Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Esipenko,Andrey
1-0 · White won
Titled Tue 10th Feb 2026, round 10
2026 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Martinez Variation (C84)
The Engine Age
♞
Esipenko,Andrey
♘
Ian Nepomniachtchi
Moves
Legends
1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.13.14.15.16.17.18.19.20.21.22.23.24.25.26.27.28.29.30.31.32.33.34.35.36.37.38.39.40.41.42.43.44.45.46.47.48.49.50.51.52.53.54.55.56.57.58.59.60.61.62.63.64.65.66.67.68.69.70.71.72.73.74.75.76.77.78.79.80.81.82.83.84.85.86.87.88. 1-0
Raw PGN
[Event "Titled Tue 10th Feb 2026"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2026.02.10"] [Round "10"] [White "Nepomniachtchi,I"] [Black "Esipenko,Andrey"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a3 O-O 9.Nc3 Rb8 10.h3 h6 11.Bd2 Re8 12.Nd5 Bf8 13.c3 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Ne7 15.Ba2 Ng6 16.Re1 Be6 17.Bxe6 Rxe6 18.d4 d5 19.Qb3 c5 20.Qxd5 Rd6 21.Qb3 exd4 22.cxd4 cxd4 23.e5 Re6 24.Re4 Qb6 25.Rd1 Rd8 26.Bf4 Bc5 27.Bg3 a5 28.Rd3 Qb7 29.Rg4 Qd5 30.Qxb5 Rb6 31.Qxa5 Rxb2 32.e6 Bb6 33.Qxd5 Rxd5 34.exf7+ Kxf7 35.Nxd4 Bc5 36.Rf3+ Kg8 37.Ne6 Rd1+ 38.Kh2 Rbb1 39.Bc7 h5 40.Nxc5 hxg4 41.hxg4 Rbc1 42.Bb6 Ne5 43.Rf4 Rd6 44.Ba7 Nc6 45.Bb6 Ne7 46.Na4 Nd5 47.Be3 Nxe3 48.fxe3 Ra1 49.Nb2 Rxa3 50.Nc4 Rh6+ 51.Kg3 Ra4 52.g5 Rc6 53.Ne5 Rxf4 54.exf4 Rc5 55.Kg4 Rc2 56.g3 Rc3 57.g6 Kf8 58.f5 Ke7 59.Kf4 Rc1 60.g4 Re1 61.Nc6+ Kd6 62.Nd4 Ke7 63.Kg5 Re4 64.Nf3 Kf8 65.Nh4 Ra4 66.Ng2 Ra6 67.Nf4 Kg8 68.Ne6 Rb6 69.Kf4 Ra6 70.g5 Ra4+ 71.Ke5 Ra5+ 72.Ke4 Ra4+ 73.Kd5 Ra5+ 74.Nc5 Ra1 75.Ne4 Rf1 76.Ke5 Re1 77.f6 gxf6+ 78.gxf6 Kf8 79.Kf5 Rf1+ 80.Kg4 Rg1+ 81.Ng3 Ke8 82.Kf4 Kf8 83.Kf3 Kg8 84.Kf2 Ra1 85.Ke3 Ra6 86.f7+ Kg7 87.Nf5+ Kf8 88.Nd6 1-0