Rakesh Kulkarni IM

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51.3%- 43.2%- 5.5%

Daily 1682 103W 62L 21D

Rapid 2094 45W 22L 12D

Blitz 2366 646W 464L 100D

Bullet 2716 7104W 6109L 721D

Rakesh Kulkarni (IM) vs sosterc5

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Moves

1. e4 c5

2. d4 cxd4

3. c3 d3

4. Nf3 Nc6

5. Bxd3 d6

6. Nbd2 g6

7. Bc2 Nf6

8. h3 Bg7

9. O-O O-O

10. Re1 Be6

11. a4 Rc8

12. b3 a6

13. Bb2 b5

14. axb5 axb5

15. Nd4 Nxd4

16. cxd4 Nd7

17. d5 Bxb2

18. dxe6 fxe6

19. Rb1 Bd4

20. Nf3 Bg7

21. b4 Nb6

22. Bb3 Nc4

23. Ng5 Qd7

24. Qg4 Qa7

25. Re2 Bd4

26. Qxe6+ Kh8

27. Nf3 Rxf3

28. gxf3 Ne5

29. Kg2 Rf8

30. Rc1 Nd3

31. Ra2 Qb8

32. Qd5 Nf4+

33. Kf1 Nxd5

34. Bxd5 Be5

35. Be6 Kg7

36. Rac2 Rf6

37. Bg4 Qa7

38. f4 Rxf4

39. Be6 Qd4

40. Bd5 Kh6

41. Re2 Qd3

42. Re1 Qxh3+

43. Kg1 Rg4#

Players

Rakesh Kulkarni (IM)

Black

2761

-4

sosterc5

White

2765

Game Details

Date

Jan 1, 1970

Start Time

00:00 UTC

Duration

20487 days 17 hours 4 minutes

Time Control

1m

Time Class

Bullet

Rated

Yes

Moves

86

Result

Win

Termination

Opening

B21 Bird Opening: Dutch Variation, Batavo Gambit

Actions

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[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2026.02.03"]
[Round "-"]
[White "sosterc5"]
[Black "Rakesh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[CurrentPosition "8/4p2p/3p2pk/1p1Bb3/1P2P1r1/7q/4RP2/4R1K1 w - - 2 44"]
[Timezone "UTC"]
[ECO "B21"]
[ECOUrl "https://www.chess.com/openings/Sicilian-Defense-Smith-Morra-Gambit-Declined-Push-Variation-4.Bxd3-Nc6-5.Nf3-d6"]
[UTCDate "2026.02.03"]
[UTCTime "17:02:54"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[TimeControl "60"]
[Termination "Rakesh won by checkmate"]
[StartTime "17:02:54"]
[EndDate "2026.02.03"]
[EndTime "17:04:50"]
[Link "https://www.chess.com/game/live/164190139708"]

1. e4 {[%clk 0:00:58.8]} 1... c5 {[%clk 0:00:58.4]} 2. d4 {[%clk 0:00:58.1]} 2... cxd4 {[%clk 0:00:57.6]} 3. c3 {[%clk 0:00:58]} 3... d3 {[%clk 0:00:57.3]} 4. Nf3 {[%clk 0:00:57.4]} 4... Nc6 {[%clk 0:00:57.2]} 5. Bxd3 {[%clk 0:00:57]} 5... d6 {[%clk 0:00:57.1]} 6. Nbd2 {[%clk 0:00:56.5]} 6... g6 {[%clk 0:00:56.9]} 7. Bc2 {[%clk 0:00:56.4]} 7... Nf6 {[%clk 0:00:56.5]} 8. h3 {[%clk 0:00:56.3]} 8... Bg7 {[%clk 0:00:56.1]} 9. O-O {[%clk 0:00:56.2]} 9... O-O {[%clk 0:00:55.6]} 10. Re1 {[%clk 0:00:56.1]} 10... Be6 {[%clk 0:00:55.1]} 11. a4 {[%clk 0:00:55.8]} 11... Rc8 {[%clk 0:00:54.8]} 12. b3 {[%clk 0:00:55]} 12... a6 {[%clk 0:00:54.4]} 13. Bb2 {[%clk 0:00:54.5]} 13... b5 {[%clk 0:00:54.1]} 14. axb5 {[%clk 0:00:53.5]} 14... axb5 {[%clk 0:00:54]} 15. Nd4 {[%clk 0:00:52.3]} 15... Nxd4 {[%clk 0:00:51.5]} 16. cxd4 {[%clk 0:00:52.2]} 16... Nd7 {[%clk 0:00:50.7]} 17. d5 {[%clk 0:00:50.9]} 17... Bxb2 {[%clk 0:00:49.5]} 18. dxe6 {[%clk 0:00:50.5]} 18... fxe6 {[%clk 0:00:47.6]} 19. Rb1 {[%clk 0:00:50]} 19... Bd4 {[%clk 0:00:46.4]} 20. Nf3 {[%clk 0:00:48.8]} 20... Bg7 {[%clk 0:00:45.4]} 21. b4 {[%clk 0:00:47.8]} 21... Nb6 {[%clk 0:00:44.6]} 22. Bb3 {[%clk 0:00:47.1]} 22... Nc4 {[%clk 0:00:44]} 23. Ng5 {[%clk 0:00:46.2]} 23... Qd7 {[%clk 0:00:42.9]} 24. Qg4 {[%clk 0:00:45.5]} 24... Qa7 {[%clk 0:00:36.1]} 25. Re2 {[%clk 0:00:42.5]} 25... Bd4 {[%clk 0:00:33.1]} 26. Qxe6+ {[%clk 0:00:41.5]} 26... Kh8 {[%clk 0:00:32.1]} 27. Nf3 {[%clk 0:00:39.2]} 27... Rxf3 {[%clk 0:00:30.4]} 28. gxf3 {[%clk 0:00:38.1]} 28... Ne5 {[%clk 0:00:29.6]} 29. Kg2 {[%clk 0:00:35.9]} 29... Rf8 {[%clk 0:00:28.2]} 30. Rc1 {[%clk 0:00:33.5]} 30... Nd3 {[%clk 0:00:26.7]} 31. Ra2 {[%clk 0:00:17]} 31... Qb8 {[%clk 0:00:21.7]} 32. Qd5 {[%clk 0:00:13.3]} 32... Nf4+ {[%clk 0:00:20.7]} 33. Kf1 {[%clk 0:00:13.2]} 33... Nxd5 {[%clk 0:00:20.6]} 34. Bxd5 {[%clk 0:00:12.8]} 34... Be5 {[%clk 0:00:19.8]} 35. Be6 {[%clk 0:00:10.2]} 35... Kg7 {[%clk 0:00:18.4]} 36. Rac2 {[%clk 0:00:09.6]} 36... Rf6 {[%clk 0:00:17.2]} 37. Bg4 {[%clk 0:00:09.5]} 37... Qa7 {[%clk 0:00:16.1]} 38. f4 {[%clk 0:00:09.4]} 38... Rxf4 {[%clk 0:00:15.2]} 39. Be6 {[%clk 0:00:08.1]} 39... Qd4 {[%clk 0:00:14.4]} 40. Bd5 {[%clk 0:00:07.4]} 40... Kh6 {[%clk 0:00:13.9]} 41. Re2 {[%clk 0:00:05.7]} 41... Qd3 {[%clk 0:00:13.4]} 42. Re1 {[%clk 0:00:04.5]} 42... Qxh3+ {[%clk 0:00:12.9]} 43. Kg1 {[%clk 0:00:04.3]} 43... Rg4# {[%clk 0:00:12.6]} 0-1