Lajos Portisch vs Boris Spassky

Linares · 1981 · Queen's Gambit Declined · 1/2-1/2 in 26 moves

The Game

White Lajos Portisch
Black Boris Spassky
Result 1/2-1/2
Event Linares
Site Linares
Date 1981.00.00
Opening Queen's Gambit Declined (D58)
Moves 26
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Final Position

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

3r1nk1/pq3pp1/7p/1pp1P1b1/8/4NN2/PP2QPPP/3R2K1 b - - 1 26

All The Moves

  1. 1.c4 e6
  2. 2.Nc3 d5
  3. 3.d4 Be7
  4. 4.Nf3 Nf6
  5. 5.Bg5 h6
  6. 6.Bh4 O-O
  7. 7.e3 b6
  8. 8.Rc1 Bb7
  9. 9.Be2 dxc4
  10. 10.Bxc4 Nbd7
  11. 11.O-O c5
  12. 12.Qe2 Ne4
  13. 13.Nxe4 Bxh4
  14. 14.Nc3 Be7
  15. 15.Rfd1 Qc7
  16. 16.d5 exd5
  17. 17.Bxd5 Nf6
  18. 18.Bxb7 Qxb7
  19. 19.e4 Rad8
  20. 20.e5 Nh7
  21. 21.Qc4 Rfe8
  22. 22.Nd5 Nf8
  23. 23.Ne3 Bg5
  24. 24.Rxd8 Rxd8
  25. 25.Rd1 b5
  26. 26.Qe2

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