Event: FIDE World Cup 2025
Site: https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-world-cup-2025--round-1/game-1/t8DzIZPc/9wSoPusQ
Date: 2025-10-31
White: Siddharth, Jagadeesh
WhiteTitle: GM
WhiteElo: 2491
Black: Cheng, Bobby
BlackTitle: GM
BlackElo: 2583
Result: 1/2-1/2
ECO: C42
Opening: Petrov's Defense: Karklins-Martinovsky 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. e4 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 1:21:57] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 1:30:52] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.13] [%clk 1:22:02] } 2... Nf6 { [%eval 0.34] [%clk 1:31:15] } 3. Nxe5 { [%eval 0.29] [%clk 1:22:19] } 3... d6 { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 1:31:39] } 4. Nd3 { [%eval 0.07] [%clk 1:22:43] } 4... Nxe4 { [%eval 0.08] [%clk 1:32:00] } 5. Qe2 { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 1:23:06] } 5... Qe7 { [%eval 0.08] [%clk 1:32:02] } 6. Nf4 { [%eval 0.08] [%clk 1:23:28] } 6... Nf6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:29:29] } 7. d4 { [%eval 0.09] [%clk 1:23:39] } 7... Qxe2+ { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 1:26:19] } 8. Bxe2 { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 1:24:03] } 8... Nc6 { [%eval 0.1] [%clk 1:26:44] } 9. c3 { [%eval 0.17] [%clk 1:24:20] } 9... d5 { [%eval 0.14] [%clk 1:25:16] } 10. Bf3 { [%eval 0.17] [%clk 1:24:42] } 10... Ne7 { [%eval 0.1] [%clk 1:24:30] } 11. h4 { [%eval 0.1] [%clk 1:25:05] } 11... c6 { [%eval 0.16] [%clk 1:20:35] } 12. h5 { [%eval 0.2] [%clk 1:25:13] } 12... Bf5 { [%eval 0.15] [%clk 1:15:55] } 13. Be2 { [%eval 0.32] [%clk 1:11:39] } 13... h6 { [%eval 0.28] [%clk 1:06:41] } 14. f3 { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 1:08:15] } 14... Bh7 { [%eval 0.33] [%clk 1:04:12] } 15. g4 { [%eval 0.29] [%clk 1:08:24] } 15... Nc8 { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 1:02:17] } 16. Ng2 { [%eval -0.08] [%clk 0:54:35] } 16... Bd6 { [%eval 0.16] [%clk 0:56:56] } 17. Bf4 { [%eval 0.01] [%clk 0:53:57] } 17... O-O { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:52:27] } 18. Nd2 { [%eval 0.05] [%clk 0:54:19] } 18... Re8 { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 0:49:17] } 19. Kf2 { [%eval 0.28] [%clk 0:51:26] } 19... Be7 { [%eval 0.42] [%clk 0:36:23] } 20. b4 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:25:51] } 20... a5 { [%eval -0.01] [%clk 0:26:44] } 21. a3 { [%eval -0.03] [%clk 0:24:24] } 21... b5?! { [%eval 0.6] } { Inaccuracy. a4 was best. } { [%clk 0:19:51] } 22. Nb3 { [%eval 0.58] [%clk 0:19:08] } 22... axb4 { [%eval 0.54] [%clk 0:20:16] } 23. axb4 { [%eval 0.54] [%clk 0:19:31] } 23... Nb6 { [%eval 0.58] [%clk 0:20:41] } 24. Na5 { [%eval 0.55] [%clk 0:17:49] } 24... Rec8 { [%eval 0.58] [%clk 0:19:03] } 25. Ne3 { [%eval 0.58] [%clk 0:14:03] } 25... Kf8 { [%eval 0.65] [%clk 0:16:14] } 26. Kg2 { [%eval 0.29] [%clk 0:07:58] } 26... Ne8 { [%eval 0.28] [%clk 0:14:22] } 27. Ra3 { [%eval 0.32] [%clk 0:03:27] } 27... Bd6 { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 0:11:28] } 28. Bxd6+ { [%eval 0.31] [%clk 0:02:13] } 28... Nxd6 { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 0:11:58] } 29. Rha1 { [%eval 0.4] [%clk 0:02:42] } 29... Rc7 { [%eval 0.36] [%clk 0:08:27] } 30. Bf1?! { [%eval -0.36] } { Inaccuracy. Kf2 was best. } { [%clk 0:01:51] } 30... Re8 { [%eval -0.35] [%clk 0:03:39] } 31. Kf2 { [%eval -0.47] [%clk 0:02:18] } 31... Na4?! { [%eval 0.35] } { Inaccuracy. Nbc4 was best. } { [%clk 0:02:31] } 32. Re1 { [%eval 0.27] [%clk 0:01:39] } 32... Nb2 { [%eval 0.4] [%clk 0:01:26] } 33. Ra2 { [%eval 0.39] [%clk 0:01:20] } 33... Na4 { [%eval 0.4] [%clk 0:01:44] } 34. Ra3 { [%eval 0.24] [%clk 0:01:49] } 34... Nb2 { [%eval 0.37] [%clk 0:02:06] } 35. Ra2 { [%eval 0.38] [%clk 0:02:14] } 35... Na4 { [%eval 0.35] [%clk 0:02:00] } 1/2-1/2