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Gelfand, Boris – Van Wely, Loek

Gelfand, Boris (2691)
Van Wely, Loek (2632)
Result: 1-0

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Date: March 26, 1999
Location: Monte Carlo
Tournament: Amber Rapidplay
Round:
Opening: D85 Grünfeld, Nadanian Variation
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Published on: February 9, 2020

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Ba4 O-O 9.Ne2 b5 10.Bb3 a5 11.O-O e5 12.a4 exd4 13.cxd4 b4 14.Be3 Ba6 15.Rc1 Qe7 16.e5 Rc8 17.f4 c5 18.f5 c4 19.Bc2 gxf5 20.Rxf5 Nd7 21.Nf4 Bb7 22.Qg4 Ra6 23.Rg5 Rg6 24.Bxg6 fxg6 25.Nxg6 hxg6 26.Rxg6 Nf8 27.Rd6 b3 28.Bg5 Qc7 29.Bh6 b2 30.Rf1 c3 31.e6 Qe7 32.Rb6 Rc7 33.Rf7 Qxf7 34.exf7+ Rxf7 35.d5 Bxd5 36.Rb8 Ba2 37.Bxg7 Rxg7 38.Qf5 Rf7 39.Qg5+ Rg7 40.Qf5 Rf7 41.Qc2 Rc7 42.Qg6+ Rg7 43.Qf6 b1=Q+ 44.Rxb1 Bxb1 45.Qxc3 Ba2 46.Qxa5 Ne6 47.Qd2 Bc4 48.a5 Rg5 49.h4 Rc5 50.Qd7 Rc7 51.Qd6 Kf7 52.g4 Ra7 53.Qe5 Rd7 54.h5 Rd5 55.Qe4 Rd1+ 56.Kh2 Bd5 57.Qe3 Ra1 58.g5 Rxa5 59.g6+ Ke7 60.Qc3 Ra2+ 61.Kg1 Rg2+ 62.Kf1 Rg5 63.h6 Rxg6 64.h7 Rh6 65.h8=Q Rxh8 66.Qxh8 Kd7 67.Qe5 Bc6 68.Kf2 Nc7 69.Kg3 Kc8 70.Kf4 Kb7 71.Qb2+ Ka8 72.Qa3+ Kb7 73.Ke5 Nb5 74.Qa5 Na7 75.Kd6 Nc8+ 76.Kc5 Bd7 77.Qd8 Ba4 78.Qd5+ Ka7 79.Qd4 Be8 80.Qd8 1-0

FEN image of position

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Ba4 O-O 9.Ne2 b5 10.Bb3 a5 11.O-O e5 12.a4 exd4 13.cxd4 b4 14.Be3 Ba6 15.Rc1 Qe7 16.e5 Rc8 17.f4 c5 18.f5 c4 19.Bc2 gxf5 20.Rxf5 Nd7 21.Nf4 Bb7 22.Qg4 Ra6 23.Rg5 Rg6 24.Bxg6 fxg6 25.Nxg6 hxg6 26.Rxg6 Nf8 27.Rd6 b3 28.Bg5 Qc7 29.Bh6 b2 30.Rf1 c3 31.e6 Qe7 32.Rb6 Rc7 33.Rf7 Qxf7 34.exf7+ Rxf7 35.d5 Bxd5 36.Rb8 Ba2 37.Bxg7 Rxg7 38.Qf5 Rf7 39.Qg5+ Rg7 40.Qf5 Rf7 41.Qc2 Rc7 42.Qg6+ Rg7 43.Qf6 b1=Q+ 44.Rxb1 Bxb1 45.Qxc3 Ba2 46.Qxa5 Ne6 47.Qd2 Bc4 48.a5 Rg5 49.h4 Rc5 50.Qd7 Rc7 51.Qd6 Kf7 52.g4 Ra7 53.Qe5 Rd7 54.h5 Rd5 55.Qe4 Rd1+ 56.Kh2 Bd5 57.Qe3 Ra1 58.g5 Rxa5 59.g6+ Ke7 60.Qc3 Ra2+ 61.Kg1 Rg2+ 62.Kf1 Rg5 63.h6 Rxg6 64.h7 Rh6 65.h8=Q Rxh8 66.Qxh8 Kd7 67.Qe5 Bc6 68.Kf2 Nc7 69.Kg3 Kc8 70.Kf4 Kb7 71.Qb2+ Ka8 72.Qa3+ Kb7 73.Ke5 Nb5 74.Qa5 Na7 75.Kd6 Nc8+ 76.Kc5 Bd7 77.Qd8 Ba4 78.Qd5+ Ka7 79.Qd4 Be8 80.Qd8 1-0

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