Gao, Albert vs Wu, Steven
FIDE World Team Amateur Rapid Chess Cup 2026 - Pool B · Round 1 · 2026.06.18 · 1/2-1/2 · B34 Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Modern Variation
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PGN
[Event "FIDE World Team Amateur Rapid Chess Cup 2026 - Pool B"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2026.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gao, Albert"]
[Black "Wu, Steven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[WhiteElo "1638"]
[WhiteFideId "39954480"]
[BlackFideId "39957969"]
[ECO "B34"]
[Source "LichessBroadcast"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[ImportDate "2027-07-07"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 O-O 8.
Qd2 d5 9. exd5 $6 { Inaccuracy. O-O-O was best. } 9... Nxd5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11.
Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Qxd5 cxd5 13. O-O-O Bb7 $6 { Inaccuracy. Rd8 was best. } 14. Be2
$6 { Inaccuracy. Bc5 was best. } 14... e5 15. c3 Rfd8 16. Rhe1 d4 17. cxd4 exd4
18. Bf2 Rac8+ 19. Kb1 Rb8 20. Bg3 Rbc8 21. Bd3 Bd5 22. Re7 a5 23. Bc7 Re8 $4
{ Blunder. Rf8 was best. } 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Bxa5 Ra8 26. b4 Bf8 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Rc8 was best. } 27. a3 $6 { Inaccuracy. Be4 was best. } 27... Rc8
$6 { Inaccuracy. f5 was best. } 28. Rc1 Re8 29. Kb2 Re3 30. Kc2 Bd6 31. h3 Bf4
32. Rd1 Re8 33. Bb6 Rc8+ 34. Bc5 Bd6 35. Ba6 $4 { Blunder. Kb2 was best. }
35... Ra8 $4 { Blunder. Rc7 was best. } 36. Bxd6 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Rxd4 was best. } 36... Rxa6 37. Be5 Re6 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Bc6 was best. } 38. f4 $6 { Inaccuracy. Bxd4 was best. } 38...
Bxg2 39. Rxd4 $2 { Mistake. b5 was best. } 39... f6 40. Rd8+ Kg7 $2
{ Mistake. Kf7 was best. } 41. Rd7+ $2 { Mistake. Bd4 was best. } 41... Kh6 42.
Bd6 Re8 $6 { Inaccuracy. g5 was best. } 43. h4 Be4+ $6
{ Inaccuracy. Bc6 was best. } 44. Kc3 Bf5 45. Re7 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Ra7 was best. } 45... Rd8 46. Bc7 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Bc5 was best. } 46... Rd3+ 47. Kc4 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Kb2 was best. } 47... Rxa3 48. Bd6 Ra6 49. Bc5 Ra8 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Kh5 was best. } 50. b5 Ra4+ 51. Kd5 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Kc3 was best. } 51... Ra5 $4 { Blunder. Bh3 was best. } 52. Kc6
$4 { Blunder. b6 was best. } 52... Ra8 $2 { Mistake. Bh3 was best. } 53. b6 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Bd4 was best. } 53... Rc8+ 54. Rc7 $2 { Mistake. Kd5 was best. }
54... Be4+ 55. Kb5 Rxc7 56. bxc7 Bf5 57. Kc6 Bc8 1/2-1/2