Chess Game
Saarthak Malakar vs Victor Plotkin
2026 Hart House Reading Week Open, 2026 · Result 1–0 · Queen's Pawn Game: Zukertort Variation (D02).
Victor Plotkin0
Saarthak Malakar1
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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 h6 5. O-O Bf5 6. Re1 e6 7. Nfd2 Be7 8. c4 O-O 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Ndxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Nf6 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Be3 Qe7 17. Rad1 Ng4 18. Bd4 Rfd8 19. h3 Nf6 20. g4 Bg6 21. f4 Qc7 22. Qe3 Qa5 23. a3 Rd7 24. g5 hxg5 25. fxg5 e5 26. Qxe5 Qxe5 27. Bxe5 Rad8 28. Rxd7 Nxd7 29. Bc7 Rc8 30. Bd6 Nb6 31. b3 Rd8 32. c5 Nd5 33. b4 Bf5 34. h4 Bd7 35. Kf2 Re8 36. Rxe8+ Bxe8 37. Bh3 f6 38. Be6+ Kh7 39. Bc8 fxg5 40. Bxb7 Nc3 41. Be5 Nb1 42. a4 Nd2 43. hxg5 Ne4+ 44. Ke3 Nxg5 45. Bb8 Ne6 46. Bxa7 g5 47. Bb8 1–0
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This chess game between Saarthak Malakar (2156) and Victor Plotkin (2283) was played at 2026 Hart House Reading Week Open in 2026 and finished 1–0. The opening was the Queen's Pawn Game: Zukertort Variation (D02). Step through every move on the interactive board above, or open it on the CipherChess board to analyse the game with the engine. You can also explore more games by Saarthak Malakar and Victor Plotkin from the CipherChess mega database.