Qian, Eric vs Yang, Larry

2026 Hart House Reading Week Open · Round 6 · 2026.02.16 · 0-1 · A22 English Opening: King's English Variation

Moves

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78.
PGN
[Event "2026 Hart House Reading Week Open"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2026.02.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Qian, Eric"]
[Black "Yang, Larry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[WhiteElo "2047"]
[WhiteFideId "2637774"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackElo "1649"]
[BlackFideId "2644380"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Source "LichessBroadcast"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[ImportDate "2023-03-03"]

1. c4 { [%clk 1:30:58] } 1... e5 { [%clk 1:30:54] } 2. g3 { [%clk 1:31:22] }
2... Nf6 { [%clk 1:31:17] } 3. Bg2 { [%clk 1:31:43] } 3... d5
{ [%clk 1:31:33] } 4. cxd5 { [%clk 1:32:04] } 4... Nxd5 { [%clk 1:32:02] } 5.
Nc3 { [%clk 1:32:26] } 5... Nf6 { [%clk 1:32:31] } 6. Nf3 { [%clk 1:30:46] }
6... Nc6 { [%clk 1:33:00] } 7. O-O { [%clk 1:30:51] } 7... h6
{ [%clk 1:33:29] } 8. d3 { [%clk 1:31:04] } 8... Bd6 { [%clk 1:33:58] } 9. Be3
{ [%clk 1:29:50] } 9... Ng4 { [%clk 1:29:50] } 10. Bd2 { [%clk 1:29:30] } 10...
O-O { [%clk 1:29:52] } 11. Rc1 { [%clk 1:14:57] } 11... Be6 { [%clk 1:26:40] }
12. h3 { [%clk 1:14:22] } 12... Nf6 { [%clk 1:27:02] } 13. Be3
{ [%clk 1:14:39] } 13... Qd7 { [%clk  1:26:15] } 14. Kh2 { [%clk 1:14:45] }
14... Rad8 { [%clk 1:24:55] } 15. Qa4 { [%clk 1:11:37] } 15... a6
{ [%clk 1:21:01] } 16. a3 { [%clk 1:10:40] } 16... Nd5 { [%clk 1:17:23] } 17.
Nxd5 { [%clk 1:09:50] } 17... Bxd5 { [%clk 1:15:01] } 18. Qc2
{ [%clk 1:04:42] } 18... f5 { [%clk 1:05:17] } 19. Bc5 { [%clk 1:02:40] } 19...
Qf7 { [%clk 1:02:20] } 20. b4 { [%clk 0:53:54] } 20... f4 { [%clk 0:48:35] }
21. Qc3 { [%clk 0:48:21] } 21... Kh8 { [%clk 0:38:03] } 22. Nd2 $6
{ Inaccuracy. a4 was best.[%clk 0:27:23] } 22... Nd4 { [%clk  0:28:53] } 23.
Bxd5 { [%clk 0:16:27] } 23... Qxd5 { [%clk 0:28:57] } 24. Bxd4
{ [%clk 0:16:49] } 24... exd4 { [%clk 0:28:32] } 25. Qc4 $4
{ Blunder. Qc2 was  best.[%clk 0:17:11] } 25... fxg3+ { [%clk 0:28:35] } 26.
fxg3 { [%clk 0:17:27] } 26... Bxg3+ { [%clk 0:27:52] } 27. Kg1
{ [%clk 0:12:39] } 27... Qh5 $6 { Inaccuracy. Qg5 was best.[%clk 0:26:31] } 28.
Qe6 $6 { Inaccuracy. Qc5 was  best.[%clk 0:11:54] } 28... Bf4
{ [%clk 0:25:58] } 29. Rc5 { [%clk 0:11:30] } 29... Be3+ { [%clk 0:23:47] } 30.
Kh1 { [%clk 0:08:02] } 30... Qxe2 { [%clk  0:20:00] } 31. Rxf8+
{ [%clk 0:08:10] } 31... Rxf8 { [%clk 0:20:29] } 32. Rf5 { [%clk 0:08:38] }
32... Qe1+ $6 { Inaccuracy. Rg8 was best.[%clk 0:15:14] } 33. Nf1
{ [%clk 0:08:54] } 33... Rg8 { [%clk 0:13:14] } 34. Qe4 { [%clk 0:06:28] }
34... c6 { [%clk 0:12:58] } 35. Kg2 { [%clk 0:06:09] } 35... Qe2+
{ [%clk 0:11:19] } 36. Kg3 { [%clk 0:06:04] } 36... b6 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Qd1 was best.[%clk   0:10:25] } 37. Rf3 $6
