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Nalbandyan,Vahan vs Xiong,Jeffery

2025.09.23 · game 1

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[Event "Titled Tue 23rd Sep 2025"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.09.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nalbandyan,Vahan"]
[Black "Xiong,Jeffery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13309439"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2025.09.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. a5 a6 8. Be2
O-O 9. d3 Qc7 10. Re1 Nb8 11. Nd2 Be6 12. Nc4 Nc6 13. Bg5 Bxc4 14. dxc4 e6 15.
Qd2 Nxa5 16. Red1 Nc6 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Nd4 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8
21. Bd3 h6 22. Bh4 g5 23. Bg3 Nh5 24. Kf1 Nxg3+ 25. hxg3 Kf8 26. Na4 Rc8 27. c3
Nb3 28. Bc2 Na5 29. Nb6 Rc7 30. f4 Ke7 31. Ba4 h5 32. Ke2 h4 33. Kf3 hxg3 34.
Kxg3 gxf4+ 35. Kxf4 Bh6+ 36. Kf3 Kf6 37. Rd8 Bc1 38. b3 Bb2 39. Rd3 Ke7 40. g4
Nc6 41. Bxc6 bxc6 42. Na4 Ba3 43. Rd1 Rb7 44. Rb1 Kf6 45. Kf4 e5+ 46. Kf3 Kg5
47. Kg3 f6 48. Kf3 a5 49. Kg3 Rb8 50. Kf3 Rb7 51. Kg3 Rd7 52. Ra1 Rd3+ 53. Kf2
Bb2 54. Nxb2 Rd2+ 55. Ke3 Rxb2 56. Rxa5 Rxb3 57. Rxc5 Rxc3+ 58. Kd2 Rg3 59. Rxc6
Rxg4 60. c5 Rxe4 61. Kd3 Rd4+ 62. Kc3 Rd1 63. Rc8 e4 64. Re8 Kf4 65. Kc4 e3 66.
c6 f5 67. Kc5 Kf3 68. c7 e2 69. Re5 e1=Q 70. Rxe1 Rxe1 71. Kb6 Rc1 72. c8=Q Rxc8
73. Kb7 Re8 74. Ka7 Re4 75. Kb7 f4 76. Ka7 Ke3 77. Kb7 f3 78. Ka7 f2 79. Kb7
f1=Q 80. Ka7 Qf5 81. Kb7 Re6 82. Kb8 Qf7 83. Ka8 Re8# 0-1

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