Zhou, Jianchao vs Aadit Bhatia
109th Edward Lasker Memorial - Marshall Club Championship 2025 · Round 3 · 2025.12.17 · 1-0 · A15 English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, King's Knight Variation
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[Event "109th Edward Lasker Memorial - Marshall Club Championship 2025"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2025.12.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Black "Aadit Bhatia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[WhiteFideId "8603537"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2081"]
[BlackFideId "25088955"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Source "LichessBroadcast"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[ImportDate "2026-02-03"]
1. Nf3 { [%clk 1:30:52] } 1... Nf6 { [%clk 1:30:15] } 2. c4 { [%clk 1:30:36] }
2... e6 { [%clk 1:30:41] } 3. Nc3 { [%clk 1:30:42] } 3... d5 { [%clk 1:31:08] }
4. e3 { [%clk 1:31:03] } 4... Nbd7 { [%clk 1:31:32] } 5. b3 { [%clk 1:30:56] }
5... b6 { [%clk 1:31:49] } 6. cxd5 { [%clk 1:30:28] } 6... exd5
{ [%clk 1:32:03] } 7. g3 { [%clk 1:28:27] } 7... Bb7 { [%clk 1:21:50] } 8. Bg2
{ [%clk 1:28:22] } 8... Nc5 { [%clk 1:19:05] } 9. O-O { [%clk 1:21:17] } 9...
Be7 { [%clk 1:17:43] } 10. b4 { [%clk 1:16:34] } 10... Ne6 { [%clk 1:15:48] }
11. Rb1 { [%clk 1:15:50] } 11... O-O { [%clk 1:13:29] } 12. b5
{ [%clk 1:12:30] } 12... a6 { [%clk 1:11:33] } 13. a4 { [%clk 1:12:45] } 13...
axb5 { [%clk 1:11:38] } 14. axb5 { [%clk 0:54:28] } 14... Ne4
{ [%clk 0:53:22] } 15. Ne2 { [%clk 1:13:14] } 15... Nd6 { [%clk 0:43:27] } 16.
d4 { [%clk 1:07:21] } 16... Ng5 { [%clk 0:36:42] } 17. Ne5 { [%clk 1:00:29] }
17... Qe8 { [%clk 0:32:07] } 18. Nc3 { [%clk 0:59:24] } 18... Nge4
{ [%clk 0:30:35] } 19. Qc2 { [%clk 0:52:57] } 19... f6 { [%clk 0:22:17] } 20.
Nxe4 { [%clk 0:48:45] } 20... dxe4 { [%clk 0:19:19] } 21. Qxc7
{ [%clk 0:46:18] } 21... fxe5 $4 { Blunder. Rc8 was best.[%clk 0:14:39] } 22.
dxe5 { [%clk 0:45:46] } 22... Nxb5 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Qd8 was best.[%clk 0:14:15] } 23. Qxb7 { [%clk 0:41:15] } 23...
Nc3 { [%clk 0:12:53] } 24. Rxb6 { [%clk 0:23:26] } 24... Ne2+
{ [%clk 0:10:27] } 25. Kh1 { [%clk 0:23:55] } 25... Nxc1 { [%clk 0:09:38] }
26. Re6 { [%clk 0:23:18] } 26... Nd3 { [%clk 0:04:57] } 27. Rxe7
{ [%clk 0:22:06] } 27... Qg6 $6 { Inaccuracy. Qh5 was best.[%clk 0:04:02] } 28.
Bxe4 { [%clk 0:19:47] } 28... Ra1 $4
{ Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qg5 was best.[%clk 0:00:33] } 29. Bxg6
{ [%clk 0:19:27] } 29... Rxf1+ { [%clk 0:00:54] } 30. Kg2 { [%clk 0:19:56] }
30... R1xf2+ { [%clk 0:00:50] } 31. Kh3 { [%clk 0:20:23] } 31... Kh8
{ [%clk 0:00:56] } 32. Rxg7 { [%clk 0:20:12] } 1-0