U.S. top juniors converge in St. Louis: Half-time report

by Antonio Pereira
7/17/2018 – The United States have become a chess epicentre thanks to the Sinquefield family and the club they created in Saint Louis. It seems like, if they continue to support the younger generations, American chess players have a bright future ahead. This year's U.S. Junior and U.S. Girls Junior Championships are taking place in Missouri's cultural centre, and have clear leaders after five rounds: Advait Patel in the open section and Carissa Yip in the girls section. | Photos: Austin Fuller / Saint Louis Chess Club

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Young and fearless

The Saint Louis Chess Club hosts the U.S. Junior Closed Championship from July 12th to 21st, 2018. The event is the most prestigious chess tournament in the country for junior players under the age of 21. The total prize fund is $20,600.

Players receive 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, plus 30 seconds per move starting from the first move.

The possibility to obtain great support in the future, if things go well, is a great way to motivate a group of talented youngsters. It is, therefore, understandable for them to have arrived in St. Louis with a great fighting spirit. Both tournaments have featured sharp tactical battles and some big swings in the evaluations. Apparently, keeping a cool head is the deciding factor under these conditions.

The current leader of the open section, Advait Patel from Oklahoma, won three out of his first five games. In two of them, he was at some point in objectively inferior positions, but his tenacity proved to be stronger than his opponents'. In round one, he faced the sensation of the last U.S. Women's Championship, Annie Wang. Right before the time control, Patel went for a highly complicated tactical line, which gave him a material advantage but also left his king unprotected. Annie could have taken the upper hand more than once, but was not able to find the precise continuations. Eventually, Patel turned things around and won after 58 moves:

