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Karjakin,Sergey – Topalov,V

Karjakin,Sergey (2556)
Topalov,V (2735)
Result: 1-0

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Date: June 6, 2003
Location: Leon ESP
Tournament: 16th Ciudad
Round:
Opening: C42 Petrov's Defence, including Marshall Trap
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Published on: February 9, 2020

[Event "16th Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.Re1 Re8 14.Bf4 dxc4 15.Bxc4 Bd6 16.Rxe8+ Qxe8 17.Ng5 Bg6 18.Bxd6 cxd6 19.Qg4 h6 20.Nf3 Qe4 21.Qg3 Qc2 22.Nh4 Be4 23.Re1 d5 24.Bf1 Qb2 25.a4 Rd8 26.h3 Qa3 27.Re3 Qd6 28.Qg4 Qf6 29.Nf3 Ne7 30.Nd2 Bg6 31.Qe2 Nc6 32.Nb3 b6 33.Nc1 Kf8 34.Nd3 Be4 35.Qg4 g6 36.Nf4 h5 37.Qg3 Ne7 38.Re1 Nf5 39.Qh2 Rc8 40.f3 Rxc3 41.Ne2 Bd3 42.Nxc3 Qxd4+ 43.Kh1 Qxc3 44.Rd1 Bxf1 45.Rxf1 h4 46.Qb8+ Kg7 47.Rd1 Ne3 48.Rg1 Nf5 49.Rb1 Qc2 50.Re1 Qf2 51.Qe5+ Kg8 52.Kh2 Ng3 53.Qa1 d4 54.Qc1 Kg7 55.Rd1 a6 56.Qc4 Nf5 57.Qxa6 Ne3 58.Rg1 Qc2 59.Qxb6 Qxa4 60.Qd6 Qc4 61.Qe5+ Kh7 62.Qf4 Nf5 63.Re1 Qc2 64.Re8 Qf2 65.Qe5 Qg3+ 66.Kg1 Qxe5 67.Rxe5 Kg7 68.Kf2 Kf6 69.Re4 Kg7 70.Ke1 Kf6 71.Kd2 Kg7 72.Kd3 Kf6 73.Re8 Kg5 74.Re4 Kf6 75.f4 Kg7 76.Re5 f6 77.Ra5 Kf7 78.Ke4 Ke6 79.Ra6+ Ke7 80.Kd5 Ne3+ 81.Kxd4 Nxg2 82.Ke4 g5 83.fxg5 fxg5 84.Kf5 Nf4 85.Ra3 1-0

FEN image of position

[Event "16th Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.Re1 Re8 14.Bf4 dxc4 15.Bxc4 Bd6 16.Rxe8+ Qxe8 17.Ng5 Bg6 18.Bxd6 cxd6 19.Qg4 h6 20.Nf3 Qe4 21.Qg3 Qc2 22.Nh4 Be4 23.Re1 d5 24.Bf1 Qb2 25.a4 Rd8 26.h3 Qa3 27.Re3 Qd6 28.Qg4 Qf6 29.Nf3 Ne7 30.Nd2 Bg6 31.Qe2 Nc6 32.Nb3 b6 33.Nc1 Kf8 34.Nd3 Be4 35.Qg4 g6 36.Nf4 h5 37.Qg3 Ne7 38.Re1 Nf5 39.Qh2 Rc8 40.f3 Rxc3 41.Ne2 Bd3 42.Nxc3 Qxd4+ 43.Kh1 Qxc3 44.Rd1 Bxf1 45.Rxf1 h4 46.Qb8+ Kg7 47.Rd1 Ne3 48.Rg1 Nf5 49.Rb1 Qc2 50.Re1 Qf2 51.Qe5+ Kg8 52.Kh2 Ng3 53.Qa1 d4 54.Qc1 Kg7 55.Rd1 a6 56.Qc4 Nf5 57.Qxa6 Ne3 58.Rg1 Qc2 59.Qxb6 Qxa4 60.Qd6 Qc4 61.Qe5+ Kh7 62.Qf4 Nf5 63.Re1 Qc2 64.Re8 Qf2 65.Qe5 Qg3+ 66.Kg1 Qxe5 67.Rxe5 Kg7 68.Kf2 Kf6 69.Re4 Kg7 70.Ke1 Kf6 71.Kd2 Kg7 72.Kd3 Kf6 73.Re8 Kg5 74.Re4 Kf6 75.f4 Kg7 76.Re5 f6 77.Ra5 Kf7 78.Ke4 Ke6 79.Ra6+ Ke7 80.Kd5 Ne3+ 81.Kxd4 Nxg2 82.Ke4 g5 83.fxg5 fxg5 84.Kf5 Nf4 85.Ra3 1-0

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