Maurstad, Astor Moe vs Zhang, Yiming
Nordic Youth Chess Championships 2026 Group D · Round 5 · 2026.02.08 · 1-0 · D35 Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation
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PGN
[Event "Nordic Youth Chess Championships 2026 Group D"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2026.02.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Maurstad, Astor Moe"]
[Black "Zhang, Yiming"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[WhiteElo "1982"]
[WhiteFideId "1576640"]
[BlackElo "2001"]
[BlackFideId "8608563"]
[ECO "D35m"]
[Source "LichessBroadcast"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[ImportDate "2023-03-03"]
1. c4 { [%clk 1:30:56] } 1... e6 { [%clk 1:30:53] } 2. Nc3 { [%clk 1:31:20] }
2... d5 { [%clk 1:29:25] } 3. d4 { [%clk 1:31:40] } 3... Nf6 { [%clk 1:29:47] }
4. cxd5 { [%clk 1:32:06] } 4... exd5 { [%clk 1:30:12] } 5. Bg5
{ [%clk 1:32:31] } 5... c6 { [%clk 1:30:32] } 6. e3 { [%clk 1:32:54] } 6... h6
{ [%clk 1:30:55] } 7. Bh4 { [%clk 1:33:17] } 7... Be7 { [%clk 1:31:17] } 8. Bd3
{ [%clk 1:33:41] } 8... O-O { [%clk 1:31:37] } 9. Nge2 { [%clk 1:34:02] } 9...
Nbd7 { [%clk 1:31:24] } 10. O-O { [%clk 1:34:04] } 10... Re8
{ [%clk 1:31:09] } 11. a4 { [%clk 1:33:53] } 11... a5 { [%clk 1:27:04] } 12.
f3 { [%clk 1:28:45] } 12... Nf8 { [%clk 1:19:38] } 13. Kh1 { [%clk 1:27:39] }
13... Ne6 { [%clk 1:13:12] } 14. Bf2 { [%clk 1:25:25] } 14... b6 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Bb4 was best.[%clk 1:04:11] } 15. e4 { [%clk 1:19:58] } 15... Bb7
$6 { Inaccuracy. dxe4 was best.[%clk 1:03:11] } 16. e5 { [%clk 1:17:19] }
16... Nd7 { [%clk 1:01:49] } 17. Bc2 { [%clk 0:57:52] } 17... c5
{ [%clk 0:56:36] } 18. Qd3 { [%clk 0:54:05] } 18... Ndf8 { [%clk 0:50:13] } 19.
f4 { [%clk 0:51:17] } 19... Ba6 { [%clk 0:43:20] } 20. Nb5 { [%clk 0:51:07] }
20... Bxb5 { [%clk 0:41:56] } 21. axb5 { [%clk 0:51:04] } 21... cxd4
{ [%clk 0:35:39] } 22. Bxd4 { [%clk 0:50:09] } 22... Bc5 { [%clk 0:34:23] } 23.
Rad1 $6 { Inaccuracy. Bc3 was best.[%clk 0:40:49] } 23... Rc8 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Nxd4 was best.[%clk 0:31:38] } 24. Bb3 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Bc3 was best.[%clk 0:39:58] } 24... Bxd4 { [%clk 0:30:11] } 25.
Nxd4 { [%clk 0:40:00] } 25... Nc5 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Nxd4 was best.[%clk 0:30:31] } 26. Qf3 { [%clk 0:39:44] } 26...
Nxb3 { [%clk 0:30:54] } 27. Qxb3 { [%clk 0:39:15] } 27... Rc4 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Rc5 was best.[%clk 0:26:46] } 28. Nf5 { [%clk 0:28:47] } 28...
Ne6 { [%clk 0:13:28] } 29. Nd6 { [%clk 0:28:06] } 29... Rb4 { [%clk 0:13:35] }
30. Qxd5 { [%clk 0:27:51] } 30... Re7 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Rf8 was best.[%clk 0:13:08] } 31. Qd2 $2
{ Mistake. f5 was best.[%clk 0:22:29] } 31... Nd4 $2
{ Mistake. Rd4 was best.[%clk 0:11:41] } 32. Qf2 { [%clk 0:19:27] } 32... Ne6
{ [%clk 0:09:49] } 33. f5 { [%clk 0:16:41] } 33... Rf4 { [%clk 0:09:28] } 34.
Qg3 { [%clk 0:16:32] } 34... Rxf1+ { [%clk 0:09:02] } 35. Rxf1
{ [%clk 0:16:54] } 35... Ng5 { [%clk 0:08:34] } 36. h4 { [%clk 0:16:46] }
36... f6 { [%clk 0:08:24] } 37. hxg5 { [%clk 0:16:30] } 37... hxg5
{ [%clk 0:08:42] } 38. e6 { [%clk 0:15:58] } 38... g6 { [%clk 0:08:45] } 39.
fxg6 { [%clk 0:15:14] } 39... Rxe6 $2
{ Checkmate is now unavoidable. a4 was best.[%clk 0:08:28] } 40. Qh3
{ [%clk 0:14:04] } 40... Re7 { [%clk 0:08:50] } 41. Nf7 { [%clk 0:14:14] }
41... Rxf7 { [%clk 0:08:56] } 42. gxf7+ { [%clk 0:14:34] } 42... Kxf7
{ [%clk 0:09:14] } 43. Qh7+ { [%clk 0:14:49] } 43... Ke6 { [%clk 0:09:38] }
44. Re1+ { [%clk 0:15:07] } 44... Kd6 { [%clk 0:09:54] } 45. Rd1+
{ [%clk 0:15:25] } 1-0