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Karjakin,Sergey – Gelfand,B

Karjakin,Sergey (2727)
Gelfand,B (2720)
Result: 1/2-1/2

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Date: August 30, 2008
Location: Moscow RUS
Tournament: Tal Memorial Blitz
Round:
Opening: A61 Modern Benoni
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Published on: February 9, 2020

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "A61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.h3 a6 8.a4 Qe7 9.Bf4 Bg7 10.e3 O-O 11.Be2 Nbd7 12.O-O Rb8 13.Re1 Nh5 14.Bh2 f5 15.Nd2 Nhf6 16.Nc4 Ne5 17.Nb6 Nfd7 18.Nxc8 Rbxc8 19.Qc2 Nf6 20.a5 Qf7 21.Bxe5 dxe5 22.d6 Rfd8 23.Red1 Kh8 24.Na4 Rc6 25.Bc4 Qf8 26.Qb3 Rd7 27.Be2 Rcxd6 28.Rxd6 Qxd6 29.Rd1 Qc7 30.Rc1 Ne4 31.Bf3 Nd2 32.Qe6 Nxf3+ 33.gxf3 Bf8 34.Nxc5 Bxc5 35.b4 Qd6 36.Qe8+ Kg7 37.Rxc5 Re7 38.Qc8 Kh6 39.Qf8+ Kh5 40.Kg2 Qe6 41.b5 Rf7 42.Qg8 Qf6 43.bxa6 bxa6 44.Rxe5 Rd7 45.Rd5 Rc7 46.f4 Kh6 47.Qa8 Rc2 48.Rd7 Qc6+ 49.Qxc6 Rxc6 50.Ra7 Rd6 51.h4 Rc6 52.f3 Re6 53.Kf2 Rc6 54.e4 fxe4 55.fxe4 Kh5 56.Rxh7+ Kg4 57.Ke3 Rc3+ 58.Kd4 Ra3 59.h5 Ra4+ 60.Kd5 Rxa5+ 61.Ke6 Rxh5 62.Rxh5 gxh5 63.f5 h4 64.f6 h3 65.f7 h2 66.f8=Q h1=Q 67.Qf5+ Kg3 68.e5 Qc6+ 69.Kf7 a5 70.e6 a4 71.e7 Qc7 72.Kf6 Qc6+ 73.Qe6 Qe8 74.Qe4 a3 75.Qe3+ Kg4 76.Qxa3 Qh8+ 77.Ke6 Qg8+ 78.Ke5 Qg7+ 79.Kd6 Qd4+ 80.Kc6 Qe4+ 81.Kc7 Kf5 82.Qd6 Qc4+ 83.Kd8 Qh4 84.Qd5+ Kg6 85.Qe6+ Kg7 86.Qe5+ Kf7 87.Qf5+ Kg7 88.Qf2 Qxf2 89.e8=Q 1/2-1/2

FEN image of position

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "A61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.h3 a6 8.a4 Qe7 9.Bf4 Bg7 10.e3 O-O 11.Be2 Nbd7 12.O-O Rb8 13.Re1 Nh5 14.Bh2 f5 15.Nd2 Nhf6 16.Nc4 Ne5 17.Nb6 Nfd7 18.Nxc8 Rbxc8 19.Qc2 Nf6 20.a5 Qf7 21.Bxe5 dxe5 22.d6 Rfd8 23.Red1 Kh8 24.Na4 Rc6 25.Bc4 Qf8 26.Qb3 Rd7 27.Be2 Rcxd6 28.Rxd6 Qxd6 29.Rd1 Qc7 30.Rc1 Ne4 31.Bf3 Nd2 32.Qe6 Nxf3+ 33.gxf3 Bf8 34.Nxc5 Bxc5 35.b4 Qd6 36.Qe8+ Kg7 37.Rxc5 Re7 38.Qc8 Kh6 39.Qf8+ Kh5 40.Kg2 Qe6 41.b5 Rf7 42.Qg8 Qf6 43.bxa6 bxa6 44.Rxe5 Rd7 45.Rd5 Rc7 46.f4 Kh6 47.Qa8 Rc2 48.Rd7 Qc6+ 49.Qxc6 Rxc6 50.Ra7 Rd6 51.h4 Rc6 52.f3 Re6 53.Kf2 Rc6 54.e4 fxe4 55.fxe4 Kh5 56.Rxh7+ Kg4 57.Ke3 Rc3+ 58.Kd4 Ra3 59.h5 Ra4+ 60.Kd5 Rxa5+ 61.Ke6 Rxh5 62.Rxh5 gxh5 63.f5 h4 64.f6 h3 65.f7 h2 66.f8=Q h1=Q 67.Qf5+ Kg3 68.e5 Qc6+ 69.Kf7 a5 70.e6 a4 71.e7 Qc7 72.Kf6 Qc6+ 73.Qe6 Qe8 74.Qe4 a3 75.Qe3+ Kg4 76.Qxa3 Qh8+ 77.Ke6 Qg8+ 78.Ke5 Qg7+ 79.Kd6 Qd4+ 80.Kc6 Qe4+ 81.Kc7 Kf5 82.Qd6 Qc4+ 83.Kd8 Qh4 84.Qd5+ Kg6 85.Qe6+ Kg7 86.Qe5+ Kf7 87.Qf5+ Kg7 88.Qf2 Qxf2 89.e8=Q 1/2-1/2

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