Friso Nijboer vs Ray Robson (2008)

Friso Nijboer vs Ray Robson
12th Essent Chess Tournament 2008 · Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation (B80) · 1-0

[Event "12th Essent Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.24"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Friso Nijboer"]
[Black "Ray Robson"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "313"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 Nc6
7. Be2 Be7 8. f4 O-O 9. Qd2 a6 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Qxd4 b5
12. e5 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Bxd8 14. Bf3 Rb8 15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Ba7 Bc7
17. Bxb8 Bxb8 18. a4 b4 19. Ne4 Nxe5 20. Rd4 a5 21. Nd6 Bd7
22. Nc4 Bxa4 23. Nxa5 Rc8 24. Rhd1 Bc7 25. Nc4 Nxf3 26. gxf3
g5 27. Rg1 h6 28. f4 Bd8 29. b3 Bf6 30. Rd3 Bb5 31. h4 Ra8
32. Kd2 Bc6 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. fxg5 Bg7 35. g6 fxg6 36. Rxg6
Be4 37. Rxe6 Bxd3 38. Kxd3 Rc8 39. Nd6 Rc3+ 40. Kd2 Rh3
41. Ne4 Rh2+ 42. Kd3 Bf8 43. Ng5 Rg2 44. Nf3 Kg7 45. Rc6 Be7
46. Nd4 Kf7 47. Nf5 Bf8 48. Rb6 Rh2 49. Rb7+ Kf6 50. Ne3 Ke6
51. Rb6+ Kd7 52. Rg6 Bc5 53. Ng4 Rh3+ 54. Ke4 Rc3 55. Ne5+ Ke7
56. Rg2 Kd6 57. Rd2+ Kc7 58. Kd5 Kb6 59. Nd3 Kb5 60. Re2 Bb6
61. Nb2 Rc5+ 62. Ke4 Rc8 63. Nc4 Re8+ 64. Kf3 Rf8+ 65. Kg4 Bc5
66. Re5 Kc6 67. Rf5 Rxf5 68. Kxf5 Kd5 69. Nb2 Kd4 70. Na4 Bf8
71. Kf4 Bd6+ 72. Kf3 Bc7 73. Ke2 Bd8 74. Kd1 Bc7 75. Nb2 Kc3
76. Nc4 Bf4 77. Nb6 Kd4 78. Nc8 Kc3 79. Ne7 Kd4 80. Ng6 Bg5
81. Nf8 Kc3 82. Ne6 Bh6 83. Nc7 Kd4 84. Nb5+ Kc5 85. Na7 Bg5
86. Ke2 Kd4 87. Nb5+ Kc5 88. Nc7 Bh6 89. Kd3 Kc6 90. Ne6 Kd5
91. Nd4 Bg7 92. Nf5 Bf8 93. Ne3+ Kc5 94. Ke4 Bh6 95. Nf5 Bc1
96. Nd4 Bh6 97. Ne6+ Kd6 98. Nf4 Kc5 99. Nd3+ Kb5 100. Kd5 Bg7
101. Ne5 Bf8 102. Nc6 Kb6 103. Nd4 Be7 104. Kc4 Bf8 105. Nf5
Kc6 106. Ne3 Kb6 107. Nd5+ Ka5 108. Nf6 Bd6 109. Kd5 Be7
110. Ne8 Kb5 111. Nd6+ Ka5 112. Kc6 Bf8 113. Nc4+ Ka6 114. Nb6
Ka5 115. Nd7 Be7 116. Ne5 Bf8 117. Ng6 Bh6 118. Kc5 Bg7
119. Kc4 Bf6 120. Nf4 Be7 121. Kd5 Kb5 122. Ke6 Bf8 123. Ng6
Bh6 124. Kd5 Bg7 125. Nf4 Bf8 126. Ne6 Be7 127. Nd4+ Kb6
128. Kc4 Bf8 129. Ne6 Be7 130. Nf4 Bf8 131. Ng6 Bh6 132. Kxb4
Bd2+ 133. Kc4 Kc6 134. Ne5+ Kd6 135. Nd3 Kc6 136. b4 Kb6
137. Nb2 Bg5 138. Na4+ Kc6 139. b5+ Kd6 140. Kd4 Bf6+ 141. Kd3
Bg7 142. c4 Bf6 143. Nc3 Bg7 144. Ne4+ Kc7 145. c5 Ba1
146. Kc4 Bb2 147. Nc3 Bc1 148. Nd5+ Kd7 149. b6 Kc6 150. Nb4+
Kb7 151. Kb5 Bf4 152. c6+ Kb8 153. Ka6 Bg3 154. Nd5 Ka8
155. c7 Bxc7 156. Nxc7+ Kb8 157. b7 1-0

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Apr-20-09		Dredge Rivers: Actually Ray wanted to continue, but it was past his bedtime!

May-03-09		WhiteRook48: ha <Dredge Rivers>!

Sep-03-09		solskytz: Strange. No pawn was moved and nothing captured between moves 67 and 132. There's a rule whereby you can claim a draw after 50 such moves.

Oct-05-09		Steven87: <solyskytz> Indeed, I was just looking at that: 64 full moves without a capture/pawn movement. Robson must've been overly optimistic about his bishop in the open position.

Dec-18-10		wordfunph: lifted from Chess Life December 2010.. "I just lost concentration for one move and I blundered a pawn and I lost --- and that was really painful.” - GM Ray Robson

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