Viktor Korchnoi vs Maia Chiburdanidze

The Game

White	Viktor Korchnoi
Black	Maia Chiburdanidze
Result	1/2-1/2
Event	Cancan Veterans-Women
Site	Roquebrune
Round	9
Date	1998.09.16
Opening	English Opening (A21)
Moves	43

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Final Position

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

4r1k1/5bp1/7p/1q1n1p2/3QpP2/6PP/1P2RBB1/6K1 w - - 22 44

All The Moves

1. 1.c4 e5
2. 2.Nc3 Bb4
3. 3.Nd5 Be7
4. 4.d4 d6
5. 5.g3 Nf6
6. 6.Bg2 O-O
7. 7.Nxe7+ Qxe7
8. 8.d5 c6
9. 9.e4 b5
10. 10.cxb5 cxd5
11. 11.exd5 a6
12. 12.b6 Nbd7
13. 13.Ne2 Nxb6
14. 14.O-O Bg4
15. 15.Re1 Qd7
16. 16.Bg5 Ne8
17. 17.Rc1 f5
18. 18.Qb3 Nc8
19. 19.Rc4 h6
20. 20.Be3 Ne7
21. 21.Nc3 Nf6
22. 22.Rb4 Ng6
23. 23.f3 Bh5
24. 24.Rb7 Qe8
25. 25.Bf2 Rb8
26. 26.h3 Ne7
27. 27.f4 e4
28. 28.Bd4 Rxb7
29. 29.Qxb7 Qf7
30. 30.Qxa6 Nexd5
31. 31.Qxd6 Nxc3
32. 32.Bxc3 Qxa2
33. 33.Bf1 Qd5
34. 34.Qc7 Bf7
35. 35.Qb6 Qd8
36. 36.Qc5 Qc8
37. 37.Qa5 Nd5
38. 38.Bd4 Qc2
39. 39.Qa7 Qd2
40. 40.Re2 Qd1
41. 41.Bf2 Re8
42. 42.Qd4 Qb3
43. 43.Bg2 Qb5

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