5 gxh5 82. Ne4 Kxb4 83. Nd6 Bd7 84. Ke3 Kc3 85. f5 exf5 86. e6 Bc6 87. Nxf5 b4 88. Nd4 Be8 89. e7 Kc4 90. Nf5 Kc3 91. Nd6 Bd7 92. Ne4+ Kc2 93. Nc5 Be8 94. Nd3 b3 95. Ne1+ Kc3 96. Nd3 Kc2 97. Nb4+ Kc3 98. Nd5+ Kc4 99. Nf6 Bc6 100. Ne4 Kd5 101. Nd2 b2 102. Kf4 Kd4 103. Kg5 Be8 104. Kf6 Kc3 105. Nb1+ Kc2 106. Na3+ Kb3 107. Nb1 Kc2 108. Na3+ Kb3 109. Nb1 Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Parfenov, Viktor N"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2193"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2024.09.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 d6 5. d4 Bb6 6. h3 Nf6 7. Qd3 0-0 8. 0-0 Bd7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 exd4 11. cxd4 g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. e5 Nxg3 14. Qg6+ Kh8 15. Qxh6+ Kg8 16. Nxg5 Ne2+ 17. Kh1 Bf5 18. Bxe2 dxe5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nc3 Qd6 21. Qh4 Ng6 22. Qh7# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tokman, Ariel"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2024.09.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. d3 c5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Rb1 Rb8 9. a3 a6 10. b4 Bd7 11. Be3 cxb4 12. axb4 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. h3 Qc8 15. Kh2 Nxb4 16. Rxb4 Qxc3 17. Qb1 Qc6 18. Ne5 Qc7 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Rc1 e6 21. Bc6 Qe7 22. Rxb5 Rxb5 23. Qxb5 Rc8 24. Rb1 d5 25. Bb7 Rb8 26. Ba7 Rd8 27. Bc5 Qd7 28. Bc6 Qc8 29. Be7 h5 30. Bxd8 Qxd8 31. Qb8 Qxb8 32. Rxb8+ Bf8 33. Rb7 Kg7 34. e4 dxe4 35. dxe4 e5 36. Kg2 g5 37. Kf3 g4+ 38. hxg4 hxg4+ 39. Ke2 Kg6 40. Bd7 Bc5 41. Bf5+ Kg7 42. Be6 Nxe4 43. Rxf7+ Kg6 44. Rc7 Bd6 45. Rc6 Kf6 46. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 03rd Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karas, Marek"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2024.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. Bf4 c5 10. Ne5 Nc6 11. dxc5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 bxc5 13. Qa4 Nd7 14. Bf4 Nb6 15. Qc2 Qd7 16. Rfd1 d4 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Na4 Rac8 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. a4 Bf6 21. Qc4 Rfd8 22. Ra3 h6 23. Rb3 Qc6 24. Rb5 g5 25. Bd2 Kg7 26. Rc1 Ra8 27. a5 bxa5 28. Rxc5 Qe4 29. Rxa5 Rxa5 30. Bxa5 Rb8 31. b4 h5 32. Qd3 Qd5 33. e4 Qe6 34. Rb1 h4 35. b5 h3 36. Bd2 Be5 37. f4 gxf4 38. gxf4 Qg4+ 39. Qg3 Qxg3+ 40. hxg3 Bd6 41. Kh2 f5 42. e5 Bc5 43. Kxh3 Kf7 44. Kg2 Ke6 45. Kf3 Kd5 46. g4 fxg4+ 47. Kxg4 Rg8+ 48. Kf3 Rh8 49. Be1 Rh3+ 50. Bg3 d3 51. Kg4 Rh8 52. b6 Rg8+ 53. Kf3 d2 54. b7 Rb8 55. Ke2 Kc6 56. Kxd2 Rxb7 57. Rxb7 Kxb7 58. Kd3 Kc6 59. Ke4 Be7 60. f5 Kd7 61. Kd5 Bf8 62. e6+ Ke8 63. f6 Bh6 64. f7+ Ke7 65. Bd6+ Kf6 66. f8Q+ Bxf8 67. Bxf8 Kg6 68. Bc5 Kf6 69. Kd6 Kg7 70. Kd7 Kf6 71. e7 Ke5 72. e8Q+ Kd5 73. Qe6+ Kxc5 74. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 03rd Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Alvarado, Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2024.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. 0-0 e5 8. Nd2 Be7 9. Nc4 Qc7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Ne3 g6 13. Bc4 h5 14. c3 0-0 15. Qf3 Kg7 16. Rad1 a5 17. Rd2 Bg5 18. Rfd1 Qb6 19. g3 Ra7 20. h4 Bxe3 21. fxe3 d5 22. exd5 Bg4 23. Qe4 Bxd1 24. Rxd1 cxd5 25. Qxe5+ Qf6 26. Qxf6+ Kxf6 27. Bxd5 Rd7 28. e4 Ke5 29. c4 Rb8 30. b3 a4 31. Rd3 a3 32. Kf2 f6 33. Ke3 g5 34. Rd2 Ra7 35. Rd3 gxh4 36. gxh4 Rg7 37. Kf2 Rg4 38. Rf3 Rf4 39. Rxf4 Kxf4 40. c5 Ke5 41. c6 f5 42. Kf3 f4 43. Bf7 Rc8 44. Bd5 Rb8 45. Ke2 Rc8 46. b4 Rb8 47. Kd3 Kd6 48. Kd4 Rxb4+ 49. Kd3 Rb8 50. Ke2 Ke5 51. Kf3 Rc8 52. Ke2 Rc7 53. Kf3 Re7 54. Ke2 Rc7 55. Kf3 Rc8 56. Ke2 Rf8 57. Kf3 Kd6 58. Ke2 Ke5 59. Kf3 Rb8 60. Bc4 Rc8 61. Bd5 Rh8 62. Ke2 Rb8 63. Kf3 Ra8 64. Bc4 Rc8 65. Bd5 Rc7 66. Ke2 Rg7 67. Kf3 Rg3+ 68. Kf2 Rc3 69. Ke2 f3+ 70. Kf2 Kf4 71. e5 Rc2+ 72. Kf1 Ke3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 03rd Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Beulen, Marcel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2024.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 Bf5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Bxf5 Qxf5 8. Be3 0-0-0 9. Qe2 e6 10. 0-0 Bd6 11. Qb5 Qxc2 12. Rfc1 Qf5 13. Qxf5 exf5 14. d5 Nb4 15. Nd4 f4 16. Bd2 Nbxd5 17. Ncb5 Be5 18. Nxa7+ Kd7 19. Bc3 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 c6 21. b4 Ra8 22. b5 c5 23. Rxc5 b6 24. Rc6 Rxa7 25. Rac1 Rha8 26. h3 Rxa2 27. Bxb6 Ra1 28. Bd4 Rxc1+ 29. Rxc1 Rb8 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 03rd Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Przybylski, Wojciech"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2024.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. b4 Bxb4 6. d4 exd4 7. e5 d5 8. Bb5 Ne4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. e6 Bxe6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Bb2 0-0 14. Qd4 Qe7 15. Qe3 Bc5 16. Bd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 e5 18. Qd3 Rf6 19. Nc3 Nxc3 20. Qxc3 Raf8 21. Rae1 e4 22. Re2 Qd6 23. Qa5 Rh6 24. g3 Qd7 25. Qxa7 Qg4 26. f3 exf3 27. Re7 f2+ 28. Rxf2 Rxf2 29. Qxf2 Rf6 30. Qd2 Qf3 31. Re1 h5 32. a4 h4 33. Qg2 Qc3 34. Rf1 Qd4+ 35. Kh1 Rg6 36. a5 hxg3 37. h3 Rh6 38. Qxg3 c5 39. Kh2 Re6 40. Rf2 Qe4 41. Rg2 Re7 42. a6 d4 43. a7 c4 44. Qg4 Qe5+ 45. Qg3 Qe4 46. Qg4 Qe5+ 47. Qg3 Qd5 48. Qg4 Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Erzhanov, Arman"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2114"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2024.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. b3 a6 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. d3 d5 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. e5 Nd7 9. c4 a5 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Na4 0-0 12. Re1 f6 13. Bb2 f5 14. Rc1 Nb6 15. Nxb6 Qxb6 16. a4 Rb8 17. Nd2 Bd7 18. Bc3 d4 19. Ba1 Be8 20. f4 Bg6 21. Bb2 Qd8 22. Rb1 Qe8 23. Ba3 Bh5 24. Qc2 g5 25. fxg5 Qg6 26. Nf3 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Qxg5+ 28. Qg2 Qxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Kf7 30. Rg1 Rb7 31. Rb2 Rfb8 32. Rgb1 Kg6 33. Kf2 Kh5 34. Ke2 f4 35. Kd2 Kg5 36. Kc2 Kf5 37. Rg1 Kxe5 38. Rbb1 Kf6 39. Bc1 e5 40. Bd2 Bd8 41. Rge1 Bc7 42. Rg1 Bd6 43. Bxa5 Rf8 44. Be1 Rff7 45. Bh4+ Ke6 46. Rg8 Be7 47. Bf2 e4 48. dxe4 d3+ 49. Kxd3 Rd7+ 50. Kc2 Bf6 51. Rd1 Bd4 52. Bh4 Rg7 53. Rxg7 Rxg7 54. a5 Rg2+ 55. Rd2 Rg1 56. Bf2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Filipovic, Slobodan J"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2024.