Event: Biel Chess Festival 2025 MTO
Site: Biel, Switzerland
Date: 2025-07-22
White: Snodgrass, Benjamin
WhiteElo: 1964
Black: Marcenaro, Alessandro
BlackElo: 2160
Result: 1-0
ECO: B12
Opening: Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Botvinnik-Carls Defense
Variant: Standard
TimeControl: 100 min 40 moves + 30 min Rest + 30 sec per move

1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 1:40:56] } 1... c6 { [%eval 0.23] [%clk 1:40:44] } 2. d4 { [%eval 0.24] [%clk 1:41:16] } 2... d5 { [%eval 0.24] [%clk 1:41:05] } 3. e5 { [%eval 0.33] [%clk 1:41:37] } 3... c5 { [%eval 0.32] [%clk 1:41:25] } 4. Nf3 { [%eval 0.32] [%clk 1:41:29] } 4... cxd4 { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 1:41:36] } 5. Nxd4 { [%eval 0.31] [%clk 1:41:36] } 5... Nc6 { [%eval 0.35] [%clk 1:40:44] } 6. c4 { [%eval 0.08] [%clk 1:40:23] } 6... e6 { [%eval 0.35] [%clk 1:33:18] } 7. Nc3 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 1:25:25] } 7... Bc5 { [%eval 0.29] [%clk 1:16:09] } 8. Nxc6 { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 1:09:33] } 8... bxc6 { [%eval 0.28] [%clk 1:11:02] } 9. cxd5 { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 1:01:20] } 9... cxd5 { [%eval 0.3] [%clk 1:32:15] } 10. Bd3 { [%eval -0.12] [%clk 0:56:54] } 10... Ne7 { [%eval -0.14] [%clk 1:27:28] } 11. O-O { [%eval -0.16] [%clk 0:55:08] } 11... Ng6 { [%eval -0.17] [%clk 1:22:48] } 12. Qh5 { [%eval -0.5] [%clk 0:51:34] } 12... O-O { [%eval -0.47] [%clk 1:12:57] } 13. Kh1 { [%eval -0.53] [%clk 0:47:50] } 13... f6? { [%eval 0.7] } { Mistake. Rb8 was best. } { [%clk 1:01:11] } 14. exf6 { [%eval 0.63] [%clk 0:47:36] } 14... Qxf6 { [%eval 0.66] [%clk 0:49:15] } 15. Bg5 { [%eval 0.68] [%clk 0:31:25] } 15... Qf7 { [%eval 0.71] [%clk 0:44:48] } 16. f4 { [%eval 0.73] [%clk 0:30:36] } 16... Rb8? { [%eval 1.91] } { Mistake. Bd7 was best. } { [%clk 0:40:01] } 17. Rf3 { [%eval 2.03] [%clk 0:28:16] } 17... e5 { [%eval 1.94] [%clk 0:34:24] } 18. fxe5 { [%eval 2.05] [%clk 0:25:17] } 18... Qe6?! { [%eval 3.27] } { Inaccuracy. Qe8 was best. } { [%clk 0:30:45] } 19. Rh3 { [%eval 3.26] [%clk 0:23:13] } 19... Rf2?? { [%eval 6.64] } { Blunder. h6 was best. } { [%clk 0:26:24] } 20. Qxh7+ { [%eval 6.53] [%clk 0:22:57] } 20... Kf7 { [%eval 7.26] [%clk 0:26:46] } 21. Bf6 { [%eval 6.93] [%clk 0:21:27] } 21... Nf8 { [%eval 7.75] [%clk 0:21:52] } 22. Qxg7+ { [%eval 8.28] [%clk 0:20:55] } 22... Ke8 { [%eval 8.06] [%clk 0:21:19] } 23. Rh8 { [%eval 7.75] [%clk 0:18:47] } 23... Be7 { [%eval 12.04] [%clk 0:19:16] } 24. Rxf8+ { [%eval 11.85] [%clk 0:20:25] } 1-0