Herman C Van Riemsdijk vs Lev Polugaevsky

Riga Interzonal · 1979 · Sicilian, Scheveningen · 1/2-1/2 in 23 moves

The Game

White Herman C Van Riemsdijk
Black Lev Polugaevsky
Result 1/2-1/2
Event Riga Interzonal
Site Riga
Round 14
Date 1979.00.00
Opening Sicilian, Scheveningen (B80)
Moves 23
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Final Position

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

2rrb1k1/2qnbppp/p2pp3/8/2PBPP2/1N2Q1PP/P5BK/R2R4 w - - 3 24

All The Moves

  1. 1.e4 c5
  2. 2.Nf3 e6
  3. 3.d4 cxd4
  4. 4.Nxd4 a6
  5. 5.Nc3 Qc7
  6. 6.g3 Nf6
  7. 7.Bg2 d6
  8. 8.O-O Be7
  9. 9.Qd2 O-O
  10. 10.b3 Bd7
  11. 11.Nce2 Nc6
  12. 12.c4 b5
  13. 13.Bb2 bxc4
  14. 14.Rfc1 Na5
  15. 15.f4 Rad8
  16. 16.h3 Qa7
  17. 17.bxc4 Nc6
  18. 18.Kh2 Rc8
  19. 19.Nb3 Rfd8
  20. 20.Ned4 Be8
  21. 21.Rd1 Nxd4
  22. 22.Bxd4 Qc7
  23. 23.Qe3 Nd7

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