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Bb4 9. Bd2 Nd7 10. 0-0 Nf8 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 f6 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qh6 Ne6 15. g3 Qe7 16. f4 exf4 17. gxf4 0-0-0 18. f5 Nd4 19. Rae1 Nxc2 20. Re2 Nd4 21. Ref2 g5 22. Re1 Qe5 23. Kg2 c5 24. b4 cxb4 25. axb4 Rdg8 26. Rc1 g4 27. h4 g3 28. Rfc2 c6 29. b5 c5 30. Bxd4 Qxd4 31. Rxc5+ Kb8 32. Qf4+ Ka8 33. Qc7 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Golubev, Mikhail"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2024.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Bg5 Nd7 4. c3 c5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Na3 h6 8. Be3 cxd4 9. Nc4 Qc7 10. cxd4 Ngf6 11. Rc1 0-0 12. 0-0 Qb8 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. e5 Nd5 15. Be4 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 dxe5 17. dxe5 Nb6 18. Na5 e6 19. Rfd1 Nd5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Rxd5 Be6 22. Rd2 b6 23. Nb3 Rd8 24. Rcd1 Qc7 25. h3 a5 26. Nbd4 Bd5 27. b3 Qc5 28. Ne2 Qc6 29. Nf4 Bxf3 30. Rxd8 Bxd1 31. Rxd1 Re8 32. e6 fxe6 33. Qd3 e5 34. Nd5 e4 35. Qe2 Re5 36. Ne3 Qe6 37. Nc4 Rg5 38. Kh1 Rf5 39. Ne3 Re5 40. Nc4 Rf5 41. Re1 b5 42. Ne3 a4 43. Nxf5 gxf5 44. bxa4 bxa4 45. Qc2 Be5 46. Rd1 Kg6 47. Kg1 a3 48. Rb1 f4 49. Qb3 Qxb3 50. Rxb3 Bb2 51. Rb4 Kf5 52. Kf1 Ke5 53. Ke2 h5 54. Kd1 h4 55. f3 e3 56. Ke2 Bc1 57. Kd3 Kf5 58. Re4 Kg5 59. Kc2 Bd2 60. Kb3 Bc1 61. Kc4 Kf5 62. Kd5 Bd2 63. Re5+ Kf6 64. Re6+ Kf5 65. Re8 Kf6 66. Re6+ Kf5 67. Re4 Kg5 68. Re5+ Kf6 69. Re6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Aug Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grigorov, Grigor"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2024.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c3 c6 4. Bf4 g6 5. Nbd2 Bg7 6. h3 0-0 7. e3 Qb6 8. Qb3 Qxb3 9. axb3 Bf5 10. Be2 Ne4 11. g4 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 Bc8 13. b4 a6 14. Nb3 Nd7 15. Bg3 e5 16. Kd2 f5 17. gxf5 Rxf5 18. Bg4 Rf8 19. Na5 h5 20. Bxd7 Bxd7 21. Nxb7 Bf5 22. h4 Be4 23. Rh2 exd4 24. cxd4 Ra7 25. Nc5 Bf5 26. Rxa6 Rxa6 27. Nxa6 Ra8 28. Nb8 Ra2 29. Kc3 Bf8 30. Nxc6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Aug Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kleiman, Jake"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2024.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nc4 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Qxe7+ Bxe7 8. Nc3 c6 9. d4 Nbd7 10. Bf4 d5 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. Bxd6 Nf8 13. f3 Ne6 14. 0-0-0 b6 15. g4 h6 16. h4 Bb7 17. Bd3 Kd7 18. Be5 Ne8 19. Rhe1 f6 20. Bg3 Nd6 21. Ne2 Rhe8 22. c3 c5 23. Bg6 Re7 24. b3 c4 25. Kd2 cxb3 26. axb3 Ba6 27. Ra1 Bxe2 28. Rxe2 a5 29. Rae1 a4 30. Ra1 b5 31. Bd3 Nc7 32. Rxe7+ Kxe7 33. Bc2 Kd7 34. Kd3 g5 35. bxa4 bxa4 36. Rxa4 Re8 37. Ra7 Ra8 38. Ba4+ Ke6 39. Rxc7 Nc4 40. Bd7+ Ke7 41. Bc6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Aug Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Hobaica, Juan Pablo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2024.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Nbd2 0-0 8. 0-0 d6 9. a4 cxd4 10. exd4 a6 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Ne4 Nh5 13. Bd2 Nd7 14. a5 b5 15. Rae1 Qxa5 16. c4 b4 17. c5 dxc5 18. Ne5 Nhf6 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Bxb4 Ncxe4 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Rc1 Qf4 24. g3 Ng5 25. h4 Nf3+ 26. Kh1 Qg4 27. Nd6 Qh3# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Miszler, Levente"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2024.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. dxe5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Qxd1+ 6. Kxd1 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Bf4 0-0-0+ 9. Bd3 Nd4 10. Ned2 Ne7 11. h3 Bxf3+ 12. Nxf3 Nxf3 13. gxf3 Nd5 14. Bd2 Bc5 15. Rf1 Nb4 16. Bxb4 Bxb4 17. a3 Bc5 18. f4 Rhf8 19. Ke2 f6 20. c3 Rde8 21. Bf5+ Kb8 22. Bd7 Re7 23. e6 f5 24. Rg1 g6 25. h4 Bd6 26. Kf3 c6 27. Rad1 Kc7 28. h5 Rg8 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Rh1 Reg7 31. Rdg1 Be7 32. Rg2 Bd6 33. Rhg1 Be7 34. c4 Bf6 35. b4 Be7 36. Rb1 Bf6 37. a4 Be7 38. b5 Bc5 39. bxc6 bxc6 40. Rh1 Bb6 41. Rh6 Bc5 42. Rh1 Bb6 43. Rd1 Bc5 44. Rgg1 Bb6 45. Rd3 Bc5 46. Rgd1 g5 47. fxg5 Rxg5 48. Rh1 Rg2 49. Rd2 R2g4 50. Rh7 Rxc4 51. Be8+ Kb6 52. Bf7 Rgg4 53. Rd7 Rcf4+ 54. Ke2 Rxf2+ 55. Kd3 Rf3+ 56. Ke2 Rf2+ 57. Kd3 Rg3+ 58. Kc4 Rc2# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Sroczynski, Maciej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2024.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. 0-0 Bd6 12. a3 0-0 13. b4 Bd7 14. Bb2 Rae8 15. Rc1 Ne4 16. Ng3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Qf3 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Yagupov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "2239"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2024.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bg5 Bf5 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Rac1 Re8 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. f4 f6 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Rce1 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Qxe4 19. Qxe4 Rxe4 20. Kf2 Rae8 21. b3 a5 22. Re2 d4 23. Rfe1 dxe3+ 24. Kf3 Kf7 25. Rxe3 Rxe3+ 26. Rxe3 Rd8 27. Re2 Rd3+ 28. Ke4 Rd1 29. g4 Ke6 30. h4 c5 31. f5+ Kd6 32. g5 Rd4+ 33. Kf3 Rxh4 34. Re6+ Kd7 35. Rb6 Kc7 36. Re6 Kd7 37. Rb6 Kc7 38. Re6 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 20th Aug Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bilan, Danila"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2024.