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Vachier Lagrave,M vs Nihal,Sarin

2025.07.30 · game 1

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[Event "Esports World Cup B 2025"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2025.07.30"]
[Round "52.1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Nihal,Sarin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Classical defence deferred"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "25092340"]
[EventDate "2025.07.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Bc5 5. c3 Nge7 6. O-O Ng6 7. d4 Ba7 8. Bg5
f6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Re1 d6 11. Nbd2 Kh8 12. Bb3 Qe8 13. h3 Nd8 14. Nf1 Ne6 15. Ng3
Nef4 16. Qd2 Bd7 17. Nf5 Rd8 18. Rad1 Bb8 19. d5 Nh5 20. Kh2 Ngf4 21. g4 g6 22.
Ng3 Ng7 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Qxf4 Ba7 25. Kg2 Qf7 26. Nd4 Rde8 27. Bc2 Qg8 28. Qf3
Re7 29. b4 Re5 30. Kh2 h5 31. gxh5 Nxh5 32. Rg1 Qh7 33. Nxh5 Rxh5 34. Rg3 Qh6
35. Ne6 Bxe6 36. dxe6 Re5 37. Rdg1 g5 38. h4 Kg7 39. Rh3 Rh8 40. Rgg3 Qg6 41.
Kg2 Kf8 42. hxg5 Rxh3 43. Rxh3 Rxg5+ 44. Kf1 Rg1+ 45. Ke2 Rg2 46. Rh6 Qxh6 47.
Qxg2 Qh5+ 48. Kd3 Qb5+ 49. c4 Qe5 50. Bb3 Qd4+ 51. Ke2 Qb2+ 52. Kf3 Qd2 53. e7+
Kxe7 54. Qg7+ Ke8 55. c5 Qd3+ 56. Kf4 Qd2+ 57. Kf5 Qg5+ 58. Qxg5 fxg5 59. Kxg5
dxc5 60. bxc5 Bxc5 61. f4 b5 62. e5 Be3 63. Kf5 c5 64. Ke4 Bc1 65. Bd5 c4 66.
Bb7 c3 67. Bxa6 Bxf4 68. Bxb5+ Kd8 69. Bd3 Bh6 70. Kd5 Bg7 71. a4 Kc7 72. e6 Bf6
73. Bc2 Be7 74. Ke5 Kc6 75. Bb3 Kc5 76. Bd1 Kc4 77. Bc2 Kc5 78. Kf5 Kd5 79. a5
Kc5 80. Bd3 c2 81. Bxc2 Kb5 82. Kg6 Kxa5 83. Kf7 Bd6 84. Bf5 Kb6 85. Ke8 Kc5 86.
Kd7 Kd5 87. Be4+ Ke5 88. Bc6 Bc5 89. Bb7 Kf6 90. Bg2 Be7 91. Bh1 Bf8 92. Bd5 Be7
93. Bb7 Ba3 94. Bc6 Be7 95. Bf3 Ba3 96. Bg2 Be7 97. Bh3 Ba3 98. Bf1 Be7 99. Be2
Ba3 100. e7 Bxe7 1/2-1/2

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