McNab, Colin A vs Shankland, Sam

42. Olympiad 2016 · Round 2.2 · 2016.09.03 · 1/2-1/2 · A30 English Opening: Symmetrical 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.
PGN
[Event "42. Olympiad 2016"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.03"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "McNab, Colin A"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[WhiteFideId "2400030"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "A30d"]
[Source "BenBase"]
[SourceQuality "3"]
[ImportDate "2026-01-06"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 Nc7 7. b3 e5 8. Bb2
f6 9. Rc1 Bg4 10. d3 Qd7 11. Na4 b6 12. a3 O-O-O 13. Qc2 Nd5 14. b4 cxb4 15.
Qxc6+ Qxc6 16. Rxc6+ Kb7 17. Rc4 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 b5 19. axb4 bxa4 20. Kd2 Ka6 21.
Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Bc3 Kb5 23. Rc7 Rd6 24. Rc5+ Kb6 25. Ra1 Kb7 26. Rxa4 Rb6 27. Rd5
Bd6 28. b5 Rd8 29. Rc4 Be7 30. Rxd8 Bxd8 31. Ba5 Rd6 32. Bxd8 Rxd8 33. Kc3 Kb6
34. Kb4 Rd6 35. h4 h5 36. g4 hxg4 37. Rxg4 Rd5 38. Rxg7 Rd4+ 39. Kc3 Rxh4 40.
Rf7 Rf4 41. f3 Kxb5 42. Rxa7 Kc6 43. Rg7 Kd6 44. Rg4 Rf5 45. Ra4 Rh5 46. f4 Rh2
47. Ra6+ Ke7 48. fxe5 fxe5 49. e4 Rh8 50. Kc4 Rd8 51. Rh6 1/2-1/2