Luke Harmon-Vellotti IM

vellottiwizard Los Angeles Since 2012 (Active) Chess.com ♟♟♟♟♟

47.0%- 43.9%- 9.1%

Bullet 3104

636W 643L 104D

Blitz 2865

247W 181L 67D

Rapid 2528

1W 0L 0D

Luke Harmon-Vellotti (IM) vs Michael David Gold (NM)

Game 649 of 653

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Moves

1. e4 c5

2. Nf3 d6

3. d4 cxd4

4. Nxd4 Nf6

5. Nc3 Nc6

6. Bg5 e6

7. Qd2 a6

8. O-O-O Be7

9. f3 Nxd4

10. Qxd4 b5

11. Kb1 Bb7

12. h4 Qc7

13. Qd2 O-O

14. Bd3 b4

15. Ne2 a5

16. h5 Rfe8

17. Nd4 d5

18. e5 Nd7

19. Bxe7 Rxe7

20. f4 Ba6

21. Qe3 Bxd3

22. cxd3 Qb6

23. Rc1 Ree8

24. Rc6 Qb7

25. h6 g6

26. f5 exf5

27. e6 fxe6

28. Rxe6 Nf6

29. g4 Rxe6

30. Qxe6+ Qf7

31. Qc6 Rf8

32. gxf5 Qd7

33. Qc1 gxf5

34. Qg5+ Kh8

35. Nxf5 Ne8

36. Ne7 Qe6

37. Rg1 Qf7

38. Nxd5 Qf5

39. Qg7+ Nxg7

40. hxg7+ Kg8

41. Ne7+

Players

Luke Harmon-Vellotti (IM)

White

2528

+288

Michael David Gold (NM)

Black

2240

Game Details

Date

Jan 1, 1970

Start Time

00:00 UTC

Duration

20462 days 23 hours 56 minutes

Time Control

10m

Time Class

Rapid

Rated

No

Moves

81

Result

Win

Termination

Opening

B66 Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Neo-Modern Variation, Early Deviations

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Performance with this opening in Rapid

Luke Harmon-Vellotti 6 games

5 W 0 L 1 D 83% win

Michael David Gold 5 games

0 W 5 L 0 D 0% win

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[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2026.01.09"]
[Round "-"]
[White "vellottiwizard"]
[Black "bedpan2300"]
[Result "1-0"]
[CurrentPosition "5rk1/4N1Pp/8/p4q2/1p6/3P4/PP6/1K4R1 b - - 2 41"]
[Timezone "UTC"]
[ECO "B66"]
[ECOUrl "https://www.chess.com/openings/Sicilian-Defense-Open-Classical-Richter-Rauzer-Variation...9.f3-Nxd4-10.Qxd4-b5"]
[UTCDate "2026.01.09"]
[UTCTime "23:35:38"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[TimeControl "600"]
[Termination "vellottiwizard won on time"]
[StartTime "23:35:38"]
[EndDate "2026.01.09"]
[EndTime "23:56:07"]
[Link "https://www.chess.com/game/live/147810537308"]

1. e4 {[%clk 0:10:00]} 1... c5 {[%clk 0:10:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%clk 0:09:59.5]} 2... d6 {[%clk 0:09:58.5]} 3. d4 {[%clk 0:09:59.2]} 3... cxd4 {[%clk 0:09:57.6]} 4. Nxd4 {[%clk 0:09:58.3]} 4... Nf6 {[%clk 0:09:56.7]} 5. Nc3 {[%clk 0:09:58]} 5... Nc6 {[%clk 0:09:55.7]} 6. Bg5 {[%clk 0:09:57.7]} 6... e6 {[%clk 0:09:54.9]} 7. Qd2 {[%clk 0:09:57.4]} 7... a6 {[%clk 0:09:53.8]} 8. O-O-O {[%clk 0:09:57.1]} 8... Be7 {[%clk 0:09:51.5]} 9. f3 {[%clk 0:09:56.8]} 9... Nxd4 {[%clk 0:09:50.1]} 10. Qxd4 {[%clk 0:09:56.7]} 10... b5 {[%clk 0:09:48.9]} 11. Kb1 {[%clk 0:09:56.4]} 11... Bb7 {[%clk 0:09:45.2]} 12. h4 {[%clk 0:09:55.9]} 12... Qc7 {[%clk 0:09:41.7]} 13. Qd2 {[%clk 0:09:08.4]} 13... O-O {[%clk 0:09:28.7]} 14. Bd3 {[%clk 0:09:06.7]} 14... b4 {[%clk 0:09:02.8]} 15. Ne2 {[%clk 0:08:55.4]} 15... a5 {[%clk 0:09:00.3]} 16. h5 {[%clk 0:08:37.4]} 16... Rfe8 {[%clk 0:06:58.4]} 17. Nd4 {[%clk 0:07:28.2]} 17... d5 {[%clk 0:06:01.1]} 18. e5 {[%clk 0:07:24.6]} 18... Nd7 {[%clk 0:05:58.6]} 19. Bxe7 {[%clk 0:07:14.5]} 19... Rxe7 {[%clk 0:05:56.3]} 20. f4 {[%clk 0:07:04.6]} 20... Ba6 {[%clk 0:05:35.4]} 21. Qe3 {[%clk 0:06:10.4]} 21... Bxd3 {[%clk 0:05:11.6]} 22. cxd3 {[%clk 0:06:08.4]} 22... Qb6 {[%clk 0:04:57.1]} 23. Rc1 {[%clk 0:06:05.2]} 23... Ree8 {[%clk 0:04:32.2]} 24. Rc6 {[%clk 0:06:01.4]} 24... Qb7 {[%clk 0:04:18.7]} 25. h6 {[%clk 0:05:08.3]} 25... g6 {[%clk 0:04:10.2]} 26. f5 {[%clk 0:04:29.8]} 26... exf5 {[%clk 0:03:02.7]} 27. e6 {[%clk 0:04:27.1]} 27... fxe6 {[%clk 0:01:38]} 28. Rxe6 {[%clk 0:04:18.8]} 28... Nf6 {[%clk 0:01:21.8]} 29. g4 {[%clk 0:02:52]} 29... Rxe6 {[%clk 0:00:53.4]} 30. Qxe6+ {[%clk 0:02:40]} 30... Qf7 {[%clk 0:01:51.9]} 31. Qc6 {[%clk 0:02:39.1]} 31... Rf8 {[%clk 0:01:32.8]} 32. gxf5 {[%clk 0:02:36.2]} 32... Qd7 {[%clk 0:01:23.6]} 33. Qc1 {[%clk 0:02:01.3]} 33... gxf5 {[%clk 0:01:06.2]} 34. Qg5+ {[%clk 0:01:58.7]} 34... Kh8 {[%clk 0:01:03.9]} 35. Nxf5 {[%clk 0:01:54.9]} 35... Ne8 {[%clk 0:00:46.4]} 36. Ne7 {[%clk 0:00:56.7]} 36... Qe6 {[%clk 0:00:22.7]} 37. Rg1 {[%clk 0:00:53]} 37... Qf7 {[%clk 0:00:14.1]} 38. Nxd5 {[%clk 0:00:42.5]} 38... Qf5 {[%clk 0:00:07.7]} 39. Qg7+ {[%clk 0:00:39.1]} 39... Nxg7 {[%clk 0:00:02.5]} 40. hxg7+ {[%clk 0:00:38.4]} 40... Kg8 {[%clk 0:00:00.2]} 41. Ne7+ {[%clk 0:00:37.9]} 1-0