[Event "29th Dave Collyer Memorial"]
[Site "Spokane, WA"]
[Date "2022.02.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lee, Brian"]
[Black "Pupols, Viktors"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "1897"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[Annotator "Brian Lee"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2022.02.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 {I usually don’t get much from
the opening with this move, but I didn’t mind having a drawish position
against a higher-rated opponent.} Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O e5 9. cxd5
cxd5 10. Nb5 Bb8 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Nd4 {I played this because I
was worried about 13...Bxh2+ and wanted to be able to bring my knight to f3 to
defend against mate on h2, but it turns out this is unnecessary because after
13.Bd2 Bxh2+ 14.Kxh2 Ng4+ 15.Kg1 Qh4 White has 16.Qc7.} Bd7 14. Bd2 Rc8 15. Bc3
Bxd4 16. exd4 Qb6 {With the idea of playing 17...Bb5 trying to trade off
White’s best minor piece.} 17. Rfe1 $6 {17.a4 was a stronger way to meet
Black’s 17...Bb5 idea.} Bb5 18. Bf5 Bd7 19. Bd3 {Played to see if Black was
interested in a draw.} Rfe8 {Obviously he is not.} 20. f3 {The computer
doesn’t like this move because it allows Black to play Bb5 again, forcing
either an exchange of bishops or a repetition, but Black already made it clear
that he is not interested in a draw.} Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Re8 $6 {With the rooks
traded, White’s leftover pieces are more active than Black’s giving White
a small advantage. The computer once again prefers 21...Bb5.} 22. Rxe8+ Bxe8
23. Qe2 Qe6 $6 {Black allows White to enter a favorable endgame in which
White’s two bishops will dominate the board whereas Black will struggle to
find good squares for his minor pieces and be unable to activate his king.} 24.
Qxe6 fxe6 25. Bb4 Kf7 26. g4 Nd7 27. Bd6 Nb6 28. b3 Nc8 29. Bb8 g6 30. Kf2 a6 {
All of Black’s pawns are on the same color square as his bishop and he has
moved his knight three times in the last five moves and still has not found a
good home for it.} 31. Ke3 Ne7 32. Bd6 Nc6 33. g5 Bd7 34. h4 Be8 35. Bc2 Na7
36. Bc5 Nc6 37. b4 $6 {This allows Black’s knight access to c4. At the
moment it doesn't seem like Black can get it there, but there is a tricky way
to do it, which Black misses. 37. Kf4 Ne7 38. Bxe7 Kxe7 is better, when White
has been able to trade his bishop for Black’s knight at a favorable time,
similar to what happens in the game.} b5 {37...b6! 38. Bd6 (38.Bxb6 Nxb4 39.
Bd1 Bb5 and Black has activated his pieces.) 38...Na7 39.Be5 Nb5 40.Bb3 Na3
and the knight makes it to c4.} 38. a4 $2 {Throwing away the entire advantage!
Almost any other reasonable move keeps White’s edge.} Ne7 $4 {Black misses
his opportunity and allows White to trade his dark-squared bishop for
Black’s knight into an easily won ending. 38...bxa4 39.Bxa4 Ne7! 40.Bxe7 (40.
Bxe8+ [40.Bc2 Nf5+] Kxe8 41.Kf4 Nf5 is better for Black since his knight has
targets and all of his pawns are on the opposite color as White’s bishop, so
White would have to play 41.Bxe7 and the resulting king and pawn ending is
drawn) 40...Bxa4 Black has forced White into an opposite-colored bishop ending
which should be an easy draw.} 39. Bxe7 Kxe7 40. axb5 $1 {Not 40.a5? when
White cannot break through.} axb5 $6 {40...Bxb5 was better, though still
losing.} 41. Bd3 {Black’s two big problems are that his pawns are all on the
same color as his bishop and White has targets on both sides of the board (b5
and g6), which cannot both be defended for long. The winning plan involves
putting Black in zugzwang by forcing him to either give up a pawn, allow White
a passed pawn, or allow White’s king to advance decisively.} Bd7 42. h5 gxh5
{If Black tries to hold tight with 42...Be8 then 43.h6 Kd6 44.Kf4 and we have
the zugzwang I mentioned earlier. Black cannot move his bishop without either
losing the b5-pawn or allowing 45.Bxg6, and if he moves his king then White
plays 45.Ke5 and wins.} 43. Bxh7 h4 44. Kf4 $4 {This natural move allows black
to save the game! The saving move is tough to find however, and fortunately my
opponent missed it in time trouble.} h3 $4 {44...e5+! 45.dxe5 d4! The problem
is White cannot stop both the d- and h-pawns without giving up his g5-pawn.
The critical lines are 46.Bd3 Kf7 47.Bf1 (47.e6+ Bxe6 48.Bxb5 h3 49.Kg3 Bf5)
47...Kg6 (not 47...h3? 48.Kg3 and White will be able to play f4 and defend his
g5-pawn) 48.e6 (If White moves his bishop, then Black will just repeat with 48.
..Kf7 when White has nothing better than to play 49.Bf1 again anyway) 49...
Bxe6 49.Bxb5 Bf5 50.Be8+ Kg7 51.b5 d3 52.b6 d2 53.Ba4 Bc8 54.Ke3 (54.b7 Bxb7
55.Kg4 h3 56.Kxh3 Bxf3) 54...Bb7 55.Kf2 Kg6 56.f4 Kf5 57.Bc2+ Be4 58.Bxe4+
Kxe4 59.Ke2 h3 60.b7 h2 61.b8=Q d1=Q+ 62.Kxd1 h1=Q+ and this is drawn since
White's king can't find cover. After the text move, Black doesn’t get any
more chances.} 45. Kg3 Kf7 46. f4 Kg7 47. Bd3 Kf7 48. Bf1 e5 49. dxe5 d4 50.
Bd3 Kg7 51. f5 1-0

