Lev Polugaevsky vs Viktor Korchnoi

Sochi · 1966 · English Opening · 1-0 in 31 moves

The Game

White Lev Polugaevsky
Black Viktor Korchnoi
Result 1-0
Event Sochi
Site Sochi
Round 7
Date 1966.00.00
Opening English Opening (A17)
Moves 31
Replay this game move by move →

Final Position

The position after the last move · 1-0

1r1r2k1/5q1p/1p3p2/3B4/pBPp1Qb1/P2P4/1P5P/4R1K1 b - - 1 31

All The Moves

  1. 1.c4 e6
  2. 2.Nc3 Nf6
  3. 3.Nf3 Bb4
  4. 4.Qb3 c5
  5. 5.a3 Ba5
  6. 6.g3 Nc6
  7. 7.Bg2 d5
  8. 8.O-O Bxc3
  9. 9.Qxc3 d4
  10. 10.Qc2 a5
  11. 11.d3 O-O
  12. 12.Bf4 Qe7
  13. 13.Ne5 Nxe5
  14. 14.Bxe5 Nh5
  15. 15.e3 f6
  16. 16.Qe2 g6
  17. 17.g4 Ng7
  18. 18.Bg3 a4
  19. 19.exd4 cxd4
  20. 20.f4 Qc5
  21. 21.Be1 Rd8
  22. 22.Bb4 Qc7
  23. 23.Qf2 Rb8
  24. 24.Qh4 Qf7
  25. 25.Rae1 b6
  26. 26.f5 g5
  27. 27.fxe6 Nxe6
  28. 28.Qh6 Nf4
  29. 29.Rxf4 gxf4
  30. 30.Qxf4 Bxg4
  31. 31.Bd5

More Lev Polugaevsky Games

Go Deeper

Step through this game on the interactive board, where you can also branch off and play your own ideas from any position. See every game between Lev Polugaevsky and Viktor Korchnoi, or browse all Lev Polugaevsky games in the collection. To find out what the engine thinks of it, paste the moves into Analyze Game and Stockfish will mark every turning point.