Steen, Nicholas vs Liu, Kevin

San Leandro, CalChess Quads · Round 2 · 2001.11.11 · 0-1 · C58 Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Polerio Defense, Bishop Check Line

Moves

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.

PGN

[Event "San Leandro, CalChess Quads"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.11.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Steen, Nicholas"]
[Black "Liu, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[WhiteFideId "4659554"]
[BlackElo "1344"]
[BlackFideId "3242064"]
[ECO "C58e"]
[Source "Codekiddy"]
[SourceQuality "3"]
[ImportDate "2026-01-06"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Ba4 Bc5 { last book move } 9. c3 Ng4 10. O-O ( 10. Ne4 { -0.81 Deep Fritz: }
10... Qd5 11. d3 Bxf2+ 12. Nxf2 Qxg2 13. Rf1 ) 10... Qxg5 ( 10... Bxf2+
{ -0.12  Deep Fritz: } 11. Rxf2 Nxf2 12. Qh5 g6 13. Nxf7 gxh5 14. Nxd8 Nh3+ 15.
gxh3 ) 11. b4 ( 11. d4 { -5.63 Deep Fritz: } 11... Qh4 12. h3 Ba6 13. hxg4 Bxf1
14. Qxf1 exd4 ) 11... Qf4 ( 11... Qh4 { -2.00  Deep Fritz: } 12. h3 Nxf2 13.
Rxf2 Bxf2+ 14. Kf1 Ba6+ 15. d3 Rd8 16. Bc2 ) 12. g3 Bxf2+ 13. Rxf2 ( 13. Kg2
{ -#2 Deep  Fritz: } 13... Qh6 14. h3 Qg6 15. Rxf2 Nxf2 16. Kxf2 Nc4 17. d3 Nb6
) 13... Qxf2+ 14. Kh1 Qxh2# { mate } 0-1