[Event "Inland Empire Open"]
[Site "Spokane, WA"]
[Date "2022.04.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stripes, James"]
[Black "Lee, Brian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "1856"]
[BlackElo "1925"]
[Annotator "Brian Lee"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2022.04.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

{This was my most interesting game of the tournament, despite the fact that my
opponent blundered very early. Even though the game was kind of one-sided, my
opponent put up a good fight and there were many interesting and instructive
moments.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5
dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 Re8 10. O-O-O c6 11. Nxe5 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe5 {This
position has occurred several times with White scoring quite well after 13.f4
and 13.Nd6, but here my opponent blundered.} 13. Nf6+ $4 {Missing my 14th move.
} Bxf6 14. Bxf6 Nd7 {This attacks the bishop and also blocks Rd8+ making 15...
Rxe2 a threat.} 15. Rxd7 Bxd7 {White's dark-square bishop looks pretty strong,
but he doesn't have enough compensation.} 16. Bf3 Re6 17. Bc3 Rae8 18. h4 h6
19. h5 g5 20. Rd1 Bc8 21. Bg4 {This doesn't change the computer's evaluation
but is probable just a mistake since White does not want to trade pieces.} R6e7
22. Bf3 $6 {Best is 22.Bxc8 but trading pieces doesn't seem very appealing.} g4
23. Rd6 Re6 $6 {There is no reason not to take the bishop. I looked at this
briefly but when I saw 24.Rxh6 threatening mate I dismissed it thinking it was
simpler to trade rooks. Normally it is a good idea to avoid complications when
you are already winning, but in this case this was just laziness on my part.} (
{White has nothing after} 23... gxf3 24. Rxh6 Re1+ ({Or even simply} 24... f6)
25. Kc2 Bf5+ 26. Kb3 Bh7 {-+}) 24. Rxe6 Bxe6 25. Bd1 c5 26. Bd2 Kg7 27. g3 b6 {
Here and on the three previous moves it was slightly stronger to take on c4
but I wanted to keep my pawn on g4.} 28. b3 f5 29. Bc2 Bd7 {With the intention
of play 30... Rf8 and 31... Be8 winning the h pawn. It is important that black
takes the h pawn because it is hard to break through without doing so. It was
stronger, however, to play} (29... Bf7 {when although Black loses his f pawn,
he can capture White's h pawn;} 30. Bxf5 Bxh5 31. Bc3+ Kg8 32. Bd2 Re2 33. Bxh6
Rxf2 {should be an easy win. I thought I could create a situation where I
could win the h pawn and keep my f pawn, but the more I thought about this, I
realized it was more difficult than I thought.}) 30. Be3 Rxe3 $1 ({If I
continued with my plan} 30... Rf8 {then after} 31. Bf4 Be8 32. Bd6 Rf7 33. Be5+
Kg8 {it is difficult to win the h pawn without giving up either my h pawn or
my f pawn. I realized this and came to the conclusion that it was best to
return the exchange and transition into a bishop ending where I can easily
scoop up the h pawn and win. The computer surprisingly agrees. At first 30...
Rxe3 is not one of its top 3 choices but once you show it the move it realizes
how bad White's position is and it becomes its top choice by a pretty
significant margin.}) 31. fxe3 Kf6 32. Kd2 (32. e4 f4 $1 33. gxf4 g3 34. e5+
Ke7 35. Be4 Bh3 {-+}) 32... Bc6 33. a3 a5 34. Kc3 Be4 35. Bxe4 {The king and
pawn ending is an easy win, but White is losing anyway.} fxe4 36. b4 a4 37. b5
Kg5 38. Kd2 Kxh5 39. Ke2 Kg5 40. Kf2 h5 41. Kg2 h4 42. Kh2 hxg3+ 43. Kxg3 Kh5
44. Kg2 Kh4 45. Kh2 g3+ 46. Kg1 $1 {I was playing pretty fast since I knew I
was winning and completely missed this move. It doesn't change anything, but
Black has to find the right idea(s) to win the game.} g2 $1 {Sacrificing a
pawn to obtain opposition.} ({Another winning idea is} 46... Kh5 47. Kh1 Kg5
48. Kg1 Kh4 {and Black has successfully triangulated.}) 47. Kh2 g1=Q+ 48. Kxg1
Kg3 0-1

[Event "2022 Intermat: WA vs BC"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2022.04.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Velea, Anne-Marie"]
[Black "Huang, Patrick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[Annotator "Anne-Marie Velea"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2022.04.23"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 (4... Nf6 {or}) (4... c6 {are more
popular}) 5. Nf3 b5 6. a3 (6. Bd3 {was slightly better for white}) 6... Nd7 7.
Be3 Bb7 8. Bd3 c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bxc5 dxc5 (10... Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 dxc5 {
was a better choice for black to prevent his g7 bishop from being caged in
after 11. e5}) 11. e5 Bh6 12. g3 b4 13. axb4 cxb4 14. Ne4 Qb6 15. Qe2 a5 16.
Qf2 $1 {a very good option for white in this position; if black trades queens
his position towards the endgame is very deteriorated} Qc7 17. O-O f5 $2 {
this allows the very strong Bb5+} 18. Bb5+ Bc6 $4 (18... Kf8 19. Nc5 Kf7 $18 {
[3.82]}) 19. Qc5 $3 $18 {[6.52] exploiting multiple pins and threatening c6}
Rc8 20. Nd4 $2 {white still has a decisive advantage but} (20. Nd6+ exd6 21.
exd6 Qd7 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Rfe1+ Kf8 24. Ne5 {is more forcing of a bigger
advantage}) 20... Bxb5 21. Qxb5+ Qd7 22. Qxd7+ Kxd7 23. Nd2 e6 24. Rxa5 Rc7 25.
Ra6 Bf8 26. N2b3 Nh6 27. Rd1 Ke7 28. Rxe6+ Kf7 29. Rf6+ Ke8 30. Ra1 Bg7 31.
Ra8+ Ke7 32. Rxh8 Bxh8 33. Rb6 Ng4 34. Rxb4 g5 35. Nxf5+ Ke6 36. Nbd4+ Kd5 37.
h3 {trapping the knight} gxf4 38. gxf4 Bxe5 39. fxe5 Nxe5 40. Ne3+ Kc5 41. Ne6+
Kxb4 42. Nxc7 Kc5 43. Kf2 Kd6 44. Ncd5 Kc5 45. Kg3 Kd4 46. Kf4 Ng6+ 47. Kg5 Ke4
48. b4 Ne5 49. b5 Kd4 50. b6 Kc5 51. h4 Nf7+ 52. Kf6 Nd6 53. Kg7 h5 54. Kg6 Kb5
55. Kxh5 Kc5 56. Kg6 Kd4 57. h5 Ke5 58. h6 Ke6 59. h7 Nf7 60. b7 Ne5+ 61. Kg7
Nf7 62. b8=Q Ne5 63. Qc8+ Nd7 64. Qc6+ Ke5 65. Qxd7 Kd4 66. Qg4+ Kc5 67. Qc4+
Kd6 68. Kf6 Kd7 69. Qc7+ Ke8 70. Qe7# {Anne-Marie won by checkmate} 1-0

