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Katz,Alexander vs Girel,Joseph

2025.12.29 · game 1

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[Event "35th North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Katz,Alexander"]
[Black "Girel,Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "KP"]
[Variation "Nimzovich defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2039796"]
[BlackFideId "36033561"]
[EventDate "2025.12.26"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. h3 O-O 7. Be3 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. O-O Qe7 10. Bc4 Rd8 11. Nd2 Nd4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 c6 14. Bb3 b6 15.
c3 Nxb3 16. axb3 c5 17. Qe2 Bb7 18. Rfd1 f5 19. f3 Kh8 20. Bf2 Bc6 21. Nc4 h6
22. Qc2 f4 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Bf8 26. Na3 b5 27. Nc2 a5 28.
c4 bxc4 29. bxc4 Ba4 30. Qd2 Bb3 31. Qc3 a4 32. Ne1 g5 33. Nd3 Qc7 34. Nc1 Qb8
35. Qd3 Bd6 36. Nxb3 axb3 37. Qd5 Qc7 38. Qe6 Kg7 39. h4 Qe7 40. Qxe7+ Bxe7 41.
h5 Kf7 42. Kf1 Kf6 43. Ke1 Bd8 44. Bxc5 g4 45. fxg4 Kg5 46. Bd6 Kxg4 47. c5 Ba5+
48. Kf1 Bb4 49. Bf8 Ba5 50. Bxh6 Kxh5 51. Bg7 Bc7 52. Bf8 Ba5 53. Bd6 Bb4 54.
Ke2 Kg4 55. Kd3 Kg3 56. Kc4 Ba3 57. Bxe5 Kxg2 58. Bxf4 Bxb2 59. Kxb3 1-0

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