Event: FIDE World Cup 2025
Site: https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-world-cup-2025--round-2/game-2/g62M1Tov/BBER919Q
Date: 2025-11-05
White: Woodward, Andy
WhiteTitle: GM
WhiteElo: 2605
Black: Alekseenko, Kirill
BlackTitle: GM
BlackElo: 2666
Result: 0-1
ECO: E12
Opening: Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Main Line
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 1:30:32] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.11] [%clk 1:31:02] } 2... e6 { [%eval 0.14] [%clk 1:29:28] } 3. c4 { [%eval 0.11] [%clk 1:31:14] } 3... b6 { [%eval 0.23] [%clk 1:29:11] } 4. a3 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 1:30:55] } 4... Bb7 { [%eval 0.16] [%clk 1:28:07] } 5. Nc3 { [%eval 0.07] [%clk 1:31:03] } 5... d5 { [%eval 0.1] [%clk 1:28:00] } 6. Qc2 { [%eval 0.17] [%clk 1:30:58] } 6... a6 { [%eval 0.28] [%clk 1:21:34] } 7. cxd5 { [%eval 0.32] [%clk 1:26:21] } 7... exd5 { [%eval 0.43] [%clk 1:21:08] } 8. Bf4 { [%eval 0.15] [%clk 1:21:35] } 8... Bd6 { [%eval 0.2] [%clk 1:20:44] } 9. Bxd6 { [%eval 0.17] [%clk 1:15:49] } 9... Qxd6 { [%eval 0.1] [%clk 1:20:58] } 10. g3 { [%eval 0.11] [%clk 1:15:20] } 10... O-O { [%eval 0.13] [%clk 1:18:05] } 11. Bg2 { [%eval 0.13] [%clk 1:14:13] } 11... Nbd7 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 1:12:03] } 12. O-O { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 1:14:30] } 12... Rfe8 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 1:10:02] } 13. Rac1 { [%eval 0.17] [%clk 1:13:55] } 13... Re7 { [%eval 0.39] [%clk 1:07:34] } 14. e3 { [%eval 0.4] [%clk 1:05:54] } 14... Rae8 { [%eval 0.41] [%clk 1:01:35] } 15. Rfd1 { [%eval 0.41] [%clk 1:02:20] } 15... Ne4 { [%eval 0.53] [%clk 0:51:27] } 16. Nh4 { [%eval 0.53] [%clk 0:58:09] } 16... Qe6 { [%eval 0.47] [%clk 0:45:23] } 17. Qe2 { [%eval 0.08] [%clk 0:48:44] } 17... Ndf6 { [%eval 0.2] [%clk 0:44:02] } 18. Rc2 { [%eval 0.07] [%clk 0:43:24] } 18... g6 { [%eval 0.17] [%clk 0:42:28] } 19. Rdc1 { [%eval -0.12] [%clk 0:41:22] } 19... c5 { [%eval -0.06] [%clk 0:38:11] } 20. dxc5 { [%eval -0.02] [%clk 0:35:37] } 20... bxc5 { [%eval -0.14] [%clk 0:37:19] } 21. Nf3 { [%eval -0.14] [%clk 0:31:07] } 21... Nxc3 { [%eval -0.14] [%clk 0:34:57] } 22. Rxc3 { [%eval -0.13] [%clk 0:23:11] } 22... d4 { [%eval -0.15] [%clk 0:27:38] } 23. Rxc5 { [%eval -0.15] [%clk 0:23:25] } 23... dxe3 { [%eval -0.18] [%clk 0:27:47] } 24. Qxe3 { [%eval -0.31] [%clk 0:23:01] } 24... Qxe3 { [%eval -0.34] [%clk 0:26:51] } 25. fxe3 { [%eval -0.34] [%clk 0:23:24] } 25... Rxe3 { [%eval -0.38] [%clk 0:27:13] } 26. R5c3 { [%eval -0.46] [%clk 0:18:36] } 26... Re2 { [%eval -0.4] [%clk 0:21:04] } 27. R3c2 { [%eval -0.81] [%clk 0:15:46] } 27... Ng4 { [%eval -0.88] [%clk 0:19:57] } 28. h3 { [%eval -0.88] [%clk 0:12:15] } 28... Bxf3 { [%eval -1.03] [%clk 0:17:08] } 29. Rxe2 { [%eval -0.8] [%clk 0:12:38] } 29... Bxe2 { [%eval -0.86] [%clk 0:17:28] } 30. hxg4 { [%eval -0.98] [%clk 0:13:04] } 30... Bxg4 { [%eval -1.12] [%clk 0:17:41] } 31. Rc2 { [%eval -1.48] [%clk 0:06:18] } 31... a5 { [%eval -1.32] [%clk 0:15:50] } 32. Kf2?! { [%eval -2.43] } { Inaccuracy. b4 was best. } { [%clk 0:05:44] } 32... Rb8 { [%eval -2.22] [%clk 0:14:56] } 33. Bd5 { [%eval -2.45] [%clk 0:05:25] } 33... Bd1 { [%eval -2.37] [%clk 0:11:59] } 34. Rd2 { [%eval -2.58] [%clk 0:02:07] } 34... Bb3 { [%eval -2.47] [%clk 0:12:19] } 35. Bc6 { [%eval -2.46] [%clk 0:01:45] } 35... Kg7 { [%eval -2.46] [%clk 0:10:58] } 36. Ke3 { [%eval -2.48] [%clk 0:00:49] } 36... Kf6 { [%eval -2.46] [%clk 0:10:32] } 37. a4?! { [%eval -3.21] } { Inaccuracy. Rd4 was best. } { [%clk 0:00:33] } 37... Bc4 { [%eval -3.16] [%clk 0:06:09] } 38. Kd4?! { [%eval -4.28] } { Inaccuracy. Rd7 was best. } { [%clk 0:00:31] } 38... Rd8+ { [%eval -4.2] [%clk 0:04:56] } 39. Kc3 { [%eval -4.57] [%clk 0:01:00] } 39... Rxd2 { [%eval -4.44] [%clk 0:04:56] } 40. Kxd2 { [%eval -4.42] [%clk 0:01:28] } 40... Ke5 { [%eval -4.38] [%clk 0:03:31] } 41. Kc3 { [%eval -4.39] [%clk 0:29:09] } 41... Kd6 { [%eval -4.32] [%clk 0:31:58] } 42. Bf3 { [%eval -4.31] [%clk 0:25:18] } 42... Kc5 { [%eval -4.11] [%clk 0:32:14] } 43. g4 { [%eval -4.72] [%clk 0:25:32] } 43... f6 { [%eval -4.57] [%clk 0:32:17] } 0-1