Zhu, Nathaniel Adrian Yi-xing vs Lau, Wai Hei
Hong Kong International Open Chess Championship 2025 | Challengers · Round 6 · 2025.12.26 · 1-0 · B33 Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Sveshnikov Variation, Chelyabinsk Variation
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PGN
[Event "Hong Kong International Open Chess Championship 2025 | Challengers"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2025.12.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zhu, Nathaniel Adrian Yi-xing"]
[Black "Lau, Wai Hei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[WhiteElo "1642"]
[WhiteFideId "6008569"]
[BlackElo "1455"]
[BlackFideId "6009174"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Source "LichessBroadcast"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[ImportDate "2026-02-03"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Be2 Bg5 13. Nc2 Ne7 14. Ncb4 Bb7
15. O-O a5 16. Nxe7+ Bxe7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 b4 19. cxb4 axb4 20. Bc4 Ra5
21. Qd2 { [%clk 1:22:17] } 21... Qb6 { [%clk 1:23:23] } 22. Rac1
{ [%clk 1:20:42] } 22... h6 { [%clk 1:21:37] } 23. Qd3 { [%clk 1:20:57] } 23...
Rc5 { [%clk 1:21:05] } 24. Bb3 { [%clk 1:21:01] } 24... Rfc8 { [%clk 1:21:08] }
25. Rxc5 { [%clk 1:20:18] } 25... Qxc5 { [%clk 1:18:50] } 26. Qf3
{ [%clk 1:19:49] } 26... Rf8 { [%clk 1:18:41] } 27. Rd1 { [%clk 1:19:35] }
27... Bg5 $6 { Inaccuracy. g6 was best.[%clk 1:17:44] } 28. Rb1 $2
{ Mistake. g3 was best.[%clk 1:17:48] } 28... Qd4 $2
{ Mistake. g6 was best.[%clk 1:17:10] } 29. Qe2 { [%clk 1:16:40] } 29... Rc8
$6 { Inaccuracy. Qc5 was best.[%clk 1:15:58] } 30. Qf3 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Rd1 was best.[%clk 1:16:12] } 30... Bf6 $2
{ Mistake. Qa7 was best.[%clk 1:15:27] } 31. Qg4 { [%clk 1:15:10] } 31... Rd8
{ [%clk 1:12:52] } 32. Qf3 { [%clk 1:13:47] } 32... Kh8 { [%clk 1:12:04] } 33.
Bxf7 $6 { Inaccuracy. g3 was best.[%clk 1:13:45] } 33... Rf8
{ [%clk 1:12:11] } 34. Bb3 { [%clk 1:12:52] } 34... Qb6 { [%clk 1:09:38] } 35.
Rd1 { [%clk 1:12:54] } 35... Qb8 $2 { Mistake. Be7 was best.[%clk 1:09:41] }
36. Qd3 $6 { Inaccuracy. g3 was best.[%clk 1:12:28] } 36... Be7 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Bg5 was best.[%clk 1:09:08] } 37. Qe2 $6
{ Inaccuracy. g3 was best. } 37... Bh4 $6 { Inaccuracy. Bd8 was best. } 38. g3
{ [%clk 1:11:36] } 38... Be7 { [%clk 1:08:16] } 39. Rd3 { [%clk 1:11:23] }
39... Qc8 { [%clk 1:07:46] } 40. Kg2 { [%clk 1:11:16] } 40... Qa6
{ [%clk 1:07:03] } 41. Qd1 { [%clk 1:10:06] } 41... Qb6 $6
{ Inaccuracy. d5 was best.[%clk 1:06:47] } 42. Rf3 { [%clk 1:09:53] } 42... Rd8
$6 { Inaccuracy. Qd8 was best.[%clk 1:06:41] } 43. Rf7 { [%clk 1:08:36] }
43... Bf6 { [%clk 1:06:43] } 44. Qh5 { [%clk 1:08:42] } 44... Bg5
{ [%clk 1:00:32] } 45. Qg6 { [%clk 1:08:18] } 45... Rg8 { [%clk 1:00:54] } 46.
Rd7 { [%clk 1:08:21] } 46... Qb8 { [%clk 0:59:37] } 47. Bxg8 { [%clk 1:08:38] }
47... Qxg8 { [%clk 0:59:34] } 48. Qxd6 { [%clk 1:06:29] } 48... Bf6
{ [%clk 0:58:45] } 49. Ra7 { [%clk 1:06:39] } 49... Qc4 { [%clk 0:58:35] } 50.
Qd5 { [%clk 1:06:07] } 50... Qc2 { [%clk 0:58:12] } 51. b3 { [%clk 1:06:07] }
51... Kh7 { [%clk 0:58:24] } 52. h4 { [%clk 1:05:36] } 52... Kg6 $2
{ Checkmate is now unavoidable. h5 was best.[%clk 0:57:04] } 53. Ra6 $4
{ Lost forced checkmate sequence. h5+ was best.[%clk 1:05:38] } 53... Qe2
{ [%clk 0:57:02] } 54. Qc4 { [%clk 1:05:20] } 54... Qd2 { [%clk 0:56:33] } 55.
Ra4 { [%clk 1:05:17] } 55... Kh5 $4
{ Checkmate is now unavoidable. h5 was best.[%clk 0:57:01] } 56. Qf7+
{ [%clk 1:05:17] } 56... Kg4 { [%clk 0:56:27] } 57. Qg6+ { [%clk 1:05:35] }
57... Bg5 { [%clk 0:56:44] } 58. Qf5+ { [%clk 1:05:05] } 58... Kh5
{ [%clk 0:57:07] } 59. hxg5 $2
{ Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qf7+ was best.[%clk 1:05:16] } 59... hxg5 $2
{ Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qxg5 was best.[%clk 0:57:16] } 60. Qh7+
{ [%clk 1:05:54] } 60... Kg4 { [%clk 0:57:31] } 61. Qh3# { [%clk 1:05:54] } 1-0