[Event "2022 Intermat: WA vs BC"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2022.04.23"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Peng, Brandon"]
[Black "Qiu, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "1822"]
[BlackElo "1792"]
[Annotator "Ralph Dubisch"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2022.04.23"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[WhiteTeam "WA"]
[BlackTeam "BC"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 ({There are several more popular, and
arguably better, moves here:} 4. e3) (4. Qc2) (4. Nf3) (4. f3) (4. Bg5) (4. a3)
(4. g3) (4. Qb3) 4... O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. e3 c5 7. a3 cxd4 (7... Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne4
({or} 8... cxd4 9. Bxd4 (9. Nxd4 $5) 9... Nc6 10. cxd5) 9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Rxc3
cxd4 11. Qxd4 Nc6 $14) 8. Nxd4 (8. axb4 dxc3 9. Bxc3) 8... Ba5 9. b4 Bc7 10. c5
$6 ({Releasing the tension, and giving Black free rein to demonstrate what
extra center pawns can do. White is fine after} 10. Rc1 a6 11. cxd5 exd5 {.})
10... a6 11. g3 e5 12. Nb3 d4 13. Na4 Qd5 14. f3 Rd8 15. Bg2 $2 ({Loses by
force. White can keep hope alive with} 15. Nb2 dxe3 16. Bxe3 Qe6 17. Qc2 Nc6
$17 {, when White has over-extended on the queenside and weakened the kingside,
but is still in the game.}) 15... Be6 $1 16. Na5 dxe3 17. Bxe3 Qxd1+ 18. Rxd1
Rxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Bxa5 {The threat of ...Bb3+ wins a piece.} 20. Kc2 Bc7 21. Rd1
Nc6 22. Bf1 Rd8 23. Re1 Nd4+ 24. Bxd4 Rxd4 25. Nc3 Bf5+ 26. Kb3 Rd2 27. h3 Bc2+
28. Kc4 Rd4# 0-1

[Event "2022 Intermat: WA vs BC"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2022.04.23"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Cheng, Edward"]
[Black "Guo, Veronica"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1807"]
[BlackElo "1955"]
[Annotator "Ralph Dubisch"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2022.04.23"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[WhiteTeam "WA"]
[BlackTeam "BC"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bf5 5. b3 e6 6. Bb2 Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. Nbd2
Nbd7 9. Re1 Bb4 $6 (9... Qc7) (9... a5 $13) 10. a3 Bxd2 ({Giving up the
bishop-pair cedes White a long-term slight, but fairly stable, advantage.} 
10... Be7) 11. Nxd2 e5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 (13. dxe4 Bg4 14. Qc1 $14) 13...
Bxe4 (13... Nxe4 14. dxe4 Be6 15. Qd6 $14) 14. dxe4 Qb6 15. Qe2 Rfe8 16. Rad1
Rad8 17. h4 Nc5 18. g4 $6 ({The kingside pawns can over-extend here.} 18. Rxd8
Qxd8 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. Qe3 b6 $14) 18... g6 19. Bf3 Nfd7 20. g5 (20. Qe3) 20...
Ne6 21. Bg4 Qc7 (21... Nd4 $1 22. Qc4 Qc7 23. Bxd4 (23. Rxd4 $5 exd4 24. Qxd4
Qe5 25. Qxe5 (25. f4 Qxd4+ 26. Bxd4 Nf8 27. Bc3 $15) 25... Nxe5 26. Bd1 c5 27.
f4 Nc6 $13) 23... exd4 24. Rxd4 (24. Qxd4 $4 Ne5 $19) 24... Ne5 25. Rxd8 Rxd8
26. Qe2 Nxg4 27. Qxg4 Qa5) 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. b4 b5 $2 (23... Ree8 $14) 24. c4
a6 25. c5 Nf8 26. Rd3 (26. Rxd8 Qxd8 27. Rd1 Qe7 28. Qg4 $16) 26... Ree8 (26...
Re7 27. Red1 Red7 $14) 27. Red1 Rxd3 28. Rxd3 $16 Ne6 29. Qd2 (29. Rd6 $16)
29... Nf4 $2 (29... h6) 30. Rd7 Qb8 31. Qd6 Qxd6 32. Rxd6 (32. cxd6 $1 Kf8 33.
Rc7 $18) 32... Re6 33. Rd8+ Kg7 34. f3 h6 35. Kh2 Re7 (35... hxg5 36. hxg5 f5
37. gxf6+ Kxf6 38. Kg3 Ke7 39. Ra8) 36. Rd6 hxg5 37. hxg5 Re6 38. Rxe6 Nxe6 39.
Bxe5+ {Now the slow and steady advance of pawns, coupled with the occasional
zugzwang, will lead to inevitable victory.} Kf8 40. f4 Ke7 41. Kg3 Kd7 42. Kg4
a5 43. f5 Nf8 44. bxa5 Kc8 45. Bd6 Nd7 46. a6 1-0

