[Event "Clash of Generations 3 2026"] [Site "Monte-Carlo"] [Date "2026.04.17"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C07"] [WhiteElo "2687"] [BlackElo "2717"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "84"] [GameId "2301483713421338"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] [TimeControl "60"] {[%evp 12,84,43,40,49,36,45,31,40,27,56,28,58,58,40,57,43,41,42,34,50,55,72,40,33,42,34,37,44,37,52,56,105,94,97,80,118,114,108,112,137,131,149,123,129,116,112,122,126,125,208,216,302,137,146,144,139,137,133,114,114,114,117,117,128,120,112,118,505,508,512,448,522,491,2152]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:46]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 4. Ngf3 {[%emt 0:01:27]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 5. dxc5 {[%emt 0:03:08]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 6. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:16][%CAl Bf1d3,Bd3e4,Be4f3,Bf3h5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:02:09]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:05:32] is more profitable than 7...Nc6 at the moment. C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5.} 8. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 9. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qxd1 {[%emt 0:00:07] White is slightly better.} 10. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:18] Wards off Ne5} 11. Nd2 {[%emt 0:04:09]} (11. Ne1 $5) 11... f5 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 12. Bf3 {[%emt 0:09:28]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:18] Dodges Nc4} 13. Bh5+ $146 {[%emt 0:02:47]} ({Predecessor:} 13. Re1 Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 Be7 15. Bf4 Bf6 16. Be5 Bd7 17. Rad1 Rd8 18. Rd3 Bc8 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 {1-0 Georgiev,K (2480)-Blees,A (2380) Xanthi 1991}) 13... g6 {[%emt 0:04:15]} 14. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:14][%CAl Ob2b4]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:13:20]} 15. Nb3 {[%emt 0:16:11]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 16. Bd2 {[%emt 0:12:29]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:21]} 17. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Re8 {[%emt 0:03:01]} 18. a4 {[%emt 0:02:35][%CAl Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} e5 {[%emt 0:05:43]} 19. a5 {[%emt 0:02:36]} Ba7 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 20. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:13:30]} 21. Kf1 {[%emt 0:07:44]} Be6 {[%emt 0:07:49]} (21... Kf8 $14) 22. Bxe6 $16 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Rxe6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 23. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:02] Against Re7} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 24. Bb4+ {[%emt 0:04:25] White attacks} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 25. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:05] White is much more active.} h5 {[%emt 0:06:57]} 26. Rd1 {[%emt 0:16:49]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:39] Inhibits Rdd7.} 27. Rxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:40]} Nxd8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 28. Rg7 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:05:33]} 29. Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Nxb4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 30. Rxb4 {[%emt 0:00:06][%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN. White is a pawn up.} (30. Rxa7 Nxc2 31. Ke2 (31. Nc5 Rc6 $14) 31... Nb4 $11) 30... Rc6 {[%emt 0:08:15]} (30... Rd6 $16 31. h4 Rd5) 31. Rb7 $18 {[%emt 0:04:15]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 32. c3 {[%emt 0:01:03]} (32. Nxc5 $18 {has better winning chances.} Rxc5 33. b4 Rxc2 34. b5) 32... Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 33. Ke2 {[%emt 0:01:46]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:03:36]} 34. Ra7 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:01:44] [#]} 35. Rxa6 $1 {[%emt 0:03:31]} Rxa6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 36. Nc5+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 37. Nxa6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bxa5 $16 {[%emt 0:00:06] KB-KN. White is a pawn up.} 38. b4 {[%emt 0:02:21][%CAl Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:02:59]} 39. c4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} e4 $2 {[%emt 0:00:18][%mdl 8192] [#] A mistake that costs the game.} (39... Ba7 $16 {is a better chance.} 40. b5+ Kd6) 40. b5+ $18 {[%emt 0:01:26] White is clearly winning.} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 41. f3 {[%emt 0:07:28]} exf3+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 42. Kxf3 {[%emt 0:24:09]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:47:28] Weighted Error Value: White=0.10 (very precise) /Black=0.59 Loses game: --- Black=1 Missed win: White=1 --- Mistake: --- Black=3 Inaccurate: White=2 Black=3 OK: White=2 Black=2} (42... Ba5 $142 43. c5+ Kd5) 1-0