Event: Round 2: Sanikidze, Tornike - Ponomariov, Ruslan
Date: 2025-03-16
White: Sanikidze, Tornike
WhiteTitle: GM
WhiteElo: 2452
Black: Ponomariov, Ruslan
BlackTitle: GM
BlackElo: 2628
Result: 1/2-1/2
ECO: D37
Opening: Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights, Vienna Variation
Variant: Standard

1. d4 { [%eval 0.17] [%clk 1:30:54] } 1... Nf6 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 1:30:21] } 2. c4 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 1:30:50] } 2... e6 { [%eval 0.14] [%clk 1:30:36] } 3. Nf3 { [%eval 0.12] [%clk 1:30:32] } 3... d5 { [%eval 0.17] [%clk 1:30:12] } 4. Nc3 { [%eval 0.1] [%clk 1:29:22] } 4... dxc4 { [%eval 0.15] [%clk 1:29:54] } 5. e4 { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 1:26:11] } 5... b5 { [%eval 0.35] [%clk 1:29:47] } 6. e5 { [%eval 0.35] [%clk 1:25:18] } 6... Nd5 { [%eval 0.43] [%clk 1:30:09] } 7. Nxb5 { [%eval 0.39] [%clk 1:25:34] } 7... Nb6 { [%eval 0.42] [%clk 1:30:30] } 8. Be2 { [%eval 0.47] [%clk 1:23:43] } 8... Nc6 { [%eval 0.4] [%clk 1:29:54] } 9. O-O { [%eval 0.48] [%clk 1:22:47] } 9... Be7 { [%eval 0.43] [%clk 1:29:59] } 10. Be3 { [%eval 0.32] [%clk 1:22:15] } 10... O-O { [%eval 0.41] [%clk 1:28:39] } 11. Nc3 { [%eval 0.38] [%clk 1:09:27] } 11... Rb8 { [%eval 0.4] [%clk 1:12:38] } 12. Qc1 { [%eval 0.39] [%clk 1:01:02] } 12... Nb4 { [%eval 0.39] [%clk 0:50:35] } 13. Nd2 { [%eval 0.26] [%clk 0:48:01] } 13... Ba6 { [%eval 0.32] [%clk 0:46:46] } 14. Rd1 { [%eval 0.28] [%clk 0:38:05] } 14... Nd3 { [%eval 0.31] [%clk 0:27:06] } 15. Qc2 { [%eval 0.26] [%clk 0:25:22] } 15... Nb4 { [%eval 0.33] [%clk 0:27:01] } 16. Qc1 { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 0:24:19] } 16... Nd3 { [%eval 0.29] [%clk 0:25:45] } 17. Qc2 { [%eval 0.23] [%clk 0:22:11] } 17... Nb4 { [%eval 0.38] [%clk 0:25:46] } 18. Qc1 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:21:36] } 1/2-1/2