Event: ECF English Open Championship 2025
Site: Kenilworth, Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Date: 2025-07-20
White: Bates, Richard A
WhiteTitle: IM
WhiteElo: 2292
Black: Villiers, Thomas
BlackTitle: CM
BlackElo: 2158
Result: 1/2-1/2
ECO: E15
Opening: Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Check Variation, Intermezzo Line
Variant: Standard
TimeControl: G90 + 30 Secs/move

1. d4 { [%eval 0.17] [%clk 1:30:57] } 1... Nf6 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 1:30:52] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.11] [%clk 1:31:12] } 2... e6 { [%eval 0.14] [%clk 1:31:12] } 3. c4 { [%eval 0.11] [%clk 1:31:34] } 3... b6 { [%eval 0.23] [%clk 1:31:34] } 4. g3 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 1:31:23] } 4... Ba6 { [%eval 0.17] [%clk 1:31:56] } 5. b3 { [%eval 0.15] [%clk 1:31:29] } 5... Bb4+ { [%eval 0.2] [%clk 1:32:18] } 6. Bd2 { [%eval 0.17] [%clk 1:31:41] } 6... Be7 { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 1:32:38] } 7. Bg2 { [%eval 0.15] [%clk 1:29:31] } 7... O-O { [%eval 0.14] [%clk 1:32:52] } 8. O-O { [%eval 0.27] [%clk 1:29:14] } 8... d5 { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 1:33:10] } 9. Ne5 { [%eval 0.2] [%clk 1:27:55] } 9... c6 { [%eval 0.23] [%clk 1:33:33] } 10. Bc3 { [%eval 0.2] [%clk 1:28:17] } 10... Bb7 { [%eval 0.23] [%clk 1:33:52] } 11. Nd2 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 1:28:10] } 11... Nbd7 { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 1:34:12] } 12. Bb2 { [%eval 0.07] [%clk 1:15:31] } 12... Rc8 { [%eval 0.14] [%clk 1:31:55] } 13. Nd3 { [%eval 0.1] [%clk 1:05:05] } 13... c5 { [%eval 0.11] [%clk 1:30:53] } 14. cxd5 { [%eval 0.11] [%clk 1:04:39] } 14... Bxd5 { [%eval 0.11] [%clk 1:28:22] } 15. e4 { [%eval -0.22] [%clk 1:04:30] } 15... Bb7 { [%eval 0.03] [%clk 1:26:03] } 16. e5 { [%eval 0.06] [%clk 0:54:13] } 16... Nd5 { [%eval 0.06] [%clk 1:26:27] } 17. Ne4 { [%eval -0.12] [%clk 0:45:11] } 17... cxd4 { [%eval -0.11] [%clk 1:22:15] } 18. Bxd4 { [%eval -0.14] [%clk 0:45:09] } 18... Qc7 { [%eval -0.18] [%clk 1:22:27] } 19. Rc1 { [%eval -0.29] [%clk 0:39:45] } 19... Qb8 { [%eval -0.24] [%clk 1:22:47] } 20. Qd2 { [%eval -0.25] [%clk 0:32:14] } 20... Ba6 { [%eval -0.24] [%clk 1:21:47] } 21. f4?! { [%eval -0.83] } { Inaccuracy. Nd6 was best. } { [%clk 0:28:58] } 21... Rxc1?! { [%eval 0.0] } { Inaccuracy. Nc5 was best. } { [%clk 1:19:26] } 22. Rxc1 { [%eval -0.05] [%clk 0:29:22] } 22... Rc8 { [%eval -0.07] [%clk 1:18:47] } 23. Ra1 { [%eval -0.17] [%clk 0:28:47] } 1/2-1/2