Chess Game
Thomas Steppuhn vs Tilo Balzer
Oberschwaben ch-B, date unknown · Result 0–1 · Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Spassky Variation (D88).
Tilo Balzer1
Thomas Steppuhn0
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Bc4 O-O 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. O-O cxd4 11. cxd4 Bg4 12. f3 Na5 13. Bxf7+ Rxf7 14. fxg4 Rxf1+ 15. Kxf1 Qd6 16. Qa4 b6 17. e5 Qe6 18. g5 Qf5+ 19. Ke1 Qg4 20. g3 Kh8 21. Rc1 Bxe5 22. Bf4 Bxf4 23. gxf4 Rc8 24. Qa3 Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1 Qd7 26. Kf2 b5 27. Qc3 Nc4 28. Kg3 Kg8 29. Ng1 Qe6 30. Nf3 Qe2 31. Qb3 Kg7 32. Qxb5 Qxa2 33. Ng1 Qa3+ 34. Nf3 Qa2 35. Ng1 a6 36. Qc5 Qa3+ 37. Qxa3 Nxa3 38. Ne2 Nb5 39. Kf3 a5 40. Ke4 a4 41. Nc1 h6 42. h4 hxg5 43. hxg5 Kf7 44. Ke5 Nc3 45. d5 a3 46. Nb3 a2 47. Na1 Nb1 48. Nb3 Nd2 49. Na1 Nc4+ 50. Kd4 Nd6 51. Ke5 Ke8 52. Ke6 Nf5 53. Ke5 Kd7 54. Nb3 Kc7 55. Na1 Kb6 56. Ke6 Kc5 57. Kf7 Kxd5 58. Kxg6 Ke4 59. Kf7 Kxf4 60. g6 e5 61. g7 Nxg7 62. Kxg7 e4 0–1
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This chess game between Thomas Steppuhn (2160) and Tilo Balzer (1624) was played at Oberschwaben ch-B and finished 0–1. The opening was the Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Spassky Variation (D88). 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 Steppuhn and Tilo Balzer from the CipherChess mega database.