[Event "Titled Tue 1st Apr Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin"]
[Black "Askarov, Ba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[ECO "B20"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 c5 2.a3 e6 3.b4 cxb4 4.axb4 Bxb4 5.Bb2 Nf6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.h4 d6 9.h5 h6 10.Qe2 e5 11.Nc3 Bg4 12.Nd5 Bc5 13.Ne3 Be6 14.Nh4 Nd4 15.Bxd4 Bxd4 16.c3 Bxe3 17.Qxe3 Nxh5 18.g3 Nf6 19.Be2 a6 20.d4 exd4 21.cxd4 d5 22.e5 Ne4 23.Bd3 Rc8 24.O-O Rc3 25.Ng2 Bh3 26.Rfc1 Rxc1+ 27.Rxc1 Bxg2 28.Kxg2 Qd7 29.Bxe4 dxe4 30.Qxe4 Rd8 31.Rb1 b5 32.Ra1 Qe6 33.f4 g6 34.Kf3 h5 35.Ke3 b4 36.Rd1 Rd5 37.Qd3 a5 38.Ke4 Qc6 39.Ke3 a4 40.Qd2 b3 41.Rc1 Qe6 42.Rc5 a3 43.Qc3 Rxc5 44.dxc5 b2 45.Qc2 Qa2 0-1