[Event "2022 Intermat: WA vs BC"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2022.04.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nallabothula, Varin"]
[Black "Ping-Ying Wu, Nathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1706"]
[BlackElo "2054"]
[Annotator "Varin Nallabothula"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2022.04.23"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nc6 {My opponent played the Stafford Gambit, which
was surprising since I was expecting a Scandinavian} 4. Nxc6 dxc6 5. d3 {
The main move in order to solidify with Be2 and then castling, staying up the
pawn} Bc5 6. Be2 h5 (6... Ng4 7. Bxg4 Qh4 {This is another variation that
gives more attacking opportunities for black}) 7. h3 Qd4 8. O-O Qd6 9. Bf3 {
Here I played Bf3 in order to threaten e5 with the fork followed by Re1 in
order to apply pressure but I completely ignored ...Ng4} Ng4 10. e5 $1 {
The only saving move here in order to divert the queen since taking with the
pawn or bishop will open up the h-file for a clear attack} (10. Bxg4 hxg4 11.
e5 Qg6) 10... Nxe5 11. Re1 Be6 12. Nc3 {Here I played Nc3 instead of grabbing
the pawn on h5 since I didn't want to allow any attacking play for black on
the kingside} Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 O-O-O 14. Be3 {I decided to offer a trade of dark
squared bishops here, because his bishop was very active and could be crucial
for his kingside attack in the future} Bxe3 15. Rxe3 g5 {Going for the g4
break to open up the h-file} 16. Ne4 Qb4 17. Qf6 $1 {This was a crucial move
here since it applies pressure on the g5 pawn, while defending b2, and
stopping f5 from kicking out my knight} Rhg8 18. a3 Qb5 19. Nd2 Rg6 20. Qe5 {
I offered a queen trade here since the endgame looked more promising for me}
Qd5 21. Rae1 b6 22. Nc4 Rgg8 23. Qf6 {Threatening Re5} Rg6 24. Qe5 Qd7 25. Qc3
{Clearing the e5 square for the knight while focusing on the c6 pawn} Bxc4 26.
Qxc4 Qd5 27. Qa6+ {This was a little over ambitious, queen trading and placing
my rooks on the 7th rank was probably stronger} Kb8 28. Qa4 Kb7 29. Re5 Qd6 30.
Qe4 Qf6 31. c3 Qf4 32. d4 Qxe4 33. R1xe4 Rd5 34. Kh2 $2 {A missed opportunity
here, Rxd5 and then f4 would prove better} (34. Rxd5 cxd5 35. Re5 Kc6 36. f4 $1
f6 37. f5 $1 Rg7 38. Re6+ Kb5 39. Rxf6) 34... a5 35. h4 f6 36. Re7 Rf5 37. Kg1
{Here I went back with Kg1, since f3 would lead up to gxh4 followed by Rfg5
giving him activity} Rb5 38. b4 axb4 39. axb4 gxh4 40. Rxh4 Rg4 41. Rxg4 hxg4
42. Kh2 Rd5 43. Kg3 c5 44. bxc5 bxc5 45. Re4 cxd4 46. cxd4 {Rxd4 would've
given me an extra pawn, but the endgame is still drawn} f5 47. Re5 Rxd4 48.
Rxf5 Kb6 49. f4 (49. Rf4 $5 Rxf4 50. Kxf4 c5 51. Kxg4 Kb5 52. Kf3 Kb4 53. Ke2
Kb3 54. g4 c4 55. g5 c3 56. g6 c2 57. g7 c1=Q 58. g8=Q+) 49... gxf3 50. Kxf3 c5
51. g4 c4 52. Rf4 Kc5 53. Rxd4 Kxd4 54. Ke2 Kc3 55. g5 Kb2 56. g6 c3 57. g7 c2
58. g8=Q c1=Q 59. Qb8+ Kc2 60. Qc7+ Kb2 61. Qxc1+ Kxc1 {Game drawn by
insufficient material Overall it was a nice and interesting battle with some
chances for me, but my opponent put up a solid defense so in the end it was a
draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2022 Intermat: WA vs BC"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2022.04.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Harish, Neeraj"]
[Black "Boroomand, Arya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1734"]
[BlackElo "1600"]
[Annotator "Neeraj Harish"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2022.04.23"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

