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WORLDBASE Game GM Esipenko vs GM Zhigalko

Stockfish
Event 2nd 3-0 Thu 20th Aug 2026
Site chess.com INT
Date 2026.08.20
Round 7
White GM Esipenko, Andrey
Black GM Zhigalko, S
Result 1-0
WhiteElo 2680
BlackElo 2572
ECO A20
Opening English Opening: King's English Variation
PlyCount 63
1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Nxe5 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Re8 7.Nf3 d6 8.Nc3 Bg4 9.d4 Bf8 10.h3 Bh5 11.Qb3 Qc8 12.g4 Bg6 13.Nh4 Nbd7 14.Nxg6 hxg6 15.Bf4 Nb6 16.e3 Qe6 17.d5 cxd5 18.cxd5 Qd7 19.Rac1 Rec8 20.Nb5 Rc5 21.Rxc5 dxc5 22.Nc3 c4 23.Qd1 Rd8 24.Qd4 Qc8 25.d6 Ne8 26.Ne4 f5 27.gxf5 gxf5 28.Ng5 Nf6 29.Be5 Ne4 30.Bxe4 fxe4 31.Qxe4 Bxd6 32.Qh7+ 1-0
Lichess | rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1 | PGN
[Event "2nd 3-0 Thu 20th Aug 2026"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2026.08.20"] [Round "7"] [White "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Black "Zhigalko, S"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [WhiteElo "2680"] [BlackElo "2572"] [ECO "A20"] [Opening "English opening"] [EventDate "2026.08.20"] [WhiteFideId "24175439"] [BlackFideId "13502956"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1659"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2026.08.24"] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nxe5 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Nf3 d6 8. Nc3 Bg4 9. d4 Bf8 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qb3 Qc8 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nh4 Nbd7 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Bf4 Nb6 16. e3 Qe6 17. d5 cxd5 18. cxd5 Qd7 19. Rac1 Rec8 20. Nb5 Rc5 21. Rxc5 dxc5 22. Nc3 c4 23. Qd1 Rd8 24. Qd4 Qc8 25. d6 Ne8 26. Ne4 f5 27. gxf5 gxf5 28. Ng5 Nf6 29. Be5 Ne4 30. Bxe4 fxe4 31. Qxe4 Bxd6 32. Qh7+ 1-0
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