Jones, Robert B vs Smith, Robert W

NZL Ch 109th · Round 9 · 2002.01.07 · 1/2-1/2 · A57 Benko Gambit Declined: Sosonko Variation

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. 57. 58.
PGN
[Event "NZL Ch 109th"]
[Site "Christchurch NZL"]
[Date "2002.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jones, Robert B"]
[Black "Smith, Robert W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[WhiteElo "2223"]
[WhiteFideId "2059584"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[BlackFideId "4300190"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[ECO "A57b"]
[Source "Codekiddy"]
[SourceQuality "3"]
[ImportDate "2026-01-06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. a4 b4 5. Nd2 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. f4 O-O 9.
Ngf3 e6 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. f5 gxf5 12. exf5 Bd7 13. O-O Bc6 14. Re1 Re8 15. Nf1
Rxe1 16. Qxe1 Nbd7 17. Bg5 Ne5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Rd1 Qd4+ 20. Ne3 Qxb2 21. Qg3
Kf8 22. Bf1 Ne4 23. Qh4 f6 24. Bh6 Bxh6 25. Qxh6+ Kg8 26. Bd3 Qf2+ 27. Kh1 Qf4
28. Qxf4 exf4 29. Bxe4 Bxe4 30. Ng4 Bxf5 31. Nh6+ Kg7 32. Nxf5+ Kg6 33. Ne7+
Kf7 34. Nd5 Re8 35. Nxf4 Re4 36. g3 Rxc4 37. Rd7+ Ke8 38. Rxa7 b3 39. Rb7 Rc1+
40. Kg2 c4 41. Nd5 Ra1 42. Rb4 Ra2+ 43. Kf3 b2 44. Ke4 Rxa4 45. Rb8+ Kf7 46.
Nc3 Ra3 47. Kd4 Rb3 48. Rxb3 cxb3 49. Ke4 Kg6 50. h4 Kf7 51. Kd5 Ke7 52. Nb1
Kd7 53. Nd2 Ke7 54. Kc4 Ke6 55. Kxb3 Kf5 56. Kxb2 Kg4 57. Nf1 f5 58. Kc3
1/2-1/2