Event: Round 5: Ghimpu, Samuel-Timotei - Istratescu, Andrei
Date: 2024-03-24
White: Ghimpu, Samuel-Timotei
WhiteTitle: IM
WhiteElo: 2279
Black: Istratescu, Andrei
BlackTitle: GM
BlackElo: 2408
Result: 0-1
ECO: A36
Opening: English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Ultra-Symmetrical Variation
Variant: Standard

1. c4 { [%eval 0.16] [%clk 0:14:33] } 1... c5 { [%eval 0.32] [%clk 0:14:33] } 2. g3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:14:32] } 2... Nc6 { [%eval 0.23] [%clk 0:14:32] } 3. Bg2 { [%eval 0.2] [%clk 0:14:33] } 3... g6 { [%eval 0.24] [%clk 0:14:35] } 4. Nc3 { [%eval 0.15] [%clk 0:14:27] } 4... Bg7 { [%eval 0.09] [%clk 0:14:39] } 5. a3 { [%eval 0.09] [%clk 0:13:52] } 5... e6 { [%eval 0.17] [%clk 0:12:35] } 6. Nf3 { [%eval -0.03] [%clk 0:13:36] } 6... Nge7 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:12:37] } 7. h4 { [%eval 0.01] [%clk 0:13:34] } 7... h6 { [%eval 0.02] [%clk 0:12:06] } 8. d4?! { [%eval -0.68] } { Inaccuracy. b4 was best. } { [%clk 0:09:53] } 8... Nxd4 { [%eval -0.67] [%clk 0:11:04] } 9. Nxd4?! { [%eval -1.34] } { Inaccuracy. h5 was best. } { [%clk 0:09:52] } 9... cxd4 { [%eval -1.3] [%clk 0:11:06] } 10. Nb5 { [%eval -1.13] [%clk 0:09:52] } 10... d5 { [%eval -1.17] [%clk 0:11:08] } 11. Nxd4 { [%eval -1.23] [%clk 0:06:21] } 11... O-O?! { [%eval -0.24] } { Inaccuracy. dxc4 was best. } { [%clk 0:09:24] } 12. cxd5 { [%eval -0.21] [%clk 0:06:17] } 12... Nxd5 { [%eval -0.1] [%clk 0:09:25] } 13. O-O { [%eval -0.17] [%clk 0:06:11] } 13... Qb6 { [%eval -0.18] [%clk 0:09:09] } 14. e4 { [%eval -0.12] [%clk 0:03:50] } 14... Ne7 { [%eval -0.1] [%clk 0:07:20] } 15. Nb3 { [%eval -0.3] [%clk 0:02:06] } 15... Rd8 { [%eval -0.36] [%clk 0:06:00] } 16. Qc2 { [%eval -0.32] [%clk 0:02:10] } 16... Qc6 { [%eval -0.34] [%clk 0:06:01] } 17. Qe2 { [%eval -0.3] [%clk 0:00:52] } 17... b6 { [%eval -0.25] [%clk 0:05:56] } 18. Be3? { [%eval -1.83] } { Mistake. e5 was best. } { [%clk 0:00:18] } 18... Qa4 { [%eval -1.86] [%clk 0:05:46] } 19. Qc2? { [%eval -3.66] } { Mistake. Nd2 was best. } { [%clk 0:00:13] } 19... Ba6 { [%eval -3.57] [%clk 0:05:39] } 20. Rfd1 { [%eval -3.6] [%clk 0:00:09] } 20... Rdc8 { [%eval -3.44] [%clk 0:05:37] } 0-1