Event: Round 8: Merkouropoulos, Dionysios - Papasimakopoulos, Alexandros
Site: https://lichess.org/broadcast/blitz-ministry-of-macedonia-and-thrace/round-8/aiO89iHU/OtOlWY3Y
Date: 2025-09-13
White: Merkouropoulos, Dionysios
WhiteElo: 2136
Black: Papasimakopoulos, Alexandros
BlackTitle: IM
BlackElo: 2361
Result: 0-1
ECO: E48
Opening: Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Classical Defense
Variant: Standard
TimeControl: 3+2

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 0:03:05] } 3. Nc3 { [%eval 0.09] [%clk 0:03:04] } 3... Bb4 { [%eval 0.15] [%clk 0:03:06] } 4. e3 { [%eval 0.06] [%clk 0:03:05] } 4... O-O { [%eval 0.11] [%clk 0:03:06] } 5. Bd3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:03:05] } 5... d5 { [%eval 0.09] [%clk 0:03:06] } 6. cxd5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:03:05] } 6... exd5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:03:07] } 7. a3 { [%eval -0.01] [%clk 0:03:06] } 7... Bd6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:03:08] } 8. Qc2 { [%eval -0.04] [%clk 0:03:07] } 8... c6 { [%eval -0.01] [%clk 0:03:08] } 9. Nge2 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:03:07] } 9... Re8 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:03:09] } 10. Bd2 { [%eval -0.02] [%clk 0:03:07] } 10... Nbd7 { [%eval 0.07] [%clk 0:03:09] } 11. f3 { [%eval -0.02] [%clk 0:03:06] } 11... c5 { [%eval -0.12] [%clk 0:03:10] } 12. h4 { [%eval -0.09] [%clk 0:03:07] } 12... cxd4 { [%eval 0.43] [%clk 0:03:08] } 13. exd4 { [%eval 0.53] [%clk 0:02:51] } 13... Bg3+ { [%eval 0.69] [%clk 0:03:05] } 14. Kd1 { [%eval 0.75] [%clk 0:02:51] } 14... Bd6 { [%eval 0.69] [%clk 0:03:05] } 15. g4 { [%eval 0.74] [%clk 0:02:26] } 15... Nf8 { [%eval 0.73] [%clk 0:03:06] } 16. h5 { [%eval 0.62] [%clk 0:02:14] } 16... N6d7 { [%eval 0.61] [%clk 0:02:57] } 17. g5 { [%eval 0.62] [%clk 0:01:51] } 17... Nb6 { [%eval 0.47] [%clk 0:02:53] } 18. g6? { [%eval -0.73] } { Mistake. b3 was best. } { [%clk 0:01:40] } 18... fxg6 { [%eval -0.55] [%clk 0:02:54] } 19. hxg6 { [%eval -0.66] [%clk 0:01:41] } 19... h6?! { [%eval 0.29] } { Inaccuracy. hxg6 was best. } { [%clk 0:02:55] } 20. b3? { [%eval -1.05] } { Mistake. Kc1 was best. } { [%clk 0:01:05] } 20... Qf6 { [%eval -1.51] [%clk 0:02:39] } 21. Kc1 { [%eval -1.32] [%clk 0:00:58] } 21... Bd7 { [%eval -1.42] [%clk 0:02:23] } 22. Kb2 { [%eval -1.29] [%clk 0:00:57] } 22... Rac8 { [%eval -1.2] [%clk 0:02:25] } 23. Rag1? { [%eval -2.72] } { Mistake. a4 was best. } { [%clk 0:00:42] } 23... Rxe2 { [%eval -2.65] [%clk 0:02:11] } 24. Bxe2 { [%eval -2.45] [%clk 0:00:37] } 24... Qxd4?? { [%eval -0.51] } { Blunder. Ne6 was best. } { [%clk 0:02:12] } 25. Qd3 { [%eval -0.5] [%clk 0:00:23] } 25... Qf6 { [%eval -0.2] [%clk 0:02:09] } 26. Bxh6?? { [%eval -6.49] } { Blunder. Rh5 was best. } { [%clk 0:00:19] } 26... Rxc3 { [%eval -6.36] [%clk 0:02:10] } 27. Qxc3 { [%eval -6.43] [%clk 0:00:09] } 27... Be5 { [%eval -6.25] [%clk 0:02:10] } 28. Rc1 { [%eval -6.95] [%clk 0:00:08] } 28... gxh6 { [%eval -6.82] [%clk 0:02:09] } 29. Rxh6 { [%eval -7.31] [%clk 0:00:07] } 29... Bxc3+ { [%eval -7.1] [%clk 0:02:07] } 30. Rxc3 { [%eval -7.18] [%clk 0:00:08] } 30... Kg7 { [%eval -7.02] [%clk 0:02:06] } 31. Rh1 { [%eval -6.82] [%clk 0:00:06] } 31... Nxg6 { [%eval -6.91] [%clk 0:02:06] } 32. Bd3 { [%eval -6.99] [%clk 0:00:05] } 32... Nf4 { [%eval -6.87] [%clk 0:02:05] } 33. Kc2 { [%eval -8.04] [%clk 0:00:06] } 33... Nxd3 { [%eval -7.75] [%clk 0:02:06] } 34. Kxd3 { [%eval -8.88] [%clk 0:00:06] } 34... Bf5+ { [%eval -9.21] [%clk 0:02:07] } 35. Kd2 { [%eval -9.14] [%clk 0:00:07] } 35... Qd4+ { [%eval -8.79] [%clk 0:02:07] } 0-1