Shankland, Sam vs Ivanchuk, Vasyl

FIDE World Cup 2025 · Round 2.2 · 2025.11.05 · 1-0 · C47 Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation Accepted

Moves

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50.
PGN
[Event "FIDE World Cup 2025"]
[Site "Goa IND"]
[Date "2025.11.05"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[BlackFideId "14100010"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Source "TWIC"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[ImportDate "2026-05-04"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bc5 6. Be3 Bb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6
8. e5 Bxe3 9. fxe3 Nd5 10. Qd4 O-O 11. O-O-O Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Qe7 13. Bc4 d5 14.
exd6 cxd6 15. Bb3 c5 16. Rd2 Rb8 17. Rf1 Kh8 18. Rf4 f6 19. Bd5 Rb6 20. Re4 Qd8
21. b3 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Rf2 Be6 24. Rd2 Bf5 25. e4 Bd7 26. h3 Qe7 27. Rf2
Rb8 28. Qa5 Be8 29. Kb1 h6 30. Rd2 Rb6 31. Qc3 Bg6 32. g4 Rb8 33. h4 Rf8 34. a4
Rb8 35. Ka2 Rb4 36. Qg3 Kh7 37. h5 Be8 38. Bc4 Bf7 39. Bxf7 Qxf7 40. c4 Qb7 41.
Rxd6 Qxe4 42. Qd3 Qxd3 43. Rxd3 Rb7 44. Rd5 Rc7 45. a5 Kg8 46. Ka3 Kf7 47. Ka4
Ke6 48. Kb5 Rb7+ 49. Kxc5 Rxb3 50. Rd6+ 1-0