[Event "SixDays Budapest May GM"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "2025.05.15"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Kovalev, An"]
[Black "Smirnov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[ECO "B51"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.O-O e5 7.Nf5 a6 8.Bd3 Nc5 9.Nc3 d5 10.Bg5 dxe4 11.Bxe4 Qxd1 12.Raxd1 Ncxe4 13.Nxg7+ Bxg7 14.Nxe4 Bg4 15.Bxf6 Bxd1 16.Bxg7 Bxc2 17.Bxh8 Bxe4 18.Bxe5 Rd8 19.Re1 Kf8 20.h4 Bd5 21.Bf6 Rd7 22.Kh2 Be6 23.a3 Rd5 24.f3 Ke8 25.Re3 Rd2 26.Bc3 Rd5 27.Bf6 Rd2 28.h5 Kd7 29.Bc3 Rd5 30.g4 f5 31.Kg3 fxg4 32.fxg4 Rd1 33.Re4 Ke7 34.Bb4+ Kd7 35.Bc5 Rd2 36.Bd4 Rd3+ 37.Kf2 Rd2+ 38.Kg3 Rd3+ 39.Be3 Rb3 40.g5 Bd5 41.Re5 Kd6 42.Kf4 Rxb2 43.Rf5 Rb5 44.Rf6+ Ke7 45.Bd2 a5 46.Be3 Ba2 47.Bd4 Bf7 48.g6 hxg6 49.hxg6 Bc4 50.g7 Rb1 51.Rf8 b5 52.Bc5+ Kd7 53.g8=Q Bxg8 54.Rxg8 b4 55.a4 b3 56.Rb8 Kc6 57.Bd4 Kd5 58.Ke3 Re1+ 59.Kd3 Rd1+ 60.Kc3 b2 61.Rb5+ Ke4 62.Re5+ Kf4 63.Kxb2 Rxd4 64.Rxa5 Rd3 65.Ra8 Ke5 66.a5 Kf6 67.a6 Rd7 68.Kb3 Kg7 69.Rb8 Kf6 70.Kc4 Ke6 71.Rb6+ Ke5 72.Kc5 Ra7 73.Rh6 Ra8 74.Kb6 1-0