Event: Gibraltar Chess Festival: Masters
Site: Caleta Hotel, Gibraltar
Date: 2020-01-21
White: Topalov, Veselin
WhiteElo: 2738
Black: Sankalp, Gupta
BlackElo: 2400
Result: 1-0
ECO: C11
Opening: French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Boleslavsky Variation
Variant: Standard
TimeControl: 40/100 min, 20/50 min, 15 min for the rest, with 30s/move starting move 1

1. e4 { [%eval 0.24] [%clk 1:40:56] } 1... e6 { [%eval 0.3] [%clk 1:40:47] } 2. d4 { [%eval 0.08] [%clk 1:41:06] } 2... d5 { [%eval 0.2] [%clk 1:41:15] } 3. Nc3 { [%eval 0.13] [%clk 1:41:26] } 3... Nf6 { [%eval 0.16] [%clk 1:41:37] } 4. e5 { [%eval 0.2] [%clk 1:41:40] } 4... Nfd7 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:42:04] } 5. f4 { [%eval 0.26] [%clk 1:41:59] } 5... c5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:42:29] } 6. Nf3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:42:25] } 6... Nc6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:42:53] } 7. Be3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:42:43] } 7... Be7 { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 1:43:20] } 8. dxc5 { [%eval 0.14] [%clk 1:42:18] } 8... Nxc5?! { [%eval 0.7] } { Inaccuracy. Best move was Bxc5. } { [%clk 1:43:15] } 9. Qd2 { [%eval 0.28] [%clk 1:42:06] } 9... O-O { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 1:43:01] } 10. O-O-O { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:41:38] } 10... a6 { [%eval 0.38] [%clk 1:43:28] } 11. Qf2 { [%eval 0.31] [%clk 1:40:01] } 11... Qa5 { [%eval 0.46] [%clk 1:41:05] } 12. Kb1 { [%eval 0.5] [%clk 1:35:42] } 12... Bd7 { [%eval 0.53] [%clk 1:39:23] } 13. f5 { [%eval 0.68] [%clk 1:33:40] } 13... exf5 { [%eval 0.69] [%clk 1:37:51] } 14. Rxd5 { [%eval 0.46] [%clk 1:32:46] } 14... Ne4 { [%eval 0.38] [%clk 1:35:41] } 15. Rxa5 { [%eval 0.62] [%clk 1:33:10] } 15... Nxf2 { [%eval 0.72] [%clk 1:36:04] } 16. Rd5 { [%eval 0.31] [%clk 1:33:35] } 16... Nxh1 { [%eval 0.64] [%clk 1:32:48] } 17. Rxd7 { [%eval 0.34] [%clk 1:33:53] } 17... b5 { [%eval 0.64] [%clk 1:00:31] } 18. Bd3 { [%eval 0.63] [%clk 1:17:28] } 18... f4 { [%eval 0.54] [%clk 0:51:39] } 19. Bb6 { [%eval 0.54] [%clk 1:09:25] } 19... Rab8?! { [%eval 1.13] } { Inaccuracy. Best move was Rae8. } { [%clk 0:45:22] } 20. Nd5 { [%eval 0.92] [%clk 1:04:06] } 20... Rfe8 { [%eval 1.24] [%clk 0:36:14] } 21. Nd4 { [%eval 1.14] [%clk 0:52:14] } 21... Nxe5? { [%eval 2.67] } { Mistake. Best move was Nxd4. } { [%clk 0:16:25] } 22. Rxe7 { [%eval 2.69] [%clk 0:51:02] } 22... f6? { [%eval 4.27] } { Mistake. Best move was Rxe7. } { [%clk 0:14:44] } 23. Bc7 { [%eval 4.2] [%clk 0:40:14] } 23... Ra8 { [%eval 4.09] [%clk 0:14:56] } 24. Bxh7+ { [%eval 4.02] [%clk 0:38:49] } 24... Kh8 { [%eval 4.05] [%clk 0:14:02] } 25. Bf5 { [%eval 3.92] [%clk 0:37:41] } 1-0