Event: FIDE World Cup 2025
Site: https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-world-cup-2025--round-3/tiebreak-1-rapid-2/8T7yGcrW/yb8UbqKK
Date: 2025-11-09
White: Yakubboev, Nodirbek
WhiteTitle: GM
WhiteElo: 2689
Black: Nguyen, Thai Dai Van
BlackTitle: GM
BlackElo: 2652
Result: 1-0
ECO: B13
Opening: Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange 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. e4 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 0:15:17] } 1... c6 { [%eval 0.23] [%clk 0:15:20] } 2. d4 { [%eval 0.24] [%clk 0:14:41] } 2... d5 { [%eval 0.24] [%clk 0:15:28] } 3. exd5 { [%eval 0.08] [%clk 0:14:49] } 3... cxd5 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 0:15:37] } 4. Bd3 { [%eval 0.1] [%clk 0:14:58] } 4... Nc6 { [%eval 0.12] [%clk 0:15:44] } 5. c3 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 0:15:07] } 5... Qc7 { [%eval 0.26] [%clk 0:15:33] } 6. h3 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 0:14:36] } 6... Nf6 { [%eval 0.34] [%clk 0:15:38] } 7. Nf3 { [%eval 0.28] [%clk 0:14:42] } 7... g6 { [%eval 0.35] [%clk 0:15:47] } 8. O-O { [%eval 0.27] [%clk 0:14:36] } 8... Bf5 { [%eval 0.31] [%clk 0:15:38] } 9. Re1 { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 0:14:42] } 9... e6 { [%eval 0.48] [%clk 0:15:09] } 10. Bg5 { [%eval 0.16] [%clk 0:13:30] } 10... Bg7 { [%eval 0.15] [%clk 0:14:33] } 11. Qe2 { [%eval 0.02] [%clk 0:12:18] } 11... O-O { [%eval 0.14] [%clk 0:13:39] } 12. Nbd2 { [%eval 0.12] [%clk 0:11:29] } 12... h6 { [%eval 0.29] [%clk 0:13:48] } 13. Bxf5 { [%eval 0.26] [%clk 0:10:02] } 13... gxf5 { [%eval 0.8] [%clk 0:11:51] } 14. Bxf6 { [%eval 0.77] [%clk 0:07:03] } 14... Bxf6 { [%eval 0.76] [%clk 0:12:00] } 15. Nf1 { [%eval 0.89] [%clk 0:07:12] } 15... f4 { [%eval 1.41] [%clk 0:09:33] } 16. Ne5? { [%eval 0.26] } { Mistake. N1h2 was best. } { [%clk 0:06:24] } 16... Bg7? { [%eval 1.54] } { Mistake. Bxe5 was best. } { [%clk 0:09:06] } 17. Nd3 { [%eval 1.56] [%clk 0:04:22] } 17... Ne7 { [%eval 1.59] [%clk 0:06:31] } 18. Qg4 { [%eval 1.58] [%clk 0:04:31] } 18... Ng6 { [%eval 1.54] [%clk 0:06:40] } 19. h4 { [%eval 1.6] [%clk 0:04:39] } 19... b5 { [%eval 1.47] [%clk 0:06:35] } 20. h5 { [%eval 1.42] [%clk 0:04:33] } 20... Ne7 { [%eval 1.52] [%clk 0:06:44] } 21. Nxf4 { [%eval 1.09] [%clk 0:04:16] } 21... b4 { [%eval 0.94] [%clk 0:06:53] } 22. Re3?! { [%eval 0.21] } { Inaccuracy. Ng6 was best. } { [%clk 0:03:21] } 22... bxc3 { [%eval 0.28] [%clk 0:04:51] } 23. bxc3 { [%eval 0.27] [%clk 0:03:29] } 23... Rac8?? { [%eval 2.02] } { Blunder. Nf5 was best. } { [%clk 0:04:18] } 24. Rxe6 { [%eval 2.05] [%clk 0:02:24] } 24... Qxc3?? { [%eval 5.86] } { Blunder. Qd7 was best. } { [%clk 0:02:44] } 25. Rxe7 { [%eval 5.69] [%clk 0:01:59] } 25... Qxd4 { [%eval 5.66] [%clk 0:01:36] } 26. Rd1 { [%eval 5.64] [%clk 0:01:58] } 1-0