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Wach, Markus – Bacrot, Etienne

Wach, Markus (2415)
Bacrot, Etienne (2500)
Result: 1/2-1/2

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Date: May 21, 1997
Location: Linz
Tournament: Linz
Round: 5
Opening: B06 Robatsch Modern & Pterodactyl Defence
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Published on: May 14, 2021

[Event "Linz"]
[Site "Linz"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wach, Markus"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Qe2 c6 6.Bb3 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.O-O Qe7 9.Rd1 O-O 10.Nbd2 a5 11.a4 Na6 12.Nc4 Nc5 13.Ncxe5 Nfxe4 14.Bxf7+ Rxf7 15.Nxf7 Kxf7 16.Ng5+ Nxg5 17.Qxe7+ Kxe7 18.Bxg5+ Kf7 19.Be3 Ne6 20.c3 Nc7 21.Bd4 Be6 22.Bxg7 Kxg7 23.Rd4 Kf6 24.Re1 Re8 25.f4 Kf7 26.Re5 Bd5 27.Rxe8 Kxe8 28.f5 gxf5 29.Rh4 Bg8 30.Rf4 Be6 31.Rh4 Bg8 32.Rf4 b6 33.Rxf5 Na6 34.Rf4 Bb3 35.Rf6 Kd7 36.g4 Nc5 37.h4 Nxa4 38.Rf2 Ke7 39.g5 Bf7 40.Kh2 b5 41.Kg3 Nc5 42.Kg4 a4 43.h5 Be6+ 44.Kh4 Ne4 45.Rf4 Nd6 46.Rf2 c5 47.g6 h6 48.g7 Ne8 49.Rg2 Nf6 50.Rf2 Bd5 51.Rf5 Ke6 52.Rf1 Bc4 53.Rf2 Ke5 54.Rc2 Ke4 55.Rg2 Kd3 56.Rf2 Ng8 57.Kg3 b4 58.cxb4 cxb4 59.Kf4 Bb3 60.Kf5 a3 61.bxa3 bxa3 62.Rf3+ Kc2 63.Rxb3 Kxb3 64.Ke6 a2 65.Kf7 a1=Q 66.Kxg8 Kc2 67.Kh7 Qa7 68.Kh8 Qd4 69.Kh7 Qe4+ 70.Kh8 Qe5 71.Kh7 Qf5+ 72.Kh8 Qxh5 73.g8=Q Qg5 74.Qc4+ Kd2 75.Qd4+ Ke2 76.Qc4+ Kf3 77.Qf1+ Kg3 78.Qg1+ Kf4 79.Qf2+ Ke5 80.Qb2+ Kf5 81.Qc2+ Kf6 82.Qc6+ Kf7 83.Qc4+ Kg6 84.Qe4+ Qf5 85.Qg2+ Qg5 86.Qe4+ Kf7 87.Qc4+ 1/2-1/2

FEN image of position

[Event "Linz"]
[Site "Linz"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wach, Markus"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Qe2 c6 6.Bb3 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.O-O Qe7 9.Rd1 O-O 10.Nbd2 a5 11.a4 Na6 12.Nc4 Nc5 13.Ncxe5 Nfxe4 14.Bxf7+ Rxf7 15.Nxf7 Kxf7 16.Ng5+ Nxg5 17.Qxe7+ Kxe7 18.Bxg5+ Kf7 19.Be3 Ne6 20.c3 Nc7 21.Bd4 Be6 22.Bxg7 Kxg7 23.Rd4 Kf6 24.Re1 Re8 25.f4 Kf7 26.Re5 Bd5 27.Rxe8 Kxe8 28.f5 gxf5 29.Rh4 Bg8 30.Rf4 Be6 31.Rh4 Bg8 32.Rf4 b6 33.Rxf5 Na6 34.Rf4 Bb3 35.Rf6 Kd7 36.g4 Nc5 37.h4 Nxa4 38.Rf2 Ke7 39.g5 Bf7 40.Kh2 b5 41.Kg3 Nc5 42.Kg4 a4 43.h5 Be6+ 44.Kh4 Ne4 45.Rf4 Nd6 46.Rf2 c5 47.g6 h6 48.g7 Ne8 49.Rg2 Nf6 50.Rf2 Bd5 51.Rf5 Ke6 52.Rf1 Bc4 53.Rf2 Ke5 54.Rc2 Ke4 55.Rg2 Kd3 56.Rf2 Ng8 57.Kg3 b4 58.cxb4 cxb4 59.Kf4 Bb3 60.Kf5 a3 61.bxa3 bxa3 62.Rf3+ Kc2 63.Rxb3 Kxb3 64.Ke6 a2 65.Kf7 a1=Q 66.Kxg8 Kc2 67.Kh7 Qa7 68.Kh8 Qd4 69.Kh7 Qe4+ 70.Kh8 Qe5 71.Kh7 Qf5+ 72.Kh8 Qxh5 73.g8=Q Qg5 74.Qc4+ Kd2 75.Qd4+ Ke2 76.Qc4+ Kf3 77.Qf1+ Kg3 78.Qg1+ Kf4 79.Qf2+ Ke5 80.Qb2+ Kf5 81.Qc2+ Kf6 82.Qc6+ Kf7 83.Qc4+ Kg6 84.Qe4+ Qf5 85.Qg2+ Qg5 86.Qe4+ Kf7 87.Qc4+ 1/2-1/2

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