French, Max – Rathbone-Jones, Ifan French, Max (2182) Rathbone-Jones, Ifan (1879) Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 27 September 2019 Location: Ibis Styles Hotel, Crewe Tournament: 2019 Crewe Congress: Open Round: Opening: D35 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange Variation Submitted by: Published on: 22 January 2025 Categories: game [Event "2019 Crewe Congress: Open"] [Site "Ibis Styles Hotel, Crewe"] [Date "2019.09.27"] [Round ""] [White "French, Max"] [Black "Rathbone-Jones, Ifan"] [Result "1-0"] [BlackElo "1879"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2182"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Bd3 Be6 8.Qc2 h6 9.Bh4 Nbd7 10.Nge2 Nb6 11.O-O O-O 12.f3 Nh5 13.Bf2 Bh4 14.e4 Bxf2+ 15.Rxf2 Rc8 16.b4 g6 17.e5 Ng7 18.g4 f5 19.exf6 Qxf6 20.h3 Qh4 21.Raf1 Rf6 22.Kg2 Rcf8 23.Nd1 Kf7 24.Ne3 h5 25.Rh1 Rh8 26.Ng3 Qg5 27.f4 Qh4 28.g5 Nf5 29.Nexf5 Rxf5 30.Bxf5 Nc4 31.Bxe6+ Kg7 32.Re1 Re8 33.Qc3 Nd6 34.Bxd5 cxd5 35.Qc7+ Kg8 36.Rxe8+ Nxe8 37.Qd7 Ng7 38.Qxd5+ Kh7 39.Qf7 Kh8 40.Qxg6 b5 41.Qxg7+ 1-0 [Event "2019 Crewe Congress: Open"] [Site "Ibis Styles Hotel, Crewe"] [Date "2019.09.27"] [Round ""] [White "French, Max"] [Black "Rathbone-Jones, Ifan"] [Result "1-0"] [BlackElo "1879"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2182"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Bd3 Be6 8.Qc2 h6 9.Bh4 Nbd7 10.Nge2 Nb6 11.O-O O-O 12.f3 Nh5 13.Bf2 Bh4 14.e4 Bxf2+ 15.Rxf2 Rc8 16.b4 g6 17.e5 Ng7 18.g4 f5 19.exf6 Qxf6 20.h3 Qh4 21.Raf1 Rf6 22.Kg2 Rcf8 23.Nd1 Kf7 24.Ne3 h5 25.Rh1 Rh8 26.Ng3 Qg5 27.f4 Qh4 28.g5 Nf5 29.Nexf5 Rxf5 30.Bxf5 Nc4 31.Bxe6+ Kg7 32.Re1 Re8 33.Qc3 Nd6 34.Bxd5 cxd5 35.Qc7+ Kg8 36.Rxe8+ Nxe8 37.Qd7 Ng7 38.Qxd5+ Kh7 39.Qf7 Kh8 40.Qxg6 b5 41.Qxg7+ 1-0 White to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Black to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Warning: This game can only be seen if JavaScript is enabled in your browser.
