Tarjan, James vs Thomas, Rodney
Thompson Memorial Open U2000 · Round 2 · 2001.09.15 · 1/2-1/2 · B33 Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Sveshnikov Variation, Novosibirsk Variation
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[Event "Thompson Memorial Open U2000"] [Site "Dallas, TX USA"] [Date "2001.09.15"] [Round "2"] [White "Tarjan, James"] [Black "Thomas, Rodney"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "85"] [WhiteElo "1929"] [WhiteFideId "2000180"] [BlackElo "1729"] [BlackFideId "2042797"] [ECO "B33v"] [Source "Codekiddy"] [SourceQuality "3"] [ImportDate "2026-01-06"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. c3 f5 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Qh5 f4 14. O-O O-O 15. c4 b4 16. Nc2 a5 17. Rad1 Rc8 18. Rd2 Ne7 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. b3 Rc5 21. Rfd1 Rd8 22. Ne1 Qf6 23. Bc2 Bf8 24. Nf3 Be7 25. Ne1 Qg6 26. Qxg6+ hxg6 27. Nd3 Rcc8 28. Nb2 f5 29. Na4 Rc6 30. c5 Kf7 31. f3 Kf6 32. Kf2 Rdc8 33. cxd6 Bxd6 34. Rxd6 Rxd6 35. Rxd6 Rxc2+ 36. Ke1 fxe4 37. fxe4 Ke7 38. Rd2 Rc1+ 39. Kf2 g5 40. h3 Rc6 41. Kf3 Kf6 42. Nb2 Rc3+ 43. Kf2 1/2-1/2