Veselin Topalov vs Gelfand, Boris

1-0 · White won Amber Blindfold, round 7 1999 Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Nimzowitsch Variation (E15) The Modern Era

♞

Gelfand, Boris

Black

♘

Veselin Topalov

White

Moves Legends

1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.13.14.15.16.17.18.19.20.21.22.23.24.25.26.27.28.29.30.31.32.33.34.35.36.37.38.39.40.41.42.43.44.45.46.47.48.49. 1-0

Raw PGN

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 d5 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Ne5 Bb7 10.b3 c5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.Bb2 Nbd7 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.e4 Rfd8 15.exd5 Bxd5
16.Nc4 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Qb7+ 18.Qf3 Qxf3+ 19.Kxf3 Nd5 20.Rfd1 Nb4 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8
22.Re1 Bf8 23.a3 Nc6 24.Re2 f6 25.Rd2 Rb8 26.Rd3 Kf7 27.g4 Ke6 28.h4 g6 29.Re3+
Kd5 30.Bxf6 Rb7 31.g5 Bg7 32.Bxg7 Rxg7 33.Kg4 Rb7 34.f4 Re7 35.Rxe7 Nxe7 36.h5
Kd4 37.Nd6 Kc3 38.f5 gxf5+ 39.Nxf5 Ng8 40.Kf4 Kxb3 41.Ke5 Kxa3 42.Ke6 a5 43.Kf7
a4 44.Kxg8 Kb2 45.g6 h6 46.g7 a3 47.Kh7 a2 48.g8=Q a1=Q 49.Qg7+ 1-0

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