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Popov,Tikhon vs Nosach,Roman Al

2026.04.02 · game 2

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[Event "2nd 3-0 Thu 2nd Apr 2026"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2026.04.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Popov,Tikhon"]
[Black "Nosach,Roman Al"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2283"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[ECO "B45"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24252026"]
[BlackFideId "55638007"]
[EventDate "2026.04.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Qd4 Bf8 8.
e5 f6 9. Bf4 fxe5 10. Bxe5 Nf6 11. O-O-O d5 12. Be2 Bd6 13. f4 O-O 14. Bxd6 Qxd6
15. g3 Rb8 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Rxb2 18. Qe5 Qxe5 19. fxe5 Rxa2 20. Kb1 Ra5 21.
Kb2 Ba6 22. Bg4 Rb8+ 23. Kc3 Bc8 24. Ra1 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 a6 26. Be2 c5 27. Ra5 c4
28. Kd4 Kf7 29. Rc5 Ke7 30. Rc7+ Bd7 31. Ra7 Rb2 32. Bd1 Ra2 33. h4 a5 34. Kc5
a4 35. c3 Ra1 36. Bc2 Ra3 37. g4 h6 38. g5 hxg5 39. hxg5 Ra1 40. g6 Ra2 41. Bd1
Ra3 42. Bc2 Rb3 43. Bd1 Rb5+ 44. Kd4 Rb3 45. Kc5 Kd8 46. Kd6 Rb6+ 47. Kc5 Rc6+
48. Kd4 Rc7 49. Ra8+ Rc8 50. Ra7 a3 51. Rxa3 Rc7 52. Ra8+ Bc8 53. Bg4 Ke7 54.
Ra5 Bd7 55. Ra6 Rb7 56. Ra8 Be8 57. Bxe6 Bxg6 58. Bxd5 Rd7 59. Ra5 Bd3 60. e6
Rc7 61. Ke5 g5 62. Ra8 g4 63. Rg8 Be2 64. Rg7+ Kd8 65. Rg8+ Ke7 66. Rg7+ Kd8 67.
Rg5 Rh7 68. Kd6 Rh8 69. e7+ Ke8 70. Bc6+ Kf7 71. Rf5+ Kg7 72. Re5 g3 73. Rxe2
Kf6 74. e8=Q Rxe8 75. Bxe8 Kf5 76. Rg2 Kf4 77. Bf7 Kf3 78. Rxg3+ Kxg3 79. Bxc4
Kf4 80. Kc5 Kf5 81. Kb4 Kf4 82. Bb5 Ke3 83. c4 Kd4 84. c5 Kd5 85. Bc4+ Kc6 86.
Bb3 Kc7 87. Kb5 Kb8 88. Bc4 Kc7 89. c6 Kb8 90. Kc5 Kc7 91. Bd5 Kc8 92. Kd6 Kd8
93. c7+ Kc8 94. Be6+ Kb7 95. c8=Q+ Kb6 96. Qb8+ Ka5 97. Kc5 Ka6 98. Qb6# 1-0

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