Chess Game
Thomas Held vs Herman Grooten
1. Chess Week, 2001 · Result 0–1 · Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation (B22).
Herman Grooten1
Thomas Held0
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1. e4 c5 2. c3 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Nd2 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. Ne2 e5 8. d5 Nb4 9. Bb1 a5 10. O-O Bc5 11. Nb3 Bd6 12. Ng3 g6 13. Bh6 Ba6 14. Re1 a4 15. a3 axb3 16. axb4 Bxb4 17. Re3 Bc5 18. Rxb3 d6 19. Kh1 Nd7 20. Qg4 Bc4 21. Rxa8 Qxa8 22. Rc3 Qa1 23. Rxc4 Qxb1+ 24. Rc1 Qxb2 25. Rf1 Kd8 26. f4 Kc7 27. fxe5 Nxe5 28. Qg5 Rd8 29. Qe7+ Rd7 30. Qe8 Ng4 31. Bf8 Nf2+ 32. Kg1 Nxe4+ 33. Kh1 Nxg3+ 34. hxg3 Qe5 35. Bxd6+ Qxd6 36. Ra1 b5 37. Ra8 Kb6 38. Rb8+ Ka6 39. Qc8+ Ka5 40. Ra8+ Ra7 0–1
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This chess game between Thomas Held (2146) and Herman Grooten (2375) was played at 1. Chess Week in 2001 and finished 0–1. The opening was the Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation (B22). Step through every move on the interactive board above, or open it on the CipherChess board to analyse the game with the engine. You can also explore more games by Thomas Held and Herman Grooten from the CipherChess mega database.