Boris Spassky vs Maia Chiburdanidze

Cancan Veterans-Women · 1998 · English Opening · 1/2-1/2 in 21 moves

The Game

White Boris Spassky
Black Maia Chiburdanidze
Result 1/2-1/2
Event Cancan Veterans-Women
Site Roquebrune
Round 3
Date 1998.09.09
Opening English Opening (A21)
Moves 21
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Final Position

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

r7/pp2kn1p/3p1n2/1P3b2/2PRp3/5PP1/PK2P1BP/7R b - - 2 21

All The Moves

  1. 1.c4 e5
  2. 2.Nc3 Bb4
  3. 3.g3 f5
  4. 4.Qc2 Bxc3
  5. 5.Qxc3 Nc6
  6. 6.b4 d5
  7. 7.b5 d4
  8. 8.Qa3 Nce7
  9. 9.Nf3 e4
  10. 10.Nxd4 Qxd4
  11. 11.Bb2 Qd6
  12. 12.Qxd6 cxd6
  13. 13.Bxg7 Ng6
  14. 14.d3 Kf7
  15. 15.Bxh8 Nxh8
  16. 16.dxe4 fxe4
  17. 17.O-O-O Ke7
  18. 18.Rd4 Nf6
  19. 19.Bg2 Bf5
  20. 20.f3 Nf7
  21. 21.Kb2

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