Event: FIDE World Cup 2025
Site: https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-world-cup-2025--round-5/game-2/rTASPfGE/Tu9tWck0
Date: 2025-11-15
White: Grebnev, Aleksey
WhiteTitle: GM
WhiteElo: 2617
Black: Esipenko, Andrey
BlackTitle: GM
BlackElo: 2681
Result: 1/2-1/2
ECO: D26
Opening: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Normal Line
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. d4 { [%eval 0.17] [%clk 1:30:55] } 1... d5 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 1:30:54] } 2. c4 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 1:31:21] } 2... dxc4 { [%eval 0.28] [%clk 1:31:19] } 3. Nf3 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 1:31:47] } 3... Nf6 { [%eval 0.28] [%clk 1:31:44] } 4. e3 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 1:32:13] } 4... e6 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 1:32:10] } 5. Bxc4 { [%eval 0.15] [%clk 1:32:39] } 5... c5 { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 1:32:37] } 6. O-O { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 1:33:02] } 6... Qc7 { [%eval 0.4] [%clk 1:33:03] } 7. Qe2 { [%eval 0.37] [%clk 1:32:04] } 7... a6 { [%eval 0.32] [%clk 1:29:26] } 8. dxc5 { [%eval 0.39] [%clk 1:29:14] } 8... Bxc5 { [%eval 0.32] [%clk 1:29:36] } 9. a3 { [%eval 0.26] [%clk 1:28:19] } 9... b5 { [%eval 0.24] [%clk 1:26:43] } 10. Bd3 { [%eval 0.31] [%clk 1:28:42] } 10... Bb7 { [%eval 0.26] [%clk 1:26:30] } 11. b4 { [%eval 0.26] [%clk 1:28:38] } 11... Bd6 { [%eval 0.27] [%clk 1:25:50] } 12. Bb2 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 1:27:38] } 12... Nbd7 { [%eval 0.27] [%clk 1:26:07] } 13. Rc1 { [%eval 0.16] [%clk 1:25:28] } 13... Qb8 { [%eval 0.15] [%clk 1:26:19] } 14. Nbd2 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 1:25:49] } 14... O-O { [%eval 0.17] [%clk 1:26:18] } 15. h3 { [%eval 0.17] [%clk 1:25:50] } 15... Qd8 { [%eval 0.64] [%clk 1:05:21] } 16. Rd1 { [%eval 0.4] [%clk 1:22:08] } 16... Qe7 { [%eval 0.4] [%clk 1:01:31] } 17. Rac1 { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 1:21:05] } 17... Rac8 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 0:59:50] } 18. e4 { [%eval 0.2] [%clk 1:13:56] } 18... e5 { [%eval 0.36] [%clk 0:59:29] } 19. Qe3 { [%eval 0.27] [%clk 1:10:21] } 19... Bb8 { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 0:49:43] } 20. Bb1 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 1:10:03] } 20... Rxc1 { [%eval 0.3] [%clk 0:42:26] } 21. Rxc1 { [%eval 0.15] [%clk 1:09:54] } 21... Qe6 { [%eval 0.26] [%clk 0:42:34] } 22. Bc2 { [%eval 0.04] [%clk 1:03:24] } 22... Rc8 { [%eval 0.07] [%clk 0:36:58] } 23. Bb3 { [%eval -0.04] [%clk 1:03:43] } 23... Rxc1+ { [%eval -0.04] [%clk 0:37:19] } 24. Bxc1 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:04:10] } 24... Qc6 { [%eval -0.03] [%clk 0:37:29] } 25. Bb2 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:04:27] } 25... h6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:37:24] } 26. Qd3 { [%eval -0.01] [%clk 1:03:28] } 26... Qd6 { [%eval -0.06] [%clk 0:33:16] } 27. Qe3 { [%eval -0.07] [%clk 1:03:06] } 27... Qc6 { [%eval -0.02] [%clk 0:33:18] } 28. Qd3 { [%eval -0.03] [%clk 1:02:10] } 28... Qd6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:33:40] } 29. Qe3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:01:29] } 29... Qc6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:33:45] } 30. Qd3 { [%eval -0.06] [%clk 1:01:54] } 30... Qd6 { [%eval 0.01] [%clk 0:34:12] } 1/2-1/2