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 0-0 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Bf5 8. Bxf5 gxf5 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. f4 Ne4 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Qg4 f5 13. Qh4 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Rf7 15. e6 Rf6 16. Bxf6 exf6 17. Qf4 Qe7 18. Qxf5 Re8 19. Rc1 Qxe6 20. Qxe6+ Rxe6 21. c4 Bh6 22. Ke2 f5 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Rc8+ Kf7 25. Rc7+ Kg6 26. g3 Rb6 27. b3 Ra6 28. a4 Rb6 29. Rb1 Bf8 30. Kd2 Bb4+ 31. Kc2 h6 32. Rf1 h5 33. Kb2 a5 34. Rd7 Bd6 35. Rc1 h4 36. Rc8 hxg3 37. hxg3 Kf6 38. Rcd8 Bxg3 39. Rxd5 Re6 40. Rf8+ Ke7 41. Rfxf5 Rh6 42. Rxa5 Rh2+ 43. Kc3 Be1+ 44. Kc4 Rc2+ 45. Kd5 Bxa5 46. Kxe4 Bc7 47. Rb5 b6 48. b4 Kd7 49. Kd5 Ra2 50. a5 bxa5 51. bxa5 Bxa5 52. e4 Bc3 53. Kc4 Ba1 54. Rb7+ Kc6 55. Rb1 Ra4+ 56. Kd3 Bxd4 57. Rc1+ Bc5 58. Rc4 Ra3+ 59. Rc3 Ra1 60. Rc2 Rd1+ 61. Rd2 Rh1 62. Kc4 Bd6 63. Re2 Rh5 64. Kd3 Rh3+ 65. Kd4 Bc5+ 66. Kc4 Rh5 67. Re1 Re5 68. Re2 Bd6 69. Re1 Ra5 70. Re2 Be5 71. Kb3 Kb5 72. Rd2 Kc6 73. Rd5 Rxd5 74. exd5+ Kxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 20th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Guo, Anni"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1860"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2024.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d6 2. Bb2 Nd7 3. e3 e5 4. d4 e4 5. d5 Ngf6 6. c4 Be7 7. Nd2 0-0 8. g3 Re8 9. Bg2 Bf8 10. Ne2 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. 0-0 d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nd4 Bb7 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Qe2 Ne5 17. Qb5 Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Nb5 Ba6 20. a4 Bxb5 21. axb5 Nd3 22. Rb1 Rc2 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Rfd1 Ra8 25. Bf1 Raa2 26. Bxd3 exd3 27. Nf1 Rxf2 28. Rxd3 Rg2+ 29. Kh1 h5 30. Rxd5 h4 31. gxh4 Bc5 32. Rd3 Kg7 33. b4 Be7 34. e4 Rgc2 35. Rd7 Kf8 36. h5 f5 37. e5 Bg5 38. Rd4 f4 39. h4 Bh6 40. Rbd1 Ke7 41. Rd6 f3 42. Rxh6 Rg2 43. Rf6 Raf2 44. h6 Rg4 45. h5 Rh4+ 46. Kg1 Rg2# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 20th Aug Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Korelskiy, Egor"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2178"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2024.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 0-0 8. h3 d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Bb7 12. d5 Bc8 13. b3 c4 14. b4 Nb7 15. a4 Bd7 16. Qe2 Ne8 17. Be3 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 Rxf5 20. Na3 Qd7 21. Nd2 Bg5 22. Ne4 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Nf6 24. Nxf6+ Rxf6 25. axb5 axb5 26. Qb6 Raf8 27. Re2 Rg6 28. Kh2 Nd8 29. Qxb5 Qf5 30. Qxc4 Nf7 31. Qe4 Qh5 32. Qe3 Ng5 33. Nc4 h6 34. b5 Rf3 35. b6 Rxe3 36. Rxe3 Rf6 37. b7 Rxf2 38. b8Q+ Kh7 39. Rg3 Nxh3 40. Rxh3 Qg4 41. Qb1+ e4 42. Qg1 Qf4+ 43. Kh1 e3 44. Nxe3 Re2 45. Re1 Ra2 46. Rf1 Qg4 47. Re1 Qg5 48. Qf1 Ra4 49. Qf5+ Qxf5 50. Nxf5 Rc4 51. Nxd6 Rc5 52. Ne4 Rc8 53. c4 Rd8 54. d6 Kg6 55. c5 Kf5 56. c6 Ke6 57. c7 Rg8 58. Rd3 Kd7 59. Nc5+ Kc8 60. d7+ Kxc7 61. Ne6+ Kc6 62. d8Q Rxd8 63. Rxd8 g5 64. Rc1+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 20th Aug Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Malyshev, Vasilij"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2024.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 0-0 6. Bf4 Na6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Nxc5 9. f3 d5 10. e3 b6 11. Nh3 Bb7 12. Be2 Rc8 13. 0-0 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Qd5 15. e4 Qxc4 16. Bxc4 Rfd8 17. Be2 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Nxa6 19. Rac1 Nc5 20. Nf2 Nfd7 21. Rc4 e5 22. Be3 Ne6 23. Rfc1 Rxc4 24. Rxc4 Kf8 25. g3 Ke7 26. Kf1 f6 27. Ke2 Nb8 28. Nd3 Kd7 29. Nb4 Rc8 30. Kd3 a5 31. Nd5 Rc6 32. Nxb6+ Kd6 33. Nd5 Rxc4 34. Kxc4 Nc6 35. Kb5 Ned4+ 36. Bxd4 Nxd4+ 37. Kxa5 Nxf3 38. b4 Nd2 39. Nc3 Nc4+ 40. Ka4 g6 41. b5 Kc5 42. Nd5 f5 43. Nf6 f4 44. gxf4 exf4 45. Ng4 h5 46. Nf2 Nd6 47. Nd3+ Kd4 48. Nxf4 Nxe4 49. Nxg6 Kc5 50. Ka5 Ng5 51. a4 Nf3 52. h4 Nd4 53. Ka6 Ne6 54. b6 Kc6 55. a5 Nc5+ 56. Ka7 Nd7 57. b7 Kc7 58. a6 Nb8 59. Ne5 Nxa6 60. Kxa6 Kb8 61. Nc6+ Kc7 62. b8Q+ Kd7 63. Qh8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 20th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Aung, Thant Zin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "2268"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2024.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
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1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 0-0 6. e3 Ne4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. cxd5 Nxc3 9. bxc3 exd5 10. Bd3 c6 11. 0-0 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Rb1 b6 14. c4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Nd7 16. Be2 Rad8 17. Qc2 c5 18. Rfd1 cxd4 19. Rxd4 Nc5 20. Rbd1 Ne6 21. Ra4 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Rd8 23. Qc2 Bg6 24. Qb3 h6 25. Qa3 Qxa3 26. Rxa3 Rd7 27. g3 Rc7 28. Ne5 Be4 29. f3 Bd5 30. e4 Ba8 31. Kf2 Kf8 32. Ke3 Ke7 33. Nc4 f6 34. Nd2 Nc5 35. f4 Nd7 36. Bf3 a5 37. Rd3 Nc5 38. Rc3 Ra7 39. Nb3 Nxb3 40. Rxb3 Ra6 41. Kd4 Bc6 42. Rc3 b5 43. Rc5 b4 44. Be2 Rb6 45. Bc4 a4 46. e5 fxe5+ 47. fxe5 b3 48. axb3 axb3 49. Bxb3 Bg2 50. Bc4 Rb7 51. h4 Rd7+ 52. Ke3 Rb7 53. Kf4 Ra7 54. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 20th Aug Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Ljubarov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2024.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bg5 c6 12. Rfd1 Be6 13. b3 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Rxd8+ Rxd8 16. Rd1 Rxd1+ 17. Bxd1 Be7 18. Bc2 f5 19. f3 Kf7 20. Kf1 Kf6 21. Ke2 Bc5 22. Nd1 Bg1 23. h3 Kg5 24. g3 Bc5 25. h4+ Kf6 26. Ne3 Bd4 27. exf5 gxf5 28. Nf1 b5 29. cxb5 cxb5 30. Bd3 Bd7 31. Ne3 a6 32. Nd5+ Ke6 33. Nc7+ Kd6 34. Nxa6 Bc3 35. a4 bxa4 36. bxa4 f4 37. gxf4 exf4 38. Bb5 Bc8 39. Nb8 Bf6 40. h5 Be6 41. Nc6 Bf7 42. Nb4 Bxh5 43. Nd3 Bg5 44. a5 Kc7 45. a6 Kb6 46. Bc4 Be8 47. Nb4 h5 48. Nd5+ Ka7 49. Nc7 h4 50. Kf2 Bc6 51. Ne6 Bh6 52. Nd4 Bd7 53. Kg2 Bg7 54. Ne2 Be5 55. Nc1 h3+ 56. Kh2 Bd4 57. Nd3 Be3 58. Ne5 Bf5 59. Nc6+ Ka8 60. