Veselin Topalov vs Wei Yi

11th Hainan Danzhou GM · 2020 · Sicilian, Najdorf · 1/2-1/2 in 51 moves

The Game

White Veselin Topalov
Black Wei Yi
Result 1/2-1/2
Event 11th Hainan Danzhou GM
Site chess.com INT
Round 13.2
Date 2020.12.09
Opening Sicilian, Najdorf (B90)
Moves 51
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Final Position

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

6Q1/8/3P1p2/pp3p1k/6n1/1P4Pp/P1q4P/3R2K1 w - - 17 52

All The Moves

  1. 1.e4 c5
  2. 2.Nf3 d6
  3. 3.d4 cxd4
  4. 4.Nxd4 Nf6
  5. 5.Nc3 a6
  6. 6.Be3 Ng4
  7. 7.Bc1 Nf6
  8. 8.f3 e5
  9. 9.Nb3 Be6
  10. 10.Be3 h5
  11. 11.Nd5 Bxd5
  12. 12.exd5 Nbd7
  13. 13.Qd2 g6
  14. 14.Be2 Bg7
  15. 15.O-O b6
  16. 16.c4 O-O
  17. 17.Rac1 a5
  18. 18.Na1 Nc5
  19. 19.Nc2 h4
  20. 20.Na3 Qd7
  21. 21.Nb5 Rae8
  22. 22.Rfe1 e4
  23. 23.f4 Re7
  24. 24.Rf1 h3
  25. 25.g3 Nd3
  26. 26.Bxd3 exd3
  27. 27.Qxd3 Ng4
  28. 28.Bd4 Rfe8
  29. 29.Bxg7 Re3
  30. 30.Qd1 Kxg7
  31. 31.f5 R8e4
  32. 32.Nc3 Rxc4
  33. 33.b3 Rcxc3
  34. 34.Rxc3 Rxc3
  35. 35.Qd4+ f6
  36. 36.Qxc3 gxf5
  37. 37.Rc1 Kg6
  38. 38.Qc8 Qe7
  39. 39.Qg8+ Kh6
  40. 40.Qe6 Qa7
  41. 41.Qxd6 b5+
  42. 42.Qc5 Qb8
  43. 43.d6 Qe8
  44. 44.Rd1 Kg6
  45. 45.Qd4 Qc6
  46. 46.Qd5 Qc2
  47. 47.Qg8+ Kh5
  48. 48.Qe8+ Kg5
  49. 49.Qg8+ Kh5
  50. 50.Qe8+ Kg5
  51. 51.Qg8+ Kh5

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