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Keith,Matthew vs Xie,Felix

2026.01.03 · game 1

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[Event "133rd ch-NZL Open 2026"]
[Site "Invercargill NZL"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Keith,Matthew"]
[Black "Xie,Felix"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1921"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4320913"]
[BlackFideId "4308174"]
[EventDate "2026.01.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bd7 7. Nd5 e6 8.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. c3 h6 10. h4 Qd8 11. Qc2 Be7 12. Be3 Qc7 13. O-O-O a6 14. g4 b5
15. g5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 Bf6 17. Qd2 Ke7 18. h5 b4 19. c4 b3 20. a3 Na5 21. Kb1 Bc6
22. Rh4 Rxh5 23. Rxh5 Bxe4+ 24. Ka1 Bxf3 25. Rh7 Qc5 26. Bxf6+ gxf6 27. Re1 Nc6
28. Rh4 Ne5 29. Rh3 Bc6 30. Qf4 Rb8 31. Bd3 Rg8 32. Be2 Rg2 33. Rf1 Ba4 34. Rg3
Rxg3 35. fxg3 f5 36. g4 fxg4 37. Bxg4 Qxc4 38. Qf6+ Kd7 39. Bh5 Bb5 40. Rb1 Bc6
41. Bxf7 Bd5 42. Bh5 Nd3 43. Rg1 Kc6 44. Qd8 Qc2 45. Qa8+ Kb6 46. Qb8+ Kc5 47.
Qa7+ Kb5 48. Qb8+ Kc5 49. Qa7+ Kb5 50. Qd4 Qc4 51. Qg7 e5 52. Be8+ Kb6 53. Qe7
Qc7 54. Qf6 Qc5 55. Qg5 e4 56. Bg6 Nxb2 57. Qd8+ Ka7 58. Qd7+ Bb7 59. Bxe4 Qxg1+
60. Kxb2 Qd4+ 61. Kxb3 Qxe4 62. Qxd6 Bd5+ 63. Kc3 Qc4+ 64. Kd2 Qd4+ 65. Ke1 Qe3+
66. Kf1 Qd3+ 67. Ke1 Qe3+ 68. Kf1 Bb7 69. Qb4 Bf3 70. Qb2 Qd3+ 71. Kf2 Bd5 72.
Qb4 Qf3+ 73. Ke1 Qe3+ 74. Kf1 Bc6 75. a4 Qc1+ 76. Ke2 Qc2+ 77. Ke3 Qc1+ 78. Qd2
Qa3+ 79. Qd3 Qe7+ 80. Kd2 Qb4+ 81. Ke3 a5 82. Qd4+ Kb7 83. Qg7+ Ka6 84. Qg6 Kb6
85. Qf6 Qxa4 86. Qd4+ Kb5 87. Qe5+ Ka6 88. Kd2 Qb4+ 89. Kc2 Be4+ 90. Kc1 Qb1+
91. Kd2 Qd3+ 92. Ke1 Qe3+ 0-1

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