Demchenko, Aleksandr vs Shankland, Sam

FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 · Round 2.7 · 2025.09.05 · 1-0 · B90 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Lipnitsky Attack

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.
PGN
[Event "FIDE Grand Swiss 2025"]
[Site "Samarkand UZB"]
[Date "2025.09.05"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Demchenko, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[WhiteElo "1940"]
[WhiteFideId "34100803"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Source "TWIC"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[ImportDate "2026-05-04"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Bb3
Be7 9. a3 O-O 10. h4 Bb7 11. f3 Nc6 12. Qe2 Na5 13. h5 h6 14. g4 Nd7 15. O-O-O
Rc8 16. Kb1 Rxc3 17. bxc3 Nb6 18. g5 hxg5 19. Rhg1 Nac4 20. Bc1 d5 21. Qg2 Na4
22. Ne2 f6 23. f4 Qa5 24. fxg5 fxg5 25. h6 Bf6 26. Qh3 gxh6 27. Qxh6 Nxc3+ 28.
Nxc3 Qxc3 29. Qg6+ Bg7 30. Qxe6+ Rf7 31. e5 Qxe5 32. Qxe5 Bxe5 33. Bxc4 bxc4
34. Rxg5+ Bg7 35. Bb2 Kf8 36. Bxg7+ Rxg7 37. Rxg7 Kxg7 38. Rf1 d4 39. Rf4 d3
40. cxd3 cxd3 41. Kc1 Kg6 42. Kd2 Kg5 43. Rd4 Kf5 44. Kxd3 Ke6 45. Kc4 Bg2 46.
Kc5 Bf1 47. a4 Ke7 48. Rd1 Bh3 49. Kb6 Bd7 50. Rd4 Bc8 51. a5 Ke8 52. Rd6 1-0