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Popov,Tikhon vs Mahir Taneja

2026.01.08 · game 1

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[Event "1st 3-0 Thu 8th Jan 2026"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2026.01.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Popov,Tikhon"]
[Black "Mahir Taneja"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "24252026"]
[BlackFideId "25181696"]
[EventDate "2026.01.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8. a4 b4
9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Rd1 b3 11. Qc1 Nd5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Ne5 Qb4 14. e4 Nf6 15. Nc3
Nbd7 16. Nc6 Qb6 17. e5 Ne8 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Bxa8 1-0

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