Event: Round 1: Batkhuyag, Munguntuul - Shen, Zhiyuan
Date: 2025-05-07
White: Batkhuyag, Munguntuul
WhiteTitle: IM
WhiteElo: 2359
Black: Shen, Zhiyuan
BlackTitle: WFM
BlackElo: 2103
Result: 1-0
ECO: B32
Opening: Sicilian Defense: Kalashnikov Variation
Variant: Standard

1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... c5 { [%eval 0.25] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.2] } 2... Nc6 { [%eval 0.25] } 3. d4 { [%eval 0.27] } 3... cxd4 { [%eval 0.35] } 4. Nxd4 { [%eval 0.21] } 4... e5 { [%eval 0.42] } 5. Nb5 { [%eval 0.35] } 5... d6 { [%eval 0.37] } 6. N1c3 { [%eval 0.25] } 6... a6 { [%eval 0.29] } 7. Na3 { [%eval 0.3] } 7... Be6 { [%eval 0.33] } 8. Nc4 { [%eval 0.54] } 8... b5 { [%eval 0.48] } 9. Ne3 { [%eval 0.47] } 9... Nf6 { [%eval 0.5] } 10. g3 { [%eval 0.21] } 10... g6 { [%eval 0.28] } 11. Bg2 { [%eval 0.35] } 11... Bg7 { [%eval 0.39] } 12. O-O { [%eval 0.45] } 12... O-O { [%eval 0.44] } 13. a4 { [%eval 0.25] } 13... b4 { [%eval 0.35] } 14. Ncd5 { [%eval 0.34] } 14... a5 { [%eval 0.58] } 15. Nc4?! { [%eval 0.0] } { Inaccuracy. c3 was best. } 15... Bxd5 { [%eval 0.03] } 16. exd5 { [%eval -0.01] } 16... Ne7 { [%eval 0.0] } 17. Be3 { [%eval -0.52] } 17... Rb8 { [%eval -0.25] } 18. Rc1 { [%eval -0.48] } 18... Nf5 { [%eval -0.35] } 19. Bd2 { [%eval -0.45] } 19... Qc7 { [%eval -0.2] } 20. b3 { [%eval -0.26] } 20... Qc5 21. c3 Nxd5 22. cxb4 Nxb4 23. Ne3 Qa7 1-0