Event: FIDE World Cup 2025
Site: https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-world-cup-2025--round-4/game-2/XOuEW2Zp/Srh3PUzQ
Date: 2025-11-12
White: Wojtaszek, Radoslaw
WhiteTitle: GM
WhiteElo: 2660
Black: Aronian, Levon
BlackTitle: GM
BlackElo: 2728
Result: 1/2-1/2
ECO: D35
Opening: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional 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. d4 { [%eval 0.17] [%clk 1:30:58] } 1... d5 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 1:30:51] } 2. c4 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 1:31:25] } 2... e6 { [%eval 0.17] [%clk 1:31:16] } 3. Nc3 { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 1:31:52] } 3... Nf6 { [%eval 0.24] [%clk 1:31:41] } 4. cxd5 { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 1:32:17] } 4... exd5 { [%eval 0.2] [%clk 1:32:07] } 5. Bg5 { [%eval 0.24] [%clk 1:32:43] } 5... c6 { [%eval 0.28] [%clk 1:32:07] } 6. e3 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 1:33:08] } 6... h6 { [%eval 0.24] [%clk 1:32:33] } 7. Bh4 { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 1:33:35] } 7... Be7 { [%eval 0.28] [%clk 1:32:59] } 8. Bd3 { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 1:34:00] } 8... O-O { [%eval 0.3] [%clk 1:33:23] } 9. Nge2 { [%eval 0.29] [%clk 1:34:21] } 9... Re8 { [%eval 0.29] [%clk 1:33:44] } 10. f3 { [%eval 0.13] [%clk 1:34:15] } 10... a5 { [%eval 0.24] [%clk 1:33:12] } 11. O-O { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 1:34:19] } 11... b5 { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 1:32:50] } 12. Rc1 { [%eval 0.24] [%clk 1:32:25] } 12... Nbd7 { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 1:31:38] } 13. Bf2 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 1:27:46] } 13... a4 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 1:27:02] } 14. Ng3 { [%eval 0.27] [%clk 1:27:33] } 14... Ba6 { [%eval 0.2] [%clk 1:20:00] } 15. e4 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:07:26] } 15... dxe4 { [%eval 0.27] [%clk 1:19:33] } 16. fxe4 { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 1:04:52] } 16... b4 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 1:19:47] } 17. Bxa6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:01:58] } 17... bxc3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:19:09] } 18. Bb7 { [%eval -0.24] [%clk 1:02:17] } 18... cxb2 { [%eval -0.16] [%clk 1:19:24] } 19. Rb1 { [%eval -0.18] [%clk 1:02:42] } 19... a3 { [%eval -0.38] [%clk 1:16:59] } 20. Qf3?! { [%eval -1.36] } { Inaccuracy. Bxa8 was best. } { [%clk 0:55:21] } 20... Qa5?? { [%eval 1.08] } { Blunder. Bf8 was best. } { [%clk 0:57:32] } 21. Nf5? { [%eval -0.31] } { Mistake. e5 was best. } { [%clk 0:48:26] } 21... Bf8 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:53:50] } 22. e5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:42:33] } 22... Qd5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:52:34] } 23. Bxa8 { [%eval 0.07] [%clk 0:37:39] } 23... Rxa8 { [%eval 0.03] [%clk 0:44:44] } 24. exf6 { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 0:38:05] } 24... Nxf6 { [%eval 0.59] [%clk 0:45:07] } 25. Qxd5 { [%eval 0.41] [%clk 0:30:39] } 25... Nxd5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:45:31] } 26. Be1 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:30:20] } 26... g6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:30:13] } 27. Ng3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:30:22] } 27... c5 { [%eval 0.01] [%clk 0:29:39] } 28. Ne2 { [%eval -0.24] [%clk 0:24:08] } 28... cxd4 { [%eval -0.2] [%clk 0:28:28] } 29. Rf3 { [%eval -0.15] [%clk 0:24:34] } 29... Rc8 { [%eval -0.16] [%clk 0:23:41] } 30. Bd2? { [%eval -1.52] } { Mistake. Rd3 was best. } { [%clk 0:21:02] } 30... Rc2 { [%eval -1.31] [%clk 0:20:11] } 31. Rd3 { [%eval -1.4] [%clk 0:21:29] } 31... Bb4? { [%eval -0.12] } { Mistake. Nc3 was best. } { [%clk 0:16:19] } 32. Bxb4 { [%eval -0.14] [%clk 0:15:19] } 32... Nxb4 { [%eval -0.16] [%clk 0:16:42] } 33. Nxd4 { [%eval -0.3] [%clk 0:13:01] } 33... Rc5 { [%eval -0.16] [%clk 0:12:59] } 34. Rd2 { [%eval -0.29] [%clk 0:12:12] } 34... Nxa2 { [%eval -0.3] [%clk 0:13:13] } 35. Rbxb2 { [%eval -0.32] [%clk 0:12:23] } 1/2-1/2