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Stockfish 17.1 - analyzes the game of grandmasters: Parham Maghsoodloo - Anish Giri


Stockfish 17.1 analyzed the game of two top grandmasters: Parham Maghsoodloo - Anish Giri. The game was played today, May 22, 2025 in the Sharjah Masters 2025 tournament.


A game that I liked (ChessBase 16)
[Event "Round 6: Maghsoodloo, Parham - Giri, An"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.05.22"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2706"] [BlackElo "2738"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 6.4 (25s)"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 13,70,13,21,17,23,12,25,8,13,0,2,-9,-6,-11,-3,-12,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,15,12,-95,-80,-91,-93,-129,-29,-30,-27,-28,-43,-45,0,-72,-74,-82,-83,-429,-423,-495,-470,-536,-516,-558,-552,-555,-556]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 h6 9. Rd1 c5 10. dxc5 {White has an edge.} Nxc5 11. Be2 b6 12. a3 Bb7 13. b4 Ncd7 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Bb2 Rc8 16. Qb3 Qc7 17. Bb5 {Black must now prevent e4.} N5f6 18. Rac1 Qb8 19. Qa4 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rd8 21. h3 a5 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} 22. bxa5 {a6 would now be deadly.} Nc5 {[#]} 23. Rxc5 {[%eval -95,32] [%wdl 0,564,436]} bxc5 $17 24. a6 Ba8 $1 25. Nc4 {[#]} Nd5 {[%eval -29,34] [%wdl 1,979,20]} ({Black should play} 25... Ne4 $1 $17 {[%eval -129,33] [%wdl 0,172,828] aiming for ...Bf6.} 26. Be5 Nd6 27. Nxd6 Bxd6) 26. Nfe5 $1 $11 {Threatens to win with Nc6. Excellent horsemanship.} Nb6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 27. Nxb6 Qxb6 28. Nc4 {Wards off Qd6} Qa7 (28... Rd1+ $5 29. Qxd1 Qxb5 $17) 29. Bc3 {[%eval -72,37] [%wdl 0,835,165] [#]} (29. Be5 $1 $11 {[%eval 0,35] [%wdl 3,994,3] remains equal.}) 29... Bf6 $1 $17 30. Ba5 Rb8 31. Nd6 $2 {[%eval -429,31] [%wdl 0,0,1000][%mdl 8192] Now White is beyond hope.} (31. Be1 $17 {[%eval -83,34] [%wdl 0,728,272] is a better chance.}) 31... Be5 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 32. Nc4 {[#]} Qxa6 $3 {[%mdl 576] Back Rank} 33. Nb6 (33. Nxe5 Rxb5) 33... Qa7 34. Bd3 Bc7 ({Not} 34... Rxb6 35. Qe8#) 35. Nc4 Bd5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.36/Black=0.07 (flawless) . Loses game: White=1 --- Mistake: White=2 Black=1 Inaccurate: White=1 Black=1 OK: White=11 Black=15 Best: --- Black=1 Strong: White=1 Black=2 Brilliant: --- Black=1} 0-1

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