Event: FIDE World Cup 2025
Site: https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-world-cup-2025--round-2/game-1/TxNRmm3q/GC6vnkCJ
Date: 2025-11-04
White: Le, Quang Liem
WhiteTitle: GM
WhiteElo: 2729
Black: Jobava, Baadur
BlackTitle: GM
BlackElo: 2577
Result: 1/2-1/2
ECO: A75
Opening: Benoni Defense: Classical Variation, Argentine Counterattack
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 1:30:56] } 1... Nf6 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 1:30:35] } 2. c4 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 1:31:18] } 2... c5 { [%eval 0.56] [%clk 1:30:49] } 3. d5 { [%eval 0.46] [%clk 1:31:40] } 3... g6 { [%eval 0.7] [%clk 1:31:07] } 4. Nc3 { [%eval 0.53] [%clk 1:31:30] } 4... Bg7 { [%eval 0.6] [%clk 1:31:26] } 5. e4 { [%eval 0.54] [%clk 1:30:50] } 5... d6 { [%eval 0.62] [%clk 1:31:42] } 6. Be2 { [%eval 0.51] [%clk 1:28:13] } 6... O-O { [%eval 0.68] [%clk 1:30:45] } 7. Nf3 { [%eval 0.54] [%clk 1:28:34] } 7... e6 { [%eval 0.56] [%clk 1:29:26] } 8. O-O { [%eval 0.79] [%clk 1:27:31] } 8... exd5 { [%eval 0.73] [%clk 1:29:49] } 9. cxd5 { [%eval 0.57] [%clk 1:27:54] } 9... a6 { [%eval 0.55] [%clk 1:27:54] } 10. a4 { [%eval 0.64] [%clk 1:28:12] } 10... Bg4 { [%eval 0.66] [%clk 1:27:55] } 11. Bf4 { [%eval 0.55] [%clk 1:20:23] } 11... Re8 { [%eval 0.7] [%clk 1:20:44] } 12. Nd2 { [%eval 0.64] [%clk 1:17:22] } 12... Bxe2 { [%eval 0.73] [%clk 1:19:59] } 13. Qxe2 { [%eval 0.81] [%clk 1:17:45] } 13... Nh5 { [%eval 0.77] [%clk 1:17:28] } 14. Be3 { [%eval 0.68] [%clk 1:17:53] } 14... Nd7 { [%eval 0.8] [%clk 1:17:47] } 15. Rad1?! { [%eval 0.24] } { Inaccuracy. g4 was best. } { [%clk 1:09:57] } 15... Bd4 { [%eval 0.2] [%clk 0:57:22] } 16. Nc4 { [%eval -0.13] [%clk 0:54:56] } 16... Ne5 { [%eval -0.17] [%clk 0:52:02] } 17. Na3 { [%eval -0.14] [%clk 0:35:42] } 17... Bxe3 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 0:40:02] } 18. Qxe3 { [%eval 0.29] [%clk 0:36:03] } 18... Qh4 { [%eval 0.67] [%clk 0:40:29] } 19. f3 { [%eval 0.42] [%clk 0:31:23] } 19... f5 { [%eval 0.35] [%clk 0:38:27] } 20. Qf2 { [%eval 0.37] [%clk 0:29:34] } 20... Qf6 { [%eval 0.29] [%clk 0:37:39] } 21. f4 { [%eval 0.2] [%clk 0:25:38] } 21... Ng4 { [%eval 0.13] [%clk 0:36:38] } 22. Qf3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:25:59] } 22... Qh4 { [%eval 0.17] [%clk 0:35:48] } 23. h3 { [%eval 0.07] [%clk 0:26:18] } 23... Ngf6 { [%eval 0.05] [%clk 0:34:28] } 24. exf5 { [%eval 0.03] [%clk 0:26:12] } 24... Ng3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:33:35] } 25. fxg6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:19:48] } 25... Nxf1 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:33:57] } 26. gxh7+ { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:20:12] } 26... Kxh7 { [%eval 0.06] [%clk 0:29:45] } 27. Rxf1 { [%eval 0.29] [%clk 0:20:29] } 27... Rg8 { [%eval 0.31] [%clk 0:28:05] } 28. Kh2 { [%eval 0.31] [%clk 0:15:23] } 28... Ng4+ { [%eval 0.37] [%clk 0:19:37] } 29. Kg1 { [%eval 0.53] [%clk 0:15:45] } 29... Nf6 { [%eval 0.47] [%clk 0:19:37] } 30. Kh2 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:15:05] } 30... Ng4+ { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:19:30] } 31. Kh1 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:12:44] } 31... Nf6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:19:03] } 1/2-1/2