Mikhail Botvinnik vs Fedor Parfenovich Bohatirchuk

URS-ch07 · 1931 · Queen's Gambit Declined · 1/2-1/2 in 41 moves

The Game

White Mikhail Botvinnik
Black Fedor Parfenovich Bohatirchuk
Result 1/2-1/2
Event URS-ch07
Site Moscow
Date 1931.00.00
Opening Queen's Gambit Declined (D60)
Moves 41
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1/2-1/2

3r4/pp3kp1/2p1p2p/r3Pp2/3P4/P2RK1P1/1P3P1P/2R5 b - - 0 41

All The Moves

  1. 1.d4 d5
  2. 2.c4 e6
  3. 3.Nc3 Nf6
  4. 4.Nf3 c6
  5. 5.Bg5 Nbd7
  6. 6.e3 Be7
  7. 7.Bd3 O-O
  8. 8.O-O dxc4
  9. 9.Bxc4 Nd5
  10. 10.Bxe7 Qxe7
  11. 11.Ne4 Rd8
  12. 12.Qc2 Nf8
  13. 13.Rac1 Bd7
  14. 14.Nc5 Be8
  15. 15.e4 Nb6
  16. 16.Bb3 Rac8
  17. 17.e5 Rc7
  18. 18.Ne4 f5
  19. 19.Nd6 Kh8
  20. 20.Nd2 Bh5
  21. 21.Rfe1 Ng6
  22. 22.g3 Nf8
  23. 23.Qc3 Rcd7
  24. 24.N2c4 Nd5
  25. 25.Qd2 h6
  26. 26.Ne3 Nb6
  27. 27.Qa5 Nc8
  28. 28.Nec4 Nxd6
  29. 29.Nxd6 Ra8
  30. 30.Qc5 Nh7
  31. 31.Nc4 Ng5
  32. 32.Qxe7 Rxe7
  33. 33.Bd1 Bxd1
  34. 34.Rexd1 Rd8
  35. 35.Kf1 Red7
  36. 36.Nd6 Kg8
  37. 37.Ke2 Nf7
  38. 38.Nxf7 Kxf7
  39. 39.Ke3 Rd5
  40. 40.Rd3 Ra5
  41. 41.a3

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