Event: FIDE World Cup 2025
Site: https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-world-cup-2025--round-2/game-1/TxNRmm3q/2Uja1OAW
Date: 2025-11-04
White: Zemlyanskii, Ivan
WhiteTitle: GM
WhiteElo: 2585
Black: Robson, Ray
BlackTitle: GM
BlackElo: 2657
Result: 1-0
ECO: E48
Opening: Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Classical Defense
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 1:30:57] } 1... Nf6 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 1:30:38] } 2. c4 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 1:31:23] } 2... e6 { [%eval 0.14] [%clk 1:30:56] } 3. Nc3 { [%eval 0.09] [%clk 1:31:48] } 3... Bb4 { [%eval 0.15] [%clk 1:30:54] } 4. e3 { [%eval 0.06] [%clk 1:32:12] } 4... O-O { [%eval 0.11] [%clk 1:30:52] } 5. Bd3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:32:38] } 5... d5 { [%eval 0.09] [%clk 1:29:50] } 6. cxd5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:33:03] } 6... exd5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:29:56] } 7. Ne2 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:33:30] } 7... Re8 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:20:47] } 8. Bd2 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:33:41] } 8... b6 { [%eval -0.03] [%clk 1:15:02] } 9. Rc1 { [%eval -0.08] [%clk 1:33:23] } 9... Ba6 { [%eval 0.23] [%clk 1:04:06] } 10. Bxa6 { [%eval 0.2] [%clk 1:32:47] } 10... Nxa6 { [%eval 0.23] [%clk 1:04:28] } 11. Qa4 { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 1:32:43] } 11... Qc8 { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 1:03:46] } 12. O-O { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 1:32:35] } 12... Qb7 { [%eval 0.29] [%clk 1:02:49] } 13. Rfd1 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:27:41] } 13... Rac8 { [%eval 0.12] [%clk 0:56:35] } 14. Nf4 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:23:54] } 14... c6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:55:13] } 15. Nd3 { [%eval -0.02] [%clk 1:01:47] } 15... Bd6 { [%eval -0.02] [%clk 0:55:32] } 16. b4 { [%eval -0.15] [%clk 0:57:32] } 16... Nc7 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:51:03] } 17. Qb3 { [%eval -0.21] [%clk 0:54:46] } 17... Ne6 { [%eval -0.05] [%clk 0:50:35] } 18. Rc2 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:53:12] } 18... h5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:48:48] } 19. Rdc1 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:47:44] } 19... h4 { [%eval 0.12] [%clk 0:45:29] } 20. h3 { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 0:43:00] } 20... Ne4 { [%eval 0.33] [%clk 0:32:03] } 21. Be1 { [%eval 0.54] [%clk 0:40:21] } 21... Qd7 { [%eval 0.99] [%clk 0:22:45] } 22. f4 { [%eval 0.9] [%clk 0:38:14] } 22... Nxc3 { [%eval 0.91] [%clk 0:18:06] } 23. Rxc3 { [%eval 0.85] [%clk 0:37:44] } 23... Nf8 { [%eval 1.11] [%clk 0:13:45] } 24. Bf2 { [%eval 0.93] [%clk 0:33:46] } 24... Ng6 { [%eval 0.96] [%clk 0:11:05] } 25. Qd1 { [%eval 0.74] [%clk 0:23:32] } 25... c5? { [%eval 2.26] } { Mistake. Ne7 was best. } { [%clk 0:05:04] } 26. bxc5 { [%eval 2.33] [%clk 0:19:01] } 26... bxc5 { [%eval 2.09] [%clk 0:05:32] } 27. Nxc5 { [%eval 1.91] [%clk 0:19:18] } 27... Bxc5 { [%eval 2.17] [%clk 0:05:30] } 28. dxc5 { [%eval 2.13] [%clk 0:19:02] } 28... d4?! { [%eval 3.26] } { Inaccuracy. Qf5 was best. } { [%clk 0:02:46] } 29. Rc4 { [%eval 3.28] [%clk 0:16:10] } 29... d3 { [%eval 3.59] [%clk 0:02:21] } 30. c6 { [%eval 3.55] [%clk 0:13:20] } 30... Qd5 { [%eval 3.39] [%clk 0:02:22] } 31. R1c3 { [%eval 3.19] [%clk 0:10:47] } 31... d2 { [%eval 3.17] [%clk 0:01:53] } 32. c7 { [%eval 3.08] [%clk 0:09:25] } 32... Re7 { [%eval 3.45] [%clk 0:01:23] } 33. Rc2 { [%eval 2.89] [%clk 0:07:36] } 33... Qa5? { [%eval 4.61] } { Mistake. Kh7 was best. } { [%clk 0:00:33] } 34. Rxd2 { [%eval 4.49] [%clk 0:06:32] } 34... Rcxc7 { [%eval 4.76] [%clk 0:00:36] } 35. Rd8+ { [%eval 4.65] [%clk 0:06:36] } 35... Kh7 { [%eval 5.27] [%clk 0:01:03] } 36. Rd5 { [%eval 5.3] [%clk 0:07:00] } 36... Qb6 { [%eval 6.65] [%clk 0:00:33] } 37. Rh5+ { [%eval 6.52] [%clk 0:07:19] } 37... Kg8 { [%eval 6.4] [%clk 0:01:00] } 38. Qd8+ { [%eval 5.97] [%clk 0:07:44] } 38... Nf8?? { [%eval #2] } { Checkmate is now unavoidable. Re8 was best. } { [%clk 0:01:23] } 39. Qxf8+ { [%eval #1] [%clk 0:08:09] } 39... Kxf8 { [%eval #1] [%clk 0:01:49] } 40. Rh8# { [%clk 0:08:36] } 1-0