Event: XI Sunway Sitges International Chess Festival 2024 - Group A
Site: Hotel Sunway Playa Golf & Spa, Sitges (Barcelona), Spain
Date: 2024-12-12
White: Moussard, Jules
WhiteTitle: GM
WhiteElo: 2600
Black: Sarkisian, Arman
BlackElo: 2062
Result: 1-0
ECO: D35
Opening: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation
Variant: Standard
TimeControl: 90 min/40 moves + 30 min/rest + 30 sec. incr. per move starting move 1

1. c4 { [%eval 0.12] [%clk 1:26:37] } 1... e6 { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 1:29:51] } 2. Nc3 { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 1:27:00] } 2... d5 { [%eval 0.23] [%clk 1:30:17] } 3. d4 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 1:27:24] } 3... Nf6 { [%eval 0.24] [%clk 1:27:41] } 4. cxd5 { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 1:27:19] } 4... exd5 { [%eval 0.26] [%clk 1:28:06] } 5. Bg5 { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 1:27:41] } 5... Be7 { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 1:27:04] } 6. e3 { [%eval 0.23] [%clk 1:27:43] } 6... h6 { [%eval 0.29] [%clk 1:26:17] } 7. Bh4 { [%eval 0.28] [%clk 1:28:06] } 7... O-O { [%eval 0.32] [%clk 1:26:42] } 8. Bd3 { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 1:27:44] } 8... Re8 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 1:26:42] } 9. Nge2 { [%eval 0.29] [%clk 1:23:32] } 9... c6 { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 1:27:04] } 10. O-O { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 1:23:08] } 10... Ne4 { [%eval 0.46] [%clk 1:27:24] } 11. Bxe7 { [%eval 0.61] [%clk 1:21:06] } 11... Qxe7 { [%eval 0.71] [%clk 1:27:46] } 12. Bxe4 { [%eval 0.76] [%clk 1:17:16] } 12... dxe4 { [%eval 0.7] [%clk 1:28:10] } 13. d5 { [%eval 0.2] [%clk 1:10:58] } 13... cxd5 { [%eval 0.36] [%clk 1:25:10] } 14. Qxd5 { [%eval 0.38] [%clk 1:09:42] } 14... Nd7 { [%eval 0.37] [%clk 1:24:50] } 15. Nf4 { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 1:03:19] } 15... Nf6 { [%eval 0.2] [%clk 1:24:57] } 16. Qb3 { [%eval 0.16] [%clk 1:01:04] } 16... Be6 { [%eval 0.23] [%clk 1:24:06] } 17. Nxe6 { [%eval 0.2] [%clk 0:55:36] } 17... Qxe6 { [%eval 0.3] [%clk 1:24:26] } 18. Rfd1 { [%eval 0.1] [%clk 0:54:10] } 18... Qxb3 { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 0:58:26] } 19. axb3 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 0:54:39] } 19... a6 { [%eval 0.15] [%clk 0:58:49] } 20. Kf1 { [%eval 0.09] [%clk 0:53:45] } 20... Kf8 { [%eval 0.09] [%clk 0:57:24] } 21. Ke2 { [%eval 0.03] [%clk 0:49:35] } 21... Rac8 { [%eval 0.03] [%clk 0:57:22] } 22. Rd6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:47:49] } 22... Rc7 { [%eval 0.06] [%clk 0:56:31] } 23. Ra4 { [%eval 0.16] [%clk 0:44:17] } 23... Re5 { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 0:56:43] } 24. Rc4 { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 0:38:12] } 24... Ree7? { [%eval 1.47] } { Mistake. Rce7 was best. } { [%clk 0:34:51] } 25. Rd8+ { [%eval 1.44] [%clk 0:35:53] } 25... Ne8 { [%eval 1.54] [%clk 0:34:18] } 26. Rxc7?? { [%eval -5.37] } { Blunder. Rcd4 was best. } { [%clk 0:34:59] } 26... Rxc7?? { [%eval 1.66] } { Blunder. Rxc5 was best. } { [%clk 0:34:40] } 27. Nxe4 { [%eval 1.59] [%clk 0:35:23] } 27... Ke7?? { [%eval #9] } { Checkmate is now unavoidable. bxc6 was best. } { [%clk 0:32:43] } 28. Rd4 { [%clk 0:35:26] } 28... Rc2+ { [%clk 0:33:03] } 29. Rd2 { [%clk 0:35:50] } 29... Rc6 { [%clk 0:33:26] } 30. Nc3 { [%clk 0:35:36] } 30... Nc7 { [%clk 0:33:37] } 31. Rd4 { [%clk 0:35:45] } 1-0