Theodorou, Nikolas vs Shankland, Sam
2025 London Chess Classic | Elite · Round 7 · 2025.11.26 · 1/2-1/2 · D79 Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Ultra-Delayed Exchange Variation
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PGN
[Event "2025 London Chess Classic | Elite"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2025.11.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[WhiteFideId "4262875"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "D79"]
[Source "LichessBroadcast"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[ImportDate "2026-02-03"]
1. Nf3 { [%clk 1:30:56] } 1... Nf6 { [%clk 1:30:54] } 2. g3 { [%clk 1:31:13] }
2... g6 { [%clk 1:31:14] } 3. Bg2 { [%clk 1:31:26] } 3... Bg7
{ [%clk 1:31:31] } 4. O-O { [%clk 1:31:47] } 4... c5 { [%clk 1:31:33] } 5. c3
{ [%clk 1:25:07] } 5... O-O { [%clk 1:31:10] } 6. d4 { [%clk 1:25:03] } 6...
cxd4 { [%clk 1:31:36] } 7. cxd4 { [%clk 1:25:29] } 7... d5 { [%clk 1:32:03] }
8. Nc3 { [%clk 1:23:28] } 8... Ne4 { [%clk 1:31:33] } 9. Nd2 { [%clk 1:20:44] }
9... Nf6 { [%clk 1:31:45] } 10. Nf3 { [%clk 1:19:30] } 10... Ne4
{ [%clk 1:32:10] } 11. Nd2 { [%clk 1:14:36] } 11... Nf6 { [%clk 1:30:33] } 12.
Nf3 { [%clk 1:07:02] } 1/2-1/2