[Event "15th London Classic Elite"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2025.11.26"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[BlackFideId "400041"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "C85"]

[EventDate "2025.11.26"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Exchange variation doubly deferred (DERLD)"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[WhiteFideId "404853"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]

1.e4 e5 (1...c5 { [%eval 0.25] })2.Nf3 Nc6 (2...d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Be7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.h3 c5 8.Nde2 Nc6 9.O-O Ne5 10.Nf4 Bd7 11.b3 Re8 12.Bb2 Bc6 13.Ncd5 Nfd7 { [%eval 0.15] })3.Bb5 a6 (3...Nf6 4.d3 Ne7 5.d4 Nxe4 6.dxe5 c6 7.Bd3 Nc5 8.O-O d5 9.exd6 Qxd6 10.Re1 Nxd3 11.cxd3 h6 12.Nc3 Be6 13.Ne4 Qc7 14.Nd4 Bd7 15.Kh1 { [%eval 0.09] })4.Ba4 (4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d3 Bd6 7.Be3 Ne7 8.c4 b6 9.c5 Bxc5 10.Bxc5 bxc5 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Qb3+ Kh8 13.Na4 c4 { [%eval 0.88] })4...Nf6 5.O-O (5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.Nc3 Bb7 8.O-O O-O 9.Bd2 d6 10.Nd5 h6 11.a4 b4 12.a5 Nxd5 13.Bxd5 Rb8 14.Be3 Re8 15.h3 Nd4 16.Bxd4 Bxd4 17.Nxd4 exd4 18.Bxb7 { [%eval 0.63] })5...Be7 (5...Nxe4 6.d4 { [%eval 0.18] })6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Nd7 (7...Bd6 8.Nbd2 Be6 9.b3 Nd7 10.Nc4 Qe7 11.h3 O-O-O 12.Nxd6+ Qxd6 13.Bb2 c5 14.Nd2 Kb8 15.Re1 f6 16.Nf1 Ka8 17.Ne3 Rhe8 18.a4 Kb8 19.c3 { [%eval 0.17] })8.Nbd2 (8.a4 O-O 9.Be3 b6 10.Nbd2 c5 11.Nc4 Bf6 12.b3 Qe7 13.Bd2 Rd8 14.Bc3 Bb7 15.Qe2 a5 16.h3 Re8 17.Rad1 h6 18.Bb2 Rad8 19.Ne3 { [%eval 0.99] })8...O-O 9.Nc4 (9.b3 Nc5 10.Nc4 f6 11.Nh4 Ne6 12.a4 Bb4 13.Nf5 Bc3 14.Rb1 Nd4 15.Ng3 Be6 16.Bd2 Bxd2 17.Qxd2 Bf7 18.Ne3 Re8 19.Rfe1 Ne6 20.h3 Bg6 { [%eval 0.67] })9...f6 10.Ne3 (10.a4 { [%eval 0.69] })10...Nc5 11.Nf5 (11.a4 Ne6 12.Nf5 Re8 13.Be3 Bf8 14.c3 c5 15.Qc2 g6 16.Nh6+ Bxh6 17.Bxh6 b6 18.Rfd1 Bb7 19.h4 Qe7 20.h5 { [%eval 0.45] })11...Bd6 (11...Bxf5 12.exf5 Qd7 13.Nh4 Rad8 14.Re1 Qd5 15.Be3 Nd7 16.Qg4 Bc5 17.Nf3 Bxe3 18.Rxe3 Nb6 19.Re4 Qb5 20.Rb1 Qc5 21.Rc1 Qb5 { [%eval 0.00] })12.Re1 (12.N3h4 Bxf5 13.Nxf5 Kh8 14.Bd2 Ne6 15.Qg4 Qe8 16.Rae1 h5 17.Qg3 Kh7 18.h3 g6 19.Nh4 c5 20.Be3 Rh8 21.Nf3 Nd4 { [%eval 0.81] })12...Re8 (12...Bxf5 13.exf5 Qd7 14.Nh4 Rfe8 15.Bd2 e4 16.b4 Be5 17.Rb1 Na4 18.Rxe4 Bc3 19.Be3 Be5 { [%eval 0.00] })13.Be3 (13.N3h4 Bf8 14.Qg4 Bxf5 15.Nxf5 g6 16.Be3 Ne6 17.Rad1 Qd7 18.d4 exd4 19.Nxd4 Qf7 20.Nxe6 Rxe6 21.Bf4 Bd6 22.Qf3 Rae8 23.Bg3 Bxg3 24.hxg3 { [%eval 0.61] })13...Bf8 (13...Bxf5 14.exf5 Qd7 15.Nh4 b5 16.Qg4 e4 17.Rad1 Na4 18.Bd4 exd3 19.cxd3 Rxe1+ 20.Rxe1 Re8 21.Re6 Nc5 22.Bxc5 Bxc5 23.Qe2 Rd8 24.Nf3 Bf8 25.d4 c5 26.Rxa6 Re8 { [%eval -0.23] })14.Qe2 (14.h3 Ne6 15.a4 c5 16.N3h4 g6 17.Nh6+ Bxh6 18.Bxh6 Qe7 19.Nf3 b6 20.Qd2 a5 21.Nh2 Nd4 22.Ng4 Bxg4 23.hxg4 { [%eval 0.43] })14...Ne6 15.d4 (15.h3 c5 { [%eval 0.04] })15...Nxd4 16.N5xd4 exd4 17.Bxd4 Be6 (17...Bf5 18.e5 fxe5 19.Bxe5 Qd5 20.h3 h6 21.Rad1 Qf7 22.a3 Bd6 23.c4 Re6 24.Qe3 c5 25.Qc3 Rae8 26.Bxd6 cxd6 27.Rxe6 Rxe6 28.b4 { [%eval -0.22] })18.Qe3 (18.Rad1 Qe7 19.h3 Qf7 20.Bc3 Qg6 21.Nh4 Qg5 22.Nf3 { [%eval 0.00] })18...Qe7 (18...Bd5 19.Qd3 Bf7 20.Qc3 Qe7 21.e5 f5 22.Qd3 Qd7 23.Qc3 Bd5 24.Rad1 Qf7 25.Be3 h6 26.Bd2 Rad8 27.b3 Be4 { [%eval -0.43] })19.h4 (19.e5 fxe5 20.Nxe5 Rad8 21.h3 Qh4 22.f4 c5 23.Bc3 Bd6 24.b3 c4 25.bxc4 Bxc4 26.a4 Be6 27.Bb2 Bf5 28.Re2 Be6 29.c4 Rf8 { [%eval 0.17] })19...c5 (19...Qf7 20.Bc5 Bxc5 21.Qxc5 Qg6 22.Qc3 Kh8 23.e5 Bd5 24.exf6 Qxf6 25.Qxf6 gxf6 26.a3 Kg7 27.Rxe8 Rxe8 28.Re1 { [%eval -0.50] })20.Bc3 h6 (20...b5 21.b3 Qf7 22.e5 Bd5 23.Bb2 Rad8 24.Rad1 Bd6 25.Qd3 Bxf3 26.Qxf3 fxe5 27.Qc6 e4 28.Rxe4 Rxe4 29.Qxe4 Re8 30.Qd3 { [%eval -0.62] })21.Nh2 (21.Qf4 Qf7 { [%eval -0.41] })21...Qf7 (21...Rad8 22.Qg3 { [%eval -0.87] })22.Qg3 Rad8 23.Nf1 (23.Ng4 Kh7 24.Ne3 b5 25.b3 Qg6 26.Qxg6+ Kxg6 27.e5 f5 28.g3 b4 29.Bb2 c4 30.bxc4 Bc5 31.a3 bxa3 32.Bxa3 Bxe3 33.Rxe3 Rd2 34.Kg2 { [%eval -0.68] })23...Kh7 (23...b5 { [%eval -0.88] })24.b3 c4 (24...b5 25.Rad1 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 Bd6 27.Qf3 b4 28.Bd2 h5 29.Ne3 Bd7 30.Nf5 Bc6 31.Nxd6 cxd6 32.Be3 Bxe4 33.Qg3 d5 34.Bxc5 Bxc2 35.Rd2 Bf5 36.Rd1 { [%eval -0.89] })25.Ne3 cxb3 (25...b5 26.Qf3 b4 27.Bb2 a5 28.bxc4 Bc5 29.a3 Rd2 30.axb4 axb4 31.e5 f5 32.Re2 Rxe2 33.Qxe2 f4 34.Nd5 c6 35.Ra5 cxd5 36.Rxc5 dxc4 37.Bc1 { [%eval -1.11] })26.axb3 Bc5 (26...Qh5 27.Ra5 c5 28.Qf3 Qxh4 29.g3 Qh3 30.e5 fxe5 31.Qxb7 Bc8 32.Qe4+ Kh8 33.Nc4 Kg8 34.Nxe5 Be6 35.Qh4 Qxh4 36.gxh4 Bf5 37.Nd3 Rxe1+ 38.Bxe1 Bxd3 39.cxd3 Rxd3 40.Rxa6 { [%eval -0.77] })27.Qf3 c6 (27...Qg6 { [%eval -0.63] })28.h5 Bd4 29.Bxd4 Rxd4 30.Red1 (30.g3 Qe7 31.Rad1 Rxd1 32.Rxd1 Bc8 33.Kg2 a5 34.Rd3 Qxe4 35.Qxe4+ Rxe4 36.Rd8 Be6 37.Rb8 Rb4 38.f3 Bf7 39.g4 g6 40.hxg6+ Bxg6 41.Ra8 Rb5 42.Rd8 h5 43.gxh5 Rxh5 44.Rd7+ Kh6 45.Rxb7 { [%eval -0.07] })30...Red8 31.Rxd4 Rxd4 32.Nf5 Bxf5 (32...Rd8 33.Qg4 Rd2 34.g3 Kh8 35.Rc1 a5 36.Qf4 Rd8 37.g4 b5 38.Ra1 Ra8 39.Qd6 Qe8 40.Ne3 a4 41.f3 axb3 42.Rxa8 Qxa8 43.cxb3 Bxb3 44.Nf5 Bg8 45.Ne7 Kh7 { [%eval -0.10] })33.Qxf5+ Kg8 34.Qc8+ Kh7 35.Qf5+ Kg8 (35...Kh8 36.g4 Qe7 37.Re1 Rd2 38.Kg2 Rxc2 39.e5 Rd2 40.exf6 Qxe1 41.f7 Rd8 42.f8=R+ Rxf8 43.Qxf8+ Kh7 44.Qf5+ Kg8 45.Qc8+ Kh7 { [%eval 0.00] })36.Qc8+ (36.g3 Rd2 37.Re1 Qf8 38.Kg2 Rxc2 39.e5 Rc5 40.Qe6+ Kh7 41.exf6 Qxf6 42.Qxf6 gxf6 43.Re7+ Kg8 44.Rxb7 Rxh5 45.Rb6 Rb5 46.Rxa6 Rxb3 47.Rxc6 Kf7 48.g4 Kg6 49.Re6 Kf7 50.Ra6 Rc3 51.Rb6 Kg6 52.f4 Kf7 { [%eval 0.09] })36...Kh7 {Engine stockfish_10_x64.exe} 1/2-1/2
