Event: Round 9: Novik, Maxim - Boruchovsky, Avital
Site: https://lichess.org/broadcast/jerusalem-open-2025/round-9/cSyd3hp5/itzDbYeN
Date: 2025-11-27
White: Novik, Maxim
WhiteTitle: GM
WhiteElo: 2351
Black: Boruchovsky, Avital
BlackTitle: GM
BlackElo: 2487
Result: 0-1
ECO: D35
Opening: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation
Variant: Standard
TimeControl: 15+5

1. d4 { [%eval 0.17] [%clk 0:15:07] } 1... d5 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 0:15:07] } 2. c4 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 0:15:11] } 2... e6 { [%eval 0.17] [%clk 0:15:10] } 3. Nc3 { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 0:15:15] } 3... Nf6 { [%eval 0.24] [%clk 0:15:09] } 4. cxd5 { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 0:15:17] } 4... exd5 { [%eval 0.2] [%clk 0:15:12] } 5. Bg5 { [%eval 0.26] [%clk 0:15:21] } 5... Be7 { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 0:15:13] } 6. e3 { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 0:15:25] } 6... O-O { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 0:15:11] } 7. Bd3 { [%eval 0.23] [%clk 0:15:29] } 7... Re8 { [%eval 0.15] [%clk 0:15:12] } 8. Nge2 { [%eval 0.27] [%clk 0:15:10] } 8... h6 { [%eval 0.28] [%clk 0:15:14] } 9. Bf4 { [%eval 0.24] [%clk 0:15:06] } 9... Nh5 { [%eval 0.32] [%clk 0:14:47] } 10. O-O { [%eval -0.17] [%clk 0:14:56] } 10... Nxf4 { [%eval -0.16] [%clk 0:14:34] } 11. Nxf4 { [%eval -0.21] [%clk 0:15:00] } 11... c6 { [%eval -0.18] [%clk 0:14:37] } 12. Bc2 { [%eval -0.28] [%clk 0:13:12] } 12... Nd7 { [%eval -0.23] [%clk 0:14:16] } 13. Qd3 { [%eval -0.23] [%clk 0:13:02] } 13... Nf8 { [%eval -0.29] [%clk 0:13:53] } 14. Rad1 { [%eval -0.34] [%clk 0:12:45] } 14... Bd6 { [%eval -0.35] [%clk 0:13:41] } 15. Rfe1 { [%eval -0.35] [%clk 0:11:44] } 15... g6 { [%eval -0.3] [%clk 0:13:29] } 16. Qd2 { [%eval -0.26] [%clk 0:11:41] } 16... Qg5 { [%eval 0.02] [%clk 0:13:01] } 17. Nd3 { [%eval -0.07] [%clk 0:11:07] } 17... h5 { [%eval -0.06] [%clk 0:09:11] } 18. e4 { [%eval -0.04] [%clk 0:08:50] } 18... Qxd2 { [%eval -0.02] [%clk 0:06:51] } 19. Rxd2 { [%eval -0.05] [%clk 0:08:54] } 19... Bd7 { [%eval 0.31] [%clk 0:03:32] } 20. exd5 { [%eval 0.33] [%clk 0:07:25] } 20... Rxe1+ { [%eval 0.35] [%clk 0:03:35] } 21. Nxe1 { [%eval 0.29] [%clk 0:07:30] } 21... Re8 { [%eval 0.23] [%clk 0:03:38] } 22. Nf3 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 0:07:00] } 22... cxd5 { [%eval 0.15] [%clk 0:03:32] } 23. Nxd5 { [%eval 0.15] [%clk 0:06:37] } 23... Kg7 { [%eval 0.15] [%clk 0:03:36] } 24. Nc3 { [%eval 0.02] [%clk 0:04:41] } 24... Bg4 { [%eval 0.02] [%clk 0:02:59] } 25. Ne4 { [%eval -0.02] [%clk 0:04:14] } 25... Bb4 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:02:52] } 26. Rd1 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:04:14] } 26... Ne6 { [%eval -0.01] [%clk 0:01:38] } 27. a3 { [%eval -0.02] [%clk 0:03:10] } 27... Ba5 { [%eval 0.08] [%clk 0:01:29] } 28. Nd6 { [%eval -0.01] [%clk 0:01:40] } 28... Re7 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:01:23] } 29. Nc4 { [%eval -0.04] [%clk 0:01:40] } 29... Bd8 { [%eval 0.01] [%clk 0:00:35] } 30. Nce5 { [%eval -0.1] [%clk 0:00:46] } 30... Bb6 { [%eval 0.16] [%clk 0:00:38] } 31. d5 { [%eval -0.02] [%clk 0:00:35] } 31... Nd4 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:00:30] } 32. Nxg4 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:00:20] } 32... Nxf3+ { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:00:30] } 33. gxf3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:00:23] } 33... hxg4 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:00:33] } 34. Kf1 { [%eval 0.05] [%clk 0:00:09] } 34... gxf3 { [%eval 0.09] [%clk 0:00:36] } 35. Bd3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:00:10] } 35... Re5 { [%eval -0.07] [%clk 0:00:31] } 36. d6 { [%eval -0.3] [%clk 0:00:07] } 36... Rh5 { [%eval -0.5] [%clk 0:00:18] } 37. Be4?? { [%eval -3.8] } { Blunder. Kg1 was best. } { [%clk 0:00:06] } 37... Rxh2 { [%eval -3.74] [%clk 0:00:21] } 38. Kg1?! { [%eval -4.89] } { Inaccuracy. Ke1 was best. } { [%clk 0:00:08] } 38... Rxf2 { [%eval -4.55] [%clk 0:00:15] } 39. Bxb7?? { [%eval #-22] } { Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kh1 was best. } { [%clk 0:00:12] } 39... Rd2+ { [%eval #-23] [%clk 0:00:18] } 0-1