
[Event "Titled Tue 5th Aug Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.08.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Al Tarbosh, W"]
[Black "Topalov, A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Opening "French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Closed Variation"]
[PlyCount "72"]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Ng8 5.f4 h5 6.Ngf3 Ne7 7.Bd3 g6 8.Ng5 Qd7 9.O-O b6 10.g3 Ba6 11.Ndf3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 Nf5 13.c4 c5 14.cxd5 Qxd5 15.Be3 Nc6 16.Rad1 cxd4 17.Bxd4 Nfxd4 18.Nxd4 Nxd4 19.Ne4 O-O-O 20.Nf6 Qb5 21.Qe4 Kb8 22.Kg2 Bc5 23.b4 Qxb4 24.Rb1 Qa4 25.Rfc1 Kc7 26.Rxc5+ Kb8 27.Rcc1 Qxa2+ 28.Kh3 h4 29.g4 Qa3+ 30.Kg2 h3+ 31.Kf2 Qa2+ 32.Kg1 Ne2+ 33.Kh1 Nxc1 34.Rxc1 Rd2 35.Qc6 Rxh2+ 36.Kg1 Qf2# 0-1
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.08.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Al Tarbosh, W"]
[Black "Topalov, A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Opening "French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Closed Variation"]
[PlyCount "72"]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Ng8 5.f4 h5 6.Ngf3 Ne7 7.Bd3 g6 8.Ng5 Qd7 9.O-O b6 10.g3 Ba6 11.Ndf3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 Nf5 13.c4 c5 14.cxd5 Qxd5 15.Be3 Nc6 16.Rad1 cxd4 17.Bxd4 Nfxd4 18.Nxd4 Nxd4 19.Ne4 O-O-O 20.Nf6 Qb5 21.Qe4 Kb8 22.Kg2 Bc5 23.b4 Qxb4 24.Rb1 Qa4 25.Rfc1 Kc7 26.Rxc5+ Kb8 27.Rcc1 Qxa2+ 28.Kh3 h4 29.g4 Qa3+ 30.Kg2 h3+ 31.Kf2 Qa2+ 32.Kg1 Ne2+ 33.Kh1 Nxc1 34.Rxc1 Rd2 35.Qc6 Rxh2+ 36.Kg1 Qf2# 0-1
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[Event "Titled Tue 5th Aug Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.08.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Al Tarbosh, W"]
[Black "Topalov, A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, closed variation"]
[EventDate "2025.08.05"]
[WhiteFideId "7601450"]
[BlackFideId "925659"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Ng8 5. f4 h5 6. Ngf3 Ne7 7. Bd3 g6 8.
Ng5 Qd7 9. O-O b6 10. g3 Ba6 11. Ndf3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nf5 13. c4 c5 14. cxd5
Qxd5 15. Be3 Nc6 16. Rad1 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Nfxd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Ne4 O-O-O
20. Nf6 Qb5 21. Qe4 Kb8 22. Kg2 Bc5 23. b4 Qxb4 24. Rb1 Qa4 25. Rfc1 Kc7
26. Rxc5+ Kb8 27. Rcc1 Qxa2+ 28. Kh3 h4 29. g4 Qa3+ 30. Kg2 h3+ 31. Kf2
Qa2+ 32. Kg1 Ne2+ 33. Kh1 Nxc1 34. Rxc1 Rd2 35. Qc6 Rxh2+ 36. Kg1 Qf2# 0-1