Cheng, Yu Chen (Ethan) vs Raj, Skandha
Hong Kong International Open Chess Championship 2025 | Challengers · Round 6 · 2025.12.26 · 1/2-1/2 · D00 Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London System, Steinitz Countergambit
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PGN
[Event "Hong Kong International Open Chess Championship 2025 | Challengers"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2025.12.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cheng, Yu Chen (Ethan)"]
[Black "Raj, Skandha"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[WhiteElo "1671"]
[WhiteFideId "16302745"]
[BlackElo "1541"]
[BlackFideId "39946959"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Source "LichessBroadcast"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[ImportDate "2026-02-03"]
1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. c3 Bf5 5. Qb3 Qd7 6. dxc5 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Bb5 was best. } 6... Nc6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Nd4 Bg6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10.
Ba6 Bxc5 11. Qb7 O-O 12. Qxd7 { [%clk 1:34:51] } 12... Nxd7 { [%clk 1:34:30] }
13. Bb7 $2 { Mistake. Nd2 was best.[%clk 1:34:51] } 13... Rad8 $4
{ Blunder. Rab8 was best.[%clk 1:32:09] } 14. Bxc6 { [%clk 1:28:21] } 14...
Nf6 $6 { Inaccuracy. Be7 was best.[%clk 1:29:30] } 15. h3 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Ba4 was best.[%clk 1:28:21] } 15... Bd6 { [%clk 1:28:31] } 16.
Bxd6 { [%clk 1:26:25] } 16... Rxd6 { [%clk 1:28:55] } 17. Ba4
{ [%clk 1:26:28] } 17... Rb6 { [%clk 1:28:00] } 18. Bb3 { [%clk 1:26:48] }
18... Ne4 { [%clk 1:26:58] } 19. O-O { [%clk 1:20:33] } 19... Nc5
{ [%clk 1:26:25] } 20. Nd2 $4 { Blunder. c4 was best.[%clk 1:20:28] } 20... a5
{ [%clk 1:25:03] } 21. Rfc1 { [%clk 1:04:59] } 21... a4 { [%clk 1:24:38] } 22.
Bc2 { [%clk 1:05:52] } 22... Rxb2 { [%clk 1:24:02] } 23. Bxg6
{ [%clk 1:05:52] } 23... fxg6 { [%clk 1:22:47] } 24. Nf3 { [%clk 1:06:05] }
24... Ne4 { [%clk 1:22:41] } 25. c4 { [%clk 1:04:46] } 25... Nxf2
{ [%clk 1:21:16] } 26. c5 $6 { Inaccuracy. cxd5 was best.[%clk 0:59:39] }
26... Nxh3+ { [%clk 1:20:00] } 27. gxh3 { [%clk 0:59:19] } 27... Rxf3
{ [%clk 1:20:23] } 28. c6 { [%clk 0:59:46] } 28... Rf8 { [%clk 1:18:14] } 29.
e4 { [%clk 0:55:48] } 29... d4 { [%clk 1:15:26] } 30. Rc4 { [%clk 0:53:43] }
30... d3 { [%clk 1:14:36] } 31. Rxa4 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Rd1 was best.[%clk 0:50:25] } 31... Rd8 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Re2 was best. } 32. c7 $6 { Inaccuracy. Ra7 was best. } 32... Rc8
{ [%clk 1:07:50] } 33. Rd4 { [%clk 0:43:39] } 33... Rxc7 34. Rxd3
{ [%clk 0:43:39] } 34... Rcb7 $4 { Blunder. Rcc2 was best.[%clk 1:06:09] } 35.
a4 { [%clk 0:43:47] } 35... Rb1+ 36. Rxb1 $4 { Blunder. Rd1 was best. } 36...
Rxb1+ 37. Kf2 Ra1 38. Rd8+ Kf7 39. Ra8 $2
{ Mistake. Rd7+ was best.[%clk 0:42:43] } 39... Kf6 { [%clk 1:04:49] } 40. a5
{ [%clk 0:40:43] } 40... Ke5 $4 { Blunder. g5 was best.[%clk 1:04:46] } 41. a6
$4 { Blunder. Ra7 was best.[%clk 0:33:59] } 41... g5 42. a7 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Ra7 was best. } 42... Ra3 43. Kg2 Kxe4 44. Kh2 e5
{ [%clk 1:04:18] } 45. Kg2 { [%clk 0:33:31] } 45... Ke3 { [%clk 1:04:27] } 46.
Kh2 { [%clk 0:33:40] } 46... e4 47. Kg2 Ke2 $4 { Blunder. Ra2+ was best. } 48.
Kh2 $4 { Blunder. Re8 was best. } 48... e3 49. Kg2 Ke1 $4
{ Blunder. Ra2 was best. } 50. Kh2 $4 { Blunder. Re8 was best. } 50... e2 51.
Kg2 h5 52. Kg1 Ra4 53. Kg2 g4 $6 { Inaccuracy. h4 was best. } 54. h4 $6
{ Inaccuracy. hxg4 was best. } 54... Ra3 55. Kg1 Ra5 56. Kg2 Ra4 57. Kg1 g3 58.
Kg2 Ra3 59. Kg1 $2 { Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rb8 was best. } 59... Kd2
60. Rd8+ Rd3 61. Re8 Ra3 62. Rd8+ Kc2 $2
{ Lost forced checkmate sequence. Ke3 was best. } 63. Rc8+ $2
{ Checkmate is now unavoidable. Re8 was best. } 63... Kd3 64. Rd8+ $6
{ Checkmate is now unavoidable. Re8 was best. } 64... Kc4 $2
{ Lost forced checkmate sequence. Ke3 was best. } 65. Re8 Rxa7 $4
{ Blunder. Kd3 was best. } 66. Rxe2 Rf7 67. Re3 Kd4 68. Rxg3 Ke4 69. Rg5 Kf4
70. Kg2 Rc7 71. Kh3 Rc3+ 72. Kg2 Rc2+ 73. Kh3 Rc3+ 74. Kg2 Rc7 75. Kh3 Rb7 76.
Kg2 Rb2+ 77. Kh3 Rb7 78. Kg2 Rb2+ 79. Kh3 Rb7 80. Kg2 Rb2+ 81. Kh3
{ [%clk 0:10:20] } 81... Rb7 { [%clk 0:40:27] } 1/2-1/2