Event: Blackpool Open 2025
Site: BLackpool, Lancashire
Date: 2025-02-07
White: Merriman, James
WhiteElo: 2073
Black: Bakhtiyarov, Kamronbek
BlackElo: 1657
Result: 1-0
ECO: D31
Opening: Queen's Gambit Declined: Janowski Variation
Variant: Standard
TimeControl: 110+10

1. d4 { [%eval 0.17] [%clk 1:50:15] } 1... d5 { [%eval 0.24] [%clk 1:50:12] } 2. c4 { [%eval 0.26] [%clk 1:50:09] } 2... e6 { [%eval 0.27] [%clk 1:49:21] } 3. Nc3 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 1:50:14] } 3... a6 { [%eval 0.41] [%clk 1:49:23] } 4. cxd5 { [%eval 0.28] [%clk 1:50:11] } 4... exd5 { [%eval 0.37] [%clk 1:49:23] } 5. Nf3 { [%eval 0.35] [%clk 1:49:39] } 5... Nf6 { [%eval 0.38] [%clk 1:49:06] } 6. Bg5 { [%eval 0.29] [%clk 1:49:25] } 6... Be7 { [%eval 0.3] [%clk 1:48:05] } 7. Qc2 { [%eval 0.35] [%clk 1:48:50] } 7... c6 { [%eval 0.38] [%clk 1:41:24] } 8. e3 { [%eval 0.31] [%clk 1:48:09] } 8... h6 { [%eval 0.3] [%clk 1:39:12] } 9. Bh4 { [%eval 0.37] [%clk 1:46:03] } 9... Ne4?? { [%eval 2.3] } { Blunder. O-O was best. } { [%clk 1:33:06] } 10. Nxe4?! { [%eval 1.27] } { Inaccuracy. Bxe7 was best. } { [%clk 1:42:42] } 10... Bxh4 { [%eval 1.26] [%clk 1:21:59] } 11. Nxh4 { [%eval 1.2] [%clk 1:42:23] } 11... Qxh4? { [%eval 2.64] } { Mistake. O-O was best. } { [%clk 1:12:06] } 12. Nd6+ { [%eval 2.57] [%clk 1:41:54] } 12... Ke7?! { [%eval 3.82] } { Inaccuracy. Kd7 was best. } { [%clk 1:06:49] } 13. Qc5 { [%eval 3.96] [%clk 1:40:28] } 13... Ke6 { [%eval 3.87] [%clk 1:03:16] } 14. g3 { [%eval 3.87] [%clk 1:34:07] } 14... Qh5 { [%eval 3.61] [%clk 0:50:53] } 1-0