Event: FIDE World Cup 2025
Site: https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-world-cup-2025--round-5/game-2/rTASPfGE/Uh0BJo0a
Date: 2025-11-15
White: Aronian, Levon
WhiteTitle: GM
WhiteElo: 2728
Black: Erigaisi Arjun
BlackTitle: GM
BlackElo: 2769
Result: 0-1
ECO: C54
Opening: Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo, with a5
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 1:30:56] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 1:30:52] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.13] [%clk 1:31:22] } 2... Nc6 { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 1:31:16] } 3. Bc4 { [%eval 0.11] [%clk 1:31:48] } 3... Bc5 { [%eval 0.2] [%clk 1:31:41] } 4. c3 { [%eval 0.09] [%clk 1:32:01] } 4... Nf6 { [%eval 0.13] [%clk 1:32:04] } 5. d3 { [%eval 0.15] [%clk 1:32:28] } 5... a5 { [%eval 0.1] [%clk 1:32:19] } 6. O-O { [%eval 0.11] [%clk 1:32:32] } 6... d6 { [%eval 0.13] [%clk 1:32:25] } 7. Re1 { [%eval 0.07] [%clk 1:32:11] } 7... O-O { [%eval 0.12] [%clk 1:32:39] } 8. Nbd2 { [%eval 0.06] [%clk 1:32:20] } 8... Be6 { [%eval 0.09] [%clk 1:32:31] } 9. Bb5 { [%eval 0.24] [%clk 1:32:37] } 9... Ba7 { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 1:32:36] } 10. Nf1 { [%eval 0.06] [%clk 1:28:20] } 10... Ne7 { [%eval 0.06] [%clk 1:32:17] } 11. d4 { [%eval 0.06] [%clk 1:27:52] } 11... Ng6 { [%eval 0.08] [%clk 1:32:02] } 12. Ng3 { [%eval 0.07] [%clk 1:23:34] } 12... c6 { [%eval 0.04] [%clk 1:31:32] } 13. Bf1 { [%eval 0.08] [%clk 1:19:09] } 13... Bg4 { [%eval 0.11] [%clk 1:30:41] } 14. Be3 { [%eval 0.13] [%clk 1:19:14] } 14... exd4 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 1:30:45] } 15. cxd4 { [%eval 0.16] [%clk 1:18:09] } 15... d5 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 1:30:46] } 16. e5 { [%eval 0.26] [%clk 1:09:41] } 16... Ne8 { [%eval 0.2] [%clk 1:30:50] } 17. Be2 { [%eval -0.21] [%clk 1:01:58] } 17... f6 { [%eval -0.17] [%clk 1:19:59] } 18. exf6 { [%eval -0.22] [%clk 1:00:54] } 18... Nxf6 { [%eval -0.22] [%clk 1:20:24] } 19. Qb3 { [%eval -0.26] [%clk 1:01:06] } 19... Bxf3 { [%eval -0.36] [%clk 1:12:10] } 20. Bxf3 { [%eval -0.32] [%clk 1:00:47] } 20... Qd7 { [%eval -0.35] [%clk 1:09:36] } 21. Rad1 { [%eval -0.28] [%clk 0:50:27] } 21... h6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:05:34] } 22. Be2 { [%eval 0.03] [%clk 0:49:19] } 22... Rae8 { [%eval 0.16] [%clk 1:00:13] } 23. Bd3 { [%eval -0.19] [%clk 0:48:50] } 23... Nh4 { [%eval -0.12] [%clk 0:58:01] } 24. f3 { [%eval -0.09] [%clk 0:36:59] } 24... Nh7 { [%eval -0.15] [%clk 0:51:41] } 25. Bb1 { [%eval -0.12] [%clk 0:36:17] } 25... Ng5 { [%eval -0.2] [%clk 0:50:16] } 26. Qc2 { [%eval -0.56] [%clk 0:35:57] } 26... g6 { [%eval -0.03] [%clk 0:49:13] } 27. Kh1 { [%eval -0.17] [%clk 0:35:33] } 27... Qf7 { [%eval 0.01] [%clk 0:40:22] } 28. Qf2 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:26:22] } 28... Bb8 { [%eval 0.49] [%clk 0:39:29] } 29. Nf1 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:23:07] } 29... Nf5 { [%eval 0.12] [%clk 0:38:57] } 30. Bd2 { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 0:23:32] } 30... Bc7 { [%eval 0.2] [%clk 0:31:03] } 31. Ne3 { [%eval -0.19] [%clk 0:18:38] } 31... Nxe3 { [%eval -0.23] [%clk 0:19:51] } 32. Bxe3 { [%eval -0.23] [%clk 0:19:04] } 32... Kg7 { [%eval -0.24] [%clk 0:20:14] } 33. Qf1?? { [%eval -2.59] } { Blunder. Re2 was best. } { [%clk 0:17:50] } 33... Re6?? { [%eval -0.36] } { Blunder. Bxh2 was best. } { [%clk 0:19:07] } 34. Bg1 { [%eval -0.41] [%clk 0:12:47] } 34... Rfe8 { [%eval -0.28] [%clk 0:19:02] } 35. Rxe6 { [%eval -0.24] [%clk 0:12:36] } 35... Rxe6 { [%eval -0.24] [%clk 0:18:52] } 36. a3?! { [%eval -1.05] } { Inaccuracy. Qd3 was best. } { [%clk 0:09:39] } 36... h5 { [%eval -1.04] [%clk 0:17:43] } 37. Qf2 { [%eval -1.11] [%clk 0:08:40] } 37... Qf4 { [%eval -1.1] [%clk 0:16:09] } 38. Re1?? { [%eval -6.22] } { Blunder. Rf1 was best. } { [%clk 0:06:48] } 38... Nh3 { [%eval -6.1] [%clk 0:15:57] } 0-1