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Bacrot,E vs Sobol,Matvii

2026.01.29 · game 1

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[Event "1st 3-0 Thu 29th Jan 2026"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2026.01.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sobol,Matvii"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[ECO "B45"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "605506"]
[BlackFideId "34160418"]
[EventDate "2026.01.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 e5 8.
O-O Bc5 9. Na4 Be7 10. c4 O-O 11. c5 d5 12. cxd6 Bxd6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Be7 15.
Rc1 Qa5 16. Qc2 Rd8 17. Rfd1 Be6 18. b3 Rac8 19. f3 Rc7 20. Be1 Bb4 21. Bxb4
Qxb4 22. Qc5 Qd4+ 23. Qxd4 Rxd4 24. Nc5 Kf8 25. Bf1 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Ke7 27. Kf2
Nd7 28. Na4 c5 29. Rc1 Kd6 30. Ke3 Nb6 31. Nb2 f6 32. Bb5 g6 33. Rd1+ Ke7 34.
Rc1 Nc8 35. Bc4 Nd6 36. Bxe6 Kxe6 37. Kd3 Nb7 38. Na4 Rd7+ 39. Ke3 Rc7 40. h4
Kd6 41. h5 g5 42. Nb2 Na5 43. Rd1+ Ke7 44. Rd5 Rc6 45. Nd3 c4 46. Rxa5 cxd3 47.
Rxa7+ Ke6 48. Kxd3 Rd6+ 49. Ke3 Rc6 50. b4 Rc2 51. b5 Rb2 52. a4 Kd6 53. Ra6+
Kc5 54. Rxf6 Rb3+ 55. Kf2 Rb2+ 56. Kg3 Ra2 57. Rc6+ Kd4 58. Ra6 Kc5 59. b6 Kc6
60. a5 Kb7 61. Ra7+ Kc6 62. Rc7+ Kd6 63. Rh7 Rxa5 64. Rxh6+ Kd7 65. Rg6 Rb5 66.
h6 g4 67. Rg7+ Ke6 68. Rxg4 Kf7 69. h7 Rxb6 70. h8=Q Rg6 71. Qh7+ Ke6 72. Qxg6+
Kd7 73. Qf5+ Kd8 74. Rg7 Ke8 75. Qf7+ 1-0

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