{ Inaccuracy. h4 was best.[%clk 0:05:21] } 37... Qe1+ { [%clk 0:08:32] } 38.
Kg2 { [%clk  0:04:34] } 38... Qc3 { [%clk 0:06:05] } 39. Nxe3
{ [%clk 0:04:10] } 39... dxe3 { [%clk 0:06:34] } 40. Qxe3 { [%clk 0:04:39] }
40... c5 { [%clk 0:06:01] } 41. bxc5 { [%clk 0:04:44] } 41... bxc5
{ [%clk 0:06:28] } 42. a4 { [%clk 0:04:41] } 42... c4 { [%clk 0:06:06] } 43.
dxc4 { [%clk 0:04:55] } 43... Qxc4 { [%clk 0:06:35] } 44. Qf4
{ [%clk 0:05:12] } 44... Rc8 $6 { Inaccuracy. Qc6 was best.[%clk 0:05:47] } 45.
Qf5 $4 { Blunder. Qxc4 was  best.[%clk 0:00:58] } 45... Rc5 { [%clk 0:05:14] }
46. Qf4 { [%clk 0:00:41] } 46... Rg5+ $6
{ Inaccuracy. a5 was best.[%clk 0:04:27] } 47. Kh2 { [%clk  0:01:00] } 47...
Rc5 $6 { Inaccuracy. Qd5 was best.[%clk  0:02:48] } 48. Qf8+ $6
{ Inaccuracy. Qxc4 was best.[%clk  0:00:44] } 48... Kh7 { [%clk 0:03:15] } 49.
Qf4 $6 { Inaccuracy. Rf2 was best.[%clk 0:01:11] } 49... a5 { [%clk  0:02:39] }
50. Rf2 { [%clk 0:01:11] } 50... Qe6 { [%clk 0:01:35] } 51. Rd2 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Qd2 was  best.[%clk 0:00:56] } 51... Rf5 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Rc3 was  best.[%clk 0:01:01] } 52. Qg4 { [%clk 0:00:47] } 52...
Qe5+ { [%clk 0:01:07] } 53. Qg3 { [%clk 0:00:59] } 53... Rf4 { [%clk 0:01:05] }
54. Rg2 { [%clk 0:01:17] } 54... Qf6 { [%clk 0:00:46] } 55. Qd3+
{ [%clk 0:01:16] } 55... Qf5 $4 { Blunder.  Kh8 was best.[%clk 0:00:42] } 56.
Qxf5+ { [%clk 0:01:35] } 56... Rxf5 { [%clk  0:01:12] } 57. Rg4
{ [%clk 0:01:57] } 57... g5 { [%clk 0:01:07] } 58. Kg3 { [%clk  0:02:24] }
58... Kg6 { [%clk 0:01:07] } 59. Rc4 { [%clk 0:02:42] } 59... Rd5
{ [%clk 0:00:52] } 60. Rc6+ { [%clk 0:00:56] } 60... Kh5 { [%clk 0:01:09] } 61.
Ra6 $4 { Blunder. Rc4 was best.[%clk 0:01:21] } 61... Rd3+ { [%clk 0:01:12] }
62. Kg2 { [%clk 0:01:43] } 62... Ra3 { [%clk 0:01:22] } 63. Rxa5
{ [%clk 0:01:59] } 63... Kh4 { [%clk 0:01:51] } 64. Ra6 { [%clk 0:00:37] }
64... h5 { [%clk 0:02:20] } 65. Ra5 { [%clk 0:00:32] } 65... Rg3+
{ [%clk 0:02:25] } 66. Kf2 { [%clk 0:00:57] } 66... Rxh3 { [%clk 0:02:41] } 67.
Re5 { [%clk 0:01:10] } 67... Ra3 { [%clk  0:03:06] } 68. Re4+
{ [%clk 0:01:00] } 68... g4 { [%clk 0:03:35] } 69. Kg2 { [%clk  0:01:17] }
69... Ra2+ { [%clk 0:04:05] } 70. Kg1 { [%clk 0:01:06] } 70... Kh3
{ [%clk 0:04:34] } 71. Re5 { [%clk 0:01:30] } 71... h4 { [%clk 0:05:02] } 72.
Re3+ $6 { Checkmate is now unavoidable. Re1 was best.[%clk 0:01:58] } 72... g3
{ [%clk 0:05:31] } 73. Re1 { [%clk 0:02:22] } 73... Rxa4 { [%clk 0:05:35] } 74.
Rb1 $6 { Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rd1 was best.[%clk 0:02:00] } 74... Kg4
{ [%clk 0:05:25] } 75. Kf1 { [%clk 0:01:59] } 75... h3 { [%clk 0:03:58] } 76.
Rb8 $6 { Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ke2 was best.[%clk 0:02:09] } 76... g2+
{ [%clk 0:04:06] } 77. Kf2 { [%clk 0:02:27] } 77... Ra2+ { [%clk 0:04:36] } 78.
Kg1 { [%clk 0:02:55] } 78... Ra1+ { [%clk 0:05:00] } 0-1