Event: FIDE World Cup 2025
Site: https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-world-cup-2025--quarterfinals/game-1/5vdfH3Tr/PSIAZrlN
Date: 2025-11-17
White: Shankland, Sam
WhiteTitle: GM
WhiteElo: 2649
Black: Esipenko, Andrey
BlackTitle: GM
BlackElo: 2681
Result: 1/2-1/2
ECO: D35
Opening: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional 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. c4 { [%eval 0.12] [%clk 1:30:49] } 1... e6 { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 1:30:42] } 2. Nc3 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 1:31:13] } 2... d5 { [%eval 0.29] [%clk 1:31:04] } 3. d4 { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 1:31:38] } 3... Nf6 { [%eval 0.24] [%clk 1:31:29] } 4. cxd5 { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 1:32:01] } 4... exd5 { [%eval 0.2] [%clk 1:31:54] } 5. Bg5 { [%eval 0.26] [%clk 1:32:27] } 5... Bb4 { [%eval 0.24] [%clk 1:32:17] } 6. e3 { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 1:27:10] } 6... h6 { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 1:32:17] } 7. Bxf6 { [%eval 0.16] [%clk 1:27:34] } 7... Qxf6 { [%eval 0.15] [%clk 1:32:40] } 8. Qa4+ { [%eval 0.04] [%clk 1:27:18] } 8... Nc6 { [%eval 0.01] [%clk 1:33:03] } 9. Ne2 { [%eval 0.01] [%clk 1:26:02] } 9... O-O { [%eval 0.03] [%clk 1:27:11] } 10. Rc1 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:21:47] } 10... Rd8 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:18:30] } 11. Nf4 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:17:11] } 11... Bxc3+ { [%eval 0.01] [%clk 1:11:31] } 12. Rxc3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:12:13] } 12... Ne7 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:10:51] } 13. Bd3 { [%eval -0.1] [%clk 1:03:35] } 13... c6 { [%eval 0.01] [%clk 1:10:37] } 14. O-O { [%eval -0.15] [%clk 1:03:17] } 14... Nf5 { [%eval 0.16] [%clk 1:10:34] } 15. Rfc1 { [%eval -0.05] [%clk 1:01:30] } 15... Nd6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:10:14] } 16. Qd1 { [%eval -0.15] [%clk 0:59:25] } 16... Bf5 { [%eval -0.19] [%clk 1:05:48] } 17. Bf1 { [%eval -0.24] [%clk 0:59:02] } 17... g5 { [%eval -0.24] [%clk 1:01:49] } 18. Nd3 { [%eval -0.16] [%clk 0:55:04] } 18... Kg7 { [%eval -0.23] [%clk 1:00:59] } 19. Nc5 { [%eval -0.37] [%clk 0:53:25] } 19... h5 { [%eval -0.33] [%clk 0:57:43] } 20. a4 { [%eval -0.41] [%clk 0:44:41] } 20... h4 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:48:55] } 21. h3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:43:09] } 21... a5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:41:22] } 22. b4 { [%eval -0.1] [%clk 0:41:04] } 22... axb4 { [%eval -0.19] [%clk 0:31:48] } 23. Rb3 { [%eval -0.19] [%clk 0:41:31] } 23... b6 { [%eval -0.15] [%clk 0:30:59] } 24. Nd3 { [%eval -0.2] [%clk 0:41:03] } 24... Bxd3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:30:43] } 25. Bxd3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:41:26] } 25... Ne4 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:31:08] } 26. Bxe4 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:40:39] } 26... dxe4 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:31:31] } 27. Rxb4 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:40:01] } 27... c5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:31:17] } 28. Rb5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:38:06] } 28... cxd4 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:27:17] } 29. exd4 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:34:43] } 29... Qf4 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:26:51] } 30. Rc3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:33:22] } 30... Rd6 { [%eval 0.07] [%clk 0:15:55] } 31. g3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:27:04] } 31... hxg3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:15:57] } 32. Rxg3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:26:59] } 32... f6 { [%eval 0.01] [%clk 0:16:00] } 33. Rg4 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:22:29] } 33... Qf3 { [%eval 0.04] [%clk 0:16:15] } 34. Qc1 { [%eval 0.05] [%clk 0:20:47] } 34... e3 { [%eval 0.03] [%clk 0:15:32] } 35. Qxe3 { [%eval 0.07] [%clk 0:15:37] } 35... Qxe3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:15:52] } 36. fxe3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:16:04] } 36... Rxa4 { [%eval 0.01] [%clk 0:16:12] } 37. h4 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:16:07] } 37... Ra5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:08:46] } 38. Rb3 { [%eval 0.03] [%clk 0:16:08] } 1/2-1/2