 
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.0-0-0 Nbd7 10.g4 b5 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.g5 Nd7 13.f5 0-0 B99: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 e6 7 f4 Be7 8 Qf3 Qc7 9 0-0-0 Nbd7 14.h4 b4 15.Nce2 Bb7 LiveBook: 3 Games 16.Bg2 16.Kb1 Rac8 17.Bh3 e5 18.f6 exd4 19.fxe7 Rfe8 20.Nxd4 Rxe7 21.Nf5 Rxe4 22.Nxd6 Rd4 23.Qxf7+ Kh8 24.Nxc8 1-0 (24) Sutovsky,E (2683)-Huschenbeth,N (2596) Douglas 2017 16...e5
17.f6! Bxf6 17...gxf6 18.Nf5 18.Nf5! Much worse is 18.gxf6 Nxf6 19.Qd3 exd4 18...Bd8 19.Nxd6 Nc5N Predecessor: 19...Bc6 20.Ng3 Nc5 21.Ngf5 1-0 (56) Petrov,M (2392) -Bolz,J (2277) GER email 2015 20.Nxb7 Nxb7 White needs to defend precisely. 21.Rd5 Be7 21...Rc8 with more complications. 22.Qd3 Nc5 23.Qc4 Qb6 24.Kb1 Rc6 22.Qd3 Black must now prevent Rd7. 22.Kb1 is interesting. Nd6 23.Ng3 g6 24.Nf1 Nc4 25.Ne3 22...Nc5 23.Qc4 Rad8 24.Rhd1 Rxd5 25.Rxd5 25.exd5= keeps the balance. Qd6 26.Ng3 25...Rd8 25...Qc8! 26.Ng3 26.Rxe5 Qc7 26...g6 26.Ng3 g6! 27.Nf1 Rxd5! 28.Qxd5 Ne6 29.Qd2 29.Bh3 Nf4 30.Qd7 Qxd7 31.Bxd7 29...Qc5-+ aiming for ...Qg1. 30.Qe3
30...h6! 31.Qxc5! 31.gxh6 Nd4 31...Nxc5 Endgame KBN-KBN 32.Ne3 hxg5 33.Nd5 Kf8 34.hxg5 Bxg5+ 35.Kd1 a5 36.c3 bxc3 37.Nxc3 Bd8 38.Ke2 Ke7 39.a3
39...Ne6 Black should play 39...a4! 40.Kf3 Ba5 40.Nd5+ Kd6 41.b4 f5 42.exf5 Better is 42.bxa5 Bxa5 43.Ne3 42...gxf5-+ Strongly threatening ...e4. 43.Kd3
43...axb4 43...Ng5!-+ 44.Bh1 e4+ 45.Kd4 Ne6+ 46.Kc4 Ke5 47.bxa5 Bxa5 44.axb4 Ng5 45.Nc3! Bb6 46.Nb5+ Ke6 Threatens to win with ...e4+. 47.Nc3 Bd4 48.Ne2 48.Kc4!= 48...Bf2 Hoping for ...e4+. 49.Nc3 Be1 50.b5 Kd6 50...Bf2! 51.b6= The position is equal. Bxc3 51...Bf2 feels hotter. 52.b7 Kc7 53.Nb5+ Kb8 54.Nd6 e4+ 52.Kxc3 KB-KN f4 53.b7 Kc7 54.Kd3 Nf7 55.Kc4 Nd8 56.Kd5 Nc6 57.b8Q+ Nxb8 Precision: White = 50%, Black = 48%.
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Burke,J2608Brattain,M2399½–½2018USA-ch Juniors 20181
Tang,A2507Liang,A2569½–½2018USA-ch Juniors 20181
Chandra,A2486Bian,A22910–12018USA-ch Juniors 20181
Patel,A2461Wang,A22991–02018USA-ch Juniors 20181
Balakrishnan,P2411Li,R2583½–½2018USA-ch Juniors 20181
Li,R2583Wang,A22990–12018USA-ch Juniors 20182
Liang,A2569Burke,J2608½–½2018USA-ch Juniors 20182
Balakrishnan,P2411Chandra,A2486½–½2018USA-ch Juniors 20182
Brattain,M2399Patel,A24610–12018USA-ch Juniors 20182
Bian,A2291Tang,A25071–02018USA-ch Juniors 20182
Burke,J2608Bian,A22911–02018USA-ch Juniors 20183
Tang,A2507Balakrishnan,P24110–12018USA-ch Juniors 20183
Chandra,A2486Li,R25831–02018USA-ch Juniors 20183
Patel,A2461Liang,A2569½–½2018USA-ch Juniors 20183
Wang,A2299Brattain,M23990–12018USA-ch Juniors 20183
Li,R2583Brattain,M2399½–½2018USA-ch Juniors 20184
Liang,A2569Wang,A22991–02018USA-ch Juniors 20184
Chandra,A2486Tang,A25071–02018USA-ch Juniors 20184
Balakrishnan,P2411Burke,J2608½–½2018USA-ch Juniors 20184
Bian,A2291Patel,A24610–12018USA-ch Juniors 20184
Burke,J2608Chandra,A2486½–½2018USA-ch Juniors 20185
Tang,A2507Li,R2583½–½2018USA-ch Juniors 20185
Patel,A2461Balakrishnan,P2411½–½2018USA-ch Juniors 20185
Brattain,M2399Liang,A25690–12018USA-ch Juniors 20185
Wang,A2299Bian,A22910–12018USA-ch Juniors 20185

The current leader, Advait Patel | Photo: Austin Fuller / Saint Louis Chess Club

Awonder Liang, the second favourite by rating, is currently half a point behind Patel. He showed his strength in this year's U.S. Championship and, after his good start, it is not hard to imagine him taking first place in the end. Just like Patel, however, he went from almost losing to winning against a lower-rated player. This is the position he had with Black against Mika Brattain in round five after 17 moves:

 
Brattain - Liang
Position after 17...Bh8

Brattain played 18.Rh5 instead of the more forcing 18.h7+. To see that checking the king first is best, Mika would have needed to calculate precisely the following long variation: 18.h7+ Kf8 19.Qa3 Qc7 20.Nc5 Bd5 21.Rh5 (diagram).

 
Analysis board after 21.Rh5

Here, Black needs to find 21...f6 to put some resistance, because after some "natural" move like 21...Nc6, White can take a pawn with 22.Rxg5, as Black cannot play 22...Qxg5 due to 23.Nxe6 #:

 

After the game continuation, Liang survived White's attack and converted his piece advantage into a victory.

