Chess Game
Timothy Taylor vs Keith Esses
USA-op, date unknown · Result ½–½ · French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Closed Variation (C05).
Keith Esses½
Timothy Taylor½
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. Ne2 Be7 9. g3 O-O 10. Bh3 Kh8 11. Kf1 Na5 12. Kg2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb8 14. b3 Bd7 15. Bb2 Na6 16. Nc3 Nc7 17. Rc1 Rac8 18. Qe2 Rfd8 19. Rhd1 a6 20. Kh1 Qa7 21. Bf1 b5 22. Qc2 b4 23. Ne2 Nb7 24. g4 g6 25. Ng3 Ne8 26. Qb1 Ng7 27. Bd3 Qb6 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. f5 exf5 30. gxf5 Nxf5 31. Bxf5 Bxf5 32. Nxf5 gxf5 33. Qxf5 Qe6 34. Qxe6 fxe6 35. Rc1 ½–½
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This chess game between Timothy Taylor (2445) and Keith Esses was played at USA-op and finished ½–½. The opening was the French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Closed Variation (C05). 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 Timothy Taylor and Keith Esses from the CipherChess mega database.