2021 Candidates Tournament Rd 10 Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Kirill Alekseenko

April 22, 2021 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Coming into round 10, Ian has been at the top of the leaderboard throughout the tournament. With a win over Kirill he would be up by a full point over the rest of the field. Kirill looks to fight back and see if he can climb near the top of the standings with the rest of the pack.

PGN for this game:
1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qc2 c5 8.
Nc3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qc7 12. Rd1 Rd8 13. Be3 Nb6 14. Rac1 e5
15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Nc4 17. Bg5 Rxd1+ 18. Nxd1 Rd8 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Be4 Qa5
21. Nc3 Kf8 22. Nd5 b5 23. Qxh7 Rxd5 24. Bxd5 Qd2 25. Rxc4 bxc4 26. e4 Qxb2 27.
Qh8+ Ke7 28. Qc8 Qb6 29. Qxc4 Qb5 30. Qc7+ Qd7 31. Qc5+ 1-0

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