Event: Round 9: Eckert, Doug - Girel, Joseph
Date: 2025-05-15
White: Eckert, Doug
WhiteTitle: FM
WhiteElo: 2146
Black: Girel, Joseph
BlackTitle: GM
BlackElo: 2498
Result: 1/2-1/2
ECO: A21
Opening: English Opening: King's English Variation, Kramnik-Shirov Counterattack
Variant: Standard

1. c4 { [%eval 0.12] [%clk 1:15:51] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.1] [%clk 1:15:45] } 2. Nc3 { [%eval 0.04] [%clk 1:16:15] } 2... Bb4 { [%eval 0.23] [%clk 1:16:02] } 3. Nd5 { [%eval 0.15] [%clk 1:16:35] } 3... Be7 { [%eval 0.12] [%clk 1:16:20] } 4. d4 { [%eval 0.2] [%clk 1:16:36] } 4... d6 { [%eval 0.37] [%clk 1:16:19] } 5. e4 { [%eval 0.34] [%clk 1:16:37] } 5... Nf6 { [%eval 0.41] [%clk 1:16:25] } 6. Nxe7 { [%eval 0.4] [%clk 1:17:01] } 6... Qxe7 { [%eval 0.32] [%clk 1:16:48] } 7. f3 { [%eval 0.4] [%clk 1:17:06] } 7... Nfd7 { [%eval 0.39] [%clk 1:17:10] } 8. Be3 { [%eval -0.01] [%clk 1:10:36] } 8... f5 { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 1:16:46] } 9. exf5 { [%eval 0.14] [%clk 0:56:18] } 9... O-O?! { [%eval 0.81] } { Inaccuracy. exd4 was best. } { [%clk 1:02:53] } 10. d5?! { [%eval 0.19] } { Inaccuracy. g4 was best. } { [%clk 0:52:12] } 10... e4 { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 1:02:48] } 11. f4 { [%eval 0.43] [%clk 0:51:02] } 11... Nc5 { [%eval 0.35] [%clk 0:54:26] } 12. g4 { [%eval 0.36] [%clk 0:45:46] } 12... Nd3+ { [%eval 0.41] [%clk 0:50:01] } 13. Kd2 { [%eval 0.43] [%clk 0:43:03] } 13... b5 { [%eval 0.29] [%clk 0:47:24] } 14. cxb5 { [%eval 0.3] [%clk 0:38:22] } 14... Bb7 { [%eval 0.3] [%clk 0:47:22] } 15. Ne2 { [%eval 0.27] [%clk 0:30:31] } 15... Nd7? { [%eval 1.48] } { Mistake. a6 was best. } { [%clk 0:43:48] } 16. Nc3 { [%eval 1.46] [%clk 0:27:58] } 16... Nf6 { [%eval 1.52] [%clk 0:41:07] } 17. h3 { [%eval 1.06] [%clk 0:25:58] } 17... Kh8 { [%eval 1.55] [%clk 0:38:45] } 18. Qb3 { [%eval 1.74] [%clk 0:23:53] } 18... Qf7 { [%eval 1.82] [%clk 0:36:58] } 19. Bxd3 { [%eval 1.8] [%clk 0:16:05] } 19... exd3 { [%eval 1.71] [%clk 0:37:16] } 20. Rhe1 { [%eval 1.67] [%clk 0:16:33] } 20... Nxd5 { [%eval 2.12] [%clk 0:32:12] } 21. Bd4?! { [%eval 1.08] } { Inaccuracy. Rac1 was best. } { [%clk 0:13:22] } 21... Rae8? { [%eval 2.59] } { Mistake. Nxf4 was best. } { [%clk 0:28:34] } 22. Nxd5?! { [%eval 1.47] } { Inaccuracy. Rac1 was best. } { [%clk 0:13:39] } 22... Bxd5 { [%eval 1.32] [%clk 0:28:52] } 23. Qxd3 { [%eval 1.35] [%clk 0:14:00] } 23... Bc4 { [%eval 1.27] [%clk 0:28:03] } 24. Qc3?! { [%eval 0.68] } { Inaccuracy. Qf3 was best. } { [%clk 0:13:35] } 24... Bxb5 { [%eval 0.76] [%clk 0:23:11] } 25. f6 { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 0:13:24] } 25... gxf6 { [%eval 0.17] [%clk 0:22:54] } 26. g5 { [%eval 0.04] [%clk 0:13:01] } 26... Qd5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:21:57] } 27. Kc2 { [%eval 0.08] [%clk 0:12:27] } 27... Qf5+ { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:13:01] } 28. Kb3 { [%eval 0.05] [%clk 0:12:52] } 28... Bd3? { [%eval 1.3] } { Mistake. Qxf4 was best. } { [%clk 0:10:10] } 29. Bxf6+ { [%eval 1.35] [%clk 0:13:08] } 29... Kg8 { [%eval 1.45] [%clk 0:10:39] } 30. Ka3 { [%eval 1.28] [%clk 0:11:25] } 30... Qb5 { [%eval 1.25] [%clk 0:08:41] } 1/2-1/2