Boris Spassky vs Lev Polugaevsky

URS-ch23 · 1956 · Queen's Gambit Declined · 1/2-1/2 in 41 moves

The Game

White Boris Spassky
Black Lev Polugaevsky
Result 1/2-1/2
Event URS-ch23
Site Leningrad
Date 1956.00.00
Opening Queen's Gambit Declined (D31)
Moves 41
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Final Position

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

4r1k1/5p2/7Q/1p1nqNp1/3R2P1/8/1P3PK1/8 b - - 11 41

All The Moves

  1. 1.d4 d5
  2. 2.c4 e6
  3. 3.Nc3 a6
  4. 4.cxd5 exd5
  5. 5.Nf3 c6
  6. 6.Bf4 Bd6
  7. 7.g3 Ne7
  8. 8.Qb3 O-O
  9. 9.Bxd6 Qxd6
  10. 10.Bg2 Nd7
  11. 11.O-O Nf6
  12. 12.Ne5 Rb8
  13. 13.a4 Ng4
  14. 14.Nf3 Qh6
  15. 15.Rfe1 Nf5
  16. 16.e4 dxe4
  17. 17.Rxe4 Nd6
  18. 18.Ree1 Be6
  19. 19.Qb4 Rbd8
  20. 20.Rad1 Rfe8
  21. 21.d5 cxd5
  22. 22.Nxd5 Bxd5
  23. 23.Rxd5 Rxe1+
  24. 24.Qxe1 Nf6
  25. 25.Rd4 Re8
  26. 26.Qd1 Nfe4
  27. 27.Nh4 g5
  28. 28.Bxe4 Nxe4
  29. 29.Nf5 Qf6
  30. 30.g4 h5
  31. 31.h3 Qe5
  32. 32.Qf3 Nf6
  33. 33.Kg2 hxg4
  34. 34.hxg4 b5
  35. 35.axb5 axb5
  36. 36.Qh3 Nd5
  37. 37.Nh6+ Kf8
  38. 38.Nf5 Kg8
  39. 39.Nh6+ Kf8
  40. 40.Nf5 Kg8
  41. 41.Qh6

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