Lee, Justin vs Apostolopoulos, Georgios Alexander
2026 Illinois Invitationals · Round 3 · 2026.04.24 · 1-0 · C10 French Defense: Rubinstein Variation
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PGN
[Event "2026 Illinois Invitationals"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2026.04.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lee, Justin"]
[Black "Apostolopoulos, Georgios Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[WhiteFideId "66201624"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Source "LichessBroadcast"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[ImportDate "2026-05-04"]
1. e4 { [%clk 1:30:57] } 1... e6 { [%clk 1:30:58] } 2. d4 { [%clk 1:31:19] }
2... d5 { [%clk 1:31:25] } 3. Nc3 { [%clk 1:31:42] } 3... dxe4
{ [%clk 1:31:43] } 4. Nxe4 { [%clk 1:32:06] } 4... Nf6 { [%clk 1:32:04] } 5.
Nxf6+ { [%clk 1:32:28] } 5... Qxf6 { [%clk 1:32:32] } 6. Nf3 { [%clk 1:32:48] }
6... h6 { [%clk 1:32:35] } 7. Bd3 { [%clk 1:32:54] } 7... Nc6
{ [%clk 1:31:01] } 8. O-O { [%clk 1:32:20] } 8... Bd7 { [%clk 1:31:10] } 9. c3
{ [%clk 1:32:44] } 9... Bd6 { [%clk 1:31:29] } 10. b4 { [%clk 1:30:51] } 10...
a6 { [%clk 1:29:02] } 11. Qe2 { [%clk 1:29:24] } 11... O-O { [%clk 1:26:58] }
12. Bb2 { [%clk 1:29:25] } 12... Rfe8 { [%clk 1:25:15] } 13. Rae1
{ [%clk 1:28:01] } 13... e5 { [%clk 1:21:12] } 14. d5 { [%clk 1:26:54] } 14...
Na7 $4 { Blunder. Ne7 was best.[%clk 1:20:14] } 15. a3 $6
{ Inaccuracy. c4 was best.[%clk 1:22:07] } 15... b5 $6
{ Inaccuracy. c6 was best.[%clk 1:17:42] } 16. Nd2 { [%clk 1:18:12] } 16... c5
$2 { Mistake. Qg5 was best.[%clk 1:13:03] } 17. Qh5 $2
{ Mistake. Qe4 was best.[%clk 1:07:38] } 17... c4 { [%clk 1:11:26] } 18. Bb1
{ [%clk 1:07:23] } 18... Qf4 { [%clk 1:05:38] } 19. Ne4 { [%clk 1:07:06] }
19... Be7 $4 { Blunder. Bg4 was best.[%clk 1:05:24] } 20. Bc1
{ [%clk 1:05:39] } 20... Qf5 { [%clk 1:03:38] } 21. Qd1 { [%clk 1:04:30] }
21... Qg6 { [%clk 1:01:29] } 22. Be3 { [%clk 1:02:08] } 22... Bf5
{ [%clk 1:00:29] } 23. Bc5 { [%clk 1:01:17] } 23... Nc8 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Bxc5 was best.[%clk 0:59:56] } 24. d6 { [%clk 0:58:48] } 24...
Nxd6 { [%clk 0:55:38] } 25. Nxd6 { [%clk 0:58:27] } 25... Bxd6
{ [%clk 0:55:28] } 26. Qxd6 { [%clk 0:58:39] } 26... Bxb1 { [%clk 0:55:32] }
27. Rxb1 { [%clk 0:59:00] } 27... Qxd6 { [%clk 0:55:26] } 28. Bxd6
{ [%clk 0:59:25] } 28... Rad8 { [%clk 0:55:31] } 29. Rfd1 { [%clk 0:59:37] }
29... f6 { [%clk 0:55:45] } 30. Kf1 { [%clk 1:00:01] } 30... Kf7
{ [%clk 0:55:56] } 31. Ke2 { [%clk 1:00:24] } 31... Rd7 { [%clk 0:55:41] } 32.
Bc5 { [%clk 1:00:46] } 32... Red8 { [%clk 0:56:01] } 33. Rxd7+
{ [%clk 1:01:04] } 33... Rxd7 { [%clk 0:56:27] } 34. Rd1 { [%clk 1:01:30] }
34... Ke6 $6 { Inaccuracy. Rxd1 was best.[%clk 0:56:16] } 35. Rxd7
{ [%clk 1:01:55] } 35... Kxd7 { [%clk 0:56:40] } 36. Bf8 { [%clk 1:02:05] }
36... g6 { [%clk 0:57:03] } 37. Bxh6 { [%clk 1:02:27] } 37... f5
{ [%clk 0:57:07] } 38. Ke3 { [%clk 1:02:14] } 38... Ke6 { [%clk 0:57:15] } 39.
f4 { [%clk 1:01:54] } 39... exf4+ { [%clk 0:57:18] } 40. Bxf4
{ [%clk 1:02:12] } 40... Kd5 { [%clk 0:57:36] } 41. h4 { [%clk 1:02:33] } 41...
Ke6 { [%clk 0:57:43] } 42. Kd4 { [%clk 1:02:57] } 42... Kd7 $6
{ Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kf6 was best.[%clk 0:58:02] } 43. Kd5
{ [%clk 1:03:23] } 43... Ke7 { [%clk 0:58:28] } 44. Ke5 { [%clk 1:03:26] }
44... Kf7 { [%clk 0:58:52] } 45. Kd6 { [%clk 1:03:51] } 45... Kf6 $6
{ Checkmate is now unavoidable. g5 was best.[%clk 0:59:18] } 46. Bg5+
{ [%clk 1:04:13] } 46... Kf7 { [%clk 0:59:45] } 47. Kd7 { [%clk 1:04:32] }
47... Kf8 $6 { Checkmate is now unavoidable. f4 was best.[%clk 1:00:02] } 48.
Ke6 { [%clk 1:04:56] } 48... Kg7 { [%clk 1:00:24] } 49. Ke7 { [%clk 1:05:21] }
49... Kg8 { [%clk 1:00:41] } 50. Kf6 { [%clk 1:05:47] } 50... Kh7
{ [%clk 1:01:07] } 51. Kf7 { [%clk 1:06:09] } 51... Kh8 { [%clk 1:01:26] } 52.
Kxg6 { [%clk 1:06:35] } 52... f4 { [%clk 1:01:49] } 53. h5 { [%clk 1:06:58] }
53... f3 { [%clk 1:01:39] } 54. gxf3 { [%clk 1:07:23] } 54... a5
{ [%clk 1:02:01] } 55. h6 { [%clk 1:07:38] } 55... a4 { [%clk 1:02:22] } 56.
Bf6+ { [%clk 1:08:03] } 56... Kg8 { [%clk 1:02:44] } 57. h7+ { [%clk 1:08:30] }
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