Event: Round 3: Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis - Merkouropoulos, Dionysios
Site: https://lichess.org/broadcast/blitz-ministry-of-macedonia-and-thrace/round-3/ktkgrcGE/ENplRHsX
Date: 2025-09-13
White: Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis
WhiteTitle: GM
WhiteElo: 2583
Black: Merkouropoulos, Dionysios
BlackElo: 2136
Result: 1-0
ECO: A45
Opening: Indian Defense
Variant: Standard
TimeControl: 3+2

1. d4 { [%eval 0.17] [%clk 0:03:03] } 1... Nf6 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 0:03:03] } 2. Bf4 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:03:04] } 2... e6 { [%eval 0.1] [%clk 0:03:04] } 3. e3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:03:05] } 3... d5 { [%eval 0.1] [%clk 0:03:05] } 4. Nf3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:03:06] } 4... Bd6 { [%eval 0.07] [%clk 0:03:06] } 5. Ne5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:03:06] } 5... O-O { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:02:57] } 6. Nd2 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:03:06] } 6... b6 { [%eval 0.26] [%clk 0:02:57] } 7. h4 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 0:02:57] } 7... c5 { [%eval 0.28] [%clk 0:02:43] } 8. c3 { [%eval 0.32] [%clk 0:02:56] } 8... Qc7 { [%eval 0.39] [%clk 0:02:37] } 9. h5 { [%eval 0.33] [%clk 0:02:40] } 9... Nbd7 { [%eval 0.36] [%clk 0:02:23] } 10. Ndf3 { [%eval 0.32] [%clk 0:02:19] } 10... Ne4 { [%eval 0.39] [%clk 0:02:19] } 11. h6 { [%eval 0.33] [%clk 0:02:17] } 11... g6 { [%eval 0.38] [%clk 0:02:12] } 12. Nxd7 { [%eval -0.12] [%clk 0:01:53] } 12... Bxd7 { [%eval -0.1] [%clk 0:02:03] } 13. Bxd6 { [%eval -0.12] [%clk 0:01:52] } 13... Qxd6 { [%eval 0.13] [%clk 0:02:01] } 14. Bd3 { [%eval 0.16] [%clk 0:01:51] } 14... Bc6 { [%eval 0.5] [%clk 0:01:57] } 15. Qe2 { [%eval 0.31] [%clk 0:01:33] } 15... a6 { [%eval 0.66] [%clk 0:01:25] } 16. O-O { [%eval 0.41] [%clk 0:01:21] } 16... c4?! { [%eval 1.34] } { Inaccuracy. Bb5 was best. } { [%clk 0:01:17] } 17. Bxe4 { [%eval 1.34] [%clk 0:01:07] } 17... dxe4 { [%eval 1.41] [%clk 0:01:18] } 18. Ne5 { [%eval 1.14] [%clk 0:01:08] } 18... b5 { [%eval 1.25] [%clk 0:01:14] } 19. Nxc6 { [%eval 0.76] [%clk 0:00:46] } 19... Qxc6 { [%eval 0.9] [%clk 0:01:15] } 20. f3?! { [%eval 0.27] } { Inaccuracy. Qg4 was best. } { [%clk 0:00:37] } 20... Rad8 { [%eval 0.72] [%clk 0:00:42] } 21. fxe4 { [%eval 0.31] [%clk 0:00:36] } 21... Qxe4 { [%eval 0.34] [%clk 0:00:43] } 22. Rf4 { [%eval 0.35] [%clk 0:00:37] } 22... Qc6?! { [%eval 1.08] } { Inaccuracy. Qd5 was best. } { [%clk 0:00:22] } 23. Raf1?! { [%eval 0.45] } { Inaccuracy. Rf6 was best. } { [%clk 0:00:37] } 23... e5?? { [%eval 2.19] } { Blunder. f5 was best. } { [%clk 0:00:22] } 24. Rf6 { [%eval 2.03] [%clk 0:00:36] } 24... Qe4 { [%eval 2.21] [%clk 0:00:22] } 25. Qf2 { [%eval 2.11] [%clk 0:00:32] } 25... Rd7?! { [%eval 3.04] } { Inaccuracy. exd4 was best. } { [%clk 0:00:17] } 26. Re6 { [%eval 2.56] [%clk 0:00:30] } 26... Qg4?? { [%eval #3] } { Checkmate is now unavoidable. f6 was best. } { [%clk 0:00:06] } 27. Qf6 { [%eval #2] [%clk 0:00:24] } 1-0