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 20th Aug Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Medhus, Vitus Bondo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2024.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bb5+ Nc6 5. 0-0 f5 6. d3 f4 7. Nd5 Nf6 8. c4 Bd7 9. g3 a6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. gxf4 Bg4 13. f5 g6 14. Kh1 gxf5 15. Rg1 Qg6 16. Nh4 Bxd1 17. Nxg6 Bf3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 20th Aug Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Napoli, Nicolo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "2228"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2024.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. dxc5 Na6 4. g3 Nxc5 5. Bg2 d5 6. 0-0 e6 7. c4 Be7 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. Nc3 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 0-0 11. Bg5 a6 12. Ne5 Rb8 13. h3 h6 14. Bf4 Ra8 15. Rac1 g5 16. Be3 Ncd7 17. Nc4 Rb8 18. Nd6 b6 19. h4 Ng4 20. Bd2 Bxd6 21. hxg5 Bc5 22. Ne4 Bb7 23. Nxc5 Nxc5 24. gxh6 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Rbd8 26. f3 Nf6 27. Bg5 Nd5 28. Bxd8 Rxd8 29. Kf2 f5 30. g4 Rf8 31. g5 Kh7 32. Rh1 Rg8 33. Rcg1 Nf4 34. Rh4 Ng6 35. Rd4 Re8 36. b4 Na4 37. Rd7+ Re7 38. Rxe7+ Nxe7 39. Rc1 Nd5 40. e4 fxe4 41. fxe4 Ndc3 42. Kf3 a5 43. bxa5 bxa5 44. Kg4 Kg6 45. Rf1 Nxe4 46. Rf4 Nac5 47. Rf8 Nxg5 48. Rg8+ Kxh6 49. Rxg5 Nd3 50. Rxa5 Kg6 51. a4 Kf6 52. Ra8 Ke5 53. Kf3 Nc5 54. Ke3 Kd5 55. a5 Kc6 56. Kd4 Nd7 57. Ra6+ Kb5 58. Rd6 Nc5 59. Rb6+ Kxa5 60. Kxc5 e5 61. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 20th Aug Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Perossa, Nicolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2024.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Bc4 a6 7. Bb3 b5 8. a3 Bb7 9. Qe2 c5 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Bxd5 Bxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Be3 Nc6 15. Rd1 Qa2 16. c3 c4 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Qb3 19. 0-0 e6 20. g4 Rfd8 21. Rd2 Rd5 22. Rfd1 Rad8 23. h3 Bf8 24. Kg2 a5 25. Be3 b4 26. axb4 axb4 27. Rxd5 Rxd5 28. Rxd5 exd5 29. Bd4 bxc3 30. bxc3 Qb7 31. f5 Qe7 32. Kf3 gxf5 33. gxf5 Qg5 34. Qg2 Qxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Bh6 36. Kf3 Kf8 37. f6 Ke8 38. Kg4 Bf8 39. Kf5 Kd7 40. h4 Kc6 41. e6 fxe6+ 42. Kxe6 h5 43. Kf7 Bc5 44. Bxc5 Kxc5 45. Kg6 d4 46. f7 dxc3 47. f8Q+ Kd4 48. Qf5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 20th Aug Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Storey, Charles"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2159"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2024.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. 0-0 d6 6. h3 Bd7 7. c3 Ne7 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bb6 11. Re1 0-0-0 12. Nc3 Ng6 13. Bg5 Rdg8 14. a4 a6 15. a5 Ba7 16. e5 h6 17. Be3 dxe5 18. dxe5 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 Nd7 21. e6 fxe6 22. Rxe6 Ngf8 23. Re8# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jammalamadaka, Vihaan"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1919"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2024.08.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 Nbd7 6. b3 e6 7. Bb2 Be7 8. Ne5 0-0 9. f4 c5 10. e3 Ne4 11. Nd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 f6 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Rae1 Rac8 15. c3 Rfd8 16. h3 a5 17. Kh2 f5 18. g4 c4 19. bxc4 Rxc4 20. gxf5 exf5 21. Rf3 Rc6 22. Rg1 Rh6 23. Bf1 Bf8 24. Rfg3 Qe7 25. Bd3 Bc8 26. c4 Be6 27. Qc2 dxc4 28. Bxf5 Bxf5 29. Qxf5 Qf7 30. Qc2 b5 31. f5 b4 32. e4 c3 33. Bc1 Rh4 34. Bg5 Be7 35. Bxh4 Bxh4 36. Rxg7+ Qxg7 37. Rxg7+ Kxg7 38. e5 Rxd4 39. f6+ Kh6 40. f7 Rd2+ 41. Qxd2+ cxd2 42. f8Q+ Kg6 43. Qg8+ Kf5 44. Qxh7+ Kxe5 45. Qd3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Krivenko, Dion"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2024.08.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. 0-0 0-0 6. d3 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Nc3 Bg4 9. Be3 Ne8 10. Qd2 Nc7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nd4 13. Bg2 e5 14. f5 f6 15. Nd1 g5 16. c3 Nc6 17. h4 h6 18. Nf2 b5 19. Ng4 a5 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Kf2 Kf7 22. Ke2 Qd7 23. Rh1 Rh8 24. Bf2 Rxh1 25. Rxh1 Rh8 26. Rxh8 Bxh8 27. Ne3 Bg7 28. Bf3 b4 29. Bh5+ Kf8 30. Qd1 Ne7 31. Qb3 d5 32. exd5 Ncxd5 33. Nxd5 Qxd5 34. Bxc5 Qxb3 35. axb3 bxc3 36. bxc3 Bh6 37. g4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lopez Paniagua, Mario Yber"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2024.08.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. Ne2 Nf6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bh4 0-0 10. Bg3 d6 11. c4 b6 12. Nd2 Bb7 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. Kh1 Rfd8 15. Bb1 Nd7 16. f4 Nf8 17. Nf3 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Qd3 Ba6 20. Nfd4 Qb7 21. Nxc6 Rxc6 22. Rxc6 Qxc6 23. Rc1 Qb7 24. Qe3 b4 25. Nd4 d5 26. e5 Rc8 27. Rxc8 Qxc8 28. f5 Bc5 29. f6 g6 30. Qh6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Alavkin, Arseny Nailievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2024.08.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nc6 9. Be3 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Be7 11. Bc3 0-0 12. Bd3 b6 13. d5 exd5 14. exd5 Nb4 15. Bc4 Bb7 16. 0-0 Nxd5 17. Be5 Rc8 18. Bb3 Nc3 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. Rfe1 Bb4 21. Ng5 Nd5 22. Ne4 Bxe1 23. Rxe1 Nb4 24. Nd6 Nd3 25. Rd1 Nxe5 26. Nxb7 Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Aug Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Bhavik, Ahuja"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2024.08.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. d4 Nf6 5. Ng5 Nc6 6. Ngxe4 Qxd4 7. Nxf6+ gxf6 8. Be3 Qxd1+ 9. Rxd1 Bb4 10. Bd2 Bd7 11. Be2 0-0-0 12. a3 Bd6 13. Bf3 Nd4 14. Be4 f5 15. Bd3 e5 16. f3 Rhg8 17. Kf2 Bc5 18. Kf1 Bc6 19. Ne2 e4 20. fxe4 fxe4 21. Nxd4 exd3 22. Nxc6 dxc2 23. Rc1 Rxd2 24. Ne5 Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Rees, Ioan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2024.08.