Event: 2025 FIDE World Blitz Team Championship Pool A
Site: London, United Kingdom
Date: 2025-06-14
White: Yatskar, Martin
WhiteTitle: CM
WhiteElo: 2222
Black: Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
BlackTitle: GM
BlackElo: 2766
Result: 0-1
ECO: D35
Opening: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation
Variant: Standard
TimeControl: G:3 min + 2 seconds per move

1. d4 { [%eval 0.17] [%clk 0:03:02] } 1... Nf6 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 0:03:03] } 2. c4 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 0:03:03] } 2... e6 { [%eval 0.14] [%clk 0:03:04] } 3. Nc3 { [%eval 0.09] [%clk 0:03:04] } 3... d5 { [%eval 0.24] [%clk 0:03:06] } 4. cxd5 { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 0:03:06] } 4... exd5 { [%eval 0.2] [%clk 0:03:07] } 5. Bg5 { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 0:03:07] } 5... c6 { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 0:03:08] } 6. e3 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 0:03:08] } 6... h6 { [%eval 0.29] [%clk 0:03:09] } 7. Bh4 { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 0:03:09] } 7... Be7 { [%eval 0.23] [%clk 0:03:10] } 8. Bd3 { [%eval 0.31] [%clk 0:03:10] } 8... O-O { [%eval 0.31] [%clk 0:03:11] } 9. Nge2 { [%eval 0.34] [%clk 0:03:11] } 9... Ne8 { [%eval 0.36] [%clk 0:03:10] } 10. Bg3 { [%eval 0.37] [%clk 0:03:11] } 10... Nd6 { [%eval 0.32] [%clk 0:03:11] } 11. O-O { [%eval 0.3] [%clk 0:03:12] } 11... Re8 { [%eval 0.3] [%clk 0:03:11] } 12. Qc2 { [%eval 0.3] [%clk 0:03:10] } 12... a5 { [%eval 0.38] [%clk 0:03:07] } 13. a3 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 0:03:09] } 13... Na6 { [%eval 0.33] [%clk 0:03:07] } 14. Rae1 { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 0:03:03] } 14... Nc7 { [%eval 0.38] [%clk 0:03:06] } 15. f3 { [%eval 0.32] [%clk 0:03:01] } 15... Ne6 { [%eval 0.77] [%clk 0:02:58] } 16. Bf2 { [%eval 0.41] [%clk 0:02:58] } 16... Nc4 { [%eval 0.82] [%clk 0:02:39] } 17. Bxc4?! { [%eval 0.26] } { Inaccuracy. e4 was best. } { [%clk 0:02:56] } 17... dxc4 { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 0:02:40] } 18. Rd1 { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 0:02:50] } 18... Nc7 { [%eval 0.28] [%clk 0:02:33] } 19. e4 { [%eval 0.3] [%clk 0:02:49] } 19... b5 { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 0:02:34] } 20. Rfe1 { [%eval 0.14] [%clk 0:02:32] } 20... Bd6 { [%eval 0.33] [%clk 0:02:33] } 21. Bg3 { [%eval 0.17] [%clk 0:02:26] } 21... Bb7 { [%eval 0.54] [%clk 0:02:28] } 22. Kh1 { [%eval 0.52] [%clk 0:02:20] } 22... Bxg3 { [%eval 0.48] [%clk 0:02:23] } 23. Nxg3 { [%eval 0.51] [%clk 0:02:20] } 23... Qg5 { [%eval 0.96] [%clk 0:02:14] } 24. Qf2 { [%eval 0.84] [%clk 0:02:16] } 24... Ne6 { [%eval 0.96] [%clk 0:02:07] } 25. Nge2?! { [%eval 0.17] } { Inaccuracy. Nf5 was best. } { [%clk 0:02:11] } 25... b4 { [%eval 0.24] [%clk 0:01:48] } 26. Na4?! { [%eval -0.53] } { Inaccuracy. f4 was best. } { [%clk 0:02:10] } 26... Rad8 { [%eval -0.49] [%clk 0:01:40] } 27. e5 { [%eval -0.85] [%clk 0:01:33] } 27... c5 { [%eval -0.67] [%clk 0:01:36] } 28. Nxc5?? { [%eval -3.23] } { Blunder. axb4 was best. } { [%clk 0:01:11] } 28... Nxc5 { [%eval -3.05] [%clk 0:01:35] } 29. dxc5 { [%eval -3.5] [%clk 0:01:12] } 29... Rxd1 { [%eval -3.53] [%clk 0:01:26] } 30. Rxd1 { [%eval -3.39] [%clk 0:01:13] } 30... Qxe5 { [%eval -3.32] [%clk 0:01:28] } 31. Ng3?! { [%eval -4.31] } { Inaccuracy. Ng1 was best. } { [%clk 0:01:10] } 31... c3 { [%eval -4.17] [%clk 0:01:25] } 32. bxc3 { [%eval -3.87] [%clk 0:01:09] } 32... bxa3 { [%eval -3.83] [%clk 0:01:25] } 33. Qd4?! { [%eval -5.47] } { Inaccuracy. h3 was best. } { [%clk 0:01:00] } 33... Qxd4 { [%eval -5.47] [%clk 0:01:13] } 34. cxd4 { [%eval -5.42] [%clk 0:01:01] } 34... a2 { [%eval -5.25] [%clk 0:01:14] } 35. Ne4 { [%clk 0:00:55] } 35... Bxe4 { [%clk 0:01:14] } 36. fxe4 { [%clk 0:00:56] } 36... Rb8 { [%clk 0:01:15] } 0-1