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Taher,Yoseph Theolifus vs Chirilov,James A

2026.02.19 · game 1

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[Event "2nd 3-0 Thu 19th Feb 2026"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2026.02.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Taher,Yoseph Theolifus"]
[Black "Chirilov,James A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "7105347"]
[BlackFideId "30976677"]
[EventDate "2026.02.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 g6 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. a3 Rc8 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Qf2 b5 15. a4
b4 16. Nd5 e6 17. Nb6 Nxb6 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Qxb6 Bd4+ 20. Qxd4 Nxd4 21. Bxa6
Rxc2 22. Rf2 Ra8 23. Rd1 Rxf2 24. Kxf2 Rxa6 25. Rxd4 Rxa4 26. Rxd6 Ra2 27. Rd2
Ra1 28. Rd4 b3 29. Rb4 Rc1 30. Rxb3 e5 31. fxe5 Kf8 32. Kf3 Ke7 33. Kf4 Rf1+ 34.
Rf3 Rb1 35. b3 Ke6 36. Kg5 h5 37. Kh6 Rg1 38. Rf2 Kxe5 39. Kg7 f5 40. exf5 gxf5
41. Kg6 f4 42. Kxh5 Kf5 43. Kh4 Ke4 44. Kg4 Ke3 45. Rf3+ Ke2 46. Kxf4 Rxg2 47.
Rg3 Rf2+ 48. Ke4 Rf8 49. Rg2+ Kf1 50. Rh2 Kg1 51. Rb2 Rh8 52. b4 Rxh3 53. b5
Rh4+ 54. Kf5 Rh5+ 55. Kg6 Rh8 56. b6 Rb8 57. b7 Kf1 58. Kf5 Ke1 59. Ke5 Kd1 60.
Kd6 Kc1 61. Rb6 Kc2 62. Kc7 Rg8 63. b8=Q Rg7+ 64. Kc6 Rg6+ 65. Kb5 Rg5+ 66. Ka4
Rg4+ 67. Rb4 Rg3 68. Qxg3 1-0

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