Tang, Andrew vs Kovalev, Vladislav
World Rapid 2018 · Round 9.46 · 2018.12.27 · 1-0 · E81 King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Bobotsov-Korchnoi-Petrosian Variation
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PGN
[Event "World Rapid 2018"] [Site "St Petersburg RUS"] [Date "2018.12.27"] [Round "9.46"] [White "Tang, Andrew"] [Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "157"] [WhiteElo "2487"] [WhiteFideId "2059630"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [BlackElo "2683"] [BlackFideId "13504398"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [ECO "E81d"] [Source "KingBase2019"] [SourceQuality "5"] [ImportDate "2026-01-06"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Ng3 exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 h5 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Be2 Qb6 13. Qd2 Nh7 14. a5 Qc7 15. Bh6 h4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nf1 Qd8 18. Ne3 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Nc4 Qf6 21. Qf4 Ne5 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Qc4 Bd7 24. Qxc5 Rfc8 25. Qb4 Rab8 26. O-O Nf8 27. f4 e4 28. Rad1 b6 29. d6 bxa5 30. Qa3 a4 31. Nxa4 Rc2 32. Rfe1 Ne6 33. g3 Nd4 34. Nc3 Rbxb2 35. Nd5 Rxe2 36. Rxe2 Nf3+ 37. Kf1 Bb5 38. Nxf6 Rxe2 39. Rd5 Nxh2+ 40. Kg1 Nf3+ 41. Kf1 hxg3 42. Nh5+ Kg6 43. Nxg3 Ra2+ 44. Rxb5 Rxa3 45. Rd5 Nh2+ 46. Ke2 Ra2+ 47. Kd1 Ng4 48. d7 Ne3+ 49. Kc1 Nxd5 50. d8=Q Nf6 51. Qc8 Ra5 52. Qe6 Rc5+ 53. Kd2 a5 54. Ne2 a4 55. Nc3 a3 56. Qb3 Ra5 57. Ke2 Ra8 58. Qb7 Rh8 59. Qa6 Rh2+ 60. Kf1 Rd2 61. Qxa3 Rd3 62. Ke1 Re3+ 63. Kd2 Rd3+ 64. Kc2 Ng4 65. Qe7 Ne3+ 66. Kb2 Nc4+ 67. Kb3 Ne3 68. Qg5+ Kf7 69. Qh5+ Kf6 70. Qh8+ Kf7 71. Kb4 Ke6 72. Kc5 Kf7 73. Qh7+ Kf6 74. Qh8+ Kg6 75. Kc6 Kf7 76. Nb5 Nc4 77. Qh5+ Kf6 78. Qg5+ Ke6 79. Qg8+ 1-0