Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi vs Shankland, Sam

FIDE World Cup 2025 · Round 3.4 · 2025.11.09 · 0-1 · C41 Philidor Defense: Lion 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. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49.
PGN
[Event "FIDE World Cup 2025"]
[Site "Goa IND"]
[Date "2025.11.09"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Source "TWIC"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[ImportDate "2026-05-04"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Re1
h6 9. h3 Re8 10. Be3 Bf8 11. a5 exd4 12. Bxd4 Qc7 13. Bf1 Ne5 14. Nh2 g5 15.
Qd2 Be6 16. f4 gxf4 17. Qxf4 Bg7 18. Qf2 a6 19. Na4 Qe7 20. Nb6 Rad8 21. Rad1
Nfd7 22. Nxd7 Rxd7 23. Re3 Kh7 24. Rg3 Rg8 25. Kh1 Rdd8 26. Be2 Bh8 27. Nf1 Rg6
28. Rxg6 fxg6 29. Nh2 Rf8 30. Qg3 h5 31. Nf3 Nxf3 32. Bxf3 h4 33. Qf2 Be5 34.
c3 Qg5 35. Bxe5 dxe5 36. Qd2 Qxd2 37. Rxd2 Bxh3 38. gxh3 Rxf3 39. Rd7+ Kh6 40.
Rxb7 Rxh3+ 41. Kg2 Rd3 42. Rb6 g5 43. Rxa6 g4 44. Rxc6+ Kg5 45. Rc8 h3+ 46. Kf2
Rd2+ 47. Ke3 Rxb2 48. Re8 h2 49. Rxe5+ 0-1