
[Event "111th ch-GBR Major Open"]
[Site "Liverpool ENG"]
[Date "2025.08.08"]
[Round "7.56"]
[White "Byrne, Colin"]
[Black "Taylor, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1716"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Opening "English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Botvinnik System Reversed, with Nf3"]
[PlyCount "68"]
1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 e5 6.e4 Nge7 7.d3 d6 8.Be3 O-O 9.Qd2 Rb8 10.O-O a6 11.Rab1 b5 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 Ne7 14.Bh6 Nf5 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.b4 cxb4 17.Rxb4 Bd7 18.Rfb1 Qc7 19.Qb2 a5 20.Rb3 b4 21.Qe2 Ba4 22.R3b2 Qc5 23.g4 Nd4 24.Nxd4 Qxd4 25.Qe4 Qc3 26.Qe2 Rb6 27.Bf3 Rfb8 28.Qd2 Qxd2 29.Rxd2 b3 30.axb3 Bxb3 31.Rdb2 a4 32.Bd1 a3 33.Rxb3 a2 34.Ra1 Rxb3 1/2-1/2
[Site "Liverpool ENG"]
[Date "2025.08.08"]
[Round "7.56"]
[White "Byrne, Colin"]
[Black "Taylor, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1716"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Opening "English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Botvinnik System Reversed, with Nf3"]
[PlyCount "68"]
1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 e5 6.e4 Nge7 7.d3 d6 8.Be3 O-O 9.Qd2 Rb8 10.O-O a6 11.Rab1 b5 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 Ne7 14.Bh6 Nf5 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.b4 cxb4 17.Rxb4 Bd7 18.Rfb1 Qc7 19.Qb2 a5 20.Rb3 b4 21.Qe2 Ba4 22.R3b2 Qc5 23.g4 Nd4 24.Nxd4 Qxd4 25.Qe4 Qc3 26.Qe2 Rb6 27.Bf3 Rfb8 28.Qd2 Qxd2 29.Rxd2 b3 30.axb3 Bxb3 31.Rdb2 a4 32.Bd1 a3 33.Rxb3 a2 34.Ra1 Rxb3 1/2-1/2
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[Event "111th ch-GBR Major Open"]
[Site "Liverpool ENG"]
[Date "2025.08.08"]
[Round "7.56"]
[White "Byrne, Colin"]
[Black "Taylor, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1716"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, Botvinnik system reversed"]
[EventDate "2025.07.02"]
[WhiteFideId "343459838"]
1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 e5 6. e4 Nge7 7. d3 d6 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 Rb8 10. O-O a6 11. Rab1 b5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. Bh6
Nf5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. b4 cxb4 17. Rxb4 Bd7 18. Rfb1 Qc7 19. Qb2 a5 20. Rb3
b4 21. Qe2 Ba4 22. R3b2 Qc5 23. g4 Nd4 24. Nxd4 Qxd4 25. Qe4 Qc3 26. Qe2
Rb6 27. Bf3 Rfb8 28. Qd2 Qxd2 29. Rxd2 b3 30. axb3 Bxb3 31. Rdb2 a4 32. Bd1
a3 33. Rxb3 a2 34. Ra1 Rxb3 1/2-1/2