Event: Round 8: Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn - Plotkin, Mark
Date: 2025-04-21
White: Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn
WhiteTitle: GM
WhiteElo: 2505
Black: Plotkin, Mark
BlackTitle: IM
BlackElo: 2349
Result: 1-0
ECO: C50
Opening: Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo, Italian Four Knights Variation
Variant: Standard
TimeControl: 90+30

1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 1:30:53] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 1:30:48] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.13] [%clk 1:31:02] } 2... Nc6 { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 1:31:13] } 3. Bc4 { [%eval 0.12] [%clk 1:31:02] } 3... Nf6 { [%eval 0.1] [%clk 1:31:36] } 4. d3 { [%eval 0.09] [%clk 1:31:05] } 4... Bc5 { [%eval 0.1] [%clk 1:31:48] } 5. Nc3 { [%eval 0.08] [%clk 1:30:51] } 5... a6 { [%eval 0.07] [%clk 1:31:53] } 6. Bg5 { [%eval 0.12] [%clk 1:30:59] } 6... h6 { [%eval 0.11] [%clk 1:32:03] } 7. Bxf6 { [%eval 0.07] [%clk 1:31:15] } 7... Qxf6 { [%eval 0.1] [%clk 1:32:25] } 8. Nd5 { [%eval 0.05] [%clk 1:31:15] } 8... Qd8 { [%eval 0.11] [%clk 1:32:24] } 9. c3 { [%eval 0.08] [%clk 1:32:04] } 9... d6 { [%eval 0.09] [%clk 1:30:12] } 10. d4 { [%eval 0.07] [%clk 1:32:08] } 10... Ba7 { [%eval 0.11] [%clk 1:30:17] } 11. dxe5 { [%eval 0.02] [%clk 1:32:08] } 11... dxe5?! { [%eval 0.64] } { Inaccuracy. Be6 was best. } { [%clk 1:11:16] } 12. Qe2 { [%eval 0.64] [%clk 1:31:00] } 12... b5 { [%eval 0.86] [%clk 1:06:20] } 13. Bb3 { [%eval 0.87] [%clk 1:30:00] } 13... O-O { [%eval 1.04] [%clk 1:06:14] } 14. Rd1 { [%eval 1.18] [%clk 1:23:16] } 14... Bd7 { [%eval 1.24] [%clk 1:04:55] } 15. g4 { [%eval 0.77] [%clk 1:21:01] } 15... Bxg4 { [%eval 0.93] [%clk 0:54:52] } 16. Ne3 { [%eval 1.04] [%clk 0:49:53] } 16... Bxf3? { [%eval 2.26] } { Mistake. Qc8 was best. } { [%clk 0:48:43] } 17. Qxf3 { [%eval 2.23] [%clk 0:50:08] } 17... Qg5 { [%eval 2.08] [%clk 0:32:21] } 18. Bd5 { [%eval 2.22] [%clk 0:46:33] } 18... Bxe3 { [%eval 2.16] [%clk 0:32:21] } 19. fxe3 { [%eval 2.35] [%clk 0:46:33] } 19... Na5 { [%eval 2.4] [%clk 0:24:11] } 20. Bxa8 { [%eval 2.06] [%clk 0:40:35] } 20... Rxa8 { [%eval 2.14] [%clk 0:24:39] } 21. Rd7 { [%eval 2.18] [%clk 0:40:08] } 21... Nc4?! { [%eval 2.93] } { Inaccuracy. Rf8 was best. } { [%clk 0:23:41] } 22. Ke2?? { [%eval 0.81] } { Blunder. Qxf7+ was best. } { [%clk 0:24:48] } 22... Nxb2?? { [%eval 2.78] } { Blunder. Rf8 was best. } { [%clk 0:23:41] } 23. Rf1 { [%eval 2.86] [%clk 0:20:06] } 23... Kh8 { [%eval 2.79] [%clk 0:19:04] } 24. Rxf7 { [%eval 2.65] [%clk 0:19:10] } 24... Nc4?! { [%eval 4.19] } { Inaccuracy. Rd8 was best. } { [%clk 0:19:05] } 25. h4 { [%eval 3.92] [%clk 0:12:46] } 25... Qxh4?! { [%eval 5.18] } { Inaccuracy. Qg6 was best. } { [%clk 0:18:39] } 26. Rg1 { [%eval 5.11] [%clk 0:09:43] } 26... Qd8 { [%eval 5.44] [%clk 0:17:48] } 27. Rgxg7 { [%eval 5.45] [%clk 0:09:08] } 27... Qd2+ { [%eval 5.34] [%clk 0:17:59] } 28. Kf1 { [%eval 5.27] [%clk 0:09:36] } 28... Nxe3+ { [%eval 5.15] [%clk 0:17:58] } 29. Kg1 { [%eval 5.42] [%clk 0:09:25] } 29... Qe1+ { [%eval 5.46] [%clk 0:17:17] } 30. Kh2 { [%eval 5.32] [%clk 0:09:43] } 30... Qh4+ { [%eval 5.24] [%clk 0:17:15] } 31. Qh3 { [%eval 5.13] [%clk 0:09:47] } 31... Nf1+ { [%eval 5.39] [%clk 0:16:56] } 32. Kg2 { [%eval 5.12] [%clk 0:10:12] } 32... Qxh3+ { [%eval 5.04] [%clk 0:17:14] } 33. Kxh3 { [%eval 4.98] [%clk 0:10:11] } 33... Nd2 { [%eval 5.62] [%clk 0:17:40] } 34. Rh7+ { [%eval 5.75] [%clk 0:10:46] } 34... Kg8 { [%eval 5.62] [%clk 0:18:09] } 35. Rfg7+ { [%eval 5.61] [%clk 0:11:08] } 35... Kf8 { [%eval 5.56] [%clk 0:18:30] } 36. Rg2 { [%eval 4.83] [%clk 0:11:14] } 1-0