Sam, Gabriel vs Colville, Julian

National Open 2026 · Round 4.18 · 2026.06.12 · 1-0 · D31 Semi-Slav Defense: Accelerated Move Order

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. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84.
PGN
[Event "National Open 2026"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2026.06.12"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Sam, Gabriel"]
[Black "Colville, Julian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[WhiteFideId "75000776"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[BlackFideId "30963273"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Source "TWIC"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[ImportDate "2027-07-07"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Bg5 Ne7 7. e3 Qb6 8. Qd2
Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qa6 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. Bh4 Nb6 13. Bg3 Nc4 14. Bxd6 Nxd6
15. Qe2 Qa5 16. O-O O-O 17. Rfc1 Rfe8 18. Rab1 Qd8 19. b4 b5 20. a4 a6 21. Ne5
f6 22. Nd3 Nc4 23. Nc5 Nf5 24. Qg4 Nfd6 25. Re1 a5 26. axb5 axb4 27. Rxb4 Qa5
28. Nd3 Qa3 29. Rc1 Nxb5 30. Nxb5 cxb5 31. Qd1 Reb8 32. Rcb1 Qc3 33. Rc1 Qa3
34. h3 h6 35. Rcb1 Qc3 36. R4b3 Qd2 37. Qf3 Rd8 38. Nf4 Na3 39. Ra1 Qc2 40.
Rxb5 Qc3 41. Rbb1 Nxb1 42. Rxa8 Rxa8 43. Qxd5+ Kh7 44. Qxa8 Qe1+ 45. Kh2 Nd2
46. Kg3 Nf1+ 47. Kg4 f5+ 48. Kxf5 Qxf2 49. Ke5 Nd2 50. Kd6 Qxe3 51. Ne6 Ne4+
52. Ke7 Ng5 53. d5 Qe5 54. Kd7 Qf5 55. Qc6 Nf7 56. Ke8 Ne5 57. Nf8+ Kh8 58. Qe6
Qf4 59. d6 Qa4+ 60. d7 Nc6 61. Ng6+ Kh7 62. Nf8+ Kh8 63. Qd5 Qc2 64. d8=Q Qe2+
65. Kd7 Nxd8 66. Ng6+ Kh7 67. Nf8+ Kh8 68. Kxd8 Qa6 69. Nd7 Qa1 70. h4 Qe1 71.
h5 Qh4+ 72. Ke8 Qa4 73. Qf3 Qb5 74. g4 Qa4 75. Qf8+ Kh7 76. Qf5+ Kh8 77. Kf7
Qc4+ 78. Qe6 Qf4+ 79. Kg6 Qg5+ 80. Kf7 Qf4+ 81. Nf6 Qc7+ 82. Kg6 Qc2+ 83. Qe4
Qc8 84. Qe8+ 1-0