Event: FIDE World Cup 2025
Site: https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-world-cup-2025--round-1/game-2/NUcmLDqC/kycZ0nsM
Date: 2025-11-02
White: Lodici, Lorenzo
WhiteTitle: GM
WhiteElo: 2572
Black: Samadov, Read
BlackTitle: IM
BlackElo: 2513
Result: 1/2-1/2
ECO: B50
Opening: Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations
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 1:30:57] } 1... c5 { [%eval 0.24] [%clk 1:30:48] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.2] [%clk 1:31:22] } 2... d6 { [%eval 0.31] [%clk 1:31:12] } 3. Nc3 { [%eval 0.17] [%clk 1:31:41] } 3... a6 { [%eval 0.31] [%clk 1:31:18] } 4. d4 { [%eval 0.36] [%clk 1:32:05] } 4... cxd4 { [%eval 0.37] [%clk 1:31:29] } 5. Qxd4 { [%eval 0.07] [%clk 1:32:31] } 5... Nc6 { [%eval 0.16] [%clk 1:29:59] } 6. Qd3 { [%eval 0.08] [%clk 1:32:45] } 6... Bg4 { [%eval 0.52] [%clk 1:27:04] } 7. Be2 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:23:51] } 7... e6 { [%eval 0.11] [%clk 1:21:30] } 8. h3 { [%eval 0.11] [%clk 1:07:15] } 8... Bh5 { [%eval 0.38] [%clk 1:16:39] } 9. Bf4 { [%eval 0.36] [%clk 1:01:45] } 9... Nf6 { [%eval 0.28] [%clk 1:12:02] } 10. O-O { [%eval -0.03] [%clk 0:48:07] } 10... Qc7 { [%eval 0.26] [%clk 0:59:48] } 11. Rfd1 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:43:13] } 11... Rd8 { [%eval 0.48] [%clk 0:59:12] } 12. g4 { [%eval 0.5] [%clk 0:38:21] } 12... Bg6 { [%eval 0.37] [%clk 0:57:47] } 13. Qe3 { [%eval 0.5] [%clk 0:38:50] } 13... Nd7 { [%eval 0.36] [%clk 0:53:21] } 14. Nh4 { [%eval 0.27] [%clk 0:36:18] } 14... Qb6 { [%eval 0.76] [%clk 0:44:35] } 15. Qxb6 { [%eval 0.73] [%clk 0:29:41] } 15... Nxb6 { [%eval 0.69] [%clk 0:44:58] } 16. Be3 { [%eval 0.78] [%clk 0:29:55] } 16... Nd7 { [%eval 0.63] [%clk 0:42:16] } 17. f4 { [%eval 0.77] [%clk 0:30:05] } 17... Be7 { [%eval 0.68] [%clk 0:41:07] } 18. Nf3 { [%eval 0.28] [%clk 0:28:23] } 18... f6 { [%eval 0.69] [%clk 0:37:40] } 19. f5 { [%eval 0.53] [%clk 0:27:55] } 19... Bf7 { [%eval 0.56] [%clk 0:37:56] } 20. fxe6 { [%eval 0.48] [%clk 0:25:04] } 20... Bxe6 { [%eval 0.5] [%clk 0:38:25] } 21. Nd5 { [%eval 0.44] [%clk 0:25:28] } 21... Rc8 { [%eval 0.44] [%clk 0:37:04] } 22. Bf4 { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 0:21:25] } 22... Nde5 { [%eval 0.35] [%clk 0:35:35] } 23. Ne3 { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 0:16:24] } 23... g6 { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 0:32:41] } 24. c3 { [%eval 0.16] [%clk 0:14:56] } 24... Nxf3+ { [%eval 0.16] [%clk 0:28:49] } 25. Bxf3 { [%eval 0.14] [%clk 0:15:24] } 25... Ne5 { [%eval 0.17] [%clk 0:28:41] } 26. Be2 { [%eval 0.24] [%clk 0:15:53] } 26... Kf7 { [%eval 0.4] [%clk 0:27:40] } 27. Kg2 { [%eval 0.36] [%clk 0:16:02] } 27... Rc6 { [%eval 0.47] [%clk 0:23:41] } 28. Nd5 { [%eval 0.41] [%clk 0:15:01] } 28... h5?! { [%eval 1.18] } { Inaccuracy. Re8 was best. } { [%clk 0:21:54] } 29. Nxe7? { [%eval 0.0] } { Mistake. gxh5 was best. } { [%clk 0:12:02] } 29... Kxe7 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:22:19] } 30. g5 { [%eval 0.04] [%clk 0:12:30] } 30... Re8 { [%eval 0.09] [%clk 0:18:51] } 31. Rd4 { [%eval -0.01] [%clk 0:12:01] } 31... Nf7 { [%eval 0.4] [%clk 0:13:47] } 32. gxf6+ { [%eval 0.45] [%clk 0:12:25] } 32... Kxf6 { [%eval 0.38] [%clk 0:14:16] } 33. h4 { [%eval 0.41] [%clk 0:12:03] } 33... Rec8 { [%eval 0.45] [%clk 0:12:51] } 34. Rb4 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:10:27] } 34... R8c7 { [%eval 0.36] [%clk 0:12:09] } 35. a3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:09:12] } 35... Bc4 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:10:55] } 36. Bxc4 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:08:33] } 36... Rxc4 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:11:24] } 37. Rd1 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:08:48] } 37... Ke6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:07:31] } 38. Kf3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:09:11] } 38... b5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:03:11] } 39. Ke3 { [%eval -0.03] [%clk 0:08:03] } 39... R7c5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:01:56] } 40. Rg1 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:07:21] } 40... Kf6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:02:10] } 41. Rf1 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:06:24] } 41... Ke6 { [%eval 0.05] [%clk 0:28:57] } 42. Rg1 { [%eval 0.02] [%clk 0:36:14] } 42... Kf6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:27:37] } 43. Rf1 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:36:37] } 43... Ke7 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:23:41] } 44. Rg1 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:36:35] } 44... Kf6 { [%eval 0.02] [%clk 0:21:22] } 1/2-1/2