{Before this game while I was checking the pairings, I saw that Washington was
higher rated on grades K-7, but were underdogs in the higher grades. Assuming
all results are accurate to rating, to win the match it would mean Washington
had to win sixth grade to win the match} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 b6 {going into the
game I was not familiar with this opening but, I got an advantage quickly} 3.
Bd3 Bb7 4. Nf3 Nf6 (4... c5 {is the main line and the move I expected him to
play.}) 5. Qe2 (5. Nc3 {runs into} Bb4 {and white is better, though there is
some pressure black has on the center}) 5... d5 {This move looked weird to me
because black played b6-Bb7 and then blocks his powerful bishop with d5} (5...
c5 {here this is not as good as after} 6. d5 $16 {Qe2 is eyeing the black king}
) 6. e5 {Now white has a very good version of the French. In the French black
usually wants to play Bc8-a6 in one go and trade of his bad bishop. In this
case, black has already wasted a tempo with Bb7 and he anyway cannot play Ba6
because of Qe2} Nfd7 (6... Ne4 7. Nbd2 $16 {and white is doing very well} (7.
O-O c5 $16 {was a little worrying for me, though the engines say that 7.0-0 is
the strongest move in that position})) 7. c3 c5 8. h4 $5 h6 9. Be3 Nc6 10. a3
a6 11. b4 {I had seen a similar idea in the French advanced variation to try
and block the queenside, though it is not as great here} (11. h5 $16 {is
stronger as it gains space on the kingside and black cannot create anything on
the queenside}) 11... c4 12. Bc2 b5 13. Nbd2 Be7 $6 {the bishop is no better
on e7 than it is on f8. At some point, white will play Nh2, Qg4 and g7 will be
a problem} (13... a5 {was better as the bishop might not need to move from f8
at all} 14. O-O Nb6 $14 {and black is close to equalizing}) 14. h5 a5 15. O-O
a4 $4 {Now black has no counterplay and white can freely roll on the kingside}
(15... Nb6 {black has to keep the tension on the queenside as that is were his
source of counterplay is} 16. Nh2 Na4 {and black is ok}) 16. Nh2 $18 Qc7 17. f4
f5 $6 (17... O-O-O {is a better defense but white is still dominating after}
18. f5 Rdg8 19. Ng4 $18) 18. exf6 (18. g4 $18 {was even stronger, but my move
still wins}) 18... Nxf6 19. Bg6+ Kd7 20. Ng4 Raf8 21. f5 {now white crashes
through} e5 22. Nxe5+ Nxe5 23. Bf4 Kd8 24. dxe5 Ne8 25. Nf3 $1 {black is
devoid of counterplay, so instead of trying to cash in immediately, it is best
for white to bring all the pieces to the party} Bc8 26. g4 Qb6+ 27. Kg2 Nc7 28.
Nd4 Bd7 29. Rae1 {now every one of the white pieces is developed and well
positioned. 10 out of 10 times when you have all your pieces in the attack,
there will be a tactical opportunity} Be8 (29... Kc8 30. f6 $18 {comes anyway})
30. f6 $1 gxf6 31. exf6 Bxf6 32. Bxc7+ Kxc7 33. Ne6+ Kb8 34. Nxf8 Rxf8 35. Bxe8
Qb7 36. Qe6 d4+ 37. Bc6 {now the bishop on f6 is lost as well} Qc7 38. Rxf6 Rd8
39. Rf7 d3 40. Rxc7 d2 41. Rb7+ Ka8 42. Rxb5+ Ka7 43. Qe7+ Rd7 44. Qxd7+ Ka6
45. Qb7# 1-0

[Event "2022 Intermat: WA vs BC"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2022.04.23"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Tian, Sherry"]
[Black "Velea, Anne-Marie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[Annotator "Ralph Dubisch"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2022.04.23"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[WhiteTeam "BC"]
[BlackTeam "WA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 c6 ({I'll point out
the more popular choices between here and move ten, starting with} 6... dxc4 {.
}) 7. Nc3 (7. Qc2) 7... b6 (7... Nbd7 8. b3 b6 9. Bb2) 8. Nd2 (8. Ne5 Ba6 (8...
Bb7 9. e4 dxc4 10. Nxc4) 9. cxd5 cxd5) 8... Bb7 9. e4 a5 ({Now we're out of my
vague opening knowledge. My suggestion would be} 9... dxe4 10. Ndxe4 Nxe4 11.
Nxe4 Nd7 $14 {.}) (9... Na6 10. e5 Nd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 {has been played, with at
least some edge for White.}) 10. Re1 Na6 (10... dxc4 11. Nxc4 b5 12. Ne5 Nbd7
13. Nd3 $14) 11. a3 Rc8 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Bf1 Nc7 15. h4 Bc6 (15...
Ba6 $5) 16. a4 Bb7 17. Nf3 Ba6 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. axb5 Re8 (19... f6 20. Bf4 $16)
20. Bf4 Nf8 21. h5 Qd7 22. h6 g6 (22... Nxb5 23. hxg7 Kxg7 ({If} 23... Ng6 24.
Qa4 {is an option, winning material.}) 24. Bd3 $18 {White plans to activate a
rook on the h-file after Kg2.}) 23. Qa4 Red8 24. Rec1 Na8 25. Rc6 Rc7 26. Rac1
Rdc8 27. Bd2 Qe8 28. Kg2 Nd7 29. b4 axb4 30. Bxb4 Bxb4 31. Qxb4 Nb8 32. Rxc7
Rxc7 33. Rxc7 Nxc7 34. Qd6 Na8 35. Nh2 Nd7 36. Ng4 Kh8 37. Kg1 f5 38. exf6 Qf7
39. Ne5 Nxe5 40. dxe5 Nc7 41. Qd8+ Ne8 42. Qxb6 {A positional tour de force by
White, showing that space and file-control can simply overwhelm a passive
defense.} 1-0

