Sakharkar, Shreyas Rajendra vs Wampole, Vaughn

54th annual World Open - 2026 · Round 8 · 2026.06.24 · 1-0 · D00 Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London System, Steinitz Countergambit

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.
PGN
[Event "54th annual World Open - 2026"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2026.06.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sakharkar, Shreyas Rajendra"]
[Black "Wampole, Vaughn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[WhiteElo "1821"]
[WhiteFideId "30994012"]
[BlackElo "1710"]
[BlackFideId "39902331"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Source "LichessBroadcast"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[ImportDate "2027-07-07"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Qc2 g6 7. dxc5 Qxc5 8. Bd3
Bg7 9. Nbd2 Nh5 10. Bc7 $2 { Mistake. Bg3 was best. } 10... e5 11. e4 Nf4 12.
exd5 $2 { Mistake. g3 was best. } 12... Qxd5 13. Be4 Qd7 14. Bxc6 Nxg2+ $6
{ Inaccuracy. Qxc6 was best. } 15. Kf1 Qxc6 16. Kxg2 Qxc7 17. Rae1 O-O 18. h4
h5 19. Ne4 Bd7 20. Rhg1 Bc6 21. Qc1 f5 22. Neg5 e4 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Bh6 was best. } 23. Nd4 f4 $4 { Blunder. Bxd4 was best. } 24.
Nxc6 f3+ 25. Kh1 Qxc6 26. Rxe4 Rae8 27. Rge1 Bh6 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8
30. Qg1 Bxg5 31. Qxg5 Qe1+ 32. Qg1 Qe4 33. Qg3 Kf7 34. Kh2 Ke6 35. b3 b5 36. c4
bxc4 37. bxc4 a5 38. a4 Qe5 39. Kh3 Qe4 40. c5 Kd5 41. Qd6+ Kc4 42. Qa6+ Kd4
43. Qc8 Qg4+ $4 { Blunder. Kd3 was best. } 44. Qxg4+ hxg4+ 45. Kxg4 Kxc5 46.
Kg5 $4 { Blunder. Kxf3 was best. } 46... Kb4 $4 { Blunder. Kc4 was best. } 47.
Kxg6 Kxa4 48. h5 Kb3 49. h6 a4 50. h7 a3 $6
{ Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kb2 was best. } 51. h8=Q a2 { [%clk 0:32:08] }
52. Qa1 { [%clk 0:40:21] } 1-0