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Esipenko,Andrey vs Nihal,Sarin

2026.01.20 · game 1

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[Event "Titled Tue 20th Jan 2026"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2026.01.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Esipenko,Andrey"]
[Black "Nihal,Sarin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "25092340"]
[EventDate "2026.01.20"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 Nd7 4. Nc3 dxe4 5. dxe4 Qc7 6. a4 Ngf6 7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O
Bc5 9. h3 h5 10. Qe2 Ng4 11. Kh1 a5 12. Bg5 Nde5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bb3 f6 15.
Bf4 Bd7 16. Bh2 g5 17. f4 gxf4 18. Rxf4 Be7 19. Raf1 O-O-O 20. Rxf6 Bxf6 21.
Rxf6 Qd6 22. Qf2 h4 23. Bc4 Rdg8 24. Be2 Rg5 25. Bf4 Rg7 26. Qa7 Rhg8 27. Qa8+
Qb8 28. Qxb8+ Kxb8 29. Bxe5+ Ka7 30. Bg4 Rg5 31. Bf4 R5g7 32. e5 c5 33. Be3 Bc6
34. Bxc5+ b6 35. Be3 Rxg4 36. hxg4 Rxg4 37. Rf2 h3 38. Kg1 hxg2 39. Rf7+ Ka6 40.
Bf4 Rh4 41. Bh2 Rd4 42. b3 Rd2 43. Rf2 Rd7 44. Re2 Rh7 45. Ne4 Rh4 46. Nd2 Rd4
47. Rf2 b5 48. axb5+ Kxb5 49. Nf3 Rg4 50. Ne1 a4 51. bxa4+ Kxa4 52. Rf4+ Rxf4
53. Bxf4 Be4 54. c3 Kb3 55. Bd2 Kc4 56. Nxg2 Kd3 57. Be1 Ke2 58. Bf2 Kd2 59. Bd4
Bd5 60. Nf4 Bc4 61. Kf2 Bb3 62. Kg3 Bc4 63. Kh4 Bb3 64. Kg5 Ke1 65. Kf6 Kd2 66.
Nxe6 Bc4 67. Ng5 Kd3 68. e6 Bb5 69. e7 Kc4 70. Ne6 Be8 71. Ng7 Bb5 72. e8=Q Bxe8
73. Nxe8 Kb5 74. Ng7 Ka6 75. Ke5 Kb7 76. Kd5 Ka8 77. c4 Kb7 78. Nf5 Ka8 79. Kd6
Kb7 80. c5 Ka8 81. Kd7 Kb8 82. c6 Ka8 83. c7 Kb7 84. c8=Q# 1-0

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