Event: FIDE World Cup 2025
Site: https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-world-cup-2025--round-2/tiebreak-1-rapid-2/rxplAu0E/UAhMELCz
Date: 2025-11-06
White: Sargissian, Gabriel
WhiteTitle: GM
WhiteElo: 2616
Black: Rodshtein, Maxim
BlackTitle: GM
BlackElo: 2611
Result: 1/2-1/2
ECO: E08
Opening: Catalan Opening: Closed
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 0:15:18] } 1... Nf6 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 0:15:18] } 2. c4 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 0:15:26] } 2... e6 { [%eval 0.14] [%clk 0:15:27] } 3. Nf3 { [%eval 0.11] [%clk 0:15:33] } 3... d5 { [%eval 0.17] [%clk 0:15:35] } 4. g3 { [%eval 0.16] [%clk 0:15:42] } 4... Bb4+ { [%eval 0.13] [%clk 0:15:42] } 5. Bd2 { [%eval 0.13] [%clk 0:15:50] } 5... Be7 { [%eval 0.1] [%clk 0:15:49] } 6. Bg2 { [%eval 0.07] [%clk 0:15:57] } 6... O-O { [%eval 0.13] [%clk 0:15:57] } 7. O-O { [%eval 0.14] [%clk 0:16:04] } 7... Nbd7 { [%eval 0.14] [%clk 0:16:04] } 8. Qc2 { [%eval 0.1] [%clk 0:16:11] } 8... c6 { [%eval 0.11] [%clk 0:16:11] } 9. Rd1 { [%eval 0.12] [%clk 0:16:13] } 9... b6 { [%eval 0.09] [%clk 0:16:15] } 10. Bf4 { [%eval 0.07] [%clk 0:16:20] } 10... Bb7 { [%eval 0.12] [%clk 0:16:19] } 11. Ne5 { [%eval 0.08] [%clk 0:15:23] } 11... Nh5 { [%eval 0.06] [%clk 0:16:16] } 12. Bd2 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:15:13] } 12... Nhf6 { [%eval 0.04] [%clk 0:16:23] } 13. cxd5 { [%eval 0.06] [%clk 0:15:11] } 13... cxd5 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 0:16:30] } 14. Nc6 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 0:15:05] } 14... Bxc6 { [%eval 0.11] [%clk 0:16:37] } 15. Qxc6 { [%eval 0.14] [%clk 0:15:14] } 15... Rc8 { [%eval 0.09] [%clk 0:16:41] } 16. Qb5 { [%eval 0.16] [%clk 0:14:13] } 16... Ne8 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 0:16:36] } 17. Nc3 { [%eval 0.09] [%clk 0:12:19] } 17... Nd6 { [%eval 0.15] [%clk 0:16:41] } 18. Qb3 { [%eval 0.02] [%clk 0:12:25] } 18... b5 { [%eval 0.26] [%clk 0:15:35] } 19. a4 { [%eval 0.3] [%clk 0:12:17] } 19... b4 { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 0:14:06] } 20. Nb5 { [%eval 0.24] [%clk 0:12:01] } 20... a5 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 0:13:14] } 21. Nxd6 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 0:11:52] } 21... Bxd6 { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 0:13:22] } 22. Qd3 { [%eval 0.09] [%clk 0:11:49] } 22... Qb6 { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 0:12:08] } 23. Rac1 { [%eval 0.17] [%clk 0:11:16] } 23... f5?! { [%eval 1.09] } { Inaccuracy. Nf6 was best. } { [%clk 0:10:43] } 24. e3?! { [%eval 0.0] } { Inaccuracy. Rxc8 was best. } { [%clk 0:10:40] } 24... Nf6 { [%eval -0.01] [%clk 0:09:28] } 25. Bf1 { [%eval -0.12] [%clk 0:10:22] } 25... Ne4 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:07:57] } 26. Be1 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:10:26] } 26... Rc7 { [%eval 0.1] [%clk 0:06:02] } 27. Qa6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:06:41] } 27... Qxa6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:05:58] } 28. Bxa6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:06:48] } 28... Ra8 { [%eval 0.02] [%clk 0:05:47] } 29. Rxc7 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:06:18] } 29... Bxc7 { [%eval 0.05] [%clk 0:05:56] } 30. Rc1 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:05:57] } 30... Rxa6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:04:48] } 31. Rxc7 { [%eval -0.07] [%clk 0:06:04] } 31... Nd6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:04:03] } 32. b3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:02:41] } 32... Ne8 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:03:53] } 33. Rc5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:02:26] } 33... g5 { [%eval -0.07] [%clk 0:03:23] } 34. h3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:01:40] } 34... h5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:03:16] } 35. g4 { [%eval -0.11] [%clk 0:00:58] } 35... hxg4 { [%eval -0.07] [%clk 0:03:09] } 36. hxg4 { [%eval -0.17] [%clk 0:01:07] } 36... fxg4 { [%eval -0.28] [%clk 0:03:17] } 37. e4 { [%eval -0.12] [%clk 0:01:15] } 37... Nf6 { [%eval -0.11] [%clk 0:03:03] } 38. exd5 { [%eval -0.13] [%clk 0:01:22] } 38... exd5 { [%eval -0.2] [%clk 0:02:13] } 39. Bd2? { [%eval -1.68] } { Mistake. Rc7 was best. } { [%clk 0:01:30] } 39... Ne4 { [%eval -1.31] [%clk 0:02:16] } 40. Rc8+ { [%eval -1.01] [%clk 0:01:39] } 40... Kf7 { [%eval -1.22] [%clk 0:02:24] } 41. Be3 { [%eval -1.5] [%clk 0:01:48] } 41... Kg6? { [%eval -0.09] } { Mistake. g3 was best. } { [%clk 0:01:26] } 42. Kg2 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:01:50] } 42... Kf5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:00:37] } 43. Re8 { [%eval -0.11] [%clk 0:01:46] } 43... Kg6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:00:39] } 44. Re5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:01:18] } 44... Rd6 { [%eval -0.08] [%clk 0:00:44] } 45. Re8?? { [%eval -2.06] } { Blunder. Kf1 was best. } { [%clk 0:01:25] } 45... Ra6?? { [%eval 0.0] } { Blunder. Rc6 was best. } { [%clk 0:00:14] } 46. Re5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:01:12] } 46... Rd6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:00:20] } 1/2-1/2