Event: Norway Chess
Site: chess24.com
Date: 2022-06-05
White: Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
WhiteTitle: GM
WhiteElo: 2750
Black: Topalov, Veselin
BlackTitle: GM
BlackElo: 2730
Result: 1/2-1/2
ECO: C54
Opening: Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo, with h6
Variant: Standard

1. e4 { [%eval 0.33] [%clk 1:59:58] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.12] [%clk 1:59:50] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 1:59:54] } 2... Nc6 { [%eval 0.32] [%clk 1:59:46] } 3. Bc4 { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 1:59:51] } 3... Bc5 { [%eval 0.2] [%clk 1:59:29] } 4. O-O { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 1:59:39] } 4... Nf6 { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 1:59:11] } 5. d3 { [%eval 0.24] [%clk 1:59:36] } 5... d6 { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 1:58:26] } 6. c3 { [%eval 0.17] [%clk 1:59:13] } 6... h6 { [%eval 0.13] [%clk 1:55:34] } 7. Re1 { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 1:56:36] } 7... O-O { [%eval 0.23] [%clk 1:53:24] } 8. Nbd2 { [%eval 0.26] [%clk 1:53:20] } 8... a6 { [%eval 0.24] [%clk 1:44:45] } 9. a4 { [%eval 0.26] [%clk 1:51:58] } 9... Ne7 { [%eval 0.41] [%clk 1:42:24] } 10. d4 { [%eval 0.09] [%clk 1:50:58] } 10... exd4 { [%eval 0.16] [%clk 1:39:10] } 11. Nb3 { [%eval -0.27] [%clk 1:39:13] } 11... Ba7 { [%eval -0.36] [%clk 1:35:12] } 12. Nbxd4 { [%eval -0.27] [%clk 1:34:49] } 12... Ng6 { [%eval -0.32] [%clk 1:32:18] } 13. Qc2 { [%eval -0.38] [%clk 1:29:29] } 13... Re8 { [%eval -0.53] [%clk 1:22:39] } 14. h3 { [%eval -0.6] [%clk 1:28:12] } 14... c5 { [%eval -0.62] [%clk 1:17:36] } 15. Nf5 { [%eval -0.7] [%clk 1:15:30] } 15... Bxf5 { [%eval -0.58] [%clk 1:04:45] } 16. exf5 { [%eval -0.59] [%clk 1:15:19] } 16... Rxe1+ { [%eval -0.67] [%clk 1:04:40] } 17. Nxe1 { [%eval -0.54] [%clk 1:15:14] } 17... Ne5 { [%eval -0.55] [%clk 1:04:29] } 18. Be2 { [%eval -0.59] [%clk 1:13:17] } 18... Qe7 { [%eval -0.46] [%clk 0:55:52] } 19. Bf4 { [%eval -0.46] [%clk 1:11:37] } 19... Re8 { [%eval -0.5] [%clk 0:55:08] } 20. Nf3 { [%eval -0.84] [%clk 1:05:24] } 20... c4 { [%eval -0.94] [%clk 0:54:06] } 21. Kf1 { [%eval -0.63] [%clk 0:58:37] } 21... b5 { [%eval -0.55] [%clk 0:48:10] } 22. axb5 { [%eval -0.6] [%clk 0:56:21] } 22... axb5 { [%eval -0.38] [%clk 0:48:05] } 23. b3 { [%eval -0.65] [%clk 0:53:02] } 23... Nxf3?! { [%eval 0.0] } { Inaccuracy. Bc5 was best. } { [%clk 0:35:13] } 24. Bxf3 { [%eval -0.01] [%clk 0:52:53] } 24... d5 { [%eval -0.02] [%clk 0:35:07] } 25. bxc4 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:52:13] } 25... bxc4 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:34:59] } 26. g4 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:43:09] } 26... Bb8 { [%eval -0.24] [%clk 0:33:40] } 27. Qc1 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:41:25] } 27... Qb7 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:29:22] } 28. Kg2 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:39:31] } 28... Bxf4 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:27:19] } 29. Qxf4 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:39:24] } 29... Qb2 { [%eval -0.11] [%clk 0:24:17] } 30. Qc1 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:36:33] } 30... Rb8 { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 0:22:29] } 31. Qxb2 { [%eval 0.04] [%clk 0:26:04] } 31... Rxb2 { [%eval 0.04] [%clk 0:22:21] } 32. Ra8+ { [%eval 0.1] [%clk 0:26:01] } 32... Kh7 { [%eval 0.12] [%clk 0:22:12] } 33. Rf8 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:25:57] } 33... Rb7 { [%eval 0.06] [%clk 0:19:29] } 34. h4 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:21:40] } 34... g5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:19:22] } 35. fxg6+ { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:21:34] } 1/2-1/2