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. 0-0 Nf6 10. b3 Qc7 11. h3 Be5 12. Rb1 0-0 13. Bb2 Bxb2 14. Rxb2 a5 15. c4 a4 16. Re1 a3 17. Rc2 Qf4 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. e5 Ne8 20. Nf3 g6 21. g3 Qb4 22. h4 Ng7 23. Qc1 Bb5 24. Bxb5 Qxb5 25. Qg5 Rac8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Qe7 Qd3 28. Ng5 Qf5 29. Qxa3 h6 30. Qa6 Rf8 31. Nxf7 Rxf7 32. Qe2 Rc7 33. a4 Rc2 34. Qe3 g5 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. a5 Ra2 37. b4 Qg4 38. Qb6 Qf3 39. a6 Qc3 40. Rf1 Qxe5 41. a7 Qf6 42. b5 Qf7 43. Qb8+ Qf8 44. b6 Nf5 45. Qxf8+ Kxf8 46. b7 Kf7 47. a8Q Kf6 48. Qxa2 Ke5 49. b8Q+ Ke4 50. Qa4+ Kf3 51. Qe5 Nxg3 52. Qxg3+ Ke2 53. Qe3# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Shamsi, Mohammadhossein"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "2217"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2024.08.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. e3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qxb6 axb6 8. Nbd2 b5 9. a3 b4 10. cxb4 Nxb4 11. 0-0-0 Bf5 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nh4 Nxd2 14. Nxf5 Nb3+ 15. Kb1 Nc6 16. Be3 e6 17. Ng3 b5 18. Be2 b4 19. axb4 Nxb4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Aug Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Winkels, Marcel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "1924"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2024.08.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qe3 g6 7. Nc3 Bh6 8. Qd3 Bxc1 9. Rxc1 Nf6 10. Be2 0-0 11. 0-0 Bd7 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. b3 Qa5 14. Qd2 Nb4 15. Nd5 Nfxd5 16. exd5 Qa3 17. Qe3 Rfe8 18. Qh6 Qb2 19. Ng5 Qg7 20. Qxg7+ Kxg7 21. a3 h6 22. axb4 hxg5 23. c5 f5 24. Bf3 Bb5 25. c6 bxc6 26. dxc6 Kf6 27. c7 g4 28. Bb7 Ke6 29. Bxc8+ Rxc8 30. f4 Kd7 31. Re1 Bc6 32. g3 Rxc7 33. Kf2 Be4 34. Rxc7+ Kxc7 35. Ra1 Kb6 36. Ke3 Kb5 37. Kd4 e6 38. Ra5+ Kxb4 39. Rxa6 Bd5 40. Rxd6 Kxb3 41. Ke5 Bc4 42. Kf6 Kc3 43. Kxg6 Bb3 44. Kf6 Ba2 45. Rxe6 Bb1 46. Re5 Kd4 47. Rxf5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Peycheva, Gergana"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2248"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2024.08.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8. b4 Nce4 9. Qc2 d5 10. f3 Nd6 11. c5 Nf5 12. Bb2 0-0 13. Kf2 b6 14. h4 bxc5 15. bxc5 Ba6 16. g4 Ne7 17. Nh3 Rc8 18. Ng5 Ng6 19. h5 Nxg4+ 20. fxg4 Qxg5 21. hxg6 fxg6+ 22. Ke1 Qxg4 23. Qc3 Rf7 24. Rc1 Qe4 25. Rg1 Re8 26. Qc2 Qh4+ 27. Kd1 e5 28. Qd3 Bxd3 29. exd3 Qh2 30. Be2 Qxg1+ 31. Kd2 Qg5+ 32. Kc3 Rf2 33. Re1 Qe3 34. Kb3 Rxe2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Riff, Vincent"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2024.08.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. Nc3 dxe4 3. Nxe4 Nf6 4. Nxf6+ exf6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Bc4 0-0 7. 0-0 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. d4 c6 10. c3 Nd7 11. Re1 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bc7 13. Qd3 Bg6 14. Qf1 Qd6 15. g3 h6 16. Bf4 Qd7 17. Bxc7 Qxc7 18. Nh4 Bh7 19. Qe2 a5 20. Qh5 a4 21. Bd1 Nd5 22. Bf3 Ra5 23. Qg4 Ne7 24. Qf4 Qxf4 25. gxf4 Ng6 26. Ng2 Rf5 27. Be4 Rh5 28. f5 Nh4 29. Nf4 Rg5+ 30. Kh2 Bxf5 31. Bh1 Ra8 32. Re7 a3 33. b4 Rb8 34. Rae1 Kf8 35. d5 cxd5 36. Bxd5 Ng6 37. Rxf7+ Kg8 38. Rxb7+ Kh7 39. Nxg6 Rxb7 40. Nf8+ Kh8 41. Bxb7 Rh5 42. Bg2 Kg8 43. Ne6 Kf7 44. Nf4 Rh4 45. Bd5+ Kf8 46. Ne6+ Kf7 47. Nd4+ Kg6 48. Rg1+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Aug Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Valdes Escobar, Alvaro Daniel"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2024.08.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Qe7 7. h3 h6 8. Ne2 Bd7 9. Be3 Bd6 10. Qd2 c5 11. g4 0-0-0 12. b3 c6 13. Ng3 Bc7 14. Qc3 b6 15. a4 a5 16. Nd2 Ne8 17. Nc4 f6 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. gxf5 Nd6 20. Nxd6+ Qxd6 21. Qc4 Kb7 22. Rg1 Rd7 23. Ke2 Re7 24. Rg6 Qd7 25. Rag1 Bd6 26. f3 Rg8 27. Qxg8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Arman, Deniz"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2024.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. Be2 d5 7. 0-0 Bd6 8. Bg5 0-0 9. c4 dxc4 10. dxc4 h6 11. Bh4 Be6 12. Nc3 Nbd7 13. Nd4 Re8 14. Nxe6 Rxe6 15. Bf3 c6 16. Re1 Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 Ne5 18. Be2 Ng6 19. Bg3 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Qb6 21. Na4 Qc7 22. Bf1 Re8 23. Qb4 b6 24. c5 b5 25. Nc3 a5 26. Qd4 Rd8 27. Qe3 Nd5 28. Nxd5 Rxd5 29. Rc1 Qe7 30. Qa3 a4 31. b3 axb3 32. axb3 Ne5 33. b4 Qd8 34. Be2 Nd3 35. Rd1 Ne5 36. Rxd5 Qxd5 37. Qe3 g6 38. Qxh6 Qd4 39. Qe3 Qxe3 40. fxe3 Kg7 41. Bf3 Kf6 42. Kf1 Ke6 43. Ke2 f6 44. Kd2 Kd7 45. Kc3 g5 46. Kd4 Ng6 47. Ke4 Ne7 48. Bg4+ Kc7 49. Be6 Kd8 50. Kf3 Ng6 51. Kg4 Ke7 52. Bc8 Ne5+ 53. Kf5 Nd3 54. Bb7 Nxb4 55. e4 Nd3 56. Bxc6 b4 57. e5 fxe5 58. Kxg5 Nxc5 59. Bd5 b3 60. Kf5 b2 61. Ba2 e4 62. Kf4 Kf6 63. g4 Kg6 64. Bb1 Kf6 65. Bc2 Kg6 66. g5 Kg7 67. Ke5 e3 68. Kd4 e2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Aug Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hertlein, Irena"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2024.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. d3 d6 8. a4 Bb7 9. Nc3 b4 10. Ne2 0-0 11. a5 h6 12. Ng3 Ne7 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Ng6 15. Nf5 Ne7 16. N3h4 Ned5 17. exd5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Aug Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Chong, Kai Ni Agnes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "1828"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2024.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. b3 Nf6 4. d3 g6 5. Bb2 Bg7 6. Nbd2 0-0 7. Be2 Nc6 8. 