Event: FIDE World Cup 2025
Site: https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-world-cup-2025--round-4/game-1/JKQGyfeO/CLxg5dNk
Date: 2025-11-10
White: Le, Quang Liem
WhiteTitle: GM
WhiteElo: 2729
Black: Karthik Venkataraman
BlackTitle: GM
BlackElo: 2576
Result: 1/2-1/2
ECO: D02
Opening: Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical 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. d4 { [%eval 0.17] [%clk 1:30:51] } 1... d5 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 1:30:50] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.08] [%clk 1:31:12] } 2... Nf6 { [%eval 0.11] [%clk 1:31:14] } 3. c3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:31:33] } 3... e6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:30:01] } 4. Bf4 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:31:54] } 4... c5 { [%eval 0.06] [%clk 1:30:03] } 5. e3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:32:15] } 5... Qb6 { [%eval 0.13] [%clk 1:29:43] } 6. Qb3 { [%eval 0.02] [%clk 1:32:10] } 6... Bd7 { [%eval 0.11] [%clk 1:29:37] } 7. Nbd2 { [%eval 0.05] [%clk 1:32:05] } 7... Bc6 { [%eval 0.13] [%clk 1:29:55] } 8. h3 { [%eval 0.04] [%clk 1:26:52] } 8... Nbd7 { [%eval 0.01] [%clk 1:29:56] } 9. a4 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:24:36] } 9... Ne4 { [%eval 0.3] [%clk 1:15:10] } 10. Qc2 { [%eval 0.3] [%clk 1:23:11] } 10... Nxd2 { [%eval 0.28] [%clk 1:14:40] } 11. Nxd2 { [%eval 0.28] [%clk 1:23:17] } 11... a5 { [%eval 0.29] [%clk 1:14:57] } 12. Bd3 { [%eval 0.24] [%clk 1:14:50] } 12... h6 { [%eval 0.29] [%clk 1:14:17] } 13. Nf3 { [%eval 0.31] [%clk 1:12:30] } 13... Be7 { [%eval 0.32] [%clk 1:14:30] } 14. Ne5 { [%eval -0.05] [%clk 1:11:01] } 14... Nxe5 { [%eval 0.02] [%clk 1:07:43] } 15. Bxe5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:11:16] } 15... c4 { [%eval 0.07] [%clk 1:08:03] } 16. Be2 { [%eval 0.02] [%clk 1:11:13] } 16... O-O { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:08:24] } 17. O-O { [%eval 0.04] [%clk 1:11:12] } 17... Qd8 { [%eval 0.02] [%clk 1:08:36] } 18. b3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:06:17] } 18... cxb3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:08:44] } 19. Qxb3 { [%eval 0.02] [%clk 1:06:40] } 19... Bd6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:08:59] } 20. Bxd6 { [%eval -0.03] [%clk 1:06:25] } 20... Qxd6 { [%eval -0.01] [%clk 1:09:24] } 21. Rfb1 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:58:02] } 21... Rfc8 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:08:24] } 22. Qa3 { [%eval -0.11] [%clk 0:57:02] } 22... Qc7 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:06:15] } 23. Rb3 { [%eval -0.07] [%clk 0:56:28] } 23... b6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:03:10] } 24. Rab1 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:46:10] } 24... Rab8 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:02:52] } 25. Ba6 { [%eval -0.15] [%clk 0:45:31] } 25... Rd8 { [%eval -0.08] [%clk 1:02:28] } 26. h4 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:43:41] } 26... g6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:53:26] } 27. Bb5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:39:12] } 27... Bxb5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:50:15] } 28. Rxb5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:36:34] } 28... Rd6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:50:33] } 29. Qb2 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:32:04] } 29... Rc8 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:50:24] } 30. Rxb6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:31:57] } 30... Rxb6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:50:34] } 31. Qxb6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:32:19] } 31... Qxb6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:50:51] } 32. Rxb6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:32:40] } 32... Rc4 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:51:17] } 33. g4 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:31:53] } 33... Rxa4 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:51:32] } 34. g5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:31:54] } 34... hxg5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:43:50] } 35. Rb8+ { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:32:12] } 35... Kg7 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:44:14] } 36. hxg5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:32:35] } 36... Ra1+ { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:42:46] } 1/2-1/2