Bachin, Vitalii vs Kashtanov, Ruslan

Chigorin Memorial 13th · Round 7 · 2005.10.21 · 1/2-1/2 · C11 French Defense: Classical Variation, Burn Variation, Main Line

Moves

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PGN
[Event "Chigorin Memorial 13th"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2005.10.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bachin, Vitalii"]
[Black "Kashtanov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[WhiteFideId "4130413"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[BlackFideId "4124871"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[ECO "C11t"]
[Source "Codekiddy"]
[SourceQuality "3"]
[ImportDate "2026-01-06"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O b6 10. Qf4 Bb7 11. Bd3 c5 12. dxc5 Qc8 13. Nfg5 Bxg5 14. Qxg5
h6 15. Qe7 Bc6 16. Nd6 Qc7 17. Rhe1 bxc5 18. Bc4 Qd8 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. Bb5
Bxb5 21. Nxb5 a6 22. Nc3 Kf8 23. Rd6 Ke7 24. Red1 Ne5 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rxd8
Kxd8 27. Ne4 Nd7 28. Nd6 Ke7 29. Nc4 e5 30. Kd2 Ke6 31. Kd3 f5 32. f3 g6 33. c3
h5 34. b3 Kd5 35. a4 e4+ 36. fxe4+ fxe4+ 37. Ke3 g5 38. h4 gxh4 39. Kf4 Nf6 40.
Kg5 Ng4 41. Kxh5 Nf2 42. Ne3+ Ke5 43. Kxh4 Kf4 44. Nd5+ Ke5 45. Kg3 Nh1+ 46.
Kh2 Nf2 47. Kg1 Nd1 48. c4 Kd4 49. Kf1 Ne3+ 50. Kf2 Nc2 51. Ke2 Na1 52. g4 Nxb3
53. g5 Kxc4 54. Nb6+ Kb4 55. g6 Nd4+ 56. Ke3 Ne6 57. Kxe4 c4 58. Ke5 Ng7 59.
Nd5+ Kb3 60. a5 c3 61. Ne3 Kb2 62. Nc4+ Kb3 63. Ne3 Kb4 64. Kd4 Ne6+ 1/2-1/2