Awonder Liang had a solid performance in this year's U.S. Championship | Photo: Austin Fuller / Saint Louis Chess Club

Yip convinces as the favourite

In the girls section, Carissa Yip, the rating favourite, has dominated the field in the first half of the tournament. She is on 4½/5 after defeating four of her rivals with a positional style that we would never guess could be displayed by a 15-year-old. Her game from round four against Thalia Cervantes illustrates this point:

 
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1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.e5 c5 5.Qg4 Kf8 6.Ndf3 C03: French Tarrasch: Unusual Black 3rd moves 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.Ngf3 Bxc5 8.Nb3 Be7 9.Bd3 h5 10.Qf4 Nh6 11.0-0 Kg8 12.Re1 Nb4 13.Nbd4 Nxd3 14.cxd3 1-0 (32) Short, N (2646)-Forcen Esteban,D (2565) Madrid 2016 6...Nc6 7.Bd3 LiveBook: 10 Games h5 8.Qf4 The position is equal. g5 8...Nh6= remains equal. 9.Nxg5± Bxg5 10.Qxg5 Qxg5 11.Bxg5 cxd4N 11...c4 Predecessor: 11...Nxd4 12.Be3 f6 13.Bxd4 cxd4 1/2-1/2 (38) Federovski,A (1947)-Lahav,M (2178) Tiberias 2016 12.f4 f6 13.exf6 Kf7 14.Nf3 Nxf6 15.Bb5 White should play 15.0-0-0+- 15...Ng4 16.0-0 Ne3 17.Rf2 Nf5 18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.Ne5+ Kg7 20.Nxc6 Bb7 21.Ne5 Rac8 22.Nf3 Rc6 23.h3 h4 24.Rd1 Rhc8 25.Nxd4 Nxd4 26.Rxd4 Rxc2 27.Rb4 R2c7 27...Ba8± was called for. 28.Bxh4 R2c4 28.Bxh4 And now f5 would win. Rd7 28...Ba6± keeps fighting. 29.Rf3 Rc4 30.Rxc4 Rxc4 29.Rd2+- Kg6 30.Bf2 Ba6 31.Bd4 Rb7 32.Rxb7 Bxb7 Endgame KRB-KRB 33.g4 a6 34.Kh2 Rc1 35.h4 Bc8 36.Kg3 e5 37.h5+ But not 37.Bxe5 Rg1+ 38.Kf2 Rxg4+- 37...Kh6?
37...Kh7 38.fxe5 Be6 38.fxe5 Re1 39.Rd3 Re4 40.Be3+ Kg7 41.Bf4 d4 42.Rd1 Be6 43.b3 Kh7 44.g5 Bd5 45.g6+ Kg7 46.Rc1
Threatening mate with Rc7+. 46...d3 47.Rc7+ White mates. Kf8 48.h6 Re1 49.h7 Rg1+ 50.Kf2 Rg2+ 51.Ke3 Precision: White = 91%, Black = 39%.
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Yu,J2358Feng,M22361–02018USA-ch Junior Girls 20181
Nguyen,E2215Morris-Suzuki,S19801–02018USA-ch Junior Girls 20181
Cervantes Landeiro,T2208Matus,N1960½–½2018USA-ch Junior Girls 20181
Wu,R2110Yip,C23640–12018USA-ch Junior Girls 20181
Vittal,S1947Samadashvili,M2040½–½2018USA-ch Junior Girls 20181
Yip,C2364Vittal,S19471–02018USA-ch Junior Girls 20182
Yu,J2358Wu,R21100–12018USA-ch Junior Girls 20182
Feng,M2236Matus,N19601–02018USA-ch Junior Girls 20182
Samadashvili,M2040Nguyen,E22150–12018USA-ch Junior Girls 20182
Morris-Suzuki,S1980Cervantes Landeiro,T22080–12018USA-ch Junior Girls 20182
Nguyen,E2215Yip,C2364½–½2018USA-ch Junior Girls 20183
Cervantes Landeiro,T2208Samadashvili,M2040½–½2018USA-ch Junior Girls 20183
Wu,R2110Feng,M2236½–½2018USA-ch Junior Girls 20183
Matus,N1960Morris-Suzuki,S19801–02018USA-ch Junior Girls 20183
Vittal,S1947Yu,J23580–12018USA-ch Junior Girls 20183
Yip,C2364Cervantes Landeiro,T22081–02018USA-ch Junior Girls 20184
Yu,J2358Nguyen,E22151–02018USA-ch Junior Girls 20184
Feng,M2236Morris-Suzuki,S19801–02018USA-ch Junior Girls 20184
Wu,R2110Vittal,S1947½–½2018USA-ch Junior Girls 20184
Samadashvili,M2040Matus,N19601–02018USA-ch Junior Girls 20184
Nguyen,E2215Wu,R2110½–½2018USA-ch Junior Girls 20185
Cervantes Landeiro,T2208Yu,J23581–02018USA-ch Junior Girls 20185
Morris-Suzuki,S1980Samadashvili,M20400–12018USA-ch Junior Girls 20185
Matus,N1960Yip,C23640–12018USA-ch Junior Girls 20185
Vittal,S1947Feng,M22360–12018USA-ch Junior Girls 20185

