[Event "FIDE World Cup 2025"] [White "Esipenko,Andrey"] [Black "Shankland,Sam"] [Site "Goa"] [Round "6.2"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2025.11.18"] [WhiteElo "2681"] [BlackElo "2649"] [PlyCount "74"] [TimeControl "60"] {[%evp 9,74,42,39,30,34,44,30,33,55,15,23,13,12,13,14,7,14,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,-10,-5,-7,0,0,9,10,10,9,13,11,24,17,12,8,3,12,32,9,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:0:3]} e5 {[%emt 0:0:10]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:1:10]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 3. Bc4 {[%emt 0:0:6]} d6 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:3:41]} Be6 {[%emt 0:0:14]} 5. Bxe6 {[%emt 0:2:17]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 6. d4 {[%emt 0:0:9] Hoping for d5. C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo.} exd4 {[%emt 0:0:22]} 7. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 8. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:0:4] White has an edge.} Qd7 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 9. b3 $146 {[%emt 0:9:45]} (9. O-O O-O-O 10. Qxa7 Qc6 11. Bf4 Nf6 12. Rfe1 e5 13. Be3 Be7 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 {1-0 Mirzaei,M (1121)-Honarmand,M IRI-ch U14 Chess.com INT 2021 (5)} )Ne7 {[%emt 0:3:31]} 10. Bb2 {[%emt 0:0:44]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:0:16]} 11. Qe3 {[%emt 0:0:2]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:4:20]} 12. O-O-O {[%emt 0:2:2]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:1:47]} 13. Kb1 {[%emt 0:3:43]} g6 {[%emt 0:7:34]} 14. f4 {[%emt 0:9:56]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:7:6]} 15. Rhf1 {[%emt 0:8:31]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:0:50]} 16. g3 {[%emt 0:1:27]} Rhe8 {[%emt 0:3:5]} 17. Qf3 {[%emt 0:1:20]} a6 {[%emt 0:2:23]} 18. g4 {[%emt 0:10:41]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:2:14]} 19. g5 {[%emt 0:1:55]} h6 {[%emt 0:4:26] [#] aiming for ...hxg5.} 20. h4 {[%emt 0:2:22]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:3:42]} 21. hxg5 {[%emt 0:0:12]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:1:30]} 22. Bc1 {[%emt 0:2:22]} d5 {[%emt 0:5:7]} 23. Ne2 {[%emt 0:10:51]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:2:5]} 24. Rh1 {[%emt 0:1:41]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:4:28]} 25. Rxh8 {[%emt 0:1:4]} Bxh8 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 26. Bb2 {[%emt 0:1:42]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:2:58]} 27. Kxb2 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:1:15]} (27... Rd6 28. exd5 exd5 29. Rd2 Rd8 )28. Qe3 {[%emt 0:1:55]} Qf8 {[%emt 0:4:21] The position is equal.} (28... dxe4 {simplifies} 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. Qxe4 e5 )29. Rd2 {[%emt 0:2:27]} Qh8+ {[%emt 0:2:28]} 30. c3 {[%emt 0:0:42]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:1:16]} 31. Rxd8+ {[%emt 0:1:13]} Qxd8 $11 {[%emt 0:1:16][%mdl 4096] Endgame KQN-KQN. Black is a pawn up.} 32. Kc2 {[%emt 0:2:2]} e5 {[%emt 0:3:16]} 33. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:0:18]} exf4 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 34. Nxf4 {[%emt 0:0:40]} Qxg5 {[%emt 0:0:21]} 35. Nxg6 {[%emt 0:0:14]} Qg1 {[%emt 0:0:31]} 36. Ne7 {[%emt 0:2:54]} Qf2+ {[%emt 0:0:57]} 37. Kb1 {[%emt 0:0:11]} Qg1+ {[%emt 0:0:3] Weighted Error Value: White=0.04 (flawless) /Black=0.02 (flawless) Inaccurate: White=1 --- OK: White=11 Black=18 Best: White=2 ---} 1/2-1/2