Chess Game
Paul Held vs Hannes Rau
2001 · Result 0–1 · Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation (B22).
Hannes Rau1
Paul Held0
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1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Qd6 10. O-O Be7 11. a3 O-O 12. Qb3 a6 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Rac1 b5 15. Qa2 Rac8 16. b4 h6 17. Qb3 Bf8 18. h3 Bf5 19. g4 Bg6 20. Nh4 Bh7 21. Bf3 g5 22. Ng2 Ne7 23. a4 Ned5 24. axb5 Nxc3 25. Rxc3 Rxc3 26. Qxc3 axb5 27. d5 Ne4 28. Bxe4 Bxe4 29. Bc5 Qc7 30. Ne3 exd5 31. Qd2 Bxc5 32. bxc5 d4 33. Nf5 Bxf5 34. gxf5 Qxc5 35. Qa5 Re8 36. f6 Qe5 37. Qd2 Qxf6 38. Qxd4 Re1+ 39. Kg2 Qxd4 40. Rxd4 Rb1 41. Rd6 Kg7 42. Rb6 Rb3 43. Kh2 f6 44. Kg2 Kg6 45. Kh2 h5 46. Kg2 Kf5 47. Kh2 Ke5 48. Kg2 h4 49. Rb8 f5 50. Rg8 Kf4 51. Rf8 Rd3 52. Rb8 Rd5 53. Rf8 b4 54. Rb8 Rd4 55. Rg8 g4 56. hxg4 fxg4 57. Rf8+ Ke4 58. Rh8 Kd3 0–1
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This chess game between Paul Held (2292) and Hannes Rau (2248) was played 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 Paul Held and Hannes Rau from the CipherChess mega database.