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Melkumyan,H – Grachev,B

Melkumyan,H (2642)
Grachev,B (2654)
Result: 1/2-1/2

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Date: September 4, 2017
Location: Tbilisi GEO
Tournament: FIDE World Cup 2017
Round:
Opening: E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3
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Published on: May 13, 2020

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Melkumyan,H"]
[Black "Grachev,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.d4 dxc4 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Nbd2 Bb4 7.O-O Bxd2 8.Bxd2 Bc6 9.Rc1 Bd5 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Re1 h6 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.Qa4+ c6 14.Qa3 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Qe7 16.Qxe7+ Kxe7 17.Rxc4 Rhd8 18.e3 a5 19.a3 Ra6 20.Rb1 Ne8 21.Rc5 Rda8 22.Be2 Rb6 23.Kf1 Nf6 24.Rc2 a4 25.Bd3 Nd7 26.Rd1 Ra5 27.Bc4 c5 28.d5 Rd6 29.Ke1 Nb6 30.dxe6 Rxd1+ 31.Kxd1 Nxc4 32.Rxc4 Kxe6 33.Kc2 b6 34.Re4+ Kd7 35.h4 h5 36.g4 hxg4 37.Rxg4 g6 38.Rg5 Ke6 39.h5 gxh5 40.Rxh5 Ra8 41.Rh6+ f6 42.Rh7 Rg8 43.Kd3 Rd8+ 44.Kc3 Kd5 45.Ra7 b5 46.Ra5 Rb8 47.Kd3 f5 48.Ra6 Rd8 49.Rb6 c4+ 50.Kc3 Kc5 51.Rf6 Rd3+ 52.Kc2 Rd5 53.Rf8 Kb6 54.Rf7 Kc6 55.Rf6+ Kc5 56.Re6 b4 57.axb4+ Kxb4 58.Rb6+ Kc5 59.Rf6 Kb4 60.Rf8 Kc5 61.Rg8 Kb4 62.Rb8+ Kc5 63.Re8 Kb4 64.Re7 Kc5 65.Rh7 Kb4 66.Rh5 Re5 67.Rg5 Rd5 68.Rh5 Re5 69.Rh4 Rd5 70.Rd4 Re5 71.Rd8 f4 72.Rb8+ Kc5 73.Rc8+ Kb4 74.Rb8+ Kc5 75.exf4 Re2+ 76.Kc3 Rxf2 77.Rc8+ Kd5 78.Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

FEN image of position

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Melkumyan,H"]
[Black "Grachev,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.d4 dxc4 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Nbd2 Bb4 7.O-O Bxd2 8.Bxd2 Bc6 9.Rc1 Bd5 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Re1 h6 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.Qa4+ c6 14.Qa3 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Qe7 16.Qxe7+ Kxe7 17.Rxc4 Rhd8 18.e3 a5 19.a3 Ra6 20.Rb1 Ne8 21.Rc5 Rda8 22.Be2 Rb6 23.Kf1 Nf6 24.Rc2 a4 25.Bd3 Nd7 26.Rd1 Ra5 27.Bc4 c5 28.d5 Rd6 29.Ke1 Nb6 30.dxe6 Rxd1+ 31.Kxd1 Nxc4 32.Rxc4 Kxe6 33.Kc2 b6 34.Re4+ Kd7 35.h4 h5 36.g4 hxg4 37.Rxg4 g6 38.Rg5 Ke6 39.h5 gxh5 40.Rxh5 Ra8 41.Rh6+ f6 42.Rh7 Rg8 43.Kd3 Rd8+ 44.Kc3 Kd5 45.Ra7 b5 46.Ra5 Rb8 47.Kd3 f5 48.Ra6 Rd8 49.Rb6 c4+ 50.Kc3 Kc5 51.Rf6 Rd3+ 52.Kc2 Rd5 53.Rf8 Kb6 54.Rf7 Kc6 55.Rf6+ Kc5 56.Re6 b4 57.axb4+ Kxb4 58.Rb6+ Kc5 59.Rf6 Kb4 60.Rf8 Kc5 61.Rg8 Kb4 62.Rb8+ Kc5 63.Re8 Kb4 64.Re7 Kc5 65.Rh7 Kb4 66.Rh5 Re5 67.Rg5 Rd5 68.Rh5 Re5 69.Rh4 Rd5 70.Rd4 Re5 71.Rd8 f4 72.Rb8+ Kc5 73.Rc8+ Kb4 74.Rb8+ Kc5 75.exf4 Re2+ 76.Kc3 Rxf2 77.Rc8+ Kd5 78.Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

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