Event: Round 7: Menon, Padmanand - Abhilash B Yadav
Date: 2025-07-27
White: Menon, Padmanand
WhiteElo: 1618
Black: Abhilash B Yadav
BlackElo: 1504
Result: 1-0
ECO: A01
Opening: Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Classical Variation
Variant: Standard

1. b3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:30:52] } 1... d5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:30:22] } 2. Bb2 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:31:20] } 2... Nc6 { [%eval 0.37] [%clk 0:30:40] } 3. f4?! { [%eval -0.3] } { Inaccuracy. Nf3 was best. } { [%clk 0:31:04] } 3... Bf5 { [%eval -0.15] [%clk 0:30:10] } 4. Nf3 { [%eval -0.12] [%clk 0:31:12] } 4... e6 { [%eval -0.12] [%clk 0:29:06] } 5. e3 { [%eval -0.16] [%clk 0:31:06] } 5... a6 { [%eval -0.14] [%clk 0:29:27] } 6. Be2 { [%eval -0.04] [%clk 0:31:07] } 6... Nf6 { [%eval -0.08] [%clk 0:29:17] } 7. O-O { [%eval -0.09] [%clk 0:30:59] } 7... Be7 { [%eval 0.2] [%clk 0:28:09] } 8. Na3 { [%eval -0.32] [%clk 0:25:57] } 8... O-O { [%eval -0.22] [%clk 0:25:25] } 9. Nh4 { [%eval -0.27] [%clk 0:25:15] } 9... Bg6 { [%eval 0.01] [%clk 0:25:13] } 10. f5?! { [%eval -0.98] } { Inaccuracy. Nxg6 was best. } { [%clk 0:23:48] } 10... exf5 { [%eval -0.91] [%clk 0:25:07] } 11. Nxf5 { [%eval -0.88] [%clk 0:24:11] } 11... Bxf5 { [%eval -0.51] [%clk 0:24:23] } 12. Rxf5 { [%eval -0.45] [%clk 0:24:39] } 12... Ne4 { [%eval -0.26] [%clk 0:23:15] } 13. c4 { [%eval -0.29] [%clk 0:23:04] } 13... d4 { [%eval -0.01] [%clk 0:20:38] } 14. exd4?? { [%eval -3.54] } { Blunder. Bf3 was best. } { [%clk 0:21:10] } 14... Nxd4 { [%eval -3.55] [%clk 0:18:55] } 15. Rd5 { [%eval -3.43] [%clk 0:21:32] } 15... Nxe2+?? { [%eval -0.09] } { Blunder. Bc5 was best. } { [%clk 0:18:33] } 16. Qxe2 { [%eval -0.05] [%clk 0:21:46] } 16... Nd6?? { [%eval 3.34] } { Blunder. Qe8 was best. } { [%clk 0:18:07] } 17. c5 { [%eval 3.07] [%clk 0:20:16] } 17... Bf6 { [%eval 3.36] [%clk 0:17:17] } 18. Bxf6 { [%eval 3.35] [%clk 0:17:46] } 18... Qxf6 { [%eval 3.49] [%clk 0:17:40] } 19. Rf1 { [%eval 3.08] [%clk 0:18:10] } 19... Qb2?! { [%eval 4.69] } { Inaccuracy. Rae8 was best. } { [%clk 0:16:00] } 20. cxd6 { [%eval 4.66] [%clk 0:16:45] } 20... Qxa3 { [%eval 4.29] [%clk 0:16:25] } 21. dxc7 { [%eval 4.6] [%clk 0:17:04] } 21... Qb4 { [%eval 5.28] [%clk 0:16:05] } 22. Kh1 { [%eval 4.81] [%clk 0:15:23] } 22... Rac8 { [%eval 4.81] [%clk 0:16:13] } 23. Rd7 { [%eval 5.18] [%clk 0:14:53] } 23... Qc5 { [%eval 5.5] [%clk 0:15:32] } 24. d4 { [%eval 5.49] [%clk 0:14:12] } 24... Qc6 { [%eval 5.58] [%clk 0:15:30] } 25. Qe7 { [%eval 5.37] [%clk 0:14:23] } 25... Rce8 { [%eval 5.38] [%clk 0:13:25] } 26. Qd6 { [%eval 5.48] [%clk 0:09:56] } 26... Qb5 { [%eval 5.97] [%clk 0:12:59] } 27. Rc1 { [%eval 5.84] [%clk 0:09:54] } 27... h6 { [%eval 7.18] [%clk 0:10:44] } 28. Rd8 { [%eval 6.92] [%clk 0:09:38] } 28... Qg5?? { [%eval #25] } { Checkmate is now unavoidable. g5 was best. } { [%clk 0:10:59] } 29. Qxf8+ { [%eval 10.18] [%clk 0:07:56] } 29... Rxf8 { [%eval 8.99] [%clk 0:06:25] } 30. Rxf8+ { [%eval 8.93] [%clk 0:08:13] } 30... Kxf8? { [%eval #8] } { Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kh7 was best. } { [%clk 0:06:41] } 31. c8=Q+ { [%eval #7] [%clk 0:08:26] } 31... Ke7 { [%eval #7] [%clk 0:07:05] } 32. Qc5+? { [%eval 7.33] } { Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qxb7+ was best. } { [%clk 0:08:53] } 32... Qxc5 { [%eval 7.11] [%clk 0:07:19] } 33. dxc5 { [%eval 7.16] [%clk 0:09:21] } 1-0