Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi vs Shankland, Sam

FIDE World Cup 2025 · Round 3.2 · 2025.11.08 · 1/2-1/2 · C78 Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense

Moves

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PGN
[Event "FIDE World Cup 2025"]
[Site "Goa IND"]
[Date "2025.11.08"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Source "TWIC"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[ImportDate "2026-05-04"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4
Bb6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. h3 exd4 12. cxd4 Na5 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Re1 Bb7 15.
d5 c6 16. b4 Nc4 17. Nxc4 bxc4 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Bxb6 Qxb6 20. Qxd6 Rad8 21.
Qf4 Qxb4 22. e5 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Qa5 24. Qf4 Rd5 25. e6 Rxe6 26. Rxe6 fxe6 27.
Qxc4 Kf7 28. Rb1 Rb5 29. Bb3 Re5 30. Qd4 Re1+ 31. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 32. Kh2 a5 33.
Qa7+ Kf8 34. Qb8+ Ke7 35. Qa7+ Kf8 36. Bc2 Nd5 37. Bg6 Qe5+ 38. g3 Qf6 39. Qc5+
Ne7 40. Bc2 Kf7 41. Kg2 Qg5 42. Qxg5 hxg5 43. Kf3 Nd5 44. Bb3 Ke7 45. Kg4 Kf6
46. Bxd5 exd5 47. f4 gxf4 48. Kxf4 a4 49. a3 Ke6 50. h4 Kf6 51. h5 d4 52. g4 d3
53. g5+ Ke6 54. Ke3 Kf5 55. h6 gxh6 56. gxh6 Kg6 57. Kxd3 Kxh6 58. Kc4 Kg7 59.
Kb5 Kf7 60. Kxa4 Ke7 61. Kb5 Kd7 62. Kb6 Kc8 63. a4 Kb8 64. a5 Ka8 65. a6 Kb8
66. a7+ Ka8 1/2-1/2