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Staples, Neil (1867) - Manickam, Saravanna Bava (131) - BCF-ch Soanes op (5), Coventry, 2015
A25
1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Bc5 4.e3 d6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.a3 a5 7.Nge2 O-O 8.O-O Bg4 9.b3 Qd7 10.Bb2 Bh3 11.d4 Bxg2 12.Kxg2 exd4 13.exd4 Bb6 14.Na4 Ba7 15.Qd3 Rfe8 16.Rad1 Re7 17.Qf3 Rae8 18.Nf4 Qf5 19.Nd5 Qxf3+ 20.Kxf3 Nxd5 21.cxd5 Nb8 22.Bc3 b5 23.Nb2 Bb6 24.Nd3 Nd7 25.Nf4 g5 26.Nh5 f5 27.h4 g4+ 28.Kg2 Kf7 29.Bd2 Bxd4 30.Bxa5 Bb6 31.Bxb6 Nxb6 32.Nf4 Re5 33.Rc1 Nxd5 34.Nxd5 Rxd5 35.Rxc7+ Re7 36.Rfc1 Rxc7 37.Rxc7+ Kg6 38.Rb7 Rc5 39.Rb6 Rd5 40.a4 bxa4 41.bxa4 Kf7 42.Rb7+ Ke6 43.Rxh7 Ra5 44.Rb7 Rxa4 45.h5 Ra8 46.h6 Rh8 47.h7 Kf6 48.f3 Kg6 49.fxg4 fxg4 50.Rd7 Rxh7 51.Rxd6+ Kf5 52.Rd5+ Kf6 53.Kf2 Rh6 54.Kg2 Rh7 55.Rd4 Kf5 56.Rf4+ Kg5 57.Rf8 Rh6 58.Rf2 Rh3 59.Ra2 Rh7 60.Ra5+ Kf6 61.Kf2 Rh2+ 62.Ke3 Rh3 63.Kf2 Rh7 64.Ra4 Kf5 65.Rf4+ Kg5 66.Rf8 Rh6 67.Re8 ½-½
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