Event: Round 2: Sloan, Cecil - Holmes, Nick
Date: 2025-02-22
White: Sloan, Cecil
WhiteElo: 1620
Black: Holmes, Nick
Result: 1/2-1/2
ECO: B08
Opening: Pirc Defense: Classical Variation, Schlechter Variation
Variant: Standard

1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 1:30:56] } 1... d6 { [%eval 0.43] [%clk 1:30:52] } 2. d4 { [%eval 0.43] [%clk 1:31:21] } 2... Nf6 { [%eval 0.43] [%clk 1:31:11] } 3. Nc3 { [%eval 0.38] [%clk 1:31:44] } 3... g6 { [%eval 0.63] [%clk 1:31:23] } 4. Nf3 { [%eval 0.44] [%clk 1:32:05] } 4... Bg7 { [%eval 0.44] [%clk 1:31:46] } 5. h3 { [%eval 0.29] [%clk 1:32:19] } 5... O-O { [%eval 0.35] [%clk 1:32:02] } 6. Be3 { [%eval 0.33] [%clk 1:32:40] } 6... Nbd7 { [%eval 0.69] [%clk 1:31:53] } 7. Be2 { [%eval 0.38] [%clk 1:32:23] } 7... e5 { [%eval 0.48] [%clk 1:31:04] } 8. dxe5 { [%eval 0.38] [%clk 1:32:29] } 8... Nxe5 { [%eval 0.67] [%clk 1:31:00] } 9. Nxe5 { [%eval 0.27] [%clk 1:31:59] } 9... dxe5 { [%eval 0.28] [%clk 1:31:24] } 10. Qxd8 { [%eval 0.31] [%clk 1:26:31] } 10... Rxd8 { [%eval 0.28] [%clk 1:31:48] } 11. O-O { [%eval 0.1] [%clk 1:26:15] } 11... b6 { [%eval 0.47] [%clk 1:31:43] } 12. f3 { [%eval 0.31] [%clk 1:25:37] } 12... c5? { [%eval 1.48] } { Mistake. c6 was best. } { [%clk 1:28:51] } 13. Rfd1 { [%eval 1.09] [%clk 1:25:40] } 13... Bb7 { [%eval 1.59] [%clk 1:28:21] } 14. Nb5 { [%eval 1.51] [%clk 1:23:51] } 14... a6 { [%eval 2.11] [%clk 1:23:15] } 15. Nd6?! { [%eval 1.21] } { Inaccuracy. Nc7 was best. } { [%clk 1:19:58] } 15... Bc6 { [%eval 1.48] [%clk 1:20:30] } 16. Nc4 { [%eval 1.53] [%clk 1:17:33] } 16... Bb5 { [%eval 1.56] [%clk 1:17:37] } 17. Kf2 { [%eval 1.3] [%clk 1:17:14] } 17... Bxc4 { [%eval 1.4] [%clk 1:17:32] } 18. Bxc4 { [%eval 1.45] [%clk 1:17:12] } 18... b5 { [%eval 1.3] [%clk 1:17:07] } 19. Be2 { [%eval 1.07] [%clk 1:15:27] } 19... c4? { [%eval 2.38] } { Mistake. Rxd1 was best. } { [%clk 1:17:15] } 20. Bb6?? { [%eval 0.52] } { Blunder. Rxd8+ was best. } { [%clk 1:15:07] } 20... Rd7?! { [%eval 1.09] } { Inaccuracy. Rxd1 was best. } { [%clk 1:15:53] } 21. Ba5 { [%eval 0.65] [%clk 1:14:22] } 21... Rxd1 { [%eval 1.16] [%clk 1:09:46] } 22. Rxd1 { [%eval 1.06] [%clk 1:14:34] } 22... Ne8 { [%eval 1.0] [%clk 1:09:43] } 23. b3 { [%eval 0.75] [%clk 1:13:32] } 23... cxb3 { [%eval 0.77] [%clk 1:09:05] } 24. cxb3 { [%eval 0.78] [%clk 1:13:21] } 24... Rc8?! { [%eval 1.59] } { Inaccuracy. Bf8 was best. } { [%clk 1:08:13] } 25. Rd8? { [%eval 0.29] } { Mistake. a4 was best. } { [%clk 1:13:30] } 25... Rxd8 { [%eval 0.26] [%clk 1:08:16] } 26. Bxd8 { [%eval 0.2] [%clk 1:13:54] } 26... Bf6 { [%eval 0.28] [%clk 1:06:10] } 27. Bxf6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:12:30] } 27... Nxf6 { [%eval 0.01] [%clk 1:03:13] } 28. a4 { [%eval -0.16] [%clk 1:12:30] } 28... bxa4 { [%eval -0.14] [%clk 1:03:13] } 29. b4?? { [%eval -2.78] } { Blunder. bxa4 was best. } { [%clk 1:10:41] } 29... a3 { [%eval -2.57] [%clk 1:03:13] } 30. Bc4 { [%eval -2.37] [%clk 1:10:41] } 1/2-1/2