Kafka, Graeme vs Ivanov, Mikhail M

Verona Open · Round 1 · 2006.01.02 · 0-1 · B43 Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Knight 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.
PGN
[Event "Verona Open"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2006.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kafka, Graeme"]
[Black "Ivanov, Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[WhiteFideId "2401487"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[BlackFideId "4114906"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "B43m"]
[Source "Codekiddy"]
[SourceQuality "3"]
[ImportDate "2026-01-06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8.
O-O e5 9. a4 Be6 10. Be3 Bb4 11. Qe2 Nf6 12. Bc4 Qe7 13. f3 O-O 14. Rfd1 Nh5
15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Qd2 Nf6 17. Qd3 h6 18. Ne2 Rad8 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Rxd8+ Kh7
21. b3 Qe7 22. Rd3 Bc5 23. Kf1 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Nd7 25. Ng3 g6 26. Rd3 Nc5 27. Rd2
h5 28. Rad1 Qf6 29. b4 Nxa4 30. Rd7 Nc3 31. R1d3 Qe6 32. Ne2 Nxe2 33. Kxe2 b6
34. Rb7 Qc4 35. Rxb6 Qxc2+ 36. Rd2 Qc4+ 37. Kd1 h4 38. Rb7 h3 39. gxh3 Qf1+ 40.
Kc2 Qxf3 41. Rdd7 Qxe4+ 42. Kc3 Qf3+ 43. Kc4 Kg7 44. Kc5 g5 45. Rbc7 Qc3+ 46.
Kd6 Qxb4+ 47. Kxe5 Qc5+ 48. Ke4 Kg6 49. Re7 a5 0-1