Event: FIDE World Cup 2025
Site: https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-world-cup-2025--round-1/game-1/t8DzIZPc/Zwa3rVXq
Date: 2025-10-31
White: Divya Deshmukh
WhiteTitle: GM
WhiteElo: 2505
Black: Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis
BlackTitle: GM
BlackElo: 2585
Result: 0-1
ECO: E28
Opening: Nimzo-Indian Defense: Sämisch 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 1:30:53] } 1... Nf6 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 1:30:55] } 2. c4 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 1:31:19] } 2... e6 { [%eval 0.14] [%clk 1:31:03] } 3. Nc3 { [%eval 0.09] [%clk 1:31:42] } 3... Bb4 { [%eval 0.15] [%clk 1:31:27] } 4. e3 { [%eval 0.06] [%clk 1:32:01] } 4... O-O { [%eval 0.11] [%clk 1:31:38] } 5. a3 { [%eval -0.13] [%clk 1:32:25] } 5... Bxc3+ { [%eval -0.16] [%clk 1:31:08] } 6. bxc3 { [%eval -0.08] [%clk 1:32:51] } 6... d6 { [%eval -0.1] [%clk 1:31:24] } 7. Ne2 { [%eval -0.25] [%clk 1:32:06] } 7... c5 { [%eval -0.14] [%clk 1:30:48] } 8. Ng3 { [%eval -0.29] [%clk 1:17:01] } 8... Nc6 { [%eval -0.26] [%clk 1:30:28] } 9. Be2 { [%eval -0.53] [%clk 0:59:58] } 9... b6 { [%eval -0.16] [%clk 1:26:58] } 10. O-O { [%eval -0.05] [%clk 0:56:06] } 10... Ba6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:25:51] } 11. e4 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:55:16] } 11... Na5 { [%eval -0.03] [%clk 1:20:10] } 12. f4 { [%eval -0.04] [%clk 0:49:47] } 12... cxd4 { [%eval -0.01] [%clk 1:19:10] } 13. cxd4 { [%eval -0.03] [%clk 0:48:29] } 13... Bxc4 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:19:29] } 14. Bxc4 { [%eval -0.11] [%clk 0:48:39] } 14... Nxc4 { [%eval -0.19] [%clk 1:19:54] } 15. f5 { [%eval -0.23] [%clk 0:48:35] } 15... e5 { [%eval -0.5] [%clk 1:19:19] } 16. Qe2 { [%eval -0.42] [%clk 0:33:25] } 16... b5 { [%eval -0.51] [%clk 1:05:45] } 17. dxe5?! { [%eval -1.07] } { Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } { [%clk 0:18:07] } 17... dxe5 { [%eval -1.41] [%clk 1:02:43] } 18. Rb1 { [%eval -1.26] [%clk 0:12:30] } 18... Rb8 { [%eval -1.31] [%clk 0:54:50] } 19. Kh1 { [%eval -1.51] [%clk 0:10:46] } 19... h6 { [%eval -1.48] [%clk 0:49:11] } 20. Rb3 { [%eval -1.75] [%clk 0:10:16] } 20... Rb6 { [%eval -1.68] [%clk 0:48:26] } 21. a4?! { [%eval -2.41] } { Inaccuracy. h3 was best. } { [%clk 0:07:04] } 21... a6?! { [%eval -1.5] } { Inaccuracy. bxa4 was best. } { [%clk 0:48:11] } 22. axb5 { [%eval -1.53] [%clk 0:05:43] } 22... axb5 { [%eval -1.56] [%clk 0:48:36] } 23. Be3?! { [%eval -2.56] } { Inaccuracy. h3 was best. } { [%clk 0:02:42] } 23... Nxe3 { [%eval -2.49] [%clk 0:46:37] } 24. Qxe3 { [%eval -2.38] [%clk 0:03:08] } 24... Qd6 { [%eval -2.56] [%clk 0:31:15] } 25. Rc1 { [%eval -2.67] [%clk 0:03:35] } 25... Rd8 { [%eval -2.36] [%clk 0:28:16] } 26. h3 { [%eval -2.05] [%clk 0:03:55] } 26... Qd4 { [%eval -1.97] [%clk 0:24:23] } 27. Qxd4 { [%eval -1.8] [%clk 0:02:48] } 27... Rxd4 { [%eval -1.96] [%clk 0:24:47] } 28. Rc5 { [%eval -1.98] [%clk 0:03:01] } 28... Nxe4 { [%eval -1.6] [%clk 0:24:25] } 29. Rxe5 { [%eval -1.53] [%clk 0:02:34] } 29... Nxg3+ { [%eval -1.51] [%clk 0:23:16] } 30. Rxg3 { [%eval -0.87] [%clk 0:03:03] } 30... b4?! { [%eval -0.09] } { Inaccuracy. Rb8 was best. } { [%clk 0:23:02] } 31. Rb3?! { [%eval -1.15] } { Inaccuracy. Re8+ was best. } { [%clk 0:03:26] } 31... Rb7 { [%eval -1.07] [%clk 0:20:44] } 32. Ra5?! { [%eval -1.99] } { Inaccuracy. f6 was best. } { [%clk 0:01:58] } 32... h5 { [%eval -2.05] [%clk 0:18:46] } 33. f6 { [%eval -2.33] [%clk 0:00:51] } 33... g6 { [%eval -1.78] [%clk 0:19:08] } 34. Ra8+?! { [%eval -2.7] } { Inaccuracy. g4 was best. } { [%clk 0:00:59] } 34... Kh7 { [%eval -2.49] [%clk 0:19:32] } 35. Re3? { [%eval -4.23] } { Mistake. Re8 was best. } { [%clk 0:00:49] } 35... b3 { [%eval -3.85] [%clk 0:15:46] } 36. Ree8?! { [%eval -5.11] } { Inaccuracy. Re7 was best. } { [%clk 0:00:47] } 36... Kh6 { [%eval -5.6] [%clk 0:15:00] } 37. Re5 { [%eval -5.95] [%clk 0:00:35] } 37... g5 { [%eval -5.43] [%clk 0:14:57] } 38. Ra1 { [%eval -6.05] [%clk 0:00:49] } 38... b2 { [%eval -6.01] [%clk 0:14:29] } 39. Rb1 { [%eval -5.87] [%clk 0:01:19] } 39... Rc4 { [%eval -6.16] [%clk 0:13:20] } 40. Ree1 { [%eval -6.05] [%clk 0:01:45] } 40... Kg6 { [%eval -5.98] [%clk 0:12:58] } 41. Kh2 { [%eval -5.99] [%clk 0:27:38] } 41... Rc2 { [%eval -5.67] [%clk 0:40:49] } 0-1