Chess Game
John Upper vs Hugues Masse
Canadian Closed 2012, 2012 · Result ½–½ · Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Smyslov Variation (D98).
Hugues Masse½
John Upper½
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8. Be2 Bg4 9. d5 Na5 10. Qb4 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 c6 12. O-O Qb6 13. Qa4 Nd7 14. Rd1 Rfd8 15. Qc2 Rac8 16. Be3 Qc7 17. dxc6 Nxc6 18. Rac1 Nce5 19. Be2 Nb6 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Rd1 Qc7 22. Qb3 Rd8 23. Rc1 Ned7 24. Nb5 Qb8 25. f4 a6 26. Nc7 Na8 27. Nxa8 Qxa8 28. Bc4 e6 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Qxe6+ Kh8 31. Rc7 Nf6 32. Rxg7 Kxg7 33. Qe7+ Kg8 34. Qxf6 Qc8 35. h3 Qd7 36. Kf2 Qd6 37. Qc3 Qd3 38. Qc7 Qd7 39. Qb6 Kg7 40. e5 Re8 41. g4 Re6 42. Qd4 ½–½
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This chess game between John Upper (2020) and Hugues Masse (2208) was played at Canadian Closed 2012 in 2012 and finished ½–½. The opening was the Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Smyslov Variation (D98). 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 John Upper and Hugues Masse from the CipherChess mega database.