Pihlajamaki, Niklas vs Zhang, Yiming
Finnish Youth Chess Championship Finland 2026 | U12 · Round 4 · 2025.12.14 · 1/2-1/2 · D35 Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation
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PGN
[Event "Finnish Youth Chess Championship Finland 2026 | U12"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2025.12.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pihlajamaki, Niklas"]
[Black "Zhang, Yiming"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[WhiteElo "1788"]
[WhiteFideId "519308"]
[BlackElo "2001"]
[BlackFideId "8608563"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Source "LichessBroadcast"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[ImportDate "2026-02-03"]
1. c4 { [%clk 1:30:58] } 1... e6 { [%clk 1:30:54] } 2. d4 { [%clk 1:31:17] }
2... Nf6 { [%clk 1:30:55] } 3. Nc3 { [%clk 1:31:42] } 3... d5
{ [%clk 1:30:20] } 4. cxd5 { [%clk 1:32:05] } 4... exd5 { [%clk 1:30:45] } 5.
Bg5 { [%clk 1:32:29] } 5... c6 { [%clk 1:31:11] } 6. e3 { [%clk 1:32:52] } 6...
Be7 { [%clk 1:31:27] } 7. Bd3 { [%clk 1:33:11] } 7... h6 { [%clk 1:31:51] } 8.
Bh4 { [%clk 1:33:20] } 8... O-O { [%clk 1:31:56] } 9. Nge2 { [%clk 1:32:45] }
9... Re8 { [%clk 1:31:46] } 10. Qc2 { [%clk 1:31:11] } 10... Nbd7
{ [%clk 1:32:07] } 11. O-O { [%clk 1:28:25] } 11... a5 { [%clk 1:32:26] } 12.
Rac1 { [%clk 1:23:27] } 12... b5 { [%clk 1:29:40] } 13. a4 { [%clk 1:21:27] }
13... b4 { [%clk 1:29:39] } 14. Nb1 { [%clk 1:21:18] } 14... Bb7
{ [%clk 1:29:41] } 15. Nd2 { [%clk 1:20:51] } 15... Ba6 { [%clk 1:29:14] } 16.
Bxa6 { [%clk 1:16:40] } 16... Rxa6 { [%clk 1:29:35] } 17. Bxf6
{ [%clk 1:13:42] } 17... Nxf6 { [%clk 1:29:34] } 18. Nf4 { [%clk 1:02:44] }
18... Bd6 { [%clk 1:26:20] } 19. Nd3 { [%clk 1:01:57] } 19... Re6
{ [%clk 1:22:46] } 20. Nc5 { [%clk 0:49:25] } 20... Bxc5 { [%clk 1:23:01] } 21.
Qxc5 { [%clk 0:49:41] } 21... Nd7 { [%clk 1:21:47] } 22. Qc2
{ [%clk 0:47:32] } 22... Qe7 { [%clk 1:18:40] } 23. Nb3 { [%clk 0:46:16] }
23... g6 { [%clk 1:13:49] } 24. Nc5 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Qe2 was best.[%clk 0:44:38] } 24... Nxc5 { [%clk 1:14:12] } 25.
Qxc5 { [%clk 0:45:02] } 25... Qxc5 { [%clk 1:13:59] } 26. Rxc5
{ [%clk 0:45:24] } 26... Kf8 { [%clk 1:14:20] } 27. Rfc1 { [%clk 0:44:57] }
27... Ke7 { [%clk 1:14:37] } 28. b3 { [%clk 0:44:22] } 28... Kd6
{ [%clk 1:14:25] } 29. Kf1 { [%clk 0:44:23] } 29... Kd7 { [%clk 1:14:43] } 30.
Ke2 { [%clk 0:44:28] } 30... Ra8 { [%clk 1:15:00] } 1/2-1/2