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Polgar,Ju – Istratescu,A

Polgar,Ju (2711)
Istratescu,A (2633)
Result: 1/2-1/2

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Date: November 16, 2008
Location: Dresden GER
Tournament: 38th Olympiad
Round: 4
Opening: C43 Petrov's Defence, Modern (Steinitz) Attack
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Published on: May 2, 2021

[Event "38th Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Istratescu,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.dxe5 Nc6 6.O-O Bg4 7.Nc3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Bc5 9.Re1 O-O 10.h3 Bh5 11.Bf5 Kh8 12.g4 Bg6 13.Qd3 Ne7 14.Bg5 c6 15.Bh4 Qc7 16.Kg2 Rae8 17.Bg3 Bxf5 18.gxf5 Qc8 19.f6 Ng6 20.Ng5 gxf6 21.exf6 Rxe1 22.Rxe1 Re8 23.Nxf7+ Kg8 24.Rxe8+ Qxe8 25.Ng5 Qd7 26.Qe2 Bf8 27.f7+ Kg7 28.Qe8 Qe7 29.Ne6+ Kh6 30.Nxf8 Qxf8 31.Qxf8+ Nxf8 32.Bd6 Kg7 33.Kf3 Ne6 34.f8=Q+ Nxf8 35.Bxf8+ Kxf8 36.Kf4 Ke7 37.Ke5 a5 38.f4 a4 39.f5 a3 40.f6+ Kf7 41.Kf5 c5 42.Ke5 c4 43.Kxd5 Kxf6 44.Kxc4 h5 45.Kb5 Ke5 46.c4 h4 47.c5 Kd4 48.Kb4 Ke3 49.Kxa3 Kf4 50.Kb2 Kg3 51.a4 Kxh3 52.a5 Kg3 53.a6 bxa6 54.c6 h3 55.c7 h2 56.c8=Q h1=Q 57.Qxa6 Qh8+ 58.c3 Qb8+ 59.Kc2 Kf4 60.Qf6+ Ke4 61.Qe6+ Kf4 62.Qd5 Qb6 63.c4 Qe3 64.Qd6+ Kf5 65.c5 Qe6 66.Qd3+ Kf6 67.Kc3 Ke7 68.Kb4 Qd7 69.Qg3 Qb7+ 70.Kc3 Kd7 71.Qd6+ Kc8 72.c6 Qb3+ 73.Kxb3 1/2-1/2

FEN image of position

[Event "38th Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Istratescu,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.dxe5 Nc6 6.O-O Bg4 7.Nc3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Bc5 9.Re1 O-O 10.h3 Bh5 11.Bf5 Kh8 12.g4 Bg6 13.Qd3 Ne7 14.Bg5 c6 15.Bh4 Qc7 16.Kg2 Rae8 17.Bg3 Bxf5 18.gxf5 Qc8 19.f6 Ng6 20.Ng5 gxf6 21.exf6 Rxe1 22.Rxe1 Re8 23.Nxf7+ Kg8 24.Rxe8+ Qxe8 25.Ng5 Qd7 26.Qe2 Bf8 27.f7+ Kg7 28.Qe8 Qe7 29.Ne6+ Kh6 30.Nxf8 Qxf8 31.Qxf8+ Nxf8 32.Bd6 Kg7 33.Kf3 Ne6 34.f8=Q+ Nxf8 35.Bxf8+ Kxf8 36.Kf4 Ke7 37.Ke5 a5 38.f4 a4 39.f5 a3 40.f6+ Kf7 41.Kf5 c5 42.Ke5 c4 43.Kxd5 Kxf6 44.Kxc4 h5 45.Kb5 Ke5 46.c4 h4 47.c5 Kd4 48.Kb4 Ke3 49.Kxa3 Kf4 50.Kb2 Kg3 51.a4 Kxh3 52.a5 Kg3 53.a6 bxa6 54.c6 h3 55.c7 h2 56.c8=Q h1=Q 57.Qxa6 Qh8+ 58.c3 Qb8+ 59.Kc2 Kf4 60.Qf6+ Ke4 61.Qe6+ Kf4 62.Qd5 Qb6 63.c4 Qe3 64.Qd6+ Kf5 65.c5 Qe6 66.Qd3+ Kf6 67.Kc3 Ke7 68.Kb4 Qd7 69.Qg3 Qb7+ 70.Kc3 Kd7 71.Qd6+ Kc8 72.c6 Qb3+ 73.Kxb3 1/2-1/2

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