0-0 e5 9. Ne1 Re8 10. f4 d5 11. fxe5 Nxe5 12. Ndf3 Neg4 13. Qc1 d4 14. g3 Bh6 15. Qb1 Ne3 16. Bc1 Bh3 17. Rf2 Nfg4 18. Rg2 Nxg2 19. Bxh6 Nxe1 20. Bg5 Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 Qxg5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Aug Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Cieslak, Wiktoria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "1927"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2024.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qe3 Nf6 7. Nc3 e6 8. h3 Be7 9. Bd3 0-0 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. 0-0 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Rac1 Rfd8 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. b4 Be7 19. c5 Be8 20. a3 a5 21. Nb5 Bxb5 22. Bxb5 axb4 23. axb4 Rd4 24. Rxd4 exd4 25. Qc4 Qe5 26. f3 Bg5 27. Rd1 Be3+ 28. Kh1 Ra8 29. c6 bxc6 30. Bxc6 Ra3 31. b5 Qg3 32. b6 Bf2 33. b7 Rxf3 34. e5 Rb3 35. Bf3 Rb2 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. b8Q Rxb8 38. Qxb8 Qf4 39. Qb1+ g6 40. Qe4 Qg5 41. Rxd4 Bxd4 42. Qxd4 Qc1+ 43. Kh2 Qc7 44. Qf4 Kg7 45. Qf6+ Kg8 46. h4 Qc4 47. h5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Aug Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Kiseleva, Arina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "1941"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2024.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Bd3 0-0 8. 0-0 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. b3 Bc7 11. g4 Bg6 12. Bb2 a5 13. c4 Na6 14. a3 Qd6 15. Kg2 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nc5 17. Qc2 Ne6 18. Bc1 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Qh2+ 20. Kf3 Qxh3+ 21. Ke2 Be5 22. Be3 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 Qxg4+ 24. Kd2 Qxd4+ 25. Qd3 Qb2+ 26. Ke3 Rad8 27. Qe2 Rfe8+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Luba, Lukasz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2024.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Bd7 5. Nf3 b5 6. Be2 b4 7. 0-0 bxc3 8. bxc3 c4 9. a4 g6 10. Ba3 Ne7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nbd2 Bg7 13. Re1 0-0 14. Nf1 Nc6 15. Ne3 Na5 16. Bf1 Nb3 17. Ra2 a5 18. g3 Rab8 19. Bg2 h6 20. h4 Kh7 21. h5 g5 22. Qc2+ Kh8 23. Nh2 Qe8 24. Nhg4 Bxa4 25. Rxa4 Qxa4 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Nxd5 Nc5 28. Qf5 Qd7 29. Qf3 Nd3 30. Ndf6 Nxe1 31. Qe4 Nf3+ 32. Kg2 Nh4+ 33. gxh4 Qb7 34. d5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Warchol, Kamil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "2191"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2024.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 a6 8. Bf4 c5 9. e3 Bb7 10. dxc5 Qxd3 11. Bxd3 Bxc5 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. a3 Ke7 14. Ke2 Rac8 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 h6 17. f3 Rhd8 18. Bxf6+ gxf6 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Bb6 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rd1 f5 23. Nc3 h5 24. Rd2 h4 25. h3 Rg8 26. Kd1 Bxe3 27. Re2 Bd4 28. Kc2 Kf6 29. Rd2 Ke5 30. Re2+ Kf4 31. Rd2 Bxc3 32. Kxc3 Kg3 33. Rd6 Kxg2 34. Rxa6 Kxh3 35. Ra7 Kg2 36. Rxf7 h3 37. Rh7 h2 38. f4 Rg3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Yurovskich, Oleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2024.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Qa5+ 7. Nd2 e6 8. Ne2 Qa6 9. Qxa6 Nxa6 10. c3 c5 11. f4 Ne7 12. Nf3 Nf5 13. Kf2 Rc8 14. Ng3 Nxg3 15. Kxg3 g6 16. Be3 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Nc5 18. Bxc5 Bxc5 19. a4 Ke7 20. Rhd1 a6 21. Nd4 Ba7 22. Kf3 Rc4 23. Ke3 Rhc8 24. Ra3 f6 25. exf6+ Kxf6 26. a5 R8c7 27. Rb3 Bc5 28. Re1 Bxd4+ 29. cxd4 Ra4 30. Rb6 Rxa5 31. Kd3 Re7 32. g3 Rb5 33. Rxb5 axb5 34. Rc1 b6 35. Rc6 Rb7 36. Ke3 b4 37. b3 Kf5 38. Kf3 b5 39. Rc8 Kf6 40. Rf8+ Ke7 41. Rg8 Rb6 42. Rxg6 Rc6 43. f5 Rc3+ 44. Kf4 exf5 45. Rb6 Rd3 46. Rxb5 Rxd4+ 47. Kxf5 Kd6 48. Rb6+ Kc5 49. Rh6 Rd3 50. Kf4 Rxb3 51. Rxh5 Rd3 52. Rh8 b3 53. Rb8 Kc4 54. h5 Rd2 55. h6 Rh2 56. Kg5 Kc3 57. g4 b2 58. Kg6 d4 59. g5 d3 60. Kg7 d2 61. Rc8+ Kb3 62. Rb8+ Kc2 63. Rc8+ Kb1 64. Rd8 Kc1 65. Rc8+ Kd1 66. Rb8 Ke1 67. Rxb2 d1Q 68. Rxh2 Qd7+ 69. Kh8 Qc8+ 70. Kh7 Qc7+ 71. Kg8 Qxh2 72. h7 Qb8+ 73. Kg7 Qc7+ 74. Kh6 Qh2+ 75. Kg7 Qe5+ 76. Kh6 Qh8 77. g6 Qf6 78. Kh5 Qg7 79. Kg5 Ke2 80. Kf5 Ke3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Panuganti, Kireet V"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1984"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2024.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nd7 5. Nf3 c6 6. a4 Ngf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Nxd5 cxd5 9. Bd3 0-0 10. 0-0 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nb6 12. b3 Bg4 13. a5 Nd7 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 e6 16. Ba3 Rc8 17. Bxf8 Qxf8 18. Rfb1 Nb8 19. Ra4 a6 20. c4 dxc4 21. bxc4 Nc6 22. c5 Nxd4 23. Qxb7 Qxc5 24. Kh1 Rd8 25. Rf1 Nf5 26. Bxa6 Ng3+ 27. Kh2 Nxf1+ 28. Bxf1 Bxe5+ 29. Kh1 Qc1 30. Qb5 Bb8 31. Kg1 Qc7 32. Qe2 Qh2+ 33. Kf2 Ba7+ 34. Ke1 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Porat, Tori"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "1854"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2024.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 Bb4 9. Rc1 0-0 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. 0-0 cxd4 13. exd4 N7b6 14. Bg3 Bd7 15. Bb1 Bc6 16. Qc2 g6 17. Ne5 Rac8 18. Nxg6 f5 19. Nxf8 Rxf8 20. Qe2 Nxc3 21. bxc3 Bxc3 22. Qxe6+ Kg7 23. Be5+ Kh7 24. Bxf5+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Aug Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Saim, Mohamed Ilias"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2169"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2024.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Qc2 g6 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 b4 7. Nb1 Bg7 8. Nf3 0-0 9. Bd3 a5 10. 0-0 Nfd7 11. Bf4 a4 12. Re1 a3 13. e5 axb2 14. Qxb2 Ba6 15. a3 Nb6 16. Nbd2 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Bxd3 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 c4 20. Qc3 Nd7 21. Nxc4 Bxc4 22. Qxc4 dxe5 23. Be3 e4 24. Nd4 Nb6 25. Qc5 Nxd5 26. Ra7 e5 27. Nc6 Qh4 28. Qxd5 Qg4 29. h3 Qh5 30. Rd7 Bf6 31. b5 Qe2 32. b6 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Bh4 34. Qc5 f5 35. b7 f4 36. Qd5+ Kh8 37. b8Q Rxb8 38. Qxe5+ Kg8 39. