Short, Nigel D vs Veselin Topalov

0-1 · Black won Novgorod, round 5 1997 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, English Attack, Anti-English (B90) The Modern Era

♞

Veselin Topalov

Black

♘

Short, Nigel D

White

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. 0-1

Raw PGN

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.06.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3
Bg7 10.Be2 h5 11.Bxg4 Bxg4 12.f3 Bd7 13.Bf2 Nc6 14.O-O e6 15.Nxc6 Bxc6 16.Bd4
Be5 17.Qd2 Qf6 18.Bxe5 dxe5 19.a4 O-O 20.b3 Rfd8 21.Qe3 Qf4 22.Qxf4 gxf4 23.Rfd1
h4 24.Rxd8+ Rxd8 25.Rd1 Rc8 26.Rd2 Kf8 27.Nd1 Ke7 28.Nf2 f5 29.Kf1 fxe4 30.fxe4
a5 31.Ke2 Be8 32.Kd1 Bh5+ 33.Kc1 Rg8 34.Nd3 h3 35.gxh3 Rg1+ 36.Kb2 Bf3 37.Nxe5
Bxe4 38.Rf2 Kf6 39.Nc4 Kg5 40.h4+ Kg4 41.h5 f3 42.h6 Kf4 43.Nd2 Rg6 44.h7 Rh6
45.h8=Q Rxh8 0-1

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