Shankland, Sam vs Rapport, Richard

FIDE World Cup 2025 · Round 4.1 · 2025.11.11 · 1/2-1/2 · B31 Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack, Fianchetto 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.
PGN
[Event "FIDE World Cup 2025"]
[Site "Goa IND"]
[Date "2025.11.11"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Source "TWIC"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[ImportDate "2026-05-04"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. h3 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nc3
Nc7 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. d3 Be6 11. Be3 b6 12. Qd2 Bd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. c3 Ne6 15.
d4 Qd7 16. Bh6 cxd4 17. cxd4 Rfc8 18. Rac1 Qa4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. a3 a5 21. h4
h6 22. g3 b5 23. Kg2 b4 24. axb4 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Qxb4 26. Qxb4 axb4 27. Kf1 g5
28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Ke2 Ra2 30. Rb1 g4 31. Nh2 Nxd4+ 32. Kd3 Nb3 33. Nxg4 e6 34.
Nf6 Na5 35. f4 Nc4 36. Kd4 Nxb2 37. Rh1 Ra8 38. Rh7+ Kg6 39. Rh5 Nc4 40. g4 Kg7
41. Rg5+ Kh6 1/2-1/2