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Nepomniachtchi,I vs Sonis,Francesco

2026.01.29 · game 1

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[Event "1st 3-0 Thu 29th Jan 2026"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2026.01.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Black "Sonis,Francesco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Opovcensky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "895733"]
[EventDate "2026.01.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qd3 b6 10. Qg3 Kh8 11. Rd1 Bb7 12. f3 Nbd7 13. Be3 Rc8 14. a4 Rxc3 15.
bxc3 Qc7 16. c4 a5 17. Qe1 Rc8 18. Bf1 h6 19. Nd2 Bf8 20. Nb1 Ba6 21. Na3 Nc5
22. Nb5 Qd7 23. Qd2 Ne8 24. Nc3 Qc6 25. Nd5 Rb8 26. Rdb1 Nxa4 27. c5 Bxf1 28.
Kxf1 Nxc5 29. Rxa5 Nc7 30. Nxc7 Qxc7 31. Rab5 Nd7 32. Kg1 Kg8 33. h3 h5 34. Qf2
g6 35. Kh1 Rc8 36. R1b2 Qc6 37. Qd2 Be7 38. Bxb6 Rb8 39. Qa5 Nxb6 40. Rxb6 Rxb6
41. Qxb6 Qc3 42. Qb4 Qe3 43. Rb1 Qe2 44. Qc3 Qf2 45. Qd3 Bg5 46. Rf1 Qg3 47. f4
Qxd3 48. cxd3 Bxf4 49. Rb1 Be3 50. Rb7 Bc5 51. Kh2 Kg7 52. Kg3 Kf6 53. h4 Kg7
54. Kh3 Kf6 55. g4 hxg4+ 56. Kxg4 Kg7 57. h5 gxh5+ 58. Kxh5 Ba3 59. Kg5 Bc5 60.
Kf5 Ba3 61. Rb3 Bc5 62. Rc3 Bd4 63. Rc2 Bc5 64. Rg2+ Kf8 65. Kf6 Bb6 66. Rh2
Bd8+ 67. Kf5 Ke7 68. Rh7 Bb6 69. Kg5 Bd4 70. Kh6 Be3+ 71. Kg7 Ke6 72. Rh5 f5 73.
Rxf5 d5 74. Rf6+ Ke7 75. exd5 1-0

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