Event: New Zealand Chess Congress 2025
Date: 2025-01-06
White: Steele, Hayden
WhiteElo: 1789
Black: McLaren, Leonard J
BlackTitle: FM
BlackElo: 2035
Result: 0-1
ECO: B32
Opening: Sicilian Defense: Kalashnikov Variation
Variant: Standard
TimeControl: 5400+30

1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 1:30:56] } 1... c5 { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 1:30:46] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.2] [%clk 1:31:17] } 2... Nc6 { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 1:31:12] } 3. d4 { [%eval 0.27] [%clk 1:31:35] } 3... cxd4 { [%eval 0.35] [%clk 1:31:36] } 4. Nxd4 { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 1:31:59] } 4... e5 { [%eval 0.42] [%clk 1:31:58] } 5. Nb5 { [%eval 0.35] [%clk 1:32:25] } 5... d6 { [%eval 0.4] [%clk 1:32:24] } 6. N1c3 { [%eval 0.28] [%clk 1:32:42] } 6... a6 { [%eval 0.29] [%clk 1:32:09] } 7. Na3 { [%eval 0.3] [%clk 1:33:05] } 7... Be7 { [%eval 0.26] [%clk 1:31:41] } 8. Nc4 { [%eval 0.38] [%clk 1:27:24] } 8... b5 { [%eval 0.34] [%clk 1:28:57] } 9. Ne3 { [%eval 0.37] [%clk 1:27:48] } 9... Nf6 { [%eval 0.3] [%clk 1:28:17] } 10. Bd3 { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 1:24:04] } 10... O-O { [%eval 0.29] [%clk 1:26:00] } 11. g4?! { [%eval -0.6] } { Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } { [%clk 1:15:51] } 11... Be6?! { [%eval 0.02] } { Inaccuracy. b4 was best. } { [%clk 1:16:05] } 12. g5?! { [%eval -0.56] } { Inaccuracy. h4 was best. } { [%clk 1:10:23] } 12... Nd7 { [%eval -0.64] [%clk 1:16:09] } 13. h4 { [%eval -0.62] [%clk 1:10:14] } 13... Nc5 { [%eval -0.46] [%clk 1:09:43] } 14. Ncd5 { [%eval -0.46] [%clk 1:02:20] } 14... Rb8?! { [%eval 0.17] } { Inaccuracy. f6 was best. } { [%clk 1:00:41] } 15. Rg1 { [%eval -0.25] [%clk 0:58:17] } 15... Nd4 { [%eval -0.33] [%clk 0:58:23] } 16. Ng4? { [%eval -1.52] } { Mistake. Bf1 was best. } { [%clk 0:54:30] } 16... Kh8?? { [%eval 0.31] } { Blunder. Bxd5 was best. } { [%clk 0:54:27] } 17. c3 { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 0:43:08] } 17... Nc6 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 0:45:09] } 18. Bc2 { [%eval 0.3] [%clk 0:40:40] } 18... b4 { [%eval 0.26] [%clk 0:43:49] } 19. Ngf6?? { [%eval -2.42] } { Blunder. Nge3 was best. } { [%clk 0:30:45] } 19... gxf6 { [%eval -2.55] [%clk 0:34:29] } 20. gxf6 { [%eval -2.54] [%clk 0:30:49] } 20... Rg8 { [%eval -2.5] [%clk 0:29:02] } 21. Bg5 { [%eval -2.79] [%clk 0:27:57] } 21... Bf8 { [%eval -2.68] [%clk 0:27:49] } 22. Kd2?! { [%eval -4.04] } { Inaccuracy. Rg3 was best. } { [%clk 0:13:41] } 22... bxc3+ { [%eval -3.98] [%clk 0:27:51] } 23. bxc3 { [%eval -3.75] [%clk 0:14:01] } 23... Rb2 { [%eval -3.76] [%clk 0:25:46] } 24. Qf3? { [%eval -6.26] } { Mistake. Kc1 was best. } { [%clk 0:11:35] } 24... Qa5 { [%eval -5.77] [%clk 0:22:06] } 25. Be3?! { [%eval -8.28] } { Inaccuracy. Kd1 was best. } { [%clk 0:06:56] } 25... Rxc2+ { [%eval -8.22] [%clk 0:19:41] } 26. Kxc2 { [%eval -8.23] [%clk 0:07:10] } 26... Qa4+ { [%eval -7.89] [%clk 0:18:59] } 0-1