[Event "FIDE World Cup 2025"] [Site "https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-world-cup-2025--round-4/tiebreak-4-blitz-1/HFegMseh/fHTXUy4x"] [Date "2025.10.27"] [Round "39.1"] [White "Sevian, Samuel"] [Black "Lodici, Lorenzo"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2701"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [WhiteTeam "USA"] [WhiteFideId "2040506"] [BlackElo "2572"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [BlackTeam "Italy"] [BlackFideId "884189"] [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"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "C77"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Anderssen Variation"] [StudyName "2025 World Cup"] [ChapterName "Sevian, Samuel - Lodici, Lorenzo"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/TDcaHygI/r5o5B5Q5"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/ChessLifeOnline"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 { [%clk 0:03:04] } 1... e5 { [%clk 0:03:03] } 2. Nf3 { [%clk 0:03:05] } 2... Nc6 { [%clk 0:03:04] } 3. Bb5 { [%clk 0:03:06] } 3... a6 { [%clk 0:03:06] } 4. Ba4 { [%clk 0:03:07] } 4... Nf6 { [%clk 0:03:07] } 5. d3 { [%clk 0:03:09] } 5... d6 { [%clk 0:03:08] } 6. c3 { [%clk 0:03:05] } 6... g6 { [%clk 0:03:09] } 7. O-O { [%clk 0:03:04] } 7... Bg7 { [%clk 0:03:11] } 8. h3 { [%clk 0:03:04] } 8... O-O { [%clk 0:03:11] } 9. Be3 { [%clk 0:03:05] } 9... Re8 { [%clk 0:03:12] } 10. Nbd2 { [%clk 0:03:04] } 10... b5 { [%clk 0:03:13] } 11. Bc2 { [%clk 0:03:03] } 11... d5 { [%clk 0:03:14] } 12. Re1 { [%clk 0:02:56] } 12... h6 { [%clk 0:03:15] } 13. Nb3 { [%clk 0:02:54] } 13... a5 { [%clk 0:03:03] } 14. a4 { [%clk 0:02:45] } 14... b4 { [%clk 0:03:04] } 15. Qc1 { [%clk 0:02:25] } 15... Kh7 { [%clk 0:03:01] } 16. Nc5 { [%clk 0:02:25] } 16... Qd6 { [%clk 0:02:52] } 17. Bb3 { [%clk 0:02:18] } 17... Rb8 { [%clk 0:02:43] } 18. exd5 { [%clk 0:02:16] } 18... Nxd5 { [%clk 0:02:44] } 19. Ne4 { [%clk 0:02:16] } 19... Qd8 { [%clk 0:02:45] } 20. Bxd5 { [%clk 0:02:17] } 20... Qxd5 { [%clk 0:02:45] } 21. Bxh6 { [%clk 0:02:18] } 21... Qxd3?? { White got the better end of the opening, but this miscalculation cost Black the game. } { [%clk 0:02:29] } (21... bxc3 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nxc3 Qxd3 { was playable, as at least now there is no threat against the c7-pawn. } 24. Nb5 Bb7 25. Ra3 $16) 22. cxb4 { [%clk 0:02:05] } 22... Nxb4 { [%clk 0:01:45] } 23. Bxg7 { [%clk 0:02:05] } 23... Kxg7 { [%clk 0:01:46] } 24. Qxc7 { [%clk 0:02:06] } 24... Na6 { [%clk 0:01:21] } (24... Rb7 25. Qxa5 { might be what Black missed from a distance. }) 25. Qxa5 { [%clk 0:02:01] } 25... Rxb2 { [%clk 0:01:15] } 26. Rad1 { [%clk 0:02:00] } 26... Qc2 { With the e4-knight guarding the f2-square, Black's activity is entirely illusory. } { [%clk 0:00:09] } 27. Rd2 $18 { [%clk 0:02:01] } 27... Qb3 { [%clk 0:00:07] } 28. Nd6 { [%clk 0:02:02] } 28... Re6 { [%clk 0:00:04] } 29. Nxc8 { [%clk 0:01:52] } 29... Rxd2 { [%clk 0:00:04] } 30. Qxd2 { [%clk 0:01:46] } 30... Qb8 { [%clk 0:00:04] } 31. Rc1 { [%clk 0:01:30] } 1-0