Palo, Davor vs De Firmian, Nick
Politiken Cup 23rd · Round 4 · 2001.07.19 · 0-1 · A67 Benoni Defense: Taimanov Variation
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[Event "Politiken Cup 23rd"] [Site "Copenhagen DEN"] [Date "2001.07.19"] [Round "4"] [White "Palo, Davor"] [Black "De Firmian, Nick"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "126"] [WhiteElo "2325"] [WhiteFideId "1405853"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [BlackElo "2552"] [BlackFideId "2000105"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [ECO "A67l"] [Source "Codekiddy"] [SourceQuality "3"] [ImportDate "2026-01-06"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Nfd7 9. a4 Qh4+ 10. g3 Qd8 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O a6 13. Bd3 Nf6 14. Re1 Bg4 15. Be2 Nfd7 16. Nd2 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 Re8 18. Nc4 Nb6 19. Na3 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 N8d7 21. Qd3 Nf6 22. a5 Nbd7 23. Nc2 Bxc3 24. bxc3 c4 25. Qxc4 Rc8 26. Qd3 Nc5 27. Qf3 Rxe4 28. Bb2 Rxe2 29. Qxe2 Nb3 30. Re1 Nxa5 31. c4 Nxc4 32. Ba1 Nb6 33. Ne3 Nbd7 34. Qb2 Qa5 35. Rd1 Qb5 36. Qxb5 axb5 37. Rb1 Re8 38. Nc2 Nxd5 39. Rxb5 Nc5 40. Be5 dxe5 41. Rxc5 Nf6 42. fxe5 Ng4 43. h3 Nxe5 44. Rb5 Re7 45. Kg2 Kg7 46. Ne3 Nc6 47. Kf2 h5 48. g4 hxg4 49. hxg4 Rd7 50. Rb2 Ne5 51. Rb5 Re7 52. Rb3 Kh6 53. Kg3 Nc6 54. Ng2 f6 55. Rb6 Kg5 56. Nh4 Nd4 57. Nf3+ Nxf3 58. Kxf3 Rc7 59. Rb5+ Kh4 60. Rb6 Rc3+ 61. Kf4 g5+ 62. Ke4 Rc4+ 63. Ke3 Rf4 0-1