Event: FIDE World Cup 2025
Site: https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-world-cup-2025--round-2/tiebreak-1-rapid-1/5xGjteDw/uP6XXxCN
Date: 2025-11-06
White: Hovhannisyan, Robert
WhiteTitle: GM
WhiteElo: 2629
Black: Sadhwani, Raunak
BlackTitle: GM
BlackElo: 2641
Result: 1-0
ECO: B69
Opening: Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Neo-Modern Variation, Nyezhmetdinov Attack
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 0:15:18] } 1... c5 { [%eval 0.24] [%clk 0:15:19] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.2] [%clk 0:15:27] } 2... Nc6 { [%eval 0.3] [%clk 0:15:28] } 3. d4 { [%eval 0.27] [%clk 0:15:32] } 3... cxd4 { [%eval 0.27] [%clk 0:15:36] } 4. Nxd4 { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 0:15:41] } 4... Nf6 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 0:15:45] } 5. Nc3 { [%eval 0.26] [%clk 0:15:49] } 5... d6 { [%eval 0.3] [%clk 0:15:53] } 6. Bg5 { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 0:15:57] } 6... e6 { [%eval 0.39] [%clk 0:16:02] } 7. Qd2 { [%eval 0.33] [%clk 0:16:06] } 7... a6 { [%eval 0.33] [%clk 0:16:09] } 8. O-O-O { [%eval 0.4] [%clk 0:16:09] } 8... Bd7 { [%eval 0.41] [%clk 0:16:18] } 9. f4 { [%eval 0.37] [%clk 0:16:14] } 9... Be7 { [%eval 0.39] [%clk 0:16:23] } 10. Nf3 { [%eval 0.47] [%clk 0:16:18] } 10... b5 { [%eval 0.32] [%clk 0:16:31] } 11. Bxf6 { [%eval 0.42] [%clk 0:16:20] } 11... gxf6 { [%eval 0.39] [%clk 0:16:40] } 12. f5 { [%eval 0.4] [%clk 0:16:19] } 12... Qb6 { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 0:16:48] } 13. Kb1 { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 0:16:18] } 13... O-O-O { [%eval 0.4] [%clk 0:16:46] } 14. a3 { [%eval 0.34] [%clk 0:16:04] } 14... Kb8 { [%eval 0.24] [%clk 0:16:49] } 15. Nd4 { [%eval 0.27] [%clk 0:15:27] } 15... Rc8 { [%eval 0.36] [%clk 0:16:03] } 16. Be2 { [%eval 0.26] [%clk 0:14:57] } 16... h5 { [%eval 0.74] [%clk 0:15:33] } 17. h4 { [%eval 0.65] [%clk 0:14:48] } 17... Ne5 { [%eval 1.08] [%clk 0:15:30] } 18. Rh3 { [%eval 1.23] [%clk 0:13:55] } 18... Nc4 { [%eval 1.25] [%clk 0:13:26] } 19. Bxc4?! { [%eval 0.57] } { Inaccuracy. Qe1 was best. } { [%clk 0:12:58] } 19... Rxc4?! { [%eval 1.16] } { Inaccuracy. bxc4 was best. } { [%clk 0:13:34] } 20. Rg3 { [%eval 1.17] [%clk 0:11:34] } 20... Rd8?? { [%eval 3.37] } { Blunder. d5 was best. } { [%clk 0:06:53] } 21. Rg7 { [%eval 3.52] [%clk 0:09:31] } 21... b4 { [%eval 3.79] [%clk 0:06:28] } 22. axb4 { [%eval 3.9] [%clk 0:09:39] } 22... d5 { [%eval 3.87] [%clk 0:06:37] } 23. fxe6 { [%eval 4.03] [%clk 0:07:53] } 23... Rxb4?! { [%eval 6.37] } { Inaccuracy. Bxe6 was best. } { [%clk 0:06:40] } 24. b3?! { [%eval 4.94] } { Inaccuracy. Nxd5 was best. } { [%clk 0:06:39] } 24... Bxe6 { [%eval 4.79] [%clk 0:06:49] } 25. Nxd5 { [%eval 4.86] [%clk 0:05:47] } 25... Bxd5 { [%eval 5.13] [%clk 0:06:22] } 26. exd5 { [%eval 4.62] [%clk 0:05:56] } 26... Ka8 { [%eval 5.47] [%clk 0:06:32] } 27. Qc3 { [%eval 5.43] [%clk 0:03:52] } 27... Ra4?! { [%eval 7.32] } { Inaccuracy. Bd6 was best. } { [%clk 0:04:51] } 28. Qc6+ { [%eval 7.01] [%clk 0:03:40] } 1-0