Event: Round 8: Xu, Jiarui - Volovich, Andrew
Date: 2025-05-30
White: Xu, Jiarui
WhiteElo: 1725
Black: Volovich, Andrew
BlackElo: 1628
Result: 1-0
ECO: C01
Opening: French Defense: Exchange Variation
Variant: Standard

1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 1:30:57] } 1... e6 { [%eval 0.28] [%clk 1:30:22] } 2. d4 { [%eval 0.28] [%clk 1:31:18] } 2... d5 { [%eval 0.29] [%clk 1:30:41] } 3. exd5 { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 1:31:36] } 3... exd5 { [%eval 0.14] [%clk 1:31:09] } 4. Bd3 { [%eval 0.04] [%clk 1:31:49] } 4... Bd6 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 1:31:08] } 5. Ne2 { [%eval -0.06] [%clk 1:31:38] } 5... Ne7 { [%eval 0.11] [%clk 1:31:15] } 6. O-O { [%eval 0.06] [%clk 1:31:35] } 6... Bf5 { [%eval 0.08] [%clk 1:31:28] } 7. c3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:30:47] } 7... c6 { [%eval 0.05] [%clk 1:31:26] } 8. Be3 { [%eval -0.08] [%clk 1:29:23] } 8... Bxd3 { [%eval 0.02] [%clk 1:28:31] } 9. Qxd3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:29:51] } 9... Qb6 { [%eval 0.02] [%clk 1:28:34] } 10. Nd2 { [%eval 0.02] [%clk 1:27:58] } 10... Nd7 { [%eval 0.05] [%clk 1:22:48] } 11. f4?! { [%eval -0.71] } { Inaccuracy. c4 was best. } { [%clk 1:24:15] } 11... Nf6?! { [%eval -0.02] } { Inaccuracy. Qxb2 was best. } { [%clk 1:24:53] } 12. b3 { [%eval -0.34] [%clk 1:21:42] } 12... Ng4 { [%eval -0.07] [%clk 1:24:44] } 13. Bf2 { [%eval -0.51] [%clk 1:20:15] } 13... Nxf2 { [%eval -0.08] [%clk 1:25:01] } 14. Rxf2 { [%eval -0.06] [%clk 1:20:38] } 14... Qc7 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:24:57] } 15. c4 { [%eval -0.08] [%clk 1:20:13] } 15... dxc4 { [%eval 0.45] [%clk 1:24:35] } 16. bxc4 { [%eval 0.56] [%clk 1:20:02] } 16... Ng6? { [%eval 1.98] } { Mistake. Qd7 was best. } { [%clk 1:19:36] } 17. c5 { [%eval 2.25] [%clk 1:14:42] } 17... Be7 { [%eval 2.17] [%clk 1:03:15] } 18. f5 { [%eval 1.97] [%clk 1:14:20] } 18... Nf8 { [%eval 2.22] [%clk 1:01:11] } 19. Ne4?? { [%eval 0.39] } { Blunder. Qe3 was best. } { [%clk 1:11:17] } 19... Nd7 { [%eval 0.43] [%clk 0:57:02] } 20. N2c3 { [%eval -0.11] [%clk 1:10:06] } 20... Nf6? { [%eval 1.54] } { Mistake. O-O was best. } { [%clk 0:56:00] } 21. Nxf6+ { [%eval 1.49] [%clk 1:07:00] } 21... Bxf6 { [%eval 1.65] [%clk 0:56:26] } 22. Re1+ { [%eval 1.25] [%clk 1:07:01] } 22... Kd7?? { [%eval 3.32] } { Blunder. Kf8 was best. } { [%clk 0:55:52] } 23. d5? { [%eval 1.58] } { Mistake. Ne4 was best. } { [%clk 0:50:22] } 23... Qa5?? { [%eval #3] } { Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rad8 was best. } { [%clk 0:48:59] } 24. dxc6+ { [%eval #2] [%clk 0:48:57] } 1-0