Safarli, Eltaj – Sarana, Alexey Safarli, Eltaj (2608) Sarana, Alexey (2668) Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: February 3, 2023 Location: chess.com INT Tournament: Airthings Masters Play-In Round: 6 Opening: B23 Sicilian Closed, 2.Nc3 (without 2...a6 3.Nf3 (B28), 2...d6 3.Nf3 (B50), 2...Nc6 3.g3 (B24–B26)) Submitted by: Published on: February 18, 2023 [Event "Airthings Masters Play-In"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.02.03"] [Round "6"] [White "Safarli, Eltaj"] [Black "Sarana, Alexey"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [WhiteElo "2608"] [BlackElo "2668"] [ECO "B23"] [Opening "Sicilian"] [Variation "closed"] [WhiteFideId "13402129"] [BlackFideId "24133795"] [EventDate "2023.02.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. f4 e6 6. Nf3 Ngf6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. Qe1 a6 10. a4 Ne8 11. Qg3 f5 12. Qh3 g6 13. Kh1 Ndf6 14. Bd2 Ng4 15. Rae1 Ng7 16. a5 Qd7 17. b3 Rae8 18. Na4 Qc6 19. Nb6 Bd8 20. Bc3 Nh5 21. Bd2 Bxb6 22. axb6 Qxb6 23. Ng5 h6 24. Nf3 Qd8 25. d4 b6 26. d5 exd5 27. exf5 Rxe1 28. Nxe1 Nhf6 29. fxg6 Qe8 30. Qf3 Ne4 31. Qxg4 Nxd2 32. Rg1 Qe3 33. Qd7 Rxf4 34. Qh7+ Kf8 35. g7+ Ke8 36. g8=Q+ Rf8 37. Qgg6+ Kd8 38. Qxd6+ 1-0 [Event "Airthings Masters Play-In"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.02.03"] [Round "6"] [White "Safarli, Eltaj"] [Black "Sarana, Alexey"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [WhiteElo "2608"] [BlackElo "2668"] [ECO "B23"] [Opening "Sicilian"] [Variation "closed"] [WhiteFideId "13402129"] [BlackFideId "24133795"] [EventDate "2023.02.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. f4 e6 6. Nf3 Ngf6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. Qe1 a6 10. a4 Ne8 11. Qg3 f5 12. Qh3 g6 13. Kh1 Ndf6 14. Bd2 Ng4 15. Rae1 Ng7 16. a5 Qd7 17. b3 Rae8 18. Na4 Qc6 19. Nb6 Bd8 20. Bc3 Nh5 21. Bd2 Bxb6 22. axb6 Qxb6 23. Ng5 h6 24. Nf3 Qd8 25. d4 b6 26. d5 exd5 27. exf5 Rxe1 28. Nxe1 Nhf6 29. fxg6 Qe8 30. Qf3 Ne4 31. Qxg4 Nxd2 32. Rg1 Qe3 33. Qd7 Rxf4 34. Qh7+ Kf8 35. g7+ Ke8 36. g8=Q+ Rf8 37. Qgg6+ Kd8 38. Qxd6+ 1-0 White to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Black to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Warning: This game can only be seen if JavaScript is enabled in your browser. No related posts.