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#1365973
[Event "Royal City Masters 2025"]
[Site "Guelph CAN"]
[Date "2025.08.02"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Xu, Leon"]
[Black "Vettese, Nicholas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2046"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[ECO "B49"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Bastrikov Variation"]
[PlyCount "81"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Be2 Nf6 8.O-O Be7 9.f4 d6 10.a4 O-O 11.Kh1 Bd7 12.Bd3 Rfe8 13.Qf3 Bf8 14.Rae1 Qa5 15.Nb3 Qh5 16.Qxh5 Nxh5 17.g4 Nf6 18.g5 Nh5 19.f5 Nb4 20.f6 g6 21.Rc1 Rac8 22.Na5 h6 23.Be2 hxg5 24.Bxh5 gxh5 25.Rg1 g4 26.h3 e5 27.Nxb7 Kh7 28.hxg4 Bxg4 29.Kh2 Nc6 30.Rxg4 hxg4 31.Rg1 Rb8 32.Rxg4 Rxb7 33.Rh4+ Kg6 34.Nd5 Rxb2 35.Rg4+ Kh7 36.Rh4+ Bh6 37.Bxh6 Rb1 38.Bc1+ Kg8 39.Rg4+ Kh7 40.Rh4+ Kg8 41.Rg4+ 1/2-1/2
[Site "Guelph CAN"]
[Date "2025.08.02"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Xu, Leon"]
[Black "Vettese, Nicholas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2046"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[ECO "B49"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Bastrikov Variation"]
[PlyCount "81"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Be2 Nf6 8.O-O Be7 9.f4 d6 10.a4 O-O 11.Kh1 Bd7 12.Bd3 Rfe8 13.Qf3 Bf8 14.Rae1 Qa5 15.Nb3 Qh5 16.Qxh5 Nxh5 17.g4 Nf6 18.g5 Nh5 19.f5 Nb4 20.f6 g6 21.Rc1 Rac8 22.Na5 h6 23.Be2 hxg5 24.Bxh5 gxh5 25.Rg1 g4 26.h3 e5 27.Nxb7 Kh7 28.hxg4 Bxg4 29.Kh2 Nc6 30.Rxg4 hxg4 31.Rg1 Rb8 32.Rxg4 Rxb7 33.Rh4+ Kg6 34.Nd5 Rxb2 35.Rg4+ Kh7 36.Rh4+ Bh6 37.Bxh6 Rb1 38.Bc1+ Kg8 39.Rg4+ Kh7 40.Rh4+ Kg8 41.Rg4+ 1/2-1/2
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[Event "Royal City Masters 2025"]
[Site "Guelph CAN"]
[Date "2025.08.02"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Xu, Leon"]
[Black "Vettese, Nicholas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2046"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[ECO "B49"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[EventDate "2025.08.01"]
[WhiteFideId "2638835"]
[BlackFideId "2620090"]
[EventType "swiss"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Nf6
8. O-O Be7 9. f4 d6 10. a4 O-O 11. Kh1 Bd7 12. Bd3 Rfe8 13. Qf3 Bf8 14.
Rae1 Qa5 15. Nb3 Qh5 16. Qxh5 Nxh5 17. g4 Nf6 18. g5 Nh5 19. f5 Nb4 20. f6
g6 21. Rc1 Rac8 22. Na5 h6 23. Be2 hxg5 24. Bxh5 gxh5 25. Rg1 g4 26. h3 e5
27. Nxb7 Kh7 28. hxg4 Bxg4 29. Kh2 Nc6 30. Rxg4 hxg4 31. Rg1 Rb8 32. Rxg4
Rxb7 33. Rh4+ Kg6 34. Nd5 Rxb2 35. Rg4+ Kh7 36. Rh4+ Bh6 37. Bxh6 Rb1 38.
Bc1+ Kg8 39. Rg4+ Kh7 40. Rh4+ Kg8 41. Rg4+ 1/2-1/2