[Event "2022 Intermat: WA vs BC"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2022.04.23"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Qiu, Peter"]
[Black "Peng, Brandon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1864"]
[BlackElo "1822"]
[Annotator "Ralph Dubisch"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2022.04.23"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[WhiteTeam "BC"]
[BlackTeam "WA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. d3 d5 8. Bb3
O-O 9. Qe1 a6 10. a4 Rb8 11. Qg3 $6 ({The queen isn't significantly better
placed here for the coming kingside action. Immediately} 11. f5 $5 {is a
better try.} gxf5 (11... dxe4 12. dxe4 (12. f6 $5 exf3 13. fxg7 Kxg7 14. Rxf3
Nf5 $13) 12... b5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bf4 c4 $1 $13) 12. exd5 exd5 13. Bf4 $13)
11... b5 12. f5 $6 (12. e5 f6 $15) 12... c4 13. axb5 axb5 14. dxc4 dxc4 15. f6
Bxf6 16. Bf4 (16. Ba2 $17) 16... e5 17. Bh6 cxb3 18. Bxf8 Qxf8 19. cxb3 Be6 20.
Kh1 Bg7 (20... h6 $5) 21. Ng5 Qc8 22. Qf2 f6 (22... f5 23. Nxe6 Qxe6 24. Qc5 b4
{looks close to winning for Black.}) 23. Nxe6 Qxe6 24. Qc5 Nd4 25. Qc7 Nec6 $4
({Moving the rook out of harm's way avoids the tactics and retains an
advantage for Black:} 25... Re8 26. Ra7 f5 27. Rb7 Qc6 $17 {. Two minors are
simply better than a rook.}) 26. Ra7 $1 Nxa7 27. Qxb8+ Nc8 28. Nd5 Kf7 29. Rc1
Ne7 $4 ({Black can interfere with White's c-file tactic with the saving retreat
} 29... Nc6 $1 30. Qxb5 ({A relatively clear option for eqality is} 30. Qb7+
N8e7 31. Rxc6 Qxc6 32. Qxe7+ Kg8 33. Qd8+ Kf7 34. Qe7+ Kg8 {. A draw by
repetition would be reasonable here, or White could try} 35. Qc7 Qxc7 {
(perhaps not entirely forced)} 36. Nxc7 {, though actual winning chances are
slim.}) 30... N6e7 $1 31. Nc7 $1 Nd6 $1 {with a still murky battle ahead.}) 30.
Nxe7 Qxe7 31. Rc7 Bf8 32. Rxe7+ Bxe7 33. Qh8 g5 34. Qxh7+ Ke6 35. g3 $1 {
White's plan to advance the h-pawn wins at least a piece. Good human technique.
} Kd6 36. h4 Ne6 37. h5 b4 38. h6 Bf8 39. Qg6 Ke7 40. h7 Bg7 41. Qxg7+ Nxg7 42.
h8=Q Kf7 43. Qb8 Ne6 44. Qxb4 Nd4 45. Qb7+ Kg6 46. b4 1-0

