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Balster, Stefan (2349) - McDonald, Neil R (2396) - Budapest FS07 IM-C (4), Budapest, 2002
A21
1.c4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d6 4.Bg2 g6 5.e3 Bg7 6.Nge2 O-O 7.O-O e5 8.d3 c6 9.f4 a5 10.h3 Na6 11.b3 Bd7 12.Rb1 Rc8 13.a3 Nc7 14.b4 axb4 15.axb4 b5 16.cxb5 cxb5 17.Bb2 Be6 18.Qd2 Qd7 19.Kh2 Ncd5 20.Nxd5 Bxd5 21.Nc3 Bxg2 22.Qxg2 Qe6 23.Nxb5 Nd5 24.Qd2 Rfe8 25.Na3 exf4 26.exf4 Bxb2 27.Rxb2 Ne3 28.Rf2 Ra8 29.Nc2 Nxc2 30.Qxc2 Ra1 31.Rb1 Rxb1 32.Qxb1 Qe3 33.Qc2 h5 34.h4 Kh7 35.Rg2 Qb6 36.Qc4 Re1 37.d4 Qa7 38.Rc2 Kh6 39.Qg8 Qxd4 40.Qf8+ Qg7 41.Qxd6 Rb1 42.Re2 Qh8 43.Qe7 Rb2 44.Kh3 Rxe2 45.Qxe2 Qa8 46.Kh2 Qd5 47.Qb2 Kh7 48.b5 Qb7 49.b6 Kg8 50.Qf6 Qe4 51.Qxg6+ Kh8 52.Qxh5+ Kg7 53.Qd1 Kh6 54.Qh1 Qb4 55.b7 Kh5 56.Qf3+ Kh6 57.Kh3 Kg6 58.Qc6+ Kh5 59.Qe8+ 1-0
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