Event: ECF English Open Championship 2025
Site: Kenilworth, Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Date: 2025-07-19
White: Jackson, James P
WhiteTitle: IM
WhiteElo: 2371
Black: Zhao, George
BlackTitle: CM
BlackElo: 2124
Result: 1/2-1/2
ECO: D37
Opening: Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation
Variant: Standard
TimeControl: G90 + 30 Secs/move

1. c4 { [%eval 0.12] [%clk 1:30:54] } 1... e6 { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 1:30:41] } 2. Nc3 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 1:31:10] } 2... d5 { [%eval 0.29] [%clk 1:30:44] } 3. d4 { [%eval 0.18] [%clk 1:31:36] } 3... Nf6 { [%eval 0.24] [%clk 1:31:10] } 4. Nf3 { [%eval 0.08] [%clk 1:32:01] } 4... Be7 { [%eval 0.14] [%clk 1:31:27] } 5. g3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:32:26] } 5... dxc4 { [%eval 0.16] [%clk 1:31:27] } 6. Ne5 { [%eval -0.04] [%clk 1:26:48] } 6... c5 { [%eval 0.1] [%clk 1:25:48] } 7. dxc5 { [%eval 0.14] [%clk 1:21:02] } 7... Qc7 { [%eval 0.29] [%clk 1:17:10] } 8. Qa4+ { [%eval 0.09] [%clk 1:09:31] } 8... Bd7 { [%eval 0.03] [%clk 1:12:24] } 9. Nxd7 { [%eval 0.11] [%clk 1:09:32] } 9... Nbxd7 { [%eval 0.15] [%clk 1:12:35] } 10. Bg2 { [%eval -0.07] [%clk 1:05:46] } 10... Bxc5 { [%eval 0.05] [%clk 1:11:57] } 11. O-O { [%eval 0.03] [%clk 0:58:29] } 11... O-O { [%eval -0.08] [%clk 1:11:27] } 12. Nb5 { [%eval -0.53] [%clk 0:44:58] } 12... Qc8 { [%eval -0.52] [%clk 1:07:09] } 13. Na3 { [%eval -0.96] [%clk 0:45:20] } 13... Nb6 { [%eval -1.07] [%clk 1:04:53] } 14. Qc2 { [%eval -1.1] [%clk 0:43:48] } 14... Nfd5 { [%eval -0.93] [%clk 1:03:25] } 15. Bd2 { [%eval -1.35] [%clk 0:42:55] } 15... c3 { [%eval -1.07] [%clk 1:02:33] } 16. Bc1 { [%eval -1.56] [%clk 0:41:23] } 16... cxb2?! { [%eval -0.93] } { Inaccuracy. Bxa3 was best. } { [%clk 0:54:36] } 17. Qxb2 { [%eval -0.97] [%clk 0:39:51] } 17... Na4 { [%eval -1.03] [%clk 0:49:29] } 18. Qb3 { [%eval -1.1] [%clk 0:40:15] } 18... Bd4 { [%eval -0.97] [%clk 0:45:37] } 1/2-1/2