A mature player for her age, Carissa Yip | Photo: Austin Fuller / Saint Louis Chess Club

Maggie Feng is currently a point behind the leader, despite having lost her first round game against the second highest-rated Jennifer Yu. Yu is on 3/5 after having played only decisive games, losing two against nominally weaker opposition. She has not faced the leader yet, however — a win against Yip would put her very much in contention. 

The girls section | Photo: Austin Fuller / Saint Louis Chess Club

Tactical shots

Unlike most games from the elite, younger players tend to find themselves very frequently in complicated tactical disputes. For example, in the following position, Alex Bian has just played 37...Ra2, winning the pinned queen. However, after John Burke's response, Bian had to resign:

 
Burke - Bian
Position after 37...Ra2

White played 38.Rg3 and Black needs to give up too much material — after taking the queen — to avoid both checkmate and the promotion of the f-pawn.

We also saw some could-have-beens. Martha Samadashvili with White has just checked Natassja Matus' in the back rank. Here, Matus gave up her knight with 25...Ne8:

 
Samadashvili - Matus
Position after 25.Rb8+

The key factor is that Black cannot save her king with 25...Kg7, as 26.Nf5+ gxf5 27.Qg5# would follow. 

Matus also arrived to a picturesque position in her third round game against Sophie Morris-Susuki. The commentators were very pleased with the active white king:

Current standings - Open

Rk.NameRtg.Nt.Pts.n
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
TBPerf.
1
2569
6.5
9
26.75
2615
2
2461
6.0
9
24.25
2586
3
2486
5.0
9
22.50
2502
4
2608
5.0
9
22.25
2488
5
2291
5.0
9
18.50
2523
6
2411
4.5
9
17.25
2467
7
2583
4.0
9
19.00
2405
8
2507
3.5
9
13.75
2376
9
2399
3.5
9
13.75
2388
10
2299
2.0
9
9.00
2259
TBs: Sonneborn-Berger

