Lajos Portisch vs Boris Spassky

Montreal · 1979 · Queen's Gambit Declined · 1/2-1/2 in 16 moves

The Game

White Lajos Portisch
Black Boris Spassky
Result 1/2-1/2
Event Montreal
Site Montreal
Round 18
Date 1979.00.00
Opening Queen's Gambit Declined (D56)
Moves 16
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Final Position

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

r4rk1/pb1nqpp1/1p2p2p/2p5/3P4/2Q1PN2/PP2BPPP/2RR2K1 b - - 1 16

All The Moves

  1. 1.c4 e6
  2. 2.Nc3 d5
  3. 3.d4 Nf6
  4. 4.Nf3 Be7
  5. 5.Bg5 h6
  6. 6.Bh4 Ne4
  7. 7.Bxe7 Qxe7
  8. 8.Qc2 Nxc3
  9. 9.Qxc3 O-O
  10. 10.e3 c6
  11. 11.Bd3 dxc4
  12. 12.Bxc4 b6
  13. 13.O-O Bb7
  14. 14.Be2 Nd7
  15. 15.Rac1 c5
  16. 16.Rfd1

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