Boris Gelfand vs Michael Adams

12th LCC ENG v ROW 2021 · Queen's Pawn Game · 1-0 in 49 moves

The Game

White Boris Gelfand
Black Michael Adams
Result 1-0
Event 12th LCC ENG v ROW 2021
Site London ENG
Round 4.1
Date 2021.12.07
Opening Queen's Pawn Game (E10)
Moves 49
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1-0

8/8/2B5/2K3p1/bP4k1/8/7P/8 b - - 4 49

All The Moves

  1. 1.d4 Nf6
  2. 2.c4 e6
  3. 3.Nf3 d5
  4. 4.g3 Bb4+
  5. 5.Bd2 a5
  6. 6.Bg2 O-O
  7. 7.Qc1 Nbd7
  8. 8.O-O c6
  9. 9.Bxb4 axb4
  10. 10.Nbd2 b6
  11. 11.Ne5 Nxe5
  12. 12.dxe5 Nd7
  13. 13.cxd5 cxd5
  14. 14.Nf3 Bb7
  15. 15.Qe3 Qe7
  16. 16.Nd4 Rfc8
  17. 17.f4 Rc5
  18. 18.f5 exf5
  19. 19.e6 Re8
  20. 20.exf7+ Qxf7
  21. 21.Qd2 g6
  22. 22.g4 Qe7
  23. 23.gxf5 Qe3+
  24. 24.Qxe3 Rxe3
  25. 25.fxg6 hxg6
  26. 26.Rf4 Re7
  27. 27.Bh3 Nf8
  28. 28.Raf1 Re8
  29. 29.Rf6 Bc8
  30. 30.Bg2 Kg7
  31. 31.Rf7+ Kg8
  32. 32.R7f6 Kg7
  33. 33.Rxb6 Rc4
  34. 34.Rf4 Ne6
  35. 35.Nxe6+ Rxe6
  36. 36.Rxc4 dxc4
  37. 37.Rxb4 Rxe2
  38. 38.Rxc4 Be6
  39. 39.Re4 Rxe4
  40. 40.Bxe4 Bxa2
  41. 41.Kf2 g5
  42. 42.Ke3 Kf6
  43. 43.Kd4 Ke6
  44. 44.Kc5 Ke5
  45. 45.Bd3 Bb3
  46. 46.Bc4 Ba4
  47. 47.b4 Kf4
  48. 48.Bd5 Kg4
  49. 49.Bc6

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