Event: 1. BL Pauli
Site: Hamburg, Germany
Date: 2025-03-23
White: Shirov, Alexei
WhiteTitle: GM
WhiteElo: 2652
Black: Babula, Vlastimil
BlackTitle: GM
BlackElo: 2503
Result: 1/2-1/2
ECO: B69
Opening: Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Neo-Modern Variation, Nyezhmetdinov Attack
Variant: Standard
TimeControl: 90 min + 30 min + 30 sek Ink

1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 1:30:56] } 1... c5 { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 1:30:49] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.2] [%clk 1:31:21] } 2... d6 { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 1:30:58] } 3. d4 { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 1:31:18] } 3... cxd4 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 1:31:20] } 4. Nxd4 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 1:31:45] } 4... Nf6 { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 1:31:37] } 5. Nc3 { [%eval 0.32] [%clk 1:32:04] } 5... Nc6 { [%eval 0.3] [%clk 1:31:38] } 6. Bg5 { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 1:22:32] } 6... e6 { [%eval 0.39] [%clk 1:31:07] } 7. Qd2 { [%eval 0.39] [%clk 1:22:55] } 7... a6 { [%eval 0.45] [%clk 1:30:14] } 8. O-O-O { [%eval 0.46] [%clk 1:21:34] } 8... Bd7 { [%eval 0.46] [%clk 1:30:01] } 9. f4 { [%eval 0.49] [%clk 1:19:23] } 9... Be7 { [%eval 0.36] [%clk 1:28:28] } 10. Nf3 { [%eval 0.41] [%clk 1:19:25] } 10... b5 { [%eval 0.36] [%clk 1:28:20] } 11. Bxf6 { [%eval 0.45] [%clk 1:19:05] } 11... gxf6 { [%eval 0.33] [%clk 1:28:23] } 12. Bd3 { [%eval 0.38] [%clk 1:19:32] } 12... Qb6 { [%eval 0.32] [%clk 1:26:25] } 13. Kb1 { [%eval 0.4] [%clk 1:11:18] } 13... b4 { [%eval 0.49] [%clk 1:25:30] } 14. Ne2 { [%eval 0.6] [%clk 1:09:46] } 14... h5 { [%eval 0.64] [%clk 1:24:50] } 15. f5 { [%eval 0.73] [%clk 1:03:40] } 15... e5 { [%eval 0.52] [%clk 1:24:09] } 16. c3?! { [%eval -0.44] } { Inaccuracy. h3 was best. } { [%clk 0:57:58] } 16... a5 { [%eval -0.22] [%clk 1:14:04] } 17. Bc4 { [%eval -0.19] [%clk 0:56:44] } 17... Rc8 { [%eval -0.1] [%clk 1:11:29] } 18. Rc1 { [%eval -0.45] [%clk 0:51:36] } 18... Bf8 { [%eval -0.41] [%clk 1:07:21] } 19. Qd5 { [%eval -0.52] [%clk 0:35:51] } 19... Nd8 { [%eval -0.48] [%clk 0:53:44] } 20. cxb4 { [%eval -0.48] [%clk 0:35:16] } 20... axb4 { [%eval -0.34] [%clk 0:50:13] } 21. Bb3 { [%eval -0.34] [%clk 0:31:49] } 21... Bh6 { [%eval -0.55] [%clk 0:47:25] } 22. Rxc8 { [%eval -0.57] [%clk 0:21:18] } 22... Bxc8 { [%eval -0.48] [%clk 0:47:43] } 23. Rd1 { [%eval -0.43] [%clk 0:19:22] } 23... Ke7 { [%eval -0.52] [%clk 0:43:23] } 24. Ne1 { [%eval -0.74] [%clk 0:14:56] } 24... Rg8 { [%eval -0.75] [%clk 0:39:19] } 25. Qd3 { [%eval -0.65] [%clk 0:09:45] } 25... Bb7 { [%eval -0.31] [%clk 0:24:16] } 26. Bd5 { [%eval -0.34] [%clk 0:08:36] } 26... Ba6 { [%eval -0.17] [%clk 0:23:35] } 27. Bc4 { [%eval -0.7] [%clk 0:08:45] } 27... Bb7 { [%eval -0.33] [%clk 0:23:54] } 28. Bd5 { [%eval -0.38] [%clk 0:09:11] } 28... Ba6 { [%eval -0.02] [%clk 0:24:16] } 29. Bc4?! { [%eval -0.68] } { Inaccuracy. Qf3 was best. } { [%clk 0:09:37] } 29... Bb7?! { [%eval 0.0] } { Inaccuracy. Bxc4 was best. } { [%clk 0:24:31] } 30. Bd5 { [%eval -0.34] [%clk 0:04:21] } 1/2-1/2