Zhigalko, Andrey vs Baghdasaryan, Vahe

European Rapid Championship · Round 4 · 2010.12.18 · 0-1 · B48 Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Bastrikov Variation, English Attack

Moves

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43.
PGN
[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zhigalko, Andrey"]
[Black "Baghdasaryan, Vahe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[WhiteFideId "13502247"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[BlackFideId "13303139"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "B48g"]
[Source "PGNMentor"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[ImportDate "2026-01-06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 h5 10. a3 Be7 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bf4 e5 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Bc4 Rd8
15. Bb3 d6 16. g4 hxg4 17. fxg4 Be6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. g5 Be7 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21.
Qg2 Rf8 22. Qg4 Qd7 23. Rhf1 Rxf1 24. Rxf1 Rf8 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Qh5 Qd8 27.
h4 Qb6 28. Qf3+ Ke8 29. Ne2 d5 30. c3 Qb5 31. Ng3 Qc4 32. Qe2 Qc5 33. Kc2 Qg1
34. Qg4 Kd7 35. h5 Bc5 36. h6 gxh6 37. g6 Qf2+ 38. Kb3 Be3 39. g7 Bc1 40. Qxe6+
Kxe6 41. g8=Q+ Kd7 42. Qg4+ Kc7 43. Ka4 Qxb2 0-1