
[Event "Titled Tue 5th Aug Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.08.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tikhonov, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Illingworth, M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2183"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French Defense: Steinitz Variation"]
[PlyCount "54"]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.a3 Nxc5 8.b4 Nd7 9.Bd3 a5 10.b5 Ne7 11.Be3 Ng6 12.Nf3 Bc5 13.Qd2 d4 14.Nxd4 Nxf4 15.Ne4 Nxd3+ 16.cxd3 Be7 17.Bf4 O-O 18.O-O Nc5 19.Nd6 f6 20.Nxc8 Rxc8 21.Qe3 Qd5 22.exf6 Bxf6 23.Nf3 Bxa1 24.Rxa1 Qxd3 25.Qxd3 Nxd3 26.Bd6 Rfd8 27.Be7 Rd5 0-1
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.08.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tikhonov, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Illingworth, M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2183"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French Defense: Steinitz Variation"]
[PlyCount "54"]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.a3 Nxc5 8.b4 Nd7 9.Bd3 a5 10.b5 Ne7 11.Be3 Ng6 12.Nf3 Bc5 13.Qd2 d4 14.Nxd4 Nxf4 15.Ne4 Nxd3+ 16.cxd3 Be7 17.Bf4 O-O 18.O-O Nc5 19.Nd6 f6 20.Nxc8 Rxc8 21.Qe3 Qd5 22.exf6 Bxf6 23.Nf3 Bxa1 24.Rxa1 Qxd3 25.Qxd3 Nxd3 26.Bd6 Rfd8 27.Be7 Rd5 0-1
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[Event "Titled Tue 5th Aug Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.08.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tikhonov, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Illingworth, M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2183"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz variation"]
[EventDate "2025.08.05"]
[WhiteFideId "44196407"]
[BlackFideId "3205207"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. a3 Nxc5 8.
b4 Nd7 9. Bd3 a5 10. b5 Ne7 11. Be3 Ng6 12. Nf3 Bc5 13. Qd2 d4 14. Nxd4
Nxf4 15. Ne4 Nxd3+ 16. cxd3 Be7 17. Bf4 O-O 18. O-O Nc5 19. Nd6 f6 20. Nxc8
Rxc8 21. Qe3 Qd5 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Nf3 Bxa1 24. Rxa1 Qxd3 25. Qxd3 Nxd3 26.
Bd6 Rfd8 27. Be7 Rd5 0-1