Event: Round 3: Vardanyan, Aras - Jacobson, Brandon
Date: 2025-04-18
White: Vardanyan, Aras
WhiteTitle: FM
WhiteElo: 2317
Black: Jacobson, Brandon
BlackTitle: GM
BlackElo: 2570
Result: 0-1
ECO: A15
Opening: English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense
Variant: Standard
TimeControl: 90+30

1. c4 { [%eval 0.12] [%clk 1:30:50] } 1... Nf6 { [%eval 0.14] [%clk 1:25:50] } 2. g3 { [%eval 0.11] [%clk 1:30:50] } 2... g6 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 1:25:37] } 3. Bg2 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 1:31:13] } 3... Bg7 { [%eval 0.27] [%clk 1:26:03] } 4. Nc3 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 1:31:10] } 4... O-O { [%eval 0.28] [%clk 1:26:13] } 5. d4 { [%eval 0.24] [%clk 1:31:12] } 5... d6 { [%eval 0.27] [%clk 1:26:36] } 6. h3 { [%eval 0.26] [%clk 1:31:26] } 6... Nbd7 { [%eval 0.17] [%clk 1:24:12] } 7. Nf3 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 1:31:02] } 7... e5 { [%eval 0.5] [%clk 1:24:35] } 8. O-O { [%eval 0.46] [%clk 1:30:48] } 8... Re8 { [%eval 0.58] [%clk 1:24:20] } 9. e4 { [%eval 0.58] [%clk 1:30:58] } 9... exd4 { [%eval 0.58] [%clk 1:23:23] } 10. Nxd4 { [%eval 0.6] [%clk 1:31:20] } 10... Nc5 { [%eval 0.55] [%clk 1:23:47] } 11. Re1 { [%eval 0.6] [%clk 1:31:18] } 11... h6 { [%eval 0.62] [%clk 1:24:09] } 12. Rb1 { [%eval 0.62] [%clk 1:27:58] } 12... a5 { [%eval 0.47] [%clk 1:23:52] } 13. b3 { [%eval 0.48] [%clk 1:26:39] } 13... c6 { [%eval 0.43] [%clk 1:23:27] } 14. Bb2 { [%eval 0.44] [%clk 1:23:37] } 14... Nfd7 { [%eval 0.36] [%clk 1:21:26] } 15. f4 { [%eval 0.2] [%clk 1:17:38] } 15... Qb6 { [%eval 0.26] [%clk 1:13:02] } 16. Ba1 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:10:45] } 16... a4 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:09:25] } 17. b4? { [%eval -1.53] } { Mistake. Kh2 was best. } { [%clk 1:07:15] } 17... Nb3 { [%eval -1.28] [%clk 1:05:57] } 18. axb3 { [%eval -1.55] [%clk 1:06:24] } 18... Qxd4+ { [%eval -1.49] [%clk 1:03:35] } 19. Qxd4 { [%eval -1.48] [%clk 1:00:51] } 19... Bxd4+ { [%eval -1.48] [%clk 1:03:38] } 20. Kh2 { [%eval -1.42] [%clk 1:01:17] } 20... axb3 { [%eval -1.39] [%clk 1:04:02] } 21. Rxb3 { [%eval -1.34] [%clk 1:01:30] } 21... Nb6?! { [%eval -0.5] } { Inaccuracy. Bg7 was best. } { [%clk 1:04:14] } 22. Na4 { [%eval -0.53] [%clk 0:46:56] } 22... Rxa4 { [%eval -0.52] [%clk 0:59:24] } 23. Bxd4 { [%eval -0.55] [%clk 0:47:20] } 23... Nxc4 { [%eval -0.74] [%clk 0:59:48] } 24. Rd1? { [%eval -2.24] } { Mistake. Bf6 was best. } { [%clk 0:46:44] } 24... f5 { [%eval -2.26] [%clk 0:53:15] } 25. e5 { [%eval -2.29] [%clk 0:40:03] } 25... dxe5 { [%eval -2.24] [%clk 0:49:53] } 26. fxe5 { [%eval -2.22] [%clk 0:40:24] } 26... Be6 { [%eval -2.2] [%clk 0:45:14] } 27. Rbb1 { [%eval -2.76] [%clk 0:36:10] } 27... Bd5 { [%eval -2.85] [%clk 0:40:36] } 28. Bxd5+ { [%eval -2.85] [%clk 0:34:43] } 28... cxd5 { [%eval -2.99] [%clk 0:40:45] } 29. Ra1 { [%eval -2.94] [%clk 0:32:04] } 29... Rxb4 { [%eval -2.86] [%clk 0:37:44] } 30. Bc3 { [%eval -2.75] [%clk 0:30:28] } 30... Rb3 { [%eval -2.55] [%clk 0:33:11] } 31. Rac1 { [%eval -2.8] [%clk 0:30:00] } 31... Rb5 { [%eval -2.59] [%clk 0:30:47] } 32. Rb1 { [%eval -2.63] [%clk 0:26:56] } 32... Na3 { [%eval -2.58] [%clk 0:29:38] } 33. Rb4?! { [%eval -3.41] } { Inaccuracy. Ra1 was best. } { [%clk 0:21:41] } 33... Kf7 { [%eval -3.36] [%clk 0:25:52] } 34. Rh4 { [%eval -3.66] [%clk 0:21:03] } 34... Rc8 { [%eval -3.46] [%clk 0:23:10] } 35. Bd4 { [%eval -3.36] [%clk 0:18:44] } 35... Nc2 { [%eval -2.81] [%clk 0:16:23] } 36. Bf2 { [%eval -3.39] [%clk 0:17:32] } 36... h5 { [%eval -3.6] [%clk 0:16:49] } 37. g4 { [%eval -3.51] [%clk 0:17:33] } 37... fxg4 { [%eval -3.55] [%clk 0:16:19] } 38. hxg4 { [%eval -3.5] [%clk 0:17:56] } 38... Rc4 { [%eval -3.52] [%clk 0:16:46] } 39. gxh5 { [%eval -3.7] [%clk 0:17:10] } 39... Rxh4+ { [%eval -3.72] [%clk 0:17:11] } 40. Bxh4 { [%eval -3.61] [%clk 0:17:35] } 40... gxh5 { [%eval -3.47] [%clk 0:17:38] } 41. Rf1+ { [%eval -3.59] [%clk 0:16:21] } 41... Ke6 { [%eval -3.58] [%clk 0:15:53] } 42. Bg3 { [%eval -3.36] [%clk 0:16:44] } 42... Ne3 { [%eval -4.34] [%clk 0:13:30] } 43. Rf6+ { [%eval -4.27] [%clk 0:16:31] } 43... Ke7 { [%eval -4.32] [%clk 0:13:59] } 44. Kh3 { [%eval -4.4] [%clk 0:11:04] } 44... Rb3 { [%eval -4.22] [%clk 0:13:00] } 45. Kh4 { [%eval -5.04] [%clk 0:10:36] } 45... Ng2+ { [%eval -5.04] [%clk 0:12:45] } 46. Kh3 { [%eval -4.96] [%clk 0:10:35] } 46... h4 { [%eval -4.98] [%clk 0:11:18] } 47. Kxg2 { [%eval -4.84] [%clk 0:10:54] } 47... Rxg3+ { [%eval -5.14] [%clk 0:11:40] } 48. Kf2 { [%eval -5.11] [%clk 0:11:16] } 48... Rg5 { [%eval -5.06] [%clk 0:11:46] } 49. Rb6 { [%eval -4.94] [%clk 0:11:36] } 49... Rxe5 { [%eval -5.04] [%clk 0:10:26] } 0-1