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Merkos,Thomas vs Vassis,Michail

2025.09.08 · game 1

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[Event "32nd Nikaia Open 2025"]
[Site "Nikaia GRE"]
[Date "2025.09.08"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Merkos,Thomas"]
[Black "Vassis,Michail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25806483"]
[BlackFideId "25849018"]
[EventDate "2025.09.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. cxd5 Bb4 8.
Bg5 Re8+ 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 Nb6 12. Bb5 Rf8 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qb3
Bd6 15. Rfe1 Bf5 16. a4 a5 17. Ne5 Rad8 18. Re3 g6 19. Rae1 h5 20. Rf3 Qh4 21.
Qd1 f6 22. Rxf5 gxf5 23. g3 Qg5 24. Nf3 Qg4 25. Nh4 Qxd1 26. Rxd1 Bb4 27. Nxf5
Bxc3 28. bxc3 Nxd5 29. Bc4 Kh7 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. Ne3 Rd7 32. Rb1 b6 33. Rb5 Kg6
34. Ng2 Kh6 35. Ne3 Rh8 36. Kg2 Kg6 37. h4 Kf7 38. Kf3 Rd6 39. d5 Rhd8 40. c4
Kg6 41. c5 Rxd5 42. Nxd5 Rxd5 43. Ke4 Rf5 44. f4 Rxc5 45. Rxc5 bxc5 46. f5+ Kf7
47. Kd5 Ke7 48. Kxc5 Kd7 49. Kb5 Kd6 50. Kxa5 Kc5 51. Ka6 Kb4 52. a5 c5 53. Kb6
c4 54. a6 c3 55. a7 c2 56. a8=Q c1=Q 57. Qa5+ Kb3 58. Qb5+ Ka2 59. Qc5 Qh6 60.
Kc6 Qh8 61. Qc2+ Ka3 62. Kd5 Qg8+ 63. Kd4 Qd8+ 64. Ke3 Qb6+ 65. Kf3 Qb7+ 66. Qe4
Qf7 67. g4 hxg4+ 68. Qxg4 Qd5+ 69. Kg3 Qe5+ 70. Qf4 Qe7 71. h5 Qf7 72. h6 Kb2
73. Qg4 Qc7+ 74. Kh3 Qe7 75. Kh4 Qe1+ 76. Kh5 Qe8+ 77. Qg6 Qe2+ 78. Kh4 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

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