Mikhail Botvinnik vs Boris Spassky

Leiden · 1970 · Queen's Gambit Declined · 1/2-1/2 in 25 moves

The Game

White Mikhail Botvinnik
Black Boris Spassky
Result 1/2-1/2
Event Leiden
Site Leiden
Round 1
Date 1970.00.00
Opening Queen's Gambit Declined (D31)
Moves 25
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Final Position

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

rn2r1k1/5pp1/1q3n1p/1p1p1B1P/p2P1NP1/5P2/PP1Q4/1R3K1R w - - 3 26

All The Moves

  1. 1.c4 e6
  2. 2.Nc3 d5
  3. 3.d4 Be7
  4. 4.cxd5 exd5
  5. 5.Bf4 c6
  6. 6.e3 Bf5
  7. 7.g4 Be6
  8. 8.h4 Nd7
  9. 9.h5 Qb6
  10. 10.Rb1 Ngf6
  11. 11.f3 h6
  12. 12.Bd3 Qa5
  13. 13.Ne2 b5
  14. 14.Nc1 Qd8
  15. 15.Nb3 O-O
  16. 16.Ne2 a5
  17. 17.Ng3 a4
  18. 18.Nc1 c5
  19. 19.Nf5 Bxf5
  20. 20.Bxf5 cxd4
  21. 21.exd4 Qb6
  22. 22.Ne2 Bd6
  23. 23.Qd2 Bxf4
  24. 24.Nxf4 Rfe8+
  25. 25.Kf1 Nb8

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