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Birmenko,Nikolay vs Arakelyan,Manvel

2026.02.21 · game 1

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[Event "Russian Chess Crown A"]
[Site "Odintsovo RUS"]
[Date "2026.02.21"]
[Round "4.54"]
[White "Birmenko,Nikolay"]
[Black "Arakelyan,Manvel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2164"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[ECO "B45"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "34401610"]
[BlackFideId "13317415"]
[EventDate "2026.02.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. a3 d6 7. Be3 Be7 8. f3
O-O 9. Qd2 d5 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 dxe4 12. Qe1 Qc7 13. Nxe4 e5 14. Bc3 Bd7
15. Ng3 Bd6 16. Bd3 Rfe8 17. Kb1 Bf8 18. Bb4 Bxb4 19. Qxb4 Be6 20. Qh4 h6 21.
Ne4 Nd5 22. g4 f6 23. g5 fxg5 24. Qg3 Nf4 25. h4 Nxd3 26. Rxd3 g4 27. fxg4 Qc4
28. Nc3 Qxg4 29. Qxg4 Bxg4 30. Re1 Re6 31. Rde3 Rae8 32. Nd5 Rd8 33. Nc3 Rd2 34.
Rxe5 Rxe5 35. Rxe5 Rh2 36. Re8+ Kf7 37. Ra8 a6 38. Ne4 Bf3 39. Nd6+ Ke6 40. Ne8
g6 41. h5 gxh5 42. Nc7+ Kd6 43. Nxa6 bxa6 44. Rxa6+ Ke5 45. Rxh6 Be4 46. b4 Kd4
47. Ka1 Ke5 0-1

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