[Event "2022 Intermat: WA vs BC"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2022.04.23"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Wu, Bowen"]
[Black "Kona, Vidip"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "1156"]
[BlackElo "1932"]
[Annotator "Ralph Dubisch"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2022.04.23"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[WhiteTeam "BC"]
[BlackTeam "WA"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. d4
cxd4 9. exd4 Bd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. b3 (11. d5 Ne5 12. b3 $14 {More space and
more secure minor piece placement.}) 11... Ng4 12. Qd2 (12. Bc1 $5 {, planning
to meet} e5 {with} 13. dxe5 {. Now} dxe5 ({or} 13... Ngxe5 {when the c1-bishop
can return to e3 or f4.}) 14. Ba3 Re8 15. Ne4 $14) 12... Nxe3 {Bishop-pair.}
13. fxe3 a6 14. Rac1 Qa5 15. Rfd1 Qg5 (15... Bh6 $5) 16. e4 $2 ({Weakens d4.} 
16. Ne4) 16... Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Rb8 ({If} 17... Bh6 18. Nf4 {, Black does not
immediately threaten ...e5 since the d7-bishop is hanging:} e5 $6 (18... Rfd8
19. Rcd1 $15 {is complicated.}) 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Rxd7 exf4 21. Rcd1) 18. Nd5
$2 Kh8 $2 ({Black can undermine d4 right away:} 18... Bg4 $1 19. e5 (19. Ndc3
Bxe2 20. Nxe2 Bh6 21. Nf4 e5 $19 {works now.}) 19... Bxe2 20. Rxe2 Nxd4 21. Rd2
dxe5 22. Nxe7+ Kh8 {and Black ends up with a powerful extra passed pawn.}) 19.
Nb6 $2 (19. Ne3 $13 {guards against ...Bg4.}) 19... Rbd8 $2 (19... Bg4 $1 {
is still strong, though White can introduce complications with} 20. d5 $5) 20.
Nxd7 Rxd7 21. d5 $6 ({The black bishop gains activity. Keep the big pawn
center.} 21. Rcd1 $13) 21... Ne5 22. Rdd1 $5 Rc8 $4 (22... Rc7 $15) 23. Bh3 {
It's almost like White anticipated the blunder ...Rc8, moving that d2-rook out
of the fork on f3...} f5 24. exf5 Bh6 25. fxg6 Bxc1 26. Rxc1 hxg6 27. Bxd7 Nxd7
28. Nf4 (28. a4 $16) 28... Ne5 29. Kg2 $6 (29. Ne6 $16 {, perhaps intending to
bring the king toward the center Kf1-e2, and at the same time allowing White
to reply to.} b5 {with} 30. c5 $18 {.}) 29... b5 $1 30. h4 Kh7 31. Ne6 bxc4 32.
bxc4 Rxc4 33. Rxc4 Nxc4 34. Nc7 (34. Kf3 $14) 34... a5 35. Kf3 Kg7 36. Ke4 Kf6
37. g4 (37. Ne6) 37... a4 $2 (37... g5 $1 38. hxg5+ (38. h5 Ne5) 38... Kxg5)
38. g5+ Kf7 39. Kd4 Ne5 40. Kc3 Nf3 41. Kb4 Nxh4 42. Kxa4 Nf3 43. Kb4 $4 (43.
Kb5 Nxg5 44. a4 e5 (44... Ne4 45. a5 Nc5 46. Ne6 $18) 45. a5 e4 46. Ne6 $1 Nxe6
47. dxe6+ Ke7 (47... Kxe6 48. a6 e3 49. a7 e2 50. a8=Q e1=Q 51. Qe8+ $18) 48.
Kc4 $18) ({Or} 43. Ne6 {with slightly less concrete play, but with excellent
chances to convert the outside passed pawn into victory.}) 43... Nxg5 44. a4
Ne4 45. a5 Nc5 46. Ne6 Ke8 $1 {Now we see key differences between 43.Kb4 and
43.Kb5. If White now plays Nxc5, the recapture is with check. White must play
a king move, and the black king enters the square and is in time to stop the
a-pawn. Also, White doesn't have the blocking-out move Kb6.} 47. Nxc5 dxc5+ 48.
Kxc5 Kd7 49. Kd4 Kc7 50. Ke5 Kb7 51. Ke6 g5 52. Kf5 Ka6 53. Kxg5 Kxa5 54. Kf5
Kb5 55. Ke6 Kc5 56. Ke5 Kc4 57. Ke6 Kc5 58. Ke5 Kc4 59. Ke6 Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Washington Senior Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.04.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Levine, David"]
[Black "Readey, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2201"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[Annotator "John Readey"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. Bf4 {Dave and I have played countless blitz games with
each other, but don't remember him ever playing the London before. I guess he
was looking to avoid any advance preparation.} c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qc1 (
6. Qb3 c4 7. Qc2 Bf5 8. Qc1 {Is seen more frequently. Black gets a tempo to
play ...Bf5, but takes pressure off White's center.}) 6... Bf5 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8.
exd4 Rc8 9. Nh4 ({I was expecting something like:} 9. Be2 Nb4 10. O-O Bd3 11.
Qd1 Qa6 12. Bxd3 Nxd3 13. Bg5 Nxb2 14. Qb3 Na4 {, when it's quite complicated,
but the computer evaluates as 0.0}) 9... Nxd4 10. Nxf5 (10. Be3 Nc2+ 11. Qxc2
Qxe3+ 12. fxe3 Bxc2 $17) 10... Nxf5 {Here I thought I was just a pawn up, but
White definitely has some play for the pawn.} 11. Bd3 Qe6+ {When I played this
I thought it was to my advantage to prevent White from castling, but as we'll
see, White is hardly bothered by this.} (11... g6 12. O-O e6 13. Nf3 Bd6 $15)
12. Kf1 Nd6 13. Qc2 a6 (13... g6 14. Qa4+ Qd7 15. Qxa7 Bg7 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17.
Bb5+ Kf8 $15) 14. Re1 Qd7 15. Nf3 b5 $6 16. Ne5 Qb7 17. h4 {Everyone is
playing h4 these days, but here it's clearly the best way to get the rook into
the action.} e6 18. h5 Be7 19. Rh3 Nde4 20. Qe2 Bc5 $6 ({Better is} 20... Nc5
21. Be3 $15) 21. Be3 $6 ({Better looks:} 21. Bxe4 Nxe4 22. f3 Nf6 23. h6 g6 24.
Bg5 {with significant pressure}) 21... Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Qc7 23. Qf4 h6 24. Qh2 Nc5
25. Bb1 Ncd7 26. Nxd7 Nxd7 27. Rg3 O-O 28. Kg1 Kh8 29. Qh4 Rg8 (29... Nf6 {
was better, but I was afraid of future exchange sacs against the knight.}) 30.
Ree3 Nf8 31. Qd4 f5 {I thought it would be useful to block out the bishop, but
the pawn on e6 is unhappy now.} 32. Re1 Qb7 33. Bd3 (33. Rge3 Qc7 34. a4 bxa4
35. Qxa4 a5) 33... Qc7 {Couldn't think of a plan, so I thought to see if Dave
was trying to win by attack or hold a draw. Fritz (the computer, not my round
4 oppenent) thinks it's about equal.} 34. a4 {Given my out-of-play pieces,
it's not easy to respond to this sudden attack on the queenside.} bxa4 35. Qxa4
a5 36. Rge3 Qc5 37. Ra1 Ra8 38. Ra3 (38. b4 Qxc3 39. Bxf5 Qd4 40. Bh3 Rb8 41.
Qxa5 ({not} 41. bxa5 Rb1+ 42. Kh2 Qxa1) 41... Rxb4 42. Rc1 $44 {Instead Dave
looks to guard the c3 pawn first, but...}) 38... g5 {Thinking if hxg6ep, I
could use the g-file for counterplay. For whatever that's worth it provoked a
blunder on White's next move. Dave was down to about five minutes here.} 39. b4
$4 axb4 40. Qxa8 bxa3 41. Qe8 Qxc3 42. Re2 Qxd3 0-1

[Event "National High School Championship"]
[Site "Memphis"]
[Date "2022.04.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhang, Eric M"]
[Black "Shvarts, Tim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2022.04.08"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8.
O-O Ne4 9. Qc2 d5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Nd7 12. Rfd1 c6 13. a4 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5
15. cxd5 exd5 16. e3 Qe7 17. Nh4 Nf6 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Nf5 Qd8 20. Bxd5 Qc7 21.
Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Nd6 Qa8 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. Qe5 Ne4 25. Qd5 Qxd5 26. Rxd5 f6 27. f3
Ng5 28. Kf2 Ne6 29. Rd7 a6 30. Rd6 Kf7 31. Rxa6 Rb8 32. Rc2 c4 33. Rc6 1-0

[Event "National High School Championship"]
[Site "Memphis"]
[Date "2022.04.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "De Leon, Carlos"]
[Black "Zhang, Eric M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2022.04.08"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. a3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 Bb7 10. g4 h6 11. h4 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Be2 Rc8 15.
O-O-O Qc7 16. Kb1 Nb6 17. g5 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. b3 Qc3 20. Qxc3 Rxc3 21. Bd2
Rxf3 22. Nxf3 Bxf3 23. gxh6 Bxd1 24. Rxd1 gxh6 25. Kb2 Rg8 26. c4 bxc4 27. bxc4
Rg4 28. Kb3 Rg3+ 29. Kb2 Bxa3+ 30. Kc2 Bf8 31. Be1 Rg1 32. Rb1 Bd6 33. Rb6 Rxe1
34. Rxd6 a5 35. c5 Re5 36. c6 Rd5 0-1

