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WORLDBASE Game GM Nihal vs GM Esipenko

Stockfish
Event Titled Tue 24th Feb 2026
Site chess.com INT
Date 2026.02.24
Round 7
White GM Nihal, Sarin
Black GM Esipenko, Andrey
Result 1-0
WhiteElo 2716
BlackElo 2698
ECO D02
Opening Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation, Pseudo-Catalan
PlyCount 61
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.O-O e6 6.e3 Bd7 7.Qe2 Rc8 8.Rd1 Qc7 9.c4 dxc4 10.Nc3 a6 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Qxc4 Be7 13.Bd2 O-O 14.Rac1 Rfd8 15.Be1 Be8 16.Rxd8 Qxd8 17.Qe2 b5 18.Rd1 Qc7 19.Nd2 Ne5 20.Nde4 Bc6 21.Nxf6+ Bxf6 22.Ne4 Be7 23.Bc3 Ng6 24.f4 Qb7 25.Nd6 Bxd6 26.Rxd6 h6 27.Bxc6 Rxc6 28.Qf3 Ne7 29.Rd8+ Kh7 30.Qh5 Nd5 31.Rh8+ 1-0
Lichess | rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1 | PGN
[Event "Titled Tue 24th Feb 2026"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2026.02.24"] [Round "7"] [White "Nihal, Sarin"] [Black "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [WhiteElo "2716"] [BlackElo "2698"] [ECO "D02"] [Opening "Queen's pawn game"] [EventDate "2026.02.24"] [WhiteFideId "25092340"] [BlackFideId "24175439"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O e6 6. e3 Bd7 7. Qe2 Rc8 8. Rd1 Qc7 9. c4 dxc4 10. Nc3 a6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Qxc4 Be7 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Rac1 Rfd8 15. Be1 Be8 16. Rxd8 Qxd8 17. Qe2 b5 18. Rd1 Qc7 19. Nd2 Ne5 20. Nde4 Bc6 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Ne4 Be7 23. Bc3 Ng6 24. f4 Qb7 25. Nd6 Bxd6 26. Rxd6 h6 27. Bxc6 Rxc6 28. Qf3 Ne7 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. Qh5 Nd5 31. Rh8+ 1-0
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