Event: FIDE World Cup 2025
Site: https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-world-cup-2025--round-2/tiebreak-1-rapid-1/5xGjteDw/f2H1P63n
Date: 2025-11-06
White: Rodshtein, Maxim
WhiteTitle: GM
WhiteElo: 2611
Black: Sargissian, Gabriel
BlackTitle: GM
BlackElo: 2616
Result: 1/2-1/2
ECO: D35
Opening: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation
Variant: Standard
TimeControl: : 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the gamewith an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1

1. c4 { [%eval 0.12] [%clk 0:15:17] } 1... e6 { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 0:15:17] } 2. Nc3 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 0:15:23] } 2... d5 { [%eval 0.29] [%clk 0:15:25] } 3. d4 { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 0:15:31] } 3... Nf6 { [%eval 0.24] [%clk 0:15:33] } 4. cxd5 { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 0:15:37] } 4... exd5 { [%eval 0.2] [%clk 0:15:41] } 5. Bg5 { [%eval 0.24] [%clk 0:15:45] } 5... Be7 { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 0:15:43] } 6. e3 { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 0:15:52] } 6... O-O { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 0:15:49] } 7. Bd3 { [%eval 0.23] [%clk 0:15:58] } 7... Re8 { [%eval 0.15] [%clk 0:15:55] } 8. Nf3 { [%eval 0.32] [%clk 0:15:58] } 8... h6 { [%eval 0.28] [%clk 0:15:45] } 9. Bf4 { [%eval 0.31] [%clk 0:16:04] } 9... c5 { [%eval 0.26] [%clk 0:15:49] } 10. O-O { [%eval 0.3] [%clk 0:15:58] } 10... Nc6 { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 0:15:49] } 11. Nb5 { [%eval 0.29] [%clk 0:15:57] } 11... c4 { [%eval 0.27] [%clk 0:10:54] } 12. Bc2 { [%eval 0.26] [%clk 0:16:03] } 12... Nh5 { [%eval 0.24] [%clk 0:10:27] } 13. Bc7 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 0:16:05] } 13... Qd7 { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 0:10:36] } 14. Be5 { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 0:16:11] } 14... Nf6 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 0:09:05] } 15. h3 { [%eval 0.14] [%clk 0:16:02] } 15... a6 { [%eval 0.07] [%clk 0:08:32] } 16. Nc3 { [%eval 0.06] [%clk 0:16:09] } 16... Qd8 { [%eval 0.27] [%clk 0:08:13] } 17. Bh2 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:11:31] } 17... Bd6 { [%eval -0.01] [%clk 0:08:13] } 18. a4?! { [%eval -0.62] } { Inaccuracy. Bxd6 was best. } { [%clk 0:10:40] } 18... Rb8 { [%eval -0.09] [%clk 0:08:02] } 19. Bxd6 { [%eval -0.07] [%clk 0:09:31] } 19... Qxd6 { [%eval -0.32] [%clk 0:08:10] } 20. b3 { [%eval -0.08] [%clk 0:06:04] } 20... cxb3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:08:16] } 21. Bxb3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:06:11] } 21... Bf5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:08:22] } 22. Qd2 { [%eval -0.34] [%clk 0:05:02] } 22... Rec8 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:08:11] } 23. a5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:04:35] } 23... Qb4 { [%eval 0.1] [%clk 0:05:18] } 24. Ba2 { [%eval 0.16] [%clk 0:04:14] } 24... Ne4 { [%eval 0.45] [%clk 0:05:18] } 25. Nxe4 { [%eval 0.46] [%clk 0:04:09] } 25... Bxe4 { [%eval 0.34] [%clk 0:04:59] } 26. Qxb4 { [%eval 0.43] [%clk 0:03:05] } 26... Nxb4 { [%eval 0.44] [%clk 0:05:08] } 27. Ne5 { [%eval 0.37] [%clk 0:02:57] } 27... Rc7 { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 0:03:38] } 28. Bb1 { [%eval 0.33] [%clk 0:02:49] } 28... Rbc8 { [%eval 0.45] [%clk 0:02:52] } 29. Ra4 { [%eval 0.12] [%clk 0:02:20] } 29... Nc2 { [%eval 0.1] [%clk 0:02:11] } 30. Rc1?? { [%eval -2.15] } { Blunder. Kh2 was best. } { [%clk 0:00:31] } 30... Nxe3 { [%eval -2.31] [%clk 0:00:51] } 31. Rxc7 { [%eval -2.12] [%clk 0:00:27] } 31... Rxc7 { [%eval -2.0] [%clk 0:01:00] } 32. Bxe4 { [%eval -2.23] [%clk 0:00:27] } 32... Rc1+ { [%eval -2.5] [%clk 0:01:09] } 33. Kh2 { [%eval -2.35] [%clk 0:00:36] } 33... Nf1+ { [%eval -2.26] [%clk 0:01:17] } 34. Kg1 { [%eval -2.29] [%clk 0:00:45] } 34... Ng3+ { [%eval -2.06] [%clk 0:01:11] } 35. Kh2 { [%eval -2.0] [%clk 0:00:54] } 35... Nxe4?! { [%eval -1.08] } { Inaccuracy. Nf1+ was best. } { [%clk 0:00:44] } 36. Rb4 { [%eval -1.05] [%clk 0:01:02] } 36... Rc7 { [%eval -1.26] [%clk 0:00:46] } 37. Rb6?! { [%eval -1.98] } { Inaccuracy. Ng4 was best. } { [%clk 0:00:59] } 37... Kf8?! { [%eval -0.93] } { Inaccuracy. Nxf2 was best. } { [%clk 0:00:38] } 38. Nd3 { [%eval -0.99] [%clk 0:00:43] } 38... Ke8?! { [%eval -0.37] } { Inaccuracy. Ke7 was best. } { [%clk 0:00:16] } 39. f3 { [%eval -0.5] [%clk 0:00:34] } 39... Nd2 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:00:20] } 40. Nc5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:00:14] } 40... Nc4 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:00:29] } 41. Rxb7 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:00:20] } 41... Rxb7 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:00:37] } 42. Nxb7 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:00:29] } 42... Kd7 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:00:23] } 43. Nc5+ { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:00:37] } 43... Kc6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:00:13] } 44. Nxa6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:00:46] } 44... Nxa5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:00:23] } 45. Nb4+ { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:00:45] } 45... Kd6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:00:31] } 46. Kg3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:00:52] } 46... Nc6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:00:32] } 47. Nc2 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:00:58] } 1/2-1/2