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th Jul Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "D'Arruda, Ricardo D"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2024.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nbd7 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Na3 c6 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. Qc2 Be6 12. Ne3 Rad8 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. Qxf5 Rfe8 15. Be3 Nd5 16. Bd2 g6 17. Qc2 Bf6 18. Rad1 Bg7 19. Bg5 f6 20. Bc1 b6 21. Qb3 Qf7 22. Rd2 Ne7 23. Rfd1 Qxb3 24. axb3 Rxd2 25. Bxd2 Rd8 26. Kf1 Kf7 27. Ke1 Ke6 28. Ra1 a5 29. Be3 c5 30. b4 axb4 31. cxb4 cxb4 32. Bxb6 f5 33. Bc5 e4 34. Ra6+ Kf7 35. Ra7 Re8 36. b3 Bc3+ 37. Kd1 h5 38. e3 Ke6 39. Bf1 Rd8+ 40. Kc1 Nc6 41. Bc4+ Ke5 42. Rc7 Na5 43. Re7+ Kf6 44. Rf7+ Ke5 45. Bb6 Nxc4 46. Bxd8 Nd2 47. Kc2 Ke6 48. Rb7 Nf3 49. Ba5 Nxh2 50. Rb6+ Kf7 51. Bxb4 Be5 52. Bc3 Bxc3 53. Kxc3 Ng4 54. b4 g5 55. Rb7+ Kg6 56. b5 h4 57. gxh4 gxh4 58. Ra7 h3 59. b6 Ne5 60. Ra1 Kg5 61. Kd4 Nd7 62. b7 Kg4 63. Kd5 Kf3 64. Kd6 Nb8 65. Kc7 h2 66. Kxb8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th Jul Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grutter, Tim"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2024.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxd7 Qxd7 8. Be2 e6 9. Be3 c6 10. a3 Bd6 11. h3 Nd5 12. Bd2 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 h6 14. 0-0 0-0 15. Bf3 Rad8 16. Re1 Bc7 17. Bg4 Bg6 18. Bh5 Qd6 19. g3 Bf5 20. Bg4 Bh7 21. Bb4 Qxd4 22. Qxd4 Rxd4 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. c3 Rd2 25. Re2 Rd7 26. Bf3 Bb6 27. a4 a5 28. b4 Rd3 29. Kg2 Rxc3 30. b5 cxb5 31. axb5 Bd3 32. Rd2 Bxb5 33. Rb1 Bc6 34. Bxc6 Rxc6 35. Rd7 a4 36. Rxb7 Bd4 37. R7b4 e5 38. Rxa4 Ke7 39. Re1 Kf6 40. Re2 h5 41. Rea2 Kf5 42. Ra6 Rc1 43. Rd6 g5 44. Ra5 Ke4 45. Rf6 Bc3 46. Ra4+ Kd3 47. Rxf7 Rc2 48. Rf5 Bd4 49. Ra3+ Ke4 50. Rf7 g4 51. hxg4 hxg4 52. Ra8 Kd3 53. Rg8 e4 54. Rxg4 e3 55. Rf3 Bc5 56. Rg5 Kd2 57. Rxc5 Rxc5 58. Rxe3 Kd1 59. Re8 Rc8 60. Rxc8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th Jul Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Dubnevych, Maksym"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "2283"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2024.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 0-0 9. 0-0 cxd5 10. Ne2 h6 11. Ng3 c5 12. c3 Ba5 13. Be3 Bb6 14. a4 a5 15. Nh5 Ng4 16. Bd2 Qh4 17. h3 Qxh5 18. hxg4 Bxg4 19. Qb1 Bc7 20. f4 f5 21. Qa2 c4 22. Bc2 Bb6+ 23. Rf2 Rae8 24. b3 Re2 25. Raf1 Qh4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th Jul Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Guzman Lozano, Campo Elias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "1868"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2024.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. b3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. Bb2 d6 6. 0-0 Nf6 7. Nc3 0-0 8. Re1 a6 9. Nd5 b5 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Bd5 Bd7 12. a4 Rc8 13. axb5 axb5 14. d3 Nb4 15. Bc3 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bg4 17. h3 Bh5 18. g4 Bg6 19. Nd2 e4 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Rfe8 23. Ra7 c4 24. bxc4 bxc4 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. dxc4 Qc3 27. Qd3 Qe1+ 28. Kg2 g6 29. Qf3 Rf8 30. c5 dxc5 31. d6 Qd2 32. Qd3 Qf4 33. Qd5 c4 34. Ra8 h5 35. d7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th Jul Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Porat, Tori"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "1917"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2024.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 0-0 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. 0-0 h6 9. h3 b6 10. Bh2 Bb7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qa4 Ra8 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Qc2 c5 15. Rfd1 a6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Qc8 21. Bf5 Ra7 22. Rcd1 Rd8 23. e6 fxe6 24. Bxe6 Qc6 25. Qg6 c4 26. Be5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th Jul Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Zepeda Berlanga, Jan Enrique"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "1939"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2024.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 c6 7. 0-0 Bf5 8. b3 d5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Ne5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bxe4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. e3 Rc8 17. Rc1 Qa5 18. Qe2 e5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Rd1 Rc7 22. Kg2 a6 23. Rd4 f5 24. Qd2 Qe6 25. Rd6 Qe7 26. Qd4+ Kf7 27. h4 Ke8 28. Qh8+ Qf8 29. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th Jul Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morefield, Jason P"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2024.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Bd7 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 Bb5 7. 0-0 Bxe2 8. Qxe2 Nc6 9. Rd1 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nge7 11. Na3 Nf5 12. Nc2 Be7 13. b3 0-0 14. Bb2 Rfc8 15. Rac1 Rc7 16. g4 Nh4 17. Nxh4 Bxh4 18. Ne3 Bg5 19. Rc3 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Rac8 21. Rdc1 Nb4 22. a3 Rxc3 23. Rxc3 Rxc3 24. Qxc3 Nc6 25. Kg2 h6 26. h3 Qb5 27. a4 Qe2 28. b4 Qe4+ 29. Kg3 h5 30. b5 Ne7 31. Bc1 Ng6 32. Bg5 hxg4 33. hxg4 Qh1 34. Qc8+ Kh7 35. Qxb7 Qg1+ 36. Kf3 Qd1+ 37. Kg3 Qd3+ 38. f3 Qxd4 39. Qxf7 Qxe5+ 40. Bf4 Qe1+ 41. Kg2 Qe2+ 42. Kg3 e5 43. Bg5 Qe1+ 44. Kg2 Qe2+ 45. Kg3 e4 46. fxe4 dxe4 47. Qxa7 Qd3+ 48. Kh2 Qe2+ 49. Kh3 Qf3+ 50. Kh2 Qxg4 51. Qe3 Ne5 52. Qh3+ Qxh3+ 53. Kxh3 Kg6 54. Be3 Nc4 55. Bd4 Kf5 56. b6 Nd6 57. a5 Ke6 58. a6 Nf5 59. a7 Nxd4 60. a8Q Ke5 61. b7 e3 62. b8Q+ Kf5 63. Qd5+ Kg6 64. Qxd4 e2 65. Qg3+ Kh7 66. Qdxg7# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th Jul Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Radhakrishnan, Sharath"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2024.