Event: FIDE World Cup 2025
Site: https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-world-cup-2025--round-1/game-1/t8DzIZPc/bx1cB3R9
Date: 2025-10-31
White: Makhnev, Denis
WhiteTitle: GM
WhiteElo: 2525
Black: Flores, Diego
BlackTitle: GM
BlackElo: 2563
Result: 1-0
ECO: B11
Opening: Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack, Mindeno Variation, Exchange 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. e4 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 1:30:55] } 1... c6 { [%eval 0.23] [%clk 1:30:19] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.17] [%clk 1:30:33] } 2... d5 { [%eval 0.27] [%clk 1:30:15] } 3. Nc3 { [%eval 0.2] [%clk 1:29:06] } 3... Bg4 { [%eval 0.27] [%clk 1:29:59] } 4. h3 { [%eval 0.17] [%clk 1:29:18] } 4... Bxf3 { [%eval 0.24] [%clk 1:30:08] } 5. Qxf3 { [%eval 0.16] [%clk 1:29:40] } 5... e6 { [%eval 0.24] [%clk 1:30:03] } 6. Be2 { [%eval 0.16] [%clk 1:25:42] } 6... Bc5 { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 1:25:11] } 7. Qg3 { [%eval 0.15] [%clk 1:25:45] } 7... Bd4 { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 1:19:59] } 8. exd5 { [%eval 0.31] [%clk 1:22:07] } 8... exd5 { [%eval 0.11] [%clk 1:19:07] } 9. O-O { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 1:22:28] } 9... Ne7 { [%eval 0.2] [%clk 1:18:57] } 10. Bd1 { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 1:22:49] } 10... Nd7 { [%eval 0.26] [%clk 1:10:04] } 11. Ne2 { [%eval 0.31] [%clk 1:20:20] } 11... Be5 { [%eval 0.32] [%clk 1:09:14] } 12. Qf3 { [%eval 0.27] [%clk 1:19:41] } 12... O-O { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 1:07:58] } 13. d4 { [%eval 0.29] [%clk 1:19:34] } 13... Bc7 { [%eval 0.26] [%clk 1:06:21] } 14. c3 { [%eval 0.29] [%clk 1:19:23] } 14... Ng6 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 0:58:35] } 15. Bc2 { [%eval 0.24] [%clk 1:10:15] } 15... Qf6 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 0:48:21] } 16. Qd3 { [%eval 0.04] [%clk 1:07:45] } 16... Qd6?? { [%eval 3.67] } { Blunder. Rae8 was best. } { [%clk 0:46:16] } 17. Bf4 { [%eval 3.73] [%clk 1:07:38] } 17... Qxf4 { [%eval 3.57] [%clk 0:45:09] } 18. Nxf4 { [%eval 3.55] [%clk 1:08:00] } 18... Bxf4 { [%eval 3.63] [%clk 0:45:32] } 19. h4 { [%eval 3.58] [%clk 1:03:48] } 19... Rfd8 { [%eval 3.66] [%clk 0:39:16] } 20. Qf3 { [%eval 3.62] [%clk 0:51:04] } 20... Bd6 { [%eval 3.65] [%clk 0:37:49] } 21. g3 { [%eval 3.61] [%clk 0:45:45] } 21... Ngf8 { [%eval 3.71] [%clk 0:35:11] } 22. Rfe1 { [%eval 3.7] [%clk 0:45:40] } 22... Nf6 { [%eval 3.73] [%clk 0:30:57] } 23. g4 { [%eval 3.08] [%clk 0:40:01] } 23... Ne8 { [%eval 3.72] [%clk 0:27:51] } 24. Re3 { [%eval 3.76] [%clk 0:38:30] } 24... Nc7 { [%eval 3.59] [%clk 0:27:27] } 25. Rae1 { [%eval 3.53] [%clk 0:35:15] } 25... Nce6 { [%eval 3.44] [%clk 0:26:54] } 26. g5 { [%eval 3.48] [%clk 0:35:37] } 26... Rac8?! { [%eval 4.59] } { Inaccuracy. Nf4 was best. } { [%clk 0:22:07] } 27. Bf5 { [%eval 4.51] [%clk 0:33:30] } 27... Rc7 { [%eval 4.46] [%clk 0:21:33] } 28. Qg4 { [%eval 4.36] [%clk 0:32:34] } 28... Nf4 { [%eval 4.7] [%clk 0:15:02] } 29. Re8 { [%eval 4.77] [%clk 0:30:10] } 29... Rxe8 { [%eval 4.84] [%clk 0:15:04] } 30. Rxe8 { [%eval 4.79] [%clk 0:30:34] } 30... g6 { [%eval 4.69] [%clk 0:14:31] } 31. Rd8 { [%eval 4.88] [%clk 0:30:19] } 31... gxf5 { [%eval 4.7] [%clk 0:12:49] } 32. Qxf5 { [%eval 4.7] [%clk 0:30:27] } 32... Be7 { [%eval 4.9] [%clk 0:10:15] } 33. Rxf8+ { [%eval 4.78] [%clk 0:30:38] } 33... Bxf8 { [%eval 4.99] [%clk 0:10:38] } 34. Qxf4 { [%eval 4.99] [%clk 0:31:02] } 34... Re7 { [%eval 4.95] [%clk 0:11:03] } 35. Kf1 { [%eval 4.72] [%clk 0:30:00] } 35... b6 { [%eval 4.81] [%clk 0:07:17] } 36. h5 { [%eval 5.09] [%clk 0:27:02] } 36... Re6 { [%eval 5.3] [%clk 0:05:58] } 37. Qc7 { [%eval 5.32] [%clk 0:26:51] } 37... h6 { [%eval 5.21] [%clk 0:06:01] } 38. gxh6 { [%eval 5.07] [%clk 0:23:47] } 38... Bxh6 { [%eval 5.53] [%clk 0:06:16] } 39. a4 { [%eval 5.46] [%clk 0:22:09] } 39... Bc1 { [%eval 5.74] [%clk 0:05:28] } 40. Qxa7 { [%eval 5.79] [%clk 0:22:34] } 40... Bxb2 { [%eval 5.62] [%clk 0:05:22] } 41. a5 { [%eval 5.97] [%clk 0:22:44] } 41... Bxc3 { [%eval 5.97] [%clk 0:04:45] } 42. Qb8+ { [%eval 5.74] [%clk 0:22:51] } 42... Kh7 { [%eval 6.25] [%clk 0:04:22] } 43. a6 { [%eval 5.95] [%clk 0:23:04] } 1-0