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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.0-0-0 Nbd7 10.g4       b5 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.g5 Nd7 13.f5 0-0 B99: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 e6 7 f4 Be7 8 Qf3 Qc7 9 0-0-0 Nbd7 14.h4 b4 15.Nce2 Bb7 LiveBook: 3 Games 16.Bg2 16.Kb1 Rac8 17.Bh3 e5 18.f6 exd4 19.fxe7 Rfe8 20.Nxd4 Rxe7 21.Nf5 Rxe4 22.Nxd6 Rd4 23.Qxf7+ Kh8 24.Nxc8 1-0 (24) Sutovsky,E (2683)-Huschenbeth,N (2596) Douglas 2017 16...e5
17.f6!       Bxf6 17...gxf6 18.Nf5 18.Nf5! Much worse is 18.gxf6 Nxf6 19.Qd3 exd4 18...Bd8 19.Nxd6 Nc5N Predecessor: 19...Bc6 20.Ng3 Nc5 21.Ngf5 1-0 (56) Petrov,M (2392)-Bolz,J (2277) GER email 2015 20.Nxb7 Nxb7       White needs to defend precisely. 21.Rd5 Be7 21...Rc8 with more complications. 22.Qd3 Nc5 23.Qc4 Qb6 24.Kb1 Rc6 22.Qd3 Black must now prevent Rd7. 22.Kb1 is interesting. Nd6 23.Ng3 g6 24.Nf1 Nc4 25.Ne3 22...Nc5 23.Qc4 Rad8 24.Rhd1 Rxd5 25.Rxd5 25.exd5= keeps the balance. Qd6 26.Ng3 25...Rd8 25...Qc8! 26.Ng3 26.Rxe5 Qc7 26...g6 26.Ng3 g6! 27.Nf1 Rxd5! 28.Qxd5 Ne6 29.Qd2 29.Bh3 Nf4 30.Qd7 Qxd7 31.Bxd7 29...Qc5-+ aiming for ...Qg1. 30.Qe3
30...h6!       31.Qxc5! 31.gxh6 Nd4 31...Nxc5       Endgame KBN-KBN 32.Ne3 hxg5 33.Nd5 Kf8 34.hxg5 Bxg5+ 35.Kd1 a5 36.c3 bxc3 37.Nxc3 Bd8 38.Ke2 Ke7 39.a3
39...Ne6 Black should play 39...a4! 40.Kf3 Ba5 40.Nd5+ Kd6 41.b4 f5 42.exf5 Better is 42.bxa5 Bxa5 43.Ne3 42...gxf5-+ Strongly threatening ...e4. 43.Kd3
43...axb4 43...Ng5!-+ 44.Bh1 e4+ 45.Kd4 Ne6+ 46.Kc4 Ke5 47.bxa5 Bxa5 44.axb4 Ng5 45.Nc3! Bb6 46.Nb5+ Ke6 Threatens to win with ...e4+. 47.Nc3 Bd4 48.Ne2 48.Kc4!= 48...Bf2 Hoping for ...e4+. 49.Nc3 Be1 50.b5 Kd6 50...Bf2! 51.b6= The position is equal. Bxc3 51...Bf2 feels hotter. 52.b7 Kc7 53.Nb5+ Kb8 54.Nd6 e4+ 52.Kxc3 KB-KN f4 53.b7 Kc7 54.Kd3 Nf7 55.Kc4 Nd8 56.Kd5 Nc6 57.b8Q+ Nxb8 Precision: White = 50%, Black = 48%.
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Burke,J2608Brattain,M2399½–½2018B99USA-ch Juniors 20181
Tang,A2507Liang,A2569½–½2018A46USA-ch Juniors 20181
Chandra,A2486Bian,A22910–12018A04USA-ch Juniors 20181
Patel,A2461Wang,A22991–02018A04USA-ch Juniors 20181
Balakrishnan,P2411Li,R2583½–½2018C45USA-ch Juniors 20181
Li,R2583Wang,A22990–12018A01USA-ch Juniors 20182
Liang,A2569Burke,J2608½–½2018D37USA-ch Juniors 20182
Balakrishnan,P2411Chandra,A2486½–½2018A62USA-ch Juniors 20182
Brattain,M2399Patel,A24610–12018E98USA-ch Juniors 20182
Bian,A2291Tang,A25071–02018C45USA-ch Juniors 20182
Burke,J2608Bian,A22911–02018B36USA-ch Juniors 20183
Tang,A2507Balakrishnan,P24110–12018A45USA-ch Juniors 20183
Chandra,A2486Li,R25831–02018C70USA-ch Juniors 20183
Patel,A2461Liang,A2569½–½2018C54USA-ch Juniors 20183
Wang,A2299Brattain,M23990–12018E92USA-ch Juniors 20183
Li,R2583Brattain,M2399½–½2018B10USA-ch Juniors 20184
Liang,A2569Wang,A22991–02018A04USA-ch Juniors 20184
Chandra,A2486Tang,A25071–02018C79USA-ch Juniors 20184
Balakrishnan,P2411Burke,J2608½–½2018C45USA-ch Juniors 20184
Bian,A2291Patel,A24610–12018B06USA-ch Juniors 20184
Burke,J2608Chandra,A2486½–½2018C45USA-ch Juniors 20185
Tang,A2507Li,R2583½–½2018A45USA-ch Juniors 20185
Patel,A2461Balakrishnan,P2411½–½2018B47USA-ch Juniors 20185
Brattain,M2399Liang,A25690–12018D90USA-ch Juniors 20185
Wang,A2299Bian,A22910–12018A40USA-ch Juniors 20185
Li,R2583Liang,A2569½–½2018B13USA-ch Juniors 20186
Tang,A2507Burke,J26080–12018A40USA-ch Juniors 20186
Chandra,A2486Patel,A24611–02018E71USA-ch Juniors 20186
Balakrishnan,P2411Wang,A22991–02018C11USA-ch Juniors 20186
Bian,A2291Brattain,M23991–02018B99USA-ch Juniors 20186
Burke,J2608Li,R25830–12018B00USA-ch Juniors 20187
Liang,A2569Bian,A22911–02018A04USA-ch Juniors 20187
Patel,A2461Tang,A2507½–½2018C79USA-ch Juniors 20187
Brattain,M2399Balakrishnan,P2411½–½2018D02USA-ch Juniors 20187
Wang,A2299Chandra,A2486½–½2018D31USA-ch Juniors 20187
Burke,J2608Patel,A2461½–½2018C95USA-ch Juniors 20188
Li,R2583Bian,A22911–02018B26USA-ch Juniors 20188
Tang,A2507Wang,A22991–02018E32USA-ch Juniors 20188
Chandra,A2486Brattain,M23990–12018B90USA-ch Juniors 20188
Balakrishnan,P2411Liang,A25690–12018E69USA-ch Juniors 20188
Liang,A2569Chandra,A2486½–½2018B00USA-ch Juniors 20189
Patel,A2461Li,R25831–02018B75USA-ch Juniors 20189
Brattain,M2399Tang,A25070–12018D58USA-ch Juniors 20189
Wang,A2299Burke,J2608½–½2018D85USA-ch Juniors 20189
Bian,A2291Balakrishnan,P24111–02018C55USA-ch Juniors 20189

