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Bates,Ri vs Villiers,Thomas

2025.07.21 · game 1

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[Event "English Open 2025"]
[Site "Kenilworth ENG"]
[Date "2025.07.21"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Bates,Ri"]
[Black "Villiers,Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2158"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[WhiteFideId "403555"]
[BlackFideId "427209"]
[EventDate "2025.07.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
d5 9. Ne5 c6 10. Bc3 Bb7 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Nd3 c5 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15.
e4 Bb7 16. e5 Nd5 17. Ne4 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Qc7 19. Rc1 Qb8 20. Qd2 Ba6 21. f4 Rxc1
22. Rxc1 Rc8 1/2-1/2

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