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#1220093
[Event "111th ch-GBR Major Open"]
[Site "Liverpool ENG"]
[Date "2025.08.02"]
[Round "1.47"]
[White "Rich, Aaron"]
[Black "Buffard, Julien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1944"]
[BlackElo "1732"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Bastrikov Variation, English Attack"]
[PlyCount "107"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qf3 b5 8.O-O-O Bb7 9.Qg3 Qxg3 10.hxg3 Nf6 11.f3 Bc5 12.g4 Bxd4 13.Bxd4 Nxd4 14.Rxd4 d5 15.g5 Ng8 16.exd5 Rd8 17.Bd3 Ne7 18.Rdh4 Bxd5 19.Rxh7 Rxh7 20.Rxh7 g6 21.a4 b4 22.Rh8+ Kd7 23.Rxd8+ Kxd8 24.Nxd5 Nxd5 25.Bxa6 Nf4 26.g3 Nh3 27.f4 e5 28.fxe5 Nxg5 29.Bc4 Nf3 30.Bxf7 Nxe5 31.Bd5 Kc7 32.a5 Ng4 33.Kd2 Nf6 34.Bf3 g5 35.Kd3 g4 36.Be2 Kc6 37.Kd4 Kd6 38.a6 Kc6 39.Kc4 Kb6 40.Kxb4 Nd5+ 41.Kc4 Ne3+ 42.Kd3 Nf5 43.Bxg4 Nxg3 44.Ke3 Nf1+ 45.Kd4 Ng3 46.Bc8 Nh5 47.b4 Ng7 48.c4 Ne8 49.c5+ Ka7 50.b5 Kb8 51.Bh3 Ka7 52.Bf1 Kb8 53.b6 Nf6 54.a7+ 1-0
[Site "Liverpool ENG"]
[Date "2025.08.02"]
[Round "1.47"]
[White "Rich, Aaron"]
[Black "Buffard, Julien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1944"]
[BlackElo "1732"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Bastrikov Variation, English Attack"]
[PlyCount "107"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qf3 b5 8.O-O-O Bb7 9.Qg3 Qxg3 10.hxg3 Nf6 11.f3 Bc5 12.g4 Bxd4 13.Bxd4 Nxd4 14.Rxd4 d5 15.g5 Ng8 16.exd5 Rd8 17.Bd3 Ne7 18.Rdh4 Bxd5 19.Rxh7 Rxh7 20.Rxh7 g6 21.a4 b4 22.Rh8+ Kd7 23.Rxd8+ Kxd8 24.Nxd5 Nxd5 25.Bxa6 Nf4 26.g3 Nh3 27.f4 e5 28.fxe5 Nxg5 29.Bc4 Nf3 30.Bxf7 Nxe5 31.Bd5 Kc7 32.a5 Ng4 33.Kd2 Nf6 34.Bf3 g5 35.Kd3 g4 36.Be2 Kc6 37.Kd4 Kd6 38.a6 Kc6 39.Kc4 Kb6 40.Kxb4 Nd5+ 41.Kc4 Ne3+ 42.Kd3 Nf5 43.Bxg4 Nxg3 44.Ke3 Nf1+ 45.Kd4 Ng3 46.Bc8 Nh5 47.b4 Ng7 48.c4 Ne8 49.c5+ Ka7 50.b5 Kb8 51.Bh3 Ka7 52.Bf1 Kb8 53.b6 Nf6 54.a7+ 1-0
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[Event "111th ch-GBR Major Open"]
[Site "Liverpool ENG"]
[Date "2025.08.02"]
[Round "1.47"]
[White "Rich, Aaron"]
[Black "Buffard, Julien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1944"]
[BlackElo "1732"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[EventDate "2025.07.02"]
[WhiteFideId "499951"]
[BlackFideId "653057791"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 b5 8.
O-O-O Bb7 9. Qg3 Qxg3 10. hxg3 Nf6 11. f3 Bc5 12. g4 Bxd4 13. Bxd4 Nxd4 14.
Rxd4 d5 15. g5 Ng8 16. exd5 Rd8 17. Bd3 Ne7 18. Rdh4 Bxd5 19. Rxh7 Rxh7 20.
Rxh7 g6 21. a4 b4 22. Rh8+ Kd7 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Bxa6 Nf4
26. g3 Nh3 27. f4 e5 28. fxe5 Nxg5 29. Bc4 Nf3 30. Bxf7 Nxe5 31. Bd5 Kc7
32. a5 Ng4 33. Kd2 Nf6 34. Bf3 g5 35. Kd3 g4 36. Be2 Kc6 37. Kd4 Kd6 38. a6
Kc6 39. Kc4 Kb6 40. Kxb4 Nd5+ 41. Kc4 Ne3+ 42. Kd3 Nf5 43. Bxg4 Nxg3 44.
Ke3 Nf1+ 45. Kd4 Ng3 46. Bc8 Nh5 47. b4 Ng7 48. c4 Ne8 49. c5+ Ka7 50. b5
Kb8 51. Bh3 Ka7 52. Bf1 Kb8 53. b6 Nf6 54. a7+ 1-0