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Current standings - Girls

Rk.NameRtg.Nt.Pts.n
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
TBPerf.
1
2364
7.0
9
29.00
2337
2
2358
6.0
9
24.25
2243
3
2215
6.0
9
22.50
2259
4
2208
5.0
9
20.25
2177
5
2236
5.0
9
16.75
2174
6
2040
4.5
9
16.75
2153
7
2110
4.0
9
19.50
2102
8
1980
3.0
9
12.50
2035
9
1960
3.0
9
10.25
2037
10
1947
1.5
9
5.75
1890
TBs: Sonneborn-Berger

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1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.e5 c5 5.Qg4 Kf8 6.Ndf3 C03: French Tarrasch: Unusual Black 3rd moves 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.Ngf3 Bxc5 8.Nb3 Be7 9.Bd3 h5 10.Qf4 Nh6 11.0-0 Kg8 12.Re1 Nb4 13.Nbd4 Nxd3 14.cxd3 1-0 (32) Short,N (2646)-Forcen Esteban,D (2565) Madrid 2016 6...Nc6 7.Bd3 LiveBook: 10 Games h5 8.Qf4 The position is equal. g5 8...Nh6= remains equal. 9.Nxg5± Bxg5 10.Qxg5 Qxg5 11.Bxg5 cxd4N 11...c4 Predecessor: 11...Nxd4 12.Be3 f6 13.Bxd4 cxd4 ½-½ (38) Federovski,A (1947)-Lahav,M (2178) Tiberias 2016 12.f4 f6 13.exf6 Kf7 14.Nf3 Nxf6       15.Bb5 White should play 15.0-0-0+- 15...Ng4 16.0-0 Ne3 17.Rf2 Nf5 18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.Ne5+ Kg7 20.Nxc6 Bb7 21.Ne5 Rac8 22.Nf3 Rc6 23.h3 h4 24.Rd1 Rhc8 25.Nxd4 Nxd4 26.Rxd4 Rxc2 27.Rb4 R2c7 27...Ba8± was called for. 28.Bxh4 R2c4 28.Bxh4 And now f5 would win. Rd7 28...Ba6± keeps fighting. 29.Rf3 Rc4 30.Rxc4 Rxc4 29.Rd2+- Kg6 30.Bf2 Ba6 31.Bd4 Rb7 32.Rxb7 Bxb7       Endgame KRB-KRB 33.g4 a6 34.Kh2 Rc1 35.h4 Bc8 36.Kg3 e5 37.h5+ But not 37.Bxe5 Rg1+ 38.Kf2 Rxg4+- 37...Kh6?
37...Kh7 38.fxe5 Be6 38.fxe5 Re1 39.Rd3 Re4 40.Be3+ Kg7 41.Bf4 d4 42.Rd1 Be6 43.b3 Kh7 44.g5       Bd5 45.g6+ Kg7 46.Rc1
Threatening mate with Rc7+. 46...d3 47.Rc7+ White mates. Kf8 48.h6       Re1 49.h7 Rg1+ 50.Kf2 Rg2+ 51.Ke3 Precision: White = 91%, Black = 39%.
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Yu,J2358Feng,M22361–02018C03USA-ch Junior Girls 20181
Nguyen,E2215Morris-Suzuki,S19801–02018D25USA-ch Junior Girls 20181
Cervantes Landeiro,T2208Matus,N1960½–½2018D26USA-ch Junior Girls 20181
Wu,R2110Yip,C23640–12018D91USA-ch Junior Girls 20181
Vittal,S1947Samadashvili,M2040½–½2018B48USA-ch Junior Girls 20181
Yip,C2364Vittal,S19471–02018A06USA-ch Junior Girls 20182
Yu,J2358Wu,R21100–12018D12USA-ch Junior Girls 20182
Feng,M2236Matus,N19601–02018A06USA-ch Junior Girls 20182
