Bates, Evan vs Amori, Michael

New York State Ch 121st · Round 3 · 1999.09.05 · 1/2-1/2 · C41 Philidor Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation

Moves

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61.
PGN
[Event "New York State Ch 121st"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1999.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bates, Evan"]
[Black "Amori, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[WhiteElo "1773"]
[WhiteFideId "39940160"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[BlackFideId "2019060"]
[ECO "C41p"]
[Source "PGNMentor"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[ImportDate "2026-01-06"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 e5 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxe5 Nxe4 5. Bc4 c6 6. exd6 Bxd6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Bf5 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Nxe4 Rxe4 11. Be3 Rxc4 12. Nd4 Rxd4 13. Qxd4 Qf6 14.
Rad1 Qxd4 15. Rxd4 Bc7 16. Bf4 Na6 17. Bxc7 Nxc7 18. Re7 Re8 19. Rxe8+ Nxe8 20.
Rd8 Kf8 21. Rb8 b5 22. Ra8 Bxc2 23. Rxa7 Be4 24. f3 Bd5 25. Kf2 g6 26. b3 Nd6
27. g4 Ke8 28. Ra8+ Kd7 29. Rh8 b4 30. Rxh7 Ke6 31. Rh8 Nb5 32. Re8+ Kf6 33.
Rb8 g5 34. Ke3 Ke6 35. f4 Kf6 36. Rg8 gxf4+ 37. Kxf4 Ke7 38. Rb8 Kf6 39. h4 Kg7
40. Ke5 Nc3 41. Rxb4 Nxa2 42. Rb8 Nc1 43. b4 Bf3 44. Kf4 Bd5 45. Kg5 Ne2 46. h5
f6+ 47. Kh4 Nd4 48. Rd8 Nb5 49. g5 fxg5+ 50. Kxg5 Nc3 51. h6+ Kh7 52. Rd7+ Kh8
53. h7 Be4 54. Kh6 Bxh7 55. Rxh7+ Kg8 56. Re7 Kf8 57. Re6 Nd5 58. Re4 Kf7 59.
Kg5 Nc3 60. Re5 Nb5 61. Rxb5 cxb5 1/2-1/2