Tang, Andrew vs Nikolov, Momchil

25. Kavala Open 2016 · Round 8.5 · 2016.08.05 · 1/2-1/2 · A45 Indian Defense

Moves

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PGN
[Event "25. Kavala Open 2016"]
[Site "Kavala GRE"]
[Date "2016.08.05"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Tang, Andrew"]
[Black "Nikolov, Momchil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[WhiteFideId "2059630"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[BlackFideId "2905710"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "A45g"]
[Source "BenBase"]
[SourceQuality "3"]
[ImportDate "2026-01-06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. exd4 Bf5 7. c3 e6 8.
Qb3 Qc8 9. Nh4 Be4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Nf3 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Nxd6 13. Bd3 O-O 14. Qc2
h6 15. Qe2 Rb8 16. a4 a6 17. O-O b5 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nc4 20. b3 Nb6 21.
axb5 axb5 22. Rac1 Nd7 23. Bxb5 Nc5 24. b4 Qb7 25. Bd3 Nxd3 26. Qxd3 Rfc8 27.
Rfe1 Rc4 28. Rb1 Rbc8 29. Rb3 Qc7 30. b5 Rxc3 31. Rxc3 Qxc3 32. Qxc3 Rxc3 33.
Rb1 Kf8 34. Kf1 Ke8 35. Ra1 Rc7 36. Ra8+ Kd7 37. Rf8 Ke7 38. Rb8 Kd7 39. Rf8
Ke7 40. Rb8 Rc2 41. Rb7+ Kf8 42. Rb8+ Ke7 43. Rb7+ 1/2-1/2