Samadashvili,M2040Nguyen,E22150–12018C50USA-ch Junior Girls 20182
Morris-Suzuki,S1980Cervantes Landeiro,T22080–12018D71USA-ch Junior Girls 20182
Nguyen,E2215Yip,C2364½–½2018D70USA-ch Junior Girls 20183
Cervantes Landeiro,T2208Samadashvili,M2040½–½2018E21USA-ch Junior Girls 20183
Wu,R2110Feng,M2236½–½2018C18USA-ch Junior Girls 20183
Matus,N1960Morris-Suzuki,S19801–02018A28USA-ch Junior Girls 20183
Vittal,S1947Yu,J23580–12018D02USA-ch Junior Girls 20183
Yip,C2364Cervantes Landeiro,T22081–02018A09USA-ch Junior Girls 20184
Yu,J2358Nguyen,E22151–02018D11USA-ch Junior Girls 20184
Feng,M2236Morris-Suzuki,S19801–02018A06USA-ch Junior Girls 20184
Wu,R2110Vittal,S1947½–½2018C79USA-ch Junior Girls 20184
Samadashvili,M2040Matus,N19601–02018B52USA-ch Junior Girls 20184
Nguyen,E2215Wu,R2110½–½2018D45USA-ch Junior Girls 20185
Cervantes Landeiro,T2208Yu,J23581–02018D31USA-ch Junior Girls 20185
Morris-Suzuki,S1980Samadashvili,M20400–12018B47USA-ch Junior Girls 20185
Matus,N1960Yip,C23640–12018E72USA-ch Junior Girls 20185
Vittal,S1947Feng,M22360–12018C18USA-ch Junior Girls 20185
Yip,C2364Morris-Suzuki,S19800–12018A05USA-ch Junior Girls 20186
Yu,J2358Matus,N19601–02018D11USA-ch Junior Girls 20186
Feng,M2236Samadashvili,M2040½–½2018A06USA-ch Junior Girls 20186
Wu,R2110Cervantes Landeiro,T22081–02018D70USA-ch Junior Girls 20186
Vittal,S1947Nguyen,E22150–12018B81USA-ch Junior Girls 20186
Nguyen,E2215Feng,M22361–02018C05USA-ch Junior Girls 20187
Cervantes Landeiro,T2208Vittal,S19471–02018E40USA-ch Junior Girls 20187
Samadashvili,M2040Yip,C23640–12018C50USA-ch Junior Girls 20187
Morris-Suzuki,S1980Yu,J23580–12018B06USA-ch Junior Girls 20187
Matus,N1960Wu,R21101–02018D11USA-ch Junior Girls 20187
Yu,J2358Samadashvili,M2040½–½2018A25USA-ch Junior Girls 20188
Feng,M2236Yip,C23640–12018A05USA-ch Junior Girls 20188
Nguyen,E2215Cervantes Landeiro,T22080–12018D21USA-ch Junior Girls 20188
Wu,R2110Morris-Suzuki,S19800–12018D25USA-ch Junior Girls 20188
Vittal,S1947Matus,N1960½–½2018B11USA-ch Junior Girls 20188
Yip,C2364Yu,J2358½–½2018A06USA-ch Junior Girls 20189
Cervantes Landeiro,T2208Feng,M22360–12018E00USA-ch Junior Girls 20189
Samadashvili,M2040Wu,R2110½–½2018B52USA-ch Junior Girls 20189
Morris-Suzuki,S1980Vittal,S19471–02018D31USA-ch Junior Girls 20189
Matus,N1960Nguyen,E22150–12018D00USA-ch Junior Girls 20189

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