Event: FIDE World Cup 2025
Site: https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-world-cup-2025--round-1/game-1/t8DzIZPc/Bnnu6YCa
Date: 2025-10-31
White: Rakotomaharo, Fy Antenaina
WhiteTitle: IM
WhiteElo: 2439
Black: Najer, Evgeniy
BlackTitle: GM
BlackElo: 2610
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. d4 { [%eval 0.17] [%clk 1:30:53] } 1... Nf6 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 1:30:27] } 2. c4 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 1:31:17] } 2... e6 { [%eval 0.14] [%clk 1:30:53] } 3. Nc3 { [%eval 0.09] [%clk 1:31:18] } 3... d5 { [%eval 0.24] [%clk 1:29:21] } 4. cxd5 { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 1:30:50] } 4... exd5 { [%eval 0.2] [%clk 1:29:47] } 5. Bg5 { [%eval 0.24] [%clk 1:31:14] } 5... Be7 { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 1:28:07] } 6. e3 { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 1:31:05] } 6... h6 { [%eval 0.27] [%clk 1:28:31] } 7. Bh4 { [%eval 0.28] [%clk 1:29:46] } 7... Bg4 { [%eval 0.31] [%clk 1:28:18] } 8. Nf3 { [%eval 0.36] [%clk 1:22:44] } 8... Nbd7 { [%eval 0.2] [%clk 1:27:06] } 9. Be2 { [%eval 0.13] [%clk 1:20:42] } 9... c6 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 1:26:45] } 10. O-O { [%eval -0.13] [%clk 1:20:01] } 10... Bf5 { [%eval -0.16] [%clk 1:26:20] } 11. Ne1 { [%eval -0.14] [%clk 1:12:31] } 11... O-O { [%eval 0.03] [%clk 1:15:45] } 12. Bd3 { [%eval -0.19] [%clk 1:12:03] } 12... Bxd3 { [%eval 0.09] [%clk 1:15:04] } 13. Nxd3 { [%eval 0.1] [%clk 1:12:27] } 13... Ne8 { [%eval 0.1] [%clk 1:14:06] } 14. Bxe7 { [%eval 0.04] [%clk 1:09:06] } 14... Qxe7 { [%eval -0.05] [%clk 1:13:41] } 15. Qc2 { [%eval -0.16] [%clk 1:09:29] } 15... Nd6 { [%eval -0.11] [%clk 1:13:36] } 16. Na4 { [%eval -0.18] [%clk 1:08:36] } 16... h5 { [%eval -0.18] [%clk 1:11:58] } 17. Nac5 { [%eval -0.39] [%clk 1:08:08] } 17... h4 { [%eval -0.36] [%clk 1:11:04] } 18. h3 { [%eval -0.22] [%clk 1:05:57] } 18... Rfe8 { [%eval -0.12] [%clk 1:07:54] } 19. Rac1 { [%eval -0.24] [%clk 1:02:21] } 19... Nxc5 { [%eval -0.25] [%clk 1:01:53] } 20. Qxc5 { [%eval -0.18] [%clk 1:01:34] } 20... f6 { [%eval -0.16] [%clk 0:57:30] } 21. a4 { [%eval -0.18] [%clk 0:55:19] } 21... Qd7 { [%eval -0.24] [%clk 0:55:57] } 22. Qc2 { [%eval -0.15] [%clk 0:52:26] } 22... Re7 { [%eval -0.08] [%clk 0:53:59] } 23. Nc5 { [%eval -0.14] [%clk 0:43:56] } 23... Qe8 { [%eval -0.11] [%clk 0:54:03] } 24. Rfe1 { [%eval -0.22] [%clk 0:42:19] } 24... Qh5 { [%eval -0.17] [%clk 0:49:59] } 25. b4 { [%eval -0.07] [%clk 0:31:55] } 25... a6 { [%eval -0.11] [%clk 0:49:43] } 26. Qd1 { [%eval -0.19] [%clk 0:29:03] } 26... Qxd1 { [%eval -0.23] [%clk 0:46:45] } 27. Rexd1 { [%eval -0.3] [%clk 0:27:17] } 27... g5 { [%eval -0.35] [%clk 0:46:36] } 28. Rd3 { [%eval -0.46] [%clk 0:25:33] } 28... Rae8 { [%eval -0.2] [%clk 0:45:40] } 29. Rb3 { [%eval -0.25] [%clk 0:25:45] } 29... f5 { [%eval -0.19] [%clk 0:36:22] } 30. Nd3 { [%eval -0.17] [%clk 0:22:05] } 30... f4 { [%eval -0.06] [%clk 0:36:25] } 31. Ne5 { [%eval -0.02] [%clk 0:19:36] } 31... fxe3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:36:30] } 32. fxe3 { [%eval -0.12] [%clk 0:20:02] } 32... Kg7 { [%eval -0.03] [%clk 0:36:13] } 33. Rc2 { [%eval -0.36] [%clk 0:11:36] } 33... Re6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:32:25] } 34. Rf2 { [%eval -0.2] [%clk 0:10:04] } 34... Rf6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:30:43] } 35. Rxf6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:08:46] } 35... Kxf6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:31:11] } 36. Kf2 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:08:58] } 36... Ke6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:29:38] } 37. Ke2 { [%eval -0.1] [%clk 0:04:26] } 37... Ne4 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:28:58] } 38. Nf3 { [%eval -0.02] [%clk 0:03:11] } 38... Rf8 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:25:15] } 39. Rb2 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:03:19] } 39... Kf5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:25:29] } 40. Ne5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:00:49] } 40... Ke6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:23:26] } 41. Nf3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:00:34] } 41... Kd6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:13:08] } 42. Ke1 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:23:33] } 42... Kc7 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:38:07] } 43. Rc2?! { [%eval -1.06] } { Inaccuracy. a5 was best. } { [%clk 0:19:25] } 43... Kd6?! { [%eval 0.0] } { Inaccuracy. Kb6 was best. } { [%clk 0:33:10] } 44. a5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:16:50] } 44... Ke6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:19:56] } 1/2-1/2