Event: XI Sunway Sitges International Chess Festival 2024 - Group A
Site: Hotel Sunway Playa Golf & Spa, Sitges (Barcelona), Spain
Date: 2024-12-19
White: Girel, Joseph
WhiteTitle: GM
WhiteElo: 2494
Black: Ivanchuk, Vasyl
BlackTitle: GM
BlackElo: 2630
Result: 1-0
ECO: D12
Opening: Slav Defense: Quiet Variation, Schallopp Defense
Variant: Standard
TimeControl: 90 min/40 moves + 30 min/rest + 30 sec. incr. per move starting move 1

1. d4 { [%eval 0.17] [%clk 1:30:44] } 1... Nf6 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 1:30:26] } 2. c4 { [%eval 0.17] [%clk 1:30:55] } 2... c6 { [%eval 0.26] [%clk 1:30:23] } 3. Nf3 { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 1:29:46] } 3... d5 { [%eval 0.24] [%clk 1:28:10] } 4. e3 { [%eval 0.15] [%clk 1:30:01] } 4... Bf5 { [%eval 0.14] [%clk 1:24:54] } 5. Nc3 { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 1:30:08] } 5... a6 { [%eval 0.45] [%clk 1:25:17] } 6. Ne5 { [%eval 0.32] [%clk 1:29:17] } 6... Nbd7 { [%eval 0.35] [%clk 1:25:16] } 7. Qb3 { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 1:28:07] } 7... Qc7 { [%eval 0.3] [%clk 1:25:10] } 8. cxd5 { [%eval 0.28] [%clk 1:28:00] } 8... Nxe5 { [%eval 0.27] [%clk 1:25:15] } 9. dxe5 { [%eval 0.31] [%clk 1:28:20] } 9... Nxd5 { [%eval 0.28] [%clk 1:25:43] } 10. Bc4 { [%eval 0.11] [%clk 1:27:48] } 10... e6 { [%eval 0.12] [%clk 1:24:53] } 11. e4 { [%eval 0.07] [%clk 1:28:09] } 11... Nxc3 { [%eval 0.06] [%clk 1:25:18] } 12. exf5 { [%eval 0.07] [%clk 1:28:30] } 12... Nd5 { [%eval 0.1] [%clk 1:25:41] } 13. Bxd5 { [%eval 0.3] [%clk 1:28:41] } 13... cxd5?! { [%eval 1.3] } { Inaccuracy. Qxe5+ was best. } { [%clk 0:41:28] } 14. O-O { [%eval 1.28] [%clk 1:22:40] } 14... Qd7 { [%eval 1.1] [%clk 0:41:56] } 15. Be3 { [%eval 0.59] [%clk 1:04:13] } 15... Be7 { [%eval 0.48] [%clk 0:36:59] } 16. Rac1 { [%eval 0.38] [%clk 0:59:57] } 16... exf5 { [%eval 0.34] [%clk 0:37:54] } 17. Rfd1 { [%eval 0.36] [%clk 0:48:50] } 17... O-O { [%eval 0.4] [%clk 0:22:02] } 18. Rxd5 { [%eval 0.36] [%clk 0:45:43] } 18... Qe6 { [%eval 0.42] [%clk 0:22:29] } 19. Rc7 { [%eval 0.57] [%clk 0:38:10] } 19... b5 { [%eval 0.57] [%clk 0:22:34] } 20. Rdd7 { [%eval 0.62] [%clk 0:33:54] } 20... Qxb3?! { [%eval 1.19] } { Inaccuracy. Rfd8 was best. } { [%clk 0:22:55] } 21. axb3 { [%eval 1.28] [%clk 0:34:21] } 21... Rfd8 { [%eval 1.13] [%clk 0:23:21] } 22. g4 { [%eval 1.13] [%clk 0:34:41] } 22... Rxd7 { [%eval 1.12] [%clk 0:22:24] } 23. Rxd7 { [%eval 1.15] [%clk 0:35:07] } 23... f4 { [%eval 1.03] [%clk 0:22:49] } 24. Bxf4 { [%eval 1.04] [%clk 0:33:51] } 24... Bc5?! { [%eval 2.2] } { Inaccuracy. Kf8 was best. } { [%clk 0:23:17] } 25. Kg2 { [%eval 2.03] [%clk 0:31:50] } 25... h6 { [%eval 2.59] [%clk 0:23:39] } 26. h4 { [%eval 2.36] [%clk 0:29:11] } 26... Re8 { [%eval 2.93] [%clk 0:23:24] } 27. h5 { [%eval 2.86] [%clk 0:27:51] } 27... Re6 { [%eval 3.03] [%clk 0:23:51] } 28. Bg3 { [%eval 2.83] [%clk 0:23:50] } 28... f6?! { [%eval 3.81] } { Inaccuracy. Rc6 was best. } { [%clk 0:24:11] } 29. f4 { [%eval 3.89] [%clk 0:20:12] } 29... fxe5 { [%eval 3.98] [%clk 0:24:16] } 30. fxe5 { [%eval 4.01] [%clk 0:20:07] } 30... Re7 { [%eval 4.16] [%clk 0:19:34] } 31. Rd8+ { [%eval 4.37] [%clk 0:18:25] } 31... Kf7 { [%eval 4.38] [%clk 0:18:13] } 32. Kf3 { [%eval 4.31] [%clk 0:18:29] } 32... Ke6 { [%eval 4.72] [%clk 0:18:39] } 33. Ke4 { [%eval 4.73] [%clk 0:18:12] } 33... Rc7 { [%eval 5.32] [%clk 0:18:44] } 34. Re8+ { [%eval 5.07] [%clk 0:18:13] } 34... Be7?! { [%eval 8.32] } { Inaccuracy. Re7 was best. } { [%clk 0:19:03] } 35. Bh4 { [%eval 7.75] [%clk 0:18:09] } 1-0