Vitiugov, Nikita vs Shankland, Sam
2025 London Chess Classic | Elite · Round 5 · 2025.11.26 · 1-0 · B13 Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation, Rubinstein Variation
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.
PGN
[Event "2025 London Chess Classic | Elite"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2025.11.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[WhiteFideId "4152956"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Source "LichessBroadcast"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[ImportDate "2026-02-03"]
1. e4 { [%clk 1:30:52] } 1... c6 { [%clk 1:30:49] } 2. d4 { [%clk 1:31:05] }
2... d5 { [%clk 1:31:15] } 3. exd5 { [%clk 1:31:18] } 3... cxd5
{ [%clk 1:31:41] } 4. Bd3 { [%clk 1:31:41] } 4... Nc6 { [%clk 1:32:04] } 5. c3
{ [%clk 1:32:05] } 5... Nf6 { [%clk 1:32:28] } 6. Bf4 { [%clk 1:32:09] } 6...
Bg4 { [%clk 1:32:50] } 7. Qb3 { [%clk 1:32:18] } 7... e5 { [%clk 1:32:48] } 8.
h3 { [%clk 1:31:38] } 8... exf4 { [%clk 1:33:01] } 9. hxg4 { [%clk 1:32:00] }
9... Qe7+ { [%clk 1:33:29] } 10. Ne2 { [%clk 1:22:10] } 10... O-O-O
{ [%clk 1:28:43] } 11. Nd2 { [%clk 1:20:56] } 11... g6 { [%clk 1:25:02] } 12.
f3 { [%clk 1:16:50] } 12... h5 { [%clk 1:24:18] } 13. O-O-O { [%clk 1:12:36] }
13... Bh6 { [%clk 1:24:09] } 14. gxh5 { [%clk 1:11:02] } 14... Nxh5
{ [%clk 1:24:33] } 15. Kb1 { [%clk 1:10:26] } 15... Ng3 { [%clk 1:16:18] } 16.
Nxg3 { [%clk 1:03:16] } 16... fxg3 { [%clk 1:16:43] } 17. Qc2
{ [%clk 1:00:38] } 17... Bf4 { [%clk 1:09:14] } 18. Rhe1 { [%clk 0:57:21] }
18... Qc7 { [%clk 1:07:18] } 19. Nb3 { [%clk 0:57:21] } 19... Bd6
{ [%clk 1:04:20] } 20. a3 { [%clk 0:51:16] } 20... Kb8 { [%clk 1:00:26] } 21.
c4 { [%clk 0:45:40] } 21... dxc4 { [%clk 0:58:49] } 22. Qxc4 { [%clk 0:45:47] }
22... Rc8 { [%clk 0:53:00] } 23. Rc1 { [%clk 0:42:10] } 23... Bf4 $6
{ Inaccuracy. a6 was best.[%clk 0:48:36] } 24. Rc2 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Rc3 was best.[%clk 0:39:27] } 24... Bd6 { [%clk 0:33:30] } 25.
Be4 { [%clk 0:27:27] } 25... Rhe8 $6
{ Inaccuracy. a6 was best.[%clk 0:32:29] } 26. Rec1 { [%clk 0:23:28] } 26...
Bf4 { [%clk 0:31:19] } 27. Rh1 $6 { Inaccuracy. Bxc6 was best.[%clk 0:18:34] }
27... f5 { [%clk 0:28:34] } 28. Bd5 { [%clk 0:18:25] } 28... Qe7 $4
{ Blunder. Ne7 was best.[%clk 0:16:43] } 29. Nc5 { [%clk 0:16:10] } 29... Red8
{ [%clk 0:09:02] } 30. Na6+ { [%clk 0:14:14] } 30... Ka8 { [%clk 0:07:05] } 31.
Nb4 { [%clk 0:14:06] } 31... Nb8 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Rd6 was best.[%clk 0:04:26] } 32. Qxc8 { [%clk 0:13:47] } 32...
Rxc8 { [%clk 0:04:52] } 33. Rxc8 { [%clk 0:14:15] } 33... a5
{ [%clk 0:05:10] } 34. Nd3 { [%clk 0:13:03] } 34... Bd6 { [%clk 0:04:33] } 35.
Nc5 { [%clk 0:12:04] } 35... Bxc5 { [%clk 0:04:13] } 36. dxc5
{ [%clk 0:10:32] } 36... Ka7 $6 { Inaccuracy. Qe3 was best.[%clk 0:04:16] } 37.
Rhh8 { [%clk 0:10:17] } 37... Qe2 { [%clk 0:02:21] } 38. Rhd8
{ [%clk 0:09:44] } 38... Ka6 $2
{ Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qd3+ was best.[%clk 0:01:06] } 39. Rxb8
{ [%clk 0:09:04] } 39... Kb5 { [%clk 0:01:33] } 40. Rxb7+ { [%clk 0:09:10] }
40... Kxc5 { [%clk 0:01:57] } 41. Rc7+ { [%clk 0:09:16] } 41... Kb6
{ [%clk 0:02:20] } 42. Rc6+ { [%clk 0:09:37] } 42... Ka7 { [%clk 0:02:47] } 43.
Ra8+ $6 { Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rxg6 was best.[%clk 0:09:51] } 1-0