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1 | Some of the more interesting games are highlighted in green. | |||
2 | Click on a result (1-0, 0-1, or 1/2-1/2) to see the game. | |||
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6 | Group A - Round 1 | |||
7 | Adam Zweiger | Alex Zhao | 1-0 | Alex left a knight hanging in the middle game |
8 | Keenan Liou | Ethan Cartagena | 1/2-1/2 | Ethan was way behind, but convinced Keenan that stalemate was inevitable and they agreed to a draw. In fact, Keenan could have avoided the stalemate by running to h1 and taking the rook with his knight. |
9 | Collin Liou | Alan Finkelstein | 1-0 | It was a crazy up and down game, but Alan left his queen hanging and resigned |
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11 | Group A - Round 2 | |||
12 | Alan Finkelstein | Alex Zhao | 1-0 | It came down to a close Queen and bishop endgame, but Alex made several mistakes, losing all of his pawns and then the game. |
13 | Ethan Cartagena | Collin Liou | 1-0 | It was a tight game until about 30 moves or so, until Collin made some mistakes. Still, I thought the resignation was a little premature. |
14 | Adam Zweiger | Keenan Liou | 1-0 | It came down to an interesting Queen vs two rooks endgame, and Adam prevailed with the Queen. |
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16 | Group A - Round 3 | |||
17 | Alex Zhao | Keenan Liou | 1-0 | Alex and Keenan won the prize for recording the most moves in a game at 66. Alex was up a piece in the middlegame but later gave it back. It was a dead drawn queen and pawn endgame until Keenan traded queens on move 37. From there, Alex displayed flawless technique to get the win. |
18 | Collin Liou | Adam Zweiger | 1-0 | Adam made the curious move 9. ... Nh5, and soon after lost a piece and things went downhill from there. |
19 | Ethan Cartagena | Alan Finkelstein | 1-0 | Ethan won a piece in the middlegame after a Polish opening and carried it toward a won endgame. |
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21 | Group A - Round 4 | |||
22 | Alex Zhao | Ethan Cartagena | 0-1 | In a close game, Alex got outplayed in the endgame, but possibly resigned prematurely with only knights and pawns left on the board. It's not a pleasant position, but maybe he could have tried to salvage a draw. |
23 | Keenan Liou | Collin Liou | 0-1 | Keenan lost a piece on move 6, and it went downhill from there. |
24 | Alan Finkelstein | Adam Zweiger | 1-0 | Adam was slightly ahead until 18. Qc4 lost a knight. |
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26 | Group A - Round 5 | |||
27 | Collin Liou | Alex Zhao | 1-0 | Probably needing a win to have any chance at the championship, Collin delivered, gaining a small advantage and then outplaying Alex in the Rook and Bishop vs. Rook and Knight endgame. |
28 | Alan Finkelstein | Keenan Liou | 1-0 | In the last game of the day to finish, it was still a close game when Keenan went under 5 minutes and they both stopped recording the moves. Eventually, Alan prevailed. |
29 | Adam Zweiger | Ethan Cartagena | 1-0 | Needing a draw to ensure a playoff for the championship, Ethan pushed his kingside pawns ahead, letting Adam infiltrate with his queen and bishop and could not withstand the attack. |
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32 | Group B - Round 1 | |||
33 | Jared Gong | Jacob Yuryev | 0-1 | Jared had a winning endgame, but didn't see the knight fork. 38. f6 would have led to an easy win for white. |
34 | Nathan Gong | Ariane Yedidia | 1-0 | AJ didn't see the knight fork in the middlegame |
35 | Evan Leong | Elliott Regan | 0-1 | Evan left his awkwardly placed bishop on d3 hanging on move 5, and never recovered. |
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37 | Group B - Round 2 | |||
38 | Elliott Regan | Jacob Yuryev | 1-0 | Jacob didn't see the discovered attack on move 10. |
39 | Ariane Yedidia | Evan Leong | 0-1 | It was close for the first 19 moves, but Evan checkmated AJ on move 24 after getting his rook and queen on the 7th rank. |
40 | Jared Gong | Nathan Gong | 0-1 | Jared let his bishop get trapped on move 18. |
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42 | Group B - Round 3 | |||
43 | Jacob Yuryev | Nathan Gong | 0-1 | In a topsy turvy game, Jacob was still up as late as move 28 but then lost the exchange on move 29 and couldn't recover. |
44 | Evan Leong | Jared Gong | 1/2-1/2 | 44. Bd6 or Bxg5 would have won black's queen and led to an easy win. But even so, Jared agreed to a draw in a solidly winning position. |
45 | Ariane Yedidia | Elliott Regan | 1/2-1/2 | AJ agreed to a draw in a position where she was well ahead. |
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47 | Group B - Round 4 | |||
48 | Jacob Yuryev | Ariane Yedidia | 0-1 | An unfounded knight sacrifice on move 10 goes nowhere after Jacob doesn't see how he can recover the knight with Qxh5 a few moves later. It all ends in a pretty checkmate from AJ. |
49 | Nathan Gong | Evan Leong | 0-1 | Evan crushed Nathan with a Traxler attack, mating his king in 17 moves, but Nathan actually missed 13. Qxg4 after which he would have been winning. |
50 | Elliott Regan | Jared Gong | 1-0 | It was close until 18. Bd7, which let Elliott take on g7 and it was pretty much over after that. |
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52 | Group B - Round 5 | |||
53 | Evan Leong | Jacob Yuryev | 0-1 | Jacob played a solid game, building an advantage in the middlegame, leading to a won endgame. |
54 | Elliott Regan | Nathan Gong | 0-1 | In this battle for the championship, Nathan slowly built up an advantage. After Elliott hung his knight, it was all over. Elliott made a sneaky attempt at stalemate in the end, but Nathan saw it. |
55 | Jared Gong | Ariane Yedidia | 1-0 | AJ let her knight get pinned, and Jared pounced with 13. Nd5, after which Jared started picking off pieces left and right. |
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