Ma, Ethan vs Hernandez, Jino
Hong Kong International Open Chess Championship 2025 | Challengers · Round 5 · 2025.12.23 · 1/2-1/2 · C77 Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Anderssen Variation
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PGN
[Event "Hong Kong International Open Chess Championship 2025 | Challengers"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2025.12.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ma, Ethan"]
[Black "Hernandez, Jino"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[WhiteElo "1524"]
[WhiteFideId "39906957"]
[BlackElo "1454"]
[BlackFideId "7007361"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Source "LichessBroadcast"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[ImportDate "2026-02-03"]
1. e4 { [%clk 1:31:17] } 1... e5 { [%clk 1:30:50] } 2. Nf3 { [%clk 1:31:17] }
2... Nc6 { [%clk 1:31:21] } 3. Bb5 { [%clk 1:31:41] } 3... a6
{ [%clk 1:31:21] } 4. Ba4 { [%clk 1:32:06] } 4... Nf6 { [%clk 1:30:56] } 5. d3
{ [%clk 1:32:32] } 5... d6 { [%clk 1:31:09] } 6. O-O { [%clk 1:33:01] } 6...
Be7 { [%clk 1:31:17] } 7. Nc3 { [%clk 1:33:09] } 7... b5 { [%clk 1:30:53] } 8.
Bb3 { [%clk 1:33:32] } 8... O-O { [%clk 1:31:10] } 9. Nd5 { [%clk 1:33:41] }
9... Nxd5 { [%clk 1:30:29] } 10. Bxd5 { [%clk 1:34:09] } 10... Bb7
{ [%clk 1:30:31] } 11. Be3 { [%clk 1:33:16] } 11... Na5 { [%clk 1:29:37] } 12.
Bxb7 { [%clk 1:33:29] } 12... Nxb7 { [%clk 1:29:50] } 13. Re1
{ [%clk 1:31:44] } 13... f5 $6 { Inaccuracy. c5 was best.[%clk 1:24:19] } 14.
Bd2 $6 { Inaccuracy. exf5 was best. } 14... fxe4 { [%clk 1:22:58] } 15. dxe4
{ [%clk 1:32:14] } 15... Nc5 { [%clk 1:22:44] } 16. Be3 { [%clk 1:30:27] }
16... Ne6 { [%clk 1:20:30] } 17. Qd5 { [%clk 1:30:20] } 17... Qd7 $4
{ Blunder. Qc8 was best.[%clk 1:20:35] } 18. Bg5 $4
{ Blunder. Nxe5 was best.[%clk 1:30:35] } 18... Kh8 $4
{ Blunder. c6 was best.[%clk 1:20:56] } 19. Bxe7 $4
{ Blunder. Nxe5 was best.[%clk 1:27:16] } 19... Qxe7 { [%clk 1:20:56] } 20.
Rad1 { [%clk 1:24:17] } 20... Nf4 { [%clk 1:20:06] } 21. Qc6
{ [%clk 1:24:17] } 21... Rfd8 $2 { Mistake. Qe6 was best.[%clk 1:16:59] } 22.
g3 { [%clk 1:19:54] } 22... Ng6 { [%clk 1:15:46] } 23. Qc3 { [%clk 1:18:17] }
23... Qf6 { [%clk 1:12:35] } 24. Nd2 { [%clk 1:17:52] } 24... Rf8
{ [%clk 1:12:35] } 25. Rf1 { [%clk 1:17:37] } 25... Qf7 { [%clk 1:11:37] } 26.
Nb3 { [%clk 1:16:50] } 26... Qf3 { [%clk 0:58:06] } 27. Qxf3 { [%clk 1:16:53] }
27... Rxf3 { [%clk 0:58:26] } 28. Rd3 { [%clk 1:17:18] } 28... Rxd3
{ [%clk 0:58:43] } 29. cxd3 { [%clk 1:17:46] } 29... Rf8 $6
{ Inaccuracy. a5 was best.[%clk 0:57:55] } 30. Rc1 { [%clk 1:16:50] } 30... c5
{ [%clk 0:57:55] } 31. Nd2 { [%clk 1:16:50] } 31... Ne7 { [%clk 0:57:33] } 32.
