Boyd, James vs Tsang, Hin
NCO 198 · Round 1 · 2005.10.21 · 0-1 · B17 Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Variation
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PGN
[Event "NCO 198"]
[Site "North County Chess Club"]
[Date "2005.10.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Boyd, James"]
[Black "Tsang, Hin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[WhiteElo "1719"]
[BlackFideId "2052369"]
[ECO "B17a"]
[Source "Codekiddy"]
[SourceQuality "3"]
[ImportDate "2026-01-06"]
1. e4 { . Belov } 1... c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Be2 ( 5. c4
{ RR } 5... Ngf6 6. Nc3 e5 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Bf4 Ng6 10. O-O-O+ Bd7
11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Nf3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Kc7 14. Bd3 Be7 15. Nd4 Bf6 16. Be2 Rad8 17.
Ne4 Bg4 18. Nf3 Rxd1+ 19. Bxd1 Be7
{ Dvoirys,S-Oll,L/Podolsk 1993/CBM 38/[Belov]/0-1 (60) } ) ( 5. Bf4 { RR }
5... Ngf6 6. Ng3 e6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. c3 b6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 c5 12.
Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qe2 Qc8 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. h3 Qb7 18.
Rfe1 Rac8 19. Be5 h6
{ Elfelo,K-Nakagawa,E/Calvia ESP 2004/The Week in Chess 520/1/2-1/2 (61) } )
5... Ngf6 6. f3 ( 6. Ng3 { RR } 6... e6 7. Bf3 c5 8. N1e2 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Qc7 10.
Qc3 Qxc3+ 11. Nxc3 Ne5 12. Be2 Bb4 13. Bd2 O-O 14. a3 Ba5 15. O-O Bd7 16. b4
Bb6 17. Nce4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Rac8 19. Rfc1 Nc4 20. Be1 Ba4
{ Santos,J-Rodrigues,R/Lisbon 1999/EXT 2001/1-0 (67) } ) 6... e6 7. Bf4 Nb6 8.
c4 Nxe4 9. fxe4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Qh4+ 12. Kd1 Qxe4 13. Bf3
{ 13. Nf3 looks better. } 13... Qg6 14. Qb4 Qd3+ 15. Ke1 Qxc4 16. Qxc4 Nxc4
{ As they say in professional chess, the rest is technique. } 17. b3 Nd6 18.
Ne2 O-O 19. g4 Rd8 20. Kf2 Nb5 21. Rad1 Nc7 22. a4 Nd5 23. Rc1 Bd7 24. h3 Rab8
25. Be4 f6 26. Kf3 Rf8 27. Nf4 f5 28. gxf5 Nxf4 29. Kxf4 exf5 30. Bf3 Rf6 31.
d5 Kf7 32. Rc3 g5+ 33. Kg3 Kg6 34. Re1 Re8 35. Rec1 cxd5 36. Bxd5 b6 37. Rc7
Rd6 38. Rd1 f4+ 39. Kg2 Kf6 40. Bf3 Rxd1 41. Bxd1 Re7 42. Kh2 Bf5 43. Rc6+ Re6
44. Rc7 a5 45. Bf3 Kg6 46. Bd5 Rf6 47. Re7 h5 48. Bg8 g4 49. Bh7+ Kg5 50. Bxf5
Rxf5 51. hxg4 hxg4 52. Rg7+ Kh5 53. Rh7+ Kg6 54. Rb7 Rf6 55. Rc7 f3 56. Rc1 f2
57. Rf1 Kf7 58. Kg3 Ke6
{ Black, with only a minute and a half left, won in about 15-20 moves. } 0-1