Home

Novikov,E vs Chirilov,James A

2026.02.05 · game 1

White to move

PGN

[Event "2nd 3-0 Thu 5th Feb 2026"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2026.02.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Novikov,E"]
[Black "Chirilov,James A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "KP"]
[Variation "Nimzovich defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4125380"]
[BlackFideId "30976677"]
[EventDate "2026.02.05"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. h3 Nf6 4. d3 e5 5. c3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Re8
9. Qc2 d5 10. Re1 d4 11. Nbd2 Be6 12. a3 h6 13. c4 a5 14. Rb1 a4 15. b4 axb3 16.
Nxb3 Nd7 17. Nfd2 b6 18. Rf1 Nc5 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. Rb5 Qd6 21. f4 Bd7 22. f5
Reb8 23. g4 Rb6 24. Nb3 Ne7 25. Rxb6 cxb6 26. f6 Bxf6 27. Qf2 Kg7 28. Bxh6+ Kxh6
29. Qxf6 Qxf6 30. Rxf6 Be6 31. Bf1 Rxa3 32. Nd2 Kg7 33. g5 Nc6 34. Nf3 Rb3 35.
Kh2 b5 36. cxb5 Rxb5 37. Kg3 Rb1 38. Be2 Kf8 39. h4 Ke7 40. h5 gxh5 41. Nh4 Rg1+
42. Ng2 h4+ 43. Kf2 Rh1 44. Bh5 h3 45. Ne1 Nb4 46. Bf3 Rh2+ 47. Kg3 Rd2 48. Rh6
Nxd3 49. Nxd3 Rxd3 50. g6 fxg6 51. Rxg6 c4 52. Rg7+ Kd6 0-1

Direct link

Engine

Analyzing…

Trending Positions

rnbqkb1r/ppp1pppp/5n2/3p4/3P1B2/2N5/PPP1PPPP/R2QKBNR b KQkq - 3 3 0 comments

Recent Activity

No recent activity yet.

Trending Openings

No openings yet.