a3 $6 { Inaccuracy. b4 was best.[%clk 1:16:39] } 32... a5 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best.[%clk 0:57:42] } 33. Nb3 $6
{ Inaccuracy. a4 was best.[%clk 1:16:29] } 33... a4 { [%clk 0:57:44] } 34. Nd2
{ [%clk 1:16:45] } 34... Rc8 { [%clk 0:57:57] } 35. b3 { [%clk 1:16:45] }
35... axb3 { [%clk 0:58:10] } 36. Nxb3 { [%clk 1:16:58] } 36... Ra8
{ [%clk 0:58:04] } 37. Ra1 $2 { Mistake. Nxc5 was best.[%clk 1:16:47] } 37...
Nc8 $4 { Blunder. g5 was best.[%clk 0:57:36] } 38. f4 { [%clk 1:16:47] } 38...
exf4 { [%clk 0:57:10] } 39. gxf4 { [%clk 1:17:16] } 39... Nb6
{ [%clk 0:55:35] } 40. e5 { [%clk 1:16:29] } 40... dxe5 { [%clk 0:56:45] } 41.
fxe5 { [%clk 1:17:21] } 41... b4 { [%clk 0:55:54] } 42. axb4 { [%clk 1:16:54] }
42... Rxa1+ { [%clk 0:56:21] } 43. Nxa1 { [%clk 1:17:21] } 43... cxb4
{ [%clk 0:56:45] } 44. Nb3 { [%clk 1:17:26] } 44... Kg8 { [%clk 0:57:02] } 45.
Kf2 { [%clk 1:17:44] } 45... Kf7 { [%clk 0:57:20] } 46. d4 { [%clk 1:15:42] }
46... Ke6 { [%clk 0:57:33] } 47. Ke3 { [%clk 1:15:42] } 47... Kd5
{ [%clk 0:45:31] } 48. Kd3 { [%clk 1:10:43] } 48... Nc8 { [%clk 0:43:02] } 49.
Nc1 { [%clk 1:09:12] } 49... Ne7 { [%clk 0:43:17] } 50. Ne2 { [%clk 1:09:09] }
50... g5 { [%clk 0:42:23] } 51. h3 $4 { Blunder. h4 was best.[%clk 1:05:21] }
51... Nc6 $4 { Blunder. Ng6 was best.[%clk 0:42:23] } 52. h4 { [%clk 1:04:32] }
52... h6 { [%clk 0:42:30] } 53. h5 { [%clk 1:04:20] } 53... b3 $4
{ Blunder. Ne7 was best.[%clk 0:42:46] } 54. Nc3+ { [%clk 1:04:03] } 54... Ke6
{ [%clk 0:43:15] } 55. d5+ { [%clk 1:04:32] } 55... Kxe5 56. dxc6
{ [%clk 1:05:01] } 56... Kd6 { [%clk 0:44:07] } 57. Nb5+ { [%clk 1:05:07] }
57... Kxc6 58. Nd4+ Kd5 { [%clk 0:44:57] } 59. Nxb3 $4
{ Blunder. Nf5 was best.[%clk 1:05:57] } 59... Ke5 { [%clk 0:45:18] } 60. Ke3
{ [%clk 1:06:20] } 60... Kf5 { [%clk 0:45:41] } 61. Nd4+ { [%clk 1:06:43] }
61... Kg4 { [%clk 0:46:04] } 62. Kf2 Kxh5 { [%clk 0:46:30] } 63. Kg3
{ [%clk 1:07:38] } 63... Kg6 { [%clk 0:46:42] } 64. Kg4 { [%clk 1:05:36] }
64... h5+ 65. Kg3 { [%clk 1:05:21] } 65... Kf6 { [%clk 0:46:12] } 66. Nf3
{ [%clk 1:04:44] } 66... g4 { [%clk 0:46:30] } 67. Nh4 { [%clk 1:04:40] }
67... Kg5 { [%clk 0:46:30] } 68. Ng2 { [%clk 1:05:05] } 68... Kf5
{ [%clk 0:46:43] } 69. Kh4 { [%clk 1:05:05] } 69... Kg6 { [%clk 0:45:59] } 70.
Nf4+ { [%clk 1:04:21] } 1/2-1/2