Event: FIDE World Cup 2025
Site: https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-world-cup-2025--round-1/game-1/t8DzIZPc/qmKthch4
Date: 2025-10-31
White: Rojas Salas, Steven
WhiteTitle: IM
WhiteElo: 2415
Black: Narayanan S L
BlackTitle: GM
BlackElo: 2617
Result: 1/2-1/2
ECO: B50
Opening: Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation, with d6
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 1:30:52] } 1... c5 { [%eval 0.24] [%clk 1:30:52] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.2] [%clk 1:30:48] } 2... d6 { [%eval 0.31] [%clk 1:31:15] } 3. c3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:30:00] } 3... Nf6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:31:35] } 4. h3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:30:12] } 4... Nc6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:29:03] } 5. Bd3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:29:26] } 5... g5 { [%eval 0.1] [%clk 1:29:22] } 6. Bc2 { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 1:28:50] } 6... g4 { [%eval 0.02] [%clk 1:29:45] } 7. hxg4 { [%eval 0.14] [%clk 1:29:14] } 7... Bxg4 { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 1:30:10] } 8. d4 { [%eval 0.12] [%clk 1:29:34] } 8... Qb6 { [%eval 0.26] [%clk 1:28:24] } 9. dxc5 { [%eval 0.27] [%clk 1:15:45] } 9... dxc5 { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 1:23:13] } 10. Na3 { [%eval 0.29] [%clk 1:08:57] } 10... h5 { [%eval 0.31] [%clk 1:11:11] } 11. Qe2 { [%eval -0.03] [%clk 1:03:18] } 11... O-O-O { [%eval -0.03] [%clk 1:09:11] } 12. Nc4 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:57:01] } 12... Qc7 { [%eval -0.08] [%clk 1:08:53] } 13. Bg5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:56:33] } 13... Rg8 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 0:55:30] } 14. Bh4 { [%eval -0.07] [%clk 0:52:38] } 14... Bh6 { [%eval -0.07] [%clk 0:50:35] } 15. Bg3 { [%eval -0.08] [%clk 0:49:33] } 15... Bf4 { [%eval -0.12] [%clk 0:37:24] } 16. Bxf4 { [%eval -0.01] [%clk 0:47:53] } 16... Qxf4 { [%eval -0.09] [%clk 0:37:49] } 17. Qe3 { [%eval -0.04] [%clk 0:48:10] } 17... Qxe3+ { [%eval 0.11] [%clk 0:37:19] } 18. Nxe3 { [%eval 0.05] [%clk 0:48:34] } 18... Bxf3 { [%eval 0.09] [%clk 0:37:33] } 19. gxf3 { [%eval 0.05] [%clk 0:44:14] } 19... Ne5 { [%eval 0.02] [%clk 0:34:32] } 20. f4 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:36:34] } 20... Ng6 { [%eval 0.01] [%clk 0:31:51] } 21. e5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:36:37] } 21... Nd7 { [%eval 0.01] [%clk 0:27:57] } 22. Bxg6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:27:37] } 22... fxg6 { [%eval 0.05] [%clk 0:27:51] } 23. O-O-O { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:16:15] } 23... Rdf8 { [%eval 0.15] [%clk 0:23:21] } 24. f5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:14:36] } 24... Nxe5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:22:27] } 25. fxg6 { [%eval -0.02] [%clk 0:14:57] } 25... Nxg6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:20:18] } 26. Rxh5 { [%eval 0.07] [%clk 0:15:01] } 26... b6 { [%eval 0.02] [%clk 0:20:40] } 27. Rg5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:14:05] } 27... Nf4 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:20:08] } 28. Rxg8 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:14:28] } 28... Rxg8 { [%eval 0.01] [%clk 0:20:35] } 29. Nd5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:14:23] } 29... Nxd5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:20:58] } 30. Rxd5 { [%eval -0.03] [%clk 0:14:47] } 30... Rf8 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:21:15] } 1/2-1/2