( diagram )
0 – 0 14 . a4 b6 15 . Na2 Rfc8 16 . Nb4 ! cxb5 17 . axb5 bxc5 18 . Nc6
14 ... Rxc4 ! 15 . Nxc4 Qc8 16 . Qb3 Nd3 + 17 . Kd2 Nxf4
Black has recieved two bishops for the rook .
18 . g3 Ng6 19 . Rxa7 0 – 0 20 . e5 !?
Another option was 20 . Rha1 .
20 ... Ng4 21 . Nb6 Qc6 ! 22 . d5 Qc5 ! 23 . Rxd7
White has won a piece , but his king is in the open .
23 ... Rb8 ! 24 . Nca4 ! Qxf2 + 25 . Kc1 Bg5 + 26 . Kb1 N6xe5 27 . Rc7
White is aiming to trade down . 27 . dxe6 was worthy of consideration .
27 ... exd5 ! 28 . Rc8 + Rxc8 29 . Nxc8 Nc4 30 . Qd3 !? ( diagram )
30 ... Nge5
The queen has to give up protection of the f5 square .
31 . Qxd5 Qf5 + 32 . Ka1 Qxc8 33 . Rb1 g6 34 . Nc5 Be7 35 . Rb5 ?!
35 . Na4 was necessary .
35 ... Bxc5 36 . Rxc5 Qa6 + 37 . Kb1 Qb6 + 38 . Kc1 Qb2 + 39 . Kd1 0 – 1
39 . Kd1 Ne3 + wins the queen .
In the third round , Jack Qijie Zhu scores an upset win against a Grandmaster .
White : Jack Qijie Zhu ( 2170 ) Black : GM Browne ( 2481 ) A00 Sokolsky Opening
1 . Nf3 Nf6 2 . b4 d5 3 . Bb2 Bf5 4 . e3 e6 5 . c4 Nbd7 6 . c5 c6 7 . Nc3 e5 8 . d4 e4
With pawns locked in the center the pointing rule applies - White should attack on the queenside and Black on the Kingside .
9 . Nd2 Be7 10 . Qc2N g6 11 . h3 h5 12 . Nb3 Qc7 13 . b5
An important in-between move .
18 ... Bf8 19 . dxc5 a6 ! 20 . Qc3 !
White gets great pressure along the a1 – h8 diagonal .
20 ... axb5 21 . Rxa8 Rxa8 22 . Bxb5 Rc8 !? 23.0 – 0 ! Qb7 24 . Ncd4 Nxc5
With 24 ... Bxc5 25 . Bxd7 Bxd7 26 . Nxc5 Rxc5 27 . Qxc5 Qxb2 28 . Qd6 Kg7 and White would be up an exchange , which would be preferrable for Black to the piece down in the game .]
25 . Na5 Qa8 26 . Nxf5 ! Ncd7 27 . Bc6 Qb8 28 . Ng3
And white emerges a piece up .
28 ... Bb4 29 . Qd4 Bc5 30 . Qa4 Qxb2 31 . Bxd7 Rc7 32 . Bb5 d4 33 . Nc4 Qc3 34 . Ne2 Qd3 35 . Nxd4 Bxd4 36 . exd4 Qxd4 37 . Rd1 Qc5 38 . Ne3 Kg7 39 . Be2 Qe5 40 . Qd4 Qg5 41 . Rb1 Rd7 42 . Qc3 Kh7 43 . Rb8 1 – 0
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