Queen Sac for a place in the 2700 Rating Club!

The Sharjah Masters 2023 is the 6th edition of a top-tier-player lineup held in Sharjah, UAE from the 17th to the 25th of May. The 9-round Swiss tournament is organized by Rajai N Al-Susi and supervised by IA Faisal Alhammadi. The event will feature Maghsoodloo, Gukesh and Vidit, among other super-GMs who will be vying to win a share of the $45,000 prize pool, of which $10,000 will go to the winner.

The time control is 90 minutes for the entire game with a 30-second increment beginning from move 1.

PGN OF THE GAME:

[Event “Round 2: R Praggnanandhaa – Raunak Sadhwani”]
[Site “https://lichess.org/study/ROCdFkvb/78Jeq6Gl“]
[Date “2023.05.18”]
[White “R Praggnanandhaa”]
[Black “Raunak Sadhwani”]
[Result “*”]
[UTCDate “2023.05.18”]
[UTCTime “11:01:57”]
[WhiteElo “?”]
[BlackElo “?”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “C85”]
[Opening “Ruy Lopez: Closed, Delayed Exchange”]
[Termination “Unterminated”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 { C85 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Delayed Exchange } dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Nbd2 c5 10. Nc4 f6 11. Nh4 Nb8 12. Nf5 Nc6 13. Qg4 Bxf5 14. exf5 b5 15. Nd2 Nd4 16. c3 Nc2 17. Bh6 Rf7 18. Rac1 Kh8 19. Ne4 gxh6 20. Rxc2 Rg7 21. Qf3 Qg8 22. b3 Rd8 23. g3 Qf7 24. Rd1 Rd7 25. c4 b4 26. a3 a5 27. axb4 axb4 28. Ra2 Rg8 29. Rda1 Rgd8 30. Ra8 Qe8 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Ra6 c6 33. Qe3 Qh5 34. Nxc5 Qxf5 35. Rxc6 h5 36. Ne6 Ra8 37. Qa7 *