Vassily Ivanchuk vs Vladimir Kramnik

FIDE World Cup 2017 · English Opening · 1/2-1/2 in 34 moves

The Game

White Vassily Ivanchuk
Black Vladimir Kramnik
Result 1/2-1/2
Event FIDE World Cup 2017
Site Tbilisi GEO
Round 3.1
Date 2017.09.09
Opening English Opening (A13)
Moves 34
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Final Position

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

8/8/1pp2pk1/3n1bpp/p2P4/P4PP1/1P1B3P/4N1K1 b - - 0 34

All The Moves

  1. 1.c4 e6
  2. 2.Nc3 d5
  3. 3.cxd5 exd5
  4. 4.d4 c6
  5. 5.Qc2 Bd6
  6. 6.Nf3 Ne7
  7. 7.Bg5 f6
  8. 8.Bd2 Na6
  9. 9.e4 Nb4
  10. 10.Qb3 a5
  11. 11.a3 a4
  12. 12.Qd1 dxe4
  13. 13.Nxe4 Nbd5
  14. 14.Bc4 Be6
  15. 15.O-O O-O
  16. 16.Re1 Bf7
  17. 17.Nh4 Kh8
  18. 18.Qg4 Bc7
  19. 19.Nc5 g5
  20. 20.Nf3 h5
  21. 21.Qe4 Bg6
  22. 22.Qe2 Re8
  23. 23.Qf1 Nf5
  24. 24.Bd3 b6
  25. 25.Ne6 Qd7
  26. 26.Nxc7 Qxc7
  27. 27.Rxe8+ Rxe8
  28. 28.Re1 Qf7
  29. 29.Rxe8+ Qxe8
  30. 30.Qe1 Qxe1+
  31. 31.Nxe1 Kg7
  32. 32.Bxf5 Bxf5
  33. 33.g3 Kg6
  34. 34.f3

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