[Event "National High School Championship"]
[Site "Memphis"]
[Date "2022.04.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhang, Eric M"]
[Black "Gangavarapu, Sreekar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2022.04.09"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Be3 c5 7. d5 a6 8. Qd2 h5
9. Nh3 Ne5 10. Ng5 h4 11. f4 Neg4 12. Bg1 Nh5 13. Be2 Qa5 14. Bxg4 Bxg4 15. Be3
b5 16. O-O Bd7 17. e5 O-O 18. e6 fxe6 19. dxe6 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Bc6 21. f5 Qa4 22.
Nf7 Qxc4 23. Bh6 Rxf7 24. exf7+ Qxf7 25. Rae1 Re8 26. Qg5 Kh7 27. Bf8 Nf6 28.
Bxe7 Ne4 29. Qxh4+ Kg7 30. f6+ Kg8 31. Re3 g5 32. Qh6 Rxe7 33. fxe7 Qxe7 34.
Rh3 1-0

[Event "National High School Championship"]
[Site "Memphis"]
[Date "2022.04.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Guo, Arthur"]
[Black "Zhang, Eric M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2022.04.09"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. g4
Nc6 9. g5 Nd7 10. h4 Qc7 11. h5 b5 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Qd4 Rg8 14. a4 Rb8 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Qb4 Ba6 17. Qa5 b4 18. Qxa6 Qxa6 19. Rxa6 bxc3 20. b3 h6 21. g6
Nf6 22. Bd3 Ng4 23. Ba7 Rb7 24. Bb6 fxg6 25. hxg6 Bf6 26. Ra8+ Ke7 27. Rxg8
Rxb6 28. Ke2 Ne5 29. Rg1 h5 30. f4 Nc6 31. Ra1 Rb7 32. Raa8 h4 33. Raf8 Kd7 34.
Rxf6 gxf6 35. g7 Ne7 36. Rh8 d5 37. exd5 exd5 38. g8=Q Nxg8 39. Rxg8 Kd6 1-0

[Event "National High School Championship"]
[Site "Memphis"]
[Date "2022.04.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhang, Eric M"]
[Black "Gupta, Arnav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2022.04.09"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8
Rxd8 9. Bxc5 Nc6 10. Be3 b6 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Nh3 Nd7 13. Be2 Nd4 14. b3 Nc5 15.
Nf4 e6 16. Kf2 Nc6 17. g3 h6 18. Kg2 Nb4 19. a3 Nbd3 20. Nxd3 Nxd3 21. Rcd1 Nc5
22. b4 Bxc3 23. bxc5 Rdc8 24. Rb1 Bc6 25. Rb3 Bg7 26. cxb6 axb6 27. Bxb6 Ba4
28. Re3 Bf8 29. Rc1 Rc6 30. c5 Rb8 31. Rc4 Bb5 32. Rb4 Bxe2 33. Rxe2 Ra8 34.
Ra2 Bxc5 35. Bxc5 Rxc5 36. a4 Rca5 37. Kf2 Kg7 38. Ke3 Kf6 39. Kd3 h5 40. Kc3
h4 41. Kb3 hxg3 42. hxg3 Rd8 43. Rb5 Raa8 44. Kc4 Rd1 45. Rb6 Ke5 46. a5 g5 47.
Kb5 g4 48. fxg4 Ra7 49. a6 Rdd7 50. Ra4 Kf6 51. Rb8 Kg7 52. Kb6 Kh7 53. Ra5
Rac7 54. Rb7 Rxb7+ 55. axb7 Rxb7+ 56. Kxb7 1-0

[Event "National High School Championship"]
[Site "Memphis"]
[Date "2022.04.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shuman, Nathaniel"]
[Black "Zhang, Eric M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2022.04.10"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. c4 Bb7 5. Qc2 d6 6. e4 bxc4 7. Nf3 g6 8. Nfd2
Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Nxc4 Nbd7 11. Be2 Ba6 12. O-O Bxc4 13. Bxc4 Rb8 14. Rfe1 Ng4
15. Be2 Nge5 16. Bg3 c4 17. f4 Nd3 18. Bxd3 cxd3 19. Qxd3 Rxb2 20. e5 Qa5 21.
Rac1 Nc5 22. Qf3 Rd2 23. Red1 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Nd7 25. Bh4 Rc8 26. Ne4 dxe5 27.
Bxe7 f5 28. Ng5 e4 29. Qh3 Bd4+ 30. Kh1 h5 31. Qb3 Rb8 32. Qc4 Qd2 33. d6+ Kh8
34. Rf1 Rb2 35. Qc8+ Kg7 36. Bf6+ Nxf6 37. Qc7+ Kh8 38. Nf7+ Kg8 39. Nh6+ Kh8
1/2-1/2

[Event "National High School Championship"]
[Site "Memphis"]
[Date "2022.04.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zhang, Eric M"]
[Black "Oh, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2022.04.10"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc6 12. Ncb5 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 a6 14. Qa4 Qe7
15. Rfd1 e5 16. Nf3 Bg4 17. Be2 b5 18. Qb3 Bc5 19. h3 Be6 20. Qc3 f6 21. Nh4
Rfc8 22. Bf3 Ra7 23. Bd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Rac7 25. Qb3 Qf7 26. Rad1 Bf8 27. Nf5
Rc5 28. e4 Rxd5 29. exd5 Bc5 30. Qg3 Kf8 31. d6 Rd8 32. a3 h5 33. b4 Bb6 34.
Qf3 g6 35. Qc6 Bxf2+ 36. Kxf2 gxf5 37. d7 Kg7 38. Rd6 h4 39. Qc7 Qf8 40. Rxa6
Kg6 41. Re6 Kg5 42. Qd6 Qf7 43. Re7 Qa2+ 44. Kg1 Qb1+ 45. Kh2 Qe1 46. Rg7+ Kf4
47. Qxf6 Qg3+ 48. Rxg3 hxg3+ 49. Kg1 Rxd7 50. Qh6+ Ke4 51. Qc6+ 1-0