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 0-0 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 c5 7. a3 Nc6 8. Rb1 Rb8 9. d3 a6 10. b4 cxb4 11. axb4 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Ne8 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. Qd2 Ne6 18. Rfc1 Nc7 19. h4 e6 20. Ne4 Rb6 21. Qh6 Nd5 22. h5 f5 23. hxg6 Qe7 24. Ng5 hxg6 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Qxg6+ Qg7 27. Qxg7+ Kxg7 28. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Dec"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aghasiyev, Kamal"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "1982"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Be2 0-0 7. h3 Nbd7 8. Nf3 e5 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 Nh5 11. g3 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Ng5 Nhf6 14. Ne6 Qe7 15. Nxf8 Nxf8 16. Qb3 Ng6 17. Rc1 f4 18. Bd2 Bf5 19. g4 Bd7 20. g5 Ne8 21. Ne4 Bf5 22. Bd3 Nh4 23. Bb4 a5 24. Ba3 Nf3+ 25. Kd1 Nd4 26. Qc3 b5 27. b4 axb4 28. Bxb4 Rxa2 29. Rg1 Qa7 30. Nf6+ Bxf6 31. gxf6+ Kf7 32. Bxf5 Nxf5 33. Qb3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Dec"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Deepan Chakkravarthy, J."]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "1982"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. 0-0 Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8. d4 0-0 9. Bg5 d6 10. Na3 a6 11. Ba4 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nc2 Qg6 14. Qd3 Be6 15. Bb3 Bxb3 16. axb3 Kh8 17. Rad1 Rae8 18. f3 f5 19. exf5 Qxf5 20. Qxf5 Rxf5 21. Rfe1 Rff8 22. Kh1 exd4 23. cxd4 c6 24. Kg1 d5 25. Kf2 Kg8 26. h4 Kf7 27. h5 g6 28. hxg6+ Kxg6 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. b4 h5 31. Rh1 Bc7 32. Re1 Rxe1 33. Nxe1 Bd6 34. Nd3 Kg5 35. Nc5 b6 36. Nxa6 Kh4 37. Kf1 Kg3 38. Kg1 h4 39. Kf1 h3 40. gxh3 Kxf3 41. Ke1 Ke3 42. h4 Kxd4 43. Kd2 Kc4 44. h5 Kb5 45. h6 Be5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Dec"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Espinosa Veloz, Ermes"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "1982"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Nf3 c5 9. c4 Nf6 10. dxc5 Na6 11. Be3 Ne4 12. Bd4 Naxc5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qc1 Qb6 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. Qxc3+ Qf6 17. Qxf6+ Kxf6 18. b4 Ne4 19. Rac1 a5 20. a3 axb4 21. axb4 Ra4 22. Bd3 Bf5 23. Rfe1 Nd2 24. Ne5 Bxd3 25. Nd7+ Kg7 26. Nxf8 Kxf8 27. Red1 Nb3 28. Rc3 Be2 29. Re1 Nd4 30. b5 Bxc4 31. b6 Ne2+ 32. Rxe2 Ra1+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Dec"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gasanov, Eldar"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "1982"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 0-0 7. Bd2 a5 8. Rd1 Ne7 9. Qc2 b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. a3 Bd6 12. Nb5 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 c5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Bc3 Ne4 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Qxe4 Qc7 19. Qg4 f6 20. 0-0 Qc6 21. Rd2 a4 22. Rfd1 Ra6 23. h4 Qe6 24. Qxe6+ Rxe6 25. Ne1 Rd8 26. Nd3 Rc6 27. Nf4 Rcd6 28. h5 Kf7 29. f3 g6 30. hxg6+ hxg6 31. Kf2 g5 32. Ne2 Rh8 33. Ng3 Kg6 34. Ne4 Rc6 35. Ng3 Re6 36. Rc2 Rc6 37. Be1 Rb8 38. Rdc1 Rcb6 39. Rxc5 Rxb2+ 40. R1c2 Rxc2+ 41. Rxc2 Rb6 42. Bb4 Nc6 43. Bc5 Rb3 44. Rd2 Ne5 45. Rxd5 Nd3+ 46. Kg1 Nxc5 47. Rxc5 Rxa3 48. Nf5 Rb3 49. e4 Kf7 50. Rc7+ Ke8 51. Ra7 a3 52. Nd6+ Kd8 53. Nc4 g4 54. Rxa3 Rb4 55. Ne3 gxf3 56. gxf3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Dec"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Makarian, Rudik"]
[Black "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "1982"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Nf3 c6 5. d4 Bg4 6. Bc4 e6 7. 0-0 Nd7 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Ngf6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Rfe1 0-0 12. Rad1 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Ne4 b5 15. Bd3 Qc8 16. c3 Qc7 17. a3 a5 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qe4 Nf6 21. Qxe6+ Rf7 22. c4 Raf8 23. cxb5 cxb5 24. Bxb5 Kh8 25. Bc4 Ng6 26. b3 Rd7 27. d5 Rfd8 28. g3 Rd6 29. Qe2 Nxd5 30. Qe4 Nc3 31. Qe8+ Kh7 32. Bg8+ Kh8 33. Bf7+ Nf8 34. Rxd6 Rxe8 35. Rxe8 Qxd6 36. Bc4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Dec"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Henderson de la Fuente, Lance"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "1982"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2020.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Bg5 f6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Nxd4 Bxb5 8. Nxe6 Qa5 9. Bd2 Kf7 10. Nxd5 Qa4 11. Qf3 Kxe6 12. Nc7+ Kf7 13. Nxa8 Bd6 14. Bc3 Nc6 15. Qh5+ Ke7 16. 0-0-0 Qxa2 17. Rxd6 Kxd6 18. Rd1+ Ke7 19. Nc7 Bc4 20. Qe8# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Dec"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "1982"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qf3 d6 8. Qg3 Nf6 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. Nc3 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. Kh1 Ne5 13. f4 Nxd3 14. cxd3 h5 15. Be3 h4 16. Qf3 h3 17. Bxa7 hxg2+ 18. Qxg2 Rxa7 19. Qxg7 Ke7 20. f5 e5 21. Na5 Ba8 22. Nd5+ Bxd5 23. exd5 Rc7 24. Nc6+ Rxc6 25. dxc6 Rg8 26. Qh6 Qb6 27. Rac1 Qd4 28. Qh3 Ng4 29. f6+ Ke8 30. c7 Qg1+ 31. Kxg1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Dec"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Quparadze, Giga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1982"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2020.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 c5 2. Bb2 d6 3. h4 e5 4. c4 h6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. e3 Bxh4 7. d4 cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. Qe2 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. 0-0-0 Nf6 13. f4 Bg4 14. Nf3 Nxf3 15. gxf3 Be6 16. Rg1 0-0 17. f5 Bxf5 18. Nd5 Re8 19. Bxf6 Bg6 20. Nxe7+ Kh7 21. Rxg6 fxg6 22. Qe4 Rxe7 23. Bxe7 Qa5 24. Bd3 Qc3+ 25. Kb1 1-0

