De Firmian, Nick vs Formanek, Edward

New York Open · Round 3 · 1997.??.?? · 1-0 · C82 Ruy Lopez: Open, Bernstein Variation

Moves

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PGN
[Event "New York Open"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Black "Formanek, Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[WhiteFideId "2000105"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[BlackFideId "2001640"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[ECO "C82h"]
[Source "Codekiddy"]
[SourceQuality "3"]
[ImportDate "2026-01-06"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 O-O 12. Re1 Bg4 13. Nb3 Ne4 14. Bf4 f5 15.
exf6 Nxf6 16. h3 Bh5 17. Bh2 Bd6 18. g4 Bxh2+ 19. Nxh2 Bf7 20. Nf1 Qd6 21. Ng3
g6 22. Qd2 Ne5 23. Qf4 Nfd7 24. Nd2 Rae8 25. Qh6 Re7 26. Rad1 Be6 27. Qe3 Ref7
28. Re2 Qe7 29. Qh6 Qc5 30. Nb3 Qd6 31. Rf1 Nf3+ 32. Kg2 Nde5 33. Nd4 Bd7 34.
Re3 c5 35. Nxf3 Nxf3 36. Bf5 Bxf5 37. Nxf5 Qh2+ 38. Kxf3 gxf5 39. g5 Rg7 40.
Re6 Qc7 41. Rfe1 d4 42. Re8 Qb7+ 43. Kg3 f4+ 44. Kh4 Qf7 45. Rxf8+ Qxf8 46.
cxd4 cxd4 47. Qc6 Re7 48. Qd5+ Kg7 49. Qxd4+ Kg8 50. Rxe7 Qxe7 51. Qxf4 Qc5 52.
Kh5 a5 53. Kh6 b4 54. Qf6 Qc7 55. f4 a4 56. f5 a3 57. bxa3 Qc3 58. Qd8+ Kf7 59.
Qd5+ Kf8 60. f6 1-0