De Firmian, Nick vs Djukic, Zeljko

Nice · Round 1 · 1981.01.01 · 1-0 · B40 Sicilian Defense: Pin Variation, Koch Variation

Moves

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PGN
[Event "Nice"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "1981.01.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Black "Djukic, Zeljko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[WhiteFideId "2000105"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[BlackFideId "14505185"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[ECO "B40u"]
[Source "MillionBase2.9"]
[SourceQuality "4"]
[ImportDate "2026-01-06"]
[Merged "true"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. e5 Nd5 7. Qg4 O-O 8.
Bh6 g6 9. Bxf8 Qxf8 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. Qg3 Qc5 12. O-O-O Nxc3 13. Nxc3 Bxc3 14.
Qxc3 Qxc3 15. bxc3 Nxe5 16. Be2 Kf8 17. f4 Nc6 18. h4 Ne7 19. c4 h5 20. g4 hxg4
21. Bxg4 b6 22. h5 Bb7 23. Rh2 Bc6 24. hxg6 Nxg6 25. f5 exf5 26. Bxf5 Ke7 27.
Re2+ Kd8 28. Bxg6 fxg6 29. Re6 Kc7 30. Rxg6 Rf8 31. Rgd6 Rf3 32. Kb2 a5 33.
R1d4 a4 34. a3 Rf1 35. Rg6 Rh1 36. Rg5 Rh3 37. c5 bxc5 38. Rxc5 Kb6 39. Rc3 Rh1
40. Rb4+ Ka5 41. Re3 Rh5 42. Kc3 Rc5+ 43. Kd3 ( 43. Kd4 Rd5+ 44. Kc4
{ continues in main line } ) 43... Rd5+ 44. Kc4 Rh5 45. Rg3 Rf5 46. Kd4 Rd5+
47. Ke3 Rh5 48. c3 Rh1 49. Kd4 Ra1 50. Rb2 Rd1+ 51. Ke5 Rd5+ 52. Kf6 Rd1 53.
Ke7 Ra1 54. c4 Rc1 55. Rb4 Ra1 56. Rg5+ Ka6 57. Kd6 Rxa3 58. Kc7 Rb3 59. Rxb3
axb3 60. Rg3 Ba4 61. Rg8 Ka5 62. Rb8 Bc6 63. Rxb3 Ba4 64. Rb2 Bc6 65. Rb8 Ba4
66. Kd6 Bc6 67. Kc5 Ka4 68. Rb4+ Ka3 69. Rb6 Be4 70. Kd6 1-0