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Smeets,J – Caruana,F

Smeets,J (2657)
Caruana,F (2675)
Result: 1-0

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Date: January 26, 2010
Location: Wijk aan Zee NED
Tournament: Corus A
Round:
Opening: B41 Sicilian Kan Variation
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Published on: February 9, 2020

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smeets,J"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "B41"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Qd3 O-O 8.e5 Ne8 9.a3 Ba5 10.Be2 Bc7 11.Bf4 d6 12.exd6 Bxd6 13.Bxd6 Qxd6 14.Qe3 Qc7 15.O-O b6 16.Rfd1 Bb7 17.Qg3 Qe7 18.Na4 Nd7 19.Bf3 Bxf3 20.Qxf3 Nef6 21.Nc6 Qe8 22.Rd6 Rc8 23.Rad1 Nb8 24.Nxb8 Qxa4 25.Nc6 Rc7 26.Ne5 b5 27.Rd8 bxc4 28.Ng4 Ne8 29.Qg3 Rc8 30.h3 h5 31.Ne5 Nf6 32.R8d4 Qc2 33.R4d2 Qf5 34.Qe3 Nd5 35.Qd4 c3 36.bxc3 Rxc3 37.a4 Rfc8 38.Re1 Nf4 39.Qe4 Qg5 40.Rd7 Nxh3+ 41.Kf1 f5 42.Qb7 Nf4 43.g3 Nd5 44.Qxa6 Qf6 45.Qe2 Rc1 46.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 47.Kg2 Qg5 48.Nd3 Kh7 49.Rxd5 exd5 50.f4 Rg1+ 51.Kxg1 Qxg3+ 52.Kf1 Qh3+ 53.Kf2 Qh2+ 54.Ke3 Qg1+ 55.Kd2 Kh6 56.Qe6+ g6 57.Qe5 Kh7 58.Qe7+ Kg8 59.Qd8+ Kh7 60.Qc7+ Kh6 61.Qc8 Kh7 62.a5 h4 63.Qd7+ Kh6 64.a6 h3 65.Qd8 Qa1 66.Qh4+ Kg7 67.Qe7+ Kh6 68.Qg5+ Kg7 69.Qe7+ Kh6 70.a7 Qa2+ 71.Ke3 h2 72.Qh4+ Kg7 73.Qe7+ Kh6 74.Nf2 Qb3+ 75.Ke2 Qc4+ 76.Kf3 Qf1 77.Qh4+ 1-0

FEN image of position

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smeets,J"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "B41"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Qd3 O-O 8.e5 Ne8 9.a3 Ba5 10.Be2 Bc7 11.Bf4 d6 12.exd6 Bxd6 13.Bxd6 Qxd6 14.Qe3 Qc7 15.O-O b6 16.Rfd1 Bb7 17.Qg3 Qe7 18.Na4 Nd7 19.Bf3 Bxf3 20.Qxf3 Nef6 21.Nc6 Qe8 22.Rd6 Rc8 23.Rad1 Nb8 24.Nxb8 Qxa4 25.Nc6 Rc7 26.Ne5 b5 27.Rd8 bxc4 28.Ng4 Ne8 29.Qg3 Rc8 30.h3 h5 31.Ne5 Nf6 32.R8d4 Qc2 33.R4d2 Qf5 34.Qe3 Nd5 35.Qd4 c3 36.bxc3 Rxc3 37.a4 Rfc8 38.Re1 Nf4 39.Qe4 Qg5 40.Rd7 Nxh3+ 41.Kf1 f5 42.Qb7 Nf4 43.g3 Nd5 44.Qxa6 Qf6 45.Qe2 Rc1 46.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 47.Kg2 Qg5 48.Nd3 Kh7 49.Rxd5 exd5 50.f4 Rg1+ 51.Kxg1 Qxg3+ 52.Kf1 Qh3+ 53.Kf2 Qh2+ 54.Ke3 Qg1+ 55.Kd2 Kh6 56.Qe6+ g6 57.Qe5 Kh7 58.Qe7+ Kg8 59.Qd8+ Kh7 60.Qc7+ Kh6 61.Qc8 Kh7 62.a5 h4 63.Qd7+ Kh6 64.a6 h3 65.Qd8 Qa1 66.Qh4+ Kg7 67.Qe7+ Kh6 68.Qg5+ Kg7 69.Qe7+ Kh6 70.a7 Qa2+ 71.Ke3 h2 72.Qh4+ Kg7 73.Qe7+ Kh6 74.Nf2 Qb3+ 75.Ke2 Qc4+ 76.Kf3 Qf1 77.Qh4+ 1-0

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