2017 Invitational Games

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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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