Waters, Kai vs Miller, Theodore
54th annual World Open - 2026 · Round 4 · 2026.07.03 · 0-1 · B52 Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation, Main Line
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PGN
[Event "54th annual World Open - 2026"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2026.07.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Waters, Kai"]
[Black "Miller, Theodore"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[WhiteElo "1743"]
[WhiteFideId "39952614"]
[BlackElo "1606"]
[BlackFideId "39964400"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Source "LichessBroadcast"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[ImportDate "2027-07-07"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Qxd5
8. d4 e6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nf6 11. Qa4 Be7 12. Rd1 O-O 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14.
Qxc6 bxc6 15. Nd2 Nd5 16. Bd4 f6 17. Nb3 Kf7 18. Bc5 Bxc5 19. Nxc5 Rfd8 20. Rd2
Nb6 21. Re2 e5 22. Rae1 g5 23. h3 Rd5 24. Ne4 Rad8 25. b3 Rd1 26. c4 Rxe1+ 27.
Rxe1 h6 28. Kh2 f5 29. Ng3 Ke6 30. Ne2 $2 { Mistake. Nh5 was best. } 30... Kf6
$2 { Mistake. Rd2 was best. } 31. Nc3 $6 { Inaccuracy. g4 was best. } 31... Rd3
32. Rc1 Rd2 33. f3 a5 34. a3 $2 { Mistake. Rd1 was best. } 34... Rb2 35. c5 Nd7
36. Rd1 Nxc5 $2 { Mistake. Ke7 was best. } 37. Rd6+ Ne6 38. Rxc6 Rxb3 39. Na4
$6 { Inaccuracy. Nd5+ was best. } 39... Rb5 40. Nc3 $4
{ Blunder. Ra6 was best. } 40... Rc5 41. Rxc5 Nxc5 42. Nd5+ Ke6 43. Nb6 a4 44.
h4 $6 { Inaccuracy. Kg3 was best. } 44... e4 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. fxe4 fxe4 47.
Kg3 Kf5 $4 { Blunder. Ke5 was best. } 48. Kf2 Kg4 49. Nd5 Nd7 50. Ke3 Kf5 51.
Nc3 Ne5 52. Nxe4 Nc4+ 53. Kf3 $4
{ Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kd3 was best. } 53... g4+ 54. Kg3 $6
{ Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ke2 was best. } 54... Kxe4 55. Kxg4 Nxa3 56.
Kh5 Nc4 57. g4 a3 58. g5 Ne5 59. g6 Nxg6 60. Kh6 a2 61. Kh5 a1=Q 62. Kg4 Qg1+
63. Kh3 Ne7 64. Kh4 Qg2 65. Kh5 Qg3 66. Kh6 Qg4 67. Kh7 Nf5 68. Kh8
{ [%clk 1:29:39] } 68... Qg7# { [%clk 0:00:00] } 0-1