Event: FIDE World Cup 2025
Site: https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-world-cup-2025--round-5/game-1/GpOvJxdc/4R86Y0iV
Date: 2025-11-14
White: Esipenko, Andrey
WhiteTitle: GM
WhiteElo: 2681
Black: Grebnev, Aleksey
BlackTitle: GM
BlackElo: 2617
Result: 1/2-1/2
ECO: C42
Opening: Petrov's Defense: Nimzowitsch 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 1:30:52] } 1... e5 { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 1:30:50] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.13] [%clk 1:31:13] } 2... Nf6 { [%eval 0.34] [%clk 1:31:11] } 3. Nxe5 { [%eval 0.29] [%clk 1:31:33] } 3... d6 { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 1:31:33] } 4. Nf3 { [%eval 0.31] [%clk 1:31:57] } 4... Nxe4 { [%eval 0.27] [%clk 1:31:56] } 5. Nc3 { [%eval 0.17] [%clk 1:32:22] } 5... Nf6 { [%eval 0.36] [%clk 1:32:20] } 6. d4 { [%eval 0.3] [%clk 1:30:25] } 6... Be7 { [%eval 0.32] [%clk 1:32:31] } 7. h3 { [%eval 0.32] [%clk 1:26:57] } 7... O-O { [%eval 0.34] [%clk 1:32:36] } 8. Bd3 { [%eval 0.43] [%clk 1:27:06] } 8... Re8 { [%eval 0.43] [%clk 1:32:55] } 9. O-O { [%eval 0.29] [%clk 1:27:14] } 9... h6 { [%eval 0.34] [%clk 1:33:16] } 10. Re1 { [%eval 0.39] [%clk 1:17:27] } 10... Bf8 { [%eval 0.36] [%clk 1:33:35] } 11. Rxe8 { [%eval 0.41] [%clk 1:15:24] } 11... Qxe8 { [%eval 0.39] [%clk 1:33:41] } 12. Nb5 { [%eval 0.2] [%clk 1:14:20] } 12... Na6 { [%eval 0.28] [%clk 1:33:42] } 13. c4 { [%eval 0.17] [%clk 1:14:29] } 13... c6 { [%eval 0.49] [%clk 1:33:01] } 14. Nc3 { [%eval 0.59] [%clk 1:14:54] } 14... Be6 { [%eval 0.52] [%clk 1:33:12] } 15. a3 { [%eval 0.42] [%clk 1:13:10] } 15... Qd7 { [%eval 0.51] [%clk 1:32:05] } 16. Qc2 { [%eval 0.52] [%clk 1:12:19] } 16... Nc7 { [%eval 0.49] [%clk 1:32:24] } 17. Bf4 { [%eval 0.43] [%clk 1:11:36] } 17... Re8 { [%eval 0.48] [%clk 1:28:08] } 18. Bh2 { [%eval 0.47] [%clk 1:08:29] } 18... a6 { [%eval 0.44] [%clk 1:22:46] } 19. Rd1 { [%eval 0.43] [%clk 1:01:52] } 19... Qc8 { [%eval 0.45] [%clk 1:20:39] } 20. Ne2 { [%eval 0.42] [%clk 0:42:21] } 20... Bd7 { [%eval 0.46] [%clk 1:15:25] } 21. Ng3 { [%eval 0.24] [%clk 0:39:48] } 21... Qd8 { [%eval 0.28] [%clk 1:13:58] } 22. Nf1 { [%eval 0.28] [%clk 0:33:59] } 22... Ne6 { [%eval 0.31] [%clk 1:10:08] } 23. h4 { [%eval -0.2] [%clk 0:29:45] } 23... Nc7 { [%eval -0.07] [%clk 1:05:56] } 24. Bf4 { [%eval -0.14] [%clk 0:27:01] } 24... Nh5 { [%eval 0.07] [%clk 1:03:31] } 25. Be3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:26:44] } 25... Qf6?! { [%eval 0.65] } { Inaccuracy. Nf6 was best. } { [%clk 1:02:32] } 26. N1h2?! { [%eval -0.01] } { Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } { [%clk 0:25:41] } 26... Nf4 { [%eval 0.23] [%clk 1:01:34] } 27. Bf1 { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 0:25:22] } 27... Ng6 { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 0:57:07] } 28. g3 { [%eval 0.22] [%clk 0:25:26] } 28... Bf5 { [%eval 0.36] [%clk 0:57:27] } 29. Bd3 { [%eval 0.07] [%clk 0:21:16] } 29... Ne7 { [%eval 0.09] [%clk 0:56:44] } 30. Bf4 { [%eval 0.06] [%clk 0:20:14] } 30... Ne6 { [%eval 0.01] [%clk 0:53:42] } 31. Bxd6 { [%eval 0.01] [%clk 0:09:03] } 1/2-1/2