Lalit Babu M R vs Short, Nigel D

Gibraltar Masters 2016 · Round 8.11 · 2016.02.02 · 1-0 · A33 English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Anti-Benoni Variation, Spielmann Defense

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. 53. 54. 55. 56.
PGN
[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Lalit Babu M R"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[WhiteFideId "5024595"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[BlackFideId "400025"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "A33n"]
[Source "BenBase"]
[SourceQuality "3"]
[ImportDate "2026-01-06"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Bg2 b6 9. O-O a6 10. e4 Ra7 11. Be3 d6 12. Nd4 Na5 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Na4 Nd7 15.
Qe2 O-O 16. Rfd1 Qb8 17. b4 Nc6 18. Nb3 Bc8 19. c5 dxc5 20. bxc5 b5 21. Nb6 Rd8
22. e5 Rc7 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 24. Na5 Rc7 25. Rc2 Re8 26. Nxd7 Rxd7 27. Nc6 Qc7 28.
Nxe7+ Rexe7 29. Rd6 Re8 30. Bf4 h6 31. c6 Rde7 32. h4 b4 33. Qc4 a5 34. Qb5 f5
35. Be3 Rf7 36. Rcd2 Rff8 37. f4 Qf7 38. Bc5 Qh5 39. R6d3 Rf7 40. Rd8 Rxd8 41.
Rxd8+ Kh7 42. Rxc8 g5 43. hxg5 hxg5 44. c7 gxf4 45. Rh8+ Kxh8 46. c8=Q+ Kh7 47.
Bf2 fxg3 48. Bxg3 Qf3 49. Qcc6 Qxg3+ 50. Qg2 Qe3+ 51. Kh2 Qf4+ 52. Kh1 Rc7 53.
Qh2+ Qxh2+ 54. Kxh2 Rc2+ 55. Kg3 Rxa2 56. Qd7+ 1-0