Li, Henry Zulin vs Tourteau, James

Hong Kong International Open Chess Championship 2025 | Challengers · Round 6 · 2025.12.26 · 1/2-1/2 · A16 English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation

Moves

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PGN
[Event "Hong Kong International Open Chess Championship 2025 | Challengers"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2025.12.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Li, Henry Zulin"]
[Black "Tourteau, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[WhiteElo "1512"]
[WhiteFideId "39996506"]
[BlackElo "1448"]
[BlackFideId "652035468"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Source "LichessBroadcast"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[ImportDate "2026-02-03"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. d3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. Bd2
Bg4 9. Rb1 Qd7 10. Re1 Rfe8 11. a3 e4 12. dxe4 Nxe4 13. Qc1 Bh3 $4
{ Blunder. Nxd2  was best. } 14. Nxe4 $4 { Blunder. Bxh3 was best. } 14... Bxg2
{ [%clk 1:22:35] } 15. Kxg2 { [%clk 1:17:04] } 15... Rxe4 { [%clk 1:21:50] }
16. b4 { [%clk 1:13:33] } 16... Nd4 { [%clk 1:20:33] } 17. Nxd4 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Be3 was best.[%clk  1:03:49] } 17... Bxd4 $2
{ Mistake. Rxd4 was best.[%clk 1:20:38] } 18. Bc3 $6
{ Inaccuracy. f3 was best.[%clk 1:02:24] } 18... Bxc3 { [%clk 1:20:48] } 19.
Qxc3 { [%clk 1:02:43] } 19... Qc6 { [%clk 1:20:48] } 20. f3 $4
{ Blunder. b5 was  best.[%clk 1:00:00] } 20... Qxc4 $2
{ Mistake. Rxc4 was best.[%clk 1:20:34] } 21. Qxc4 { [%clk 0:58:24] } 21...
Rxc4 { [%clk 1:20:46] } 22. Rec1 { [%clk  0:57:25] } 22... Rxc1
{ [%clk 1:21:00] } 23. Rxc1 { [%clk 0:57:25] } 23... Re8 $2
{ Mistake. c6 was best.[%clk 1:21:00] } 24. e4 $4
{ Blunder. Rxc7 was  best.[%clk 0:56:25] } 24... c6 { [%clk 1:21:28] } 25. Rd1
{ [%clk 0:55:09] } 25... Rd8 { [%clk 1:21:28] } 26. h4 { [%clk 0:53:23] } 26...
d5 { [%clk 1:21:47] } 27. Rd4 { [%clk 0:50:13] } 27... Kg7 28. Kf2
{ [%clk 0:50:43] } 28... Kf6 { [%clk  1:21:10] } 29. Ke3 { [%clk 0:50:05] }
29... Ke7 { [%clk 1:19:29] } 30. Kf4 { [%clk  0:47:41] } 30... dxe4 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Ke6 was best.[%clk 1:19:54] } 31. Rxe4+ { [%clk 0:47:31] } 31...
Kf6 $2 { Mistake. Kf8 was best.[%clk  1:20:24] } 32. Ke3 $4
{ Blunder. g4 was best.[%clk 0:40:48] } 32... Rd6 { [%clk 1:17:47] } 33. Rf4+
{ [%clk  0:38:27] } 33... Ke7 { [%clk 1:14:57] } 34. g4 { [%clk 0:38:27] }
34... Rf6 { [%clk 1:14:13] } 35. Rd4 { [%clk 0:38:56] } 35... Rd6
{ [%clk 1:14:29] } 36. Rf4 { [%clk 0:39:11] } 36... Rf6 { [%clk 1:14:41] } 37.
Rd4 { [%clk 0:39:29] } 37... Re6+ { [%clk 1:15:03] } 38. Kd3 $4
{ Blunder. Kf4 was best.[%clk  0:39:20] } 38... Rd6 { [%clk 1:15:27] } 39. f4
{ [%clk 0:38:39] } 39... Rxd4+ { [%clk 1:15:50] } 40. Kxd4 { [%clk 0:39:03] }
40... Kd6 { [%clk 1:16:17] } 41. Kc4 { [%clk 0:34:27] } 41... h5 42. gxh5
{ [%clk 0:34:57] } 42... gxh5 { [%clk  1:15:58] } 43. Kd4 { [%clk 0:35:06] }
43... Kc7 { [%clk 1:16:22] } 44. Ke5 { [%clk  0:35:02] } 44... Kd7 45. Kf6
{ [%clk 0:35:08] } 45... Ke8 { [%clk 1:16:47] } 46. Kg5 { [%clk 0:31:03] }
46... Kf8 $4 { Blunder. b5 was best.[%clk 1:16:53] } 47. Kxh5
{ [%clk 0:30:51] } 47... b6 { [%clk 1:16:29] } 48. Kg5 { [%clk 0:27:14] } 48...
c5 49. bxc5 { [%clk 0:27:35] } 49... bxc5 { [%clk 1:17:20] } 50. Kf5
{ [%clk  0:26:22] } 50... c4 { [%clk 1:16:54] } 51. Ke4 { [%clk 0:26:45] }
51... Kg7 { [%clk 1:17:04] } 52. Kd4 { [%clk 0:27:10] } 52... Kh6
{ [%clk 1:17:23] } 53. Kxc4 { [%clk 0:27:30] } 53... Kh5 { [%clk 1:17:48] } 54.
Kd4 { [%clk 0:27:53] } 54... Kxh4 { [%clk 1:18:03] } 55. Ke5 { [%clk 0:28:23] }
55... Kg4 { [%clk 1:17:46] } 56. f5 $4 { Blunder. Kf6 was best.[%clk 0:28:17] }
56... Kg5 { [%clk 1:18:11] } 57. f6 { [%clk 0:27:00] } 57... Kg6
{ [%clk 1:18:18] } 58. a4 { [%clk 0:27:07] } 58... a5 59. Kd5 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Ke4 was best. } 59... Kxf6 60. Kc5 { [%clk 0:28:04] } 60... Kg5
{ [%clk 1:19:48] } 61. Kb5 f5 62. Kxa5 f4 63. Kb6 f3 64. a5 f2 65. a6 f1=Q 66.
a7 $6 { Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ka5 was best. } 66... Qb1+ $4
{ Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qf3 was best. } 67. Ka6 $4
{ Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kc7 was best. } 67... Qa2+ $4
{ Lost forced checkmate sequence.  Qe4 was best. } 68. Kb7 Qb3+ 69. Ka8 Qd5+
70. Kb8 Qb5+ 71. Ka8 Qe8+ 72. Kb7 Qd7+ 73. Kb8 Qd6+ 74. Kb7 Qd7+ 75. Kb8 Qb5+
76. Ka8 Qa6 77. Kb8 Qb5+ { [%clk 1:22:31] } 78. Ka8 { [%clk 0:30:28] } 78...
Qe8+ { [%clk 1:22:57] } 79. Kb7 { [%clk  0:30:51] } 79... Qd7+
{ [%clk 1:22:57] } 1/2-1/2