Event: North Island Chess Championships 2025
Site: New Plymouth, New Zealand
Date: 2025-07-05
White: Wang, Justin Zhide
WhiteTitle: CM
WhiteElo: 1981
Black: Zhou, Ryan Yiheng
BlackElo: 1800
Result: 1-0
ECO: C41
Opening: Philidor Defense: Lion Variation, Lion's Claw, with Bc4 and h6
Variant: Standard
TimeControl: 90 + 30

1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 1:30:59] } 1... d6 { [%eval 0.43] [%clk 1:30:36] } 2. d4 { [%eval 0.43] [%clk 1:30:31] } 2... Nf6 { [%eval 0.43] [%clk 1:31:02] } 3. Nc3 { [%eval 0.38] [%clk 1:30:42] } 3... Nbd7 { [%eval 0.57] [%clk 1:31:26] } 4. Nf3 { [%eval 0.45] [%clk 1:31:05] } 4... e5 { [%eval 0.44] [%clk 1:31:52] } 5. Bc4 { [%eval 0.36] [%clk 1:31:06] } 5... h6 { [%eval 0.5] [%clk 1:32:16] } 6. O-O { [%eval 0.38] [%clk 1:31:32] } 6... Be7 { [%eval 0.51] [%clk 1:32:42] } 7. a4 { [%eval 0.44] [%clk 1:31:51] } 7... c6 { [%eval 0.45] [%clk 1:33:07] } 8. dxe5 { [%eval 0.57] [%clk 1:31:52] } 8... dxe5 { [%eval 0.57] [%clk 1:33:32] } 9. b3?! { [%eval -0.11] } { Inaccuracy. Qe2 was best. } { [%clk 1:32:14] } 9... Qc7 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:33:55] } 10. Bb2 { [%eval -0.07] [%clk 1:32:35] } 10... g5? { [%eval 1.59] } { Mistake. O-O was best. } { [%clk 1:33:49] } 11. Ba3? { [%eval 0.26] } { Mistake. a5 was best. } { [%clk 1:31:23] } 11... Nf8 { [%eval 0.44] [%clk 1:32:47] } 12. Bxe7 { [%eval 0.35] [%clk 1:30:23] } 12... Qxe7 { [%eval 0.42] [%clk 1:32:43] } 13. Re1 { [%eval 0.14] [%clk 1:29:15] } 13... Ng6 { [%eval 0.11] [%clk 1:32:46] } 14. Nd2 { [%eval -0.2] [%clk 1:27:36] } 14... Nf4 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 1:30:55] } 15. Nf1?! { [%eval -0.4] } { Inaccuracy. Qf3 was best. } { [%clk 1:27:33] } 15... h5 { [%eval -0.03] [%clk 1:24:01] } 16. Ne3 { [%eval -0.05] [%clk 1:27:30] } 16... Ng4 { [%eval 0.42] [%clk 1:17:55] } 17. Ne2?! { [%eval -0.28] } { Inaccuracy. Nf5 was best. } { [%clk 1:24:33] } 17... Nxe3 { [%eval -0.21] [%clk 1:03:05] } 18. fxe3 { [%eval -0.25] [%clk 1:24:55] } 18... Qc5?! { [%eval 0.48] } { Inaccuracy. Nxe2+ was best. } { [%clk 1:03:22] } 19. Kh1 { [%eval 0.09] [%clk 1:23:52] } 19... Qxe3?? { [%eval 4.61] } { Blunder. Nxe2 was best. } { [%clk 0:53:59] } 20. Nxf4 { [%eval 4.71] [%clk 1:24:16] } 20... Qxf4 { [%eval 5.09] [%clk 0:54:23] } 21. Rf1 { [%eval 4.81] [%clk 1:24:43] } 21... Qxe4?! { [%eval 6.83] } { Inaccuracy. Ke7 was best. } { [%clk 0:54:48] } 22. Bxf7+?! { [%eval 4.53] } { Inaccuracy. Qd6 was best. } { [%clk 1:25:08] } 22... Ke7 { [%eval 4.52] [%clk 0:45:45] } 23. Qd2 { [%eval 4.61] [%clk 1:25:31] } 23... Bf5?! { [%eval 7.72] } { Inaccuracy. Bh3 was best. } { [%clk 0:39:53] } 24. Qxg5+ { [%eval 6.43] [%clk 1:25:43] } 24... Kxf7?! { [%eval 9.01] } { Inaccuracy. Kd7 was best. } { [%clk 0:40:11] } 25. Rxf5+ { [%eval 8.23] [%clk 1:26:07] } 25... Ke6 { [%eval 9.79] [%clk 0:40:21] } 26. Qg6+?! { [%eval 6.7] } { Inaccuracy. Qf6+ was best. } { [%clk 1:25:54] } 26... Kd5 { [%eval 6.74] [%clk 0:40:40] } 27. Rd1+ { [%eval 6.85] [%clk 1:25:48] } 27... Kc5 { [%eval 6.82] [%clk 0:41:03] } 28. Qd6+ { [%eval 6.82] [%clk 1:25:51] } 28... Kb6 { [%eval 6.63] [%clk 0:41:24] } 29. Rxe5 { [%eval 6.56] [%clk 1:26:16] } 29... Qxc2?? { [%eval #3] } { Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qxe5 was best. } { [%clk 0:41:09] } 30. Qb4+ { [%eval #2] [%clk 1:26:29] } 30... Kc7 { [%eval #2] [%clk 0:41:26] } 31. Re7+ { [%eval #1] [%clk 1:26:52] } 1-0