[Event "Titled Tue 17th Jun Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tikhonov, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2183"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[ECO "B40"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 b6 4.Bb2 Bb7 5.Qe2 Nc6 6.g3 d6 7.Bg2 e5 8.O-O Nf6 9.c3 Be7 10.d4 cxd4 11.cxd4 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 exd4 13.Bxd4 O-O 14.Rd1 Re8 15.Nc3 Bf8 16.Qd3 Nd7 17.Re1 Nc5 18.Qd2 Rc8 19.Rad1 Rc7 20.b4 Ne6 21.Be3 Qa8 22.Nd5 Rcc8 23.Rc1 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 Rc8 25.Rd1 Rc4 26.a3 Qc8 27.Rc1 Rxc1+ 28.Qxc1 Qd7 29.Qc2 h5 30.h4 Qb5 31.Nf4 Nxf4 32.Bxf4 Qe8 33.Qd1 Bxe4 34.Bxe4 Qxe4 35.Qxh5 d5 36.Qd1 d4 37.Qd2 d3 38.Qe3 Qd5 39.Qd2 a5 40.bxa5 bxa5 41.a4 Bb4 42.Qd1 d2 43.Kf1 Qh1+ 44.Ke2 Qe4+ 45.Kf1 Qe1+ 0-1