Ho, Matthew vs Gaffagan, Steven
San Francisco FIDE Summer-B · Round 5 · 2001.06.20 · 1/2-1/2 · B46 Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation
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[Event "San Francisco FIDE Summer-B"] [Site "San Francisco, CA USA"] [Date "2001.06.20"] [Round "5"] [White "Ho, Matthew"] [Black "Gaffagan, Steven"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "166"] [WhiteElo "2050"] [WhiteFideId "2018381"] [BlackElo "2043"] [BlackFideId "2020017"] [ECO "B46p"] [Source "Codekiddy"] [SourceQuality "3"] [ImportDate "2026-01-06"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qd1 Qc7 10. Be3 Be7 11. f4 d6 12. a3 O-O 13. Qe1 b5 14. Qg3 b4 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Bd4 f6 17. Rac1 Rb8 18. b3 Kh8 19. Bc4 Nc6 20. Bf2 Na5 21. Be2 Bb7 22. Bg4 Rbc8 23. Na4 f5 24. exf5 exf5 25. Bf3 Bxf3 26. Qxf3 Qc6 27. Qd3 Nb7 28. Nb6 Nc5 29. Qe2 Qxb6 30. Qxe7 Rce8 31. Qh4 Re4 32. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 33. Qf2 Qc6 34. Qf3 Rfe8 35. Rfd1 Qb6+ 36. Qf2 Qc6 37. Qf3 Qc5+ 38. Qf2 Qc3 39. Qd2 Qc5+ 40. Qf2 Qc7 41. Qd2 h6 42. h3 Qc6 43. Re1 Rxe1+ 44. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 45. Qxe1 Qxc2 46. Qf1 Qc5+ 47. Kh1 a5 48. Qa6 Qc1+ 49. Kh2 Qxf4+ 50. Kh1 Qe5 51. Qb6 Qc5 52. Qa6 Kh7 53. Qd3 Qe5 54. Qa6 Qe1+ 55. Kh2 Qe5+ 56. Kh1 Qc5 57. Qa8 d5 58. Qe8 Qc1+ 59. Kh2 Qf4+ 60. Kh1 d4 61. Qb5 Qc1+ 62. Kh2 Qf4+ 63. Kh1 Qe4 64. Qxa5 d3 65. Qd2 Qe2 66. Qf4 Qe4 67. Qd2 Qe2 68. Qf4 Qe4 69. Qd2 f4 70. b4 f3 71. gxf3 Qxf3+ 72. Kg1 Qg3+ 73. Kf1 Qxh3+ 74. Kg1 Qg3+ 75. Kf1 Qf3+ 76. Kg1 Kg8 77. b5 h5 78. b6 h4 79. b7 Qxb7 80. Qxd3 Qb6+ 81. Kg2 Qf6 82. Qd5+ Kh7 83. Kh3 g5 1/2-1/2